N'hamptonshire

Northamptonshire 3 Timetable 

Term 2 Week Beginning 21st November 

This week in Northamptonshire we have been looking further at our text 'Ug, Boy Genius of the Stone Age'   and have been building on our knowledge of coordinating and subordinating conjunctions. The children have been learning how to use conjunctions to join two sentences of a similar theme and to join clauses. The children are now working on using their knowledge of conjunctions to compare Ug's life in the Stone Age to our lives in the present day. 

In Maths, we have been looking at column addition and subtraction with two 3-digit numbers, where there is renaming, or an exchange involved. 

In History, we have begun to develop our knowledge of the Bronze Age and have explored how the discovery of bronze changed the way people lived, farmed, fought, traded and dressed. The children made fantastic comparisons to these areas of life in the Stone Age and were astounded by the way life had progressed between these two periods of time. 

In Geography, the children have been learning all about longitude and latitude and how these can be used to describe the location of any place on Earth. They created diagrams of the Earth to show their understanding of the 5 lines of latitude. They then used maps and longitude and latitude to identify the location of several different cities and places around the world. For example, Canberra, Australia and Buenos Aires in Argentina. 

In Computing, the children have been enhancing their knowledge of how to stay safe online and have been building on their understanding of things we should and shouldn't share on the internet. They have also been thinking about and identifying the trusted adults we have in our lives who can help us with being safe online. 

We are also working hard on our nativity - please can children who have lines, ensure they practise these as much as possible so that they know them without needing their script :) 

Home Learning

Home Learning will be set on Thursday 17th November and should be returned by Wednesday 23rd November 

Spelling

We will be checking the children’s knowledge of the spellings next week on either Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. 

Blue Group:

This week your spellings will be based on words containing -ed, -ing, -er, -est and the suffix - ness. 

1. breathing 
2. appearing
3. tastiest 
4. largest
5. mentioned 
6. foolishness
7. nastiness
8. silliness 
9. happiness
10. loveliness 

Green Group:

This week your spellings will be based on words containing -ed, -ing, -er and -est, where there is no root change to the word. 

1. jumped 
2. darker
3. darkest
4. helping
5. looked
6. singer
7. sharpest 
8. stayed
9. playing
10. needed

Spelling Activity Idea for both groups:  

Reading

Children should bring their Accelerated Reader Reading Book to and from school and home each day. Pupils are asked to change their book when it is finished using the guidance and support provided by the teaching team within the class. 

Children in Year 3 should be reading for at least 20 minutes a day. 

Parents please log your child's reading on the BOOM Reader Parent Portal or by using the BOOM reader parent app on your tablet/ mobile.

Click here for more information about how our school uses Boom Reader. 

Maths Fluency

We will be checking the children’s knowledge of times tables on either Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. At the moment these will focus on the 2's, 5's, 10s and 3's. Here are a handful of fun games for you to choose from. Select the times tables you know you need to practise. 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-tables   

Grammar and Punctuation

Home Learning folders will come home each Thursday and need to be returned the following Tuesday. 

Please complete the Grammar and Punctuation task which was sent home with you in your folder. If you need another copy, your task can be found below. 

Topic Task

Topic Tasks do not need to be brought into school, but if you wish to share your idea you are more than welcome!

https://youtu.be/PiTuwUdCkSc