No new task sheet today as it is half term next week. Task sheet for week beginning Monday 1st June will be posted next Friday. Happy half term everyone, stay safe and well! 🌈☀️🌈

Bore da Year 3. Wishing you all a lovely Friday......... the last day of an unusual Spring term! There will be no Working from home task-sheet for the next 2 weeks. Enjoy the Easter holidays, keep working on your NoNonsense spellings, enjoy reading plenty of books allocated to you in Bug Club (including the Bug comprehension questions) and most importantly, have fun and  stay safe and well.    

The Year 3 Team

Big Maths tests online.   

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QQMvmhAEdE6JSS19w9Ixrchak_ZTWvmgrF4PhVBLMAY/edit?usp=sharing

Literacy work for Thursday, Try this link for the book/film review. thank you for your patience!

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1kz6JstHou7cdatKeiBBxKklLDkH2zjry

Twinkl 

 

NEW RESOURCES FROM TWINKL. 

This is the link to free structured daily lessons for 7-9 year olds. (including some live delivery of lessons.) Please feel free to 'dip in and out' if you wish to supplement the work we have already set. The 'Positive News' item looks good. Many thanks for your continued support! Year 3 Staff.

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/home-learning-hub

https://www.twinkl.co.uk
In Year 3, we often use Twinkl for educational resources.  They are currently offering free access to parents so that you can access high quality learning during periods of disruption.  Please use this code: UKTWINKLHELPS to access resources.  Literacy and numeracy resources are often differentiated with a *,**,*** code.  Please choose the sheet that best matches your child's ability.  

With school closures likely over the next few weeks, this list of FREE online education resources was put together by the home ed community 

It’s a non-exhaustive list, that might help those affected by school closures, due to coronavirus.

Khan Academy
https://www.khanacademy.org
Especially good for maths and computing for all ages but other subjects at Secondary level. Note this uses the U.S. grade system but it's mostly common material.

BBC Learning
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/coursesearch/
This site is old and no longer updated and yet there's so much still available, from language learning to BBC Bitesize for revision. No TV licence required except for content on BBC iPlayer.

Futurelearn
https://www.futurelearn.com
Free to access 100s of courses, only pay to upgrade if you need a certificate in your name (own account from age 14+ but younger learners can use a parent account).

Seneca
https://www.senecalearning.com
For those revising at GCSE or A level. Tons of free revision content. Paid access to higher level material.

Openlearn
https://www.open.edu/openlearn/
Free taster courses aimed at those considering Open University but everyone can access it. Adult level, but some e.g. nature and environment courses could well be of interest to young people.

Blockly
https://blockly.games
Learn computer programming skills - fun and free.

Scratch
https://scratch.mit.edu/explore/projects/games/
Creative computer programming

Ted Ed
https://ed.ted.com
All sorts of engaging educational videos

National Geographic Kids
https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/
Activities and quizzes for younger kids.

Duolingo
https://www.duolingo.com
Learn languages for free. Web or app.

Mystery Science
https://mysteryscience.com
Free science lessons

The Kids Should See This
https://thekidshouldseethis.com
Wide range of cool educational videos

Crash Course
https://thecrashcourse.com
You Tube videos on many subjects

Crash Course Kids
https://m.youtube.com/user/crashcoursekids
As above for a younger audience

Crest Awards
https://www.crestawards.org
Science awards you can complete from home.

iDEA Awards
https://idea.org.uk
Digital enterprise award scheme you can complete online.

Paw Print Badges
https://www.pawprintbadges.co.uk
Free challenge packs and other downloads. Many activities can be completed indoors. Badges cost but are optional.

Tinkercad
https://www.tinkercad.com
All kinds of making.

Prodigy Maths
https://www.prodigygame.com
Is in U.S. grades, but good for UK Primary age.

Cbeebies Radio
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio
Listening activities for the younger ones.

