Chisenhale Chatter for Year 3 – Monday 4th May

We hope you have been able to keep to the daily learning that we set in the last Chatter, enjoying our new core book Charlie Small! When we are able to come back to school, it will be fantastic to share our learning that we have completed at home and lots of new skills that we have learnt from our family members too! This week’s Chatter is similar to last week’s, providing a daily timetable of home learning tasks. Please try to do this so that you are keeping up with the Year 3 curriculum. The parts in blue indicate that you need to do a task, whether it is share your thoughts and opinions to a question, complete some writing or be creative. These tasks will normally be recorded in your exercise book - remember to write the date and the name of the learning

task, e.g. ‘Literacy’ or title of the White Rose maths task. There are also optional ‘Extra for Experts’ challenges (E4E) and these are highlighted in yellow. You can still use the BBC Bitesize materials either online or via the red button (which are great!), log into Studyladder and challenge each other on Times Tables Rockstars, but we would like you to make sure you complete this learning. It will mean you are following a timetable similar to what we do in school. Remember to have breaks in between your learning and keep active!

9:00 PE with Joe Wicks – do this every day! It will keep your mind and

body healthy and alert https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

9:30 Literacy, including learning spellings and showing your neat

handwriting.

10:30 Break – Make sure you move around and are active

11:00 Maths – Use the White Rose, including times tables practise sometimes using Times Tables Rockstars.

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Mindfulness - Try Cosmic Kids: Zen Den (on YouTube) or use Go

Noodle.

1:15 Wider curriculum subjects stated on the daily timetable, such as

Science, Music, Art, PE, Topic, Spanish, RE

3:00 Reading – daily reading for at least 15 minutes.

If you do this every day, you could set up your own reading treat

at the end of the week.

Bedtime Story time with your family

This is the Y3 BBC Bitesize timetable for the week. You can access this through the red button on your TV or via the website.

Here are a few updates from the staff in Year 3 this week.

I have made a lemon and blueberry polenta

cake . I am wishing for the sun to come

back. Hope you are all staying positive.

Missing you all and looking forward to

seeing you soon. Sue xxx

Hi everyone

I hope you are all good. I have not done a lot this

week. I had a zoom call with the teachers which

was good. Friday I am celebrating my birthday

with my family on face-time 😂 which will be

lovely. Keep up the good work and stay safe

miss you all Janette xx

Hi children,

I’ve been busy painting my room this

week to keep myself busy. Hope you’re

all well, stay safe.

Love from Jane xxx

Hi Year 3!

I hope you are all keeping well! I have had a

week of fasting and preparing and eating

delicious meals with my family. I can’t seem to

stop myself from snacking away on the

samosas and potato cutlets – they are just too

tempting! I am missing you all. Stay safe.

Ms Begum

Hi everyone! Another week done and we’re all

so impressed with you! It was lovely to speak to

Basil Class last week and hear how well you’re all

doing. This week you can listen to me reading

our Charlie Small book on the Chisenhale

Website if you’d like, I had fun making the video

and pretending we are all reading together! I’m

definitely looking forward to when we can do

that in school. Keep on going guys!

Mr Mortimer

Hi Thyme Class,

How are you al doing? I’ve had a quite week

this week and it’s already been a week of

Ramadan (where does the time go?). It’s

definitely different this year but I am enjoying

it. Miss you all! Asma xx

Well-being and reflection

This week we will be continuing our exploration of the value Resilience by thinking about Resilience and history. We will be using VE day as our focus for this reflection. VE day invites us to recall a time when a terrible conflict ended and people all over Europe could start the long process of rebuilding their lives after the violence of World War Two. It was a time of great hardship for soldiers and civilians. All people had to show resilience to be able to help their communities to survive. For our families from Bangladesh, the end of

the Bangladesh Liberation War in December 1971 is another example of the end of a conflict where a great deal of resilience was needed by many. More information about VE Day is

available on https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-

video/history-ks2-ve-day/z7xtmfr and there are

some great photographs to look at and

talk about on https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/10-

photos-of-ve-day-celebrations. The BBC will be

showing lots of VE Day footage on

Friday 8th May and we imagine that BBC

Bitesize will include relevant activities as

well.

In her Chatter sent out on Monday Ms Taylor will also be giving

you some ideas of how to mark this day at home, as we might

have done in school.

