Year 3 Wednesday 1st April Learning from Home

Good Morning everyone, and welcome to another day of learning from home.

Put a smile on your face, a sparkle in your eyes and let’s get working! Have fun!

Did you know that April 1st is known as April Fools’ Day? Can you find out anything about what it is about? You could even have a bit of fun with this. (Kind fun of course - keep everyone happy!!!) Let us know what you get up to.

This morning we would like you to:

Read

Can you find a factual book on the free ebooks today? Choose an insect book or a plant book, it could help you with your Science today. Have a read and then take a quiz. Think carefully when quizzing - try to make sure you answer the questions carefully and try to get 100%. You can do it!

Sumdog

Try out the challenges. Have you played all of the different games yet or do you have a favourite? Why not try playing a different one - it might even become your new favourite!!!

Maths

Roll a dice three times and make a 3 digit number. Write it down. Roll just one dice again and either add it to the first number or subtract it. Make sure that you line up the columns carefully. Check whether you have to exchange and make sure that you do this carefully. (Make sure that you take the bottom number from the top number when subtracting - BE CAREFUL!!!)

(If you don’t have a dice check how to generate numbers on line from Monday’s home learning blog)

English

Part 1 - Today I would like you to check and correct any spelling mistakes in your Italy work from yesterday so that your notes are all ready to use for later in the week.

Part 2 - Please spend some time practising your spellings for this week too

famous guide promise favourite possible continue

What about getting a pot of water and a paintbrush and writing them on the garden flags or writing them in chalk?

Science

This week’s Science is all about careful observation. You don’t need to write anything down unless you want to. Just make sure that you are observing carefully and talking about what you have seen. Reading (from books or finding out on the internet) is also an important aid in this week’s Science lesson.

Look out for signs of spring when you are outside - what do you notice? Can you see the changes that are taking place? Talk to your grown up about the changes that you can see. Keep looking every day to see if you can see anything different happening. (Keep a log of these if you want)

Make sure that you are using your senses to help you. What can you smell, hear and feel too? (Don’t go around tasting unless your grown up says it is okay).

Have you noticed anything about the days just recently? Look what time the sun comes up and goes down on the weather app. Check this out every day for a few days - what do you notice?

With all the sunshine we have had lately there are lots of lovely flowers beginning to grow. Look out for them in the garden or when you are out on a walk. How many can you identify and name? Have you read any amazing facts about these in the books you have read this week? If not why not look up some of these on the internet and see what you can find out about them.

With so many flowers around, there are many more insects. I’ve seen bumble bees, butterflies, beetles, woodlice, ants and midges in my garden. Which insects can you spot? Again can you find out any amazing facts about them?

You could even draw a picture of any flowers or insects you see if you want.

Some of you have been planting in the garden. Maybe you could plant some seeds and watch them grow over the coming weeks. You could take photos as things begin to grow.

Have fun!

Year 3 Tuesday 31st March 2020 Learning from Home

Good morning everyone. We hope that you are all well and ready to learn.

Have you checked out the weekly challenges? There’s a lovely one to go with your French work this week. (Tasty too!)

Reading

Read in a quiet space and don’t forget to quiz if you are ready to. Send us a picture of you reading so that we can share it. (Tomorrow your science will involve insects and plants, so maybe have a look at the e-books and find a suitable one). Don’t forget to quiz.

Sumdog

Which challenges can you nail today? Have you tried playing against anyone yet?

Maths - using column addition and subtraction

Roll a dice twice and make a 2 digit number. Write it down. Roll the dice twice again and either add this number to the first number or subtract one from the other (make sure that you start with the greatest number and subtract the lower number) Make sure that you line up the columns carefully. Check whether you have to exchange and make sure that you do this carefully. (Make sure that you take the bottom number from the top number when subtracting - BE CAREFUL!!!) (If you don’t have dice check out yesterday’s home learning for how to generate numbers on line).

English

Today, I would like you to start doing some research into the country of Italy, as we will be writing our non chronological report about it later in the week.

Part 1

Use the internet or any books you have at home to read about Italy. As you are reading I would  like you to write notes, today we are writing only notes rather than full sentences.

i.e Capital—Rome

As well as practising the skill of reading and taking notes I would like the children to practise listening and taking notes.

Part 2

Parents—with part of the information you have found pick a paragraph to read aloud to your child. Please read a sentence at a time to your child and allow them some time to write down some notes from what they have heard.

