Welcome to the Year 3 Class Page.
| Curriculum Information Sept 2020 |
Well done Year 3
Year 3, what a fantastic class of wonderful pupils! It has been a joy to work with you all this year and to be your teacher.
Parents, thank you for all your support through what has been an unusual year. You made home learning work for your children in challenging circumstances.
Thank you so much for your kind gifts for Maeve and I. They are very much appreciated.
I hope that you all have a lovely summer holiday.
Bye for now! (Think you heard this phrase a few times during home learning videos!!!)
Take care,
Mrs Irvine x
Year 3, what a fantastic class of wonderful pupils! It has been a joy to work with you all this year and to be your teacher.
Parents, thank you for all your support through what has been an unusual year. You made home learning work for your children in challenging circumstances.
Thank you so much for your kind gifts for Maeve and I. They are very much appreciated.
I hope that you all have a lovely summer holiday.
Bye for now! (Think you heard this phrase a few times during home learning videos!!!)
Take care,
Mrs Irvine x
Sportathon
Year 3 took part in the Sportathon on Friday. Great fun had by all!
Year 3 took part in the Sportathon on Friday. Great fun had by all!
Science Week in Year 3
Last week Year 3 took part in Science Week. Great experiments, projects and discussion…. Here we are in action!
Last week Year 3 took part in Science Week. Great experiments, projects and discussion…. Here we are in action!
Community Tribal Drumming
We had a great morning with Marcella on Thursday. We learned about rhythm, playing drums, playing percussion, using hoops and enjoyed a bubble show.
We had a great morning with Marcella on Thursday. We learned about rhythm, playing drums, playing percussion, using hoops and enjoyed a bubble show.
Sports Day
It was Year 3's Sports Day on Thursday 10th June. We had a great time completing lots of races. Year 3s took part in running, hoop, egg and spoon, bean bag and relay races. Lots of cheering and encouraging each other too.
It was Year 3's Sports Day on Thursday 10th June. We had a great time completing lots of races. Year 3s took part in running, hoop, egg and spoon, bean bag and relay races. Lots of cheering and encouraging each other too.
Celebration Posters
Year 3 created posters for homework about a celebration of their choice. The children took turns to show them to their peers. Each child explained the reason for their choice and what they planned for their celebration. Well done Year 3!
Year 3 created posters for homework about a celebration of their choice. The children took turns to show them to their peers. Each child explained the reason for their choice and what they planned for their celebration. Well done Year 3!
Number Day
Our school celebrated Number Day on Friday 28th May. We had great fun coming to school in onesies and wearing clothes with numbers! Our day included lots of number activities:
- Number Buddies - find the person who is wearing a sum with the same answer as yours.
- Number Treasure Hunt.
- Who Wants to be a Mathionaire - lots of big prizes won!!!!
- Outdoor games.
We done to everyone for taking part! Great to raise money for the NSPCC too.
Our school celebrated Number Day on Friday 28th May. We had great fun coming to school in onesies and wearing clothes with numbers! Our day included lots of number activities:
- Number Buddies - find the person who is wearing a sum with the same answer as yours.
- Number Treasure Hunt.
- Who Wants to be a Mathionaire - lots of big prizes won!!!!
- Outdoor games.
We done to everyone for taking part! Great to raise money for the NSPCC too.
Phonics Fun
We have lots of fun building words in Year 3.Today we were brainstorming! Our challenge was to think of as many words with this week’s ‘d’ sound in 5 minutes. We had to sort them under the (representations) headings d, dd and ed.
We have lots of fun building words in Year 3.Today we were brainstorming! Our challenge was to think of as many words with this week’s ‘d’ sound in 5 minutes. We had to sort them under the (representations) headings d, dd and ed.
STEM Activities in Year 3 - Part 3
This week our challenge was to make a piece of card strong enough to hold the weight of a pencil case or something of a similar weight. We discovered that folds make a piece of card stronger.
This week our challenge was to make a piece of card strong enough to hold the weight of a pencil case or something of a similar weight. We discovered that folds make a piece of card stronger.
STEM Activities in Year 3 - Part 2
As part of our STEM lessons the children were challenged to make a helicopter with a small piece of paper, a paper clip and scissors. Here’s what we made!
As part of our STEM lessons the children were challenged to make a helicopter with a small piece of paper, a paper clip and scissors. Here’s what we made!
Activity Based Learning - Let’s Celebrate
Here we are in action! This term our Activity Based Learning will be linked to our new class topic. ‘Let’s Celebrate!’ is proving to be an engaging topic for us already!
Here we are in action! This term our Activity Based Learning will be linked to our new class topic. ‘Let’s Celebrate!’ is proving to be an engaging topic for us already!
Year 3 Stars!
Well done to all of the Year 3s on the great learning in March and April! You’re all stars!
Well done to all of the Year 3s on the great learning in March and April! You’re all stars!
Let’s Celebrate
This week we began our new topic, ‘Let’s Celebrate’. Watch this space for our learning!
This week we began our new topic, ‘Let’s Celebrate’. Watch this space for our learning!
People from the Past - Pablo Picasso
Year 3 learned about another famous painter today called Pablo Picasso. We also completed some artwork in the style of Picasso.
Year 3 learned about another famous painter today called Pablo Picasso. We also completed some artwork in the style of Picasso.
STEM Activities in Year 3
This month Year 3 will be completing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) challenges to develop their understanding of forces and movement. Great team work today.
This month Year 3 will be completing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) challenges to develop their understanding of forces and movement. Great team work today.
Easter Cards
Easter craft with Miss Murray.
Miss Murray showed Year 3 how to make a flower collage with tissue paper. The children used their creative skills to make a beautiful card for their family.
It’s been wonderful to be back together in our Year 3 classroom and to see the children engaging with each other. Thank you for all your hard work and support during this unusual term. We hope that you have a relaxing Easter break and enjoy time with your family.
Easter craft with Miss Murray.
Miss Murray showed Year 3 how to make a flower collage with tissue paper. The children used their creative skills to make a beautiful card for their family.
It’s been wonderful to be back together in our Year 3 classroom and to see the children engaging with each other. Thank you for all your hard work and support during this unusual term. We hope that you have a relaxing Easter break and enjoy time with your family.
March 2021 - Back into the Classroom!
It’s great to be back together in the Year 3 classroom. Monday 8th March was a big day! We’ve been reconnecting with each other and continuing to move forward with our learning!
We’ve been chatting, singing, being creative and enjoying our mile walk to help us to settle back into the classroom. We’ve been working on our numeracy, literacy, ICT skills and our new topic as well as all the other curricular areas so that we can keep on learning too! Here we are in action!
It’s great to be back together in the Year 3 classroom. Monday 8th March was a big day! We’ve been reconnecting with each other and continuing to move forward with our learning!
We’ve been chatting, singing, being creative and enjoying our mile walk to help us to settle back into the classroom. We’ve been working on our numeracy, literacy, ICT skills and our new topic as well as all the other curricular areas so that we can keep on learning too! Here we are in action!
Home Learning Gallery - March
Click the image to view a suggested timetable.
Daily Check List:
- Check the Year 3 Class Page and pack timetable.
- Read a reading book every day.
- Numeracy and Literacy tasks – see daily post below / pack timetable for the focus for the day.
- Spellings and Number facts – write into Homework Diary and practise using Look, Say, Cover etc.
- Mental Maths and Literacy Practice – complete today’s activities in your booklet.
- Purple Mash – log in to check for Alerts.
- Other curricular activities – see daily post for information.
- Remember to plan a fun activity of your choice and try to get some exercise too.
- Check the Year 3 Class Page and pack timetable.
- Read a reading book every day.
- Numeracy and Literacy tasks – see daily post below / pack timetable for the focus for the day.
- Spellings and Number facts – write into Homework Diary and practise using Look, Say, Cover etc.
- Mental Maths and Literacy Practice – complete today’s activities in your booklet.
- Purple Mash – log in to check for Alerts.
- Other curricular activities – see daily post for information.
- Remember to plan a fun activity of your choice and try to get some exercise too.
ASSEMBLY
David Cowan from CEF has posted an assembly for you. David is a regular in our school in 'normal times', however, he has been unable to come in this year, so he wanted to send a message for all the boys and girls. Click on this link to see the video:
David Cowan from CEF has posted an assembly for you. David is a regular in our school in 'normal times', however, he has been unable to come in this year, so he wanted to send a message for all the boys and girls. Click on this link to see the video:
Our focus for week beginning 1st March:
Literacy - Spellings:
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ‘v/ve’ sound.
Complete: Daily 'v/ve’ activities.
Red Group: ‘u’ sound focusing on ‘_ug’.
Complete: Daily '_ug’ activity.
Numeracy - Number Facts:
Squares Group: List 35 – Rounding and adjusting – addition e.g. 7 + 19 = (7 + 20 – 1 =)
Rectangles and Triangles Group: List 24 – Making 20.
Circles Group: List 8 – Take away from 10 (Use your number line if you need to).
Literacy Practice: – Days 87 - 88.
Mental Maths: Squares – Pages 36 & 37, Rectangles, Triangles and Circles - Pages 38 & 39.
Literacy - Spellings:
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ‘v/ve’ sound.
Complete: Daily 'v/ve’ activities.
Red Group: ‘u’ sound focusing on ‘_ug’.
Complete: Daily '_ug’ activity.
Numeracy - Number Facts:
Squares Group: List 35 – Rounding and adjusting – addition e.g. 7 + 19 = (7 + 20 – 1 =)
Rectangles and Triangles Group: List 24 – Making 20.
Circles Group: List 8 – Take away from 10 (Use your number line if you need to).
Literacy Practice: – Days 87 - 88.
Mental Maths: Squares – Pages 36 & 37, Rectangles, Triangles and Circles - Pages 38 & 39.
Friday 5th March
Hello, Year 3! It’s our last day of home learning (for a little while perhaps) and I’m really looking forward to seeing you on Monday. Won’t it be great to have our happy children back in school learning and achieving together.
Well done for all the home learning you’ve done and thank you to all the grown-ups who have helped you. I hope that you watched the video on Purple Mash yesterday and were able to see what out classroom looks like. It’s ready for your return on Monday.
On Monday, please bring:
-all pack materials – your classwork books, booklets, reading books, reading diary (please record books read in your reading diary).
-your pencil case.
-your coat – we will aim to do our daily mile every day.
(Get your uniform and lunch box ready too!)
Hello, Year 3! It’s our last day of home learning (for a little while perhaps) and I’m really looking forward to seeing you on Monday. Won’t it be great to have our happy children back in school learning and achieving together.
Well done for all the home learning you’ve done and thank you to all the grown-ups who have helped you. I hope that you watched the video on Purple Mash yesterday and were able to see what out classroom looks like. It’s ready for your return on Monday.
On Monday, please bring:
-all pack materials – your classwork books, booklets, reading books, reading diary (please record books read in your reading diary).
-your pencil case.
-your coat – we will aim to do our daily mile every day.
(Get your uniform and lunch box ready too!)
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Number
Squares: The 10-times table / Mixed tables (My Multiplication Booklet)
Today we are focusing on multiplying by 10 and revision of the 2-times and 5-times table. Remember to multiply by ten we can use the strategy of counting in tens. Then we will continue to revise the 2, 5 and 10 times tables. Look at the table. Practise counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. It’s important to have quick recall of these tables. Revisit ‘Hit the Button’ , if you can.
Complete: My Multiplication Booklet - The 10-times table and Mixed tables (4 pages).
Extra Activities (If you have time) from (Collins – Year 3 Maths Workbook):
-Subtracting in Columns, page 32, Challenge 1 only.
-Addition and Subtraction Problems, pages 36 & 37, Challenges 1 & 2.
-x2, x5 and x10 Multiplication Mosaic & Plants and Growth activities.
Rectangles / Triangles: Counting in Tens (Numbers to 100, then 1000)
Today we are focusing on counting in tens and one within 100. Count in tens first and then count on in ones to find ‘how many?’. Count carefully. You could play Place Value Basketball again, if you have time.
Complete: Numbers to 100, then 1000 booklet - Page 5.
Circles: Facts for 13 (Addition and Subtraction to 20 booklet)
Today you are working on addition and ways to make 13. Use your number line to find out how to make 13. Use the pictures of the jugglers to find ways to make 13. Click on ‘Hit the Button’ and 'Number Bonds' to work on understanding of addition.
Complete: Addition and Subtraction to 20, page 9 (Top half)
Numeracy – Number
Squares: The 10-times table / Mixed tables (My Multiplication Booklet)
Today we are focusing on multiplying by 10 and revision of the 2-times and 5-times table. Remember to multiply by ten we can use the strategy of counting in tens. Then we will continue to revise the 2, 5 and 10 times tables. Look at the table. Practise counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. It’s important to have quick recall of these tables. Revisit ‘Hit the Button’ , if you can.
Complete: My Multiplication Booklet - The 10-times table and Mixed tables (4 pages).
Extra Activities (If you have time) from (Collins – Year 3 Maths Workbook):
-Subtracting in Columns, page 32, Challenge 1 only.
-Addition and Subtraction Problems, pages 36 & 37, Challenges 1 & 2.
-x2, x5 and x10 Multiplication Mosaic & Plants and Growth activities.
Rectangles / Triangles: Counting in Tens (Numbers to 100, then 1000)
Today we are focusing on counting in tens and one within 100. Count in tens first and then count on in ones to find ‘how many?’. Count carefully. You could play Place Value Basketball again, if you have time.
Complete: Numbers to 100, then 1000 booklet - Page 5.
Circles: Facts for 13 (Addition and Subtraction to 20 booklet)
Today you are working on addition and ways to make 13. Use your number line to find out how to make 13. Use the pictures of the jugglers to find ways to make 13. Click on ‘Hit the Button’ and 'Number Bonds' to work on understanding of addition.
Complete: Addition and Subtraction to 20, page 9 (Top half)
Literacy: Reading / Reading Activities
All groups: Our focus today is to show understanding of the texts you have read by completing all the reading activities linked to these books (most groups should be completing one or two activities today).
There’s another live show on the World Book Day website at 10:30 for you to enjoy.
Wrens Reading Group: The book we are continuing to read ‘The Shop’. Complete two pages of your reading activities booklet.
Lexia Group: 20 minutes on Lexia.
Literacy – Class Novel
When we get back to school on Monday, we will begin a new class novel by an author who may be new to you. Have you heard of Dick King-Smith? He's another author that we can learn about during our 'People from the Past' topic. He wrote ‘The Sheep Pig’ which we’ll hopefully read later in Year 3. The next book we’ll read is called ‘The Guard Dog’ and it is by Dick King-Smith.
All groups: Our focus today is to show understanding of the texts you have read by completing all the reading activities linked to these books (most groups should be completing one or two activities today).
There’s another live show on the World Book Day website at 10:30 for you to enjoy.
Wrens Reading Group: The book we are continuing to read ‘The Shop’. Complete two pages of your reading activities booklet.
Lexia Group: 20 minutes on Lexia.
Literacy – Class Novel
When we get back to school on Monday, we will begin a new class novel by an author who may be new to you. Have you heard of Dick King-Smith? He's another author that we can learn about during our 'People from the Past' topic. He wrote ‘The Sheep Pig’ which we’ll hopefully read later in Year 3. The next book we’ll read is called ‘The Guard Dog’ and it is by Dick King-Smith.
Spelling, Number Facts and Dictation (My Spellings and Number Facts Book)
Log on to Purple Mash for this week’s Friday Test.
Remember:
-you can pause the video or listen to it twice if you need to
-(W.I.L.F.) neat writing, accurate spelling and number facts. Try your best.
If you would like to upload a photo of your completed test, use the ‘Upload’ link under the video. This is optional!
Black Group Dictation:
I have visited the vet to have a look. I love every velvet vest!
Blue Group Dictation:
The vet loves to visit in a van. The vet will have two more looks.
Green Group Dictation:
I gave the vet a van.
Red Group Dictation:
A mug and a hug.
Complete: Friday Test
Log on to Purple Mash for this week’s Friday Test.
Remember:
-you can pause the video or listen to it twice if you need to
-(W.I.L.F.) neat writing, accurate spelling and number facts. Try your best.
If you would like to upload a photo of your completed test, use the ‘Upload’ link under the video. This is optional!
Black Group Dictation:
I have visited the vet to have a look. I love every velvet vest!
Blue Group Dictation:
The vet loves to visit in a van. The vet will have two more looks.
Green Group Dictation:
I gave the vet a van.
Red Group Dictation:
A mug and a hug.
Complete: Friday Test
Purple Mash - Art / PDMU / ICT
Today you have an Art task to complete in Purple Mash. Your task is to think about how you feel about returning to school on Monday.
Talk to a grown up about how you are feeling. I’m excited and looking forward to seeing you. Next week we have lovely art activities and outdoor activities planned for you to enjoy. We’ll get outside and do our PE. Hopefully we’ll be able to walk the daily mile each day. If there is anything you feel unsure about, talk to a grown up.
Parents, I hope that your child(ren) are looking forward to being back at school next week. If your child is unsure about school return watch yesterday’s video again and, if I can be of help, please send Mrs Watson an email and I can phone your child.
Complete the art task to show how you are feeling. Please write a sentence about your picture at the bottom of the page and remember to use punctuation.
Complete - Purple Mash - Emotions – Back to School on Monday.
See you in school on Monday 8th March! Not long now! I'm looking forward to seeing you all
Have a good day.
Mrs Irvine
Today you have an Art task to complete in Purple Mash. Your task is to think about how you feel about returning to school on Monday.
Talk to a grown up about how you are feeling. I’m excited and looking forward to seeing you. Next week we have lovely art activities and outdoor activities planned for you to enjoy. We’ll get outside and do our PE. Hopefully we’ll be able to walk the daily mile each day. If there is anything you feel unsure about, talk to a grown up.
Parents, I hope that your child(ren) are looking forward to being back at school next week. If your child is unsure about school return watch yesterday’s video again and, if I can be of help, please send Mrs Watson an email and I can phone your child.
Complete the art task to show how you are feeling. Please write a sentence about your picture at the bottom of the page and remember to use punctuation.
Complete - Purple Mash - Emotions – Back to School on Monday.
See you in school on Monday 8th March! Not long now! I'm looking forward to seeing you all
Have a good day.
Mrs Irvine
Green Group: ‘The For and the Stork’
This is the ‘Get started’ section that should have been attached to your story.
This is the ‘Get started’ section that should have been attached to your story.
Thursday 4th March
Good morning Year 3! Only a few more days until I can say good morning to you in our classroom! There’s a video on Purple Mash for you to watch today. It’s a video to welcome you back to our classroom for next Monday. Today you could get your pencil case ready for coming back to school (remember pencil cases went home before Christmas to check if anything needed to be replaced). You could get your uniform ready too. Are you excited?
WORLD BOOK DAY
Today is World Book Day. Normally we’d be having lots of fun with books in school today! This week, due to World Book Day, we’ve been focusing on authors as part of our ‘People from the Past’ topic. It’s wonderful that there are so many brilliant authors who write books for us to enjoy. I love to read and I know you do too. Find a quiet space to go and enjoy a book of your choice when you’ve finished today’s tasks.
You could go to the World Book Day website at 10:30am today for a Live Story Event. Today’s event is called ‘World Book Day special – Bringing Reading to Life'. You might recognise some of the famous people involved with today’s event! Lots of books and activities on the World Book Day site to be enjoyed today. Have fun!
Great research and writing about C. S. Lewis yesterday. I hope that you enjoyed watching the video and learning about Roald Dahl too. Two interesting authors and ‘People from the Past’ to learn about.
Good morning Year 3! Only a few more days until I can say good morning to you in our classroom! There’s a video on Purple Mash for you to watch today. It’s a video to welcome you back to our classroom for next Monday. Today you could get your pencil case ready for coming back to school (remember pencil cases went home before Christmas to check if anything needed to be replaced). You could get your uniform ready too. Are you excited?
WORLD BOOK DAY
Today is World Book Day. Normally we’d be having lots of fun with books in school today! This week, due to World Book Day, we’ve been focusing on authors as part of our ‘People from the Past’ topic. It’s wonderful that there are so many brilliant authors who write books for us to enjoy. I love to read and I know you do too. Find a quiet space to go and enjoy a book of your choice when you’ve finished today’s tasks.
You could go to the World Book Day website at 10:30am today for a Live Story Event. Today’s event is called ‘World Book Day special – Bringing Reading to Life'. You might recognise some of the famous people involved with today’s event! Lots of books and activities on the World Book Day site to be enjoyed today. Have fun!
Great research and writing about C. S. Lewis yesterday. I hope that you enjoyed watching the video and learning about Roald Dahl too. Two interesting authors and ‘People from the Past’ to learn about.
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Number
Squares: 5 times tables (NHM 3 Activity Book)
Today we are developing our knowledge and understanding of 5 times tables but we’ll work on 2 times and 10 times too. It’s important to have quick recall of these tables. Play ‘Hit the Button’, ‘Times Tables’ to practise 2, 5 and 10 times tables. Click on ‘Hit the Answer’ and ‘Hit the Question’ to practise both.
Complete: NHM3 page 24.
Extra: Find the 3-digit numbers activities in your pack. These will help you to develop your understanding – complete three pages.
Numeracy – Number
Squares: 5 times tables (NHM 3 Activity Book)
Today we are developing our knowledge and understanding of 5 times tables but we’ll work on 2 times and 10 times too. It’s important to have quick recall of these tables. Play ‘Hit the Button’, ‘Times Tables’ to practise 2, 5 and 10 times tables. Click on ‘Hit the Answer’ and ‘Hit the Question’ to practise both.
Complete: NHM3 page 24.
Extra: Find the 3-digit numbers activities in your pack. These will help you to develop your understanding – complete three pages.
Rectangles / Triangles: Subtracting Multiples of 10 (Addition and Subtraction to 100 booklet)
Today we are subtracting multiples of 10. That means 20, 30, 40, 50 etc. Last week we used our 100 square to subtract 10 by moving up one square. We’ve done some activities subtracting multiples of 10 on the interactive whiteboard in school, e.g. 90 – 40 = Put your finger on 90 and, to take away 40, move up 4 squares because 4 tens is 40. Look at page 19 in your booklet. Use your 100 square to help you subtract multiples of 10. Click on ‘Hit the Button’ and ‘Number Bonds’ and play the 'Subtraction within 100 (tens)’ game.
Complete: A & S to 100 page 19.
Today we are subtracting multiples of 10. That means 20, 30, 40, 50 etc. Last week we used our 100 square to subtract 10 by moving up one square. We’ve done some activities subtracting multiples of 10 on the interactive whiteboard in school, e.g. 90 – 40 = Put your finger on 90 and, to take away 40, move up 4 squares because 4 tens is 40. Look at page 19 in your booklet. Use your 100 square to help you subtract multiples of 10. Click on ‘Hit the Button’ and ‘Number Bonds’ and play the 'Subtraction within 100 (tens)’ game.
Complete: A & S to 100 page 19.
Circles: Facts for 12 (Addition and Subtraction to 20 booklet)
Today you are continuing to work on addition and ways to make 12. Use your number line to find out how to make 12. Complete the rest of the page 8. Click on ‘Hit the Button’ and ‘Number Bonds’ and play the ‘Up to 10’ games.
Complete: Addition and Subtraction to 20 page 8 (Bottom half).
Today you are continuing to work on addition and ways to make 12. Use your number line to find out how to make 12. Complete the rest of the page 8. Click on ‘Hit the Button’ and ‘Number Bonds’ and play the ‘Up to 10’ games.
Complete: Addition and Subtraction to 20 page 8 (Bottom half).
Literacy – Comprehension (Complete in your Literacy Activities book)
Black & Blue Groups: 'The Stone Cutter’
Read the story carefully several times and complete the follow up activities to show your understanding.
Complete: ‘The Stone Cutter’- ‘Get started’, ‘Try these’ and ‘Now try these’ (Black Group only) sections. See answers below.
Green Group: ‘The Fox and the Stork’
Read the story using the pictures and speech bubbles. Read it several times to ensure understanding. Complete section 1.
Complete: ‘The Fox and the Stork’ - ‘Get started’ section.
Red Group: The Alphabet (My Alphabet Booklet)
Today you are matching the upper case letters of the alphabet. Say each letter and match it.
Complete: Alphabet activity – Page 10.
Black, Blue and Green Groups: Complete today’s phonics activity ‘Brainstorm’ to practise your spellings.
Black & Blue Groups: 'The Stone Cutter’
Read the story carefully several times and complete the follow up activities to show your understanding.
Complete: ‘The Stone Cutter’- ‘Get started’, ‘Try these’ and ‘Now try these’ (Black Group only) sections. See answers below.
Green Group: ‘The Fox and the Stork’
Read the story using the pictures and speech bubbles. Read it several times to ensure understanding. Complete section 1.
Complete: ‘The Fox and the Stork’ - ‘Get started’ section.
Red Group: The Alphabet (My Alphabet Booklet)
Today you are matching the upper case letters of the alphabet. Say each letter and match it.
Complete: Alphabet activity – Page 10.
Black, Blue and Green Groups: Complete today’s phonics activity ‘Brainstorm’ to practise your spellings.
World Around Us - People from the Past - Portrait of C. S. Lewis
All groups: This week we have been learning about the famous author, C. S. Lewis. Today’s art activity is to draw a portrait of C. S. Lewis or to colour the picture of C. S. Lewis on the information sheet you used yesterday and on Tuesday. If you choose to draw a portrait, you can use this picture of C. S. Lewis of one of your choice to help you. Look at the shape of his face, position of eyes and then nose and mouth.
Complete: Draw a portrait of C. S. Lewis - A4 page / Colour the picture of C. S. Lewis on the information sheet.
Let’s think about the great learning you’ll do today. When you’ve finished today’s activities you should have a better understanding of (depending on your group):
-(Literacy) showing understanding of a story / the alphabet / how to spell words containing ‘v/ve’ or ‘ug’ / literacy concepts.
-(Numeracy) multiplying by 2, 5 and 10/ subtracting multiples of 10/ making 12 / number facts / mental maths.
Have a great day, Year 3!
Mrs Irvine
Answers for ‘The Stone Cutter’ comprehension. (No need to record marks.)
All groups: This week we have been learning about the famous author, C. S. Lewis. Today’s art activity is to draw a portrait of C. S. Lewis or to colour the picture of C. S. Lewis on the information sheet you used yesterday and on Tuesday. If you choose to draw a portrait, you can use this picture of C. S. Lewis of one of your choice to help you. Look at the shape of his face, position of eyes and then nose and mouth.
Complete: Draw a portrait of C. S. Lewis - A4 page / Colour the picture of C. S. Lewis on the information sheet.
Let’s think about the great learning you’ll do today. When you’ve finished today’s activities you should have a better understanding of (depending on your group):
-(Literacy) showing understanding of a story / the alphabet / how to spell words containing ‘v/ve’ or ‘ug’ / literacy concepts.
-(Numeracy) multiplying by 2, 5 and 10/ subtracting multiples of 10/ making 12 / number facts / mental maths.
Have a great day, Year 3!
Mrs Irvine
Answers for ‘The Stone Cutter’ comprehension. (No need to record marks.)
Wednesday 3rd March
Good morning everyone! I hope that you had a good day yesterday and were able to learn about the famous author, C. S. Lewis. Had you heard of ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ or the book ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ or of a place called Narnia?
Good morning everyone! I hope that you had a good day yesterday and were able to learn about the famous author, C. S. Lewis. Had you heard of ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ or the book ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ or of a place called Narnia?
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Handling Data / Shape
Squares, Rectangles and Triangles: Bar Graphs (Shape Measure and Data Handling booklet)
Today we are moving on to handling data and reminding ourselves that we can use graphs to show information. Look at page 25 of your booklet. At the top of the page there is a collection of dogs, cats and fish. Can you count the number of each animal and record your answer? Then display this information using the graph. Finally, you have two questions to answer. Find the total number of each animal and subtract the smaller number from the larger number to find the difference between the two numbers.
Complete: SMDH booklet – Page 25.
Numeracy – Handling Data / Shape
Squares, Rectangles and Triangles: Bar Graphs (Shape Measure and Data Handling booklet)
Today we are moving on to handling data and reminding ourselves that we can use graphs to show information. Look at page 25 of your booklet. At the top of the page there is a collection of dogs, cats and fish. Can you count the number of each animal and record your answer? Then display this information using the graph. Finally, you have two questions to answer. Find the total number of each animal and subtract the smaller number from the larger number to find the difference between the two numbers.
Complete: SMDH booklet – Page 25.
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Circles: Shape (Shape Booklet)
We’re focusing on the triangles and rectangles today. Can you describe a triangle? How many sides does it have? Can you describe a rectangle? What does a rectangle look like? Show your understanding by colouring all the triangles yellow and the rectangles green. Complete: Shape Booklet – Triangles and Rectangles. |
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Literacy – Independent Writing (Complete in your Literacy Activities book)
During our ‘People from the Past’ topic we will learn about some people who lived years ago but who are still famous and known about today. Yesterday you were to find out about the life of C. S. Lewis. What did you find out? Could you tell a grown up? When you log into Purple Mash today you’ll have an Alert for today’s writing task. Click on ‘i+ More’ to read more about C. S. Lewis. Use this information and your research to write a profile about the life of C. S. Lewis.
Remember W.I.L.F. (What I’m Looking For):
-well-structured sentences.
-punctuation.
-adjectives, if you can.
Find the writing frame in your pack and write your profile in your Literacy Activities book. Remember to write the date, W.A.L.T. and title at the top of the page.
Black Group: Include three facts about C. S. Lewis’ life. Can you show your understanding of adjectives by including some in your writing today?
Blue / Green Group: Use the writing frame to complete the task. Write a sentence which includes a fact about C. C. Lewis’ life.
Red Group: Talk to a grown up about C. S. Lewis. If possible, could you work with a grown up to type your research using the ‘Alert’ on Purple Mash.
Complete: Literacy Activities book – Profile of C. S. Lewis.
-Log in to Purple Mash to complete the C. S. Lewis Alert.
Black, Blue and Green Groups: Play ‘See It Right’ to reinforce ‘v/ve’ spellings.
Purple Mash – People from the Past – C. S. Lewis
Log into Purple Mash and click on today’s Alert. Use your independent writing to write a profile about C. S. Lewis. Remember to share the typing with an adult, if you want to.
All Groups: Complete ‘C. S. Lewis’.
During our ‘People from the Past’ topic we will learn about some people who lived years ago but who are still famous and known about today. Yesterday you were to find out about the life of C. S. Lewis. What did you find out? Could you tell a grown up? When you log into Purple Mash today you’ll have an Alert for today’s writing task. Click on ‘i+ More’ to read more about C. S. Lewis. Use this information and your research to write a profile about the life of C. S. Lewis.
Remember W.I.L.F. (What I’m Looking For):
-well-structured sentences.
-punctuation.
-adjectives, if you can.
Find the writing frame in your pack and write your profile in your Literacy Activities book. Remember to write the date, W.A.L.T. and title at the top of the page.
Black Group: Include three facts about C. S. Lewis’ life. Can you show your understanding of adjectives by including some in your writing today?
Blue / Green Group: Use the writing frame to complete the task. Write a sentence which includes a fact about C. C. Lewis’ life.
Red Group: Talk to a grown up about C. S. Lewis. If possible, could you work with a grown up to type your research using the ‘Alert’ on Purple Mash.
Complete: Literacy Activities book – Profile of C. S. Lewis.
-Log in to Purple Mash to complete the C. S. Lewis Alert.
Black, Blue and Green Groups: Play ‘See It Right’ to reinforce ‘v/ve’ spellings.
Purple Mash – People from the Past – C. S. Lewis
Log into Purple Mash and click on today’s Alert. Use your independent writing to write a profile about C. S. Lewis. Remember to share the typing with an adult, if you want to.
All Groups: Complete ‘C. S. Lewis’.
World Around US – People from the Past - Roald Dahl
In Year 3 we enjoy reading books by the author Roald Dahl. We’ve just finished reading the story of ‘The Giraffe, the Pelly and Me’ by Roald Dahl. ‘The Enormous Crocodile’ and ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’ are two more books you should recognise! Log in to Purple Mash to watch a video about the life of Roald Dahl.
When you’ve finished today’s activities you should have a better understanding of (depending on your group):
-(Literacy) writing a profile / how to spell words containing ‘v/vey’ or ‘ug’ / literacy concepts.
-(Numeracy) bar graphs / 2D shapes / number facts / mental maths.
Have a great day, Year 3!
Mrs Irvine
In Year 3 we enjoy reading books by the author Roald Dahl. We’ve just finished reading the story of ‘The Giraffe, the Pelly and Me’ by Roald Dahl. ‘The Enormous Crocodile’ and ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’ are two more books you should recognise! Log in to Purple Mash to watch a video about the life of Roald Dahl.
