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Home Learning Monday 8th February 2021
Date: 3rd Feb 2021 @ 10:32am
Year 5 Home Learning Monday 8th February 2021
Good morning Year 5, I hope you enjoyed ‘Fabulous Friday’ and ‘Dressed to Express’. I also hope you had a good weekend with your families. This week is Dance Week, so grab any spare minutes you have and learn the dance that Mr Mears has put on our web page (Gallery section). Once you have learned it, you could film yourselves on Seesaw. Make sure you post it by Thursday! I'm looking forward to a great week of learning and dancing, so try your best. Next week it is the Half Term Holiday!
Reading
Please read for at least twenty/thirty minutes every day. Talk about what you have read with an adult. Discuss the story, characters and any new vocabulary you come across. If it is a non-fiction book then look at the contents page, glossary or index and see how it helps you find information.
We can issue books and change books as needed.
Reading Challenge: Use the book you are reading at the moment. Design a ‘wanted’ poster for one of the characters in your book. Please do this in your Home Learning exercise book with today’s date.
Spelling
Last week we were investigating the suffix - ent. As we have introduced ‘Fabulous Friday’, Mondays will now be your test and new spellings day. Please ask someone at home to test you on these spellings. Remember to put a mark out of fifteen.
patient obedient turbulent different incompetent
absent innocent excellent evident complacent
intelligent confident magnificent emergent lenient
This week we are investigating words instead of said. Please learn these spellings for Monday’s test (22.02.21) which will be after half term, but if you would rather do it before then, that’s fine. If you don’t know what a word means, ask an adult or look it up in a dictionary. To help you learn them, write them down each day in your exercise book with the date. You could focus on your handwriting at the same time.
laughed questioned suggested quizzed muttered
joked queried screamed mumbled whispered
chuckled remarked pleaded grumbled bragged
English
We are moving on to non-fiction work now. With a focus on - Instructions and Explanations.
For today’s lesson, you will need a pack of cards and someone to play with. If you have not got a pack of cards, you will still be able to do the task!
Have you played card games before? Discuss any games you know and how you learnt the rules.
Cards are a very old game technology (originating in 9th C. China) & are popular worldwide; many games have been passed on verbally or through written instructions.
You will learn a new card game by reading some written instructions.
Read ‘How to Play Sevens’ (documents below). How can we recognise that these are instructions?
Read Instruction Features (documents below). This will help you to evaluate - see how useful the instructions are.
Have a look at the ‘Card Games’ sheets (documents below). Try and play one or two games.
Evaluate how easy the instructions are/are not to follow and which features help make them clearer.
Make notes on the ‘Card Games’ sheets.
Write the key features you have spotted or add improvements to the parts of the instructions that are not clear. There is an example of this on Seesaw.
You can trim the ‘Card Game’ sheet down and stick it in your exercise books or write your notes straight into your book.
EASY: Game 1 is the most accessible (easy to follow instructions).
MEDIUM/HARD: Game 3 needs most improvement.
The date and title are:
Monday 8th February 2021
Can I identify features of instructions, follow and evaluate them?
Please post this on Seesaw for me to see.
Maths
For your mental starter play the multiples game – Carroll Diagram. You can choose which multiples to sort.
https://www.teacherled.com/iresources/charts/carrolls/
Please follow the link below to the White Rose Maths webpage and watch the lesson – Divide by 10.
Print out the worksheet below and stick it into your exercise book or copy the answers into your book.
The date and title are:
08.02.21
Can I divide by 10?
Problem Solving Extension (optional):
Focus:
Solve mathematical problems or puzzles.
Add and subtract two-digit numbers mentally.
Presents – Answers:
Gurmit paid £2, £4, £6, £1 and £8 for the
five presents.
Art
Last week we thought a lot about – ‘Express Yourself’
Follow the link below and have a go at doing some street art. There are many more interesting art activities to do on the Tate Gallery website.
https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/games-quizzes/street-art
Please post this on Seesaw for me to see. You might want to post it on the website, but ask for your parent’s permission first!
RE
We are moving onto our new topic Memorial Sacrifice – Eucharist (Sacrament)
Please read through the lesson in the documents below (Memories) and complete the worksheet (COVID-19 – Good/Bad Times).
Please trim the worksheet down and stick it into your exercise book with the date, or write it straight into your book.
Please post this on Seesaw for me to see.
Sumdog
Maths Challenges: Mixed Times Tables and Numbers and Place Value to 1 000 000.
Spelling Challenge: Maths/Science Vocabulary. These words are different from your spelling test words above, but still worth working on to expand your vocabulary.
Well done Year 5.
Miss Gravili
Year 3 Home Learning Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Date: 2nd Feb 2021 @ 4:05pm
Good morning Year 3. I hope you had a good Tuesday. You all did so well on your arithmetic questions!! You really are doing such a great job at home, I know it must be tricky for you sometimes J
Wednesday 3rd February 2021
This week is Children’s Mental Health Week. This year’s theme is Express Yourself. Expressing yourself is about finding ways to share feelings, thoughts, or ideas. This could be through art, music, writing and poetry, dance and drama, photography and film, and doing activities that make you feel good.
Each day you will be doing some activities related to Children’s Mental Health Week and hopefully it will help you to feel happy and positive.
