Category Archives: Working from home
Check out these car videos from home!!!
Persuasive adverts
Our challenge was to sell our, ‘unique’ car through the use of our persuasive powers. Yesterday, we looked at how choosing the right vocabulary when describing an object can be very helpful in persuading people they would like it too! Check out these amazing car adverts sent in…
Faith and Frankie
Very good girls, I agree that ‘the engine may need some attention’ Faith and the maybe ‘a lick of paint and some TLC’ would help too, Frankie! Brilliant!
Snowman competition is ON!!!!!
Look at the size of this one from P&S!!!!
I think it’s taller than Snowlaff, who we built!
F and her mum built this cracker…
Meet Mr Football head! I think we could have all guessed who made this even if he wasn’t in the picture!
F made this cute snow ghost…what a great cheesy grin from them both!!!
J & E made this “cool” dude (see what I did there?) Great teamwork you two and well done to Mum for chipping in the hat!
I made a birthday snowman and treated herself to DDs! Happy Birthday from all of us!
D made this happy looking chappy! Absolutely fantastic!
L K built this little chap in the dark and it only took him 5 mins! That is some swift building Mr. K!
O made this incredibly cute little fella:
The children in school decided to help Neil the Caretaker to clear the playground!
Our model volcanoes!
These look as if they are going to cause a ‘disaster’ in lots of homes!!!
Here are our contributions from in class:
Adding volcanoes to our world map
In the first week of lockdown, we created world maps that showed the different climate zones of the world. In earthquake week, we added the location of all the tectonic plates to it. This week, volcano week, we have added the location of 5 infamous eruptions!
Here is Lewis W’s…he did a great job of making the volcanoes stand out from the map. Well done Lewis!
Lots of other children sent in volcano work too…
Delightful diaries
Lots of pupils sent in their diary entries. When you read them, check to see:
- If they used any of the features of a diary that you identified
- shared their inner thoughts and feelings
- gave clues and description instead of just telling us there was an earthquake
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- Jorja
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- Jorja
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- Libby
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- Libby
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- Riley R
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- Riley R
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- Frankie
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- Frankie
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- Libby
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- Faith
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- Riley H
Earthquake proof building challenge
Jorja took several attempts to reach this masterpiece! She kept finding ways to strengthen and reinforce the structure. Well done Jorja! This is ace.
Check out this lovely design. That’s a pretty tall tower to say you used such slender materials and I understand that it passed all the tests…including you dancing around it like a lunatic! Well done!
Riley made this tough-looking castle to withstand an earthquake
Lewis used marshmallows to join his structure together. It looks fab AND passed all 3 tests. Well done!
Chloe was VERY frustrated building this masterpiece, BUT she didn’t give up! Great resilience Chloe. I love your choice of materials! I would say that earthquake you simulated would have topped the Richter scale too!!!
(Video to follow)
This is a very solid looking structure from blocks. Check back soon becasue there are 2 great TEST videos that go with it!
This one made me laught a lot! The message that came with it says, “we tried, we failed, we had a lot of fun!” The pictures say it all really! Fantastic effort guys!
😁👍Brilliant!!!
Earthquake Posters
Don’t worry if you didn’t get your poster done in 1 afternoon, you can keep going back to it. I’d rather you take time with work and do your best than rush!
Here are some, work in progress to inspire you…
check out this super-sized mega poster! What a cool title and a lot of hard work!
Check out this hi-tech contribution! This pupil used photo shop to build up their title in layers to create this amazing effect!
And here is the finished article!
Frankie drew a cross-section of the Earth to show us what is going on beneath our feet!
Faith went for a very dramatic view of the Earth vibrating from all of the quakes! I like where you’ve put that scientists will ‘hopefully’ be able to predict them in future Faith!
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Libby made her poster on word and filled it full of the facts she had learned during the afternoon! Well done Libby.
Amazing Animal Adaptations
Lyla did an amazing whale
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Anna’s penguin is fab!
A. Chose a cool penguin too
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Isla labelled her lovely killer whale.
Frankie sent her fab animals from home.
Chloe sent her animals in too! The owl is fantastic!
Olivia chose a giraffe for her amazing animal.
Check out Libby’s amazing drawings
F. sent in these pages, it looks as if she is very proud of them!!!
Morning Register
I have just finished setting up a Microsoft Teams account for all of us to share. Parents should receive an email message from me to the email address they have registered in school, this just confirms that you have been added to the Year 3 team.
LOTS OF PARENTS DID NOT GET THIS MESSAGE, IF YOU EMAIL ME THEN i WILL SEND YOU THE LINK DIRECTLY.
If you down load Teams to your device and then sign in, you will see our Tear 3 team. That means that each morning, you don’t need a meeting code or link or anything like that, you just open your Teams app at 9:00 and wait for the meeting to go live. The meeting is called ‘register Year 3’ and it will be the same every morning.
I will post the work for the day to our blog (look at the little menu bar just above this post and you’ll see “Online Learning”,
If you ‘hover’ over the Online Learning writing, a menu will drop down with the work for each day of the week
Just after register, I will run through the tasks for the day and show you what I want you to do. It will be up to you what order you complete the tasks in as I know your parents and carers will be busy in the house. I will try and make sure there is always something you can have a go at without any help at all.
If you get stuck, then Mr Crouch and I will be able to help you out. It will take a bit of getting used to at first but I know we will make it work together.
The meeting will stay open until I’m sure that everyone knows what to do and any children who require 1:1 support can stay online in the session. Children can leave and begin work when they are ready to. Once the session is closed, I will stay available on teams and you can video call me for more support.
