Year 3

Daily Learning Challenges 22/5/20

English

Main activity 45/50 mins

Reading: Please re-read the next part of Georges Marvellous Medicine (see resources). Alternatively, log in to Oxford Owl and choose a text at your home reading level.

Option 1:  Complete the comprehension questions for George’s Marvellous Medicine. See resources below.

Option 2: Complete one of the writing activities that have been set on Purple Mash. Some new activities have been added so check them out!

Maths

10 minute warm up:  Play hit the button and test yourself of your number facts

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Main activity: 30/40 mins

Option 1: I see maths – watch the video and complete the challenges. http://www.iseemaths.com/lessons34/

Option 2: White Rose Maths https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/ Click on the tab week3 w/c 4^th May – Watch Lesson 5 Friday Challenge and complete the activity. See below.

10 mins 

Times tables practise - Times Tables Rockstars or Times Tables games:

Daily Learning Challenges 21/5/20

English

Main activity 45/50 mins

Reading: Please re-read the next part of Georges Marvellous Medicine (see resources). Alternatively, log in to Oxford Owl and choose a text at your home reading level.

Option 1:  You should have found out lots of amazing facts about children’s illustrator Quentin Blake. Now write them up neatly into a report. Use the subheadings on the sheet as subheadings in you books. Also write them in full sentences and try and use interesting ways to start your sentences e.g. Did you know that…? Another interesting fact is; etc.

Option 2: Complete one of the writing activities that have been set on Purple Mash. Some new activities have been added so check them out!

Maths

10 minute warm up:  Try this fun shopping game. There are different levels of difficulty https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=Buy2itemsv4

Main activity: 30/40 mins

Option 1: I see maths – watch the video and complete the challenges. http://www.iseemaths.com/lessons34/

Option 2: White Rose Maths https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/ Click on the tab week3 w/c 5^th May – Watch Lesson 4 about multiplying and dividing and then complete the activity sheet see below.

10 mins 

Daily Learning Challenges 20/5/20

English – Spelling test today. Please get an adult to test you on your spellings

Main activity 45/50 mins

Reading: Please re-read the next part of Georges Marvellous Medicine (see resources). Alternatively, log in to Oxford Owl and choose a text at your home reading level.

Option 1:  George’s Marvellous Medicine was illustrated by Quentin Blake (as well as lots of other books). Please visit his website and see if you can find out some facts about him. https://www.quentinblake.com/

Use the worksheet (below) to help to structure your notes. Then tomorrow, we will write them up neatly into a report.

Option 2: Complete one of the writing activities that have been set on Purple Mash. Some new activities have been added so check them out!

Maths

10 minute warm up:  Play this fun fraction game. Help the lady in the cake shop complete the orders: http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/L2801/L2801/index.html#

Main activity: 30/40 mins

Option 1: I see maths – watch the video and complete the challenges. http://www.iseemaths.com/lessons34/

Option 2: White Rose Maths https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/ Click on the tab week3 w/c 5^th May – Watch Lesson 2 about subtracting money and then complete the activity sheet see below.

10 mins 

Times tables practise - Times Tables Rockstars or Times Tables games:

Daily Learning Challenges 19/5/20

English

Main activity 45/50 mins

Reading: Please read the next part of Georges Marvellous Medicine (see resources). Alternatively, log in to Oxford Owl and choose a text at your home reading level.

Option 1:  Re write the chapter Marvellous Medicine Number Three. Imagine you are George and Mr Killy Kranky is helping you to make a new medicine. Make sure that your chapter:

• Includes dialogue – check out this new page on our website to remind you how to do it:

https://www.jamesbrindleyprimary.com/progression-in-dialogue/

There are lots of opportunities for dialogue e.g. when My Killy Kranky is helping George to make the medicine and when George gives the medicine to the chicken.

• Describes George making the medicine. You can change yours to include whatever ingredients you like.
• Includes a part where George tests it on an animal. Roald Dahl used a chicken, but you can choose a different animal and also change what happens to it.
• Try and make your new chapter at least one side of A4 long.

Option 2: Complete one of the writing activities that have been set on Purple Mash. Some new activities have been added so check them out!

Maths

10 minute warm up:  Refresh your memories about data handling. There are 3 levels of difficulty so try and challenge yourselves: https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/51/bar_charts

Main activity: 30/40 mins

Option 1: I see maths – watch the video and complete the challenges. http://www.iseemaths.com/lessons34/

Option 2: White Rose Maths https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/ Click on the tab week3 w/c 4^th May – Watch Lesson 2 about adding money and then complete the activity sheet see below.

10 mins 

Times tables practise - Times Tables Rockstars or Times Tables games:

Daily Learning Challenges 18/5/20

English

Main activity 45/50 mins

Reading: Please read the next part of Georges Marvellous Medicine (see resources). Alternatively, log in to Oxford Owl and choose a text at your home reading level.

Option 1:  Write an acrostic for the words Marvellous Medicine. An acrostic is a special kind of poem that doesn’t have to rhyme. We’ve done them before. Start by writing Marvellous Medicine vertically in your book. Make each letter 3 lines big and leave a line in between each letter e.g:

M agical medicine made by George

A

R

V

E

L

L

O

U

S

Think of things to do with the book, the characters or the medicine. Be creative and you could try and add alliteration e.g. two words starting with the same letter e.g. magical medicine.

Option 2: Complete one of the writing activities that have been set on Purple Mash.

Maths

10 minute warm up:  Play the Toy Shop Money Game. Try to challenge yourself by choosing a harder level: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money

Main activity: 30/40 mins

Option 1: I see maths – watch the video and complete the challenges. http://www.iseemaths.com/lessons34/

Option 2: White Rose Maths https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/ Click on the tab week3 w/c 4^th May – Watch Lesson 1 about converting pounds and pence and then complete the activity sheet see below.

