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Year 3 Home Learning - 13th April

Apr 16, 2020
Dear Parents and Carers

Here are some suggestions from your child’s teacher of activities to help you keep your children occupied during the day. Please remember that they are indeed only suggestions and we do not want you to feel pressured in any way to turn your home into a home school. Do what works for you and your family and let us worry about getting your children quickly back up to speed when everything returns to normal. If you do only one thing, it would be best to keep your child reading. Reading to them, listening to them read and talking about what’s been read will be hugely beneficial. Beyond that, do what is easy, stress free and comfortable for you and your family.

Reading 
We encourage you to read every day for 20 minutes to an adult at home. 
• Take time to share a book together (you can read/ listen to an audiobook or watch a story online together). Amazon have many free audiobooks that can be accessed through https://www.audible.co.uk 
• In the absence of reading books, you could access books similar to the ones you bring home https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk  
• Find the definitions of words that are unfamiliar- you could use a dictionary or a google search.

Maths
It would be great if you could (as often as possible) use these websites to keep your maths skills sharp

Science (and we’ve snuck in a bit of writing)
Spring is well and truly underway and we have been very lucky to have such amazing sunshine! It is the perfect time of year to look at all of the different kinds of plants around us!

Watch the clips about Plants found here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zy66fg8. Then, you could do any of these:
• Make a fact file including all of the things you have discovered about plants: 
• What do plants need to grow and how do we keep them healthy? 
• Why are plants important? 
• Which different plants grow near to where you live?  

• Study some of the different plants around your house/ garden/ on your daily walk around where you live. You could take photos, draw diagrams with labels, sketch them. You might be able to help your grown ups plant some seeds and watch them grow- take lots of photographs! 
• If you are allowed, you could pick different leaves or flowers and press them! Watch this video to help you: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/how-to-press-flowers.html 
You could turn your pressed flowers into a card to send to someone to cheer them up!
• Write or storymap a set of instructions for somebody that would like to know how to press flowers! You can use lots of the adverbials of time we have looked at in class (First, Next, After that, The next day, Five days later) and some adverbials that tell you how to do something (carefully, quickly, patiently)!  

For fun and fitness
• PE with Joe Wicks- live from 9am every weekday: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ  

01 Nov, 2023
As you are aware there is currently an amber weather warning in place as storm Ciaran moves towards Devon. An amber warning presents a risk to life, but there is also a large amount of uncertainty about this weather front which means it could increase to a red warning overnight. The combination of wind, rain, and the storm moving over warm sea waters increases risk of very high wind speeds, flooding and trees falling. An emergency strategy meeting has taken place today and it was agreed that we need to ensure school leaders fully appreciate that the current weather warning presents a risk to life and could worsen. Based on the information we have, Devon County Council have taken the decision today to ask all staff where possible to work from home. We are asking all schools to consider the high level of risk presented by this storm and make a decision today about their operations tomorrow. This potential risk to life means that we have taken the regrettable decision to close schools tomorrow. We do not do this lightly. The school will be shut to all pupils and staff. Information on work provided will be sent out later this afternoon Schools will be open as normal on Friday 3rd November. Thank you for your understanding. 
27 Apr, 2023
On Wednesday 19th April our children began to think about ‘rights’ and what being a ‘Rights Respecting School’ means. We will be looking for parents, carers, staff, governors, and children to help us on this journey. Please speak to Ms Redman or Miss Humphreys if you are interested in helping.  Please look at the following for more information: What is a Rights Respecting School? - UNICEF UK
26 Apr, 2023
A message from our Chair of Governors. Hello. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you all back to the school after the Easter holidays. As you are aware Wynstream is now part of Education South West Academy Trust. The school has already been working with the Trust for the past year. Together we are continuing to deliver support, exciting opportunities and high quality of teaching and learning across the school and the community. I hope you will all join me in embracing this new journey of Wynstream's future. Your sincerely Michaela Young Chair
29 Mar, 2023
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29 Mar, 2023
Do you know anybody who would make a great Community (Co-opted) Governor for our school? There is a vacancy on Wynstream's Local Governing Body and we are inviting nominations. Governors are welcomed as valued members of the governor team and play an important role. Life as a governor is interesting and varied. Meetings are at least once every half term. Training and support will be available. Please do let friends and family know, and ask anybody who is interested to pop into school for more information, or call 01392 284990. More information as well as the nomination form can be found by clicking here. Thankyou.
21 Mar, 2023
#LetGirlsPlay—Following on from the success of our #Letgirlsplay Girls football event last Wednesday, we have compiled a list of local girl’s football teams. We have also provided a list of other local football teams as a lot of teams will train girls and boys in mixed teams. Most Girls only football teams start at U12 (Year 7). Exeter City Girls development centre https://exetercct.org/courses-events/girls-development-centre-2/ Central FC Wildcats - Wednesdays Contact - jendixon@centralfc.co.uk https://find.englandfootball.com/provider/2311p1204304 Whipton Youth - Thursdays Contact - davidsherriff81@gmail.com https://find.englandfootball.com/provider/409p30007915 Weetabix wildcats https://www.devonfa.com/players/youth/weetabix-wildcats Other local teams Exeter Panthers – https://www.exeterpanthers.co.uk/ Heavitree Youth – https://www.heavitreeyfc.co.uk/ Central - https://www.centralfc.co.uk/Home Stoke Hill – https://www.stokehilljuniorsafc.co.uk/ Whipton – https://www.whiptonyouthfc.co.uk/ Alphinton – https://www.alphingtonafc.com/ West Exe – http://www.westexeyouthfootball.org.uk Broadclyst – http://www.broadclystfootballclub.com/ Cranbrook – https://cranbrookunitedyouth.co.uk/
21 Mar, 2023
We will shortly be recruiting for Co-opted Governors (non-parent, non-staff but members of the wider community.) Please speak to Ms Redman, our Headteacher if you know someone interested in this role and we can direct them to our Chair, Vice Chair or Clerk who can provide more information. Full information will be provided when nominations open.
10 Feb, 2023
Published by the National Online Safety Team.
06 Feb, 2023
Tuesday 7th February is Safer Internet Day 2023. We will be taking some time in the afternoon of Tuesday to watch this very informative video https://youtu.be/RmFxemdPCtM and discuss the question points within our classes. Do take a look at the video at home too. Thankyou!
23 Jan, 2023
Do you know what your child is watching on Youtube? National Online Safety have sent out some useful information for parents whose children have access to Youtube.
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