Little Heath Primary School
Welcome to Year 3
Hello everyone! I hope that you are all well. Please can we make sure we are going onto Matheltics as not everyone is logging on and completing tasks. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you are having any issues with Mathletics and I’ll be happy to help! Also, if anyone has completed any of the STEM activities from the activity pack – please forward me on your feedback or if you have any pictures from your STEM activity.
If you have any projects you have completed, please send them over to me (ndavis@littleheath.herts.sch.uk) I would love to see them!
English presentation DINOSAURS– This week in English once you have finished your animal presentation you will be starting a new presentation/project (or you can add this onto your animal presentation). You will be creating a presentation on dinosaurs. You can pick specific dinosaurs to research as well as find out about dinosaurs. Please start this project this week. You will be producing a project/presentation by completing research of dinosaurs. It is up to you how you present your findings - you can choose a PowerPoint/ Prezi/ non-chronological report/ poster/leaflet/fact file etc. to show your findings). The writing should be in your own words. The presentation could cover:
What is a dinosaur?
When were dinosaurs on Earth?
Habitats/location
Diet
Fun Facts
Appearance (weight/length/tall)
Life span
Behaviour
Fossils found
This is really up to you, explore as much as you would like to and show your findings. If you need any help or guidance feel free to email me.
Some useful links (remember to take Wikipedia with a pinch of salt as I was briefly the President of the World according to Wikipedia).
https://www.sciencekids.co.nz/dinosaurs.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/shows/deadly-dinosaurs
https://www.theschoolrun.com/homework-help/dinosaurs
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/curations/dinosaur-facts
https://www.kids-dinosaurs.com/dinosaur-facts.html
https://kidskonnect.com/animals/dinosaur/
https://kids.kiddle.co/Dinosaur
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/dinosaurs/
If you have access to Netflix, I believe they have a series called Walking With the Dinosaurs. This is a PG.
Monday
Maths:
- Complete mathletics tasks.
Tuesday:
- Complete the doubling and halving activity sheet: y3.17
Wednesday
Maths:
- Complete 30 minutes of mathletics.
- Practise times tables (focus on x2, x5, x9 and x10) – Practise by drawing arrays and then recalling times tables facts (boomerang or hiccup - the children know what this is). You can also go onto the Topmarks website and practise https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Thursday
Maths:
- Complete ordering fractions activity sheet: y3.18
- Complete 20 minutes of mathletics tasks
Friday
Maths:
- Complete multiplication activity sheet: y3.19
STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths – I have uploaded a few STEM activities designed to be done at home (as they require minimal resources). Feel free to have a look and see if there are any activities you would like to do. Please email me to let me know if you tried any and how they went! This is optional (but a lot of fun!) SuperStar Home Learning
Espresso - The children enjoy going on Espresso (we normally watch the news on here) but it is a website that has a lot of content as well its own coding program. The log in that can be used by each child is:
username: student15818
password: littleheath01
https://online.espresso.co.uk/espresso/login/Authn/UserPassword
PE – Joe Wicks is hosting a free workout aimed at children LIVE on his YouTube channel. With the schools closed and with us all spending more time at home, it's more important than ever that we keep moving and stay healthy and positive. Exercise is an amazing tool to help us feel happier, more energised, and more optimistic. The workouts will be fun and suitable for all ages and even adults can get involved. You don't need any equipment, just tune in to his YouTube channel at 9am each morning for a 30-minute, fun workout.
https://www.youtube.com/thebodycoachtv
Sign language – Learn BSL! I found this link and thought that you may want to learn some sign language while you are off of school - what an excellent opportunity. I believe they are streaming lessons every day. I have attached the link for lesson 1. If you enjoy it, you can explore their channel and find more lessons to learn more! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR2Zb7TbiOA&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3Hozewf2mllUAfQQ9tm3wT8QC3_T-JjdGQWjZ04u_Pz2WsQdYvwybiDUA
Puzzles of the week
Music/Singing Assemblies
Please see below message from our music teacher, Mrs Lawrence:
Hello everyone,
I hope you’re all well and happy.