10 mins 

Times tables practise - Times Tables Rockstars or Times Tables games:

Daily Learning Challenges 15/5/20

English

Main activity 45/50 mins

Reading: Please read the next two chapters of Georges Marvellous Medicine (see resources). Alternatively, log in to Oxford Owl and choose a text at your home reading level.

Option 1:  Now that you’ve written all about Roald Dahl’s Life, write a biography about Grandma’s life. You will have to make most of the details up, but that’s the fun part. You could have subheadings on:

Early life – Think about where and when she was born. You might want to include information like where she went to school, what her favourite subjects were. Also think about what she was like at school. Has she always been horrible? Maybe something terrible happened to her at school to make her unkind.

Adulthood (being grown up) – You could include information about where she met George’s father and what sort of job she had. Also think about her life as a mother to George’s mum or dad. Was she horrible to them? If so what did she do that was so bad.

General information – Think about what her favourite things might be e.g. food, drink, hobbies. What sort of things doesn’t she like? What makes her angry or cross? What makes her happy? Does anything make her happy?!

Before you start to write maybe you could do some hot seating. You will need a partner for this either a grown up or a brother or sister. You could pretend to be grandma and get them to ask you some of the questions listed above. Try and be s imaginative as possible when you answer.

Option 2

Complete one of the writing activities that have been set on Purple Mash.

Maths

10 minute warm up:  Play Happy Camel weighing game – it looks fun:

https://pbskids.org/peg/games/happy-camel

Main activity: 30/40 mins

Hot challenge: I see maths – watch the video and complete the challenges. http://www.iseemaths.com/lessons34/

Medium Challenge: If the above activity is too tricky, play this fun time game. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/measures

Match the correct digital time to the given analogue time. After that, cut and stick the correct analogue time with the correct digital time (see resources below)

10 mins 

Times tables practise - Times Tables Rockstars or Times Tables games:

 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-table

Daily Learning Challenges 14/5/20

English

Main activity 45/50 mins

Reading: Please read the next two chapters of Georges Marvellous Medicine (see resources). Alternatively, log in to Oxford Owl and choose a text at your home reading level.

Option 1:  

Complete the comprehension questions about the new chapter. Answer them in your books as you usually do.

Option 2

Complete one of the writing activities that have been set on Purple Mash.

Maths

10 minute warm up:  Have a go at this fun game. Look at the nets and decide which ones will form a cube. If you’re right, it will fold up into a cube before your eyes!

https://www.nctm.org/Classroom-Resources/Illuminations/Interactives/Cube-Nets/

Main activity: 30/40 mins

Hot challenge: I see maths – watch the video and complete the challenges. http://www.iseemaths.com/lessons34/

Medium Challenge: If the above activity is too tricky, then carry on with some time work. Have a go at the time game. Today’s challenge is to match the time labels to the correct clock faces.

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/117/telling_the_time_in_words#

After that, complete the football time challenge. See resources below.

10 mins 

Times tables practise - Times Tables Rockstars or Times Tables games:

 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-table

Daily Learning Challenges 13/5/20

English

Spelling Test: Please get an adult to test you on this week’s spellings. Do them in your books as you usually do.

Main activity 45/50 mins

Option 1:  Take a look at the Roald Dahl Website: https://www.roalddahl.com/home/kids

Use the notes that you made yesterday to write a fact file about Roald Dahl. Look at the worksheet in the resources. This will help you to set it out in your books. Use subheadings and think of some interesting ways to start your sentences – e.g:

• Did you know that…..? An interesting fact, Another interesting fact, Not many people know that, Amazingly, Interestingly etc. If you have some good ideas of you won, then please use those.

Option 2

Complete one of the writing activities that have been set on Purple Mash.

Maths

10 minute warm up:  Revise what you know about symmetry with this fun game. You can choose pictures, shapes or patterns: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/symmetry/symmetry-matching

Main activity: 30/40 mins

Hot challenge: I see maths – watch the video and complete the challenges. http://www.iseemaths.com/lessons34/

Medium Challenge: If the above activity is too tricky, then carry on with some time work. Have another practise at telling the digital time. This alien game is really fun. Each time you have to look at the analogue time and then match the digital time.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?a=activity25

 After that complete the train timetable activity below.   

10 mins 

Times tables practise - Times Tables Rockstars or Times Tables games:

 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-table

Daily Learning Challenges 12/5/20

English

Reading: Please read the next two chapters of Georges Marvellous Medicine (see resources). Alternatively, log in to Oxford Owl and choose a text at your home reading level.

Main activity 45/50 mins

Option 1:  Take a look at the Roald Dahl Website: https://www.roalddahl.com/home/kids

Today, we will gather some information that we will use to write a fact file about him. Please use the website to find out:

• Date of birth
• Place of birth
• Famous for – include some of his famous books.
• Roald Dahl’s life – find out five different facts about his life. This can include facts from his early life before he was famous.
• Interesting facts – find out five different interesting facts about Roald Dahl from the website.

Option 2

Complete one of the writing activities that have been set on Purple Mash.

Maths

10 minute warm up:  Use your maths skills to make a smoothie. Choose some number facts and see if you can answer them quickly. These are Y2 facts so you might need to refresh your memories:  https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/smoothie/index.html

Main activity: 30/40 mins

Hot challenge: I see maths – watch the video and complete the challenges. http://www.iseemaths.com/lessons34/

Medium Challenge: If the above activity is too tricky, then improve your skills of telling the time: Play the game and match the digital times to the analogue times. Once you are happy with that, have a go at completing the worksheet (see resources)  

10 mins 

Times tables practise - Times Tables Rockstars or Times Tables games:

 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-table

Daily Learning Challenges 11/5/20

English

Reading: Please read the next two chapters of Georges Marvellous Medicine (see resources). Alternatively, log in to Oxford Owl and choose a text at your home reading level.