When you’ve finished today’s activities you should have a better understanding of (depending on your group):
-(Literacy) writing a profile / how to spell words containing ‘v/vey’ or ‘ug’ / literacy concepts.
-(Numeracy) bar graphs / 2D shapes / number facts / mental maths.
Have a great day, Year 3!
Mrs Irvine
Tuesday 2nd March
Good morning Year 3. I hope that you are well. It’s great to see the sun shining and a little less rain. I hope that you will get outside more this week and have lots of fun.
Good morning Year 3. I hope that you are well. It’s great to see the sun shining and a little less rain. I hope that you will get outside more this week and have lots of fun.
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Time
Squares: Quarter Hours – Read Analogue, Write Words (1) (Time Booklet)
Today we are continuing to focus on the quarter intervals. Write the time neatly underneath each clock - analogue and digital.
Complete: Time Booklet – ‘Read Analogue, Write Words (1) - Page 4.
Rectangles / Triangles: Write the times. (My Time Booklet)
Today we are continuing to work on the quarter intervals (o’clock, quarter past, half past and quarter to). Write the time underneath each clock. The second half of the page focuses on our concept from last week: 1 hour before (earlier) and after (later). Read the time on the clocks and fill in the missing times.
Complete: My Time Booklet - 'Write the times’- 1 page.
Circles: O’clock (Shape, Measure and Data Handling booklet)
Today we are revising o’clock. Read the time on the clock (analogue and digital) and record in the box. Some of the clocks show a digital time so discuss how o’clock is represented on a digital clock. e.g.3:00, 6:00, 10:00.
Complete: Shape, Measure and Data Handling booklet – 'O’clock’- Page 23.
Numeracy – Time
Squares: Quarter Hours – Read Analogue, Write Words (1) (Time Booklet)
Today we are continuing to focus on the quarter intervals. Write the time neatly underneath each clock - analogue and digital.
Complete: Time Booklet – ‘Read Analogue, Write Words (1) - Page 4.
Rectangles / Triangles: Write the times. (My Time Booklet)
Today we are continuing to work on the quarter intervals (o’clock, quarter past, half past and quarter to). Write the time underneath each clock. The second half of the page focuses on our concept from last week: 1 hour before (earlier) and after (later). Read the time on the clocks and fill in the missing times.
Complete: My Time Booklet - 'Write the times’- 1 page.
Circles: O’clock (Shape, Measure and Data Handling booklet)
Today we are revising o’clock. Read the time on the clock (analogue and digital) and record in the box. Some of the clocks show a digital time so discuss how o’clock is represented on a digital clock. e.g.3:00, 6:00, 10:00.
Complete: Shape, Measure and Data Handling booklet – 'O’clock’- Page 23.
Literacy – Grammar – ‘Expanded Noun Phrases to Specify’ Photocopied Sheet (Complete in your Literacy Activities book)
Black, Blue and Green Groups: Today we are continuing to learn about adjectives. We can use adjectives to describe a noun e.g. mint ice cream, chocolate sauce or a blue pencil. The adjective tells us more about the noun. Here are some examples.
- Peter likes to wear his green coat and woolly hat. The words ‘green’ and 'woolly’ are adjectives. The words ‘coat’ and ‘hat’ are nouns. The adjectives describe the nouns.
Black Group: Complete: ‘Get started’, ‘Try these’ and ‘Now try these’.
Blue Group: Complete: ‘Get started’ and ‘Try these’.
Green Group: Complete: ‘Get started’.
Black, Blue and Green Groups: Today we are continuing to learn about adjectives. We can use adjectives to describe a noun e.g. mint ice cream, chocolate sauce or a blue pencil. The adjective tells us more about the noun. Here are some examples.
- Peter likes to wear his green coat and woolly hat. The words ‘green’ and 'woolly’ are adjectives. The words ‘coat’ and ‘hat’ are nouns. The adjectives describe the nouns.
Black Group: Complete: ‘Get started’, ‘Try these’ and ‘Now try these’.
Blue Group: Complete: ‘Get started’ and ‘Try these’.
Green Group: Complete: ‘Get started’.
Black, Blue and Green Groups: Complete: Play the Roll and Read game to practise reading ‘v/ve' words.
Red Group: ‘_ug’ words (Phonics Booklet)
Complete Tuesday’s ‘_ug’ spelling practice.
Lexia Group: Complete 20 minutes of activities on Lexia.
Literacy Practice – Today you are completing Day 88 in your booklet. We will take a break and complete Day 89 when you return to school on Monday. Keep working on the Mental Maths booklet as usual.
Complete Tuesday’s ‘_ug’ spelling practice.
Lexia Group: Complete 20 minutes of activities on Lexia.
Literacy Practice – Today you are completing Day 88 in your booklet. We will take a break and complete Day 89 when you return to school on Monday. Keep working on the Mental Maths booklet as usual.
World Around Us – People from the Past - Research - C. S. Lewis
During our ‘People from the Past’ topic we learn about famous people who aren’t alive anymore. We learn about people from the past who made a difference. Today I would like you to find out about C. S. Lewis. Read the C. S. Lewis information page in your pack. When was he born? Why was he famous? Can you find out some facts about his life? Can you find out where he was born?
Complete: Find out about C. S. Lewis – No written activity.
When you’ve finished today’s activities you should have a better understanding of (depending on your group):
-(Literacy) adjectives / phonics / how to spell words containing ‘v/ve’ or ‘ug’ / literacy concepts.
-(Numeracy) analogue and digital times / 1 hour before and after / number facts / mental maths.
I hope you have a great day.
Mrs Irvine
During our ‘People from the Past’ topic we learn about famous people who aren’t alive anymore. We learn about people from the past who made a difference. Today I would like you to find out about C. S. Lewis. Read the C. S. Lewis information page in your pack. When was he born? Why was he famous? Can you find out some facts about his life? Can you find out where he was born?
Complete: Find out about C. S. Lewis – No written activity.
When you’ve finished today’s activities you should have a better understanding of (depending on your group):
-(Literacy) adjectives / phonics / how to spell words containing ‘v/ve’ or ‘ug’ / literacy concepts.
-(Numeracy) analogue and digital times / 1 hour before and after / number facts / mental maths.
I hope you have a great day.
Mrs Irvine
Monday 1st March
Hello, Year 3. I hope that you had a lovely weekend. It’s our last week of home learning so let’s make it a great one. I’m really looking forward to next Monday and getting to catch up with you all.
Hello, Year 3. I hope that you had a lovely weekend. It’s our last week of home learning so let’s make it a great one. I’m really looking forward to next Monday and getting to catch up with you all.
Our focus today:
Literacy – Phonics
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ’v/ve’ sound. Can be written ‘v’ or ‘ve’. (My Phonics Book)
Revision: Can you remember the different ways to write the sounds we’ve covered so far?
- ‘oa’ - 4 ways, ‘ee’ - 4 ways, ‘er’ - 3 ways, ‘igh’ - 4 ways, ‘ow’ - 3 ways and ‘ay’ - 4 ways.
Test yourself and see what you can remember. (Remember that the answers are on the front of your Literacy Homework – Phonics (Sounds) booklet.) It’s so important to keep revising these.
This week’s sound is the ‘v/ve’ sound. Examples of words with the ‘v/ve’ sound:
‘v' – van, very, velvet
‘ve’ - love, above, sleeve
As usual, read today’s passage three times and underline the words which contain the ‘v/ve’ sound. Sort the words using the headings ‘v’ and ‘ve’. Remember to stretch the word to see how the sound is written. Watch the phonics video on Purple Mash. This is trickier than you might think!
Complete: My Phonics Booklet - ‘v/ve’ activity.
Red Group: ‘_ug’
Today we are learning to spell words which end with 'ug’. See video on Purple Mash.
Watch this 'u' video to learn about ‘_u_’ words.
We’re starting a new booklet today. It’s the Medial ‘u’ booklet (A5 size). Read the ‘_ug’ words in your booklet that you use to practise your spellings.
Complete: Phonics – Year 3 Spellings – Medial ‘u’ booklet - ‘_ug’ activity.
Lexia Group: Complete 20 minutes of activities on Lexia.
Literacy – Phonics
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ’v/ve’ sound. Can be written ‘v’ or ‘ve’. (My Phonics Book)
Revision: Can you remember the different ways to write the sounds we’ve covered so far?
- ‘oa’ - 4 ways, ‘ee’ - 4 ways, ‘er’ - 3 ways, ‘igh’ - 4 ways, ‘ow’ - 3 ways and ‘ay’ - 4 ways.
Test yourself and see what you can remember. (Remember that the answers are on the front of your Literacy Homework – Phonics (Sounds) booklet.) It’s so important to keep revising these.
This week’s sound is the ‘v/ve’ sound. Examples of words with the ‘v/ve’ sound:
‘v' – van, very, velvet
‘ve’ - love, above, sleeve
As usual, read today’s passage three times and underline the words which contain the ‘v/ve’ sound. Sort the words using the headings ‘v’ and ‘ve’. Remember to stretch the word to see how the sound is written. Watch the phonics video on Purple Mash. This is trickier than you might think!
Complete: My Phonics Booklet - ‘v/ve’ activity.
Red Group: ‘_ug’
Today we are learning to spell words which end with 'ug’. See video on Purple Mash.
Watch this 'u' video to learn about ‘_u_’ words.
We’re starting a new booklet today. It’s the Medial ‘u’ booklet (A5 size). Read the ‘_ug’ words in your booklet that you use to practise your spellings.
Complete: Phonics – Year 3 Spellings – Medial ‘u’ booklet - ‘_ug’ activity.
Lexia Group: Complete 20 minutes of activities on Lexia.
Numeracy - Time
Squares: Mad Maths Minutes (Time Booklet)
Today you are going to show your understanding of digital time and record the answers in digital format.
Complete: Time Booklet - Page 3.
Squares: Mad Maths Minutes (Time Booklet)
Today you are going to show your understanding of digital time and record the answers in digital format.
Complete: Time Booklet - Page 3.
Rectangles / Triangles: 1 hour before / 1 hour later (My Time Booklet)
Today we are learning to find the time 1 hour before and 1 hour later. Read the time on the clock and work out what time it would be 1 hour earlier and then 1 hour later.
e.g. 5 o’clock - I hour before = 4 o’clock, 1 hour later = 6 o’clock.
Complete: My Time Booklet - '1 hour before / 1 hour later’ (1 page).
Today we are learning to find the time 1 hour before and 1 hour later. Read the time on the clock and work out what time it would be 1 hour earlier and then 1 hour later.
e.g. 5 o’clock - I hour before = 4 o’clock, 1 hour later = 6 o’clock.
Complete: My Time Booklet - '1 hour before / 1 hour later’ (1 page).
Circles: Days of the Week
Practise saying the days of the week and you could watch the days of the week video
too. Fill in the missing days of the week to complete the sequence.
Complete: Shape, Measure and Data Handling booklet – ‘Days of the Week’- Page 22.
Practise saying the days of the week and you could watch the days of the week video
too. Fill in the missing days of the week to complete the sequence.
Complete: Shape, Measure and Data Handling booklet – ‘Days of the Week’- Page 22.
Purple Mash – Numeracy Activities
Log in to Purple Mash and click on the ‘Alert’ to play today’s numeracy games.
Answers for Mental Maths and Literacy Practice for this week are in your pack. Today’s phonics answers will be posted later.
Have a great day, Year 3.
Mrs Irvine
Log in to Purple Mash and click on the ‘Alert’ to play today’s numeracy games.
Answers for Mental Maths and Literacy Practice for this week are in your pack. Today’s phonics answers will be posted later.
Have a great day, Year 3.
Mrs Irvine
Here is this week's Road Safety Calendar...
Our focus for week beginning 22nd February:
Literacy - Spellings:
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ‘ay’ sound.
Complete: Daily 'ay’ activities.
Red Group: ‘i’ sound focusing on ‘_it’.
Complete: Daily '_it’ activity.
Numeracy - Number Facts:
Squares Group: List 34 – Hundreds, Tens and Units e.g. 356 is 3 hundreds, 5 tens and 6 units.
Rectangles and Triangles Group: List 23 – Making 20.
Circles Group: List 7 – Making 10. (Use number line, if you need to).
Literacy Practice: – Days 82 - 86.
Mental Maths: Squares – Pages 34 & 35, Rectangles, Triangles and Circles - Pages 36 & 37.
Literacy - Spellings:
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ‘ay’ sound.
Complete: Daily 'ay’ activities.
Red Group: ‘i’ sound focusing on ‘_it’.
Complete: Daily '_it’ activity.
Numeracy - Number Facts:
Squares Group: List 34 – Hundreds, Tens and Units e.g. 356 is 3 hundreds, 5 tens and 6 units.
Rectangles and Triangles Group: List 23 – Making 20.
Circles Group: List 7 – Making 10. (Use number line, if you need to).
Literacy Practice: – Days 82 - 86.
Mental Maths: Squares – Pages 34 & 35, Rectangles, Triangles and Circles - Pages 36 & 37.
Friday 26th February
Good morning, Year 3! I hope that you are enjoying the better weather and getting outside for some fun and exercise.
Thank you for the photos for our ‘Home Learning Gallery’. It’s great to see you having lots of fun.
Good morning, Year 3! I hope that you are enjoying the better weather and getting outside for some fun and exercise.
Thank you for the photos for our ‘Home Learning Gallery’. It’s great to see you having lots of fun.
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Number
Squares: The 2-times table / The 5-times table (My Multiplication Booklet)
Today we are focusing on multiplying by 2 and 5. These activities help you to visualise the multiplication tables as well as giving you challenges to embed your understanding.
Complete: My Multiplication Booklet - x2 and x5 (4 pages).
Extension: 5 Times Table Multiplication Wheels (2 pages) (Extra activities if you have time.)
Rectangles / Triangles: Counting within 100 (Numbers to 100, then 1000)
Today we are focusing on counting within 100. You can count in ones but remember that counting in twos, fives and tens is faster! Accuracy is more important though. Count carefully.
Complete: Numbers to 100, then 1000 booklet - Page 4.
Circles: Word Problems (Food Picture Addition booklet)
Today you are drawing pictures to represent word problems about sandcastles. Discuss this with a grown up.
Complete: Word Problems (1 page - last page of booklet).
Numeracy – Number
Squares: The 2-times table / The 5-times table (My Multiplication Booklet)
Today we are focusing on multiplying by 2 and 5. These activities help you to visualise the multiplication tables as well as giving you challenges to embed your understanding.
Complete: My Multiplication Booklet - x2 and x5 (4 pages).
Extension: 5 Times Table Multiplication Wheels (2 pages) (Extra activities if you have time.)
Rectangles / Triangles: Counting within 100 (Numbers to 100, then 1000)
Today we are focusing on counting within 100. You can count in ones but remember that counting in twos, fives and tens is faster! Accuracy is more important though. Count carefully.
Complete: Numbers to 100, then 1000 booklet - Page 4.
Circles: Word Problems (Food Picture Addition booklet)
Today you are drawing pictures to represent word problems about sandcastles. Discuss this with a grown up.
Complete: Word Problems (1 page - last page of booklet).
Literacy: Reading / Reading Activities
All groups: Our focus today is to show understanding of the texts you have read by completing all the reading activities linked to these books (most groups should be completing one or two activities today).
Wrens Reading Group: The book we are now focusing on is ‘The Shop’. Complete two pages of your reading activities booklet.
Lexia Group: 20 minutes on Lexia.
Literacy – Class Novel
We’ve been reading the Roald Dahl story called ‘The Giraffe, the Pelly and Me' as our class novel. Since it’s been a while since we’ve read the story, log on to Purple Mash to listen to a recap of the story so far..... Then click on the second alert to hear what happens next!
All groups: Our focus today is to show understanding of the texts you have read by completing all the reading activities linked to these books (most groups should be completing one or two activities today).
Wrens Reading Group: The book we are now focusing on is ‘The Shop’. Complete two pages of your reading activities booklet.
Lexia Group: 20 minutes on Lexia.
Literacy – Class Novel
We’ve been reading the Roald Dahl story called ‘The Giraffe, the Pelly and Me' as our class novel. Since it’s been a while since we’ve read the story, log on to Purple Mash to listen to a recap of the story so far..... Then click on the second alert to hear what happens next!
Spelling, Number Facts and Dictation (My Spellings and Number Facts Book)
Log on to Purple Mash for this week’s Friday Test.
Remember:
-you can pause the video
-listen to it twice if you need to
-(W.I.L.F.) neat writing, accurate spelling and number facts. Try your best.
If you would like to upload a photo of your completed test, use the ‘Upload’ link under the video. This is optional!
Black Group Dictation:
On Tuesday I made a paper snake when playing. I can make it stay up for a day at a time!
Blue Group Dictation:
The rain came and so I stay in and play. I take time to say my name.
Green Group Dictation:
I came to play for a day.
Red Group Dictation:
I sit in a lit pit.
Complete: Friday Test
Log on to Purple Mash for this week’s Friday Test.
Remember:
-you can pause the video
-listen to it twice if you need to
-(W.I.L.F.) neat writing, accurate spelling and number facts. Try your best.
If you would like to upload a photo of your completed test, use the ‘Upload’ link under the video. This is optional!
Black Group Dictation:
On Tuesday I made a paper snake when playing. I can make it stay up for a day at a time!
Blue Group Dictation:
The rain came and so I stay in and play. I take time to say my name.
Green Group Dictation:
I came to play for a day.
Red Group Dictation:
I sit in a lit pit.
Complete: Friday Test
Purple Mash - Art / World Around Us / ICT
Today you have an Art task to complete in Purple Mash. Your task is to draw your favourite flavour of ice cream. Please write a sentence about your picture at the bottom of the page and remember to use punctuation.
Complete: Purple Mash - Ice Cream task.
See you back here on Monday 1st March for our last week of home learning.
Have a good day!
Mrs Irvine
Today you have an Art task to complete in Purple Mash. Your task is to draw your favourite flavour of ice cream. Please write a sentence about your picture at the bottom of the page and remember to use punctuation.
Complete: Purple Mash - Ice Cream task.
See you back here on Monday 1st March for our last week of home learning.
Have a good day!
Mrs Irvine
Thursday 25th February
Good morning Year 3! I hope that you are all well.
Super instructional writing on Purple Mash yesterday. Was it good fun pretending to be a chef? Your Rice Krispie buns instructions were brilliant. I think I’ll make some at the weekend! I’ve enjoyed seeing the baking photos you’ve sent in for our Home Learning Gallery.
Good morning Year 3! I hope that you are all well.
Super instructional writing on Purple Mash yesterday. Was it good fun pretending to be a chef? Your Rice Krispie buns instructions were brilliant. I think I’ll make some at the weekend! I’ve enjoyed seeing the baking photos you’ve sent in for our Home Learning Gallery.
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Number
Squares: Ordinal Number (NHM 3 Activity Book)
Today we are learning about ordinal numbers. That’s words like first, second, third …... Could you say the rest of the ordinal numbers up to twentieth? Here’s an ordinal numbers video and some ordinal numbers information with some activities too.
Numeracy – Number
Squares: Ordinal Number (NHM 3 Activity Book)
Today we are learning about ordinal numbers. That’s words like first, second, third …... Could you say the rest of the ordinal numbers up to twentieth? Here’s an ordinal numbers video and some ordinal numbers information with some activities too.
Often, we just add ‘th’ to the number e.g. ‘four’ becomes ‘fourth’ but there are some numbers where this isn’t the case. I wonder could you sort the ordinal words (first to twentieth) into the two groups - those where you just add ‘th’ (12 numbers) and those where you don’t (8 numbers). Some of these words are tricky to spell.
Find today's activity in your booklet and read each ordinal numbers before writing or matching them.
Complete: NHM3 page 23.
If you have extra time, there are some 3-digit numbers activities in your pack to develop your understanding – complete two pages.
Find today's activity in your booklet and read each ordinal numbers before writing or matching them.
Complete: NHM3 page 23.
If you have extra time, there are some 3-digit numbers activities in your pack to develop your understanding – complete two pages.
Rectangles / Triangles: Subtracting 10 (Addition and Subtraction to 100 booklet)
Today we are focusing on subtracting 10. We completed some activities in December where we used the 100 square to take away 10. We clicked on a number of the hundred square and subtracted ten by moving up one square. Click on 10 more and 10 less to watch a video to help you. Here’s a game called Ten Hunt. Click on ‘10 less’ to practise taking away 10 using the hundred square. Look at page 18 in your booklet. Use your 100 square to help you subtract 10.
Complete: A & S to 100 page 18.
Today we are focusing on subtracting 10. We completed some activities in December where we used the 100 square to take away 10. We clicked on a number of the hundred square and subtracted ten by moving up one square. Click on 10 more and 10 less to watch a video to help you. Here’s a game called Ten Hunt. Click on ‘10 less’ to practise taking away 10 using the hundred square. Look at page 18 in your booklet. Use your 100 square to help you subtract 10.
Complete: A & S to 100 page 18.
Circles: Facts for 12 (Addition and Subtraction to 20 booklet)
Today you are developing your understanding of addition and ways to make 12. Use your number line to find out how to make 12. Complete the top half of the page 8.
Complete: Addition and Subtraction to 20 page 8 (Top half)
Today you are developing your understanding of addition and ways to make 12. Use your number line to find out how to make 12. Complete the top half of the page 8.
Complete: Addition and Subtraction to 20 page 8 (Top half)
Literacy – Comprehension (Complete in your Literacy Activities book)
Black & Blue Groups: 'Be a Snake Charmer’
Read the instructions carefully several times and complete the follow up activities to show your understanding.
Complete: ‘Be a Snake Charmer’ - ‘Get started’, ‘Try these’ and ‘Now try these’ (Black Group only) sections .
Green Group: ‘Hand Play’
Read the instructions several times to ensure understanding. Complete section 1.
Complete: ‘Hand Play’ - ‘Get started’ section.
Red Group: The Alphabet (My Alphabet Booklet)
Continue to practise saying the alphabet. Today we are matching the lower case letters of the alphabet. Say each letter and it’s sound as you match it.
Complete: Alphabet activity – Page 9.
Black, Blue and Green Groups: Complete today’s phonics activity ‘Brainstorm’ to practise your spellings.
Black & Blue Groups: 'Be a Snake Charmer’
Read the instructions carefully several times and complete the follow up activities to show your understanding.
Complete: ‘Be a Snake Charmer’ - ‘Get started’, ‘Try these’ and ‘Now try these’ (Black Group only) sections .
Green Group: ‘Hand Play’
Read the instructions several times to ensure understanding. Complete section 1.
Complete: ‘Hand Play’ - ‘Get started’ section.
Red Group: The Alphabet (My Alphabet Booklet)
Continue to practise saying the alphabet. Today we are matching the lower case letters of the alphabet. Say each letter and it’s sound as you match it.
Complete: Alphabet activity – Page 9.
Black, Blue and Green Groups: Complete today’s phonics activity ‘Brainstorm’ to practise your spellings.
World Around Us - Food, Glorious Food - Food Diary
All groups: Continue to record the foods you have been eating this week. Points for discussion:
-Which fruits have you eaten?
-Which vegetables have you enjoyed?
-How many different breakfasts have you had this week?
-Which lunch was your favourite?
-Which meats have you eaten this week (if any)?
Research:
-Could you find out which foods are grown in Northern Ireland?
-Which foods grow in the summer / winter?
Complete: 'Food Diary’ - A4 page.
Let’s think about the great learning you’ll do today. When you’ve finished today’s activities you should have a better understanding of (depending on your group):
-(Literacy) reading instructions / showing understanding of text / the alphabet / how to spell words containing ‘ay’ or ‘it’ / literacy concepts.
-(Numeracy) reading and writing ordinal numbers / subtracting 10 / making 12 / number facts / mental maths.
Have a great day, Year 3!
Mrs Irvine
All groups: Continue to record the foods you have been eating this week. Points for discussion:
-Which fruits have you eaten?
-Which vegetables have you enjoyed?
-How many different breakfasts have you had this week?
-Which lunch was your favourite?
-Which meats have you eaten this week (if any)?
Research:
-Could you find out which foods are grown in Northern Ireland?
-Which foods grow in the summer / winter?
Complete: 'Food Diary’ - A4 page.
Let’s think about the great learning you’ll do today. When you’ve finished today’s activities you should have a better understanding of (depending on your group):
-(Literacy) reading instructions / showing understanding of text / the alphabet / how to spell words containing ‘ay’ or ‘it’ / literacy concepts.
-(Numeracy) reading and writing ordinal numbers / subtracting 10 / making 12 / number facts / mental maths.
Have a great day, Year 3!
Mrs Irvine
Wednesday 24th February
Good morning boys and girls! Did you enjoy making a restaurant menu yesterday?
This week we are thinking about the food we eat. In your pack you will have noticed a food diary sheet. Could you record the food you eat each day this week? (This is an activity to keep at home and purely for discussion at home. You don’t need to return it to school.) At the end of the week, you can look at your food diary and notice if you’ve eaten fruits and vegetables, had a variety of lunches or look at the different types of dinners you’ve enjoyed.
During this topic we usually try to find food facts to share with each other. If you have time, could you do your own research and share a fact on our Food, Glorious Food blog under the ‘Food Facts’ post. Have fun researching!
Good morning boys and girls! Did you enjoy making a restaurant menu yesterday?
This week we are thinking about the food we eat. In your pack you will have noticed a food diary sheet. Could you record the food you eat each day this week? (This is an activity to keep at home and purely for discussion at home. You don’t need to return it to school.) At the end of the week, you can look at your food diary and notice if you’ve eaten fruits and vegetables, had a variety of lunches or look at the different types of dinners you’ve enjoyed.
During this topic we usually try to find food facts to share with each other. If you have time, could you do your own research and share a fact on our Food, Glorious Food blog under the ‘Food Facts’ post. Have fun researching!
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Shape
Squares, Rectangles and Triangles: 2D Shapes (Shape Measure and Data Handling booklet)
Today we continue to focus on 2D shapes and their properties. Before you begin, can you remember the names of all the 2D shapes and could you describe each shape (include the number of sides and corners)? Look at page 5 of your booklet. Match the shapes to their names and record the number of sides and corners on each shape.
This Shape Game helps you to develop your understanding of 2D shape properties and Carroll Diagrams.
Complete: SMDH booklet – Page 5.
Circles: Shape (Shape Booklet)
We’re focusing on the pentagon today. A pentagon has 5 sides. What does it look like? Can you draw it? Can you write its name? Can you describe it? __ sides, __ corners?
Here’s a Shape Game to play, if you have time.
Complete: Shape Booklet – pentagons.
Numeracy – Shape
Squares, Rectangles and Triangles: 2D Shapes (Shape Measure and Data Handling booklet)
Today we continue to focus on 2D shapes and their properties. Before you begin, can you remember the names of all the 2D shapes and could you describe each shape (include the number of sides and corners)? Look at page 5 of your booklet. Match the shapes to their names and record the number of sides and corners on each shape.
This Shape Game helps you to develop your understanding of 2D shape properties and Carroll Diagrams.
Complete: SMDH booklet – Page 5.
Circles: Shape (Shape Booklet)
We’re focusing on the pentagon today. A pentagon has 5 sides. What does it look like? Can you draw it? Can you write its name? Can you describe it? __ sides, __ corners?
Here’s a Shape Game to play, if you have time.
Complete: Shape Booklet – pentagons.
Literacy – Independent Writing (Complete in your Literacy Activities book)
This week you’re going to do a second piece of instructional writing. You’re going to write instructions describing how to make Rice Krispie buns and use Purple Mash to pretend to be a chef who is explaining how to make the buns.
Remember W.I.L.F. (What I’m Looking For):
-clear and concise sentences.
-punctuation.
-instructions that someone else could follow (to make the buns).
Find the writing frame in your pack and write the instructions in your Literacy Activities book. Remember to write the date, W.A.L.T. and title at the top of the page. e.g.
Wednesday 24th February
W.A.L.T. write instructions.
Making Rice Krispie Buns
Black Group: Include details in your instructions but keep each sentence short and clear. Can you show your understanding of adjectives by including some in your writing today? Which nouns could you describe using an adjective?
Blue / Green Group: Use the writing frame to complete the task. Write a sentence for each instruction.
Red Group: Talk to a grown up about how to make Rice Krispie buns. If possible, could you work with a grown up to type your instructions using the ‘Alert’ on Purple Mash.
Complete: My Own Writing book – Making Rice Krispie Buns.
-Log in to Purple Mash (see below) to complete the mashcam Alert.
This week you’re going to do a second piece of instructional writing. You’re going to write instructions describing how to make Rice Krispie buns and use Purple Mash to pretend to be a chef who is explaining how to make the buns.
Remember W.I.L.F. (What I’m Looking For):
-clear and concise sentences.
-punctuation.
-instructions that someone else could follow (to make the buns).
Find the writing frame in your pack and write the instructions in your Literacy Activities book. Remember to write the date, W.A.L.T. and title at the top of the page. e.g.
Wednesday 24th February
W.A.L.T. write instructions.
Making Rice Krispie Buns
Black Group: Include details in your instructions but keep each sentence short and clear. Can you show your understanding of adjectives by including some in your writing today? Which nouns could you describe using an adjective?
Blue / Green Group: Use the writing frame to complete the task. Write a sentence for each instruction.
Red Group: Talk to a grown up about how to make Rice Krispie buns. If possible, could you work with a grown up to type your instructions using the ‘Alert’ on Purple Mash.
Complete: My Own Writing book – Making Rice Krispie Buns.
-Log in to Purple Mash (see below) to complete the mashcam Alert.
Black, Blue and Green Groups: Play ‘See It Right’ to reinforce ‘ay’ spellings.
Purple Mash – Food, Glorious Food – Making Rice Krispie Buns
Log into Purple Mash and click on today’s Alert. Use your independent writing that you completed and type it into the 2Do 'Making Rice Krispie Buns’. Remember to share the typing with an adult, if you want to.
All Groups: Complete ‘Making Rice Krispie Buns’.
World Around Us – Food, Glorious Food
I wonder have you ever seen a piece of food that has been left out for a few days and started to go off. During our Food, Glorious Food topic we would usually complete an investigation to find out what happens to some foods when they are left out for a week. We place an apple (cut in half), a slice of cheese, a piece of bread and a biscuit on a plate a notice the changes that take place. Maybe you could carry out your own investigation at home.
When you’ve finished today’s activities you should have a better understanding of (depending on your group):
-(Literacy) writing instructions / how to spell words containing ‘ay’ or ‘it’ / literacy concepts.
-(Numeracy) 2D shapes / number facts / mental maths.
Enjoy being a chef today, Year 3!
Mrs Irvine
Log into Purple Mash and click on today’s Alert. Use your independent writing that you completed and type it into the 2Do 'Making Rice Krispie Buns’. Remember to share the typing with an adult, if you want to.
All Groups: Complete ‘Making Rice Krispie Buns’.
World Around Us – Food, Glorious Food
I wonder have you ever seen a piece of food that has been left out for a few days and started to go off. During our Food, Glorious Food topic we would usually complete an investigation to find out what happens to some foods when they are left out for a week. We place an apple (cut in half), a slice of cheese, a piece of bread and a biscuit on a plate a notice the changes that take place. Maybe you could carry out your own investigation at home.
When you’ve finished today’s activities you should have a better understanding of (depending on your group):
-(Literacy) writing instructions / how to spell words containing ‘ay’ or ‘it’ / literacy concepts.
-(Numeracy) 2D shapes / number facts / mental maths.
Enjoy being a chef today, Year 3!
Mrs Irvine
Tuesday 23rd February
Hello Year 3. I hope that you had a good day yesterday and are getting back into routine again. Thank you so much for collecting your packs yesterday and well done for all the great work you sent in. Super! I'm really pleased!
Do you have any photos from half term that you’d like to share with our class? We’re going to start a new Home Learning Gallery this week.
Hello Year 3. I hope that you had a good day yesterday and are getting back into routine again. Thank you so much for collecting your packs yesterday and well done for all the great work you sent in. Super! I'm really pleased!
Do you have any photos from half term that you’d like to share with our class? We’re going to start a new Home Learning Gallery this week.
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Time
Squares: Quarter Hours – Read Analogue, Write Words (1) (Time Booklet)
Today we are focusing on the quarter intervals. Write the time neatly underneath each clock - analogue and digital, if you can. Here's a time video which covers some of the time facts you learned about yesterday in the 'Time Chant'. Can you remember them?
Complete: Time Booklet – ‘Read Analogue, Write Words (1) - Page 2.
Rectangles / Triangles: Tom’s Day (My Time Booklet)
Today we are learning about how 5 past and 10 past times are displayed on the analogue clock. Watch the video on Purple Mash to learn about 5 past and 10 past.
Complete: My Time Booklet - 'Tom’s Day!’- 1 page.
Circles: Days of the Week (Shape, Measure and Data Handling booklet)
Today we are working on the days of the week. Practise saying the days of the week and you could watch yesterday’s days of the week video again too. Fill in the missing days of the week to complete the sequence.
