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Year 3

Thank you for visiting the Year 3 page! We hope you enjoy looking at what we have been doing.

On these pages you will find important information about life in Year 3, including our termly topic sheet, and photos of the Year 3 staff, so you can put a face to the names your child mentions.

Please also take the time to visit the Learning (in Year 3) page for photos of recent activities and examples of the children’s work.

Home Learning

Please find below some home-learning activities for your children to have a go at for the week commencing 01/06/2020:

Please use this link for an alternative maths plan for this week if you have already done the fraction work.

https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Year-3-Week-6-Alternative-Plan.pdf

Our friends at Cambridge United Community Trust have been very busy since lockdown began. They have produced 3 Education Activity Packs – one for ages 5 – 7, one for ages 8 – 9 and one for ages 10 – 11. A wide range of activities are included in each pack. We hope you enjoy completing them.

Please find below some home-learning activities for your children to have a go at for the week commencing 18/05/2020:

Please find below some home-learning activities for your children to have a go at for the week commencing 11/05/2020:

Eco-Schools Mini Newsletter

Please find below some home-learning activities for your children to have a go at for the week commencing 04/05/2020:

Please find below some home-learning activities for your children to have a go at from previous weeks.

Our friends at Cambridge United Community Trust have been very busy since lockdown began. They have produced 3 Education Activity Packs – one for ages 5 – 7, one for ages 8 – 9 and one for ages 10 – 11. A wide range of activities are included in each pack. We hope you enjoy completing them.

Purple Mash

We are delighted to tell you that we have now set up Class Blogs on Purple Mash for each class in Year 1 to Year 6. Children can now share, with their teacher and classmates, some of the wonderful things they have been doing at home. Teachers will check their Class Blogs once a day. All posts and comments need to be ‘approved’ by the class teacher before they can be seen ‘live’ by other members of the class. The blogs have been set up so that they are only accessible by the class teacher and members of the class. Please see the attachment for some simple instructions on how to access and post information onto the Class Blog. We are looking forward to sharing work and finding out what you have been doing at home.

Mrs Hart

3.1 Macaw Class

Miss Prosser

3.2 Toucan Class

Reception, What's been happening, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

An Assembly for Year 6 and Key Worker Children

Please see below Mrs Peet’s assembly for Year 6 and key worker children…

 

Reception, What's been happening, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

Celebration Assemblies!

Please watch our lovely Celebration Assemblies for each phase…

Foundation

Early Years

Middle Years

Later Years

 

Reception, What's been happening, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

VE Day Assembly!

Please watch Mrs Peet’s VE Day Assembly!

 

Reception, What's been happening, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

Quiz Number 4!

This weeks quiz is hosted by Mrs Stubbs! Please click on the videos and files below to take part.

Round 1 – Letters and Numbers

Round 2 – Picture Quiz (& answers)

Round 3 – The Missing Link

 

Event, What's been happening, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

BBC Bitesize

Access the new BBC Bitesize resources by clicking on the following link https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize.

Regular daily lessons in English and Maths, as well as other core subjects are available for children across the UK.

Specially made videos, quizzes, podcasts and worksheets will bring many subjects to life for children in Years 1 to 6.

 

Reception, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

Camp Crafts

Are you a budding artist? The attached booklet contains 10 arts and craft activities which you might like to try at home this week.

 

Event, What's been happening, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

Twinkl

If you are looking for further worksheets or work booklets for your child to complete, then access Twinkl’s Home Learning

Packs by clicking on the following linkhttps://www.twinkl.co.uk/ . You can access these resources for free by creating an

account and using the offer code CVDTWINKLHELPS.

 

