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Year 3 – Team Macaws
Welcome to Year 3 - Team Macaw
Welcome to Team Macaw,
we will be updating the website regularly to keep you all informed about all the exciting things Team Macaw are doing! We will be uploading some of the children's fabulous work and adding on some photos, which will show some of the learning the children will be doing.
Keep checking! :)
Miss Urbacz and Mrs Radford.
Team letters - 2019-20
Monday's daily class learning! 😀 This is your last week as year 3's. I want to say how proud I am of every single one of you. You have all shown resilience, determination and courage throughout this time. Well done superstars!
Special Mentions – 17th July 2020
Good morning Team Macaws
This week’s Special Mention goes to Honey 
We hope that you’ve all had a great week and enjoyed the den building activities. Have a lovely weekend everyone 
Thursday's home learning 😀
Tuesday's basic skills learning! 😀
Morning Team Macaw, its Den building week! Have fun building 😀 Monday's basic skills packs!
Special Mentions - 10th July 2020
Happy Friday Team Macaws 
We have had a lovely time doing the Springy-Vegas activities.
This week's Special Mention go to Demi
Thursday's basic skills learning 😀 Tomorrow will be an opportunity to complete some activities in the Spring Vegas pack! Have a great weekend!
Wednesday's basic skills learning 😀
Tuesday's basic skills learning 😀
Monday's basic skill activities 😀
Special Mentions 3rd July 2020
Hi Team Macaws!
We hope that you have enjoyed Alien week both in school and at home 
This week's Special Mentions go to Lillyana and Wonai.
Well done you two, keep up the great work 
Good morning Team Macaw, from this week the learning packs will be slightly different. An adventure pack will also be available focusing on a theme. This week look out for.... ALIENS 👽 The packs will be available to collect as normal from the office from today. Keep learning you superstars!
Friday's home learning 😀
Thursday's basic skills learning
Wednesday's basic skills learning
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Tuesday's basic skills pack 😀
Monday's basic skills pack 😀
Special Mentions 26th June 2020
Happy Friday Team Macaws!
This week's Special Mentions go to Riley and Sienna
The work this week has been amazing both in school and from home so keep it up. It's lovely to see how much effort everyone is putting in to the activities
Morning everyone! Here is your weekly timetable. You are all doing fabulous so keep it up 😀 the packs are ready to collect from today as normal from the office! Have a great day, the weather is going to be much nicer this week!
Friday's home learning 😀
Thursday's home learning 😀
Wednesday's home learning 😀
Tuesday's home learning 😀
Monday's home learning activities
Special Mentions - 19th June 2020
Good morning Team Macaws!
We hope that you have all had a great week and the rain hasn't stopped you all from smiling 
This week's Special Mentions go to Jayden and Louise. Well done 
Have a good weekend and stay safe.
Morning Team Macaw, I hope you had a great weekend and enjoyed the rare sunshine we had. 😀 I am still so proud of everyone who is continuing with their home learning! You are all superstars and you will achieve greatly. Here is the timetable for this week. In your writing you will be still continuing with your myth. Any questions then please do not hesitate to ask 😀
Friday's Daily Class Read - Gangsta Granny
Friday's home learning😀
Thursday's Daily Class Read - Gangsta Granny
Thursday's home learning 😀 Do not forget to keep playing Spelling Shed and TT Rock stars at home to keep focusing on your basic skills. I will be checking regularly to add on dojo points. Have a great day 😃
Wednesdays's Daily Class Read - Gangsta Granny
Wednesday's home learning 😀 Do not forget to keep playing Spelling Shed and TT Rock stars at home to keep focusing on your basic skills. I will be checking regularly to add on my dojo points. Have a great day 😃
Tuesday's Daily Class Read - Gangsta Granny
Tuesday's home learning 😀 Do not forget to keep playing Spelling Shed and TT Rock stars at home to keep focusing on your basic skills. I will be checking regularly to add on my dojo points. Have a great day 😃
Monday's Daily Class Read - Gangsta Granny
Monday's Home Learning Tasks 😀
Special Mentions - 12th June 2020
Hi Team Macaws.