Start your day with this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fq1jvIy2AE&safe=active
Reading
Please read out loud to somebody for 20 minutes.
Predict what you think is going to happen next in the story.
Don’t forget to change your reading books with the school office when you have finished them.
Spelling
Here are your spellings for this week. They all end in –tion.
station, fiction, motion, nation, education, action, injection, caption, fraction, competition.
Write the long date: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Write the title: Wrong Hand Spelling
Read the spelling words out loud.
Split your page in half.
On one half, write the spellings with the hand your normally write with.
On the other half, write the spellings with your other hand.
Writing:
Read pages 238 to 246 of Mr Stink attached to this blog.
Answer the following questions in full sentences. The answers you need are in this chapter.
Long date: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Title – Can I infer a character’s thoughts and feelings?
- Find and copy something that Chloe was looking forward to when she thought she was running away.
- Find and copy a sentence that shows that Chloe realised she actually liked her bedroom.
- On page 242, it says that Chloe felt a little guilty, why do you think she felt guilty?
I think that Chloe felt guilty because …
- On page 243, it says that it was as if Chloe was looking at another person entirely. What do you think this means?
I think this means…
- On page 244, it says mother’s legs looked like they were going to give way. Why do you think this is?
I think that mother’s legs were going to give way because…
Remember:
Perfect spelling
Capital letters and full stops
Beautiful handwriting
Times tables
Call out your 4x tables whilst:
Jogging on the spot.
Doing a dance.
Clapping your hands.
Sumdog
Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenges:
Spelling Challenge – tion – Monday 1st February – Sunday 7th February
Number Challenge – Addition and Subtraction – Monday 1st February – Sunday 7th February
Counting
Count out loud in 10s.
From 884 to 954.
From 456 to 556.
Back from 1032 to 922.
Maths
Watch the video about adding and subtracting, pause where you need to.
Complete the sheet attached to this blog and then use the answer sheet to check your answers.
Remember, you can draw base ten symbols to help with adding and subtracting.
Draw a square for 100. A line for 10. A dot for 1.
Children’s Mental Health Week activities
- Complete today’s Wellbeing Journal – attached to this blog.
- Complete Kitchen Band and breathing activity – attached to this blog.
Music
Follow the link to complete the music lesson. You will need a spoon.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/composing-rhythms-ccrk0d
RE
Our next RE topic is all about listening and sharing.
Make a poster about sharing:
Write the word SHARING in big letters at the top.
Write 3 things that are good about sharing, e.g.
- Sharing makes you feel better.
- You can help people who have less than you.
- You can be a good friend.
Draw pictures and decorate your poster with patterns, a border, and boxes around your writing.
Reminders
Please keep sending me your work on Seesaw – I am so proud of you for the work I have seen so far. Today I would like you to send me a photo of your RE work.
Don’t forget to go on Sumdog. 15 of you have been on the spelling challenge, one of you has already completed it, wow. 16 of you have been on the number challenge and 6 of you have already completed it. Well done.
Have a wonderful day J Remember you are amazing! Please send me a photo of your RE poster on Seesaw. I will be looking out for posters which are bright and easy to read.
Year 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Date: 2nd Feb 2021 @ 3:12pm
Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Good morning Year 6. We are half way through the week – well done! Once again, there are many tasks attached to Wednesday because our usual timetable would include Reading, English, Maths, French, Music and RE, all in one day. Please do not be overwhelmed by all of this and do what you can today – remember to look after your wellbeing!
Here are the tasks:
PSHE
Expressing yourself through movement can be achieved with Yoga; a fun way to refresh your body and mind so that you can focus better. Follow this 10 minute video here, Yoga with Adriene.
Reading
Read for 30 minutes. Keep building up that speed and stamina.
Reading activity for today:
- Design a birthday card for the main character. What age are they? What would they like the most as a gift?
English (split into three parts: Handwriting, Spellings and Writing)
Handwriting
The handwriting poems this week are based on puns and wordplay. Make sure you slow down each of your letters to make them form correctly. This week focus on having all your letters the same size (so each ‘a’ is the same as every other ‘a’).
You Tell Me
Here are the football results:
League Division Fun
Manchester United won, Manchester City lost.
Crystal Palace 2 Buckingham Palace 1
Millwall Leeds nowhere
Wolves 8 A cheese roll and had a cup of tea 2
Aldershot 3, Buffalo Bill shot 2
Evertonil, Liverpool’s not very well either
Newcastle’s Heaven, Sunderland’s a very nice place
Ipswhich one? You tell me.
Spellings
The spellings for this week, -gue / -que words
- Write out each word in parts with different colours. This could be in syllables or random but try to keep the gue and que in the same colour as it will help your visual memory:
- Antique, grotesque, unique, league
Writing task
Can I write a summary of the Rip Van Winkle tale?
Do not read a chapter today as I have another story, Rip Van Winkle, which is the tale spoken about in Tom’s Midnight Garden, chapter 21.
Watch the YouTube video of the story being read here Rip Van Winkle. Then watch the video sent through Seesaw where I explain the task for today.
Maths – Calculating with Fractions Week
- Warm up your brain: Counting back in 9s from:
725, 950, 1620, 700, 237
- Main lesson. The objective for today is:
Can I continue to add fractions with different denominators?