As your reflection activity for this week, we would like to invite you to have a conversation with relatives or family friends who are in your household or available safely over the internet. If they are happy to talk about this, ask them about their stories or their parents stories of resilience during those difficult times. How did people get through these hard times in living history?

In next week’s Chatter, we will have a gallery to showcase your work! If your parents/carers are happy for a photo of

your work to go on in the Chatter and on the website, please ask them to send these

to the teachers@chisenhale.towerhamlets.sch.uk email address, stating what year group you are in and the teacher the photo needs to be passed on to. We will not

include your names on these.

Here a photo sent to us by Lesley of

some work created by a lovely child in Year 3 that is displayed in our school’s

window.

Year 3 Home Learning - Week 3, Summer 1

Monday 4th May

Literacy Read from ‘Up a creek’ on page 6 up to ‘round the corner’ on page 10.

Read the description of the water adventure Charlie has gone through. What writing skills does the author use to create drama and excitement? Can you give an example of each from the text you have read? Use this checklist to help you identify the skills:

Writing skills Example from the text

Noun phrases

Powerful verbs

Conjunctions

Range of Punctuation

Choose the key vocabulary from these pages. Do you know what all the words mean? To clarify these, you can:

Use your previous knowledge - think about your reading knowledge and conversations you have had. Has this word been included and in what context?

Look them up in a dictionary at home or online https://kids.wordsmyth.net/we/

Now that you have understood the key vocabulary, draw an illustration

to match this part of the story?

Label your picture with key vocabulary from the story.

For example: Rumble of thunder

Swirls and eddies

E4E: Write a prediction of what is waiting for Charlie around the corner?

Maths Before you start today’s activity, play some Times Tables Rockstars. Your teachers have set times tables for you to focus on learning each week so it is important to try and play this a few times each week.

Go on The White Rose website https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/.This weeks maths will continue to follow the White Rose Maths programme for learning. Follow the link to the 'Year 3 Home Learning' page where you must click on Week 3 - Lesson 1 for Monday's maths learning. White Rose maths has partnered with BBC Bitesize so feel free to use this website for any extra learning you would like to do!

Spanish: Los animales. Following on from last week, can you find all the animals in this wordsearch? If you don’t know the animal in Spanish,

look it up. Did you learn any new ones?

E E O P G P U P W A Q U U D H

D T C I I J N N G A N M N J E

C K N I P L U U C P A Y P C W

A O S E X N T P E O I E Á T Z

D F O B I R O R M A N F R N E

G M A T O P R P Q T Q E A B P

M J S T A O R H L O M I J O N

L J A J X G P E Q C P I O O U

E N Ó T A R N U S S P X U Q V

U N J E Y J P U F A Q A M J F

Q C N W E Z K V B M N Q Y C T

A J D Z U H D T E A C U B E S

P P W U V O I S I N J Z U N A

R U E C R V O Y J U A I P T A

U N H A M S T E R C H X E A Q

UNA TORTUGA UN HAMSTER UN PÁRAJO UNA SERPIENTE UN GATO UN PEZ

UN RATÓN UNA MASCOTA UN PERRO UN CONEJO

Computing Login to https://www.purplemash.com/login/ If you haven’t signed up already for free 60 days access, then click on this link: https://2simple.com/landing-pages/free-access-parent/

Click on and then Launch this app

Then click on the first challenge. Once you click the challenge, a video will pop up to show you how to complete this challenge. After you have finished this, have a go at completing the other Turtle challenges.

Tuesday 5th May

Literacy Read from ‘into the tunnel’ p.10 up to ‘bronco rider’ p.15.

Make a list of as many powerful verbs you can find on pages 14 - 15 to

create a verb bank. This verb word bank will be used in future writing so

make sure you write these clearly and with the correct spelling from the

text.

Let’s remind ourselves what a verb is. (You can watch a video on BBC Bitesize) - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zrqqtfr/articles/zpxhdxs)

Verbs - A verb is a word used to describe an action, state or occurrence. Verbs can be used to describe an action, that’s doing something. For example, like the word ‘jumping’ in this sentence:

The rabbit was jumping in the field.

‘Reaching over my shoulder with one hand, I felt around in my rucksack

until I found…’

Write a paragraph to describe how Charlie escapes the crocodile using your

bank of powerful verbs.

Think about the items Charlie can use from his backpack from pages 4 and

5 of the story.

Now read Pages 16 and 17 to see how Charlie escapes.

E4E: Wider reading on Crocodile’s

Write down 5 facts about crocodiles?