Our song this week (for everyone) will be ‘The Place Where The Lost Things Go’ from the film ‘Mary Poppins Returns’. Here is a version with lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKc0jVW6AaU If you find it a little low at the start, you can speak the words, rather than singing them. Here is a version without the singing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpLTjJDCsJg
This is a very gentle and dreamy song and has quite a different sort of mood to most of the songs we have sung together. In the film, Mary Poppins, who is nanny to three children, sings this song to remind them that their mother, who has died, is still with them. I, personally, really like this song because it reminds me of my Dad, who has a illness which makes his memories fade away. When I first heard this song, it reminded me that memories are never gone really, even if they are a little harder to reach some days.
For the older ones, if you would like to do an extra activity, I would also like you to also choose a song that means something to you.
First, I would like you to listen to it carefully and see if you can answer the following questions:
- What instruments can you hear? Do the instruments change in different sections of the song?
- What is the mood or feeling of the song? Is it happy / sad / angry / romantic / dreamy / hopeful / determined, etc.? Does the mood change during the song?
- Can you think or at least one way that the writer, singer and musicians (or producer) achieves this mood? For example, if it is sad, the music may be slow and quiet and could have one solo instrument , such as a violin. If the music is angry, it may be loud, with a fast and aggressive beat. If the music is happy, it may be upbeat with a catchy rhythm.
- What is it about the song that makes it special for you?
Then, perhaps you could learn your song and sing/perform it? When you’re ready, you could film yourself performing it and then watch the film and think of at least one thing you think you did really well and one thing you could do to make it even better.
For the younger ones, you could make up some movements to a song of your choice. It could be our song for this week or it could be a different song. Think about whether the music is fast or slow, loud or quiet. Can you move in a way that fits with the music? You could either decide on different moves to fit different parts of the song or just improvise (that means make it up as you go along!). There is a big word for the movements we put to a song or piece of music. The word is ‘choreography’. Do you think you can remember that word?
I hope you continue to have fun and enjoy yourself this week.
Best wishes,
Mrs Lawrence
Here are the previous attached letters about our singing assemblies and ideas:
Please click on the links below for previous work:
Week 7, week commencing 18th May
Little Heath Primary School
Welcome to Year 3
Hello everyone! I hope that you are all well. Please can we make sure we are going onto Matheltics as not everyone is logging on and completing tasks. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you are having any issues with Mathletics and I’ll be happy to help! Also, if anyone has completed any of the STEM activities from the activity pack – please forward me on your feedback or if you have any pictures from your STEM activity.
If you have any projects you have completed, please send them over to me (ndavis@littleheath.herts.sch.uk) I would love to see them!
English presentation DINOSAURS– This week in English once you have finished your animal presentation you will be starting a new presentation/project (or you can add this onto your animal presentation). You will be creating a presentation on dinosaurs. You can pick specific dinosaurs to research as well as find out about dinosaurs. Please start this project this week. You will be producing a project/presentation by completing research of dinosaurs. It is up to you how you present your findings - you can choose a PowerPoint/ Prezi/ non-chronological report/ poster/leaflet/fact file etc. to show your findings). The writing should be in your own words. The presentation could cover:
What is a dinosaur?
When were dinosaurs on Earth?
Habitats/location
Diet
Fun Facts
Appearance (weight/length/tall)
Life span
Behaviour
Fossils found
This is really up to you, explore as much as you would like to and show your findings. If you need any help or guidance feel free to email me.
Some useful links (remember to take Wikipedia with a pinch of salt as I was briefly the President of the World according to Wikipedia).
https://www.sciencekids.co.nz/dinosaurs.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/shows/deadly-dinosaurs
https://www.theschoolrun.com/homework-help/dinosaurs
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/curations/dinosaur-facts
https://www.kids-dinosaurs.com/dinosaur-facts.html
https://kidskonnect.com/animals/dinosaur/
https://kids.kiddle.co/Dinosaur
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/dinosaurs/
If you have access to Netflix, I believe they have a series called Walking With the Dinosaurs. This is a PG.
Monday
Maths:
- Complete mathletics tasks.
Tuesday:
- Complete the doubling and halving activity sheet: y3.17
Wednesday
Maths:
- Complete 30 minutes of mathletics.
