Year 3 Thursday 21st May home learning

Did you know crocodiles cannot sweat, they release heat through their mouths? Cool fact! Well done to Steph who correctly answered yesterday’s question about crocodile teeth.

Tomorrow

A note about tomorrow, as it will be a little different. There will be some special challenges all about our amazing NHS. These challenges are designed for teamwork, so get siblings and grown ups involved.

Reading

It is nearly half term, so you should be able to find lots of time for reading each day, keep up the great work with the reading year 3. A big well done to Kiefer for meeting his target, good work!

English

Here are today’s crocodile challenges. Please quiz on your spellings from Monday.

Maths

Here are today’s challenges and the answers to them.

Art

I love art, it was one of my favourite subjects when I was at school, and it still is now. Enjoy the challenge Mrs Curtis has ready for you.

Year 3 Wednesday 20th May home learning

Roughly how many teeth do crocodiles have in their lifetime? Email me with your answer.

Reading

Well another day and another opportunity to find a relaxing spot and get lost in your book. Enjoy the peace and quiet. Olivia and Asher have both met their targets, well done you two!

English

Here are today’s crocodile challenges.

Maths

Here are yesterday’s answers. From now on I’m going to include the answers with the challenges.

Today’s maths is here and the answers for it below.

Science

This week in Science Mrs Nel would like you to investigate the way in which water is transported within plants. This is our science question—How does water get from the roots up to the flower?

Do you think you might already know? Discuss it with your grown up, big brother or sister. Next, have a look at this video clip. Please pause it at 1 minute 24 seconds to ask  your child to predict what they think will happen.

If you have some celery at home ask your grown up if you can have a stick or two, or you may wish to use a white flower as this works well too. Do not worry if you can not try this today if you don’t have the things you need, see if you can have a go over the next week or so. When you are able to, have a go at this investigation, research how it works and record your findings.

Could you make a video?

Annotate photos?

Use Purple Mash to make a booklet?

Draw your results and explain what happened?

Be inventive with presenting your findings, include detail and scientific explanations. Happy investigating!

Year 3 Tuesday 19th May home learning

Did you know crocodiles carry their babies in their mouths? It sounds a dangerous place to be to me!

Well done to Steph and Evie who correctly answered yesterday’s crocodile question, they win a big hug off their family as their prize! Steph was a very early bird with her answer as I had’t even got to school! Well done girls.

Reading

How is your reading coming along? Can you finish your book and quiz on it before the end of the week? Well done to India for reaching her reading target, super work!

English

Today we are going to look at word families to help us with our spelling, please access this web link from Twinkl and then work through the PowerPoint. You should be signed up from last week’s English work (Tuesday 12th May). If you aren’t then please look back at that date’s English work to see how to access it.

Maths

Answers for yesterday’s maths are here.

Today’s maths challenges are here.

Computing

This is the last of our coding lessons today, have a go at any 2 of the coding 2dos I have set you. I’m hoping you are coding whizzes by now! There are 3 to choose from - Magician, Jumping Monkey and Superheroes.

Year 3 Monday 18th May home learning

Which children’s film is this animated crocodile from? Email me with your answer.

Reading

On Friday afternoon there were a handful of children who were in the eighties and nineties with their Acceleread percentages, I wonder if any of you have managed to make it to the hundred mark? Mason and Steph met theirs on Friday, and deserve a big well done.

Spellings

The new spellings this week are medicine, naughty, occasion, occasionally, position and possess. Please spend a chunk of time practising them today.

English

Click here for today’s crocodile challenges.

Maths

Friday’s answers are here.

Today’s maths, I look forward to seeing how you get on.

Geography

Enjoy the last of this unit’s geography lesson.

Year 3 Friday 1st May Learning from Home

Good morning children. I can’t believe it’s nearly the weekend again, I hope that you have enjoyed your learning this week.

Reading

There has been some amazing reading going on this week, with lots of people reaching their targets, some twice and lots more people getting sooooo close. Keep reading and don’t forget to let us know when you have reached your target so that we can celebrate. Well done everyone, keep up the good work. Congratulations to Mason who has reached his target.

Maths

Here are the answers from yesterday’s maths. How did you get on?

Look here for today’s maths challenges.

English

Today we are going to write the final chapter in our story. So re-read Chapter 5 below.

Just like we have done before, you are going to use the chapter above to help you to write your own chapter, but again you are going to make it your own. Look carefully at how the author has used description and powerful verbs. Look at how they have added adverbs and speech. Using the same sort of plan as the author in the story you are going to write your own Chapter 5.

Think carefully about how you are going to write this final part of the story. Have the children really learned their lesson? (I don’t think so - Ben just asks for a bacon sandwich and thinks that everything will be okay).

Think carefully about what they say to each other. How do they say it? Remember to add an action to explain in more detail.

Look at how the author has referred to the warning that was given at the beginning of the story. How will you do this?

Think about the best words to choose for the best impact. Remember to think carefully about the verbs that you use - select really powerful ones to add to the impact of your story and create a clear picture for the reader.

