Year 3
Monday 13th July 2020
Happy new week everyone! I miss you all so much. I hope you are all well and staying safe.
Here are some things to keep you busy over the next few days.
Reading
Try taking part in this reading challenge:
https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/parents-carers
Maths
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/zmyxxyc/year-3-and-p4-lessons
English
Try writing a newspaper article. What will you call your newspaper?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zm6xdp3
Newspaper articles should:
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Include facts. You can do this by answering the
5 Ws: What? When? Who? Where? Why? -
Have a short, snappy and informative headline.
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Provide a summary at the start explaining what happened (but not giving everything away!).
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Use paragraphs to help the reader understand the information.
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Provide quotes to show people’s opinions about the event.
You could also include a picture with a caption to help the reader visualise what happened and who was involved.
Make sure you put your work on the blog. I check it every day!
Try cutting up these summer challenges and putting in a jar. Pick one outwhen you have a free day!
Monday 6th July 2020
Hi Everyone,
I hope you are all well and keeping safe. I had a lovely surprise this morning when I came into work. Agatha had handwritten me a letter telling me all about her home adventures. It brightened up my Monday morning! Thank you Agatha.
English
This week, I would really like it if you could write me a letter telling me all about what you have been up to. This is the school address:
Coley Primary School,
Wolseley Street,
Reading
Berkshire
RG1 6AZ
I look forward to the postman arriving.
Once again keep up your reading. I have finished another book and it only arrived on Thursday evening. I really hope you all enjoy reading as much as I do. Perhaps you could choose a character from your book and write a character description. Use evidence from the book to support your work. (see PDF below)
Practise your subordinating conjunctions!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zxqgn9q
Maths
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zndy6g8
.Watermelons!
Here are three watermelons.
The one in the front of the picture weighs 7.35kg.
The one on the left of the picture weighs 8.20kg.
The one on the right of the picture weighs 6.45kg
In a melon-growing competition, a melon is awarded a point for each gram that it weighs.
How many points does each melon gain?
Can you explain how you worked this out?
Music
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/znt8bqt
Hello you lovely lot,
I am missing you all so much. School is not the same without our lovely class. It was so good to speak to lots of you last Thursday. Hearing all about your time at home and learning adventures made me so happy!
I am going to post a few things here to keep you busy - do as much as you can and please share it with me on the blog or email me at jpage@coleyprimary.reading.sch.uk. I would love to hear from you!
Reading
I have finished yet another book. It was so good I read it in just over a day! I didn't want it to finish but couldn't stop reading! Have you felt like about a book? I really hope so. So, what I am trying to say is KEEP READING! At least 20 minutes a day (minimum) will keep those reading skills ticking over! Try writing a book review and leaving it on the blog.
If you want to try a new book here are some recommendations:
The Boy Who Grew Dragons by Andy Shepherd
The accidental Prime Minister - Tom McLaughlin
The Magic Finger - Roald Dahl
The Invisible Dog - Dick King Smith
Ninja Kid - Anh Do
The Magic Faraway Tree - Enid Blyton
The Girl of Ink and Stars - Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Try keeping your own little dictionary by writing down words which capture your interest. Find out the meaning. Can you use them in your own writing?
Maths
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zcxy6g8
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkhbp4j
Indoor maths game 1: Count Down!
This game is a simple at home version of the TV favourite and can be played with any number of players.
What you need to play:
- 4 ‘large number’ cards with the numbers 25, 50, 75 and 100 on them
- A set of cards with the digits 1-10 on them, with at least two cards for each number
How to play:
Step 1: Set out 4 large number cards (25, 50, 75 and 100) face down and mixed up.
Step 2: Do the same with the 1 – 10 cards, making sure you have at least 2 cards for each number.
Step 3: Players take it in turns to select one of the big number cards or one of the small number cards, until there are 6 cards laid out all together.
Step 4: Someone who is playing the game needs to generate a 3-digit number. This can be by throwing a dice, or selecting cards from a pile of 0 to 9 cards.
Step 5: Once the number has been generated, turn over the six cards and players have to try and get to that total using any of the six number cards and any of the four operations.
Each card can only be used once and the winner is the first person to reach the total, or the player who is closest after a set length of time.
Indoor maths game 3: Multiplication Bingo
Bingo is a perennially fun game that can be enjoyed by people of all ages, and this version puts a mathematical twist on this classic game, as a way to boost multiplication skills.
What you need to play:
- Paper to write numbers down on
How to play:
Step 1: In this mathematical version of the game, all players write down 5 numbers, which are multiples of a given times table. For example: if they were doing the 5 times table, they might write 10, 35, 45, 50 and 60.
Step 2: A third person can lead the game and call out multiplication questions from the chosen times table, or they can be written on cards, jumbled up in a pile for players to take turns picking and reading out.
Step 3: If the player has an answer to the question on their bingo board, they can cross it out. First person to cross out all their numbers is the winner.
Maths Problem Scavenger Hunt
All children enjoy a scavenger hunt, so why not make one based around maths?
What you need to play
- Some creativity
- A garden or home full of measurable objects!
