Class 3
Day 3 Wednesday 25.3.20
admin on: Class 3
Good morning all!!
Hope you are all really enjoying your school days at home; I'm really missing you all but am so glad I can send a blog every day to you. I'll just have to pretend I'm teaching you in the classroom as normal!! Thank you so much for sending me some pictures of the amazing work you have been doing at home; it's really great to see. Your photos are fabulous too. Keep sending me messages and remember to ask via email if you have any concerns about your work at all. Most of all though KEEP SMILING AND HAVE GREAT FUN AS YOU LEARN!
Here's our timetable for today......
09.00 P.E.
Let's all join Joe Wicks on YouTube for his P.E. workout and start the day off by getting healthy and stimulating our brains!! I'll be joining in so please let's all do it together!!
09.40 Maths
L.O. To solve calculations with money
8 questions;
- 5/10 + 4/10
- 8/9 - 2/9
- 890 divided by 10
- 22 x 10
- 1/4 of 24
- 5kg 200g + 2kg 350g
- 264 + 352
- 879 - 50
Problem;
Sophie was bouncing on her trampoline with 14 red balls. Mum added 15 yellow balls and 14 green balls. She had great fun! Unfortunately, 6 balls then bounced off. How many balls were still left on the trampoline?
Activity; Today we need to practise solving problems involving money. You will be subtracting one price from another. If you like you could practise this in your home shop (like you did on Monday) but this time you need to calculate the change so you will be taking away the amount you spend from the amount of money you take to the shop (take a pencil and paper to the shop for calculating). It's important to remember how many pence is in £1/£2 etc and you may need to convert some £ to pence to help you calculate.
The activity is on page 100 'Calculations with money 2'- you should find it in your pack. Again, only do the section you would normally do and try 10 if you can (more if you like). Use your pink book to show me your work.
Have fun shopping!
10.40 Go into your garden and have fun in the wonderful sun!
11.00 Literacy
Let's practise some grammar and spelling in a fun way!
Grammar; Go to the home page on Purplemash. Select English, then SPAG, Grammar and select 'Hatching Out' and 'Prefix Magic'. We've worked on prefixes and suffixes recently so this should be great practise. Enjoy! Do let me know how you do.
Spelling; Again via SPAG, select Phonics, Phase 5, choose 'ay, ou'- here you will be playing a game which will involve practising spelling words using these sounds.
Finally, please can you begin a diary about your time at home as we share a very different style of life at the moment! You may wish to write an entry in your diary every day (just a few lines every day) or you may wish to write in it once or twice a week. If you have a separate notebook you could keep it just for your diary. If you keep it forever you never know your diary may become a famous historical document in years to come!! Let me know what you write. Don't forget to use brilliant handwriting and fabulous punctuation and spelling!! Paragraphs would be great!
12.00 Lunchtime
Have a great lunch and have lots of fun playing! Perhaps build an assault course in the garden. What can you use?
13.00 History
VIKINGS!
L.O. To write a non-fictional text on Viking life.
Today, I'd really like you to begin a non-fiction piece of writing on 'Viking Life'. You could research using the internet with an adult or watch some educational clips. If you go onto BBC Bitesize on your computer or laptop and select Primary, KS2, History and then Vikings you can watch some fabulous clips surrounding the life of Vikings.I'd like you to watch 'What was life like in Viking Britain?' but you could have a look at others too (they're quite addictive once you get going)!!
Can you begin your non-fiction information text today? Use a heading and sub-headings and a short paragraph for each sub-heading. You may wish to print out some pictures from the internet (and stick them in your pink book too) or add drawings.
Please use your pink book and keep your work really neat, with joined up writing and fabulous punctuation. Don't forget those rulers!!
2.00pm Reading
Enjoy some special 1 to 1 reading with an adult- if you have a blue or grey book in your pack please choose one of those, otherwise choose a book of your choice. The are currently a number of sites offering free subscriptions for a number of weeks so you can access online eBooks. These are fabulous so do have a look as you may prefer to read one of these.
'Oxford Owl' is one such site; you will just need to create an account (totally free of charge).
Alternatively, Twinkl (without an 'e') are also offering a free short term membership- a great site for eBooks as well as many other fabulous resources in all areas of learning; why not join for the moment free of charge!
Have a wonderful day and please do let me know how you are doing. Photos, comments and feedback would be great; keep them coming!
Enjoy the sun while you can.
Over and out!!
Mrs Matthews
Day 2 Tuesday 24.3.20
admin on: Class 3
Good morning fantastic year 3!
