Year 3 Blog

Hi everyone! We look forward to hopefully seeing you next week. Make sure to bring a water bottle and you can wear your own clothes! Year 3 are welcome to come on the 7th July, 1:30-2:30pm on KS2 playground (enter via gate on car park)

Make sure to check your Purple Mash, you may have received an email off us to see what you have been up to! 

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.

This information is now going to stay at the top of the blog as a constant reminder.

Important notice for Y3 children: 

Children should only be logging onto their own accounts for Reading plus, TT Rockstars and Purple Mash. It is important that you only log onto your own account as it shows us what you can do and the help we may need to give you. Children should not be logging onto each other’s accounts as this is something that school buys into and is an assessment tool. We are keeping a close eye on all online accounts, please only log onto your own account.

Thank you Miss Batey and Mrs Metcalf.

Year 3 - Home Learning week beginning 13th July

Hi everyone! We hope you are all well. It was lovely to see you for the play session on Thursday. Here is your final week of learning before we finish for the summer holidays! Well done for completing the tasks that have been set for you. Thank you for a fabulous year together!

This weeks tasks are below. 

Monday 13th July

Maths: Watch the following video https://vimeo.com/430336748 then complete the worksheet on right angles.

English: 

This week is all about exploring characters from different stories and finding new vocabulary. At the end of the week, decide which character is your favourite!

If you would like to do some extra work throughout the week, here are some ideas:

Esio Trot by Roald Dahl – the full film to watch and enjoy. (Note: PG certificate). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMkYpzwMVD0 

Listen to and enjoy the audio version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXD4yrJJz5o 

Esio Trot is ‘Tortoise’ written backwards! Have some fun by experimenting with creating character names by writing animal names backwards to create new characters, e.g.

lion – Noil

giraffe – Mr Effarig

pelican –Mr Nacilep

seal – Mrs Leas

You could create a quiz for your family using this idea. Provide the ‘backwards’ spelling and challenge to write the animal name against the clock!

Read and enjoy the opening to Me and Mister P by Maria Farrer https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/book/13652/Me-and-Mister-P-by-Maria-Farrer.html 

Today you will read and enjoy Chapter One of Mister Cleghorn’s Seal by Judith Kerr: https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/book/16117/Mister-Cleghorns-Seal-by-Judith-Kerr.html   (You will need to register with LoveReading4Kids to view the extract. Membership is free).

After reading, discuss new and interesting vocabulary which you have read, e.g. edition, rearranging, newfangled, sum, stir, janitor, retreated.

Write down the new vocabulary and use www.wordhippo.com  to explore similar words (synonyms) to help you understand them.

Create a character chart about Mister Cleghorn. Write down all the things you have found out about him.

Foundation:

Complete the booklet about next year. You will be able to write about certain parts as well as draw pictures. 

Tuesday 14th July

Maths: Watch the video https://vimeo.com/430336836 then complete the worksheet on comparing angles

English: 

Read and enjoy the opening to Esio Trot by Roald Dahl, up to 2:39 mins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXD4yrJJz5o 

After reading, discuss new and interesting vocabulary which you have read and use www.wordhippo.com to explore similar words (synonyms). Some examples to explore are:

widow riot polite distance courage

Create a character chart about Mr Hoppy. Write down all the things you have found out.

Alternatively/in addition, you could create a role on the wall of Mr Hoppy. Draw an outline of him. Write facts that you know about him on the outside of the outline and his feelings on the inside.

Foundation: Please complete the end of year memories. This may be something nice for you to look at in a year to come!

Wednesday 15th July

Maths: Watch the video at https://vimeo.com/430336963 then complete the activity on horizontal and vertical lines

English: Before reading the story opening today, look at the words listed below using www.wordhippo.com . 

savanna

endless 

supply 

horizon 

bored 

border 

speck

Write the words down. Discuss meanings and similar words (synonyms) with an adult. Exploring these words now will help you to understand the story later.

Read and enjoy the opening to Yours Sincerely, Giraffe by Megumi Iwasa https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/book/14774/Yours-Sincerely-Giraffe-by-Megumi-Iwasa.html (You will need to register with LoveReading4Kids to view the extract. Membership is free).

Return to the word list and spot the words in the story. Discuss these words within the story and what they mean.

Now explore the words lonely and bored on www.wordhippo.com Find similar words (synonyms) and write them down.

Discuss how the giraffe is feeling.

Write short sentences to create a mini poem, including the new words you have found, e.g.

Giraffe is feeling lonely. 

Giraffe is feeling unloved.

Giraffe is feeling unwanted.

Giraffe is feeling outcast. Etc.

Publish your poem by writing it in your best handwriting or typing it. Add some images or illustrations. You could send this to us on the blog!

Foundation: 

https://lancashireschoolgames.co.uk/year-3-6-spar-lancashire-school-games-activity-timetable/

Here is this week’s Lancashire School Games PE plan, explore the document and try out some of the activities. Put some pictures of you completing the ones you enjoyed on the class blog.

Thursday 16th July

Maths: Watch the video at https://vimeo.com/430337089 and complete the activity on parallel and perpendicular lines.

English: Return to the story extract read yesterday Yours Sincerely, Giraffe by Megumi Iwasa: https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/book/14774/Yours-Sincerely-Giraffe-by-Megumi-Iwasa.html 

Write a letter as though you are the giraffe explaining that you need a friend because you are bored.

Use the words and similar words for lonely and bored that you explored yesterday, and discuss how you, as the giraffe, are feeling.

Use the following ideas to help to write your letter:

Dear anyone who will read this,

I am feeling extremely bored because…

At the moment, I live in the African Savanna and ...

I would like a friend because...

If you are feeling really inspired, perhaps you could write back as though you are the penguin!

Foundation: Lumpy bumpy name game

Learn and practise braille. Can you spell your name and read someone else’s?

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/lumpy-bumpy-name-game-primary 

Friday 17th July

Maths: Log onto Education City and access classwork where some activities have been set which link to the topics you have looked at this week.

English: 

During this week and previous weeks, you have explored a range of characters including:

Dr Seuss

The Enormous Crocodile 

Flat Stanley

Robin Hood

The Shoe People

Mister Cleghorn

Mr Hoppy

Discuss and make a list of all the characters you have read about or viewed in film clips. Remember capital letters for names of people!

Now select the characters you wish to focus on, e.g. four or five characters.

Make Top Trumps cards for your characters using the information you have read.

View this clip about how to create Top Trumps cards from LPDS TV (up to 3:45mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14Ywou7Jguc 

You could use the following categories for your Top Trumps cards, e.g.

Wisdom

Strength

Humour

Honesty

Greed

Top Trumps Rating etc.

You could also include a brief description of the character and the book they feature in.

Finally, choose your winner! Share this with family members and your teacher.

Foundation: Say what you see

Practice communicating in an emergency by making and receiving a pretend 999 call. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/say-what-you-see-primary

Year 3 home learning - week beginning 6th July

A battle has been organised. Year 3 girls V Year 3 Boys! It starts at 9am today and will carry on until Friday 10th 5pm. Good luck!

Monday 6th July

Arts Award - Ongoing task for the next two weeks (optional)

We are an Artsmark Gold school and arts award is a national qualification which recognises a child's commitment to arts and cultural education.  Mrs Cookson has asked if any children would like to participate.  There are a  variety of levels and in order to achieve a level, you will research artists, evaluate experiences etc and then  submit a project based on the arts/culture.  There are two levels called Discover and Explore.

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic arts award have released a word document booklet and project version called 'Discover at Home'  

If you would like to take part please email completed arts awards booklets which you would like to be submitted to year2@lostockhallcps.co.uk so Mrs Cookson can moderate them.

The link below has some extra information.

https://learn.artsaward.org.uk/discover-at-home  

There are two documents attached which outline what you need to do and the booklet you should complete.

Maths - Today the focus will be multiplying a 2 digit number by a 1 digit number.  Click on the link below 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zb4gcqt to watch the video then complete the questions on activity 2.  Remember you can answer the questions mentally or use the grid method which we have practised before in school, for example,

19 x 4 =

40 + 36 = 76 so

19 x 4 = 76

English

Today we will look at BBC Daily Bitesize (9th June) Using a dictionary or https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zmy3rj6 . Remember, this is not new, we have looked at this before. 

Please watch the video(s) and then complete the activities on the link and complete them in your book.

Spellings

The spelling list of key words to learn in year three has been uploaded below.  Please remember to continue practising these spellings ready for year four.

Foundation - PSHE

Today your task is to watch the teacher videos from Mrs Smithson and Mr Jardine telling you all about themselves! (These will be uploaded on Monday morning)  Once you have watched the videos complete the 2do task on purple mash which is named All About Me!

Tuesday 7th July

Maths

Today's focus is dividing a 2 digit number by a 1 digit number.  Click on the link 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zbkdjhv to watch the videos then complete the worksheets attached to the link. 

English

Today we will look at BBC Daily Bitesize (2nd June) Exploring fronted adverbials or https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z62ckmn. Remember, this is not new, we have looked at this before. 

Please watch the video(s) and then complete the activities on the link and complete them in your book. 

Foundation - PSHE

Today we would like you to reflect on your time in year three. 

What have been your strengths? 

What have you enjoyed?