You can use this link to help you. https://www.coolkidfacts.com/crocodile-facts/

Maths Before you start today’s activity, practise your number bonds on ‘Hit the Button’ https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button.

Go on The White Rose website https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/.This weeks maths will continue to follow the White Rose Maths programme for learning. Follow the link to the 'Year 3 Home Learning' page where you must click on Week 3 - Lesson 2 for Monday's maths learning. White Rose maths has partnered with BBC Bitesize so feel free to use this website for any extra learning you would like to do!

Topic (Geography)

Focus question to investigate as a geographer: Can you name up to six cities in the UK and locate them on a map?

In your exercise books, write todays date and focus question. Create a mind map of what you already know about explorers. Do you know the names of any famous explorers?

Explorer of the Week! Christopher Columbus Who was Christopher Columbus? What did he discover?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhpchbk/articles/znchkmn

As our topic is Explorers, in this activity, you will be exploring the United Kingdom (UK). Look at the map of the UK!

Can you find.... - The different countries of the UK? - Their capital cities? - The seas surrounding the UK? Now use the map to write down names of six cities. For example: 1. Cambridge Point to each of the cities on the map to someone in your house to show them where they are located. Research the weather in the six different cities. Use this link to help you: https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather

E4E: Which one of the cities that you listed would you like to explore the most? Why? Draw an image of what you might see/find in the city you would like to explore.

Wednesday 6th May

Literacy Read from ‘Far from home’ p.18 up to ‘whenever that might be’ p.22.

Answer these comprehensions questions on what you have read

1. Look at page 18. What show don’t tell phrase does the author use to

describe how Charlie swims to shore?

2. How does Charlie feel when he finds the tooth? How do you know?

3. Look at page 21. What do you think the author means by the phrase ‘I was in a tight spot’?

E4E: Now that you have read more of the story, is there anything else

you can add about Charlie to your role on the wall?

Maths Before you start today’s activity, practise doubling numbers on ‘Hit the Button’ https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button.

Go on The White Rose website https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/.This

weeks maths will continue to follow the White Rose Maths programme for learning. Follow the link to the 'Year 3 Home Learning' page where you must click on Week 3 - Lesson 3 for Monday's maths learning. White Rose maths has partnered with BBC Bitesize so feel free to use this website for any extra learning you would like to do!

Science – Physics

Revisit: Think and say - What does the word reflective mean? How many reflective surfaces can you name in on minute? More than 5? More than 8? More than 10? Continuing to think about reflection, watch this video: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zbssgk7/articles/zqdxb82

Think - What did you notice about the mirror and the black wall?

Play the ‘Rainbow Mechanic’ game where you have to place the mirrors to reflect the light to the prism to make a rainbow. https://www.coolmathgames.com/0-

rainbow-mechanic E4E: For further information about reflection and refraction, watch this video http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/energy-light-sound/light-absorb-reflect-

refract.htm

Investigation The sun makes a rainbow when white sunlight passes through rain drops. The raindrops act like tiny prisms. They bend the different colours in white light, so the light spreads out into a band of colours that can be reflected back to you as a rainbow. Watch these videos for further explanation of how rainbows are formed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqbgJ3c3yhc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCPPLhPTAIk Can you grow a rainbow? Method:

1. Cut the kitchen roll into the shape of a rainbow. 2. At each end, use the felt-tip pens to colour a rainbow about 2cm up

from the bottom. Remember the order of the colours: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet (if you have these colours at home).

3. If you have one, attach a paperclip to the top of the rainbow and tie a piece of thread to it. This will allow you to hold your rainbow.

4. Add water to the two bowls. 5. Hold the rainbow with both ends

slightly submerged into each bowl of water and watch your rainbow grow!

Thursday 7th May

Literacy Read from ‘Into the jungle’ p.22 up to ‘rampaging rhinoceros’ p.26.

Watch the video and listen carefully to the sounds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8myYyMg1fFE&t=2526s

Use a list of 3 to describe what you would hear around the jungle.

For example: ‘Calls drifted down from the treetops, and I could hear

growls, grunts and snuffles as mysterious creatures scrambled through

the undergrowth’.

E4E: Can you find an example of each of these sentence types?

Statement

Command

Exclamation

Question

Wider reading on rhinoceros https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/animals/general-

animals/rhinoceros-facts/

Maths Before you start today’s activity, practise halving numbers on ‘Hit the Button’ https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button.

