Year 3 Home Learning Pack w/c 11/1/2021These are ideas of things that you could have a go at completing each day:

20 minutes of reading 20 minutes of times tables practice (Times Tables Rockstars or Hit the Button) 20 minutes of Spellings (Spelling Shed)

In addition, there are 2 pieces of maths work, 4 pieces of English work and 3 pieces of topic work that you can complete during the week.

English Task 1 – Spelling: Practise these words 5 times each on a piece of paper everyday: unable, unafraid, unfasten, uncertain, unaware, unknown, unkind, unhelpful, uncoveredThese are the challenging words for this week to practice as well: difficult, disappear, earlyEnglish Task 2 – GrammarWe will continue to learn about clause – main clause and subordinate clauseRecap: Clause: A group of words that has a subject (a noun or a pronoun about which something is being said) and a verb (an action/doing word). Example – The dog ran in the park.Main Clause: Contains a subject and a verb and make sense on its own. Example – I like grapes.Subordinate clause: Contains a subject and a verb but it does not make sense on its own. It needs to be attached to the main clause to make sense. We use subordinating conjunctions to attach it to the main clause. Example – She left the room when the bell rang. In this sentence, when the bell rang is a subordinate clause as it does not make sense on its own. It is attached to the main clause- she left the room, to make sense and when is the subordinating conjunction.Examples of subordinating conjunctions – because, when, after, so, as, until, whileActivityWrite these sentences out on paper and underline the subordinate clauses. Circle the subordinate clause in the sentence 1. John was rapidly riding his bike home because he didn’t want to miss his favourite TV show.2. Mittens the cat meowed at the door so she could be let in. 3. I was allowed to play on my computer game after I had finished my homework. 4. Miss Jones said we could play outside when it had stopped raining. 5. “You are not having a cookie until you finish your vegetables,” exclaimed Mum. 6. After she picks me up, mum is taking me to jump street.7. I will go to the park when the weather is nice.8. He fell asleep while he was reading a book.

English Task 3 – Reading:Read the text about Butser Ancient Farm first, then answer the questions on a piece of paper.

1) How long have

whales been swimming in the ocean? 2) Are whales warm-blooded or cold-blooded? 3) Whales have a thick layer of fat. What is it called? 4) What tiny creatures do blue whales feed on? 5) How do whales swim? 6) Why do whales swim to the surface of the water? 7) Write down three different sounds that whales can make. 8) What is a baby whale called?

English Task 4 – Creative Writing

Can you write a story based on this image? Can you use ambitious vocabulary to describe what you would see, hear, think or feel?

Story starter!

They slowly began to lift off the table. The butterflies beat their delicate, but powerful wings, a blur of orange, black, yellow and white as they heaved the bundle upwards.

Beneath their frenetically flapping wings was an important package; the result of an uncountable amount of hours’ laborious writing. Trapped in a world of words, the author had slaved for many months over these books, and he now reflected on what would become of them.

Would they be met with joy and laughter? Or, perhaps, sorrow and tears would be the outcome. Only time would tell…

Maths Task 1 – Times tables (2, 5, 10, 3, 4)

Maths Task 2 – Column addition and subtraction

Afternoon task 1 – Computing – importance of passwordsPasswords stop people from getting into your account, but they also stop people from seeing any private information that might be in your account. When you make an account, you might have your name, address, phone number, email or even bank details stored there. If someone has your password, they might be able to see all of that information!

An easy way to protect your information is to always choose to use strong privacy settings. Privacy settings mean that you can control what people can see on your account.

Obviously the second one is safer as it doesn’t give out any personal information.Another way of keeping your personal information is to have a tighter/tougher password. It should be a mix of capital letters, lower case letters, numbers, symbols and no real words. Activity:

Afternoon task 2 – Science – Requirements of plant for growthA healthy plant is usually upright with green leaves. Plants need air, light, warmth, water and nutrients to be healthy.If a plant doesn’t have one of these requirements it could affect its growth or even die.For example, a plant that is kept in a dark place will grow tall and spindly in search of light and then become weak and die.

A plant that is not watered will have a weak stem and dried-up leaves and will eventually die.A seed will not produce a plant at all if it is kept too cold. The seed needs warmth to germinate (develop from a seed into a plant) and start to grow into a healthy plant.

Take this quiz and see how well you know about

plants: Tick the correct option.

Challenge: You can plant some seeds in a pot and learn about all the essential things that a plant require to grow.

Afternoon task 3 – RE – Places of Worship Our new RE topic this term is places of worship.A place of worship is usually a specially designed building that people go to pray, study their religion and participate in religious ceremonies.There are different religions in this world and their places of worship are known by different names.

Here are some of the images of different places of worship. See if you recognise any.

Activity: There are six main religions in the world. Your task is to find what they are and what their place of worship is called.