Here goes...... let's have some fun!
Our timetable for today; (please don't panic if you don't manage to do absolutely everything as I know Mum or Dad may be busy with brothers and sisters, breakfast, lunch and tea etc too!! Have a go at as many of the tasks as you can though and you never know you may complete them all! Remember too that the timetable is only to guide you; change the order to suit yourselves (except Joe Wicks- he's live)!!
09.00 P.E. Let's get our brains ready for the day!!
09.30 PSHE; let's get positive!
09.30 Music
10.40 Playtime
11.00 Computing
12.00 Lunchtime
1.00pm Maths
2.00pm Literacy
3.00pm Storytime!!
09.00 P.E.
Join 'Joe Wicks' Kids Workout' (YouTube) and have fun stimulating your body and brain!! Try it every day! I'll be joining in too!
09.30 Music
Listen to your favourite piece of music. Perhaps you could make up your own creative dance to it too! Can you tell me why you like it? List the reasons why you like it so much; is it the tempo, pitch or rhythm perhaps, maybe the instruments used or maybe some other reason?
10.00 PSHE positivity; pass a smile around your family (just like we do in class)! Now tell each member of your family something you admire or particularly like about them. Can they tell you something positive about you? I know there'll be too many positive things to think of!
10.40 Playtime!!!
11.00 Computing
Miss Hemingway and yourselves have been working on 'Word' documents in ICT. Could you use 'Word' to create a short document to tell me all about your favourite hobbies or interests or perhaps your fabvourite game or film. You could change the font size and the colour of the text and also insert some pictures. It doesn't need to be a long piece but just enough to practise your super skills!
12.00 Lunchtime!!
13.00 Maths;
Try 'Timestables Rockstars' again this afternoon if you like (or practise the 3x and 4x tables). You'll find it less tricky as we've changed the settings to ensure only the timestables we've been working on are included. If it's too tricky, don't worry, keep practising!
8 questions;
- 638 + 40
- 896 - 60
- 543 + 118
- 762 - 127
- 1/3 of 15 (remember to divide by the 3)!!
- How many mm in 3cm?
- 2L 300g + 1L 400g
- How many pairs of parallel lines in a square?
Activity; Practise converting pounds to pence and vice versa, eg £1.50 = 150p, £3.54 = 354p, 450p = £4.50
Now try the activity I've added to your pack, but do remember to work on A if you normally do. Try B if you feel happy to or C if you need the challenge! PLEASE DON'T FEEL YOU HAVE TO DO EVERY QUESTION IN YOUR COLUMN!! Have a go at 10 and see how you go! Here's a copy (but it should be in your pack);
Good luck!
2.00pm Literacy;
Remember our 'Into the Forest' story?
You can listen to it being read on the internet (not quite as exciting as I read it though!!).
Can you create a colourful story map to remind you of the main events? Draw some boxes using a ruler and create a map. Have fun!!
3.00pm Share a story with an adult or big sister or brother!
Don't forget to read aloud to an adult every day too!!
Hope you all have a great day. Look after each other and enjoy being together!
Miss you all already!
Mrs Matthews
Day 1 23.3.2020
admin on: Class 3
Good morning fabulous year 3!
Are you ready? Then here we go; your very first school day at home!!!
Here is our Monday timetable (as per a normal day in class 3);
09.00 Reading comprehension
10.00 Grammar
10.40 PLAYTIME (very important!)
11.00 P.E.
12.00 Lunchtime
13.00 Maths
14.00 EXERCISE
14.15 D.T. (healthy snack work)
15.00 Story
Here are more details regarding each of the activities. Please use your pink exercise book to answer questions or complete any work. Please remember to give your work a date and add the heading and underline it with a ruler (you know how I like rulers)!! Keep your book really neat and tidy because I can't wait to see them all when we all return to class 3.
09.00 Reading comprehension:
Select one of the comprehensions I have put in your pack. Some are trickier than others and some of you will find some shorter ones too. These may be in a clear plastic sleeve if not in your folder. Here is an example of one of the shorter ones if you prefer.
10.00 Grammar; 'Nouns with suffixes'. Here, you are selecting the appropriate word ending (suffix) to add to the root word, for example 'joy'......'joyful', 'happy'.....'happiness'. The activity is on page 26 of your Grammar book. If you don't have a book in the pack you will find the sheet- it's red and yellow, pg 26.
10.40 Playtime; go and have great fun in the garden!! Remember your milk and snack!
11.00 P.E.
We have been working on cricket in PE so ask your adult to play 'long barrier, short barrier' with you! You could do this in the garden or inside. Jog/skip/hop around and when they call our long or short barrier you have to do just that!!
