Date set: Friday 16th July
Date due: Friday 23rd July
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S | Sport The Olympics starts next Friday (23rd July)! Find a list of all the sports that take place as part of the Olympics.
Choose one of the sports that you are not familiar with and find out about it. Can you find out a name of someone who competes in the sport? What are the rules? Do you score points or have to beat a time? Is it a team sport or individual sport?
Further Research – Can you conduct your own research into this years Olympics and create a fact file for someone in Year 2 to read or watch. You may explore where the Olympics are to be held or which countries are taking part. I wonder what you will find out?
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T | T – TALENT Talent Show
I know Year 3 has lots of talented individuals so on Tuesday we will be having a Talent Show in School. Think about something you are good at that you could share with the rest of the class. It could be something we already know about. If it is not something you can do at school e.g. Horse riding, you may choose to send Miss Taylor a video.
If you can show us in school let Miss Taylor know if you need any specific equipment for your talent so she can collect it from around school or knows if you need to bring something specific in to help with your talent. I’m really excited to see your skills!
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A | ART – As we have already started to settle into our new groups for Year 4 we now need the ultimate display to showcase all our fabulous points. Can you design ideas for our new class groups’ board? What symbol or picture will each group have? Will your display follow a theme such as space where each group has its own spaceship? The ideas for this could be endless. Make sure your design is bold, bright and eye-catching!
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R | R – Raise Money and Bounce Have you decided how many bounces you are going to attempt to complete in your 10 minutes? Your challenge now is to make sure you have some sponsors. How many can you get?
If you are lucky enough to have space to jump around or even a trampoline at home then you might choose to get some practise in before next week.
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S | S – Summer Fun!
Write a wish list of things you would like to do this summer or even places you might like to go.
You may choose to plan a day for the summer holidays for your whole family. Remember to plan in all your meals and snacks – not forgetting those ice creams!
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Date set: Friday 9th July
Date due: Friday 16th July
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Consolidation | Baking Can you help prepare a meal or complete a baking activity – make sure you use a scale to weigh the mass of each ingredient you use? EXT – Can you calculate which ingredient is the heaviest/ lightest? | 30 mins | This week, we have been reading scales to measure the mass of an object. |
Preparation | Capacity Countdown Using this link https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/capacity/index.html visit Topmarks to play the capacity countdown game. How many different scales can you read? Take note of what capacity is measured in? Can you explain what capacity is? | 5 mins | Next week, we will be exploring capacity.
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Preparation | English https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zmqh2v4 Watch the video above and complete the activities (scroll down below the video)
| 15mins | Next week Year 3 will focus on grammar activities that should be secure ready for Year 4 |
Preparation | Science https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a0u5jMYviM Watch this video about plants – Can you create a drawing of a plant life? Could you use this to help you create a video of help you think of the life cycle of a tree? | Up to 20mins | Next week we will be starting a new science topic and have a science focus week. |
Date Set: Friday 25th June
Date Due: Friday 2nd July
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What is my Home Learning task? | How long should it take me? | Where will it fit into my learning at school? | |
Consolidation |
Plan a 3D shape picnic! All the foods (or packaging) must be 3D shapes we can identify. See the resources folder above for Mrs Jameson’s selections!
| 10 mins | This week, we recognised and constructed a range of 3D shapes. |
Preparation |
Set yourself a subtraction challenge on Daily 10. Choose your level and select a challenging time limit for each question. What’s the lowest time limit you can set and still score 10/10?
| 10 mins | This will help you to prepare for assessments next week. |
Consolidation |
Play along with the teams in Punctuation Pals – choose two video clips to watch and see whether you can answer each question correctly.
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We review our independent writing and use a purple pen to correct any punctuation errors.
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Preparation | Should Tom and Tiree be allowed to go back to the lake? Write some reasons for and against to help you discuss this question. The model text is in the resources folder above, if you need it. | 10 mins |
Our next model text will be a discussion based on the warning tale, The Lake.
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Use natural objects to create some land art in a garden or whilst out and about.