How to play:
Step 1: Give children a grid with some pre-set weights and lengths on. It will then be a challenge for them to find something in the garden that is approximately 10cm long, or something in the house that weighs 300g (as an example).
Step 2: Get your child to gather all of the items they think match the weights and lengths on the card, and check how well they have done with some kitchen scales and a tape measure!
The Yes/No Game
This is another simple KS2 maths game that is loved by children in classrooms across the country! It’s also a good way to get in practice of 2d shapes and 3d shapes, which as parents we can sometimes avoid.
What you need to play:
- A series of cards/pieces of paper
How to play:
Step 1: Both players put a card on their head. It could have a number on it, a shape etc….
Step 2: The first player asks a question which can only be answered with ‘yes’ or ‘no’. E.g. ‘Am I odd?’ ‘Am I under 20?’ ‘Do I have 4 sides?’ etc…..
Step 3: They keep asking questions until the get the answer correct, or they run out of turns (you can set the number of turns they get at the beginning of the game). Then it is time for the other player to have a go.
English
The Mysterious Door
Story starter!
On a quiet day, you can sometimes hear them. Every now and then, there’s be a tapping or a scraping or a rustling from behind the door. Occasionally (if you’re patient enough to sit for the whole day and watch), movement can be glimpsed through the dark windows. Once, just once, the faint sound of whispering in hushed tones was heard.
The boy had spent his entire summer holidays wishing for something to emerge from the mysterious door. He had spent yet another sunny morning hiding in the tall grass at the bottom of his garden just staring at the door, hoping to catch a glimpse of something or someone extraordinary.
The moment he had been waiting for had finally arrived…The door began to slowly creak open…
Question time!
What will emerge from the tiny door?
How will the boy react to seeing it emerge?
‘The Borrowers’ is a book by Mary Norton about little people called ‘Borrowers’ who borrow things from people’s houses. What do you think the difference is between borrowing and stealing? Have you ever borrowed something, but then forgotten to give it back? Is that stealing?
If we borrow every single book from a library, is that borrowing? Is it still a library?
If I ask you if I can steal your pencil case and you say yes, is that stealing?
Perfect picture!
Can you draw a picture of what will emerge from the tiny door?
Sentence challenge!
Can you use relative clauses to add extra information to a sentence using who, which, where, when, whose or that?
E.g. He could see the mysterious door at the bottom of the garden, which had troubled him for so long.
The young boy, who had been sitting there all morning, was delighted when the door began to open.
The tiny creature, whose eyes were the size of peas, emerged from the stone door.
The door, which___________, creaked slowly open.
Sick sentences!
These sentences are ‘sick’ and need your help to get better. Can you help?
The boy lay in the grass. He looked at the door. It opened. He gasped.
Art
https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/make/cut-paste/go-on-colour-walk
Take a colourful treasure hunt walk through your neighborhood or around your house.
What is a colour walk?
A colour walk is a walk where you try to look for all the colours of the rainbow. You might think of it like a treasure hunt, where the treasure is colour!
Artist Richard Long made this piece by walking backwards and forwards along the same path over and over again. Today we’re going to document a walk in a different way. We are going to try and use colours to notice unusual objects and the colours of things all around us! For this walk we are going to focus on each colour of the rainbow, one by one.
WHAT YOU NEED
- A grown-up to go with you
- Your imagination
- Some concentration
- Somewhere to go for a walk. This could be outside, along your street, or even around your home. If you go outside, make sure it's safe and you have permission. Your grown up should be mindful of any social distancing restrictions
- Optional: A phone, a camera, some paper and some coloured pens, pencils or crayons
Here's some inspiration from a rainbow of artworks:
WHAT TO DO
Look for things in every colour of the rainbow, one by one. You can photograph or draw each thing you find, write them down, or just look.
It's up to you how many things you want to find in the same colour. At different times of year this activity might look quite different!
If you're playing at home, you could collect a few things of each colour and arrange them.
AFTER YOUR WALK
When you finish your walk you could:
- draw a map of your walk and add colourful drawings of some of things you saw
- make a collage of pictures you took
- make colourful drawings of some of the things you saw together
- Look back at your photographs and see if you notice anything new about the things you saw
Enjoy - please share your colour creations on the blog.
Take Care and see you soon.
Love Miss Page xxxxxx
June 22nd 2020
Hi Everyone,
Another sunny week for us to enjoy! I really hope you are all well and keeping safe. I really miss not seeing you in school but will hopefully be able to give you all a phone call on Thursday afternoon so make sure you listen out for the phone!
I am going to upload a few things to keep you busy if you wish to do them. Please try and blog - I would love to see and hear all about your adventures.
Please keep up the reading- it is so important. I am really excited because I have 2 new books arriving on Wednesday from Amazon! I hope they are as good as they sound. I would love to hear what you are reading and whether you have any recommendations. Just remember 20 minutes a day of reading will make all the difference!
Keep practising your times tables. Again, these will be so helpful when you go into Year 4.
Travelling with tables
Go on a walk with your family. Use lamp posts, hedges, road-signs or people pushing prams as inspiration for tables questions! For example, if there are 2 buses with 6 people on each, what’s 6 x 2?
https://www.timestables.co.uk/
Draw a multiplication flower. Choose a times table you find particularly hard and draw a flower to help you learn it!
