P.E. – Daily workout with Joe Wicks! https://www.youtube.com/thebodycoachtv

Maths – Click on the following link and have a go at Friday Maths Challenge (in Summer Term – week 2 (w/c 27th April):  https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/ 

AND/OR…

you could complete some of the practical maths challenges from the sheet below. Don’t worry if you are unable to finish all of them as we will be using this challenge sheet again as well. It would be lovely to see some photos or videos of your working out…

Also, remember to have a go at practising your times tables! https://www.lawfordmead.essex.sch.uk/blogs/year3/2020/03/16/times-tables-practice/

English – Grammar (use of a/an)

1. Have a go at finishing these sheets using a/an

2. Complete these sentences using a/an. Then explain your choice.

• Phil is _______ honest man.

• The train is late by _____ hour.

3. Challenge yourself and play this game online: https://uk.ixl.com/ela/year-3/use-the-correct-article-a-or-an

PSHE – Picture News

This week’s story: The sale of video games has increased by 44% in the UK during the lockdown period.

Question: Are video games the next best thing to our real lives?

Watch the following video for a virtual assembly all about this week’s news story! You may need to pause the video to give yourself some more time to think about the questions!

Here are some additional ideas for you to have a go at!

Have a great weekend! Remember to put your name on your work before uploading it on seesaw!

Mrs Dubey and Mrs Phelps

Hello Year 3, I’m so happy today!! More and more of you have started posting your learning and work on seesaw and this has made me really proud! Keep up the marvellous work, children!

Freya – First of all, well done for yesterday’s work, it was fantastic. Now let’s come to your today’s work…Awesome story, Freya! Great use of paragraphs and speech marks. I loved the fact that in most of your stories, the main character’s name coincides with your best friend’s name 🙂 love it! Great job at trying your best to do the questions in maths! Remember, you are a star! Keep it up!!

William – Great to see your seesaw post today! It was such an impressive presentation on different types of soil! The cut-out picture of lion was also very good. I liked reading your paragraph on lockdown. It was good to see you catching up with your geography work! Keep up the brilliant work!! I Look forward to more seesaw posts from you…

Maisy R – What fantastic work, Maisy! Your science presentation was marvellous. I was also impressed with your Maths and English work. There was a creative writing work right after your maths work but it did not have a name, I am assuming it was yours…well done!

Jack P – It was so good to see your seesaw post and what an amazing layout of work greeted my eyes!! It was brilliant. I could tell you were hard at work! Keep up your great work! I hope to receive more seesaw posts from you. BTW, good luck at completing that jigsaw puzzle 🙂 You have completed quite a lot of it already! Well done!!

Darcey L – You are an amazing girl. I love the fact that you are so sincere towards your learning. Great work on adverbs, your English work was good too! Well done on your maths and History work! Superstar!! Keep it up.

Skye – Well done for such a great effort at punctuating those sentences. Looking forward to more work from you…

Tom B – Wow! It was so wonderful to see your post! You have made such a marvellous poster on different types of soil! Keep up the great work. Looking forward to more posts from you!

Igor – You are such a star! I did mention about the English answers yesterday. You forgot to put your name on it…The answers were fantastic. Let’s talk about today’s learning. Igor, you have made such a brilliant fact file on different types of soil! It is so fab. If you don’t mind, may be you can do a ‘show and tell’ on this as well! 🙂 You have been working so hard that you have plenty of things to do a ‘show and tell’ about! It was such a lovely transformation of silly sentences!! Your sentence challenge was spot on. As always, I was impressed with your maths work. It’s great to see that you are practising your spellings regularly. Your story was also lovely! All in all, you achieved so much today! Great learning, Igor!

Ella-Rose – Fantastic Maths work today, Ella but what has really really really impressed me today is your Science work! You not only made a fantastic poster but you also collected 3 different types of soils and you put them to test! Bravo! What a scientist!! Keep it up, Ella. I’m really proud of you.

Piper – Wow! It was wonderful to see your post! I am impressed with your grammar work, your work on equivalent fractions, your comprehension and science work!! It was fantastic!! But I am also interested in knowing how the fairy cakes came out. I bet they must be super delicious! You have tempted me to bake some as well… the pictures were so lovely! I saw step by step how that flour and batter turned into divine cup cakes…tempting! Looking forward to more posts from you.

