Good Morning year 3! Today we will be learning about Diwali.
Read through each slides and watch the videos to learn more about the important Hindu celebration. Remember to comment on the blog to answer the questions have posted.
Watch these videos and create a map of notes and key information.
Can you write an acrostic poem about Diwali?
Remember to comment on the blog to let us know what you have learnt today. Tell us some interesting facts about Diwali. We look forwards to reading your poems.
We will carry out this test in class, look out for our comments to see the results. Try this at home, use what ever rocks you can find and use some sand paper, a nail or a pair of scissors to rub each rock to see what happens. Make sure you ask an adult to help and supervise your experiment!
Fox Class – today we are going to celebrate the amazing achievements you made last week! Last week (9th – 14th November) was Maths Week England 2020. During this week you participated in a Time Tables Rock Stars competition between other schools and other children in our school.
Fox Class – you was the HIGHEST SCORING BANDin the whole of Selsdon Primary School! I am so proud of every single one of you for working so hard during Maths Week and you will all receive merits and marbles for your brilliant work!
In addition to this, CHLOEhad the3rd highest scorein the whole of the school!! Congratulations Chloe, this is an amazing achievement and you will receive extra merits for this!
Keep up the amazing work Fox Class and keep playing your Time Tables Rock Stars!! Please find your certificates below.
This half-term Year 3 at Heavers Farm and Selsdon Primary School go head-to-head on Times Table Rockstars to see who will come out as Top Rockers.
You’ll be challenged to answer your 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables and prove which school deserves to be crowned as rock legends!
Find full details below!
When is it happening?
Log in to TTRS between Friday 23rd, 3pm and Saturday 31st, 11pm to take part!
How do I take part?
Once the competition has started, log in to your TTRS account and answer as many questions correctly as you can. You can play in any game mode. The school with the most answers correct per pupil will win!
Whatcan I win?
Your teacher will think of a prize for your class IF you are part of the winning school. And if you’re one of the top 3 in your year? You might just find yourself earning some extra merits! (We will give out merits for effort as well as correct answers).
We have been working really hard, so that they we are able to master all of our times tables and become a Rockstar Hero! What is your Rock Status? Log onto Times table rockstars TODAY and play for 15 or 20 minutes. Then comment below and let us know what your new Rock Status is. Everyone who comments will earn themselves some MERITS 👍🏾
Remember to write a comment to earn your merits. (Ask your adults at home for support)
We are really looking forwards to reading your comments 😃
Our learning for today is to understand what Stone Age artefacts tell us about this period of time.
See below for the answer
How did you do?
According to scientists’ trilobites were on earth before dinosaurs. After the extinction of the dinosaurs came Ice Age animals such as the wholly mammoth. It is believed that early humans appeared around the end of the Ice Age period.
Activity
Check the information below and add any information (in green pen) that you did have in your work.
How long have people been on Earth for?
People have been on earth for about 3 million years AFTER the dinosaurs. The first (Homo sapiens) were around 200,000 years ago and probably came from Africa and were travellers. They did not live in one place and did not farm.
What might these people have eaten?
They foraged and collected, leaves, fruits, nuts, vegetables and hunted animals. They were known as HUNTER- GATHERERS.
What might the weather have been like in Britain millions of years ago?
That climate used to be much colder and that Britain and much of Europe used to be covered in ice so life was very difficult.
Why might life have been difficult?
The first people arrived in Britain at the end of the last Ice Age. They travelled, by foot, across Europe.
Why might they have travelled by foot?
The only mode of transport was walking and at this time Britain was joined to Europe.
How do we know all of this information about the Stone Age?
Archaeologist have discovered objects (stone, bone, antler tools), bones/skeletons, cave paintings, pottery, monuments. Explain that these pieces of evidence are also known as artefacts. Explain that we do not know everything about them because it was so long ago, and they did not write in the way that we do now. They lived in caves or in camps.
If we didn’t have have paragraphs, our writing would look like Slide 2 below: far too chunky and not very enjoyable to read! Look at my revised version on Slide 3. Much better!
Your news article is going to have 4 paragraphs and each paragraph is going to do something different. This way, our audience reads through the article flowing from one point to the next.
Activity
For your activity today, you need to group sentences together into paragraphs. Read the slides below to help guide you.
Modelled Answer
For example, in the activity below, sentence (1) and sentence (4) are both linked because they both talk about a mysterious person who we don’t know much about yet. So, I think they will be in the same paragraph.
Share your work!
Email your work to year3@sesldonprimary.org.uk so that your teacher can give you feedback!
