Class 3 2020 – 2021
Storytime
Spring 2 – Tremors
(PE days for this term are Tuesdays and Wednesdays)
Well done to this weeks TT Rock star champs! Marcus is holding your certificate Emilia, well done!
Monday 1st March 2021
Good morning Class 3. I hope you all had a lovely weekend! Your last week of online learning!
I’m looking forward to seeing you all on Teams at 9.00am.
Literacy
So far, you have created an alien character, a setting for your alien and today I’d like you to think about the plot!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zpccwmn/articles/zqmkh39
Numeracy
Join in with super movers to do your 8 times tables!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-8-times-table-with-filbert-fox/z4mrhbk
It’s mental maths day.
There are lots of fun maths games on here…..
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/mental-maths
Music – Music from India
UNCRC Article 31 – All children have a right to relax and play and to join in a range of activities.
Music Asteroids + Planets + Moons 1.3.21
Music Rockets stars + Satellites 1.3.21
Please rate your work on Db Primary, as your way to assess your work. 🙂
Friday 25th February 2021
Happy Friday! I loved seeing all your things at show and tell on tell on teams!
Today we are playing charades, have your film, or tv programme or book ready in your mind!
Literacy
Yesterday you created your alien fact files for your alien characters. Today, you are going to create a planet they live on.
This will be the setting for your story next week!
https://www.theschoolrun.com/story-setting
Numeracy
Let’s practice your 4 times tables today!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-maths-the-4-times-table-with-cyril-the-swan/zmsw382
It’s problem solving Friday!
History
What happened when Vesuvius erupted in 79AD?
Watch this brilliant video to find out!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0170brg
Find your history job on the link below, where you need to imagine you are living in a Earthquake zone!
Have a lovely weekend everyone!
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Thursday 24th February 2021
Happy Thursday Class 3. Well done to George for winning full house in bingo!
Literacy – Aliens
I thought it might be fun to create your own alien character today!
Numeracy
Practice your 3 times tables today then do your TT Rock Stars sheets.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-3-times-table/z6sw382
Practice your times tables recall with these activities!
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-tables
PSHCE – Safety
UNCRC ARTICLE 6 All children have the right to life.
Governments should ensure that children survive and develop healthily.
It’s important to recognise dangers in the home and outside to keep yourself safe.
Art & design – Tremors
Today we took photographs and explored our creative vision! We arranged different types, size and colours of rocks into interesting sculptural forms. Then we took digital images to record our observations. Look at our amazing captures!
Liam’s digital art & design
Ryan’s art sculpture
Alfie’s sculpture
Lucas made a lovely design too!
George C’S creation!
Matthew’s photography!
Ava made a volcano about to erupt.
Charlie made a volcano too!
Praim got very creative!
Marcus enjoyed his captures!
Farren made a face!
Jenson used conkers!
Wednesday 24th February 2021
Happy midweek day Class 3. I wonder who will win the house in bingo!
SPAG
UNCRC Article 28 – Children have the right to an education.
I noticed in your SPAG Rising Stars that some of you weren’t sure about what a determiner is, so we are going to focus on that today.
Determiners are words placed in front of a noun to make it clear what the noun refers to.
Handwriting-practice-activity-sheets-continuous-cursive
This weeks spellings are:
Numeracy
KS2 Maths: The 12 Times Table with Chirpy Cockerel
BBC Teach > Super Movers > KS2 Maths
You are doing more mental arithmetic today, adding and subtracting in your heads.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-mental-addition-&-subtraction/zj9pwty
Art & design – Tremors
Take photographs and explain your creative vision!
Arrange different types, size and colour of rocks and crystals into interesting sculptural forms!
Capture photos of these arrangements from different view points, such as below, close up and above. Work on a small or large scale, indoors or outdoors to achieve exciting and creative effects!
PE – Tremors
This term we are doing dance. Play Katy Perry Firework and use socks or a tea towel or any material you have handy to become human volcanoes. In key worker group, we used ribbons!
Remember to self assess and upload your lovely work on my work section on db primary!
Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Good morning Class 3. I hope you are all excited to play bingo on Teams today!
Look at our Tremors display so far!
Literacy
Can you describe these funny aliens using expanded noun phrases.
An expanded noun phrase adds more detail to the noun by adding one or more adjectives. An adjective is a word that describes a noun. An expanded noun phrase can also add detail by saying where a noun is. For example: a tree next to the house, some sweets on the floor, the castle by the ocean.
Numeracy
Get ready for your 11 times tables with super Movers today and then do your TT Rock Stars sheet!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-11-times-table/z464nrd
This we are going to practice all your mental math skills. Some of you are estimating numbers and some of you are using inverse operations to check answers.
Inverse operations are opposite operations. They are the operation that reverses the effect of another operation. For example, addition is the inverse operation of subtraction and multiplication is the inverse operation of division
Science – plants
Our new science topic this half term is plants. Today, you are going to label the parts a plant.
Rock hunt!
For our memorable experience for our new topic, I challenged you all to go on a rock hunt.
This is our rock museum on our science display showing the rocks found so far!
Medals
I hope you all have all worn your medals with pride. You are all being superstars learning at home!
Thank you for your gorgeous picture, wearing your medal Jenson!
Storytime
Our new topic next term is Tremors! We’ll find out about the dangerous world of natural disasters and their deadly effects! 
To get our topic off to a fun start you could all take part in a rock hunt (in your gardens or nearby).
Unearthing rocks, stones and if you’re very lucky fossils!