What have you learnt?

Perhaps you could write down a paragraph for each question and upload to purple mash.  We would love to hear from you!

Wednesday 8th July

Maths

Today's focus is solving multiplication and division problems.  Click on the link 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zhvbrj6 to watch the videos, complete the interactive task and then have a go at the activity sheet.  Remember you can use any strategy you like - mentally or written!

English

Today we will look at BBC Daily Bitesize (1st June) Similes and metaphors or https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zmg6pg8. Remember, this is not new, we have looked at this before. 

Please watch the video(s) and then complete the activities on the link and complete them in your book.

Foundation - PSHE

Today we would like you to think about what your dreams and aspirations are for next year when you move into year four.  Look at the transition booklet attached and write about things that you are good at, things you would like to get better at and your hopes for when you move into year four!

Thursday 9th July

Maths

Log on to Education City and you will see that you have been set some classwork focusing on multiplying and dividing.  

English

1. Today we will look at BBC Daily Bitesize (14th May) Their, there and they’re or https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zk2c92p. Remember, this is not new, we have looked at this before. 

Please watch the video(s) and then complete the activities on the link and complete them in your book. 

Foundation - Science

Follow the link on bbc bitesize and watch the videos which explains what plants need to live.  Once you have watched the video complete the two activities.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/znm4kmn

Friday 10th July

Maths

Click on the link at https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=math+magician to access the two games:

Are you a Maths Magician - Division? 

Are you a Maths Magician - Multiplication? 

Can you see if you can answer 20 questions in 1 minute?  Remember to challenge yourself!

English

Today we will look at BBC Daily Bitesize (5th May) Expanded noun phrases or https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zhfgcqt. Remember, this is not new, we have looked at this before. 

Please watch the video(s) and then complete the activities on the link and complete them in your book.

Foundation - History

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zd42xyc

Follow the link above on bbc bitesize and watch the videos and read the text to find out what life was like in the Stone Age.  Once you have read this information create a booklet to explain to others what life was like at this time.

Year 3 - Home Learning - w/b 29th June

Maths: Today’s focus is adding a two digit number with either a one or two digit number.  Answer the following questions below using any method you like – mentally or written, for example, using a number line or column addition.

1. 12 + 9 =

2. 24 + 7 =

3. 56 + 8 =

4. 12 + 22 =

5. 24 + 15 =

6. 54 + 37 = 

Now try subtracting a one digit number from either a one or two digit number.  Answer the following questions below using any method you like – mentally or written, for example, using a number line or column subtraction then have a go at the online game.

1. 16 – 9 =

2. 11 – 6 =

3. 15 – 4 =

4. 34 – 12 =

5. 56 – 17 =

6. 63 – 35 =

Online game

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math/subtraction/fruit-splat-game/

English: Over the next 2/3 weeks, your English activities will be mainly based on Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation to prepare yourself for Year 4 in September. This is all a recap and nothing new is being taught. 

today , remind yourself of how to use a thesaurus, follow the link:

BBC Daily Bitesize (10th June) Using a thesaurus or  - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zh2xhbk 

Please watch the video(s) and then complete the activities on the link and complete them in your book.

Foundation: Today you will be creating crafts from Japan. The Japanese are famous for their ancient art of paper folding. Follow the video and instructions!

https://www.thenational.academy/oak-activity-club/art-club/lesson/origami-primary#slide-2

Sports day

Sports day has been postponed due to the weather, here are some activities that are sport related to do instead. Hopefully we will have some better soon!

English: Complete the word mats that are to do with sport Answer the questions based on it. There is also a challenge to think of a sport/ sport names from A-Z. 

Maths: Complete the booklet and find out where the missing tennis balls are!

Foundation: If you could design your own sports day, what would you do? What activities would you decide? How would it be laid out? How long would you be on each station? You may draw it out!

Tuesday 30th June:

As we are unable to have an actual sports day, we wanted to still do something linked to this. Today the whole day’s home learning will be dedicated to athletics and classic sports day events.

Please see the link below:

https://lancashireschoolgames.co.uk/spar-lancashire-school-games-virtual-festival-30th-june/

We do not expect you to do every activity but have a go at a selection. Please get your parents involved too-everyone loves a good egg and spoon race!

Use the Purple Mash 2Do task set for today to add any photographs of you doing the events. To do this when you load up the task follow the following steps:

Wednesday 1st July

Maths: To consolidate the skills you have been practising please log in to education city to complete the following games:

• On the cards

• Card Clash

• Card showdown

All three games focus on adding and subtracting.

English: Today we will look at BBC Daily Bitesize (8th June) Mastering Inverted commas or https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zjm6pg8 Remember, this is not new, we have looked at this before. 

Please watch the video(s) and then complete the activities on the link and complete them in your book.

Foundation: Work through the power point about Sikhism and watch the video. Read the story of Guru Nanak and how he came to be the founder of Sikhism. Please use the 2*, then sequence and retell the story of Guru Nanak using the differentiated Guru Nanak’s Story. If you can’t print it out, rewrite the sentences in order and then draw a similar picture.

Thursday 2nd July

Maths: Today we will look at solving addition and subtraction word problems.  Answer the questions on the sheet and then see if you can make up 4 of your own word problems.

English: Today we will look at BBC Daily Bitesize (4th June) Revising apostrophes for possession or https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zvnxhbk . Remember, this is not new, we have looked at this before. 

Please watch the video(s) and then complete the activities on the link and complete them in your book. 

Foundation: Go through the power point and watch the videos about the following terms, magnetic or non-magnetic. 

Today you are going to split your page in half, magnetic and non-magnetic. Find something in your house which is small and magnetised. Go around the house and see what items you can find that are magnetic and non-magnetic. Check with an adult first!

Friday 3rd July

Maths: Today we will look at rapid recall of addition and subtraction questions.  Use the link below https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button to access a variety of addition and subtraction number facts and choose the level you’d like to practise.

English: Today we will look at BBC Daily Bitesize (3rd June) Revising apostrophes for contracted words or https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zhcsvk7. Remember, this is not new, we have looked at this before. 

Please watch the video(s) and then complete the activities on the link and complete them in your book.

Foundation: This afternoon you will be looking at designing and building a twig raft. You will need: scissors, twigs, string and leaves. 

Watch the video and decide how you are going to build your boat. Once done, you can actually build it. Good luck!

https://www.thenational.academy/oak-activity-club/scouts/lesson/teeny-tiny-twig-rafts-all#slide-2

Year 3 Home Learning - Week beginning 22nd June

Monday 22nd June

Maths

For the next four weeks we are going to revise some of the key number facts for year three.  Today we are going to begin with place value by looking at the value of digits in a 2 or 3 digit number.  Begin by watching the videos on https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zmdpnrd then choose 10 numbers from the sheet attached and write the value of the digit which is underlined. 

To further practise your skills in place value there is a fun game on  http://www.snappymaths.com/counting/placevalue/interactive/underlineddigit3d/underlineddigit3d.htm.

English

Focus theme: Fun in the Forest!  

Spend a week exploring stories and films set in different forests. You have stories to read, characters to meet, poems to write, facts to find and songs to sing!

If you would like to do some extra work throughout the week, here are some ideas: 

• Forest poems to read and enjoy – you could write your own versions! https://www.kidssoup.com/craft-and-resource/forest-animals-books-rhymes-and-songs 

• Forest poem – watch and enjoy.  Discuss what you see when you go into a forest or park. You could write your own forest poem based on this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELI3T-gxKxE 

• Watch and enjoy this song together– sing along! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mt79JW9u18 At the end of the clip it says, ‘Happy Tu B’Shevat’.  This is a Jewish holiday known as the ‘New Year for trees’. The day is celebrated as an ecological awareness day, and trees are planted in celebration. You can find out more here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/judaism/holydays/tubishvat.shtml (Some of the text is more challenging here so would require adult support and discussion).

• The Guest of Robin Hood– a story to read and enjoy together: https://www.storynory.com/the-guest-of-robin-hood/

• Information about trees (Note: text may contain some American spellings).  https://www.kidzone.ws/plants/trees.htm 

Today you will view and enjoy the story of: Into the Forest by Anthony Browne:

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

Discuss the story and create ideas for your own new story about a walk through a forest.

Who might you meet?

Are they characters from other traditional tales or nursery rhymes?

Discuss ones you know such as The Gingerbread Man, Humpty Dumpty, the Three Little Pigs, Jack–from Jack and the Beanstalk, etc.

Explore other traditional tales and nursery rhymes for character ideas.  You can find some here or you may have some traditional tales in your house:

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/storyteller-videos/storyteller-videos-traditional-tales/ 

https://www.worldoftales.com/fairy_tales.html 

Create a story plan for your new story by drawing pictures of each character you will meet, and labelling them.

Foundation - Science

We would have usually looked at Forces and Magnets in our Science lessons. To begin what is a Force? Go through the power point and watch the clip. Whilst watching the clip can you find examples of pushing or pulling? Write these down in your books. 

Draw examples of actions in the boxes below to show pushes and pulls in action. One example has been done for you.

Tuesday 23rd June

Maths

Today the focus is partitioning a 2, 3 or 4 digit number. 

First read the explanation on https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z69k7ty/articles/zyk8pbk to recap how to partition a number before completing the sheets below.