IF YOU DIDN’T RECEIVE AN EMAIL INVITATION
OR
IF YOU WISH TO REGISTER WITH A DIFFERENT EMAIL
Please email me at r.swallow@birdwellprimary.org.uk and I’ll try to sort it.
Resources for lockdown
We have put together a pack for all the children with a book, writing pencil, line guide, white board & pen as well as a few sheets that will be useful later in the topic. They can either be collected from school, at our entrance steps or I can deliver them to you if you are struggling to get here.
We are going to treat these books just like our topic books in class! That means that every piece of work we do is our very best presentation and handwriting! We only write in writing pencil (NOT FELT TIP!!!) and we underline our titles in red, neatly with a ruler. I want these books to be the record of our online topic and I want them to be good enough to compare to our normal topic books in class! So take a lot of care and pride in your lock down learning, just like you do for me in class!
Lockdown Learning
Here we go again kids! Well, don’t worry! We have got a FANTASTIC online topic planned and Mr Mathieson, Miss Housley, Mr Crouch and myself are really looking forward to working on it with you!
It’s called:
“DISASTER ZONE! Surviving Planet Earth!”
Each day, we will add the lessons for the day to the ‘Online Learning’ tab on this blog. Each morning will start with a 9:00 am onwards Teams sessions where we will take a register and explain the tasks for the day. Your teachers will be adding work here on the blog, over video and on Microsoft Teams, to keep you all busy at home. Log onto the register every day to show us you are ready to learn and we will talk you through the activities.
See you all online, Mr Swallow
Writing session 4: The cliff-hanger!
The last thing we want, after all of our hard work, is for us to unwrap our gift and it turn out to be something the reader doesn’t like!
What we can do is leave the story just as we see what the gift is…and the reader will NEVER KNOW what it was! This is called a cliff-hanger!
Task: Describe an imaginary, wrapped-up parcel in detail. The shape, the weight, the wrapping paper. You can peel away the wrapper and give tiny details (that could be anything) but we won’t say what is inside…EVER!
The parcel was the oddest of shapes! It was round at one end and the long and straight at the other. Almost as if someone had wrapped up an exclamation mark from a Road Runner cartoon! Strangest of all, it was really heavy, but not all over…like there was something heavy right in the centre of the parcel, lurking beneath the glittery ribbon and the plain, brown paper. When iI shook it gently, it tinkled and chimed…I thought I’d broken it for a second but it was too sweet a sound to be made by accident! I took a deep breath and ripped the paper quickly from end to end and laid it all open on the floor in front of me…OF COURSE! Now it all made perfect sense.
Writing Session 3: Building tension
I woke up on Christmas morning. I opened my presents. I got the best present ever.
Rubbish!
What a boring story! I didn’t feel anything at all reading it. When things are too easy they are not very engaging. We need to make our reader work hard and make them wait…we have to
‘treat them mean to keep them keen!’
Let’s look at ways of making them wait…
- Add extra detail: I woke up on Christmas morning. I yawned and stretched, gradually coming around. My eyes slowly came into focus upon the brightly coloured and overflowing stocking at the end of my bed. How could I forget…”It’s Christmas morning!” I shouted, jumping out of bed.
- Add feelings & thoughts (See lesson 1): As I picked up the present, my mind was racing. What could it be? Why is it so heavy? Will I like it? My tummy was in knots and I was starting to sweat. Slowly I peeled back the wrapping an inch at a time…I saw the corner of something blue and froze! My eyes opened wide, my mouth fell open and even my heart stopped beating…could it really be what I thought it was?
Let’s give it a try. Give me a detailed account of your journey from your bedroom to your living room. What do you pass? Do the carpets or floors feel different in each room? Does it suddenly get brighter or darker room to room? What are your decorations like?
We could use some of the details in our final piece on Friday!
Imogen’s conquerors work
Hi Year,
Imogen would like to share her conqueror work with you all.
Imogen has done a fantastic job on researching Julius Caesar and William the Conqueror, she has included some really interesting facts.
Let Imogen know what you think about her work by commenting 🙂
Mr Mathieson
OL’s home learning
Hi Year 3,
Check out some pictures from OL.
She has had so much fun learning from home. OL is really excited about coming back to school in Year 4 and can’t wait to see all of her friends.
How awesome is the teepee tent that she spent her birthday in!?
home learning is fun
I’ve been learning about renewable and non-renewable energy here’s an example of renewable energy a wind turbine could be an amazing way to save the environment .
CS 🙂
FH’s and MH’s home learning
Hi Year 3,
Have a look at what FH and MH have been up to at home.
They have done lots of learning, focusing on Egypt! They have also welcomed home a few new pets over lockdown. I can’t wait to hear stories about them!
Mr Mathieson x
Beat the teachers 4
This week, there is even more reason to try to win, as Mr Swallow is competing this time as well as the rest of the staff. Don’t worry though, I have kept him far away from the questions and answers!
Here are our sections for this week:
- Harry Potter
- Football
- Maths
- Topic/History
- Staff questions
Zoom meeting ID: 946 5718 5074
Password: quiz
Log on from 1:15 onwards.
As usual, you will need to have a separate device to access the Kahoot app to join in with the quiz.
Good luck kids, Mrs Rees!
Clarke’s Seal Adventure
Hi Year 3,
Check out Clarke’s seal adventure. At home, Clarke has been learning about seals and he went to Ravenscar with his family to see them! Ravenscar is a small village in Scarborough, North Yorkshire.