Mindfulness - take some time out for yourself. This is really important too.
Safari
The Safari exercise is a great way to help learn mindfulness. This activity turns an average, everyday walk into an exciting new adventure. TAs a family go on a safari: your goal is to notice as many birds, bugs, creepy-crawlies, and any other animals as you can. Anything that walks, crawls, swims, or flies is of interest, and you'll need to focus all of their senses to find them, especially the little ones.
Maths
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/
Try making your own 90 degree angle eater - what can you find around the home with a right angle? ( see below )
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zwy3trd
English
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zqqxdp3
The Miniature Castle
Hidden behind the maze of branches stood a miniscule, enchanted castle. It was so easy to miss among the towering trees. Only the truly lucky noticed the tiny turrets; only the truly brave dared to look inside…
I tip-toed slowly through the forest, leaves and twigs crunching beneath my feet as I edged closer and closer. I could make out the tiny details, seeing tiny faces appear at the windows. My heart pounded in my chest…
Can you continue the story of the miniature castle? You could continue it in the first person, or change it to the third person. Think about how you would feel as you approached the castle, and what might be inside.
Question time!
How long has the castle been in the woods?
Who lives there?
Why is the castle so much smaller than the forest?
Why would the inhabitants choose to live here?
Is it better to be the biggest or the smallest?
Sentence challenge!
Choose the appropriate punctuation for the following sentences.
! ? .
Wow This is the most exciting day ever
Have you ever seen anything like this before
I looked through the tiny windows
Can you now use all of this punctuation in your writing today?
Perfect picture!
Imagine the tiny castle was one of many in the forest. Can you draw a picture of the other buildings in the miniature town?
Sick sentences!
These sentences are ‘sick’ and need your help to get better. Can you help?
The small castle was between the trees. The trees were much bigger. The castle had turrets and ramparts.
And last but not least!
PE
- https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2020/april/community-trust-offer-home-learning-and-fun-activities-for-all/
- https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/activities
Make an angle eater
June 16th 2020
Hello Everyone,
This week has seen a shift for me from working at home to being back in the classroom. Except it is not our classroom but the Year 1 room. I am missing seeing your faces so much! It is not the same being in school without you. I hope you all continue to keep well and looking after one another.
Here are some activities for you to keep yourselves busy. Please, as always do what you can, when you can. If you could keep reading that would be brilliant. Keep a log of all the books you have read. I do this on my phone and so far I have read 81 books over the last 17 months!
Fun Times
Journey sticks
When you’re out on a walk, pick up a stick and collect natural objects such as leaves, feathers and acorns.
Back at home, attach the things you found to their stick, using wool, thread or glue, to create a ‘journey stick:’ a reminder of your outing.
Post a picture on the Hello from Home blog.
Leaf Bowls
Go out in the garden or to a nearby park, and collect a selection of leaves.
Back home, take two identical plastic bowls, and wrap the outside of one in cling film.
Layer the leaves over the cling film so it’s well covered, using diluted PVA glue to hold them in place. Then cling film over the leaves, put the matching bowl on top and squeeze them together.
After a few days drying in a warm place, remove the bowl and cling film, and you’ll be left with a beautiful leaf bowl.
Ice building
Ice cubes make brilliant building blocks for constructing icehouses, igloos and fairy gardens.
Pour different colours of juices into an ice cube tray, or add berries, chopped herbs or small flowers to each section.
Then experiment with building different structures with the frozen cubes. Take photos of what you make and put on the blog.
Egg box garden
Egg boxes make perfect mini gardens for green-fingered kids.
Fill each cup with a little compost then add some seeds: fast-growing ones like grass or cress are ideal.
Try planting a sunflower seed in each section, and see which grows tallest or has the biggest blooms: if you want to plant them out, just tear the bottom off the carton.
Maths
Try out the Emoji code breaking ( below PDF ) for some fun.
Here are some fun online activities:
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/24454.html
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/24500.html
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/24482.html
Multiplication 4 In A Row
This game does the impossible, and manages to make learning multiplication facts fun.
What you need to play:
- Sheets of paper
- Counters or coins
How to play:
Step 1: Each player needs a set of coloured counters or different coins (2ps vs 10ps as an example).
Step 2: Make a grid containing the answers to the times tables being worked on (you can choose which times table you want your child to tackle) and a set of cards with the multiplication questions.
Step 3: Each player takes it in turns to pick a card, work out the answer and cover the answer with their counter. The first player to cover four in a row is the winner.
English
Find story inspiration
You can find fun story ideas anywhere! Why not raid your kitchen cupboards or hunt through the attic to find lost treasures? Anything from an old hat to a telescope will do the trick. What could the object be used for? Who might be looking for it? What secrets could it hold? It could be a mystery or science fiction. Discuss how the item might be used in this kind of story.
An unexpected adventure
Question time!
Where did her journey begin?
Why was it ‘unexpected’?
Where will she go on her adventure?
What different things will she encounter?
How will she get back home?
How might she be feeling about the adventure?
What will her parents be thinking?
Would you like to go on an adventure like this? Perhaps you can write about it!