Make sure that your handwriting is really neat and clear and is joined up please. Think carefully about your spelling and remember to use punctuation.

When you have finished your chapter 5, read it through carefully to make sure that it makes sense.

Happy writing!!

RE

It’s Friday again, so it’s time for some RE.

Read the story of Doubting Thomas.

How do you think Thomas felt? Can you understand why Thomas felt like that? Have you ever been told something but because you haven’t seen it for yourself you are not sure whether to believe it or not?

Task 1 Write a list of questions you would like to ask Thomas about what happened and how he came to believe in Jesus’ resurrection.

Task 2 Think about Jesus’ words ‘Blessed are those who have not seen me…’ What do you think He meant by these words? How do these words apply to us today? Write a short paragraph about what you think Jesus meant by this and how these words apply to us today.

Task 3 Thomas didn’t believe because he did not see Jesus. Where do you see Jesus? Draw a picture of where you see Jesus today. (I see Jesus in the many wonderful things that I see people doing to help other people. What sort of things do you see Jesus in?)

Year 3 Tuesday 28th April Learning from Home

Good morning Year 3. Thank you for all of your photos yesterday. We hope that you are ready for another day of exciting challenges. Work hard and have fun and don’t forget to keep smiling and be kind.

Reading

Choose a quiet place and get out your book. Read for about 30 minutes. Don’t forget to quiz if you have finished your book. Lots of you are nearly at your target. Think carefully about the questions and don’t rush. Let us know if you reach your target and then we can celebrate. Isabella has met her target for the second time this half term - wow! Fantastic reading Isabella. Enjoy this quiet time to get lost in your reading and maybe you could join our 100% bunch of readers!

Maths

Here are the answers to yesterday’s maths challenges.

Here are today’s maths challenges, please click below.

English

Yesterday you looked at your Chapter 1 again and edited it. Re-read it again because today we are going to carry on and write Chapter 2 and you need to know where you were up to.

Re-read Chapter 2 of the House Haunting - click on the button below.

You are going to use the chapter above to help you to write, but you are going to make it your own. Look carefully at how the author has used description and powerful verbs. Look at how they have added adverbs and a little speech. Using the same sort of plan as the author in the story you are going to write your own Chapter 2.

Think carefully about how you are going to describe the inside of the house as the boys (or girls) move from room to room exploring. Make sure you create a clear picture with your words. (The house in the story is musty and dusty. It’s quiet and still. Cool but there is a chink of sunlight coming in through the window.) What do you want your house to look like? Think about the best words to choose for the best impact. Remember to think carefully about the verbs that you use - select really powerful ones to add to the impact of your story. You want to create excitement and suspense in your chapter.

When the boys (or girls) venture upstairs (that’s a good powerful verb!!) make sure that it gets even more exciting. Have one of the children whisper something. What will they say? (Don’t forget to use “ “ around what they say.)

Then as you describe them going up the stairs, add the noise that they hear - what sort of noise is it?.(loud or quiet?) Add an adverb here to add to the suspense - “suddenly” is quite a good one. Can you add some description to show how the boys are feeling without actually saying the boys were scared? Look back to Wednesday’s lesson (chapter 3) from last week and see how some things were inferred. Can you add some inferred meaning in your writing?

Make sure that your handwriting is really neat and clear and is joined up please. Think carefully about your spelling and remember to use punctuation.

When you have finished your chapter 2, read it through carefully to make sure that it makes sense.

Then read Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 together.

Don’t forget to send us some photos of your writing so that we can read and share your Chapter 2.

Happy writing!!

Computing

I was so impressed with your coding children, I bet your grown ups were too as we didn’t do coding when we were at school. Have a look at lesson 2 of coding and see today’s challenges.

Year 3 Monday 27th April home learning

Happy Monday everyone!

I hope everyone has enjoyed the sunshine and that you are taking good care of each other. A big well done to Abi, Jess and James who have met their reading targets, great work children! There are some other children on percentages of 80s and 90s, so you could soon be there too - let us know when you have reached your target and we can celebrate and set you some new ones. Keep up that great reading. Where are you going to sit to read today? Does anyone have any recommendations of books to share with the rest of the class? Email us with your ideas and we’ll share with them your friends.

Maths

This week we are going to move on to the 4 times table, please click below to access today’s work.

English

This week’s English follows on from last week so I hope that you enjoyed the story of the House Haunting!! (If you didn’t get chance to read it all don’t worry just look on last week’s learning pages and have a read. I love doing this story - it’s so exciting and a great one to use to write our own stories from.)

Yes, you’ve guessed it we are going to be following the pattern of the story we have read and making up our own stories chapter by chapter over the week. So here goes!!!

Task 1 Last Monday we wrote an opening (Chapter 1) for the story of the House Haunting. Re -read the chapter (click on the button above) and then re-read your chapter. You are going to purple pen (or pick a different colour if you don’t have a purple one) your work and improve on it. Use the prompts that I have given you to help. Check each one separately and purple pen your corrections.

