Year 3 Blog

We would like to say a big thank you to all our parents and carers for supporting their children's home learning tasks.  We can see who has been accessing Reading Plus and Times Tables Rockstars and you are all doing a great job!  Keep up the hard work!

Below is a reminder of the daily tasks you should be completing and the week's work ahead for Maths, English and Foundation subjects.

Reading Plus - Please ensure you are spending 30 minutes per day completing Reading Plus lessons.  Read and complete at least one comprehension, and if available, one vocabulary or visual skills lesson.  

Continue to record home reading in your reading record as normal.

Spellings - Please spend 10 minutes practising your spellings using the year 3 word list in the back of your reading record.

All of your work can be recorded in your homework book.

Also, continue to use TT Rockstars to practise your times tables, Purple Mash and Education City to practise other skills linked to the lessons above.

Children who attend daily IDL sessions should continue to spend 20 minutes completing the activities.  Every child has access to IDL maths which can be used to support the children’s maths learning.

Week beginning - 30th March 2020

Monday 30th March 2020

Maths - Subtract a 2 digit number from a 2 digit number using column subtraction.   Sheet number 1 subtracts without exchanging.  If you want a challenge sheet number 3 involves exchanging - remember don't swap the numbers round! 

English - Use the image to describe the dragon using adjectives, verbs and adverbs.  Remember to punctuate your sentences correctly using full stops and capital letters.

Foundation - Science - Read the Power point about Mary Anning and her contribution to palaeontology then answer the questions about her on slide 8 to find out why her findings of fossils was so important.

Tuesday 31st March 2020

Maths - Find the missing numbers in addition and subtraction word problems.  Remember to use the inverse to help you if it is needed.  There are three different levels.  Level 1 - 1 digit numbers, level 2 - 2 digit numbers and level 3 - 3 digit numbers.

English - Use the sheet to complete a variety of spelling, punctuation and grammar activities.  Remember to use your neatest handwriting!

Foundation - French - Practise saying the days of the week in French.  Use the sheet to cut out the days of the week and place in the correct order, write down the English day and then tell us a few things you usually do on that day.

Wednesday 1st April 2020

Maths - Use the sheet to complete the addition number sequences.  Can you write the rule once you have completed the sequence?  If you complete the sequences have a go at making up your own for a family member.  Can they complete your sequence and write down the rule?

English - Read the information about Butler - Bot and then answer the vocabulary and comprehension questions about the text.  Remember to practise writing your answers in full sentences.

Foundation - History - Use the map showing the Roman Empire and colour in the countries of the Celts and the Romans territories.  Once you have completed the map use it to answer the following questions:

1. In 800 BC who had the most territory?

2. How did the Roman Empire change and develop over time?

There are some fantastic video clips on BBC bitesize showing the development of the Roman Empire and how they became successful.

Thursday 2nd April 2020

Maths - Use the sheet to complete the subtraction sequences.  Can you work out the rule for the sequence?

English - Read the text Dream Holidays and then answer the comprehension questions about the text from sections A, B, C and D.

Foundation - History - Read the powerpoint named Spread of the Roman Empire and use the map to highlight the land which had been acquired by the Romans by 117AD.

Friday 3rd April 2020

Maths - Complete the addition and subtraction sequences.  Can you work out whether you need to add or subtract and can you identify the rule?

English - Read the text Dream Holidays (attached to Thursday's lessons) and complete the spelling section.

Foundation - Computing - Log onto Purple Mash and complete the 2do section.

We have uploaded work for every day of the week w/b 23/3/20

Please scroll down the website to find the right day.

Thanks

Miss Batey and Mrs Metcalf

Monday 23^rd March 2020 – Home Learning Tasks

Please complete the following tasks throughout the day and your work can be recorded in your homework book:

Reading Plus – Please ensure you are spending 30 minutes per day completing Reading Plus lessons.  Read and complete at least one comprehension, and if available, one vocabulary or visual skills lesson.  Children who are on Reading Eggs will need to go onto Reading Eggspress and do the comprehension section.

Continue to record home reading in your reading record as normal.

