Year 3: Blog items

Year 3 Home Practice 4th December 2020

Date: 4th Dec 2020 @ 3:51pm

We have had a great week in Year 3. The weather has been a bit cold and wet but we haven’t let that dampen our spirits.

Everybody has come into school every day with a huge smile on their face.

We have read more of Mr Stink, we were not impressed with Mrs Crumb’s strict policy. We made up our own policies that we would use if we were MP. I would definitely vote for some of you!! We also wrote a spooky story where all the teachers are vampires!!

In Maths we have been practising our 4x tables and have been doing lots of subtracting.

Friday was exciting as it was ‘tree dressing’ day where we celebrated being outside. We wrote Advent promises on coloured stars, decorated them with sequins and patterns and then tied them onto a tree near to the Year 3 classroom. We love the outdoors.

Home Practice for 4^th December – 11^th December

1. Read to somebody at home every night for 20 minutes. Talk about what you have read.

2. Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenges:

x tables challenge – 4^th December – 11^th December. This includes all of the x tables you need to know by the end of Year 3, don’t worry if you don’t know them yet, it is good practice and will help you a lot in our maths work next week.

Spelling Challenge - apostrophes - 4^th December – 11^th December

3. Practise your x tables – you will be tested on them on Thursday 10^th December. You need to know them quickly and confidently without having to count on.

4. Spellings - you will be tested on them on Thursday 10^th December. You need to practise them every night. It is also a good idea to practise spellings from previous weeks.

The spellings this week are ing words. When adding ‘ing’ to words that end in ‘e’, the ‘e’ must be removed.

hiking, shining, surprising, joking, hoping, smiling, loving, writing, coming, caring

5. Listen to the Nativity songs at home and practise singing along.

Year 3 Home Practice 27th November 2020

Date: 27th Nov 2020 @ 3:38pm

It’s so wonderful to be back in school and together. I am so proud of you all for the hard work you did at home; I can see a huge difference in your handwriting, number skills and times tables. I really enjoyed Tuesday morning when you all brought your work into school and showed it off to the class.

In Maths we have been rounding to the nearest 10 and have been doing lots of counting, our maths is getting harder but we love the challenge.

In English we have been reading Mr Stink, we have started to write our own policy that we would use if we were an MP. 

On Friday we enjoyed our own spotty and odd socks day, we celebrated our friendships and thought about what makes us unique and special.

Home Practice for 27^h November – 4^th December

1. Read to somebody at home every night for 20 minutes. Talk about what you have read. Retell it in your own words.

2. Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenges:

Maths Challenge – addition, subtraction, time: 27^th November – 4^th December - target 100 questions.

Spelling Challenge - ed: - 27^th November – 4^th December - target 100 questions.

3. Practise your x tables – you will be tested on them on Thursday 3^rd December. You need to know them quickly and confidently without having to count on.

4. Spellings - you will be tested on them on Thursday 3^rd December. You need to practise them every night. It is also a good idea to practise spellings from previous weeks.

The spellings this week are the same as last week – they were tricky so we need a bit longer to practise.

accident, actual, address, answer, appear, arrive, believe, bicycle, breath, breathe

5. Listen to the Nativity songs at home and practise singing along.

Year 3 Home Learning 23rd November 2020

Date: 22nd Nov 2020 @ 3:59pm

Monday 23^rd November 2020

Good morning Year 3. I hope you have all had a nice weekend with your family. I am looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow. Don’t forget to bring a smile and the work that you have completed at home.

I have been getting out all of my Christmas decorations over the weekend, I haven’t put them up yet – that is going to be Friday evening’s fun. I normally wait until the first weekend In December but I am going to do it a week early this year.

I watched the final Harry Potter movie on Sunday. I will probably watch and read them all again throughout December.

I know some of you were disappointed that we were not in school for Children in Need Day so on Friday 27th November we will have our own Children in Need Day in Year 3. You can wear something spotty. You can also wear odd socks on Friday as this is something the rest of the school did as part of Friendship Week to celebrate that we are all unqique. 

Friday 27th November - wear something spotty and odd socks. 

See you tomorrow J

Reading

Please read out loud to somebody at home today for 20 minutes.  Talk about what you have read.  

Spelling

Your new spellings this week do not follow a rule. They are some of the spellings which you need to know by the end of Year 3. You will be tested on these spellings on Thursday in school. 

accident, actual, address, answer, appear, arrive, believe, bicycle, breath, breathe

Split your spellings up into chunks you can remember and write out these chunks in different colours.