Complete: Shape, Measure and Data Handling booklet – ‘Days of the Week’- Page 21.
Numeracy – Time
Squares: Quarter Hours – Read Analogue, Write Words (1) (Time Booklet)
Today we are focusing on the quarter intervals. Write the time neatly underneath each clock - analogue and digital, if you can. Here's a time video which covers some of the time facts you learned about yesterday in the 'Time Chant'. Can you remember them?
Complete: Time Booklet – ‘Read Analogue, Write Words (1) - Page 2.
Rectangles / Triangles: Tom’s Day (My Time Booklet)
Today we are learning about how 5 past and 10 past times are displayed on the analogue clock. Watch the video on Purple Mash to learn about 5 past and 10 past.
Complete: My Time Booklet - 'Tom’s Day!’- 1 page.
Circles: Days of the Week (Shape, Measure and Data Handling booklet)
Today we are working on the days of the week. Practise saying the days of the week and you could watch yesterday’s days of the week video again too. Fill in the missing days of the week to complete the sequence.
Complete: Shape, Measure and Data Handling booklet – ‘Days of the Week’- Page 21.
Literacy – Grammar – Adjectives Sheet (Complete in your Literacy Activities book)
Black, Blue and Green Groups: Today we are learning about adjectives. An adjective is a word that describes a noun e.g. blue table, small car. The adjective tells us more about the noun. Here are some examples.
- I sit at a green table. The word ‘green’ is the adjective. The word ‘table’ is the noun. The adjective (green) tells us that the table is green.
- Sarah has curly hair. The word ‘curly’ is the adjective and tells us that Sarah’s hair is curly.
Click to watch a BBC Bitesize video on adjectives. The yeti in the in the video could learn some good manners from you, Year 3! Scroll down the BBC Bitesize page to complete an activity where you can highlight adjectives or play a quiz.
Black Group: Complete: ‘Get started’, ‘Try these’ and ‘Now try these’.
Blue Group: Complete: ‘Get started’ and ‘Try these’.
Green Group: Complete: ‘Get started’.
Black, Blue and Green Groups: Today we are learning about adjectives. An adjective is a word that describes a noun e.g. blue table, small car. The adjective tells us more about the noun. Here are some examples.
- I sit at a green table. The word ‘green’ is the adjective. The word ‘table’ is the noun. The adjective (green) tells us that the table is green.
- Sarah has curly hair. The word ‘curly’ is the adjective and tells us that Sarah’s hair is curly.
Click to watch a BBC Bitesize video on adjectives. The yeti in the in the video could learn some good manners from you, Year 3! Scroll down the BBC Bitesize page to complete an activity where you can highlight adjectives or play a quiz.
Black Group: Complete: ‘Get started’, ‘Try these’ and ‘Now try these’.
Blue Group: Complete: ‘Get started’ and ‘Try these’.
Green Group: Complete: ‘Get started’.
Black, Blue and Green Groups: Complete: Play the Roll and Read game to practise reading ‘ay’ words.
Red Group: ‘_it’ words (Phonics Booklet)
Complete Tuesday’s ‘_it’ spelling practice.
Lexia Group: Complete 20 minutes of activities on Lexia.
Red Group: ‘_it’ words (Phonics Booklet)
Complete Tuesday’s ‘_it’ spelling practice.
Lexia Group: Complete 20 minutes of activities on Lexia.
World Around Us – Food, Glorious Food - Art
Today’s art task is to create your own restaurant menu. Choose a name for your restaurant. Design and colour the front cover. Which starters, main courses and desserts would you offer at your restaurant?
Complete: 'Menu' - A4 page in your pack.
When you’ve finished today’s activities you should have a better understanding of (depending on your group):
-(Literacy) adjectives / phonics / how to spell words containing ‘ay’ or ‘it’ / literacy concepts.
-(Numeracy) analogue and digital times / 5 and 10 past / days of the week / number facts / mental maths.
I hope you have a great day.
Mrs Irvine
Today’s art task is to create your own restaurant menu. Choose a name for your restaurant. Design and colour the front cover. Which starters, main courses and desserts would you offer at your restaurant?
Complete: 'Menu' - A4 page in your pack.
When you’ve finished today’s activities you should have a better understanding of (depending on your group):
-(Literacy) adjectives / phonics / how to spell words containing ‘ay’ or ‘it’ / literacy concepts.
-(Numeracy) analogue and digital times / 5 and 10 past / days of the week / number facts / mental maths.
I hope you have a great day.
Mrs Irvine
Phonics answers
Monday 22nd February
Hello Year 3. I hope that you had a lovely half term holiday. It’s great to get back to our learning after a good rest. Year 3, I'm really glad to hear that our class will be back in school on Monday 8th March. That's only two weeks away! I can't wait to see you all.
We have a new blog on Purple Mash and we’ll have a new Home Learning Gallery beginning later this week too. The new blog is called Half Term Fun.
Hello Year 3. I hope that you had a lovely half term holiday. It’s great to get back to our learning after a good rest. Year 3, I'm really glad to hear that our class will be back in school on Monday 8th March. That's only two weeks away! I can't wait to see you all.
We have a new blog on Purple Mash and we’ll have a new Home Learning Gallery beginning later this week too. The new blog is called Half Term Fun.
Our focus today:
Literacy – Phonics
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ‘ay’ sound. Can be written ‘ay’, ‘ai’, ‘a_e’ or ‘ey’. (My Phonics Book)
Revision: Can you remember the different ways to write the sounds we’ve covered so far? It’s really important to keep going over these. Test yourself by writing the information below on a piece of paper and see how many you can remember. (Remember that the answers are on the front of your Literacy Homework – Phonics (Sounds) booklet.)
- ‘oa’ - 4 ways, ‘ee’ - 4 ways, ‘er’ - 3 ways, ‘igh’ - 4 ways and ‘ow’ - 3 ways.
This week’s sound is the ‘ay’ sound. See video on Purple Mash
Examples of words with the ‘ay’ sound:
‘ay' – stay, play,
‘ai’ - paint, paid,
‘a_e’ - snake, late,
‘ey’ – they, prey,
Read today’s passage three times and underline the words which contain the ‘ay’ sound. Sort the words using the headings ‘ay’, ‘ai’, ‘a_e’ and ‘ey’,
Complete: My Phonics Booklet - ‘ay’ activity.
Red Group: ‘_it’
Today we are learning to spell words which end with 'it'. See video on Purple Mash
Watch this '_it' video to learn about _it words.
Read the ‘_it’ words in your booklet that you use to practise your spellings.
Complete: Phonics – Year 3 Spellings – Medial ‘i’ booklet - ‘_it’ activity.
Lexia Group: Complete 20 minutes of activities on Lexia.
Literacy – Phonics
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ‘ay’ sound. Can be written ‘ay’, ‘ai’, ‘a_e’ or ‘ey’. (My Phonics Book)
Revision: Can you remember the different ways to write the sounds we’ve covered so far? It’s really important to keep going over these. Test yourself by writing the information below on a piece of paper and see how many you can remember. (Remember that the answers are on the front of your Literacy Homework – Phonics (Sounds) booklet.)
- ‘oa’ - 4 ways, ‘ee’ - 4 ways, ‘er’ - 3 ways, ‘igh’ - 4 ways and ‘ow’ - 3 ways.
This week’s sound is the ‘ay’ sound. See video on Purple Mash
Examples of words with the ‘ay’ sound:
‘ay' – stay, play,
‘ai’ - paint, paid,
‘a_e’ - snake, late,
‘ey’ – they, prey,
Read today’s passage three times and underline the words which contain the ‘ay’ sound. Sort the words using the headings ‘ay’, ‘ai’, ‘a_e’ and ‘ey’,
Complete: My Phonics Booklet - ‘ay’ activity.
Red Group: ‘_it’
Today we are learning to spell words which end with 'it'. See video on Purple Mash
Watch this '_it' video to learn about _it words.
Read the ‘_it’ words in your booklet that you use to practise your spellings.
Complete: Phonics – Year 3 Spellings – Medial ‘i’ booklet - ‘_it’ activity.
Lexia Group: Complete 20 minutes of activities on Lexia.
Numeracy - Time
Squares: Time Facts (Time Booklet)
Today you are going to learn some time facts. Read the Time Chart and see how many of the facts you can remember.
Complete: Time Booklet - Page 1.
Rectangles / Triangles: Quarter Intervals (My Time Booklet)
Today we are showing our understanding of all quarter interval times on the clock: o’clock, quarter past, half past and quarter to. Draw the hands on the clocks with a ruler and remember to make sure that the hour hand is shorter than the minute hand.
Complete: My Time Booklet - ‘Draw the hands onto the clocks’.
Circles: Days of the Week
Today we are practising saying the days of the week. No written work today.
Complete: Listen to this days of the week video and sing along.
Squares: Time Facts (Time Booklet)
Today you are going to learn some time facts. Read the Time Chart and see how many of the facts you can remember.
Complete: Time Booklet - Page 1.
Rectangles / Triangles: Quarter Intervals (My Time Booklet)
Today we are showing our understanding of all quarter interval times on the clock: o’clock, quarter past, half past and quarter to. Draw the hands on the clocks with a ruler and remember to make sure that the hour hand is shorter than the minute hand.
Complete: My Time Booklet - ‘Draw the hands onto the clocks’.
Circles: Days of the Week
Today we are practising saying the days of the week. No written work today.
Complete: Listen to this days of the week video and sing along.
Purple Mash – Literacy Activities
Log in to Purple Mash and click on the ‘Alert’ to play today’s literacy game.
Answers for Mental Maths and Literacy Practice are in your pack. Today’s phonics answer will be posted later.
I hope that you have a super day, Year 3.
Mrs Irvine
Log in to Purple Mash and click on the ‘Alert’ to play today’s literacy game.
Answers for Mental Maths and Literacy Practice are in your pack. Today’s phonics answer will be posted later.
I hope that you have a super day, Year 3.
Mrs Irvine
Here is this week's Road Safety Calendar...
Home Learning Gallery - January and February
This week’s Road Safety Calendar photo was taken somewhere which may be familiar to some of you! Always use the Puffin Crossing.....
Our focus for week beginning 8th February:
Literacy - Spellings:
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ‘ow’ sound.
Complete: Daily 'ow’ activities.
Red Group: ‘i’ sound focusing on ‘_ip’.
Complete: Daily '_ip’ activity.
Numeracy - Number Facts:
Squares Group: List 33 – Subtracting 11 from numbers up to 1000 e.g. 330 - 11 =, 429 - 11 =, 903 - 11 =
Rectangles and Triangles Group: List 22 – Subtracting 9. (Remember our strategy – take away 10 and add 1.)
Circles Group: List 6 – Take away from 9 (Revision. Use number line, if you need to).
Literacy Practice: – Days 77 - 81.
Mental Maths: Squares – Pages 32 & 33, Rectangles, Triangles and Circles - Pages 34 & 35.
Literacy - Spellings:
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ‘ow’ sound.
Complete: Daily 'ow’ activities.
Red Group: ‘i’ sound focusing on ‘_ip’.
Complete: Daily '_ip’ activity.
Numeracy - Number Facts:
Squares Group: List 33 – Subtracting 11 from numbers up to 1000 e.g. 330 - 11 =, 429 - 11 =, 903 - 11 =
Rectangles and Triangles Group: List 22 – Subtracting 9. (Remember our strategy – take away 10 and add 1.)
Circles Group: List 6 – Take away from 9 (Revision. Use number line, if you need to).
Literacy Practice: – Days 77 - 81.
Mental Maths: Squares – Pages 32 & 33, Rectangles, Triangles and Circles - Pages 34 & 35.
Friday 12th February
Good morning, Year 3! I really miss saying good morning to you in our classroom. I’ll be phoning you today to see how you are. Looking forward to talking to you.
Good morning, Year 3! I really miss saying good morning to you in our classroom. I’ll be phoning you today to see how you are. Looking forward to talking to you.
Today is our last day of learning before our half term holiday. Well done for all the learning you’ve been doing at home. Work well today and then enjoy your holiday. I’ve been so pleased with that work that I’ve seen over the past six weeks, both on Purple Mash and on paper. I’m so proud of you. You’re all star workers!
Happy birthday to Reuben for tomorrow. We hope that you have a super birthday with your family, Reuben.
Thank you to everyone who has sent in photos for our ‘Home Learning Gallery’. I’ve really appreciated being able to see your photos and I hope that you have too. We’re going to start a new gallery after half term. You could send in photos of your holiday after half term for us all to enjoy.
Looking ahead to books to be returned on Monday 22nd February:
-My Own Writing book (All groups)
-Money Booklet / Money and Fractions booklet (Depending on group)
-Reading Books (All groups) Return any books you’ve read.
-Pupils can also return tasks completed on separate pages e.g. World Around Us and Art.
I look forward to getting back to face-to-face teaching (hopefully on Monday 8th March) and seeing the rest of the work that you’ve completed at home. I really appreciate that a lot of the written work I’m seeing has already been marked. Many thanks and your child will benefit from this too.
Happy birthday to Reuben for tomorrow. We hope that you have a super birthday with your family, Reuben.
Thank you to everyone who has sent in photos for our ‘Home Learning Gallery’. I’ve really appreciated being able to see your photos and I hope that you have too. We’re going to start a new gallery after half term. You could send in photos of your holiday after half term for us all to enjoy.
Looking ahead to books to be returned on Monday 22nd February:
-My Own Writing book (All groups)
-Money Booklet / Money and Fractions booklet (Depending on group)
-Reading Books (All groups) Return any books you’ve read.
-Pupils can also return tasks completed on separate pages e.g. World Around Us and Art.
I look forward to getting back to face-to-face teaching (hopefully on Monday 8th March) and seeing the rest of the work that you’ve completed at home. I really appreciate that a lot of the written work I’m seeing has already been marked. Many thanks and your child will benefit from this too.
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Number
Squares: Arrays / Multiplication Sign (My Multiplication Booklet)
Today we are focusing on arrays and how they help us to find multiples of a number. If you don’t have counters to complete the tasks on pages 19 and 21, what could you use instead? Coins, Lego, pieces from a boardgame perhaps?
Complete: My Multiplication Booklet - Arrays / Multiplication Sign (4 pages).
Today you are also going to complete some tens and units subtraction. Find the sheet in your pack and complete the subtraction side. Remember: always start with the units.
Complete: Tens and Units Subtraction Sheet (1 page)
Numeracy – Number
Squares: Arrays / Multiplication Sign (My Multiplication Booklet)
Today we are focusing on arrays and how they help us to find multiples of a number. If you don’t have counters to complete the tasks on pages 19 and 21, what could you use instead? Coins, Lego, pieces from a boardgame perhaps?
Complete: My Multiplication Booklet - Arrays / Multiplication Sign (4 pages).
Today you are also going to complete some tens and units subtraction. Find the sheet in your pack and complete the subtraction side. Remember: always start with the units.
Complete: Tens and Units Subtraction Sheet (1 page)
Rectangles / Triangles: Numbers to 100 (Numbers to 100, then 1000)
Today we are focusing on finding a number which is more than or less than a number within 100. Remember to count forwards and backwards by one or two to complete this task. It’s important to develop our ability to work flexibly with numbers both mentally and during written tasks.
Complete: Numbers to 100, then 1000 booklet - Page 3.
Today we are focusing on finding a number which is more than or less than a number within 100. Remember to count forwards and backwards by one or two to complete this task. It’s important to develop our ability to work flexibly with numbers both mentally and during written tasks.
Complete: Numbers to 100, then 1000 booklet - Page 3.
Circles: Word Problems (Food Picture Addition booklet)
Today you are drawing pictures to represent word problems about bees. Discuss this with a grown up.
Complete: Word Problems (1 page).
Today you are drawing pictures to represent word problems about bees. Discuss this with a grown up.
Complete: Word Problems (1 page).
Literacy: Reading / Reading Activities
Hopefully you’ve been able to read all the books in your pack (several times). Our focus today is to show understanding of these texts by completing all the reading activities linked to these books (most groups should be completing two activities today having completed two last week).
Wrens Reading Group: Continue to focus on ‘The Seaside’ and we’ll begin reading ‘The Shop’ after half term.
Lexia Group: 20 minutes on Lexia.
Spelling, Number Facts and Dictation (My Spellings and Number Facts Book)
Log on to Purple Mash for this week’s Friday Test.
Remember:
-you can pause the video
-listen to it twice if you need to
-(W.I.L.F.) neat writing, accurate spelling and number facts. Try your best.
If you would like to upload a photo of your completed test, use the ‘Upload’ link under the video. This is optional!
Black Group Dictation:
I can not plough in a drought. The flower will be in the south of the town.
Blue Group Dictation:
The brown cow can plough down south. Can you shout out loud?
Green Group Dictation:
I like to shout out at the brown cow.
Red Group Dictation:
A sip and a pip.
Complete: Friday Test
Purple Mash - Art / World Around Us / ICT
Today you have an Art task to complete in Purple Mash. Your task is to decorate ‘Grandma’s Cake’. Please write a sentence about your picture at the bottom of the page and remember to use punctuation.
Complete: Purple Mash - Grandma’s Cake task.
See you back here on Monday 22nd February! Your new pack is to be collected between 10:15 – 11:00 (or earlier if you’re at school to collect a sibling’s pack). If you’d like to complete tasks before collecting the pack, I'd suggest Phonics (videos for each group will be on Purple Mash), Mental Maths and Literacy Practice.
Hopefully you’ve been able to read all the books in your pack (several times). Our focus today is to show understanding of these texts by completing all the reading activities linked to these books (most groups should be completing two activities today having completed two last week).
Wrens Reading Group: Continue to focus on ‘The Seaside’ and we’ll begin reading ‘The Shop’ after half term.
Lexia Group: 20 minutes on Lexia.
Spelling, Number Facts and Dictation (My Spellings and Number Facts Book)
Log on to Purple Mash for this week’s Friday Test.
Remember:
-you can pause the video
-listen to it twice if you need to
-(W.I.L.F.) neat writing, accurate spelling and number facts. Try your best.
If you would like to upload a photo of your completed test, use the ‘Upload’ link under the video. This is optional!
Black Group Dictation:
I can not plough in a drought. The flower will be in the south of the town.
Blue Group Dictation:
The brown cow can plough down south. Can you shout out loud?
Green Group Dictation:
I like to shout out at the brown cow.
Red Group Dictation:
A sip and a pip.
Complete: Friday Test
Purple Mash - Art / World Around Us / ICT
Today you have an Art task to complete in Purple Mash. Your task is to decorate ‘Grandma’s Cake’. Please write a sentence about your picture at the bottom of the page and remember to use punctuation.
Complete: Purple Mash - Grandma’s Cake task.
See you back here on Monday 22nd February! Your new pack is to be collected between 10:15 – 11:00 (or earlier if you’re at school to collect a sibling’s pack). If you’d like to complete tasks before collecting the pack, I'd suggest Phonics (videos for each group will be on Purple Mash), Mental Maths and Literacy Practice.
Have a lovely, restful half term, Year 3!
After half term we’ll be writing about how to make Rice Krispie buns so if you are thinking about making buns, maybe this could be an idea.
Have fun!
Mrs Irvine
After half term we’ll be writing about how to make Rice Krispie buns so if you are thinking about making buns, maybe this could be an idea.
Have fun!
Mrs Irvine
Thursday 11th February
Good morning Year 3! Half term and a break from schoolwork are close. Keep doing your best until Friday and then it’ll be time for a well-deserved holiday!
Great work on Purple Mash. Did you enjoy pretending to be a dentist? Looking after your teeth is so important. I hope that you remember to brush your teeth twice a day.
Looking ahead to books to be returned on Monday 22nd February:
-My Own Writing book (All groups)
-Money Booklet / Money and Fractions booklet (Depending on group)
-Reading Books (All groups) Return any books you’ve read.
Good morning Year 3! Half term and a break from schoolwork are close. Keep doing your best until Friday and then it’ll be time for a well-deserved holiday!
Great work on Purple Mash. Did you enjoy pretending to be a dentist? Looking after your teeth is so important. I hope that you remember to brush your teeth twice a day.
Looking ahead to books to be returned on Monday 22nd February:
-My Own Writing book (All groups)
-Money Booklet / Money and Fractions booklet (Depending on group)
-Reading Books (All groups) Return any books you’ve read.
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Number
Squares: Reading & Writing Number Names (NHM 3 Activity Book)
Today we are developing our understanding of number words within 1000. Read each number and write it in numerals below. Then write the numbers in words. If you are not sure about spelling you could find a dictionary.
Complete: NHM3 page 22.
Numeracy – Number
Squares: Reading & Writing Number Names (NHM 3 Activity Book)
Today we are developing our understanding of number words within 1000. Read each number and write it in numerals below. Then write the numbers in words. If you are not sure about spelling you could find a dictionary.
Complete: NHM3 page 22.
Rectangles / Triangles: Subtract a Single Digit from a Two Digit Number (Addition and Subtraction to 100 booklet)
Following on from last week’s activity, you are subtracting a single digit from a two-digit number by focusing on patterns. Remember to use the information you know already to help you e.g. 8-3=5 so 18-3=15. You can use your 100 square to check your answers.
Complete: A & S to 100 page 17.
Following on from last week’s activity, you are subtracting a single digit from a two-digit number by focusing on patterns. Remember to use the information you know already to help you e.g. 8-3=5 so 18-3=15. You can use your 100 square to check your answers.
Complete: A & S to 100 page 17.
Circles: Cookie Picture Subtraction (Food Picture Addition)
Today you are developing your understanding of subtraction. Use the pictures to help you to find the answer. Put an ‘x’ across the cookies you are taking away to help you get the answer.
Complete: Food Picture Addition - 'Cookie Picture Subtraction’.
Today you are developing your understanding of subtraction. Use the pictures to help you to find the answer. Put an ‘x’ across the cookies you are taking away to help you get the answer.
Complete: Food Picture Addition - 'Cookie Picture Subtraction’.
Literacy – Comprehension (Complete in your My Own Writing book)
Black & Blue Groups: 'Eletelephony’
Read the word play carefully several times and complete the follow up activities to show your understanding.
Complete: ‘Eletelphony’ - ‘Get started’, ‘Try these’ and ‘Now try these’ (Black Group only) sections .
Green Group: ‘It Was a Cold, Dark Night’
Read the story several times to ensure understanding. Complete section 1.
Complete: ‘It Was a Cold, Dark Night’ - ‘Get started’ section.
Red Group: The Alphabet (My Alphabet Booklet)
Continue to practise saying the alphabet. Write the alphabet using lower case letters and then upper case letters. Can you swap lower case letters to upper case letters?
Complete: Alphabet activity – Page 8.
Black, Blue and Green Groups: Log in to Purple Mash for today’s phonics activity – ‘Brainstorm’.
World Around Us – Food, Glorious Food - 'What Can You Spot?’
All groups: Find this page in your pack. Look at the picture carefully. Our kitchens have lots of machines to help us. Colour the machines and count them. (You don’t need to make a list.)
Points for discussion:
-What is the purpose of each machine?
-How does the machine work?
-Which machines are most useful?
-Can you put the machines into categories? e.g. cooking / washing.
Complete: ‘What Can You Spot’ – A4 page.
Let’s think about the great learning you’ll do today. When you’ve finished today’s activities you should have a better understanding of (depending on your group):
-(Literacy) reading a story or word play / showing understanding of text / the alphabet / how to spell words containing ‘ow’ or ‘ip’ / literacy concepts.
-(Numeracy) reading and writing number names / subtracting a single digit number to a two-digit number within 100 / subtracting / number facts / mental maths.
Another great day of learning, Year 3! Well done!
Mrs Irvine
Wednesday 10th February
Hello everyone! I hope that you found yesterday’s art activity relaxing and enjoyable.
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Shape
Squares, Rectangles and Triangles: 2D Shapes (Shape Measure and Data Handling booklet)
Today we are focusing on 2D shapes and specifically the pentagon, hexagon and octagon. Look at page 4 of your booklet. Can you remind yourself or work out how many sides each of those shapes has? Cover the names of the shapes. Can you name the shapes in the pictures and describe them? Can you use the terms ‘sides’ and ‘corners’? Can you colour all the pentagons red, hexagons yellow and octagons green?
Complete: SMDH booklet – Page 4
(Squares - Number Facts
You are continuing to -11 today (not +11). (Correction to Number Facts Lists sheet.)
Circles: Shape (Shape Booklet)
We’re focusing on the rectangle today. What does it look like? Can you draw it? Can you write its name? Can you describe it? __ sides, __ corners?
Complete: Shape Booklet – rectangles.
Hello everyone! I hope that you found yesterday’s art activity relaxing and enjoyable.
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Shape
Squares, Rectangles and Triangles: 2D Shapes (Shape Measure and Data Handling booklet)
Today we are focusing on 2D shapes and specifically the pentagon, hexagon and octagon. Look at page 4 of your booklet. Can you remind yourself or work out how many sides each of those shapes has? Cover the names of the shapes. Can you name the shapes in the pictures and describe them? Can you use the terms ‘sides’ and ‘corners’? Can you colour all the pentagons red, hexagons yellow and octagons green?
Complete: SMDH booklet – Page 4
(Squares - Number Facts
You are continuing to -11 today (not +11). (Correction to Number Facts Lists sheet.)
Circles: Shape (Shape Booklet)
We’re focusing on the rectangle today. What does it look like? Can you draw it? Can you write its name? Can you describe it? __ sides, __ corners?
Complete: Shape Booklet – rectangles.
Literacy – Independent Writing (Complete in your My Own Writing book)
This week you’re going to do some instructional writing. We’re going to write instructions describing how to brush our teeth and use Purple Mash to pretend to be a dentist doing this job. Click on brush their teeth.to find some more information about taking care of your teeth.
When writing instructions it is important to make each step clear and concise. We want to make sure that someone could follow our instructions to carry out the task. You should be able to include verbs (action words or doing words) in your instructions. Read your instructions to make sure that they make sense. Click on writing instructions to watch a fun video about writing instructions.
-Find the writing frame from your pack.
-Write the instructions in your My Own Writing book.
This week you’re going to do some instructional writing. We’re going to write instructions describing how to brush our teeth and use Purple Mash to pretend to be a dentist doing this job. Click on brush their teeth.to find some more information about taking care of your teeth.
When writing instructions it is important to make each step clear and concise. We want to make sure that someone could follow our instructions to carry out the task. You should be able to include verbs (action words or doing words) in your instructions. Read your instructions to make sure that they make sense. Click on writing instructions to watch a fun video about writing instructions.
-Find the writing frame from your pack.
-Write the instructions in your My Own Writing book.
Black Group: Include details in your instructions but keep them short and clear.
Blue / Green Group: Use the writing frame to complete the task writing a sentence for each instruction.
Red Group: Talk to a grown up about how to brush your teeth. If possible, could you work with a grown up to type your instructions using the ‘Alert’ on Purple Mash.
Complete: My Own Writing book – Brushing My Teeth.
-Log in to Purple Mash (see below) to complete the mashcam Alert.
Black, Blue and Green Groups: Log on to Purple Mash for today’s See It Right activity to reinforce ‘ow’ spellings.
Blue / Green Group: Use the writing frame to complete the task writing a sentence for each instruction.
Red Group: Talk to a grown up about how to brush your teeth. If possible, could you work with a grown up to type your instructions using the ‘Alert’ on Purple Mash.
Complete: My Own Writing book – Brushing My Teeth.
-Log in to Purple Mash (see below) to complete the mashcam Alert.
Black, Blue and Green Groups: Log on to Purple Mash for today’s See It Right activity to reinforce ‘ow’ spellings.
Purple Mash – Food, Glorious Food – How to Brush Your Teeth
Log into Purple Mash and click on today’s Alert. Use your independent writing that you completed and type it into the 2Do 'How to Brush Your Teeth’. Remember to share the typing with an adult, if you want to.
All Groups: Complete ‘How to Brush Your Teeth’.
When you’ve finished today’s activities you should have a better understanding of (depending on your group):
-(Literacy) writing instructions / how to spell words containing ‘ow’ or ‘ip’ / literacy concepts.
-(Numeracy) 2D shapes / number facts / mental maths.
Enjoy being a dentist today, Year 3! I’m sure you’ll do a great job!
Mrs Irvine
Log into Purple Mash and click on today’s Alert. Use your independent writing that you completed and type it into the 2Do 'How to Brush Your Teeth’. Remember to share the typing with an adult, if you want to.
All Groups: Complete ‘How to Brush Your Teeth’.
When you’ve finished today’s activities you should have a better understanding of (depending on your group):
-(Literacy) writing instructions / how to spell words containing ‘ow’ or ‘ip’ / literacy concepts.
-(Numeracy) 2D shapes / number facts / mental maths.
Enjoy being a dentist today, Year 3! I’m sure you’ll do a great job!
Mrs Irvine
Scroll down for Phonics, Mental Maths and Literacy Practice answers (below Tuesday's post).
Tuesday 9th February
Hello everybody. I hope are keeping well and having a good week so far.
Today is Safer Internet Day and so it’s an opportunity to have conversations with our children about the importance of keeping safe. So important in these current circumstances where we are online more than ever. More information below about how to talk to our children about how they can keep safe even at Year 3 age.
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Money
Squares: Check Your Change (A4 page)
Today we are focusing on change from £1. Check the change the shopkeeper has given. Is it correct or how much should they have given?
Complete: Check your change – 2 pages.
Rectangles / Triangles: How much does each have? (My Money Booklet)
Today we are working out how much each child has in their money box. Add the coins to find the total.
Complete: My Money Booklet - 'How much does each have? - 1 page.
Circles: Make 2p More. (Money booklet)
Today we are adding 2p to each amount of money e.g. 3p + 2p = 5p. Record the answer.
Complete: Money booklet – ‘Make 2p More’ - 1/2 page.
Hello everybody. I hope are keeping well and having a good week so far.
Today is Safer Internet Day and so it’s an opportunity to have conversations with our children about the importance of keeping safe. So important in these current circumstances where we are online more than ever. More information below about how to talk to our children about how they can keep safe even at Year 3 age.
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Money
Squares: Check Your Change (A4 page)
Today we are focusing on change from £1. Check the change the shopkeeper has given. Is it correct or how much should they have given?
Complete: Check your change – 2 pages.
Rectangles / Triangles: How much does each have? (My Money Booklet)
Today we are working out how much each child has in their money box. Add the coins to find the total.
Complete: My Money Booklet - 'How much does each have? - 1 page.
Circles: Make 2p More. (Money booklet)
Today we are adding 2p to each amount of money e.g. 3p + 2p = 5p. Record the answer.
Complete: Money booklet – ‘Make 2p More’ - 1/2 page.
Literacy – Grammar – Verbs (Complete in your My Own Writing book)
Black, Blue and Green Groups: Today we are learning about verbs. A verb is a doing word like eat, talk or run. The verb tells about an action / doing something.
-I am throwing a ball.
-Peter is walk fast.
-Sarah is drawing a picture.
Click to watch a video on verbs. There's a quiz you can play too. Have a look at your ‘Verbs’ sheet. Can you think of any other verbs?
Black, Blue and Green Groups: Complete: ‘Verbs’ activity – A4 page.
There's a video on Purple Mash and a Roll and Read game to help you with this week’s sound.
Black, Blue and Green Groups: Today we are learning about verbs. A verb is a doing word like eat, talk or run. The verb tells about an action / doing something.
-I am throwing a ball.
-Peter is walk fast.
-Sarah is drawing a picture.
Click to watch a video on verbs. There's a quiz you can play too. Have a look at your ‘Verbs’ sheet. Can you think of any other verbs?
Black, Blue and Green Groups: Complete: ‘Verbs’ activity – A4 page.
There's a video on Purple Mash and a Roll and Read game to help you with this week’s sound.
Red Group: ‘_ip’ words (Phonics Booklet)
Complete Tuesday’s ‘_ip’ spelling practice.
Lexia Group: Complete 20 minutes of activities on Lexia.
Complete Tuesday’s ‘_ip’ spelling practice.
Lexia Group: Complete 20 minutes of activities on Lexia.
World Around Us – Food, Glorious Food - Art
During Children’s Mental Health Week, last week, we discussed some tasks that can help you to ‘Express Yourself’ and help you to have fun. Today’s art task is a mindfulness activity. Colouring and drawing can be very relaxing activities.
Complete: ‘Mindfulness Colouring' - A4 page in your pack.
During Children’s Mental Health Week, last week, we discussed some tasks that can help you to ‘Express Yourself’ and help you to have fun. Today’s art task is a mindfulness activity. Colouring and drawing can be very relaxing activities.
Complete: ‘Mindfulness Colouring' - A4 page in your pack.