Parents please make sure that you think carefully about search terms you are typing into the search engine, so that children see the appropriate kind of information about Italy rather than what may be happening there right now.

Please research these areas and write notes in sections on your page in your home learning book

• Where is Italy? Which continent is it in? Which countries surround it? Which oceans surround it?

• Food

• Weather

• Landmarks and physical features - rivers, mountains, volcanoes etc

• Religion

• National celebrations

Then write down one really interesting fact that you found out today (it doesn’t have to be about any of these areas I have given ) —remember in note form.

French

Since we normally do French on a Tuesday and today is Tuesday, here is some French for you to do.

We would like you to watch the You Tube clip “J’aime les fruits” — click the button and learn the names of the different fruits. Sing–a–long with the song and learn the names as you sing.

You could also watch the first part of You Tube video on vocabulary to learn the names of more fruit and veg too.

Can you either print off the sheets here and match the names to the pictures? (if you have a printer) or you could draw yourself some pictures of fruit and vegetables (just like on the sheet) and write the names in French underneath. Make sure that you copy carefully.

If there’s any fruit or vegetables on the sheet that weren’t on the videos then maybe you could investigate what they are on the internet. Have fun!

Year 3 Monday 30th March 2020 Weekly Challenges - Please also check out today's daily challenges.

Good Morning Year 3. We hope that you had a lovely weekend. Are you ready for another exciting week of learning? Let’s go then!! This week’s challenges are:

Lenten Promises and Jobs

Remember to keep helping around the house and doing those little jobs. They are so important and help to keep everyone happy and smiling. Challenge: Why not make all the beds or help to tidy the garden.

Typing Skills

This week we want to develop your typing skills . You can do this by having a go at some of the Dance Mat Typing activities. Click on the link below. We’re loving the animations!!!!

You can also go on Purple Mash and play some of their typing games. Just click on the hands and choose which activity or game you want to play. (You can slow them down or speed them up depending on how quick you can type.) Please let us know how you are getting on. Have fun!!

Daily Exercise

Remember to try to get in some exercise each day. Joe Wicks seems to be popular, but you could also put on some music and dance, do some yoga, play football, skip with a rope, play tig, go for a walk, go on the trampoline or a jog round the garden. You choose - why not send us some photos!!

Have a look on News around School and also the Sports page, Mrs Gregan is putting on weekly challenges.

Reading

Make sure that you keep reading. Have you had a look at the ebooks that are available? Don’t forget that you can now take quizzes from home too. Look at the orange button about How to Help from Home. Find yourself a quiet spot and enjoy a good read. What’s your favourite space to read? Send us a photo!

Spellings

Last week we set you some spellings to learn. Ask someone to test you on these spellings. Write them down in your books and let us know what score you got.

Here are your spellings for this week:

famous guide promise favourite possible continue

Don’t forget to try doing some of the Fun Ways to Learn your Spelling from the sheet that I sent home.

Sumdog

Have a go at the challenges that have been set - there’s lots to choose from and you can play all sorts of different games. I like the one with the burgers and also the junkyard one. I found the cannonball one really tricky but thanks for the advice Kiefer - it helped a bit but my aim still isn’t too good!!!!!

Nessy

If you have a Nessy login make sure that you are continuing with your reading and spelling practice. We have had some really good Nessy Stars this week. Keep up the good work.

French

Now this one is a real challenge - set by Madame Jefferson. Can you follow the instructions here to make fruit ice lollies? If you can… you are in for a treat once they have frozen. Have fun!!! (You can always use Google translate to help you -copy words or phrases you don’t know, paste into Google translate and ask Google to translate for you.) You might want to change them slightly to include the fruits you like. Please send us some pictures - we would love to see them.

Have fun learning at home and remember to keep in touch.

Lots of love and prayers to all of you. Take care and keep safe.

The Year 3 Team xx

Year 3 Monday 30th March Learning from Home - please also look at the weekly home learning (it has a Sunflower image)

With all of this lovely sunshine that we have been having recently the daisies are beginning to grow in the gardens. What else can you see growing? Listen carefully and what can you hear? I’ve got lots of lovely birds singing in my garden and of course I can hear my hens clucking. They just love the sunshine! Think about all of these beauties of nature as you are in the garden this week. You will need it for science on Thursday.

Keep reading.

Have you taken a quiz yet? Make sure that you are trying hard to get those 100% scores.

Maybe have a look at some of the insect books on the free ebooks and take a quiz on those.( Again it will help you in science later in the week).