Beat the teachers Quiz 3
The teachers won last week and earned their treat…can you turn the tables on them this week? We have introduced a new category this week, due to popular demand: “Fortnite” (the video game, for old people like me!) With questions written and presented by our Year 6 children and Mrs Rees’s son, Eddie. I’ve read them when I put the quiz together and didn’t know any of them…it doesn’t look good for the teachers!!!
Zoom meeting ID: 946 5718 5074
Password: quiz
When you log into Zoom this time, please use your year group at the beginning of your name (3 Mr Swallow). We are going to do the chat first and the quiz afterwards this time, log on from 1:15 onwards.
As usual, you will need to have a separate device to access the Kahoot app to join in with the quiz.
Good luck kids!
Hollie’s topic work
Hi everyone i hope your all ok and excited about having Mr.Mathieson in year 4. I know i am :)))) Here’s my work i’ve been doing Xx
IP’s Top Trumps – Robin Hood style.
Hi Year 3,
Check out IP’s Top Trumps that she has made this week. Isn’t the artwork on them absolutely fantastic!?
IP also told me that she has beaten her mum in Top Trumps battles!
Has anyone else made some? If so, make sure to upload them to the blog or continue to email me: a.mathieson@birdwellprimary.org.uk
Mr Mathieson x
Imogen’s WANTED poster for Friar Tuck
Do you know any information on Friar Tuck’s whereabouts!? Imogen is offering a generous amount of 45,000 crown if you can help capture him.
Have a look at the poster to find a detailed description and a picture of him. 
Beat the teachers 2! They won!!!
The teachers won the quiz! That’s right, you heard it here first! The teachers won the quiz!!! Mrs Millington came 1st so she won a bag of treats!!!
It also means that the teachers don’t have to pay a forfeit!
Come on kids! We can’t let this happen again, this is our chance to make all of the teachers do something daft! Don’t let them win again!!!
Hollie’s Planet work :)
This week I have been focusing on planets. I’m working on a model out of stickers, cardboard, card and tissue paper. Here are some questions and planets I have wrote and drawn.
Hope your all staying safe!!!
Mason’s Stone Age and Space work
Hi again Year 3,
Check out Mason’s homeschool work, he has done some really nice work based on the Stone Age and Space.
Make sure to comment and let Mason know what you think!
Mr Mathieson x
Homemade water feature
Check out KB’s awesome homemade water feature… watch out B&Q!
KB made this water feature by using:
- A big empty plantpot
- Smaller pottery plantpot
- Plastic bucket
- Water
- 2 layers of chicken wire (to prevent the stone falling through, not to catch chickens!)
- Solar powered fountain
- Stones
- Shiny silver balls
IP’s Marvellous Moon Work
Hi Year 3,
Check out the wonderful work from IP! She has created a leaflet full of interesting facts all about the Moon. Make sure you read it, it’s fantastic!
Maybe you could comment and let IP know your interesting facts too.
Mr Mathieson x
Demi’s Space Work
Hi Year 3,
Demi has been really busy this week!
Check out the space work she has done… If you click the download link you will be able to download Demi’s Moon Leaflet to read and maybe it will help you decide if the moon is made of cheese!?
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Oreo Moon Phases
Why not try this tasty science experiment using Oreo biscuits to create the moon phases.
Marvellous Moons
I hope you have managed to catch a glimpse of the moon! Let’s find out more about moons!
Can you create a poster/leaflet all about the moon?
You could include some of the following information:
• What is a moon? What shape is it?
• Do all planets in our solar system have moons? Can you name any famous moons and the planets they orbit?
• How long does it take the moon to orbit the Earth?
• How does the moon affect the tides?
• Does the moon produce its own light? Why does it shine? Can the moon only be seen at night?
• Tricky – Why does our moon appear to change shape at different times of the month? Can you explain this and draw and label the different phases of the moon?
Use diagrams and illustrations to help you explain your findings.
Here is a link to help you explain the phases of the moon. Why not try this out yourselves!
IP’s space work
Hi Year 3,
IP has been really busy again with her home schooling – she has created an alien (Sabber) and done some research on her chosen planet. IP has also created a Space Hot Air Balloon that she would use to travel to space in, visit the planets and pickup Sabber to bring him back down to Earth.
Well done IP, keep it up!
IP’s baking bonanza!
Check out the amazing baking from IP!
Is anybody else’s mouth drooling over the screen!?
Demi’s Stone Age work
THE STONE AGE
By Demi Crookes
Around 2.6 million years ago the stone age began, During the stone age our ancestors wore animal skin and wool during cold months and linen during warmer months. Cave men wore an item of clothing called loincloth which was made from linen/cloth.
Our ancestors would eat seasonal foods like fruit, berry’s, nuts, eggs, and fish. They would hunt for animals using tools that they would make from stone. Special treats would be honey collected from the beehive’s this would have tasted so sweet to them.
The stone age was thousands of years ago when people lived in caves and jungles. Life was simple and there wasn’t much to do, they didn’t have computer or tv’s and the main thing to do through the day was make tools and gather food, however, protecting themselves from wild animals was there main priority.
People from the stone age had big beards they wore fur from the animal’s they had hunted, and they had clubs which they made from stone.
The stone age started around 30,000BCE and lasted 3.4 million years approximately, the stone age was divided into 3 periods and ended around 3,000BCE. It was called the stone age because the main material used was stone to make tools to help our ancestor’s SURVIVE!!!
