St Clare’s Primary School – Home Learning Grid Year 3 Autumn 2 2014
Areas of Study
Knowing
1 point
Understanding
2 points
Language &
Communication:
Speaking, listening, literacy,
English and other languages
Find out about King Midas
and his golden touch.
Read some stories and poems
about robots. Choose your
favourite, then write or film a
review for your classmates.
Health & Wellbeing:
Physical activity, food,
personal/social/
Emotional development
Humanities & Citizenship:
History, Geography, R.E.
Cultural, visits
List the main
rules of netball.
Explain how to make a warming
winter soup.
Thinking Levels
Applying
3 points
Use non-fiction books and the internet to
find out and write
facts about a metal
of your choice.
Imagine… you wake up and all
the metal in the world has
vanished! Write story about
your day. How is everyday life
different without metal?
Research and write a short article
on ‘Keeping Safe On The Roads
In Winter’ for children.
Research ‘The Iron Age.’ When was it?
What was life like during the Iron Age?
Write a list of countries
that your parents and
grand-parents have been
to. Find out their capital
cities.
Science & Technology:
Science, D.T., Eco issues
Learn to spell the names of
some common metals
such as iron, gold,
platinum, lead
and aluminium. Create
anagrams for your friends
and family to solve.
Go on a magnetic treasure hunt
in your house. How many
magnetic objects can you
find? What materials are they
made from?
Research some of the tasks carried out
by robots. What tasks do you think robots
could do in the future? What jobs would
you like a robot to do in your house? Ask
your parents – they’re sure to have some
ideas!
Creative Arts:
Art, Design, music, Dance
Find out about different
dances. List
five and
describe at
least one in
detail.
Choose and find out all you can
about a musical instrument made
from metal. Create a presentation
with photos and sound clips of
your chosen instrument.
Design and make a fridge
magnet, either as a gift
for someone or to
commemorate a special
event.
Learn the 4 times table ‘by
heart.’ Write it down and
then make up some fun
word problems that use
the 4x table
facts.
Practise using money to add and
subtract decimals. Make up some
questions for Year 3 children.
Use a seesaw to imitate a large pair of
scales and find out where two children
would need to sit on one side of the
seesaw, to balance one child sitting on
the other end. Then work out where three
children would need to sit to balance with
one child. Measure the distances,
recording each set of measurements on a
diagram of a seesaw.
Maths & Problem Solving:
Maths, Thinking Skills, Logic,
Problem Solving
Analysing
4 points
Investigate the best surfaces at
home for toy cars to travel oncarpet or tiled floor? Measure the
distance travelled for each type
of surface and make a table or
bar chart to show your results.
Which force is acting to slow
down and stop the cars from
moving?
Design your perfect playground.
What (real or
imaginary)
equipment
would you
include?
GUIDELINES: Choose a minimum of 6 activities, at least one from each row. Your aim is to gain more than 10 points over the half term.
You can do a maximum of 2 activities from any one row to make up your 10 points. You must have evidence of all the activities you choose –
bring it in to talk about with your class. Books will need to be brought into school on a THURSDAY to be checked for progress.