English

Return to the story plan created yesterday. Discuss the plan with an adult and add any new ideas or vocabulary which you want to include in your story. Write your new story using these sentence starters to help:

Early one morning/one day/on a cold but bright sunny day...

First of all I met, ...

Not long after, I saw...

Just then, ...

It wasn’t long before I spotted, ...

Reluctantly, I knocked on the door and...

Check all sentences and punctuation together.

Read your story aloud to an audience.  Remember to use lots of expression to make your story as exciting as possible for your listener!

Foundation - Art

Which images remind us of summer?  e.g. flowers, kites. You are going to make a piece

of summer window art.

Design a piece of summer window art by folding paper to make a kite shape. Decorate the kite however you like e.g. sticky dots and add a string tail and ribbons.

You may cut out a circle from yellow paper and add strips of yellow paper to make sunbeams. Place the kite in the window. Be as creative as you want!

Wednesday 24th June

Maths

Today's focus is adding or subtracting 10 or 100 from a given number.  Answer the questions below then make up some of your own.

1. 24 + 100 =

2. 98 + 10 =

3. 110 + 100 =

4. 196 + 10 =

5. 50 - 10 =

6. 101 - 100 =

7. 134 - 10 =

8. 202 - 100 =

English

Explore this website from The National Trust and the 50 things to do together:

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/features/50-things-to-do-before-youre-11--activity-list

Discuss which activities you have already done and those you would like to do in the future.

Make a list of the activities you have done already. Then select a few to write about, recounting the events, e.g.

Paddling

I went paddling in the sea in Blackpool with my Dad. The sea water felt icy but I didn’t mind.  When I walked in the water, I stood on a stone and it hurt my foot! After that, my Dad bought me an ice cream with a chocolate flake and some strawberry sauce. It was a great day!

Now make a list of the activities you would like to do:

1.

2.

3.

Check all sentences and punctuation together.

Foundation - RE

Look at famous sporting leaders power point. What do you know about these sporting people?  Create a list of the characteristics needed, for example – dedication, commitment etc. Use a dictionary to find the meanings of the words if you are unsure. Discuss why people like this are often seen as role models.

Choose someone (they don’t have to be on the power point) who is your role model and explain why. You could draw this person and then explain why underneath.

Thursday 25th June 

Maths

Look at the numbers below on each line and order them from smallest to largest.  Remember to look at the value of each digit.

23   2   20   13   3

5   15   35   0   25

56   65   76  64   67

14   41   4   15   16

99   100   10   19   9

Can you make up some of your own for a family member to solve?

There are some games on Education City which you can use to practise your ordering skills.

English

Do you know the story of Robin Hood? Watch this film clip which summarises the story of Robin Hood:

https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/short-stories/robin-hood

Now watch The Legend of Robin Hood and have a go at the quiz on the website underneath the clip:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zx339j6/articles/zcxmb82

What do you know about Robin Hood after watching the film clips?

Read the following story about one of the adventures of Robin Hood:

https://www.storiestogrowby.org/story/robin-hood-and-the-golden-arrow-story-legend-stories-for-kids/

(Note text may contain some American spellings).

Think about all you have found out about Robin Hood. Create a poem about him.

Choose either an acrostic poem or a shape poem. Below are some examples of each to help you.

Shape Poems

https://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-shape-poems.html

You could use the shape of an arrow or Robin Hood’s hat or something different relating to Robin Hood.

Acrostic Poems

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z4mmn39/articles/ztdvw6f

You could use the words ROBIN HOOD or SHERWOOD FOREST or any other words that you think are suitable about Robin Hood.

Foundation - PSHE

Work through the power point and discuss or write down answers to the questions that are asked.

Write an achievement on each medal, explain how you achieved this on the medal without a coloured border, then cut them out and glue the explanation onto the back of the achievement.

Friday 26th June

Maths

Today's focus is identifying multiples for the numbers 2, 4 and 8.  Remember a multiple is a number which is in the times table, for example, multiples of 5 are 5, 10, 15, 20 etc

Can you write down the first 12 multiples for the numbers 2, 4 and 8.

Do you recognise anything about the multiples of 2?  The multiples of 4?  The multiples of 8?

Do any of the numbers have the same multiples?

English

Watch and enjoy this clip about Trees:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I7u5FMQxHA

Discuss what you know about trees now. Read this information about trees together:

https://www.ducksters.com/science/trees.php

(Note: text may contain some American spellings).

Discuss what else you have found out together. Now create a fact file/poster about the importance of trees, e.g.

Trees are useful because...

They give us...   

Trees also provide...

We need to plant more trees so...   

Using the information found out, make a quiz for your family!

See this quiz here for ideas:

https://www.ducksters.com/science/quiz/trees_questions.php  (Note: text may contain some American spellings).

Consider the following:

Are you going to provide choices for your answers? (multiple choice)

Are you going to use true/false questions?

Hold the quiz with family members in your household or via an online video platform. It could be a weekend quiz!

Foundation - PE

Click on the link to see one of the P.E activities https://lancashireschoolgames.co.uk/year-3-6-spar-lancashire-school-games-activity-timetable/ 

Lancashire School Sports create a series of daily activities for you to complete at home. Follow the link to see what has been planned from the week and choose and activity to do.

Year 3 Home Learning - Week Beginning 15th June

Well done once again on all of the hard work you are doing. Keep it up! Remember to go onto Reading Plus and TT Rockstars!

Monday 15th June

Maths: Please click on https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zm8g47h or go onto BBC Bitesize (1st June) 

You will look at how to write fractions on a number line.

This includes:

• one video
• three activities

English: Focus theme: Shoes

The challenges for this week include watching different film clips, exploring three versions of The  Elves and the Shoemaker story,  and writing responses each day.

Additional activities if you want to throughout the week:

• Watch and enjoy further episodes of The Shoe People cartoon:
  The Fair Comes to Shoetown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oIkih-VUwQ 
  Trampy’s Birthday Surprise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWNNCBINWzM 

• Read this story together on Oxford Owl: Jellyfish Shoes https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-school/oxford-owl-ebook-collection?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=&age_group=age+6-7&series=&level=&book_type=&view_style=image# 

Today, please watch and enjoy the film Caterpillar Shoes together: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYa6OLQHrEc 

Watch the film again and write down the types of shoes the caterpillar wears and who he gives them to. Pause the film when needed so you can write them down.

Then write sentences, e.g. The caterpillar gave his ... to the ... so ...

Check all sentences for spelling and punctuation together. Now hunt for all the shoes in your house and make a list, e.g.

- school shoes - trainers

- flip flops

- slippers

- walking boots etc.

Write a sentence about each type of shoe in your house, who wears them and for what, e.g.

My Dad wears walking boots when he goes out hiking.

I wear flip flops when I go on holiday.

My sister wears trainers when she goes running.

Include the conjunction ‘when’ in each sentence to join the ideas together. You could switch each sentence around so that the sentence begins with ‘when’, e.g. When my sister goes running, she wears trainers.

Challenge!

How many sentences can you write about shoes in your house? Aim for five but can you beat that?

Check all sentences for spelling and punctuation together.

Foundation: Whilst at school we looked at light and our shadows. Go through the power point about shadows and complete the activities. Hopefully you will see something happen to your shadows. Can you use any scientific language about shadows?

Tuesday 16th June

Maths: Go onto BBC Bitesize daily lessons (2nd June) or https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zfxw7nb

Today you will learn how to place a mixed number on a number line greater than one by counting in fractions.

This includes:

• two videos
• two worksheets

 The worksheets are at the bottom of the links page.

English: 

The Elves and the Shoemaker

Explore the different versions of the story via the websites below. Read the story together here: https://www.educationworld.com/sites/default/files/The%20Elves%20and%20the%20Shoemaker.pdf 

Listen to the story of The Elves and the Shoemaker here: https://www.storynory.com/the-elves-and-the-shoemaker/ 

Watch a version of the story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXhnbioZs1M 

Discuss together what has happened in the story after exploring each version above.

Which version of the story is your favourite and why?

You may now choose to write a review for each version, e.g.

Story 1

I really liked ...

I would give this story ... stars out of 10.

Story 2

I really liked ...

I would give this story ... stars out of 10.

Story 3

I really liked ...

I would give this story ... stars out of 10.

Check all sentences for spelling and punctuation together.

Alternatively, return to your favourite version and watch/listen again. Re-tell your favourite story in your own words using these sentence starters to help:

- One day/morning - After that

- A little later on

- That night

- In the morning

- After that

- It wasn’t long before - In the end/finally

- Every night

Try saying the story out loud using the sentence starters above before you write it. Change these if you need to. Re-read your story when you have written it to see if you need to change anything. Check all sentences for spelling and punctuation together. You could even publish your story by creating a book with illustrations and reading it to a family member.

Foundation: Draw out your family tree - ask questions of different family members to see how far you can trace your family back.

Wednesday 17th June

Maths: Click on https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zrytnrd or go onto BBC Bitesize (3rd June) 

Today you are looking at how to find a unit fraction of an amount. We did this not long before we left school. 

This includes:

• one video
• one worksheet
• two interactives

The worksheet is at the bottom of the link.

