Year 3

Lilac and Alder

As the cold winter’s nights have been transformed into the warm glow of spring, Year 3 have left the Stone Age in the past and travelled forward in time to the warmer pastures of Ancient Egypt.

Just like the great archaeologist, Howard Carter, both Alder and Lilac have embarked on missions to uncover hidden secrets, decipher hieroglyphics and discover the tomb of King Tutankhamun!

With our focus being on all things Egyptian, it came with little surprise that we chose to write about Howard Carter’s most famous discovery. This lead us on a journey of our imaginations back to 1922 and The Valley of the Kings, where Carter was able to unearth the lost tomb of Tutankhamun! From this the children were able to write a detailed biography about Carter as well as a narrative detailing how the tomb was found. Our minds were blown away by the levels of creativity and knowledge shown so feel free to ask your own little Egyptologists about this as they will have plenty to share.

The highlight of the term for most would have to be our Egyptian Day. We were so fortunate to be joined by someone with such a vast knowledge of Ancient Egypt and the children were fascinated by what he had to say. To top this off, they were also allowed to study some artefacts in detail as well as learn how the mummification process worked. We hope you enjoyed our performance!

Away from Egypt, the children were also fortunate enough to have had Forest School sessions this term with Mrs Fobbester. From exploring the forest area, to working in teams to create a series of structures or paintings, the children have thoroughly enjoyed these moments. We can only apologise for how messy they may have come home.

Finally, this term ended with our World Book Day celebrations which saw the school graced with many popular book characters as well as comfy pyjamas. It blew us away how much the children loved to read and they took on all the day’s activities with such enthusiasm.

It’s been yet another great term in Year 3 and we wish you all a Happy Easter and hope you rest up for an exciting Summer Term ahead.

Overview

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Useful Information

• Grove Handbook September 2025 download_for_offline
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Year 3 Topic Webs

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