Here is an example: accident

Times tables

Call out your x tables in different voices – like a robot, like a baby, in a deep voice, in a whisper, in slow motion.

Writing

Today I would like you to write a letter to me that you can give to me tomorrow. Please take care with spelling, handwriting, capital letters and full stops. I would like you to organise your writing into paragraphs.

• Paragraph 1 – what you have been doing during the past 2 weeks
• Paragraph 2 – what you are looking forward to when we are back in school
• Paragraph 3 – goals that you are going to try to achieve in our first week back

Here is an idea of how to start your letter and how to start each paragraph.

Dear Miss Smith

I am writing this letter on Monday 23^rd November. It is the last day of home learning before we are back in school tomorrow.

During the past 2 weeks, I have been…

I can’t wait to go back to school. I am excited to…

In the first week back I am going to work really hard. I have thought carefully about what I need to do to improve my learning. I am going to…

Maths

There is a Sumdog challenge that will just last for today. The challenge will focus on number facts and times tables.

Please make sure you have a go. 26 of you started the last challenge – well done!

Have a go at measuring in cm on the following website.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/measuring-in-cm

There are 2 levels to choose from.

If anybody wants an extra challenge, see if you can write the length in cm and mm.

There are 10mm in 1cm.

Example –

Rubber = 4cm = 40mm

Crayon = 5.5cm = 55mm

Judaism

Last week you looked at the outside of a synagogue – the Jewish place of worship.

Watch this video which talks about the inside of a synagogue.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/z834wmn

Design a stained glass window for a synagogue – remember no human faces are used. You can draw and colour it in or you can use coloured scraps of paper from your recycling.

Attached to this blog are some pictures to help you.

Year 3 Home Learning 20th November 2020

Date: 20th Nov 2020 @ 7:55am

Friday 20^th November 2020

Good morning Year 3. I hope you had a nice day yesterday; I am excited to look at your facts about slothsJ. 21 of you so far have started the Sumdog challenge. Some of you have even completed it already – well done. This competition will run until Sunday evening.

Yesterday I had another sushi delivery, listened to some music (not Christmas music), read some of my book and watched Frozen 2. I am saving the last Harry Potter for the weekend. Ms Hodson watched Coco, Disney day for both of us.

Not long to go now until we are back at school, we will spend some time on the first day back looking at all of the work you have been doing at home.

Reading

Please read out loud to somebody at home today for 20 minutes.  Talk about your favourite bit so far and why.

Spelling

Your new spellings this week do not follow a rule. They are some of the spellings which you need to know by the end of Year 3.

accident, actual, address, answer, appear, arrive, believe, bicycle, breath, breathe

Cut up scraps of paper and write out your spellings, write a different letter on each scrap of paper. Jumble up the letters (like we do with the scrabble letters in class). Ask somebody to call out your spellings and find the letters you need to make each word.

Times tables

If you have an iPad, see if you can answer x tables questions quicker than Siri.

Or see if you can answer x tables questions quicker than somebody at home.

Writing

I would like you to choose your favourite piece of writing from this week.

Improve it by:

• Checking at least 3 spellings using a dictionary or an online dictionary.
• Checking that each sentence or name starts with a capital letter.
• Changing at least 3 words to more exciting words.
• Checking that you have started your sentences in different ways.

Then I want you to write a neat copy of your work. It should be written in your best joined up handwriting. You can decorate it afterwards if you like. Make sure it is a piece of work that you are really proud of.

Maths

Don’t forget to complete the Sumdog challenge that ends on Sunday evening.

Have another go on Hit the Button – hopefully you will be quicker than last time.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Today I would like you to have a look at different measuring equipment you have at home.

Talk to somebody at home about them:

• What do they measure?
• What is the unit of measurement? Cm, m, g, kg, ml, l?
• What is each line or interval worth?

If you can, have a go at using the measuring equipment.

Art

Attached to this blog there is step-by-step guide for drawing a sloth. Have a go at following the guide. You don’t need to use squared paper, you can do it on plain paper – I had a go myself, I will show you when we are back at school.

HAVE A HAPPY WEEKEND!! 

Year 3 Home Learning 19th November 2020

Date: 18th Nov 2020 @ 3:29pm

Thursday 19^th November 2020

Good morning Year 3. I hope you are all doing OK at home and finding plenty of things to do that make you happy. Maybe today you could focus on doing something nice for the people in your house and make them feel happy. Mrs Wood put a big smile on my face yesterday by delivering a lovely pink bunch of flowers to my doorstep J and my sister delivered my favourite lunch – sushi.

