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[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#5edf7e” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]We hope that you all managed to have a nice long weekend, and enjoyed any celebrations for VE Day whilst following social distancing! – It would be great to see any photos of you celebrating or any decorations you put up to celebrate on Class Dojo.[/dropshadowbox]

This week our learning will be as follows;

English

Spellings – learn the following spellings: February certain height history imagine increase. Remember you can use look, cover, write, check or play a game such as hangman to help you learn your spellings.

Children who are in Violet group (Waterloo) or Toy Story group (Blackfriars) for English should work on:  there, their, they’re, to, too and two.

Punctuation- Learn how to use apostrophes correctly using the following lessons from BBC bitesize daily. Children in Violet group or Toy Story group may wish to do the first lesson only then spend time practising using apostrophes to combine words.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z4p2mfr

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zmq9kmn

Information texts – This week we will begin a new unit of work on information writing. We will aim to produce a leaflet about Queen Boudicca before the Spring half term holiday.

• Day 1- look at the PowerPoint  on the features of a non-fiction (information) text. Non-fiction texts. Read an information book of your choice (either in traditional form or an e-book.) Make a list of the features which you can find in your book. There are suitable age appropriate non-fiction books on the Oxford Owl website. You will need to register if you have not already done so. https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/?view=image&query=&type=book&age_group=Age+7-9&level=&level_select=&book_type=Non-fiction&series=#

If you are in Roderick Hunt group (Waterloo) or Toy Story group (Blackfriars) you may find this link helpful. https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/?view=image&query=&type=book&age_group=Age+5-6&level=&level_select=&book_type=Non-fiction&series=#

• Day 2 – Look at the picture below. Make some notes. Who do you think this is? What do you notice about them?

• Day 3 – Use the link below to find out about Queen Boudicca and her revolt. Watch the video clip, read the text and have a go at the activity.  Create a spider diagram of what you have learned about Boudicca from the video clip. Make sure your spider diagram is a good size so that you can add to it tomorrow. (Some children may need support with key spellings).

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zkrkscw/articles/zhn6cqt

• Day 4 – Watch the following video clip. Is there anything new you have learned about Queen Boudicca? Add the new facts you have learned to your spider diagram.

• Day 5 – Look at page 4 of the PowerPoint from day 1. Notice that the sub-headings take the form of  questions. Write down 6 questions which you can answer using the information from the Boudicca and the Roman invasion video above. (Children in Violet group or Toy Story group may find that 4 questions is sufficient.)

Reading – in addition to the reading activity suggested for Day 1 children should read regularly at home and should try and include both fiction and non-fiction writing. We have suggested the following websites.

https://elinkeu.clickdimensions.com/m/1/11332944/p1-b20093-53b482e90cd648ccaa49935478b1f717/8/883/4c7b9c08-3af1-44cf-ba27-8d2173a4651f

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/

In addition, the Barrington Stoke website is now offering some free resources. These are suitable for dyslexic children but also for any child who finds reading more difficult. The texts allow children to access easier texts which have age appropriate content.

https://www.barringtonstoke.co.uk/blog/2020/03/23/free-resources-from-barrington-stoke/

Maths

It has been lovely to see all your hard work on fractions, we have now finished that unit and are moving onto money. It would be helpful to use actual coins/ notes to help the children complete the work, however if you do not have access to all the coins you may wish to use this word mat to remind the children of the different amounts – Coins word mat

• Day 1 – converting pounds and pence

Please watch the video below and then complete the worksheet – Converting pounds and pence

• Day 2 – adding money

Please watch the video below and then complete the worksheet: Adding money

• Day 3 – subtracting money

Please watch the video below and then complete the worksheet: Subtracting money

• Day 4 – Adding and subtracting money reasoning and problem solving

Worksheet 1: Adding money – reasoning and problem solving

Worksheet 2: Subtracting money – reasoning and problem solving

• Day 5 – Powerpoint: Giving change Worksheet: Giving change

In addition to the worksheets, you may want to play some money related games on TopMarks to support your learning on money: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/money

Answers:

• Day 1 – Converting pounds and pence
• Day 2 – Adding money
• Day 3 – Subtracting money
• Day 4 – Adding money – reasoning and problem solving answers
  Subtracting money – reasoning and problem solving answers
• Day 5 –

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

Coins word mat

• Day 1 – Watch video Coin values video, then complete worksheets: Coin detective worksheet, Ordering coins worksheet
• Day 2 – How much do the ice creams cost?  How much money is in my jar?
• Day 3 – Adding money: Video: adding and subtracting money, Worksheet; Who has the most money?
• Day 4 – Subtracting money: Powerpoint game: Giving change, Worksheet: Giving change 
• Day 5 – Money word problems: Money word problems

In addition to the worksheets, you may want to play some money related games on TopMarks to support your learning on money: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/money

Science

Children should continue with their diaries of the plants they are growing. They should also follow the science lesson below from the Oak National Academy.

https://www.thenational.academy/year-3/foundation/parts-and-function-of-a-plant-year-3-wk2-3.

