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Friday 17 July 2020

17/7/2020

Good morning Year 3!

How are you feeling on this last day of term? You have had such a wonderful year but we have missed you very much recently! Keep a look out on today's blog to find lots of exciting activity packs to keep you busy during the summer holidays!

Quentin Blake's drawing of a celebration. Perhaps you'll be celebrating the end of Year 3 and all of your incredible work this year!

Here is today’s timetable:

If you enjoy Quentin Blake's illustration, have a go at colouring in this creature to jazz it up!
Click here to download this magnificent creature!

A HUGE thank you to all the mummies and daddies, carers who have dedicated their time in supporting the children with their learning. We know it has been challenging and we can't thank you enough. Year 3, you have been absolutely stupendous for keeping up with your learning, WELL DONE! And, although you'll be relaxing over the summer holidays, remember, learning doesn't stop here! Learning can take place anywhere and everywhere!

Take a look at some work by Zakariya, Surah and Sahra:

9-9.30: Click on the picture to join today’s PE with Bluebird and Wolfie while also practising your times tables!

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

Try to keep moving during the summer holidays!

Lesson 1: Numeracy

1) Warm-up: Download today’s work here.

a. What is the greatest number you can make with these digits?

b. What is the lowest number you can make with these digits?

c. The numbers along the top go into this multiplication machine and come out with the answers along the bottom.

Each of the numbers going in have all been multiplied by the same number to get each answer.

What is the number?

2) Today, we are going to be adding fractions! First, watch this video to find out how to add fractions.

Have a look at this example to help you:

3) Add these fractions together. Use the shapes to help you.

4) Click here to help Tommy find the times table answers!

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!

Click here to download this Big Cat activity pack.

Lesson 2: Literacy

Click here for today’s work.

1) Warm-up: Transform these sentences with expanded noun phrases. First, recap what an expanded noun phrase is by watching this video.

An expanded noun phrase is a phrase with a noun and adjectives that describe the noun.

For example:

Noun: bike
Noun phrase: the bike
Expanded noun phrase: the enormous, new bike with shiny bells and glistening ribbons.

If you use more than one adjective, they must be separated by a comma.

a. The _____________ boat bobbed on the _____________ waves.

b. My _______ eyes opened wide when I saw the _____________ dinosaur with ____________ charging towards me.

2) Picture story! You have worked so hard this year, so take some time today to create your own story using everything you have learned in Literacy! If you like, choose one of the pictures below to help you write your story.

Thursday 16th July 2020

16/7/2020

Merhaba (Hello) Year 3! How are you feeling this morning? Let’s start the day with a morning yoga session.

Here is today’s timetable:

Well done Year 3 for working extremely hard and sending in your learning. Have a look at the work sent by Rayan R, Yusrah, Sahra, Ridwan, Yusuf K and Surah.

9 - 9.30: Morning Yoga

Lesson 1: Literacy

Today, we are going to learn how to write a set of instructions. Watch the video below to find out more.

Instructions tell the reader how to do something like how to cook a meal or how to build a chair. They have to be written clearly so the reader can easily understand each step.

Instructions need to include:

A title saying what the instructions are about
A list of what is needed
Step-by-step actions written in chronological order (the order in which they happen)

When you write instructions you should:

Use command (bossy) verbs such as: chop, mix, stir
Use time conjunctions such as: first, next, then, until
Use numbers for each new step

Activity 1

Read the instructions on the worksheet below about how to wash an elephant then answer the questions.

Questions:

Either write your answers down on paper, think about them or discuss them with someone at home.

1. What is the title and where can you find it?

2. What information is in the grey box?

3. How do you know what order to carry out the instructions in?

4. What type of word does each instruction start with?

Activity 2

Watch this clip in which presenters Dick and Dom read from George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl.

Listen carefully to the ingredients George uses to make his grandma’s medicine.

Now, imagine you’re making your own medicine for a horrible grandma.

Make a list of five ingredients that you would use and explain what effect each one would have on grandma.

Top tip!
Don’t forget to say how much to use.

For example:

A tablespoon of strawberry jam to make her cheeks more rosy.
A whole bottle of perfume to make her smell like flowers.

