Maths home learning will continue to follow the ‘White Rose’ maths scheme that we use at school. The daily ‘lessons’ will continue to follow the objectives that the children would be covering at school so that they can continue developing and gaining confidence in their mathematical skills.  Each lesson includes an introduction video and a worksheet that can be downloaded and printed if preferred.

Tuesday – Learning objective: To multiply by 3

Video introduction – https://vimeo.com/475444169

Worksheet –https://resources.whiterosemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Y3-Autumn-Block-3-WO2-Multiply-by-3-2019.pdf 

Answers – https://resources.whiterosemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Y3-Autumn-Block-3-ANS2-Multiply-by-3-2019.pdf

Wednesday- Learning objective: To divide by 3

Video introduction- https://vimeo.com/475444308

Worksheet – https://resources.whiterosemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Y3-Autumn-Block-3-WO3-Divide-by-3-2019.pdf

Answers- https://resources.whiterosemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Y3-Autumn-Block-3-ANS3-Divide-by-3-2019.pdf

Thursday – To learn the 3 times tables

Video introduction – https://vimeo.com/476319270

Worksheet – https://resources.whiterosemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Y3-Autumn-Block-3-WO4-The-3-times-table-2019.pdf

Answers –https://resources.whiterosemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Y3-Autumn-Block-3-ANS4-The-3-times-table-2019.pdf

Friday – Y3-Arithmetic-Half-Test-1a  – when this is finished, the children can mark it with an adult and correct any mistakes that they made.

I would like to wish a happy new year to all the parents/carers and children in Class 3 and hope that the children bring their wonderful, positive attitudes with them into 2021. 
As a result of the partial school closure, home learning will be set up for the children to access during their time at home.
Each week, I will be posting daily Maths and Literacy tasks and weekly activities from a selection of other subjects (Science, Art, Computing for example). I will post the Maths home learning on a separate post as there are lots of resources to upload for each week and can be a little overwhelming if it is all uploaded together. This week’s tasks will be uploaded before midday tomorrow, then the tasks for any following weeks will be uploaded on Monday mornings by 9am.

As we are unsure of when all children will be returning to school, rather than starting our new Spring topic which would have been the Romans, Class 3 will be completing a ‘mini topic’ based around a book called ‘You Choose’ by Nick Sharratt and Pippa Goodhart. Here is a link to an online reading of this book that would be nice to for the children to listen to/watch before they complete any tasks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKf_zyJGkzo

I will upload lessons including any relevant worksheets, information, websites and videos required to support you and the children with their home learning . I understand the difficulties that revolve around teaching/learning in a home environment so I just ask that the children try their best and have a go at as many of the tasks that I have set.
There are some great home learning resources available online for additional support or activities. https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio has a range of audio stories and activities for children, https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/this-terms-topics is useful for a variety of subjects, Joe Wickes’ workouts are still available to watch and https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/ is still continuing to provide tasks and information to help with home learning.

The children can use their red homework books that I sent home last term to complete the work in, or they can work straight onto worksheets or paper. If you have any questions or would like to send me any work that the children have completed, then please send them to our Class 3 email – 3134Class3@shawburystmarys.co.uk.

I look forward to seeing what the children complete at home 🙂

Take care, Miss Taylor

The chn complete 1 day of a times table challenge booklet every morning at school, this week they are revisiting booklet 9 from the start of term to see how they have improved. I have attached a copy of this booklet for the chn to complete if they would like to carry on at home.Ultimate Times Table Daily Practice 9 Booklet

Maths: – I have attached the relevant worksheets.
In school, the chn are starting a maths unit based on multiplication and division- for some extra support at home, it may be helpful for the chn to continue practicing the times tables songs that we learn in class. Here is a link to a video version of the song and I have attached the lyrics –Rolling-number-lyrics
Monday- to recognise 2x table multiplication and division number facts – Multiplication and division board game
Tuesday – To recognise multiples of 2, 5 and 10 – Activity sheet and answers
Wednesday- To recognise, add and make equal groups (varied fluency) – the worksheets are differentiated for level of understandingYear-3-Autumn-Block-3-VF-Multiplication-Equal-Groups
Thursday- To recognise, add and sort equal groups – the worksheets are differentiated for level of understanding Year-3-Autumn-Block-3-RPS-Multiplication-Equal-Groups
Friday-Arithmetic test – Y3-Arithmetic-Half-Test-3a