Main activity 45/50 mins

Option 1: Imagine you are George and write a letter to Boris Johnson trying to persuade him to give you and your dad the money to build a Marvellous Medicine factory. Try and make your letter at least 1 side of A4 long. Remember in a letter:

• Write your address at the top right hand side of the page (remember you’re George so you can make one up)
• Write an introductory paragraph to explain why you are writing. Great writers might also use questions to hook the reader’s attention like Mr Johnson, would you like all the countries food problems solved? Have you ever wondered if you could feed 50 people with just one egg?
• Write a paragraph to explain why it is a good idea – there are some reasons in the book. Try to think of some other advantages. Imagine it also had the same effect of fruits and vegetables or maybe even other things.
• Use adjectives to make bold claims about what the medicine can do e.g. This incredible medicine can give us giant pigs!! Imagine all that bacon!!!
• Ask the reader to imagine life with this wonderful new product. Imagine all the school meals you could make with that!
• End with a short paragraph to sign off e.g. thank him for listening to you and ask him to send you the money soon!
• As it's a formal letter, you will need to use 'Yours Sincerely George' instead of 'from George'.
• For some other tips on how to write persuasively, visit this new part of our website. You should read the tips for Y2, Y3 and why not look at Y4 as well to try and challenge yourself:

https://primarysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com/james-brindley-community-primary-school/UploadedDocument/6e9cfe02f0fd40b0bb84d363d5e95e22/persuasive_texts.pdf

Option 2

Complete one of the writing activities that have been set on Purple Mash.

Maths

10 minute warm up:  Help the postman deliver the packages. Choose an easier level to start off with until you’re confident then move on up the challenges. Each time put the parcel on the weighing scales, see how much it weighs and enter the weight using the on screen key pad.

https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/mostlyPostie/index.html

Main activity: 30/40 mins

Hot challenge: Isee maths – watch the video and complete the challenges. http://www.iseemaths.com/lessons34/

Medium Challenge: If the above activity is too tricky, then improve your skills of telling the time: Choose analogue to analogue and then a level to suit your knowledge. The aim of the game is to try and find matching pairs of clock faces.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=matchingpairstimev3

Then complete the time matching game (see resources below). You will need a pair of scissors and some glue. Match the correct times to the labels and then stick them in your books. There are also lots of time activities on Purple Mash so check them out.

10 mins 

Times tables practise - Times Tables Rockstars or Times Tables games:

 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-table

Daily Learning Challenges 7/5/20

Good morning everyone, we hope you are well and looking forward to the nice weather this weekend. Many thanks to all of you who have been sending us work and emails on Purple Mash. A special mention to Isaak Reed in 3k who got his 'Isee maths' work mentioned. Well done Isaak !! - see the link:

https://youtu.be/s0hj6ns5E0s

English

Warm up 5-10 mins

Play Coconut Vowels - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/znf4kmn

Main activity 45/50 mins

Complete the V.E Day reading Comprehension. There is also a wartime Rationing Activity to complete (see below). There re 3 levels of difficulty * = easier ** = harder  *** = hardest

Also, there is a wartime recipe booklet below. Maybe you could make one of the recipes this weekend. Alternatively, you could try and find your own wartime ration recipe online.

Maths

10 minute warm up:

Refresh your memory on measurements – watch the clips and complete the activities: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z9sfr82/articles/zqf4cwx

Main activity: 30/40 mins

Hot challenge: Isee maths – watch the video and complete the challenges. http://www.iseemaths.com/lessons34/

Medium Challenge: If the above activity is too tricky, watch the clips and do the activities on this site. It will help you to be able to convert pounds to pence. The sheet you need to complete is at the bottom of the page.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/znf4kmn

10 mins 

Times tables practise - Times Tables Rockstars or Times Tables games:

 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-table

Daily Learning Challenges 6/5/20

English

Warm up 5-10 mins

Spelling test – get an adult to test you on your spellings. Please complete them in your books like you usually do.

Main activity 45/50 mins

Read the next chapter of George’s Marvellous Medicine and then complete the comprehension questions (see below).  Answer in full sentences in your books. Use a dictionary to check spellings.

https://www.wordsmyth.net/

If you do not do Vipers Reading, then log on to Oxford Owl and read Big Ears and Sticky Fingers. Read up to page 13. In this book there are interactive pages. Look out for a picture of an eye or a pencil and click on it – it will lead to a hidden clip or activity. Use the information in the book to write about:

• The Fennec Fox
• The Aye Aye
• The Snowy Owl
• The Marine Iguana

Put the information into your own words and only copy spellings. Remember if words are in bold you can find their meaning in the glossary at the back of the book.

Maths

10 minute warm up:  

Refresh your memories about 2d shapes. Watch the clips and complete the activities.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zjv39j6/articles/ztpwdmn

Main activity: 30/40 mins

Hot challenge: Isee maths – watch the video and complete the challenges. http://www.iseemaths.com/lessons34/

Medium Challenge: If the above activity is too tricky, then please play the time game and then complete the time worksheet below to make a ‘clock flower’

http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/L9643/index.html

10 mins 

Times tables practise - Times Tables Rockstars or Times Tables games:

Daily Learning Challenges 5/5/20

Good morning everyone, hope you are all well and happy this morning. I just thought it would be nice to share some exciting news with you. Ruby Pennington in 3K has been running 2K every day to raise money for Manchester Children's Hospital and so far Ruby and her friends have raised over £800 !!! That's incredible. Here is a clip of Ruby running with her friends:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTWktGH2yno&t=106s

English

Warm up 5-10 mins

Practise your spellings on Spelling Shed – there will be a test tomorrow

Main activity 45/50 mins

Re read the next chapter of George’s Marvellous Medicine and then put the new words that you made a note of from yesterday into new sentences in your books.

https://www.wordsmyth.net/

If you do not do Vipers Reading, then log on to Oxford Owl and read Your Body Inside Out. Make a poster which could be hung up in a Primary School to tell children all about the human body. Choose one or two facts from each chapter. Remember:

• Use a title to make the reader notice your poster e.g. Your Amazing Body
• Use openers to make the facts more interesting e.g. Did you know..?, An amazing fact about the body is…., Another interesting fact is…, Amazingly, Interestingly
• Include pictures to make the poster look as attractive as possible

Maths

10 minute warm up:

Watch the clip and complete the short activities about adding and subtracting in your head:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zy2mn39/articles/zyhdfcw

Main activity: 30/40 mins

Hot challenge: Isee maths – watch the video and complete the challenges. http://www.iseemaths.com/lessons34/

Medium Challenge: If the above activity is too tricky, then watch the clip and complete the short activities about time and then also complete the time worksheet see below.