TREMORS -Parent-and-carer-information-1
This weeks TT Rock Stars champs are: Matthew, Marcus, George & Emilia. Well done guys!
Monday 22nd February 2021
Welcome back! I hope you all had a lovely half term.
Literacy
Did you guess what our topic is from our love to read story time book?! It’s aliens!
Listen to the story on story time above, it’s a funny rhyming book called Aliens in Underpants save the World!
What do you think an alien is? Do you know any aliens from books or films?
Numeracy
Practice your 3 times tables today!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-3-times-table/z6sw382
Monday is mental maths day!
Computing
This video and worksheet on the link below will explore how a message can hurt someone’s feelings.
It will help you understand how you should respond to a hurtful message online.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/live-lessons/safer-internet-day-live-lesson/zdh2wnb
Computing 22.2.21 Internet Safety
Have a lovely day!
Friday 12th February 2021
You made it to Friday class 3! The last day of term! Well done!
I wonder who will get the headteacher’s award today?
I wonder who will get points on dB primary and get their names on the leader board?!
Literacy
Year 4 , today you will use your planning sheets from yesterday to write about the most memorable day of your life so far!
Year 3, you will write a chronological account about the Great Fire of London.
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Numeracy
A lovely easy job to finish off our fraction work this term.
You all know how to add fractions from our mental maths tests, so you can practice those today!
Geography
You are going to continue comparing Italy /UK. This time you will research human and physical geography.
Have a lovely half term everyone!
Thursday 11th February 2021
Happy Thursday Class 3.
I am so proud of you all for uploading your work on DB primary. You can get feedback much quicker!
Remember to keep self assessing your work! 🙂
Literacy
Today you are planning your writing, ready to write tomorrow.
Read the sheets carefully and remember each part helps you organise your paragraphs.
Year 3 Great Fire of London info
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/history-great-fire-of-london-samuel-pepys-part-1/zrkdcqt
Numeracy
Let’s practice your four times tables today.
KS1 Maths: The 4 Times Table with Cyril the Swan – BBC Teach
This is the last numeracy Rising Stars today! Take your time and use drawings to help you.
RE – Judaism
UNCRC Article 14
Children have the right to think and believe what they want and to practice their religion.
The synagogue is the Jewish place of worship, but is also used as a place to study, and often as a community centre as well. Orthodox Jews often use the Yiddish word shul (pronounced shool) to refer to their synagogue.
Go on a virtual tour of a synagogue by clicking the link below!
Rhttp://www.plymouthsynagogue.com/video/virtual-tour-of-plymouth-synagogue.aspx
Wednesday 10th February 2021
Hello Class 3. It’s half way through the week already!
Spelling punctuation and grammar
I know you all enjoy these SPAG tests. Take your time, read the questions carefully and try your best.
Numeracy
Let’s practice your addition and subtraction today.
Try some fun maths games on the link below.
https://uk.ixl.com/math/year-4
PE
Enjoy learning some great new moves!
Better When I’m Dancin – YouTube
Tuesday 9th February 2021
Good morning everyone. How are we all feeling today?
Today is safer internet day. you can find lots of information on this link!
Literacy
Today we are going to do our reading Rising Stars. Read the stories carefully, then read the questions. Look for the keywords in the questions to help you find the answers!
Numeracy
Science
There are some great PE activities on this weeks timetable!
Lower Key Stage 2 Physical Activity Timetable Week 13
Have a lovely day!
Monday 8th February 2021
Happy Monday Class 3. I hope you all had a lovely weekend!
Literacy
It’s Rising Star assessment week! That must mean next week is half term! 😉
Today, you need an adult or brother or sister, to read the sentences with the spelling words in, to you!
No cheating class 3! All you can do, is your best!
Rockets Spelling Rising Stars 1
Numeracy
Let’s warm up with the three times tables today!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-3-times-table/z6sw382
Mental maths day!
Watch this lesson for more mental maths strategies!
https://study.com/academy/lesson/mental-math-strategies-for-multiplication-lesson-for-kids.html
Year 4 Multiplication & Division Rising Stars
Year 3 mental maths new 8.2.21
Music
Let’s explore 3 beats in a bar today! Please send a picture of yourself clapping for your music file!
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/exploring-3-beats-in-a-bar-cmw34r
Storytime
Friday 5th February 2021
Good morning class 3. It’s Friday! Well done everyone, for working so hard this week.
Special well done to Amelia, who was the first person in our class to upload work on db primary, our new learning platform!
Literacy
Using the Boudicca our Queen text from yesterday, we are going to identify the main points of the text and retrieve information today.
There is a recording of me reading the story, on the files section of the learning platform.
Numeracy
Let’s practice our 12 times tables with Super Movers today.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-12-times-table-with-chirpy-cockerel/z7v7rj6
We will use our fraction knowledge for problem solving today. Some of you, will be finding missing numbers on hundredths number lines.
History
Let’s find out about famous Roman gladiators today.
https://www.historyforkids.net/roman-gladiators.html
Who Were Gladiators: Gladiators were combatants who fought against each other, condemned criminals and wild animals during the time of Roman Republic and Roman Empire. They were armed with deadly weapons and in most cases fought till either one of them accepted defeat or was killed fighting. Gladiators fought for the entertainment of Rome’s rich and mighty and also for public.