Activity 3

Now write a set of instructions telling other people how they could make your medicine.

Remember to include:

A title. You could start with ‘How to…’
A list of ingredients and how much you need of each one.
Numbered steps and time conjunctions to show what order the ingredients should be added in.
An explanation of why each ingredient should be added.

For example:

How to improve a horrible grandma

1. First of all, sprinkle two teaspoons of coffee into the pot to give grandma some energy.

Top tip!
Don't forget to use command (bossy) verbs such as mix, stir, add, pour and chop.

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 does a seagull fly over the sea?

Answer:  Because if it flew over the bay, it would be a baygull.

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

Last week for Geography, we looked at ways in which to save the rainforest. Today, we are going to build on this and think about how we can show awareness. Watch the clip below on how you can change the world.

What is Fair Trade? Watch the clip below to find out.

To find out more, click on the image.

Did you know that Fair Trade and climate change are connected? In developing countries, climate change can affect crops produced by small-sized farmers. Having a Fair Trade Co-operative helps to ensure these farmers get the best price for their goods. Also, Fair Trade discourages mass farming and encourages more products to be made by hand. Therefore, creating less of an impact on the carbon footprint. This is one way to show awareness and help save the world.

Your mission!

Think of some ways on what you can do to save the world. It could be recycling, using less electricity or turning the tap off. Your task is to create a poster showing awareness to others but remember to explain closely what you can do to help.

To find out more click here on how we can reduce the carbon footprint.

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

Riddle: It has keys, but no locks. It has space, but no room. You can enter, but can’t go inside. What is it?

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

Lunch time activity:

Download the worksheet and match the fairy-tale characters to the setting.

Lesson 3: Numeracy

Today, we are going to re-cap on 3D shapes. Read the learning reminders below to refresh your memory.

Have a go at the activity below: name the shapes and describe their faces. Click here to download the worksheet.

Make a 3D shape using the net below. Click on the image to download a copy.

Check your understanding of 3D shapes!

Questions:

What is this the name of this shape?
1. It has 6 faces.
2. It has 12 edges.
3. 4 edges are twice the length of the other 8 edges.

True or false:
• All cubes have eight vertices.
• A pyramid always has a square base.
• A cylinder has 3 faces.
• There is a shape with just 1 face.
• A cone has 1 circular face.

Tick the polyhedrons:
- sphere
- cube
- cone
- triangle based pyramid
- cuboid
- cylinder

End of the day: Fixed Fairy Tales!

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 keyboard)

Wednesday 15th July 2020

15/7/2020

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 Surah, Rayan R, Jamila and Yusuf K .

9-9.30: PE with Joe

Lesson 1: Science

Have you enjoyed learning about plants? Plants are all around us! Let's take a look at some incredible plants from all around the world!

Plants have inspired many famous artists' artwork. Let's take a look at some of these famous pieces of art.

To find out more about Georgia O'Keefe, listen to her story:

To find out more about Vincent Van Gogh, listen to his story:

To find out more about Claude Monet, listen to his story:

Which artists do you find most inspiring and why?

Look out of your window, what plants can you see?

Create your own master piece using the plants around you! You could draw a a piece of fruit from your kitchen or ivy growing outside your window or a flower you picked from the park.

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 pony get sent to her room?

Answer: Because she would not stop horsing around!

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

Lesson 2: Numeracy

Warm up: Click on the image to practise finding numbers on a number line to 1000.

Finding Amounts Using Money

Click on the image on the right to start the game. Use coins to make the amount above the purse. Challenge yourself by selecting the hard level.

Look at the purses below, what is the value inside each purse?

The first one has been done for you.

Which purse has the most money? How do you know? Which has the least money?

Challenge:

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

Riddle: What begins with an 'E' but only has one letter?

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

Lesson 3: Computing

What is debugging?

Let's refresh our memories. Carefully, watch the videos below:

Now, click the image below and have a go at debugging some lines of code.

End of the day:

Great work today!

Let’s sit back and listen carefully to the story of The Extraordinary Gardener written and illustrated by Sam Boughton.

(The answer to lunch time’s riddle is… an Envelope!)

