New Project Learning
After Easter, we will be starting our new History project,‘ Emperors and Empires’. This project teaches the children about the history and structure of ancient Rome and the Roman Empire, including a detailed exploration of the Romanisation of Britain.
I have sent home a ‘knowledge organiser’ with your child today which is an overview of the learning that will take place. I would encourage your child to do some reading or research into the Romans. I have listed some useful websites below that you could use:
Useful websites
Roman Vindolanda Fort & Museum
Roman Britain – BBC Bitesize
DKfindout! – Romans
Day in the Life of a 10-year-old in Roman Britain – BBC Hands on History
Spellings
In our spellings lessons this week, we have been looking at homophones (words that sound the same, but mean different things and are spelt differently)
So for this week only there are 10 spellings to practise:
- hear
- here
- one
- won
- there
- their
- see
- sea
- know
- no
Once you have learned all of your spellings, please practise putting each word into a sentence.
They will be tested on Friday 19th April.
Reading
If you have a Lexia Login please try to do some at home – we are all trying to meet our weekly targets. It doesn’t matter if you have already met yours; the more you do, the better you get – and it would be fantastic to see year 3 on the Lexia Leaderboard in Mrs Wood’s 2%er assembly on Thursday!
If you finish your reading book you can complete the quiz at home. Don’t forget you can quiz on your library book or home books too. (Not all books have quizzes but it’s worth typing in the title to check). Remember to take your time and think about the correct answer as you can only quiz once per book.
Maths
For this his half term, your maths home learning will be all about quick recall of number bonds (adding 2 single digits) from 11 – 20 (and their related subtraction facts).
This week, I would like you to practise the number bonds of 15 and their subtraction facts.
10+5 9+6 8+7 7+8 6+9 5+10 4+11 3+12 2+13 1+14
15 -1 15-2 15-3 15-4 15-5 15-6 15-7 15-8 15-9 15-10
Quick recall of these number bonds helps children develop fluency in their maths. The aim is for your child to instantly give the answer when faced with an addition like 8 + 4. We want your child to be able to answer 12 instantly, rather than have to ‘work it out’ e.g. 9, 10, 11, 12. Likewise, when they are faced with 12 – 4, the aim is to instantly answer 8.
A great way to help your child with sharpening up their number bond recall is to play games. For example this week the focus is on number bonds of 15. Make some cards, each with a digit on: ….. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. Lay the cards face down on the table then turn 2 cards over. If they are a number bond of 15, keep the cards. If not, turn them both face down again. Don’t forget to practise the subtraction facts too.
They will be tested on Friday 19th April.
Of course we still encourage you to practise your times tables via TT Rockstars – please click on the link provided.
Have a fantastic Easter break and enjoy a well deserved rest, Year 3!
You’ve been fab this term!
See you soon,
Miss Hutton 🙂