Year 3 Printable Worksheets

This fun spring themed colour by number activity will help children recognise numbers 1 - 9. Children follow the number and colour chart to colour the spring landscape.

Fossils are the remains or traces of animals and plants that lived a long time ago! Many fossils are buried under layers of mud and sedimentary rock. Students learn some interesting facts about body fossils and trace fossils and answer the multiple-choice questions.

This handy, colourful set of flashcards is a fantastic resource to help teach children the main vocabulary for the topic - Rocks. Each card has a real image to illustrate the word. Vocabulary words include rock, soil, chalk, sand, sedimentary, granite, marble, fossil, moss, sandy soil, loamy soil, peat soil, slate, clay, rough, and smooth. Use these cards to discuss the topic of rocks with your children, display them around the classroom, or use them as a fun matching activity!

These maths daily workouts are a great way to test your child's understanding of year 3 maths. They cover a variety of key areas in the maths curriculum and will help children solve a range of maths problems. Our maths daily workouts are fun to complete and can be used either in the classroom or at home. This maths worksheet covers some important areas of the curriculum including fractions, geometry, division, multiplication, and addition.

Using apostrophes to show singular and plural possessionFor single nouns, we add an apostrophe and an 's'. For example:The cat's food bowl was empty.For plural nouns, we add an apostrophe after the 's'. For example:The cats' beds were filled with soft blankets. 

Subtracting fractionsLet's work out 3/5 - 2/5. We subtract the second numerator (2) from the first numerator (3) and keep the denominator (5) the same.3/5  -  2/5  =  1/5 Students solve each of these subtraction problems by subtracting the second numerator from the first numerator and keeping the denominator the same. 

Major Rivers of the World QuizThis famous rivers quiz for KS2 pupils will introduce them to some of the world's most well-known rivers and their important roles in various countries. It's a fun and educational way for pupils to learn about geography and the significance of rivers in different parts of the world.

What are Natural Resources?This handy worksheet is designed to introduce KS2 students to the concept of natural resources and their distribution. Through this worksheet, students will gain a better understanding of essential resources like energy, food, minerals, and water, and how they are distributed around the world. The worksheet includes an informative passage that explains the importance of natural resources and their diverse uses. Students will be asked multiple-choice questions, to think about the importance of water conservation, and come up with simple ways they can contribute to saving water in their daily lives.

What is 1/4 of 4? How many minutes are there in an hour? How many vertices does a square have? Our maths daily workouts contain a variety of questions and tasks that will help children to use mathematics in a wide range of situations. Each daily workout has 10 activities for children to complete. Help your students become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics and help them develop confidence with fractions, time, geometry, addition, division, multiplication, and more. Each worksheet comes with an answer sheet.

Prefixes - super–, anti– and auto–Adding a prefix to a root word can change its meaning and form a different word. For example:super + hero = superheroStudents write the root words in the correct columns to match them to the correct prefixes.

Conjunctions writing activityA conjunction is a word that is used to join two parts of a sentence.  For example:I brought an umbrella because it was raining heavily.Students write their own sentences using each conjunction included on the worksheet. This resource is a great activity to help children learn how to use conjunctions correctly in their writing. 

Year 3 and 4 SpellingsIncorporating the Year 3 and 4 Spelling Word List into the curriculum fosters a strong foundation in language skills, enriches vocabulary, and promotes confident communication. This word list can be used to create weekly spelling lists for students. Each week, introduce a set of words and encourage pupils to practice spelling and understanding their meanings. The word list can serve as a foundation for expanding students' vocabulary.

KS2 Geography - Water. Students read the information on global warming and answer the accompanying study questions.

A KS2 maths resource about quarters.

This primary maths resource is all about fractions and whole numbers.

This literacy resource asks students to think of adjectives to create alliterations. For example: blue balloons.

Students read through the information and facts about droughts and answer the accompanying study questions.

This fun fossils activity asks students to draw a line to match the vocabulary word to the definition.

