Year 3 home learning

Year 3 home learning

My Maths – log in on the first page using: whinfield_primary_school success287

Then on the second log in page use your personal log in and password.

Look under the homework tab and there will be tasks set by your teacher to complete.

You always have a choice of trying the lesson first which shows you what to do before you complete your homework.

Maths (Purple Mash)

We all know how important it is to know our times tables! Practise your 3’s, 4’s and 8’s on Monster Multiplication!

Telling the Time- in year 3 we learn how to recognise a.m and p.m times. Practise reading the clock faces then play the

Matching Pairs game! There are some time problems for you too! You have been sent some time work and revision of mental strategies to complete on MyMaths- do the lessons then return the homework activity back to us so we can see how you have done! Some children have done every lesson so far!!! Keep climbing up the leaderboard by practising your tables on Timestable Rockstars too!

History (BBC Bitesize and DKFindout)

We are going to be finding out about daily life in Ancient Greece!!

Go to BBC Bitesize>History>Ancient Greeks>What was it like to live in an Ancient Greek family? Read the information, watch the video and complete the activity.

Go to DKFindout>History>Ancient Greeks then click on the clothing and food and drink sections of the map. Which fact surprised you the most?!

BBC Bitesize is a great site for all of the curriculum and has a Daily Lessons section. Take a look at the year 3 lessons, they have videos and activities too!

English – reading (Purple Mash)

Read Chapter 4 of ‘The Lost Myth of Mathos,’ then answer the online multiple questions.

If you love David Walliams, follow this link to find lots of his amazing books!

https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/ English-writing (Purple Mash)

In the Serial Mash section, click on Sapphires then ‘The Lost Myth of Mathos.’ Do the sequencing, SPAG and open ended questions activities in your English books for Chapter 4. Write a paragraph describing what you think will happen in the next part of the Mathos story using the ‘What happens next?’ 2Do activity. You can add pictures and text!

Spelling- revision of year 3 spellings (Purple Mash) Complete the quizzes on year 3 spellings.

Grammar- prepositions for time, place and cause. On BBC Bitesize, go to KS2>English>Grammar>What is a

preposition? Watch the video then complete the activity and quiz. On Purple Mash, complete ‘Bella and the Farm.’

Science- Light and Dark (BBC Bitesize)

We are starting a new topic! We are finding out about sources of light.

Click on BBC Bitesize>KS2>Science>Light and Dark>What is light?/What is reflection? Read the information, watch the videos and complete the activities. Can you draw three natural and three man made light sources? Music- Pulse and Rhythm (BBC Bitesize)

Go to BBC Bitesize>KS2>Music>What are pulse and rhythm? Watch the video and complete the activities. Can you move to the pulse and rhythm of your favourite song?

Art (Purple Mash) Make a Greek flag! P.E

To keep fit and healthy, go to Mr Cook’s PE page on the school website for some ideas for keeping active! Disney 10 Minute Shake-ups and Supermovers are also good sites for keeping fit and having fun!

Oxford Owl- how to access free ebooks at home.

1. First search for Oxford Owl in the search engine. 2. Click on the ‘teachers’ button along the top grey band. This will take you to a new screen that has the tabs ‘join us’ and ‘log in’ across the top. It will tell you only teachers can access things for school but parents can use the home section.

3. Press the ‘join us’ tab along the top and it will bring up a form for you to fill out. It is FREE! 4. You will get an email sent for you to confirm and then you can log in on the ‘log in’ tab next to the ‘join us’ tab.

5. Once logged in you need to go to the home page and click the link for free ebook library. This will bring up lots of options for you to browse around. 6. You can choose by age, stage level or book band. The age is pretty accurate but just hop about until you recognise some

books from school that your child has read. 7. You will see a book shelf of books after you have chosen.

8. Pick your book and get reading. Use the buttons along the bottom to turn the page and to hear the book read to you if you get stuck.

Year 3 Pick 'n' Mix Work 4 Weeks  11.5.20 - 7.6.20 – Don’t forget to upload your pictures

English – Writing

- Imagine you are a character in the book you are currently reading. Your challenge is to write a diary entry as if you were this character.

Remember:-

 You are writing in past tense – events that have already happened.

 Writing should be in chronological order – from the start of the day to the end of day.

 You are the character so include pronouns such as I, we and my.  It’s not just a retell of events so add some emotion.

- How were you feeling at this point? - What were you thinking?

- Is there anything you wanted to say but didn’t? - Are you looking forward to something or regretting something that has happened?

Short Example – Can you guess the character and book?