Imogen’s space work
Hi Year 3,
Checkout Imogen’s space work that she has completed at home.
Well done on answering all 7 questions Imogen and I really like the labelled diagrams that you added in.
Keep me updated with any other work you complete.
Mr Mathieson x
Making Quiche 😋
Today I made a yummy quiche for lunch I had to make the pastry, grate the cheese 🧀, whisk the eggs, fry the bacon 🥓 and bake it in the oven for 40 minutes.
Quiz 3
Hi kids. Mr. Swallow and I are not able to meet up this week so quiz 3 will take place next Friday, with 2 major changes.
We are going to swap to Zoom for our quiz rather than YouTube (so I need to get practicing using it!) The advantage will be that we will be able to see you guys, as well as you, seeing us!!!
The other change will be that the quiz will move into school-time. Mr. Swallow and I will be hosting the Friday quiz on a Friday afternoon for you guys at home. We are also learning how to host some live lessons for you guys over Zoom as well so watch this space…
We hope you are all enjoying the beautiful weather and staying safe, Mr. Mathieson and Mr. Swallow
Caveman tools
Hi Mr Mathieson, I went to Wharncliffe Crags and found some stick and stones which I used to make my tools.
Also, I found some actual caves at the crags!
For the cave I got a pop-up tent and placed a blanket over it.
Friday Night Quiz 2
The link for tonight’s quiz will appear here at around 5:30.with the quiz starting at 6:00. Click the link to be taken to the page:
click me after 5:30
Hopefully we shall be able to read comments you add to the YouTube But please only add one or two as we don’t want to slow the feed down.
Hopefully, this week the feed will run quicker as we’ve changed the set up quite a bit. We have found that pressing “refresh” once you have joined can bring your browser up to the correct point.
Good luck, let us know how you get on.
What is Stonehenge?
Here is a very nice video resource from the BBC, telling you about this famous site. Read the page before you watch the video.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z82hsbk/articles/zg8q2hv
Can you design your own Stone circle? You could make it from craft or building materials.
At Mr Swallow’s house, Syd went for wooden blocks and Lego. He was fascinated with lining his models up to the sun outside!!!
You could even use Minecraft!!!? (Clarke!!!)
White Rose Maths – Summer week 5
Hi Year 3,
This week’s maths is to revise fractions. Please click the following link to get access to all of the premium resources, videos, worksheets and answers.
Mr Mathieson x
OL’s Cave Drawing – Stone Age
Hi Mr Mathieson
I’ve been looking into our new topic and decided to do a cave drawing.
Hope you like it.. Emily helped me with the teabag bit as she can remember when she did it with you in Year 4!!
Take care
OL
Caveman cooking
Any self-respecting caveman should be able to rustle up a mammoth steak when he needs to.
We ate yours for you Mr. Mathieson, don’t worry!
Hollie’s Caveman comic strip
I have been working very hard on my caveman topic.My mum wanted me to do a comic strip about a day in a life of a caveman.I wanted to put it on the blog and here it is.
Topic challenge: Weapon making
This week’s topic challenge is to create your own Stone Age weapon! Below is a brilliant video covering the Stone Age era, can you pick out any important information about the weapons?
During the Stone Age, people used sharpened sticks for hunting and protection purposes, they were vital for survival in the Stone Age. They were also used to hunt certain animals like wolves, foxes, bears, deer, hyena and much more.
Check out the weapons that have already been made… maybe you could do something similar?
You could design your Stone Age weapon on paper first, labelling the key parts of it. Next, you could manufacture the weapon by using cardboard, sticks, string, rocks or any other household items – just get your parents permission first!
I’m looking forward to seeing them!
Mr Mathieson x
Caveman weapon making
We made a Stig of the Dump style spear…just in case we came across any woolly mammoths on our walk.
We split the end of a garden cane in half. Then, dad folded up a piece of beer can into a triangle and we tied it into the split cane with string.
We practised throwing our spear in the garden and managed to get it to stick in the ground. It was fun and we definitely got better at throwing it.
and posing with it apparently!
White Rose – Maths learning
Hi Year 3,
White Rose are continuing to publish the free video tutorials every week but no longer the worksheets and answers to go with them. At school, we have subscribed to White Rose so have access to the premium worksheets. Please find them below for the week.
Weekly video tutorials
https://resources.whiterosemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Year-3.pdf
Worksheets
Lesson 1 – Unit and non-unit fractions
Answers
Lesson 1 Answers – Unit and non-unit fractions
Lesson 2 Answers – Making the whole
Lesson 4 Answers – Count in tenths
Let me know how you get on Year 3 and feel free to email me: a.mathieson@birdwellprimary.org.uk
Mr Mathieson x
Busy, busy, busy!
We have been busy doing lots of fun things aswell as learning. I’m really enjoying learning about space, we have started the Stone Age topic too, I did a timeline. Mummy says she can’t keep up with my maths skills and that I am really clever. We have done lots of walking and taken pictures of butterflies and a bee that was having a rest.
I’m missing everyone.
CS
Hello :D,
I’m glad you have been enjoying the space work and have been learning lots, I can’t wait to hear all about it. The Stone Age timeline sounds interesting, we would have done something similar to that in class!
Keep me posted with further updates, I love reading them!
Take care,
Mr Mathieson
We built this city on cardboard rolls
Hi Year 3,
I hope you are all okay and are having fun with the new topic – Stone Age.
BB has emailed me an update of what he has been up to. He has made a cool city out of cardboard for all of his cars to go on. Not only has BB created a city he also added tunnels and bridges… pretty cool ey!