Maths

Keep doing the challenges on Sumdog. How are you doing? Had any burgers lately?

Roll a dice twice and make a 2 digit number. Write it down. Roll just one dice again and either add it to the first number or subtract it. Make sure that you line up the columns carefully. Check whether you have to exchange and make sure that you do this carefully. (Make sure that you take the bottom number from the top number when subtracting - BE CAREFUL!)

If you have no dice you could go on line  try : dice:    https://www.random.org/dice/?num=3

Spinner:    https://wordwall.net/resource/49009/maths/random-number-wheel-1-10

Random number generator:  https://www.roomrecess.com/Tools/RandomNumberPicker/go.html  or

https://primarygamesarena.com/Play/rndnogen-2626

English

This week we will be building up to writing a non chronological report so we need to practise skills that will help us with this, today we will be learning to write a summary .

This is my example summary about Italy, this is what yours needs to look like. I used the Italy fact file below to gather my information (click on the button to access it and see what I read).

Title of the text - Italy

My summary is - Italy is a mainly Christian country in Europe, the capital is Rome. The weather is varied from part to part, with the coastal regions being warmer than the higher parts where it can be cold, wet and snowy in the winter months. The 60 million people population use the Euro and mainly speak Italian.

Press on the button below to see the text I read

What you need to do children

Part 1 - Please choose a fact file—France, Spain or Germany (Press on one of the buttons below, choose one you would like to use).

Part 2 - Read it (with a grown up to help if needed).

Part 2 - Pick out the most important parts to write a summary, when writing a summary remember these tips.

a. What are the main ideas? What is the most important and relevant?

b. Which information is irrelevant?

Part 3 - Write your summary in your home learning book or on 2write on Purple Mash (if you fancy practising your typing skills—you will find it in the English section on the home page).

RE

Can you read the story of The Cure of the Centurion?

A centurion was an important Roman soldier. He was the commander in charge of a hundred soldiers in the Roman Army that controlled Palestine at that time. It is possible that most centurions would not have liked the Jews, but this centurion was different…

Have you heard any of these words at Mass before?

Yes that’s right we say…‘Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the Word and my soul shall be healed.’ When do we say this?

Have a look at these Mass responses. Which ones have you heard before? Which ones do you know?

Year 3 Friday 27th March 2020

Good Morning

Well this is the last day of the first week of learning at home. The weekend starts tomorrow, so no home learning will be set after today - until Monday morning. Well done to all of you who have been busy working and learning at home, we hope that you have enjoyed it.

Today we would like you to try to make sure that you have done all of the tasks set so far this week, and to also get the tasks done for today. Have you checked out the weekly challenges?

Sandwiches

On the weekly challenges you will hopefully have noticed that one of the tasks was to make sandwiches for everyone to enjoy. Well done if you have done this already. I know some people have, (look at the photos - delicious!!!).

Today’s English is to write instructions for making a sandwich of your choice, you can do this on Purple Mash. Make sure that you think carefully about your instructions, writing them in order, using imperative (bossy) verbs, using time adverbials etc. Think of your ending sentence to finish off your instructions too. Once you have done this save your instructions so that we can have a look at them. Make sure that they can be followed easily by someone else - don’t miss any bits out otherwise your sandwiches might be very strange!!!!!

Maths

There are lots of Sumdog challenges on line, have you had a go at these? If you have not accessed Sumdog yet please make sure that you look at the Sumdog blog from Monday (23/03). It will tell you how to access your account and what your username and password are. There is even a video put together by Mrs Hotchkiss to explain what to do, make sure you check it out.

We would also like you to have a go at comparing and ordering measurements today.

Part 1. Pick a set of 6 items and measure them carefully.

Measure 2 of them in mm

Measure 2 of them in cm and mm

Measure 2 of them in m, cm and mm

eg Item 1 = 85mm Item 2 = 45mm Item 3 = 6cm 5mm Item 4 = 10cm Item 5 = 1m 85cm Item 6 = 3m

Part 2. Can you order them from shortest to longest?

Look carefully at the measurements you have made. What do you notice. Does the item with biggest number mean it is the longest or the one with the smallest number mean the shortest? Can you explain?

Try out a different set of objects.

RE

We have come to the end of our first week of learning at home. Take some time to thank God for the fun times that you have all had.

Write a Thank You prayer to God thanking Him for all of the good things that have happened to you this week. Illustrate your prayer.

Don’t forget to spend a little quiet time with God sharing this prayer with Him. You might want to light a candle and find some objects or a picture to look at, like we do during liturgy in class.

