YEAR 3

Summer Term Week 7

HIDDEN JEWELS OF THE OCEAN World Oceans Day takes place on 8th June.

Here is this week’s work – full of lots of ideas and choices

for you to pick and choose from throughout the week.

REMEMBER to upload examples of your work

onto Facebook

Here are some more examples of some amazing activities Year 3 have posted on Facebook. Well

done to all of these children for these excellent pieces of work!

If you have completed a piece of work, upload it onto Facebook and you can be in the next shout

out! Good Luck.

Lotti collected some lovely natural

items to create a caterpillar!

Archie wrote a letter to Mr

Culham about recycling.

Michal made a lovely poster

about Biodiversity!

Ellie and her brother Sam created

3D rockets with their Grannie!

Maths Tasks to be completed everyday

• Timestables Rockstars/Numbots - Work on your number facts everyday

– by doing these 5 times a week you will get better and better!

• Hit the Button - Play on Hit the Button each day, working on your

number bonds, doubles or times tables!

• Daily 10 challenge – Work on your times table facts. On the website

(see link below) Choose level 2, multiplication and set your own times

table challenge and time yourself. Good Luck!

• Daily task – Choose from one of the tasks which have been attached

separately.

Please write your answers in your exercise books. Remember how to set

out your work neatly and date it.

Use it or lose it! Keep your brain exercised!

CHALLENGE

Calculate the Sea Level -use the lighthouse! There are black markings all the way up

the lighthouse (see below) and on the support for the lighthouse going down to the sea bed. These

markings are 1 metre apart. I have left the numbering for you to do. The sea bed will be 0 and

then you can count up in 3’s just to make it a little challenging. https://nrich.maths.org/5929

Can you find containers in your home which hold different amounts of water? Which contains the most liquid, the least liquid etc. Can you order the containers?

https://mathematicscentre.com/taskcentre/118icecr.htm

Spellings Spellings to be completed on Friday.

Practise makes perfect - Practise the Year 3/4 statutory spellings (see list

attached) using two of these activities;

• You can revise the rules and play the spelling games to test your skills:

https://spellingframe.co.uk/

1. Use rainbow writing for each of your spellings.

2. Use your spellings accurately within a sentence.

3. Draw an image to go with the word – making the word memorable and

linking the word with the meaning.

4. Make the word out of different materials – you could use playdough,

pasta, Lego … the choice is yours!

5. Use a thesaurus to find words that have a similar meaning (synonym).

6. You could try one of the problem-solving spelling activities below.

CHALLENGE

• Prefix or suffix? Add a prefix or suffix to each root word to

make a new word. Don’t get tricked some root words don’t have

a prefix or suffix!

Prefix Root word Suffix EXAMPLE: unbelievable, disbelieve believe believed, believing, believes

favourite

February

forward

fruit

grammar

Spelling Detective

Correct the spelling mistakes – Write the correct spellings in your book.

1. Vocabulary Creator of the week – Create a vocabulary

word bank including verbs, adjectives, adverbs,

expanded noun phrases and relative clauses to

describe the hidden secrets of our oceans!

2. Challenging vocabulary of the week – Look at the

following words and find their meaning. Use the words in a sentence.

(Vocab of the week words: estuary, algae, plankton, tsunami & urchin)

Reading Weekly Reading Tasks (Aim to read for 15minutes

every day and complete 1 activity from below per day)

• Your weekly reading comprehension task - Complete the weekly comprehension

activity attached to the email.

• Recommend to a friend! Write a book review and post it on Facebook

• Word detective – whilst completing your daily reading - note down any

unfamiliar words from the pages that you have read. Explore the meanings of

these words by using a dictionary. Find a new word each day to write down.

• Ocean Emporium - Ask your child to read this extract from Ocean

Emporium. They can use a dictionary to clarify any unfamiliar

vocabulary.

• Turtles Text - Try researching about an ocean creature of your choice -

here are some interesting facts about turtles to get you started.

• CHILDRENS POETRY: Check out the following link and read some poetry:

https://childrens.poetryarchive.org/collections/under-the-sea/

Listen to the poems about ‘Under the Sea’ and then choose one or two poems

(more if you would like) to listen too with your family, sibling or in the peace

and quiet of your own learning space.

• Blue Planet One Ocean Quiz - Take the quiz, how much do you know?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/quizzes/blue-planet-one-ocean

CHALLENGE:HIDDEN SECRETS OF THE OCEANS - taking inspiration from the

poems you have listened too, could you and your family create your own poem title

‘Hidden secrets of the ocean’ and publish it on Facebook, so others can enjoy

reading it.

Weekly Writing Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day)

• UNDER THE SEA STORY TASK - Write an

under the sea adventure story. You could try using this story starter:

Story starter!