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In Art, we have been learning about the work of Andy Goldsworthy. |
Date Set: Friday 18th June
Date Due: Friday 25th June
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What is my Home Learning task? | How long should it take me? | Where will it fit into my learning at school? | |
Consolidation |
Use this link and scroll down to the practise activities. Choose activity 1 or activity 2 – or challenge yourself to complete both.
| 10 mins | This week we have studied horizontal, vertical, parallel and perpendicular lines. |
Preparation |
Use this link to revise the difference between 2D and 3D shapes and watch the video on properties of 3D shapes.
| 10 mins | Next week, we will be working on the properties of 3D shapes. |
Consolidation |
Choose one (or both) of the traditional tales below and write down a rule that the main character broke. What were the consequences?
Goldilocks and the Three Bears Little Red Riding Hood
| 10 mins | Our current unit of Talk for Writing is a warning tale.
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Preparation |
Plan at least three consequences for a story that starts with the warning, “Don’t ever leave the garden gate open.” Your consequences can be as dramatic or as funny as you like!
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Next week, we will plan and write independent warning tales.
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Choose a sport or other physical activity that interests you and use books or the internet to find three interesting facts about it. Write the facts into your home learning book. Then write a short paragraph to persuade someone else to try this activity.
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In PSHE, we have considered the ways in which we keep our bodies active at school, at home and whilst out and about. |
Date Set: Friday 10th June
Date Due: Friday 17th June
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What is my Home Learning task? | How long should it take me? | Where will it fit into my learning at school? | |
Consolidation |
Can you draw an irregular shape that has 2 right angles and 4 obtuse angles? If you complete this challenge, you might want to create one of your own.
| 10 mins | We have learned how to recognise acute/obtuse angles and right angles. |
Preparation |
Complete this sorting task. Choose level 1, 2, 3 or 4. Write a note in your home learning book to record which level(s) you completed. | 10 mins | Next week, we will be working on the properties of 2D and 3D shapes. |
Consolidation |
Create a freeze-frame of a scene from a story you have read at home. Perhaps you can ask family members to help you out – or even use your pets or toys! Stick a photo in your home learning book, if you can.
| 10 mins | This week, we used drama to explore our warning tale: The Lake.
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Preparation | Watch this video and use it to write a rule for adding suffix –ous to words that end in y. | 10 mins |
Next week, we will spell more words with the suffix –ous.
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Topic |
Complete the “I see, I think, I wonder” sheet. There is a copy in the resources folder, above.
| 20 mins | In Geography, we are learning about tropical rainforests. |
Date Set: Friday 21st May
Date Due: Friday 28th May
MATHS | ENGLISH | TOPIC | |
What is my Home Learning task? | How long should it take me? | Where will it fit into my learning at school? | |
Consolidation |
Look at clocks as often as you can this weekend and practise telling the time. Write down the times you have done five different things. | 10 mins | We have been telling the time in Maths. |
Preparation |
Watch this video. Can you convert some of your times from the task above to 24 hour clock times?
| 10 mins | Next week we will begin to use the 24 hour clock. |
Consolidation |
Research persuasive language by watching advertisements on television or reading advertisements in a newspaper or magazine. What do you notice?
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This week we discussed the use of questions, adjectives and adverbs in our model text.
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Preparation | Make a poster to advertise the perfect pet you have planned to write about in English.
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This task will help you with your innovated writing next week.
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Look for textiles with stitched patterns. You might find examples at home, in books or on the internet. If you can, take photos and stick them into your home learning book. What do you like/dislike about each design?
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We are creating stitched designs in Art. |
Date Set: Friday 14th May
Date Due: Friday 21st May
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What is my Home Learning task? | How long should it take me? | Where will it fit into my learning at school? | |
Consolidation |
Watch this video about adding fractions. Can you use the video to teach someone at home how to add fractions with the same denominator? Focus on adding two fractions. | 10 mins | This week, we have added fractions with the same denominator. |
Preparation |
Play this game to revise telling the time. Make a note in your home learning book to record which level you played. | 10 mins | Our next block of learning in Maths is Time. |
Consolidation |
Spot the suffix! Choose any book (it can be fiction or non-fiction) and search for words spelt with a suffix. Can you find ten words and copy them into your home learning book?