Maybe you could take a picture and send it to us or send us an email with your prayer written on it so that we can share them with everyone.

Have a good weekend. Take care and stay safe xxx

Year 3 Thursday 26th March 2020 Learning from Home

Good morning everyone. Hope that you are all well and ready for some more learning.

Reading

You can now access Accelerated Reader quizzes at home. Click on the button below to take you to the website. You should then be able to access it as you would at school. You can also access ebooks via Accelerated Reader too (see yesterday’s Learning at Home blog). Keep reading -enjoy. We will be looking to see how you are getting on with your quizzes. - can you get 100%?

Good to see that some people have spotted this already and have already had a go. Remember to read the questions carefully and think about the answers. You can always go back to the book and check for an answer if you are not sure. Glad to see some great 100% scores already too. Keep up the good work.

Art

We know how much you all like your art lessons with Mrs Curtis. So, today being Thursday is no exception. Make sure that you check out the art page to see what you have to do. It looks really exciting. Have fun and don’t forget to send us some photos!

The Iron Man

Can you read the remainder of Chapter 5. (Here is the whole of Chapter 5 for you to read)

Please make sure that you work neatly and carefully. Don’t forget the date and make sure it is underlined. Think carefully about your presentation. Can you get a pen point or a Cooper Crab learning point today. What about the other characters? Could you get one of their learning points? Try hard and work well.

Today we would like you to draw a picture of the Iron Man on the fire pit. Label him and describe what is happening to him.

Now write a diary entry by the Iron Man of what has happen to him over the last few days. Remember to write in the first person (I, me, we) and write in the past tense. Become the Iron Man and make your diary entry believable.)

Maths

Estimate how long and then measure as many different items that are longer than 1m.. You could try the table, the kitchen work surface, your bed, the patio, the grass, the lounge etc etc. Can you find some unusual things to measure?

Write your answers in your maths learning from home books, set it out like we have done over the last few days. Remember to be neat and don’t forget to date and underline your work. Give it a title too.

Can you make your own metre stick if you haven’t got a long tape measure? Make sure that it is accurate and has carefully measured cm or blocks of 10cm.Make sure that you mark carefully where 1m ends on the object and then start measuring the next metre at exactly the same point.

Year 3 Wednesday 25th March Learning at Home

Don’t forget to keep emailing us those pictures of you learning from home - then we can share them on our class blog. We are really enjoying seeing you learning at home. We’ve had quite a few but not everyone has contacted us yet. We would love to hear from you all.

Keep reading - try to read for 30 minutes each day. Can you find any new or exciting words? Add them to your magpie list and find out what they mean.

Have a go at accessing the (rather long) link below. This is the Accelerated Reading scheme that we use at school offering free ebooks to read at home. Make a list of the books that you would like to read over the next couple of weeks, and then …. start reading! You can click the information button on the books to see what reading ZPD level they are, so check that they are within your range, or you may even want to challenge yourself a little!

https://readon.myon.co.uk/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWXprMllXUmhNemRoWldJMCIsInQiOiJyWjU3YXZ0YWlyaFoxUVhBNTNVWmltVlA2VHVpMjNQWXoxZUtxOGhSZnZMTWRHRnpwODg2R3J4YllrajVwMEtxRUZVT1lIM2dIUTJlNlZHWXkzN3dHRmhSTGpDYlJ5Z3dqMjloT1JrV1JldENrZDNwdHNUVzZseHVoa1NCdDhidiJ9

You can now access Accelerated Reader quizzes at home. Click on the button below to take you to the website. You should then be able to access it as you would at school. Keep reading -enjoy. We will be looking to see how you are getting on with your quizzes. - can you get 100%?

The Iron Man

Read part of Chapter 5.

Can you write instructions for putting the Iron Man back together again once he has reached Australia?

Make sure that you use imperative verbs (they are the bossy ones) and also some time adverbials - first, then, next, after that etc. Make sure that your instructions are in order and that they are clear so that they could be followed. You can do this on Purple Mash as we have put it on a “2do” - don’t forget to save it so that we can have a look at it.

Predicting: What do you think the challenge that the Iron Man gave to the Space-bat-angel-dragon will be? Write your ideas down. You could start your sentences with:

I wonder if … or Maybe the Iron Man’s challenge is to … or I think that …

Make sure that you check your sentences and that you have included punctuation. Keep your writing neat.