Perfect picture!
Can you draw another place she might visit on her adventure in the bath?
Story starter!
She knew that it hadn’t been a good idea to leave the tap running, but now she was starting to enjoy herself…
Sentence challenge!
Verbs are actions/doing words. Can you think of a verb that would match with the following nouns to describe what they are doing?
E.g. water – trickled
Bath
turtle
water
sun
the girl
fish
plug
shower curtain
Can you put them into sentences?
Sick sentences!
These sentences are ‘sick’ and need your help to get better. Can you help?
The bath went through the water. It was a sunny day. The girl watched a turtle.
Try this - it may help to use inverted commas correctly:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zjm6pg8
Have fun everyone- I miss you all very much!
Take care - stay safe and well.
Love Miss Page xxxxx
Have a go these!
8th June 2020
Hello Everyone,
Happy World Ocean Day!
Visit this site for some great activities - https://worldoceanday.school/resources-2020/
Happy New Week. I hope everyone is well and still keeping safe. I am going to post some new activities for you to do. Again, do what you can, when you can. I know there is so much great learning going on. I have seen some great blog posts and emails from you telling me about your home learning adventures.
1. Please keep up with your reading. I am now on book 14! Can anyone beat this? I love a challenge, especially a reading challenge. Make sure you are reading for at least 20 minutes a day! Try leaving a book review on the blog to inspire others in your class.
2. Mindfulness - it is really important to look after our mental well being too. Try some of these activities to help you take some time for yourself.
Visualise your safe place – to feel grounded
Where are your favourite soothing places in nature? You can visit them anytime in your mind. You could write a journey to your calm safe place, describing with all your senses how it feels to be there.
Balloon belly breathing – to soothe
Lie down somewhere comfy and imagine there is a balloon in your tummy. As you breathe in, imagine the balloon slowly inflates. As you breathe out, the balloon effortlessly deflates. Children can rest their favourite toy on their tummy and let them go along for a calming ride.
Warrior pose – for confidence and concentration
Stand up tall with your feet wide apart. Turn your right toes out and press your left heel away. Bend your right knee deeply, stretch your arms out at shoulder height and make like a surfer. Hang ten for a few relaxed breaths, feeling the strength of your body, then shake out your legs and try it out on the other side. This is a great distractor from worried thoughts.
Sound meditation – to fuel curiosity
Snuggle down somewhere safe, close your eyes and listen to all the sounds around you. What can you hear? The clink of coffee cups, snippets of conversation, sounds from nature? Get curious and feel the buzz of life around you.
Legs up the wall – to soften and drop
Grab a blanket and a pillow, take a seat with your side against the wall and enjoy some time out. Roll onto your back, slide your legs up the wall, arrange the pillow under your head and drape the blanket over you for comfort. Now let your body flop and drop, the whole length of your legs held by the wall. There is nothing to be done right now and nowhere else to be.
3. Times tables - keep practising.
A pack of cards
Carry a pack of cards with you and get them out when your child has a spare moment, perhaps when you are both waiting for their sibling to finish swimming! A child learning a single table, such as the four times table, picks a card and multiplies the number on it by, so that the three of Hearts becomes 3 x 4.
You can ask a more advanced times tabler to pull out two cards and multiply them together – for example, the eight of Spades and the two of Diamonds becomes 8 x 2.
Tables tennis
A fun game of speed! You serve the imaginary ball by asking your child a tables question; your child returns it by answering as fast as they can.
If they are correct, ask another tables question, keeping the rally going until they get one wrong or get to a target you have set in advance. See how long they can keep the rally going! You can adjust the difficulty of the questions you ask in order to encourage them.
A Tables Fable
Create a ten-minute tale about different numbers embarking on journeys (such as ‘Timothy Three’ or ‘Susan Six’!). As you tell your story, incorporate multiplication questions into it. For example, “Susan Six has to answer a question to be allowed to cross the bridge… what’s three times six?”.
If your child answers correctly, the character can progress, and if not, they have to find an alternative route and answer a different question.
Time tables
If you taught your children to tell the time using plastic or cardboard clock faces, you can easily adapt it to teach them their times tables as well! Simply ask your child to multiply the numbers that the two hands are pointing at.
You can keep one hand static while the other is moved around the face to practice one particular table, or move them around more randomly for the more advanced learner.
Repetition, repetition
Sometimes repetition is the most effective way to learn. Rather than simply reciting tables, you can make it more interesting by making each table into its own rap or song!
Maths
Play Shops
Gather together lots of items from around your home and lay them out on a table. Price each item with a sticky note, using whole numbers (such as £5) for young children and varied prices (such as £2.25, £2.45 and £2.99) for older learners.
Next, it’s time to open up shop! Take turns at being shopkeeper and customer with your child, using fake notes and coins (or real ones if you like to live dangerously) to purchase various items.
Encourage your child to play around with their purchases and ask them questions about what they’re buying or selling as they go. These could be along the lines of:
- How much will it cost to buy two apples and an oven mitt?
- Can you afford to buy three pens with your remaining change?
- How much change will you need to give me if I hand over a £5 note?