It's been lovely to see all the work that's been going on at both school and at home this week.
Everyone is really proud of you all
This week's Special Mentions go to Maks and Tia Well done guys.
Weekly Timetable 😃
Friday's Daily Class Read - Gangsta Granny
Friday's Home Learning Tasks 😀
Thursday's Daily Class Read - Gangsta Granny
Thursday's Home Learning 😀
Wednesday's Daily Class Read - Gangsta Granny
Morning guys! Happy rainy Wednesday everyone. You are all doing such a great job on your home learning packs. Keep up for the hard work! Here is your Wednesday's home learning 😀
Tuesday's Daily Class Read - Gangsta Granny
Tuesday's home learning 😃
Monday's Daily Class Read - Gangsta Granny
Monday's home learning 😀
Special Mentions - 5th June 2020
Hello Team Macaws, I hope you've all had a great week.
This week's Special Mentions go to Codie and Honey Well done everyone for all the fantastic work.
Stay safe and see you all soon
Weekly Timetable
Friday's Daily Class Read
Friday's Home Learning 😀 Have a great weekend guys!
Thursday's Daily Class Read
Thursday's Home Learning 😀 I am in school today and tomorrow so if you have any questions that need an immediate answer than please do not hesitate to ring the school office. I will respond as soon as I can otherwise. Thank you, have a great day and stay safe 😀
Wednesday's Daily Class Read - Gangsta Granny
Wednesday's Daily Home Learning 😃 Have a great day guys!
Tuesday's Daily Class Read
Tuesday's home learning
Monday's Daily Class Read - Gangsta Granny
Hello Team Macaw, I hope you have had a great weeks rest enjoying the sunshine! 😀 Monday's home learning, if you would like me to send over the weeks home learning as a printable version then do not hesitate to ask. The weeks pack will be available to pick up as normal.
Special Mentions - 22nd May 2020
Well done for yet another week of fantastic work Team Macaws 
This week's Special Mentions go to Jayden and Lillyana 
Enjoy the half term break.
Stay safe and enjoy the sunshine!
Hey Team Macaw, I hope everyone had a fun weekend at home! This is your weekly timetable. Use it to tick off the activities you have had a go at this week :) Do not forget, any of the activities at the bottom can be completed throughout the week and will earn Dojo points too! I have already seen some fabulous cooking and cleaning😃 Stay safe and keep smiling!
Friday's Daily Class Read - Gangsta Granny
Friday's home learning 😀 After today it will be your half term break. This means there will no packs to collect till Monday 1st June (my birthday 🎈) Have a great break at home with your families!
Thursday's Daily Class Read - Gangsta Granny
Thursday's home learning
Wednesday's Daily Class Read - Gangsta Granny
Wednesday's home learning
Tuesday's Daily Class Read - Gangsta Granny
Tuesday's home learning
Monday's Daily Class Read - Gangsta Granny
Monday's home learning 😀 Packs will be ready to collect in school from tomorrow, please wait for a text to be been sent before collection. If you would like a printable version sent to you, please send me a message and I will send it across. I am in school tomorrow teaching those who are children of key workers so I will respond to any messages as soon as I can 😀
Special Mentions - 15th May 2020
Hello Team Macaws.
It's Friday and we hope that you are all well.
This week's Special Mentions go to Christian and Sienna 
well done you two!