People thronged the arenas to watch gladiator games and it may sound appalling to a modern man, but gladiator fighting was a popular sport in Rome, just like soccer is today. Roman people enjoyed sight of blood and carnage. They built amphitheatre’s like ‘The Colosseum’, where gladiator games were held regularly and were witnessed by excited crowds who cheered for their favourite fighters just like we cheer our favourite sportsmen and teams today.
#ThisisPE – Reaction Wall – YouTube
Have a lovely weekend everyone!
Thursday 4th February 2021
Good morning Class 3. Happy Thursday.
It’s launch day, for our new learning platform today! You can send a message to all your friends on there!
Literacy
Please read the text on the link below, called Boudicca our queen. Do you think this is fiction or non-fiction?
Watch this video to remind you what fiction and non-fiction means!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z2yycdm/articles/zty8xfr
Find your group tasks on the link below.
Numeracy
Let’s practice our 11 times tables today!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-11-times-table/z464nrd
We are looking at tenths and hundredths today.
https://teachers.thenational.academy/lessons/tenths-and-hundredths-6nj68c
PSHE
Think about a time when you had to be brave or daring. Just like Boudicca, who took a risk by rebelling against the powerful Romans.
Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Good morning Class 3. I hope you all ok. The new learning platform is launched tomorrow so that’s exciting!
SPaG
This morning we are revising possessive apostrophes as I know some of you are still finding this tricky.
https://teachers.thenational.academy/lessons/to-use-a-singular-possessive-apostrophe-68t3cr
Numeracy
Get ready to do your 9 times tables today!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-9-times-table/zr2gt39
Let’s learn more about fractions today. Watch the second lesson, what is a fraction?
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/spring-week-5-number-fractions/
Art & design
We are going to sketch Queen Boudicca today.
At the time of the Roman conquest of southern Britain Queen Boudica ruled the Iceni tribe of East Anglia alongside her husband King Prasutagus. Boudica was a striking looking woman. – “She was very tall, the glance of her eye most fierce; her voice harsh. A great mass of the reddest hair fell down to her hips.
Tuesday 2nd February 2021
Good morning Class 3. Thank you for working so hard.
Grace made an amazing poster all about Romans for computing. Grace you are our online star of the day! Well done.
Robyn has been been thinking about her future career goals, she has decided she’d like to be a fashion designer! You will be amazing at that Robyn.
Jenson got active with his brother to do yoga for PE. Well done Jenson!
Literacy
Using your plans and notes from yesterday can you write a caption for a Viking ship for a museum exhibit. Use paragraphs and organise them around a theme.
Paragraphs are a collection of sentences. They are used in writing to introduce new sections of a story, characters or pieces of information. Paragraphs help readers to enjoy what has been written because they break text up into easy-to-read sections. Watch this to find out more.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/z9n73k7
Numeracy
Practice your 8 times tables with filbert Fox. Then do your TT Rock Star sheets. You are all getting so good at your times tables!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-8-times-table-with-filbert-fox/z4mrhbk
This week we are doing fractions. Watch this lesson white rose maths to help you.
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/spring-week-5-number-fractions/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z78g47h
Science
Here is a little reminder about what sound is.
Changing Sounds
Learn about changing sounds and music as you experiment with different musical instruments in this fun, interactive activity.
https://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/changingsounds.html
Fill in these questions to show how much you know about sounds and how we can change sounds.
Let us know how you stay happy with a new poster competition for The Brainy Bunch! Watch this short video for inspiration/ideas, details about how to design one, how to enter, prizes and much more! EXPRESS YOURSELF is this years Children’s Mental Health theme which launches today! Good luck-Liz Million is judging it.
Children’s Mental Health Week
This year’s mental health week is all about ‘Expressing yourself’ so start with talking about your child’s feelings – see the slides below for some super cool activities to do both at home and school.
express-yourself-primary-assembly-slides
Well done to three of the key worker group, who earned a Times Tables Rockstars certificate. Great work Matthew, George & Harrison. Will you be next?!
Storytime – The thieves of Ostia
Monday 1st February 2021
Good morning Class 3. I hope you all had a lovely weekend. Look out for our star of the day online learners this week!
Amelia learned more about our topic at the weekend, here she is at an old Roman military fort route at Lanchester, that leads to Hadrian’s wall. Well done Amelia.
I love Emilia’s dog drum she made for her science sound investigation. Excellent job Emilia.
Literacy
This is a Viking dragon ship. I am sure you remember all about them from our Traders and Raiders topic. These large long ships had the heads of dragons or other mythical creatures carved in their wooden prows. The Vikings believed the dragon heads would scare off the enemies.
Imagine this was a caption for a museum exhibit:
This is a Viking ship. It is very old. It is made of wood.
Do you think this is a good caption? Does it need more detail? Can you write your plans today, to prepare for how you will write a better explanatory text tomorrow. Use the questions on your sheets to help you.
Numeracy
Let’s do our 7 times tables today!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-7-times-table-with-moonbeam/zjp8y9q
It’s mental maths day. Remember all your different strategies.
Rounding numbers
Rounding numbers to the nearest 1, 10 or 100 can help with lots of mental maths problems.
- To add 9 to another number, add 10 and then subtract 1: 36 + 9 = 36 + 10 – 1 = 45
- To add 18 to another number, add 20 and then subtract 2: 48 + 18 = 48 + 20 – 2 = 66
- To add 97 to another number, add 100 and then subtract 3: 439 + 97 = 439 + 100 – 3 = 536
- To add 0.9 to another number, add 1 and then subtract 0.1: 3.7 + 0.9 = 3.7 + 1 – 0.1 = 4.6
Breaking down numbers
Breaking down numbers can help you add or subtract in your head. For example: find the difference between 38 and 63.
