Our topic this term: Around the World
In Geography, we will be locating and naming cities of the United Kingdom, using compass points to locate places, locating the world's countries using maps and identifying the position of the Equator, Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere.
In History, our next topic is the Railways.
We are going to be looking at how the first trains and railways were developed and compose a timeline of important events in the history of rail travel. We will be looking at why some steam locomotives are important and describe similarities and differences between different steam locomotives.
The religion we are looking at this term in RE is Buddhism. Apricot Class will be explaining who founded Buddhism and where it was founded, recalling the main events in the Buddha's early life as well as exploring issues related to suffering raised by Prince Siddhartha's encounter with the four sights.
Photos of Home Learning
Apricot Class - Year 3
Home Learning
Please scroll down to the bottom of Apricot Class page to access home learning for this week.
Our learning behaviours are: Make Good Choices, Learn Together, Stay Focused, Be Proud, Show Respect, Never Give Up.
Reminders
Our PE day is on a Tuesday.
Please ensure that children come into school already dressed in their PE kit.
Our school day:
Everyday we start at 9am.
Monday to Thursday school finishes at 3pm.
On a Friday, we finish at 1:10pm.
Our Harvest Performance
Our Christmas Carol Concert
English and Maths
English topics this term include:
Instruction Writing
Newspaper Reports.
We will be developing our reading comprehension skills and our spelling, punctuation and grammar skills.
In Maths, we will be reviewing learning from Year 2 and expanding our knowledge and understanding in the following topics:
- Multiplication and Division
- Money
- Measurement: Length and Perimeter
In Science, we will be looking at Plants.
We will be identifying and describing the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers. We will be investigating and exploring the requirements of plants for life and growth as well as investigating the way in which water is transported within plants by observing the transport of food colouring through a flower stem.
Home Learning
Please find on the link below the timetable that I would have followed if Apricot Class were in school this week. This is just to give you an idea of how a normal school day runs. Please feel free to adapt this and be as flexible as necessary as I appreciate the challenges with home learning.
Google Classroom
On Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th January, your work will be set on here. From the 13th January, your work will be set on Google Classroom.
Please use the information provided by the school to log in and have a go at the test assignments I have set on there, one for Monday and one for Tuesday.
From the 13th, I will be setting new work in our new virtual classroom each day at 8am.
Here is a link to a video version of the log in guide emailed out with the children's log ins and here is another guide for parents to support their child using Google Classroom.
Please feel free to email me if you have any questions or concerns with using Google Classroom.
Use the following links to access Mathletics and TTRS:
Week Commencing 11/01/2021
Monday:
Please look at the following PPT, looking at the 3 times table. Monday- PPT
Choose at least one of the following activities to complete to support you in becoming more familiar with your 3 times tables.
3 Times Tables - Question Booklet activity
3 Times Table Building Activity House activity
Choose one of the following reasoning questions on the link below to complete:
Tuesday:
We are now moving onto the 4 times tables.
Please look at the following PPT, looking at the 4 times tables:
Have a go at as many of the questions on the following attachment as possible, starting with question 1: Multiply by 4 activity sheet
Choose one of the following reasoning questions on the link below to complete: Reasoning questions
Week Commencing 4/01/2021
Please continue practising your 2, 5 and 10 times tables. Use Times Table Rock Stars daily.
Last term, Apricot Class really enjoyed practising their times table through the bingo game. Below, there are some times table cards for the 2, 5 and 10 times tables that might be useful.
It is essential that your child engages in learning their times tables so they have rapid recall of the multiplication facts up to 12x the number.
Monday: Non-pupil day
Tuesday: To use arrays to explore multiplication.
Use the following PowerPoint: PPT
Complete challenges on the following activity sheet: challenges
Reasoning/Problem solving questions: reasoning
Wednesday: Sharing into equal groups.
Use the following PowerPoint:PPT
Complete challenges on the following activity sheet:challenges
Thursday: Multiplying by 3:
Use the following PowerPoint: Multiply by 3 PPT.
Have a go at as many of the questions on the following attachment as possible, starting with question 1: challenges.
Have a go at either 1a, 4a or 7a (reasoning questions): reasoning
Friday: Dividing by 3:
Use the following PowerPoint: Divide by 3 PPT
Have a go at as many of the questions on the following attachment as possible, starting with question 1: challenges
Extended learning: BBC Bitesize offers lots of videos and other resources for Year 3 Maths content.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/collections/year-3-and-p4-maths-lessons/1
Please use the following link to access Bug Club:
Week commencing 11/01/2021
Monday:
Recap what makes a good set of instructions using your work from last week. Remind yourself of what imperative verbs are and why many instructions include them. You may wish to look at the following PPT again to recap: Imperative verbs PPT
Have a think about how we could improve our instruction writing. We can improve our instruction writing by saying how the verb should be done, using adverbs. Examples of adverbs: carefully, slowly, gently, gradually, well.
Look at the following website page about adverbs. I thoroughly recommend you watch the video on this BBC Bitesize page: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zbn492p
Your task: Make a list of adverbs you can find in instructions, e.g. recipes.
Tuesday:
Using the following link, look at the sequence of pictures showing how to make a cup of tea.
Your task today is to write a set of instructions on how to make a cup of tea, using your work from this past week.
Your success criteria:
- Title
- Steps are in order
- Time words (E.g. firstly, secondly)
- Imperative verbs (e.g. mix)
- adverbs (e.g. carefully)
- Write in full sentences
Week Commencing 4/01/2021
Monday: Non-pupil Day
Over the next few weeks, we will be looking at instruction writing.
