Thursday 25th June 2020

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Good morning wonderful Year 3,

How are you? I hope you are still being the very best that you can be! You might feel a bit 'meh' sometimes - but think about how far you have come! You are a stay at home hero! So well done YOU!

One thing I want you to think about today is about how far you have come during this school year!

What things have you learnt? What are you able to do now that you couldn't do in September?

Ask someone at home the same question and share your thoughts. 
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I will now leave you with the home learning for today - remember if you have any questions just let us know on the Year 3 Purple Mash Blog!

Be Kind, Be Safe, Be YOU!

​Emily! 

Reading

First carefully read this snippet from 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' and then answer the comprehension questions below!


​You might have to re-read it a few times so you can spot the answers to the questions.

Good luck! 

​​Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
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Nearly ten years had passed since the Dursleys had woken up to find their nephew on the front step, but Privet Drive had hardly changed at all. The sun rose on the same tidy front gardens and lit up the brass number four on the Dursleys' front door; it crept into their living room, which was almost exactly the same as it had been on the night when Mr. Dursley had seen that fateful news report about the owls. Only the photographs on the mantelpiece really showed how much time had passed. Ten years ago, there had been lots of pictures of what looked like a large pink beach ball wearing different-colored bonnets - but Dudley Dursley was no longer a baby, and now the photographs showed a large blonde boy riding his first bicycle, on a carousel at the fair, playing a computer game with his father, being hugged and kissed by his mother. The room held no sign at all that another boy lived in the house, too.

Yet Harry Potter was still there, asleep at the moment, but not for long. His Aunt Petunia was awake and it was her shrill voice that made the first noise of the day.
"Up! Get up! Now!"

Harry woke with a start. His aunt rapped on the door again.

"Up!" she screeched. Harry heard her walking toward the kitchen and then the sound of the frying pan being put on the stove. He rolled onto his back and tried to remember the dream he had been having. It had been a good one. There had been a flying motorcycle in it. He had a funny feeling he'd had the same dream before.

His aunt was back outside the door.
"Are you up yet?" she demanded.

"Nearly," said Harry.

"Well, get a move on, I want you to look after the bacon. And don't you dare let it burn, I want everything perfect on Duddy's birthday."

Harry groaned.

"What did you say?" his aunt snapped through the door.

"Nothing, nothing . . ."
Dudley's birthday - how could he have forgotten? Harry got slowly out of bed and started looking for socks. He found a pair under his bed and, after pulling a spider off one of them, put them on. Harry was used to spiders, because the cupboard under the stairs was full of them, and that was where he slept.

When he was dressed he went down the hall into the kitchen. The table was almost hidden beneath all Dudley's birthday presents. It looked as though Dudley had gotten the new computer he wanted, not to mention the second television and the racing bike. Exactly why Dudley wanted a racing bike was a mystery to Harry, as Dudley was very fat and hated exercise - unless of course it involved punching somebody. Dudley's favorite punching bag was Harry, but he couldn't often catch him. Harry didn't look it, but he was very fast.

Perhaps it had something to do with living in a dark cupboard, but Harry had always been small and skinny for his age. He looked even smaller and skinnier than he really was because all he had to wear were old clothes of Dudley's, and Dudley was about four times bigger than he was. Harry had a thin face, knobbly knees, black hair, and bright green eyes. He wore round glasses held together with a lot of Scotch tape because of all the times Dudley had punched him on the nose. The only thing Harry liked about his own appearance was a very thin scar on his forehead that was shaped like a bolt of lightning. He had had it as long as he could remember, and the first question he could ever remember asking his Aunt Petunia was how he had gotten it.

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1. What time of day was it?

 

1. How old do you think Dudley might be?

 
 

1. How had the photos changed over the years?

 
 

1. Why was Dudley unable to punch Harry?

 
 

1. What exercise did Dudley enjoy?

Literacy - Story map!

​Your task for today is to recap the events by listening to the videos from Monday's blog. (Scroll down to Monday 22nd June)

You then need to continue your story map (starting with the grey wolf and Prince Ivan looking for the fire bird).

Here is Alice's example to help you!

Maths
 
We are going to revise money today. Lets revise the coins that you can have and how many coins you need to make certain amounts.

​Click the link below!
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zp8dmp3/articles/zcrq2p3


Let's have a go at some tasks around money!

​PE
 
I would like you to make your own fitness routine! Think about your space, your equipment and timings.

For example 'I will do 10 star jumps, then jog on the spot for 30 seconds and finish with
10 jumping jacks! I will do that 3 times'.

Be as inventive as you can! You can jog on the spot, jump into the sky, touch your toes, dance...

Try to challenge yourself but be careful not to 'over do it!'. Challenge your family to follow your routine!
 
Once you have done that you create another combination.

Good luck!

You could send a video of your fitness routine in to the admin email. We'd love to see it!!
 
Ready..steady...GET FIT!