Remember you can all email me updates at: a.mathieson@birdwellprimary.org.uk
Take care and speak to you soon
Mr Mathieson
We built this city…
Topic challenge: Hunter gatherers
The Stone Age people were known as hunter-gatherers. This means that instead of growing their food, they went out and found it. The hunter-gatherers travelled from place to place in search of the best hunting grounds, living in temporary shelters.
Later in the Stone Age, the humans learnt how to grow their own crops and began to settle in one place. These people were known as the first farmers.
Challenge: The next time you go on your family walk, gather or list EVERYTHING that you would be prepared to eat if you were a hungry hunter-gatherer living in the Stone Age! Berries, nuts, seeds, mice, BIRDS!? Everything you see.
Put together a caveman menu using ONLY what you found on your walk… let’s see if you found enough to keep you going…
Mr Mathieson
Topic Challenge: Fire Building Task 2
Once you have mastered fire, you can stay warm in winter, scare off dangerous animals and cook delicious food. Your second challenge is to be a true caveman and cook a meal over a flame. This could be a jacket potato wrapped in foil on your own, home-made fire or a burger on your BBQ. Again, THIS MUST BE WITH ADULT SUPERVISION AT ALL TIMES! PLEASE TREAT FIRE AND HOT SURFACES WITH CARE AND STAY SAFE!
Let Mr Mathieson and I see your caveman meals…I can tell that we are going to be slobbering onto our keyboards!!!
Topic challenge: Fire building task 1
In Unit 1, we have established that cavemen lived in caves and this helped shelter and protect them. Keeping them safe from animals, warm in winter and allowing them to store food and essentials. It meant that families could live together and look out for one another.
Cavemen also discovered how to make fire and this made a HUGE difference to their survival. Not only does food taste much nicer when it’s cooked but heating the food does 3 really important things:
- it kills bacteria in the food that can make humans sick or even die
- it preserves the food so that it can last longer
- adding water can make a little food feed a lot of people (like soups and stews)
You have already built and decorated your own cave. Now we want to see your fire building skills! We want you to make sure you do 3 steps:
- Build a fire-proof ring to keep the fire contained and safe. You could use stones or bricks or even a ring of earth
- add the wood! this sounds simple but you need to ensure that the bigger, longer-lasting logs are at the bottom as they will be the hardest to light. You also want to build the timber (planed wood) or lumber (rough, natural wood) into a pyramid or teepee shape so that the flames can be fed
- add kindlin. this is thin, easily lit and easy to burn material such as shredded newspaper, moss (or fluff from your tumble-drier). Add the kindlin around and inside the bottom of your teepee
That’s it! You have built your own campfire. Your task is complete. BUT…if you have a grown-up to supervise you and you are feeling adventurous, you could light your campfire to see if you have done a good job.
PLEASE TREAT FIRE WITH RESPECT AND NEVER PLAY WITH FIRE. DO NOT TRY TO LIGHT A FIRE WITHOUT ADULT SUPERVISION AND NEVER LEAVE YOUR FIRE UNATTENDED.
Here is a guide to help you: https://www.instructables.com/id/Building-a-Campfire/
Art competition
Good morning everyone, the work you have done on the art competition is fabulous. You have obviously spent a great deal of time working on these to create these images. I am so impressed and it has been an utter delight for myself and the rest of the staff to see these. They are so bright, colourful and detailed and using lots of different medium.
There have been so many to look through so it has been very challenging indeed to make a final decision. Well done to everyone who took part, however, there can only be one winner and that is Toby in Y4 for his lovely and accurate drawing of Mrs Buckley.
Thank you once again to everyone who took part and had a go, it has been so lovely to see your art work.
Mr Bailey
Cave Art :)
I did my cave art using sandpaper to draw on so it look s like a cave wall and oil pastels to add colour.
by Syd
The Book of Hopes
This book contains a variety of short stories, poems, essays and pictures. It has contributions from more than 110 children’s writers and illustrators, including Francesca Simon, Michael Morpurgo, Lauren Child, Anthony Horowitz and many more…
The collection is dedicated to the doctors, nurses, carers, cleaners and everyone currently working in hospitals.
https://literacytrust.org.uk/family-zone/9-12/book-hopes/
Also a big well done to our school for raising £336.50 in the sponsored Readathon we did last term.
Mr Mathieson
A viking play
Click on the link below to watch our play. We wrote and performed this as part of our drama lesson.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/6n1GYkZpWPFTVC9f9
Well done you two, I agree with Mrs Millington’s comment regarding the paper mache helmets – they’re fab!
I must say I am very impressed with your acting skills too! Especially the tone of your voice at the end of the play C, well done Mr.
Mr Mathieson
Hollie’s Art Competition
King Crouchy by Chloe Wild
Theo’s teacher drawing
There’s a new Joe Wicks around town!
E has done PE today. I was tired out after. We painted our viking helmets. We did history which was a timeline of the vikings invasions
I’m missing you all,
From C
My home projects by Syd
I did a picture of Mr Mathieson with his Wednesday T-shirt on
Grace and me did some wooden characters as well, can you tell who they are?
Cave painting
Cavemen decorated their caves and shelters with pictures of the animals they saw, the friends they lived with and hand-prints that can still be seen by us all of these thousands of years later.
I would like you guys to have a go at your own cave paintings. I have posted some links to sites online that have examples. There are lots of different ways of doing authentic-looking ones, including; working on old cardboard boxes, using hands in mud and painting with brushes. (So we don’t have to destroy your mum’s lovely wall paper!!!) As always, let me see what you get up to, I’ll be having a go at this with Syd today so I’ll do the same!
