Year 3 Homework
Welcome to the Year 3 Homework Page. Each week we will upload the homework, with any instructional information to this page.
Homework will be set every Friday in Y3, with a spelling test the following Friday.
As always, if you have any questions please email us on year3@springfieldprimary.net.
Best wishes,
Year 3 Team
Friday 2nd May
Mrs Avery-Torrance and Mrs Bett’s maths groups have been learning how to tell the time. For their homework this week we would like the children to complete the time activities they will bring home in their homework books. Please support your child with this at home. Please also do as much additional practice as possible to give your child an enriched experience of telling the time to the nearest minute – both to the hour and past the hour.
In Mrs Billingham’s maths group the childen have been learning how to measure in mm, cm, and m. Please support your child in accurately measuring the items listed in their maths activity which they will bring home in their homework books.
Thank you for your support!
Year 3 Team.
Friday 25th April Homework
In Year 3 we will soon be starting a new Geography unit all about our Year 3 launchpad, Greater Manchester. Using the mind map template as a guide, please research and record your own facts in your homework book about this fabulous city!
Friday 28th March 2025
At long last, the signs of Spring are here and the clocks go forward this weekend. Please use the template below as a guide to write your own sensory poem in your homework books about Spring. You can decorate it with colour and pictures, if you would like to.
Homework 21st March
For homework this week, please look at the ‘deciphering hieroglyphs’ document below and use the image mat which is stuck in your homework book to work out the message.
Challenge
Can you use the hieroglyphs to write “Tutankhamun” as it may have appeared on the tomb that Howard Carter discovered?
Homework 14th March
Following our science learning this week, we would like you to complete the food group chart by drawing and labelling examples of each food type within each section. (Draw this in your homework book).
Please also complete the "Food we should eat less often" box.
You could look at the "Get to know your nutrients" information sheets to help you. Please save paper and do not print these out.
For our science lesson next week (Tuesday) please encourage your child to bring a small empty food packaging showing food nutritional values.
Friday 7th March
In Maths, we are currently learning about using and applying fractions. To support the children in their learning, times table for homework this week, we would like the children to practise recall of their multiplication and division facts for the 2's,3's,4's,5's, 8’s and 10 times tables.
We have set 30 mins session on ‘Garage’ on TTRS, which can be done in stages across the week. Additionally, your child can also do this using, Karate cats, hand written methods or any games at home. We will be testing the children on these times tables (including division) during the following maths lessons.
Many thanks for your support,
Year 3 Team.
Friday 28th February
World Book Day Preparations
This week we would like you to prepare for World Book Day on Thursday 6th March. As a school, we are encouraging you to come to school dressed up in a book-related costume. This could be character, object or words from a favourite book.
In Year 3, we would also like you to come prepared to talk about your character, object or words – you may even decide do some role play in character! We will share these as a class on Thursday.
Additionally, we are encouraging children across the school to take part in a Book Swap as per the Ping that has already been sent out.
We feel this is enough homework for this week and we look forward to celebrating our love of books and reading with you all on Thursday!
Friday 7th February 2025
Ancient Egypt
This week we would like you to design and colour an Ancient Egyptian death mask in your homework books. Try to use the whole page. You could look on the Internet for inspiration and ideas. Remember to make it fit for a Pharoah!
You have a plain piece of paper in your homework book to use. Stick it in your homework book when it is completed.
Thank you
Friday 31st January
This week on Wednesday 29th January was Lunar New Year which is celebrated by many people across the world. This year is the Year of the Snake. For your homework this week we would like you to create a snake in celebration. We will display these in class.
You may use any media and style you like: pencils, pens, paint, create a collage etc. You could even make a small snake if you wish. There are lots of ideas online so get creative!
Please hand in by Thursday 6th February.
Friday 24th January Speaking and Listening
This week we would like you to choose a topic that interests you and create a presentation to present to the class. We recommend you pick something that you enjoy as this will help you make the topic seem more interesting to your audience. It should be no more than one minute long.