Spellings – Please spend 10 minutes practising your spellings using the year 3 word list in your reading record. We have also put this week’s spellings for you to learn in their spelling books.

Maths – We have been looking at dividing recently in class. We have been looking at the relation between multiplication and division. Children are to complete the division wheels, for example, they may help themselves by saying how many 3’s are in 30 if the question is 30 ÷ 3 =

English – Children are to complete the SPAG mat. This is a recap of everything that has been taught. It consists of spelling, punctuation and grammar.

Foundation – We have been looking at Europe. Children are to decide on a country and research about this place answering all the questions on the page.

All of your work can be recorded in your homework book.

Also, continue to use TT Rockstars to practise your times tables, purple mash and education city to practise other skills linked to the lessons above.

Tuesday 24th March 2020 – Home Learning Tasks

Please complete the following tasks throughout the day and your work can be recorded in your homework book:

Reading Plus – Please ensure you are spending 30 minutes per day completing Reading Plus lessons.  Read and complete at least one comprehension, and if available, one vocabulary or visual skills lesson.  Children who are on Reading Eggs will need to go onto Reading Eggspress and do the comprehension section.

Continue to record home reading in your reading record as normal.

Spellings – Please spend 10 minutes practising your spellings using the year 3 word list in your reading record. We have also put this week’s spellings for you to learn in their spelling books.

Maths – We have been focusing on times tables in class. Children are to complete the multiplication wheels.

English – Children are to complete the Roman comprehension. Children are to answer the questions in full sentences. 

Foundation – We have been looking at The Romans. Children are to read the information and label the soldier. Can they follow the instructions regarding the shield.

All of your work can be recorded in your homework book.

Also, continue to use TT Rockstars to practise your times tables, purple mash and education city to practise other skills linked to the lessons above.

Wednesday 25th March 2020 – Home Learning Tasks

Please complete the following tasks throughout the day and your work can be recorded in your homework book:

Reading Plus – Please ensure you are spending 30 minutes per day completing Reading Plus lessons.  Read and complete at least one comprehension, and if available, one vocabulary or visual skills lesson.  Children who are on Reading Eggs will need to go onto Reading Eggspress and do the comprehension section.

Continue to record home reading in your reading record as normal.

Spellings – Please spend 10 minutes practising your spellings using the year 3 word list in your reading record. We have also put this week’s spellings for you to learn in their spelling books.

Maths – Using your division/multiplication wheels, children may use these to help them answer the word problems. You may even think of a few of your own!

English – Children are to look at the picture and answer questions as to why they think certain things. Children are to answer the questions in full sentences. 

Foundation – We have looked at French numbers. Can you match up the Englishnumber to the French number?

All of your work can be recorded in your homework book. You may even watch this video to help. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsEz58BblMY 

Also, continue to use TT Rockstars to practise your times tables, purple mash and education city to practise other skills linked to the lessons above.

Thursday 26th March 2020 – Home Learning Tasks

Please complete the following tasks throughout the day and your work can be recorded in your homework book:

Reading Plus – Please ensure you are spending 30 minutes per day completing Reading Plus lessons.  Read and complete at least one comprehension, and if available, one vocabulary or visual skills lesson.  Children who are on Reading Eggs will need to go onto Reading Eggspress and do the comprehension section.

Continue to record home reading in your reading record as normal.

Spellings – Please spend 10 minutes practising your spellings using the year 3 word list in your reading record. We have also put this week’s spellings for you to learn in their spelling books.

Maths – We have been looking at the grid method. There is an example to help you and how to lay it out!

English – Based on the picture from yesterday, children are to find out what the words mean in the text and work out the vocabulary. You may want to read the whole sentence to help yourself.

Foundation – We have been looking at Rocks in Science. Children are to read through the powerpoint and see if they can order the fossilisation process.

All of your work can be recorded in your homework book.

Also, continue to use TT Rockstars to practise your times tables, purple mash and education city to practise other skills linked to the lessons above.