• Does your chapter start with some speech? Have you used “ “ to show the speech? Have you said who is speaking - use a word that is better than “said”. Have you added a bit of description in with the speech sentence to show how it was said/what they were doing as they were speaking?

• Does your chapter have great description? How have you described things? Make sure that you really think carefully about how to describe the house. Does it sound scary? Does it sound like it is abandoned and overgrown?

• Have you used powerful verbs? Go through your writing carefully and check - can you change any of the verbs into more powerful ones?

• Have you checked your spellings? Look carefully and make sure that you have thought about every word. Correct any spelling mistakes that you have made.

• Have you checked for punctuation? Read every sentence carefully. Have you included all of the punctuation that is needed? CL FS ? “ “ , ! etc. Make sure that you have used CL for names. Check and correct.

Once you have checked your work, read it again. Does it sound any better now? (I’m sure it does!!) Practise reading it through and then read it to someone else. What do they think about it?

Task 2 Have you got any unanswered questions? Can you answer them having read all of the story? Go back to your questions and answer them if you can.

Task 3 Spellings for this week. Practise your spellings for this week. Have a look at the fun ways we talked about to learn your spellings and see if you can do one of these. Then have a go at writing your spellings in a sentence. Can you write any sentences using the present perfect tense?

This week’s spellings are: interest learn answer increase knowledge separate

Have a go at one of the spelling challenges on Sumdog - they have the spellings from the last few weeks and also from earlier in the year on them. This week’s spellings appear in Spelling Challenge 6.

Geography

We are going to continue with our European Neighbours topic, click below to access today’s learning. The answers to the quiz style questions are on the next page of the document so be careful not to scroll down too far and reveal the answers too soon.

Year 3 Friday 24th April Learning from Home Daily Challenges

Reading

It is so important that you are reading each day and taking your quizzes. So try to fit in 30 minutes reading - choose a quiet, comfy place and dive into a book. (or an ebook)

Maths

I hope your Sumdog challenge went well, I can see that lots of people got really high scores on their 3 times tables one. Today I would you to have a go at this addition and subtraction quiz, we use these in school after a topic has finished. As we finished addition and subtraction before the Easter break I would like you to have a go at it, do not worry if you haven’t retained some of these strategies and need help from a grown up. Use drawings, practical equipment or anything else you want - there are some tricky questions on here which will really get that brain thinking!

English

Today is the final part of our House Haunting story. Have you managed to answer any of your questions yet or do you keep asking new ones? What do you think is going to happen today? Click on the button to find out the final bit of the story…

Now we would like you to do the tasks below.

Task 1 Something to talk about…

What did you think about the story?

Did the author make you want to read more? What were your favourite bits? Why?

Task 2 Imagine that you are one of the boys. Write some sentences in the present perfect tense. Remember to write in the first person ( I, me, my, we).

Don’t forget to use adjectives and powerful verbs to create a good picture for the reader.

Remember beautiful joined up handwriting please and don’t forget to use correct punctuation please.

RE

Read the story of the Road to Emmaus. Click on the button below.

Task 1 If you could ask the disciples any questions, what would you ask them? (Think about different ways to start your questions)

Task 2 Draw a picture of what happened and write what they were saying in speech bubbles. (Remember to write what they said first and then draw the speech bubble)

Year 3 Learning from Home Thursday 23rd April

Some people might not have been able to get on the internet yesterday - don’t panic, we totally understand. Those children working in school couldn’t get on either. Please don’t worry but please make sure that you do yesterday’s work (Maths and English) before you do today’s work - otherwise some of it won’t make any sense!!! Don’t worry if you don’t get through it all by Friday!

Reading

How are you getting on with your reading? Have you managed to quiz? Are you near to your target yet?

30 minutes of lovely reading each day is sooooooo relaxing. I’ve really enjoyed having time to get lost in a good book. My favourite place is relaxing on my bed. Where’s yours? Maybe you could send us a photo.

Maths

Here are the answers to yesterday’s maths.

Please go on Sumdog where you will find a times table challenge for you to complete.

English

Can you remember where we left off yesterday? Take a moment to think what happened. Think about the characters and how they were feeling yesterday.

Now read Chapter 4

Task 1 Have you answered any of your earlier questions? What are you thinking now? Do you have any new questions? Write your new questions in your book. (Remember punctuation and joined handwriting please)

Task 2 What do you think Jack's Mum said to the boys when she saw them? What did the boys say to Jack’s Mum?

Write a short conversation of what they might have said.

Remember to include " " and to say who said it. Use words instead of said. (eg called, whispered, hollered, cried, sobbed, muttered.) Think carefully about the “said words” that you chose because it helps to create the picture of what is happening.

Can you add any other detail in your conversation to create an even better picture of what is happening? Try to show and action or how they are feeling.

eg. “Yes, we’re here!” Jack hollered at the top of his voice, standing up and stumbling towards the door.

Art

Yes, it’s Thursday again and time for Art. Have a look at the exciting lesson that Mrs Curtis has posted for you today. Don’t forget to send us your photos.