- Count on from 38 to 40 and keep that 2 in your head.
- Now count on from 40 to 60, which is 20.
- Finally count from 60 to 63 which is 3.
- Add them together: 2 + 20 + 3 = 25
Let the Geordie Pigeon explain how to do mental maths, with this song and dance.
This Bitesize Primary animation explains additional methods for mental maths.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-mental-addition-&-subtraction/zj9pwty
Computing
Last lesson, we looked at search engines and researched Roman or Celtic warriors. Can you make a poster using word, presenting the information you found!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zs7s4wx/articles/ztbjq6f
Children’s Mental Health Week
Children’s Mental Health Week is taking place on 1-7 February 2021. This year’s theme is Express Yourself.
https://www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk/
Have a lovely day.
Friday 29th January 2021
Happy Friday my lovelies. I wonder who will receive the headteacher’s award today!
Isla carefully thought about her special skills in her UNCRC Good to be me lesson – lovely reflecting Isla.
Literacy
This morning can you improve on your first drafts of your playscripts from yesterday. You can proof read your work and add any extra bits. Use you neatest writing to write them as they will be going in your Big Write files.
Top proofreading tips
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Once your story is finished, read it to yourself.
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Pretend that someone else wrote the story, see how well you think the story is written and then rewrite it to make it better.
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Use conjunctions to make sure your sentences flow nicely and make sense.
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Double-check your facts.
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Look out for spelling, grammar and punctuation mistakes.
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Look for words or sentences that you can make better by choosing different vocabulary, adding description or adding adverbs.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zryxt39
Numeracy
Are you ready to get moving to practice your 7 times tables?!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-7-times-table-with-moonbeam/zjp8y9q
As a little maths starter today, practice rounding numbers.
Let’s use our short division to solve word problems today.
Geography
Today you are going to find out about the differences and similarities between Italy and Britain. Looking at climate, landscape, size and weather.
Italy is easy to recognize on any world map, as the country is shaped like a high-heeled boot, as you can see on the map above. It looks like the boot is kicking a ball, which is the island of Sicily, don’t you think?
The country is slightly larger in size than the three countries of the UK, the Netherlands and Belgium combined or about as big as the state of Arizona/USA.
https://study.com/academy/lesson/geography-of-italy-lesson-for-kids.html
PE – Yoga
I’d love to see photographs of you doing your yoga, for your PE files!
Have a lovely weekend everyone.
Thursday 28th January 2021
Good morning Class 3. How are you all feeling today?
I’m so glad Lucas had a lovely birthday yesterday. Look at his amazing cake!
Literacy
Using your favourite part of How to train your dragon, can you turn it into a playscript. Here are all the features of a playscript to help you.
t2-e-5042-uks2-play-script-checklist
Numeracy
KS2 Maths: The 6 Times Table with Fred the Red – BBC Teach
Short division using written methods – BBC Bitesize
Watch this lesson to find out about short division.
Short division (Part 1) (thenational.academy)
The correct numeracy job for planets and asteroids is on the first link below.
Numeracy asteroids and planets 28.1.21
RE – Judaism
The Story of Judaism – Bing video
Wednesday 27th January 2021
Good morning everyone. Keep up the great work!
Well done everyone for doing your Times Tables practice sheets. This is George’s – amazing job George!
SPAG
Homophones
Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings. They also have different spellings. These are some homophones that often confuse people:
- ‘here’ eg “put it down here” and hear eg “Speak louder, I can’t hear you”
- ‘see’ eg “it’s so dark, I can’t see anything” and ‘sea’ eg “let’s go swim in the sea”
- ‘be’ eg “will you be my friend?” and ‘bee’ eg “the bumble bee was on the flower”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zqhpk2p/articles/zc84cwx
Using the playscript text from yesterday, can you choose the correct homophone to make the spelling correct for the word meaning.
For those missing your handwriting practice, here are some sheets for you!
t2-e-5081e-year-3-and-4-statutory-spellings-handwriting-practice-activity-sheets-continuous-cursive
Numeracy
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-maths-the-5-times-table/zhbm47h
We’re looking more closely at division today. Some challenging tasks to get you thinking! Remember your resilience and keep trying if you get stuck.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/dividing-mentally-chj3gc
UNCRC – Good to be me
UNCRC Article 29 – Education should develop each child’s personality and talents to the full.
What are you good at? What makes you special? Have a go at filling your jar with all your special skills.
Tuesday 25th January 2021
Good morning! Happy Tuesday. I hope you are all ok.
Well done for all your hard yesterday. Here’s Sophia clapping to the beat in her music lesson. Well done Sophia!
Here’s Jenson’s art & design sketch of a Roman coin. Lovely detail, Jenson. Well done.
Literacy
Let’s look at a playscript today to learn from it’s structure. look at the this checklist to find all the features of a playscript.
t2-e-5042-uks2-play-script-checklist
Use Harold and the Firestorm play in the link below, to help you think about the features of a playscript. Ignore the homophones today, tomorrow we will choose the correct spelling in our SPAG lesson.
Numeracy
Four times table today with Super Movers. Then you can do your TT Rock Stars practice sheet.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-maths-the-4-times-table-with-cyril-the-swan/zmsw382
We’re doing division this week. Year 3 you are going to group numbers. Year 4 you are doing inverse operations.
What are inverse operations?
Science – sound
Pitch
The pitch of a sound is how high or low the sound is. A high sound has a high pitch and a low sound has a low pitch.