English: 

Watch and enjoy the introduction to The Shoe People episode Can You Keep a Secret? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CoFm_PEims 

Write down the names of the different shoe people in the film that you meet, where they live, and describe their houses, e.g.

Chorley the clown lives in a ... house.

It has...

It is...

Remember to use capital letters for the names of the characters and describe each house using interesting words (adjectives).

Watch and enjoy these episodes of The Shoe People together and discuss/write what happened in each:

The Windmill has Stopped https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErJUXmX_keE 

Margot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwcQbmaNpvo 

This is to prepare ideas for creating a new story tomorrow!

Foundation: Create a piece of artwork entitled ‘Family’. This could be a drawing, a self portrait, a sculpture or collage. Could they copy another artist's style? Which materials have they chosen to use and why? How do they feel about their piece of artwork? What would they change or not? Family portraits.

Thursday 18th June

Maths: Go onto BBC Bitesize (4th June) or click on https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z78g47h

Today you will look how to identify a non-unit fraction of an amount or set of objects.

This includes:

• two videos
• two worksheets

The worksheets are at the bottom of the link. 

English: 

Following on from the ideas and episodes viewed yesterday, create your own ‘shoe people’ from the shoes in your house which you may have explored earlier in the week.

Give each shoe a name and then create a house for each of your shoes to live in. Describe it, e.g.

Walter the walking boot lives in a ... house. It has...

It is...

Create your own episode for The Shoe People series using your new shoe people from your house.

Create a storyboard/cartoon strip for your new episode with speech bubbles.

Examples are here to look at before you create your own cartoon strip:

http://www.bigblogcomics.com/ 

http://www.moosekidcomics.com/ 

Here are a couple of blank cartoon strips that you can print out if you’d like, or you can simply draw your own boxes.

https://images.creativetemplate.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Arch-Top-Comic-Strip-Template.pdf 

https://images.creativetemplate.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Top-Angled-Comic-Page-Template.pdf 

https://images.creativetemplate.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Comic-Strip-With-Speech-Bubble.pdf 

Check all sentences for spelling and punctuation together.

Foundation: 

Internet safety during lockdown is extremely important. 

Here are a couple of things to do and watch to remind ourselves what is safe and right to do online.

A fun game from the National Crime Agency.

Click here to play

A short film on YouTube to remind the children what to do if they come across something they are not sure about while online. 

Click here to watch 

You may even want to make a poster to tell others how to stay safe!

Friday 19th June

Maths: Go to BBC Bitesize Daily (5th June) or Click on https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/ztrrn9q 

Friday is challenge day on Bitesize Daily! Try and answer the challenges set. Good luck!

English: 

Watch and enjoy the film:

The Small Shoemaker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEUwBMThY1w 

Discuss what happened and how one special shoe won the day!

Select a shoe and write an advert for it.

Use ideas you have collected this week for different shoes from your house. Perhaps your advert could be based on one of the pairs of shoes you’ve found!

Look at these advertisements first:

JML advert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y4iCXfHNac 

Cosyfeet advert

https://www.cosyfeet.com/tvadvert 

Write a script for your advert. Think about including persuasive features in your script such as: the name of your shoes, the facts or benefits, any appealing adjectives, a snappy slogan, any special offers and from where it is available to buy.

Check all sentences for spelling and punctuation together.

Share your advert with other members of your family or friends via an online video platform.

Foundation: Click on the link to see one of the P.E activities https://lancashireschoolgames.co.uk/year-3-6-spar-lancashire-school-games-activity-timetable/ 

Lancashire School Sports create a series of daily activities for you to complete at home. Follow the link to see what has been planned from the week and choose and activity to do.

Year 3 home learning

Week beginning 8th June

We hope you have had a fantastic half term and enjoyed the wonderful weather we have had! 

As it would have been the start of another half term we will continue to upload work daily for you to complete at home.  Please continue to access Reading Plus and TT Rockstars daily.

Monday 8th June

Maths

Multiplying and dividing by 3

Please continue to practise your three times tables and the related division facts by following the link https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zbkvbdmthe and using the sheet provided aswell as online games such as TT Rockstars and timestables.co.uk

English 

Focus theme: Never Smile at a Crocodile!

This week will begin with a look at crocodile facts and films, followed by stories and poems to enjoy together.

View this film about crocodiles and enjoy finding out about them together:

National Geographics Kids – Amazing Animals 

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

Now watch this film and enjoy together:

Crocodile – My Animal Friends https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZQe17gvPZg 

Watch the film clips again. View a small section of each film at a time, pause the film, discuss key facts and write them down. Also write down any new vocabulary you have encountered. Repeat until the film is ended.

Discuss and review all the information you have found out about crocodiles.

Look up some of the new words you have heard in a dictionary or by using Word Hippo. https://www.wordhippo.com/ 

Create a fact file/ poster about crocodiles.

Challenge – to include ten sentences about crocodiles in the fact file/poster. Consider writing as if you were a crocodile using the information, e.g.

I am...

I eat...

I only...

I like...

If I am angry, I ... etc.

Check spelling and punctuation in each sentence together. Share the fact file/poster with other family members in your house.

Foundation - Art

On your daily walk, bike ride see if you can collect any natural resources in the environment e.g. sticks, leaves to create a collage.  Perhaps you could upload a photograph of them onto purple mash for us all to see.

Tuesday 9th June

Maths

Place the numbers 1 to 4 in the grid so that each row and column contains the numbers
1 to 4. More or less symbols are placed between some of the boxes indicating
that numbers must be higher or lower than a neighbouring box.  There are 2 different sheets to have a go at!

English

Read this story together:

Trickster Tales

(this website is free but will need a login): 

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/digital_books/1141.html 

An audio is available to listen to alongside. Re-read each page out loud after listening to the audio.

Discuss what happened in the story.

Read it again before the activity below.

After re-reading the story, re-tell it in your own words. Practise your sentences out loud before writing them down.

Use these sentence openings to help:

One morning ...

After that ...

Then ...

Meanwhile ...

It wasn’t long before ... Later on ...

In the end ...

Check spelling and punctuation in each sentence together.

You could present your story as a book and add some pictures/illustrations.

Read your story out loud to a family member. Ask them to say what they like about your story.

Foundation - PSHE

Think about this time during lockdown and write about things that you have achieved e.g. new skills you have learnt, things you have enjoyed doing.  Can you write a paragraph or two about this time to share with others.

Wednesday 10th June

Maths

Look at the 3d shapes on the sheet and see if you can identify how many edges, faces and vertices the shape has.  Can you spot any of these shapes around the home or outside?  What are they used for?

English

Read and enjoy this poem out loud together:

The Dentist and the Crocodile by Roald Dahl 

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/89695/the-dentist-and-the-crocodile   

Read the poem again out loud. Improve how you read it using an excitable voice where needed (expression).

Spot new and interesting words (write them down) and discuss what they mean, e.g. require, repair, quivered, quaked, fearsome, molars, weeping, despair, and any other new words you find.

Also, use a dictionary or https://www.wordhippo.com/  to find meanings.

Look up the new words found in the poem to find synonyms (words that mean the same) by using a thesaurus or Word Hippo: https://www.wordhippo.com/ 

Write these down. This will help to practise spelling some new words and extend vocabulary.

Discuss your favourite parts of the poem.

Write a poem review using these ideas:

I like this poem because...

My favourite words in the poem are...

I would recommend this poem because...

Out of 10 stars, I would give this poem... because...

Check spelling and punctuation in each sentence together.

You could also read the poem out loud, film it, and send to a family member/friend.

Then share your poem review and ask for their opinion too!

Foundation - Geography

In Geography we would have been looking at our local area so on your daily walk or cycle try and remember the route that you took and when you get back home write a set of directions for somebody else to follow your route.  Can you include any street names?  Shops you passed?

Thursday 11th June

Maths

Look at the shapes on the sheet and see if you can spot any in your home or outside.  What were they used for?  Which shape did you see the most of?  Can you think of any other uses for the shape?

English

Read up to p9 of The Enormous Crocodile (up until ‘... I’ve eaten at least three juicy little children!’): http://showpdf.rahnuma.org/children/Stories/Roald.Dahl/Roald.Dahl_The-Enormous-Crocodile.pdf   

Alternatively, listen and enjoy this story together up to 08:11 mins in the recording below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A0ryZi7cPQ 

Discuss what has happened in the story so far.

Make a list of the characters which the crocodile has met along the way, what they are doing and eating. Create a fact file, e.g.

Character 1

Name:

What are they eating?

Character 2

Name:

What are they eating?

Character 3

Name:

What are they eating?

Return to the film/story to find these details.

Foundation - Computing

Log onto purple mash and you will see there are some 2do activities which have been set for you to complete.

Friday 12th June

Maths

Use the sheet to match the 3d net with the shape.

English

Continue to read and enjoy this story together. This could be from the beginning or from where you read up to the previous day, e.g. from p9 onwards: 

http://showpdf.rahnuma.org/children/Stories/Roald.Dahl/Roald.Dahl_The-Enormous-Crocodile.pdf 

Or 08:11 mins onwards using the recording here: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A0ryZi7cPQ 

Discuss what has happened in the story and the tricks the crocodile carried out.

Write about each trick: 

Trick One

Trick Two 

Trick Three

Check spelling and punctuation in each sentence together.

