[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#e530d7″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Today we begin a new half term. Our topic for the half term is Shaping Up. This is a topic which integrates learning in science, PE and personal, health and social education. The children will learn about their bodies and how to stay healthy. This topic has particular relevance this year.[/dropshadowbox]

This week our learning will be as follows.

English

Spelling – Investigate homophones (two or more words with the same pronunciation but different spelling). Use the spell zone website for learning ideas and games.

https://www.spellzone.com/word_lists/list-4651.htm

Grammar – Use the following lesson from bbc bitesize to learn about subordinating conjunctions.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zrr8jhv

Narrative – Today we begin a new unit of work based on the book, Dream Big by Deloris Jordan.

Day 1 -Look at  front cover of Dream Big by Deloris Jordan. Make notes on what you noticed (e.g author, type of book, subject of book, author). Write a sentence predicting what you think the book will be about.

Day 2- Listen to reading of first 5 pages of Dream Big. Has this changed your view of what the book will be about. Write some questions you would like to ask Michael.

Dream Big – beginning

Day 3 – Listen to reading of next pages of 6 Dream Big. What do you think Michael’s mum would say when Michael said he wanted to be a champion. If possible, act out the conversation between Michael and his mother Deloris with a member of your family. Now write out a conversation. Don’t forget to use inverted commas (speech marks).

Dream Big – Middle (part 1)

Dream Big -Middle (Part 2)

Day 4 – Listen to the final reading of Dream Big. (Reading to follow). Look at the following quotes from Michael Jordan

1. I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.
2. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.
3. Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

Think about your own dreams for the future. Write some sentences about your dreams and how you will make them happen.

Dream Big -end (part 1)

Dream Big -end (part 2)

Day 5 – Use the internet to find out about Michael Jordan. Make a spider diagram of key facts you have learned.

Reading

We are continuing to set appropriate leveled books for each child using Reading Planet. The child should use their first name as their log-in and their class name as their password (either Blackfriars or Waterloo).  They will need the centre ID 211526. The website address is;

https://my.risingstars-uk.com/Default.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f

Mathematics

This week we are revisiting our unit on addition and subtraction. We have covered this in class, so will be good to see how much the children can remember. In year 3 children are expected to be able to add and subtract numbers with up to 3-digits using formal written methods. Please watch the videos and then complete the worksheets below.

• Day 1

Worksheet: Lesson 1 – Add and subtract 2-digit and 3-digit numbers – not crossing 10 or 100 2019

• Day 2

Worksheet: Lesson 2 – Add 2-digit and 3-digit numbers – crossing 10 or 100 2019

• Day 3

Day 3: Lesson 3 – Subtract 2-digit numbers from 3-digit numbers – crossing 10 or 100 2019

• Day 4

Worksheet: Lesson 4 – Add two 3-digit numbers – not crossing 10 or 100 2019

• Day 5

Answers

• Day 1 – Lesson 1 – Add and subtract 2-digit and 3-digit numbers – not crossing 10 or 100
• Day 2 – Lesson 2 – Add 2-digit and 3-digit numbers – crossing 10 or 100
• Day 3 – Lesson 3 – Subtract 2-digit numbers from 3-digit numbers – crossing 10 or 100
• Day 4 – Lesson 4 – Add two 3-digit numbers – not crossing 10 or 100
• Day 5 –

Maths – Prism group (Waterloo) and Blue group (Blackfriars)

Please complete the following INSTEAD of the above work if you are in Prism group or Blue group. If you have completed the work above, the following does not need to be completed.

• Day 1 –

Worksheet: Fact families addition and subtraction bonds to 20

• Day 2

Worksheet: Compare number sentences

• Day 3

Worksheet: Related Facts

• Day 4

Worksheet: Add and subtract ones

Answers

• Day 1 – Fact families addition and subtraction bonds to 20
• Day 2 – Compare number sentences
• Day 3 – Related facts
• Day 4 – Add and subtracts ones

Science

There is one more lesson on plants before moving on to work on the body. Use the following video clip to learn about how a plant transports water.

https://www.thenational.academy/year-3/foundation/to-explain-how-a-plant-transports-water-year-3-wk5-3

Continue to look after your plant and keep your diary up to date.

Topic

Start by watching this video clip.

Use the internet to find out about the spread of germs and why it is important to wash our hands and keep things clean. Make a hygiene poster to promote keeping things clean and washing hands.

RE

RE – Pentecost Sunday is on 31st May. Your child can find out about Pentecost using the PowerPoint below.

Pentecost PowerPoint

The children can then make a paper helicopter using either using the template below or by folding and cutting a plain piece of paper.