David – I loved your science poster! Great work. The spelling practice was great as was your story! I loved the fact that Emma celebrated her victory by drinking watermelon smoothies, it sure sounds yummy! You punctuated your sentences correctly and I liked your maths work too. I could see all your working out! You are such a star!

Isaac – Very impressive poster on different types of soils. The pictures on it were lovely! Isaac, I ‘m so very proud of you! You not only did the assigned maths works but you went ahead and did extra maths work on top!!! Wow! Your spelling practice is going to help you become a wonderful speller and your times table practice will ensure that you are quicker with your calculations. I liked how you introduced Scrappy and told us what it was up to with the wool. I love your attitude towards learning! Keep it up.

Natalie – Fantastic English, maths and Science work. Natalie, you forgot to put your name on your Maths work but I could recognise that it’s yours from the book it was done in. Remember to always use your punctuation in your writing. You are a star!

Someone in Ash class has submitted lovely Maths work but forgot to put their name. The work was great, so well done but remember to name it.

Looking forward to more posts from you all!

Mrs Dubey and Mrs Phelps

Just a recap of how you can share your work on seesaw.

This is what you need to do:

1. Download ‘Seesaw Class’ app on a tablet or phone.
2. Select ‘I am a Student’
3. Scan the QR code

To post a picture of your work:

1. Select the green plus at the top of the page
2. Select ‘Photo’, ‘Video’, ‘Drawing’, ‘Note’ or ‘Upload’.
3. When you have uploaded your work, annotate you work with your first name only (if you are able to) and then select the green tick
4. Choose which class you are in and then the green tick again

NOTE TO PARENTS: Children are familiar with SeeSaw as we use it in class.

Things you should know:

1. We have made this secure so no-one else can access your work or pictures.
2. You will not be able to see other children’s work and others cannot see your work.
3. Because it is secure, you will not be able to see your work once you’ve submitted it BUT don’t worry, we will still be able to see it.

We look forward to seeing your work and you enjoying your learning.

Mrs Dubey and Mrs Phelps

P.E. – Daily workout with Joe Wicks! https://www.youtube.com/thebodycoachtv

Maths – Click on the following link and have a go at Lesson 4 – Problem solving: https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/ 

Also, remember to have a go at practising your times tables! https://www.lawfordmead.essex.sch.uk/blogs/year3/2020/03/16/times-tables-practice/

English – Creative Writing:

Sentence challenge!

Choose the appropriate punctuation for the following sentences.

! ? .

Stop You’re going too fast

Am I going to make it to the finish line?

She told herself that it was going to be fine

I’m going to give you the story starter. Pick up you pen and notepad and continue the story. Can you use all the above pieces of punctuation in your writing?

Story starter!

She turned in the saddle and looked behind her. Emma could see the others gaining on her.

Digging in her heels, she whispered some words of encouragement in the ostrich’s ears as it burst into full speed. They were making good time, but there was so far still to go…

Can you continue the story? Who is chasing Emma? Is this a race or is she on another adventure?

Science: Different types of soil

Last week, we learnt about what soil is. Today we will learn about the different types of soil. Click on the links below and watch the clips carefully.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/z7rb4wx

http://www.viewpure.com/uS7zfeK4OTQ?start=0&end=0

Based on the information gathered from the clips above, can you write the names of different types of soil and make a poster or a presentation on it?

Remember to write your name before you upload your work on seesaw!

Mrs Dubey and Mrs Phelps

Well done Year 3 for all your marvellous work that you have uploaded on seesaw. Mrs Phelps and I are smiling ear to ear looking at your fantastic work. 🙂 🙂 We are extremely proud of you!

Igor – Fantastic problem solving work in maths! I liked the fact that you revised your spellings again today, that’s brilliant! Well done on your RE work too! Last but not the least, I loved the pictures of your chestnut plants!! They are AMAZING! Well done for looking after them so well!! You are truly a star!

Zuzanna – Wonderful work on equivalent fractions! Keep it up!