Today’s lesson is very similar to Tuesday’s but with more reasoning questions. You can watch yesterday’s video which should help and then watch today’s video by White Rose Maths, Adding Fractions video which will guide you in answering the sheet, Adding Fractions questions and answers, attached at the bottom of this blog.
Music
Follow this link Beatboxing Basics, to Oak National Academy for today’s lesson.
French
First let’s recap the phonics sounds from the last week by watching the video again. This week, you are going to try and write down the number and colour words that contain the sounds.
Before you start, write the date and learning objective in your book:
mercredi quatre février
Can I use phonics to help me spell French words?
Then write each of the phonic sounds, leaving space underneath each to write down the words that have the sound in. Spread them out on your page. The sounds are:
ou eu an oi in/un i on
Now listen to Emilie again, pausing the video when she asks you to think of the numbers and colours that have that sound in. Have a go at writing the words under the right sound then start the video again to check your spelling. Please correct it if you make a mistake. Mistakes are fine! They help us to learn.
We are continuing with our weather learning this week.
http://www.rachelhawkes.com/Resources/Y6_French/Yr6AutumnFr.php
Click on Lesson 4 with audio.
On slide 2, weather symbols appear with audio rhyming weather with the place name.
Have a go at this slide several times to help with pronunciation. On slide 7, see if you can give the weather to match the symbol.
Now try the French Weather Puzzle at the bottom of this blog.
To finish, here’s a weather song to listen to and join in with.
Merci beaucoup! A bientôt!
RE
Can I give reasons why we should be a good friend to others?
Listen to a song about friendship e.g. You’ve Got a Friend, Anytime You Need A Friend, Anytime You Need a Friend - Mariah Carey
Watch the YouTube video here, Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister.
I have sent a video through Seesaw explaining what today’s task is.
Sumdog – Three challenges:
- Mix of 2, 4, 8 times tables (200 target)
- Multiply by powers of 10 and fractions (200 target)
- Spellings gue and que (45 target)
Congratulation, you have made it to the end of the day! What will today’s treat be?
Year 2 Home Learning - 3rd February 2021
Date: 2nd Feb 2021 @ 3:10pm
Hello Year 2.
Well done on all your work so far this week. It is really great seeing everything you have done on SeeSaw, so please keep sharing. We hope you are enjoying our PSHE activities – keep it up.
See if you can have a go at these Yoga poses. Can you hold the position whilst you count to 30?
You have to say the writing out loud when you first move into the pose - “I am strong”.
Reading
It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.
Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.
Corner stones have released some free reading resources.
Resources for questioning your child while they are reading.
Maths
Counting and Times Tables
Counting in 2’s – Can you start on 5 and count forwards in 2’s? Challenge – Can you count backwards from 29?
2 Times Tables – Listen to this 2 times table song: 2 times table song
Play hit the button and select 2 times tables – hit the button
Play the Daily 10. Select multiplication and then select 2 times tables. Set the timer so you get quicker each time – Daily 10
Can you write out all your 2 times tables up to 12 in your home learning journal?
This week we will looking at statistics and data handling. From pictograms to line graphs, children learn a lot about collecting, organising and presenting data in primary school maths. This week we will look at how you can help your child get to grips with basic statistics at home. Data handling at primary school means gathering and recording information and then presenting it in a way that is meaningful to others. It is now referred to as ‘statistics’ under the 2014 curriculum.
Can I interpret a pictogram?
Today we are going to look at interpreting pictograms.
We have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet. The WhiteRose sheet is more than enough.
Make sure you watch the video carefully and pause to answer questions on the worksheet.
Please follow the link and complete the worksheet attached to the class blog.
1. Watch the video (either on your own or with your child).
2. Find a calm space where your child can work for about 20-30 minutes.
3. Use the video guidance to support your child as they work through a lesson.
Complete on the sheet (if you have a printer) or write your answers in your home learning book.
Sumdog challenges
Multiplication – x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables
Maths – Statistics
Spellings – Adjectives with the suffix -er and -est
English
Please see attached documents for your English Lesson.
Phonics and Spelling
Phonics play have made their website free to use throughout January. Login -> select the resources tab -> select phase 6 phonics and have a play!
You may log in with the following details:
username: jan21
password: home
Adding -er/-est
We make the comparative or superlative forms of short adjectives by adding -er or -est, for example: hard, harder, hardest.
Spelling Rule
Just add -er or -est to the end of the adjective, for example:
- quick, quicker, quickest
- great, greater, greatest
- full, fuller, fullest
Exceptions:
(note: C=consonant; V=vowel)
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If adj. ends in |
do this |
and add |
Examples |
|
C + y |
change y to i |
er |
happy |
|
C + e |
remove e |
late |
|
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C + V + C |
double last letter |
hot |
|
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Note: adjectives ending in -l are regular, except: |
|||
Can you remember all the rules for adding er and est?
You are going to play a game to see if you can! Please see the attached board game.
PE
Please see today’s announcement on Seesaw for our ‘Underwater Dance’ lesson and follow the link to access the song - Underwater Song. Please note, the video has been posted in two parts.
Before you start today’s PE session make sure you do a warm-up activity. Warming up before a PE lesson is not only beneficial to protect the muscles and the joints, it also helps to gradually increase our heart rates and circulation, which will increase the blood flow to the muscles.
Warm-up game – Pirate Ship.
