Happy first of May Happy Hippos and lovely Lions!

We have been very busy this week. Miss Shaw has been enjoying some lovely walks in the sunshine (before the horrible rain appeared) and went to a virtual baby shower! Maybe some of you remember Miss Whitehead? Well she is Mrs Rowley now and she is having a baby girl this month!

Mrs Atkins has continued to look after her garden before the rain decided to make an appearance! And is now trying to keep her two children occupied when being stuck inside (I’m sure everyone reading this can relate!)

This week it was Mrs Pike’s turn to give hairdressing a go… despite sharp scissors and a 17 month old that doesn’t stay still being a dangerous combination, Ollie looks quite good but its probably best that Mr Pike is in lock down for a while longer!

Here is your home learning for this week, we hope you enjoy it:

Topic: 

We hoped you loved the video of Mrs Pike’s farm last week! Imogen loved creating it for you. Now for your topic this week we were hoping you were inspired enough to create your own farm! This could be out of junk modelling, sketching on paper, designing on a computer, making it out of Lego- however you want to! Think of all the important parts a farm needs to function- look back at Mrs Pikes video and see what you need to include.

As an extra challenge you can film your own farm tour video of the farm you have created.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dtJEoNiC2A

Guided reading:

Below is a link to a variety of recipes-

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/category/family-kids

What do you need to make a ‘good’ recipe?

Rate which recipes were easier to follow/ read and why that was.

What must be included in a recipe?

Have you got a recipe at home you could follow and make something? Or use a recipe from the link.

English:

Below is a video on how to write a clear set of instructions.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/how-to-write-clear-instructions/zrvtscw

Here are some examples of instructions – some are funny and silly- https://www.literacywagoll.com/instructions.html

Can you create your own fun instructions?

For example how to make magic slime or unicorn food or how to wash an elephant.

Have fun- we can’t wait to see what you write about!

Maths

Using containers at home explore if this question is true or false.            

Now try these-

Capacity challenge- if you have completed the above tasks and want to, here is a challenge for you to try!

https://nrich.maths.org/5979 

Science:

Attached are two PowerPoint’s. One of the PowerPoint’s explains in detail the difference between different types of food for example carbohydrates, protein etc.

Using this you can either plan your own menu for a three course healthy meal including a variety of food types

Or

we know you have drawn out a healthy plate but can you now make a fake healthy main meal, you could use play dough, Lego, junk modelling etc. There are some examples on the second PowerPoint.

LKS2_Science_Yr_3_Autumn_1_Keeping_Healthy_Session_2__PowerPoint LKS2_Science_Yr_3_Autumn_1_Keeping_Healthy_Session_2_Task_PowerPoint

Spelling

Apostrophes for contractions

Discuss- why is an apostrophe used for contractions?

Create a poster with the words below and how they are contracted using an apostrophe.

Challenge: can you think of a fun and interesting way to remember where the apostrophe goes- for example-

Music from Mrs Sumba

Florence   B. Price

Go to the website below and watch Naomi Wilkinson’s video

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ten-pieces/classical-music-florence-price-symphony-no1/z48rscw

Why is Florence B Price considered to be a musical trailblazer?

Watch the video again and practise the Hand Bone Dance with one, then 2 hands.

Now watch the 2nd video. Can you perform the Hand Bone Dance in time to the music?

Science from Miss Stapley 

Other things to try – gently lay plain white paper on the surface and make a print of your colour swirls.

Other things to try – the shaving foam and sprinkles experiment. Squirt shaving foam onto a tray. Add coloured sprinkles over the top and watch how the colours mix as the sprinkles dissolve into the foam.

Further science experiments found at www.sciencemuseum.org.uk

Have fun!!

Art from Mrs Pearson:

Portsmouth Naval Base is looking to mark the occasion of VE day and need YOUR HELP!  They have asked for you to draw pictures on the subject of WW2 & VE DAY and as an extra challenge try to incorporate a rainbow somewhere in the picture (even in the corner).  The pictures will be displayed within the Naval Base and once the day is over they hope to make contact with local nursing homes to distribute the pictures to help cheer our elderly community. If you would like your work sent to the naval base you will have to email it to me by Monday evening.  However, all work sent to me, even after Monday, will still be displayed, as usual, on the Art Blog.

In addition to the drawings for the Naval Base,  I  would appreciated any art and craft linked to this important historic  occasion , such as

bunting, chalk drawings,  figures of soldiers, planes or medals. I know, as always, you will blow me away with your imaginative ideas and creativity.