Once your child has had time to purchase and sell a number of goods, why not continue the game by holding a sale? Mark the products as ‘50% off’, ‘25% off’ and ‘buy one get one free’, and encourage your child to work out the new prices as they shop.
Oh-so-sweet fractions
Sweets are probably the tastiest way to learn about fractions!
Pour out some Smarties, Skittles or equally colourful treats onto a plate (feel free to ‘taste-test’ a few before you begin!). You can also do this with a family-size bar of chocolate broken into squares.
Ask your child questions about fractions, encouraging them to move the sweets as they answer to help them visualise proportions in action. You could ask questions along the lines of:
- Can you divide the sweets into thirds?
- What proportion of the sweets are blue?
- If I eat 3 sweets, what fraction of the sweets do I now have?
- When you’re nearing the end of your questions, ask your child to divide the remaining sweets equally among the family. The final stage is the most important – eating them!
Brilliant baking
Baking is another great way to learn about fractions and proportions.
Take a look at the recipe together with your child. Look at how many servings the recipe will make and discuss how you could increase or decrease the quantity, with questions like, “We need 350g of flour for this recipe; how much would we need if we were going to make ⅓ of the cookies?”.
Gather together all of the ingredients you’ll need. If you’re feeling brave, encourage your budding bakers to do the weighing for you! As you work, ask your child fraction-related questions. These could be along the lines of:
- Can you divide the dough into quarters?
- If we are making 12 cakes, how many would we each get if we shared them equally?
- Using this ready-roll icing/dough, can you cut out shapes and then show me half/quarter/a third of that shape?
Daring dice
There are lots of ways you can creatively use dice to practise addition, subtraction, rounding and more.
Starting off by throwing 3 dice, then ask your child to:
- Mentally calculate the sum of the 3 numbers
- Jot down the numbers each shows and round this number up to the nearest ten
- Add the first 2 numbers together and multiply this by the final number
As you go, try adding in more dice to increase the difficulty.
You could try doing these:
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z69k7ty/articles/zyd4rdm
English
Can you write a poem about our oceans?
Can you draw a picture that would go with this poem?
Can you design a poster about saving our oceans?
I would love to see these on the blog or emailed to me.
ART
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/ztjqtfr/resources/1
FRENCH
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z64xprd
PE
https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/activities https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/activities
There is lots here to keep you busy. Please take care - hopefully see you soon!
Love Miss Page xx
Summer Term 2 1st June 2020
Happy new term everyone! I hope you are all well and looking after each other. At least we have another week of lovely weather.
Here are some activities to keep you busy!
1. I hope you are all keeping up your reading. I am on book number 13 since we have been at home. I know some of you have been reading a lot as you have been blogging and emailing me with your book reviews. It so great to escape into a book! Remember our saying "A book is a dream you hold in your hands". Get blogging and recommending. You don't need a login or password just click on Hello from Home.
2. Keep practising your times tables -they really are key and help you solve so may mathematical problems quickly.
Try out these websites:
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/27279.html
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/27285.html
3. This website will help with column addition and subtraction.
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/24440.html
4. Try out these websites too.
Fractions:
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/24495.html
Angles
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/24514.html
Time
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/24454.html
5. White rose maths has some fantastic lessons and the videos really help.
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/
Also take a look at BBC Bitesize.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/zmyxxyc/year-3-and-p4-lessons/1
6. Try writing a story-
https://cdn.oxfordowl.co.uk/2019/01/28/16/21/36/786/2019_500Words_StoryMountain.pdf
And for fun and a chance to get outside if you can!
Do what you can when you can. Keep taking lots of care and look after one another. I miss you all but hopefully we can be together again soon.
Please remember to blog or email me. I love hearing from you!
Love Miss Page xx
12th May 2020
Hi Everyone,
I hope you are all keeping well. Here are a few ideas to keep you busy - if you need it!!
Learn about plants....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zy66fg8
Try out your French....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z39d7ty
Here are some fun activities that do not need a computer or screen...............
Don't forget to blog your home learning.
Have fun and stay safe! Hopefully we will be back at school soon.
Miss Page xx
4th May 2020
Hi Everyone,
I hope you are all well and looking after each other. At least the sun is shining today. Here are a few more activities for you to do whilst you are at home. Remember, do what you can, when you can. I am sure you doing many 'real life' experiences as well.
Remember our 'Hello from Home' on the blog. A few of you have blogged and contacted me by email and I really love hearing from you all. You don't need a log in for this.
I hope you are all managing to read for at least 20 minutes a day. I am on to my 5th book since we have been at home.
Keep practising those times tables - these really are key.
How many of you are still doing Joe Wicks? I have started an online Pilates class and it is so difficult. My legs are like jelly afterwards!
Here are a few websites for you to look at:
https://www.barefootcomputing.org/homelearning
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/english/primary-english-year-3-age-7-8/
There are some great money activities here for you to do.
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/
Count Down
This game is a simple at home version of the TV favourite and can be played with any number of players.
What you need to play:
- 4 ‘large number’ cards with the numbers 25, 50, 75 and 100 on them
- A set of cards with the digits 1-10 on them, with at least two cards for each number
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How to play:
Step 1: Set out 4 large number cards (25, 50, 75 and 100) face down and mixed up.