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Safer Internet Day – 9th February 2021
Today we will focus on being safe when online. We use the internet so often and children are beginning to use it more frequently too. Therefore, it’s very important that we teach or children how to use it safely. The Think U Know website provides resources to help pupils to use the internet safely. There is a Parents / Carers section which provides guidance and support for how to discuss these matters with our children. The Child? section is child friendly and has information on topics like ‘watching videos’ and ‘sharing videos’. The Jessie and Friends section provides guidance and videos which help to develop understanding of internet safety. |
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When you’ve finished today’s activities you should have a better understanding of (depending on your group):
-(Literacy) verbs / phonics / how to spell words containing ‘ow’ or ‘ip’ / literacy concepts.
-(Numeracy) change from £1 / adding coins / adding 2p / number facts / mental maths.
I hope you have a great day.
Mrs Irvine
Scroll down for answers:
-(Literacy) verbs / phonics / how to spell words containing ‘ow’ or ‘ip’ / literacy concepts.
-(Numeracy) change from £1 / adding coins / adding 2p / number facts / mental maths.
I hope you have a great day.
Mrs Irvine
Scroll down for answers:
Black, Blue and Green Groups:
Phonics Answers
Squares Group:
Mental Maths Answers
Squares Group:
Mental Maths Answers
Black, Blue, Green and Red Groups:
Literacy Practice Answers
Black, Blue, Green and Red Group:
Literacy Practice Answers
Rectangles, Triangles and Circles Groups:
Answers
Monday 8th February
Hello everyone. I hope that you had an enjoyable and restful weekend. This is our last week before half term.
I know that most pupils are following the timetable (and the class page) each day and are up to date with tasks to date. That’s brilliant and well done. You’ll all be ready for a break! A huge thank you to everyone who has been marking their children’s work. As mentioned before, this is beneficial for your child(ren) as it gives immediate feedback and I appreciate your help too.
Posts will become a little shorter (hopefully!) now that we are into our routine. There’s a reminder of the ‘Daily Check List’ at top of the page followed by the spellings and number facts for the week. Please continue to write these into the Homework Diary. Daily reading, Mental Maths and Literacy Practice activities should continue.
Hello everyone. I hope that you had an enjoyable and restful weekend. This is our last week before half term.
I know that most pupils are following the timetable (and the class page) each day and are up to date with tasks to date. That’s brilliant and well done. You’ll all be ready for a break! A huge thank you to everyone who has been marking their children’s work. As mentioned before, this is beneficial for your child(ren) as it gives immediate feedback and I appreciate your help too.
Posts will become a little shorter (hopefully!) now that we are into our routine. There’s a reminder of the ‘Daily Check List’ at top of the page followed by the spellings and number facts for the week. Please continue to write these into the Homework Diary. Daily reading, Mental Maths and Literacy Practice activities should continue.
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Our focus today:
Literacy – Phonics Black, Blue and Green Groups: ‘ow’ sound. Can be written ‘ow’, ‘ou’ or ‘ough’. (My Phonics Book) Examples of words with the ‘ow’ sound: ‘ow' - town, growl, ‘ou’ - house, mouth, ‘ough’ - plough, drought See video on Purple Mash Read today’s passage three times and underline the words which contain the ‘ow’ sound. Sort the words using the headings ‘ow’, ‘ou’ and ‘ough’, Complete: My Phonics Booklet - ‘ow’ activity. Revision: Can you remember the different ways to write the sounds we’ve covered so far? You could find a spare piece of paper and test yourself. ‘oa’ - 4 ways, ‘ee’ - 4 ways, ‘er’ - 3 ways, ‘igh’ - 4 ways and ‘ow’ - 3 ways. (They are on the front of your Literacy Homework – Phonics (Sounds) booklet. |
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Red Group: ‘_ip’
See video on Purple Mash
Watch this '_ip' video to learn about _ip words.
Read the ‘_ip’ words in your booklet that you use to practise your spellings.
Complete: Phonics – Year 3 Spellings – Medial ‘i’ booklet - ‘_ip’ activity.
Lexia Group: Complete 20 minutes of activities on Lexia.
See video on Purple Mash
Watch this '_ip' video to learn about _ip words.
Read the ‘_ip’ words in your booklet that you use to practise your spellings.
Complete: Phonics – Year 3 Spellings – Medial ‘i’ booklet - ‘_ip’ activity.
Lexia Group: Complete 20 minutes of activities on Lexia.
Numeracy - Money
Squares: Money Revision (Money and Fractions booklet)
Today your activities are continuing to extend money skills to beyond £1 by making amounts of money up to £3. Pages 10 and 11 are assessment tasks. Please complete as accurately as you can. (Page 11 may look familiar as we’ve completed it in a different booklet, so this page is optional!)
Complete: Money and Fractions - Pages 9-11.
Rectangles / Triangles: Different Ways to Make 50p (My Money Booklet)
Today we are finding different ways to make 50p. It’s very important to be versatile when working with money as you won’t always have a 50p in your wallet! Can you make 50p with 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 coins?
Complete: Money Booklet - ‘Can you make 50p’ activity.
Circles: Make 1p More (Your money booklet)
Today we are adding 1p to various amounts of money. You can count on or use your number line.
Complete: Money booklet - Make 1p More (Top half of page).
Squares: Money Revision (Money and Fractions booklet)
Today your activities are continuing to extend money skills to beyond £1 by making amounts of money up to £3. Pages 10 and 11 are assessment tasks. Please complete as accurately as you can. (Page 11 may look familiar as we’ve completed it in a different booklet, so this page is optional!)
Complete: Money and Fractions - Pages 9-11.
Rectangles / Triangles: Different Ways to Make 50p (My Money Booklet)
Today we are finding different ways to make 50p. It’s very important to be versatile when working with money as you won’t always have a 50p in your wallet! Can you make 50p with 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 coins?
Complete: Money Booklet - ‘Can you make 50p’ activity.
Circles: Make 1p More (Your money booklet)
Today we are adding 1p to various amounts of money. You can count on or use your number line.
Complete: Money booklet - Make 1p More (Top half of page).
Purple Mash – Literacy Activities
Log in to Purple Mash and click on the ‘Alert’ to play today’s literacy game.
Answers for Mental Maths, Literacy Practice and today’s phonics will be posted this afternoon.
I hope that you have a super day, Year 3.
Mrs Irvine
Log in to Purple Mash and click on the ‘Alert’ to play today’s literacy game.
Answers for Mental Maths, Literacy Practice and today’s phonics will be posted this afternoon.
I hope that you have a super day, Year 3.
Mrs Irvine
Friday 5th February
Good morning Year 3! Well done for all the learning you've done this week. I hope that you are into a good routine now. It’s Friday so take some time to think about what you have learned this week. You're doing a great job with home learning. I hope that you’ve enjoyed expressing yourself this week. There’s an art activity on Purple Mash, as usual. Enjoy!
Daily tasks: Reading, Mental Maths, Literacy Practice, spellings and number facts.
Good morning Year 3! Well done for all the learning you've done this week. I hope that you are into a good routine now. It’s Friday so take some time to think about what you have learned this week. You're doing a great job with home learning. I hope that you’ve enjoyed expressing yourself this week. There’s an art activity on Purple Mash, as usual. Enjoy!
Daily tasks: Reading, Mental Maths, Literacy Practice, spellings and number facts.
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Number
Squares: Equal Groups / Adding Equal Groups (My Multiplication Booklet)
Today we are reinforcing the understanding of equal sets and their importance in multiplication. Play these doubling activities to reinforce knowledge.
Complete: My Multiplication Booklet - Equal Groups (4 pages).
Today you are also going to complete some tens and units addition. Find the sheet in your pack and complete the addition side. Always remember to add the units first. See video on Purple Mash.
Complete: Tens and Units Addition Sheet (1 page)
Rectangles / Triangles: Numbers to 100 (Numbers to 100, then 1000)
Today we are continuing to focus on numbers before and after within 100, find the number after, before and between. We are also completing number lines. Remember to count forwards and backwards when completing the last three number lines. Click on Ordering games to play a game which focuses on ordering numbers.
Complete: Numbers to 100, then 1000 booklet - Page 2.
Circles: Addition (Addition and Subtraction to 20)
Today you are continuing to find ways to make 11. Use your number line to help you and you could use yesterday’s answers to check your work. Play the Robot Game to work on adding 1 or 2. Select 'Up to 10'.
Complete: Addition and Subtraction to 20 - Page 7 (bottom part)
Literacy: Reading / Reading Activities
Our focus today is to spend time reading and to show understanding of texts that we’ve read through reading activities.
Doves, Kingfishers, Ostriches and Robins Reading Groups: Complete the next two reading activities in your booklets. Doves and Kingfishers – see your timetable for extra information. We will complete the reading activities linked to the remaining books in your pack next week.
Swans and Wrens Reading Groups: (Those reading Dandelion Launchers and Harberton Scheme) Continue to work through your reading books and reading materials from your pack.
Lexia Group: 20 minutes on Lexia.
Spelling, Number Facts and Dictation (My Spellings and Number Facts Book)
Log on to Purple Mash for this week’s Friday Test.
Remember:
-you can pause the video
-listen to it twice if you need to
-(W.I.L.F.) neat writing, accurate spelling and number facts. Try your best.
If you would like to upload a photo of your completed test, use the ‘Upload’ link under the video. This is optional!
Black Group Dictation:
The butterfly went for a flight in the sky. I would like to try and fly high too!
Blue Group Dictation:
I would try to ride my bike high. I like the light in the sky.
Green Group Dictation:
I like to find the sky.
Red Group Dictation:
A tin in the bin.
Complete: Friday Test
Purple Mash - Art / World Around Us / ICT
Today you have an Art task to complete in Purple Mash. Your task is to draw vegetables in a shopping basket. Please write a sentence about your picture at the bottom of the page. Here’s an example. ‘There are carrots, parsnips, a cabbage and a butternut squash in my shopping basket.’ Remember to use a capital letter and full stop.
Complete: Purple Mash - Shopping Basket task.
Have a lovely, restful weekend, Year 3! Maybe think of another way to have fun and express yourself over the weekend. You could tell us about it on the Year 3 blog.
See you back here on Monday!
Mrs Irvine
Numeracy – Number
Squares: Equal Groups / Adding Equal Groups (My Multiplication Booklet)
Today we are reinforcing the understanding of equal sets and their importance in multiplication. Play these doubling activities to reinforce knowledge.
Complete: My Multiplication Booklet - Equal Groups (4 pages).
Today you are also going to complete some tens and units addition. Find the sheet in your pack and complete the addition side. Always remember to add the units first. See video on Purple Mash.
Complete: Tens and Units Addition Sheet (1 page)
Rectangles / Triangles: Numbers to 100 (Numbers to 100, then 1000)
Today we are continuing to focus on numbers before and after within 100, find the number after, before and between. We are also completing number lines. Remember to count forwards and backwards when completing the last three number lines. Click on Ordering games to play a game which focuses on ordering numbers.
Complete: Numbers to 100, then 1000 booklet - Page 2.
Circles: Addition (Addition and Subtraction to 20)
Today you are continuing to find ways to make 11. Use your number line to help you and you could use yesterday’s answers to check your work. Play the Robot Game to work on adding 1 or 2. Select 'Up to 10'.
Complete: Addition and Subtraction to 20 - Page 7 (bottom part)
Literacy: Reading / Reading Activities
Our focus today is to spend time reading and to show understanding of texts that we’ve read through reading activities.
Doves, Kingfishers, Ostriches and Robins Reading Groups: Complete the next two reading activities in your booklets. Doves and Kingfishers – see your timetable for extra information. We will complete the reading activities linked to the remaining books in your pack next week.
Swans and Wrens Reading Groups: (Those reading Dandelion Launchers and Harberton Scheme) Continue to work through your reading books and reading materials from your pack.
Lexia Group: 20 minutes on Lexia.
Spelling, Number Facts and Dictation (My Spellings and Number Facts Book)
Log on to Purple Mash for this week’s Friday Test.
Remember:
-you can pause the video
-listen to it twice if you need to
-(W.I.L.F.) neat writing, accurate spelling and number facts. Try your best.
If you would like to upload a photo of your completed test, use the ‘Upload’ link under the video. This is optional!
Black Group Dictation:
The butterfly went for a flight in the sky. I would like to try and fly high too!
Blue Group Dictation:
I would try to ride my bike high. I like the light in the sky.
Green Group Dictation:
I like to find the sky.
Red Group Dictation:
A tin in the bin.
Complete: Friday Test
Purple Mash - Art / World Around Us / ICT
Today you have an Art task to complete in Purple Mash. Your task is to draw vegetables in a shopping basket. Please write a sentence about your picture at the bottom of the page. Here’s an example. ‘There are carrots, parsnips, a cabbage and a butternut squash in my shopping basket.’ Remember to use a capital letter and full stop.
Complete: Purple Mash - Shopping Basket task.
Have a lovely, restful weekend, Year 3! Maybe think of another way to have fun and express yourself over the weekend. You could tell us about it on the Year 3 blog.
See you back here on Monday!
Mrs Irvine
Thursday 4th February
Hello boys and girls! I hope that you are having a good week. Fantastic stories on Purple Mash. Great to see that you were able to develop your ideas to write even better stories! I’m impressed! Story writing is a great way to be creative too. A great activity is to write your own story on a topic or theme of your choice. A good idea for a rainy day!
Great work handed in in packs so far. Thank you so much for marking lots of the work. This is a great help and gives your child immediate feedback.
Hello boys and girls! I hope that you are having a good week. Fantastic stories on Purple Mash. Great to see that you were able to develop your ideas to write even better stories! I’m impressed! Story writing is a great way to be creative too. A great activity is to write your own story on a topic or theme of your choice. A good idea for a rainy day!
Great work handed in in packs so far. Thank you so much for marking lots of the work. This is a great help and gives your child immediate feedback.
Looking ahead to books to be returned at the end of this fortnight of work:
-My Own Writing book (All groups).
-Money Booklet / Money and Fractions booklet (Depending on group.)
-Reading Books (All groups). Return any books you’ve read.
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Number
Squares: Estimating, rounding to the Nearest 100 (NHM 3 Activity Book)
Today we are estimating the position of three digit numbers on a number line by drawing a line (remember to use a ruler). Then we are rounding to the nearest hundred. When rounding today, focus on the tens digit. If the tens digit is 4 or less, we round down. If the tens digit is 5 or more we round up e.g. 520 rounds down to 500 but 650 rounds up to 700. We are rounding to the hundreds number which is closer with 50s (halfway number) rounding up. Here’s a video we watched last week on rounding to the nearest 10 and scroll down for more information about rounding to nearest 100.
Complete: NHM3 page 21.
Rectangles / Triangles: Subtract a Single Digit from a Two Digit Number (Addition and Subtraction to 100 booklet)
Today you are subtracting a single digit from a two digit number. Remember to use the information you know already to help you e.g. 6-3=3 so 76-3=73. You can use your 100 square to check your answers.
Complete: A & S to 100 page 16.
Circles: Facts for 11 (Addition and Subtraction to 20 booklet)
Today you are finding ways to make 11. Use the pictures to help you to find different ways to make 11. e.g. 9 teddies + 2 teddies = 11 teddies. Also 2 + 9 = 11. Can you find six more ways to make 11 using the pictures.
Complete: Addition and Subtraction to 20 - page 7 (top half only).
Numeracy - Mental Maths (My Mental Maths Booklet)
All Groups: Complete: Thursday’s activities.
Numeracy - Number Facts
All Groups: Go over this week’s number facts for your test tomorrow.
-My Own Writing book (All groups).
-Money Booklet / Money and Fractions booklet (Depending on group.)
-Reading Books (All groups). Return any books you’ve read.
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Number
Squares: Estimating, rounding to the Nearest 100 (NHM 3 Activity Book)
Today we are estimating the position of three digit numbers on a number line by drawing a line (remember to use a ruler). Then we are rounding to the nearest hundred. When rounding today, focus on the tens digit. If the tens digit is 4 or less, we round down. If the tens digit is 5 or more we round up e.g. 520 rounds down to 500 but 650 rounds up to 700. We are rounding to the hundreds number which is closer with 50s (halfway number) rounding up. Here’s a video we watched last week on rounding to the nearest 10 and scroll down for more information about rounding to nearest 100.
Complete: NHM3 page 21.
Rectangles / Triangles: Subtract a Single Digit from a Two Digit Number (Addition and Subtraction to 100 booklet)
Today you are subtracting a single digit from a two digit number. Remember to use the information you know already to help you e.g. 6-3=3 so 76-3=73. You can use your 100 square to check your answers.
Complete: A & S to 100 page 16.
Circles: Facts for 11 (Addition and Subtraction to 20 booklet)
Today you are finding ways to make 11. Use the pictures to help you to find different ways to make 11. e.g. 9 teddies + 2 teddies = 11 teddies. Also 2 + 9 = 11. Can you find six more ways to make 11 using the pictures.
Complete: Addition and Subtraction to 20 - page 7 (top half only).
Numeracy - Mental Maths (My Mental Maths Booklet)
All Groups: Complete: Thursday’s activities.
Numeracy - Number Facts
All Groups: Go over this week’s number facts for your test tomorrow.
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Literacy – Comprehension (Complete in your My Own Writing book)
Black & Blue Groups: 'Who’s There’ Read the poem carefully several times and complete sections 1 to 3 (Black Group) or 1 & 2 (Blue Group). Complete: ‘Get started’, ‘Try these’ and ‘Now try these’ sections (Black Group only). Green Group: ‘Your Nose’ Read the report several times to ensure understanding. Complete section 1. Complete: ‘Get started’ section. Red Group: The Alphabet (Alphabet Booklet) Continue to practise saying the alphabet. Write the alphabet using lower case letters and then upper case letters. Can you swap upper case letters to lower case letters? Complete: Alphabet activity (1 page). |
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Literacy – Literacy Practice (My Literacy Practice Booklet)
All groups: Complete: Day 75.
Literacy – Spellings
All groups: Go over this week’s spellings for your test tomorrow.
Black, Blue and Green Groups: Log in to Purple Mash for today’s phonics activity - ‘Brainstorm’.
Literacy - Reading
All groups: Take some time to read your reading book with a grown up today.
Doves, Kingfishers, Ostriches and Robins Groups: Move on to your next reading book. Tomorrow you will be working on your reading activities so try to make sure that you have a good understanding of the texts.
Red Group: Boys and girls who are reading the Harberton books with Maeve and I, I’ve given you two books with this pack but we’ll just concentrate on the first one and keep the other book for after half term.
All groups: Complete: Day 75.
Literacy – Spellings
All groups: Go over this week’s spellings for your test tomorrow.
Black, Blue and Green Groups: Log in to Purple Mash for today’s phonics activity - ‘Brainstorm’.
Literacy - Reading
All groups: Take some time to read your reading book with a grown up today.
Doves, Kingfishers, Ostriches and Robins Groups: Move on to your next reading book. Tomorrow you will be working on your reading activities so try to make sure that you have a good understanding of the texts.
Red Group: Boys and girls who are reading the Harberton books with Maeve and I, I’ve given you two books with this pack but we’ll just concentrate on the first one and keep the other book for after half term.
World Around Us – Food, Glorious Food
All groups: Discuss your favourite foods with a grown up. Talk about your favourite sweets, fruit, meat, vegetables, desserts and your favourite meal. Ask others in your family about which foods they would choose. Are they any foods that you don’t like?
Complete: Favourite Food page from your pack.
Let’s think about the great learning you’ll do today. When you’ve finished today’s activities you should have a better understanding of (depending on your group):
-(Literacy) reading a poem or report for meaning / answering comprehension questions to show understanding / the alphabet / how to spell words containing ‘igh’ or ‘in’ / literacy concepts.
-(Numeracy) estimating and rounding / adding a single digit number to a two digit number within 100 / making 11 / number facts / mental maths.
Wow! You’re making good progress, Year 3! Well done!
Mrs Irvine
All groups: Discuss your favourite foods with a grown up. Talk about your favourite sweets, fruit, meat, vegetables, desserts and your favourite meal. Ask others in your family about which foods they would choose. Are they any foods that you don’t like?
Complete: Favourite Food page from your pack.
Let’s think about the great learning you’ll do today. When you’ve finished today’s activities you should have a better understanding of (depending on your group):
-(Literacy) reading a poem or report for meaning / answering comprehension questions to show understanding / the alphabet / how to spell words containing ‘igh’ or ‘in’ / literacy concepts.
-(Numeracy) estimating and rounding / adding a single digit number to a two digit number within 100 / making 11 / number facts / mental maths.
Wow! You’re making good progress, Year 3! Well done!
Mrs Irvine
Wednesday 3rd February
Hello, Year 3! I hope that you enjoyed being creative yesterday. We will continue to be creative this week and think about expressing yourself. Today you could design your own woolly hat. There’s a template at the end of today’s post.
Great to read your posts on our ‘Express Yourself’ blog for Mental Health Week. It’s more important than ever to do activities that you enjoy and that help you to express yourself. You’re such a creative class and I hope you will enjoy today’s activity. Continue to keep in touch through our blog. Keep posting your jokes, favourite foods, the ways you like to have fun and express yourself.
Hello, Year 3! I hope that you enjoyed being creative yesterday. We will continue to be creative this week and think about expressing yourself. Today you could design your own woolly hat. There’s a template at the end of today’s post.
Great to read your posts on our ‘Express Yourself’ blog for Mental Health Week. It’s more important than ever to do activities that you enjoy and that help you to express yourself. You’re such a creative class and I hope you will enjoy today’s activity. Continue to keep in touch through our blog. Keep posting your jokes, favourite foods, the ways you like to have fun and express yourself.
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Our focus today:
Numeracy – Shape Squares, Rectangles and Triangles: 3D Shapes (Shape Measure and Data Handling booklet) (We’ll go back and complete the 3D shape recognition activity today. We should have completed this activity last week – my mistake!) Today we are developing our knowledge of 3D shape by focusing on recognising the shapes. Can you name the shapes in the pictures before beginning the task? Can you describe the 3D shapes? Can you use the terms ‘faces’, edges’ and ‘corners’/’vertices’? Now can you count the number of each shape in the pictures? Complete: SMDH booklet – Page 2 Circles: Shape (Shape Booklet) We’re focusing on the triangle today. What does it look like? Can you draw it? Can you write its name? Can you describe it? __ sides, __ corners? You can watch this video 2D shape again, if you wish. Complete: Shape Booklet – triangles. |
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Numeracy - Mental Maths (My Mental Maths Booklet)
All Groups: Complete: Wednesday’s activities.
Numeracy - Number Facts
All Groups: Go over Wednesday’s number facts from your group’s list.
Complete: Record numbers facts in your Homework Diary.
Literacy – Independent Writing - (Complete in your My Own Writing book)
This week you’re going to write an adventure story about a vegetable of your choice (the one you created a collage of yesterday). Look at your vegetable. Can you describe it, write about where it lives and where it goes on its adventure? e.g. Once there was a carrot who was orange and tall.
The purpose of writing a second story on a similar theme is to give you the opportunity to think about what you learned last week when writing your story and to develop your ideas in the second piece of writing.
-Find the writing frame from your pack.
-Write the story in your My Own Writing book.
-Remember to use Purple Mash to type your story. Share the typing with an adult, if you want to. You wrote great stories last week and I really enjoyed reading them all!
Black Group: Try to develop your imaginative ideas. Try to use the conjunctions that we learned about yesterday (and last week) to improve your writing.
Blue / Green Group: Use the writing frame to complete the task writing a sentence for each part of the story. Can you connect two sentences any of the conjunctions you are now familiar with?
Red Group: Talk to a grown up about your adventure. If possible, could you work with a grown up to type your story using the ‘Alert’ on Purple Mash.
Complete: My Own Writing book – The Adventure of a Vegetable.
Literacy – Literacy Practice (My Literacy Practice Booklet)
All Groups: Complete: Day 74.
Literacy – Spellings
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ‘igh’ sound. Log on to Purple Mash for this week's ‘See It Right’ video. A grown up could call out some of today’s or this week’s spellings and you could play ‘See it Right’ on a scrap piece of paper.
Red Group: ‘i’ sound focusing on ‘_in’.
All Groups: Complete: Record spellings in your Homework Diary and learn spellings using ‘Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check’ activity as usual. (Black, Blue and Green Groups – complete your word sort too.)
Literacy - Reading
All Groups: Take some time to read your reading book with a grown up.
Purple Mash – Food, Glorious Food – The Adventures of a Vegetable
Log into Purple Mash and click on today’s Alert. Use your independent writing that you completed and type it into the 2Do 'The Adventure of a Vegetable’ template on Purple Mash.
All Groups: Complete ‘The Adventure of a Vegetable’ Alert.
All Groups: Complete: Wednesday’s activities.
Numeracy - Number Facts
All Groups: Go over Wednesday’s number facts from your group’s list.
Complete: Record numbers facts in your Homework Diary.
Literacy – Independent Writing - (Complete in your My Own Writing book)
This week you’re going to write an adventure story about a vegetable of your choice (the one you created a collage of yesterday). Look at your vegetable. Can you describe it, write about where it lives and where it goes on its adventure? e.g. Once there was a carrot who was orange and tall.
The purpose of writing a second story on a similar theme is to give you the opportunity to think about what you learned last week when writing your story and to develop your ideas in the second piece of writing.
-Find the writing frame from your pack.
-Write the story in your My Own Writing book.
-Remember to use Purple Mash to type your story. Share the typing with an adult, if you want to. You wrote great stories last week and I really enjoyed reading them all!
Black Group: Try to develop your imaginative ideas. Try to use the conjunctions that we learned about yesterday (and last week) to improve your writing.
Blue / Green Group: Use the writing frame to complete the task writing a sentence for each part of the story. Can you connect two sentences any of the conjunctions you are now familiar with?
Red Group: Talk to a grown up about your adventure. If possible, could you work with a grown up to type your story using the ‘Alert’ on Purple Mash.
Complete: My Own Writing book – The Adventure of a Vegetable.
Literacy – Literacy Practice (My Literacy Practice Booklet)
All Groups: Complete: Day 74.
Literacy – Spellings
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ‘igh’ sound. Log on to Purple Mash for this week's ‘See It Right’ video. A grown up could call out some of today’s or this week’s spellings and you could play ‘See it Right’ on a scrap piece of paper.
Red Group: ‘i’ sound focusing on ‘_in’.
All Groups: Complete: Record spellings in your Homework Diary and learn spellings using ‘Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check’ activity as usual. (Black, Blue and Green Groups – complete your word sort too.)
Literacy - Reading
All Groups: Take some time to read your reading book with a grown up.
Purple Mash – Food, Glorious Food – The Adventures of a Vegetable
Log into Purple Mash and click on today’s Alert. Use your independent writing that you completed and type it into the 2Do 'The Adventure of a Vegetable’ template on Purple Mash.
All Groups: Complete ‘The Adventure of a Vegetable’ Alert.
Express Yourself – Creative Activity
This is an extra activity and so have a go if you have time. Can you draw your own winter hat on a page and design it for yourself? Maybe include your favourite colours, a design that you enjoy drawing or an interesting pattern. Enjoy being creative!
When you’ve finished today’s activities you should have a better understanding of (depending on your group):
-(Literacy) writing an imaginative story / how to spell words containing ‘igh’ or ‘in’ / literacy concepts.
-(Numeracy) 3D shapes / 2D shapes / number facts / mental maths.
Enjoy being creative, Year 3!
Mrs Irvine
This is an extra activity and so have a go if you have time. Can you draw your own winter hat on a page and design it for yourself? Maybe include your favourite colours, a design that you enjoy drawing or an interesting pattern. Enjoy being creative!
When you’ve finished today’s activities you should have a better understanding of (depending on your group):
-(Literacy) writing an imaginative story / how to spell words containing ‘igh’ or ‘in’ / literacy concepts.
-(Numeracy) 3D shapes / 2D shapes / number facts / mental maths.
Enjoy being creative, Year 3!
Mrs Irvine
Tuesday 2nd February
Hello boys and girls. It’s Tuesday and that usually means we enjoy some art linked to our topic. Art gives you great opportunities to ‘Express Yourself’ which is this year’s theme for Mental Health Week. It’s important to find time to be creative and this is a particular focus this week. I love to see your artwork as you have such great ideas. This week our activity is to make a vegetable collage. See below for more information!
Our Home Learning Gallery is looking great. Thank you to James, Harley, Kurtis, Casey, Jessica and Charlie for their recent photos. Lots of creativity. There's a new blog on Purple Mash called 'Express Yourself' where you can share ways that you like to be creative. Maybe you can give your friends some ideas.
Hello boys and girls. It’s Tuesday and that usually means we enjoy some art linked to our topic. Art gives you great opportunities to ‘Express Yourself’ which is this year’s theme for Mental Health Week. It’s important to find time to be creative and this is a particular focus this week. I love to see your artwork as you have such great ideas. This week our activity is to make a vegetable collage. See below for more information!
Our Home Learning Gallery is looking great. Thank you to James, Harley, Kurtis, Casey, Jessica and Charlie for their recent photos. Lots of creativity. There's a new blog on Purple Mash called 'Express Yourself' where you can share ways that you like to be creative. Maybe you can give your friends some ideas.
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Money
Squares: Counting Amounts Up To and Over £1 (Money and Fractions booklet)
Today we are adding coins together to find the total. Try to do this mentally and record the accurate total.
Complete: Money and Fractions booklet - Pages 5-8.
Rectangles / Triangles: At the Fruit Shop (My Money Booklet)
Today we are completing a shopping activity focusing on purchasing fruit. Read the question, find the cost of the fruit and add accurately. Make sure that you write down the addition sum for each one e.g.
1. a melon and a peach
19p + 11p.
Complete: My Money Booklet - At the Fruit Shop' - 1 page.
Circles: Make 5p (Money booklet)
Today we are finding different ways to make 5p. Can you find four ways to make 5p? Use the coin size to help you.
Complete: Money booklet – ‘Make 5p’ - 1 page.
Numeracy - Mental Maths - Tuesday
Complete Tuesday’s activities.
See below for this week’s Mental Maths answers.
Numeracy - Number Facts
Squares: List 32 - Adding 11.
Complete: Homework Diary – Add 11.
Rectangles and Triangles: List 21 –Adding 9.
Complete: Homework Diary – Add 9.
Circles: List 5 – Making 9.
Complete: Homework Diary – Make 9.
Numeracy – Money
Squares: Counting Amounts Up To and Over £1 (Money and Fractions booklet)
Today we are adding coins together to find the total. Try to do this mentally and record the accurate total.
Complete: Money and Fractions booklet - Pages 5-8.
Rectangles / Triangles: At the Fruit Shop (My Money Booklet)
Today we are completing a shopping activity focusing on purchasing fruit. Read the question, find the cost of the fruit and add accurately. Make sure that you write down the addition sum for each one e.g.
1. a melon and a peach
19p + 11p.
Complete: My Money Booklet - At the Fruit Shop' - 1 page.
Circles: Make 5p (Money booklet)
Today we are finding different ways to make 5p. Can you find four ways to make 5p? Use the coin size to help you.
Complete: Money booklet – ‘Make 5p’ - 1 page.
Numeracy - Mental Maths - Tuesday
Complete Tuesday’s activities.
See below for this week’s Mental Maths answers.
Numeracy - Number Facts
Squares: List 32 - Adding 11.
Complete: Homework Diary – Add 11.
Rectangles and Triangles: List 21 –Adding 9.
Complete: Homework Diary – Add 9.
Circles: List 5 – Making 9.
Complete: Homework Diary – Make 9.
Literacy – Grammar – Subordinating Conjunctions Sheet (Complete in your My Own Writing book)
Today we are learning about subordinating conjunctions. A subordinating conjunction can join two independent sentences if the second sentence relies on the first for its meaning. Words like because, if, when and that are subordinating conjunctions.
- I was late because I cut my knee.
- You can make a cake if you have flour, eggs, sugar and butter.
- I have a drink when I am thirsty.
- Dad was pleased that I went to play outside.
Click here to watch a video about Subordinating Conjunctions. There's a quiz you can play too.
Black Group: Complete: ‘Get started’, ‘Try these’ and ‘Now try these’.
Blue Group: Complete: ‘Get started’ and ‘Try these’.
Green Group: Complete: ‘Get started’.
Red Group: ‘_in’ words (Phonics Booklet)
Complete Tuesday’s ‘_ig’ spelling practice.
Lexia Group: Complete 20 minutes of activities on Lexia.
Literacy – Literacy Practice (My Literacy Practice Booklet)
Complete: Day 73.
The answers for this week’s Literacy Practice are below today’s post.
Today we are learning about subordinating conjunctions. A subordinating conjunction can join two independent sentences if the second sentence relies on the first for its meaning. Words like because, if, when and that are subordinating conjunctions.
- I was late because I cut my knee.
- You can make a cake if you have flour, eggs, sugar and butter.
- I have a drink when I am thirsty.
- Dad was pleased that I went to play outside.
Click here to watch a video about Subordinating Conjunctions. There's a quiz you can play too.
