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Year 3
Week beginning: 29.6.20
It is really important to make the most of all learning opportunities during this strange time. To help
you do this, we expect Year 3 children to do the following each day:
English – 20 minutes Times Table Rockstars – 15 minutes
Reading – 20 minutes Teacher activities – 30 minutes
Spellings – 15 minutes PE – 30 minutes
Maths – 20 minutes
As teachers are back in school now, you won't hear from us quite as much as you did before. We still
love to receive your home learning though so please continue to email us
Best wishes,
Mrs. Rea, Mrs. Sykes and Mrs. Bannister
Maths Watch the videos and complete the activities from BBC Bitesize:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/zmyxxyc/year-3-and-p4-lessons/1
Monday – Drawing lines and shapes accurately
Tuesday – Recognising 2D shapes
Wednesday – Recognising 3D shapes
Thursday – Telling the time to the nearest 5 minutes
Friday – Challenge of the Week
Can you find examples of each 2D and 3D shape around your home?
Can you draw each one and label the properties?
Keep practising your number bonds on Numbots or your times tables on Times Table Rockstars:
https://play.numbots.com/#/intro or https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school
English Improve your grammar and punctuation skills with BBC Bitesize:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/zmyxxyc/year-3-and-p4-lessons/1
Monday – Prefixes (mis, dis, un, in)
Tuesday – Coordinating conjunctions
Wednesday – Writing a letter
Thursday – Bullet points
Friday – Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor by Jon Scieszka
Reading
Your challenge this week is to look for conjunctions. A conjunction is a word that joins two
sentences or clauses together. Conjunctions allow the writer to create longer sentences instead of
a lot of short sentences. For example: The children cheered and waved their flags. I am happy
because the weather is hot and sunny.
Task:
1. Look for examples of conjunctions each time you read.
2. Think about the two sentences that are being joined and discuss with your adult whether you
think that the conjunctions help the flow of the writing. Is it easier to read the separate simple
sentences or the complex sentence joined with a conjunction?
3. Can you replace the conjunction with a new one which still makes sense?
Spelling
Our spellings this week are words that use the root struct- or uni -
The root struct- is often connected to words that mean built
The root uni – means one.
Your spellings are listed on the Look-Say-Cover-Write-Check list towards the back of this pack.
Choose one spelling activity each day from the “Spelling Menu” to help you practise and learn your
spellings each week. Perhaps you can have a test on a Friday?
Try to practise some Statutory Spellings or high frequency words every day too.
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Topic – Explorers
This week we are learning about Neil Armstrong. Watch these BBC clips
and then try the quiz.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zjwvb82/articles/zhx4k2p
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/ks2-neil-
armstrong/zr9tjhv
Your task is to design and build a moon buggy. First design and draw your buggy on a piece of paper
and label all the parts. List all the materials you will need. You could make your buggy from Lego,
recycled materials or cardboard. Think about what features it will need to travel on the moon.
Science - Seed dispersal
Watch these clips about how plants disperse their seeds.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/znvfb9q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CCOWHa-qfc
Always ask an adult's permission before using YouTube and make sure you are supervised.
Make a list of all the ways plants disperse their seeds and illustrate it. Now see if you can make
your own flying copter/seed.
Does it make any difference if you make the wings longer? Which type of paper works best?
https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-Paper-Helicopter-1/
http://howtostem.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Paper-Helicopters.pdf
Music
How does music make you feel?
Songs can make you feel different emotions. A song can make you feel
happy or sad, scared or excited. Watch the following BBC Bitesize clip –
Feel & Emotion Feat. Nina Simone.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zcbkcj6/articles/zc7m7p3
You do not need to watch the clip in order to do the activities.
Listen to some music. Try to listen to some songs that you know well and some that you have not
heard before. Write down of draw how each song makes you feel. Explain why the song made you
feel the way it did. Did any song make you feel different emotions at different parts? Choose one
song. Draw a picture to show how the song made you feel.
PSHE
Showing Empathy
What does it mean to understand someone? Understanding how people feel is
sometimes called ‘empathy’ – this means you can imagine how they feel.
Watch the following Sesame Street clip about empathy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_1Rt1R4xbM
(Always ask an adult's permission before using YouTube and make sure you are supervised.)
Why is it kind to show empathy and understand how people feel?
Imagine someone is calling your friend names and other people are laughing.
How would your friend feel? Have you ever felt this way?
What could you do to show that you understand your friend’s feelings (show empathy)?
Task: Imagine that empathy is a seed, which can grow into a tree. Draw a seed on a piece of paper.
Below this, draw the roots. Inside each root write five kind things you can do to build empathy and
understanding with others. Draw the rest of the tree with branches and leaves. On each leaf,
write a positive thing that can come from understanding others and showing empathy.
R.E. Do you have brothers or sisters? Or cousins? What do you like about having a
brother, a sister or a cousin? How do you look after them? What do you do to show
them that you love them?
This week, we will look at the festival of Rakshbandhan that is celebrated
by Hindus. It focuses on looking after others. It celebrates the
relationship and love between family members especially brothers and
sisters. It is sometimes celebrated by other family members who may have
a similar relationship, such as cousins or close friends. The sisters tie a
Rakhi (bracelet) made from coloured cotton or silk around their brother’s
wrist. It symbolises protection from evil. It is normally celebrated in
August and this year it’s on 3rd August.
