St Matthew Year 3
Welcome to Year 3! My name is Ms Dikir and working alongside me is Ms Nobrega and Ms Marlene.
We are looking forward to giving children a warm welcome back to school life and to support them in starting their KS2 journey.
Although it might be slightly different in school, we will try our very best to make sure every child feels settled and nurtured in what we hope will be an exciting school year.
For this Autumn Term, the Class will be building on a wide variety of skills and knowledge.
We will be learning about the Stone Age right up to the Iron Age. During this historical journey, we will be discovering how they lived and how it compares to now; how we are able to learn about that era; what achievements they made and how they have influenced the way we live now.
Our fiction writing will be inspired by the book Fantastic Mr Fox, written by Roald Dahl. We will be guided through the text using drama, discussion and debate, before developing our own stories.
Mathematics will be taught daily and we will begin by securing their understanding of number and place value, before moving onto addition and subtraction. Throughout the year we will be supporting the children weekly with their times tables. This will require support from home but is hugely beneficial to their Numeracy work, as times tables support so many areas and need constantly repeating to achieve rapid recall at this age.
Alongside all of this, the children will be building on their ability to research and record using the Internet. How do search engines work and how is the Internet connected? Most importantly, we will be learning to spot the dangers that accompany using the internet.
Hello Year 3! I hope you and your families are well and have had an amazing half term! Make sure you are trying your very best doing the work I’ve set and don’t worry if you find anything difficult, working from home is quite different than working at school and much more difficult, the most important thing ,however, is for you to stay happy, healthy and safe .If you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact me through the school email or purple mash. I miss you all enjoy this term!
Week 7
English and Maths
Work through the tasks daily if possible, but remember to have breaks as you would do in school. Spend enough time to complete the task (around 30-40 minutes), but remember to have fun and time with your family too.
Week 6
English and Maths
Work through the tasks daily if possible, but remember to have breaks as you would do in school. Spend enough time to complete the task (around 30-40 minutes), but remember to have fun and time with your family too.
Week 5
English and Maths
- Work through the tasks daily if possible, but remember to have breaks as you would do in school.
- Spend enough time to complete the task (around 30-40 minutes), but remember to have fun and time with your family too.
Monday - Friday
Week 4
English and Maths
- Work through the tasks daily if possible, but remember to have breaks as you would do in school.
- Spend enough time to complete the task (around 30-40 minutes), but remember to have fun and time with your family too.
Monday - Tuesday
Wednesday - Thursday - Friday
Week 3
Maths
Monday
Have you got your math hats on Year Three? We’ll be kicking off this week with another round of Fraction work! Today – looking at tenths as decimals! Watch the video at https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/ (Summer Term Week 6 (w/c 1st June) Lesson 1)
Tuesday
Today you’ll be continuing your work on fractions, placing them on a number line – think about your numerators! Watch the video at https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/ (Summer Term – Week 6 (w/c 1st June) – Lesson 1)
Wednesday
Let’s continue our fantastic fraction work by calculating a fraction of a set of objects. Remember your handy multiplication and division skills here! Watch the video at https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/ (Summer Term 1 – Week 6 (w/c 1st June) – Lesson 3)
Thursday
Let’s keep up the fantastic fraction work and continue calculating fractions of a set of objects! Practice makes perfect! Watch the video at https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/ (Summer Term 1 – Week 6 (w/c 1st June) – Lesson 4)
Friday
Today you’ll be comparing fractions – again Fraction Wall on Purple Mash will be very handy to practise your skills! Watch the video at https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/ (Summer Term – Week 7 (w/c 8th June) – Lesson 4
English
Monday
In today’s writing worksheet, we will be looking at using the correct tense. Please watch this helpful video which will tell you more about the three main tenses: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z4hrt39/articles/z7t2vk7
Tuesday
Please watch this helpful video which will tell you more about inverted commas: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/ztcp97h
Wednesday
In today’s writing worksheet, we will be looking at subordinating conjunctions. Please watch this helpful video which will tell you more about subordinating conjunctions: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zqk37p3
Thursday
In today’s writing worksheet, we will be looking at possessive apostrophes. Please watch this helpful video which will tell you more about when to use possessive apostrophes: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/zx9ydxs
Friday
This week’s writing will be based on a short clip from The Simpsons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPu7MiPkEk0 In this clip, Bart and his class go on a really boring school trip to a box factory. This week, you’ll be writing a recount about a much more exciting school trip.