The majestic creature glided gracefully through the perfect, azure

waters. Its size and beautiful colours stood out in stark

contrast to the murky, grey ocean floor beneath. Many other

creatures that dwelt under the sea looked on with envy at the

unusual and startlingly bright colours that its appearance possessed…

Story starter!

For hundreds of years they had been sleeping. The ocean had been their home since that terrible day, when they had been

banished to this prison of endless ocean. Now that they had been rediscovered, the time for waiting was at an end. The

divers were shocked when they saw the colossal, stone giants begin to stir in the water. It was time…

• POETRY – https://childrens.poetryarchive.org/collections/under-the-sea/

Can you compose your own poem of what you wish you could do if you were a

sea creature or lived under the sea? Why not perform it to the family or upload

onto our Facebook page for others to enjoy too.

• ENDANGERED SEA CREATURES – write a description of an

endangered sea creature or a sea creature of your choice. You may

wish to do a little research of your own first to help you with your

details. https://www.natgeokids.com/au/?s=oceans&post_type=

• BECOME A REPORTER – how are we endangering creatures and

plants of the ocean? How can we help to protect them? You could

write a newspaper article, design a poster or create a news report to tell us how

we are endangering animals of the ocean and what we can do to help save them.

• INFORMATION PAGE – Choose a creature of the ocean to write a fact file that

includes subheadings, key information and possibly some pictures. You may need

to do a little research to help you. You could tell us about their: habitats,

appearance, diet, behaviour and then some fun facts or extra information you

have learned about your chosen creature.

• REMEMEBER you must read your work to check it! It is a good idea to reread

every sentence when you have finished writing each one.

REMEMBER you can upload your work onto Facebook.

Diary Write your own diary entry and try to include the success criteria!

Dear Diary

I have been working from home for ten weeks now, with the occasional shift to

look after the key worker children at Birchfield Primary. On Monday all the teachers

returned to school for an Inset day, where Mr Culham, Mrs Parker and Miss Walker

talked us through all the new safety measures for the gradual return of our

Birchfield children. They had done a great job of organising the school so that we

can socially distance and keep everyone safe! There is a one way system around

the school, which is marked out with arrows. There are lots of colourful dots on

the playground to help each group play safely with their adult. Also, many more

things had been put in place, so we all felt reassured and ready for action! I felt

excited, but I couldn’t help feeling a little anxious at first.

In Ms Stringer’s words, “Nerves soon turned to smiles!”

Everyone had such a wonderful day! It was really lovely to see the children!

Whilst waiting at the gate on Wednesday morning, Mr Culham remarked, “It makes

me so happy to hear children in their classrooms again and see them playing safely

outside!” Even in these very unusual times, people are being so positive! As I

stood at the gate waiting for my group to arrive, the father of a reception child told

Mr Culham how impressed he was with our school and what a great day his child

had had on Tuesday! It was lovely to hear! Now, I’m looking forward to seeing

more and more children return to school as we systematically inch our way back to

normality.

Here are some ideas of the things you might like to write about –

• Start by writing a general comment of how your week was

• Write about what has made this week special

• Write about how someone made you smile or feel happy

• Write about something you are looking forward to

Success Criteria:

Punctuation: try to include speech marks “Welcome!” said Mr Culham.

Compound conjunctions: (FANBOYS) for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so

Expanded noun phrases with preposition; under, behind, before, between, next to

Time connectives; then, after, when, before, while

To include ‘drop clause’ (relative clauses); ,who ,which ,where

Statements. Questions? Commands! Exclamations!

Hello Everyone! I hope that you have had another good week, and that you have

managed to find time to write your diary. This week has been a very important milestone,

not just for me, but for everyone at Birchfield Primary School.

Topic Learning Project – to choose different tasks to complete each

day throughout the week.

The project this week aims to provide opportunities for you to learn about our oceans and what

lives below the surface. It is also an opportunity for you to think about how we are affecting the

lives of the creatures and plants that live there.

• Working Together to Save Our Oceans - The BBC programme Blue Planet 2

sparked an outcry about the health of our oceans and the

huge threat caused by plastics, but lots of people around

the world are working hard to help solve this problem.

Find out about Madison Edwards, a 12-year-old environmental

activist – who has become well known and for what reasons?

TASK: Keep a ‘plastic diary’ recording how much single-use plastic your family

uses. At the end of the week – think about how you could help reduce plastic

waste – write down one thing that you will do.

• Speeding Through The Seas – Find out some fun facts about the fastest animals

of the sea. You could think about where these animals are usually located. Can

you find out 10 of the top fastest creatures and where they can be found?

• The Ocean’s Weirdest Creatures - Among the ocean’s countless species, some

stand out for their looks—but not always in a good way. Discover some of

the sea’s most unusual-looking animals and draw or write about a few.