10 mins 

Times tables practise - Times Tables Rockstars or Times Tables games:

 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-table

Daily Learning Challenges 4/5/20

Happy Monday and welcome to your new week of challenges!! We will continue to put work on here each day, but we have also set some challenges on Purple Mash. So if you feel that you would like an extra challenge or you feel like doing some work on the computer some days then why not check them out?

Thanks Mr Kingsley & Mr Welsh

English

Warm up 5-10 mins

Spelling activity ‘sh’ and ‘ch’  https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zt62mnb/articles/z8f3qhv

Main activity 45/50 mins

Read the next chapter of George’s Marvellous Medicine and then complete the vocab sheet. Write down any words you do not understand and then find the definition either by asking an adult or using the online dictionary.

https://www.wordsmyth.net/

If you do not do Vipers Reading, then log on to Oxford Owl and read Your Body Inside Out. Read the rest of the books. Use the information in the book to write a report about the body. Use a title ‘The Body’. Then have a subheading for:

• The brain
• The eyes and ears
• The nose and mouth
• Skin and hair

Use the book to help you, but don’t copy from it unless you need a spelling. Put the information into your own words. Try to make your report 1 side of a4 long.

Maths

10 minute warm up:

Refresh your memory on how to add and subtract fractions. Watch the clip and complete the online activities:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhdwxnb/articles/z9n4k7h

Main activity: 30/40 mins

Hot challenge: Isee maths – watch the video and complete the challenges. http://www.iseemaths.com/lessons34/

Medium Challenge: If the above activity is too tricky, play the time game and then complete the o’clock and half past activity below.  https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/hickoryDickory/

10 mins 

Times tables practise - Times Tables Rockstars or Times Tables games:

 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-table

Daily Learning Challenges 1/5/20

English

Warm up 5-10 mins

Play Spooky Spellings: http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/spookySpellings/index.html

Main activity 45/50 mins

Re-read the chapter ‘The Brown Hen’. Today’s task is to write a new chapter for the book. Imagine George gives the medicine to another farm animal and write about what happens. Try to make your chapter at least 1 side of A4. Remember to include:

• Lots of dramatic adjectives.
• Describe what happens to the animal after you give it the medicine.
• Use dialogue between George and Grandma to discuss what’s happening to the new animal.

https://www.wordsmyth.net/

If you do not do Vipers Reading, then log on to Oxford Owl and read Your Body Inside Out. Read up to and including ‘Breathe In and Out’. Use the information in the book to write a report about the body. Use a title ‘The Body’. Then have a subheading for:

• The skeleton
• The muscles
• The heart
• The lungs

Use the book to help you, but don’t copy from it unless you need a spelling. Put the information into your own words. Try to make your report 1 side of a4 long.

Maths

10 minute warm up:

Play Demolition Division:  https://www.arcademics.com/games/demolition

Main activity: 30/40 mins

Hot challenge: Isee maths – watch the video and complete the challenges. http://www.iseemaths.com/lessons34/

Medium Challenge: If the above activity is too tricky, play the change game: https://natwest.mymoneysense.com/students/students-5-8/the-change-game/ complete the change sheets (see below).

10 mins 

Times tables practise - Times Tables Rockstars or Times Tables games:

 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-table

Amelia’s Learning Zone 1/5/20

English

5-10 mins warm up: Read a story from Oxford Owl website. Go to e books and choose a blue or green level book.

Main activity:  Re-Read The Gingerbread Man and rewrite the story in your own words using the word bank (see below).

Maths

Main activity: Visit Top marks site and play money game:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money

Complete the change from 20p worksheet (see below).

10 mins

Times tables practise - Times Tables Rockstars or Times Tables games:

 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-table

Daily Learning Challenges 30/4/20

English

Spelling test – Get a grown up to test you on your spellings. Set them out in your books as you usually do with a date and title at the top.

Main activity 45/50 mins

Re - Read the next chapter ‘Grandma gets the Medicine’ from George’s Marvellous Medicine. Complete the comprehension questions in your book as you normally do. See resources.

https://www.wordsmyth.net/

If you do not do Vipers Reading, then log on to Oxford Owl and read Things That Sting. Then 1 side of a4 entitled Animals that Prickle. Have a subheading for hedgehogs and one for porcupines. Use the websites below to help you. Try and put them into your own words.

http://ypte.org.uk/factsheets/hedgehog/overview#section

https://www.coolkidfacts.com/porcupine-facts/

Maths

10 minute warm up:

Main activity: 30/40 mins

Hot challenge: Isee maths – watch the video and complete the challenges. http://www.iseemaths.com/lessons34/

Medium Challenge: If the above activity is too tricky, visit this website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z8yv4wx/articles/zs3b2nb watch the clip and complete the two activities. Then complete the money sheet see below.

• Count the pounds first
• Use a pound sign if you need to - £
• Use a decimal point after the pounds. It’s like a full stop – it shows where the pounds stop and the pence start.

10 mins 

Times tables practise - Times Tables Rockstars or Times Tables games:

 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-table

Amelia’s Learning Zone 30/4/20

English

5-10 mins warm up: Read a story from Oxford Owl website. Go to e books and choose a blue or green level book.

Main activity:  Re-Read The Gingerbread Man and learn the story with actions. Then complete the word search and put the words into sentences.

Maths

Main activity: Visit Top marks site and play money game:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money

Complete the ordering coins worksheet.

