--- title: "News: Year 3" url: "https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/tag/year-3" school: "St Silas CE Primary School" --- # News: Year 3 ![Image of Mrs Capewell came to visit](https://files.schudio.com/st-silas-ce-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/IMG_20251105_130836.jpg) 5 Nov [2025-11-05-mrs-capewell-came-to-visit](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2025-11-05-mrs-capewell-came-to-visit) #### [Mrs Capewell came to visit](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2025-11-05-mrs-capewell-came-to-visit) Mrs Capewell came to visit Y4 with her new baby. This was part of their RE topic and were eager to ask her lots of questions. Thank you Mrs Capewell for coming in to see us today. ![Image of Spring Bulbs Project](https://files.schudio.com/st-silas-ce-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/PXL_20251104_112959799.TS-000.MP.jpg) 4 Nov [2025-11-04-spring-bulbs-project](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2025-11-04-spring-bulbs-project) #### [Spring Bulbs Project](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2025-11-04-spring-bulbs-project) Year 3 are taking part in the Edina Trust Spring Bulbs Project. The children were really excited and engaged planting up the bulbs today and placing them in the woodland area, ready to take part in the project. ![Image of Y3 Outdoor Elements](https://files.schudio.com/st-silas-ce-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/IMG_20251022_133112.jpg) 22 Oct [2025-10-22-y3-outdoor-elements](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2025-10-22-y3-outdoor-elements) #### [Y3 Outdoor Elements](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2025-10-22-y3-outdoor-elements) Y3 went to Outdoor Elements today; a bit soggy but everybody enjoyed themselves. ![Image of DT Year 4 Feb 25](https://files.schudio.com/st-silas-ce-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/IMG_20250205_101830.jpg) 7 Mar [2025-03-07-dt-year-4-feb-25](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2025-03-07-dt-year-4-feb-25) #### [DT Year 4 Feb 25](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2025-03-07-dt-year-4-feb-25) Year 3 and 4 designed and made their own jam tarts. ![Image of Choice Wheel for Internet Safety in Year 3](https://files.schudio.com/st-silas-ce-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/IMG_1309%5B1%5D.JPG) 16 May [2022-05-16-choice-wheel-for-internet-safety-in-year-3](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2022-05-16-choice-wheel-for-internet-safety-in-year-3) #### [Choice Wheel for Internet Safety in Year 3](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2022-05-16-choice-wheel-for-internet-safety-in-year-3) In Year 3 we have been looking at how we can keep ourselves safe on the internet. We looked at Dilemmas and what choices we would make using our Choice Wheel. ![Image of Year 3 fractions](https://files.schudio.com/st-silas-ce-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/IMG_1186.JPG) 4 May [2022-05-04-year-3-fractions](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2022-05-04-year-3-fractions) #### [Year 3 fractions](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2022-05-04-year-3-fractions) Y3 have been using a bar model to help find fractions of a set of objects. ![Image of Y3 investigated how the distance between a puppet and the light source affects the size of the shadow created.](https://files.schudio.com/st-silas-ce-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/IMG_1042.JPG) 27 Apr [2022-04-27-y3-investigated-how-the-distance-between-a-puppet-and-the-light-source-affects-the-size-o](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2022-04-27-y3-investigated-how-the-distance-between-a-puppet-and-the-light-source-affects-the-size-o) #### [Y3 investigated how the distance between a puppet and the light source affects the size of the shadow created.](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2022-04-27-y3-investigated-how-the-distance-between-a-puppet-and-the-light-source-affects-the-size-o) ![Image of Y3 have been investigating how the angle at which a light source shines on an object, affects the length of shadow of that object.](https://files.schudio.com/st-silas-ce-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/IMG_1167.JPG) 27 Apr [2022-04-27-y3-have-been-investigating-how-the-angle-at-which-a-light-source-shines-on-an-object-affe](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2022-04-27-y3-have-been-investigating-how-the-angle-at-which-a-light-source-shines-on-an-object-affe) #### [Y3 have been investigating how the angle at which a light source shines on an object, affects the length of shadow of that object.](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2022-04-27-y3-have-been-investigating-how-the-angle-at-which-a-light-source-shines-on-an-object-affe) ![Image of Typography in Year 3](https://files.schudio.com/st-silas-ce-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/IMG_1152.JPG) 21 Apr [2022-04-21-typography-in-year-3](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2022-04-21-typography-in-year-3) #### [Typography in Year 3](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2022-04-21-typography-in-year-3) Y3 have enjoyed learning about typography and applied this skill when creating their own 3D visual map. ![Image of Year 3 Magnets](https://files.schudio.com/st-silas-ce-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/IMG_0950_(1).JPG) 24 Feb [2022-02-24-year-3-magnets](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2022-02-24-year-3-magnets) #### [Year 3 Magnets](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2022-02-24-year-3-magnets) Y3 learnt about the North and South poles of a magnet and made their own compass. They have also been investigating which magnet was the strongest. ![Image of Multiplication in Year 3](https://files.schudio.com/st-silas-ce-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/IMG_0933v2.JPG) 8 Feb [2022-02-08-multiplication-in-year-3](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2022-02-08-multiplication-in-year-3) #### [Multiplication in Year 3](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2022-02-08-multiplication-in-year-3) Birch class have been learning how to multiply a 2 digit number by a 1 digit number. ![Image of Year 3 Magnets through materials](https://files.schudio.com/st-silas-ce-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/IMG_0928.JPG) 1 Feb [2022-02-01-year-3-magnets-through-materials](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2022-02-01-year-3-magnets-through-materials) #### [Year 3 Magnets through materials](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2022-02-01-year-3-magnets-through-materials) Y3 have been investigating which materials magnets can attract through. ### Academy Life - [News](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news) - [Events](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/events) - [Photo Gallery](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/photo-gallery-category/school-gallery) - [Calendar](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/calendar) - [Vacancies](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/job-vacancies) - [School Council](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/academy-life/school-council) - [Children's University](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/academy-life/children-s-university) - [Silas and Me](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/academy-life/silas-and-me) ##### Location St Silas Road Blackburn BB2 6JP ##### Contact Us 01254 698447 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/stsilasceprimary/) - [X](https://twitter.com/StSilas_Primary) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/stsilasblackburn/) © Copyright 2021–2026 St Silas CE Primary School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)