Have a lovely weekend and stay safe 
Hey Team Macaw, I hope everyone had a fun weekend at home and has enjoyed the glorious sunshine! This is your weekly timetable. Use it to tick off the activities you have had a go at this week :) This week your learning journey focus will be story writing and creating some art on famous artists. On a Friday from now on, you will have a positive thinking activity and a creative activity to have a go at to help support with the amount of weekly home learning. Any of the activities at the bottom can be completed throughout the week and will earn Dojo points too! Thank you, stay safe and keep smiling :D
Friday's Daily Class Read - Gangsta Granny
Friday's home learning
Thursday's Daily Class Read - Gangsta Granny
Thursday's home learning
Wednesday's Daily Class Read - Gangsta Granny
Wednesday's home learning. I am in school today for the children of key workers so if you have any questions please message and I will get back to you as soon as possible! Have a great day guys :)
Tuesday's Daily Class Read - Gangsta Granny
Tuesday's home learning activities. I am really enjoying seeing the creative work from you all and the amount of children helping out around the house is amazing! Keep it up :D Continue to show that amazing kindness Team Macaw.
Monday's daily class read - Gangsta Granny
Monday's activities :) If there is anyone that would like a printable version of the activities - drop me a message and I will send it across. Do not forget there are packs available in school from Monday morning to pick up, if you would like one.
Special Mentions - 7th May 2020
Hello Team Macaws!
This week's Special Mentions go to Faye and Riley W. Well done guys!
The work that everyone is sending in amazing 
so keep it up.
Take care and stay safe.
Weekly timetable
Hey Team Macaw, I hope everyone had a fun weekend at home! This is your weekly timetable. Use it to tick off the activities you have had a go at this week :) This week your learning journey focus will be investigating sound and the science behind how we hear the beautiful sound of music.
On a Friday from now on, you will have a positive thinking activity and a creative activity to have a go at to help support with the amount of weekly home learning. Any of the activities at the bottom can be completed throughout the week and will earn Dojo points too!
Thank you, stay safe and keep smiling :D
On a Friday from now on, you will have a positive thinking activity and a creative activity to have a go at to help support with the amount of weekly home learning. Any of the activities at the bottom can be completed throughout the week and will earn Dojo points too!
Thank you, stay safe and keep smiling :D
Friday's Daily Class Read - Gangsta Granny
Tomorrow is VE day and the 75th anniversary of the end of WW2. Some of you may be having street parties to celebrate and mark this momentous occasion so have fun and remember to keep safe! Friday's home learning activities will be focusing on being creative and being positive :D
Thursday's Daily Class Read - Gangsta Granny
Thursday's Home Learning
Wednesday's Daily Class Read - Gangsta Granny
Wednesday's Home Learning
Tuesday's Daily Class Read - Gangsta Granny
Morning everyone! Here is your Tuesday's home learning. Do not forget to keep listening to the daily read on the website. Mrs Newton started off our first read of Gangsta Granny yesterday. Have a great day, keep safe and keep smiling :)
Monday's Daily Class Read - Gangsta Granny
Monday's activities :) If there is anyone that would like a printable version of the activities - drop me a message and I will send it across. Do not forget there are packs available in school from Monday morning to pick up, if you would like one.
Special Mentions are awarded to Demi and Wonai this week for their independent and resilient attitudes to their home learning. We are very proud of you!
Hey Team Macaw, I hope everyone had a fun weekend at home, enjoying the sunshine! This is your weekly timetable. Use it to tick off the activities you have had a go at this week :) Your learning journey focus this week is looking at different music genres and researching about them. Have fun listening to some great songs - I loved listening to country music last year!
Friday's Daily Class Read - The Boy Who Grew Dragons - Part 2
Friday's Daily Class Read - The Boy Who Grew Dragons - Part 1
Morning everyone - here is your Friday's home learning. Have a great weekend, keep safe and keep smiling :D
Thursday's Daily Class Read - The Boy Who Grew Dragons
Hey guys! Here is Thursday's home learning. You all have been researching some great information about different singers in different genres of music. Today you will be looking at country music - my favourite country song is Islands in the stream by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers. This genre will definitely have you dancing around the room - I know I will be! Keep being amazing, keep smiling brightly and keep safe!