10 mins

Times tables practise - Times Tables Rockstars or Times Tables games:

Daily Learning Challenges 29/4/20

English

Spelling test – Get a grown up to test you on your spellings. Set them out in your books as you usually do with a date and title at the top.

Main activity 45/50 mins

Re - Read the next chapter ‘Grandma gets the Medicine’ from George’s Marvellous Medicine. Imagine you are George writing a diary about the events of that chapter. This should be at least 1 side of A4 long. Remember to:

• Start with ‘Dear Diary’
• Write using the past tense.
• Describe how you felt before giving her the medicine – were you scared or excited? Explain.
• Describe what happened to grandma when you gave her the first mouthful of medicine. Use some of Roald Dahl’s descriptive vocab e.g. she fizzed etc.
• Explain how grandma felt about the effects of the medicine. E.g. did she want you to stop or did she want more? Talk about how you felt about this. Were you surprised?
• Explain what happened next e.g. her growing through the ceiling etc.
•  Talk about your hopes e.g. what do you hope will happen to grandma next? E.g. I hope that now she’s enormous she will go off and annoy other people.
• Talk about your fears. What do you think mum and dad will say? Are you afraid of what grandma might do now she’s a giant?

https://www.wordsmyth.net/

If you do not do Vipers Reading, then log on to Oxford Owl and read Things That Sting. Then choose three things from the book that sting and write about them. Use a subheading for each. Don’t copy from the book unless you need one of the spellings. Try and put it into your own words. For each thing that stings you can draw a picture and label it.

Maths

10 minute warm up:

Toy Shop money – make different amounts and add them to the purse.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money

Main activity: 30/40 mins

Hot challenge: Isee maths – watch the video and complete the challenges. http://www.iseemaths.com/lessons34/

Medium Challenge: If the above activity is too tricky, complete the money addition sheet (see below) start with a one star challenge first and then see if you can do the others.

10 mins 

Times tables practise - Times Tables Rockstars or Times Tables games:

 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-table

Amelia’s Learning Zone 29/4/20

English

5-10 mins warm up: Read a story from Oxford Owl website. Go to e books and choose a blue or green level book.

Main activity:  

Re-Read The Gingerbread Man and answer the comprehension booklet (see below).

Maths

Main activity: Visit Top marks site and play money game:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money

Complete the ordering coins worksheet.

10 mins

Times tables practise - Times Tables Rockstars or Times Tables games:

 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-table

Daily Learning Challenges 28/4/20

Don’t forget to practise your spellings on Spelling shed as there will be a test on Wednesday.

English

10 mins brain warm up: Measuring game

 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/measuring-in-cm

Main activity 45/50 mins

Re - Read the next chapters from George’s Marvellous Medicine and use the words that you spotted from yesterday and write them in new sentences in your books. Check any spellings using the online dictionary:

https://www.wordsmyth.net/

If you do not do Vipers Reading, then log on to Oxford Owl and re-read Winnie’s Bubble Trouble. After that complete a book review. Use the sheet as a guide (see resources) to help you set out the piece of work in your book using subheadings.

Maths

10 minute warm up:

Coin Cruncher – make different amounts and add them to the purse.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money

Main activity: 30/40 mins

Hot challenge: Isee maths – watch the video and complete the challenges. http://www.iseemaths.com/lessons34/

Medium Challenge: If the above activity is too tricky, the complete the greater than and less than sheets see below. As a warm up, please play this game. Select coin ordering as it will help you with the task:  https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/coins-game

10 mins 

Times tables practise - Times Tables Rockstars or Times Tables games:

 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-table

Amelia’s Learning Zone 28/4/20

English

5-10 mins warm up: Read a story from Oxford Owl website. Go to e books and choose a blue or green level book.

Main activity:  Re-Read The Gingerbread Man and try and learn the story with actions. Then write some adjectives to describe the Gingerbread Man's appearance and personality and then write them in sentences to make a character review about him.

Maths

Main activity: Visit Top marks site and play money game:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money

Complete the how much money is in the Jar worksheet

10 mins

Times tables practise - Times Tables Rockstars or Times Tables games:

 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-table

Daily Learning Challenges 27/4/20

Good morning!! Welcome to a new week at James Brindley at home. We hope that you have had a great weekend and have been enjoying all this extra time with your loved ones. We have planned an exciting new week of learning and there are also some brand new Pick and Mix activities for you to choose from.  You should all have an invitation to Purple Mash as well so you can send us photos of your work or just message to say ‘hi’. We are all really proud of you and we hope that you are still working hard and being sensible.

Best wishes

Mr. Kingsley and Mr. Welsh 

Don’t forget to practise your spellings on Spelling shed as there will be a test on Wednesday.

English

10 mins brain warm up: Verbs in space game.

 https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/grammar/verbs.htm

Main activity 45/50 mins

Read the next chapters from George’s Marvellous Medicine and make a note of any words that you do not understand on the vocab sheet. Ask an adult to help you with the definitions or use the online dictionary below

https://www.wordsmyth.net/

If you do not do Vipers Reading, then log on to Oxford Owl and re-read Winnie’s Bubble Trouble. After that complete the comprehension questions in your books (see below). Write in full sentences just like you do in school.

Maths

10 minute warm up:

Toy Shop money game – you can challenge yourself by choosing different amounts:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money

Main activity: 30/40 mins

Hot challenge: Isee maths – watch the video and complete the challenges. http://www.iseemaths.com/lessons34/

Medium Challenge: If the above activity is too tricky, then complete the money Power Point (see below) and then complete the ice cream price sheet. Write the sum down to help you e.g 2p + 2p + 5p = 9p.

10 mins 

Times tables practise - Times Tables Rockstars or Times Tables games:

 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-table

Amelia’s Learning Zone

English

5-10 mins warm up: Read a story from Oxford Owl website. Go to e books and choose a blue or green level book.

Main activity: Read The Gingerbread Man and then complete the sequencing activity and colour them in.