A tight drum skin gives a higher pitched sound than a loose drum skin.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zgffr82/articles/z3j3jty
Today, see if you can make your own instrument using any junk you have handy. You can investigate how you can change the pitch with your instrument.
I’d love to see photographs of your musical instruments to put in your books and share on this page! Have a lovely day everyone.
Monday 25th January 2021
Good morning everyone. I hope you all had a lovely weekend.
Your new packs are ready to pick up for this week, if you require paper copies. Please bring your completed packs as these are being put into the school books. A huge thank you to parents for all your continued support! Every member of Class 3 is busy working either at home or school and I am so proud of each and every one of you!
Well done to Farren who won Head teacher’s award for excellent attitude in all his lessons!
Emilia enjoyed doing her science investigation, it’s looks like the rice went every where!
Literacy
Let’s think about the story so far. I hope you are all enjoying the story.
This week, we will be looking at playscripts and writing our own playscript about our favourite part.
Numeracy
Let’s do our three times table today!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-3-times-table/z6sw382
It’s mental maths day. Remember all your different strategies.
Art & Design
Look closely at the pictures of Roman and Celtic coins on your task sheet. See if you can sketch the coins by looking at the patterns.
Roman coins feature symbols and iconography which represented beliefs and significant events during the Roman Empire. Coins were not just used by Romans as currency but also as a way of telling a story. These stories can be useful in helping us discover more about how they lived.
Music
Send me a photograph of you clapping to the beat of the music in this lesson, for your music files!
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/exploring-4-beats-and-2-beats-in-a-bar-75j3er
Durham & Chester-Le-Street School Sports Partnership
PE timetable for this week – active at home
We all know the benefits of being physically active .
When times are tough and it is difficult to get outdoors, it
can be quite tricky to come up with ideas to keep the
children occupied and active.
With modern technology, there are numerous websites
available to support physical activity at home; not just for
children, but for the whole family.
Most activities only take around 5-30 minutes to complete,
so it can fit easily into the day.
Here are some ideas and resources we think you might find
useful placed in a weekly activity timetable. You can adapt
the timetable to suit your own needs!
If you have any further activities you recommend, please let
us know and we can share them with everyone else.
Lower Key Stage 2 Physical Activity Timetable Week 11
Friday 21st January 2021
Happy Friday my lovelies. Thirteen of you have earned Lexia certificates this week, well done! I will be sending these home for you. Your new packs will be ready on Monday morning, if you need the paper copies.
I am so proud of all your home learning and glad to see you are having lots of fun too! Here’s Isla’s, Peyton’s and Naya’s snowma!
Lucie had her birthday yesterday, happy birthday Lucie!
Robyn has been very busy too and Grace has typed up some brilliant work on her computer – well done Grace!
Jenson is also a star with online learning, he completed all his tasks independently today! This is his numeracy work. Amazing job Jenson!
Don’t forget Liz Million has her draw along today at 10.00am.
https://www.facebook.com/events/749555682628465/
Literacy
Lots of fun tasks today. Some of you are thinking about how you would train your own dragon. Some of you are thinking about what would happen next!
Numeracy
Let’s do our 7 times table today!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-7-times-table-with-moonbeam/zjp8y9q
Are you ready to solve word problems using your short multiplication now?
History
Let’s learn more about the Roman invasion.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zqtf34j/articles/z9j4kqt
PE timetable for next week – active at home
We all know the benefits of being physically active .
When times are tough and it is difficult to get outdoors, it
can be quite tricky to come up with ideas to keep the
children occupied and active.
With modern technology, there are numerous websites
available to support physical activity at home; not just for
children, but for the whole family.
Most activities only take around 5-30 minutes to complete,
so it can fit easily into the day.
Here are some ideas and resources we think you might find
useful placed in a weekly activity timetable. You can adapt
the timetable to suit your own needs!
If you have any further activities you recommend, please let
us know and we can share them with everyone else.
Lower Key Stage 2 Physical Activity Timetable Week 11
Have a lovely weekend everyone!
Thursday 21st January 2021
Hello class 3. Thank you for all your lovely work so far this week.
Literacy
Please listen to chapter three too, on the link below.
I’d like you to think about the characters today. Can you describe them using noun phrases. You might need to listen to chapter two again for more ideas.
Numeracy
Let’s practice our six times tables today. Don’t forget to do your TT Rock Stars practice sheet. Are you getting faster?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-6-times-table-with-fred-the-red/zrq3xyc
We’re doing more multiplication work today. Watch this lesson first.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/multiplying-3-digit-numbers-by-1-digit-numbers-6ctkjd
French – Colours
Revise your colours today with colour by numbers!
Wednesday 20th January 2021
Good morning everyone!
SPAG
Expanded noun phrases tell you more about the noun. Watch the video to learn more about expanded noun phrases.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/z3nfw6f
Now listen to this song!
Numeracy
Let’s practice your five times tables today with Super Movers.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-maths-the-5-times-table/zhbm47h
Today we are going to practice short multiplication. We did this last term too.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/multiplying-3-digit-numbers-by-1-digit-numbers-60t6ae
PSHCE – UNCRC Article 29 Education should develop each child’s personality and talents to the full.
I’d like you to think about your likes and dislikes today.
Tuesday 19th January 2021
Good morning class 3. Keep self assessing your work so I know how you are finding your tasks!
Literacy
I wonder if you could create your own dragon character today?