Freddie F – I am impressed with your Maths work, Freddie. I loved your work on making a whole and unit and non-unit fractions! Keep posting!

Darcey L – Yet another day of wonderful work from you. Keep it up, Darcie! You are showing real passion and determination towards your learning. So proud of you! Your science work, Maths work as well as English work were all great!

Minnie – Great going at the Maths work that you did! Loved seeing you do so many word searches. I was also impressed with your grammar work. Looking forward to more such wonderful work from you!

Natalie – Fantastic Maths, English and RE work. Loved the adverb that you used to sort the ‘silly sentence’! Keep it up, Natalie. You’re a star!

David – I liked how you used adjectives and adverbs to help those ‘silly sentences’. Keep it up, David! I liked your answers to the ‘question time’ too!

George A – Lovely RE work! Keep it up!

Maisy R – I am impressed with your Maths work. Well done! The RE work was also good!

Someone in Aspen has done fantastic English work but forgot to write their name! Well done for the work but please do remember to put your name on it!

Someone in Ash has submitted brilliant answers to the ‘question time’ but forgot to write their name! Also some one else in Ash has done such amazing Maths work but then forgot to put their name on it! If it helps, the laptop was Acer on which it was done… now if you think that might be you, please put your name on your work next time before uploading on seesaw!

Isaac – Fab work again, Isaac! Loved your Sigmund’s story bit as well. I really appreciate the fact that you are practising your spellings and times tables everyday! You’re such a star! You used some lovely adjectives and adverbs and turned those ‘sick’ sentences into such ‘wonderful ‘ones! Your RE work was good too!

Ella-Rose – Loved the fact that you were reading a story from your own book in addition to the RE links provided! Keep it up! Your Maths and English work were also great! Keep working and keep posting!

Looking forward to your posts on tomorrow’s work! Remember to write your name before you upload it on seesaw!

Mrs Dubey and Mrs Phelps

P.E. – Daily workout with Joe Wicks! https://www.youtube.com/thebodycoachtv

Maths – Click on the following link and have a go at Lesson 3 – Problem solving: https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/ Also, remember to have a go at practising your times tables! https://www.lawfordmead.essex.sch.uk/blogs/year3/2020/03/16/times-tables-practice/

English – Creative Writing:

Look at the picture above carefully and then have a go at the following activities:

Question time!

Sick sentences!

These sentences are ‘sick’ and need help to get better. Can you help by improving them? How about adding in some adjectives or adverbs? Or improving the verbs that have been used?

Adjectives are describing words. They describe a noun.

Adverbs tells you ‘how’ and ‘when’ something happens.

Verbs are actions/doing words.

The ostrich pointed its neck forward and ruffled its feathers.

Together they went across the ground.

RE: Worship in different religions – Christianity

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zyn34wx

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/religious-studies-ks2-what-is-christianity/znshvk7

Gather information by watching the above video clips and then answer these questions on a notepad.

• Which is the world’s biggest religion? How many people worldwide follow this religion?

• Which place is considered as ‘a holy land’ by Christians?

• What do you mean by crucifixion?

• How many days after his death did Jesus come back to life?

Remember to put your work on seesaw once you’ve completed it!

Mrs Dubey and Mrs Phelps

Year 3, I am absolutely amazed by your passion and enthusiasm towards your learning. It was overwhelming to see so many wonderful seesaw posts. Please keep them coming. Mrs Phelps and I would love to see more and more of your wonderful work. Shall we now get started with today’s shout outs? Ok, here I go…

Alfie – It was so wonderful to see all your hard work in Maths. Your work on prefix was also good. It is great to know that you have been reading a lot of books. I look forward to receiving more amazing work from you! Keep it up. Also a very happy belated birthday! I’m sure you must have had lots of fun!

Darcey L – It is amazing to know that you are learning Spanish! You are already a multilingual!! Once we are back in school, may be you can teach some Spanish phrases to all of us too? Good Maths and English work too. You did the maths work from the blog! 🙂 You are a star!

Natalie – Like always, amazing work in Maths and English. You make me so proud! Keep it up.

Minnie – It is wonderful to know that you have been reading passionately! Keep it up and may be you can tell the class about your favourite book, once we are back!