Do you think that the Space-bat-angel-dragon will take on the Iron Man’s challenge? What do you think will happen? Write about your prediction.

Maths

Remember to check out the sumdog website. We have added some different challenges for you to be getting on with.

Can you use a ruler to measure in mm (millimetres) Remember there are 10mm to every cm. Using mm to measure allows you to be more accurate and to measure much smaller items. Can you find some things to measure and measure them carefully. Remember that you always need to start at the 0 on the ruler and measure carefully to the end of the object.

Record your measurements in your maths learning at home book. Remember to work neatly.

Can you record how many mm and then record how many cm and mm? Make sure you think carefully.

e.g. A box 102mm 10cm 2mm

How many things can you measure? Have fun!

Geography challenge

Our new topic is ‘Our European neighbours’, in our first lesson we found the continents on a map and found out some facts about Europe. Next I would like you to use the internet to find a world map and complete the European countries 2do on Purple Mash. You should already have all of your login details and it should just pop up when you access it.

Year 3 Tuesday 24th March Learning at Home

Good morning everyone.

We hope that you enjoyed learning yesterday. Here’s more exciting learning for today.

Remember to read every day and also to go on Nessy if you have a Nessy Login,

The Iron Man

My Prediction: What had the space-bat-angel-dragon come to earth for? Think carefully about your sentences - make them exciting. Can you use a complex sentence? Think about your vocab. Be brilliant!!!! Explain clearly and in detail why it has come to earth. What is it going to do? How is it going to do it? Why does it want to do this? Where does it want to do this? Does it need any help? etc

My Prediction: What do you think the Iron Man thought that he could do? Make sure that your explanation is clear and detailed. Use different sentence openers and try to use some complex sentences. Use exciting vocabulary.

Remember neat handwriting please Don’t forget to date your work and underline it with a ruler.

Read the rest of chapter 4 - here is the whole of chapter 4 - after you have done your predicting.

Spellings to learn for this week:

Try to practise them every day.

question answer learn material exercise imagine

Why not have a go at doing them on a picture like Mrs Harrison showed you earlier in the year or have a go at some of the fun ways to learn your spelling on the sheet I sent out/ put on our blog 2 weeks ago.

Spelling test at home next week to check how you are getting on with them. Please let us know your score next week.

Maths

Have you looked at the SumDog video and login yet? Why not give this a go!

Using a ruler with cm, find different items around the house and measure them carefully. Before you measure them can you estimate how long they are. When you measure, make sure that you start measuring at 0cm and check the end of the object carefully. (Does it make a whole cm?)

Can you measure your learning at home books, your reading book. your pencil case, the remote control, a Lego brick, your tablet/ipad or similar, a £5 note? What else can you measure? Make sure that you record your estimations and the actual measurement of the things that you measure in your maths learning at home book. (Set it out like you did yesterday - make sure that you work neatly and carefully) Estimate and then measure. How close were you? The more you measure and get to know how long things are, the easier you might find it to make good estimates.

Science challenge

Mrs Nel would like you to start having a go at some Science, the learning is all about forces and pushes and pulls. Please read the learner guide on BBC Bitesize. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvpp34j/articles/zywcrdm

Then watch the class clips here

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvpp34j

There are 14 little videos so maybe watch 3 a day this week and discuss them with your grown up.

When you have read and watched all of this information please create a poster, either on Purple Mash or in your Home Learning book, on how we use push and pull forces in our every day lives. Show at least 4 push and 4 pull forces and draw an arrow to show in which direction the force is being exerted.

By the end of the week you will need to

•  Have read the learner guide

• Watched the class clips

• Made a poster about pushes and pulls

Monday March 23rd - Using Sumdog while we learn from home/school

Helping you to learn maths at home with SUM DOG

Follow the instructions, log on and play!

Dear children welcome to our online learning community. We will be helping you to keep learning every day!

We have subscribed every child in the school to the interactive maths website “SUM DOG.COM”. To get started I have made a little on screen instruction video below. You will need your username and password. The passwords for each class are to be found below :

Reception Sumdog Passwords

Year 1 Sumdog Passwords

Year 2 Sumdog Passwords

Year 3 Sumdog Passwords

Year 4 Sumdog Passwords

Year 5 Sumdog Passwords

Year 6 Sumdog Passwords

Year 3 Monday 23rd March - Learn at Home

Good morning Year 3

We hope you have had a lovely weekend with your family and are ready and raring to go this morning. We know it may seem strange to be sat at home with a parent showing you the learning you will complete today, but we know you will all make the best of it! The children at school will be completing these tasks too, so we can all share our great learning when we return to school. At school we will adapt our reward systems to suit our groups, maybe you can set up a learning point system like we have at school, a star of the day or even some golden time. Children, you can do these tasks in any order—work out what is best for you and your family. Parents, be creative and flexible with how you manage these tasks. Please give as much or as little support as needed, we are always aiming to build on independence in class, but the children know asking for help is a part of the learning process.

