Term 5 Week 3

WB: 04.05.26

In English, we have been really excited to explore what kind of creature Krindlekrax might be. Using our knowledge of fronted adverbials and subordinating conjunctions, we have been writing more detailed and imaginative sentences to describe him. We have been practising using subordinating conjunctions such as because, when, if, although, and while to add extra detail and explain our ideas more clearly, helping to improve both our sentence structure and overall writing.

In Maths, we have started our new unit on statistics. We have been learning how to read and interpret pictograms, including understanding the different keys they use, as well as analysing and drawing conclusions from bar charts.

In Science, we carried out another experiment to investigate how water travels through plants. We tested what would happen if we put Vaseline on the bottom of celery stems. We discovered that the xylem vessels were unable to absorb water, meaning the plant could not continue to grow and would eventually die. This helped us understand how important these vessels are for transporting water within plants.

During our Discovery Centre sessions, we have been using Clicker 8, which helps us with our spelling and making sure our sentences make sense. It also supports us in choosing the right words and building our confidence when writing independently.

For more details about this week’s home learning and spelling tasks, please visit the Home Learning section of our website.

Please continue to support your child with regular reading at home and by updating their Boom Reader account whenever possible. Your support makes a real difference to their confidence and progress. Please also ensure your child brings their reading book into school every day. Please also follow this link https://global-zone61.renaissance-go.com/welcomeportal/6704864

 to access quizzes when your child finishes a book. They will know their login details for this. 

We are continuing to learn our times tables with some fun songs! Practising for just 15 minutes a week on the recommended website will make a huge difference in building strong multiplication and division skills, which are essential throughout Key Stage 2 and beyond. We have been practising our 11 times table. This song is a bit fast and has some tricky, tongue-twisting parts, but the children are really enjoying it and having fun while learning - 

3 Times Tables - Have Fun Learning!

4 Times table song (A Whole New World from Disney's Aladdin)

4 Times Table Song (APT be Rosé and Bruno Mars)

Counting By Sixes Song

7 Times Table Song | Skip Counting by 7 Song with Multiplication

Seven Times Table Song (Cups by Anna Kendrick Cover) with Classroom Instruments

Eight Times Table Song (Cover of All About That Bass by Meghan Trainor)

Nine Times Table Song (90's Song Mashup)

9 Times Table Song (cover of Takedown by Huntrix from K Pop Demon Hunters) - YouTube

11 Times Table Song | Skip Counting the Multiples of 11

The 12 Times Table Song | Skip Counting by 12 for Kids

S3 Usual weekly timetable (please note that there may be changes to this at times).

The Year 3 Team