Please email your artwork to me:

n.pearson@stpeterswaterlooville.hants.sch.uk

Thank you

Keep creating and keep safe!

Mrs Pearson

History VE day home learning from Mrs Conlon

Friday 8th May is VE day celebrations so please take part in this home learning to engage with what the soldiers may have felt at this time.

Activity 1

Watch this video to learn about what VE day celebration means:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/history-ks2-ve-day/z7xtmfr

Read the extracts VE DAY and Belsen, VE Day in Germany and VE Day, As Seen from a Field near Venice.

Extracts to read

Then-

• Highlight in red the words and phrases that indicate happiness.
• Highlight in blue the words and phrases that indicate relief.
• Highlight in green the words and phrases that indicate sadness.

Activity 2

After reading the extracts and doing any other research using online resources about VE day, imagine you are soldiers being interviewed by the BBC news correspondent on VE Day. You need to portray how the soldiers felt about the end of the war and what they felt their role was in order to help prepare for peace. You will need to be reminded that they will need to consider the impact that fighting during the war would have had on these men.

If possible, record yourself speaking about your recount and email Mrs Conlon the video link to put it onto the school curriculum blog via her class email address:

starfishclass@stpeterswaterlooville.hants.sch.uk

If you would like to write a newspaper article instead of an interview then please do so and email me a photo of your work to add to the blog.

Have lots of fun learning all about this special celebration.

I am looking forward to seeing your great history learning.

Best regards

Mrs Conlon

(History lead teacher)

Below is a link to a bank of ideas on how you can use your baking/ cooking time as an opportunity for learning in lots of different subjects.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/articles/learning_through_cooking

Have a wonderful week!

Miss Shaw, Mrs Atkins and Mrs Pike

Here are some links to some fun maths games you may enjoy…

https://nrich.maths.org/7431

https://nrich.maths.org/6589

https://nrich.maths.org/7281

Hope you have all had a lovely Easter break and are staying safe and well. Below is your home learning for the next week- enjoy!

Reading comprehension
Read the text, ‘Healthy Eating’ and answer the questions on the following pages. If you would like to, there are a couple of longer activities linked to the reading to attempt.
Please note that there is a formatting issue on the answer page. **EDIT – The answer to Q4 is b)work. Q5 is a) necessary.**

Writing activity
Below is a link to a Viking village video- one where Boudicca herself may have lived all those years ago. Your writing task could be to-
•Describe the village using senses. (We have practiced this a lot)
•Create a commentary for the fly through.
•Choose a building and decide who lives there. Describe that character in detail.
•Create a map of the village and add still images from the film to illustrate.
You can do more than one if you wish.
https://www.literacyshed.com/vikingvillage.html

Spelling
This week we will be revising suffixes. Remember suffixes come at the end of a root word. So far in year 3 we have learnt- ‘ed’ ‘ing’ ‘s’ ‘es’ ‘ness’ ‘ful’ ‘less’ ‘ly’
How many different suffixes could be accurately added to these words-
Plan smile rub phone stop use bake
Which word could have the most suffixes added to it?
Can you now place these words in to different sentences- thinking about the tense of these sentences.

Maths
Complete these trial and error number questions- once completed the answers are on the next page to check if you were correct. If you’re struggling to count without any maths tools you could use resources from home like Lego bricks or your dolls shoes or teddies! Use the support section if you’re finding it tricky on the sheet. If you’ve completed the main task then complete the extension.
http://www.iseemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/24th-March-Y34-Three-Numbers-Challenge.pdf
REMEMBER TO ALSO USE TIMES TABLES ROCKSTARS, SUM DOG AND MY MATHS.

Topic
Investigate the food groups and then create your own Healthy Eating plate. Split the plate into sections and draw and label the types of food that you could find in each section. Take a photograph of a family meal that you have shared. Can you make your portion match the recommended amount of vegetables, protein and carbohydrate?
Healty-Eating-PowerPoint

Science – Fun family science ideas from Miss Stapley
Fizzy Bottle Rockets – click on the links below to view a video and download the information sheet.
https://www.rigb.org/families/experimental/fizzy-bottle-rockets
https://www.rigb.org/docs/fizzybottlerockets_infosheet_v2_0.pdf