Household tips
I find cave painting so fascinating, there’s a special reason why the cavemen painted animals on the cave walls, can any of you find out why they did it?
Here’s a quick and easy tip that will make your cave art replicate the real thing…
- Once you have drawn your picture, leave it to dry and spray over it with hairspray (don’t worry, you won’t use the full can so you’ll have plenty left to do your hair!)
- After the hairspray has dried you need to cover it by using a tea bag. Here’s the trick – ASK A PARENT TO OVERSEE (I don’t want any burnt hands or tea stains in the house). Leave the teabag in hot water, let it cool down and then gently ‘pinch’ the teabag out and dab it over the artwork. Dip the teabag back into the water as it will start to dry when applying it to your artwork.
- Leave the artwork to dry and you’ll have your very own cave art.
We can’t wait to see your finished outcomes.
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/176273772894827401/
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/571042427743842940/
https://learningparade.typepad.co.uk/learning_parade/2010/04/off-the-wall-cave-painting-.html
Mr Mathieson and Mr Swallow.
Why do we call them cave men?
All living things need certain things to survive and flourish. They need to eat and drink, they need to rest, they need to stay warm or cool enough and shelter to keep them safe. Cavemen were so successful because they found a way of improving all of these things…by using…(that’s right)…a cave!
Think: How would life in a cave or shelter be better than living outside for:
- Eating & drinking
- Keeping warm or cool
- Resting
- Keeping safe
I want you to pretend to be a caveman (not too difficult for some of you I imagine!) Now the first thing you are going to need is a cave! You could build it out of your duvet cover or a big box…let your imagination run wild (and tell your parents I understand that the first day back I will have lots of cross Mummys to answer to!) Do a good job and maybe you could sleep in it tonight??? If you do an amazing job, it may even protect you from the angry parents when they see what your challenge is!!!
Once you have built your cave, I want you to tell me all about why it is so good at improving your life (as a caveman) and keeping you alive. You could do it as a piece of writing or a letter along with a photo of your cave. Or you could make a video diary, showing off your new shelter and explaining why it is a big improvement on just living outside. Let’s see what you come up with.
I can’t wait for the rest of unit 1…here’s a sneak preview of what will be coming up:
Mr Mathieson – Draw a teacher competition
Poppy’s drawing of Mr Mathieson for the draw a member of staff competition.
C’s Art competition entry
I’ve tried really hard hope you like it, especially you Mr Mathieson.
C
C’s Art competition entry.
An update from C – A lovely read
Hi Year 3,
I have received a lovely email from C with pictures of his work.
Take a look at what he has been doing, it’s superb isn’t it!
Hi Year 3,
We have had 2 weeks off full of playing in the paddling pool, lots of assualt courses in the garden, scootering, bike riding, baking and eating lots of chocolate. We are back today, our topic is vikings, today we have learnt about viking facts, watched a viking video and did a brainstorm for our story.
We are writing about Birger Ka’re the viking, we learnt that the name means keeper with curly hair. We have had fun thinking about the plot for our story and what the characters are going to look like. We are reading horrible histories vicious viking book.
The rest of the week we will be making viking hats, learning about were they came from and were they invaded in Britain, we are going to end the week with a viking show that we are writing together.
C is doing so well with his home learning but he is missing his friends.
White Rose Maths
Hi Year 3,
I hope you are all really excited about the new topic Could you survive the Stone Age? Mr Swallow and I will be posting updates on the Blog for you, keep an eye out for them. In the meantime, take a look at the following link where you will find activities and research on the Stone Age: https://birdwellyear3.edublogs.org/2020/04/20/new-term-new-topic/
Please keep checking the White Rose Maths resources too, this week’s focus is on equivalent fractions. Remember, there are videos, PowerPoints and worksheets for all of the White Rose Maths resources: https://birdwellyear3.edublogs.org/2020/04/07/white-rose-maths/
Keep me posted with what you do on the Blog or email me: a.mathieson@birdwellprimary.org.uk
New Term, New Topic!
This week, we would normally be starting our new topic:
Could you survive the Stone Age?
So Mr. Swallow and I thought it would be a good idea to find out about, what life was like in the Stone Age. What did our ancient ancestors wear, eat and shelter in? Are they really like they are portrayed in films? Hairy and strong, wearing fur and hitting things with clubs? When was the Stone Age? Why was it called the Stone Age? What was the world like back then?
Hello from Mr Bailey
Good morning Year 3 Class. I hope you and your families are keeping well and safe. I have been looking through the wonderful learning that you have been doing at home over the last few weeks. The Mathletics challenges, crafts, baking – oops about the eggs, getting out into the countryside and using it to create lovely, natural candle holders and planters, lovely colourful crafts, story writing exercising, book reviews, the list is endless and it has been amazing to see. I just want to say how much we are missing you at school, I keep checking in with staff and they are all happy and safe and are just missing having you all around. We will get back to normal eventually so just enjoy all the times you are able to have together with your family, reading and going for walks and just talking about things around you. These are such special times that you may not get the opportunity to do again when things are back to normal. Take care, keep safe, keep smiling and keep putting your wonderful learning experiences up on the school BLOG they are so lovely to see. I am so proud of you all. Take care, see you all soon.