Tuesday 14th July 2020

14/7/2020

Buenos días Year 3s! How are you this morning? Let’s start the day with some uplifting music to help elevate (raise) mood (how you feel), increase motivation and bring smiles! Don’t be shy, sing along!

Can you believe this is the last week of Summer term? We can't thank mummies, daddies and carers enough for putting the time and effort into making sure children are continuing with their learning. An ENORMOUS thank you to everyone for their hard work. Remember, 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: Surah, Sahra, Ridwan and Yusrah.

Here is today's timetable:

9-9.30: You know the tune so let’s get moving with Kidz Bop kids! Remember to take a rest or sip of water if you need one.

Lesson 1: Numeracy

1) Warm-up: Solve these pyramid puzzles using any strategy you like (click here to download the sheets). The two bricks add to support the number on top. For example, in puzzle a, 22 + 23 = 45. [Tip: Remember, addition is the inverse (opposite) of subtraction]. Solutions will be revealed at the end of the day.

2) Take a look at these number sentences. Can you work out what each character is worth and solve the puzzle? How did you know what to do?

Explain in words how you solved the challenge. Use these sentences starters:

Because I know… therefore...
First, I… then, I…

Something extra:

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!

You have been frequently washing your hands but have you ever wondered how soap works? Watch this video to find out.

Lesson 2: Literacy

1) Warm-up: Download the sheet. Read the instructions and have a go at the questions about same letters, different sounds.

2) Today, we are revising fronted adverbials. Watch this video to remind yourself of what these are.

3) Read the sentences and complete them with a fronted adverbial (download the sheets here).

a. Choose the most appropriate fronted adverbial of when (time) for this sentence.

b. Choose the most appropriate fronted adverbial of where (place) for this sentence.

c. Choose the most appropriate fronted adverbial of how (manner) for this sentence.

4) Find and underline all of the fronted adverbials. One has been done for you.

5) Neatly, rewrite these sentences so that the adverbial phrase is at the front, separated from the rest of the sentence with a comma.

Challenge: Create 5 sentences of your own with different fronted adverbials of when, where and how. Remember to include a comma after the fronted adverbial!

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!

Download the sheet and transform this picture into a stunning piece of artwork!

Lesson 3: Spanish

Buenos tardes! ¿Qué tal? (How are you doing?)

For our last Spanish lesson of the year, Paola would like to invite you and your families to make a healthy, easy recipe. There is nothing she loves more than having guacamole for a picnic! Invite your parents to listen in on this lesson or to help write down the ingredients!

(I like guacamole)

1) First, let’s just listen to this song about making guacamole. Practise the song, maybe you can sing along as you try the recipe!!

2) Listen to the song again but this time, follow along with the song lyrics to help you! Download a copy of the song lyrics here.

End of the day:

What great work today! Take a deep breath, put up your feet and let's listen to today’s story, Quill Soup, written by Alan Durant and illustrated by Dale Blankenaar. Click on the video to listen to the story read by Alan Durant himself!

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 bright and early tomorrow for another stupendous day of learning. Ciao!

Solutions to today's numeracy questions

Watch 'Newsround' to catch-up on today's news

Monday 13th July 2020.

13/7/2020

Good morning Year 3, and welcome to the last week of Summer term 2020.
A tremendous well done for working so hard under new, strange circumstances. We shall see each other soon!

Here is today's timetable:

Thank you again for working so hard and sending in your learning. Have a look at the slide show to see Friday's learning by Rayan R, Ridwan and Sahra.

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 listen to a poem by the amazing Michael Rosen and write your own poem about do's and don'ts.
You will need paper and a pen for today's learning.

Life is full of rules. Michael’s poem contains a few rules that begin with ‘don’t’.
You children are always being told what to do. Now it’s YOUR turn!

Watch and listen carefully to Michael perform, ‘Don’t’.

Think about what type of poem it is, is it a jokey poem? an angry poem? a scary poem?

Listen to the poem again and read the poem below along with Michael. You can download the words here.

Don’t

Don’t do,
Don’t do,
Don’t do that.
Don’t pull faces,
Don’t tease the cat.

Don’t pick your ears,
Don’t be rude at school.
Who do they think I am?

