Learning Project WEEK 4 - Environment

Age Range: Year 3

Weekly Maths Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day) Weekly Reading Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day)

Work on TT Rockstars, there will be a weekly battle and 3, 4 and 8 times tables for children to practice.

Play on Hit the Button - focus on

number bonds, halves, doubles and times tables.

Practise telling the time. This could be done through the game in the links part. (scroll down to access the game). Read to the quarter hour and the nearest 5 minutes.

Read a book on Oxford Reading Buddy. Children can then complete the quizzes and earn badges.

Watch Newsround and find out what is happening in the world. What did you find out? Is there anything you need help understanding?

Vocab-check: choose five words or phrases from the book you are reading. Try to pick words you are uncertain of. Now follow these steps:

1. Say the word/phrase out loud. 2. Read around the word to see if you can

work out its meaning from the context. 3. Try replacing the word/phrase with a

synonym (a word with a similar meaning).4. Write down what you think the word/phrase

means. 5. Check in a dictionary (or dictionary online

such as: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/) and write down the official definition.

Listen to a book on storylineonline, Discuss with an adult what you enjoyed about the book.

Daily maths activities are uploaded onto Seesaw. This week we are revising fractions again.

Practise counting forwards and

backwards from any given number in 5s.

Spelling (3 Per week) Weekly Writing Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day)

Learn the following spellings for the -ous sound at the end of words: poisonous, dangerous, famous, enormous, jealous.Can you think of anymore words that end in -ous?

Use rainbow writing on Seesaw to practice spellings.

Children can practice their spellings using techniques learnt at school (dot to dot, upside down, backwards, pyramid).

Practice the Year 3 national curriculum words. http://www.ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/Click on the Year group 3 & 4.

● See Pobble365 picture ‘Save our habitat’ on Seesaw. Children to continue the story from the given story starter.

● Read and watch the Newsround report about plastic:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/42810179Children to create a poster to persuade people to use less plastic, recycle plastic they use, and try to stop plastic ending up in the ocean.

● Write an acrostic poem using the word ENVIRONMENT

What is a natural disaster? Choose one type of natural disaster and create an information leaflet explaining what it is, why they happen, where it has happened and the effects it has. You can choose from volcanoes, hurricanes, forest fires, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods and tornados.

PE Art Music Computing/German

Join in with Joe wicks PE on YouTube daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1

Sign up to Gonoodle and complete 2 video's a day. https://www.gonoodle.com

Technique challenge – Can you teach your parents a gymnastics Balance?

Try the table curling game that is linked below!

SELF-PORTRAIT using found items in/outside the home.  

Go on a hunt around your home/garden for items to create a self-portrait.   What face shape do you have? What items should you use for facial features? Hair?   What unique features do you have that will make these portraits LOOK like YOU? E.g. Do you wear glasses or have a particular hairstyle?   Arrange your items and take a photograph – upload to Seesaw and let's see if I can guess who they belong to!!! 

Music at Home using the Charanga Scheme.

Log on with your unique password that you can find on the letter from Charanga that was given to you on the last day at school.If you have lost the letter, just contact school and we will give you a reminder.

New Activities This Half Term!Log on to the Charanga Music World and learn to play instruments. You’ll need a recorder and any kind of keyboard.Have fun and upload yourself playing an instrument on Seesaw.

This term we are going to be doing some German home learning. Sometimes it will have some computing involved as well but not always.

Each week I will post you a challenge that you can do your best to complete on your own, or with help from an adult.

This weeks challenge:

Teach a trusted adult or another family member a phrase you know in German!

On Seesaw you will find some video instructions that have examples of German phrases you could use. and how to pronounce them.

If you don't have access to a device here are some you could try:

Guten Morgen (Pronounced  "Goo-ten More-gun) - Good morning

Guten Tag (Pronounced "Goo-ten T-arg) - Good day / afternoon

Auf Wiedersehen (Pronounced "Ow-f Vee-der-zayne")  Good bye

Tschüss (Ch-oo-s) - Bye

When you completed the challenge you could record the person you taught them to saying them and post it onto Seesaw or you could just write me a note letting me know you have completed the challenge! If you don't have access to a device then you don't need to worry about sending me anything.

Learning Project - to be done throughout the week: Environment

The project this week aims to provide opportunities for your child to gain a better understanding of the environment. Learning focuses on changes to different environments, the impact of humans on environments and climate change.

Let’s Wonder:

Research the water cycle (eg. type into google ‘What is the water cycle?) Draw a scientific diagram of the water cycle then add labels and captions to explain how it works.

● Let’s Create:

Using materials destined for your recycling bin, design and make a recycling mascot to spread the word about the importance and need to recycle. Think about what it is going to look like? Which materials will you use? Think about how you will join the materials together? Once completed, remember to evaluate your mascot. What would you do differently next time? Which parts did you find the most challenging and why?

Be Active:

Get into the garden and practise throwing and catching skills and keeping control of ball-based equipment like bats and balls.

Recommendation: at least 2 hours of exercise a week.

Time to Talk:

Have you heard of the Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg? She believes that everyone needs to do more to slow down climate change. Other people disagree and think that climate change isn’t important. What do you think? Discuss the issues with your family. What do you know and think about climate change? What could we do to reduce it?

Understanding Others and Appreciating Differences:

Throughout our lives, culture and experience shapes worldviews, children growing up in the United Kingdom, for example, have a much different understanding of the role of water in their lives than children who live in a very dry place like part of Africa. Think about food. How do they think people view food in the UK compared to those living in Ethiopia for example? Research a country where food and water are scarce. Find out about charities that help people in need, Red cross, Christain Aid, Islamic Relief or other charities that are significant to them. Present your research as a PowerPoint presentation or as a poster.

Additional learning resources parents may wish to engage with

Classroom Secrets Learning Packs - These packs are split into different year groups and include activities linked to reading, writing, maths and practical ideas you can do around the home. Twinkl - to access these resources click on the link and sign up using your own email address and creating your own password. Use the offer code UKTWINKLHELPS. Headteacherchat - This is a blog that has links to various learning platforms. Lots of these are free to access.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize

https://ttrockstars.com/

https://www.oxfordreadingbuddy.com/uk

https://www.storylineonline.net/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p077dtv9/focus-its-an-existential-crisis

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/116/telling-the-time

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sh-barfordschool-org/media/downloads/K%20Day11%20A%20Z%20challenge.pdf – This is the link to the P.E game.

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