Summer One Year Three - How you can support your child at home
English: English skills with story or challenge game modes can be found here: KS2 English free game - Grammar, spelling and punctuation for primary school pupils - Crystal Explorers - BBC Bitesize Please also ensure that your child is reading for at least 10 minutes each day and talk to them about their book.
Maths: Ensure that your child is using TTrockstars at home – this should be 15 minutes a day to ensure fluency. Times Tables Rock Stars – Times Tables Rock Stars (ttrockstars.com). Please ask your child's class teacher for their login if they have forgotten. Also, to practice times tables and other mental maths they can play memory games such as Hit the Button - Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds (topmarks.co.uk)
Encourage your child to explain the maths concepts and skills they are learning to you - they could play the role of a teacher. Activities that you can do with your child to improve a range of their maths skills can be found here: Primary Parents (maths.org) Practice their arithmetic skills to improve speed and accuracy. There are many free resources that help with this such as MathsBot.com - Tools for Maths Teachers.
Science: Watch and discuss this fun video with your child about the parts of a plant: Parts of a plant | Primary Biology - Plants - YouTube
History: The British Museum has many galleries devoted to the Ancient Greeks. An example is Room 22 which is devoted to the world of Alexander the Great. There are a range of virtual tours that can also be found of the galleries via the British Museum’s website: Galleries | British Museum. Follow links in each room to virtual tours.
Geography: Visit the seaside and discuss how it is different from Dagenham. Look at maps and SAT Nav instructions when travelling to other places. Discuss the names of places that you visit and discuss whether they are towns or cities. Help your child to find out about places that you will be visiting for holidays.
RE: Talk to your child about The Bible stories that they have learnt and think about how they are 'People of God'.
DT: Explore and discuss different castle designs: Castle Designs Through History: From Simple Mounds to Fairytale Majesty - Exploring Castles (exploring-castles.com)
Computing: Take some time to show your child the types of emails you receive and send and how you recognise when an email is not genuine or SPAM.
Art: Research tie-dying and what it involved in this process. See websites for additional support: bbc.co.uk/cbbc/thingstodo/bp-natural-tie-dye-george-ezra
PE: To support your child, you could research dance and cricket, using the following resources: ECB00598_Kwik_Cricket Booklet_v2 and Street Dance Primary for KS1/2 children age 5-11 years (youtube.com)
PSHE: Relationship advice and support is available on the following websites: Healthy relationships | NSPCC
French: Encourage your child to share the new vocabulary learnt in French identifying different modes of transport they see in the local area in French. The following website contains activities and videos linked transport: Crickweb | KS2 French