MOVEMENT – ‘We need to move like different animals in the sea’
Create some movements for the following animals:
Fish
Octopus
Sea Lion
Dolphin
Shark
Repeat these actions in this order until you can start to remember them.
CHOREOGRAPHY – Put the movements together using the song for timing.
START –
“under the water” – Students can bend knees and move arms down and scoop up to indicate ‘under’.
“under the sea” – students to stand still and wave arms from side to side.
“lots and lots of fishys swimin’ ‘round me” – Students to do their fish action.
PRACTICE – Students can repeat the first half of the dance until the end of the lesson.
We would love to see some of your dances on Seesaw.
PSHE
Today, please fill in the Wednesday section of your Wellbeing Journal and have a go at 1 of the focus sheets.
Please take a picture of this activity today.
You can access your PSHE lesson which has been attached to the blog. It is a PowerPoint all about your Mental and Emotional Wellbeing. Have a go at the activity set or just talk through the PowerPoint with an adult.
We are already halfway through the week. Keep up the hard work.
Year 2 team
HOME LEARNING Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Date: 2nd Feb 2021 @ 2:34pm
Year 4
Home Learning Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Good morning Year 4. I hope you had a good day yesterday and enjoyed your home learning. Remember it is important to keep working hard, recapping and practising previous learning, as well as learning new things. Keep positive and keep working your socks off Year 4!
Reading
Please read out loud to someone at home for 20 minutes. Make sure you discuss what has happened in the chapter / story so far.
Can you choose some ambitious vocabulary from the story which you could use in your own writing? Write 5 of these words down and write a definition for each of them.
Spelling
These are your spellings which will be tested on Monday 8th February 2021. They are all homophones. Homophones are words which sound the same but are spelt differently.
tide tied knight night break brake fought fort
waist waste guest guessed feet feat
Write the long date Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Practise each of the words using look, cover, write, check.
Then, choosing the words you didn’t use yesterday, write your own sentences using the words correctly.
For example, tide and tied
The tide came in too fast and stranded the children on the island.
We tied the boat securely to the pier.
Handwriting
A video will be uploaded on Wednesday morning. Watch the video and then practise your handwriting in your Home Learning book.
Write the long date Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Write the title Handwriting
English
Today, please re-read / listen again to Chapter 4 of Kensuke’s Kingdom. A copy of the book is attached to the blog and a link to the audio is below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtCBmU8n-8w&safe=active
Make sure you look up any words if you are unsure about their meaning.
Once you have re-read the chapter:
Read the extract attached to the blog called ‘Chapter 4 extract’. If you wish, print out the sheet.
Write the long date Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Write the learning objective Can I identify effective words and phrases in a text?
Answer the questions in your book and / or underline on the sheet where appropriate.
I have provided some answers in the ‘Chapter 4 extract’ document, but don’t look at these until you have had a go yourself!
Please share your work on Seesaw
Times tables
A times tables challenge has been set on Sumdog. This is to consolidate and practise your 3, 6 and 9 times tables.
Please practise your own tables target using Hit the button. If you are on ‘free’ tables, please practise a times table or division fact which you know you find tricky. If you are in school this week, you will be tested on your individual target on Thursday 4th February 2021 – if you are on ‘free’ tables, you will be tested on ÷11.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Counting
Count in 25’s from 100 to 400 and back again. Count in 25’s from 900 to 1200 and back again. Think about what you found tricky? Write the numbers down as you say them – what do you notice? Repeat this a couple of times. How many 25’s are there in 100?
Please count in 9’s from 0 to 108 and back again – can you go any further? (if you get stuck, add 10 then subtract 1 from your last number if counting up, or subtract 10 then add 1 back on if counting down). Write the numbers down as you say them - do you notice any patterns?
Eg 9 18 27 27 + 10 = 37 – 1 = 36 45 etc
Maths
Use the link below – to play Daily 10.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
Click on play game. Choose level 3, Doubles/halves, Upto 500. Choose the time interval between each question eg 3 seconds, 5 seconds etc. You will need to write the answers down and check them at the end.
Remember make jottings to help yourself
Eg double 128 Partition into 100 20 8
Double 100 = 200 Double 20 = 40 Double 8 = 16
200 + 40 + 16 = 256
Repeat this game a couple of times and see if you can calculate more quickly and accurately each time.
Today, we are going to learn different ways to multiply efficiently. This means looking at the numbers in the calculation and using the most appropriate method to find the answer.
Please open the maths worksheet called ‘Efficient multiplication’.
Please click on the link below for the video
Write the short date 03.02.21
Write the learning objective Can I use efficient multiplication strategies?
Complete the worksheet and stick it in your book or write the answers directly into your Home Learning book.
Check your answers in the document ‘Answers Efficient multiplication’.
French
The theme for our learning this week is la Fête de Chandeleur – the feast of Candelmas on the 2nd February.
Download the PowerPoint attached to the blog called ‘Chandeleur Powerpoint’ and read and listen. This describes the French traditions on this feast day and an idea for a treat!
Now write today’s date in your book, or on the document attached to the blog called ‘Chandeleur sheet’ – you should be able to do this by yourself by now. The month is now février.
Write the learning objective Can I write my opinions of pancakes?
The instructions are on slide 6 of the PowerPoint.
I’d love to see a little video of you saying whether you like or don’t like different pancakes on seesaw!
