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Year 3 Reading Challenge Autumn 1 2023

Mr Carter

Here are the first few pages of an adventure story called Oliver and The Seawigs. Read the story carefully, then try these challenges.

BRONZE

Write a list of 5 adjectives you can find in the story. Then write your own sentences using those adjectives.

SILVER

Warren Hills Community Primary School & Nursery - Heroes

Answer these retrieval questions in full sentences:

  1. How did Oliver feel about his parents giving up exploring?
  2. Where was his new school?
  3. What would he have in his new house that he hadn’t had before?

GOLD

Warren Hills Community Primary School & Nursery - Heroes

Answer these inference questions in full sentences:

  1. Why might Oliver have felt excited to start at a normal school?
  2. Why might Oliver’s parents have wanted to travel?
  3. How might Oliver’s parents have felt when they realised there was no where else to explore?

PLATINUM

Write a character description of Oliver. Describe how he looks, the things he likes and dislikes and his personality.

59 responses to “Year 3 Reading Challenge Autumn 1 2023”

  1. Rahman A.

    Bronze
    Exciting
    Great
    Sadly
    Old
    Sentences:
    I had an exciting birthday party.
    I Sadly got 9/10.
    I have very Old kids.
    I have great friends.

  2. Tala I.

    Bronze:
    5 adjective in the book
    Hardly
    Excited
    Fresh
    Busy
    Unique
    Sentence time 🌞
    Oliver is a busy ten year old .
    I worked hardly on my school project.
    I am excited to play with my microphone tomorrow.
    I go outside to get fresh air.
    Every one is unique by their own way.

  3. Liyana M.

    Bronze

    Busy
    Exciting
    Great
    Sadly
    Old

    I was so busy doing my homework.
    I’m so excited to travel to the beach.
    I have great friends.
    The trees in the park are very old.
    Sadly I lost my favourite toy.

    Silver

    1. Oliver was happy because he didn’t get the chance to go to school and met new friends.

    2. The school is in St Porrocks.

    3. Oliver would have his own bathroom and bedroom.

    Gold

    1.) To make new friends

    2.) Because they met whilst travelling

    3.) They must of felt sad and upset

  4. Elgin A.

    2. He find an mermaid and he find an moving island and helped him find the first surean

  5. Elgin A.

    Silver
    1. Oliver was only ten years

    1. Hamasah Y.

      They got married in the lost Temple of amo Hotep

  6. Aurora H.

    Gold
    1. Oliver had never been to a normal school before
    2. Olivers parents wanted to travel and explore new places
    3. Sad. Because they liked to travel and now they had to settle down at home.

    1. Mirr A.

      Bronze
      It was busy day in the city .
      It was exciting to be in the party
      I have a great time today
      It was exsciting day

  7. Elim F.

    They got married in the lost Temple of amon Hotep.

  8. Ahsan M.

    Sadly Deep young tired hardly
    The boy sadly said, ” i hurt my knee ! ”
    The young girl could not swim because the water was deep for here. The fog was so bad that I could hardly see through it.
    I went to sleep at 12 o’clock and I ended up sleepwalking
    Gold
    Oliver might feel excited because he will get to do new things
    Oliver Crisp ‘s parents might have travelled because maybe his other house was far away from school

  9. Arham S.

    Bronze
    Exciting
    Great
    Sadly
    Busy
    Old
    Silver
    Oliver was not sad.
    St Porrocks
    Oliver parents were sad.
    He’d never even had a proper bedroom of his own, just a bunk in the back of the explorermobile, and all his things were hidden away in trunks and storage boxes in
    the spaces under the exploremobile’seats.

  10. Arham S.

    BRONZE

  11. Sulaiman A.

    Bronze
    Top, busy, little, tired and lost.
    I can climb top of the mountain.
    I am busy today.
    I saw a little boy.
    I was tired because I went for a walk.
    I lost my toy.
    Silver
    1.He was excited.
    2.His new school was St Porrocks.
    3. He would have his own bedroom and bathroom.

  12. Huzaifa S.

    (Bronze)

    Tired – My dad is tired because he went to work.
    Busy – I am busy on the weekend visiting my Grandparents.
    Little – When I was little, I always liked to smile a lot.
    Proper – I tidy up my toys and put them in its proper place.
    Great – I had a great time at the safari park.

    (Silver)

    1) He was excited because his parents giving up on exploring.
    2) His new school was in St. Porrocks.
    3) He would have his own bedroom and own bathroom.

    (Gold)

    1) Oliver was excited because he never had friends or been to a school before when he was exploring.
    2) His parents would have always wanted to explore the world.
    3) Oliver parents felt sad when they realized that there was no where else to explore.

  13. Hannah B.

    I have completed the reading challenge in my home work book

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