Numeracy
It’s 4 times tables Super Movers today!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-maths-the-4-times-table-with-cyril-the-swan/zmsw382
let’s recall your multiplication facts mentally. Leading up to written multiplication this week and then word problems on Friday.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/deriving-multiplication-facts-c9k32r
Science – Sound
Let’s learn how sounds travel to your ears. Watch this video!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zgffr82/articles/zx9hcj6
Today you are going to think about how different sounds travel to our ears. You will think about the link between the loudness of a sound and the size of the vibrations!
Monday 18th January 2021
Good morning my lovelies. I hope you all had a lovely weekend. I found this, in my garden this morning! What could it be? What animal could have laid the egg? Is it a good idea to keep the egg in the classroom and wait for it to hatch?!
Literacy
Storytime – How to train your dragon
Our brilliant new book is called How to train your dragon. Listen to the first chapter here!
Numeracy
Let’s do our three times tables!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-3-times-table/z6sw382
It’s mental maths day, let’s get started!
Nhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-mental-addition-&-subtraction/zj9pwtyn
ICT – Searching online
Let’s use our ICT skills to find out more about our I am warrior topic and research all about the Romans. Remember our internet safety rules!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zspbcdm
Now some some yoga for PE!
Friday 14th January 2021
Happy Friday my lovelies. You have all worked so hard this week – well done! 🙂
The key worker group had lots of fun in the snow building a Roman fort snow wall. Last week they divided into two armies, the Celts and the Romans. Thy had time to plan their attack! I am Warrior topic, memorable experience was a big hit!
On face book today Liz Million is doing a free draw along at 10.00am!
Let’s spread some joy. For all ages and abilities (grown ups too!)
Woke up feeling very unsettled about all of our lovely kids being stuck indoors with nowhere to go. Let’s cheer up a grotty January morning and bring some creative joy into their lives! Wanted to do a free event for everyone so no one misses out.
See you tomorrow…(if it works!)Literacy
Using the story about Chinese New year from Monday, you are going to do a reading comprehension task today. I know you are all stars at this – from when you did your Rising Stars. Read the questions carefully and underline any key words like we do in class.
Numeracy
Let’s practice your 8 times tables again to help you with TT Rock stars practice sheets.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-8-times-table-with-filbert-fox/z4mrhbk
We are going to solve word problems today using column addition and subtraction that you have practiced this week. Watch this lesson first.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/solving-two-step-word-problems-69k3gr
Geography – I am warrior!
Today we are going to label some hill forts.
This video gives you an introduction to Iron Age hill forts.
The video explores how and where these hill forts were built and which locations and methods were used to protect inhabitants from enemy attack.
The video also shows how the remains of some of these hill forts can still be seen in the United Kingdom today.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/history-ks1–ks2-explain-this-hill-forts/z4xx6v4
- When southern-Britain became part of the Roman Empire, many hill forts seem to have been abandoned. However, in areas of Britain largely untouched by Roman rule – Wales, the West Country and Scotland – hill forts were used into the Early Medieval period.
Thursday 14th January 2021
Wow! I loved all your Roman or Celtic warrior shields for your Design Technology project! Well done everyone.
I know key worker group had lots of fun making theirs!
Literacy
Today we are writing an explanation text all about Chinese New Year. Remember when we wrote one about robots, use subheadings to organise your writing. Try and use fronted adverbials at the start of your sentences, punctuated by a comma. This will be going in your Big Write files, so remember to proof read and edit your work.
Some subheadings could be:
House gets decorated
Special foods eaten
Activities
Dragon dance
Numeracy
Let’s do our 11 times tables today!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-11-times-table/z464nrd
Now do your TT Rock Star times table practice sheet. Three minutes on the clock!
Today we are practicing column subtraction. Follow the steps from yesterday, starting with the one column.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/subtracting-using-the-column-method-6mr38r
RE – Judaism
This term we are learning all about Judaism. Watch this video first.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/znwhfg8
Wednesday 13th January 2021
Good morning everyone. I hope you are all ok. Mrs Gallacher sends her love and we miss you all!
SPAG
This morning we are practicing the possessive apostrophe.
How to use a possessive apostrophe
An apostrophe can be used to show that one thing belongs to or is connected to something. This is called a possessive apostrophe.
Let’s take a look at some examples.
The cat’s tail was fluffy.
Cat is a singular noun so you need to add an apostrophe and “s” to show that the tail belongs to the cat.
Charles’ cat was naughty.
Charles is a singular noun that ends in an “s”, so you need to add an apostrophe to show that the cat belongs to Charles.
The brothers’ feet were muddy.
Brothers is a plural noun that ends in an “s” so you don’t add another “s” after your apostrophe. You can just add an apostrophe to show the feet belongs to the brothers.
The children’s toys were broken
Children is a plural noun but it doesn’t end with an “s” so you need to add an apostrophe and “s” to show that the toys belong to the children.
Watch this video to help you.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/zx9ydxs
Numeracy
Let’s do our 9 times tables today. Your favourite Super Mover with the rapping unicorn!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-9-times-table/zr2gt39
Let’s practice column addition. I know you all love doing these. This lesson on regrouping will help you remember the steps. Remember to use the right columns and to always start with the ones!
DT
This is the lesson you have all been waiting for. Remember the shields you designed last week? Today you are going to make them using anything you have in the house. Empty boxes for cardboard or tin foil. I can’t wait to see all of your photographs of them. Have fun! Try and make your shields sturdy and decorative.
