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TUESDAY 12TH MAY

Year 3 - Spellings

Recap this week’s focus: prefixes il- and im-

Before a root word starting with ‘l’, in- becomes il- (such as illegal). Before a

root word starting with ‘m’ or ‘p’, in- becomes im- (such as imperfect).

Challenge 1

illegal

illegible

impossible

Challenge 2

illiterate

impatient

impolite

imperfect

Challenge 3

immobile

immature

illogical

Statutory words

(all children to

learn)

busy/business

calendar

caught

Task: Rainbow spellings

Write each of your spellings in one of the colours of the rainbow. Make sure

your spellings are in a rainbow shape!

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Year 3 – Literacy

Can I research facts about Florence Nightingale?

Have you or your family ever been poorly and had to go to hospital? Did you

notice all the hard work the nurses were doing to care for the patients and help

them get better?

Today, nurses are recognised as important, super-skilled professionals. But

that hasn’t always been the case. Believe it or not, at the start of the 19th

century, nurses usually had no training at all, and they weren’t even paid for the

‘menial’ work they did! But one woman changed all that… the remarkable Florence

Nightingale.

Task: Research facts about Florence Nightingale in preparation for tomorrow’s

literacy activity (to write a biography about Florence Nightingale).

You might want to organise your research on a mind map like the one below:

Here are two websites you might want to look at:

http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/victorians/florence/index.htm

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/history/general-history/florence-nightingale/

There is also a Purple Mash slideshow that is available as a 2Do - not compulsory

– it just has information that is quite easy to access.

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Year 3 – Maths

Can I estimate and add?

Estimating

You can estimate the answer

to a problem by rounding the

numbers to ones that are

easier to deal with. That way,

when you’ve completed your

final calculation, you’ll know if

you’ve got a sensible answer.

Step 1: Round each number in

your calculation to the nearest

ten and answer the calculation.

This is my estimate so the

answer to my final calculation

must be near 50.

Step 2: Answer

the calculation.

47 is only three away

from my estimate so I

know my answer must

be sensible! If my final

answer was further

away from my estimate

then there might be a

problem!

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Year 3 – Comprehension (Purple Mash)

Task: Read Chapter 4 – Around the World in 80 mins and answer quiz questions

about the chapter.

Year 3 – Science

Can I create and label my own skeleton?

The functions of a skeleton are to support your body and to provide protection

to your internal organs. Your skeleton has a range of different joints (hinge, ball

and socket and gliding) which help you move.

Ball and socket joints allow the most freedom

of movement. One example in the human

skeleton is between the pelvis (hip) and femur

(upper leg bone).

Hinge joints allow flex and extend movements.

One example in the human skeleton is between

the humerus (upper arm bone) and radius/ulna

(lower

arm bones).

Gliding joints are also known as ‘plane’ joints. The bones are shaped to

glide over one another and allow for small limited movements in different

directions. One example in the human skeleton is the wrist bones.

Task: to create a human skeleton

For this activity you are going to look at the names of all our bones that form

our skeleton.

What you will need:

26 Cotton buds

Pen

Paper

Scissors

Glue

Coloured Card to glue the skeleton to

Please note: If you are unable to complete this activity because you do not have

the resources, get creative! You could make your skeleton out of any items you

have or just annotate the skeleton given on the next page.

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Instructions:

1. Gather all your equipment.

2. Take your small piece of paper and draw an oval to represent the head.

Cut it out and place onto the card.

3. Next you will need 14 whole cotton buds, 7

cotton buds cut in half, 5 cotton buds cut very

small (see picture – cut just below where the

cotton starts)

4. Begin to form your skeleton using your cotton

buds. Keep adding the cotton buds using the

skeleton model on the next page as a guide.

5. Once you’re happy, begin to glue the pieces down.

6. Then using the labels given, annotate your skeleton’s bones and add

details to the skull and around the body.

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Year 3 – Can I create a thank you card?

On the 12th of May every year it is

International Nurses Day. It is an event

that celebrates the contributions that

nurses make to society.

The International Council of Nurses, a

federation of more than 130 national

nurses associations, has celebrated

International Nurses Day since 1965 - it

is celebrated each year on May 12th as it

is the anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale.

Each year on May 12th, a special service is held in Westminster Abbey in

London. During the service, a symbolic lamp is taken from the Nurses' Chapel in the

Abbey and handed from one nurse to another, and then up to the Dean, who places it on

the High Altar. This signifies the passing of knowledge from one nurse to another and

is also a nod to Florence Nightingale's nickname, "The Lady with the Lamp".

At St Margaret's Church at East Wellow in Hampshire, where Florence Nightingale is

buried, a special service is also held on the Sunday after her birthday.

Today it is a rather special Nurses Day because it is Florence Nightingale’s bicentennial

(200th) year. It has been designated by World Health Organisation as the first ever

global Year of the Nurse and Midwife.

Nurses and midwives make up the largest numbers of the NHS workforce. They are

highly skilled, multi-faceted professionals from a range of diverse backgrounds, who do

so much for the community and the people they care for.

2020 is our time to reflect on these skills, the commitment and care they bring, and

the impact they make on the lives of so many. This year is also an opportunity to say

thank you to them for all that they do.

Task: To create a thank you card.

You may know somebody who is a nurse or midwife and choose to write it directly to

them or you might want to make a general one to all nurses and/or midwives. You might

want to add lots of colour/glitter and decorations to the front.

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Answers:

Spellings- Check that the spelling words are spelt correctly.

Literacy - Open task

Maths

Comprehension - Completed on Purple Mash so no need to mark as the teachers

will do this. Science

Thank you card – open task