I’m using underscores to create a new wordpress theme. As a mainly front end dev I’m a bit confused when it comes to the wordpress loop.

What I’m trying to achieve:

• Grid of 3 recent posts excluding category 200
• Grid of 3 recent posts from category 200 and excluding every other cat
• Grid of 12 posts starting from post 4 and excluding category 200

My loop:

<?php query_posts('cat=-200&posts_per_page=3'); ?>

  <?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>

    <?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

      <?php get_template_part( 'template-parts/content-top'); ?>

    <?php endwhile; ?>

  <?php else : ?>

    <?php get_template_part( 'template-parts/content', 'none' ); ?>

  <?php endif; ?>

  <?php query_posts('cat=200&posts_per_page=2&offset=1'); ?>

  <?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>

    <?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

      <?php get_template_part( 'template-parts/content-middle'); ?>

    <?php endwhile; ?>

  <?php else : ?>

    <?php get_template_part( 'template-parts/content', 'none' ); ?>

  <?php endif; ?>
  <?php query_posts('cat=-200&posts_per_page=12&offset=3'); ?>

<?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>

  <?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

    <?php get_template_part( 'template-parts/content-bottom'); ?>

  <?php endwhile; ?>

<?php else : ?>

  <?php get_template_part( 'template-parts/content', 'none' );  reset_query();?>

<?php endif; ?>

Each of the template parts contain the excerpts, styling in cards etc

Is my way of displaying this on the homepage efficient or is there a better way to do this?

Thanks