03 June 2020: Home Learning
Hello all!
Hope you’re getting on okay with the learning. Thanks very much if you’ve emailed with some photos. I’ll do a post at the end of the week celebrating your hard work.
Thank you!
Here are the answers from yesterday’s learning:
Y3 – Shape – Tuesday – ANSWERS
Y3,4 – Tuesday – Science – ANSWERS
Here’s today’s learning:
Y3,4 – Wednesday – Amelia Text
Wednesday is times tables day! This week, I want you to practice your eight times table.
First, I’d like you to use Times Table Rockstars or Hit the Button (https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button) to practise your tables.
After that, I want you to complete the sheet. Repeat this task a few times in the week to make sure that you’re improving!Y3 – Wednesday – eight times tables
Wednesday is also grammar day. You’ll have a short writing activity to do each week. This week, it’s all about prepositions. Y3,4 – Wednesday – prepositions
02 June 2020: Home Learning
Hello everyone,
I hope you got on okay with yesterday’s learning. Please email me using paulwilks@spherefederation.org if you have any problems.
Okay, here are the answers from yesterday’s maths learning:
Today’s learning
Click here for today’s maths video. Here’s the worksheet if you need it: Y3 – Shape – Tuesday (1)
01 June 2020: Home Learning
Hello Year 3s!
It’s Mr Wilks here. I’m going to be taking over the home learning from Mr Owen as he’s in school full time now. I’ve recorded a short message to say hello.
My email address is paulwilks@spherefederation.org
Please email to ask any questions, let me know any problems or to let me know how your child is getting on with their learning.
Okay, on to the home learning for today…..
Click here for today’s maths lesson. And here’s the worksheet: Y3 – Shape – Monday
Half-term Home Learning
Because this week is half-term, we’re taking a break from the usual daily home learning tasks (just like we did at Easter). Instead, we’ve prepared a menu of home learning activities that you might want to dip into this week – these are optional only, but you might want to encourage your child to have a go at being a quiz master, doing some up-cycling, presenting a cookery masterclass or any of the other activities.
Whatever you decide to do, we hope you have a happy and healthy half-term.
21 May 2020
It’s the end of another week – where does that time go? Did you see my message yesterday? Look at the post below if you missed it.
Reading
Thanks everyone who’s sent me your book reviews – I’ll be putting a class news page up with some of them on very soon.
Today, it’s Book Club again. Get cosy, pull on your favourite socks and get reading something that you love. Audiobooks and e-books are also great ways to experience texts. Stories in particular are wonderful to hear when read by a professional – they’re my favourite way to ‘read’.
Did you know there are free audiobooks on Audible? (I don’t work for them or have shares in them, and I’m sure other sources are available…)
There are also free ebooks to download on Amazon (Honestly, I don’t work for them, they’re just easy to find.)
Maths
It’s time for… the FRIDAY CHALLENGE! Watch the video on White Rose’s Summer Term, Week 3 challenge . It’s a bit different and can involve some baking, if you’d like to.
If that’s not enough maths for you, feel free to go on Defenders of Mathletica again.
Art
Argh! I’ve just found an awesome drawing website for you… but we’ve missed a world record attempt, which was on 21.05.20 at 4pm and if I’d known then we totally could’ve been part of it! I’m frustrated, sorry.
The website is great though, with lots of different videos of fun things to draw.
Your task: Draw at least two of these and send me your creations!
Music (just ideas, if you want)
Here’s a long list of music resources for use during lockdown, compiled by artforms, in Leeds.
If you’re finding things tough at the moment…
If you’re finding things tough at the moment, or even if you’re not, then watch my little video with a message.
It’s a bonkers time at the moment and we might experience lots of different emotions – that’s normal and perfectly fine! My video give you some times of things that might help you to stay calm and happy.
21 May 2020
How did you get on with yesterday’s tasks? Did any of you have a go at my oracy ideas for families? Let me know how you found them.
Reading
Lots of us are reading new books during lockdown. I want to hear all about them and for us to share some of the fantastic books that you’ve discovered.
Your task: Write a reading recommendation for someone else.
Things you should include:
- What’s the name of the book or text? (It could be a magazine, e-book or any other text.)
- Who wrote it and when? (You can find this on this first few pages of a book!)
- What type of text or story is it? (comedy? action? adventure? romance? recipe?)
- How would you summarise it in no more than four sentences?
- What did you like about it? Why?
- What didn’t you like about it? Why?
- Who would enjoy reading it? Why? (Pick someone in your class if you can!)
- How many stars out of five would you give it?
Today, I’ve also got an entire copy of the latest edition of First News, which we get in school. There are a lot of pages, some of them quite complicated, so you don’t need to read them all – find some that you’re really interested in. There are quizzes and puzzles towards the end too. I hope you enjoy it!
