St Thomas' Church Of England Primary School

Home Learning, please see below.

Summer 2 Home Learning

Week  - WB 06.07.2020

Dear Year 3 family,

I can't quite believe that another month has passed! At least the sun is shining today, I've missed it! Last week you all found out who your new teacher is going to be in September. Don't forget to introduce yourself to Miss Hindle at year5@st-thomas.lancs.sch.uk 

Thank you to those who have emailed be your heart challlenges. it's not too late if you haven't done this yet, there's still time. Lots of you also seem to be enjoying the Purple Mash that we are trialing, drop me a line and let me know your thoughts. Also the RNIL have sent through some resources which I shall email you. They say. this summer, their Lifeguards can’t be on every beach, meaning a heightened water safety risk to beach goers. They are asking schools to help share some important messages to children and their families.

Finally, keep sending your work through, I always love to see it and will reply when I am able. I've had a couple of letters this week from some of you so I'm off to reply to them now.

Keep safe,

Love Mrs D x

Summer 2 w/c 09.07.20

Week  - WB 29.06.2020

Dear Year 3 family,

I hope you are all well. This week is our well being week and I have some things that you might like to do. It is even more important to keep the whole of our self well this year, physical and emotionally. The definition of well being is "the state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy." What can you do to be healthy and feel happy? As always keep in touch and let me know what you get up to this week. Will you be taking part in the heart challenge?

Be happy

Mrs D x

Well-being week resources. 

Summer 2 w/c 29.06.20

Week 3 - WB 22.06.2020

Dear Year 3 family,

How are you all doing? I can't believe how quickly last week went! Did any of you get involved with the beach cleans last week? If you did, email me a photo!  

I hope you are enjoying our new story "Ottoline and the Yellow Cat" It's a mystery story. The next chapter will be uploaded later this week onto our YouTube channel, I'll send out a link as usual.

Also have you checked out Lancashire's Learning Excellence YouTube? There are some great videos on here from our advisors and consultants. See the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC55zSaI6p5ZhJxL--Q00IjA

Have a great week!

Love Mrs D x

Summer 2 w/c 22.06.20

Week 2 - WB 15.06.2020

Dear Year 3 family,

Good morning everyone, hope you are all well. Mrs Mason has asked if you could all please have a look at the “Love My Beach” website, www.lovemybeach.org  some of our children have been getting involved in the organised beach litter pick! Maybe you have, if so I’d love to know. The website has lots of information and has the times and venues of future beach cleans. Why not get involved?

Don’t forget that BBC Bitesize is a great resource to use alongside the plans below. Also there are some good activities on Crickweb which you may find useful. http://www.crickweb.co.uk

Also, I have upload some some sports challenges, this time it’s cricket, rounders and dance. We need 10 entries to get a virtual games mark! Give it a go!

Finally, this half term we would be studying the Romans. I know a lot of you, like me, enjoy History. So I would like you to have a go at producing a mini Romans topic. There are lots of great resources out there, have a look at this website to get you started. http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/Romans.html

Have a good week,

Love Mrs D x

Summer 2 w/c 15.06.20

Otis has created an Iron Man Shake up for you to do! Thank you Otis! 

Week 1 - WB 08.06.2020

Dear Year 3 family,

Welcome back! I hope you are all well and all had a great half term holiday! Summer 2 has now begun and home learning is set to continue for Year 3 for the time being. As before, I will be uploading new work on a Monday. English remains in the same format, as does STEM and PE. Maths has changed as we are now using the work provided by Lancashire, give it a try and let me know what you think. I have also uploaded a Science unit on light for the half term, this has again been recommended by Lancashire Science Advisors. Additionally, I have chosen our new book for the half term… all will be revealed on YouTube on Wednesday, I’ll send out a link. Finally, parents I really want to say another great big thank you to you for all the support that you have given your children to make the best of their time at home during this time. Have a good week.

Love Mrs D x

Summer 2 Science "Light"

Summer 2 w/c 08.06.20

25.05.20

Dear Year 3 family,

The final results for Virtual Sports Day points are now in, see the video on the gallery page plus photos and videos ! A huge well done to everyone who took part, it looks like you had lots of fun!

I hope you are all enjoying your half term holiday. Remember to safe stay and keep kind! “School” commences again on the June 8th when new work will be uploaded. 

Missing you,

Love Mrs D x

Ideas for half term fun...

15.05.20

Dear Year 3 family, 

Next week see us having a first virtual sports day, see below. Also there's a golf challenge, who knows we might have the next Tiger Woods in our midst! I hope you have been enjoying listening to "The Iron Man" story. Did you know they made the book into a film called "The Iron Giant"? Maybe you could write a review if you watch it and send it me. If you enjoyed the story you might like to read "The Iron Woman" too! Take care, stay safe and be alert! 

Love Mrs D x

Sports Day Points!

20 points per activity!

BONUS 50 points if your adult joins in AND sends the EVIDENCE!

Have fun and stay safe.  Mrs D x

See the schools gallery page for the House Points awarded and some of videos and photos received!

11.05.20

Dear Year 3 family,

I hope you had a lovely weekend, it's been lovely to hear about all the things you have been up to mark V E Day. I’ve uploaded to some more stories to our YouTube channel so pop over and have a look! Remember the main thing for us all at the moment is to stay safe, I’m missing you all dreadfully and I’m sure proud of you all! Take care.