Practise underarm throwing and catching with a soft ball or even a rolled up sock!
Practise fielding a rolling ball using long or short barrier (from a rolled ball or sock).
Now show off your fabulous technique for bowling- remember put both arms outstretched, take your bowling arm down and back in a full circle with straight arm before bowling it in-front of your adult's/partner's feet. Keep practising- bent arms are banned!!!
Try bowling and batting if you have a bat- if not, ask your adult if you have a safe replacement!!
If you hit the ball try and get some runs too!
Very soon you'll be the next 'Joe Root'!!
12.00 Lunchtime!! Enjoy!!
1.00pm Maths;
Show an adult how we use clapping, tapping and clicking to count forwards and back and recite our times tables. Today, let's go back to the 3x tables again. You may want to make up your own actions; see how well Mum can do it!!! Timestables Rockstars is also available; I have now included just the timestables we have been working on in class so it should be less tricky. Keep practising, it's great fun!
8 questions;
- 234 + 50
- 456 - 200
- 1/2 of 24
- What time will it be in 1 hour?
- How many angles does a hexagon have?
- Can you draw a right angle?
- 564 divided by 4
- 34 x 10
Problem; If the caretaker ordered 26 packs of milk cartons and there were 10 in each pack, how many would he have altogether? How many would there be if he then dropped 3 single cartons?
Activity today; 'Money'! Please collect as many coins as you can; you will need to ask an adult to wash them for you and dry them and you'll need to wash your hands after this game! Today I'd really like you to play 'shopping'. Create a shop using any items Mum is happy for you to use. It may be toys or fruit for example. Decide on the prices for these. You may wish to label them. Some could be under £1, others could be more. Price them between 50p and £5 (very expensive fruit!!). Now go shopping! Buy one item at a time and SELECT THE CORRECT COINS to pay for the items. You may wish to draw the item/name it in your book and tell me the price and then draw the coins you selected (just circles with the coin name inside).
This activity can be extended by buying 2 items and calculating the total, before selecting the coins.
Enjoy!!
2.00pm Exercise; Go and have 15 minutes exercise; bike, scooter, 10 star jumps in every room are just a few examples!!!
2.15pm D.T. Try and remember what your healthy sandwich was going to contain. IIf you can't, plan another. You'll need protein, vitamins and carbohydrates. Write down your choices for each food group; eg baguette/sliced wholemeal, ham, grated cheese, tomato, sweet chilli sauce (yummy)!! Today, can you practise the skills you will need to make it? You will need to practise spreading margarine or soft butter on bread, grating cheese, peeling a carrot (for example) and chopping the vegetables you choose (pepper or cucumber perhaps). So today is a practising skills session!!
3.00pm Story; Enjoy a well-earned relaxing story together!!
Have fun and please email me if you have any concerns at all.
Tune in tomorrow morning for our next blog!!
Mrs Matthews
Day 1 23.3.2020
admin on: Class 3
Good morning fabulous year 3!
Are you ready? Then here we go; your very first school day at home!!!
Here is our Monday timetable (as per a normal day in class 3);
09.00 Reading comprehension
10.00 Grammar
10.40 PLAYTIME (very important!)
11.00 P.E.
12.00 Lunchtime
13.00 Maths
14.00 EXERCISE
14.15 D.T. (healthy snack work)
15.00 Story
Here are more details regarding each of the activities. Please use your pink exercise book to answer questions or complete any work. Please remember to give your work a date and add the heading and underline it with a ruler (you know how I like rulers)!! Keep your book really neat and tidy because I can't wait to see them all when we all return to class 3.
09.00 Reading comprehension:
Select one of the comprehensions I have put in your pack. Some are trickier than others and some of you will find some shorter ones too. These may be in a clear plastic sleeve if not in your folder. Here is an example of one of the shorter ones if you prefer.
10.00 Grammar; 'Nouns with suffixes'. Here, you are selecting the appropriate word ending (suffix) to add to the root word, for example 'joy'......'joyful', 'happy'.....'happiness'. The activity is on page 26 of your Grammar book. If you don't have a book in the pack you will find the sheet- it's red and yellow, pg 26.
10.40 Playtime; go and have great fun in the garden!! Remember your milk and snack!
11.00 P.E.
We have been working on cricket in PE so ask your adult to play 'long barrier, short barrier' with you! You could do this in the garden or inside. Jog/skip/hop around and when they call our long or short barrier you have to do just that!!