Step 2: Do the same with the 1 – 10 cards, making sure you have at least 2 cards for each number.
Step 3: Players take it in turns to select one of the big number cards or one of the small number cards, until there are 6 cards laid out all together.
Step 4: Someone who is playing the game needs to generate a 3-digit number. This can be by throwing a dice, or selecting cards from a pile of 0 to 9 cards.
Step 5: Once the number has been generated, turn over the six cards and players have to try and get to that total using any of the six number cards and any of the four operations.
Each card can only be used once and the winner is the first person to reach the total, or the player who is closest after a set length of time.
The game can be adapted for younger children, by choosing the numbers on the cards carefully and having them aiming to reach a 2-digit number, rather than a 3-digit number.
Indoor maths game 2: Salute
This simple game is all about bringing together verbalisation and maths.
What you need to play:
- Two willing participants
- Cards numbered 1-10 (these can be made from a sheet of paper)
How to play:
Step 1: The game starts with the two players facing each other. Each person selects a numbered card and sticks it on their forehead, so the other player can see.
Step 2: The person leading the game gives a statement, such as what the sum of the two numbers is, the difference between the two or the product of the two etc…..
Step 3: Each player has to work out what number is on their own card, based on what is written on the other person’s head and the rule given.
Indoor maths game 3: Multiplication Bingo
Bingo is a perennially fun game that can be enjoyed by people of all ages, and this version puts a mathematical twist on this classic game, as a way to boost multiplication skills.
What you need to play:
- Paper to write numbers down on
How to play:
Step 1: In this mathematical version of the game, all players write down 5 numbers, which are multiples of a given times table. For example: if they were doing the 5 times table, they might write 10, 35, 45, 50 and 60.
Step 2: A third person can lead the game and call out multiplication questions from the chosen times table, or they can be written on cards, jumbled up in a pile for players to take turns picking and reading out.
Step 3: If the player has an answer to the question on their bingo board, they can cross it out. First person to cross out all their numbers is the winner.
Maths Problem Scavenger Hunt
All children enjoy a scavenger hunt, so why not make one based around maths?
What you need to play
- Some creativity
- A garden or home full of measurable objects!
How to play:
Step 1: Give children a grid with some pre-set weights and lengths on. It will then be a challenge for them to find something in the garden that is approximately 10cm long, or something in the house that weighs 300g (as an example).
Step 2: Get your child to gather all of the items they think match the weights and lengths on the card, and check how well they have done with some kitchen scales and a tape measure!
The Yes/No Game
ThThis is another simple game that is loved by children in classrooms across the country! It’s also a good way to get in practice of 2d shapes and 3d shapes, which as parents we can sometimes avoid.
What you need to play:
- A series of cards/pieces of paper
How to play:
Step 1: Both players put a card on their head. It could have a number on it, a shape etc….
Step 2: The first player asks a question which can only be answered with ‘yes’ or ‘no’. E.g. ‘Am I odd?’ ‘Am I under 20?’ ‘Do I have 4 sides?’ etc…..
Step 3: They keep asking questions until the get the answer correct, or they run out of turns (you can set the number of turns they get at the beginning of the game). Then it is time for the other player to have a go.
The 24 Game
This is a very simple game that will help your child practice their arithmetic skills, and it is a game they can play with a group of friends.
What you need to play:
- A pack of playing cards (The number cards only)
How to play:
Step 1: Each player picks 4 number cards at random from the pile.
Step 2: They then need to find a way to manipulate the 4 digits using any of the 4 operations (+, -, x, ÷) so the end result is 24 For example, if they chose 4, 7, 8, 8, they could do (7 – (8÷8) x 4 = 24)
Step 3: If nobody is able to reach 24, you can make it closest wins!
Telling The Time Activity
Time is one of those things many children find tricky, but this game will help your child tackle this topic.
What you need to play:
- Chalk
How to play:
Step 1: Try drawing a clock on the ground with chalk.
Step 2: Then, get your child to use their body to make the hands of the clock. They could show just the hour or minute hands by lying straight, or they could use their body to make the hour and the minute hands, with their legs (the longer part) being the minute hand and their torso (the shorter part) the hour hand.
You could try some of the lessons on here.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/zmyxxyc/year-3-and-p4-lessons/1
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/ztjqtfr/resources/1
Real PE at home includes an online programme which supports families to be active, play and learn together.
It includes a programme for children in Key Stage 2, with daily and weekly guidance provided for both programmes in addition to an option to choose your own themes and activities.
You will need a login and password from school to access this, if you have not received it please email your class teacher asking for the details.
Here is the website to find the different resources:
There are also competitions which you and your family can participate in and will in with a chance to win prizes from Real PE. More information on this can be found in the user guide - the user guide will also explain how you can adapt the PE lessons for home learning and what you can use instead of PE equipment:
https://spark.adobe.com/page/QpPduotAqlonG/
Have a go at as many of the activities as you want from Key Stage 2 - you can start on Day 1 or choose some activities you are interested in. Here are a few fun activities you can look for when you are logged in:
The website address is: home.jasmineactive.com
Parent email: parent@coleyprima-1.com
Password: coleyprima
Stay safe and HAVE FUN!