Wednesday's Daily Class Read - The Boy Who Grew Dragons
Good Morning Team Macaw. Have a great day, keep safe and keep smiling bright! Wednesday's Home Learning :) Keep an eye out shortly for Mrs Radford's hive game!
Tuesday's Daily Class Read - The Boy Who Grew Dragons
Tuesday's Daily Learning :) Today's writing task is looking at Jazz musicians. Jazz has a brilliant rhythm so enjoy listening and researching some fab jazz stars! maths link -https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/ (click on week 2, lesson 2) Keep an eye out for the Kahoot and Spelling Shed codes. Have a great day!
Tuesday’s learning leader - Michael Buble - Jazz singer
Monday's Daily Class Read - The Boy Who Grew Dragons
Monday's activities :) If there is anyone that would like a printable version of the activities - drop me a message and I will send it across. Do not forget there are packs available in school from Monday morning to pick up, if you would like one.
Our learning leader today - Ariana Grande!
Special Mentions 24th April 2020
Good morning Team Macaws! This week's Special Mentions go to Louise and Ruby.
Well done and keep up the good work! 
We are all really proud of you.
Hello Team Macaw. I hope you are all well :) I have added on your weekly timetable of activities. You can use it to tick off the activities as you go :) Any questions, do not hesitate to ask.
Friday's Daily Class Read - The Boy Who Grew Dragons
Wow, Team Macaw! You have been showing some fabulous independent home learning all week and I am super impressed :D Keep up all the hard work. Maths link -https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/ (click on week 1, lesson 5)
Check out some of Team Macaw's amazing home learning! This is just a small snapshot of the work being produced at home. Well done superstars!
Wednesday's Daily Class Read - The Boy Who Grew Dragons
Morning you little superstars, here is your Thursday's home learning. Keep an eye out for some of your home learning I will be putting up to showcase what amazing work you have been doing! https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/ (click on week 1, lesson 4)
Wednesday's Daily Class Read - The Boy Who Grew Dragons
Our learning leader - Roger McGough - Sound Collector Poet
Happy Wednesday guys! I want to say a big well done to everyone who took part in the hive game. Keep an eye out for the next one and the Kahoot quiz at the end of the week with Mrs Radford. Proud Miss Urbacz. This is your Wednesday's work. Don't forget to keep a look out for the daily class read for the next instalment of The Boy Who Grew Dragons. Flicker has been up to some mischief! https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/ (click on week 1, lesson 3 tenths)
Tuesday's Daily Class read - The Boy Who Grew Dragons
Tuesday's daily home learning. Do not forget you can use this link to watch a video linked with your maths learning. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/ (click on week 1, lesson 2 making the whole). If you have any questions then please do not hesitate to ask!
Monday 20th April - Daily class read - The Boy Who Grew Dragons!
Monday 20th April home learning activities
Step 1 - look through our knowledge organiser to soak up some of the learning that we will be covering this half term. Let's get creative!
Can you write a number 1 hit?
Hi Team Macaw, I hope you are all well and keeping yourselves and families safe! This would have been the start of your Easter break so please treat it as a time to have fun at home.
I will be putting an Easter Daily Challenge on for you all to try whilst you are at home for the next two weeks. If you have any questions regarding this please do not hesitate to message me on Class Dojo and I will answer any questions as soon as possible.
Have fun spending time with your families, eat lots of chocolate and stay safe!
Friday's Daily Easter Challenges
Thursday's Easter Challenge
Happy Thursday Team Macaw! Yawn... the words in the eggs are boring and I know you can do much better. Can you think of some different adjectives for the words in the eggs?
Wednesday's Daily Easter Challenge
Morning, lets have an Easter maths game today! Choose a number between 1 and 50 to start. Roll a dice (if you do not have one at home, you can google a dice and it will work the same), move the amount of spaces and then solve the calculation. First one to the finish - wins!