Black Group: Complete: ‘Get started’, ‘Try these’ and ‘Now try these’.
Blue Group: Complete: ‘Get started’ and ‘Try these’.
Green Group: Complete: ‘Get started’.
Red Group: ‘_in’ words (Phonics Booklet)
Complete Tuesday’s ‘_ig’ spelling practice.
Lexia Group: Complete 20 minutes of activities on Lexia.
Literacy – Literacy Practice (My Literacy Practice Booklet)
Complete: Day 73.
The answers for this week’s Literacy Practice are below today’s post.
Literacy – Spellings
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ‘igh’ sound.
Complete: Literacy Homework – Phonics (Sounds) booklet. Today’s ‘Look, Say…’ etc. and the word sort.
Complete: Homework Diary - ‘igh’ words.
There's a video on Purple Mash and a Roll and Read game to help you with this sound. ('ie' is another way of writing the 'igh' sound e.g. pie, lie, tie.)
Red Group: ‘i’ sound focusing on ‘_in’.
Complete: Phonics, Year 3 Spellings, Stage 1 – One Letter, One Sound Medial ‘I’ booklet. Complete '_in’ activity.
Complete: Homework Diary - ‘_in’ words.
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ‘igh’ sound.
Complete: Literacy Homework – Phonics (Sounds) booklet. Today’s ‘Look, Say…’ etc. and the word sort.
Complete: Homework Diary - ‘igh’ words.
There's a video on Purple Mash and a Roll and Read game to help you with this sound. ('ie' is another way of writing the 'igh' sound e.g. pie, lie, tie.)
Red Group: ‘i’ sound focusing on ‘_in’.
Complete: Phonics, Year 3 Spellings, Stage 1 – One Letter, One Sound Medial ‘I’ booklet. Complete '_in’ activity.
Complete: Homework Diary - ‘_in’ words.
Literacy - Reading
Take some time to read your reading book with a grown up each day. We’ll be completing reading activities each Friday so that you can show your understanding of texts.
Take some time to read your reading book with a grown up each day. We’ll be completing reading activities each Friday so that you can show your understanding of texts.
World Around Us – Food, Glorious Food - Vegetable Collage
This week we will focus on vegetables.
Tomorrow you’re going to write an imaginative adventure about a vegetable. As with last week’s writing, your vegetable can go anywhere you’d like it to go, can travel in a way that you choose and it’s up to you to write about what it gets up to!
Today you’re going to make a vegetable collage. Get the piece of card from your folder, choose a vegetable and draw an outline on the piece of card. Use paper or card that you’ve finished with to decorate your vegetable. When you have completed your art activity you should have a vegetable that is ready to go on an adventure!
When you’ve finished today’s activities you should have a better understanding of subordinating conjunctions / phonics / adding coins / shopping activities / making 5p / mental maths and literacy concepts (depending on your group).
I hope you have a great day.
Mrs Irvine
This week we will focus on vegetables.
Tomorrow you’re going to write an imaginative adventure about a vegetable. As with last week’s writing, your vegetable can go anywhere you’d like it to go, can travel in a way that you choose and it’s up to you to write about what it gets up to!
Today you’re going to make a vegetable collage. Get the piece of card from your folder, choose a vegetable and draw an outline on the piece of card. Use paper or card that you’ve finished with to decorate your vegetable. When you have completed your art activity you should have a vegetable that is ready to go on an adventure!
When you’ve finished today’s activities you should have a better understanding of subordinating conjunctions / phonics / adding coins / shopping activities / making 5p / mental maths and literacy concepts (depending on your group).
I hope you have a great day.
Mrs Irvine
Answers
Phonics, Mental Maths and Literacy Practice.
Phonics, Mental Maths and Literacy Practice.
Literacy - Phonics
Black, Blue and Green Groups:
Answers for this week's 'igh' word sort.
Black, Blue and Green Groups:
Answers for this week's 'igh' word sort.
Mental Maths
Rectangles, Triangles and Circles:
Answers to this week's Mental Maths activities.
Rectangles, Triangles and Circles:
Answers to this week's Mental Maths activities.
Mental Maths
Squares:
Answers to this week's Mental Maths activities.
Squares:
Answers to this week's Mental Maths activities.
Literacy Practice:
Answers to this week's Literacy Practice activities.
(Scroll down for Day 72 answers 1-5.)
Answers to this week's Literacy Practice activities.
(Scroll down for Day 72 answers 1-5.)
Monday 1st February
Good morning Year 3. I hope that you enjoyed the weekend. Thank you for collecting your new pack on Friday and for all the work returned. I look forward to seeing all the great work you’ve been doing at home.
I would like to begin this new week by saying thank you to the grown-ups who are helping you with your home learning. I’m sure you’d are saying thank you too. Do you have a spare hug for them? You’re all doing a fantastic job.
Daily Check List:
- Check the Year 3 Class Page
- Read every day
- Numeracy and Literacy tasks
- Spellings and number facts
- Mental Maths and Literacy Practice
- Purple Mash
Good morning Year 3. I hope that you enjoyed the weekend. Thank you for collecting your new pack on Friday and for all the work returned. I look forward to seeing all the great work you’ve been doing at home.
I would like to begin this new week by saying thank you to the grown-ups who are helping you with your home learning. I’m sure you’d are saying thank you too. Do you have a spare hug for them? You’re all doing a fantastic job.
Daily Check List:
- Check the Year 3 Class Page
- Read every day
- Numeracy and Literacy tasks
- Spellings and number facts
- Mental Maths and Literacy Practice
- Purple Mash
Our focus today:
Literacy – Phonics
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ‘igh’ sound. Can be written ‘igh’, ‘i’, ‘i_e’ or ‘y’. (My Phonics Book)
Read the ‘igh’ passage which contains lots of today’s sound written in different ways. Underline the words which contain the ‘igh’ sound. Then sort the words at the bottom of the page under the headings ‘igh’, ‘i’, ‘i_e’ or ‘y’.
See video on Purple Mash
Complete: My Phonics Booklet - ‘igh’ activity. (You completed the ‘oa’ activity on 11th January. You could stick your work onto this page or write answers onto the page. You can choose!)
Red Group: ‘_in’
Read the ‘_in’ words in your booklet that you use to practise your spellings.
Watch this '_in' video to learn about _in words.
See video on Purple Mash
Lexia Group: Complete 20 minutes of activities on Lexia.
Literacy – Literacy Practice
All groups:
Complete: My Literacy Practice Booklet – Year 3 – Day 72.
Literacy - Spellings (Remember to record spellings in your homework diary.)
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ‘igh’ sound.
Complete: Literacy Homework – Phonics (Sounds) booklet. Read ‘igh’, ‘i’ ,‘i_e’, and ‘y’ words and ask an adult to tick the ones you can read correctly. Complete today’s ‘Look, Say…’ etc. and the word sort.
Red Group: ‘i’ sound focusing on ‘_in’.
Complete: Phonics, Year 3 Spellings, Stage 1 – One Letter, One Sound Medial ‘I’ booklet. Complete '_in’ activity.
Literacy - Reading
Please read the first reading book in your pack. Book titles are noted in your reading diary. Read each book over three days to develop word attack skills, fluency and comprehension in preparation for reading activities to be completed on Friday. Please plan to have read all books by Thursday 11th February.
Numeracy - Money
Squares: Money Revision (Money and Fractions booklet)
Today your activities are revision of money concepts – adding and making amounts within £1.
Complete: Money and Fractions - Pages 1-4.
Rectangles / Triangles: Making Amounts within 50p (Money Booklet)
Reinforce your understanding of making amounts of money within 50p.
Complete: Money Booklet - ‘Lay out coins’ activity.
Circles: Making 5p (Your money booklet)
Today we are finding different ways to make 5p. Can you find 4 ways to make 5p. Use the size of circles to help you.
Complete: Money booklet - Missing coin to make 5p.
Numeracy - Mental Maths – Monday
All groups:
Complete: Mental Maths booklet - Monday’s activities.
Numeracy - Number Facts
Squares: List 32 – Adding 11 to numbers up to 1000 e.g. 340 + 11 =, 653 + 11 =, 899 + 11 = Complete: Homework Diary – Add 11.
Rectangles and Triangles: List 21 – Adding 9. (Remember our strategy – add 10 and take away 1.)
Complete: Homework Diary – Add 9.
Circles: List 5 – Making 9 (Revision).
Complete: Homework Diary – Make 9
Purple Mash – Literacy Activities
Log in to Purple Mash and click on the ‘Alert’ to play today’s literacy game.
Answers for Mental Maths, Literacy Practice and today’s phonics will be posted this afternoon.
I hope that you have a great day today.
Mrs Irvine
Literacy – Phonics
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ‘igh’ sound. Can be written ‘igh’, ‘i’, ‘i_e’ or ‘y’. (My Phonics Book)
Read the ‘igh’ passage which contains lots of today’s sound written in different ways. Underline the words which contain the ‘igh’ sound. Then sort the words at the bottom of the page under the headings ‘igh’, ‘i’, ‘i_e’ or ‘y’.
See video on Purple Mash
Complete: My Phonics Booklet - ‘igh’ activity. (You completed the ‘oa’ activity on 11th January. You could stick your work onto this page or write answers onto the page. You can choose!)
Red Group: ‘_in’
Read the ‘_in’ words in your booklet that you use to practise your spellings.
Watch this '_in' video to learn about _in words.
See video on Purple Mash
Lexia Group: Complete 20 minutes of activities on Lexia.
Literacy – Literacy Practice
All groups:
Complete: My Literacy Practice Booklet – Year 3 – Day 72.
Literacy - Spellings (Remember to record spellings in your homework diary.)
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ‘igh’ sound.
Complete: Literacy Homework – Phonics (Sounds) booklet. Read ‘igh’, ‘i’ ,‘i_e’, and ‘y’ words and ask an adult to tick the ones you can read correctly. Complete today’s ‘Look, Say…’ etc. and the word sort.
Red Group: ‘i’ sound focusing on ‘_in’.
Complete: Phonics, Year 3 Spellings, Stage 1 – One Letter, One Sound Medial ‘I’ booklet. Complete '_in’ activity.
Literacy - Reading
Please read the first reading book in your pack. Book titles are noted in your reading diary. Read each book over three days to develop word attack skills, fluency and comprehension in preparation for reading activities to be completed on Friday. Please plan to have read all books by Thursday 11th February.
Numeracy - Money
Squares: Money Revision (Money and Fractions booklet)
Today your activities are revision of money concepts – adding and making amounts within £1.
Complete: Money and Fractions - Pages 1-4.
Rectangles / Triangles: Making Amounts within 50p (Money Booklet)
Reinforce your understanding of making amounts of money within 50p.
Complete: Money Booklet - ‘Lay out coins’ activity.
Circles: Making 5p (Your money booklet)
Today we are finding different ways to make 5p. Can you find 4 ways to make 5p. Use the size of circles to help you.
Complete: Money booklet - Missing coin to make 5p.
Numeracy - Mental Maths – Monday
All groups:
Complete: Mental Maths booklet - Monday’s activities.
Numeracy - Number Facts
Squares: List 32 – Adding 11 to numbers up to 1000 e.g. 340 + 11 =, 653 + 11 =, 899 + 11 = Complete: Homework Diary – Add 11.
Rectangles and Triangles: List 21 – Adding 9. (Remember our strategy – add 10 and take away 1.)
Complete: Homework Diary – Add 9.
Circles: List 5 – Making 9 (Revision).
Complete: Homework Diary – Make 9
Purple Mash – Literacy Activities
Log in to Purple Mash and click on the ‘Alert’ to play today’s literacy game.
Answers for Mental Maths, Literacy Practice and today’s phonics will be posted this afternoon.
I hope that you have a great day today.
Mrs Irvine
Friday 29th January
Hello, Year 3! Well done for all the learning you've done this week.
It’s Friday so take a minute to think about what you have learned. You're doing a great job with home learning. Keep it up!
Lots of super writing submitted through Purple Mash. Great imaginative writing Casey, James, Susannah, Jessica, Gabriel, Ava, Bobby, Harley, James, Kurtis, William, Jessica and Charlie. I know that there’s more to be submitted and the task is still available if you haven’t had a chance yet. I’ll look forward to reading your work.
Hello, Year 3! Well done for all the learning you've done this week.
It’s Friday so take a minute to think about what you have learned. You're doing a great job with home learning. Keep it up!
Lots of super writing submitted through Purple Mash. Great imaginative writing Casey, James, Susannah, Jessica, Gabriel, Ava, Bobby, Harley, James, Kurtis, William, Jessica and Charlie. I know that there’s more to be submitted and the task is still available if you haven’t had a chance yet. I’ll look forward to reading your work.
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Number
Squares: Doubling (My Multiplication Booklet)
Today we are reinforcing doubling and skills used to multiply by 2. A straight-forward but helpful activity. There’s a game on Karate Cats too. Select Multiplication and Division and then Bronze Level.
Complete: Doubling (2 pages).
Rectangles / Triangles: Numbers to 100 (Numbers to 100, then 1000)
Today we are sequencing the numbers to 100, find the number after, before and between.
Watch the White Rose Maths video. Click on the link and scroll down to the White Rose 100 square video. (Click on the arrow to the left of the hundred square to watch the video.)
Complete: Numbers to 100, then 1000 Page 1.
Circles: Addition (Addition and Subtraction to 20)
Today you are continuing to add doubles and near doubles. Use your number line to help you. You can watch the video on Purple Mash again, if you wish.
Complete: Page 6 (bottom part)
Numeracy - Mental Maths – Friday
Squares: (Primary 4 Booklet)
Complete: Friday’s activities.
Rectangles, Triangles & Circles: (Year 3 Booklet)
Complete: Friday’s activities.
Spelling, Number Facts and Dictation (My Spellings and Number Facts Book)
Log on to Purple Mash for this week’s Friday Test.
Remember:
-you can pause the video
-listen to it twice if you need to
-(W.I.L.F.) neat writing, accurate spelling and number facts. Try your best.
If you would like to upload a photo of your completed test, use the ‘Upload’ link under the video. This is optional!
Complete: Friday Test
Black Group Dictation
The nurse saw the bird was hurt in the dirt. My brother put the bird on a shirt.
Blue Group Dictation
The girl ran faster than my sister.
Green Group Dictation
The bird was over my sister.
Red Group Dictation
A pig in a wig.
Literacy – Reading
Our focus today is to spend time reading.
-Enjoy reading your favourite books and books that you have at home.
-Access Oxford Owls / Libraries NI etc for online resources
Have you heard of the story ‘Guess How Much I Love You’? It’s a children’s book written by Sam McBratney, an author from Northern Ireland. I used to love reading the original story to my children. Here’s a story that I hope you’ll enjoy. The story is called ‘It’s Ok’ Guess How Much I Love You: Short Cut "It's Okay"
Check it out if you can.
Literacy – Literacy Practice (My Literacy Practice Booklet)
Complete: Day 71
Purple Mash - Art / World Around Us / ICT
Today you have an Art task to complete in Purple Mash. Your task is to draw pieces of fruit in a fruit bowl. Please write a sentence about your picture at the bottom of the page. Here’s an example. ‘There are apples, oranges, bananas and pears in my fruit bowl.’ Remember to use a capital letter and full stop.
Complete: Purple Mash Fruit Bowl task.
Have a lovely, restful weekend, Year 3! See you back here on Monday!
Mrs Irvine
Numeracy – Number
Squares: Doubling (My Multiplication Booklet)
Today we are reinforcing doubling and skills used to multiply by 2. A straight-forward but helpful activity. There’s a game on Karate Cats too. Select Multiplication and Division and then Bronze Level.
Complete: Doubling (2 pages).
Rectangles / Triangles: Numbers to 100 (Numbers to 100, then 1000)
Today we are sequencing the numbers to 100, find the number after, before and between.
Watch the White Rose Maths video. Click on the link and scroll down to the White Rose 100 square video. (Click on the arrow to the left of the hundred square to watch the video.)
Complete: Numbers to 100, then 1000 Page 1.
Circles: Addition (Addition and Subtraction to 20)
Today you are continuing to add doubles and near doubles. Use your number line to help you. You can watch the video on Purple Mash again, if you wish.
Complete: Page 6 (bottom part)
Numeracy - Mental Maths – Friday
Squares: (Primary 4 Booklet)
Complete: Friday’s activities.
Rectangles, Triangles & Circles: (Year 3 Booklet)
Complete: Friday’s activities.
Spelling, Number Facts and Dictation (My Spellings and Number Facts Book)
Log on to Purple Mash for this week’s Friday Test.
Remember:
-you can pause the video
-listen to it twice if you need to
-(W.I.L.F.) neat writing, accurate spelling and number facts. Try your best.
If you would like to upload a photo of your completed test, use the ‘Upload’ link under the video. This is optional!
Complete: Friday Test
Black Group Dictation
The nurse saw the bird was hurt in the dirt. My brother put the bird on a shirt.
Blue Group Dictation
The girl ran faster than my sister.
Green Group Dictation
The bird was over my sister.
Red Group Dictation
A pig in a wig.
Literacy – Reading
Our focus today is to spend time reading.
-Enjoy reading your favourite books and books that you have at home.
-Access Oxford Owls / Libraries NI etc for online resources
Have you heard of the story ‘Guess How Much I Love You’? It’s a children’s book written by Sam McBratney, an author from Northern Ireland. I used to love reading the original story to my children. Here’s a story that I hope you’ll enjoy. The story is called ‘It’s Ok’ Guess How Much I Love You: Short Cut "It's Okay"
Check it out if you can.
Literacy – Literacy Practice (My Literacy Practice Booklet)
Complete: Day 71
Purple Mash - Art / World Around Us / ICT
Today you have an Art task to complete in Purple Mash. Your task is to draw pieces of fruit in a fruit bowl. Please write a sentence about your picture at the bottom of the page. Here’s an example. ‘There are apples, oranges, bananas and pears in my fruit bowl.’ Remember to use a capital letter and full stop.
Complete: Purple Mash Fruit Bowl task.
Have a lovely, restful weekend, Year 3! See you back here on Monday!
Mrs Irvine
Thursday 28th January
Hello Year 3! I hope that you are well. I just love looking at your photos in our Home Learning Gallery and I imagine you do too. I miss you all so much!
Great work on Purple Mash. You’ve written super adventure stories that were very imaginative and enjoyable to read. Well done everyone!
Hello Year 3! I hope that you are well. I just love looking at your photos in our Home Learning Gallery and I imagine you do too. I miss you all so much!
Great work on Purple Mash. You’ve written super adventure stories that were very imaginative and enjoyable to read. Well done everyone!
Looking ahead to tomorrow, please plan to collect your new pack (details above) and return:
-Literacy Activities book (All groups).
-Time Booklet (Squares – You’ve been using the Shape, Measure and Data Handling Book for Time – please keep this book at home as we’ll use it for other concepts.)
-Mental Maths (All groups). Please return completed Mental Maths booklets. Could pupils complete Friday’s activity before returning the pack?
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Number
Squares: Rounding to the Nearest 10 (NHM 3 Activity Book)
Today we are rounding to the nearest ten. When rounding, focus on the units digit. If the units digit is 4 or less, we round down. If the units digit is 5 or more we round up e.g. 14 rounds down to 10 but 15 rounds up to 20. We are rounding to the tens number which is closer with 5s (halfway number) rounding up. Here’s a video on rounding to the nearest 10
Complete: NHM3 page 20.
Rectangles / Triangles: Addition Assessment (Addition and Subtraction to 100 booklet)
Today you are completing an assessment activity on addition to show you understanding of the concepts covered. Complete this task independently but you can use your 100 square, if you need to.
Complete: A & S to 100 page 15.
Circles: Word Problems (Food Picture Addition booklet)
Today you are drawing pictures to represent word problems about pineapples. Discuss this with a grown up.
Complete: Word Problems (1 page).
Numeracy - Mental Maths – Thursday
Squares: (Primary 4 Booklet)
Complete Thursday’s activities.
Rectangles, Triangles & Circles: (Year 3 Booklet)
Complete Thursday’s activities.
Numeracy - Number Facts
All groups: Go over this week’s number facts for your test tomorrow.
-Literacy Activities book (All groups).
-Time Booklet (Squares – You’ve been using the Shape, Measure and Data Handling Book for Time – please keep this book at home as we’ll use it for other concepts.)
-Mental Maths (All groups). Please return completed Mental Maths booklets. Could pupils complete Friday’s activity before returning the pack?
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Number
Squares: Rounding to the Nearest 10 (NHM 3 Activity Book)
Today we are rounding to the nearest ten. When rounding, focus on the units digit. If the units digit is 4 or less, we round down. If the units digit is 5 or more we round up e.g. 14 rounds down to 10 but 15 rounds up to 20. We are rounding to the tens number which is closer with 5s (halfway number) rounding up. Here’s a video on rounding to the nearest 10
Complete: NHM3 page 20.
Rectangles / Triangles: Addition Assessment (Addition and Subtraction to 100 booklet)
Today you are completing an assessment activity on addition to show you understanding of the concepts covered. Complete this task independently but you can use your 100 square, if you need to.
Complete: A & S to 100 page 15.
Circles: Word Problems (Food Picture Addition booklet)
Today you are drawing pictures to represent word problems about pineapples. Discuss this with a grown up.
Complete: Word Problems (1 page).
Numeracy - Mental Maths – Thursday
Squares: (Primary 4 Booklet)
Complete Thursday’s activities.
Rectangles, Triangles & Circles: (Year 3 Booklet)
Complete Thursday’s activities.
Numeracy - Number Facts
All groups: Go over this week’s number facts for your test tomorrow.
Literacy – Comprehension (Complete in your Literacy Activities book)
Black & Blue Groups: 'Some One’
Read the poem carefully several times and complete sections 1 to 3 (Black Group) or 1 & 2 (Blue Group).
Complete: ‘Get started’, ‘Try these’ and ‘Now try these’ sections (Black Group only).
Black & Blue Groups: 'Some One’
Read the poem carefully several times and complete sections 1 to 3 (Black Group) or 1 & 2 (Blue Group).
Complete: ‘Get started’, ‘Try these’ and ‘Now try these’ sections (Black Group only).
Green Group: Man on the Moon
Read the recount several times to ensure understanding. Answer questions in section 1.
Complete: ‘Get started’ section.
Red Group: The Alphabet (Alphabet Booklet)
Continue to practise saying the alphabet. Write the alphabet using lower case letters and then upper case letters. Can you swap upper case letters to lower case letters?
Complete: Alphabet activity (1 page).
Read the recount several times to ensure understanding. Answer questions in section 1.
Complete: ‘Get started’ section.
Red Group: The Alphabet (Alphabet Booklet)
Continue to practise saying the alphabet. Write the alphabet using lower case letters and then upper case letters. Can you swap upper case letters to lower case letters?
Complete: Alphabet activity (1 page).
Literacy – Literacy Practice (My Literacy Practice Booklet)
Complete: Day 70
Literacy – Spellings
All groups: Go over this week’s spellings for your test tomorrow.
Log in to Purple Mash for today’s phonics activity - ‘Brainstorm’. (Black, Blue and Green Groups)
Literacy - Reading
Take some time to read by yourself or with a grown up each day.
World Around Us – Food, Glorious Food
All groups: Discuss healthy and unhealthy foods with a grown up. Talk about foods that you like and dislike. Ask others in your family about the healthy and unhealthy foods that they enjoy. Complete the Healthy and Unhealthy activity in your pack.
Next week we’re going to make a vegetable collage. You could have a chat about which vegetable you’d like to make and start to collect materials over the weekend.
Let’s think about the great learning you’ll do today. When you’ve finished today’s activities you should have a better understanding of (depending on your group):
-(Literacy) reading a text for meaning / answering comprehension questions to show understanding / the alphabet / how to spell words containing ‘er’ or ‘ig’ / literacy concepts.
-(Numeracy) rounding / adding within 100 / word problems / number facts / mental maths.
Have a great day, Year 3!
Mrs Irvine
Complete: Day 70
Literacy – Spellings
All groups: Go over this week’s spellings for your test tomorrow.
Log in to Purple Mash for today’s phonics activity - ‘Brainstorm’. (Black, Blue and Green Groups)
Literacy - Reading
Take some time to read by yourself or with a grown up each day.
World Around Us – Food, Glorious Food
All groups: Discuss healthy and unhealthy foods with a grown up. Talk about foods that you like and dislike. Ask others in your family about the healthy and unhealthy foods that they enjoy. Complete the Healthy and Unhealthy activity in your pack.
Next week we’re going to make a vegetable collage. You could have a chat about which vegetable you’d like to make and start to collect materials over the weekend.
Let’s think about the great learning you’ll do today. When you’ve finished today’s activities you should have a better understanding of (depending on your group):
-(Literacy) reading a text for meaning / answering comprehension questions to show understanding / the alphabet / how to spell words containing ‘er’ or ‘ig’ / literacy concepts.
-(Numeracy) rounding / adding within 100 / word problems / number facts / mental maths.
Have a great day, Year 3!
Mrs Irvine
Wednesday 27th January
Hello everyone! I hope that you’re having a good week so far.
Thank you for keeping in touch through our blog. Keep posting your jokes, favourite foods and the ways you like to have fun.
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Shape
Squares, Rectangles / Triangles: 3D Shapes (Shape Measure and Handling Data booklet)
Look at the picture of the pyramid, cube, cone and cylinder. Check to see if you know their names. Can you describe these shapes? Do you know their properties? Number of flat faces, edges and vertices (corners). Watch this video to help you to understand the 3D shape properties.
Complete: SMDH booklet – Page 3
Circles: Shape (Shape Booklet)
We’re focusing on the square today. What does it look like? Can you draw it? Can you write its name? Can you describe it? __ sides, __ corners? Watch this 2D shape video. It will introduce you to some new shapes too.
Numeracy - Mental Maths – Wednesday
Squares: (Primary 4 Booklet)
Complete Wednesday’s activities.
Rectangles, Triangles & Circles: (Year 3 Booklet)
Complete Wednesday’s activities.
Numeracy - Number Facts
Practise Wednesday’s number facts from your list.
Squares: (Homework Diary) List 31 – Adding and subtracting 10.
Rectangles and Triangles: (Homework Diary) List 20 – Subtracting 11.
Circles: (Homework Diary) List 6 – Subtracting from 9.
Hello everyone! I hope that you’re having a good week so far.
Thank you for keeping in touch through our blog. Keep posting your jokes, favourite foods and the ways you like to have fun.
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Shape
Squares, Rectangles / Triangles: 3D Shapes (Shape Measure and Handling Data booklet)
Look at the picture of the pyramid, cube, cone and cylinder. Check to see if you know their names. Can you describe these shapes? Do you know their properties? Number of flat faces, edges and vertices (corners). Watch this video to help you to understand the 3D shape properties.
Complete: SMDH booklet – Page 3
Circles: Shape (Shape Booklet)
We’re focusing on the square today. What does it look like? Can you draw it? Can you write its name? Can you describe it? __ sides, __ corners? Watch this 2D shape video. It will introduce you to some new shapes too.
Numeracy - Mental Maths – Wednesday
Squares: (Primary 4 Booklet)
Complete Wednesday’s activities.
Rectangles, Triangles & Circles: (Year 3 Booklet)
Complete Wednesday’s activities.
Numeracy - Number Facts
Practise Wednesday’s number facts from your list.
Squares: (Homework Diary) List 31 – Adding and subtracting 10.
Rectangles and Triangles: (Homework Diary) List 20 – Subtracting 11.
Circles: (Homework Diary) List 6 – Subtracting from 9.
Literacy – Independent Writing - (Complete in your Literacy Activities book)
Today you are going to write an adventure story about a fruit of your choice. You can describe the fruit, write about where it lives and where it goes on its adventure. e.g. Once there was a pineapple who was yellow and had a spiky top.
-Find the writing frame from your pack.
-Write the story in your Literacy Activities book.
-Remember to use Purple Mash to type your story. Share the typing with an adult, if you want to. I look forward to reading your imaginative story.
Black Group: Use your imagination to write a creative story and develop your ideas by writing about what the fruit did on its adventure. Try to use the conjunctions that we learned about yesterday.
Blue / Green Group: Use the writing frame to complete the task writing a sentence for each part of the story. Can you connect two sentences using ‘and’, ‘or’ or ‘but’?
Red Group: Talk to a grown up about your adventure. If possible, could you work with a grown up to type your story using the ‘Alert’ on Purple Mash.
Red Group: ‘_ig’ words (Phonics Booklet)
Complete Wednesday’s ‘_ig’ spelling practice.
Literacy – Literacy Practice (My Literacy Practice Booklet)
All Groups: Complete: Day 69.
Literacy – Spellings (Remember to record these in your Homework Diary)
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ‘er’ sound. Log on to Purple Mash for a video about a game that helps us to use the different representations of a sound. A grown up could call out some of today’s or this week’s spellings and play ‘See it Right’ on a scrap piece of paper.
Red Group: ‘i’ sound focusing on ‘_ig’.
Literacy - Reading
All Groups: Take some time to read by yourself or with a grown up each day.
Purple Mash – Food, Glorious Food – The Adventures of a Fruit
Log into Purple Mash and click on today’s Alert. Use your independent writing that you completed and type it into the 2Do 'The Adventure of a Fruit’ template on Purple Mash. I really enjoy reading your work, Year 3.
When you’ve finished today’s activities you should have a better understanding of (depending on your group):
-(Literacy) writing an imaginative story / how to spell words containing ‘er’ or ‘ig’ / literacy concepts.
-(Numeracy) 3D shapes / 2D shapes / number facts / mental maths.
Enjoy being creative, Year 3!
Mrs Irvine
Today you are going to write an adventure story about a fruit of your choice. You can describe the fruit, write about where it lives and where it goes on its adventure. e.g. Once there was a pineapple who was yellow and had a spiky top.
-Find the writing frame from your pack.
-Write the story in your Literacy Activities book.
-Remember to use Purple Mash to type your story. Share the typing with an adult, if you want to. I look forward to reading your imaginative story.
Black Group: Use your imagination to write a creative story and develop your ideas by writing about what the fruit did on its adventure. Try to use the conjunctions that we learned about yesterday.
Blue / Green Group: Use the writing frame to complete the task writing a sentence for each part of the story. Can you connect two sentences using ‘and’, ‘or’ or ‘but’?
Red Group: Talk to a grown up about your adventure. If possible, could you work with a grown up to type your story using the ‘Alert’ on Purple Mash.
Red Group: ‘_ig’ words (Phonics Booklet)
Complete Wednesday’s ‘_ig’ spelling practice.
Literacy – Literacy Practice (My Literacy Practice Booklet)
All Groups: Complete: Day 69.
Literacy – Spellings (Remember to record these in your Homework Diary)
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ‘er’ sound. Log on to Purple Mash for a video about a game that helps us to use the different representations of a sound. A grown up could call out some of today’s or this week’s spellings and play ‘See it Right’ on a scrap piece of paper.
Red Group: ‘i’ sound focusing on ‘_ig’.
Literacy - Reading
All Groups: Take some time to read by yourself or with a grown up each day.
Purple Mash – Food, Glorious Food – The Adventures of a Fruit
Log into Purple Mash and click on today’s Alert. Use your independent writing that you completed and type it into the 2Do 'The Adventure of a Fruit’ template on Purple Mash. I really enjoy reading your work, Year 3.
When you’ve finished today’s activities you should have a better understanding of (depending on your group):
-(Literacy) writing an imaginative story / how to spell words containing ‘er’ or ‘ig’ / literacy concepts.
-(Numeracy) 3D shapes / 2D shapes / number facts / mental maths.
Enjoy being creative, Year 3!
Mrs Irvine
Tuesday 26th January
Hello everyone. I hope that you have been getting outside and enjoying the snow.
Our Home Learning Gallery is looking great. Thank you to Jessica, James, Casey, Ava, Susannah, William and Jessica for sharing their photos. Lots of fun in the snow.
Our focus today:
Hello everyone. I hope that you have been getting outside and enjoying the snow.
Our Home Learning Gallery is looking great. Thank you to Jessica, James, Casey, Ava, Susannah, William and Jessica for sharing their photos. Lots of fun in the snow.
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Time
Squares: Analogue and Digital Time (Shape Measure and Handling Data booklet)
Today you are working on converting digital and analogue clock times.
Complete: Page 21.
Rectangles / Triangles: Quarter Past and Quarter To (Time Booklet)
Reinforce your understanding of o’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to on the analogue clock.
Complete: 'What time is it?' 1 page
Circles: Days of the Week (Time Booklet)
Today we are focusing on the terms ‘Yesterday’ and ‘Tomorrow’. Continue to work on sequencing the days of the week and making sure that is fluent and secure. Use the words yesterday and tomorrow. Yesterday it was Monday. Today it is Tuesday. Tomorrow it will be Wednesday.
Complete: Days of the Week – Yesterday and Tomorrow.