Paper Helicopter

They can then using flame colours (red, yellow and orange) to decorate their helicopter. They will need something heavy (e.g a paper clip) for the bottom of their helicopter. We celebrate the children’s languages as part of their learning about Pentecost. How many languages can your child speak as they drop their helicopter?

Music

Here is the latest lesson from Croydon Music Service

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#f6f134″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Eid Mubarak to those families who are celebrating. We hope that all families also enjoy the bank holiday Monday. It is half term this week so we are not setting daily maths and English learning. However we have put together some activities. [/dropshadowbox]

Reading

It is great to see that so many children have been able to keep up with their reading. We have now set up accounts for the children on the Rising Stars website. This means we can access suitable leveled books for each child from the Reading Planet online library. There are comprehension questions that the children can answer at the end of each week and there are quizzes which the children can complete and gain awards. The child should use their first name as their log-in and their class name as their password (either Blackfriars or Waterloo).  They will need the centre ID 211526. The website address is;

https://my.risingstars-uk.com/Default.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f

Guidance can be found at;

https://resources.risingstars-uk.com/MyRsTitles/Reading_Planet_Online_Library_KS2_9781510483309/259b55ad-b4c0-4bd6-acf9-fcb01850f388/Resources/KS2_Pupil_user_guide.pdf?institutionID=c4a8cb23-0723

Mathematics

The children have done great work on multiplication and division this week and should keep learning their times tables. The following websites will be useful;

https://login.mathletics.com/

https://ttrockstars.com/

https://play.numbots.com/#/

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

The children should all have passwords for the mathletics and  times tables rockstars sites. They can use their times tables rockstars site to access the numbots site.

Topic Work

After half term our topic is Shaping up. We will learn about our bodies and about how to keep fit. We will also learn about the basketball player Michael Jordan.  Over the holiday children can find out about a sportsperson of their choice. They can then draw, paint or write sentences about their sportsperson or even make a model of them.

Science

Keep taking care of your plant and recording progress in your diary. Use the video lesson below to find out about the life cycle of a plant.

https://www.thenational.academy/year-3/foundation/life-cycle-of-a-plant-year-3-wk4-3

Music

Children may enjoy following this lesson from Croydon Music Service.

P.E

In addition to the websites previously mentioned to keep active, here are some more ideas:

• The Go Noodle website has some great videos. It has fun workout videos, guided dance videos, brainercise, stretching, breathing videos and lots more!

Website: https://www.gonoodle.com/

• The Premier League Primary Stars website has lots of different ideas to keep active:

Family challenges: https://plprimarystars.com/news/friday-family-challenge (This week is Mental Health Awareness Week)

Super movers: https://plprimarystars.com/home-learning/the-premier-league-bbc

Train like a footballer with Marcus Rashford: https://plprimarystars.com/resources/train-like-a-footballer

Health and well-being: https://plprimarystars.com/home-learning/health-wellbeing

Club activities – Some football clubs have put together different challenges/ activities: https://plprimarystars.com/home-learning/club-activities

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#eef340″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]You will know from the news that primary schools in England are making preparation for a partial opening, but that year 3 children need to continue to work from home for a while longer. We miss all the children very much but are pleased that we have seen examples of some great home learning. Keep up the good work.[/dropshadowbox]

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#e7ed19″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]It is the last week of the Spring 1 half term already. It is lovely to see how well the children are working at home. We have seen some amazing learning.[/dropshadowbox]

This week our learning is as follows:

English

Spelling – learn the following spellings: interest, important, accident, believe, strange,reign. 

Children who are in Violet group (Waterloo) or Toy Story group (Blackfriars) for English should work on: they, on, she, so, we, can.

All children should also revise the homophones there, their and they’re using the attached lesson from BBC bitesize daily.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zk2c92p

Information Texts – This week we will finish our research on Queen Boudicca and work towards creating an information leaflet. The children created information leaflets on volcanoes in February and these leaflets should be in a similar format.

• Day 1 – Think of two questions which would help you find out more about Queen Boudicca. Use the internet to find the answer to your questions. When you have done that look at the questions you wrote at the end of last week. Can you find out any more information that helps you answer those questions fully? The following websites may be helpful;

https://www.ks2history.com/boudica-info-guide

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/blog/who-was-boudicca-facts-for-kids

https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Boudicca/442493

• Day 2- Today you will draft the text of your information leaflet. Use the questions you wrote yesterday and last week as your sub-headings. Write your answer below each questions as fully as you can in sentences. Use your spider diagrams from last week and your research from yesterday.  If you find spelling difficult remember to use your sounds. You can also ask an adult for some key spellings.
• Day 3 -Today you are going to proofread, edit and up-level your work. Start by following the lesson from BBC bitesize daily on using your proofreading skills.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zryxt39

When you have completed the lesson carefully proofread the text you wrote yesterday. Edit and up-level your text. Remember if you aiming to be a greater depth writer you should be thinking carefully about the effect of your sentences.