Literacy
We have finished our instruction writing and are now learning about non-chronological reports (information reports that are not in time order). An example of a non-chronological report could be a non-fiction book or a leaflet that focusses on a specific topic. At home, the chn could find an example of a non-chronological report and begin to identify the features of what is included. Then using the list of features, they could begin to plan a report of their own about the Stone Age. What will be their main heading and subheadings be? what information do they need to research to include in each paragraph? I have attached the list of features for a non-chronological report. Features

Science
We are starting a new Science topic – Animals inc humans – focussing on nutrition and skeletons. This week I am finding out what the children already know about this topic and seeing if they have any questions that we could investigate over the next few weeks. I have attached a ‘concept map’. They create individual mindmaps from each mini heading, writing down anything that they think they know or understand about each word. Humans-animals-digestion-skeleton-year-3-concept-map

Topic- The Stone Age
Class 3 are learning more and more about The Stone Age each week, this week we will be exploring evidence from the past. The chn will be completing an activity based on Stone Age artefacts. Here is the activity Artefact page

I will post a Home Learning post like this one onto the website each week for any children that may be self isolating. This is not homework for those who are still attending school, it is just some resources and information for those chn who may need to access learning from home.

Thank you, Miss Taylor.

The chn complete 1 day of a times table challenge booklet every morning at school, this week they are completing booklet 16 (day 1 is today) I have attached a copy of this booklet for the chn to complete if they would like to carry on at home.Ultimate Times Table Daily Practice 16 Booklet

Maths: – I have attached the relevant worksheets.
Our maths objectives for this week are:

Monday- To check and correct last weeks’ Addition and subtraction quiz – there is a link to this on the last Home Learning post. We will be focussing on reading the questions and choosing the correct method to use and correct any mistakes.
Tuesday- LO: To add 2 3-digit numbers – worksheets are differentiated according to level of understanding- Year-3-Autumn-Block-2-VF-Add-two-3-Digit-Numbers-2
Wednesday – To solve missing number questions –Missing number questions
Thursday-LO: To solve missing number puzzles – Addition pyramids
Friday – Arithmetic test and focus on arithmetic practice (with written methods) Y3-Arithmetic-Half-Test-2b

Literacy
Last week in school, the children planned their own instructions of ‘How to wash a woolly mammoth’ ready to write their final versions this week. They thought about the equipment they might need and what steps the reader would have to take to clean a mammoth. At home, the children could plan and write the instructions for someone to follow. Perhaps they could write a recipe? or write the instructions of how to make or grow something. We have been looking at how prepositions and imperative verbs are used in instructions. Prepositions and imperative verbs

Science
Our Science topic is ‘Rocks, Fossils and soils’. So far, the chn have collected, grouped, and learnt about different rock types and fossils. We are currently investigating ‘which soil is the best for planting?’. At home, the chn could collect a variety of soils and explore them – Can they work out what soils are made up of? Perhaps try growing something in the different soils to find out which one is the most successful for planting.

Topic- The Stone Age
Class 3 are learning more and more about The Stone Age each week, we have been focussing on how the Stone Age was split into three eras – Early/old (Paleolithic), middle (Mesolithic) and late/new Stone Age (Neolithic). Can the chn create a poster or fact page to explain each era and what was different about each one? Here is a useful website – https://www.theschoolrun.com/homework-help/the-stone-age

I will post a Home Learning post like this one onto the website each week for any children that may be self isolating. This is not homework for those who are still attending school, it is just some resources and information for those chn who may need to access learning from home.

Thank you, Miss Taylor.