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Tuesday 30th June 2020

30/6/2020

Buenos días Year 3s! Thank you for being super positive during lockdown and remember, it’s okay not to be okay all of the time. Have a go at finding a way out of the maze to help untangle your thoughts. Click on the image below to download the sheet.

Here is an uplifting story about the power of hope. To listen to Rain Before Rainbows, click on the picture below and scroll down. If you would like to read it later, ask an adult to help download a free copy of the story by clicking on the button.

Did you know today is the last day of June? Here is a well-known rhyme to help remind you of the number of days in each month.

Download a free copy of Rain Before Rainbows

Here is today’s timetable:

Thank you year 3s for working really hard! We are so proud of you and can't wait to see you all again. We love reading your amazing work so if you would like to send work in, email us at: year3@bgfjs.org (remember to write your name!). Take a look at some work by Yusuf K, Rayan R, Surah, Zakariya, Ridwan, Mutasim and Sahra.

9-9.30: Dance workout with Benjamin Allen. Listen to the instructions and enjoy yourself!

If you would like to challenge yourself, have a go at Emma’s PE challenge – wall sit.

Emma's PE challenge - Wall Sit from Blue Gate Fields Junior School on Vimeo.

Lesson 1: Numeracy

1) Warm-up: Download the sheet. Find and mark all the hidden number words. One has already been done for you.

Challenge: Write these numerals in words. Can you order them from smallest to largest? How did you know what to do?

     a. 27
     b. 49
     c. 101
     d. 111
     e. 1011

2) Watch the video about finding numbers on a number line.

3) Look at these two number lines. What do you notice? What’s the same? What’s different? Use one of these sentences starters to explain:

I notice that…
What’s the same is…
What’s different is…

4) Today, we are practising placing numbers on a number line. Place the numbers in the green boxes on the number line. Remember to use your place value knowledge to help! One has been done for you.

Challenge:
a. Have a go at placing these numbers on the number line.

b. Place seven hundred and twenty five on each of the number lines below.

Explain why seven hundred and twenty five is not at the same place on each number line. Use these sentence starters to help explain:

In my opinion, seven hundred and twenty five is not at the same place on each number line because…

Looking closely at each number line, I think seven hundred and twenty five is not at the same place because…

I think seven hundred and twenty five is not at the same place on each number line because…

Break: It’s break time. Time for a little stretch. Remember to wash your hands with soap for 20 seconds before getting something to eat!

Read each speech bubble. Click on the image to download the sheet. Can you spot them all?

Lesson 2: Literacy

1) Warm-up: Download the sheet. Read the text on word families before having a go at the questions. If you’re not sure, watch the video to refresh your memory on word families.

2) Download the sheets. This illustration is taken from the story we are reading today. What do you think this story might be about? Look at the illustration and make a prediction. Try to use the conjunction because to extend your ideas. Use one of these sentence starters to help explain:

I predict this story might be about… because...
Looking closely at the illustration, I predict this story might be about… I think this because…
In my opinion, I predict the story is about… because

3) Let’s listen to the story The King who banned the Dark written and illustrated by Emily Haworth-Booth. While you listen, have a go at answering these questions [Tip: replay the video to listen to the story again]:

Vocabulary for The King Who Banned the Dark

a. Why do you think the king was scared of the dark?

I think the king was scared of the dark because…
Having listened to the story, I think the king was scared of the dark because…

b. What does the word banned mean?

In my opinion, I think the word banned means… I think this because…

c. Do you think the people thought he was a good king? Why or why not?

I think the people thought he was a _____ king because...
In my opinion, I think the people thought he was a _____ king. This is because…

d. If you were a king or a queen, what rule would you make and why?

If I were a king, I would… because…
If I were a queen, I would… because…

4) Would it be better to be always in light or always in darkness?

a. Complete this table with reasons to be always in light and reasons to be always in darkness. Think about things you can do in the light and in the darkness.

b. Turn two of the reasons listed in the table into sentences using these sentence starters and the conjunction because to extend your ideas.

I think it would be better to be always in light because…
In my opinion, it would be better to be always in dark because…

5) Click on the image below to download a fun activity pack for the story. Have fun doing the activities!

Lunch: It’s time for lunch! Try to eat a balanced meal where there are different types of food to help your body get the right amount of nutrition to work properly. Before you eat, remember to wash your hands with soap for 20 seconds!