• Day 4 and 5 – You are now ready to create your information leaflet about Queen Boudicca. Start by reminding yourself of the features of non-fiction writing.

us2-e-016-all-about-text-features-powerpoint_ver_6

Now make your leaflet. You can make a simple leaflet or use one of the bookmaking examples in the attached document  (the second one might be best) You can now copy out the text you prepared over the last two days and include other features of a non-fiction text

such as pictures, captions, labels and maybe even a contents page.

Primary-Make-and-Do-Make-Your-Own-Books-KS2

We look forward to seeing your leaflets.

Reading- Children should continue to read non-fiction texts. These can be traditional books or e-books (see link below).

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page?view=image&query=&type=book&age_group=&level=&level_select=&book_type=Non-fiction&series=

Try asking your child one of the following questions;

• What features of an information book can you see? (e.g heading, sub-heading, contents page, photograph, diagram, caption, label.)
• Can you write three questions then answer them using the book?
• How would you use the contents page to help you?
• Why has the author set out the book in this way?
• Is the layout of the page helpful to you in finding information? Why?

Maths

We are covering multiplication and division in maths this week. Please watch the videos and then complete the worksheets.

• Day 1 –

  worksheet: The 3 times table

• Day 2 –

Worksheet: The 4 and 8 times tables

• Day 3

  Worksheet: Multiplying 2 digits by 1 digit

• Day 4

Worksheet: Dividing a 2 digit number by a 1 digit numbers

• Day 5 –

Worksheet: Scaling

Answers

• Day 1 – The 3 times table
• Day 2 – The 4 and 8 times tables
• Day 3 – Multiply 2 digits by 1
• Day 4 – Divide 2 digits by 1 digit
• Day 5 – Scaling

Maths – Prism group (Waterloo) and Blue group (Blackfriars)

Please complete the following INSTEAD of the above work if you are in Prism group or Blue group. If you have completed the work above, the following does not need to be completed.

• Day 1 –

  Worksheet: Multiplication sentences

• Day 2 –

  Worksheet: Using arrays

• Day 3 –

  Worksheet: The 2 times table

• Day 4 –

  Worksheet: The 5 times tables

• Day 5 – Worksheet: The 10 times table

Answers:

• Day 1 – Multiplication sentences
• Day 2 – Using arrays
• Day 3 – The 2 times table
• Day 4 – The 5 times table
• Day 5 – The 10 times table

We can see that many children are using mathletics regularly. This is an excellent way of practicing their number skills. We would like to remind you that we have a trial (until 23rd June) for the numbots and times tables rockstars websites and all children have been issued with a log-in and password. These sites do not seem to be being used regularly – please get in contact if your child is not able to access the sites.

https://ttrockstars.com/

https://play.numbots.com/#/

Science

We have loved seeing photographs of your plants. Keep looking after them and recording progress in your diaries.

Follow this science lesson from the Oak Academy trust on the parts and functions of a flower.

https://www.thenational.academy/year-3/foundation/plants-what-are-the-parts-and-functions-of-a-flower-year-3-wk3-3

History/Art

Now that you have designed your Roman Shield you can make your own shield using cardboard. Here is a picture of last year’s Waterloo Bridge Class using their shields on our Roman dress up day during happier times. Blackfriars class had the more traditional red shields!

RE

The Muslim festival of Eid-al-Fitr is expected to begin on Saturday 23rd May (subject to the official sighting of the new moon). Many Howard families will therefore be celebrating at the weekend! Children can find out more about Eid-al-Fitr using the information and video clip below.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z4cmkmnChil

Children may also enjoy having a go at the attached activities. If you do not have access to a printer they can adapt the Mendhi pattern activity by drawing around there hand and even have a go at drawing a cube template.

T-T-21942-Eid-Gift-Box-Net-Templates_ver_1

T-T-4281-Mehndi-Design-Template

ui2-ss-13-eid-in-bahrain-mindfulness-colouring-pages

Music

Croydon Music Service have put together music lessons for participating schools. This week’s lesson can be found below:

P.E

We can see that the Real P.E website is being logged into regularly, so we are very pleased that you are making sure you are staying active at home! Here is a reminder of the log in details for anyone wanting to access the Real P.E website:

Website: home.jasmineactive.com
Parent email: parent@howardprim-1.com
Password: howardprim

When we are at school we complete a ‘daily mile’ everyday to ensure children are staying active. We would like to encourage the children to continue with this ‘daily mile’ at home – this does not need to be running/ walking, it could include jumping, dancing, skipping etc. Anything that keeps the children active for 15 minutes. Please see the following leaflet: