Pharaohs, Fossils and Fractions – A Flying Start for Year 3!

Miss Cruickshank • January 30, 2026

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A busy and exciting start to the year filled with history, science, swimming and creative learning.

TL;DR:

  • Learned about Ancient Egypt and life in 3000BC.
  • Studied rocks and fossils, including new scientific vocabulary.
  • Added and subtracted fractions using practical resources.
  • Made great progress in swimming, with children moving up groups.
  • Enjoyed Scratch coding and creative writing in English.

Year 3 have had a busy start to 2026!


In History we have been learning about the Ancient Egyptians. We discovered that they were from the year 3000BC.

In Science we have studied rocks and fossils. We have learnt some technical vocabulary such as permeable.

In Maths we continued to learn about fractions using concrete resources to help us. We can now add and subtract fractions.

Our swimming lessons have been so much fun. The instructors are really impressed with us and several children have already moved up a group.

In English we have been writing character descriptions about the characters in the Wizard of Oz. Next week we will move on to instruction writing.


Our favourite lesson of the week is definitely Computing where we have been using Scratch to learn about coding. 

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