Dear Diary

Honestly today was just ridiculous! I don’t know why those boys bother asking for my help if they are just going to go off and do what they like. Harry and that magical invisibility cloak, he thinks it make him invincible too! Don’t even get me started on Ron and that disgusting rat of his. He better not accuse my precious Crookshanks of eating him again as I was not impressed with the baseless accusations last time the silly thing went missing.

Science – Home Challenges!

What can you hear?

Sit really quietly somewhere either in or outside. What can you hear? Can you hear any bird song? Can you identify the birds?

Best Bird Beak

Birds' beaks have adapted to be the best shape to pick up the food they eat. Try using chopsticks, a spoon, clothes peg and tweezers to pick up rice, raisins, stones, seeds and spaghetti. Which beak is best for each food?

Where has your food come from?

Have a look at the labels on 5 different types of food in your house. Where did they come from? Which place in UK or which country in the World? Which has travelled the furthest?

Tallest Tower

How can you make the tallest free - standing tower from just one piece of A4 paper? You can use a pair of scissors, but no glue or tape is allowed.

And / Or work together with another family member to complete one or more of these tasks. You could choose to challenge yourself to

one or more of these activities What to do:

Reading

Estate Agent Challenge - Pick your favourite setting from a book, it could be

Hogwarts Castle or Hagrid’s Hut from Harry Potter, or perhaps Santa’s Grotto from The Christmasaurus. The choice is all yours! Once you have chosen a setting your task is to create an estate agent poster as if you were trying to sell the place. I want to see lots of detail – make it look its best. The poster must also include a brief description of the chosen setting. Example – Can you guess the book and the setting?

This extraordinary house is located on the outskirts of the beautiful woods and is part of a close community, which includes the family who built this home. All the local houses have their own unique features. This one in particular boasts a natural rustic look, as it is made entirely of locally sourced twigs. Though a safe neighbourhood it is recommended you lock your doors as it is rumoured wolves like to venture out of the forest in search of their next meal!

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The Gift of Giving

- Choose a character from your book -if you could give them a gift what would it be and why?

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Adjective Hunt

- Can you identify 6 adjectives in your reading book? Bonus points for anyone who can improve the adjectives they have found.

P.E

Olympic Games

For the first time in its history the Olympics Games has been postponed, now scheduled to take place in 2021. However, that does not mean the Olympics is delayed for the children of Year 3!

Your challenge is to create your own mini Olympic Games at home. Using what you have around the house we want you to create your own set of challenges. Each event must have a way of being measured. It could be measuring the time taken, the distance or the number of times completed. You can complete your Olympics on your own and try and beat your scores each day to see an improvement or challenge other members of your family to take part too and see who takes the gold medal!

Art & DT

Design a Secret Garden

We know lots of you have been making the most of your time outside in your garden or on your daily exercise so the Year 3 Team thought you might enjoy this creative challenge.

The RHS have created a ‘Design a Secret Garden’ competition.

We would like young people to imagine they have discovered the gates to a hidden, secret garden and to let us know what it looks like.

They can choose how they would like to showcase their garden. Perhaps they would like to draw or paint their design, create a collage or model, or even plant up a miniature version of it. Entrants should think about the different elements of their garden and let us know why have they chosen them. Would they like their garden to attract wildlife with pollinator friendly plants or be a calming place to think with a gentle stream running through it? Their garden can have whatever they wish in it but just be sure to explain why. https://schoolgardening.rhs.org.uk/Competitions/The-Secret-Garden

It is up to you and your grown-ups if you would like to officially enter the competition but we thought it was a great idea for you to at least try at home. You can send your designs and photos in on the Year 3 Purple Mash Blog for everyone to see. Remember to be creative and use what you have at home. You could produce a drawing, painting a 3-D model or plant a mini garden – it is up to you!

Family Time

Kindness Jar

Small acts of kindness go a long way. At school we have discussed what it means to ‘fill someone’s bucket’ and each have a bucket in our classrooms. Every time a class member does something kind they add a pompom to the bucket. Once the bucket is filled the class get a treat.

Below is a special family variation to help us all remember. It is the small acts of kindness that mean the most in these difficult times.

Create your own Kindness Jar at home by decorating an old jar, tub or box with whatever you have at home. When someone in the house does something kind, write it on a piece of paper and add it to the jar. When the jar is full the family get a treat to be decided together.

Maths - How long did it take?

Have a try at these activities and use a stopwatch, a timer on a phone or tablet to keep track of your time. Can you improve your time for each activity over five days? Perhaps you can use some of these ideas when you create your own Olympics as part of the P.E challenge.