English

Please read the Iron Man chapter 3 if you were not in school last week. You might want to read this with someone or you might want to have a go by yourself.

Please read The Iron Man part Chapter 4

If you were not in school last week, you might like to draw a picture of the space dragon. Use the text to help you.

Today’s task is to write your own description of what the space dragon looks like. Remember to use lots of lovely description.

Creativity and maths challenge

The children have been reading Ted Hughes’ book ‘The Iron Man’ in English, and we would like you to make an ‘Iron Man’ out of the cardboard boxes and tubes you have been collecting over the weekend. Maybe you could colour it, paint it or use paper to cover it once you have built it? This challenge may take a couple of days to complete and you might want to break the tasks up into little chunks of time, suit the task to your day.

Your Iron Man can be however big or small you want, but before you start to make it we would like you to practise these key maths skills:

To be able to estimate the length of items in centimetres (remember estimates don’t need to be exactly right, how close can your estimates be to the real measurement?

To be able to measure with a ruler in centimetres.

Part 1—Estimate the length of each of your Iron Man’s body parts in cm.

Part 2—Measure the length of each body part of your Iron Man with your ruler.

Part 3 - Make your Iron Man

Part 3—When your Iron Man is complete measure the total height of your model in centimetres. 

Please record your estimates and measurements in your home learning maths book for us to see when you return to school, you could set it out like this.

Body part                                       Estimate (in cm)                   Actual measurement (in cm)

Legs— kitchen roll tubes                  24cm                                   ____cm

Head—cereal bar box                         14cm                                  ____cm

Eyes - milk carton lids 2cm ____cm

Arms - toothpaste boxes 12 cm ____cm

Body - cereal box 38cm ____cm

The total height of my Iron Man is 72cm

Enjoy! Please email photos of your Iron Man if you can, we would love to see them.

k.edmondson@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

l.brisco@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk 

Home Learning 12th March 2020

This week the children are asked to complete pages 29 - end of their “Making Things Right” book. Please continue to practise the Act of Contrition prayer which they were asked to learn. (They will need this for 17th March when they receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation) Again, I am pleased to say that there are many really beautiful books. Well done children.

Our Lenten challenge for this week is Can you vacuum the floor for 20p? Well done and thank you to all of the children who loaded the dishwasher or washed the dishes and also thank you to those who have done other jobs at home this week and brought in the money that they have earned. Don’t forget to keep looking at your jobs list and helping where you can. Thank you for all of your support

Some children have been given speaking parts in our Easter Assembly. These have been sent home to learn please. Other children have chosen to have dancing or singing parts—they will know what they need to learn next week. Many thanks for your support.

Our spellings for this week are disappear   early   particular   minute   enough   actually                                                                 .

Remember to keep trying those different ways of learning your spellings. We had quite a few more children who managed to get all of their spellings correct this week. My challenge to the children still stands and we are really going to try to get a full class of everybody getting all of the spellings correct. Can we do it? I think we can but everyone has to try.  Please keep trying!

Can you make up some sentences using each of these words?

IXL - Have a go at any of the addition and subtraction units. (E, F, G, H, I and J)

Can you find any fun poems about machines or robots?

If you have any magnets at home please can these be brought into class next Thursday. They will be returned at the end of the day. Many thanks for your support.

Don’t forget to keep working on Nessy if you have a Nessy login. Can you be our Nessy Star this week?

Homework 5th March 2020

This week the children are asked to complete pages 16 - 28 in their “Making Things Right” book. They have also been given the Act of Contrition prayer which they have been asked to learn. (They will need this for 17th March when they receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation) I have to say there were many really beautiful books shared on Tuesday evening and the children had obviously taken a great deal of time and effort. Well done children. Please make sure that books are returned each Tuesday so that we can share them in the session. Thank you.

Our Lenten challenge for this week is Can you load the dishwasher or Wash the dishes for 20p? Well done and thank you to all of the children who made the beds or have done jobs at home this week and brought in the money that they have earned. Don’t forget to keep looking at your jobs list and helping where you can.