Friday 27th March 2020 – Home Learning Tasks

Please complete the following tasks throughout the day and your work can be recorded in your homework book:

Reading Plus – Please ensure you are spending 30 minutes per day completing Reading Plus lessons.  Read and complete at least one comprehension, and if available, one vocabulary or visual skills lesson.  Children who are on Reading Eggs will need to go onto Reading Eggspress and do the comprehension section.

Continue to record home reading in your reading record as normal.

Spellings – Please spend 10 minutes practising your spellings using the year 3 word list in your reading record. We have also put this week’s spellings for you to learn in their spelling books.

Maths – Today you are looking at column addition. we have done this before. Make sure the numbers are in the right column and be careful if you need to carry over. There is an example to help you and how to lay it out!

English – Based on the photo from the other day, children are to answer the questions. If you are unsure of anything here are some videos to help explain! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AseBaZWID7w 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1_0Gz4uRKo 

Foundation – Log onto PurpleMash and click on the '2do' section there are some typing activities to complete.

All of your work can be recorded in your homework book.

Also, continue to use TT Rockstars to practise your times tables, purple mash and education city to practise other skills linked to the lessons above.

Thursday 19th March - Children at home

Please see below an attached list of home learning tasks which can be completed at home in the grey homework books.

The Mental Maths for the next two weeks have been sent home in children's books and are attached below.

Year 3 - Children at home

Reading Plus – Please ensure you are spending 30 minutes per day completing Reading Plus lessons.  Read and complete at least one comprehension, and if available, one vocabulary or visual skills lesson.  We will continue to monitor Reading Plus throughout the week and if any children are put on hold we will release those so they can continue to access Reading Plus.  

Continue to record home reading in your reading record as normal.

Spellings – Please spend 10 minutes practising your spellings using the year 3 word list in your reading record.

Maths - Practise dividing a 2 digit number by a 1 digit number including remainders (see documents below)

English - Write a description of a mythical creature, for example, a unicorn, a fairy or a dragon

RE - linked to multicultural week - research information about the different types of Christian worship using the internet

Dividing

All of your work can be recorded in your homework book.

Also, continue to use TT Rockstars to practise your times tables, Purple Mash and Education City to practise other skills linked to the lessons above.

Children who attend daily IDL sessions should continue to spend 20 minutes completing the activities.  Every child has access to IDL maths which can be used to support the children’s maths learning.  The usernames and passwords for all of the above websites are in the back of the reading records.

Thank you for your support, Miss Batey and Mrs Metcalf

The children have all shared their homework pieces with their class!  We were very impressed!  

We hope you all have a lovely half term and a well deserved rest!

In Art the children have been looking at primary and secondary colours.  They mixed the primary colours red, blue and yellow to create secondary colours.

Performance Poetry 

Thank you to those who came along to our poetry performance. The children worked really hard on their poems and spent a lot of time rehearsing.

We hope you enjoyed the performance! 

Spooktastic Non-Uniform Day!

On Friday 1st November we had non-uniform day and lots of children chose to dress up as spooky and scary characters. 

We hope you like our terrifying costumes...

Sports Stars 

3M have been excited about their swimming lessons at Leyland Leisure Centre and are practising hard to perfect their technique. Whilst 3M have been swimming, 3B have been working on gymnastics and have been performing balances, short routines and also using our bodies to make shapes. 

Here are some photos of us in action. 

New Class- New Key Stage 

Year 3 have been working hard so far this half term. Not only have they been learning lots of new things, including French! But they have been adjusting to life in key stage 2. 

The step up into the juniors is a big step, children are adjusting to a lot of new things and are now starting to become more independent. One class is even going swimming! 

We look forward to keeping you updated on what the children have been up to as we progress through the year. 

  Dance from the heart  

 Over the last half term we have been learning a dance that has been set to different tunes that are related to the theme of Space, including 'Rewrite the Stars' and 'Reach for the Stars'.

On Thursday the whole school got together to perform the dance.

Lots of schools from around Lancashire were involved in the dance which was organised by the Lancashire Sports development team.

The team came to our school all dressed in space themed costumes. The most exciting part of the performance was the Robot who was about three metres tall and could bounce about one metre high. The robot was amazing and everyone went back into class with  big smiles on their faces.