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This week, we have practised using suffixes –ful and –less to convert nouns to adjectives.
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Preparation |
Can you persuade someone at home to play a game with you? What kind of words will you use to convince them to play? Write some of the phrases you use in your home learning book.
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Our new Talk for Writing unit is Persuasive Texts.
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Use Google Maps to take a virtual field trip to a mountain, river or island. Make notes in your home learning book to record your trip.
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We have been learning about physical features in Geography. |
Date Set: Friday 7th May
Date Due: Friday 14th May
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What is my Home Learning task? | How long should it take me? | Where will it fit into my learning at school? | |
Consolidation |
Use these fraction strips to investigate fractions that are equal to ½, 1/3 and 1/4. Write at least three sets of equivalent fractions in your home learning book. | 10 mins | This week, we have been learning to recognise equivalent fractions in diagrams. |
Preparation |
Draw pizzas and divide them into slices to show halves, thirds, quarters and sixths. Order the size of the slices from smallest to largest. | 10 mins |
Next week we will order fractions with different denominators. |
Consolidation |
Read a story of your choice and find examples of expanded noun phrases. How many adjectives are used in each one? You can also do this activity with a non-fiction text: do you find expanded noun phrases there, too?
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This week, we have used expanded noun phrases to plan characters and settings for our independent stories.
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Preparation |
Plan a sentence with three ideas that you can include in your independent wish story next week.
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This will be one of the success criteria for our writing next week.
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Topic |
Design a poster to tell people what the word ‘Trinity’ means to Christians. Remember to include God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.
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We have explored the nature of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit based on stories from the Bible. |
Date Set: Friday 30th April
Date Due: Friday 7th May
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What is my Home Learning task? | How long should it take me? | Where will it fit into my learning at school? | |
Consolidation |
Use any small objects that you have at home to find these unit fractions: 1/3 of 21 1/4 of 32 1/5 of 20 1/8 of 56 Remember that the denominator of each fraction tells us how many equal groups to make with the objects. | 15 mins | We have been finding (unit) fractions of amounts this week, using counting objects and diagrams to support our calculations. |
Preparation | Use your answers from the task above to work out these non-unit fractions: 2/3 of 21 3/4 of 32 | 5 mins |
Next week, we will continue finding non-unit fractions of amounts. |
Consolidation |
Watch this video to revise expanded noun phrases. Then, write five expanded noun phrases to describe items in your home. Don’t forget the commas!
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This week, we have revised expanded noun phrases and aimed to use them in our innovated writing.
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Preparation |
Complete the apostrophe activity in the resources folder (above). | 5 mins |
We will be working on possessive apostrophes next week.
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Complete the Skara Brae wordsearch you took home. Then use a dictionary (book or online) to look up the meanings of some of the words you found (at least three, please). Extra challenge: can you use the words you looked up to write sentences about Skara Brae? | 20 mins |
We took a ‘virtual field trip’ to Skara Brae during our History lesson this week. |
Date Set: Friday 23rd April
Date Due: Friday 30th April
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What is my Home Learning task? | How long should it take me? | Where will it fit into my learning at school? | |
Consolidation |
Complete the fractions homework task that you have taken home. If you chose to take the Discussion Problems home, remember this is an extra challenge! | 15 mins | These tasks follow directly on from the work we did in class on Friday. |
Preparation | Share groups of objects at home and describe each share as a fraction of the whole group. | 5 mins |
Next week, we will be finding fractions of amounts. |
Consolidation |
Practise retelling the model text (see resources folder). We’d love to see some photos from the children who are planning to tell the story to their siblings and pets!
| 15 mins | This week, we have been learning “The King of the Fishes.” |
Preparation |
Ask some of the people in your family what they would wish for, if the King of the Fishes granted them a wish. Can you create one family wish to make them all come true, as Li did in the model text?
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Next week, we will plan and write innovated stories based on “The King of the Fishes.”
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Topic | Create a picture inspired by “Still life with apples” by Paul Cezanne. You can use anything you have to hand at home. | 20 mins |
See the weekly update for photos of the work we have done in class.
