Context/Project

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Selwyn Primary School - Home Learning

Year: Three

Term: Summer 2.a

Topic: All things bright and beautiful

Due date:

24.06.2015

1.

What do I need to do?

Make clear notes about your project – for handing in.

Week 1: (10.06)

Explain what you have learned about the water cycle so far.

Week 2: (17.06)

Plan the model for your 3D- model. Which materials will you use?

How will you show the direction of the water travelling?

Begin your fact file alongside your plan. What is happening at each stage?

Week 3: (24.06)

Use the plan to begin to make the model. Does it show how the water is travelling? Complete your fact file using the appropriate vocabulary.

Literacy and Numeracy Activities

Context/Project:

To tie in with one of our Topic focuses make a 3-D model of the Water Cycle and a fact file explaining what is happening. The model must show the journey of water.

Resources I will need:

Paper and/ or card, scissors, glue, coloured pencils or felt tip pens.

Illustrations/pictures/photos.

Skills I will use: explaining/ answering reasoning researching planning making and presenting

Questions to think about:

What kind of material does he use?

How can I incorporate nature into my own artwork?

Which of his images could I use as inspiration?

Week 1: (10.06)

MATHS ~ Complete the worksheet.

LITERACY ~ Do the adverb & adjective worksheet

Week 2: (17.06)

MATHS ~ Complete the worksheet.

LITERACY ~ Write a character description for one of the characters of ‘The Neverending Story’.

(Challenge yourself and use the power of three.)

Week 3: (24.06)

MATHS ~ Complete the worksheet.

LITERACY ~ Write a setting for the ‘Swamp of Sadness’ or ‘The

Home of the Nothing’.

Children in Y3 should read at least 10 - 15 minutes every day of the week.

Spelling words will be handed out weekly.

How an adult can help me:

Help to access the websites.

Help with ideas and the making of the model.

Test me on a water cycle quiz.

Extension: Tell the story of the water cycle from the point of view of the water. Begin your story as a cloud, what happens next?

Useful Websites: www.

http://thewaterproject.org/resources/the_water_cycle http://easyscienceforkids.com/water-cycle-quiz-free-interactive-general-quiz-questions-for-kids/ http://legacy.mos.org/oceans/planet/cycle.html

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