Hothersall Lodge

What a fantastic time we all had on the last day of half term. Hothersall Lodge was brilliant.

We were involved in lots of team activities, such as canoeing, finding hidden clues, problem solving and working together as a team. We were all very tired at the end of the day. Thank you to all the staff for organizing such a fun packed day.

Nearly Half term Holidays

We have had a very busy half term completing all our assessments.. Lots of us have taken part in the 'walk to school week' and have had lots of fresh air and enjoyed the better weather. On Friday the final day of half term, we are excited to go to Hothersall Lodge, where we will be involved in lots of outdoor activities. Watch this space for some great photos of the trip!

Finally, we have done some superb pieces of homework, we take great pride in celebrating our achievements in class and sharing our work with everyone. 

Assessment Week

We have all worked extremely hard this week, throughout assessment week. We have done quite a few spelling tests; some reading and comprehension papers; arithmetic and problem solving assessments and writing assessments. Phew, all done, thank goodness. We have all done our best and now it's over to the teachers to do all the marking.

Dogs Trust

This week we had a special whole school assembly from the Dogs Trust, everyone listened well and enjoyed it.

All of Year 3 had a lesson from the lady from the Dogs Trust. She taught us all about how to take care of dogs as owners, especially when we play with them and greet them. She talked to us about how to read a dogs mood. Sometimes they wag their tails to show when they are happy and if they are showing their teeth they could be angry. If they are scared they could snap at you. One important fact that she told us to be aware of was never to disturb them when they are eating as this could be dangerous. They may even need a bit of privacy when they need to go to the toilet. We all got to stroke a toy dog that looked quite realistic, it was lovely and soft and good fun. 

Summer Term

What lovely sunshine we had over the Easter holidays. We all feel refreshed and ready for the new summer term.

This term in Maths we are finding angles in shapes and we are identifying weather an angle is obtuse, acute, or a right angle.

In our topic this term we will be learning about plants and pollination.

Checking for right angles.

We are using our right angle finders to find which angles are right angles.

Our last week before Easter!

It's been another busy week for us in year 3. Our children enjoyed showing the work they had produced for homework, which included some lovely magic & mystery artwork and some beautiful Easter cards and poems. This week we also took part in a fundraiser day wearing our own clothes to raise money for Team William. This is a local family that our school supports. 

On Thursday we had our creative arts 'magic and mystery' show and tell assembly for the parents. The children did a brilliant job of performing the song, 'Double double, toil and trouble' whilst we had our witches making a spell in the cauldron. Other children shared their magic potions, wands, hats, magic spells and other things. We were very proud of how well they all did! We hope you all have a fabulous Easter break.

Here are some photos of our week. 

Creative Arts Week

What an amazing week we have had in year three. Our creative arts topic has been Magic and Mystery around Lancashire. We have learnt all about 'The Pendle Witches'; have made witches hats; spells and potions. It was great fun creating our own version of the witches poem from MacBeth and writing potions for different spells. On Tuesday we had a local artist teach us how to make a magic wand, a magic potion and another magic spell book. We had a really fun time with the artist who brought in lots of different resources for us to make all the magical things.

Our Maths and lessons have been exciting, we have been solving lots of number mysteries and been solving maths problems. We are looking forward to wearing our hats in an assembly quite soon. 

WRIST performance at the Guild Hall.

First week back after half term and what a busy one it was for Year 3! We were lucky enough to be able to take part in the WRIST performance on Thursday night. The children were very excited about this and had a very busy but fun day. We arrived at the Guild Hall in the afternoon to have a practice on the stage before having our tea. Before we knew it, it was 7pm and time for the show to start. The children did a fantastic job performing their dance and made us all very proud. Well done Year 3!

Here are some of the pictures.

Well done to year three for producing fantastic pieces of homework.  We were really impressed by the time and effort which was spent on various pieces!

Also, a big well done for working so hard this half term, we hope you all have a safe and enjoyable holiday!