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Date Set: Thursday 1st April
Date Due: Friday 23rd April
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How long should it take me? |
Where will it fit into my learning at school? |
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Consolidation |
Play the Loop Card game to practise the times tables of your choice. |
15 mins |
Fluent recall of tables facts supports many different areas in Maths. |
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Preparation |
Watch this Teacher Talk on BBC iPlayer to help you recall your previous learning about fractions.
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5 mins |
Our next unit in Maths will be Fractions. |
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Consolidation |
Watch this short video about using inverted commas for speech and take the quiz to check your understanding.
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5 mins |
This week, we have been discussing how to punctuate direct speech in stories.
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Preparation |
Choose a short poem or song and write it into your home learning book in your very best cursive handwriting.
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15 mins |
Next term, we will continue working on using cursive writing consistently in all our written work.
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Reading Planet |
Read as much as you can during the holidays! There are two new books assigned for you in Reading Planet. Use the same log-in details as you had during remote learning earlier this term. |
20 mins |
Reading every day supports our learning across the whole curriculum!
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Date Set: Friday 26th March
Date Due: Thursday 1st April
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How long should it take me? |
Where will it fit into my learning at school? |
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Consolidation |
Make a perimeter person (or robot)! You can print out cm squared paper from the resources file, above. There are some photos there, too, to give you ideas. Make sure you use whole squares and, when you have finished, count all around the edge to find out your person’s perimeter. |
15 mins |
This week we identified perimeters of areas in school and measured the perimeters of 2D shapes. |
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Preparation |
Play Hit the Button – choose Number Bonds, then Subtraction up to 20 or Subtraction up to 100. |
5 mins |
Next week, we are going to recap subtraction and practising these number bonds will be good preparation. |
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Consolidation |
Write four sentences about your weekend. Each sentence should contain three ideas: there are some examples from our model text in the resources file, above.
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10 mins |
This week, we used ‘sentences of three’ when writing our story innovations.
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Preparation |
Create a character that you might meet in a story. You can draw the character and you should write a few sentences to describe them.
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10 mins |
Next week, we will develop independent stories inspired by ‘Wanda and the Toad’.
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Consolidation |
Think of three ways you can help other people. It could be people at home, at school or in our wider community. Write your ideas in your home learning book or, if you are able to act on some of your ideas, stick in a photograph. |
15 mins |
In RE, we learned about some of the ways Rev. Andy works to bring God’s Kingdom to Earth by supporting others.
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How long should it take me? |
Where will it fit into my learning at school? |
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Consolidation |
Use a ruler or tape measure to measure the lengths of three objects at home. Add the three lengths together. How many different ways can you record your answer? |
10 mins |
This week, we converted measurements into like units so that we could add them to find a total length. |
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Preparation |
Watch this short video clip about perimeters. Can you measure the perimeter of a room in your house by counting your steps? Perhaps you can measure an outdoor space, too. |
10 mins |
Next week, we will measure and calculate perimeters using standard units of measure. |
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Consolidation |
Read or listen to a story at home and then identify the main character(s). Write at least three adjectives to describe each character you identified. Do your adjectives tell us how the character looks, feels or behaves?
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10 mins |
This week, we identified the three main characters in the story, ‘Wanda and the Toad’.
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Preparation |
Think of three different situations in which you might have to learn to do something difficult. Draw pictures or write sentences to show your ideas.
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10 mins |
Next week, we will plan story innovations using ‘Wanda and the Toad’.
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Consolidation |
Use a globe, atlas or digital map to show someone at home the location of modern Greece. Use the internet to research some modern Greek foods and places that people like to visit. You can also watch this video to find out how to say ‘Hello’ in Greek.
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15 mins |
This week, we compared the size of modern Greece with the Alexendrian Empire in 323BC |
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How long should it take me? |
Where will it fit into my learning at school? |
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Consolidation |
Teach someone at home how to find out whether a big number is a multiple of 3 by adding the digits together! |
5 mins |
We learned this trick during our problem-solving and reasoning in Maths this week. |
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Preparation |
Explore the assigned activity on Classroom Secrets Kids: The 4x Table Year 3 Lesson Slides. There are a lot of slides: don’t worry if you don’t finish them all in the allocated time. |
15-20 mins |
We will continue to explore the relationships between facts in the multiplication tables. |
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Consolidation |
Complete the assigned activity on Classroom Secrets Kids: Christmas Homophones!