Our spellings for this week are forwards perhaps guard often opposite busy. I have given the children a list of fun ways to learn your spellings. This may help some who are struggling to get all of their spellings correct. Why not have a go at some of them!)

I have set the children a challenge and we are really going to try to get a full class of everybody getting all of the spellings correct. Can we do it? I think we can but everyone has to try. m Keep trying!

Can you make up some sentences using each of these words?

IXL - Have a go at any of the addition and subtraction units. (E, F, G, H, I and J)

Can you find any fun poems about machines or robots?

Don’t forget to keep working on Nessy if you have a Nessy login. Can you be our Nessy Star this week?

Homework 27th February 2020

Whilst we are preparing for First Reconciliation and then after Easter when we will be preparing for First Holy Communion, homework will be mainly focused on the books “Called to Change” and “Called to His Supper”.

This week the children have been asked to complete the pages 1-15 and this should be completed for our next session on March 3rd.

During Lent we are also thinking about ways that we can help others and we decided in Class Council that we would discuss the ideas we shared in school and come up with a plan and jobs list at home. The children have promised that they will all try to do lots of jobs to help you for a small price, so that they can help others. (See the class blog)

In addition to this children are asked to continue with their daily reading so that they can quiz in school, and also to learn the spellings: eight, eighth, height, breathe, heard and length.

Please write complex sentences using these words. eg. Before I my eighth birthday, I am going to Spain on holiday.

Please continue with IXL and select any of the exercises E, F, G, H, I and J on addition and subtraction

Children who have a Nessy login are asked to continue to access Nessy

Homework to be handed in Wednesday 26th February

READING - . Please keep reading EVERY night at home during the holidays. It is important to read alongside an adult, where they can ask questions about the text and you can discuss events that happen in the book.

SPELLING New spellings to learn for over the holidays:

Potatoes Weight Notice Actual Ordinary Fruit

Think about the different ways I have given you to learn these spellings- which one do you like best? Which one works best for you?

MATHS

Please complete the following subtractions in your homework books by using counting backwards in multiples of tens. If you need to use a number-line to help you like we have been doing in class, please draw them in your books, but most should be able to count this backwards mentally.

GRAMMAR

Let’s keep working on our complex sentences. Please complete the sentences on the sheet by adding either the main clause or the subordinate clause. Don’t forget to use the subordinating conjunctions we have been using in class: While, when, before, after, because

Homework to be handed in Wednesday 12th February

READING - How often is your child quizzing? Do they bring their books home every night? Are they reading every night? It is the responsibility of children to make sure they quiz if they finish their book in school as they get reading time to do this every day. Please keep reading EVERY night at home. It is important to read alongside an adult, where they can ask questions about the text and you can discuss events that happen in the book.

SPELLING Keep going with these spellings, make sure you can spell them independently:

Might Doesn’t Probably Maybe Library Circle

Think about the different ways I have given you to learn these spellings- which one do you like best? Which one works best for you?

HISTORY

On Purple Mash, under the 2 Do list, please complete the ‘Roman Soldier’ activity. Describe how a Roman soldier's Armour and clothing aided him in battle. This will be printed off and put on display so don't forget to include your name.

Maths

This week we have been adding multiples of ten- please have a go at the additions in your homework book.

OPTIONAL HISTORY

Have a go at the’ Roman Soldier Code Quiz’ or put yourself in to the role of a Roman Soldier. Both tasks are under the 2Do list.

Homework to be handed in Wednesday 5th February

READING - How often is your child quizzing? Do they bring their books home every night? Are they reading every night? It is the responsibility of children to make sure they quiz if they finish their book in school as they get reading time to do this every day. Please keep reading EVERY night at home. It is important to read alongside an adult, where they can ask questions about the text and you can discuss events that happen in the book.

SPELLING-One more week to practice these tricky spellings:

Might Doesn’t Probably Maybe Library Circle

Think about the different ways I have given you to learn these spellings- which one do you like best? Which one works best for you?

GRAMMAR

In class we are starting to learn about how we can change our sentence structures and how we can make complex sentences. We are looking at what a subordinate clauses? Subordinate clauses are different to main clauses as they do not make sense of their own- usually because they have a subordinating conjunction within them, such as ‘although’ ‘before’ ‘which’. Please can the children complete the worksheets in their books, adding a main clause to each of the subordinate clauses. Can they spot the subordinate conjunction? Can they circle it on the sheet if they can find it?