Click on the image to download the sheet and have a go at these puzzles!

Lesson 3: Spanish

Hola! ¿Qué tal? We have been learning vocabulary about our family in Spanish.

1) Watch this new video of a boy describing his family tree:

2) Now, download the sheet to complete this activity. Look at this picture of a family tree. Fill in the blank boxes using the vocabulary on family or make your own family tree!

Challenge: Practise writing sentences in Spanish like the ones in the video. Watch the video again to refresh your memory.

Example: Esta es Ana, mi mama. Ella tiene 37 años.
(This is Ana, my mom. She is 37 years old.)

End of the day:

Amazing work today! Well done for putting in so much effort into your learning. Let’s listen to a story to unwind and relax.

Today’s story, Trouble Gum is written and illustrated by Matthew Cordell. Can you predict what this story might be about?

Remember to also aim to read 20-30 minutes each day and get someone to ask questions about what you have read. Go to Active Learn (Bug Club) or read a book. Remember, reading a magazine or newspaper counts too!

Enjoy the rest of your day and we shall see you tomorrow for another fun-filled day of learning. Ciao!

Monday 29th June 2020

29/6/2020

Good morning and welcome to another week of learning. We hope you had a nice weekend and are keeping happy.

A GIGANTIC thank you to everyone who emails us and sends their brilliant learning. Have a look at Fridays' work sent in by Yusuf K, Rayan R, Zakariya, Surah, Ridwan, Sahra, Rafe and Mustasim!
Keep up the fantastic effort Year 3!

Here is today's timetable:

9-9.30: It's Monday so Joe Wicks is here and ready to wake your body and mind! Remember to drink lots of water after!

Lesson 1: Literacy
Today, we are going to explore how characters are created and write a character description.

When authors create a new character they have to know everything about them. This means answering a lot of questions about what that character is like.
Watch the video below to see how this is done.

Authors need to know everything about their characters so they know how they will act throughout the story.
They ask themselves questions like:

What's the character's name?
How does the character behave?
What do they like to do?
How old are they?
What do they feel and what are they thinking?

Play the video below to hear ex-England player Eniola Aluko read an extract from Matilda by Roald Dahl.

Listen carefully to the conversation between Matilda and Miss Trunchbull and think about what each character is like.

Activity 1
Complete the table below. You need to think of two more adjectives (describing words) for each of the characters. You can download the activity sheet here.
Top tip: Think about what the characters say and do.

Choose three of the adjectives and explain how you know that by referring to what happened in the story.
Use the word ‘because’.
For example: I know that Matilda is brave because she stands up to Miss Trunchbull.

Activity 2
Imagine you are writing a story set in a school, like in Matilda.

You’re going to create a character that would be in that story. It could be anyone - the head teacher, a teacher, a student, a coach, a caretaker.

Complete the ‘Character Profile’ activity sheet. You need to draw your character in the centre of the page and then fill in the surrounding boxes with information about them.

If you can’t print the activity sheet, you can draw your character and answer the questions on a piece of paper instead.

You can see a bigger version and download the activity sheet here

Activity 3
Read this character description of a school caretaker called Mr Simmons.
He is a kind and happy person who likes to help others. This is shown through his actions.
You can see a bigger version and download the activity sheet here.

Write your own character description using the character profile your filled out in Activity 2.
You should write between five and ten sentences.
Top tip!
Try to include:

What your character looks like.
What their job or role is.
What their personality is like.
Their actions – what they do in the school.

We’d be really interested to read your character descriptions! Please send your learning to year3@bgfjs.org

Break: Time for a break. Grab yourself a drink and get ready to become calm and relaxed in the Zen Den.

Or maybe you’d like to learn some interesting "Did you know?" facts to tell your friends and family? Click below to start!

Lesson 2: Numeracy
Activity 1. Practice your 8 times table at Jet2 Blast.

Jet2Blast

Activity 2.
Today we are going to learn how to recognise and compare different types of angles.
Watch the video below to remind yourself what an angle is.
Afterwards, why not have a look around for some different types of angles?

An angle is the space between two lines that start at the same point.
We measure angles in degrees. The degree symbol looks like this °. We show it next to a number like this 90°.

Types of angles
Angles can be between 0° and 360° (which is a full circle) and depending on the size of the angle, they are called different things:

A right angle looks like the corner of a square or the edge of a book.
It is a perfect 90°, which is often shown by a small square drawn in between the two lines.