Miss you all - take care!
Miss Page xx
Summer Term - 20th April 2020
Hi Everyone,
I hope you and your families are all keeping well. I hope you have had a lovely break and have managed to get outside and enjoy the sunny weather. The weather looks good for next week too. I have heard from Akiya and Matilda and would love to hear from more of you. I miss you all a great deal.
Looking ahead and thinking of some work we can do in the next week or so......
1. I hope you are all managing to read for at least 20 minutes day. I am on book number 4 since we have been at home. I love reading at bedtime and during the day in the sunshine. My nephew Ben has been face timing me and reading me the new David Walliams book Slime. I am really enjoying this time we have together and the best bit is he doesn't actually know that he is practising his reading!! I am not going to tell him! Don't forget you can leave a book review on the blog too.
2. Keep practising your times tables - we know how key these are in being able to solve problems quickly.
3. Spelling - make sure you practise the spellings we sent home. Can you write them in sentences, chalk them outside, cut them up and see how quickly you can rearrange them? How many can you spot in your reading book? Don't forget you can read a recipe, comic, instructions for a board game, road signs - this all counts as reading.
4. Joe Wicks - How many of you are still joining Joe Wicks at 9 am in the morning? Have any you joined in with dress up Friday? I have to admit I was very good for the first week and a half but I prefer my Yoga! I am going to get back on it this week though!
5. Try some yoga and mindfulness.
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
Maths
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/
There are some brilliant lessons on here to do with equivalent fractions- they show videos too to help you understand the activity.
https://www.themathsfactor.com/
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/problem-solving
These sites has some fun activities to as well.
English
Question time!
What do you think the troll is thinking?
Do you think he is a mean or a kind troll? Why?
What are the people doing when they have seen the troll?
Would you try to catch him or talk to him?
Where do you think the troll has come from?
What do you think the rope around the troll’s waist is for?
Perfect picture!
Where do you think the troll lives? Can you draw or describe what you have imagined?
Sick sentences!
These sentences are ‘sick’ and need help to get better. Can you help?
The troll put his hand on the house. He had a nose and teeth. He was covered in grass.
Sentence challenge!
Spot the four mistakes in this sentence.
the roof ov the yellow house wos ripped off by the enormous troll
Story starter!
Thump! He slammed his enormous, grass-covered foot into the middle of the road, sending shockwaves of dust in all directions.
With a loud grunt, the troll wrenched the entire, fully tiled roof off a nearby holiday home, with the owners peering helplessly and frightened out of the downstairs windows. He didn’t mean any harm, but he just couldn’t help himself…
Mega City
Watch a short film here:
https://www.literacyshed.com/megacity.html
This TV ad tells the story of busker Jack and his furry companion, Harry. We travel with the struggling pair as they try desperately to bring joy and happiness to their cold, dark world. Littered with looming skyscrapers and devoid of nature, the pair struggle to break through to the busybodies caught up in the rush of city life.
Jack desires one thing more than anything in life – to escape to the countryside. Using this desire to push himself forwards, he busks through the harsh days and weary nights; slowly but surely, day after day, saving up the money he needs to buy a motorbike, to get his canine companion out of the city.
Eventually, with enough fight and dedication, Jack scrapes every last penny together and sets out to ride away into the sunset. But not all is as it seems – even though Jack put everything into buying the motorbike, he realised that wasn’t important. As long as Harry is back in the countryside, by any means possible, and back with nature, that’s the best thing he can do for his closest friend.
Teaching Ideas:
- Retell the story in your own words as a 3rd person narrative.
- Retell the story in the 1st person either as Jack or his dog.
- Describe the city and the countryside using specific language to create a mood/atmosphere.
- Write a dual narrative both through the eyes of Jack and his dog.
- Write dialogue between the pair and focus on the differences between speech and thought.
- Create an advert for your own pet food using a range of persuasive devices.
Art
Get crafty and have some messy fun!
Geography
Lets get familiar with the 7 continents and oceans - don't forget to look at your home work grid for some activities too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6DSMZ8b3LE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_P-x4zP9rPo
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/au-g-47-continents-of-the-world-powerpoint
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-g-272-the-five-oceans-labelling-map-activity-sheet
Can you write your own continent song? How can you help others to remember? You could write it to a familiar tune.
Try the daily Lego challenge -
There are some fun activities to keep you busy here too:
https://www.roalddahl.com/home/kids
Please do what you can, when you can. What is most important is that you look after each other. I can't wait to see you all again. I bet you will have all grown!
Take care, stay well.
Lots of Love Miss Page xxxxx
Hi Everyone,
I hope you are all well and enjoying the sunshine!
Here are a few more ideas that might keep you occupied - only if you want to!
How many of you are joining in with Joe Wicks every morning at 9.00? I have to admit I haven't yet but it is my intention to do it this morning! It is a great way to start the day.
David Walliams is also releasing an audiobook each day at 11 am - this could be something you could listen to. Click hear to hear https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/ I would love to hear your thoughts on his stories. Mr Stink is my favourite.
Twinkl also has great resources which are free at the moment too.