Mr Bailey
A message from Mr Bailey – BBC Bitesize
Dear Parents and carers,
To support you during these difficult and challenging times the following link below is a new BBC Bitesize primary planner. A ten minute daily Podcast commencing on the 20th April covering the National Curriculum and links to other useful resources. This will also cover some elements of how to cope during these challenging times. This is available on BBC sounds via the web or via the BBC sounds App.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p089l43b
Thank you and stay safe.
Mr Bailey
Read, read and read! Oxford Owl
Hi Year 3,
I hope you are all well! I’m sure you have all had lots of chocolate over the weekend, I certainly have!
I’ve also been reading so much, have you?
We have signed up to the Oxford Owl website that gives you access to some fantastic books, just like the ones we have in school.
Go on the Oxford Owl website by clicking this link: https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/
Once you are on the website, click on My class login, it’s right at the top of the page so you won’t miss it.
Next, you will have to enter the login details, they are:
My class name = birdwell3
My class password = Read (make sure you put the capital R)
Enjoy your reading Year 3.
Remember, you can email me anything you have been doing and I will put it on our blog… a.mathieson@birdwellprimary.org.uk
Take care,
Mr Mathieson
Olivia Lait’s blog update
Hi Year 3,
I received a lovely email from Olivia Lait today, here’s what it said…
Hope you have had a nice Easter and you are keeping safe.
I wanted to let you know what I’ve been upto…
I’ve been doing lots of walking and also bike riding around the woods at the top of our road.
I’ve also been doing PE with Joe Wicks – mummy & daddy do it with me (they’re funny!!) but don’t worry I’ve also been doing school work. Mummy has got me a Y3 English & Maths workbooks. I do a few pages each day and I’ve been given spelling tests to do. Mummy is an ok teacher but isn’t as good as you.. haha
I have also had lots of fun in the garden enjoying the sunny weather.
Take Care and stay safe.
Love from Olivia Lait.
MasterChef – Year 3 edition
As I have been wowed by the amount of delicious food uploaded to the blog I thought it was only fair to share some of my cooking/ meals… a huge thanks to Mr Swallow for the idea.
It would be great to see even more food uploads from those who haven’t got involved yet… If any of you are struggling to upload, feel free to email me: a.mathieson@birdwellprimary.org.uk
Try not to laugh at the eggs please 😢
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- A delicious banana loaf with chocolate chips.
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- Cheese and ham salad sandwiches.
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- Chicken, halloumi, rice and salad.
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- Cauliflower cheese (I promise there is some cauliflower underneath the cheese!)
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- Eggcellent handling of the eggs.
Mr Mathieson
White Rose Maths
Hi Year 3,
White Rose Maths (the maths scheme we use at Birdwell) are producing weekly maths lessons for each year group.
The lessons are broken down into small steps, just like we do in class. There is a video PowerPoint with each lesson, explaining how to tackle the questions.
You can find the maths activities here: https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/
Do not worry if you have not tried any of the White Rose Maths at home as you can still access the previous weeks’ work.
Let me know how you get on 😎
Mr Mathieson
Food
What I have been doing at home.
So far at home we have painted rainbows for the NHS and key workers. Also I did a treasure hunt with my mummy, little brother and older sister. I had to follow clues to find the letters that spelt the word at the end. The word was alphabet.
I have cooked lots of food with my mummy and daddy we have made leek and potato soup, tapas and Yorkshire puddings. We have also made things out of egg boxes I made a chick and a octopus.
Lastly I have made my own school logo, my own school uniform and how my school would look like.
When I have finished school work I have been going on Roblox with my friends.
My DIY ornaments
Spellings
Hi Year 3,
I have attached 2 weeks’ worth of spellings.
It is important that you know what the words mean too. Maybe you could practise them in your working-from-home book by using similar activities to the ones we do in our orange spelling books in class. You could even even get someone to test you on them next week or play some spelling hangman.
Mr Mathieson
What I have been doing
I have been very busy we have been on lots of walks bike riding skateboarding and doing PE with Joe Wicks. I’m not bored yet. My mum has been doing lots of lessons we have done science english reading topic and my favorite maths. I liked learning about volcanos best. I have been cooking im like jamie Oliver now. I made bolagnaose sausage casserole and frittata.
Clarke
Rolling down a muddy hill.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Hi everyone,
Hope you are ok I’ve been reading a Roald Dahl book that my Auntie gave me. I am up to page 38 I have been reading it out loud and to myself too. I am enjoying it.
Francis
Working from home
A huge thank you to everyone who has posted on the blog, I have really enjoyed reading through them all. It’s so strange being in school without you all, very quiet too!
As the blog is being updated with new content each week, it can be difficult to keep track of the different tasks set and the online activities you can try so I have created this sticky post (that means it will always stay at the top of the blog) to help us keep track of everything. When new content is added, I will add them to this post too.