As I was feeling a bit better yesterday, I took the time to do some puzzles and read some of my book, and of course watched the next Harry Potter movie, one more to go. I love doing arrow words and Sudoku. I haven’t listened to any Christmas songs like Ms Hodson yet but I do like the idea of dancing in the kitchen to some. You know how much Ms Hodson likes to dance in her kitchen – it makes me smile to think of her doing that… and hopefully some of you have taken her advice and had a go.

I am really looking forward to seeing the work that you have been doing at home. I have been on Sumdog every day and I can see that you are working so hard, I am very proud of you all.

Don’t forget to keep all of the work that you are doing at home so you can bring it in and show me when we are back on 24^th November.

Reading

Please read out loud to somebody at home today for 20 minutes. Tell them what you have read in your own words.  

Spelling

Your spellings for this week all end in ‘–il’

pencil, fossil, nostril pupil, April, gerbil, lentil, evil, basil, stencil

Ask somebody at home to test you on your spellings. If there are any words that you struggle with, practise them a bit more and then have another go.

Times tables

Ask somebody to test you at home on your x tables. Ask them to read them out twice and in a mixed up order.

Here is a bonus question: 34 x 10

Writing and computing

I have been talking a lot about things that make us happy. I have based today’s writing activity on a video that makes me laugh a lot. The video is below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aUC1VZQE1E

The video includes sloths. Sloths are creatures that live in tropical rainforests.

I would like you to do some research and then create an animal fact file about sloths.

Below are some ideas for websites you might want to use for research and for examples of fact files. Attached to this blog is a blank animal fact file you can copy and use if you want to.

https://www.chesterzoo.org/schools/resources/?search=animal+fact+files

https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/sloth

https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/why-are-sloths-slow-and-six-other-sloth-facts

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/sloth/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/34C4dGp1kqnbs5MT7TZQN44/10-incredible-facts-about-the-sloth

Maths

There is a new Sumdog challenge where you will be practising some of the Year 3 skills. This challenge will end on Sunday evening.

I would like you to have more practice at telling the time today.

Write a list of different things you do throughout the day – look at the time for each of them and write it down. Try to write the time like this if you can -  5 minutes past 8, 20 minutes past 9, half past 12, etc.

You might write the times for the following:

• Woke up
• Had breakfast
• Read my book
• Had lunch
• Did some writing
• Went on Sumdog
• Tidied my room
• Watched TV
• Had tea
• Went to bed

Geography

Use an atlas or an online map to find out where sloths live. It might be interesting to have a look on Google Maps and Google Earth.

Year 3 Home Learning 18th November 2020

Date: 18th Nov 2020 @ 7:44am

Wednesday 18^th November 2020

Good morning Year 3. I hope you are all well and happy. I am happy and starting to feel better, I have watched 6 out of 8 of the Harry Potter movies so far.

32 of you of have started the Sumdog challenge which ends today – wow, well done; it makes me happy to know that you are working hard. I keep checking and smiling when I see that you have been on. You all make me smile J

There will be a new Sumdog challenge starting tomorrow morning.

Don’t forget to keep all of the work that you are doing at home so you can bring it in and show me when we are back on 24^th November.

A note from Ms Hodson:

Hello Year 3!

I am missing you all very much! I can’t wait until we are back together again next week J

I’ve been trying to do something each day to make me smile. Yesterday I danced in my kitchen to some Christmas songs, it was really fun, you must try it!

Stay safe and happy,

Ms Hodson x

Reading

Please read out loud to somebody at home today for 20 minutes. Discuss what you have read, tell somebody how you think the characters are feeling and why.

Spelling

Your spellings for this week all end in ‘–il’

pencil, fossil, nostril pupil, April, gerbil, lentil, evil, basil, stencil

Write out your spellings and then use look, cover, write, check to write them out 3 more times.

Times tables

Call out your x tables whilst jogging on the spot. Call them out in order first and then mixed up.

Writing

Watch this video. It is about Esther, a homeless woman, searching through a junkyard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOo7pl052Ww

Write a diary entry as if you were Esther. Describe your day at the junkyard. Talk about how you felt at different parts of the day and what you saw.

You could start your diary entry like this:

Dear diary,

Today started off the same as every other day. I woke up cold and alone and put on my hat and scarf ready for a day of hunting for treasures at the local junkyard.

Focus on spelling, handwriting, capital letters and full stops.