This week year 3 have been doing maths, writing and reading assessments.           We have also been learning about the Romans.                                                                                                                                     

Everyone in year 3 was very excited on Tuesday and Wednesday  to see  the snow we hoped it would have stayed for longer so that we could have played in it.

In computing we have been using the ' To animate ' program to make an animated cartoon. It was great fun.

                                              Wrist Celebration

We've really enjoyed starting to learn our dance this week.We need lots more

practice to be ready to perform it for the Wrist Celebration at the Guild Hall on

Thursday 28th Feb.

We hope you can all come to watch us.

Welcome back.

We hope everyone enjoyed the Christmas break.

This week we have got straight down to work ,doing

all our spelling assessments. 

We have all worked very hard.

Happy New Year!

We were very excited in year three to do our scoot safe training.We found out how to stay safe on our scooters and did  lots of fun activities.

Year 3 Performance Poetry 2018

On Tuesday our poetry performance was amazing, we performed it in front of the whole school and then for our families. We have really enjoyed writing and performing our own poetry. Everyone thought we did a fantastic job of it! We were the first year group to perform.  Mrs Brownley said that all the other year groups would have a hard job to do as well as we had done!

This week in year three we have been practising  our poems and songs for our poetry performance next week. The poems are about winter and  animals.

In Geography our topic this half term is the weather.  We have been researching information about extreme weather such as hurricanes, flooding and blizzards using the IPAD's.  We then looked at the weather symbols which are used in weather forecasts and had a go at writing and presenting our own forecast to the class.

In Science we have been learning about the human skeleton.  We have learnt about the functions and the different parts.  We then made our own human skeleton out of art straws.

We have had a busy half-term in Year 3! 

In Literacy, we have enjoyed exploring a variety of fables and creating our own, using a similar story line to 'The Tortoise and the Hare'. 

We have been focusing on division and measurement in maths, and have had lots of fun incorporating our lessons in the playground. 

Well done and thank you for all of the fantastic homework produced, we were really impressed with the time and dedication the children gave.

Year 3 have been very lucky to have been visited by the South Ribble sports partnership to learn all about the importance of scooter safety. 

We are all looking forward to the fun this next half term will bring.

Miss Arands, Miss Dervish, Mrs Ball and Mrs Dixon 

We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year! 

Mrs Metcalf, Miss Arands, Mrs Ball and Mrs Dixon

Well done to year 3 for presenting their homework tasks to their classes.  All the children worked with great care and effort and the homework was of an extremely high standard.  We were very impressed by the fantastic work which was shown to us.  Here are some of the examples:

Christmas card designs

Wonderful winter scenes

Arcimboldo art

Book cover designs

Weather reports

Finding the meaning of five words linked to our Science topic

As part of Year 3's English we had the privilege of Paul Cookson working with us to support us in our performance poetry unit.  The children took part in different poetry workshops where they thought of ideas for their poems before drafting them and finally presenting them to parents and the whole school in an assembly.  The children worked extremely hard and they put together a fantastic performance which was enjoyed by all!

The children had a fantastic week during New Technologies week learning lots of new skills and they took part in many activities such as exploring the variety of Computing activities which had been set up in the hall, designing a new piece of technology as well as learning about the importance of Online Safety.  A big thank you to Mr Benson for organising the week and here are some pictures of us taking part in the different activities!

In Music we have been exploring different playground songs and games and then we devised our own which we shared with the year 1 children.

We have been very lucky to have a sports coach providing us with orienteering sessions as part of our PE curriculum.

It was a challenging outdoor activity which required us to think carefully.

The aim of the sessions was to navigate in sequence between control points marked on a map.

Many different skills were required in these lessons such as teamwork, listening carefully to others and communicating well with our team.

As part of their DT topic year 3 have designed and made their own healthy sandwiches.  They practised many important skills such as slicing the bread and then enjoyed eating their sandwiches in class!

Welcome to the year three blog! 

The year three children have settled very well into their new class routines, we have had a busy first few weeks.  Here are some of the activities we have been taking part in!

The children enjoyed learning new jujitsu moves as part of the taster session we had in school. 

Paul Cookson, a talented poet, came in to work with year 3 on creating some exciting poetry!