Year 3 Monday 18.01.21

Please look at the whole page. We will start with writing then maths. Moving onto Hillstone Life Skills, then after lunch we have Accelerated Reading, topic and PE. We will end the day with a story. All the lessons are there to keep you entertained and happy. This page is meant to help you and give you a little bit of Hillstone at home.

Don’t forget to sign in, upload your work and leave us any comments in the comment box.

Stay safe and I’ll see you soon. Mr Bennett, Miss Thornton, Mrs Edwards.

We had some fantastic work on Friday. So well done if you sent yours in. these are just some that we would like to mention because of the great effort that they out it. So well done Ava, Millie B, Ellie A Tyler, Jamie Lee. Keep it coming and remember to put your name on so that we can give you a shout out tomorrow.

Below is a warrior’s thank you.

A warrior’s thank you!

We would like you to log in into virtual school every day to access the learning. It is crucial that we maintain a routine that is as close as possible to a normal school day. New learning will be available each weekday and we ask that you leave us a comment (questions or messages) you have for your teacher. These will be answered daily so don’t hesitate to comment should you need any support or just want to check-in. Any work that you do, remember to tweet it @hillstoneps. Most importantly, make sure to stay safe! Have a great day!

Good News!
We now have a place that you can send your work to us. When you finish a lesson, please take a photo of what you have done and submit it here. Please make sure your name is written clearly somewhere on the photo.
We’re looking forward to seeing your work!

Don’t forget Joe Wick is back click here to take part in his PE lesson!

9:00-10:00

We’re moving on to writing our own version of the Romulus and Remus legend. Today sit back and enjoy the story. You can watch me read it, read it yourself or do both! When you have finished I would like you to complete a Likes, Dislikes, Patterns (what it reminds you of.), Puzzles (Any questions.) sheet. I have added a copy here but you can write out your own using paper at home.


Email us at year3@hillstone.org.uk.


10:30-11:30

Today, we are going to continue to exploring fractions. In today’s lesson, we will be looking at equivalent fractions in even more detail because we are going to be finding a fractions simplest form. It would be really helpful to print out the ‘in focus’ task. If you cant print it out, then cut out 12 small rectangular pieces of paper similar to those shown on the screen. There will be many help videos for you watch along the way so that you can see a demonstration.

Any questions, just pop into the comment box and we will help you. Enjoy!

Watch the video below to find out what you will be doing.

Download the lesson for today below.

Explanation video 1

Explanation video 2

Explanation video 3

Explanation video 4

Complete today’s worksheet. Click below to download it.


11:30-11:45

Grab a piece of fruit for snack and watch Newsround with us!


11:45-12:30

Hillstone Lifeskills

In the next few lessons we will be exploring our feelings and well being.

Today is all about feelings and emotions. Watch the video first and listen to the story Ruby’s worry told by Miss Thornton. Once you have watched it there will be another video about today’s lesson for the children to watch. The lesson slides and any activities set are below as a PDF for you to download and look through.

Introduction and Ruby’s worry story:

Today’s lesson:

To read through the lesson click here.

To download the worksheet Ziggy’s day click here.

To download the worksheet Sammi’s blog to read through click here.


13:30-13:50

Read your AR book. When you are finished, you can take your quiz on Accelerated Reader. You can login here. Any problems, (for example, if you can’t remember your login details) just leave us a comment at the bottom of the page.

Click HERE to visit an online reading website. Select any story you would like to hear and click on ‘Youtube’ (so that you can view and listen to the story through Youtube). Don’t forget to let us know what stories you are reading/have read in the comments below!



13:50 – 14:35

Topic: Remarkable Romans!

In topic today we will be exploring the Roman Gods and Goddess’. Look at today’s lesson slides and make some amazing Roman God top trumps! The task is adapted just in case you don’t have a printer. May the Gods be with you!

Click on the picture for today’s topic lesson!

Click here to download the top trump cards worksheet.

Its time to move! What could you do today to be active? You could go on a walk, go for a run, ride your bike or dance to your favourite song. If you are struggling for sometime fun to do, click here for one of coaches fun activities.

Today’s story is a poem read by Miss Thornton.
Remember there was also a story read for Hillstone Lifeskills today called Ruby’s worry. If you missed it have a listen.

We hope that you enjoyed today’s lessons, we look forward to seeing all of your work. Have a relaxing evening and we will see you tomorrow.

72 Replies to “Year 3 Monday 18.01.21”

    1. Fabulous answers to the English questions Millie!

      I didn’t like the ending to the story either.
      Keep up all of your hard work πŸ™‚
      Miss Thornton

    1. Hi Kosi, it’s great to see you on virtual school today.

      Have you submitted your work? I would love to see what you have done πŸ™‚

      Miss Thornton

  1. Thank you to all the children that have sent in work so far! I love looking through it all. Remember to submit any when you have finished with your name on πŸ™‚

    Keep up all the hard work year 3!

    1. I am so pleased you are enjoying the learning today! You must have had a great nights sleep to have so much energy πŸ™‚
      I am looking forward to seeing your work on Roman Gods.

      Keep up all the hard work Jamie!

      Miss Thornton

    1. Brilliant English work, I agree with your answer to question 10 about the servant doing the right thing in the story. I also have the same story dislikes, I thought it was quite a sad ending as well!

      Keep up all the hard work Riley πŸ™‚

        1. I have just had a look at your work πŸ™‚

          I can see that you have found how to find equivalent fractions. Your answers were all correct!
          I loved your lifeskills work, I’m definitely going to try some of the ways you suggested to make yourself feel happy. Dancing in the rain and jumping in puddles just sounds amazing!

          Miss Thornton

    1. Hi Tyler,
      I have just looked through all of the work you have sent in so far! I can see you are really understanding fractions! If there is ever a challenge question in the next lessons make sure you try it πŸ™‚ Lets see if we can grow that brain even more!
      Your English work was also very good! I enjoyed reading through the answers to the questions.

      Keep up all the hard work πŸ™‚

  2. Good morning everyone! Welcome to Monday’s virtual school πŸ™‚

    I am looking forward to seeing all of your amazing work today. Remember to comment to say hello so I know that you are here today. Have a look at the shout out box at the top of the page to see who completed some great work on Friday. If you need any help today just comment or email me, I’m here all day to answer any questions.
    Happy Monday!
    Miss Thornton

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