Maths
Have a go at this BBC Bitesize lesson about adding three digit numbers.
Science
I hope you enjoyed shadow puppets yesterday! Today, I’m hoping it’s going to be sunny still… I’ve got another shadows lesson for your to try, this time needing you to go outside.
20 May 2020
Apologies – I’d put this on the wrong page on our website.
Happy Wednesday!
If you missed it, check out the short post below this about practising handwriting.
Vocabulary
We read about Jacques Cousteau yesterday and how he explored places underwater. Where would you like to explore? Underwater? Mountains? Jungles? Deserts? Space?
Watch my video and complete the sheet.
Maths
Your task is to complete another Beat That! test – lots of children enjoyed these last time. Don’t forget to time yourself and see if you improved from last time! We’re aiming for all of these facts to be remembered within 5 seconds, rather than be calculated or counted. For example, if you don’t pretty instantly know that 7+6 = 13, try to learn it for next time. If we know these sort of facts, it helps so much with other areas that we study.
You should also have another go at Defenders of Mathematica.
Science
Today, I’d like you to learn more about shadows by Shadow puppet lesson. Send some photos to davidowen@spherefederation.org
Other stuff (optional but fun!):
Music: I like drumming. Do you play an instrument or enjoy singing? Send me a little video if you’d be happy for me to share it.
Getting out and about: Have you been exploring somewhere with your family? Have you been in the woods? Up a local hill? Around a local lake or even in the loft? Send me photos of some of the things you discovered when you were out and about.
Oracy (speaking and listening): Have a go at playing some of these oracy ideas for families all to do with developing speaking and listening. I originally made these to give to teachers this term, but I’ve tried to adapt them for family use at home. I’d be really interested in finding out how you got on, which ones were good and why certain ones were tricky. You can be my guinea pigs!
19 May 2020
Hi again!
Some people have been asking for some help with handwriting. I’ve made a short video that explains how to use imaginary half-way lines to help make sure lots of our letters are the right size.
When practising handwriting, as well as using the idea in the video, I’d advise the following:
- write simple words with ascenders and descenders (tall and low letters) eg really, people, hobby
- practise writing each word five times, as neatly as possible, concentrating on tall ascenders, low ascenders, other letters to the half-way line and all lower case letters (non-capitals) starting on the line.
- write a simple sentence sometimes (maybe once or twice per session), making sure it’s not complicated, reading it or having it read to you so that you don’t need to remember it or think of anything other than the skill of handwriting.
- Practising little and often (3 or 4 times a day for 5 minutes) is better than 20 minutes all in one go.
Parents:
While we’ve reduced the writing tasks we’re setting, any time a child picks up a pencil or pen to write, they should be making sure that they remember…
- capital letters and full stops (if it’s a full sentence, not if it’s not).
- spaces between words
- no random capitals in the middle of sentences
- letters shouldn’t vary size (ie a letter e should stay the same size between words and sentences)
I hope that’s helpful!
Mr Owen
19 May 2020
I haven’t had many emails recently. Anyone want to send me a picture of their learning or something that they’ve got up to at the weekend?
I’m here for any questions, queries, comments or concerns… davidowen@spherefederation.org
Today’s home learning tasks…
Reading
Answers to yesterday’s activity.
Today, I’d like you to read about Jacque Cousteau, a French oceanography (someone who studies the ocean). For your task, I’d like you to list at least 15 facts that you can spot in what you’re reading. I’ve recorded a short video to read the text to you and to show you what I mean.
Maths
Answers to the yesterday’s White Rose learning is on yesterday’s page.
Answers to yesterday’s puzzles are here.
Today, I’d like you to play Defenders of Mathematica on BBC Bitesize. It’s really fun! You can create your own character, unlock ‘shield levels’ and receive rewards for beating monsters at maths! You will need a paper and pencil, but there are no time restraints so it’s not pressured in any way.
Be aware that they different levels get harder, and Y3 maths is the first shield on each location (you’ll know what I mean when you give it a play). You can always keep playing for some of the later shields, but you will be asked to do maths that you haven’t been taught yet, such as ordering very large numbers or using decimals.
Computing
Learn about computer science on this BBC Bitesize page, and some of the jobs that use it. Would you like to use computing in your job in the future? I love computer games and I think learning to code to make them is really cool!
If you like gaming or coding, have you downloaded Kodu? It’s a child-friendly coding programme from Microsoft that lets you build your own game. We use it in school and if you know a bit already, you might find it fun to create something at home.
Another option is to download Scratch or Scratch Junior – both are coding programmes developed by MIT to help teach children to code.
Parents – we use these in school but I’d advise you read the blurbs about them before helping your child down and use them. Scratch may be hard if children haven’t already learnt how to use it, but Scratch Junior is pretty intuitive.