Zuzanna – That was an absolutely awesome keyboard playing!! Wow! You’re such a star! Your explanation on how rivers are formed was also fantastic, as was your work on fractions!

George A – Well done on completing German work from yesterday. Great grammar, comprehension and Maths work! You are a super star!

Skye – Well done on doing the spelling work! I look forward to getting more amazing work from you. Keep it up!

Ella-Rose – Great work in Maths today! Your spelling work was good too! I loved your picture depicting the journey of a river. Great job!

David – Fab comprehension work. Your work on subtracting fractions was very good. Keep it up, David!

Maisy R – Your presentation on how rivers are made was super impressive! Great computing skills. Your work on fractions was also very good! Great going!

Freddie F – Loved your labelled picture of a river! Keep it up!

Igor – You left me absolutely speechless with your models!! What an inspiring DT work – making Eiffel tower and Big Ben with Lego blocks!! Wow! Your fact file on rivers is also ‘top class’! May be you can share it across both the classes once we are back to school. Your maths work, as always, was also great. You are a star, Igor!

Isaac – Lovely comprehension work and great spelling practice! Loved your creative writing, the best bit for me was where you used Roman numerals to write 12! 🙂 The picture depicting the journey of a river was really lovely. You did well in your Maths work. Keep it up, Isaac!

Freya – Fantastic Maths work and a great depiction of a river along with some super amazing explanations. I’m glad you could guess that the excerpt for comprehension was from James and the giant peach book! You are amazing!

Looking forward to more amazing work from you all!

Mrs Dubey and Mrs Phelps

P.E. – Daily workout with Joe Wicks! https://www.youtube.com/thebodycoachtv

Maths – Click on the following link and have a go at Lesson 2 – Subtract fractions: https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/ Also, remember to have a go at practising your times tables! https://www.lawfordmead.essex.sch.uk/blogs/year3/2020/03/16/times-tables-practice/

English – Reading

Have a go at the reading comprehension. Read the text first (if you don’t understand any of the words, look them up in a dictionary), then answer the questions underneath on a notepad.

‘Good gracious me!’ Aunt Spiker said, ‘What’s that awful noise?’

Both women swing round to look. The noise, of course, had been caused by the peach crashing through the fence that surrounded it, and now, gathering speed every second, it came rolling across the garden towards the place where Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker were standing.

The gaped. They screamed. They started to run. They panicked. They both got in each other’s way. They began pushing and jostling and each one of them was thinking only about saving herself. Aunt Sponge, the fat one, tripped over a box that she’d brought along to keep the money in and fell flat on her face.

Write the answers in full sentences:

1. What did the peach crash through?
2. What was the peach rolling towards?
3. Write 3 things that the Aunts did when they saw the peach rolling.
4. Which Aunt tripped over a box?
5. What had the Aunt brought the box along for?
6. What did Aunt Sponge fall on?

Find your reading book, picture book or magazine and spend some time enjoying reading, either to yourself or to a parent. If you finish your book, why not write a book review: https://www.lawfordmead.essex.sch.uk/blogs/year3/2020/03/16/book-reviews/

Geography – How are rivers formed:

https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/earth/rivers/how-do-rivers-form/

Go on the link above and find as much information as you can on how the rivers are formed.

Now go on another website (bitesize) and see a short video clip on rivers. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z849q6f/articles/z7w8pg8

Using the information gathered from the above links, can you make a poster or write a paragraph explaining how the rivers are formed.

There is a ‘test your knowledge of rivers’ at the bottom of the page on bitesize link. Have a go at it!

Remember to post your work on seesaw!

Mrs Dubey and Mrs Phelps

Hi everyone, We are absolutely thrilled and proud to see your amazing work on seesaw. Thanks for sharing it!! We would love to see more and more of you posting and sharing your learning with us. Let’s now begin with the shout outs…

Zuzanna – Wonderful work on completing the sentences using the prefix. You presented your work very neatly. Lovely work on comprehension too!

Darcy L – Lovely English and History work! Tomorrow, try having a go at doing the work from the blog as well!

Freddie F – Very impressive work Fred!! I’m so proud of you! Fantastic work in English, Maths and Science! Keep it up!