Bon appétit! Bonne fête!
PE
Watch the clips below and follow the instructions on the cards.
Games Skills – Bowling
https://www.youthsporttrust.org/sites/default/files/Home%20PE%20Bowling.pdf
Gymnastics – Balance time
https://www.youthsporttrust.org/sites/default/files/Balance%20Time.pdf
Mental Health Week
As this week is Children’s Mental Health Week, we are thinking each day about our feelings, emotions and moods.
Today, please:
- Complete the Well-being journal attached to the blog
- Have a go at the ‘5 finger breathing’ activity on the second page of the journal
- Wiggle and dance – have fun dancing around! See page 3 of the journal
Sumdog challenges
You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:
- A maths times table challenge (based on the 3, 6 and 9 times tables)
- A maths challenge to practise subtracting 1’s, 10’s and 100’s from numbers within 1000 (a lot of you find this tricky)
- A spelling challenge based on this week’s homophone spellings
Please make sure you log on and have a go!
New challenges will start on Monday 8th February 2021
Well done for finishing today’s work. Have a lovely evening and stay safe.
Reception 3rd February Home Learning
Date: 2nd Feb 2021 @ 10:35am
Wednesday 3rd February 2021
The mornings are getting a little bit lighter, which means spring is on the way.J
This week we are celebrating 'Children's Mental Health Week.' There will be activities throughout the week to have a go at.
Today, I have attached some mindfulness focus worksheets to have a little go at and a ‘Things to look forward to jar’ activity.
Why don’t you put on your favourite song and dance around your house?
That always makes Miss Collinson smile!J
Online Resources
- Phonics Play will help you to keep recapping all previous sounds the children have learnt since September. Resources, Phase 2, Speed Flash Trials.
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
The log in is Username: jan21
Password: home
You can also use this log in to play any of the phase 2 phonics games, try some of the Phase 3 games for our new digraph sounds. 😊
- . Oxford Owl eBooks Class login - sto1 Password – 1234
Library – Age 4-7 – Change the level to your child’s book band level and have a go at any of the e-books available to you.
- Topmarks have some good online maths games if you want to have a go at any of these.
Phonics –
Please revisit all our new digraph & trigraph sounds. 😊
ch, sh, th, ng, qu, ai, ee, oa, igh
Can I remember all my new sounds?
Can I think of a word for each sound?
Can I practise reading a word from each sound?
Today we are going to learn a new sound ‘oo’ – this digraph can make two different sounds. (See the seesaw video from yesterday for an explanation)
We are going to focus on the short ‘oo’ sound today. Have a watch of Polly’s video to find out more.
Can I write the words and colour in all the pictures that have the short ' oo’ sound? (See attached.)
Handwriting - Have a go at the next page in your booklet, which is all about the letter Rr.
The Humpty Words of the week are - be, were, was, said
Can you revisit all your humpty words?
Can you write them without copying them?
(Use paper or the whiteboard from your pack.)
Literacy –
This week we are reading ‘The Little Red Hen.’
Let’s warm up our story- Can I join in with the song again to help you remember the story and have a go at stepping the story? - It would be great to see you stepping the story yourself on Seesaw. J
Writing activity
Using the vocabulary from yesterday and the pattern which the story follows –
Can I have a go at writing one of my sentences to describe a character in the story?
(Or you can make up your own character.)
For example,
‘Not I’ said the greedy, plump pig.
‘Not I’ said the gleeful, grinning horse.
‘Not I’ said the sneaky, small mouse.
You might want to draw a picture for your characters.
Remember to use your sounds and sound mat, stretch the words out slowly and write all the sounds you can hear. You can copy the vocab words given to you yesterday when writing them.
Reading – Try to read for 10 minutes each day. 😊
See the reading question prompts attached on Monday's Blog to help you talk about your stories.
Maths – Can I count in 5’s?
What did you notice when you were counting in 5’s? (All the numbers end in either a 5 or 0.)
Have a go at splatting your 5’s them on the splat square? Can you see the pattern? (5 or 0)
Have you got any 5p’s in your house? See how many 5p’s you have by counting in 5’s?
Today’s learning is all about 9 and 10.
Watch the White Rose Maths video and have a go at the activity attached below. (Session 4 – composition of 9 and 10)
Can I have a go at the activity – making 9 and 10? (See attached - Remember to use your careful counting.)
Topic Time
Music – EYFS Teddy – Session 5
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/me-and-my-friends-part-1-cdjp6t
Science -
Following on from the story of Little Red Hen who makes flour with her wheat, this week we will first learn how flour is made.
Watch these two video clips and talk about what you see and hear. The first one shows a windmill in action – how flour was ground from wheat in the old days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rauJq_LTMYI
The second one shows a modern factory making flour.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8vLjPctrcU&safe=active
The process is the same - wheat grains are ground into flour, it’s just the machinery and quantities that are different. They are both noisy places!
Discussion
What foods did you see that are made from flour?
Did you hear that the grains and flour have to be cleaned to remove any thing that shouldn’t be there such as sticks or metal?
You can have a go at this. Put some flour in a bowl and add something that shouldn’t be there such as some small stones. Can you get them out using a sieve?
Now try adding some paperclips (or similar) to some flour.
If you have a magnet, you could try getting them back out with this. Otherwise you can use the sieve again.
