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We know that you often ask your children about their school day and that, sometimes, the response is "Nothing". Every week we will give you a question to ask your child, which relate to things they have learnt that week. We will keep a log the questions here in case you miss it in the newsletter |
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Week Beginning |
5th July 2021 | |
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When you visit a shop, can you work out the cost of two items in your shopping basket / trolley? |
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How do you read coordinates on a grid? |
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How do you convert between mm and cm? What about m and km? What is the same when you are converting between ml and l? |
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Who delivered a famous speech during World War 2? |
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Week Beginning |
28th June 2021 | |
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Which soil is the best for plants to grow in a farmer’s field? |
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Name three poetic devices for performance poetry. |
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When are medicines helpful? When might they be harmful? |
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Where do spirals appear in the natural world? |
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Week Beginning |
14th June 2021 | |
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In D.T. we have been looking at photo frames. What does the word stable mean? |
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Explain what a complex sentence is and think of an example for your parents. |
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Explain why some professions have a higher salary range than others. Do you agree with the ones we have looked at? Why/why not? |
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What are the features of an explanation text? |
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Week Beginning |
24th May 2021 | |
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If it's 8:00pm on an analogue clock, what time would it be on a 24 hour digital clock? |
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How would you create a loop for a square on Turtle Academy? |
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Name five differences between babies and adults. |
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What was the Battle of Britain? |
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Week Beginning |
17th May 2021 | |
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What does the word permeable and impermeable mean? |
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Name the features of an explanation text. |
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What do angles measure? Name the five types of angle. |
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What jobs might use scale factors? |
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Week Beginning |
10th May 2021 | |
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What time is it? (Ask your child what the time is at different points of the day) |
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How do you convert the time from the 12 hr to 24 hr clock? |
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Name the Anglo Saxon and Viking homelands. |
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Name three Allies and three Axis in WW2. |
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Week Beginning |
26th April 2021 | |
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What was your favourite part of Book Week? Can you re-tell the Journey story to an adult at home? |
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How do you work out the area of the shape? |
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What are the three main sections of a river called? |
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What is the value of h in the equation 5h + 2 = 32. Explain how you solve |
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Week Beginning |
19th April 2021 | |
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Can you name some Greek Olympic games? |
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How many millilitres are in a litre? How many metres are in a kilometre? |
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Name at least three features of a Mr. Men / Little Miss book. |
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When did World War Two begin and end? |
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Week Beginning |
12th April 2021 | |
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Tell your parents three top tips to stay safe in the sun. |
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How many millimetres are in a centimetre? | |
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Who was settled in Britain before the Anglo Saxons arrived? |
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What are the five uses of a comma? | |
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Week Beginning |
14th December 2020 | |
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What is your proudest moment of Year Three this term? |
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Can you name all seven continents and the five oceans? |
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Can you name three rights of a child as laid out in the UNICEF Children’s Bill of Rights? |
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Who is Charles Darwin and why was his theory so controversial? | |
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Week Beginning |
7th December 2020 | |
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Can you re-tell the Nativity story? |
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Can you think of 3 persuasive techniques? |
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What is the difference between perimeter and area? |
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What is the sum of all the interior angles in a triangle and in a quadrilateral? | |
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Week Beginning |
30th November 2020 | |
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What does RaPa CoDa Numbo mean? |
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How do you multiply and divide a number by 10 and 100? |
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Why do Christians observe Advent? |
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What does equivalent mean and how can you find equivalent fractions? |
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| Week Beginning | 23rd November 2020 | |
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Can you name at least three features of a play script? |
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Can you name any features of a diamante poem? |
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What is the definition of bullying? Can you name three people you could talk to if you were worried about bullying? |
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What is an imperative verb and where are they commonly used? |
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Week Beginning |
16th November 2020 | |
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Can you name the seven continents? |
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What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor? |
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Can you list all the factors of 60? Are any of the factors prime? |
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What is a squared and cubed number? |
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| Week Beginning | 9th November 2020 | |
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Can you find three objects in your house that you can push, pull or twist? |
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What images were drawn by the Stone Age people? |
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What are the main features of a non-chronological report? |
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How do you play Pok-a-Tok? |
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| Week Beginning | 2nd November 2020 | |
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What is a simile? |
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How many syllables are on each line in a Haiku poem? |
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What is the difference between a coil pot and a thumb pot? |
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How are polar bears adapted to their environment? |
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| Week Beginning | 19th October 2020 | |
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What is the most interesting fact you learnt about the history of St Neots? |
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How can you keep safe online? |
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What are the key rules when handling the ball in tag rugby? |
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What is the lowest common multiple of 4 and 7? |
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| Week Beginning | 12th October 2020 | |
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Can you name some features of a non-chronological report? |
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Can you name some features of instruction texts? |
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What makes chocolate an inappropriate material for a door handle? |
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What is the difference between a phrase and a clause? |
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| Week Beginning | 5th October 2020 | |
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What is an imperative verb? |
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How do Sikh people name their babies? |
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Which scene from The Piano was the most emotional for you and why? |
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Where did the Maya live? |
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| Week Beginning | 28th September 2020 |
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What are the three main types of teeth and what do they do? |
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How do you round a three digit number to its nearest ten? |
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How would you write your date of birth in Roman Numerals? Bonus challenge: can you read the year of production on a BBC programme? |
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What is a protractor used for and how would one use it? |