Year 3

In English, Year 3 have been carrying out lots of wonderful research linked to our Topic on the Celts. Below is a link to a booklet containing lots of interesting information:

http://www.nicurriculum.org.uk/cuchulainn/pdf_eng/unit2/EnglishCeltsPupil.pdf

Welcome Back

We hope you have had a great Christmas break. Here are some fantastic examples of some of the children’s holiday homework. Well done!

Holiday Homework

Hope you have an amazing Christmas break. Eat, sleep and make wonderful memories. Enjoy your holiday and we look forward to your return in Spring 1.

Topic Project

Are you a master of magic?

Pick your favourite magical character and then tell us about them in different ways (be as creative as you can!) You can do this however you wish. You could:

Design a poster
Create a presentation using PowerPoint
Create a model

Maths

Mystery at Dragonspire Castle Maths Game. Can you solve the clues to find out who the culprit is?

Key Instant Recall Facts (Year 3 – Autumn 1). Practise learning the place value of each digit in a three-digit number.

Spellings

Write a magical sentence for each of these words:

appear	disappear	imagine	ordinary	peculiar
special	surprise	famous	extreme	experiment

Mathletics and Times table Rockstars

Don’t forget to keep going on it! You can still achieve certificates over the holidays!

Reading journals

Please try to complete at least one task during the holidays!

Visit to Manchester Airport

Some lucky Year 3 children were given the opportunity to visit Manchester Airport, learning about different jobs and roles at the airport and having a look at what happens behinds the scenes. They were able to view planes taking off and landing, have a look on board an aircraft and even got the chance to see a Concorde! Did you know they could travel 1350mph?

Anti-Bullying Week

As part of the Anti-Bullying Week next week ,Year 3 will be looking at understanding the difference between a victim, a bystander and a perpetrator. We will be discussing different scenarios and sharing ideas and advice about what to do from all three perspectives.

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Amazing Holiday Homework

Welcome back to Year 3. We hope you had an amazing holiday and have been extremely impressed with the efforts put into the holiday homework projects. Below are some of the fantastic chocolatey work completed by your Year 3 children.

Fantastic Holiday Homework

Year 3 have carried out lots of research about the Romans of the Easter break. We have had some fantastic and creative pieces of work come through. Well done! Below are some amazing examples.

Easter Holiday Homework

Topic Project

Who has invaded us?

Carry out some research about the Romans (be as creative as you can!). You can do this however you wish. You could:

Design a poster
Create a presentation using PowerPoint
Create a model
Design your own Roman Symbol

Maths

Make sure you know your multiplication and division facts for the 3 and 4 times tables.

Don’t forget to keep going on Matheletics and Times Table Rockstars! You can still achieve certificates over the holidays!

Spellings – Write sentences for each of these words:

invention
action
hesitation
decision
illusion
vision
revision
permission
discussion
confession

Reading journals

Please try to complete at least one task during the holidays!

Holiday Homework

Year 3 carried out lots of research about a variety of countries across Europe as part of their holiday homework. Well done! Below are a few of the amazing examples.

Holiday Homework

Can we explore the world?

Choose a country from Europe. Find all about your chosen country (food, culture, clothing, currency…etc?)

Present your findings in any way you choose, a poster, a fact file, be as creative as you can.

Please remember to continue working on Mathletics, Times Tables Rockstars and your reading journal tasks over the holidays.

We will be handing out certificates achieved in our honours assembly on the first Friday back.

Have a lovely relaxing break,

Mr Dunderdale, Miss Knowles and Mrs Choudhery

BBC live lesson

Year 3 really enjoyed the BBC live lesson for the 500 words writing competition. They took part in creative story writing which really focused on the use of their imagination muscles to develop their ideas. They even got the chance to listen to a wonderful short story being read by David Walliams!

Year 3 Holiday Homework

Have you ever thought about what would make the perfect chocolate bar? Would it have a hard or a soft centre? Chewy or crunchy? Perhaps it would have an unusual flavour or texture.

This is your chance to design your ideal chocolate bar!