Event, Reception, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

Science Day

Queen Emma had a fantastic Science Day based upon the British Science Week theme of ‘Our Diverse Planet.’ Each year group’s learning was based upon a continent and the children had a day filled with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) based activities.
Year 1- Asia- First the children discussed how people around the world are diverse and how that makes them special. They then went into the hall and drew around each other, thinking about their diverse qualities and also what similarities they all share.
Year 2- Australasia- Year 2 pupils learnt about the importance of forests in Australia and the devastating affect that the recent bush fires had on the environment and animals that make the forests their habitat. They had to use their engineering skills to build a tree, in pairs, using 4 pieces of recycled paper. Plus they weren’t allowed to use any glue, paper clips, blue tac or sellotape! The children really had to use Habit 2, Begin with the end in mind and Habit 6, synergize.
Year 3- Europe- Pupils had to work really hard using the ipads to research animals native to Europe and design a hotel for them to stay in. They had to think about the features of their habitat and why the animals would want to stay in their hotel.
Year 4- North America- We all know that parts of America can have a hot climate, so Year 4 used their scientific knowledge to create the best insulated pot for a plant. They planted their seed and had a variety of materials in order to insulate their pot. Let’s hope some of them grow!
Year 5- Africa- Year 5 used their Maths skills to look closely at the mathematical properties of a variety of African flags. They also made habitat hotels for African insects, thinking about what they would like. Plus there are a lot of African insects to build a home for!
Year 6- Antarctica- The pupils in Year 6 had a full day of learning, looking closely at the polar regions. First they explored and experimented with iron fillings and magnets, relating to the magnetic poles of Earth. Then they carried out an experiment of how to insulate water in a bottle. They took the temperature of the water and decided which materials would be best to insulate the bottle. Then they created their insulated bottle and kept recording the temperature.
All the pupils had a fantastic day during British Science Week and some of the children’s costumes were amazing. Thank you ever so much for everyone’s hard work in order to make the day so successful.

 

Year 3

Stone Age to Iron Age

The Year 3 classes have been learning all about the Stone Age to the Iron Age. The children used a range of sources of evidence and their questioning skills during their Stone Age day to learn how humans changed from hunter gatherers to early farmers. They also learnt how the introduction of metal through the Copper – Bronze and Iron Ages changed the way people grew their crops to how they fought in wars.

 

Year 3

Persuasive Advertising

Year 3 wrote persuasive texts advertising samosas as part of our topic on India. We then used the IMovie app on the IPads to make our own TV adverts with voiceovers, music and titles! It was a huge learning experience for everyone, but the Year 3s really synergised and collaborated well to complete the task! We hope you enjoy these examples.

 

 

Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

Leader in Me

For the first 8 days of the Autumn term we have been introducing all the children to the 7 habits and our new whole school project: The Leader in Me.
Please see the link to our daily newsletters which introduced parents to each habit and our celebration day on Friday.
We are seeking to teach children that they are the leader of themselves and with the 7 habits they can become leaders of others.

https://www.queenemmaschool.org.uk/parent-information/important-information/letters-newsletters

 

Nursery, Reception, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

Pond

We were so excited to see the fire brigade coming to help up fill up our pond! Some of us even got to wear the fire fighter’s helmet and jacket! A great big thank you to the Cambridge fire service.

 

Event, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

Arts Festival

On Tuesday 2nd July, Queen Emma enjoyed an Arts Festival where all classes enjoyed a mix of art, English and musical activities. We had a great day (as you can see by the pictures below).

Nursery enjoyed a musical sessions with Rat-a-Tat and lots of outdoors activities. Reception and KS1 listened to local group Shake, Rattle and Roll who brought  a range of exciting musical instruments in. Year 1 also had an amazing morning working together to paint outside. Year 2 created some weird and wonderful magical potions and investigated ‘The Air we Breathe.’

KS2 enjoyed a musical performance from members of St John’s Choir. Year 3 also loved a recorder workshop and made beautiful natural clay faces. Year 4 decorated tiles with stunning Islamic patterns and Year 5 made origami to hang in school. Year 6 enjoyed a performance from The King’s Men at Queen Edith before making dreamcatchers.

Special thanks must go to volunteers from the community who came in to run some of the activities. It was greatly appreciated and the whole day was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

 

Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

KS2 Sports Day

We were very proud of all of our children in KS2 who took part in our sports afternoon on Friday 28th June. Everyone demonstrated great sportsmanship,determination and teamwork skills, which made it a very enjoyable afternoon for all.

Huge congratulations to Hawking house who were victorious with 775 points.

 

Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

Hoodwinked

What a wonderful show! Congratulations to Musical Theatre Club who entertained their friends and families with a wonderful performance of ‘Hoodwinked’ on Tuesday 4th June.

 

Year 3

Art

The year 3’s have been designing and creating a template for their clay pots before developing the clay model next week. Great work!

 

Event, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

Cross Country Championship

The children in KS2 had a fantastic morning at Netherhall taking part in the annual Cambridge CSSP Cross Country Championship! The key theme of this year’s event was ‘determination’ and the Queen Emma team certainly were determined! We were so proud of all who took part. We look forward to returning again next year!