White Rose maths have some online lessons and activities too.
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/
Please remember to blog, if you can. I would love to hear what you have been up to.
Also my email is jpage@coleyprimary.reading.sch.uk - please stay in touch. Email any photos of extreme reading or activities you have been up to. I would love to hear from you.
Take care and look after one another!
Miss Page
16th March 2020
Dear Parents/Carers of Year 3,
Please find enclosed some activities to keep you busy over the next few days. Don’t forget you have your homework grid in the front of your homework book and there are some great activities for you to complete.
Remember you can log on to my maths at www.mymaths.co.uk.
You can also log in to spelling frame at www.spellingframe.co.uk and practise spellings past and present.
You can also visit the Coley website and go to curriculum and choose your favourite times tables songs under maths. Can you practise your 3, 4 and 6. Challenge your family to a quiz just as we do in class. I will include some for you to try. How many can you correctly complete in 5 minutes. Who is the fastest? I will also give you each a piece of chalk. Can you chalk a times table counting stick on the ground? Can you jump up and down the line? Can you count forwards and backwards? Remember to practise these daily just like we do in class.
Visit the blog www.coleyblog.net – share with us what you have been doing with your home learning.
Make sure you are reading for at least 20 mins a day ( minimum ). Make some notes about what you have read, note down the main events, characters etc. Design a new front cover for the book.
If you finish your book could you write a book review? Would you recommend it to a friend?
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/book-review-template-ks2-t2-e-283
When you feel like a movement break visit https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers.
Here are some fun games you can play with your family.
Battle it out in a fraction challenge.
This game using playing cards adds a fraction aspect. You can play with all the family, simply deal two cards, a numerator and denominator, then determine whose fraction is the largest. The winner keeps all four cards, and play continues until the cards are gone.
Try making paper plate fractions.
You will need:
Paper plates (You can colour the plates first with your favourite colours, you could cut plates from paper – just draw around a plate in your house. Make sure you use the same plate each time. ) Scissors, Marker
Before you start labelling or cutting, you’ll want to get organized. Lay your plates out and figure out how you want to use each colour.
- Yellow = 1
- Pink = 1/2
- Red = 1/4
- Orange = 1/3
- Blue = 1/8
Next you will need to measure and cut. Once you’ve decided how you will divide and label the paper plates, measure and cut. You want your measurements to be accurate so students can mix and match pieces when practicing fractions.
The final step is to clearly label all the pieces of your plates. Make the labels nice and big on the front of the plate. As an added challenge maybe mix and match your fractions to make a whole ( as above ).
Boogie down with newspaper fractions.
Turn the music up! Start out with a full piece of paper as your dance floor, then fold down to one half. Continue folding the paper into smaller and smaller dance floors and watch kids get creative as they try to stay on the paper.
Jump into fraction hopscotch.
Another use for your chalk! You could either tape this or chalk it outside. Make sure you photograph this and either upload to the blog or print for your homework book. You could always email it to me at jpage@coleyprimary.reading.sch.uk
Label the squares with fractions instead of whole numbers. Throw a marker and jump to where it lands, then name the equivalent fractions for that square.
Have a fraction picnic.
Choose a variety of food images cut from magazines, printed out from the Internet or you could draw them. Plan a picnic and choose the food you want to bring along. Using a ruler and scissors, cut portions of the food choices and glue them to a paper plate. Finally, label each item with the fraction name. Bon appétit!
Connect fractions and win!
If you have a connect four game this is a great way to switch it up! The goal is to match not only your colours, but the fractions themselves. For instance, you need four one-fourths in a row, but only three one-thirds, so there’s strategy involved, too. Get your family involved.
Get Baking!
Make 12 cupcakes. Can you decorate them differently. Can you decorate ¼ of them with sprinkles, another ¼ just with icing etc. Make sure your photograph them.
Can you write out the recipe and the method so other people can have a go. Make sure you leave one for me!
Short Burst Writing
Visit http://www.pobble365.com/a-dangerous-pet ( I will also print out for you )
Can you complete the challenges here. Would you like a dragon as a pet? What would be your ideal pet?
Write a story
Remember the five parts to our story?
- Opening
- Build Up
- Problem
- Resolution
- Ending
This is your story starter….
I was on the 12th step when I awoke in my pyjamas...
Can you write a story including the five parts above? I will look forward to reading how creative you can be.
Do you remember the names of some of the other countries in Europe? If you have access to a computer and a printer, print off a blank map of Europe and fill in the countries. What are the 7 continents in the world? Where is Greece? See if you can find out what Greek looked like in Ancient times. Does it look the same as it did back then?
See what else you can find out about The Ancient Greeks. Here are some websites for you to have a look at.
WHO WERE THE ANCIENT GREEKS?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z87tn39/articles/zxytpv4
WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO LIVE IN AN ANCIENT GREEK FAMILY?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z87tn39/articles/zc8yb9q
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT ANCIENT GREEK CULTURE?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z87tn39/articles/zgpdjxs
How did the Ancient Egyptians compare to the Ancient Greeks and The Stone Age?
I hope you will enjoy these activities and can have fun with your family at the same time. Stay well. See you soon.
Miss Page
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