Skye – Lovely to see you making Jelly, Skye. I’m sure it must be yummy!!

George A – Fantastic science work, George. Keep it up! I also loved your video where you are taking on Mr Pearson’s challenge. It was brilliant! You are a star!

Maisy R – absolutely wonderful English and Maths work. I am very impressed with your German presentation! Mrs Lees would also be very proud.

David – I am so proud of you and your work, David. You are always trying to do your best and I can see that in your work that you put on seesaw. I liked your German work a lot. Your spelling work was super too, as was your maths. Keep it up!

Minnie – It was so good to see a post from you, Minnie! I loved the human skeleton that you made and labelled! Keep your posts coming!

Natalie – Brilliant English and Maths work. Well done for doing your German work too! Keep up the great work!

Igor – Fantastic work in Maths, Igor! I saw your challenge work from last week as well and that too was great! Your German and English work were also very good. Keep working and keep posting!

Isaac – Well done Isaac! You seem to have accomplished a lot of tasks today, a special mention about your spectacular art work! It was absolutely stunning. Please keep it safe and once we are back in school, you can do a show and tell about it. I’m impressed to see that you are practising your spellings everyday. Keep it up! You even practised your times tables!! Your German work was also good. Way to go, Isaac!!

Ella – Great English work! I hope after you marked your Maths work you realised your mistake…yes, you are right…you just add the numerators, not the denominators!! As they say, practise makes perfect! I absolutely loved your water gauge!

Unnamed work – There is a lovely skeleton cut out from some one in Aspen that did not have a name. That was a great work. Please remember to name your work next time. There was someone’s maths work too that was not named. Someone in Ash class has done amazing maths work but it does not have a name! Please remember to put your name on your work next time, so that I can give you a shout out too!!

P.E. – Daily workout with Joe Wicks! https://www.youtube.com/thebodycoachtv

Maths – Click on the following link and have a go at Lesson 1 – Add fractions: https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/ Also, remember to have a go at practising your times tables! https://www.lawfordmead.essex.sch.uk/blogs/year3/2020/03/16/times-tables-practice/

English – Spellings:

This week, why not have a go at revising the prefix mis-?

1. What is a prefix? Tell your parents, brother, sister or grandparents over video chat? If you can’t remember, this video clip should remind you: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/english-ks2-wonderful-words-prefixes/zknd7nb

2. Can you add the correct word beginning with mis- to the following sentences?

Words to choose from: misplace, misunderstand, mistake, misuse, misbehave

Please don’t ___________________ me.

No one should ___________________.

Do not ___________ the equipment.

Peter apologised when he made a ___________________.

My mum told me not to __________________ the house keys.

3. Can you look, say, cover, write and check the words using this website?

https://www.spellzone.com/word_lists/look-say-cover-write-check-9613.htm

4. Have a go at these fun games: https://www.spellzone.com/word_lists/games-9613.htm

5. Have a go at this word search:  

https://www.spellzone.com/word_lists/printable-resources/wordsearch-small/wordsearch-9613.htm

6. Can you get a parent, brother, sister or grandparent over video chat to test you on the following words? Mark them together and then keep practising using the games above if you need to! This website has even more words you could learn: https://www.spellzone.com/word_lists/printable-resources/word-list-9613.pdf

Remember to keep practising the Year 3/4 words too! You can find them here along with some fun ideas for practising spellings: https://www.lawfordmead.essex.sch.uk/blogs/year3/2020/03/16/spellings/

English – Reading:

Find your reading book, picture book or magazine and spend some time enjoying reading, either to yourself or to a parent. If you finish your book, why not write a book review: https://www.lawfordmead.essex.sch.uk/blogs/year3/2020/03/16/book-reviews/

German from Frau Lees:

Hallo liebe Kinder!

Have a watch of this video all about school life in Germany: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zp3hfg8

What is the same about school in Germany compared to Lawford Mead?

What is different about school in Germany compared to Lawford Mead?

Have a go at creating a booklet, poster, grid or piece of writing to compare the two schools!

Viel Spaß! Bis bald! (Have fun! Bye for now!)

Looking forward to seeing all your amazing work on Seesaw!

Mrs Dubey and Mrs Phelps