Maths

Practise your number facts on the following website. There are different skills you can choose from.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Don’t forget to complete the Sumdog x tables challenge which will end this evening.

Science

Watch this video about soil.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zjty4wx/articles/ztvbk2p

There at two quizzes to complete at the bottom of the web page.

If you can, go outside with a clear container like a jar. Fill half of the jar with soil and then fill it nearly to the top with water. Shake the jar and leave it for an hour to settle.

Draw and label the jar with what you can see.

Year 3 Home Learning 17th November 2020

Date: 17th Nov 2020 @ 7:45am

Tuesday 17^th November 2020

Good morning Year 3. I hope you are all well and happy.

So far, 25 of you have started the Sumdog challenge – well done and keep up the hard work J

Take the time each day to do something with your family that makes you happy (I have been working my way through the Harry Potter movies).

Reading

Please read out loud to somebody at home today for 20 minutes. Pick out any words that you are unsure about and find out what they mean.

Spelling

Your spellings for this week all end in ‘–il’

pencil, fossil, nostril pupil, April, gerbil, lentil, evil, basil, stencil

Choose 3 of your spellings and write silly sentences using them.

Times tables

Call out your x tables whilst doing star jumps. Call them out in order first and then mixed up.

Writing

Here is a poem about friendship.

The Best of Friends

The best of friends
Can change a frown,
Into a smile,
when you feel down.
The best of friends,
Will understand
Your little trials,
And lend a hand.
The best of friends,
Will always share,
Your secret dreams,
Because they care.
The best of friends,
Worth more than gold,
Give all the love,
A heart can hold.

Write your own poem called The Best of Friends

You can copy the poem above and change some parts into your own ideas, or you can write a completely different poem.

Remember a capital letter at the beginning of each line and a comma or full stop at the end of each line.

Focus on perfect spelling and joined up handwriting,

Maths

I would like you to practise subtracting again today. You can complete the other half of the sheet that you started yesterday. The sheets are attached to this blog.

You can also visit this website. Click on Mental Maths Train and then the subtract symbol (-). There are different levels to choose from.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/mental-maths-train

Don’t forget to complete the Sumdog x tables challenge which will end on Wednesday evening.

Friendship week

Type up your poem about friendship or illustrate it.

Year 3 Home Learning 16th November 2020

Date: 16th Nov 2020 @ 7:35am

Monday 16^th November 2020

Good morning Year 3. I hope you are all happy and well. I am missing you all and missing being in school but we will see each other soon.

It has made me very happy to see that 25 of you have taken part in the Sumdog challenge that started on Thursday. There is a new challenge starting today so make sure you get involved.

Please keep all of the work that you complete during these 2 weeks and bring it into school when we go back on 24^th November.

Reading

Please read out loud to somebody at home today for 20 minutes. Discuss what you have read and tell somebody what you think is going to happen next.

Spelling

Your spellings for this week all end in ‘–il’

pencil, fossil, nostril pupil, April, gerbil, lentil, evil, basil, stencil

Split your spellings into chunks you can remember and write them out in different colours.

Here is an example: pencil

Times tables

Listen to the times tables song for your x table target. Get up, dance, and sing.

You can listen to all of them if you like.

X2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGWMPqh04o4

X5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfRVYPcfecE

X3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzVyBQ5uTbo

X4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBmSshEDVnQ&list=PLssOYsCsf84SU0YHzu5h64EYuBAOujg-H&index=1

Writing

1 – Read the Pobble story starter attached to this blog.

2 – The story starter is called ‘Unlikely Friends.’

Make up your own story about unlikely friends, it can be humans or animals – try to think of 2 people or things that you would not expect to be friends. It might be people who speak different languages, people with different jobs, people who come from different parts of the world, people who have different lives (like Chloe and Mr Stink), etc.

Focus on handwriting, spelling, capital letters and full stops.

Try to use some of the good words or sentences from the Pobble story.

3 – Check your spellings, capital letters and full stops when you have finished.

Maths

Attached to this blog are some maths sheets where you will be practising subtraction (taking away). Choose sheet A or B. Sheet A is the easiest. You don’t have to print the sheet, you can write the questions and answers on paper. You only need to do half of the sheet.

If you need help with subtracting, you can draw the first number with base 10 symbols (lines and dots) and then cross out what you are taking away.

There is also a new Sumdog x tables challenge which will end on Wednesday evening.

Friendship week

This week is Friendship Week.

