Class 3

A Showcase of work from from Class 3

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7 days ago
Posted on 06th Mar 2026 by

Hodnet Celebrates World Book Day!

Hodnet kicked off our World Book Day celebrations with a Traitors themed assembly!

We were welcomed into the Great Reading Castle of Hodnet – a place where the Faithful Readers were being thwarted by the Book Traitors. The Faithful Readers love stories, use their imagination and protect books; whereas the Book Traitors try to stop the main character, they try to stop the happy endings and they try to make stories something to dislike.

Four Readers had been chosen at the secret round table and one of those was selected to be the Book Traitor.  The Readers were set two challenges to see if the children could work out who was the Book Traitor.

The first challenge asked the Readers to identify the book using picture clues. The children tried to guess which of our Readers was the Traitor!

In the second challenge, our Readers were given a book character and had to deliver two truths and a lie about their book. The children had to see if they could spot the traitor by the way they delivered their lie.

After the two challenges, the children voted for the Reader they thought was the Book Traitor. It was in fact Miss Honey from Matilda!

After successfully finding the Traitor, the children were asked to consider the Oath of the Faithful Reader. Faithful Readers promise to give books a chance; to use their imagination; to try new books and to protect the magic of reading!

It was a great start to our World Book Day celebtrations!

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4 weeks ago
Posted on 12th Feb 2026 by

Storytelling Week 2026

Storytelling week was the second event in our calendar of events to support the National Year of Reading 2026. We enjoyed a range of events to highlight the importance of listening to, telling and reading stories.

 

On Tuesday, Year 5 and 6 enjoyed a ‘Soundtrack Your Story’ workshop from the National Literacy Trust where they learnt about rhythm and rap with Alim Kamara.

On Wednesday, we held a storytelling assembly where each class shared their Talk for Writing text. Reception told ‘The wheels on the bus’; Year 1 told ‘Lost and Found’; Year 2 told ‘Edgar’s Adventure’, a warning tale, and Year 3 told a suspense story ‘The Manor House’. Year 4 carried on the suspense stories with Zelda Claw; Year 5 shared the non-chronological report ‘The Rhiswanozebtah’ and Year 6 told the story ‘Red’, a twist on the traditional version of Little Red Riding Hood.

 

On Thursday, we had a special visit from Sal Tonge who is a storyteller. Each class enjoyed a workshop with Sal where they listened to and joined in with lots of stories and songs.

 

We have also held a class reading swap where the older children read with the younger children.

We hope that our storytelling events will have provided enjoyable experiences for all!

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1 month ago
Posted on 09th Feb 2026 by

Telling the time

Class 3 are learning to tell the time. They have made clocks, learnt about Roman numerals and are now learning how to tell the time at 5 minute intervals. They are all working really hard!

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1 month ago
Posted on 09th Feb 2026 by

Learning to tell the time!

Class 3 are learning to tell the time. They have made clocks, learnt about Roman numerals and are now working on telling the time to 5 minute intervals. They are all working really hard!

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1 month ago
Posted on 27th Jan 2026 by

Art – Observational drawing in Class 3

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1 month ago
Posted on 27th Jan 2026 by

Art – Pencil skills in Class 3

Year 3 have been developing their pencil skills in art, learning some new techniques and creating shade, depth and texture.
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2 months ago
Posted on 17th Jan 2026 by

National Year of Reading 2026!

 

Hodnet School is excited to embrace the National Year of Reading in 2026.

 

What is the National Year of Reading?

The National Year of Reading is a UK wide campaign by the Department for Education and the National Literacy Trust. The campaign’s theme is ‘Go All In’ meaning read about things that really matter to you. Whether it’s sport, music, fashion so something else, if people ‘go all in’ on a topic, the hope is that they will enjoy what they are reading and do it more.

 

Why is this the National Year of Reading?

Studies have shown that reading is connected to lots of lifelong benefits, including wellbeing and confidence, and improving writing and conversation skills. Unfortunately, reading for pleasure among young people is at its lowest for 20 years. We need our young people to read in order to improve their own life chances, both in education and the workplace.

 

Is reading just about books?

Definitely not! The National Year of Reading is promoting all types of reading including comics, magazines, online blogs, e-readers, instruction manuals and audiobooks. The campaign wants everyone to read in a way that works for them.

 

What is happening during the National Year of Reading?

Throughout 2026, there will be lots of events across the UK. At Hodnet School, Mrs Bessant has created a calendar of events to ensure that we enjoy a reading event every month of 2026.

National Year of Reading Calendar

Our first event is ‘Reading Resolutions’ – allowing our children to set a reading goal for the year. This could be about trying a new format of reading or perhaps trying a new author or genre.

The Department for Education want children and families to read for at least 10 minutes every day and Hodnet School we want that for our children as well. How amazing would it be if we could all achieve that goal!

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2 months ago
Posted on 09th Jan 2026 by

School Closure 9th January – Class 3 suggested activities

The Manor House comprehension

Compare Numbers to 1000

TTRS Worksheet

 

Good morning Class 3,

Here are some activities to keep you busy today:

  • Maths homework – Multiples of 50 on sheet in your homework folder

Additional activities:

  • The Manor House comprehension (on paper given). You could also draw a picture showing what Lara could see as she entered the woods (with labels from the text)
  • Additional Maths activity – Compare Numbers to 1000 (on paper given)
  • Computing – Scratch – https://scratch.mit.edu/ (no login necessary). Click Create and work online. Change your sprite, change your background, use the motion blocks to make you sprite move around the stage.)
  • Reading practice ( you have your books and reading diaries)
  • TTRS Division 2 Practice 4s sheet and/or online practice (logins in reading diaries)

Mrs Williams

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4 months ago
Posted on 21st Nov 2025 by

Mrs Watts’ Flint-Knapping Visit

Mrs Watts and James came in to show us all of their stone age and iron age artefacts. They also showed us how the Stone Age people knapped flint. They used large pieces of flint and  deer antlers to chip parts off to make tools such as hide scrapers, arrowheads and axes.