Tuesday 12th January 2021
Happy Tuesday my lovelies. I’m so proud of you all for doing so well with your online learning. I’m so glad you enjoyed yesterdays music lesson too!
Literacy
Let’s find out some more about Chinese New Year. Can you spot the dragons? The ancient dragon dance is performed to scare away evil spirits.
Today, you’re going to be party planners and think about the activities that happen during the celebrations.
Find out your group tasks on the link below.
Numeracy
Are you ready to get moving to do your 8 times tables?!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-8-times-table-with-filbert-fox/z4mrhbk
Today we are adding in our heads.
Science – Sound
Let’s find out how sounds are made.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/ztwkjxs
https://teachers.thenational.academy/lessons/what-is-sound-chh30r
So we know that sounds are caused by vibrations, and the louder sounds have
bigger vibrations.
Monday 11 January 2021
Good morning class 3. I hope you all had a lovely weekend. Thanks again for being superstars last week!
Literacy
This week we are going to be learning about the Chinese New Year and the role dragons play in the celebrations.
Click on the link below for more facts about Chinese New Year and your group tasks.
Numeracy
Let’s practice our 12 times tables with Super Movers!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-12-times-table-with-chirpy-cockerel/z7v7rj6
We are doing mental maths this morning.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/number-sense-and-exploring-calculation-strategies-45c6
Music
Watch this lesson and find the pulse and rhythm using your hands!
https://teachers.thenational.academy/lessons/understanding-pulse-and-rhythm-c8up2t
We will be making our shields on Wednesday so keep any empty cereal or food boxes you have, for your cardboard!
Storytime
Our love to read book for this half term is The Thieves of Ostia by Caroline Lawrence.
Friday 8th January 2021
Happy Friday Class 3. I am so proud of you all for doing so well with all your online learning. Mrs Gallagher has been busy putting all your lovely work into your books.
Literacy
Today we are going to continue with the Dragon Slayer on Literacy Shed. Watch it again if you need to. Year 3 you will be writing about the main points of the story and year 4 you are writing an ending for the story. Your group tasks are on the link below.
https://www.literacyshed.com/dragonslayer.html
Numeracy
Today we are going to practice our 11 times tables with Super Movers. Hope you join in with all of the actions too!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-11-times-table/z464nrd
KS2 Maths: The 11 Times Table
BBC Teach > Super Movers > KS2 Maths
Now you can do your TT Rock Stars practice sheets which are on the link below. You have three minutes – get set go!
Today we are going to solve word problems using rounding and the skills you have practiced this week!
History – I am Warrior!
We’re going to be learning all about the Roman Invasion of Britain.
Your history power point and group tasks are on the link below.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/how-did-the-roman-empire-become-so-powerful-74u62t
KS2 Maths: The 11 Times Table
ay 7th January 2021
Hello Class 3. I hope you are all ok. Please remember to self assess your work, so I know how you you feel about the tasks.
Literacy
A special treat for you today, sit back and relax and watch this short story animation called The Dragon Slayer! Use your word banks you created yesterday to help you describe the dragon!
https://www.literacyshed.com/dragonslayer.html
Numeracy
Let’s practice our nine times tables today with Super Movers. Are you ready?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-9-times-table/zr2gt39
Now do your TT Rock Stars sheets. If the music helps you, here is the link below. Three minutes…..go!
https://play.ttrockstars.com/ttrs/paper/playlist
Today we are going to practice rounding to the nearest 10,100, 1000 for year 4 and finding 10 more / less for year 3.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/rounding-numbers-to-the-nearest-10-c4uk8c
UNCRC – Going for Goals! UNCRC Article 28 – Every child is entitled to an education
Today we are going to think about our Goals for the New Year. What do you hope to achieve? What are your future career goals? Use this link to see the power point and find your group tasks.
Wednesday 6th January 2021
Good morning Class 3. Thank you for lots of lovely pieces of work yesterday, I am busy marking and putting it in your books!
Today we have:
SPAG
We are going to build our vocabulary and practice our spellings by creating our own dragon word wall! Write your words and phrases on the dragon’s scales. Please find your task on your group sheet on the link below! You can use this short story to inspire you.
#HowDragonsCame #Dragons #InternationalFolkTales
How Dragons came to be? International Folk Tales for Kids | Educational Videos by Mocomi
You can watch this video to remind you about similes. Adjectives are describing words, like colourful and bright. Adverbs describe the action of the verb. The dragon slowly flapped his wings.
Numeracy
Get ready to practice your ten times tables from year 2 today!
Maths: The 10 Times Table with Webster the Spider
Use this to help you fill out your TT Rock Star sheet on the link below! 3 minutes to get top marks! Get set go!
This video might help you too!
Design Technology – I am Warrior!
Can you design a shield fit for either a Celtic warrior or a scutum (shield) for a Roman soldier? Think abut materials, shapes and patterns used for each and make sure your design has lots of detail! Plan your shield today by drawing it!
Tuesday 5th January 2021
Good morning Class 3. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and Santa was good to you all. We start the New Year with online learning – you are all superstars and I know you will try really hard at home with your tasks. Each day, your lessons will be on the class page.
If parents email their children’s work, I can then mark it and put into their books. Thank you for all your support. Please get in touch, if you have any questions. Also, please let me know if you require paper copies of tasks.
Literacy
This term we will be exploring dragons! As you will have met dragons in stories already, we will start by finding out what you already know. Here are some ideas for each group to get you started. Can you answer the following questions and add any extra information you might already know. Please log onto your Lexia too for lots of fun learning.