One of the things to celebrate during friendship is that we are all different, unique and special in our own way.

Draw a picture of yourself and then around it, draw or write all of the things that make you unique and special. You might include:

• Things you are good at
• Hobbies
• Family
• The way you look
• Your personality

Year 3 Home Learning 13th November 2020

Date: 13th Nov 2020 @ 7:57am

Friday 13^th November 2020

Good morning Year 3. Today is Children in Need Day, so wear something spotty if you have anything. I am going to spend the day in my Pudsey Onesie.

Well done to everybody who completed yesterday’s Home Learning. So far 15 of you have started the Sumdog challenge which was set yesterday – well done and keep it up.

Please keep all of the work that you complete during these 2 weeks and bring it into school when we go back on 24^th November.

Get active

This year, BBC Children in Need have made children’s mental wellbeing their number one priority. Watch this video where Joe Wicks helps us to get active in order to feel good.

https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/schools/primary-school/five-to-thrive-hub/be-active/

Afterwards, spend some time being active. You could do some of Joe Wicks’ exercises.

Another idea is to ‘act your age.’ This means, take your age (or the age of people you live with) and use it in your activity – it might be that you do something for 7 or 8 minutes, or you repeat an exercise 7 or 8 times, or you jog 7 or 8 laps of your garden.

Reading

It is SO IMPORTANT to keep up with your reading EVERY DAY over the next 2 weeks.

Please read out loud to somebody at home today for 20 minutes. After each page or chapter, tell them what has happened in your own words.

Spelling

Your spellings for this week all end in ‘–il’

pencil, fossil, nostril pupil, April, gerbil, lentil, evil, basil, stencil

Make a word search with your spellings in and ask somebody at home to find them.

Here is a grid you could copy, trace or print. Or you can create your own.

Times tables

Ask somebody to time you writing out your x tables.

Repeat again throughout the day trying to get quicker each time.

Writing

Write 5 sentences about what we have read so far in Mr Stink.

Start each sentence with a conjunction:

Even though, because, while, when, after, before, so, despite.

Remember to use a comma.

Here is an example:

Because she loved to use her imagination, Chloe’s Maths book was full of stories she had made up.

Maths

Attached to this blog are some Children in Need maths sheets. Choose one to complete – you don’t have to print it, you can write your answers on paper and if you need to, draw your own pictures to colour in.

Science

I would like you to find out how fossils are made and then make something to show what you have found out – it could be a poster, leaflet, video, PowerPoint.  

Here are some useful videos.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z9bbkqt/articles/z2ym2p3 - If you scroll to the bottom of the page, there is a quiz and more videos.

Year 3 Home Learning 12th November 2020

Date: 12th Nov 2020 @ 11:05am

Thursday 12^th November 2020

Good morning Year 3. I hope you are all feeling happy and well. I miss you all already but we know we will be back together in 2 weeks.

Please complete the work set over the next 2 weeks so that when we are back together in 2 weeks we can carry on with all of our amazing learning in school.

Reading

It is SO IMPORTANT to keep up with your reading EVERY DAY over the next 2 weeks.

Please read out loud to somebody at home today for 20 minutes. After each page or chapter, tell them what has happened in your own words.

Spelling

Today in school you would have been tested on your spellings, so ask somebody to test you on the spellings you were given last week.

medal, petal, capital, hospital, animal, equal, final, pedal, magical, local

If there are any that you get wrong, practise them and then ask somebody to test you again.

If anybody wants an extra challenge, ask somebody to test you on some of the spellings from previous weeks. They are all on the school website on the Home Practice sheets under Year 3 Blog Items.

Times tables

Today in school you would have been tested on your x tables, so ask somebody to test you on your x tables. You all know which x table you are focussing on.

Remember in class, the questions are read out twice and in a mixed up order.

It might be fun if you then swap and you can test people at home.

Writing

In class we have been talking a lot about being positive. I really want you to stay happy and positive over the next 2 weeks.

For your writing today I want you to set yourself a small goal for each day – when we achieve our goals it makes us feel happy.

Copy and complete the table, fill in your goals, and then tick them off when you have done them.

Focus – joined up handwriting, capital letters, perfect spelling.

Here are some ideas if you struggle:

• Do 20 minutes of mindfulness or yoga from Youtube
• Read 20 pages of my book
• Write a diary
• Stay off screen all day (phone, TV, computer, IPad)
• Get up early
• Write down 5 things I am grateful for
• Clean my bedroom
• Exercise for 10 minutes
• Eat more fruit and vegetables
• Create my own workout
• Try a new type of exercise
• Go to bed early
• Learn something new
• Speak to a friend

Maths

Complete today’s Sumdog challenge.