Maths

Main activity: Complete the Money PowerPoint and the Ice cream pricing activity. See medium challenge above

10 mins

Times tables practise - Times Tables Rockstars or Times Tables games:

 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-table

Daily Challenges 24/4/20

English

10 mins brain warm up: 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zt62mnb/articles/z7skdxs

Try the KS2 spelling quiz and see if you can get a top score!

Main activity 45/50 mins

Re Read the chapters George Begins to Make the Medicine and Animal Pills and complete the comprehension questions in your books.

If you do not do Vipers, then Log on to Oxford Owl and go on the Ebooks and find the Winnie’s Bubble Trouble. Read the next chapter. If you did yesterday’s lesson you should have a list of alliterative ingredients. Today I would like you to use them in a recipe for a witch’s spell potion. When writing a recipe make sure you use:

• A title. E.g Wicked shrinking spell
• Subheadings e.g. Ingredients, method (how to do it).
• Things like ingredients are lists so use commas.
• Write each instruction on a new line and use numbers for each one.
• Use time words like firstly, secondly, then etc.
• Use some recipe verbs e.g. mix in, stir in, chop, slice etc. Read the example recipes to help you.
• Super recipe instructions might also have handy hints in brackets e.g. Firstly stir in some spooky spiders (the stripy ones work best).

Maths

10 minute warm up:  

Play Doggie Dinners Division. It looks like fun !

https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/doggyDivision/index.html

Main activity: 30/40 mins

Hot challenge: Isee maths – watch the video and complete the challenges. http://www.iseemaths.com/lessons34/

Medium Challenge: If the above activity is too tricky complete the ordering numbers to make jokes challenge see resources below.

10 mins

Times tables practise - Times Tables Rockstars or Times Tables games:

 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-table

Amelia’s Learning Zone

English

5-10 mins warm up: Read a story from Oxford Owl website. Go to e books and choose a blue or green level book.

Main activity: Read the Little Red Riding Hood story and then rewrite the story using the word bank to help you

Maths

Main activity: Complete the addition and subtraction workbook – see below.

10 mins

Times tables practise - Times Tables Rockstars or Times Tables games:

 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-table

Daily Challenges 23/4/20

English

10 mins brain warm up: 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zt62mnb/articles/zyv4qhv

Spellings with the ‘shun’ sounds. Watch the clip and then complete the tasks underneath. Also don’t forget to practise your spellings on Spelling Shed. There will be a test next week.

Main activity 45/50 mins

Re Read the chapters George Begins to Make the Medicine and Animal Pills. Add any words from the Animal Pills Chapter that you don’t understand onto your vocab sheet. Use the online dictionary or adult help to find the definitions. Then put the words from both chapters into new sentences in your books.

If you do not do Vipers, then Log on to Oxford Owl and go on the Ebooks and find the Winnie’s Bubble Trouble. Read the first two chapters and make a list of all the food and drink that Winnie and Wibur eat or drink. You will notice that each of the items begin with the same letter e.g. Slimey Slugs. This is called alliteration. Design a menu for a witches café that serves the type of things that Winnie and Wilbur might want to eat and drink. Each item must be an alliteration e.g. Sneaky Spiders.

Maths

10 minute warm up:  

Play the Difference Demonstrator. Remember you can work out subtraction by finding the difference i.e. counting on from the first number to the second. Use the number line to help you and see which strategy helps you to get the answer the fastest.

https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/difference/

Main activity: 30/40 mins

Hot challenge: Isee maths – watch the video and complete the challenges. http://www.iseemaths.com/lessons34/

Medium Challenge: If the above activity is too tricky then either complete the maths booklet from yesterday or complete the bar modelling addition sheet – see resources.

10 mins

Times tables practise - Times Tables Rockstars or Times Tables games:

 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-table

Amelia’s Learning Zone

English

5-10 mins warm up: Read a story from Oxford Owl website. Go to e books and choose a blue or green level book.

Main activity : Read the Little Red Riding Hood story and then complete the character activity which is to make a wanted poster for the wolf (see resources). 

Maths

Main activity:

Finish off the fractions booklet or try the medium challenge from the whole class section with adult support.

10 mins

Times tables practise - Times Tables Rockstars or Times Tables games:

 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-table

Learning Challenges 22/4

English

10 mins brain warm up: 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zt62mnb/articles/zp7dk7h

Spellings with ‘cious’ and ‘tious’ sounds. Watch the clip and then complete the tasks underneath.

Main activity 45/50 mins

Re Read the chapter George Begins to Make the Medicine. Now that you have made your potion create a poster to advertise it. Remember posters are persuasive pieces of writing so make sure that:

• Your medicine has a name – think of something catchy and think about what it can do e.g. Marvellous Grandma shrinking potion
• Include a picture of your potion.
• Write a persuasive paragraph explaining why this potion is so amazing and why you must buy it.
• Excellent adverts often start with questions (the answers to these are usually the reasons to buy the thing you are advertising). E.g. Do you have an annoying grandmother? Do you find that grown-ups often get in the way? OR it could be a nice potion E.g. Is your grandma kind and in need of a treat? Do you want to reward your favourite person? Then the Amazing wish granting potion is for you!!
• Use exaggerated language e.g. amazing, incredible, stupendous etc.
• Make bold claims about what it can do e.g. This amazing potion will change your life!
• Also people usually buy things that taste, look and smell nice so don’t forget to describe these things in the advert e.g. With bold, multi-coloured stripes and a taste of pure strawberry this potion will make you feel amazing.

If you do not do Vipers, then Log on to Oxford Owl and go on the Ebooks and find the Lazy Giant. Re-read the whole book and write a book review about it. See the example writing frame below. Set it out in your book like this using subheadings and paragraphs.

Maths

10 minute warm up:  

Play Counting Caterpillar- this is a number sequencing game. You can change the settings to challenge yourself:

http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/countingCaterpillar/index.html

Main activity: 30/40 mins

Hot challenge: Isee maths – watch the video and complete the challenges. http://www.iseemaths.com/lessons34/

Medium Challenge: If the above activity is too tricky then try the Y3 maths activity booklet – see below.