Challenges – Stone Age topic
- Research The Stone Age: https://birdwellyear3.edublogs.org/2020/04/20/new-term-new-topic/
- Why do we call them cavemen? https://birdwellyear3.edublogs.org/2020/04/23/why-do-we-call-them-cave-men/
- Cave painting: https://birdwellyear3.edublogs.org/2020/04/23/cave-painting/
- Fire building: https://birdwellyear3.edublogs.org/2020/04/28/topic-challenge-fire-building-task-1/
- Fire building 2: https://birdwellyear3.edublogs.org/2020/04/28/topic-challenge-fire-building-task-2/
- Hunter gathering: https://birdwellyear3.edublogs.org/2020/05/05/topic-challenge-hunter-gatherers/
- Weapon making: https://birdwellyear3.edublogs.org/2020/05/12/topic-challenge-weapon-making/
- What is Stonehenge? https://birdwellyear3.edublogs.org/2020/05/19/what-is-stonehenge/
Online activities
- White Rose Maths – updated each week: https://birdwellyear3.edublogs.org/2020/04/07/white-rose-maths/
- Take part in some physical activity with Joe Wicks: https://birdwellyear3.edublogs.org/2020/03/25/joe-wicks/
- Take a virtual tour of Chester Zoo: https://birdwellyear3.edublogs.org/2020/03/27/chester-zoo-virtual-tour/
- Reading with Oxford Owl: https://birdwellyear3.edublogs.org/2020/04/16/read-read-and-read-oxford-owl/
- BBC Bitesize Planner: https://birdwellyear3.edublogs.org/2020/04/20/a-message-from-mr-bailey-bbc-bitesize/
- The Book of Hopes – https://birdwellyear3.edublogs.org/2020/04/27/the-book-of-hopes/
However, it is equally important to spend time with your family. Get outside (when you can), bake, draw, paint, help around the house and all the other things that are fun ways to spend your time doing! We don’t know how long this way of working will last but let’s make the most of it!
Take care of yourselves and keep me updated with what you get up to at home. You can email me too: a.mathieson@birdwellprimary.org.uk
Mr Mathieson
Make your own potion – Home challenge
As George’s grandmother is a nasty piece of work, he decides to punish her by making a magic medicine to replace her old one.
George collects a variety of ingredients from around the family farm including deodorant and shampoo from the bathroom, floor polish from the laundry room, horseradish sauce and gin from the kitchen, animal medicines, engine oil and anti-freeze from the garage, and brown paint to mimic the colour of the original medicine.
George’s grandmother drinks the medicine and turns enormous. She grows that big that she ends up being out of the roof!
Your challenge is to get creative and make your own potion (do not go stealing your dad’s beers or your mum’s nail polish!)
You could present your work by using pictures or a labelled diagram of your potion. I would also like you to tell me what your potion would do if somebody drank it.
Have fun Year 3! Missing you.
Mr Mathieson
My book review
Space Station visible tonight!
Look up into the sky tonight at 7.41 pm and International Space Station will be visible overhead for 4 minutes. It appears from WSW and disappears ESE (you can use your compass on your phone for this). It is a bright light that tracks across the sky. If you have access to the internet, you can Google – How many people are there in space right now? It will let you know which astronauts are aboard, how long they have been there and their nationalities.
Chester Zoo – Virtual Tour
Hi Year 3,
Hope you are well and keeping busy whether that is school work, around the house or spending time with your family.
Today, 10am, Chester Zoo are hosting a live virtual tour of their Zoo!!!!!!!!!
Below are some details of how the event will be run throughout the day.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2287733068192442/
As you can’t come to the zoo right now, we’ll bring the zoo to you!
Join us LIVE on our Facebook page from 10am when we’ll be throwing open our ‘virtual gates.’
So, break up the boredom of being at home and, for the first time ever, enjoy a whole day of animal antics, live from your sofa! 🙌
We’ll be featuring many of your favourites…
10:00 👉 Red pandas 🐼
11:00 👉 Rothschild’s giraffes 🦒
12:00 👉 Asian elephants 🐘
13:00 👉 Butterflies 🦋
14:00 👉 Sun bears 🐻
14:30 👉 Sumatran tigers 🐅
14:45 👉 Humboldt penguins 🐧
16:00 👉 Aquarium* 🐠
Come and join the fun. The animals are waiting…
(*Running order may be subject to ever so slight changes… and there may be more surprises throughout the day!)
It certainly sounds like a fun, exciting day! You could even draw me a picture of your favourite animal throughout the day or write about it/ them.
Have fun Year 3!
Mr Mathieson
Tom Gates artwork at home
Sins I love Tom Gates I drew a giant Tom Gates doodle. It took me ages to finish it but I have done it.
What do you think?
Syd
Joe Wicks PE
Hi Year 3,
It has been great to hear from some of you.
It is clear that you are enjoying Joe Wicks’ PE sessions first thing in a morning and what a brilliant way to start the day!
With schools closed and with us all spending more time at home, it is more important than ever that we keep moving and stay healthy and positive. Exercise is an amazing tool to help us feel happier, more energised and more optimistic.
For those wanting to take part (and please do) you can join Joe Wicks on his YouTube channel at 9:00am each morning for a 30-minute, fun workout.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
You don’t need any equipment, just a smile and a can-do-it attitude.
Enjoy, Year 3 and keep me posted.
Mr Mathieson
day 3
Good morning i have done PE with JOE Wednesday it was tiring Ivy did it as well mason
episode 1
I have watched gorges marvel’s medicine episode 1 and it made me laugh mason
try PE with Joe
me and my family are doing a Joe Wicks PE lesson it’s at 09:00-09:30 on his youtube channel
cs
George’s Marvellous Medicine – Rik Mayall
Hey up Year 3!
I hope you are all behaving and helping out where you can.
Unfortunately, we aren’t able to finish George’s Marvellous Medicine in class so I have added the following link below. It is the full story split into 5 parts, read out by Rik Mayall (make sure you are strapped into a seat as it is absolutely hilarious!)
Don’t forget, there are links to websites that school has subscribed to in your work-from-home book, along with your usernames and passwords.
Please keep in touch by posting and commenting on the blog. I can’t wait to see what you get up to!
Take care and talk to you all soon.
Mr Mathieson