History/Art

Design a Roman shield. Make sure that you look at the PowerPoint below first.  Next week’s activity will be making shields so you may want to save any cardboard boxes that you have.

Make a Roman Shield PowerPoint

Please see attached the final chapter of The Twits. It is another longer chapter so I have split it into two.

The Twits Get the Shrinks part 1

The Twits Get the Shrinks part 2

I hope you have enjoyed listening to this book.

Please see below today’s reading of The Twits;

The Monkeys Escape

Don’t forget to check the Class Blog tomorrow for the final reading.

The Twits are turned upside down

I hope you enjoy today’s reading.

Please see today’s reading;

The Furniture goes up

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This week our learning is as follows;

English

Spellings – learn the following spellings:  describe, mention, answer, appear, actually, extreme.

Children who are in Violet group (Waterloo) or Toy Story group (Blackfriars) for English should work on:  here, went, were, was, look, off.

Handwriting – Don’t forget that in school our target was handwriting. Handwriting in year 3 should be clear, joined and legible. Try copying out your spellings in your best handwriting. You can also use the following exercises to help you with your handwriting.

t2-t-1020-ks2-fine-motor-handwriting-warm-up-exercises-information-cards

Narrative – Children should continue to work on their own version of the Romulus and Remus story as follows;

• Day 1 – Write the middle of your story including the build up and problem which you planned in your story mountain last week. Dont’ forget to write in paragraphs and use a range of punctuation including inverted commas around direct speech.
• Day 2- Write the end of your story including your resolution of the problem and ending. Check your work carefully paying particular attention to spelling, punctuation and consistency of tense.
• Day 3 and 4- Make a book. you can use one of the ideas in the link below or an idea of your own. Copy out your story in your best handwriting and use pictures to illustrate your story.

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

Don’t forget that you can scaffold children who find writing difficult by giving them key spellings and asking them to orally rehearse their sentences. Children who have the potential to be greater depth writers should be paying extra attention to editing and up-levelling their work and thinking about the effect of their sentences.

Reading – Children should follow the poetry reading lesson in the link below;

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zb2k8xs

Children should continue to read regularly and try to read as wide a range of fiction and non-fiction as possible. They can use traditional books or e-books from one of the following sites:

https://elinkeu.clickdimensions.com/m/1/11332944/p1-b20093-53b482e90cd648ccaa49935478b1f717/8/883/4c7b9c08-3af1-44cf-ba27-8d2173a4651f

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/

Maths

This week our focus is adding and subtracting fractions.

Video – BBC – adding and subtracting fractions

• Day 1 – Powerpoint – Adding fractions Worksheet – Adding fractions
• Day 2 – Powerpoint – Subtracting fractions Worksheet – Subtracting fractions
• Day 3 – Problem solving
• Day 4 – Problem solving 2

Answers:

• Day 1 – Adding fractions
• Day 2 – Subtracting fractions
• Day 3 – Problem solving
• Day 4 – Problem solving 2

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

• Day 1 – Colour and Label fractions
• Day 2 – Powerpoint – Adding fractions Worksheet – Adding fractions
• Day 3 -Powerpoint – Subtracting fractions Worksheet – Subtracting fractions
• Day 4 – Adding and subtracting fractions

Science

Children should continue to keep their diary of a plant up to date. They should also follow the science lesson below from the Oak National Academy;

https://www.thenational.academy/year-3/foundation/plants-what-conditions-could-we-change-to-investigate-the-growth-of-a-plant-year-3-wk1-3

History

Find out about the Roman Army using the following;

https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/articles/zqbnfg8

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zn2mhyc

P.E

In addition to websites and ideas previously mentioned, the Premier League Primary Stars also have a lot of useful information on their website to keep children busy and active. The following link has home learning activities which also often cover lots of activities to support children’s learning, it includes: Super Movers – Short, fun, active learning videos to get kids active at home covering Maths, English, PSHE and languages and ‘Just for Fun’ – A wide variety of active videos featuring famous faces and shows from the Premier League and BBC – including Match of the Day, Strictly Come Dancing’s Alex Scott and Burnley manager Sean Dyche! Premier League Primary Stars

Links:

• Joe Wicks morning workouts: The Body Coach TV
• Real P.E: home.jasmineactive.com , Parent email: parent@howardprim-1.com, password: howardprim
• Cosmic Kids Yoga: CosmicKidsYoga

Music

Don’t forget there are music activities on the Out of the Ark website which your child can follow. These are updated each week.

Out of the Ark

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Please see today’s reading;

The Carpet Goes on the Ceiling