You may use props, notes and/or a PowerPoint presentation if you wish.
Any files can be emailed to your class teacher at:
Friday 17th January
Your homework this week is a research task about The Ancient Egyptians.
Have a look at the document below for all the instructions.
Please complete this task in your homework book.
Friday 10th January
For your homework this week we would like you to practice your times tables.
Please have a look at the instructions below depending on who's class you are in for Maths.
We have also added the homework diary page for you to copy. Spellings will be given out on Monday if you weren't in school today.
Thank you.
Friday 6th December 2024
For homework this week we would like the children to practise using a range conjunctions to join two clauses together. Look at the document below for all the instructions.
Many thanks,
Year 3 Team.
Friday 29th November Mental Maths Mayhem!
This week’s homework is revision of a number of the Year 3 targets. There is a main activity and a challenge to stretch your learning! Please answer the questions in your homework book, using the square paper we have given, and please do not print the sheet out.
Please select the document below depending who's maths set you are in.
Friday 22nd November 2024
Anti-Bullying Week 2024: Choose Respect
Week beginning Monday 11th November was Anti-Bullying Week and during the month of November we are discussing the theme this year, which is ‘Choose Respect’.
You have watched a short video at school which explains this year’s Anti-Bullying Week theme. If you want to watch it again, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/UmI5hbQTIUw
For your homework this week, you will design and make an A4 poster (using the paper provided) about anti-bullying and how people can reach out for support if they are being bullied. Your poster will be displayed around school.
Make sure your poster is:
Bold and colourful
Includes pictures
Has a strong message
Hand your finished poster in by Thursday 28th November.
Friday 15th November
November is 'Cut Your Carbon' Month. Have a look at the document below and try to cut you carbon this month. Remember what Mrs Yarwood talked about in the assembly on Monday.
Thank you
Friday 8th November
For your homework this week we would like you to research Stonehenge. Please use the template we have given you and add anymore information you wish on the back of the paper.
Remember to put your name on the paper.
Maths Homework Friday 18th October
For homework this week we would like you to practise the column addition method you have been learning in maths.
Using the squared paper you have taken home, set out each calculation neatly using the column method and calculate each answer carefully.
Mrs Billingham’s maths class already have their questions in their homework book.
Kind regards,
Year 3 Team.
History Homework Friday 11th October
The Stone Age is a period of prehistoric time that spans more than 3 million years, ending with the transition to the Bronze Age around 6,000 years ago. Our Stone Age ancestors achieved a number of major developments during the Stone Age, key inventions that helped humans survive in a harsh world.
Your homework this week is to find out about some of the main inventions from the Stone Age.
Draw a labelled diagram of the invention and describe what it does.
Here are some ideas:
Friday 4th October Homework: Word Classes
In your homework books write a list of 5 words under each of these subheadings:
Adjectives (describing words)
Verbs (doing words)
Conjunctions (connecting words)
Prepositions of place (i.e. inside)
Challenge (optional):
Can you write 2 sentences using the above words and underline where you have used them.
Friday 27th September
National Poetry Day is on Thursday 3rd October and the theme this year is counting. To celebrate the day, we will perform a poem as a class. Your homework for this week is to learn the poem “Paean (or Eleven Uses for a Garden Pea)” off by heart to perform.
Please find the poem below.
Friday 20th September
Gemstone Research
For your homework this week we would like you to do some research on Gemstones. We have been looking at rocks in Science.
Have a look at the document below to find all the instructions needed.
Complete your homework in your homework book.
Friday 13th September
For your homework this week we would like you to revise your capital letters and full stops. In line with our sustainability policy, we will be keeping printing to a minimum. We would like children to copy these paragraphs, using pencil, into their homework books and add the full stops and capital letters where needed. Please complete this by Thursday 19th September.
Please contact us on year3@springfieldprimary.net with any questions.
