Year
3
Welcome to Year 3!
Meet the Team -
Class teacher: Ms Hammett-Kay
Teaching assistants: Mrs Coombes and Mrs McGrillen
A typical day in Year 3:
Each day starts with a Busy Book activity, which may have a literacy, numeracy or creative focus, before we gather together in the hall for assembly or song practise. Back in class we have Mental Maths, followed by numeracy, working on our current maths focus through a range of activities. After break we have a session working on grammar, spelling or punctuation, followed by our main writing session for the day.
In Literacy and Mathematics in Year 3, we follow the New National Curriculum. Much of our writing is linked in to our termly topic, using great texts and visual stimuli to develop our creativity and imagination and to grow our general knowledge, whilst also developing us as confident, fluent readers and writers.
In the afternoon we normally have a chance to read together, plus activities exploring the wider curriculum, including science, history, geography, languages, P.E. and art. In science this year we will be learning about light and shadows, forces, the changing world, plants, rocks and bodies and the foods that keep those bodies healthy.
We have fantastic topics this year, starting off in Ancient Egypt, before travelling back to Britain for the Stone Age, and then staying in Britain to learn all about life in the Iron Age, where we will meet early Britons like the Celts, and the invading Romans. This will be the perfect opportunity of course to meet Minimus, and start to learn some Latin!
Listen to Mrs Williams reading you a story!
Home Learning Music Resources
https://www.servicesforeducation.co.uk/blog/advice-for-parents/primary-music-resources/
How to Use Purple Mash
Activities for home to develop life skills
Music services have developed an online learning platform for pupils to access, it features over 350 bite-size video clips of their teachers delivering mini lessons.
There is a unique username and password for Fairway and would be applicable to all instrumentalists at the school.
Username: fairwaypr
Password: 7VCxFb4r
Art Focus
Kandinsky Numeracy Art project
The Crafty Fox - Art ideas for home
Home Learning 13.07.20
Weekly learning 13.07.20 PRINTER FRIENDLY
I've gone wrong - see if you can correct the P for me.
Sudoku - So easy a caveman could do it.
Sudoku- Easy as an ice cube recipe
Try out Max's scone recipe - they look completely delicious!
Writing Achievement statements - Tips to keep you ticking over!
Year 3 and 4 spellings - See if you know all of the easier ones now.
Home Learning 06.07.20
Weekly learning 06.07.20 PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION
Numeracy - capacity and mass challenges
Reading Activities
A Horde of Ravens Sequencing Ch4
A Horde of Ravens Open Ended Qs Ch4
Beth On The Nile Ch2 Sequencing
Beth On The Nile Open Ended Questions
Beth On The Nile SPaG Questions
Home Learning 29.06.20
Weekly learning 29.06.20 PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION
Check out Aleeza's lovely poetry this week.
Literacy - How to paint a picture for your reader
Literacy - The Islands of Adventure
Read Georgia's 'Future Biography' and discover her rise in the world of wild cats!
Read Jessica's 'Future Biography' to learn how she will save the world's bee populations!
Reasoning and problem solving challenges for measures
Spellings - r words in sentences
Reading Activities
A Horde of Ravens Sequencing Ch3
A Horde of Ravens Open Ended Qs Ch3
Mary Anning Open Ended Questions
Mary Anning Sequencing activity
Home Learning 22.06.20
Weekly learning 22.06.20 PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION
A Day in the Life of a Dairy Farmer
American Museum Bath Discovery sheet - quilt squares
FAQs Oak National Academy - Primary parents and pupils
Roman Baths - Mindful Art Activities
Roman Baths - Mosaic activity sheet
Waves and waterfalls - Literacy
Reading Activities
Beth On The Nile Ch 7 Chapter Sequencing
Beth On The Nile Ch 7 Open Ended Qs
A Horde of Ravens Sequencing Ch2
A Horde of Ravens Open Ended Qs Ch2
Examples of Work by Year 3
Great work from Aleeza too using our new target vocabulary for geometry
Look at Ellie-Mae's excellent work on polygons
Look at Max's clear descriptions of polygons
Home Learning 15.06.20
Weekly learning 15.06.20 PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION
Aleeza's Rise to Fame - A Future Biography
Amber Smith - The Roman Invasion was Good for Britain - read this excellent persuasive piece!
Eva's Rise to Fame - A Future Biography
Lewis' Rise to Fame - A Future Biography
Lines - numeracy picture prompt
Wassily Kandinsky, Delicate Tension #85
Year-3-spellings-prefix-in- Practise activity
Year-3-spellings-prefix-in-Spelling lists
Reading Activities
Beth On The Nile - Ch6 Chapter Sequencing
Beth On The Nile - Ch6 Open Ended Qs
A Horde of Ravens - Sequencing Ch1
A Horde of Ravens - Open Ended Qs Ch1
Home Learning 08.06.20
Weekly learning PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION
Boudicca - Hero or Villain, by Emily
Colour coding angles - estimating challenge
Geometry - target properties vocabulary
Iron - Geography of the West Country
Poetry Language Features - Prompt list
The Book of Hopes - A Way to the Stars, by David Almond
The Book of Hopes - Balcony Picnic, by Michelle Magorian
The Book of Hopes - Hope or Learning the Language of Birds, by Jackie Morris
Year-3-spellings-prefix-un- Practise activity
Year-3-spellings-prefix-un- Spelling lists
Amazing Grace - recorder music
Handwriting - using apostrophes
Reading Activities
Beth On The Nile Ch5 Sequencing
Beth On The Nile Ch5_Open Ended Qs
Home Learning 01.06.20
Weekly Planning PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION
Iron Age and Roman Era - A Street Through Time
Lightly Row - new recorder piece
Science - graphic organiser for challenge 3
Test questions - easy to standard
Time Problems - how to work out durations
Time word problems - durations
The Crafty Fox - Art ideas for home
Reading Activities
Beth On The Nile Ch4 Sequencing
Beth On The Nile Ch4 Open Ended Qs
The Last Selkie C4 Open Ended Qs
Home Learning - Whitsun Week
Home Learning 18.05.20
Weekly Planning PRINTER FRIENDLY
30 days hath September rhyme to learn
Building up detail - Charlie at the factory gates
Gifts to the water - Early Beliefs
Weekly spellings - m and n words
The Chocolate Room - brilliant descriptive writing by Jessica - check it out!