Today I would like you to practise telling the time.

Watch the BBC video and complete the quiz at the end https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zm4k7ty/articles/zbjbbdm

After, have a look at the different clocks you can find in your house. Talk about them with somebody at home, try to tell the time at different points throughout the day – ask somebody at home to help you.

Here is a game you can have a go at; there are different levels to choose from.

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/116/telling-the-time

RE and Art

This week in school is Judaism Week, where every class is learning something different about Judaism. In Year 3 our learning focus is the Jewish place of worship – the synagogue.

The synagogue is a special building where the Jewish community meet to pray, study and celebrate. If possible, synagogues are built facing in the direction of where the Temple was in Jerusalem. Jewish people often call the synagogue the shul which is a Yiddish word for school.

The outside of the synagogue might be decorated with a design of a menorah, or a six sided star, and the name of the synagogue in Hebrew letters. There are no statues or representations of the faces of people because for the Jewish people that would be going against the second of The Ten Commandments which says you must not worship images you have made.

When boys and men go into the synagogue must cover their heads. The little round hat they wear is called a kippah. Often women covered their heads too. The men often wear a tallit that is a prayer shawl over their shoulders. These are worn as a sign of respect and as a reminder of God’s presence.

Design the outside of a synagogue, remembering what you have seen and learnt.

Year 3 Home Practice 6th November 2020

Date: 5th Nov 2020 @ 7:27pm

We have had a great week back at school after Half Term. So lovely so see everybody safe and happy. 

We have started reading Mr Stink in English, we are really enjoying getting to know the characters in the book. In Maths we have been doing lots of counting and times tables. We have also been drawing base 10 symbols to help us add numbers together.

Each day we have had ‘Time To Talk.’ We have focussed on positive things and have thought about ourselves, how we see things and how we can overcome any challenges we may face.

On Thursday we enjoyed ‘Outdoor Classroom day.’ We did some orienteering by looking at symbols and a key and then using them to make silly faces out of PE equipment. We are looking forward to trying this again next week (hopefully minus the rain).

Home Practice for 6^th November – 13^th November

1. Read to somebody at home every night for 20 minutes. Talk about what you have read. Retell it in your own words.

2. Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenges:

Number and Addition Challenge: 6^th November – 13^th November - target 100 questions.

x tables challenge: 6^th November – 13^th November - target 100 questions.

3. Practise your x tables – you will be tested on them on Thursday 12^th November. You need to know them quickly and confidently without having to count on.

4. Spellings - you will be tested on them on Thursday 12^th November. You need to practise them every night. It is also a good idea to practise spellings from previous weeks.

The /l/ or /ul/ sound spelled ‘-al’ at the end of words.

medal, petal, capital, hospital, animal, equal, final, pedal, magical, local

The Secret Garden Competition

Date: 2nd Nov 2020 @ 3:28pm

 A new film version of  The Sectret Garden has been released. To celebrate this a competition is being run by the RHS Campaign for School Gardening and Sky. You can draw, paint, create a collage or model or even plant up a minature garden. If you would like your child to be in the competition the entry needs to be on a single sheet of A4 paper. The entry needs to include the design elements and why they have chosen them.

Please send your child's entry into school by Monday 16th November and we will send them off. 

Good luck!

Click here to find out more.

Year 3 Home Practice 23rd October 2020

Date: 22nd Oct 2020 @ 7:36pm

What an amazing first half term in the juniors. We have had a fantastic time and grown up so much already. We have worked hard and are ready for a well-deserved week off to rest, reflect on our learning and spend time with our families.

This week we have absolutely LOVED reading the instruction book ‘How to Wash your Woolly Mammoth.’ We wrote our own instructions and used our sense of humour to make them funny – like paint the woolly mammoth’s tusks pink and give it a foot massage.

We have been looking at 2-D shapes in Maths and have been measuring accurately using our rulers. As always, we have counted and practised our times tables every day!

We have done lots of art to make spooky pictures which we used to decorate our classroom for Friday’s Halloween themed day. We practised mixing different colours of paint, sketching and cutting out. We also got in the spirit of Halloween in our French lesson where we looked at Halloween traditions in France, read a story in French about Halloween and wrote our own sentences using the text as a model.

Well done Year 3 and thank you for such a super first half term!!! JJJ

Home Practice for 23^rd October – 6^th November

If you do the home practice for 10 minutes every day and read each night, you will really see a difference in your learning.