Reception Story Time
Today’s story is ‘Share’ J
Year 6 Home Learning - Tuesday 2nd February 2021
Date: 1st Feb 2021 @ 3:37pm
Tuesday 2nd February 2021
Good morning Year 6. Welcome to Tuesday. I hope you are keeping well and enjoying the tasks that have been set. Remember to set yourself a target for today – something small to achieve by the end of today (helping the family with tea, cleaning/tidying a room, completing all the work).
Here are today’s tasks:
PSHE
Watch this video, A Journey Through Musical Emotion and think about the different ways that music can change how we feel and express ourselves. Research shows that people feel more positive after singing to music so either use one of these songs If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out - Cat Stevens and Express yourself - Labrinth.
Or simply find a favourite song and have a good sing out loud (just ask the adult in the house first).
Reading
Read for 30 minutes. Keep building up that stamina. It is so important that you keep this your number one priority.
Reading activity for today:
- Look at the apostrophes in the text. Write down 10 words which has an apostrophe, and explain why it is there.
English (split into three parts: Handwriting, Spellings and Writing)
Handwriting
The handwriting poems this week are based on puns and wordplay. Make sure you slow down each of your letters to make them form correctly. This week focus on having all your letters the same size (so each ‘a’ is the same as every other ‘a’)
Wordspinning
Spin pins into nips.
Snap pans into naps.
Mix spit into tips.
Turn parts into traps.
Switch post into stop.
Whisk dear into dare.
Carve hops into shop.
Rip rate into tear.
Spellings
There is a spelling file attached at the bottom of this blog which covers the spellings for this week, -gue / -que
- Write out two lists, one for all the gue words and one for the que words. Say each word out loud – can you hear why it has a gue or a que spelling?
Writing task
Can I write a diary entry as Hatty?
Read chapter 21.
I have sent the lesson introduction on Seesaw which explains today’s task.
Maths – Calculating with Fractions Week
- Warm up your brain: Counting back in 15s from:
725, 950, 1620, 700, 237
- Sumdog – two challenges (both with 200 answer targets):
- Mix of 2, 4, 8 times tables
- Multiply by powers of 10 and fractions (the more you practise with multiplying by fractions, the easier Thursday’s lesson will be)
- Main lesson. The objective for today is:
- Can I add fractions with different denominators?
See the video sent on Seesaw which explains the activities for today’s Maths lesson and the main sheet is named, Adding fractions questions and answers
- Maths challenge – More adding fractions (explained in the video)
Science
Firstly, have a go at this Odd One Out activity from Explorify. How many similarities can you see between these blackbirds? How are they different? Which one would you say is the odd one out? There is no right or wrong answer here as long as you can justify your choice.
Unusual blackbirds - Explorify (wellcome.ac.uk)
When you have looked closely and discussed the points above, scroll down and read the Background Science section. We have touched on variation within a species in lessons 1 and 2 but will come back to it later in this topic of Evolution and Inheritance.
Last week, we looked at plant adaptations that help them survive. This week we are going to look at how some animals are adapted to their environment. In your book, write today’s date and the learning objective:
Can I explain how animals are adapted to their environment?
Choose 2 of these animals that you would like to research. Find out how each is adapted to its environment.
Otter, Camel, Elephant, Desert Scorpion, Arctic Fox.
In your book, for one animal, draw (in pencil!) a large picture of the animal and label it, explaining its adaptations. For your second choice, write a factfile explaining your research.
The headings you should use in your factfile are:
Name of animal: This is your heading so make it bigger and bolder than the rest of your text.
Picture (draw or print one):
Habitat (where it lives):
Diet (what it eats):
Life span (how long it lives):
Adaptations: This section must be the most detailed!
Try to use all the words given below for your chosen animals. You need to put the words into sentences and may not necessarily need the words in the order I have given them.
Otter - webbed feet, propeller tail, whiskers, nostrils, ears, oily skin, quick, feet pads,
Elephant- trunk, tusks, tail, ears, slow, big, rough skin, teeth,
Camel - hump, water, fat, desert, arid, food, feet, nostrils, eye lashes, temperature , store (They do not store water in their humps!)
Desert Scorpion – nocturnal, burrow, heat, control their metabolism, exoskeleton, sharp claws, venomous.
Arctic fox – fur, insulation, seasonal camouflage, foot pads, sense of smell, teeth, claws, body shape.
Finally, please reread your work to check it makes sense and that your spelling, punctuation and handwriting are of the same high standard that we would expect in school. I’d love to see your work on Seesaw.
Well done!
Year 3 Home Learning Tuesday 2nd February 2021
Date: 1st Feb 2021 @ 3:25pm
Good morning Year 3. I hope you enjoyed your Monday, especially focussing on positive things :)
Well done for the work you have done, I have been very impressed with what I have seen on Seesaw.
If you are finding any of your work tricky you can:
- Draw things to help you in Maths like base 10.
- Use things in your house to help with Maths like coins, counters, toys.
- Write out the times tables you need for an activity before starting it.
- Write down your working out.
- Use books and the internet for ideas.
- Discuss your work with people at home when they are not busy.
- Contact the school for support.
Reminders
Please keep sending me your work on Seesaw – I am so proud of you for the work I have seen so far. Today I would like you to send me a photo of your arithmetic questions and any working out that you do.