An acute angle is an angles that is less than 90°. This makes them smaller than a right angle.
A good way to remember this angle is to think that because it is small, it is “a cute” angle.

An obtuse angle is an angle that is bigger than 90° degrees, but doesn’t reach a straight line at 180°.

When you compare two angles, you have to think to yourself, is it smaller or bigger than 90°?

Example 1: Look at this shape, known as a quadrilateral (a four-sided, two-dimensional shape).
Angle A is a right angle.

Which angles are acute angles?
Look carefully at the other angles and compare them to the right angle. Which angles are smaller?

B and D are acute angles because they’re clearly smaller than a right angle.
That means angle C is an obtuse angle because it is larger than angle A.

Example 2:
Are any of the angles below obtuse?

Compare each angle to a right angle again - which are bigger than 90°?

A and D are obtuse since they’re clearly larger than a right angle.
B and C are acute angles then.

Activity 2.
Practise comparing and recognising angles with this fun worksheet.
You can see a bigger version and download the activity here.

You can download the answers here.

Activity 3.
Complete chapter 1 - 4 of this interactive lesson to learn more about angles. Click below to begin.

Well done for your hard work, remember to send us a picture of your work here year3@bgfjs.org

Lunch: It’s time to take a nice, long brain break and eat something healthy and drink lots of water. Remember to wash your hands for 20 seconds!

Riddle: What has to be broken before you can use it?
Answer at the end of the day!

Lesson 3: Art
Today we shall have a go at making salt dough, which is similar to clay that we use in POTTERY but cheap and simple to make at home! You bake it in the oven and then you can decorate your salt dough creation with paints.
You will need:

HOW TO MAKE SALT DOUGH!
1. Mix together the flour and salt
2. Add the water gradually and mix well
3. Put the salt dough onto the chopping board and knead into a ball
4. Mold the ball of salt dough into your idea
5. Bake your salt dough at 120° for 3.5 hours
6. Decorate your salt dough creation any way you want
7. Any extra salt dough left over can be wrapped in cling film and kept in the fridge for 5 days

Watch the video below for step by step guide:

You can make SO MANY different things with salt dough:

ornaments-things to hang on the wall or put on a shelf
animals
jewellery - beads, necklaces
pencil pots
characters from favourite books
foot and hand prints
candle holders
miniature food

Have a look at the ideas below and get creating!

HAVE FUN!

We would love to see a picture of your salt dough creations! So email us at year3@bgfjs.org

End of the day:
Well done for working so hard today, we hope you’ve had a good day!

It is time for a story about determination and not giving up, "Stuck" by Oliver Jeffers. Sit back and enjoy, you deserve it!

We shall see you tomorrow for another great day of learning! Try to read at least 20-30 minutes a day either on Active Learn (Bug Club) or with a book.
Answer to the riddle- An Egg.

Remember, we would love to hear from you. So, if you would like to send your work to us or ask questions, email these to year3@bgfjs.org

Friday 26th June 2020

26/6/2020

Hello Year 3! How are you this morning?

Thank you year 3s for working really hard! We love reading your amazing work so if you would like to send work in, email us at: year3@bgfjs.org (remember to write your name!). Take a look at some work by: Ridwan, Surah, Zakariya, Sahra, Mutasim and Rayan R.

Here is today’s timetable:

Have you ever seen this painting called Starry Night by the artist Vincent van Gogh? Click on the painting and watch it come alive!

9-9.30: PE with Jo Wicks. Remember to take a sip of water if you need one.

Lesson 1: Numeracy

1) Warm-up: Download the sheet and work out what the missing numbers are.

What will the next three numbers be?

2) Today, we are dividing using a number line.

Watch this video to remind yourself how to divide on a number line.

Have a go at answering these questions.

Tip:

Remember to start at 0 and place the greatest number at the end of your number line.
Move in jumps of the smaller number until you reach the greater number.
Add up the total number of jumps to find the answer.

3) Challenges:

What multiplication or division number sentences can you write about this picture?

Break: Time for a brain break! Remember to wash your hands with soap for 20 seconds before getting something to eat or after going to the toilet!

Download The Twits word search and see if you can find the hidden words!

Did you know that The Twits was written by
Roald Dahl in 1980?