Handwriting for Friday - Using prefixes
Reading Activities
Beth On The Nile Ch 3 Chapter Sequencing
Beth On The Nile Ch3 Open Ended Qs
Mary Anning Ch 3 Open Ended Qs
The Last Selkie Ch3 Open Ended Qs
The Last Selkie Ch3 Sequencing
Home Learning 11.05.20
Weekly Learning PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION
Close reading - The Chocolate Room
This challenge is about chocolate
Venn formats - take your pick!
Countdown Challenge 2 Thursday
Weaving Project - Week Two, Part 1
Weaving Project - Week Two, Part 2
Weaving Project - Week Two, Part 3
Reading Activities
Beth On The Nile Ch2 Sequencing
Beth On The Nile Open Ended Questions
Beth On The Nile SPaG Questions
Mary Anning C2 Open Ended Questions
The Last Selkie C2 Open Ended Questions
Home Learning 04.05.20
Fraction Choice Challenge - WEDNESDAY
Yr 3 and 4 Spellings by spelling patterns
Recorder music - Ode to Joy by Beethoven
Reading Activities
Beth On The Nile Chapter 1 Sequencing activity
Beth On The Nile Open Ended Questions
Beth On The Nile SPAG activity
Mary Anning Open Ended Questions
Mary Anning Sequencing activity
The Last Selkie Open Ended Questions
The Last Selkie Sequencing activity
The Last Selkie SPaG questions
Home Learning 27.04.20
JOHANN GUTENBERG BLUE Comprehension
Big Ben Gets a Bath GREEN comprehension
Peacemakers Circle Time Activity
BCC Agreed RE Curriculum For A Mainly Christian School - Y3 Overview
RE Being Accountable & Living with Integrity - The Story of The Challenge of Iblis
Home Learning 20.04.20
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Handwriting lesson for Friday 24th
Class Newsletter - Easter
Easter Activities for Children's University
A great illustration of Peter Rabbit in the style of Lydia Monks by Amber Sm
Baking a batch of Hot Cross buns - what have you been cooking or baking..
Even more eggs - Miss got carried away!
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Getting out the glitter for the German inspired Easter trees that I sent you! Send me pictures of ones you made and keep them safe for when we are back.
Kandinsky themed art from Jessica and Georgia - looking gorgeous. Get going on yours people!
Making home-made eggs - these moulds have never made it out of the cupboard before! Make sure that you make the most of the time at home.
Home Learning 30.03.20
While we can’t be in our classroom together, some pictures of our current Working Walls might be a useful prompt for some of your learning.
Look at our Literacy wall when you are starting your story plans – remember that drawing your story plan can be a great way to get ideas going and to really put yourself in the action! Think too about our senses challenge – can you bring the setting alive to your reader by only using the senses of sound and smell?
Now could be a great time to grow your geographical knowledge. Talk someone at home through what is on our Geography Working Wall at the moment, and then challenge each other to:
* Name ten counties in England.
* Name ten countries in Europe.
* Name five countries in Africa…South America…Asia…
* How many capital cities can you name?
* Can you name two key rivers on each continent?
We’ve worked on superlative adjectives in grammar, so now would be a great time to find out the deepest lake, the highest mountain, the longest coastline…
Google Earth have recently updated their site – the Voyager area is full of wonders… Have fun!
Class 3 have started to read Stig of the Dump as part of our Stone Age studies, which we have explored with fantastic writing in our daily literacy, also using the Fire Child resources from The Museum of London.
Our first foray into cave paintings was in the dark, with paper on the underside of tables, using berries squashed into clay for colour variations and only the flickering light of a few candles to help us see what we were drawing!
For World Book Day we took Stig’s Dump as inspiration to decorate our class door. This time we could work on the tables(!), using a mix of charcoals and soft pastels, working to sketch some of the creatures that would have roamed these islands - and been hunted - tens of thousands of years ago.
Activity
1. First cut up an old carton into small tile shapes.
2. Secondly, draw different icons on each tile.
3. When you've got about 50 tiles or so, put them all face down.
4. The first person turns over nine tiles, and then starts telling their story!
Kandinsky Numeracy Art project
To do, to make, to create... keep choosing something off yours to try next!
Ready to eat!
Homework Activities
26.03.20
Science
LO: I can explain how rocks are affected by factors in the environment.
How do rocks change over time?
- Look at the images of the rocks – can you say what kind of rocks any of them are?
- How do you think these rocks might have changed over time?
- What might have caused this?
Draw a mini-picture of each image and then a caption for each explaining why you think it has weathered in this way.
Composing Their First Music
Cross-stitching Inspire workshop
Designing a Reflective Panel
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Mummified Orange
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Blackberry Picking
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