Home Learning

Friday 16th September

 

English - Home learning is a tricky one this week. You’ve all been given a sheet on time and place prepositions to complete. While doing so try to remember Friday’s lesson with the posters and the music to help you. Some examples of time prepositions are on (I will see you on Monday), at (at 8.40 a.m. you should be in school) and since (I have had a cold since Monday). Some examples of place prepositions are over (the ball flew over my head), under (I found my socks under my bed) and next to (I put the lamp next to my bed). Have a go at completing the sheet, if you have tried and don't think you can then simply list on the sheet some different time and place prepositions.

 

Maths - Because the English home learning that I have given you this week is quite challenging, I will not be setting you any maths home learning. Next week however you will receive your home learning books and from then on will have a piece of Maths, English and Spelling home learning to do each week.

 

Reading - You should have received some amended pages to the reading challenge guide on Thursday. If you didn’t receive these please let me know. I, Mrs Sparkes and Mrs Hayes have all been impressed with your reading at school this week so continue to read as much as you can at home and you will continue to improve.

What we have done this week

 

 

On Tuesday of this week was Roald Dahl Day, celebrating what would have been Roald Dahl's 100th birthday! To mark this special occasion, we spent a couple of lessons on Monday looking at 5 of the famous characters that Roald Dahl created and how they linked to our school values of trust and compassion. This started with us completing some character studies in the morning before moving on to some drama in the afternoon. During our drama session each member of each group was asked to take on the role of 1 of our 5 characters. Each group was then asked to come up with a short piece of drama where their characters displayed either trust, compassion or both towards one another. The five characters being expertly portrayed in the top 3 pictures above are 'Charlie Bucket' (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), 'Matilda Wormwood' (Matilda), 'The BFG' (The BFG), 'Grandmother' (The Witches) and 'James Henry Trotter' (James and the Giant Peach).

Our Maths sessions this week have seen us focus mainly on addition. On Thursday we covered the classroom tables with post it notes with sums written on them in pink, green or black. We had to complete all of the pink sums correctly in our books before we could move onto the green, and then do the same with the greens before moving on to black. Anyone who managed to complete all of the blacks correctly earned a house point.

The bottom 2 pictures show the children practicing their football skills in a session taken by Mr Knights. Luckily it was our turn to have P.E. before lunch time and so before it started to rain!

Next week we will continue to link our English work to our topic, as we did this week when we conducted our interviews with a pharaoh.



Our First Full Week Together!

Home Learning

Friday 9th September

 

English - This week I would simply like you all to have a go at explaining what a clause is and what a conjunction is to your parent or carer. See if you can give examples of both, remembering to see if you can include what you know about subjects and verbs (see if you can be really impressive).

 

Maths - I have given you all a sheet that asks you to show off your knowledge of place value. Don't worry if you don't manage to complete all of the questions, just do what you can. I would like these sheets back to me by next Thursday (15th) at the latest please in order to give me a chance to see how you all found it.

 

Reading - There seems to be a lot of enthusiasm towards reading in Class 3 which is great! To help keep this up you have all been given a guide to our reading challenge and a record to keep track of what you are doing. The guide is full of great things that you can do to help your reading improve so do make sure you have a look and find something that is right for you.

 

What we have done this week

 

 

 Apologies for the lack of pictures, I keep forgetting to take them but don't worry I will get better at this and you can all help by reminding me.

 

The two pictues that I have added to our blog this week show the science lesson we did on Tuesday when we tried to sort the animal pictures based on what those animals eat. Our three categories, separated by our hoops, were omnivores, herbivores and carnivores and by the end of the lesson all our animals were positioned correctly. 

 

Our English and S.P.A.G this week have combined as we have built up to writing our Egyptian fact sheets. Our knowledge of Ancient Egypt has grown throughout the week as we have shared what we know, read up on some facts and had a great time watching some 'Horrible Histories: Awful Egyptians' clips. This all led us to Friday where we completed our fact sheets and used our knowledge of conjunctions to extend our sentences where we could.

 

Next week we will continue to apply our place value knowledge in maths as we do some more addition and subtraction. P.E. will be on a Monday and a Friday and we will continue to link our Ancient Egyptian and Ancient Greek topic into our learning across many subjects.   

Home Learning

Friday 1^st July

English- This week we have finished our story of James and the Giant peach! For your home learning this week I would like you to write a book review on the template I have provided. I look forward to reading your thoughts and opinions about the book.

Maths- This week I have allocated some games to do with perimeter and area on active learn. Remember you do not need to complete all of them; just have a go at the level you think is best for you. If you are unable to do your home learning at home; remember you can do it on a Tuesday or Wednesday lunch time in school.

We have had a busy week as we have had Sports Day at Wenhaston! This was a huge success and many of us received lots of stickers as well as a medal at the end of the day. We were very pleased with everyone as we worked hard to earn house points. A huge congratulations to Green Team who won the most on the day.

In class 3 this week we have been to Ilketshall school to do some out door learning with other Year 3 and 4 children in the local area. We were pond dipping, may pole dancing, orienteering, making mud art pictures and much more. Below are some of the photos of our day.

Home Learning

Friday 24^th June

English- In two week’s time we are going to be doing our end of year grammar test. This week’s home learning is for you to have a go at completing the James and the Giant Peach grammar challenge. Please come and speak to me if you have forgotten what a word means and I will go over it again in class.

Maths-We have been learning about perimeter this week. We work out perimeter by adding all the sides together. This week for our home learning we have several different rooms to find the perimeter of.

Spelling pattern of the week-ary, ic and al suffixes

Week 2 of the Summer 2 term has been very exciting with an opportunity to cheer on the women in the Aviva World Tour Cycling race. The children made flags and we researched about the British team and the different coloured shirts to look out for before we went. Wednesday morning we then walked over the common and down a lane until we reached the cycle path and waited excitedly! It wasn't a boring wait as you may expect as there were police bikes and cars hooting their horns and waving to the children as they went past. It was a fantastic atmosphere and everyone there enjoyed it. The moment the bikes came down the lane, everyone was cheering and waving their flags. Moments later, it was all over as the bikes were travelling at some speed! Below are some photos we took.

Home Learning

Friday 17^th June

English- For your home learning this week I would like you to complete the punctuation sheet I have given you. Please come and ask before Thursday if you are stuck with the questions I have given you.

Maths- I have added some division and multiplication games for you to have a go at on active learn. You do not need to do all of them, choose the appropriate level for you. If you are unable to do your home learning at home I will be available to help you next Wednesday lunch time. (Wednesday 22^nd June) Good luck and have fun!

Our spelling patterns we have been learning this week have been the suffix: er and est

Welcome back and hope you had a happy half term. As promised, the photos we had taken when we went to Vicarage Grove as well as some photos from our learning this week. Look how tall our vegetables are growing for our 'Food for Thought' project!

Home Learning

Friday 10^th June

English- This week it has been the Queen’s birthday celebrations. We have had a day in school learning about the Queen and her family. I would like you to create a fact file about the Queen using the knowledge you have learnt this week. You may even be able to find some more facts about her.

Maths- I would like you to play the game we play in class with a dice. Roll the dice to create 5 multiplication questions. Work out the answers and then record in the inverse. (Division) For example: 5x7=35 so  35÷5=7 or 35÷7=5. You may also want to add a zero on to one of your dice answers to make it more challenging. E.g. 40 (instead of 4) x8= 320 so 320÷8=40. Record these calculations in your home learning book.