Hopefully all of the below will be more than enough. If not, head over to Twinkl with the login details CVDTWINKLHELPS at https://www.twinkl.co.uk/offer Where they have plenty of worksheets and home learning packs for Year 3.

Reading

Not being able to visit the library is no excuse to not read. You can go on Read Theory which has extracts to read with questions after. You all have your own logins. 

There are also two fabulous online libraries for you to use. 

Sign up yourself for free on Oxford Owl: https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/

Collins Big Cat are who we use for Guided Reading. They have given away free access to their ebook library and there are free worksheets to go with each book. https://collins.co.uk/pages/big-cat-ebooks

 

You can also use Epic Reading. You just need to enter our class code which is: hyd9735 https://www.getepic.com/

https://www.literacyshedplus.com/en/resource/stage-3-reading-pack

 

Writing

Start or keep writing a diary! This may be the biggest world event in your lifetime so document every day of it. 

 

Don’t forget to keep logging on to Spelling Shed to practise your Year 3 and 4 spellings.

 

On Twitter, Piers Torday is giving a writing stimulus away each day. They are often comical too! 

 

Pobble 365 give a picture a day as a conversation and writing stimulus. They also give a story starter and sentence challenges. http://www.pobble365.com/

 

Maths

You have your own logins to Times Tables Rockstars and Maths Shed. 

 

TopMarks is a brilliant website full of Maths games (and others too). Particularly look at Toy Shop or Money Game for money and Telling the Time and Matching Times for time. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/

 

Gareth Metcalfe is releasing a problem a day for Year 3 and 4 with a video to help you solve it. His challenges are real life problems, fascinating and definitely make you think differently! If you enjoy it, he also has an online workbook of challenges for all areas in Maths for £15.    http://www.iseemaths.com/lessons34/

 

White Rose Hub are having a Maths Party and releasing exciting challenges daily. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/

 

White Rose Hub also have end of topic and term assessments for every unit in Year 3 Maths. These would be handy to work through all of the areas in Maths with your child. https://whiterosemaths.com/resources/assessment/primary-assessment/

 

P.E.

GetSet4PE and Youth Sport Trust are releasing daily challenges on Twitter. 

 

Join in with the Joe Wicks online daily P.E. workout, starting at 9 a.m. every morning. Visit The Body Coach on YouTube.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

 

Storytime

Cressida Cowell is reading some of her stories each day. She is famous for writing How to train your dragon, amongst others. She is the Children’s Laureate for 2020 so you could even find out what that post entails. https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCe01xn13M8q2dsIw0mvW9lg

 

Oliver Jeffers is reading a story at 2pm each day which is then available online after. https://www.oliverjeffers.com/books#/abookaday/

 

David Walliams will be releasing a free audio story each day for Elevenses to help keep children entertained. He is our author of the month. https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/

 

Science

Anything with David Attenborough in is worth watching. 

 

Explorify is fantastic for discussing what is happening in lots of different Scientific concepts. https://explorify.wellcome.ac.uk/

 

Tigtag has 4 free Science units with learning videos and quizzes to complete. https://www.tigtagworld.co.uk/mindmap/#/modules/

 

Come and See

Please take time to learn about Lent and Easter. As our topic is Giving All, it seems very appropriate as people are Giving All to save others’ lives. Look at the example of Father Don Giuseppe Berardelli in Italy. 

 

Here is CAFOD’s Lent Calendar. 

 

 

 

Geography 

On television, enjoy Go Jetters as they travel the world. 

 

Barnaby Bear is a great resource as he travels the world and finds out about each country. The Geography Association has given away lots of resources for free. You could also revisit Mountains and Volcanoes through their resources.  https://www.geography.org.uk/teaching-resources/early-years-and-primary-resources

 

History

Horrible Histories is fantastic for general knowledge! 

 

Liverpool War Museums are so close and are leading online World War 2 History lessons weekly. They also include worksheets and any child who completes it will get free entry worth £8 when they re-open. https://liverpoolwarmuseum.co.uk/visiting/isolation-lessons/

 

Music 

We are very lucky to use Charanga in school but did you know that you can access it at home too? On their website, choose Yumu. If you would like your login details, please ask on Twitter. https://charanga.com/site/

 

Computing 

This half term we are looking at Computer coding. The resources we use in school are accessible at home too:

Scratch https://scratch.mit.edu/

 

Hour of Code on Tynker (you may need to sign up after a certain point) https://www.tynker.com/hour-of-code/

 

Minecraft have released free lessons https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/marketplace

 

There are loads more apps such as MovieMaker, Animate, BeeBot, LightBot, DaisyDino, etc. 

 

Art/DT

Have a look at the life and work of Gustav Klimt and try to copy his style. 

 

There is a daily How to draw with illustrator Rob Biddulph at http://www.robbiddulph.com/draw-with-rob