Year 3 Maths and English Activities for the Holidays

They’re a great way to keep your students learning over the holidays with Home Access.

What’s more, you can also set them as homework with MyCity? Simply add all the content you want and assign it to your students and you’re all set!

Let’s get right into it!

Maths

Number Sequences

Mrs Cow’s Milk – Describe and extend number sequences in steps of 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 or 100.

  • England: Year 3
  • Scotland: First ***
  • Wales: Year 3 & 4
  • N. Ireland: P5

Adding and Subtracting

On the Cards – Adding and subtracting 3 digit numbers and hundreds mentally.

  • England: Year 3
  • Scotland: First ***
  • Wales: Year 3
  • N. Ireland: P5

Solving Number Problems

Hot Seat – Identify the appropriate number operation to solve the problem.

  • England: Year 3
  • Scotland: First ***
  • Wales: Year 2 & 4
  • N. Ireland: P6

Time

Tick Tock – Set the time on an analogue clock. 

  • England: Year 3
  • Scotland: First **
  • Wales: Year 3
  • N. Ireland: P5

Fractions

Fish with Manu – Recognise the equivalence between fractions.

  • England: Year 3
  • Scotland: Second *
  • Wales: Year 4 & 5
  • N. Ireland: P6

Fraction Packed – Identify a fractional area of a shape.

  • England: Year 3
  • Scotland: First **
  • Wales: Year 4  
  • N. Ireland: P4

English

Comprehension

Story Time – Use beginning, middle and end to construct narratives in which events are sequenced logically.

  • England: Year 3 & 4
  • Scotland: First ***
  • Wales: Year 3

In Character – Read fictional passages. Identify and describe main characters’ traits, motivations and feelings.

  • England: Year 3 & 4
  • Scotland: First ***
  • Wales: Year 3
  • N. Ireland: P5

Word Reading

Wilderness Park – Use root words to help work out the meanings of unknown words.

  • England: Year 3 & 4
  • Scotland: First *
  • Wales: Year 2 & 3
  • N. Ireland: P5

Flight to Freedom – Identify words with the same sound but a different spelling.

  • England: Year 3 & 4
  • Scotland: First ***
  • Wales: Year 4 & 5
  • N. Ireland: P5

Spelling

Klara has Landed – Spell words using the suffixes: ible, able, ive, tion, sion.

  • England: Year 3 & 4
  •  Scotland: Second **
  • Wales: Year 5
  • N. Ireland: P7

Composition

Shiver Me Timbers – Organise text to form paragraphs in the context of a story.

  • England: Year 3 & 4
  • Scotland: Second *
  • Wales: Year 4 & 5
  • N. Ireland: P6

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