Year 3 - Learning Challenge Summer 1

Year 3 Learning Challenge

Summer 1

Dear Parents and Carers,

We are delighted to provide you with the Year 3 Learning Challenge for this half of the Summer Term.

It is entirely up to your child whether they select the poem or music or a combination of both. They

can also select the activities that they want to attempt, though we would encourage them to be ambitious

and to deepen their learning as much as possible.

Although the Learning Challenge is entirely optional, and is in addition to the daily expectation of

15 minutes’ reading, 15 minutes’ times tables rehearsal and 15 minutes’ spellings practice,

we have found that a large proportion of children have voluntarily taken up the challenge and have

gained a great deal from it. We would therefore greatly appreciate your encouragement to participate.

The children will receive a special Learning Challenge certificate at the end of the half term on completion

of a project that shows a significant level of effort and challenge undertaken.

Should you have any problems regarding this, or any other issue, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Yours sincerely,

Miss Taylor and Mr Nicol

Poem - ‘War Child’ by Tim Kitchen

War Child.

Little girl, trying to sleep in your bed

don’t listen to the sound of the bombs nearby

just close your eyes and try not to cry

and let your brother sing you a lullaby.

And don’t listen to the noise of the guns

as the bullets flash by your door, don’t cry

just think of the peace found in sleep

while your brother sings you a lullaby.

Little girl, as you sleep in your bed

when you dream, try not to dream of the day

when soldiers came with their guns

and took your father away.

And when you wake up to a new day

looking for the sun, through the dust and smoke

try to find some hope in that terrible place

as you and your brother strive to cope.

Little girl, war is the world of grown ups

and there is nothing you can do

even if you tell them of your fear and sorrow

no one will listen to you.

But when the war is over and done

and you no longer hear an exploding shell

maybe your young life will be a better place

more like Heaven and less like Hell.

Piece of music - ‘Radetzky March, Op. 228’ by Johann Strauss Sr

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Y3/4 Tasks

	Poem	Painting	Person	Composer
Basic	Learn it off by heart	Find out 10 facts about the painting/artist	Draw a portrait of the person	Listen to a piece of music
	Find another poem by the poet	Produce a collage of other paintings by the artist	Produce a timeline of their life	Identify the instruments.
Advanced	Create a performance as part of a pair/group	Draw a picture in similar style	Produce a poster to advertise their achievements	Research the life of the composer.
	Write a short biography about the poet	Transform the medium of the painting: use collage instead of painting	Write a letter asking them about their life	Attempt to recreate the piece of music
Deep	Write your own poem inspired by the topic	Use the image as a stimulus for 100WC	Explain how the world would be without this person	A mind map of different emotions you feel at various points in the piece
	Compare and contrast two poems by the poet	Describe what the painting: what it represents, how it makes you feel, what it is based on	Give five reasons for and against why they should be in ‘The Hall of Fame’	Produce a piece of art/collage based on how the music makes you feel.