Have a look at this video to learn more about it.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/religious-studies-ks2-my-
life-my-religion-hinduism-celebrating-raksha-bandan/zjkygwx
Task: Can you draw a rakhi or make a rakhi using threads and beads? May be you want to tie it to
your brother/cousin’s wrist.
Art Rocket Art
Our aim over the next two weeks will be to paint a space themed picture in the style of famous
artist Peter Thorpe. Just like Kandinsky, Peter Thorpe is an abstract artist. Visit Peter Thorpe's
website to read about how he creates his rocket art and to see his futuristic paintings.
Peter Thorpe’s rocket painting biography:
http://www.peterthorpe.net/rocketsbio.html
Peter Thorpe’s rocket paintings: http://peterthorpe.net/rockets.html
This week your task is:
1. Use the rocket art plan below to help you decide how you are going to create
your rocket art. (scroll down to see the plan)
2. Begin the background of your painting using a brilliant abstract design, just like Peter
Thorpe!
3. Share your brilliant background with the Year 3 email so we can see your amazing work. If
you would like it to be considered for the weekly newsletter, please send a photo to the home
learning email as well.
P.E. Try “Quick Shuffle” (coordination) challenge from the Virtual Surrey School Games.
If you want to enter either of the competitions, you will need a parent to enter for you.
Parents: These competitions are not run by Holly Lodge. More information (including terms and
conditions and online safety information) is here: http://www.activesurrey.com/events/games/VSSG
Computing Try the games and activities on the “Think u know” website. They can help you find out about more
about staying safe online. https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/8_10/
Keen to learn more? Try some of these activities: https://www.thenational.academy/online-
classroom/year-3
Want to get outside? Try some outdoor learning activities with Learning through Landscapes (under
the home learning activities or here)
Space Art in the style of Peter Thorpe
Name of artist:
Style of art they paint:
Equipment they use:
Their interests are:
Theme of paintings:
For my abstract background I will use...
Colours:
Equipment:
Technique:
For my space feature foreground, I will...
Paint a______________________________________________________________________________
Using the colours __________________________________________because
_____________________________________________________________________________________
It will feature (where?) in my painting.
My painting will be portrait / landscape (circle your choice).
Draw a simple plan of your painting below, labelling the different features and materials you will use.
Spelling Menu Choose how you want to practise your weekly spelling rule/words.
Try to choose a different activity each day.
Look-Say-Cover-Write-Check Look at the words on your spelling list and say
each one aloud. Copy each of the words. Cover the
word then write the word. Repeat for each word
in your list. Check that you have spelled the
words correctly. If incorrect, write out the
words correctly.
Book Search How many of your spelling words or
words that follow the spelling rule
can you find in your reading book?
Write out each word that you find.
Word Parts – Syl-la-bles Write out your spelling words in pencil. Use
different colours to divide each word into
syllables. Remember to count the syllables in a
word, count the number of “jaw drops” or tap the
beat of the word.
jumping jump-ing
amazing a-ma-zing
petrified pet-ri-fied
Spelling Pyramid Write out each of your spelling words one letter
at a time in the style of a pyramid.
w
wh
whi
whil
while
Blue Vowels and Red Consonants Vowels are the letters: a e i o u
Consonants are all the other letters of the
alphabet.
Write out each of your spelling words using blue
for vowels and red for consonants.
Words on Back This is an activity for two. Ask an adult at home
to sit with their back to you. Now use your
finger to ‘write’ one of your spelling words on
their back. If you spell it correctly, you get a
point. If it is incorrect, write out the word
three times correctly. Swap roles. 😊
Spelling Artist Draw a very simple scene or a series of 2D
shapes. Now use coloured pencils to ‘colour’ the
scene or shapes with your spelling words. To do
this, simply fill up each image you have drawn with
your spelling words written over and over again.
Silly Sentences/Write a Story Have a go with using each of your spelling words
in a silly sentence. Alternatively, can you write
a 100 word or less story using words from your
spelling list? Underline each of your spelling
words.
Cut-out Words (Ask for permission before using any magazines
or newspapers.) Cut out letters from an old
newspaper or magazine and use them to spell your
words by gluing them onto a piece of paper.
Rainbow Spelling First write each of your spelling
words in pencil. Then trace over
each word using a different
coloured pencil or felt tip for each
word.
Alternative: Trace over each individual letter
using a different coloured pencil or felt tip.
Mirror Image Write out each of your spelling words correctly.
Next to each word, write the word again, but this
time in reverse.
measure erusaem
Beat the Clock Set a timer for 2 minutes. How many
times can you neatly write each spelling
word within that time?
Look – Say – Cover – Write - Check
Look at the words. Say the words aloud. Copy the words. Cover the words.
Write the words. Check the words. Correct the words.
Spelling Rule: words with the root struct- or uni-
Underline the root in each word.
Word list Copy your spelling
words.
Cover the words and
write them without
looking.
Check and correct.
structure
instruct
instructor
instruction
construction
universe
union
unit
united
university
NB: This activity could be completed on a piece of paper divided into three columns if
you are unable to print it.