Questions to ask children:
When tablet is put in glass of water: What do you think is in the bubbles?
Where do you think the bubbles are coming from?
What do you think would happen if we used more than one tablet? Why?
What do you think would happen if we used warm water? Why?
Before making rocket:
What do you think will happen if we put some tablets and water in this bottle and close the lid? Why?
What things could we change to make the rocket go higher?
Going further:
Experiment with different sizes of bottle and different combinations of water and tablets to find out what combination gives you the highest flying rocket.
Does it matter how many tablets you use?
What about if you break the tablets into smaller pieces?
How does the temperature of the water affect things?
Watch a flame powered bottle rocket: http://bit.ly/FlamingBottleRockets
Learn more about propulsion by building a balloon powered car: http://bit.ly/BalloonCars

Music home learning from Mrs Sumba
Delia Derbyshire and Doctor Who
Go to the website below and watch Segun Akinola’s video about Delia Derbyshire.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ten-pieces/classical-music-delia-derbyshire-doctor-who-theme/zfh792p
Why was she a musical trailblazer?
Can you use everyday objects to recreate the Doctor Who theme tune?
Challenge-can you play around with your sounds and find a way to record them?

Art home learning from Mrs Pearson
The title for your art this week is ‘NEW LIFE’. You can be as creative as you like. It could be a drawing of yourself as a baby, a baby animal made out of kitchen roll tubes, a photograph of a tree with buds, an Andy Goldsworthy inspired piece of art made out of natural things in your garden or when you have been on a walk. Impress me with your creativity!

Please email your artwork to me:
n.pearson@stpeterswaterlooville.hants.sch.uk
Thank you!
Keep creating and keep safe!
Mrs Pearson

RE home learning from Miss Honeywell
As part of your RE learning and reflection upon Easter, we would like you to complete ONE of the following activities, in order to develop your knowledge of this special time in the Church calendar…
• Design your own Easter Egg and include as many symbols for new life as you can.
• Create a comic strip cartoon of the key events that took place in the Easter story.
• Write a journal that includes the thoughts and feelings of Mary and the disciples, when they had discovered the empty tomb.
• Draw your own Good Friday crucifix and fill it with prayers for Jesus, as well as those around the world who have been working hard and making sacrifices for the good of others.
• Make a prayer station at home, for moments of peaceful reflection. Choose an Easter prayer as part of your worship, from https://cafod.org.uk/Pray/Prayer-resources/Easter-prayers
• Build your own Easter word search and include as many religious key words as you can, e.g. Resurrection, Sacrifice, Miracle, New Life, Tomb.
• Decorate your own Easter postcard with a Biblical image. Record your own Happy Easter message and spread the Good News to one of your friends!

We just wanted to say thank you for all of the hard work you are putting in Year Three. We have loved seeing everything you have been up to through email and hearing what you have been up to over the phone! It’s really important Year Three to keep up with the work and keep your mind busy. We expect you to have a lot more breaks then you do at school and that is fine! It’s a lot harder working from home (we’re struggling too!) so do what works best for you. We want you to learn new things too- from our phone calls children have learnt how to do different jobs around the house such as the dishwasher and cleaning the car. Be creative and make things, learn how to cook! Watch your family make dinner and write a recipe that you can keep for when you’re an adult! Lots of lovely things you can do as well as the work we set.

Jasmine has really been keeping herself busy with a variety of activities.

Ellen has also been completing lots of fantastic work- she even performed a concert to her grandparents over Skype with her family all playing an instrument in a band!

We have had lots of lovely photos through and thank you for those! Modern technology won’t always allow me to upload these to the blog so I am sorry if they’re not on here- we promise we have seen them!

Below is a wonderful poem created by Hope-

Don’t Worry By Hope P

Don’t panic

You can be one of the people who change how some act.

Thank you Hope for that inspiring message.
Look out on the blog tomorrow for next weeks homelearning!

We miss you Happy Hippos and Lovely Lions, stay safe.

Miss Shaw, Mrs Pike and Mrs Atkins

Happy Easter ‘holidays’ Happy Hippos and Lovely Lions. I know this may not be the usual Easter holidays you’re used to but I’m sure you will make the most of it!
We have loved all of your photos that have been emailed in and we have enjoyed speaking to you and finding out what you have been doing over the phone too.
Over the next two weeks we will continue to upload activities on to my maths, sumdog and times tables rock stars.
With lovely weather like this, take a book outside, build a reading den and have fun reading too!

As it is the Easter holidays we have RE themed homelearning for you to complete over the next two weeks.