Numeracy - Mental Maths – Tuesday
Squares: (Primary 4 Booklet)
Complete Tuesday’s activities.
Rectangles, Triangles & Circles: (Year 3 Booklet)
Complete Tuesday’s activities.
See below for this week’s Mental Maths answers.
Numeracy - Number Facts (Remember to record these in your Homework Diary)
Squares: (Homework Diary) List 31 - Adding and subtracting 10.
Rectangles and Triangles: (Homework Diary) List 20 – Subtracting 11.
Circles: (Homework Diary) List 6 – Subtracting from 9.
Squares: Analogue and Digital Time (Shape Measure and Handling Data booklet)
Today you are working on converting digital and analogue clock times.
Complete: Page 21.
Rectangles / Triangles: Quarter Past and Quarter To (Time Booklet)
Reinforce your understanding of o’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to on the analogue clock.
Complete: 'What time is it?' 1 page
Circles: Days of the Week (Time Booklet)
Today we are focusing on the terms ‘Yesterday’ and ‘Tomorrow’. Continue to work on sequencing the days of the week and making sure that is fluent and secure. Use the words yesterday and tomorrow. Yesterday it was Monday. Today it is Tuesday. Tomorrow it will be Wednesday.
Complete: Days of the Week – Yesterday and Tomorrow.
Numeracy - Mental Maths – Tuesday
Squares: (Primary 4 Booklet)
Complete Tuesday’s activities.
Rectangles, Triangles & Circles: (Year 3 Booklet)
Complete Tuesday’s activities.
See below for this week’s Mental Maths answers.
Numeracy - Number Facts (Remember to record these in your Homework Diary)
Squares: (Homework Diary) List 31 - Adding and subtracting 10.
Rectangles and Triangles: (Homework Diary) List 20 – Subtracting 11.
Circles: (Homework Diary) List 6 – Subtracting from 9.
Literacy – Grammar – Coordinating Conjunctions Sheet (Complete in your Literacy Activities book)
Today we are learning about coordinating conjunctions. A coordinating conjunction is a word that can join two independent sentences like and, or and but. There are others but we'll focus on these three. Here are some examples:
- I like apples and I love chocolate.
-David can go to the park or he can play inside.
- Mum would like to go for a walk but it is raining.
Click here to watch a video about Coordinating Conjunctions.
Black Group: Complete: ‘Get started’, ‘Try these’ and ‘Now try these’.
Blue Group: Complete: ‘Get started’ and ‘Try these’.
Green Group: Complete: ‘Get started’.
Today we are learning about coordinating conjunctions. A coordinating conjunction is a word that can join two independent sentences like and, or and but. There are others but we'll focus on these three. Here are some examples:
- I like apples and I love chocolate.
-David can go to the park or he can play inside.
- Mum would like to go for a walk but it is raining.
Click here to watch a video about Coordinating Conjunctions.
Black Group: Complete: ‘Get started’, ‘Try these’ and ‘Now try these’.
Blue Group: Complete: ‘Get started’ and ‘Try these’.
Green Group: Complete: ‘Get started’.
Red Group: ‘_ig’ words (Phonics Booklet)
Complete Tuesday’s ‘_ig’ spelling practice.
Lexia Group: Complete 20 minutes of activities on Lexia.
Literacy – Literacy Practice (My Literacy Practice Booklet)
Complete: Day 68.
I’ve posted the answers for this week’s Literacy Practice below today’s post.
Complete Tuesday’s ‘_ig’ spelling practice.
Lexia Group: Complete 20 minutes of activities on Lexia.
Literacy – Literacy Practice (My Literacy Practice Booklet)
Complete: Day 68.
I’ve posted the answers for this week’s Literacy Practice below today’s post.
Literacy – Spellings (Remember to record these in your Homework Diary)
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ‘er’ sound.
There's a video on Purple Mash and a Roll and Read game to help you with this sound.
Red Group: ‘i’ sound focusing on ‘_ig’.
Literacy - Reading
Take some time to read by yourself or with a grown up each day.
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ‘er’ sound.
There's a video on Purple Mash and a Roll and Read game to help you with this sound.
Red Group: ‘i’ sound focusing on ‘_ig’.
Literacy - Reading
Take some time to read by yourself or with a grown up each day.
World Around Us – Food, Glorious Food – Fruit Collage
This week we will focus on fruit. I’m always delighted to see lots of Year 3s enjoying fruit for their break at school.
Tomorrow you’re going to write an imaginative adventure about a piece of fruit. Your piece of fruit can go anywhere you’d like it to go, can travel in a way that you choose and it’s up to you to write about what it gets up to!
Today you’re going to make a fruit collage. Get the piece of blue card from your folder, choose a fruit and draw the outline of the fruit on the piece of card. Remember to just choose one fruit. Now find old Christmas cards, items from the recycling bag or anything that you don’t need anymore. Look out for the colour of your fruit. Now rip small piece of the card or paper that are the colour of your fruit and stick them on to your fruit. When you have completed your art activity you should have a piece of fruit that is ready to go on an adventure!
When you’ve finished today’s activities you should have a better understanding of coordinating conjunctions/phonics/digital time/quarter past/quarter to/days of the week/mental maths and literacy concepts (depending on your group).
I hope you have a great day.
Mrs Irvine
This week we will focus on fruit. I’m always delighted to see lots of Year 3s enjoying fruit for their break at school.
Tomorrow you’re going to write an imaginative adventure about a piece of fruit. Your piece of fruit can go anywhere you’d like it to go, can travel in a way that you choose and it’s up to you to write about what it gets up to!
Today you’re going to make a fruit collage. Get the piece of blue card from your folder, choose a fruit and draw the outline of the fruit on the piece of card. Remember to just choose one fruit. Now find old Christmas cards, items from the recycling bag or anything that you don’t need anymore. Look out for the colour of your fruit. Now rip small piece of the card or paper that are the colour of your fruit and stick them on to your fruit. When you have completed your art activity you should have a piece of fruit that is ready to go on an adventure!
When you’ve finished today’s activities you should have a better understanding of coordinating conjunctions/phonics/digital time/quarter past/quarter to/days of the week/mental maths and literacy concepts (depending on your group).
I hope you have a great day.
Mrs Irvine
Answers
Mental Maths, Literacy Practice and Phonics
Mental Maths, Literacy Practice and Phonics
Mental Maths Answers
Answers for this week's Mental Maths for Rectangles, Triangles and Circles Groups.
Answers for this week's Mental Maths for Rectangles, Triangles and Circles Groups.
Mental Maths Answers
Answers for this week's Mental Maths for the Squares Group.
Answers for this week's Mental Maths for the Squares Group.
Literacy Practice Answers
Answers for this week's Literacy Practice for Black, Blue, Green and Red Groups..
Answers for this week's Literacy Practice for Black, Blue, Green and Red Groups..
Monday 25th January
Daily Check List –
- Check the Year 3 Class Page
- Read every day
- Numeracy and Literacy tasks
- Spellings and number facts (Friday Test)
- Mental Maths and Literacy Practice
- Purple Mash
Daily Check List –
- Check the Year 3 Class Page
- Read every day
- Numeracy and Literacy tasks
- Spellings and number facts (Friday Test)
- Mental Maths and Literacy Practice
- Purple Mash
Looking ahead to next Friday, please plan to return:
-Literacy Activities book (All groups). We will use the My Own Writing books for the literacy tasks during the next fortnight.
-Time Booklet (Squares – You’ve been using the Shape, Measure and Data Handling Book for Time – please keep this book at home as we’ll use it for other concepts.) We will focus on Money during the next fortnight.
-Mental Maths (All groups). Please return completed Mental Maths booklets. Could pupils complete Friday’s activity before returning the pack?
Our focus today:
Literacy – Phonics
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ‘er’ sound. Can be written ‘er’, ‘ir’ or ‘ur’.
Read the ‘er’ passage which contains lots of ‘er’ sounds written in different ways. Just focus on the ones we’ll cover in Year 3. Underline the words which contain the ‘er’ sound. Then sort the words at the bottom of the page under the headings ‘er’, ‘ir’ and ‘ur’.
See video on Purple Mash
-Literacy Activities book (All groups). We will use the My Own Writing books for the literacy tasks during the next fortnight.
-Time Booklet (Squares – You’ve been using the Shape, Measure and Data Handling Book for Time – please keep this book at home as we’ll use it for other concepts.) We will focus on Money during the next fortnight.
-Mental Maths (All groups). Please return completed Mental Maths booklets. Could pupils complete Friday’s activity before returning the pack?
Our focus today:
Literacy – Phonics
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ‘er’ sound. Can be written ‘er’, ‘ir’ or ‘ur’.
Read the ‘er’ passage which contains lots of ‘er’ sounds written in different ways. Just focus on the ones we’ll cover in Year 3. Underline the words which contain the ‘er’ sound. Then sort the words at the bottom of the page under the headings ‘er’, ‘ir’ and ‘ur’.
See video on Purple Mash
Red Group: ‘_ig’
Read the ‘_ig’ words in your booklet that you use to practise your spellings.
Watch this '_ig' video to learn about _ig words. You can play the game in the picture too, if you have time.
See video on Purple Mash
Lexia Group: Complete 20 minutes of activities on Lexia.
Literacy – Literacy Practice
My Literacy Practice Booklet – Year 3 – Day 67
Literacy - Spellings (Remember to record spellings in your homework diary.)
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ‘er’ sound.
See Literacy Homework – Phonics (Sounds) booklet. Read ‘er’, ‘ir’ and ‘ur’ words and ask an adult to tick the ones you can read correctly. Complete today’s ‘Look, Say…’ etc. and the word sort.
Red Group: ‘i’ sound focusing on ‘_ig’.
See Phonics, Year 3 Spellings, Stage 1 – One Letter, One Sound Medial ‘I’ booklet. Complete today’s ‘Look, Say…’ etc. activity.
Literacy - Reading
Please take time to read today.
Numeracy - Time
Squares: Analogue and Digital Time (Shape Measure and Handling Data booklet)
Today you are working on the digital and analogue clock and focusing on ‘quarter to’
Complete: Page 20.
Rectangles / Triangles: Quarter Past and Quarter To (Time Booklet)
Reinforce your understanding of quarter past and quarter to on the analogue clock.
Complete: 1 page in booklet.
Circles: Days of the Week (Time Booklet)
Watch the days of the week video to reinforce sequence.
Complete: Sequence the days of the week and spelling using 'Look, say and write.
Numeracy - Mental Maths – Monday
Squares: (Primary 4 Booklet)
Complete Monday’s activities.
Rectangles, Triangles & Circles: (Year 3 Booklet)
Complete Monday’s activities.
Numeracy - Number Facts (Remember to record these in your Homework Diary)
Practise Monday’s number facts from your list.
Squares: (Homework Diary) List 31 – Adding and subtracting 10 to and from tens numbers and then any number up to 1000 e.g. 250 + 10 =, 700 – 10 =, 654 + 10 =, 904 – 10 =
Rectangles and Triangles: (Homework Diary) List 20 - Subtracting 11.
Circles: (Homework Diary) List 6 – Taking away from 9.
Read the ‘_ig’ words in your booklet that you use to practise your spellings.
Watch this '_ig' video to learn about _ig words. You can play the game in the picture too, if you have time.
See video on Purple Mash
Lexia Group: Complete 20 minutes of activities on Lexia.
Literacy – Literacy Practice
My Literacy Practice Booklet – Year 3 – Day 67
Literacy - Spellings (Remember to record spellings in your homework diary.)
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ‘er’ sound.
See Literacy Homework – Phonics (Sounds) booklet. Read ‘er’, ‘ir’ and ‘ur’ words and ask an adult to tick the ones you can read correctly. Complete today’s ‘Look, Say…’ etc. and the word sort.
Red Group: ‘i’ sound focusing on ‘_ig’.
See Phonics, Year 3 Spellings, Stage 1 – One Letter, One Sound Medial ‘I’ booklet. Complete today’s ‘Look, Say…’ etc. activity.
Literacy - Reading
Please take time to read today.
Numeracy - Time
Squares: Analogue and Digital Time (Shape Measure and Handling Data booklet)
Today you are working on the digital and analogue clock and focusing on ‘quarter to’
Complete: Page 20.
Rectangles / Triangles: Quarter Past and Quarter To (Time Booklet)
Reinforce your understanding of quarter past and quarter to on the analogue clock.
Complete: 1 page in booklet.
Circles: Days of the Week (Time Booklet)
Watch the days of the week video to reinforce sequence.
Complete: Sequence the days of the week and spelling using 'Look, say and write.
Numeracy - Mental Maths – Monday
Squares: (Primary 4 Booklet)
Complete Monday’s activities.
Rectangles, Triangles & Circles: (Year 3 Booklet)
Complete Monday’s activities.
Numeracy - Number Facts (Remember to record these in your Homework Diary)
Practise Monday’s number facts from your list.
Squares: (Homework Diary) List 31 – Adding and subtracting 10 to and from tens numbers and then any number up to 1000 e.g. 250 + 10 =, 700 – 10 =, 654 + 10 =, 904 – 10 =
Rectangles and Triangles: (Homework Diary) List 20 - Subtracting 11.
Circles: (Homework Diary) List 6 – Taking away from 9.
Purple Mash – Number Activities
Log in to Purple Mash and click on the ‘Alert’ to play the number game.
Answers for Mental Maths, Literacy Practice and today’s phonics will be posted this afternoon.
I hope that you have a great day today.
Mrs Irvine
Log in to Purple Mash and click on the ‘Alert’ to play the number game.
Answers for Mental Maths, Literacy Practice and today’s phonics will be posted this afternoon.
I hope that you have a great day today.
Mrs Irvine
Road Safety Calendar
Here’s this week and last week’s Road Safety Calendars....
Here’s this week and last week’s Road Safety Calendars....
Friday 22nd January
Hello, Year 3! I hope that you’re having a good week.
Take a minute to think about what you have learned this week. What are you able to do today that you couldn’t do on Monday? Is there something that you are better at now? You're doing a great job of moving forward with your learning. Well done!
Lots of super writing submitted through Purple Mash. Great work Kurtis, Jessica, James, Ava, Lucas, Susannah, Casey, Gabriel, Jessica, Bobby and Harley. The task is still available if you haven’t had a chance yet. I’ll look forward to reading your work.
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Number
Squares: Estimating on a Number Line (NHM 3 Activity Book)
Today we are estimating the position of numbers on a number line. You can use yesterday concept of halfway to help you. Making halfway on the number line and writing the number that is halfway can help you to be more accurate.
Here’s a video on how to how to write and work out numbers on a number line to 1000.
Complete: Page 19.
Rectangles / Triangles: Addition (Addition and Subtraction to 100)
Today you are completing an assessment task to show your understanding of addition concepts covered to date. Please try to complete the task independently. Use your 100 square if you need to and work as accurately as you can.
Complete: Page 14.
Circles: Addition (Addition and Subtraction to 20)
Today you are using your number line to add doubles and near doubles. I’ve uploaded a video to Purple Mash to help you.
Complete: Page 6 (top part)
Numeracy - Mental Maths – Friday
Squares: (Primary 4 Booklet)
Complete: Friday’s activities.
Rectangles, Triangles & Circles: (Year 3 Booklet)
Complete: Friday’s activities.
Spelling, Number Facts and Dictation (My Spellings and Number Facts Book)
Log on to Purple Mash. I have uploaded videos to Purple Mash for each group for this week’s Friday Test. You can pause the video or listen to it twice if you need to. Remember neat writing and try your best. If you would like to upload a photo of your completed test, use the ‘Upload’ link under the video. This is optional!
Complete: Friday Test
Black and Blue Group Dictation
Daddy is about to go to a green country! Which street do your family live on?
Green Group Dictation
I am neat when I eat.
Red Group Dictation
Sid hid a lid.
Hello, Year 3! I hope that you’re having a good week.
Take a minute to think about what you have learned this week. What are you able to do today that you couldn’t do on Monday? Is there something that you are better at now? You're doing a great job of moving forward with your learning. Well done!
Lots of super writing submitted through Purple Mash. Great work Kurtis, Jessica, James, Ava, Lucas, Susannah, Casey, Gabriel, Jessica, Bobby and Harley. The task is still available if you haven’t had a chance yet. I’ll look forward to reading your work.
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Number
Squares: Estimating on a Number Line (NHM 3 Activity Book)
Today we are estimating the position of numbers on a number line. You can use yesterday concept of halfway to help you. Making halfway on the number line and writing the number that is halfway can help you to be more accurate.
Here’s a video on how to how to write and work out numbers on a number line to 1000.
Complete: Page 19.
Rectangles / Triangles: Addition (Addition and Subtraction to 100)
Today you are completing an assessment task to show your understanding of addition concepts covered to date. Please try to complete the task independently. Use your 100 square if you need to and work as accurately as you can.
Complete: Page 14.
Circles: Addition (Addition and Subtraction to 20)
Today you are using your number line to add doubles and near doubles. I’ve uploaded a video to Purple Mash to help you.
Complete: Page 6 (top part)
Numeracy - Mental Maths – Friday
Squares: (Primary 4 Booklet)
Complete: Friday’s activities.
Rectangles, Triangles & Circles: (Year 3 Booklet)
Complete: Friday’s activities.
Spelling, Number Facts and Dictation (My Spellings and Number Facts Book)
Log on to Purple Mash. I have uploaded videos to Purple Mash for each group for this week’s Friday Test. You can pause the video or listen to it twice if you need to. Remember neat writing and try your best. If you would like to upload a photo of your completed test, use the ‘Upload’ link under the video. This is optional!
Complete: Friday Test
Black and Blue Group Dictation
Daddy is about to go to a green country! Which street do your family live on?
Green Group Dictation
I am neat when I eat.
Red Group Dictation
Sid hid a lid.
Literacy – Reading
Our focus on Fridays will be to spend time reading.
-Enjoy reading your favourite books
-Enjoy books you have at home
-Access Oxford Owls for online resources
-Access Libraries NI to make use of their online reading materials
Have you heard of Julia Donaldson. She’s a children’s author and writes super stories for children to enjoy. Click on the link Story time: Singing Dad by Julia Donaldson | Oxford Owl to hear Julia Donaldson reading Singing Dad.
Check it out if you can.
Literacy – Literacy Practice (My Literacy Practice Booklet)
Complete: Day 66
Purple Mash - Art / World Around Us / ICT
Today you have an Art task to complete in Purple Mash. Your task is to draw one of your favourite courses from your favourite meal. Be as creative as you can. Please write a sentence about your picture at the bottom of the page. Here’s an example. ‘For the main course I would have pesto pasta and garlic bread.’ There’s a Year 3 who will recognise that sentence! Isn’t it super! I see a capital letter, a full stop, a full sentence and details about the chosen food. Super!
Complete: Purple Mash art task.
Have a super weekend, Year 3! See you back here on Monday!
Mrs Irvine
Our focus on Fridays will be to spend time reading.
-Enjoy reading your favourite books
-Enjoy books you have at home
-Access Oxford Owls for online resources
-Access Libraries NI to make use of their online reading materials
Have you heard of Julia Donaldson. She’s a children’s author and writes super stories for children to enjoy. Click on the link Story time: Singing Dad by Julia Donaldson | Oxford Owl to hear Julia Donaldson reading Singing Dad.
Check it out if you can.
Literacy – Literacy Practice (My Literacy Practice Booklet)
Complete: Day 66
Purple Mash - Art / World Around Us / ICT
Today you have an Art task to complete in Purple Mash. Your task is to draw one of your favourite courses from your favourite meal. Be as creative as you can. Please write a sentence about your picture at the bottom of the page. Here’s an example. ‘For the main course I would have pesto pasta and garlic bread.’ There’s a Year 3 who will recognise that sentence! Isn’t it super! I see a capital letter, a full stop, a full sentence and details about the chosen food. Super!
Complete: Purple Mash art task.
Have a super weekend, Year 3! See you back here on Monday!
Mrs Irvine
Answers:
Rectangles and Triangles:
Answers for Thursday's addition activity.
Rectangles and Triangles:
Answers for Thursday's addition activity.
Thursday 21st January
Good morning Year 3. I have enjoyed being able to talk to you on the phone this week. It’s been great to hear about the fun you have when you’ve completed your home learning. You can share those activities on our blog, if you can. Thank you to Bobby, Charlie, Harley, James, James, Jessica, Susannah and William for posting about their favourite activities. Super!
Parents, thank you so much for engaging so well with learning at home. Thank you for your help with marking. I really appreciate it, but it is also better for your child(ren) to have their work marked shortly after they have completed tasks. This gives pupils immediate feedback. They will either know that they have a good understanding of a task or that they need to revisit any answers that are wrong. Also, a great way to motivate pupils to make progress with their learning.
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Number
Squares: Numbers to 1000: Halfway Between (NHM 3 Activity Book)
Find the number halfway between the numbers given. Use the number line to begin with, if you need to.
Rectangles / Triangles: Addition (Addition and Subtraction to 100 booklet)
Today you are adding numbers together to find a total. Use the numbers at the top of the page (in the rectangles) to make the numbers in the circles. I’ve uploaded a video onto Purple Mash to help you.
Circles: Word Problems (Food Picture Addition booklet)
Today you are drawing pictures to represent word problems and adding them together. What does the word 'altogether' mean? Discuss this with a grown up.
Complete: Word Problems (1 page).
Numeracy - Mental Maths – Thursday
Squares: (Primary 4 Booklet)
Complete Thursday’s activities.
Rectangles, Triangles & Circles: (Year 3 Booklet)
Complete Thursday’s activities.
Numeracy - Number Facts
All groups:
Practise this week’s number facts for your test tomorrow.
*Rectangles and Triangles: List 19 - Adding 11.*
I posted that List 19 was making 11 instead of adding 11. Amended!
Literacy – Comprehension (Complete in your Literacy Activities Book)
Black & Blue Groups: Tom’s Sausage Lion
Log into Purple Mash to watch the uploaded video for this text.
Complete: ‘Get started’, ‘Try these’ and ‘Now try these’ sections.
Green Group: A Day Out
Log into Purple Mash to watch your video for your activity.
Complete: ‘Get started’ section.
Good morning Year 3. I have enjoyed being able to talk to you on the phone this week. It’s been great to hear about the fun you have when you’ve completed your home learning. You can share those activities on our blog, if you can. Thank you to Bobby, Charlie, Harley, James, James, Jessica, Susannah and William for posting about their favourite activities. Super!
Parents, thank you so much for engaging so well with learning at home. Thank you for your help with marking. I really appreciate it, but it is also better for your child(ren) to have their work marked shortly after they have completed tasks. This gives pupils immediate feedback. They will either know that they have a good understanding of a task or that they need to revisit any answers that are wrong. Also, a great way to motivate pupils to make progress with their learning.
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Number
Squares: Numbers to 1000: Halfway Between (NHM 3 Activity Book)
Find the number halfway between the numbers given. Use the number line to begin with, if you need to.
Rectangles / Triangles: Addition (Addition and Subtraction to 100 booklet)
Today you are adding numbers together to find a total. Use the numbers at the top of the page (in the rectangles) to make the numbers in the circles. I’ve uploaded a video onto Purple Mash to help you.
Circles: Word Problems (Food Picture Addition booklet)
Today you are drawing pictures to represent word problems and adding them together. What does the word 'altogether' mean? Discuss this with a grown up.
Complete: Word Problems (1 page).
Numeracy - Mental Maths – Thursday
Squares: (Primary 4 Booklet)
Complete Thursday’s activities.
Rectangles, Triangles & Circles: (Year 3 Booklet)
Complete Thursday’s activities.
Numeracy - Number Facts
All groups:
Practise this week’s number facts for your test tomorrow.
*Rectangles and Triangles: List 19 - Adding 11.*
I posted that List 19 was making 11 instead of adding 11. Amended!
Literacy – Comprehension (Complete in your Literacy Activities Book)
Black & Blue Groups: Tom’s Sausage Lion
Log into Purple Mash to watch the uploaded video for this text.
Complete: ‘Get started’, ‘Try these’ and ‘Now try these’ sections.
Green Group: A Day Out
Log into Purple Mash to watch your video for your activity.
Complete: ‘Get started’ section.
Red Group: The Alphabet (Alphabet Booklet)
Practise saying the alphabet. You’ve been working on the tricky parts with Maeve. Show an adult how well you can say the alphabet and keep working on the tricky parts.
Complete: ‘abc ABC’ activity.
Literacy – Literacy Practice (My Literacy Practice Booklet)
Complete: Day 65
Literacy – Spellings
All groups:
Practise this week’s spellings for your test tomorrow.
Literacy - Reading
Take some time to read by yourself or with a grown up each day.
Art – Food, Glorious Food
All groups:
Ask someone in your family about their favourite food / dish or meal. Could you draw this on the paper plate in your pack? Try to add as much details as you can. If you have time, you could design the rim of the plate too!
Practise saying the alphabet. You’ve been working on the tricky parts with Maeve. Show an adult how well you can say the alphabet and keep working on the tricky parts.
Complete: ‘abc ABC’ activity.
Literacy – Literacy Practice (My Literacy Practice Booklet)
Complete: Day 65
Literacy – Spellings
All groups:
Practise this week’s spellings for your test tomorrow.
Literacy - Reading
Take some time to read by yourself or with a grown up each day.
Art – Food, Glorious Food
All groups:
Ask someone in your family about their favourite food / dish or meal. Could you draw this on the paper plate in your pack? Try to add as much details as you can. If you have time, you could design the rim of the plate too!
It’s important to think about the great learning you are doing at home. When you’ve finished today’s activities you should have a better understanding of (depending on your group):
-(Literacy) reading a text for meaning / answering comprehension questions to show understanding / the alphabet / how to spell words containing ‘ee’ or ‘id’ / literacy concepts.
-(Numeracy) halfway between / making totals within 100 / doubles and near doubles within 20 / number facts / mental maths.
Have a great day, Year 3!
Mrs Irvine
-(Literacy) reading a text for meaning / answering comprehension questions to show understanding / the alphabet / how to spell words containing ‘ee’ or ‘id’ / literacy concepts.
-(Numeracy) halfway between / making totals within 100 / doubles and near doubles within 20 / number facts / mental maths.
Have a great day, Year 3!
Mrs Irvine
Wednesday 20th January
Hello everyone! I hope that you’re getting into a good routine with home learning.
Thank you to everyone who has shared a photo for our Home Learning Gallery or posted on our blog. These are great ways to keep in touch.
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Shape
Squares, Rectangles / Triangles: 3D Shapes (Shape Measure and Handling Data booklet)
Look at the picture of the 3D shapes and their names. Check to see if you know them all. Extension: Can you describe these shapes? Number of flat faces, edges and vertices (corners)?
Here is a BBC Bitesize video on 3D shapes.
Circles: Shape (Shape Booklet)
We’re focusing on the circle today. What does it look like? Can you draw it? Can you write its name? Can you describe it? __ sides, __ corners?
Hello everyone! I hope that you’re getting into a good routine with home learning.
Thank you to everyone who has shared a photo for our Home Learning Gallery or posted on our blog. These are great ways to keep in touch.
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Shape
Squares, Rectangles / Triangles: 3D Shapes (Shape Measure and Handling Data booklet)
Look at the picture of the 3D shapes and their names. Check to see if you know them all. Extension: Can you describe these shapes? Number of flat faces, edges and vertices (corners)?
Here is a BBC Bitesize video on 3D shapes.
Circles: Shape (Shape Booklet)
We’re focusing on the circle today. What does it look like? Can you draw it? Can you write its name? Can you describe it? __ sides, __ corners?
Numeracy - Mental Maths – Wednesday
Squares: (Primary 4 Booklet)
Complete Wednesday’s activities.
Rectangles, Triangles & Circles: (Year 3 Booklet)
Complete Wednesday’s activities.
Numeracy - Number Facts
Practise Wednesday’s number facts from your list.
Squares: (Homework Diary) List 30 - Subtracting from 17
Rectangles and Triangles: (Homework Diary) List 19 - Adding 11
Circles: (Homework Diary) List 5 – Making 9
Literacy – Independent Writing - (Complete in your Literacy Activities Book)
Describe your favourite meal using the terms ‘starter’, ‘main course’ and ‘dessert’. Use yesterday’s art activity to help you. You can use the writing frame from your pack.
Black Group: You could add details about why you chose each dish /food and the ingredients continued in each dish.
Blue / Green Group: You could write about why each dish / food is your favourite.
Red Group: Talk to a grown up about your favourite meal.
Red Group: ‘_id’ words (Phonics Booklet)
Complete Wednesday’s ‘_id’ spelling practice.
Literacy – Literacy Practice (My Literacy Practice Booklet)
All Groups: Complete: Day 64
Literacy – Spellings (Remember to record these in your Homework Diary)
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ‘ee’ sound.
Red Group: ‘i’ sound focusing on ‘_id’.
Literacy - Reading
All Groups: Take some time to read by yourself or with a grown up each day.
Purple Mash – Food, Glorious Food – My Favourite Meal
Log into Purple Mash and click on today’s Alert. Use your independent writing that you completed and type it into the 2Do ‘My Favourite Meal’ template on Purple Mash. I’m looking forward to reading about your choices!
Have a great day, Year 3!
Mrs Irvine
Squares: (Primary 4 Booklet)
Complete Wednesday’s activities.
Rectangles, Triangles & Circles: (Year 3 Booklet)
Complete Wednesday’s activities.
Numeracy - Number Facts
Practise Wednesday’s number facts from your list.
Squares: (Homework Diary) List 30 - Subtracting from 17
Rectangles and Triangles: (Homework Diary) List 19 - Adding 11
Circles: (Homework Diary) List 5 – Making 9
Literacy – Independent Writing - (Complete in your Literacy Activities Book)
Describe your favourite meal using the terms ‘starter’, ‘main course’ and ‘dessert’. Use yesterday’s art activity to help you. You can use the writing frame from your pack.
Black Group: You could add details about why you chose each dish /food and the ingredients continued in each dish.
Blue / Green Group: You could write about why each dish / food is your favourite.
Red Group: Talk to a grown up about your favourite meal.
Red Group: ‘_id’ words (Phonics Booklet)
Complete Wednesday’s ‘_id’ spelling practice.
Literacy – Literacy Practice (My Literacy Practice Booklet)
All Groups: Complete: Day 64
Literacy – Spellings (Remember to record these in your Homework Diary)
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ‘ee’ sound.
Red Group: ‘i’ sound focusing on ‘_id’.
Literacy - Reading
All Groups: Take some time to read by yourself or with a grown up each day.
Purple Mash – Food, Glorious Food – My Favourite Meal
Log into Purple Mash and click on today’s Alert. Use your independent writing that you completed and type it into the 2Do ‘My Favourite Meal’ template on Purple Mash. I’m looking forward to reading about your choices!
Have a great day, Year 3!
Mrs Irvine
Tuesday 19th January
Hello everyone. I hope that you’re having a good week so far.
Our Home Learning Gallery is up and running. Please send in any photographs you’d be happy to share.
This week on the blog I’d like you to share activities that you enjoy doing at home. It could be art, craft, playing with your football, playing with construction toys, a board game. I’m sure you can think of lots more.
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Time
Squares: Analogue and Digital Time (Shape Measure and Handling Data booklet) Today you are working on the digital and analogue clock and focusing on ‘quarter past’.
Rectangles / Triangles: Quarter Past and Quarter To (Time Booklet)
Reinforce your understanding of quarter past and quarter to on the analogue clock.
Circles: Days of the Week (Time Booklet)
Click here to watch a Days of the Week video.
Sequence the days of the week. Cut or write the names on the days in the correct order. Start with Sunday or Monday. You can choose!
Numeracy - Mental Maths – Tuesday
Squares: (Primary 4 Booklet)
Complete Tuesday’s activities.
Rectangles, Triangles & Circles: (Year 3 Booklet)
Complete Tuesday’s activities.
I’ll post the answers for this week’s Mental Maths at the end of today’s post.
Numeracy - Number Facts (Remember to record these in your Homework Diary)
Practise Tuesday’s number facts from your list.
Squares: (Homework Diary) List 30 - Subtracting from 17
Rectangles and Triangles: (Homework Diary) List 19 - Adding 11
Circles: (Homework Diary) List 5 – Making 9
Hello everyone. I hope that you’re having a good week so far.
Our Home Learning Gallery is up and running. Please send in any photographs you’d be happy to share.
This week on the blog I’d like you to share activities that you enjoy doing at home. It could be art, craft, playing with your football, playing with construction toys, a board game. I’m sure you can think of lots more.
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Time
Squares: Analogue and Digital Time (Shape Measure and Handling Data booklet) Today you are working on the digital and analogue clock and focusing on ‘quarter past’.
Rectangles / Triangles: Quarter Past and Quarter To (Time Booklet)
Reinforce your understanding of quarter past and quarter to on the analogue clock.
Circles: Days of the Week (Time Booklet)
Click here to watch a Days of the Week video.