If you want to sell your chocolate bar you need to advertise it. Your first task is to create a poster which will make this wonderful delight fly off the shelves. What will your bar be called? Make sure that in your poster you describe the taste, smell and texture of it. What is in it? What will make people buy it?

Your second task is to make the packaging for your creation. You could draw it or use collage materials (such as sweet papers that may well be around over the holidays!). Make it stand out and be one of a kind.

We look forward to seeing your creations – we might have to send some of your ideas to Willy Wonka.

Finally, if you have any unusual shapes of chocolate boxes in your house please save them and bring them into school on the first day back for us to look at.

Please remember to continue working on Mathletics, Times Tables Rockstars and your reading journal tasks over the holidays. We will be handing out certificates achieved in our honours assembly on the first Friday back.

Have a lovely relaxing break,

Mr Dunderdale, Miss Knowles and Mrs Choudhery

Year 3 Christmas letter, Dec 2018

Holiday Homework

Topic Project

How brave a warrior are you?

Carry out some research about the Celts (be as creative as you can!). You can do this however you wish. You could:

Design a poster
Create a presentation using PowerPoint
Create a model
Design your own Celtic knot

Maths

Can you complete the addition pyramids?

Key instant recall facts (Year 3 – Autumn 2). Make sure you know your multiplication and division facts for the 3 times table.

Spellings – Write a sentence for each of these words:

interest
island
knowledge
learn
length
library
material
medicine
mention
minute

Mathletics – Don’t forget to keep going on it! You can still achieve certificates over the holidays!

Reading journals – Please try to complete at least one task during the holidays!

WELCOME BACK YEAR 3

We hope that everyone had a lovely holiday and are back ready to begin Key Stage 2. We were really pleased to see all the amazing homework that was done over the summer holidays.

Our curriculum this term is based around the text Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling. We are already one chapter in and hooked! In English we will be focusing a lot of our reading and writing around the book and other magical texts. During maths lessons we are focusing on number and place value with numbers up to a thousand. In Science we are looking at Forces and Magnets, while in Computing we will be learning all about communication using email. During D&T we will be looking at creating clay models of our own magical creatures based on ideas we get from our reading.

PE days :

3.1 Monday

3.2 Wednesday

3.3 Wednesday

There may be an extra PE session on some Tuesday mornings – the teachers will inform the children the week before their slot.

We are focusing a lot on reading in year 3 and would appreciate it if you could support your children in reading for pleasure and completing the reading journal activities on a regular basis.

Homework will be sent home every week and must be completed and returned on time. We are preparing the children for the future and homework tasks will be set to help consolidate the learning for the week.

All children have been provided with their login details for Mathletics. This app can be used on most devices and is a fantastic resource to support your children’s mathematical development. If a child achieves 1000 points in a week, they will be awarded a certificate and the class with the most certificates each week will receive the Mathletics trophy to display in their classroom.

Thank you for all you support and we look forward to sharing our learning with you throughout the year.

The Year 3 teachers,

Mr Dunderdale, Miss Knowles & Mrs Choudhery

Holiday Homework

As our topic for next term is about the volcanoes and earthquakes,

we would like you to research one of these areas during the holidays. You could choose from:

Investigate current world news on volcanoes
Investigate the eruption of Pompeii
Make your own volcano
Draw / label world map showing the earthquake regions

We would like you to find out and record as much information as you can and if possible, using some form of IT. For example;

A typed up report using a word document
A power point presentation
Photos and typed text
A video
A poster using Paint / or other drawing facility

Be creative!!

As well as your topic homework we would like you to complete the Mathletics tasks set, complete at least one reading journal task and practice the KIRFs in your Maths homework book. Here are some spellings for you to practice too for a test on the first week back.

mountain
eruption
lava
earthquake
magma
dormant
geysers
crater
fault

Have a wonderful and restful break. Year 3 Teachers

Holiday Homework

As our topic next term is about Romans, we would like you to research one of these areas during the holidays. You can chose from:

The Roman Empire
Julius Caesar
The Roman Army
Hadrian’s Wall
Roman music
Roman Gods

Or anything else of your choice!