Some kind of fool?

One day
they’ll say
Don’t put toffee in my coffee
don’t pour gravy on the baby
don’t put beer in his ear
don’t stick your toes up your nose.

Don’t put confetti on your spaghetti
and don’t squash peas on your knees.

Don’t put ants in your pants
don’t put mustard in your custard

don’t chuck jelly at the telly

and don’t throw fruit at a computer
don’t throw fruit at a computer.

Don’t what?
Don’t throw fruit at a computer.
Don’t what?
Don’t throw fruit at a computer.
Who do they think I am?
Some kind of fool?

Activity 1.
Answer these questions in full sentences. You can download a question sheet here.

What are you told to do most often?

What are you told not to do most often?
How would this change if you were someone (or something) else… a teacher, a baby, a pet dog, rain or wind?
If there were only one ‘do’ rule and one ‘don’t’ rule in the world, what should they be?

Activity 2.
Write a "Don't" poem of dos and don’ts for parents, brothers, sisters or teachers-choose who you are giving advice too.

You can either repeat ‘do’ or ‘don’t’ on each line,
or divide your poem into two parts, one for ‘dos’ and one for ‘don’ts’

Use Michael's poem as a guide and help. Magpie parts you like, maybe you want to write your lines like his?

Activity 3.
Write a poem of ‘dos’ and ‘don’ts’ to help a friend in an strange situation.
For example:

they are made of glass
their hat is on fire
they are turned into a flea
they are sad
they are a snowman
they are an elephant in a supermarket
they are about to stop a war
they are walking a tightrope

Can you think of any more imaginary situations that might need rules?
Choose one of these situations and think about the advice you would give to your friend.

You could start by making a list of the advice you would give, and then turn this into a poem.

We’d love to read your fantastic dos and don't poems! Please send them to year3@bgfjs.org

Break: Time for a break. Grab yourself a drink, and join Jaime at the seaside to find out what is in the Treasure chest!

Or maybe you’d like to explore this day in history?

Click here to learn who moved into Buckingham Palace 13th July 1837.

Lesson 2: Numeracy
Starter: Practice your 8 times table at Hit the Button.

Hit the Button

Activity 1
Today, we are going to learn how to measure capacity and volume using millilitres and litres.
Watch the video below to find out how you can measure volume and capacity in millilitres and litres.

Remember

Capacity is the amount of liquid a container can hold.
Volume is how much liquid is in the container.

We can measure both in millilitres and litres.

Measuring in litres and millilitre
A litre is much more than a millilitre.
1 litre = 1000 millilitres
We shorten litres to ‘l’ and we can shorten millilitres to 'ml'.
So we might also say:
1 l = 1000 ml

Activity 2
What's left in the house?

Find as many containers in your kitchen as you can that are holding liquids, such as a bottle of milk or squash.
Check how much liquid they hold when they are full (you should be able to find this on the packaging.)
Estimate how much liquid is left in each container.

If possible, use a measuring jug for each to check your estimates.

Activity 3
Drinks time
Using a measuring jug, make yourself a drink!
For example, you could use one of the recipes below:

Why not change these recipes to use the drinks you have at home?

Challenge
Download these capacity and volume activity sheets here and here.

Well done for your hard work, remember to send us a picture of your fruit cocktails and learning 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 belongs to you, but other people use it more than you?
Answer at the end of the day!

Lesson 3: Art

5 Minute Silly Doodle. Set the timer here and get ready!

Today you are going to draw your favourite animal

You have 5 minutes ......3, 2, 1 GO!!!!

Today we shall do Art with Liz! We are going to draw a Close-Up of an object.
You will need paper and pencils for today's lesson.

*Can you do a close-up drawing of something patterned, like a cup or a scarf?

*Is there a mechanical gadget or tool like a mixer or whisk or hairdryer, or part of a bicycle you could draw?
Maybe choose a section and enlarge it.

*KEEP GOING. *ENJOY YOURSELF. * KEEP YOUR WORK TO SHOW US NEXT TERM!

We would love to see a picture of your close up drawing. 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 to listen to a growth mindset book "The Koala Who Could" By Rachel Bright. 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 - your name.

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

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