1. Read to somebody at home every night for 20 minutes. Talk about what you have read. Retell it in your own words.

2. Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenges:

Spelling Challenge: 23^rd October – 6^th November - target 250 questions.

Maths Challenge: 23^rd October – 6^th November - target 250 questions.

x tables challenge: 23^rd October – 6^th November - target 250 questions.

3. Practise your x tables – you will be tested on them on Thursday 5^th November. You need to know them quickly and confidently without having to count on.

4. Spellings - you will be tested on them on Thursday 5^th November:

The /l/ or /ul/ sound spelt ‘-el’ at the end of words.

This spelling is usually used after m, n, r, s, v, w and commonly s.

camel, tunnel, squirrel, travel, towel, tinsel, hazel, vowel, angel, jewel

5. If you want to do some writing during Half Term, you could keep a diary. Focus on capital letters, full stops, spelling, and handwriting.

Year 3 Home Practice 16th October 2020

Date: 15th Oct 2020 @ 7:38pm

We have had a wonderful week in Year 3. We have finished reading The Twits – we really enjoyed it and are excited to find out what our next books will be (it is top secret for now)!

We have been using our imagination lots in our writing to write about astronauts, glowing keys, jungles and more. Our imagination is unbeatable – so many fantastic ideas. The stories everybody wrote at home with their spellings in were amazing!

We are still focussing on counting, times tables and number facts in Maths. We have also started to look at 2-D shapes and their properties.

We combined Art with RE this week and made beautiful collages all about ourselves – which groups we belong to and promises we have made. We were amazed to realise how many different groups and clubs we are actually part of.

In PE we have been perfecting our throwing and catching skills and using different techniques to beat a defender in a game. We are really good at working together as a team, encouraging and helping each other.

In French we had our first attempt at using phonic sounds to write French words.

Home Practice for 16^th October – 23^rd October

1. Read to somebody at home every night for 20 minutes. Talk about what you have read. Discuss the characters and what has happened to them. Predict what you think will happen next.

2. Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenges:

Spelling Challenge: 16^th October – 23^rd October - target 100 questions.

Number and Shape Challenge: 16^th October – 23^rd October - target 150 questions.

3. Spellings:

The /l/ or /ul/ sound spelled –le at the end of words.

table, apple, bottle, little, middle, bubble, cable, uncle, ankle, circle

Use look, cover, write, check to practise.

Make a list of any other words you can think of which end with the /l/ or /l/ sound spelled -le.

Year 3 Home Practice 9th October 2020

Date: 8th Oct 2020 @ 6:33pm

Thank you for all of your amazing rock posters. We have put them up on display in our classroom and they look great. I have learnt lots of new things.

We have done a lot of hands on learning this week. We used charcoal and sand to create Stone Age cave paintings (we worked so well as a team to clean the classroom afterwards). We also did an investigation in Science where we looked at different qualities of rocks to choose which would be best for a Stone Age cutting stone (again great team work and sharing).

In Maths we have been using number lines to find missing numbers and to add numbers together. In English we have been hearing all about the monkeys and the Roly-Poly Bird in The Twits.

Friday was ‘Let’s Brighten Up a School Day.’ We focussed on all of the positive things – things we are good at and things we have in our lives that we are grateful for. It was really nice to hear how proud we all of ourselves and each other.

Home Practice for 9^th October – 16^th October

1. Read to somebody at home every night for 20 minutes.

2. Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenges:

Number Challenge: 9^th October – 16^th October - target 100 questions.

X2 and x5 tables challenge: 9^th October – 16^th October – target 100 questions.

3. If you are confident enough, teach somebody at home how to use a number line to find numbers which total 100.

4. Spellings:

These are words that have an /s/ sound spelled with a ‘c’, they have an ‘e’, ‘i’ or ‘y’ after the /s/ sound.

race, ice, cell, city, fancy, lace, space, circle, circus, rice

Make up a story using all of your spellings words. It can be as silly as you like. I would love to see when you have finished.

Year 3 Home Practice 2nd October 2020

Date: 1st Oct 2020 @ 9:01pm

We have had a very creative and exciting week in Year 3.

Thursday was National Poetry Day so we read some poems with actions and lots of expression. We chose our favourite which was ‘How to Turn Your Teacher Purple’ by James Carter. We performed this poem together and made a video – this is on the school website.