10 mins

Times tables practise - Times Tables Rockstars or Times Tables games:

 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-table

Amelia's Learning Zone

English

5-10 mins warm up: Read a story from Oxford Owl website. Go to e books and choose a blue or green level book.

Main activity : Read the Little Red Riding Hood story and then complete the reading comprehension (see resources).

Maths

Main activity:

Complete the fractions activity booklet (see resources). Use counters if you need to – remember things from around the house like pasta, buttons or sweets can be used as counters.

10 mins

Times tables practise - Times Tables Rockstars or Times Tables games:

 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-table

Learning Challenges 21/4/20

Good morning year 3 !! We hope that you enjoyed the challenges yesterday. Both me and Mr Welsh are looking forward to seeing your work when we get back to school. Mrs Smethurst has uploaded your new spellings. There will be a test next Wednesday so don't forget to have a practise. Well done everyone, we are very proud of you - take care

Mr Kingsley and Mr Welsh

English

10 mins brain warm up: 

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zt62mnb/articles/z9f2b82

Spellings with ‘ough’ sound. Watch the clip with the monkeys and then complete the tasks underneath.

Main activity 45/50 mins

Re Read the chapter George Begins to Make the Medicine. Design your own marvellous medicine and write a recipe for it. Set it out like a recipe. See the writing frame example below and use it as a guide to help you set it out in paragraphs in your books. Remember to use

• A title.
• Subheadings e.g. Ingredients, equipment, method.
• Things like ingredients and equipment are lists so use commas.
• Write each instruction on a new line and use numbers for each one.
• Use time words like firstly, secondly, then etc.
• Use some recipe verbs e.g. mix in, stir in, chop, slice etc. Read the example recipes to help you.
• Super recipe instructions might have more than one sentence. The second sentence is usually helpful and begins with phrases like: ensure that, it is essential to….   E.g. Ensure that you don’t add too much or it might explode!
• Super recipe instructions might also have handy hints in brackets e.g. Firstly stir in some toothpaste (the stripy ones work best).

If you do not do Vipers, then Log on to Oxford Owl and go on the Ebooks and find the Lazy Giant. Read chapter 5.

The police want to arrest the giant for all that he has been doing to the children. Make a wanted poster (see resources) to warn the villagers about him. Make sure that you:

• Describe what he looks like.
• Explain how dangerous he is.
• Describe what he has done to the children.
• Explain what to do if you see him e.g. If you see him then don’t go near him and just call the police.
• Tell the reader what reward they will get if they help to find him.

Maths

10 minute warm up:  

Play odds or evens game. Remember always look at the units to decide whether a number is odd or not. 0, 2 , 4, 6, 8 are even 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 are odd

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/coconut-odd-or-even

Main activity: 30/40 mins

Hot challenge: Isee maths – watch the video and complete the challenges. http://www.iseemaths.com/lessons34/

Medium Challenge: If the above activity is too tricky then try this: Look at the Power Point which looks at 3d shapes around the house and complete the colouring worksheet.

10 mins

Times tables practise - Times Tables Rockstars or Times Tables games:

 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-table

Amelia's Learning Zone

Good morning Amelia - me and Miss Vaudrey are missing you. We hope that you enjoy the activities that we have set for you. We look forward to seeing them when we get back to school

Mr Kingsley and Miss Vaudrey

English

5-10 mins warm up: Read a story from Oxford Owl website. Go to e books and choose a blue or green level book.

Main activity : Read the Little Red Riding Hood story and complete the character labelling cut and stick activity.

Maths

Main activity: Complete the maths booklet from yesterday or complete the medium shape challenge from the whole class section above.

10 mins

Times tables practise - Times Tables Rockstars or Times Tables games:

Welcome Back !!!

Good Morning!! We hope that you enjoyed your Easter break and were able to enjoy the nice weather. Welcome back to your 'school at home'. As before Easter, we will be uploading daily challenges for you to complete in your home learning books. There should also be some Pick and Mix activities left for you to do.

We both miss you all very much. It doesn't seem the same without you !! We hope that you are all well and also hope that you will continue to work hard.

Mr Kingsley and Mr Welsh 

English

English

10 mins brain warm up: Noun explorer – click on the noun to feed the fish!

 https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/grammar/nouns.htm

Main activity 45/50 mins

Read the chapter George Begins to Make the Medicine and complete the vocabulary sheet with any words that you do not understand. Ask a grown up for the definitions or check them using the online dictionary: https://www.wordsmyth.net/

If you do not do Vipers, then Log on to Oxford Owl and go on the Ebooks and find the Lazy Giant. Re read the whole book and also read chapter 4.

Pretend that you are one of the children and write a diary about the day that you had to pull the Giant’s carriage. Remember to include:

• What you had to do (i.e. pull the carriage)
• What made that day different (i.e. the bad weather)
• What the giant did to Dan
• Describe how you felt.
• Describe what you did to the Giant.
• Talk about your hopes and fears e.g. I hope he doesn’t come back. I’m afraid he might find us and do something terrible.

Maths

10 minute warm up:

Toy Shop money game – you can challenge yourself by choosing different amounts:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money

Main activity: 30/40 mins

Hot challenge: Isee maths – watch the video and complete the challenges.

Medium Challenge: complete the 3d shape sheet and also play the Power Point game.

10 mins

Times tables practise - Times Tables Rockstars or Times Tables games:

 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-table

Amelia's Learning Zone

Hi Amelia, welcome back. We hope that you have enjoyed your Easter break. Me and Miss Vaudrey will continue to put work up here each day for you to access at home.

English

Warm up:

5-10 mins reading Oxford Owl website. Choose a blue or green book.

Main activity

Read the Little Red Riding Hood story and sequence the picture cards

Maths

Main activity: Try the maths booklet (see below). It should be quite challenging but do you best. There should be lots in there that you can do.