Foundation - PE

Click on the link to see one of the P.E activities

https://lancashireschoolgames.co.uk/year-3-6-spar-lancashire-school-games-activity-timetable/  

Lancashire School Sports create a series of daily activities for you to complete at home. Follow the link to see what has been planned from the week and choose an activity to do.

Year 3 home learning - half term

To all our year 3 children and families,

Thank you so much for all the work you have been completing each and every week, it has been lovely to see you uploading work to purple mash and us seeing the progress you have been making on Reading Plus and Times Tables Rock Stars.  

As it is half term for the next two weeks (Monday 25th May - Friday 5th June) there will be no home learning uploaded onto the blog during this time.  Take this time to relax with your families and enjoy yourselves!  We are all missing you and we hope we can see you back at school very soon.  

Take care and have a fabulous half term,

The Year 3 team

Week commencing 18th May

Another week done with lots of hard work being put into your activities. Keep it up and don't forget about TT Rockstars and Reading Plus!!

Well done to Year 3, who have once again done amazingly well and bear Year 4 in the battle. A big well done to these children for scoring so highly: Arunvir, Thomas C, Joe T, Zach and Joe W. You were our top 5! A well done also goes out to the rest of the children who contributed to our amazing score of 39,403.

See Below for the weeks tasks:

Monday 18th May

Maths: https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/

Use the website above to listen to the power point under Week 2 Lesson 2 Fractions of a set of objects and then complete the activity.

English: 

Focus text: Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown

This week is all about the character, Flat Stanley.  He is a boy who becomes flat after a bulletin board falls on him in the night! Explore the story by reading and viewing the online versions together, and complete some short writing opportunities in response to the text each day.

Read together and/or listen on YouTube Chapter One -   The Big Bulletin Board Both links below.

Flat Stanley to read:

https://kingauthor.co/books/Jeff%20Brown/Flat%20Stanley/Flat%20Stanley%20-%20Jeff%20Brown.pdf 

OR 

Flat Stanley – version on YouTube (from start to 2:30 mins):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVsiFx9ZyFo 

Discuss the story so far together and consider these questions:

What would it be like to be flat?

What would you do?

How would you feel?

What adventures would you have?

Write answers to these questions with your own ideas. Check all sentences for spelling and punctuation together. 

Write in full sentences the answers and start to think of ideas for your own story about being flat! Think about these ideas: 

How might a new character become flat?

What would they do?

How would their family react?

What adventures might your new character have?

Foundation: 

Using the link https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z48fvk7 complete the Geography time zone lesson from Year 3 BBC Bitesize (28th April). 

1. Watch the videos to help you understand different time zones. 

2. Complete the two short activities (you will need to write things down for activity 3. You can do this in your homework book or on a piece of paper.

Tuesday 19th May 

Maths: https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/ 

Use the website above to listen to the power point under Week 2 Lesson 5 Equivalent fractions and then complete the activity.

English:  Read together and/or listen on YouTube to Chapter Two - Being Flat

Both links below.

Flat Stanley to read:

https://kingauthor.co/books/Jeff%20Brown/Flat%20Stanley/Flat%20Stanley%20-%20Jeff%20Brown.pdf 

OR

Flat Stanley – version on YouTube (from 2:30 – 7:42 mins):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVsiFx9ZyFo 

After reading/viewing this chapter, pretend you are Stanley and write a letter to your friend.

Discuss with someone about all the things that have happened to you so far as if you were Stanley before you write.

Use these sentence starters/ideas to help write your letter, e.g.

Dear...

You won’t believe...

Yesterday, I was...

Everyone in my house thought...

Today, I have...

It was...

I felt...

I wonder what will happen tomorrow.

Please write back!

From Stanley

Foundation: Click on the link to see one of the P.E activities

https://lancashireschoolgames.co.uk/year-3-6-spar-lancashire-school-games-activity-timetable/    

Lancashire School Sports create a series of daily activities for you to complete at home. Follow the link to see what has been planned from the week and choose an activity to do and learn.

Wednesday 20th May 

Maths: https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/ 

Use the website above to listen to the power point under Summer Term Week 1 (w/c 20th April) Lesson 3 Comparing fractions and then complete the activity.

English: Read together and/or listen on YouTube to Chapter Three - Stanley the Kite Both links below. 

Flat Stanley to read:

https://kingauthor.co/books/Jeff%20Brown/Flat%20Stanley/Flat%20Stanley%20-%20Jeff%20Brown.pdf 

OR

Flat Stanley– version on YouTube (from 7:43 – 13:49mins):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVsiFx9ZyFo 

After reading, watch this clip from Mary Poppins about flying a kite.  Read and sing along together for fun! Spot any new vocabulary in the song and discuss/explore together. Write new words discussed within sentences about a kite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyhJhf6Q7lg 

(from start to 1:00 min)

Now, design your own Flat Stanley kite.  Draw and label it.  Make it if you have the materials available and fly it outside!

Foundation: https://studio.code.org/s/dance-2019/stage/1/puzzle/1

Click on the link. If it doesn’t work go onto code.org and then find dance party. Click start and work your way through this. You will need to put your age so it knows which one to set you at.  Enjoy! If you get stuck, you may want to use the hint button!

Thursday 21st May

Maths: https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/ 

Use the website above to listen to the power point under Summer Term Week 1 (w/c 20th April) Lesson 4 Ordering fractions and then complete the activity.

English: 

Read together and/or listen on YouTube to Chapter Four-  The Museum Thieves Both links below.

Flat Stanley to read:

https://kingauthor.co/books/Jeff%20Brown/Flat%20Stanley/Flat%20Stanley%20-%20Jeff%20Brown.pdf 

OR
 

Flat Stanley– version on YouTube (from 13:50 –23:59mins):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVsiFx9ZyFo

After reading this chapter, discuss what happened together.  Start to think about creating a newsflash script for Flat Stanley and the museum chapter.

See below a newsflash example from Sesame Street to help with ideas as to how to create a newsflash:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWE3uF9u9-g 

Use these sentence starters to help write your newsflash:

Good morning and welcome to....

Today we have some breaking news about...

Flat Stanley is a hero because...

He helped the museum owner by...

Flat Stanley is here now to explain what happened ...

Interview Flat Stanley

“.....................................”

Thank you very much for helping the police.

That’s all for now... etc.

Write, perform and record your own newsflash.

Foundation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCDta3CQ9Ak 

Draw a self portrait with Rob Biddulph. It is number 9 on his youtube channel if the link doesn’t work. Then decide with you parents which other #DrawWithRob tutorial you may do. Look at the video section. Good luck with the drawings!

Friday 22nd May

Maths: https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/ 

Use the website above to listen to the power point under Summer Term Week 2 (w/c 27th April) Lesson 1 Add fractions and then complete the activity.

English: 

Read together and/or listen on YouTube to Chapter Five-Arthur’s Good Idea Both links below.

Flat Stanley to read:

https://kingauthor.co/books/Jeff%20Brown/Flat%20Stanley/Flat%20Stanley%20-%20Jeff%20Brown.pdf 

OR

Flat Stanley– version on YouTube (from 24:00–30:28mins):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVsiFx9ZyFo 

After reading this chapter, discuss how Arthur helped Stanley. Write instructions for how to help Stanley get back to himself. Use these sentence starters to help:

First of all...

Next...

After that...

Then...

Don’t forget to...

Finally...

If it hasn’t worked then try...

Remember to…

Check all sentences for spelling and punctuation together.

Now discuss and consider other ideas to help Stanley return to himself if he becomes flat again!

Write some more instructions just in case!

Foundation: Learn to beatbox! https://www.thenational.academy/year-3/foundation/to-beatbox-using-rhythmic-patterns-year-3-wk2-5#slide-2 

Watch the video and by the end, you should be able to beatbox! You may want to challenge yourself and make your own! I look forward to hearing them!

Week commencing 11th May

We hope you have had a lovely week and keep up with all the hard work you are doing!

Another battle has been made between Year 3 and Year 4! Last time we beat them by 11000! Let's see if we can beat them even more than last time! It starts at 9am on Monday!

See below for the weeks tasks

Monday 11th May 

Maths

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/

Use the website above to listen to the power point under Week 1 Day 1 Unit and non unit fractions and then complete the activity.

English 

This week is all about eggs. We are going to Eggs–plore(!) stories, rhymes and recipes, and get egg-cited to make and review some egg-based food – linked to writing, of course! Some of the lessons this week provide the opportunity to follow a recipe and make some delicious food! Each of these tasks MUST have adult supervision.

Listen to, and enjoy, this story together:  Dr Seuss Green Eggs and Ham 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KRkR8HaR9c 

Another version of the story is available here. Read along together. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItPdeUnu5UI 

Discuss what happened and what you liked about the story together. These are some of the rhyming words in the story:

Sam ham

here there anywhere

house mouse

box fox

car are 

see tree

Continue watching to find more rhyming words and write them down. Write sentences using some of the rhyming words found in the story. Use the sentences heard to help, e.g. 

I do not like a house or a mouse.

I would not like green eggs and ham in a box or with a fox.

You could create your own Green Eggs and Ham story book using the rhyming words and sentences written.  Add your own illustrations too! Check each sentence for spelling and punctuation together.