Friday 3rd April

As part of your RE learning and preparation for Easter, we would like you to focus upon Holy Week – this is when Christians reflect on the final week of Jesus’s life. ​Can you complete ONE of the following activities, to develop your knowledge of this special time in the Liturgical Year?

•Create a PowerPoint that includes information about each station of the cross.
•Write prayer booklet, to thank Jesus for His sacrifice and offer prayers of strength and support to those who are suffering.
•Record the thoughts and feelings of Mary in a journal – how would she have felt at this time? Why?
•Make a stained glass window about ONE of the stations of the cross that means the most to you.
•Host a worship session with members of your household. Can you choose a special image or bible passage to use as part of your reflection on the events of Holy Week?
•Write the words ‘Holy Week’ in large bubble writing and include any relevant religious symbols, signs and Holy
colours to decorate it with.
•Look up the stations of the cross online and read the Bible story. Can you use drama or role play to re-enact each scene and remember what happened?

Friday 10th April

This week, as part of your RE learning, we would like you to focus upon Sikhism. ​Can you complete ONE of the following activities, to develop your knowledge of this faith further?

•A painting of all of the religious symbols found within this faith? Label what each one is called/used for.
•An information poster including 10 key facts about the religion.
•Write a diary entry for a follower of this faith – what would their day look like and how would they pray?
•Build a place of worship for your chosen faith ​(e.g. temple, Gurdwara, Mosque)
•​Create a piece of music that could be used for prayer by the followers of this religion.

•If you could make a set of rules or commandments for this faith, what would they be?
•Create a set of top trump, ‘snap’ or ‘pairs’ cards about this faith, to play with your family members.

Here is also some art inspiration from Mrs Pearson-

Leonardo Da Vinci did a famous painting of The Last Supper.

Can you draw, colour or paint you own Last Supper picture?
Fancy something different:
Make a stained glass window about ONE of the stations of the cross that means the most to you.
OR
Create your own Easter Garden, include a simple cross, cave/tomb, add flowers and/or seeds that will grow over Easter.
Email your art work to me:
n.pearson@stpeterswaterlooville.hants.sch.uk

Have a lovely two weeks Hippos and Lions, stay home and stay safe, we miss you.

Miss Shaw, Mrs Pike and Mrs Atkins

Happy Easter ‘holidays’ Happy Hippos and Lovely Lions. I know this may not be the usual Easter holidays you’re used to but I’m sure you will make the most of it!
We have loved all of your photos that have been emailed in and we have enjoyed speaking to you and finding out what you have been doing over the phone too.
Over the next two weeks we will continue to upload activities on to my maths, sumdog and times tables rock stars.
With lovely weather like this, take a book outside, build a reading den and have fun reading too!

As it is the Easter holidays we have RE themed homelearning for you to complete over the next two weeks.

Friday 3rd April

As part of your RE learning and preparation for Easter, we would like you to focus upon Holy Week – this is when Christians reflect on the final week of Jesus’s life. ​Can you complete ONE of the following activities, to develop your knowledge of this special time in the Liturgical Year?

•Create a PowerPoint that includes information about each station of the cross.
•Write prayer booklet, to thank Jesus for His sacrifice and offer prayers of strength and support to those who are suffering.
•Record the thoughts and feelings of Mary in a journal – how would she have felt at this time? Why?
•Make a stained glass window about ONE of the stations of the cross that means the most to you.
•Host a worship session with members of your household. Can you choose a special image or bible passage to use as part of your reflection on the events of Holy Week?
•Write the words ‘Holy Week’ in large bubble writing and include any relevant religious symbols, signs and Holy
colours to decorate it with.
•Look up the stations of the cross online and read the Bible story. Can you use drama or role play to re-enact each scene and remember what happened?

Friday 10th April

This week, as part of your RE learning, we would like you to focus upon Sikhism. ​Can you complete ONE of the following activities, to develop your knowledge of this faith further?

•A painting of all of the religious symbols found within this faith? Label what each one is called/used for.
•An information poster including 10 key facts about the religion.
•Write a diary entry for a follower of this faith – what would their day look like and how would they pray?
•Build a place of worship for your chosen faith ​(e.g. temple, Gurdwara, Mosque)
•​Create a piece of music that could be used for prayer by the followers of this religion.

•If you could make a set of rules or commandments for this faith, what would they be?
•Create a set of top trump, ‘snap’ or ‘pairs’ cards about this faith, to play with your family members.

Here is also some art inspiration from Mrs Pearson-

Leonardo Da Vinci did a famous painting of The Last Supper.

