Thank you for all your hard work this half term. You are all superstars and I am so proud of you :D

I hope you all have a fantastic half term and a well earned break from home learning :)

Sending lots of love to you all,

Miss Robertson xxx

English: This week, we will be doing some work on our new class book 'Pugs of the Frozen North'. I hope you have lots of fun and enjoy the new book.

Monday 8th February: In today's lesson, you will be looking carefully at the front cover and blurb of the book, answering some questions and making some predictions.

Can you use the links below to draw your own pug like Miss Robertson?

Tuesday 9th February: 

Watch the video of Miss Robertson reading Chapter 1 of the story. Work through the comprehension questions on the PowerPoint below :)

Wednesday 10th February: Today, you are going to make a comic strip based on the events of Chapter 1. Look at Miss Robertson's example on the PowerPoint below. You might like to listen to the chapter read by Miss Robertson if you didn't yesterday.

Thursday 11th February: Today, you are going to be thinking about how Shen is feeling in Chapter 1. Read through the PowerPoint below and work through the activities. Enjoy :)

Friday 12th February: Hooray! It's Friday!  

Watch the video of Miss Robertson reading Chapter 2. Read through the PowerPoint and work through the PowerPoint. As today is the last day before half term, I would like you to have lots of of fun drawing pugs and thinking about what they would be saying to eachother :)

Enjoy!

Handwriting, spelling and reading activities:

Please click on the links below (one for each day). In each file, you will find some different handwriting, spelling and reading activities to help you to practise each skill. Please don't worry if you don't manage to complete all of the activities every day :) just do your best :)

Look out for the reading challenge on Friday! I would love to see your pictures :)

Other Reading Activities this week

-Ask your child to read a chapter from their home reading book.

-Following this, ask your child to summarise the events from the chapter. They could bullet point what happened, create a comic strip or present the information in their own creative way.

-Encourage your child to note down any unfamiliar words from the chapter they have read. Explore the meanings of these words by using a dictionary.

-Challenge your child to read something around the house that isn't a book. They can then keep a record of all these. 

Please click on the PDF below for some useful links to support reading at home :)

Maths:

This week we wil be continuing with our multiplication and division topic. We will be concentrating on division in most of our lessons (Monday - Thursday.) You will find a PowerPoint with the activities and a daily teaching video made by Miss Robertson. Please watch the video as it will really help you the learning for each day.

As Friday is the last lesson before half term, I would like you to have a go at the revision 'flashback 4' questions and then choose some of the fun Maths games/ activities to complete :)

If you need anything else to help you, or you are struggling with anything, please email yearthree@st-jo-st.dudley.sch.uk

You are all fantastic mathematicians and I know you will do brilliantly with these activities :)

Afternoon lessons: The afternoon lessons are organised into the days of the week. Please don't worry if you complete them on a different day or in a different order :)

Monday 8th February:

Tomorrow is Safer Internet day. Read through the PowerPoint and try one of the activities at the end :)

You might also like to watch the virtual assembly all about how to stay safe on the internet. Use the link below :)

Music Whole School Project

Mrs Cangiano has very kindly put together a music lesson all about the  English born musician and composer 'Gustav Holst'. There are 3 links below:

1) The life and work of Gustav Holst.

2) The creative response activities 

3) A quiz to take part in.

Enjoy!

Tuesday 9th February

In today's RE lesson, you will be reflecting on Jesus' teaching about forgiveness. Once you have read through the PowerPoint and discussed/ thought about the different questions, create your own forgiveness recipe :)

Have lots of fun :)

P.E. Tuesday 9th February:

For PE this week, you might like to try another fitness workout created by the coaches who work at our school. Can you keep up with all the exercises?

I know that lots of you enjoyed the Minecraft yoga last week. This week, you might like to try the Harry Potter themed yoga :D

Have lots of fun :)

History Wednesday 10th February

In today's lesson, you will be learning all about Stone Henge. Read through the PowerPoint below, have a go at the quiz and create your own Stone Henge using items in your house. There are lots of fun activities for you to try :)

You might also like to use the link below to draw your own Stone Henge.

Have fun!

Science Thursday 11th February:

Today, we will be learning all about the muscles in our body.

Read through the PowerPoint below and work through the activities. You might also like to watch the video clip all about our bodies.

Have fun :)

For today's French lesson, you will be continuing with our new unit all about musical instruments, 'Les instruments' (Instruments). You will start by learning some of the names for some common musical instruments and how to pronounce them (say them outloud). We will be using the language angels website to help us with our French (the same website that we use in school). 

1)Go to the Language Angels website (link below).

2)Click on 'home learning' and use the following username and Password.

USERNAME: Stjose1970                 PASSWORD: lahome

3)Click on the dashboard at the top and look at the first column ENTRY LEVEL CHALLENGE .

4)Click on Unit 2:Les Instruments and then on Lesson 4.

Have a look at the PowerPoint on the website and listen out for how to pronounce the words. Below, you will find a link to the language angels website, an optional worksheet to complete (you can just draw it onto paper if you can't print) and a vocabulary sheet with all the key words on for this unit.

If you have any trouble at all logging on, please contact me and I will do my best help :)

Bonne chance (good luck!) 

Year 3 Art activity

Listen to the fabulous story 'Under the love umbrella' using the link below.

Read through the PowerPoint. Create your own love umbrella to give to someone you love :)

Have fun!

Whole school Art activity: 

Today, we are going to learn about a Brazilian illustrator, Victor Nunes. He combines everyday objects with pen/pencil drawings to create faces and other pictures. I'm sure you will have lots of fun getting creative and learning about this amazing artist. 

Thank you for working so hard this week. You are all superstars :D Have a fantastic half term.

Please send your work into the Year 3 email address:

yearthree@st-jo-st.dudley.sch.uk

xxx