Foundation - History

Read the Roman Numerals power point and then decipher the codes using the Roman Numerals.

Tuesday 12th May

Maths 

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/

Use the website above to listen to the power point under Week 1 Day 2 Making one whole and then complete the activity.

English

Watch this song about eggs: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyKOsBmYSt8 

Discuss together which type of eggs you like to eat? Write a few sentences about each type of egg and say why you like/don’t like them,  e.g.

I adore scrambled eggs because...

I don’t like fried eggs because...

I love boiled eggs because ...

I’m not keen on poached eggs because...

Check each sentence for spelling and punctuation together.

Now watch this clip of Matilda making pancakes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= 

Write sentences around what you like to eat on your pancakes e.g. syrup, lemon, sugar, orange etc.

Check each sentence for spelling and punctuation together. You could make some pancakes or eggs for

lunch after this! Adult supervision required.

Foundation - PSHE

We would like you to think about a new skill or skills you may have developed during the time you have spent at home or maybe you have spent more time enjoying a hobby you might not usually had time to do, for example, you might have spent more time baking.  We want to hear all about it!  Write a paragraph explaining what it is you have learnt/enjoyed ready to share back in school or upload to purple mash!

Wednesday 13th May 

Maths

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/

Use the website above to listen to the power point under Week 1 Day 3 Tenths and then complete the activity.

English

Listen to, and enjoy this story together: The Goose that laid the Golden Eggs

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/english-ks1--ks2-aesops-fables-the-goose-that-laid-the-golden-eggs/zf94382 

The story is available here to read on screen and/or print.

http://teach.files.bbci.co.uk/schoolradio/24_goose_golden_eggs.pdf 

Can you spot this vocabulary in the story after reading? You could find and highlight these words with a highlighter  pen or write them down.

–acorns

–bale

–prosperous

–possessions

–glorious

–horror

–plenty

Now look for any other examples of new/ interesting vocabulary and highlight/write these down. Review the story using the vocabulary explored. Can you say what each word means in relation to the story? Read the sentence the word is in. Discuss the meaning of the word in the sentence.  Write a sentence for some of the new words you have found using the context of the story. Check each sentence for spelling and punctuation together.

Foundation - Art

When on your daily walk/exercise see if you can find any natural materials, for examples, leaves, sticks, moss etc to create a collage.  

Thursday 14th May

Maths

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/

Use the website above to listen to the power point under week 1 day 4 Counting in tenths and then complete the activity.

English

Explore this website together. Find new information and you could create a fact file for your family.

https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/food-facts 

Read the recipes below together. They all include eggs!

https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/recipes/scrambled-eggs-on-mushrooms-with-grilled-peppers 

https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/recipes/potato-and-poached-egg-hash 

https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/recipes/flippin-tasty-tomato-pancakes 

https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/recipes/pancakes-with-caramelised-apples 

Discuss which recipe you like best. Which one would you like to make? Write reasons why you would or would not like to make one of the recipes depending on your favourite ingredients. Alternatively, design your own recipe using eggs, with ingredients you have at home. Write your new recipe. Check each sentence for spelling and punctuation together. You could make some lunch with one of the recipes after this and/or

send it to family members/ friends.

Foundation - French

We are going to focus on vocabulary for weather, read the powe rpoint and then play the French weather game with a family member.

Friday 15th May 

Maths 

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/

Use the website above to listen to the power point under Week 2 Day 1 Fractions on a number line and then complete the activity.

English 

Watch and enjoy how giant chocolate eggs are made:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_FlGH1hv8Y 

Now make a list of all the chocolate eggs you have eaten or know about. Which is your favourite? Say why and write reasons, e.g.

My favourite chocolate egg is... because...

Another egg I like is...because...

My least favourite chocolate egg is...because...

Create your own chocolate egg for a family member/ friend e.g. parent, grandparent, sister/ brother, cousin, friend, neighbour,  etc.

Think of a suitable name, a design, and draw/paint it. Create ideas for how your egg will be decorated and packaged. What treats will be included inside your egg? Write a description about your new egg with interesting words to appeal to your audience. You could also write an advert/poster, or film your own advert for TV to persuade people to buy your egg! Check each sentence for spelling and punctuation together in

any writing completed.

Foundation

Log onto Purple Mash and two activities have been set for you to complete which relate to our Science topic on plants.

Week Commencing 4th May 2020

We hope you have had a lovely weekend, even though the weather hasn't been as good as recent weekends. Mrs Metcalf and I are really impressed with the usage of Reading plus and TT Rcokstars. We can see the hard work that is being put in and it is paying off! Lots of children have received Reading Plus certificates this past week, as well as the amount of 'money' that the children are collecting on TT Rockstars. 

Here are this weeks tasks, enjoy and stay safe! We will not be putting up learning on Friday due to it being a Bank Holiday. We would suggest that you could spend some quality time with your family and hopefully spend some time in the garden if the weather is nice! 

Monday 4th May 

Maths - Try and solve the sudoko problem. Remember that you can't have the same number in a line. There are two different levels to try.

English - Work through the sheet about pronouns or nouns. Answer the questions. Remember a noun is either a person, a place or a thing. A pronoun is a word used to replace a noun and help to avoid having to repeat words.

Foundation - Still looking at The Roman, go through the power point. Then using the squared paper, colour in the tiles to create a pattern or a picture. If you can't print off, you could design one in your book. 

Tuesday 5th May

Maths - Fill in the squares so that the numbers in each row and column add up to the printed sums on the right and bottom. There are two different levels. Good luck!

English - Answer the questions and find the adjectives in the sentences. Remember an adjective describes a noun.

Foundation - Look at the map of the United Kingdom. Label the different countries and bodies of water in the blank boxes.

Wednesday 6th May 

Maths - Fill the grid with the numbers 1 to 36 to make a non-stop connecting path. You may connect the numbers horizontally and vertically (not diagonally). You must connect all 36 numbers.

English - Past and present tense. The past tense is something that has already happened. Answer the questions provided. 

Foundation - Colour challenge! Can you remember the colours in French? You may want to remind yourself how to say each colour. Colour in the pictures provided, make sure it is the right colour!

Thursday 7th May

Maths - Answer the questions and put the addition answers into the crossword. 

English - Go onto BBC Bitesize daily lessons and look onto '4th May Inverted Commas. This will be a recap lesson. Work through the lesson, clicking on the videos and activities. There is a challenge to check that you understand inverted commas. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z7s6t39 

Foundation - Victory in Europe Day – or VE Day – is remembered on 8th May. It was the day when the end of the Second World War in Europe is celebrated. Work through the power point and the activities to learn a bit about.

Week commencing 27th April

We hope you have all had a lovely weekend and are enjoying the glorious sunshine!  Long may it continue!  Miss Batey and I are checking the usage on Reading Plus and Times Tables Rockstars daily so please continue to complete these sessions each day as this will really help when we are all back in class. 

There are also some useful websites offering daily activities to support home learning.  Please see the links below for a variety of different subjects which can be accessed from home.

PE

https://lancashireschoolgames.co.uk/year-3-6-stay-at-home-programme/

BBC Bitesize

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize

Below are the tasks for the week ahead - stay safe and have a fantastic week!

Monday 27th April 

Maths

Compare the two numbers and decide which symbol to use.

English 

Read the poem and answer the questions in your book – Ways I have Raised Money This Year 

1. Why was shaving Dad’s eyebrows and half his moustache off such a bad idea? 

a) He fainted 

b) He had an important business meeting 

c) It played havoc with his hay fever 

d) Frankie, the French bulldog was sick 

2. Who had hay fever and got stung by a wasp? 

3. How many ways did the writer try to raise money for charity? 

4. Which one do you think was the funniest? Why? 

Create a poster to raise money for charity. Which charity would you like to raise money for and why? How would you raise money for the charity?

Foundation - Science

Read the powerpoint how soil is formed and then using slide 5 draw your own soil cocktail.

Tuesday 28th April

Maths

Complete the addition and subtraction questions and then decide which symbol to use (< or >) to identify if the answer is greater than or less than the other answer.

English 

Complete the sentence with an appropriate adverb.

Mr Majeika raced into the classroom _________.

Underline the expanded noun phrase.

Mr Potter stared at the ordinary bicycle.

Continue this sentence with the coordinating conjunction ‘so’.

Mr Majeika rang the bicycle bell __________.

Circle the conjunction in the sentence.

Class 3 were unhappy because it was the first day back after Christmas.

Change this sentence into a question.

The rain is pouring.

Spelling - Practise each word and write their definitions. Choose five words to write in sentences.

Group

Guard

Guide

Heard

Heart

Height

History

Imagine

Increase

Important

Foundation - Music

Listen to the song ’Three Little Birds by Bob Marley’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4sNi2PUiWM

Use your body to find the pulse. E.g. tapping leg or clapping hands etc.

Can you think of dance moves to keep to the pulse? You might swing your hips from side to side.

Learn the lyrics to the song.

Wednesday 29th April

Maths 

Number bond challenges - there are four different levels of number bond challenges.  Why not time yourself and see how quickly you can answer the questions?

English

Read Chapter 1 - A Bite in The Night

Before reading: Predict what you think the story might be about based on the name of it.