Remember to bring your home learning book into school if you are coming in on some days.
You can change your school reading books whenever you need to, just let the school office know beforehand so we can get some books ready for you to collect.
Don’t forget to go on Sumdog. 4 of you have been on the spelling challenge, one of you has already completed it, wow. 5 of you have been on the number challenge and 3 of you have already completed it. Well done.
Things that made me smile on Monday (you could write your own list too)
- Wiggle and dance at the end of the day.
- Thinking about the good things in our lives.
- It wasn’t pitch black when I arrived at school which was amazing!
Tuesday 2nd February 2021
This week is Children’s Mental Health Week. This year’s theme is Express Yourself. Expressing yourself is about finding ways to share feelings, thoughts, or ideas. This could be through art, music, writing and poetry, dance and drama, photography and film, and doing activities that make you feel good.
Each day you will be doing some activities related to Children’s Mental Health Week and hopefully it will help you to feel happy and positive.
Start your day with this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fq1jvIy2AE&safe=active
Reading
Please read out loud to somebody for 20 minutes.
Tell somebody at home everything you know about one of the characters.
Spelling
Here are your spellings for this week. They all end in –tion.
station, fiction, motion, nation, education, action, injection, caption, fraction, competition.
Write the long date: Tuesday 2nd February 2021
Write the title: Words ending in –tion
Read the spelling words out loud.
Write out your spelling words using two different colours. Write the suffix –tion in the same colour for each word, like this:
station
fiction
education
Handwriting
Follow the video on Seesaw to practise your handwriting.
Writing:
Read pages 226 – 238 of Mr Stink attached to this blog.
Long date: Tuesday 2nd February 2021
Title – Can I write the next part of the story?
I would like you to imagine that Chloe does go wandering with Mr Stink instead of going home. Write the next part of the story, talking about an adventure they go on together. Use your imagination, they could go anywhere in the world. Maybe you could write about an adventure you have been on or would love to go on.
Split your writing into two paragraphs:
Chloe and Mr Stink’s first epic adventure together was …
Despite having a thrilling time, Chloe did miss some things about her life before. She missed…
Remember:
Perfect spelling
Capital letters and full stops (places and names need capital letters)
Beautiful handwriting
Make it even better by:
Adding a simile
Adding a question
Adding an exclamation mark
Starting a sentence with a conjunction
Using exciting words
Times tables
Play on Hit The Button three times.
Practise the 8x tables.
Try to improve your score each time – my record is 36/36.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Sumdog
Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenges:
Spelling Challenge – tion – Monday 1st February – Sunday 7th February
Number Challenge – Addition and Subtraction – Monday 1st February – Sunday 7th February
Counting
Count out loud in 4s:
From 0 to 48.
From 48 to 0.
Maths
Today you are going to answer some arithmetic questions.
There is a video on Seesaw which will help you with question 23, you can also watch previous videos if you need a reminder.
Don’t forget to use a number line to help with question 22.
Don’t forget to use a grid to help with questions 20 and 21.
After watching the videos, set a timer for 20 minutes and complete the questions.
After 20 minutes, check your answers yourself and then use the answer sheet to check.
Children’s Mental Health Week activities
- Complete today’s Wellbeing Journal.
- Complete Relax and breathing activity – attached to this blog.
Science
Complete the Science lesson attached to this blog, it is all about light and reflection.
Year 1 Home Learning Fabulous Friday 5th February 2021
Date: 1st Feb 2021 @ 2:30pm
It’s Fabulous Friday!
Wow Year 1, you've made it to the end of another week of great learning! It's now time for another Fabulous Friday!
Fridays are a lighter day with limited screen time to give you and your families the chance to catch up and switch off!
Today you just need to...
Read for at least 10 minutes.
Maybe re-read one of your favourite stories or share the reading with a grown up, one page each.
We are enjoying everything you've posted to Seesaw.
P.S.H.E.
Dont forget, it is Dress to Express today! Dress up in your favourite clothes!
Look through your journal.
Guided yoga relaxation. Click here.
Maths
Today's game is called An Odd Puzzle. The instructions and gameboard are attached below.
(Use coins if you don't have counters)
Remember all our odd numbers end with 1, 3, 5, 7 or 9
Let's make a cake for grandma song. Click here.
Red Riding Hood took some delicious cakes, biscuits and pies to her grandma.Have a go at making some salt dough food. You will need plain flour, salt and water
Salt dough food video. Click here.
Next week is Dance Week at St Oswald's. Visit the video here and have a go at learning the dance.
Look out for your weekly catch up video on Seesaw.
Have a lovely weekend!
Year 2 Home Learning - 2nd February 2021
Date: 1st Feb 2021 @ 1:10pm
Good morning Year 2,
We hope yesterday went well. Keep doing your best, having a go at tasks independently, asking for support only when required. It is important that you continue to work hard, recapping and practising previous learning, as well as learning new things. We have loved seeing all your wonderful work on Seesaw so keep posting.
Try some of these at home ideas:
- Play indoor hide and seek.
- Make decorations, create a playlist, and throw a family dance party.
- Try a new cookie or cake recipe. Bonus idea: Set up a camera or smart phone and film a cooking show!
If you need any reading books, please let us know and we will arrange for some books to be collected from the school office.
We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.
Joke of the day
Why can't Elsa have a balloon?