Rockets
Can you draw a dragon and write adjectives (describing words) around it. Fierce, colourful, powerful…
Stars
What stories do you know containing dragons?
Write the names of any dragons you know.
Satellites
What do dragons look like?
What do dragons eat?
Moons
How do dragons move?
What sounds do dragons make?
Planets
Where do dragons live?
What makes dragons different form other creatures?
Asteroids
What words might describe a dragon’s personality?
Do you think dragons are real? Why, or why not?
Numeracy
First some Super Movers 8 times tables to get you all active!
KS2 Maths: The 8 Times Table with Filbert Fox
BBC Teach > Super Movers > KS2 Maths
Today we are recapping place value for year 3, to recognise the place value of each digit and counting in 1000’s for year 4. Please find your group task on the link below! Once you finish your task you can practice your Times Tables on TT Rock Stars.
Home / Home Learning / Year 4 /
Here is todays TT Rock Star sheet, you have three minutes to answer as many as you can! It’s the 10 Times Tables today. Good luck!
Science
Our new topic this term is Sound! Please click on the link below and fill in the mind map about what you know about sound.
How are sounds made?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zgffr82
Rockets
Draw pictures of things that make sounds
Stars
Make a list of things that make sounds.
Satellites
Make a list of all the things that make quiet sounds.
Moons
Make a list of all the things that make loud sounds.
Planets
Can you list all loud and quiet sounds.
Asteroids
Can you explain what would happen to the sound of a whistle if you got further away from it? What would happen to the sound and why?
Have a good day everyone.
Spring Topic – I am Warrior!
I am Warrior! I am strong, brave and powerful. Meet me in battle. Draw your sword, wield your axe and challenge me if you dare! Invade and attack, Romans versus the Celts, the fight is on……
We will discover warring Britain: meet Claudius, Boudicca and Julius Caesar, and find out what the Romans did for us.
Christmas party fun!
Class 3 bubble had so much fun at our party. Special thanks to our DJ Mrs Hill!
Merry Christmas everyone! 
Attendance Awards!
Mrs Lee gave everyone who had attendance over the National average a sweet treat and a special certificate and prize for the amazing 100% attendance people! Well done everyone.
Surprise Elf visit!
All of a sudden, we heard a little knock on the window and there was Mrs Lee with a huge Santa’s elf with a bag full of presents! So exciting!
Christmas Jumper Day 2020
In Class 3 we loved wearing our Christmas jumpers and having our Christmas dinner! We gave Mrs Cooke a present for helping us with our dinners every day and we had a competition for the best designed jumper. Well done to Harrison, Robyn and George our competition winners!
Mighty Metals art work!
We finished off our Mighty Metals topic by creating beautiful embossed foil patterns. We used various tools to create different effects and imprints into the foil. We are so proud of our creations, we are using them for our 2021 calendars.
Lucas earns new Judo belt!
We’re very proud of Lucas in Class 3, as he did his Judo grading test and was awarded his green belt! Well done Lucas!
Durham Music Christmas Big Sing!
Class 3 bubble joined the whole school and around 50 other schools across the region to listen to a talented brass band and sing lots of festive songs, including Silent Night, Jingle Bell Rock and Ding Dong Merrily on high. We even used our bodies as percussion!
Our DT mini parachutes
We planned and created our own mini parachutes using a selection of materials. We watched what happened as we dropped our parachutes at different heights.
Forest School
Class 3 had so much fun doing Forest School with Rio. We made our own maps with charcoal from Willow trees and worked in teams to make leaf beds!
Memorable experience
Thank you for emailing all the lovely playground photographs, we loved looking at each others and we thought about how the equipment works. For example, what makes the swing move to and fro? Then we enjoyed extra playtime on our own play equipment in the field!
Welcome back!
We hope you have all had a lovely half term. In class 3, our exciting new topic is Mighty Metals! We’ll be exploring the scientific world of forces and magnetism, metals and materials. We’ll think about which force is at play when sliding down a slide, or swinging on a swing. To learn about forces, we’ll make spinners, play with parachutes and magnets.
Our new PE days are Thursday and Friday.
Spooky Day
We have had a spooky end to the half term. We all came dressed up in our spooky colours and enjoyed a treat from the Parent Group. A massive thank you! Enjoy half term everyone!
Computing
We used motion animation software to create a moving and talking King Arthur. We added audio to make Arthur address a waiting crowd of Britons before going into battle. We enjoyed presenting our animations to each other.
Our Anglo Saxon art and design journey
We looked at a range of intricate Anglo-Saxon patterns. We then used our sketch books to improve our mastery of art and design techniques by sketching our own Anglo-Saxon patterns. We used our patterns to create print blocks onto polystyrene. We were really pleased with our finished designs!
Our Harvest Festival
Topic Launch
Traders and Raiders memorable experience! We had lots of fun launching our new topic by designing and making our very own viking sailing boats, complete with masts, shields and oars!
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Hadrian’s Wall
Lucas enjoyed a trip to Hadrian’s wall with his family this weekend. He is interested in this period of history and has lots of knowledge within this area. Very useful with our current topic of Traders and Raiders!
Well Done Jenson
Jenson had a busy weekend running his first race since Lock down. He managed 1.5 miles in 14 minutes, coming 6th overall and 3rd out of the boys. It was a good weekend to have the Active 60 ball! Well done Jenson!
Well Done Matthew
Matthew has been awarded a trophy for his hard work in football. Well done Matthew, we are super proud of you.