During reading: Write down the names of every new character you meet.

After reading: Which character do you think is the most important and why?

Foundation - Geography

Use the internet or attached sheet to research which countries use the euro and then identify these on the blank map of Europe.

Thursday 30th April

Maths 

Use the three numbers in the triangles to devise 4 number sentences - 2 division and 2 multiplication.

English

Read the chapter again from yesterday.  Choose a character - Bear or Rabbit - and write an entry for their diary. Remember to use the first person (I, me, us, we) and describe your thoughts and feelings.

Foundation - Science

Read the powerpoint about pushes and pulls and then complete the sheet identifying if the force is a push or a pull and a start or a stop.  Once finished can you think of your own push and pull forces?

Friday 1st May

Maths

Can you work out the missing number in the multiplication and division triangles?  Remember to use the inverse to help you!

English

Circle the correct verb in each sentence.

Birds fly/flies south for the winter.

Bear and Rabbit was/were looking for their favourite trees.

Choose two adjectives to complete this sentence.

Rabbit felt ____ but Bear was ____. (delighted/ calm/ anxious /exhausted)

Underline the direct speech.

“Are you worried yet?” asked Rabbit.

Circle the correct determiners.

Bear had a/an itch that he wanted to scratch on a/an tree.

Underline the expanded noun phrase.

Rabbit imagined an enormous, aggressive monster.

Practise each word. Choose five and write their definitions as well as in sentences.

interest

island

knowledge

learn

length

library

material

medicine

mention

minute

Foundation - Art

Choose your favourite toy/object at home and spend some time creating an observational drawing. Look carefully at your chosen object and include as much detail as possible.

W/C 20th April

We hope that you are all staying safe and well at home! Carry on doing your best, we are so proud of what you have done already. Try and make sure that you are still doing TT Rockstars and Reading Plus daily. Below are the tasks for the week. This week, in the afternoons, you will do a project on The Romans. We advise that you choose 4 tasks per day, but it is your choice. Be as fun and creative as possible!

Roman project for the afternoons

Whilst looking at the Romans, children are to research information based on the subheadings given. Children may present this however they want. For example, a power point, a leaflet or a creative way you may think of!

Science

Roman sun dials

https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Sundial

Music 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/music-ks2-romans-index/zdfk92p

Art

Make a Roman boat 

DT

Design and maybe make a Roman dinner party.

Children to create their dinner party menus ready for a Roman feast!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5irF5hMVNiU

Headings that can be covered in the project:

Invasion

Hadrians Wall

Transportation

Toileting/Keeping clean

Crime and Punishment

Roman Gods and Goddesses

Towns and Cities

Housing

Entertainment

Roman baths

Food

Dress code for Romans

Roman Numerals

Roman Army

Life as a Roman Soldier

What did the Romans invent

Education

Toys and games

Roman Roads

Useful Links:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zqtf34j

Woodlands - Romans 

Purple Mash – 2dos have been set

Monday - 20th April

Maths - Combination Challenge! How many different T-shirt and Shorts can Tom wear? You may want to use the table to help you!

English - We are carrying on with 'Girl and The Robot'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qx5hf1zLmk

Over the next few days, you will be creating some instructions for how to make a junk model robot.What an imperative verb is. It is sometimes known as a bossy verb because it gives an instruction. Think of as many imperative verbs as you can that might be used when making a junk model robot. Maybe think about your own robot from last week and how it would perhaps fit together. Use a thesaurus to write down alternative but suitable verbs. Could you challenge yourself to think of an imperative verb alphabet? Record/save words.

Look at ‘How to make a model bull’. Look at its key features. Look at the fact the title introduces what is being built, there is a brief description and a list of equipment. Talk about the features  —there are adverbs of time to sequence, imperative verbs, adverbs to explain how actions should be carried out, additional information in brackets, an impersonal tone though not terribly formal, a series of logically ordered instructions and safety reminders. The piece is finished with a suggestion for adaptations. 

Work through the piece and text-mark/highlight as you talk about the various features. You are going to make notes, highlight and locate the features of instructional texts. As extension, they will begin to make a list of imperative verbs that could be used to put their own robot together. They could use a thesaurus to look for alternative but suitable verbs.

Tuesday - 21st April

Maths - Again looking at combinations, but this time its with yummy ice cream! How many different ways can you design the three scoops?

English - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qx5hf1zLmk

Look back at the list of imperative verbs from yesterday. Pair the word up with an adverb which might go with it. E.g. Cut precisely, glue accurately. Next, list adverbs of time that could be used as sentence openers - you do not need to have one on every line.   

Today you will write a set of instructions on how to put your own junk model robot together. Look at the image of the robot from last Friday. Write a title about what the instructions will tell you to do e.g. How to Build a Robot. Use one of the images from last Friday. Then write a ‘What you will need’ section. Make notes on the steps that it would take to make the robot. Then begin to turn the notes into stepped instructions. Look at yesterdays checklist to help you.

Using your  design, and the vocabulary from today, you will write a set of instructions on how to put your robot together. As an extension, make sure that you have used adverbs and a list using commas.

Wednesday 22nd April

Maths - Car Park Challenge! Today you will design a new car park. Follow the instructions, but you must give as many different lay-outs as you can to your project manager by the end of the lesson.

English - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qx5hf1zLmk

Look at the sentence ‘I closed my eyes and pulled the lever.’ Try and change the sentence.

1. Take out the verb – how does it sound?

2. Add and adjective or adverb.

3. Extend the sentence using ‘because’.

4. Add an adverb.

5. Start with the word ‘Pulling or closing’.

Watch the end of the film once more from where the girl sits down to re-read the instructions and stop when she falls to the floor with her eyes closed. (3.05 secs) You are going to write the ending of the film today. When watching the clip, make notes on all of the actions that you see taking place. No matter how small, all of the details need to be captured in order to add to a rich description.

Think about what each of the characters does- even if it is nothing. Look at today’s resource. What does each of the three paragraphs describe? Look at the fact that the robot is mentioned even when he is doing nothing. Look at the openers—look at how different they all are. Can you find the simile in the text and can you find an example of a short snappy sentence? What about a single word used for effect? Look at the use of the sounds in the final paragraph and also the expanded noun phrases for description throughout the piece.

You will write the ending to the film in the third person(he, she, it and they). You must try and include a list using commas, adjectives, adverbs for movement, preposition phrases, conjunctions, a short snappy sentence and an exclamation mark.

Thursday 23rd April

Maths - Plant up the pots! Try the challenge and use pictures to help you.

English - Read through your writing from yesterday. Underline examples of meeting their success criteria. E.g. Adverbs, commas in a list, prepositional phrase, conjunctions. Time could be given here to write improvements.

Today you will look into how robots are used in our lives today and make a mind map of what robots do. Use the internet to help you! Use swiggle.org.uk to help find some information, this is a child-friendly search option. 

Friday 24th April

Maths - Using the colours blue, green and yellow, how many different colour combinations can you make?

English - Looking at today’s resource, it shows a modelled piece of writing - look at the single section of dialogue and see that there shouldn’t be any long sections of speech. Look at the ending and discuss how it feels complete.

As you write, make reference to key opportunities where a new paragraph could be used.

As you are writing, think of different ideas- How could I start this sentence with an adverb to show movement? How do I use commas in a list here? How would the character be feeling now? What sort of vocabulary could I use to show this? How are you making sure your sentences are varied? How are you adding in tension? This is in 1st person.

 You are going to write the ending. You could include expanded noun phrases adverbs, conjunctions, commas in a list, an exclamation mark and prepositional phrases.

We hope you have had a wonderful Easter weekend and enjoyed the sunshine!  Listed below you will see the daily tasks for the next week.  Please try your best to continue with Reading Plus and Times tables Rockstars - you are all doing amazingly well!

Easter Monday - 13th April  

No home learning today.  Spend some quality time with your family doing all the things you enjoy!  Watch a film, take a walk - enjoy yourselves!

Tuesday 14th April

Maths - Calculate halves of even numbers up to 100.  Remember what to divide by when we halve a number? Divide by 2!

English - This week we are going to be focusing on the film clip ‘Girl and robot’. The link to look at is on YouTube and the link is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qx5hf1zLmk  Hopefully you will enjoy the activities that we have set. There are also some resources to help you throughout.

Display the words ‘Girl and Robot’ your child to see. Ask them children to make predictions about what might happen in a film of this name? You could write this down in your homework diary. Watch the beginning of the film up to 13s. Ask them to now make sensible predictions about what the film could be about. Are there any clues that have helped with their suggestions?

Next play up to 47 seconds. What about now? Have they changed their ideas?

Watch the film again and pause at 3m 08s. Explain that you would like them to think of as many questions of possible to ask about the film. They may want to write these in their books. For example, where are her parents? Why is she building it? Why is she not at school?

Play the clip to the end. What happened? Ascertain that the robot saved the girl. Talk to them about the unseen scene- the bit that happens between the girl falling on the floor and waking up. Explain that this is a second or so in the clip but could have actually been several minutes or longer. Ask them to think about what they have seen and what they think happened.

Write a prediction about what happened in the minutes when the screen went blank. Encourage them to think of it as lots of small incidents rather than trying to sum it up in one sentence. E.g. The first dial burst and filled the room with steam. Behind the robot, the large wheel ceased turning. There was a loud hissing noise.