Summer- Week 2
Summer-Week 1
This week, you’ll all be writing your own traditional tale which will be based on the story of The Three Little Pigs. Click here to remind yourself how the tale goes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gnhSAu15G8
Today, you’ll be describing the animals leaving home to seek their fortune.
We’ll be exploring Equivalent Fractions this week!
Fraction Wall on Purple Mash will be a great help here too!
Watch the video at https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/
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Wednesday Word
Week 5 - 18th May
The Wednesday Word
Week 4
Week 3
Week 2 ( Maths)
Week 2 ( English)
The Wednesday Word
Week1
Welcome back Year 3! I hope you all had a lovely Easter Break filled with chocolate and fun, along with getting some exercise and trying to maintain some normality in these difficult times.
Make sure you’re practicing your timetables and handwriting everyday, just like we did in class. Also please don’t forget to log onto MyMaths and Purple Mash and complete the work I’ve set for you.
Please find attached extra home-learning activities. And remember the most important thing is for you to stay happy, healthy and safe. I miss you all and I can’t wait to see you!!
Make sure you’re practicing your timetables and handwriting everyday, just like we did in class. Also please don’t forget to log onto MyMaths and Purple Mash and complete the work I’ve set for you.
Please find attached extra home-learning activities. And remember the most important thing is for you to stay happy, healthy and safe. I miss you all and I can’t wait to see you!!
Welcome to the Spring Term
YEAR THREE SPRING TERM
Welcome back! Hope you had a lovely break, and look forward to learning this term. I hope you all had a restful break. Looking forward to new and exciting learning.
Literacy
In Literacy we have been looking at ‘The Hodgeheg’. A story about an intelligent hedgehog named ‘Max’. Max lives in the garden of 5A with ‘Pa Hedgehog’, ‘Ma Hedgehog’, and his three sisters, ‘Peony Hedgehog’, ‘Penny Hedgehog’ and ‘Petunia Hedgehog’. We discussed the different characters and acted out using expression to s how thoughts and feelings.
Science
In science we are learning about light and shadow. For this topic we have been investigating about light and shadow. We learnt that dark is absences of light.
RE
In RE our topic for this half term is People of Prayer. This topic we have learnt about the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes and Jesus's teachings to the people.
First Aid
We had fun doing a first aid workshop. We learnt about how to save someone's life and who to call. We all tried CPR on Dave.
Literacy
In Literacy we have been reading about 'The Battle of Bubble and Squeak'. This book is about a child who wants to keep their gerbils but the parents so no. In class we debated about whether we should get a class pet.
Literacy
A warm welcome from Ms Dikir and Mrs Sumney - the Year Three team this year.
We are really looking forward to teaching your children and meeting you all over the year ahead.
We promise that your children will do their best and have fun in their lessons too.
Year 3 Timetable and Curriculum
English
In Literacy we have started a new text called The owl who is afraid of the dark. We read the first chapter and acted out why dark is exciting. We used expression to show the characters thoughts and feelings. We pretended to be Plop, mum, dad and the little boy. We had fun acting out and pretending to be different characters from the story.
Maths
In Maths we investigated different strategies to solve addition problems. We worked in groups to solve the problems together. We had fun working together and seeing if we both got the same answer.
IPC
We have been learning about the different communities we belong to in IPC. This week, during Art each student designed a piece of art that they felt represented them. Once they all finished, the class put each of their pieces together to create an individual artwork to represent our class.
Literacy
This month is Black History Month. We are learning about a classic Caribbean tale called “Clever Anansi and The Boastful Bullfrog”. After we finished reading the story the children worked in groups to act out different scenes.
Science
Rocks and Soil
We have been learning about Rocks and Soil in Science. This week we investigated which rocks were stronger than others and how rocks are made. We used actions to help us remember the three ways in which rocks are formed.
Maths
In Maths we were learning about money. We had fun playing shops and shopkeepers. We had to buy items for up to £1 and work out how much change we would be given and which coins. We used our number facts to help work out the change.