This is just some of the Easter activities Team Macaw have been up to at home!
Tuesday's Daily Easter Challenge - Week 2!
Mardi Gras is a Christian holiday that's celebrated on Shrove Tuesday (pancake day), the day that begins the Christian season called Lent. During this season, which lasts until Easter Sunday, Christians are supposed to give up bad habits or fast from certain foods.
Using the information on the sheet, read through how each country celebrates. Then summarise using bullet points all of the wonderful celebrations different countries do during Mardi Gras. You can either print the sheet out or just write straight into your workbook. You could even draw and colour me in some lovely pictures to help explain your writing!
Art Challenge - Mardi Gras
Hello Team Macaw! I hope you had a great Easter weekend in the sunshine, filling your faces with lots of chocolate. I have seen some wonderful things you keep sending over on Class Dojo, that look like so much fun. Well done you and to your parents. Keep safe and keep smiling!
Thursday's Easter Daily Challenge
Morning Team Macaw, here is your Thursday Easter Daily Challenge!
Write me some sentences to describe the picture. Think about those lovely adjectives and vocabulary we have been working on in class. As an extra challenge you could draw a picture of your garden and write me some sentences about it.
Have a great Easter Weekend at home with your families, eat lots of chocolate, enjoy the sunshine but don't forget to put some sun cream on (don't make the same mistake Miss Urbacz has)!
Write me some sentences to describe the picture. Think about those lovely adjectives and vocabulary we have been working on in class. As an extra challenge you could draw a picture of your garden and write me some sentences about it.
Have a great Easter Weekend at home with your families, eat lots of chocolate, enjoy the sunshine but don't forget to put some sun cream on (don't make the same mistake Miss Urbacz has)!
Our Easter Eggs
Wednesday's Easter Challenge
Happy Wednesday! A big well done to those children who keep sending in pictures of your home learning. It makes me so happy and proud to see all the hard, independent learning you are completing.
Lets get creative today and make some Easter egg art. Draw an Easter Egg in your work books or on some paper and decorate it with things around your house. Don't worry if you don't have paint or pom poms in your house. Use whatever you can find (instead of pom poms you could use tissues or cotton wool)! Have fun and send me your pictures. I will be creating mine tomorrow too so I can show you all :)
Lets get creative today and make some Easter egg art. Draw an Easter Egg in your work books or on some paper and decorate it with things around your house. Don't worry if you don't have paint or pom poms in your house. Use whatever you can find (instead of pom poms you could use tissues or cotton wool)! Have fun and send me your pictures. I will be creating mine tomorrow too so I can show you all :)
Great work today Team Macaw!
Tuesday's Daily Easter Challenge
Happy Tuesday! Today I have put on a maths ISpy game to have a go at. Follow the instructions to find every picture before completing the challenge. Alongside this I have put on a time-capsule activity to have a think about. You may want to complete one yourself to document such a momentous time in history. A different activity will be added each day so keep checking. Please complete this in your books and don't forget to show me because it makes me smile seeing all your fabulous work.
Keep Safe and keep up the hard work!
Miss Urbacz :D
Our Spring time reports. You guys have worked really hard thinking about this. Well done!
Monday's Daily Easter Challenge
Your Monday Easter Challenge is to create a poster all about Spring. The sun is beginning to shine so it's a perfect time to research this wonderful time of the year. You could find things from the garden to put on your poster, draw pictures to explain your ideas or write about this time. Don't forgot to show me your finished pieces so I can show your class friends on our class page and add on your Dojo points. Keep smiling and stay safe :)
Class read - Friday 3rd April - read by Miss Urbacz
Class read - Thursday 2nd April - read by Miss Urbacz
Class read - Wednesday 1st April - read by Miss Urbacz
Class read - Tuesday 31st March - read by Miss Urbacz
Class read - Monday 30th March - read by Miss Urbacz
Class read - Friday 27th March - read by Miss Urbacz
Class read - Thursday 26th March - read by Miss Urbacz
What do you think Team Macaw?