Tuesday: Using the following PowerPoint, follow the instruction on how to make a pop up card. Which one did you find easiest to follow and why? PPT
Wednesday: Have a look at examples of instruction writing at home ( for example, game instructions, recipes etc.) or this example and pick out anything you notice about this style of writing. Once you have read examples, use this checklist to see if you managed to identify any of the features.
Thursday: Look at the following PowerPoint about imperative verbs and complete the task.
Task: Write down 5 sentences which include an imperative verb.
Friday:
Remind yourself of the features of instructions. When writing instructions, it is really important that steps are in chronological order ( placing events in the order in which they happened).
The following instructions are all jumbled up.
Choose one of them and complete the following:
Cut out the instructions. Stick them in the correct order but make sure that you have added:
- A title
- Numbers to make the order clear
- Diagrams to help the reader.
Extended learning: BBC Bitesize offers lots of videos and other resources for Year 3 English content.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/collections/year-3-and-p4-english-lessons/1
Week Commencing 11/01/2021
This week we will be identifying an describing the functions of different part of flowering plants. Use the following PowerPoint, learn about the different parts of a plant and their jobs Science lesson 1 (Plants)
Your task:
Using your knowledge from this lesson, create a poster or a leaflet, explaining the jobs that each part of the plant does.
I look forward to seeing how creative you can be!
Extension activity: Cut out each of the picture cards and the function cards below. Place them face down on your table Take it in turns to turn over a picture card and a function card. If the picture matches the function, you have won a pair and you get to keep those cards. The game end when there are no cards left on the table. The winner is the person with most pairs at the end of the game.
Parts of Plant Pairs Cards activity
Week Commencing 4/01/2021
Our new Science topic is plants.
For your science activity this week, I would like you to create a spider diagram of what you already know about plants, e.g. vocabulary, facts, definitions.
Write down questions about what you would like to find out during this topic.
Week beginning 11th January 2021
PE:
Click here for a timetable that you could follow to help keep active at home. There are some challenges you can complete and send in to win some prizes.
Joe Wicks is also continuing his online PE sessions on Monday (08.01.2021). Here is one of previous videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X1p0Yd6WAo
Click here to find some fun activities to do at home to keep you active.
Click here to try some yoga.
History:
Look at the following PPT about early steam trains. Railways PPT lesson 1
Using the PowerPoint, create a simple timeline to show the inventions of early steam trains. Remember that timelines are organised in chronological order (in the order in which they happened).
You can use the following activity sheet and cut out the different inventions or you can write/draw your timeline on paper.
Activity sheet The earliest locomotives
French:
This term in French we will learning how to say different modes of transport in French. This is an introductory lesson to this topic.
Activity 1: Watch the following video and practise listening, reading and saying the French words for transport. I recommend that you watch the video more than once to practise your pronunciation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9s-fIBx9is
Activity 2: Cut out the cards on the following attachment. Turn the cards over and muddle them up. Can you then match the picture with the correct French word?
Transport matching cards activity
PSHE:
At Tiptree Heath Primary School we follow the SCARF (Safety Caring, Achievement, Resilience, Friendship) scheme for PSHE.
Danger or risk?
Please use the following lesson plan and story for this lesson.
Do we take the risk - Story sheet
Art: Create a picture using the leaves you have collected. You might decide to:
Print using the leaves
Make a collage
Draw around the leaves.
Here are some examples I have found that might prompt your creativity:
Week Commencing 4/01/2021
Geography: Visit Google Maps.
Can you locate the United Kingdom? Can you name the 4 countries in the United Kingdom?
On Google Maps, zoom into the United Kingdom. Can you find some cities in the UK? Please complete the following sheet, identifying different cities in the UK.
Naming cities in the United Kingdom worksheet
Art: Go on a hunt to find some leaves of different shapes and sizes. Look at them closely and do some observational drawings.
Click here to find some fun activities to do at home to keep you active.
Click here to try some yoga.
Week Commencing 11/01/2021
This week in spellings we are looking at the suffixes 'full' and 'ness'.
Look at the attachment below:
'full' and 'ness' suffixes activity
Answer the following questions and write your answers.
Which root words can we add the suffix 'full' to?
Which root words can we add the suffix 'ness' to?
What happens when the root word ends in a 'y'?
Once you have completed this activity, for the rest of the week continue to practise these spellings, ready to test yourself on Friday.
Week Commencing 4/01/2021
Please practise any of the spellings that you are unsure about, using the following links:
Spellings word mat for Year 3 and 4
Follow these links to find resources, activities and games for working at Greater Depth in:
Useful Links and Websites:
USEFUL HOME LEARNING BOOKLET LINKED TO MATHS AND ENGLISH Click here
White Rose Maths Resources: https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/
List of times tables games and activities.
BBC teach: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/primary/zd7p47h
https://world-geography-games.com/
https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone/
Stem Science Activities:
Comments (5)
Show CommentsI'm having loads of fun and my nan's skyping to do a lesson or 2 with me
Hi this week I have been doing table times rocks every day some geography maths and science and some spellings and reading
This week I have been doing Mathletics, reading, spelling & the activity's you have gave us above.
Please can we have some spelling Thank you
Hi Miss Mines, please can you reset my bug club as I cannot log in. Thanks Jack