HOME LEARNING INFORMATION

As you know, from Friday 20th March school will be closed for a while and because of that we will be asking you to continue your learning at home. We understand that this must seem strange, but we have created a timetable to help you structure your day and help you to carry on making progress while you're at home.  It's really easy - just grab the work books that we sent home and make yourselves comfortable. Each day, we will upload a different Maths and English activity for you to complete.  There is also a ‘Pick and Mix’ document of activities based on our current topics for you to choose from in the afternoon sessions. Some of these tasks may take one afternoon, others may take longer.  We hope that you find them fun and enjoyable and we also hope to see you all again soon.

Mr Kingsley and Mr Welsh 

Easter Holidays

Hi everyone!! Below are some special Easter activities that you could complete during the Easter break. We have created a special Easter ‘Pick and Mix’ activity list for you to choose from, but please feel free to complete the activities from the previous ‘Pick and Mix’ list if you prefer. We have also chosen some other Easter activities which are listed below. There is no need to complete all of them unless you wish to do so, but we hope that there will be something on here that you will find fun and engaging.

The weather is expected to be nice, so please make sure that you get outside as much as possible and enjoy the sunshine.

We would like you to carry on practising your times tables on Times Tables Rock Stars and also your spellings on the Spelling Shed. Also, check out the ‘Oxford Owl’ website. A grown up will need to help you logon, but once you are on you will be able to access a range of free reading books. Just select the online books tab.

Many thanks to all of you who have sent messages and photographs of work that you have completed at home. It was really nice to read them and we hope to see you all again very soon.

Best wishes

Mr Kingsley & Mr. Welsh

Hello there everyone!! We hope that you are well and enjoying your new ‘school at home’. We just wanted to say how proud we are of you all and hope that you are trying hard with the activities that we have set for you.

Here are some fun science experiments to try. Some of them are quite messy though so make sure that you ask an adult before you try them:

https://www.sublimescience.com/free-science-experiments/

Have fun everyone!!

Mr Kingsley and Mr Welsh

Daily Learning Challenges 3/4/20

English

Spelling Shed 10 mins

Have a go at this conjunction game. You need to choose the right conjunction to join the sentences together. 

Main activity 45/50 mins

All over the world children are drawing rainbows and putting them in their windows as a sign of hope and also thanks to those brave grown-ups who work in special jobs that we need at the moment like nurses and doctors. Today’s task is to write a ‘Rainbow’ acrostic poem. You can use the sheet down below if you like or write it in your home learning book. Just make the letters three lines big and leave a space in between. Watch this clip as it shows lots of nice rainbows and explains why people are doing it.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/parenting/families-painting-rainbows-windows-spread-17964109

When you write your acrostic, remember:

• They don’t have to rhyme.
• To think about why people are drawing rainbows. i.e. a symbol of hope/ to say thank you.
• Think about the message that people need to understand at the moment i.e. stay home and stay safe.
• You can make your verses super poetic by using great vocabulary e.g. adjectives adverbs or using similes (comparisons using like or as) e.g. Nurses and doctors are as brave as superheroes!!

Also below is a word bank to help you with ideas. You don’t have to use it, you might have some fantastic ideas of your own! Be creative and have fun! Maybe, once you’ve completed it, you could draw a rainbow (if you’ve not already done so).

Maths

10 minute warm up:

Coconut Ordering. Choose money from the tab at the top and then there are all sorts of levels.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/coconut-ordering

Main activity: 30/40 mins

Click on to the ‘isee’ maths website. Watch the clip for Shapes and Stories and the complete the tasks.

http://www.iseemaths.com/lessons34/

10 mins 

Times tables practise - Times Tables Rockstars or Times Tables games:

 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-table

Amelia's Learning Zone

Hi Amelia,

While you are learning at home - me and Miss Vaudrey would like you to try and follow the daily timetable (see above). We will post a maths and english activity for you here each day and in the afternoon you can choose one of the pick and mix activities that we have made especially for you. Alternatively, you could do some of the work that Miss Vaudrey sent home with you. 

Mr Kingsley and Miss Vaudrey

Amelia Learning Zone 3/4/20

English

Reading – Logon to the Oxford Owl website and carry on reading your book.

Phonics game: Play Word Warehouse – match the sounds to the correct words:

http://www.literactive.com/Download/live.asp?swf=story_files/warehouse_US.swf

Writing: Read ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’. Then rewrite the story in your own words using the word bank below.

Maths 

Task 1: Play times tables games: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years

Task 2: Complete the multiplication and division triangles.

Oxford Owl Reading

Here is a link to a free online reading scheme with a variety of children's e-books.

(click on the picture to begin)

Welcome to Year 3 !!!

Our lead topic this term is a history based topic 'What was family life like in ancient Greece?' During the topic, we will learn all about family life in ancient Greece, the origins of the Olympic Games, ancient Greek gods and goddesses. Our science based topic 'Why are our bones so important?'. During the topic, we will learn all about the major bones in the body, the forces they are put under and how our skeleton changes with age. Our Art, Design and Technology based topic will look at the work of Giuseppe Arcimboldi and his use of fruit and vegetables in his paintings.

• Year 3W P.E is on a Wednesday and Friday.
• Year 3K P.E is on a Monday and Wednesday.

General information

• Please read with your child 4 times per week and make a note of this in their planners. As soon as your child has completed their book, please return it to school so that it can be changed for a new text.
• Spellings will be sent home weekly. These can be practised either by using the Spelling Shed app (logon details in the front of planners) or by using the look, cover, write sheet which is available on request. 
• Your child will be tested on their spellings every Wednesday.
• One piece of additional homework will also be sent home each Thursday. This is usually Maths or English related. Please ensure that your child completes this and returns it to school the following week. 
• It is also very important that your child learns their times tables. We have daily tests in school, but it would also be extremely useful if you could also practise these at home. This can be done using the Times Tables Rock Stars app (login details in the front of planners). The class teacher will have pre-selected the appropriate times tables for your child to access.