Nature Detectives
https://naturedetectives.woodlandtrust.org.uk/naturedetectives/
A lot of these can be done in a garden, or if you can get to a remote forest location!

British Council
https://www.britishcouncil.org/school-resources/find
Resources for English language learning

Oxford Owl for Home
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/
Lots of free resources for Primary age

Big History Project
https://www.bighistoryproject.com/home
Aimed at Secondary age. Multi disciplinary activities.

Geography Games
https://world-geography-games.com/world.html
Geography gaming!

Blue Peter Badges
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/joinin/about-blue-peter-badges
If you have a stamp and a nearby post box.

The Artful Parent
https://www.facebook.com/artfulparent/
Good, free art activities

Red Ted Art
https://www.redtedart.com
Easy arts and crafts for little ones

The Imagination Tree
https://theimaginationtree.com
Creative art and craft activities for the very youngest.

Toy Theater
https://toytheater.com/
Educational online games

DK Find Out
https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/?fbclid=IwAR2wJdpSJSeITf4do6aPhff8A3tAktnmpaxqZbkgudD49l71ep8-sjXmrac
Activities and quizzes

Twinkl
https://www.twinkl.co.uk
This is more for printouts, and usually at a fee, but they are currently offering a month of free access to parents. 🌟

 

 

 

Welcome to Year 3
 

Class Information
The class teachers are Mrs Doyle 3D,Mrs Vanstone and Miss Stephens 3VS.

Our teaching assistants are Mrs. Price and Mrs. Shah.  They support class lessons throughout the week and provide interventions.  

 

PE and Games
Year 3 pupils must wear a change of clothing for PE and games activities. A navy T-shirt and navy blue shorts are required and trainers or similar footwear. Navy t-shirts may be purchased from YC Sports. Children will not be allowed to participate without suitable clothing.

Days for PE:
Every Tuesday both classes.  In the summer, this may change and become more frequent.

During colder weather, tracksuits or other warm clothing may be worn.

Homework
Every week we will endeavour to give your children a new reading book, Maths homework, an interactive reading book which we cover in GGR sessions and every other week, spelling lists. Also we will send home their Big Maths tests every week for the children to practise any questions they found difficult. 

Children can access maths, reading and spelling on Active Learn (Bug Club).  To log in, each child needs to enter a username which is the first four letters of their first and last name with no spaces in lower case.  The password is 'changeme' and the school code is qlq7. 

Spellings need to be practised daily for a test every Friday. We have adopted a new spelling strategy this year called 'no nonsense spelling'.  We upload your child's spelling lists on Google classroom on a regular basis.  Spellings come from two sources - a statutory list for year 3 children as well as focussed patterns that we are learning about in school.  Testing is undertaken half termly in school.

Snack Arrangements 
This is arranged via the office through parentpay.  Let us know if you have any difficulties.
 

Our Cornerstones Context for Learning this term is called 'Predator'.

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Year 3 Parent Overview –Spring

Context – ‘Predator’

 

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We will learn to:

• use good manners, respect the needs of others and show a responsible attitude.
• listen carefully and respond to instructions correctly.
• use the Internet and research books to carry out context based research in school and at home.
• use a thesaurus to extend vocabulary.
• recite 2,3,4, and 8 and times table instantly and confidently.
• use an I-pad effectively.
• continue to write neatly using a handwriting pencil to produce joined script and underline with a ruler where appropriate.
• extend writing by including adjectives, adverbs and more complex punctuation, as well as more complex sentences.
• read more texts with expression, fluency and accuracy.
• develop the skill of editing and re-drafting work in order to improve the standard.
• become confident at applying literacy and numeracy skills across the curriculum.
• continue to use our everyday Welsh vocabulary with 'Helper heddiw'.

 

We teach the children four main sentence types. These are called Alan Peat sentences and these help the children to develop their writing abilities. the four sentences are BOYS, 2ad, simile and 3-ed.