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15 mins |
We learned about homophones earlier this term: do you remember which spellings to use?
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Preparation |
Read/share a story that is set at Christmas. You can use a book or a read-along story on YouTube.
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5-10 mins |
We will be writing some festive stories next week.
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Consolidation |
Investigate magnetism at home. How many objects can you find that are attracted to a magnet? What materials are they made of? |
10 mins |
Our results in Science proved that only some metal objects were attracted to our magnets.
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How long should it take me? |
Where will it fit into my learning at school? |
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Consolidation |
Complete the Classroom Secrets Homework Extension Activity in your book bag: Year 3, Block 3, Step 1 – Equal Groups |
15 mins |
We have begun our block of work on Multiplication and Division |
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Preparation |
Play Hit the Button, choosing 4x table. How many correct answers can you score in one minute? Can you improve your score? https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
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5 mins |
Instant recall of these tables facts will be very useful in Maths next week.
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Consolidation |
Amisi hid inside a fig… Where would you hide to escape from a hungry cobra, crocodile or jackal? Draw a picture of your plan.
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10 mins |
We have been learning the story of Amisi and the Fig. |
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Preparation |
Read/share a story. How do you know when a character is speaking? How is speech marked in the printed text?
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5 mins |
We will be learning grammar conventions for writing speech in stories.
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Consolidation |
Talk to someone at home about your Christingle and explain what it represents. This website may help:
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10 mins |
We made Christingles during our virtual ‘Messy Church’ afternoon. |
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What is my Home Learning task? |
How long should it take me? |
Where will it fit into my learning at school? |
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Consolidation |
Play the assigned game on Classroom Secrets Kids and use addition and subtraction to solve the Christmas word problems: Year 3 Christmas Measures Activity (Don’t forget that your log-on is in your planner!) |
15 mins |
This week we have used inverse operations to check our answers to addition and subtraction questions.
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Preparation |
Keep practising your 4x table! You can make the matching cards game, if you wish (see the resources link above). |
10 mins |
We are going to have a no-stakes tables test next week.
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Consolidation |
Use a dictionary to look up and define three words from your spellings. |
10 mins |
We used dictionaries to help us with unfamiliar vocabulary in a text about Tutankhamun’s tomb.
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Preparation |
Share a story at home and talk about the setting. How does the setting determine the characters and objects in the story?
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10 mins |
Our new Talk for Writing text is a story set in Egypt.
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Consolidation |
Watch this video: Now try the coin experiment on two different surfaces. How does it compare to our experiment with the toy car at school? |
10 mins |
We have investigated the amount of force needed to move a toy car across different surfaces.
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Date Set: Friday 20th November
Date Due: Friday 27th November
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What is my Home Learning task? |
How long should it take me? |
Where will it fit into my learning at school? |
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Consolidation |
Play the assigned game on Classroom Secrets Kids: Year 3 Subtract 3 Digits from 3 Digits |
15 mins |
This week we used different calculation strategies to subtract 3 digits from 3 digits. |
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Preparation |
Make a paper fortune teller and use it to practise your 4x table! (See the resources link above) |
10 mins |
We are going to learn our 4x tables next!
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Consolidation |
Complete the assigned Reading Comprehension on Classroom Secrets Kids: Year 3 Summarising Paragraphs
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15 mins |
We summarised information from a photograph in VIPERS this week. |
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Preparation |
What do you know about Egypt? Can you:
Record your answers in your home learning book.
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10 mins |
Our next Talk for Writing text is a story set in Egypt.
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Consolidation |
Watch this Blue Peter video clip about anti-bullying ambassador, Julian Frood. |
5 mins |
This week has been anti-bullying week and we made a display about how we choose to treat others.
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How long should it take me? |
Where will it fit into my learning at school? |
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Consolidation |
Play the assigned game on Classroom Secrets Kids: Year 3 Check Answers |
15 mins |
Many of our reasoning questions in Maths have involved finding missing numbers by using inverse operations. |
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Preparation |
Watch this great new video! |
5 mins |
We are going to learn our 4x tables next!