Love Mrs D x

Suggested Home Learning Work W/C 11.05.20

05.05.20

Dear Year 3 family,

I hope you are all well. Friday is a very special day, it's VE Day and a chance to celebrate! Please see the letter below! There's also some VE Day related activities for you to complete if you wish! Also at 11am there will be a 2 minute silence that you may wish to observe. 

01.05.20

Dear Year 3 family,

I can't believe another week has passed and we are in a new month too! I hope all is well. Keep in touch. Scroll down for this week's work.

Love Mrs D x 

20.04.20

Dear Year 3 family,

Welcome back! I hope you are all well and all had a cracking Easter holiday!

The Summer Term has now begun and home learning is set to continue. Moving forwards, I will be adding work weekly to our class page on the school website. I just wanted to say that you are all doing really well, children and parents alike! New experiences for you all, I hope my Year 3 children are being good students for you parents!

Parents I really want to say a big thank you to you for all the support that you have given your children to make the best of their time at home during this time. Thank you for caring about the amount of work that is being completed at home and I want to reassure you that what you are doing is enough.

 Please don’t feel that you need to operate the same school hours, the same school structure, this is your home first and foremost. Do something educational each day but also take the opportunity to do other things. In these unprecedented times we are all trying our best to balance home, school and work! Please try to see this as extra quality time with your child, this situation will probably never happen again and whilst it is of course important to keep learning going  it is also important to spend time doing family things, having the opportunity to learn a new skill, being able to sit and talk to name a few things. Behaviours may have changed and it is certain that new challenges will have been faced by all family members. We all have probably felt worried, lonely and missed our friends and family. Take this time, be kind to yourself and each other. When the children return to school we, the teachers, will bridge the learning gaps that have occurred. But what about now I hear you say?  What should I be doing? Personally, as a mother and a teacher I think we should be taking advantage of this time and enjoy it, make memories, make plans, make the most of this opportunity. Let our children be children. Make mud pies and potions in the garden and dance like no one is watching. Play on the X-Box, talk to their friends, learn how to make a cup of tea, but what we, as parents, shouldn’t do is feel guilty because the children are having fun instead of “school work”. Yes I would encourage the children to read every day and do some maths but equally also bake, have fun with Lego, climb trees and play video games as they are all learning.

Parents, you are raising children and doing your best at a time when all this madness is going on so if there are days when you just feel like you need to take the pressure off, do it! Have a cuppa and a slice of cake, start the weekend earlier, look after yourselves. Don't insist on 2 hours of learning time if they are resisting it. See if you can make learning fun through their play. Remember you guys are the ones who taught them to walk and to talk, all through fun and creative ways, no timetabling or worksheets involved!  Let the children know that they can talk to you, whether it’s to share a funny story or to share a worry, that is what they will remember when they look back at this time. They need your reassurance. You are doing the right thing by being with your children and showing them the love of your family.

So my Year 3 family I hope this letter finds you well. Stay safe, keep kind and know we are all in this together and that we will come out the other side.

Mrs D

P.S You may find this useful to watch regarding daily routines x

https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/public/files/videos/EEF_Supporting_daily_routines_during_school_closures.mp4

Online Safety For Parents 

Useful Websites

Suggested Home Learning for Summer 1 2020

Suggested Home Learning Work W/C 20.04.20

Suggested Home Learning Work W/C 27.04.20

Suggested Home Learning Work W/C 04.05.20

08.04.20

Hi everyone!

 I hope you are all well. Please see below the Easter grid that is for the duration of what would be our Easter holidays (08.04.20-20.04.20) 

 I can't wait to see what you get up, please keep the photos coming! I am currently working on uploading some of the ones I have received so far, so keep your eyes peeled, thank you!

 I will be taking my Easter break during this time too, so I will only be checking my email once, probably mid-week. A new grid will be posted on Monday 20th April.

 Have a lovely Easter. I hope the Easter Bunny brings you egg-sactly what you want, that you have an egg-citing time and that you are egg-statically happy! Maybe after all those eggs you might need to do some egg-streme eggs-ercise! Do you like my egg-cellent jokes? I think they are cracking!

 Keep kind and be safe! 

Dear parents,

It was really lovely to speak to you all today. I am missing all the children so much. I have loved reading at all the emails you have sent me telling me what the children have been doing and the photos really brighten my day through this strange time we find ourselves in! Below is a copy of the powerpoint I emailed you. We all need a bit of Kevin's "can do" attitude at the moment.

Keep kind and stay safe.

Love Mrs D x

Please see below for our Topic Web.

WORLD BOOK DAY 2020

Today, World Book Day, we all dressed up as book characters and enjoyed thinking and talking about some of our favourite stories and books. We also learned that for our Science Day tomorrow, an actual rocket that has been launched into space is coming to school!!!

February 12th 

This week we have had great fun working in our Nature Journal. 

"We used all things from nature on the ground to build a nest for our imaginary birds. We had to work as part of a team and think of an imaginary bird to design a nest that we thought was good for that type of bird. We had great fun working as a team." by Lucy 

Topic Web - Spring 2020

Please see below for our Topic Web for Spring Term. 

Friday 1st November

Last Friday was our TT Rock Stars day where we celebrated and practised all things Times Tables!! Rock on!! We had a whole morning working out different times tables calculations and we thoroughly enjoyed rocking out as groovy rock stars!! See us in action -

This week in Year 3 we have started to look at the Stone Age and considered the chronology of it. We put the dates in order in our books. 

Friday 1st November -

This week we have been observing and exploring rocks.