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Hello Year 3!

We hope you are all keeping well!

Along with the weekly challenges, have you been picking up any new hobbies or skills? Maybe you’ve been gardening, learning to draw, reading a new series of books or cooking new recipes with your families. We would

love to hear how you have been spending your time.

This week…

What do you think of Times Tables Rock stars? It’s pretty fun right? We hope last week’s challenges were great and that you enjoy this week’s as

well.

All of us are really proud of you and miss you all so much.

Don’t forget to keep reading each night!

Until next week,

Miss Logsdon, Mrs Kesto, Mrs Lucia, Mrs Endersby and Mrs Thomson

The challenges and tasks in this PDF are to be done in work

books. The PDF does not need to be printed out, although if you have a printer at home you can do this if you wish.

The school cannot print these PDFs for you

The Writing Challenge

What was life like in Ancient Egypt?

Ancient Egypt has so many interesting areas to discover as archaeologists.

This week, let’s look at what life would have been like for the Ancient Egyptians.

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Look at these two website links:https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zg87xnb/articles/zr4s8xs/

https://www.historyforkids.net/egyptian-daily-life.html

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Did you remember:1. Full stops and capital letters

2. Use of question marks (?), exclamation marks (!) and a comma (,)

3. Detailed descriptions using adventurous words and expanded noun phrases

4. Exciting writing to grip the reader

5. Careful editing checking for sense, spelling and punctuation

The Egyptian Adventure Imagine that you have been transported back to Ancient Egyptian times as a ruler or a servant. What do you have to do? What are your daily activities? What do you hear and see? How do you return back home?

How many adjectives can you use from the descriptive words provided? Make sure to plan your story first using a storyboard, then write your story in your workbook adding in more details.

Details to include:1. Who have you been mistaken for –

a ruler or a servant?

2. What are you wearing?

3. What sights, sounds and smells do you experience?

4. What are your thoughts and feelings?

5. How will you return back to your present day life?

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Here is a possible way to start, using helpful adjectives from the word mat shown here.

Example:Slowly rubbing my eyes, I stumbled backwards to find myself staring at a colossal, golden pyramid in the distance. Confused, I shielded my eyes from the clouds of dust swirling around me, when I realised my clothing was different. Instead of my school uniform, I was wearing a plain, oversized beige dress and the soles of my feet were burning on the scorching, bone-dry ground.

I was standing in the middle of a field barefoot! Upon first glance, I noticed adults and children busy bustling around, smiling and chatting with one another, while harvesting bales of barley near a vast, flowing and abundant river.

Now that you are done writing your story, choose an artefact that you would have come across whilst you were transported back to Ancient Egypt.

An artefact is an object made by a human being, typically one of cultural or historical interest, for example pottery, sculptures and even a mummy’s sarcophagus.

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Using the website below, search the collection in the British Museum to choose an artefact, then use pencil or felt pen to draw it.

Click on the link below and then click on 'virtual tour':

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/galleries/egyptian-sculpture

The Maths Challenge

To start your maths this week, make sure you practice your times tables using Times Tables Rockstars!

You can access Times Tables Rockstars on this link: https://ttrockstars.com/

Ask your parent if you need login details as the school sent details to them


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Remember: A fraction is when a whole is divided into equal parts.

This term we have been learning about the part and whole of different shapes, as well as the difference between equal and unequal parts.

This week, we will find unit fractions of a given quantity.


Key Learning

Find fractions of a given quantity

Try this task:

Q: What is the difference between a wholeand a half?

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Here are the key words for this lesson:

Quantity, fraction, whole, equal parts, multiplication and division.

Say the words aloud. How do these words relate to fractions?

New Learning:

There are 15 sweets. I give one third of them to my friend. How many does my friend have?

The whole is 15. The whole is divided into three equal groups.

Q: What multiplication fact is useful and why?A: 3 X 5 = 15

Q: What division fact is useful and why?A: 15 divided by 3 = 5


Have a look at this chart:

Q: What do you notice? What patterns do you see? A: You can use the inverse (multiplication) to solve the division.

Q: How do you calculate a unit fraction of a quantity?A: To find the unit fraction of an amount, divide the amount by the denominator.

For example, to find 1/2 of 12, divide 12 by 2.

Q: Find 1/3 of 15.A: Divide 15 by 3, which equals 5.


Now try this on your own. Just explain your thinking out loud:

To find 1/4 of 12, divide the 12 by the denominator, which is 4 in this problem (from 1/4).

12 divided by 4 = 3


Today’s independent tasks can be done verbally first – you can discuss your answers using the words fraction, denominator, multiplication, division and inverse.

Then, if you wish, write your answers in your workbook, showing how you solve the division and multiplication.


Done with the first task already? Try this one next.

Draw the problems into your workbook and solve them following the instructions for each.


Here are some application tasks for you now that you’ve finished your independent task.

Application Task:

Solve the following and explain the pattern.

Application Task:

Write two of your own fraction word problems, finding quantities of unit fractions.

Something extra

Google Doodle games – From cricket, art and coding, find a fun game that you like:https://www.shorturl.at/bRVX6

Learn about NHS careers and enter the KS2 competition:https://www.stepintothenhs.nhs.uk/primary-schools

Book free live lessons with polar scientists and learn about life and science in the frozen north. Broadcasting to homes and schools worldwide, the first week will focus on life and work in the Arctic, with the second exploring the issues facing this fragile ecosystem: https://encounteredu.com/live-lessons/axa-arctic-live-2020


Some cool websites to keep you busy.

That’s it for this week.

Make sure you try to stay home

and protect lives.

Let’s make some noise on

Thursday so they can really hear us!

Remember to clap on Thursday night at 8 pm as part

of the ‘Clap For Our Carers’ campaign, to publicly recognise the efforts of the NHS workers

fighting the coronavirus pandemic every day.

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