Welcome to Blackfriars Bridge Class

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#6cea30″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Nearly all year 3 families have now signed up to Class Dojo which is fantastic. We can see from the photographs of work submitted that the children are working really hard. If your child has not submitted anything yet we would love to see their work. Some families have found it easier to attach photographs to messages – which is fine. Please keep checking your messages. It is really important that we are able to stay in touch during this time.  [/dropshadowbox]

Internet safety

Whilst learning at home, we want to make sure everyone is staying safe on the internet. The Government have a very good website: https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/ which helps to teach children about the importance of internet safety. It has lots of child friendly videos and information for children of all ages, as well as parents/carers. It also has some home learning activities to support their learning on this which you may wish to do, as well as a reward chart (in the age 5-7 pack) which may help to encourage the children to complete their work – https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/Support-tools/home-activity-worksheets/. So it would be great for the children to spend some time this week looking at this website.

This week our learning is as follows:

English

Spellings – Please learn the following spellings: though, notice, quarter, length, library, famous .

Children who are in Violet group (Waterloo) or Toy Story group (Blackfriars) for English should work on: are, by, come, do, had, have.

Grammar – Follow the English activities on BBC bitesize daily https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons

Narrative – Children should continue to work around the story of Romulus and Remus and  plan their  own version of the story using substitute characters.

Romulus and Remus Story Powerpoint

• Day 1 – Design two new characters to replace Romulus and Remus. These could be female twins, friends, siblings of different ages or any other characters you can think of. Draw your characters and write some sentences describing what they are like. [Character design template]
• Day 2 – Design a character to replace the wolf in the story. – you can use any animal. Draw and describe your animal. [Writing frame]
• Day 3 –  Think about how your new characters will change your story. For example if your human characters have been brought up by a more peaceful animal would they have a different temperament and be able to resolve their differences? Make some notes.
• Day 4 – Plan your story using a story mountain . Use the PowerPoint below to help you draw your story mountain. [Story Mountain]
• Day 5 – Write a good opening paragraph. Remember to use your work from day 1 and 2 to write detailed descriptions of your characters. You will complete your story next week.

Remember not all children learn at the same rate. You can scaffold your child by providing key spellings or allowing them to orally rehearse their ideas first, you may also want to remind them of key punctuation in a sentence e.g. capital letters and full stops. You can also extend your child’s learning by encouraging them to use different sentence openers (Sentence openers word mat) and sentence types. Children who are already strong writers should be asked to really think about the effect of their sentences.

Maths

We are continuing with our learning on fractions in maths this week – with a focus of finding fractions of a set of objects. Please feel free to be creative with your working out – you may want to use items you find around the house to help you find the answers. We would love to see photos of your creative maths learning on Class Dojo! We have set daily worksheets, with some videos/powerpoints to help with the learning. If you are in Prism group (Waterloo) or Blue group (Blackfriars) or finding the work on fractions difficult, you may wish to scroll down to do some revision from the year 2 work on fractions.

• Day 1 – Fractions on a number line worksheet
• Day 2 – Video –  To find unit fractions of a given quantity, worksheet – Fractions of a set of objects worksheet
• Day 3 – Fractions of a set of objects [2]
• Day 4 – Fractions of a set of objects [3]
• Day 5 – Powerpoint – Equivalent Fractions, worksheet – Equivalent Fractions

Answers

• Day 1 – Fractions on a number line
• Day 2 – Fractions of a set of objects
• Day 3 – Fractions of a set of objects [2]
• Day 4 – Fractions of a set of objects [3]
• Day 5 – Equivalent Fractions

Revision worksheets:

Day 1 – Recognise a third
Day 2 – Finding a third
Day 3 – Unit Fractions
Day 4 – Non-unit Fractions
Day 5 – Equivalence of half and two quarters

There are video lessons on fractions on the Oak National Academy website which may help your child in their learning.

https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-3/maths#subjects

The children in year 3 were doing very well in learning their times tables before school closure. They should continue to work on the times table they were learning at the time of school closure. When they are secure with both the multiplication and the division facts  they can move on. The order the tables are learned in is – 10, 2, 5, 3, 4, 8, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12. Children who are already 144 club members should work on their speed of recall. The following websites should be helpful;

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

https://ttrockstars.com/

All children should have log-in details for the times tables rockstars website.

Science
Keep caring for and monitoring your plant. Update the diary you started last week.

History/Art

Learn about Roman mosaics using the PowerPoint below.

Roman Mosaics Presentation

Create your own mosaic pattern. In school we would have used collage techniques. You can make a collage or use paint or even pens or pencils to create your mosaic.

RE

Ramadan began on Thursday 23rd April. This year Ramadan will be very different for our Muslim families as the Mosques are closed and people will not be able to meet with extended family to break their fast. You can learn about Ramadan using the links below.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/23286976

ramadan-information-powerpoint

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/puzzles/ramadan-quiz

Try writing some questions to help you find out more about Ramadan.

Music

Don’t forget there are music activities on the Out of the Ark website which your child can follow. These are updated each week.

Out of the Ark

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#74ee22″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]In addition to these activities many families are now enjoying BBC bitesize daily programmes which are now available on BBC iPlayer and through the red button on the TV remote. There are linked activities on https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons If your child finds it difficult to access the year 3 curriculum or siblings want to watch together then it is fine to use programmes from a different year group.[/dropshadowbox]