Can you draw, colour or paint you own Last Supper picture?
Fancy something different:
Make a stained glass window about ONE of the stations of the cross that means the most to you.
OR
Create your own Easter Garden, include a simple cross, cave/tomb, add flowers and/or seeds that will grow over Easter.
Email your art work to me:
n.pearson@stpeterswaterlooville.hants.sch.uk

Have a lovely two weeks Hippos and Lions, stay home and stay safe, we miss you.

Miss Shaw, Mrs Pike and Mrs Atkins

It has come to our attention that Amazon today cancelled the subscription of books and audio stories for children and students of all ages as long as schools are closed, children everywhere can instantly stream an incredible collection of stories, including titles across six different languages, that will help them continue dreaming, learning, and just being kids.

All stories are free to stream on your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet using the following link

https://stories.audible.com/start-listen.

Below is all of the learning we would like to be completed next week. As well as all of this, be creative, go outside in the garden and be active, but most importantly stay safe and enjoy spending quality time with your family. 

We miss you already Happy Hippos and Lovely Lions. 

Miss Shaw, Mrs Pike and Mrs Atkins. 

Reading comprehension
Please see below the non- fiction report on the Romans. Answer the questions at the bottom of the sheet. Challenge- can you think of your own questions to ask about the text?
In addition, please continue to read 20-30 minutes daily. Try and read a range of texts too.

The Romans Middle Ability QAs

Writing activity
Below is a link to a picture of the mad hatter. As we have been creating character descriptions about Boudicca this week please can you apply those skills to write a character description about the Mad Hatter. Remember to include- fronted adverbials, similes and descriptive language. http://www.pobble365.com/the-mad-hatter

Spelling
This week your spelling is to spell the phoneme ‘k’ spelt with a ‘ch’. For example-
anchor, ache, choir, echo, school. Can you think of any others? Pick strategies from your strategy sheet.
Extra -To consolidate our learning on homophones, have a play on the following website…
http://homophonemachine.allaboutlearningpress.com/
The Homophone Machine gets kids excited about homophones.
See how many homophones you can include in a sentence or paragraph.

Maths
Below is a link to a fun addition game. Think systematically to be effective. If you are finding this tricky- change the numbers to 1-6 and try and reach 50. If you would like a challenge add two extra boxes and try and reach 1000!
https://nrich.maths.org/1130
Now can you create your own addition game.
Remember that sumdog and times tables rockstars have also been updated with activities.

Science
Our next science topic is growing. See below for a link to start a discussion about what plants need to grow. If you are able to, this would be a great opportunity to get some seeds and start growing your own flowers, herbs, vegetables. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/z9f87hv

Topic
Following on from our school trip last week, please see the following link for some art and history fun linked to The Romans.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/history/handsonhistory/romans_mosaic.pdf

We hope you all had a lovely and restful two weeks off for Christmas, it may seem like a distant memory now! Thank you all so much for our lovely presents, we really appreciate your generosity.

We have jumped straight back in to learning this week focusing on our new topic the rainforest!

Already in geography we have used an atlas to identify the rainforests around the world and investigated the equator and the effect it has. We then compared the rainfall and temperature in Britain to the rainforest in Brazil using bar graphs and interpreting data. We looked at the water cycle and completed a science experiment where we created our own cloud (it has been a very busy first week back!).

In English this week we created our own new species of animal discovered in the rainforest. We will document and explain this new species habitat, diet and appearance in David Attenborough style.

In maths we have focused on fractions of amounts using bar models to equally spilt the amounts. We have problem solved what could be in the missing boxes.

Thank you to everyone who has given us a house plant to water and look after over the next few weeks, we appreciate it, please keep them coming.

Have a wonderful weekend

The Year Three team

This week across the school we have been celebrating heroes week!

The children have enjoyed attending many assemblies, led by inspiring heroes.

Today we were lucky enough to have our own special heroine into Year Three, Kristopher’s auntie! She has been a nurse in different A and E departments for 23 years!

She spoke to us about all of her experiences as a nurse and brought lots of interesting items from the hospital. We all had a go applying a sling to each other too. She then applied a plaster cast to Kristopher’s ‘broken’ arm, it was very interesting.

Thank you so much to Andy for coming in and sharing her heroic experiences with us.

Also a big thank you to everyone at home who helped the children with their costumes- they all look fantastic!

Have a lovely and restful half term Year Three- only one term left with each other, let’s make it the best yet!

Miss Shaw and Mrs Stewart

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