Can you work out how many years
ago that was?

Lesson 2: Literacy

1) Warm-up: can you work out which noun the adjective riddle is describing

This is:     Alive,
                  Silent,
                  Slippery,
                  Cold,
                  Scaly.

This is:     Bright,
                  Distant,
                  Hot,
                  Fiery,
                  Gassy.

2) Today, we are going to recap what coordinating conjunctions are and how to use them.

Coordinating conjunctions link sentences together.

but I like oranges but I don't like pears.
or I could run or I could walk.
yet It was 5pm, yet I was already ready for bed.
so The thunder rumbled so I stayed indoors.

Click here or click the picture on the left to watch a video about coordinating conjunctions.

3) Download this sheet and underline the coordinating conjunctions.

4) Create sentences about this illustration using coordinating conjunctions.

Key vocabulary:
Jack
giant
golden harp
doorway

but or yet so

For example:
Jack crept quietly but the giant suddenly woke up.

5) Choose the correct coordinating conjunction to fill in each blank.

Answers to adjectives riddle:

A snake
The sun!

Lunch: It’s time to relax. First things first, remember to wash your hands with soap for 20 seconds before you eat!

Why not treat yourself to a reading of The Enormous Turnip?!

Or spot the differences in these illustrations.

Lesson 3: PSHCE

Welcome back!

1) Warm-up: Have you tried anything new this week?

Here’s a new way to try to grow your brain!

Did you know that our brains are similar to muscles? Just like muscles in our body, our brain grows bigger the more we use it!

Exercise your brain with these optical illusions!

2) Listen to Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller.

Did you know that being kind isn’t just about being kind to others, but also about being kind to yourself?

Draw your own rainbow or click here to use this one. Every time you do a kind act, record it here.

Remember to be kind to yourself too! What kind thing will you do for yourself today?

End of the day:

Great work today!

Today’s story is called The Squirrels Who Squabbled, written by Rachel Bright and illustrated by Jim Field.

Remember you should be aiming to read for at least 20-30 minutes every day.

Click here if you'd like to learn how to draw Cyril from The Squirrels Who Squabbled! Scroll down until you find Cyril.

If you have any questions or would like to send your lovely work for us to see, email us at: year3@bgfjs.org (don't forget to include your name on the email so we know who it's from!)

Have a lovely weekend and see you on Monday for another week of learning!

Thursday 25th June 2020

25/6/2020

Hello Year 3! How are you feeling on this beautiful summer morning? Are you ready for some wake up exercise with Get Kids Moving?

Let’s take a look at today’s timetable:

Well done year 3 for all your effort! We love seeing your work so continue to send them in. Here is some work by Ridwan, Surah, Sahra, Rayan and Zakariya.

9-9.30: PE with Get Kids Moving.

Remember to take a rest or a sip of water if you need one.

Lesson 1: Literacy

Today, for Literacy we will be doing some comprehension work. Comprehension is when you read a text and show you understand it by answering questions. Click here to watch the video to refresh your memory.

Activity 1

Click here to complete this short comprehension task.
You need to read the short extract and highlight all the words that tell you how the character is feeling.

Activity 2

Watch the video of The Prince Who Thinks He Is A Rooster. It is a story from Israel that teaches us a lesson about being an individual and making your own decisions.

You will be answering six questions about this video so read the questions below before watching it. That way, you'll know what to look out for!

Answer the following questions in full sentences to show how well you have comprehended (understood) the story.

[Top tip! You can go back to the video and re-watch parts if you need to.]

1. Why were the king and queen worried about the prince?

2. What three things did the king and queen try to do to change the prince’s behaviour?

3. How many days did it take for the prince to start wearing clothes?

4. Why did the prince start eating people’s food?

5. How did the wise man convince the prince to sit at the table?

6. What was the lesson the wise man taught the prince?

Activity 3

Read the text, Hindu Gods, then answer the comprehension questions that follow.
Click here to download the sheet or write your answers on a separate piece of paper.

Break: Time for another brain break.  Go grab yourself a drink and talk to someone about how you’re doing!  Remember to wash your hands for 20 seconds if you’re getting something to eat or after going to the toilet!

Joke:   Why was the baby strawberry crying?

Answer:   Because her parents were in a jam.

If you have any funny jokes to tell us, why not send them to year3@bgfjs.org so we can share them with everyone?

