--- title: "Year 3 - English - Developing A Persuasive Argument" url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-12-03-year-3-english-developing-a-persuasive-argument" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # Year 3 - English - Developing A Persuasive Argument ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/6c312dc6-af5d-4687-b087-7d570931eadd.jpg) 3 December 2025 Year 3 students channeled their inner advocates and dived into the exciting world of persuasive writing. We focused on developing strong, coherent arguments by tackling a very local and important issue: persuading the council to keep our beloved local fast food restaurant open. ![](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/images/news/6c312dc6-af5d-4687-b087-7d570931eadd.jpg) [Year 3](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/year-3) [English](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/english) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/f38f5cce-c273-4c9d-b3d2-4a45c39e1c0e.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-12-02-year-4-p-e-gymnastics) Previous ### [Year 4 P.E. - Gymnastics](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-12-02-year-4-p-e-gymnastics) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/Collage_2025-12-03_09_17_35.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-12-04-year-1-computing-collecting-data) Next ### [Year 1 Computing: Collecting data](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-12-04-year-1-computing-collecting-data) ### Academy Life - [News](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/events) - [Clubs](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/basc) - [School Council](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Charities and Fundrasing](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/charities-and-fundraising) - ![School Games Gold](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Gold_Logo_25-26(1).png) - ![Healthy school](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/healthy_school.png) - ![Picture News](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/6_Years_of_Picture_News.png) - ![AP smilestar](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Screenshot_2026-07-27_10.26.27.png) ##### Location St James Crescent Darwen Lancashire BB3 0EY ##### Contact Us 01254 703260 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Darwenstjames) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/darwenstjames/) © Copyright 2021–2026 Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)