Sequence the days of the week. Cut or write the names on the days in the correct order. Start with Sunday or Monday. You can choose!
Numeracy - Mental Maths – Tuesday
Squares: (Primary 4 Booklet)
Complete Tuesday’s activities.
Rectangles, Triangles & Circles: (Year 3 Booklet)
Complete Tuesday’s activities.
I’ll post the answers for this week’s Mental Maths at the end of today’s post.
Numeracy - Number Facts (Remember to record these in your Homework Diary)
Practise Tuesday’s number facts from your list.
Squares: (Homework Diary) List 30 - Subtracting from 17
Rectangles and Triangles: (Homework Diary) List 19 - Adding 11
Circles: (Homework Diary) List 5 – Making 9
Literacy – Grammar - Compound Nouns Sheet (Complete in your Literacy Activities Book)
Today we are learning about compound nouns. A compound noun is a noun that is made up of two existing nouns. e.g. snowman, newspaper, goldfish. Here are some more examples.
Click here to watch a video about Compound Nouns.
Black Group: Complete: ‘Get started’, ‘Try these’ and ‘Now try these’.
Blue Group: Complete: ‘Get started’ and ‘Try these’.
Green Group: Complete: ‘Get started’.
Red Group: ‘_id’ words (Phonics Booklet)
Complete Tuesday’s ‘_id’ spelling practice.
Lexia Group: Complete 20 minutes of activities on Lexia.
Literacy – Literacy Practice (My Literacy Practice Booklet)
Complete: Day 63.
I’ll post the answers for this week’s Literacy Practice at the end of today’s post.
Literacy – Spellings (Remember to record these in your Homework Diary)
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ‘ee’ sound.
Red Group: ‘i’ sound focusing on ‘_id’.
Literacy - Reading
Take some time to read by yourself or with a grown up each day.
World Around Us – Food, Glorious Food – My Favourite Meal sheet
This week we will focus on our favourite foods. Lots of Year 3s have shared their favourite foods on our Food blog on Purple Mash.
Today your task is to focus on a three-course meal. Discuss with a grown up, if you can. Choose a favourite starter, main course and dessert. Find this page in your pack and draw and label (if you can) your choices.
When you’ve finished today’s activities you should have a better understanding of compound nouns/phonics/digital time/quarter past/quarter to/days of the week/mental maths and literacy concepts (depending on your group).
I hope you have a great day.
Mrs Irvine
Answers for this week's phonics, mental maths and literacy.
Answers for phonics activity on the 'ee' sound:
Today we are learning about compound nouns. A compound noun is a noun that is made up of two existing nouns. e.g. snowman, newspaper, goldfish. Here are some more examples.
Click here to watch a video about Compound Nouns.
Black Group: Complete: ‘Get started’, ‘Try these’ and ‘Now try these’.
Blue Group: Complete: ‘Get started’ and ‘Try these’.
Green Group: Complete: ‘Get started’.
Red Group: ‘_id’ words (Phonics Booklet)
Complete Tuesday’s ‘_id’ spelling practice.
Lexia Group: Complete 20 minutes of activities on Lexia.
Literacy – Literacy Practice (My Literacy Practice Booklet)
Complete: Day 63.
I’ll post the answers for this week’s Literacy Practice at the end of today’s post.
Literacy – Spellings (Remember to record these in your Homework Diary)
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ‘ee’ sound.
Red Group: ‘i’ sound focusing on ‘_id’.
Literacy - Reading
Take some time to read by yourself or with a grown up each day.
World Around Us – Food, Glorious Food – My Favourite Meal sheet
This week we will focus on our favourite foods. Lots of Year 3s have shared their favourite foods on our Food blog on Purple Mash.
Today your task is to focus on a three-course meal. Discuss with a grown up, if you can. Choose a favourite starter, main course and dessert. Find this page in your pack and draw and label (if you can) your choices.
When you’ve finished today’s activities you should have a better understanding of compound nouns/phonics/digital time/quarter past/quarter to/days of the week/mental maths and literacy concepts (depending on your group).
I hope you have a great day.
Mrs Irvine
Answers for this week's phonics, mental maths and literacy.
Answers for phonics activity on the 'ee' sound:
Answers for Mental Maths - Squares Group:
Answers for Mental Maths - Rectangle, Triangles and Circles Group:
Answers for Literacy Practice:
Monday 18th January
Good morning Year 3. I hope that you had an enjoyable weekend.
Year 3,
A huge well done to you all! I am delighted with how you have completed tasks on Purple Mash and posted on our blog. I am looking forward to seeing the work returned on Friday. I’m so proud of you and how you are continuing your learning at home. Keep it up!
Parents,
Thank you so much for all you are doing to help the children to progress with their learning. I am absolutely delighted with the engagement and appreciate that it’s not easy, so well done!
Thank you to everyone who collected their new pack and returned the completed workbooks or booklets.
Daily Check List –
- Check the Year 3 Class Page – for information about each day’s tasks.
- Read every day – daily reading is so important. (Record books in ‘My Reading’ book.)
- Numeracy and Literacy tasks – See timetable from pack.
- Spellings and number facts – See A4 or A5 spelling booklet with word sort and / or Look, Cover etc. (Record these daily in Homework Diary.)
- Mental Maths and Literacy Practice (Starting today) – See the respective booklets.
- Purple Mash – Activities, videos, blogs, educational games.
Items underlined are to be returned for marking, either when we return to school, when returning a pack (I’ll let you know) or through Purple Mash. I would really appreciate your help with the marking and will provide answers when I can. Pupils will benefit from their work being marked when they’ve completed it rather than getting the feedback after it’s been returned to school. It’s also a great motivation too.
By recording spellings and number facts in your Homework Diary, as usual, you’ll have an up to date record of spellings and number facts (Scroll further down this page to Monday’s information if you need another look at them).
Good morning Year 3. I hope that you had an enjoyable weekend.
Year 3,
A huge well done to you all! I am delighted with how you have completed tasks on Purple Mash and posted on our blog. I am looking forward to seeing the work returned on Friday. I’m so proud of you and how you are continuing your learning at home. Keep it up!
Parents,
Thank you so much for all you are doing to help the children to progress with their learning. I am absolutely delighted with the engagement and appreciate that it’s not easy, so well done!
Thank you to everyone who collected their new pack and returned the completed workbooks or booklets.
Daily Check List –
- Check the Year 3 Class Page – for information about each day’s tasks.
- Read every day – daily reading is so important. (Record books in ‘My Reading’ book.)
- Numeracy and Literacy tasks – See timetable from pack.
- Spellings and number facts – See A4 or A5 spelling booklet with word sort and / or Look, Cover etc. (Record these daily in Homework Diary.)
- Mental Maths and Literacy Practice (Starting today) – See the respective booklets.
- Purple Mash – Activities, videos, blogs, educational games.
Items underlined are to be returned for marking, either when we return to school, when returning a pack (I’ll let you know) or through Purple Mash. I would really appreciate your help with the marking and will provide answers when I can. Pupils will benefit from their work being marked when they’ve completed it rather than getting the feedback after it’s been returned to school. It’s also a great motivation too.
By recording spellings and number facts in your Homework Diary, as usual, you’ll have an up to date record of spellings and number facts (Scroll further down this page to Monday’s information if you need another look at them).
Please remember to click ‘Hand In’ when you have completed tasks.
- Once you’ve finished the task, click ‘Save & exit’.
- (If you’d like to amend your work, click on ‘Continue Work’)
- If you have completed the task, click on ‘Hand In’. You can write a comment if you wish. Lots of pupils are doing all of this so well. Well done!
Details of tasks for your child can be found on the Numeracy and Literacy timetables in the pack. My posts should be briefer (soon)!
Today we will focus on:
Literacy – Phonics
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ‘ee’ sound. Can be written ‘ee’, ‘ea’, ‘e’ or ‘y’.
Read the ‘ee’ passage which contains lots of ‘ee’ sounds written in different ways. Just focus on the ones we’ll cover in Year 3 (‘ee’, ‘ea’, ‘e’ and ‘y’). You’ll cover the others in Year 4. Underline the words which contain the ‘ee’ sound. Then sort the words at the bottom of the page under the headings ‘ee’, ‘ea’, ‘e’ and ‘y’.
See video on Purple Mash
Click on ‘ee’ to watch a video on this sound. The Alphablocks can help us too!
Here’s a quick activity to practise last week’s sound ‘oa’.
Red Group: ‘_id’
Read the ‘_id’ words in your booklet that you use to practise your spellings.
See video on Purple Mash
Lexia Group: Complete 20 minutes of activities on Lexia.
Literacy – Literacy Practice
My Literacy Practice Booklet – Year 3 – Day 62
Question 1: Write the number of syllables in loaf.
Literacy - Spellings
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ‘ee’ sound.
See Literacy Homework – Phonics (Sounds) booklet. Read ‘ee’ and ‘ea’ words and ask an adult to tick the ones you can read correctly. Complete today’s ‘Look, Say…’ etc. and the word sort.
Red Group: ‘i’ sound focusing on ‘_id’.
See Phonics, Year 3 Spellings, Stage 1 – One Letter, One Sound Medial ‘I’ booklet. Complete today’s ‘Look, Say…’ etc. activity.
Numeracy - Time
Squares: Analogue and Digital Time
Watch this video on Digital Time
Complete activity in Shape, Measure and Data Handling booklet – Pages 17 & 18
Today we will focus on:
Literacy – Phonics
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ‘ee’ sound. Can be written ‘ee’, ‘ea’, ‘e’ or ‘y’.
Read the ‘ee’ passage which contains lots of ‘ee’ sounds written in different ways. Just focus on the ones we’ll cover in Year 3 (‘ee’, ‘ea’, ‘e’ and ‘y’). You’ll cover the others in Year 4. Underline the words which contain the ‘ee’ sound. Then sort the words at the bottom of the page under the headings ‘ee’, ‘ea’, ‘e’ and ‘y’.
See video on Purple Mash
Click on ‘ee’ to watch a video on this sound. The Alphablocks can help us too!
Here’s a quick activity to practise last week’s sound ‘oa’.
Red Group: ‘_id’
Read the ‘_id’ words in your booklet that you use to practise your spellings.
See video on Purple Mash
Lexia Group: Complete 20 minutes of activities on Lexia.
Literacy – Literacy Practice
My Literacy Practice Booklet – Year 3 – Day 62
Question 1: Write the number of syllables in loaf.
Literacy - Spellings
Black, Blue and Green Groups: ‘ee’ sound.
See Literacy Homework – Phonics (Sounds) booklet. Read ‘ee’ and ‘ea’ words and ask an adult to tick the ones you can read correctly. Complete today’s ‘Look, Say…’ etc. and the word sort.
Red Group: ‘i’ sound focusing on ‘_id’.
See Phonics, Year 3 Spellings, Stage 1 – One Letter, One Sound Medial ‘I’ booklet. Complete today’s ‘Look, Say…’ etc. activity.
Numeracy - Time
Squares: Analogue and Digital Time
Watch this video on Digital Time
Complete activity in Shape, Measure and Data Handling booklet – Pages 17 & 18
Rectangles/Triangles: Quarter Past and Quarter To
Read the sheet that's poster here on 'Quarter Past & Quarter To and discuss the questions. No need to write answer down.
Complete activity in Time Booklet – Quarter Past / Quarter To (2 pages).
Read the sheet that's poster here on 'Quarter Past & Quarter To and discuss the questions. No need to write answer down.
Complete activity in Time Booklet – Quarter Past / Quarter To (2 pages).
Circles: Days of the Week
Read the days of the week on the poster here.
Discuss first letter and how each day ends with 'day'.
Here’s a video on the Days of the Week to help with the sequence.
Complete activity in Time Booklet - Days of the Week Tracing Activity (1 page).
Read the days of the week on the poster here.
Discuss first letter and how each day ends with 'day'.
Here’s a video on the Days of the Week to help with the sequence.
Complete activity in Time Booklet - Days of the Week Tracing Activity (1 page).
Numeracy - Mental Maths – Monday (Start a new week)
Squares: Primary 4 Booklet
Complete Monday’s activities -
Question 1: Draw to show 2 turns clockwise.
Rectangles, Triangles & Circles: Year 3 Booklet
Complete Monday’s activities -
Question 1: Does Side A match Side B? Try to answer questions but put an ‘x’ beside any that are too difficult.
Numeracy - Number Facts
Squares: List 30 - Subtracting from 17
Rectangles and Triangles: List 19 - Adding 11
Circles: List 5 – Making 9
Purple Mash – Number Activities
Log in to Purple Mash and click on the ‘Alert’ to play the number game.
Do you have any photographs that could start our 'Home Learning Gallery'? Please email them in.
I hope that you have a great day. Keep being brilliant!
Mrs Irvine
Squares: Primary 4 Booklet
Complete Monday’s activities -
Question 1: Draw to show 2 turns clockwise.
Rectangles, Triangles & Circles: Year 3 Booklet
Complete Monday’s activities -
Question 1: Does Side A match Side B? Try to answer questions but put an ‘x’ beside any that are too difficult.
Numeracy - Number Facts
Squares: List 30 - Subtracting from 17
Rectangles and Triangles: List 19 - Adding 11
Circles: List 5 – Making 9
Purple Mash – Number Activities
Log in to Purple Mash and click on the ‘Alert’ to play the number game.
Do you have any photographs that could start our 'Home Learning Gallery'? Please email them in.
I hope that you have a great day. Keep being brilliant!
Mrs Irvine
Road Safety Calendar
When we are in school we look at our Road Safety Calendar each week. This week's calendar page is all about snow!
You could read the 'Discussion Time' with someone in your family.
The discussion section suggests thinking about:
- how snow and icy conditions make it difficult to stay on your feet.
- how snow and ice can make footpaths and roads dangerous.
Remember to:
- take care
- walk slowly
- hold hands with a parent, if possible, when on or near a road.
Great reminders for us all, Year 3.
When we are in school we look at our Road Safety Calendar each week. This week's calendar page is all about snow!
You could read the 'Discussion Time' with someone in your family.
The discussion section suggests thinking about:
- how snow and icy conditions make it difficult to stay on your feet.
- how snow and ice can make footpaths and roads dangerous.
Remember to:
- take care
- walk slowly
- hold hands with a parent, if possible, when on or near a road.
Great reminders for us all, Year 3.
Friday 15th January
Hello Year 3! I hope that you are having a good week.
Today your new pack is available in the hall (10:15 – 11:00). Remember to return the following in the original pack folder (name on all workbooks/booklets):
Squares, Rectangles and Triangle Groups
Have you had a chance to do some exercise, get outside or do PE with Joe Wicks? It’s really important to keep active while we are working from home.
During our last period of home learning you sent in great photos to Miss Briggs for the Year 2 class page. Have you been doing any fun activities that you'd like to share with our class? If you can email photographs that you'd be happy to share, that would be great. We'll post them at the top of our class page for everyone to enjoy.
Our focus today:
Spellings and Number Facts
On Fridays we normally do our Friday Test covering the spellings and numbers facts for the week. I have uploaded videos to Purple Mash for each group for this week’s Friday Test. You can either use the ‘My Spellings and Number Facts Book’ from today’s new pack if you’ve already got it or complete it on a piece of paper. You can pause the video or listen to it twice if you need to. Remember neat writing and try your best. If you would like to upload a photo of your completed test, use the ‘Upload’ link under the video. This is optional!
Black and Blue Group Dictation
Can I show you the yellow boat? There is more smoke so don’t go to the window.
Green Group Dictation
Can I show you the yellow boat?
Red Group Dictation
– I’d planned to begin dictation this month. Read this sentence and ask the children to write it below their spellings and number facts.
A dog got a mop.
Numeracy – Numeracy Revision
Hello Year 3! I hope that you are having a good week.
Today your new pack is available in the hall (10:15 – 11:00). Remember to return the following in the original pack folder (name on all workbooks/booklets):
Squares, Rectangles and Triangle Groups
- Collins Maths Workbook
- Collins English Workbook
- Number Names to 10 booklet
Have you had a chance to do some exercise, get outside or do PE with Joe Wicks? It’s really important to keep active while we are working from home.
During our last period of home learning you sent in great photos to Miss Briggs for the Year 2 class page. Have you been doing any fun activities that you'd like to share with our class? If you can email photographs that you'd be happy to share, that would be great. We'll post them at the top of our class page for everyone to enjoy.
Our focus today:
Spellings and Number Facts
On Fridays we normally do our Friday Test covering the spellings and numbers facts for the week. I have uploaded videos to Purple Mash for each group for this week’s Friday Test. You can either use the ‘My Spellings and Number Facts Book’ from today’s new pack if you’ve already got it or complete it on a piece of paper. You can pause the video or listen to it twice if you need to. Remember neat writing and try your best. If you would like to upload a photo of your completed test, use the ‘Upload’ link under the video. This is optional!
Black and Blue Group Dictation
Can I show you the yellow boat? There is more smoke so don’t go to the window.
Green Group Dictation
Can I show you the yellow boat?
Red Group Dictation
– I’d planned to begin dictation this month. Read this sentence and ask the children to write it below their spellings and number facts.
A dog got a mop.
Numeracy – Numeracy Revision
Squares Group
Place Value Basketball
Click on the link above to play Place Value Basketball. This game will help you to practise recognising numbers up to 99, then 999.
Select game: Play ‘Numbers up to 99’ first. Complete 20 questions. Then ‘Numbers up to 999’.
Place Value Basketball
Click on the link above to play Place Value Basketball. This game will help you to practise recognising numbers up to 99, then 999.
Select game: Play ‘Numbers up to 99’ first. Complete 20 questions. Then ‘Numbers up to 999’.
Rectangles Group
Fruit Splat Game
Click on 'Fruit Splat Game' above to play game this game which will help you to practise subtracting multiples of 10 e.g. 50-30=
Select Level 3, Subtract multiples of 10.
Fruit Splat Game
Click on 'Fruit Splat Game' above to play game this game which will help you to practise subtracting multiples of 10 e.g. 50-30=
Select Level 3, Subtract multiples of 10.
Triangles Group
Helicopter Rescue
Click on the link above (Helicopter Rescue) to play a game which helps you to practise recognition of numbers to 100.
Play ‘Find a Number, Direct, 1 to 100.
Helicopter Rescue
Click on the link above (Helicopter Rescue) to play a game which helps you to practise recognition of numbers to 100.
Play ‘Find a Number, Direct, 1 to 100.
Circles Group
Pack Materials - Food Picture Addition
Complete: Food Picture Addition – Page 3. Use the pictures to add and find the total.
Here’s a game for you.
Teddy Numbers
Click on 'Teddy Numbers' above to play a counting game. Select Game: Numbers up to 15.
Pack Materials - Food Picture Addition
Complete: Food Picture Addition – Page 3. Use the pictures to add and find the total.
Here’s a game for you.
Teddy Numbers
Click on 'Teddy Numbers' above to play a counting game. Select Game: Numbers up to 15.
Literacy – Reading
Our focus on Fridays will be to spend time reading.
Log in to Purple Mash to hear the story of the 'Foxes in the Snow. It’s a story by Jonathan Emmett and Rebecca Harry.
You can also:
-enjoy reading one of your favourite books.
-find a book haven't read in a while or something new.
-access Oxford Owls for online resources
-access Libraries NI to make use of their online reading materials (use your Library Card number to access). You can also join the Libraries NI online if you don’t’ have a Library Card.
Purple Mash - Art / World Around Us / ICT
Today you have an Art task to complete in Purple Mash. Your task is to complete a party popper task. Be as creative as you can. When would you use your party popper? Please write a sentence about your picture at the bottom of the page. Here’s an example. ‘I made a party popper for my mum’s birthday.’
I hope that you enjoy the numeracy games, reading and art.
Take care and have a lovely weekend.
Mrs Irvine
Our focus on Fridays will be to spend time reading.
Log in to Purple Mash to hear the story of the 'Foxes in the Snow. It’s a story by Jonathan Emmett and Rebecca Harry.
You can also:
-enjoy reading one of your favourite books.
-find a book haven't read in a while or something new.
-access Oxford Owls for online resources
-access Libraries NI to make use of their online reading materials (use your Library Card number to access). You can also join the Libraries NI online if you don’t’ have a Library Card.
Purple Mash - Art / World Around Us / ICT
Today you have an Art task to complete in Purple Mash. Your task is to complete a party popper task. Be as creative as you can. When would you use your party popper? Please write a sentence about your picture at the bottom of the page. Here’s an example. ‘I made a party popper for my mum’s birthday.’
I hope that you enjoy the numeracy games, reading and art.
Take care and have a lovely weekend.
Mrs Irvine
Thursday 14th January
Good morning boys and girls. I hope that you are all well.
I miss you but I’m so pleased to be able to keep in touch through Purple Mash. I am so impressed with the work handed in on Purple Mash yesterday. Great work Bobby, Casey, William, Lucas, James, Kurtis, James, Harley, Jessica, Susannah, Ava, Charlie and Jessica. Absolutely brilliant. I’m delighted! Some treats in your new pack to say well done!
Returning work on Friday.
Could you make sure that you’ve written your name on the first page of your workbooks (Squares, Rectangles and Triangles Groups) or on the front cover of your booklets (Circles Groups). Please return these in the folder they were sent home in as your name is on the front. I’m looking forward to seeing your great work.
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Numeracy Revision
Squares Group
Collins Year 3 Maths Workbook
Complete: Pages 24 - 27, Lesser Than, Greater Than and Equal To – Challenge 1 only, Doubling and Halving using Addition and Subtraction - Challenges 1, 2 and 3 (if you can).
Rectangles Group
Collins Year 2 Maths Workbook
Complete: Pages 24, 26 & 27, Number Problems, Adding and Subtracting Mentally - Challenge 1 and 2 (3, if you have extra time).
Triangles Group
Collins Year 1 Maths Workbook
Complete: Pages 18 & 19, Counting in Steps of 2, 5 and 10 - Challenges 1 and 2.
Circles Group
Pack Materials - Food Picture Addition
Complete: Food Picture Addition – Page 2. Draw the spots and add them together.
Number Facts (All week)
Revise this week’s number facts. You may like to do your own Friday Test tomorrow.
Literacy – Literacy Revision
Collins Year 2 English Workbook - Black & Blue Groups:
Complete: Pages 20 - 23, Blending Sounds, Compound Words - Challenges 1, 2 and 3 (if you can).
Collins Year 1 English Workbook - Green Group:
Complete: Pages 14 and 15, Listen to a Story and Retell It - Challenges 1, 2 and 3 (if you can).
Pack Materials - CVC Word Activity Booklet - Red Group:
Complete 'bun' activity.
Spellings
Please revise this week’s spellings and see how well you know them!
Please record this week’s spellings and number facts in your homework diary so that you have a record of what you’ve been learning during home learning.
Art
If you have time today, you could find a piece of paper and draw a picture of your Christmas Memory using the ideas included in your writing yesterday.
Keep up the great work, boys and girls. It’s great that you are making progress with your learning at home. I’m so pleased with your work on Purple Mash and I’m looking forward to seeing your work in the Collins workbooks or in the Number Names to 10 booklet (when you hand then in on Friday).
Well done to those who help you with your work. Thank you so much.
Take care,
Mrs Irvine
Good morning boys and girls. I hope that you are all well.
I miss you but I’m so pleased to be able to keep in touch through Purple Mash. I am so impressed with the work handed in on Purple Mash yesterday. Great work Bobby, Casey, William, Lucas, James, Kurtis, James, Harley, Jessica, Susannah, Ava, Charlie and Jessica. Absolutely brilliant. I’m delighted! Some treats in your new pack to say well done!
Returning work on Friday.
Could you make sure that you’ve written your name on the first page of your workbooks (Squares, Rectangles and Triangles Groups) or on the front cover of your booklets (Circles Groups). Please return these in the folder they were sent home in as your name is on the front. I’m looking forward to seeing your great work.
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Numeracy Revision
Squares Group
Collins Year 3 Maths Workbook
Complete: Pages 24 - 27, Lesser Than, Greater Than and Equal To – Challenge 1 only, Doubling and Halving using Addition and Subtraction - Challenges 1, 2 and 3 (if you can).
Rectangles Group
Collins Year 2 Maths Workbook
Complete: Pages 24, 26 & 27, Number Problems, Adding and Subtracting Mentally - Challenge 1 and 2 (3, if you have extra time).
Triangles Group
Collins Year 1 Maths Workbook
Complete: Pages 18 & 19, Counting in Steps of 2, 5 and 10 - Challenges 1 and 2.
Circles Group
Pack Materials - Food Picture Addition
Complete: Food Picture Addition – Page 2. Draw the spots and add them together.
Number Facts (All week)
Revise this week’s number facts. You may like to do your own Friday Test tomorrow.
Literacy – Literacy Revision
Collins Year 2 English Workbook - Black & Blue Groups:
Complete: Pages 20 - 23, Blending Sounds, Compound Words - Challenges 1, 2 and 3 (if you can).
Collins Year 1 English Workbook - Green Group:
Complete: Pages 14 and 15, Listen to a Story and Retell It - Challenges 1, 2 and 3 (if you can).
Pack Materials - CVC Word Activity Booklet - Red Group:
Complete 'bun' activity.
Spellings
Please revise this week’s spellings and see how well you know them!
Please record this week’s spellings and number facts in your homework diary so that you have a record of what you’ve been learning during home learning.
Art
If you have time today, you could find a piece of paper and draw a picture of your Christmas Memory using the ideas included in your writing yesterday.
Keep up the great work, boys and girls. It’s great that you are making progress with your learning at home. I’m so pleased with your work on Purple Mash and I’m looking forward to seeing your work in the Collins workbooks or in the Number Names to 10 booklet (when you hand then in on Friday).
Well done to those who help you with your work. Thank you so much.
Take care,
Mrs Irvine
Wednesday 13th January
Hello everyone! I hope that you are keeping well and getting into a routine with home learning.
Parents,
It has been great to see that most of the children are accessing Purple Mash.Well done! If you haven’t had a chance to, please try to get logged in. I’m posting tasks, some videos and we have a blog for keeping the pupils connected which is really important during this period of home learning. The videos will hopefully provide pupils with some guidance for completing tasks. Remember to click ‘Hand in’ when this is an option on writing and art tasks. I will endeavour to mark everything that is handed in.
If Alerts have been completed, click on the ‘x’ inside that Alert box to remove it.
Hello everyone! I hope that you are keeping well and getting into a routine with home learning.
Parents,
It has been great to see that most of the children are accessing Purple Mash.Well done! If you haven’t had a chance to, please try to get logged in. I’m posting tasks, some videos and we have a blog for keeping the pupils connected which is really important during this period of home learning. The videos will hopefully provide pupils with some guidance for completing tasks. Remember to click ‘Hand in’ when this is an option on writing and art tasks. I will endeavour to mark everything that is handed in.
If Alerts have been completed, click on the ‘x’ inside that Alert box to remove it.
Please continue to record reading in your ‘My Reading’ book, both books you have read and books that are read to you. I’ll have special prizes for ‘My Reading’ when we get back to school and you can bring in your ‘My Reading’ books.
Reading Challenge
We love to read in Year 3 and so when I read about a challenge called the Winter Mini Challenge, I thought Year 3 might enjoy it. It’s organised by The Reading Agency and is designed to encourage children to read. My family have enjoyed their summer challenges and getting rewards for reading books. You can find out more and sign up to the reading challenge at www.wintermini.org.uk.
Reading Challenge
We love to read in Year 3 and so when I read about a challenge called the Winter Mini Challenge, I thought Year 3 might enjoy it. It’s organised by The Reading Agency and is designed to encourage children to read. My family have enjoyed their summer challenges and getting rewards for reading books. You can find out more and sign up to the reading challenge at www.wintermini.org.uk.
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Numeracy Revision
Our Numeracy tasks continue to be challenges from the Collins workbooks until Thursday after which we will be using booklets we use in our class. Please try to complete tasks but don’t spend longer than 30 minutes on the workbooks. Just mark an ‘x’ beside anything your child hasn’t had time to complete.
Squares Group
Collins Year 3 Maths Workbook
Complete: Pages 20 - 23, Counting in Multiples, Comparing and Ordering Numbers - Challenges 1 and 2.
Rectangles Group
Collins Year 2 Maths Workbook
Complete: Pages 20 – 23, Counting More and Less, Place Value - Challenge 1 and 2 (3, if you have extra time).
Triangles Group
Collins Year 1 Maths Workbook
Complete: Pages 16 & 17, Counting in Steps of 2, 5 and 10 - Challenges 1 and 2.
Circles Group
Pack Materials – Food Picture Addition
Complete: Food Picture Addition – Page 1. Use the pictures to find the total.
Number Facts (All week)
Squares Group
Continue to work on quick recall of ways to make 17.
Rectangles and Triangles
Continue to work on subtracting from 13.
Circles
Keep practising subtracting from 8 this week.
Numeracy – Numeracy Revision
Our Numeracy tasks continue to be challenges from the Collins workbooks until Thursday after which we will be using booklets we use in our class. Please try to complete tasks but don’t spend longer than 30 minutes on the workbooks. Just mark an ‘x’ beside anything your child hasn’t had time to complete.
Squares Group
Collins Year 3 Maths Workbook
Complete: Pages 20 - 23, Counting in Multiples, Comparing and Ordering Numbers - Challenges 1 and 2.
Rectangles Group
Collins Year 2 Maths Workbook
Complete: Pages 20 – 23, Counting More and Less, Place Value - Challenge 1 and 2 (3, if you have extra time).
Triangles Group
Collins Year 1 Maths Workbook
Complete: Pages 16 & 17, Counting in Steps of 2, 5 and 10 - Challenges 1 and 2.
Circles Group
Pack Materials – Food Picture Addition
Complete: Food Picture Addition – Page 1. Use the pictures to find the total.
Number Facts (All week)
Squares Group
Continue to work on quick recall of ways to make 17.
Rectangles and Triangles
Continue to work on subtracting from 13.
Circles
Keep practising subtracting from 8 this week.
Literacy – Independent Writing / ICT
Today our task is to write about something that you enjoyed doing over the Christmas holiday.
-Did you play a game with your family?
-Have fun outside?
-Did you do some art and craft or baking?
-Write three sentences (or more, if you wish) about this memory.
-Design the border to illustrate your writing.
I would like you to complete this task and hand it in on Purple Mash. You can do the task on a piece of paper first, if you would like to but this isn’t necessary. You could share the typing with a grown up to complete the task more quickly. I’m really looking forward you reading your writing! Enjoy designing your page border on Purple Mash too!
Today our task is to write about something that you enjoyed doing over the Christmas holiday.
-Did you play a game with your family?
-Have fun outside?
-Did you do some art and craft or baking?
-Write three sentences (or more, if you wish) about this memory.
-Design the border to illustrate your writing.
I would like you to complete this task and hand it in on Purple Mash. You can do the task on a piece of paper first, if you would like to but this isn’t necessary. You could share the typing with a grown up to complete the task more quickly. I’m really looking forward you reading your writing! Enjoy designing your page border on Purple Mash too!
Spellings
Black Group / Blue Group (without challenge ^ word)
Wednesday
slow
show
yellow
own
loaf
^smoke
*so
Green Group
Wednesday
slow
show
yellow
*so
Red Group
Wednesday
hop
mop
top
Yesterday afternoon I returned to my computer after lunch to find 7 Alerts on Purple Mash. Fantastic, Year 3! Well done!
Have a great day!
Mrs Irvine
Black Group / Blue Group (without challenge ^ word)
Wednesday
slow
show
yellow
own
loaf
^smoke
*so
Green Group
Wednesday
slow
show
yellow
*so
Red Group
Wednesday
hop
mop
top
Yesterday afternoon I returned to my computer after lunch to find 7 Alerts on Purple Mash. Fantastic, Year 3! Well done!
Have a great day!
Mrs Irvine
Tuesday 12th January
Good morning boys and girls! I hope that you had a good day yesterday.
Great to see that lots of you played the phonics game. Lots of great scores too! Well done Harley, Jessica, Casey, Ava, Charlie, James and Jessica! Remember that you can have another go and try to get a higher score. Great phonics work reading and sorting words too. I was very impressed that some of you uploaded a photograph of your work. Super ICT skills!
Returning work on Friday.
Could you make sure that you’ve written your name on the first page of your workbooks (Squares, Rectangles and Triangles Groups) or on the front cover of your booklets (Circles Groups). Please return these in the folder they were sent home in as your name is on the front. I’m looking forward to seeing your great work.
This is a suggested timetable that may be of help. Joe Wicks has started doing his PE with Joe sessions and will be keeping us active three times a week. Join in if you can.
Good morning boys and girls! I hope that you had a good day yesterday.
Great to see that lots of you played the phonics game. Lots of great scores too! Well done Harley, Jessica, Casey, Ava, Charlie, James and Jessica! Remember that you can have another go and try to get a higher score. Great phonics work reading and sorting words too. I was very impressed that some of you uploaded a photograph of your work. Super ICT skills!