MATHS - The children have been working hard on crossing boundaries when adding and subtracting. Please can the children use the partitioning method (Method B from last week) to calculate the following calculations in their books:

Homework to be handed in Wednesday 29th January

MATHS- Please complete the calculations on below in your homework books, by following the methods we have been doing in class shown below. The children have been working hard on these in class, so therefore should know what to do in each method. You can decide which one works best, but try and show it in your working out.

Could you also please practice your numbers bonds to 100 to make sure you have that instant recall it is so important and will help you with ALL of your adding and subtracting in the future…

Make it a game …here is a brilliant game to help you practice- you could even have a go at beating your mum, dad or brother/ sister!

READING - Keep reading EVERY night at home. It is important to read alongside an adult, where they can ask questions about the text and you can discuss events that happen in the book.

SPELLING- Please practice your NEW Year 3 tricky spellings (I have added some in there that we are forever getting wrong also to mix it up a little)

Might Doesn’t Probably Maybe Library Circle

Think about the different ways I have given you to learn these spellings- which one do you like best? Which one works best for you?

GRAMMAR

In class we have been revising compound sentences from our Year 2, the children are doing really well with this but do need lots of practice in order for them to use different sentence structures in their own writing. Please complete the compound sentence sheet in their books.

Compound sentences are when two main clauses are linked together using a coordinating conjunction. Have a look at the picture below to help:

SCIENCE (LAST WEEK TO COMPLETE)

Can you please complete the research sheet in your homework books finding out who the inventors of electricity were and any information you can find out about them.

Homework to be handed in Wednesday 22nd January

There were a lot of children that hadn’t completed the IXL strands or completed the sentences in their homework books this week. These IXL strands would help them greatly, as they really reflect what we are doing in class. I know for some children it took them a little longer than most weeks to complete some of this, therefore I will give children another week to complete all homework areas, but if it could be completed by next Wednesday it would be greatly appreciated. There will be a couple of extra bits or slight changes so please make sure you check all areas for any of these changes:

MATHS- Please complete the following IXL Maths strands G1 and G2 in ‘addition of two digit numbers’ and H1 and H2 in ‘subtraction of two digits’.

READING - Keep reading EVERY night at home. It is important to read alongside an adult, where they can ask questions about the text and you can discuss events that happen in the book.

SPELLING- We have another week to practice our year 3 tricky spellings:

Strange peculiar describe sentence grammar straight

Well done to those children who took the time to make up mnemonics for the spellings, some of them were very impressive! How about this week you ask a parent to quiz you on the spellings in your homework book or even make up some silly sentences using the words?

GRAMMAR

If you haven’t already please complete the IXL strands Q1 and Q2 on prepositions and remember to complete the sentences in your homework books, using the following prepositional phrases:

Behind the shelves …

Before school starts

At home …

In the garden …

Along the lane …

SCIENCE (TWO WEEKS TO COMPLETE)

Can you please complete the research sheet in your homework books finding out who the inventors of electricity were and any information you can find out about them.

Homework to be handed in Wednesday 15th January

READING - Keep reading EVERY night at home. It is important to read alongside an adult, where they can ask questions about the text and you can discuss events that happen in the book.

SPELLING- We have new words for the next two weeks to learn at home, please make sure you look up the meaning of the words and learn how to spell them.

Strange peculiar describe sentence grammar straight

Why don’t you come up with mnemonics for each of the words? For example:

GRAMMAR - In our English sessions we have been learning about prepositions and using them within our sentences to give extra to nouns. Try to finish these prepositional phrases in your homework books, by finishing the sentence…

Behind the shelves …

Before school starts

At home …

In the garden …

Along the lane …

CHALLENGE: Maybe you could make your own up?

Could you also please complete the following ENGLISH IXL strands Q1 and Q2 on prepositions

MATHS- Please complete the following IXL Maths strands G1 and G2 in ‘addition of two digit numbers’ and H1 and H2 in ‘subtraction of two digits’.

Homework to be handed in Wednesday 18th December

Christmas Concert Preparation - The main homework this week is to practice and learn the words off by heart for the songs for our Christmas Concert next week.

READING- Continue to read lots of at home- I am so pleased with the progress the children are making, we need to keep this up!

If you haven’t already, please complete a book review for a book you are reading on purple mash, it will be under the 2do list section ready for you.

SPELLING- One more week to practice our spelling focus. There were some great pictures made from these spellings- well done.

Heart Special Remember Strength Appear Breath