On Monday we travelled back in time and did some Stone Age art (pictures to follow when we have finished). We realised how talented people were in the Stone Age using what they could find to survive and communicate.

In Maths we have been using equipment to add hundreds, tens and units, in English we are still enjoying reading The Twits and in French we have been counting to 20 focussing on the different sounds of the letters.

Home Practice for 2^nd October – 9^th October

1. Read to somebody at home every night for 20 minutes.

2. Practise the x2 tables –

• Play ‘Hit the button’  https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
• Ask somebody to test you on the way to and on the way back from school every day. You need to know them quickly without counting on.

3. Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenge:

Number Challenge: 2^nd October – 9^th October – target 100 questions.

4. Spellings:

gem, gym, giant, magic, giraffe, energy, digit, engine, religion, gentle

Make a word search with your spellings in, ask somebody at home to find the spellings.

5. Research and then create a poster about different types of rocks.

Visit - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z9bbkqt

There are 4 learner guides and 7 class clips which you can look at.

The three types of rock you need to include are:

Igneous rock

Metamorphic rock

Sedimentary rock

Make your poster easy to read and colourful. See if you can find some really interesting facts to share with the class.

Year 3 Home Practice 25th September 2020

Date: 24th Sep 2020 @ 4:51pm

Another amazing week in Year 3. 

We went outside and had our first ‘Time To Talk’ where we discussed how to be a good friend. Throughout the week we have really worked well together and have been great friends to each other. We read some more of the Twits and wrote news reports about a mysterious sighting in the sky (Mrs Twit attached to balloons). We used clues to find out what life was like in the Stone Age and sorted and compared different rocks in Science. You can see some pictures of this in the galleries. In Maths we have been using number lines to round to the nearest 10 and used equipment to make and compare numbers up to 1000. Mrs Quilliam is proud of Year 3 for their first attempt at using a French dictionary.

I am already looking forward to another great week next week!

Home Practice for 25^th September – 2^nd October

1. Read to somebody at home every night for 20 minutes.

2. Practise the x2 tables – listen to this song every night. Sing along and dance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGWMPqh04o4&safe=active

3. Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenges:

Number Challenge: 25^th September – 2^nd October – target 100 questions.

x2 tables: 25^th September – 2^nd October – target 50 questions.

Grammar Challenge: 25^th September – 2^nd October – target 50 questions.

4. Spellings:

age, huge, change, charge, bulge, village, range, orange, hinge, stage

Write out the spellings and stick them up somewhere you will see them every day. Use look, cover, write, check to practise your spellings.  

Year 3 Meet the Teacher

Date: 18th Sep 2020 @ 4:50pm

Year 3 Home Practice 18th September 2020

Date: 17th Sep 2020 @ 4:03pm

Happy Friday.

We have had a fantastic week in Year 3. We started reading the Twits this week and showed our cheeky side by coming up with our own prank ideas. We enjoyed some outdoor learning in the sunshine and loved painting Mr Twit’s beard. We have been trying really hard with our times tables and have been doing lots and lots of counting. We have been focussing on listening and following instructions so that we are always ready to learn J

Year 3 Home Practice

Year 3 home practice will be uploaded onto the school website every Friday. You will be tested every Thursday on the spellings and times tables.

The purpose of home learning is to practise the essential skills needed in reading, writing and maths.

Home Practice for 18^th September – 25^th September

1. Read to somebody at home every night for 20 minutes. Reading with an adult and discussing your reading will help you to become fluent, expressive and independent.

2. Practise the x2 tables – ask somebody at home to call out 10 questions each night in order and 10 questions each night mixed up. Hopefully by the end of the week you will be quick and won’t have to count on.

3. Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenges:

Number Challenge - 18^th September- 25^th September – target 50 questions.

Grammar Challenge: 18^th September- 25^th September – target 50 questions.

Spelling Challenge: 18^th September- 25^th September – target 50 questions.

4. Spellings:

badge, edge, bridge, dodge, fudge, ridge, smudge, judge, wedge, lodge

Write out the spellings and stick them up somewhere you will see them every day. Practise splitting them up into chunks you can remember and writing them out in different colours each night e.g. badge, edge

Have a lovely weekend

Online Content - 10 tips to keep your children safe online

Date: 16th Sep 2020 @ 6:22pm

Monitor-Talk-Report

"In light of recent distressing content circulating on several popular social media platforms, we're reminding parents how important it is to monitor, support and talk to children about their online activities." - National Online Safety

Here are some top tips from National Online Safety on keeping children safe online when viewing content online.