Returning work on Friday.
Could you make sure that you’ve written your name on the first page of your workbooks (Squares, Rectangles and Triangles Groups) or on the front cover of your booklets (Circles Groups). Please return these in the folder they were sent home in as your name is on the front. I’m looking forward to seeing your great work.
This is a suggested timetable that may be of help. Joe Wicks has started doing his PE with Joe sessions and will be keeping us active three times a week. Join in if you can.
Our focus today:
Numeracy – Numeracy Revision
We will continue to use the workbooks / booklets this week to revise concepts. Please complete the following pages:
Squares Group
Collins Year 3 Maths Workbook
Complete: Pages 16 - 19, Counting in Steps of 2, 3, 5 & 10 - Challenges 1 and 2.
Rectangles Group
Collins Year 2 Maths Workbook
Complete: Pages 16 – 19, Reading and Writing Numbers, 10 and 100 More or Less - Challenge 1 and 2.
Triangles Group
Collins Year 1 Maths Workbook
Complete: Pages 14 & 15, Counting Forwards and Backwards - Challenges 1 and 2.
Circles Group
Pack Materials - Number Names to 10
Complete: Number Names to 10 – Pages 7. Once you finish this task this booklet is ready to return on Friday. Make sure your name is on it.
Number Facts (All week)
Squares Group
Continue to work on quick recall of ways to make 17.
Rectangles and Triangles
Continue to work on subtracting from 13.
Circles
Keep practising subtracting from 8 this week.
Literacy – Literacy Revision
As with Numeracy, we are continuing to use the workbooks and booklets to revise concepts.
Collins Year 2 English Workbook - Black & Blue Groups:
Complete: Pages 12 - 15, Listening & Asking Questions, Describing & Explaining - Challenges 1 and 2. (No need to record anything today. All oral.)
Collins Year 1 English Workbook - Green Group:
Complete: Pages 12 - 15, Spoken Language - Challenges 1, 2 and 3 (if you can).
Pack Materials - CVC Word Activity Booklet - Red Group:
Complete 'dig' activity.
Spellings
Black Group / Blue Group (without challenge ^ word)
Tuesday
cone
more
homes
cold
most
^moaned
*these
Green Group
Tuesday
cone
more
homes
*these
As with Numeracy, we are continuing to use the workbooks and booklets to revise concepts.
Collins Year 2 English Workbook - Black & Blue Groups:
Complete: Pages 12 - 15, Listening & Asking Questions, Describing & Explaining - Challenges 1 and 2. (No need to record anything today. All oral.)
Collins Year 1 English Workbook - Green Group:
Complete: Pages 12 - 15, Spoken Language - Challenges 1, 2 and 3 (if you can).
Pack Materials - CVC Word Activity Booklet - Red Group:
Complete 'dig' activity.
Spellings
Black Group / Blue Group (without challenge ^ word)
Tuesday
cone
more
homes
cold
most
^moaned
*these
Green Group
Tuesday
cone
more
homes
*these
Red Group
Tuesday
dot
got
hot
Tuesday
dot
got
hot
World Around Us - Year 3 Topic – Food, Glorious Food
Our new topic for this term is ‘Food, Glorious Food.
During this topic we usually plan to:
Today discuss foods that you like and dislike with a grown up or with your family. Maybe think about your three favourite foods and ask those in your house what their favourites would be. You could let us know which foods you chose on the Year 3 blog.
I hope that you have a lovely day. I wonder which foods you chose.
Mrs Irvine
Our new topic for this term is ‘Food, Glorious Food.
During this topic we usually plan to:
- discuss foods we like and dislike.
- sort foods into two groups – healthy and unhealthy.
- use the terms ‘starter’, ‘main course’ and ‘dessert’ and the foods that would be in each category.
- discuss and taste foods from around the world. (when we’re back in school)
- find out about the foods we eat and how they are grown.
- complete some food investigations. (when we’re back in school)
- learn about plants and meat available locally.
- learn about the nutrients found in foods. (when we’re back in school)
- find out about changes in shopping and cooking from 1900’s to today. (when we’re back in school)
Today discuss foods that you like and dislike with a grown up or with your family. Maybe think about your three favourite foods and ask those in your house what their favourites would be. You could let us know which foods you chose on the Year 3 blog.
I hope that you have a lovely day. I wonder which foods you chose.
Mrs Irvine
Monday 11th January
Hello everyone! I hope that you enjoyed your weekend.
This week we will continue to use our current materials. Our first ‘Home Learning’ pack will be available for collection on Friday 15th January 10:15 – 11:00. Please return the children’s Collins English and Maths Workbooks so that I can see how the children are getting on. Those who had the ‘Number Names to 10’ booklet should return it.
Our jokes blog on Purple Mash is up and running. Thanks to Ava, Harley, James, Jessica, Jessica, Kurtis and Lucas for getting it started with some great jokes.
Parents, thank you for all that you are doing to help your children move forward with their learning. I know that these are challenging times (I’m a parent too!) but I know that we all want the children to make progress. Remember that not all the information below will apply to your child so please don’t be daunted. Watch out for information that relates to your child's group. My posts will become briefer once we’re into the way of home learning!
You’ve got this! Together we can make learning continue for your child. Please find a way that works for you and your family. Below is the information for today's activities.
Take care,
Mrs Irvine
Remember ….
Daily Check List
- Check the Year 3 Class Page
- Read every day
- Numeracy and Literacy tasks
- Spellings and number facts
- Mental Maths and Literacy Practice (Starts next week once you’ve received your pack.)
- Purple Mash
Hello everyone! I hope that you enjoyed your weekend.
This week we will continue to use our current materials. Our first ‘Home Learning’ pack will be available for collection on Friday 15th January 10:15 – 11:00. Please return the children’s Collins English and Maths Workbooks so that I can see how the children are getting on. Those who had the ‘Number Names to 10’ booklet should return it.
Our jokes blog on Purple Mash is up and running. Thanks to Ava, Harley, James, Jessica, Jessica, Kurtis and Lucas for getting it started with some great jokes.
Parents, thank you for all that you are doing to help your children move forward with their learning. I know that these are challenging times (I’m a parent too!) but I know that we all want the children to make progress. Remember that not all the information below will apply to your child so please don’t be daunted. Watch out for information that relates to your child's group. My posts will become briefer once we’re into the way of home learning!
You’ve got this! Together we can make learning continue for your child. Please find a way that works for you and your family. Below is the information for today's activities.
Take care,
Mrs Irvine
Remember ….
Daily Check List
- Check the Year 3 Class Page
- Read every day
- Numeracy and Literacy tasks
- Spellings and number facts
- Mental Maths and Literacy Practice (Starts next week once you’ve received your pack.)
- Purple Mash
Our focus today:
Literacy - Phonics
I've uploaded viseos onto Purple Mash to help the pupils with their phonics. It would be helpful if the children could see the picture of their sheet below while listening to the video. Some groups have two videos to watch as a longer video was too long to upload!
Black, Blue and Green Groups
On Mondays we focus on our new sound for the week. We are beginning to learn that sounds can be represented (written) in different ways.
Our sound for this week is 'oa' and our spellings will all contain the ‘oa’ sound except for the high frequency words. The ‘oa’ sound is how we say the letter name ‘o’, for example, old, coach. 'oa' can be written 'oa, ow, o, o_e'. (‘o_e’ just means that there is a letter between the o and e, as in bone.) We don't cover all the representations for these types of sounds in Year 3. You'll develop this knowledge next year in Year 4.
(Your new Phonics Booklet and Phonics(Sounds) booklet will be in your folders on Friday but for now use a piece of paper to complete the tasks below.)
Read the scaffolded text and list the words that have the ‘oa’ sound in the text. Remember to only write down words where you can hear the ‘oa’ sound. Everyone ‘o’ doesn’t make the ‘oa’ sound! Only record those with the four representations we do in Year 3. I’ll do the first line with you….
Joe (‘oe’ is another way of writing the ‘oa’ sound and you’ll learn more about this in Year 4.)
old
goat
Now make 4 columns with the headings oa, ow, o, o_e (as in the picture).
Can you sort the words at the bottom of the page into columns under these headings? This is tricky when we aren’t in the classroom to work through this together. I’ll post a picture of the answers below! Now practise your spellings using ‘Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check’.
Literacy - Phonics
I've uploaded viseos onto Purple Mash to help the pupils with their phonics. It would be helpful if the children could see the picture of their sheet below while listening to the video. Some groups have two videos to watch as a longer video was too long to upload!
Black, Blue and Green Groups
On Mondays we focus on our new sound for the week. We are beginning to learn that sounds can be represented (written) in different ways.
Our sound for this week is 'oa' and our spellings will all contain the ‘oa’ sound except for the high frequency words. The ‘oa’ sound is how we say the letter name ‘o’, for example, old, coach. 'oa' can be written 'oa, ow, o, o_e'. (‘o_e’ just means that there is a letter between the o and e, as in bone.) We don't cover all the representations for these types of sounds in Year 3. You'll develop this knowledge next year in Year 4.
(Your new Phonics Booklet and Phonics(Sounds) booklet will be in your folders on Friday but for now use a piece of paper to complete the tasks below.)
Read the scaffolded text and list the words that have the ‘oa’ sound in the text. Remember to only write down words where you can hear the ‘oa’ sound. Everyone ‘o’ doesn’t make the ‘oa’ sound! Only record those with the four representations we do in Year 3. I’ll do the first line with you….
Joe (‘oe’ is another way of writing the ‘oa’ sound and you’ll learn more about this in Year 4.)
old
goat
Now make 4 columns with the headings oa, ow, o, o_e (as in the picture).
Can you sort the words at the bottom of the page into columns under these headings? This is tricky when we aren’t in the classroom to work through this together. I’ll post a picture of the answers below! Now practise your spellings using ‘Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check’.
Here are a couple of videos / games that may be helpful:
BBC Bitesize 'oa' clip and game.
Alphablocks 'oa' clip
BBC Bitesize 'oa' clip and game.
Alphablocks 'oa' clip
Red Group
Today we're continuing to work on words where the middle sound is 'o' e.g. hop, pop, log, dot. You’ve worked really well on these words and so were going to revise this sound this week before moving on.
Here is a video that may be helpful.
Alphablocks 'o' clip
Can you find a piece of paper and sort the words? Practise your spellings, as you usually do, using ‘Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check’.
Complete: CVC Word Activity Book – ‘pop’
Today we're continuing to work on words where the middle sound is 'o' e.g. hop, pop, log, dot. You’ve worked really well on these words and so were going to revise this sound this week before moving on.
Here is a video that may be helpful.
Alphablocks 'o' clip
Can you find a piece of paper and sort the words? Practise your spellings, as you usually do, using ‘Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check’.
Complete: CVC Word Activity Book – ‘pop’
Spellings
Black Group / Blue Group (without challenge ^ word)
Monday Tuesday Wednesday
boat cone slow
go more show
no homes yellow
don’t cold own
bow most loaf
^window ^moaned ^smoke
*them *these *so
Green Group
Monday Tuesday Wednesday
boat cone slow
go more show
no homes yellow
*them *these *so
Black Group / Blue Group (without challenge ^ word)
Monday Tuesday Wednesday
boat cone slow
go more show
no homes yellow
don’t cold own
bow most loaf
^window ^moaned ^smoke
*them *these *so
Green Group
Monday Tuesday Wednesday
boat cone slow
go more show
no homes yellow
*them *these *so
Red Group
Monday Tuesday Wednesday
dog dot hop
fog got mop
log hot top
Monday Tuesday Wednesday
dog dot hop
fog got mop
log hot top
Numeracy – Numeracy Revision
We will continue to use the workbooks / booklets this week to revise concepts. Please complete the following pages:
Squares Group
Collins Year 3 Maths Workbook
Complete: Pages 12 - 15, Numbers and Counting, Counting Forwards and Backwards - Challenges 1-3.
Rectangles Group
Collins Year 2 Maths Workbook
Complete: Pages 12 – 15, Place Value, Representing Numbers - Challenge 1 and 2, if you can.
Triangles Group
Collins Year 1 Maths Workbook
Complete: Page 12, Number and Place Value - Challenge 1 .
Circles Group
Pack Materials - Number Names to 10
Complete: Number Names to 10 – Pages 5 & 6.
Number Facts
Squares Group
You’re learning ways to make 17. Can you make a list of ways to make 17 like we usually do in our homework diaries?
Rectangles and Triangles
You’re subtracting from 13 this week. Can you make a list of 13 take away starting with 13-13=0?
Circles
You’re subtracting from 8 this week. Can you make a list of 8 take away starting with 8-8=0?
Purple Mash - Literacy
All Groups
Today the activity is a phonics game linked to sounds your group is familiar with.
Great to see lots of pupils completing the Purple Mash art activity on Friday. Great fireworks pictures Harley, Jessica, Susannah, Reuben, Lucas, James, Charlie, Jessica, Kurtis, James and Ava.
Suggested Daily Timetable
A daily routine is helpful when home learning. The pupils are familiar with a daily structure in school. A daily timetable can be helpful so that everyone knows the expectations for the day and helps to make learning time productive. I'll post suggested timetable tomorrow which you can use or adapt. I hope that it will be helpful.
I'll put posts on our Year 3 blog over the next few weeks where the children can share how they are helping around the house, being creative, what they are doing for exercise etc so that they can encourage each other. We're working together to help each other.
I hope you have a great day. Get your work done, do your best and get outside if you can!
Mrs Irvine
We will continue to use the workbooks / booklets this week to revise concepts. Please complete the following pages:
Squares Group
Collins Year 3 Maths Workbook
Complete: Pages 12 - 15, Numbers and Counting, Counting Forwards and Backwards - Challenges 1-3.
Rectangles Group
Collins Year 2 Maths Workbook
Complete: Pages 12 – 15, Place Value, Representing Numbers - Challenge 1 and 2, if you can.
Triangles Group
Collins Year 1 Maths Workbook
Complete: Page 12, Number and Place Value - Challenge 1 .
Circles Group
Pack Materials - Number Names to 10
Complete: Number Names to 10 – Pages 5 & 6.
Number Facts
Squares Group
You’re learning ways to make 17. Can you make a list of ways to make 17 like we usually do in our homework diaries?
Rectangles and Triangles
You’re subtracting from 13 this week. Can you make a list of 13 take away starting with 13-13=0?
Circles
You’re subtracting from 8 this week. Can you make a list of 8 take away starting with 8-8=0?
Purple Mash - Literacy
All Groups
Today the activity is a phonics game linked to sounds your group is familiar with.
Great to see lots of pupils completing the Purple Mash art activity on Friday. Great fireworks pictures Harley, Jessica, Susannah, Reuben, Lucas, James, Charlie, Jessica, Kurtis, James and Ava.
Suggested Daily Timetable
A daily routine is helpful when home learning. The pupils are familiar with a daily structure in school. A daily timetable can be helpful so that everyone knows the expectations for the day and helps to make learning time productive. I'll post suggested timetable tomorrow which you can use or adapt. I hope that it will be helpful.
I'll put posts on our Year 3 blog over the next few weeks where the children can share how they are helping around the house, being creative, what they are doing for exercise etc so that they can encourage each other. We're working together to help each other.
I hope you have a great day. Get your work done, do your best and get outside if you can!
Mrs Irvine
Phonics 'oa' answers....
Friday 8th January
Good morning everyone! I hope that you are all well and getting into the way of home learning.
I have uploaded a video onto Purple Mash which you should be able to watch by logging in and clicking on ‘Alerts’. (There is an 'Upload Work' button under the video. You don't need to upload anything when you've watched the video.) We’ve been using Purple Mash this year and it’s been great to know that you all have access. This will be one of the main ways we’ll keep in touch. Send an email to our school if you have any issues with accessing Purple Mash. Our first blog gives pupils the opportunity to share their jokes. Thanks to Harley who has already posted a joke on the blog for us all to enjoy. Super!
Our tasks for today:
Today’s revision activities are in the workbooks/booklets in your pack. When you are collecting your next pack on Friday 15th January (10:15 – 11:00), I would like you to return the Collins Workbooks and, for those using booklets, return completed booklets.
Numeracy – Numeracy Revision
We’re finishing the Starter Test today.
Collins Year 3 Maths Workbook - Squares Group:
Complete Starter Test questions 11 to 25 except questions 15 - 18.
Collins Year 2 Maths Workbook - Rectangles Group:
Complete Starter Test questions 15 to 26 except questions16, 17 and 20.
Collins Year 1 Maths Workbook - Triangles Group:
Complete Starter Test questions 10 to 18 except 14 and 17.
Pack Materials - Number Names to 10 - Circles Group:
Complete pages 3 and 4.
Literacy – Literacy Revision
As with Numeracy, we are competing the Starter Test today.
Collins Year 2 English Workbook - Black & Blue Groups:
Complete Starter Test questions 11 to 17 except question 13.
Collins Year 1 English Workbook - Green Group:
Complete Starter Test questions 9 to 15.
Pack Materials - CVC Word Activity Booklet - Red Group:
Complete 'bed' activity.
Reading
Please take time to read today. The Libraries NI website is always a great place to find books to read. You can download the Overdrive app or Libby app to enjoy reading. Use your Libraries NI library card number to access the books. We returned any Libraries NI key fobs that had been kept in school. Use these to log in.
Good morning everyone! I hope that you are all well and getting into the way of home learning.
I have uploaded a video onto Purple Mash which you should be able to watch by logging in and clicking on ‘Alerts’. (There is an 'Upload Work' button under the video. You don't need to upload anything when you've watched the video.) We’ve been using Purple Mash this year and it’s been great to know that you all have access. This will be one of the main ways we’ll keep in touch. Send an email to our school if you have any issues with accessing Purple Mash. Our first blog gives pupils the opportunity to share their jokes. Thanks to Harley who has already posted a joke on the blog for us all to enjoy. Super!
Our tasks for today:
Today’s revision activities are in the workbooks/booklets in your pack. When you are collecting your next pack on Friday 15th January (10:15 – 11:00), I would like you to return the Collins Workbooks and, for those using booklets, return completed booklets.
Numeracy – Numeracy Revision
We’re finishing the Starter Test today.
Collins Year 3 Maths Workbook - Squares Group:
Complete Starter Test questions 11 to 25 except questions 15 - 18.
Collins Year 2 Maths Workbook - Rectangles Group:
Complete Starter Test questions 15 to 26 except questions16, 17 and 20.
Collins Year 1 Maths Workbook - Triangles Group:
Complete Starter Test questions 10 to 18 except 14 and 17.
Pack Materials - Number Names to 10 - Circles Group:
Complete pages 3 and 4.
Literacy – Literacy Revision
As with Numeracy, we are competing the Starter Test today.
Collins Year 2 English Workbook - Black & Blue Groups:
Complete Starter Test questions 11 to 17 except question 13.
Collins Year 1 English Workbook - Green Group:
Complete Starter Test questions 9 to 15.
Pack Materials - CVC Word Activity Booklet - Red Group:
Complete 'bed' activity.
Reading
Please take time to read today. The Libraries NI website is always a great place to find books to read. You can download the Overdrive app or Libby app to enjoy reading. Use your Libraries NI library card number to access the books. We returned any Libraries NI key fobs that had been kept in school. Use these to log in.
Purple Mash – Art
Today you have an Art task to complete in Purple Mash. Your task is to create a firework picture using the range of colours available. Remember that you can change the thickness of your brush too. You can also include a sentence about your picture at the bottom of the page.
I hope that you have a great day. Have a lovely weekend and see you back here on Monday!
Missing you all,
Mrs Irvine
Today you have an Art task to complete in Purple Mash. Your task is to create a firework picture using the range of colours available. Remember that you can change the thickness of your brush too. You can also include a sentence about your picture at the bottom of the page.
I hope that you have a great day. Have a lovely weekend and see you back here on Monday!
Missing you all,
Mrs Irvine
Thursday 7th January
Hello Year 3! Happy New Year! I hope that you have had a lovely Christmas with your family. Maeve and I worked in our classroom yesterday but we missed you all. Normally on our first day back to school after Christmas we'd enjoy hearing about all the fun you'd had over the Christmas holiday. Not today! For now we'll be learning from home but we'll be looking forward to seeing you all back in our classroom when schools are able to return to face to face teaching.
In the meantime, I will post activities here on our class page, be putting together packs for you and keeping in touch by phone and online (Purple Mash). Please do your best when completing tasks and show your family the great work that you can do. I hope that your parents will be able to tell me that you've worked really well on your activities. Always try your best.
We have a Year 3 Purple Mash blog which you can access by clicking on the 'Sharing' tab in Purple Mash and then clicking on 'Shared Blogs'. Do you have a fun joke to share with our class?
Parents, we know that these are challenging times. Please try to keep learning as positive as possible and early in the day when the children are usually more able to focus (if you can). Make the most of days of good weather to get outside too.
Literacy - Literacy Revision
Today we will revise concepts covered to date using the packs sent home during the last term. Some packs contained Collins workbooks and some contained other differentiated workbooks. Note the title of the workbooks contained in your child's pack (Collins Year 1,2 or 3 etc) in order to complete the correct tasks. (Remember that Year 2 is the equivalent of Year 3/P3 in Northern Ireland). The answers for the Collins Workbooks are found at the back of the book. Please mark completed tasks to gauge understanding.
Collins Year 2 English Workbook - Black & Blue Groups:
Complete Starter Test questions 1 to 10.
Collins Year 1 English Workbook - Green Group:
Complete Starter Test questions 1 to 8.
Pack Materials - CVC Word Activity Booklet - Red Group:
Complete 'van' activity.
Reading
Please take time to read each day and enjoy books you have at home or online (Oxford Owls has been a useful website for accessing reading materials). Click on 'Oxford Owls' to access the website.
Spelling
We will begin new spellings next week. Today revise spellings covered in December.
Numeracy - Numeracy Revision
As with Literacy, we will begin this term with revision using materials in the pack.
Collins Year 3 Maths Workbook - Squares Group:
Complete Starter Test questions 1 to 10 except questions 6.
Collins Year 2 Maths Workbook - Rectangles Group:
Complete Starter Test questions 1 to 14.
Collins Year 1 Maths Workbook - Triangles Group:
Complete Starter Test questions 1 to 9 except 3 and 8.
Pack Materials - Number Names to 10 - Circles Group:
Complete pages 1 and 2.
Number Facts
We will work on new number facts next week. Today revise number facts covered in December.
Hello Year 3! Happy New Year! I hope that you have had a lovely Christmas with your family. Maeve and I worked in our classroom yesterday but we missed you all. Normally on our first day back to school after Christmas we'd enjoy hearing about all the fun you'd had over the Christmas holiday. Not today! For now we'll be learning from home but we'll be looking forward to seeing you all back in our classroom when schools are able to return to face to face teaching.
In the meantime, I will post activities here on our class page, be putting together packs for you and keeping in touch by phone and online (Purple Mash). Please do your best when completing tasks and show your family the great work that you can do. I hope that your parents will be able to tell me that you've worked really well on your activities. Always try your best.
We have a Year 3 Purple Mash blog which you can access by clicking on the 'Sharing' tab in Purple Mash and then clicking on 'Shared Blogs'. Do you have a fun joke to share with our class?
Parents, we know that these are challenging times. Please try to keep learning as positive as possible and early in the day when the children are usually more able to focus (if you can). Make the most of days of good weather to get outside too.
Literacy - Literacy Revision
Today we will revise concepts covered to date using the packs sent home during the last term. Some packs contained Collins workbooks and some contained other differentiated workbooks. Note the title of the workbooks contained in your child's pack (Collins Year 1,2 or 3 etc) in order to complete the correct tasks. (Remember that Year 2 is the equivalent of Year 3/P3 in Northern Ireland). The answers for the Collins Workbooks are found at the back of the book. Please mark completed tasks to gauge understanding.
Collins Year 2 English Workbook - Black & Blue Groups:
Complete Starter Test questions 1 to 10.
Collins Year 1 English Workbook - Green Group:
Complete Starter Test questions 1 to 8.
Pack Materials - CVC Word Activity Booklet - Red Group:
Complete 'van' activity.
Reading
Please take time to read each day and enjoy books you have at home or online (Oxford Owls has been a useful website for accessing reading materials). Click on 'Oxford Owls' to access the website.
Spelling
We will begin new spellings next week. Today revise spellings covered in December.
Numeracy - Numeracy Revision
As with Literacy, we will begin this term with revision using materials in the pack.
Collins Year 3 Maths Workbook - Squares Group:
Complete Starter Test questions 1 to 10 except questions 6.
Collins Year 2 Maths Workbook - Rectangles Group:
Complete Starter Test questions 1 to 14.
Collins Year 1 Maths Workbook - Triangles Group:
Complete Starter Test questions 1 to 9 except 3 and 8.
Pack Materials - Number Names to 10 - Circles Group:
Complete pages 1 and 2.
Number Facts
We will work on new number facts next week. Today revise number facts covered in December.
New Year Task
At the beginning of a new year we often think about what we might like to achieve during the new year. Think of three dreams or wishes for 2021. Design your own page to record your thoughts or you could use this one if you are able to save and print it.
I hope you have a great day learning at home and see you back here tomorrow!
Take care,
Mrs Irvine
At the beginning of a new year we often think about what we might like to achieve during the new year. Think of three dreams or wishes for 2021. Design your own page to record your thoughts or you could use this one if you are able to save and print it.
I hope you have a great day learning at home and see you back here tomorrow!
Take care,
Mrs Irvine
Christmas Crafts
We’ve been enjoying time to be creative this week. The children have made Christmas cards, snowmen, Santas and paper chains so far.
Our snowmen allowed us to incorporate STEM into our art lesson. The snowmen’s balloon hats propelled the snowballs (cotton wool balls) and gave us the opportunity to discuss the forces involved! Great excitement in Year 3!
We’ve been enjoying time to be creative this week. The children have made Christmas cards, snowmen, Santas and paper chains so far.
Our snowmen allowed us to incorporate STEM into our art lesson. The snowmen’s balloon hats propelled the snowballs (cotton wool balls) and gave us the opportunity to discuss the forces involved! Great excitement in Year 3!
Friday Friday 2
Our second Festive Friday was all about craft for Years 1, 2 and 3. We had a great time making our Christmas decorations with Christmas hats on and Christmas tunes playing. It was a challenging task but was wonderful to see the pupils persevere to complete their craft.
Our second Festive Friday was all about craft for Years 1, 2 and 3. We had a great time making our Christmas decorations with Christmas hats on and Christmas tunes playing. It was a challenging task but was wonderful to see the pupils persevere to complete their craft.
Activity Based Learning
This week we’ve been hard at work, learning through our play. Here we are in the Toy Shop, constructing with Octons, painting creative pictures, playing a literacy game and creating vehicles using Purple Mash.
This week we’ve been hard at work, learning through our play. Here we are in the Toy Shop, constructing with Octons, painting creative pictures, playing a literacy game and creating vehicles using Purple Mash.
Independent Writing
We’ve been working on our story writing skills in Year 3 while learning about our topic of ‘Jobs and Transport’. The children are writing and spellings with more independence and are developing good strategies. We use our whiteboards to try to spell words by ourselves.
We’ve been working on our story writing skills in Year 3 while learning about our topic of ‘Jobs and Transport’. The children are writing and spellings with more independence and are developing good strategies. We use our whiteboards to try to spell words by ourselves.
Our Classroom
We love to display our work around the classroom and in the Resource Area to share it with our friends.
We love to display our work around the classroom and in the Resource Area to share it with our friends.
Numeracy - Handling Data
We’ve been learning about how to collect data and create graphs. Great work, Year 3.
We’ve been learning about how to collect data and create graphs. Great work, Year 3.
Festive Friday 1
It’s starting to feel a lot like Christmas in school. Lots of Christmas trees and decorations up in the classrooms.
Today we enjoyed our first Festive Friday. The pupils went down to the hall where there were lots of games set up for them to enjoy with their friends. Here are some photographs of the children having fun!
It’s starting to feel a lot like Christmas in school. Lots of Christmas trees and decorations up in the classrooms.
Today we enjoyed our first Festive Friday. The pupils went down to the hall where there were lots of games set up for them to enjoy with their friends. Here are some photographs of the children having fun!
November 2020
Welcome back after our half term break. The pupils are refreshed and ready for learning.
During this half term our topic is ‘Jobs and Transport’. Unfortunately we won’t be able to welcome visitors into school this year but we plan to take oppirtunities to learn about careers in different ways.
Welcome back after our half term break. The pupils are refreshed and ready for learning.
During this half term our topic is ‘Jobs and Transport’. Unfortunately we won’t be able to welcome visitors into school this year but we plan to take oppirtunities to learn about careers in different ways.
Activity Based Learning sessions are valuable for developing our numeracy, literacy and topic learning. Here we are in action.....
Hallowe’en
Thank you to everyone who supported our Hallowe’en hampers fundraiser. Here are the happy winners! Well done!
Thank you to everyone who supported our Hallowe’en hampers fundraiser. Here are the happy winners! Well done!
Practical Numeracy
This week we have been working on adding and subtracting strategies using counters. We were challenging our partners to work out how many counters we were hiding under our hands. For example, ‘I have 12 red counters. I’ve added some blue counters and now I have 20 counters. How many blue counters did I add?
Great mental maths strategies, Year 3!
This week we have been working on adding and subtracting strategies using counters. We were challenging our partners to work out how many counters we were hiding under our hands. For example, ‘I have 12 red counters. I’ve added some blue counters and now I have 20 counters. How many blue counters did I add?
Great mental maths strategies, Year 3!
Sponsored Walk
We completed our Sponsored Walk on Friday morning. What a great day for being outside and enjoying the sunny weather!
We completed our Sponsored Walk on Friday morning. What a great day for being outside and enjoying the sunny weather!
Activity Based Learning
We’ve been learning about literacy and our ‘Whatever the Weather’ topic through our play. Here are some photos of our class making weather graphs using Purple Mash, developing understanding of rhyme through a phonics game, making clothes for a season of choice using play dough, designing a waterproof coat using paper and sweet wrappers and being creative with colour to decorate rain men.
We’ve been learning about literacy and our ‘Whatever the Weather’ topic through our play. Here are some photos of our class making weather graphs using Purple Mash, developing understanding of rhyme through a phonics game, making clothes for a season of choice using play dough, designing a waterproof coat using paper and sweet wrappers and being creative with colour to decorate rain men.
The Alphabet
This month we’ve been working on our knowledge and understanding of the alphabet sequence. Great progress being made. Well done everyone!
This month we’ve been working on our knowledge and understanding of the alphabet sequence. Great progress being made. Well done everyone!
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Weather Symbol Collages
The pupils used their knowledge of weather symbols to create some art work today. Here they are in action!
The pupils used their knowledge of weather symbols to create some art work today. Here they are in action!
Whatever the Weather
The pupils are engaging well with our first topic. So far we’ve been learning about the various types of weather, how weather symbols are used and where we can view weather forecasts. It’s been wonderful to have a range of weather types already this month, especially the sunny days!!
We began our topic by thinking about ‘what we already know’ and then ‘what we want to find out’. One way of developing our knowledge was through the research homework (Finding out homework). Pupils were able to share their research clearly and confidently with the rest of the class. We learned so much about weather and the children shared lots of great weather facts. Well done Year 3!
The pupils are engaging well with our first topic. So far we’ve been learning about the various types of weather, how weather symbols are used and where we can view weather forecasts. It’s been wonderful to have a range of weather types already this month, especially the sunny days!!
We began our topic by thinking about ‘what we already know’ and then ‘what we want to find out’. One way of developing our knowledge was through the research homework (Finding out homework). Pupils were able to share their research clearly and confidently with the rest of the class. We learned so much about weather and the children shared lots of great weather facts. Well done Year 3!
September 2020
It’s great to be back in the classroom and settled into our new school year.
Having thought about what we missed about school and how each pupil is special, we completed some activities to share our thoughts with one another.
It’s great to be back in the classroom and settled into our new school year.
Having thought about what we missed about school and how each pupil is special, we completed some activities to share our thoughts with one another.
September 2020
During our Activity Based Learning sessions we will be completing activities to further our understanding of our ‘Whatever the Weather’ topic and develop Numeracy skills. Here are some photos of Year 3 today!
During our Activity Based Learning sessions we will be completing activities to further our understanding of our ‘Whatever the Weather’ topic and develop Numeracy skills. Here are some photos of Year 3 today!
August 2020
Welcome to Year 3. It has been wonderful to see all the children during our first week back to school.
We’ve been settling back into school with some fun activities which focus on what we enjoy about school. Great to see the children's smiles!
Here is a photo of the children in their new classroom.
Welcome to Year 3. It has been wonderful to see all the children during our first week back to school.
We’ve been settling back into school with some fun activities which focus on what we enjoy about school. Great to see the children's smiles!
Here is a photo of the children in their new classroom.