Go on The White Rose website https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/.This weeks maths will continue to follow the White Rose Maths programme for learning. Follow the link to the 'Year 3 Home Learning' page where you must click on Week 3 - Lesson 4 for Monday's maths learning. White Rose maths has partnered with BBC Bitesize so feel free to use this website for any extra learning you would like to do!

Art This week we are going to do some art based on the longest river in

the world the Nile, 6,650 miles! Here’s a short video about how the ancient Egyptians used the Nile. You might want to watch for ideas of things you would like to add in to your drawing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZOPWSXMvzI

When making your art:

Lightly sketch out your work and then add the details. Use some of your experimental lines, which we did with our

Van Gogh drawings last term. Try and use colours that would be used in these Egyptian

drawings. Music On the Chisenhale website, there are ideas for your music learning to look at. You could also try out the BBC Bitesize Music activity for this week - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons. You can access this on the website link or via the red button on your TV.

Minute of Listening helps children develop their creative listening skills and introduces them to a range of music and sounds. Create a free trial account https://www.minuteoflistening.org/free-trial/

Create a drawing inspired by one of the music pieces you listen to.

Friday 8th May

Literacy Charlie Small likes to draw maps of his adventures.

Look at his map on page 9 again.

Create your own map to summarise

what has happened so far in the

story.

Think about where he started and

what happened to him along the

way.

Don’t forget to leave space as there

will more will be more adventures

ahead for Charlie.

E4E: Can you add key vocabulary from the story?

Maths

Play Times Tables Rockstars

RE

Here are a few common terms used during Ramadan, can you find out what they all mean?

Suhoor/Sehri – Iftar – Zakat –

Alhamdullilah Poster Ramadan is the perfect time for being grateful, it is a time when Muslim people are thinking about the things they are thankful for. It is important to be thankful for the many blessings given to us every single day and Muslims like to think about how each one is a precious gift from Allah.

Alhamdullilah means “Praise be to God” in Arabic. You could create a poster with the heading “Alhamdullilah for…” or “I am thankful for …” and each day write (or draw) 1 thing you are grateful for on the poster. By the end of Ramadan you will have a lovely list of all the good things in your life!

Moon Sighting Binoculars

Have a go at the tradition of moon sighting with binoculars you can put together. You can use these binoculars each day to chart the changes of the moon during Ramadan. Make these binoculars at home, use this website for instructions, or design your own

https://www.helloholydays.com/2016/05/06/moon-

sighting-binoculars/

P.E

This term we are looking into the Athletics and the different disciplines that make up this

diverse sport! Last week we practiced training for the 100m sprint and looked at what it

takes to be a sprinter!

Can you remember any things that a sprinter needs to have to win a race?

This week we are going to look at the Javelin! This is a throwing sport not a running

sport. The aim of Javelin is to throw the javelin as FAR as possible. The athlete who

throws the furthers is the winner… SIMPLE!

Click on the link below to have a look at some Javelin throwing in action! Can you answer

these questions about the video?

1) Why do you think the athletes take a run up?

2) What part of the body do the athletes use in throwing the javelin?

3) What scale do the numbers on the grass go up in?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2e_VbAjx5g

Do you have any questions of your own to find out?

The world record for the longest javelin throw is 98 metres! That’s almost an entire

football pitch!

Let’s train with an Olympic athlete to get our bodies in shape to compete! Follow along

with the video and throw as hard as you can!

https://app.gonoodle.com/activities/javelin?s=Channel&t=Go%20With%20The%20Pro&sid=6&cs=go-with-the-pro (If the video blocks you because you need Flash Player, try going to Settings>Privacy and Security>Flash Player and turning off “Block sites from running all Flash”)

It is Hedgehog Awareness Week from the 3rd – 9th May and

hedgehoggy events are being organised all around the country!

Ms Nyes LOVES hedgehogs! She owns two hodgitats (a home for

a hedgehog) and puts food out in her garden.

Hedgehog Awareness Week is organised by the British Hedgehog Preservation Society and takes place every year. It aims to highlight the problems hedgehogs face and how you can help them.

Check out this blog for information and ideas that you could do to support hedgehogs: https://www.twinkl.co.uk/blog/hedgehog-awareness-week

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If you wanted to enjoy a fiction

book about hedgehogs, why not try

Dick King-Smiths ‘The Hodgeheg’. https://www.barhamprimary.co.uk/attachments/down

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