Topic - History - Use the timeline cards to cut out and sequence into chronological order.

Wednesday 15th April

Maths - Practise doubling a 2 digit number.

English - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qx5hf1zLmk

Watch the film again and pause at 1 minute. As they watch this section, ask them to focus on the girl’s face and her expressions and emotions. How is the girl feeling? How do you know she’s smiling? What would we say she is feeling? Happy? Excited? Confident? Try to be precise in labelling the emotion but also thinking about why she is feeling that way.

Continue watching. Pause at 1.22 secs. How is the girl feeling now? How do you know? What changed? What would we describe this as? Confusion? Disappointment?

Continue to look through the film together, stopping at the following points: 1m 26s, 1m 38s, 1m 47s, 2m 04s, 2m 09s, 2m 14s, 2m 36s, 2m 41s, 2m 49s and 3m 39s. Make a brief note about what it is that they think she is feeling and why.

They need to create an emotions graph for the girl by plotting the emotions onto the graph. As extension, the children will label each emotion with vocabulary to match. E.g. Frustrated and explain the clues. Look at the attached picture and draw own graph in book.

Topic - French - Match the beginning of the sentence to the correct ending and then colour in the correct grid on the table.  Check the answers when you have completed it to see if you are correct.

Thursday 16th April 

Maths - Complete the doubling investigation.  Use the table (see document attached).  In the first column write 2-digit numbers that all have the same units digit (not 0).  Write their doubles in the next column.  Choose 2-digit numbers with a different units digit for the next grid.  Complete all the grids and see if you recognise any patterns.  Describe what you can see.

English - 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qx5hf1zLmk

Share the sentence- Under the robot’s arm, I carefully twisted a loose bolt. Ask the children what is the first phrase (up to the comma) and ask the children what is the rule about writing one? Ascertain it is a preposition phrase (doing the job of an adverb) and we know that after writing one at the start of a sentence we need to put a comma. Write another one which could have come from the story. Next give out some prepositions to your child - behind, beyond, above, under etc. (around 6 in total) and ask them to include them in a sentence.

Recap the change in emotions for the girl during the clip- refer back to emotions work if necessary. If the film ended here and we didn’t see the end, how could we summarise her day? Imagine she stops- before deciding to increase the power- and writes her journal. Look at the diary entry resource and discuss with your child. Can they find an example of a preposition phrase? Talk about the fact that the openers are different and do not all begin with I, despite being in the first person. Talk about the formality level of the diary and why it Is appropriate. Together begin to make a list of the things that the child might want to mention in the diary entry- it might be a good idea to watch the clip once more in order to refresh their minds. Try to encourage the child to think like the girl and respond in the first person, with mention of how she is feeling.

Write a diary entry for the girl. They will use the first person. They must include thoughts and feelings and preposition phrases.

Topic - Geography - Can you solve the European cities or countries anagrams by matching them up using the cities and countries listed in the coloumn to the right?

Friday 17th April 

Maths - Can you order the three digit numbers from smallest to largest?  Then write down four of your own numbers and ask a family member to order them - did they order them correctly?

English - 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qx5hf1zLmk

Watch the film once more and pause it after every short scene. Ask the children to write down vocabulary to do with machinery. E.g. Cranks, pipes, spanners, bolts. Then add equipment to do with machinery E.g. Hammer, nail, screwdriver. Make a list of vocabulary in your book.

Today the children will write the information/explanation for the text on a robot design. Explain that the children are to imagine that each of the robots has been designed for an exhibition. Alongside each of the robots is a leaflet, explaining about the functions of the robot. Look at the robot resource. Talk about the information in the boxes and how it is presented. Look at the language used. It is formal, why? Look at expanded noun phrases, passive voice, time conjunctions and conjunctions to show cause and effect, adverbial phrases, technical vocabulary. Explain to the children that they need to sound like the experts.

Offer your child one of the designs from the selection of robot resource. They now need to work their way around the robot to add labels about its functions what it is made from and what makes it special. They will label it with key information such as its special features, the material it is made from and vocabulary related to how it is fixed together e.g. Bolts, screws.

Topic - Geography - Use the list of the European countries and can you find out what their capital city is?

Week beginning - 6th April 2020

This week we have put the subjects in order with the day of the week underneath. This is due to Foundation being a rolling subject throughout the week where children will choose their own learning for the afternoon.

As of Monday 9am - 6:30pm Friday, Year 3 and Year 4 will battle against each other. Year 3 had brilliant scores last week, keep up the hard work and lets beat Year 4!

We are constantly looking at work that you have all completed recently. We are so impressed with how hard you are working at home but do not worry if you are not managing to complete all of the work set - doing a little each day will really help for when we are back in school!

We have missed seeing you all in school everyday and we hope that you use this tim eat home to create amazing memories with your family! Keep working hard, enjoy your time at home and we can't wait to hear about everything you have been doing. Have a fantastic Easter weekend (enjoy your chocolate eggs!) 

If you want to show/tell something that you have done, please go onto Purple Mash, go onto the sharing button at the top, then shared blogs and you will then see a Year 3 - home learning blog that only the Y3 classes can see. I will be keeping an eye on it to see what lovely things you have been up to!  

The Year 3 Team

Maths Tasks:

Monday - Recap on how to tell the time. You will look at the clocks and write the time down. This will either be quarter past, half past, quarter to and o’clock. To challenge yourself, write it digitally and then in 24 hour time.

Tuesday - Tell the time to the closest 5 minutes and write in words. Maybe show it digitally as well!

Wednesday - Can you round the number to the nearest 10? Remember 1-4 round down 5-9 you round up. Use the number line to help you.

Thursday - Round to the nearest 10 solving problems. Can you think of your own word problems to solve or test an adult on?

English Tasks:

Monday - Please complete the SPAG mat attached. It has a spelling, punctuation and grammar section. Children should also make sure that they are writing in their neatest handwriting.

Tuesday - A lego picture has been put up, read the instructions and finish the story.

Wednesday - Read ‘A Rain Song’ and answer the questions underneath in full sentences.

Thursday - Missing punctuation - Fill in where the punctuation should be within the text. Write the sentences in your book.

Foundation Tasks:

Choose at least one activity to complete each day from the selection below.

Some of the activities have documents attached to further support the activity.

If you want to show/tell something that you have done, please go onto Purple Mash, go onto the sharing button at the top, then shared blogs and you will then see a Year 3 - home learning blog that only the Y3 classes can see. I will be keeping an eye on it to see what lovely things you have been up to!  

● Design an Easter card

● Rewrite the Easter story (see documents attached)

● Decorate an egg (hard boiled or on paper) with paints, glitter etc (see

documents attached)

● Make a mosaic Easter Egg

● Hold an Egg race - Let all the race participants decorate their own hard

boiled egg with paint, glitter etc. Then hand them all a spoon and let them

race off on the predetermined course. The winner will be the one who

reaches the finish line first without dropping their egg.

● Make Easter Brunch - Don your aprons and get creating some festive

Easter Brunch – Easter-shaped pancakes to scrambled egg Easter

bunnies. Yum! https://www.mykidstime.com/food-and-recipes/10-

inspiringly-quick-and-easy-easter-brunch-ideas/

● Make Fingerprint Bunnies - Messy, but lots of fun! Use your thumb print

dipped in paint for the head, and your other finger prints to form the

rest of the body. Make a bunny family keepsake – you could even repeat

this each year to keep in a memory box.

● Research about Easter and then write down your information and put it

into a leaflet on Purple Mash. It has been set as a 2do. It also gives you

some key questions to search if you click on the word. Once done, please

hand it in.

● Complete the Easter Mystery Booklet (see documents attached)

● Colour an Easter egg (see documents attached)

● Multiplication mosaics (see documents attached)

● Make an Easter basket (see documents attached)

TT Rockstar Winners!

Wow! we are completely shocked. A battle was started this week against the two classes. 3B were in the lead by a lot, but suddenly 3M caught up. It was very close! One class got an amazing 21,804 and the other got 22,641. Who was the winner? This week it was...

3B!

Well done to both classes and a brilliant effort made by both. Some children worked exceptionally hard. For some reason it will only allow me to show the top 11 children in each class on the photo below, but well done to the others. If you don't see your name,don't worry, but hopefully you will see it next week! Keep playing and earn lots of points!

In 3B a child got 6,081 points, well done to Kenzi Gaines (Thomas).

Zane Riddle (Zach) had got 4,194 points.

Finally, Grace Draiman (Joe T) got 4,119.

In 3M the child with the most points was Charlie Fallon (Kobi) with 4,958.

In second place was Eve Allchin (Humayrah) with 4,208.

Finally, with 2932 was Royal Rickly (Layla).

Well done once again! Keep you eyes pealed for the new battle that starts at 9am Monday - 6:30pm Friday. It will be Year 3 v Year 4. Come on Year 3!

TT ROCKSTAR BATTLE - 3B v 3M

A TT Rockstars battle has been set up between 3B and 3M. This will happen from Monday 9am - Friday 6:30pm. Lets see who will win this week!! Every question you get right is worth a point towards the whole classes battle points. Good luck!

Keep up the hard work!

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.