--- title: "Year 3 - English - Using The Correct Determiners" url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-04-21-year-3-english-using-the-correct-determiners" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # Year 3 - English - Using The Correct Determiners ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/eb382cce-520b-4948-8770-abef0e178b6d.jpg) 21 April 2026 ![](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/images/news/eb382cce-520b-4948-8770-abef0e178b6d.jpg) Determiner Detectives in Year 3! We’ve been mastering the rules for using a and an today. To put our new skills into practice, we turned our attention to the iconic Moon-Face from The Enchanted Wood. The children had to think carefully—is it a shiny face or an unusual face. It was a fantastic way to sharpen our grammar while exploring the magic of Enid Blyton’s world! [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/year_1_-_art.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-04-17-year-1-art-watercolours) Previous ### [Year 1 - Art - Watercolours](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-04-17-year-1-art-watercolours) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/594a37f7-c9b8-48a0-9c6e-43a32e6222fb.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-04-22-year-3-maths-finding-unit-fractions-of-amounts) Next ### [Year 3 - Maths - Finding Unit Fractions Of Amounts](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-04-22-year-3-maths-finding-unit-fractions-of-amounts) ### 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/)