Practise underarm throwing and catching with a soft ball or even a rolled up sock!
Practise fielding a rolling ball using long or short barrier (from a rolled ball or sock).
Now show off your fabulous technique for bowling- remember put both arms outstretched, take your bowling arm down and back in a full circle with straight arm before bowling it in-front of your adult's/partner's feet. Keep practising- bent arms are banned!!!
Try bowling and batting if you have a bat- if not, ask your adult if you have a safe replacement!!
If you hit the ball try and get some runs too!
Very soon you'll be the next 'Joe Root'!!
12.00 Lunchtime!! Enjoy!!
1.00pm Maths;
Show an adult how we use clapping, tapping and clicking to count forwards and back and recite our times tables. Today, let's go back to the 3x tables again. You may want to make up your own actions; see how well Mum can do it!!! Timestables Rockstars is also available; I have now included just the timestables we have been working on in class so it should be less tricky. Keep practising, it's great fun!
8 questions;
- 234 + 50
- 456 - 200
- 1/2 of 24
- What time will it be in 1 hour?
- How many angles does a hexagon have?
- Can you draw a right angle?
- 564 divided by 4
- 34 x 10
Problem; If the caretaker ordered 26 packs of milk cartons and there were 10 in each pack, how many would he have altogether? How many would there be if he then dropped 3 single cartons?
Activity today; 'Money'! Please collect as many coins as you can; you will need to ask an adult to wash them for you and dry them and you'll need to wash your hands after this game! Today I'd really like you to play 'shopping'. Create a shop using any items Mum is happy for you to use. It may be toys or fruit for example. Decide on the prices for these. You may wish to label them. Some could be under £1, others could be more. Price them between 50p and £5 (very expensive fruit!!). Now go shopping! Buy one item at a time and SELECT THE CORRECT COINS to pay for the items. You may wish to draw the item/name it in your book and tell me the price and then draw the coins you selected (just circles with the coin name inside).
This activity can be extended by buying 2 items and calculating the total, before selecting the coins.
Enjoy!!
2.00pm Exercise; Go and have 15 minutes exercise; bike, scooter, 10 star jumps in every room are just a few examples!!!
2.15pm D.T. Try and remember what your healthy sandwich was going to contain. IIf you can't, plan another. You'll need protein, vitamins and carbohydrates. Write down your choices for each food group; eg baguette/sliced wholemeal, ham, grated cheese, tomato, sweet chilli sauce (yummy)!! Today, can you practise the skills you will need to make it? You will need to practise spreading margarine or soft butter on bread, grating cheese, peeling a carrot (for example) and chopping the vegetables you choose (pepper or cucumber perhaps). So today is a practising skills session!!
3.00pm Story; Enjoy a well-earned relaxing story together!!
Have fun and please email me if you have any concerns at all.
Tune in tomorrow morning for our next blog!!
Mrs Matthews
Week ending 20.3.20
admin on: Class 3
Good afternoon everyone,
What an unbelievable week we've all had! I am devastated we won't be opening our school doors as normal on Monday morning; it brings tears to my eyes to think I won't be getting the chance to welcome your gorgeous children into my classroom as normal. I absolutely love my job and really look forwards to teaching your children every single day. They are a fabulous class; they keep me very busy but I genuinely love every minute. We have great fun in year 3; they keep us smiling every day! I would have loved to have had the opportunity to speak to you all at the end of the day on Friday as I know you will have many concerns.
We have worked really hard this week to put together a special pack of activities for you and your child; it includes a number of reading comprehensions, maths and also literacy and grammar activities. Please don't feel anxious at all about the volume of resources we have included; we will work on these bit by bit over the coming weeks. Sorting the documents into 'maths', 'grammar/literacy' and 'reading' would be helpful for you when I'm setting tasks. Please don't think you and your child need to work through them all at once or without any guidance. I will post a blog every day (Monday to Friday) and will ensure this is available for you to check before 09.00am every day. I will highlight which activities I would like the children to complete each day and a suggested timetable. The children will need your support with each of these activities but please do not hesitate to email me on the class 3 email if you have any difficulties at all. Many of the activities are differentiated so you can ensure your child works at the level they are best suited. I will keep the activities as varied as possible too, ensuring some are practical, some physical, some written and others involving online tasks.
Thank you so very much Mrs Cooper for all your wonderful support this week; I'm so grateful.
Well, I'll sign off for now but will be in touch on Monday morning bright and early!!
Take care and keep safe and well,
Mrs Matthews