Lesson 2: Geography

Starter:

Today, we are going to look at Kayapo Tribe designs to create our own work of art. Look at the images below to see what the Kayapo Tribe designs look like.

We are going to create our own design of Kayapo Tribal Art. Take a look at the examples below to help you. You can create your own or click here to download a template.

Something extra...

If you like to find out more about Kayapo Tribal Art, click here.

Lunch: It’s time to relax. First things first, remember to wash your hands for 20 seconds before you eat! What will you be devouring for lunch today? Something mouth-watering and deliciously healthy?

Riddle: What starts with a P, ends with an E and has thousands of letters?

(The answer will be revealed at the end of the day...)

Lesson 3: Numeracy

Today, we are going to learn how to add using expanded column addition. Have a look at the example and follow the steps.

243 + 725 = ?

Let’s partition both of these numbers and lay them out in its place value column.

Now, let’s add each column, starting from the ones.

Add the ones, 3 + 5 = _____

Then the tens, 40 + 20 = _____

Lastly the hundreds, 200 + 700 = _____

Finally recombine (put together) 900, 60, 8 = _____

This is how it looks without the place value chart.

Now, using expanded column addition, have a go at these questions below. Remember to partition the numbers and lay them out in their correct place value column.

1. 143 + 252 =

2. 485 + 214 =

3. 572 + 327 =

4. 632 + 267 =

5. 245 + 322 =

6. 437 + 261 =

End of the day: Story time (The Atrocious Fairytale)

Great work today!

Remember you should be aiming to read for at least 20-30 minutes every day, either on Active Learn (Bug Club) or with a book.

If you have any questions or would like to send your lovely work for us to see, email us at: year3@bgfjs.org

See you tomorrow for another day of learning!

(The answer to lunch time’s riddle is… a post office!)

Wednesday 24th June 2020

24/6/2020

Good morning Year 3! Let’s take a look at what we are going to be learning about today!

Thank you to everyone for sending in their work! We have enjoyed reading them and love all the effort you have put into your learning. Here is some work by Yusuf K, Surah and Zakariya.

9-9.30: PE with Joe

Lesson 1: Science

Today, we are going to be learning about pollination and how plants produce fruits and seeds.

Watch the video below to find out more about pollination.

Dull-coloured plants like grass don't need pollinators (insects, bats, birds).

Instead, their pollen is transferred by wind pollination.

Label the diagram below:

What happens next?

After pollination, a flower's petals fall off and a fruit grows with seeds inside. Click on the image below to find out more about how a plant can produce fruit and seeds.

All fruits have seeds and can come in lots of different shape and sizes. They can be ...

Look around your home. What different fruits can you find? Where are the seeds on the fruit?

Draw and label a diagram (picture) of the fruit and it's seeds.

Break: Time for a short brain break. Go grab yourself a drink. Remember to wash your hands with soap for 20 seconds if you’re getting something to eat or after going to the toilet!

Joke: Why did the student eat his homework?

Answer: Because the teacher told him it was a piece of cake.

Remember to send us your funny jokes so that we can share them with everyone. Send them to year3@bgfjs.org

Lesson 2: Numeracy

1. Warm up

Click on the image and practice your 4 and 8 times tables using j2blast.

2. Inverse and the relationship between multiplication and division

Multiplication is the inverse (opposite) of division. For example:

Watch the video below to find out more about inverse and the relationship between division and multiplication.

Download the sheet and use your knowledge of inverse to check if the multiplication and division number sentences are correct.

Lunch: Before you eat though, remember to wash your hands with soap for 20 seconds!

Riddle: If a red house is made of red bricks, and a yellow house is made of yellow bricks, what is a greenhouse made of?

(the answer will be revealed at the end of the day.)

Lesson 3: Computing

Today, we are going to be learning about your digital footprint.

Think about how you use the internet.

What websites do you visit? Do you message your friends online? Do you watch videos or listen to music?

Every website or app collects information about you. We must remember to be respectful, safe and responsible when we are using the internet.

What does your digital footprint look like?

Download the sheet and draw the different websites you visit online inside the footprint. When you are finished, complete the online safety word search.

End of the day:

Great work today!

Let’s sit back and listen carefully to the story of Ruby Finds a Worry by author Tom Percival.

(The answer to lunch time’s riddle is… Glass, all greenhouses are made of glass!)

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