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Consolidation |
Read/share a story. Find ten adverbs in the text and copy them into your home learning book.
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10 mins |
We have been identifying adverbs in GPV. |
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Preparation |
Write a sentence for each of your spelling words this week.
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10 mins |
We will be exploring the rule for creating adverbs from adjectives ending in y.
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Consolidation |
Watch this video of Yuni Marimba playing the xylophone: Can you remember the difference between a xylophone and a glockenspiel?
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5 mins |
Maybe one day we will be able to play like this! |
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How long should it take me? |
Where will it fit into my learning at school? |
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Consolidation |
Play the assigned game on Classroom Secrets Kids: Add 2-digit and 3-digit numbers |
10 mins |
We have been adding two digit and three digit numbers with exchanges. |
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Preparation |
Look out for numbers in the environment (at home or when you are out for a walk). When you see a number, call it out and then double it. |
10 mins |
Our Maths frequency next week will involve doubling.
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Consolidation |
Read/share a text that contains instructions (e.g. an online recipe or a car manual). Find ten imperative (bossy) verbs in the text and copy them into your home learning book. |
10 mins |
We have been identifying imperative verbs in our Talk for Writing text. |
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Preparation |
Write a short instruction text with the heading, “How to use a knife and fork to eat your food.” Remember to use numbered steps and imperative (bossy) verbs.
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10 mins |
We will be writing more instructions after half-term.
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Consolidation |
Make a Remembrance display in a window at home. Take a photograph or draw a picture of your display. |
10 mins |
We have reflected on the importance of the poppy to people in our community. |
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What is my Home Learning task? |
How long should it take me? |
Where will it fit into my learning at school? |
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Consolidation |
Play the assigned game on Classroom Secrets Kids: 3 times table game with flashcards |
5 mins |
We have been practising the three times table in lots of different ways. |
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Preparation |
Play your choice of Number Bonds games on Hit the Button: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button Record your scores in your home learning book. |
10 mins |
Being able to recall number bonds will be useful as we continue extending our addition and subtraction skills next half-term.
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Consolidation |
Play the Small Town Superheroes homophone game: Use the yellow arrows to navigate to Steve’s part of the map and click on the castle. |
10 mins |
We have been learning to spell homophones and recognising when to use each spelling. |
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Preparation |
Watch the assigned video tutorial on Classroom Secrets Kids: Year 3 defining words in context |
10 mins |
We will be working with instruction texts after half-term.
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What is my Home Learning task? |
How long should it take me? |
Where will it fit into my learning at school? |
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Consolidation |
Complete the Daily 10 Mental Maths Challenge: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10 Choose Level 3, Subtraction, Three-digits minus Tens. Give yourself a generous time interval to begin with and have a pencil and paper handy to use some of the strategies we practised this week. |
10 mins |
This week, we subtracted multiples of ten from three-digit numbers. The strategies we used included regrouping, counting back and using known number bonds. |
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Preparation |
Watch the video clip: Choose one strategy to practise. |
5 mins |
Being able to use mental strategies will help in our work with bigger numbers next week.
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Consolidation |
Plan and write a three-sentence story to share at home. You can print or copy the story mountain: it is in the resources folder. |
15 mins |
We have created some amazing stories in our Talk for Writing sessions this week!
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Preparation |
Find opaque and transparent objects in and around your home. Take photographs or make a list in your home learning book. |
10 mins |
This week, we have used the key vocabulary ‘opaque’ and ‘transparent’ during our investigation of shadows.
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Date Set: Friday 9th October
Date Due: Friday 16th October
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What is my Home Learning task? |
How long should it take me? |
Where will it fit into my learning at school? |
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Consolidation |
Complete the Daily 10 Mental Maths Challenge: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10 Choose Level 3, Subtraction, Three-digits minus Ones. Give yourself a generous time interval to begin with and have a pencil and paper handy to use some of the strategies we practised this week. |
10 mins |
This week, we subtracted single-digit numbers from three-digit numbers. The strategies we used included regrouping, counting back and known number bonds. |
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Preparation |
How many different three-digit numbers can you make with a 5 in the tens? Write them in your book. |
5 mins |
Next week, we will be adding and subtracting three digits and tens.