We would like you to find out and record as much information as you can and if possible, using some form of IT. For example;

A typed up report using a word document
A PowerPoint presentation
Photos and typed text
A video
A poster using Paint/ or other drawing facility

Be creative!!

accident
experiment
grammar
imagine
ordinary
particular
remember
separate
through

Have a wonderful and restful break. Year 3 Teachers

Our Amazing Holiday Homework

We are proud to show you a selection of the homework returned to school. A great effort all round.

Holiday Homework

Choose a country to research during the holidays. We would like you to find out and record as much information as you can about a European country. For example;

Weather
Famous landmarks
Wealth
Culture
Religion
Language
Famous people from that country

Try to gather as much information as you can as you will be using it to support your learning when you return to school. You can present your information in any way that you wish. This could include a poster, PowerPoint, model or information leaflet. Be creative!!

As well as your topic homework we would like you to complete the Mathletics tasks set, complete at least one reading journal task and practice the KIRFs in your maths homework book. Here are some spellings for you to practice too for a test on the first week back.

brochure
chalet
charade
chef
chute
machine
moustache
parachute
chandelier

Have a wonderful and restful break.

Year 3 Teachers

Year 3 Holiday Homework

Have you ever thought about what would make the perfect chocolate bar? Would it have a hard or a soft centre? Chewy or crunchy? Perhaps it would have an unusual flavour or texture.

This is your chance to design your ideal chocolate bar!

If you want to sell your chocolate bar you need to advertise it. Your first task is to create a poster which will make this wonderful delight fly off the shelves. What will your bar be called? Make sure that in your poster you describe the taste, smell and texture of it. What is in it? What will make people buy it?

Your second task is to make the packaging for your creation. You could draw it or use collage materials (such as the sweet papers that may well be around over the holidays!). Make it stand out and be one of a kind.

We look forward to seeing your creations – we might have to send some of your ideas to Willy Wonka.

Finally, if you have any unusual shapes of chocolate boxes in your house please save them and bring them into school on the first Tuesday back for us to look at.

Please remember to continue working on Mathletics and your reading journal tasks over the holidays.

Have a lovely relaxing break,

Mr Dunderdale, Mrs Paskin, Mrs Germaine, Mrs Hunter-Smith and Mrs Ellis-Barker.

Thank you to Year 3 for your amazing holiday homework!

Year 3 Holiday Homework

Topic Project

How brave a warrior are you?

Carry out some research about the Celts (be as creative as you can!). You can do this however you wish. You could:

Design a poster
Create a presentation using PowerPoint
Create a model
Design your own Celtic knot

Maths

Can you complete the Place Value Challenge and the Addition Pyramids?

Key Instant Recall Facts (Year 3 – Autumn 2). Make sure you know your multiplication and division facts for the 3 times table.

Spellings – Write a sentence for each of these words:

interest	island	knowledge	learn	length
library	material	medicine	mention	minute

Mathletics – Don’t forget to keep going on it! You can still achieve certificates over the holidays!

Reading journals –
Please try to complete at least one task during the holidays!

Class 3.1 make magical creatues

Class 3.1 have been making magical creatures out of clay. We have enjoyed being creative! Look at some of our creatures

Welcome back Year 3

We hope that everyone had a lovely holiday and are back ready to begin Key Stage 2. We were really pleased to see all the amazing homework that was done over the summer holidays.

Our curriculum this term is based around the text Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling. We are already one chapter in and hooked! In English we will be focusing most of our reading and writing around the book and other magical texts. During maths lessons we are focusing on number and place value with numbers up to a thousand. In Science we are looking at Forces and Magnets, while in Computing we will be learning all about communication using email. During D&T we will be looking at creating clay models of our own magical creatures based on ideas we get from our reading.

PE days :

3.1 Wednesday

3.2 Thursday

3.3 Monday

There may be an extra PE session on some Tuesday mornings – the teachers will inform the children the week before their slot.

We are focusing a lot on reading in year 3 and would appreciate it if you could support your children in reading for pleasure and completing the reading journal activities on a regular basis.

Thank you for all you support and we look forward to sharing our learning with you throughout the year.

The Year 3 teachers,

Mrs Paskin, Mrs Germaine & Mr Dunderdale