- Practise times tables (focus on x2, x5, x9 and x10) – Practise by drawing arrays and then recalling times tables facts (boomerang or hiccup - the children know what this is). You can also go onto the Topmarks website and practise https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Thursday
Maths:
- Complete ordering fractions activity sheet: y3.18
- Complete 20 minutes of mathletics tasks
Friday
Maths:
- Complete multiplication activity sheet: y3.19
STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths – I have uploaded a few STEM activities designed to be done at home (as they require minimal resources). Feel free to have a look and see if there are any activities you would like to do. Please email me to let me know if you tried any and how they went! This is optional (but a lot of fun!) SuperStar Home Learning
Espresso - The children enjoy going on Espresso (we normally watch the news on here) but it is a website that has a lot of content as well its own coding program. The log in that can be used by each child is:
username: student15818
password: littleheath01
https://online.espresso.co.uk/espresso/login/Authn/UserPassword
PE – Joe Wicks is hosting a free workout aimed at children LIVE on his YouTube channel. With the schools closed and with us all spending more time at home, it's more important than ever that we keep moving and stay healthy and positive. Exercise is an amazing tool to help us feel happier, more energised, and more optimistic. The workouts will be fun and suitable for all ages and even adults can get involved. You don't need any equipment, just tune in to his YouTube channel at 9am each morning for a 30-minute, fun workout.
https://www.youtube.com/thebodycoachtv
Sign language – Learn BSL! I found this link and thought that you may want to learn some sign language while you are off of school - what an excellent opportunity. I believe they are streaming lessons every day. I have attached the link for lesson 1. If you enjoy it, you can explore their channel and find more lessons to learn more! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR2Zb7TbiOA&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3Hozewf2mllUAfQQ9tm3wT8QC3_T-JjdGQWjZ04u_Pz2WsQdYvwybiDUA
Puzzles of the week
Music/Singing Assemblies
Please see below message from our music teacher, Mrs Lawrence:
Hello everyone,
I hope you’re all well and happy.
Our song this week (for everyone) will be ‘The Place Where The Lost Things Go’ from the film ‘Mary Poppins Returns’. Here is a version with lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKc0jVW6AaU If you find it a little low at the start, you can speak the words, rather than singing them. Here is a version without the singing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpLTjJDCsJg
This is a very gentle and dreamy song and has quite a different sort of mood to most of the songs we have sung together. In the film, Mary Poppins, who is nanny to three children, sings this song to remind them that their mother, who has died, is still with them. I, personally, really like this song because it reminds me of my Dad, who has a illness which makes his memories fade away. When I first heard this song, it reminded me that memories are never gone really, even if they are a little harder to reach some days.
For the older ones, if you would like to do an extra activity, I would also like you to also choose a song that means something to you.
First, I would like you to listen to it carefully and see if you can answer the following questions:
- What instruments can you hear? Do the instruments change in different sections of the song?
- What is the mood or feeling of the song? Is it happy / sad / angry / romantic / dreamy / hopeful / determined, etc.? Does the mood change during the song?
- Can you think or at least one way that the writer, singer and musicians (or producer) achieves this mood? For example, if it is sad, the music may be slow and quiet and could have one solo instrument , such as a violin. If the music is angry, it may be loud, with a fast and aggressive beat. If the music is happy, it may be upbeat with a catchy rhythm.
- What is it about the song that makes it special for you?
Then, perhaps you could learn your song and sing/perform it? When you’re ready, you could film yourself performing it and then watch the film and think of at least one thing you think you did really well and one thing you could do to make it even better.
For the younger ones, you could make up some movements to a song of your choice. It could be our song for this week or it could be a different song. Think about whether the music is fast or slow, loud or quiet. Can you move in a way that fits with the music? You could either decide on different moves to fit different parts of the song or just improvise (that means make it up as you go along!). There is a big word for the movements we put to a song or piece of music. The word is ‘choreography’. Do you think you can remember that word?
I hope you continue to have fun and enjoy yourself this week.
Best wishes,
Mrs Lawrence
Here are the previous attached letters about our singing assemblies and ideas:
Please click on the links below for previous work:
Week 7, week commencing 18th May