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Consolidation |
Learn a new word! Tell it to Mrs Jameson next week. Make sure you know what it means! |
5 mins |
We have been collecting new vocabulary and adding it to our Magpie board. |
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Preparation |
Choose a favourite story and try to summarise it in three sentences! |
10 mins |
Next week, we will be writing three-sentence and five-sentence stories!
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Preparation |
Make shadows using your choice of light source. Take photos or draw around the shadows to record your work. Don’t forget to record the light source you used.
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10 mins |
Next week in Science, we will be investigating ways of changing shadows. |
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What is my Home Learning task? |
How long should it take me? |
Where will it fit into my learning at school? |
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Consolidation |
Complete the Daily 10 Mental Maths Challenge: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10 Choose Level 3, Addition, Three-digits and Ones. Give yourself a generous time interval to begin with and have a pencil and paper handy to use some of the strategies we practised this week. |
10 mins |
This week, we added single-digit numbers to three-digit numbers. We used Base 10, place value charts and number lines. |
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Preparation |
Practise your three times tables: |
5 mins |
Next week, we will do more fluency work using the three times tables. |
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Consolidation |
Tell your innovated version of Nail Soup to someone at home, using all the actions! (Was your story about a builder, a dancer, a doctor or a police officer?) |
10 mins |
This week, we finished the innovation phase of our Talk for Writing work on Nail Soup and began to plan independent writing.
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Preparation |
Read an extract from an information book (or website). Can you write down two key facts you have learned?
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10 mins |
Next week, we will be using non-fiction texts to retrieve information. |
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Consolidation |
Follow the History link in the Topic resources (see top of this page). Scroll down until you find the house histories. Choose a house number and ask an adult to help you choose one of the families who lived there. Draw a picture of the family, labelling it with as many names and ages as you can. Don’t forget to record their address!
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10 mins |
In History, we have been using a variety of different resources to learn about Saltaire. |
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What is my Home Learning task? |
How long should it take me? |
Where will it fit into my learning at school? |
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Consolidation |
Complete the comparing and ordering activities: |
10 mins |
This week, we compared and ordered three-digit numbers. |
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Preparation |
Practise adding single digits to multiples of 100. This song may help!
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5 mins |
Next week, we will be working on addition. |
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Consolidation |
Explain to someone at home why we use past tense verbs (e.g. ‘was’) when we are talking about History.
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5 mins |
This week, as Sentence Doctors, we corrected sentences with incorrect tense. |
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Preparation |
Write four sentences about your weekend. Begin your sentences with these words: First… Then… After that… Finally… |
10 mins |
Next week, we will be using a toolkit of sentence openers to sequence events in our stories. |
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Consolidation |
Think of some things we can do that help to take care of our natural world. |
10 mins |
In RE this week, we learned that Christians believe they have a responsibility to care for God’s Creation.
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ENGLISH |
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What is my Home Learning task? |
How long should it take me? |
Where will it fit into my learning at school? |
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Consolidation |
Do the number square challenge: Record your strategy in your home learning book.
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10 mins |
This week, we used Base 10 materials and a number square to prove that 10 tens = 1 hundred. |
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Preparation |
Practise counting in hundreds up to 1000. Which number is half-way between 0 and 1000?
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5 mins |
Next week, we will be placing 3-digit numbers on a 0-1000 number line. |
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Consolidation |
Make a poster for a missing pet – remember to write the pet’s name and what it likes to eat. You may even choose to offer a reward! |
10 mins |
Our class novel is Ottoline and the Yellow Cat. Several pampered pets have gone missing from their homes! |
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Preparation |
Begin to think about the ingredients your character will add to their soup in your story.
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5 mins |
This week, we finished learning the story “Nail Soup” and began working on our own variations.
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Consolidation |
Look for reflective surfaces at home and when you are out and about. Make a list in your home learning book, using words or pictures.
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10 mins |
In Science this week, we learned that some surfaces are especially good at reflecting light. |