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/animals/sea-life/strange-sea-creatures/ https://answersingenesis.org/kids/sea-animals/

• Reef Research - The Great Barrier Reef is the only living thing which is visible

from space! Take a virtual tour of the reef using AirPano and

create a poster or video to promote the Great Barrier Reef. Use

scientific language relating to the habitats and species groups

found in the reef. Can you identify the main threats to The Great

Barrier Reef and include these too?

https://www.airpano.com/360photo/Great-Barrier-Reef-Australia/

https://attenboroughsreef.com/experience_intro.php

• Plastic Ocean Artwork - Use plastic to make sea creatures,

watch a thought-provoking videoclip from the film

‘A Plastic Ocean’, and create a piece of artwork

using plastic that portrays a powerful message.

Remember to post up your work on Facebook.

CHALLENGE: Can you think of five things you can do to help save the

coral reefs? You could present this in the form of an ART MURAL or a

POSTER – let your creativity run wild!

SPARE TIME LIST SPARE TIME LIST – why not try…

1. Colour or doodle – create a sea creature or a sea theme. https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/top-5/top-5-sea-creatures

2. Go for a walk and see how many different flowers / insects and wildlife you can spot – you could even upload your pictures onto our Facebook.

3. Visit BBC BITESIZE using the internet or on the TV (Sky and Digital are

showing them) and choose a video to watch and learn from. 4. Be a designer – using old items of clothing or material found around the home

to create your very own garden bunting. 5. Get organised and sort your bedroom out – whether this is clearing out the

junk or simply tidying your bedroom or rearranging it. 6. Research card tricks and impress your family with a few of them – you could

upload the tricks you have mastered on Facebook too. 7. Create a ‘Covid-19 Lock down’ mural to send to your loved ones to show that

you are thinking of them – you could use the same ideas as last week like your handprints or find other ideas on the internet – there are lots of different

and creative examples. 8. Description of an underwater scene - imagine that you were a famous

oceanographer, Jacques Cousteau, exploring the ocean depths for the first time.

What could you see? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYwQu3Fqa28 9. Photography – are you inspired to take a photo?

10. Get baking in the kitchen - is it someone’s birthday or is it just a treat for all the family to enjoy.

Don’t forget to visit:

Charanga: https://charanga.com/site/

Times Table Rockstars: https://ttrockstars.com/

Here are a few websites you can practise and reinforce your Spelling skills:

https://spellingframe.co.uk/

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html

http://www.keystage2literacy.co.uk/spellings-menu.html

http://www.spellzone.com/games

FEELINGS COME AND GO: remember that we are all in this together. Sometimes we

find that the moment or the event takes control on our emotions and actions. Be

kind to yourself…take a break and walk away from the situation. Listen to music

quietly or read a book that you can get lost in. Allow yourself time to calm down

before going back. It is okay to feel negative at times – this is hard for everyone

and you are not alone – but you must remember that these feelings of negativity or

even anger will pass and fade if you allow yourself the time to be kind to yourself.

ENJOY EACH OTHER: being unable to go out and see our friends and relatives has

been hard – and we are still facing a few more weeks at least of school closure.

You cannot change this – but what you can do is try to make sure that every day

you do something together. Create FAMILY FUN + ENJOYABLE RITUALS so that even

when you are in lockdown you can still look back on these positive memories.

Whether it’s: going for a walk or a bike ride together; baking in the kitchen; playing

a board game; holding a sports day in the garden; watching a movie together or

simply reading a book together these are all moments where you together can build

happy memories.

Other ways that might help to calm you when you are feeling negatively:

1. Sing out loud. Everyone knows the sweet relief associated with rocking out to

your favourite tune. But the physical act of singing out loud, even if it is off

key, has been shown to release endorphins, the “feel good” chemical in the

brain. So sing and shout it out!

2. Go for a run. Running has been shown to reduce negative feelings. Going for

a 10 minute jog around the garden can not only improve your mood

immediately, it will also help you to cope with our feelings for several hours

afterward.

3. Go to your calm down space. Having a designated “Calm Down Space” in

your home allows you to feel take a break and re-join the group when you feel

ready to. Don’t forget to make it comfortable and colourful – it is your safe

space not a prison cell!

4. Take a colouring break. Trust me it gives you something to focus on, and can

be a great mindfulness activity that reduces any anxiety you are feeling.

1. Which is the largest ocean in the world?

A. Indian

B. Pacific

C. Atlantic

D. Arctic

2. Which is the deepest ocean in the world?

A. Pacific

B. Indian

C. Atlantic

D. Arctic

Dolphins breathe through their ____________.

A: gills

B: skin

C: lungs

D: none of the above