Class read - Wednesday 25th March - read by Miss Urbacz
Team Macaw have impressed me with their independent attitude to their learning at home! Well done guys. Keep safe.
Class read - Tuesday 24th March 2020 - read by Miss Urbacz
Team Macaws' Class read - Monday 23rd March 2020 - read by Miss Urbacz
Team Macaw have been making different formations of mountains from play dough
We have been travelling back to Ancient Greece to look at the buildings made in 400BC
Ice Skating. Big Shout out to Jaylan and Riley F for being so brave this week!
World Book Day 2020 featuring Miss Urbacz's mum as the secret reader!
Team Macaw have been focusing on the book - You're a bad man, Mr Gum. We have been really enjoying laughing at the adventure that Mr Gum, Jake the Dog, Mrs Lovely, the angry fairy, Billy William, Polly and the rest of the characters have been up to! Here is a sneak peak of what the characters have been up to.
Polly, Mrs Lovely, Granny and the superhero of the story
The towns people of Lamonic Bibber love Jake the Dog and... pizza!
Jake The Dog
Jake the dog also came to Team Macaw. They have really been enjoying playing around in Mr Gum's greeniest, preetiest, gardinest garden in the whole of Lamonic Bibber!
The Angry Fairy!
We had a lot of angry fairies come to school on World Book Day. Maybe they are there to make sure Mr Gum keeps his garden tidy!
Mr Gum
The children have described and acted out the characters they came as for World Book Day. Mr Gum is looking particularly mean and scruffy today!
Our trip to Italy
Team Macaw have jetted off to Italy to explore the sights, the food and the language of the Italians.
Road Safety Quiz 2020
Our Trip to Paris
This half term, Team Macaw will be exploring the question. Are all European Countries the same?
Keep checking to see what the class will be getting up to!
Our final chocolate bars
Step 1 - Our Prototype
Team Macaw have been candidates in this years - Team Macaws Apprentice. They have all started by completing some market research on the best ingredients to put into their brand new chocolate bar invention. They have designed the wrapper, made a prototype, evaluated this and then used this to inform their final design!
Table Scarlet
Table Talons
Table Feathers
Team Macaw have been playing around with the green screen this week. They have planned and recorded their own video surrounding the imagination room in Charlie and the chocolate factory. They then did some spectacular story writing around their video clips.
Team Macaw have been testing different flavours of sweets to see whether our smell and sight will affect how our taste buds work.
Team Macaw have been using their senses to touch, smell and taste test lots of different foods. They have been discussing the flavours and textures of a variety of foods.
Some of Team Macaw have been using the ten frames to help them with making equal groups
We have been showing off our skipping skills with our skipping workshop. We have some real skipping superstars in Team Macaw!
Team Macaw have taken a trip to Morrisons to find out how food is stocked, stored and packaged in a supermarket.
Team Macaw have been getting dirty by making some mud pies. After making them, Team Macaw wrote some accurate and detailed instructions to explain to a year 1 how to make one!
Should we stop eating chocolate Team Macaw? Lets find out...
Team Macaws Viking museum!
Christmas disco!
Christingle making with Mr Palmer
WELCOME CANDY CANE! Our elf has arrived from Santa and is already up to some tricks :)
Team Macaw have made roman clay pots as part of their learning!
Elf day in Team Macaw
Reading with Buttons
Children in need 2019. The children read to their teddies and used them to help them with their work!
Team Macaw have been showing off their reading skills during VIPERS
Stonehenge biscuit building
Team Macaw have transported back 12,000 years to the time when caveman walked the earth. They have been researching all about the stone age and stonehenge. They have been building stonehenge using biscuits to represent the blocks.
Our two-page spread on how do we see? how do we hear?
Team Macaw are poets
Poets continued
Team Macaw have been investigating how to insulate sounds
