School Closure

Unfortunately, due to the current situation, the school was closed to most pupils from Friday 20th March. Home Learning packs were sent home, including some games for you to play together, but for those of you that are at home and are seeking extra learning opportunities, we will be uploading resources to the website on a weekly basis. Here are some ideas you can do together at home:

• Read a book. You can take turns to read to each other, using a range of texts: fiction, non-fiction, websites, newspaper articles and any others you can think of.
• Practise your times tables. Your login details for Times Table Rock Stars should be in your Reading Record.

If you need to contact us, we have now set up an email for each year group where parents can email have any questions or share work you have been completing. It would be great to hear from you to hear how you are all getting on! The Year 3 email address is:  year3@cherrytree-pri.essex.sch.uk We will be checking this account regularly and will do our best to respond to any queries you may have.

Take care of yourselves and your families, wash your hands regularly and remain at home as much as possible.

From Miss Baker and Mrs Poulton

***EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT!***

Mrs. Poulton has started a Facebook group called 'Stories with Ange' where she is regularly reading children's stories, including not just the much-loved children's classics but also one of Jeremy Strong's books too! Jeremy Strong was Y3's key author this term and they had been enjoying his funny stories.

Parents, just search 'Stories with Ange' on Facebook - it would be great for Year 3 to have one of their own teachers reading to them again and Mrs. Poulton would love to hear from them via the Y3 email account if they have any requests for stories she could read next, or reviews of the stories she has already posted in the group.

Useful Websites - copy and paste the links into your web browser.

Times tables Rock Stars - https://play.ttrockstars.com/

This is a great website for practising times tables and related division facts. You can set up battles, challenge friends and even challenge some of the teachers!

ICT Games - https://www.ictgames.com/

A wide range of maths and English games are available and they have recently added useful recommendations for learning at home.

Phonics Play - https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/

This website is used regularly in school phonics lessons and is now free to access at home while schools are closed, using the login details provided on the homepage when you enter the site.

White Rose Maths - https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/

White Rose is the scheme we use for teaching maths. The company have kindly opened this site to provide sessions that can be used at home and resources to accompany them, as well as daily live feeds to answer questions from children and parents/carers and show examples of how to approach various aspects of maths.

Hit the Button game - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button This game is great for practising mental recall of number bonds, multiplication and division facts, doubles and halves.  

Book Trust - https://www.booktrust.org.uk/ The new 'Home Time' section of this website is particularly useful in our current situation, with lots of reading/writing/drawing ideas you can use to keep children occupied and entertained at home.

Cosmic Kids Yoga - https://www.cosmickids.com/category/watch/

This website/app is a great resource if your child is in need of some 'calm' time. They can watch and participate in short yoga routines.

Harry Potter - https://www.wizardingworld.com/collections/harry-potter-at-home

This website includes craft videos, puzzles, articles and much more! 

***NEW***

Active Essex - https://www.activeessex.org/news/national-school-sport-week-at-home-2020/

It's National Sport Week! Follow this link for daily activities