Identifying conjunctions - Time, place and causeHere are some examples of conjunctions expressing time, place, and cause:Time conjunctions: after, before, when, while, as, until, since, once, as soon as, by the time.Place conjunctions: above, below, between, inside, outside, near, next to, behind, in front of, across.Cause conjunctions: because, since, so, therefore, as a result, due to, owing to, thanks to, on account of, in order to.Students practise identifying conjunctions that express time, place and cause. Understanding conjunctions and how they connect ideas is an important skill for Year 3 students to develop in order to improve their writing and communication skills.If you found this worksheet helpful, check out our Using Conjunctions To Express Time, Place And Cause activity.

This fun light activity asks students to draw a line to match the vocabulary word to the definition. This worksheet can be used to reinforce learning when teaching the topic of light.

This year 3 science assessment paper can be used to test your child's knowledge of the science unit - Light. There is a variety of questions for students to answer.

Words with long A sound - ayHave your students read through the sentences and fill in the spaces using the 'ay' words from the word bank. This resource will help children read and spell words with the long vowel a sound. We use 'ay' in the middle and at the end of words including play, midday, crayon, player, holiday, hay, day, etc.What is a cloze activity?A cloze worksheet is a useful activity to improve a child's reading comprehension and grammar skills. Words are removed from the text for students to fill in as an exercise in reading comprehension.   

What is Samhainophobia? What are the colours of Halloween? Why are jack-o'-lanterns carved? Students read the facts about Halloween and fill in the missing words. There is a word bank to help them.

Students are asked to read the facts about elephants and rewrite the passage correctly on the lines. This exercise will really help improve a child's spelling and punctuation. It is also good practice for proofreading their own written work.

What is important in a good friend? Students answer questions about the qualities of being a good friend.

This reading comprehension includes some interesting facts about Mount Vesuvius and its devastating eruption in 79 AD. Students read through the article and answer the questions.

Children learn some different ways to stay safe whilst enjoying the sunshine. They read through the text and answer the accompanying questions.

Use our maths daily workouts to test your student's knowledge and see how well they are doing with year 3 maths. Our maths daily workouts are colourfully illustrated to keep children interested and excited about learning. There are 10 mathematical problems for children to solve on each worksheet. Help your students become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics and help them develop confidence. Each daily workout covers key areas of the maths national curriculum.

A quick and easy time-saving activity covering capital letters and question marks. Pupils write each sentence by putting in the capital letters and question marks.

KS2 History - Why have people invaded and settled in Britain in the past? An Anglo-Saxon case study

KS2 geography worksheet - Weather

This KS2 history worksheet includes some interesting facts and events in the 1980s. Students read the text and answer the study questions.

A KS2 geography resource with information about the seven continents. Students read through the information and answer 10 questions.

A KS2 maths resource about using number squares to add and subtract.

This list shows adjectives that describe touch. Teachers can use it with their students or children can put it in the front of their folders as an extra resource.

Year 3 Science - Unit 3B: Helping plants grow well. This worksheet describes the process of photosynthesis. Students read the text and then answer the study questions.

This reading comprehension includes some interesting information about the River Trent. Students must read the text and answer the accompanying study questions.

Who built Hadrian's Wall? Where did the Picts tribes live? This history resource includes a passage about Hadrian's Wall. Students read through the text and then answer the accompanying questions. The extension activity asks students to design their own fort.

A KS2 general knowledge resource including 12 questions for students to answer.

A primary resource including 12 general knowledge questions for students to answer.

This KS2 reading comprehension is all about the seven continents. Students read through the informational text and answer the questions.

This printable maths worksheet will help develop spatial thinking skills. Students are asked to look at the jumble of different shapes and write the number of each shape.

Students read the information about four different types of stones and tick the correct boxes.

Students read through the text 'The hare and the tortoise' and answer the accompanying study questions.

KS2 History - Why have people invaded and settled in Britain in the past? A Viking case study

This KS2 geography comprehension includes some interesting facts about floods. Students are asked to read the article and then answer the accompanying study questions.

Carroll diagrams are used to organise data and group it according to whether it fits certain criteria. Students are asked to put the collected data on to the Carroll diagrams.

This KS2 reading comprehension includes some interesting information about the River Severn. Students must read the text and answer the accompanying study questions.