Because she will let it go.
Reading
It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.
Write, or draw pictures, from anything you’ve read! Big writing and pictures are even more fun. For example, use an old roll of wallpaper to make a treasure map with clues from the stories you’ve read together.
Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.
If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’
Username: sto2
Password: 1234
Corner stones have released some free reading resources
Resources for questioning your child while they are reading
Maths
Counting and Times Tables
Counting in 2’s – Can you count forwards starting at 1? Challenge – Can you count backwards from 31? What do you notice about the numbers?
2 Times Tables – Listen to this 2 times table song: 2 times table song
Play hit the button and select 2 times tables – hit the button
Play the Daily 10. Select multiplication and then select 2 times tables. Set the timer so you get quicker each time – Daily 10
Can you write out all your 2 times tables up to 12 in your home learning journal?
This week we will looking at statistics and data handling. From pictograms to line graphs, children learn a lot about collecting, organising and presenting data in primary school maths. This week we will look at how you can help your child get to grips with basic statistics at home. Data handling at primary school means gathering and recording information and then presenting it in a way that is meaningful to others. It is now referred to as ‘statistics’ under the 2014 curriculum.
Can I draw pictograms?
Today we are going to look at identifying and drawing pictograms.
We have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet. The WhiteRose sheet is more than enough.
Make sure you watch the video carefully and pause to answer questions on the worksheet.
Please follow the link and complete the worksheet attached to the class blog.
1. Watch the video (either on your own or with your child).
2. Find a calm space where your child can work for about 20-30 minutes.
3. Use the video guidance to support your child as they work through a lesson.
Complete on the sheet (if you have a printer) or write your answers in your home learning book.
Sumdog
Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class.
Log in at www.sumdog.com
Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.
Sumdog challenges
Multiplication – x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables
Maths – Statistics
Spellings – Adjectives with the suffix -er and -est
English
Please see the attached PowerPoint and document with the text for today's English lesson.
Phonics and Spelling
Phonics play have made their website free to use throughout January. Login -> select the resources tab -> select phase 6 phonics and have a play!
You may log in with the following details:
username: jan21
password: home
This week we will be looking at adjectives with the suffix -er and -est.
Adding -er/-est
We make the comparative or superlative forms of short adjectives by adding -er or -est, for example: hard, harder, hardest
Spelling Rule
Just add -er or -est to the end of the adjective, for example:
- quick, quicker, quickest
- great, greater, greatest
- full, fuller, fullest
Exceptions
(note: C=consonant; V=vowel)
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If adj. ends in |
do this |
and add |
Examples |
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C + y |
change y to i |
er |
happy |
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C + e |
remove e |
late |
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C + V + C |
double last letter |
hot |
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Note: adjectives ending in -l are regular, except: |
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Go through today’s PowerPoint presentation. Look at the Activity Sheet Adding er and est. Can you complete the table by writing the adjectives with the suffixes er and est?
Remember
When the word ends in an e, we knock the e off before adding er or est.
If the adjective ends in a y, we need to change it to an i, then add er or est.
When an adjective ends in a vowel and one consonant, double the last consonant to keep the vowel short.
Music
Mrs Winter has kindly sent us a music lesson that we can try our at home.
In this lesson, we will be exploring how to make different sounds with our bodies and make up our own body percussion pattern.
Please click on the link for this week’s music lesson.
Exploring different ways to use your body
French
We were doing really well with our French phonics so here’s a video to watch first to practise some sounds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkR7BTicoxc
Now we are going to move on to learning the names of some farm animals. Watch this video and repeat the words.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pba8564WZ4M
Attached is a sheet with 7 farm animals. Print out the sheet (or do 7 drawings). Hide the pictures round the room. When your child finds one, s/he should give the word in French. Then it’s their turn to hide them!
Here is a song to finish – Old MacDonald had a farm in French. It’s a bit fast so may be better played on 0.75 speed. See if you can pick up the sounds the animals make in French. They’re not all the same! The word used for sheep is une brebis (oon brubee) – a ewe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDcgM_U22XU
Merci beaucoup. A bientot!
PSHE
Today, please fill in Tuesday on your wellbeing Journal and have a go at creating a ‘things to look forward to jar’.
The documents are attached to the blog.
We hope you have a brilliant Tuesday,
Year 2 team.
HOME LEARNING Tuesday 2nd February 2021
Date: 1st Feb 2021 @ 12:55pm
Year 4
Home Learning Tuesday 2nd February 2021
Good morning Year 4. I hope you enjoyed finding out which places Michael and his family visited whilst sailing around the world. Perhaps you have been to some of these places too! Please remember to try your best with your work, if you’re struggling to get it all done, remember just to do what you can to the best of your ability.
Reading
Please read out loud to someone at home for 20 minutes. Make sure you discuss what has happened in the chapter / story so far.
Tell someone at home everything you can about one of the characters. What do they look like? What is their personality like? How do you know? Can you describe them in detail?
Spelling
These are your spellings which will be tested on Monday 8th February 2021. They are all homophones. Homophones are words which sound the same but are spelt differently.
tide tied knight night break brake fought fort
waist waste guest guessed feet feat
Write the long date Tuesday 2nd February 2021
Practise each of the words using look, cover, write, check.
Then choose 3 pairs of words and write your own sentences using them correctly.
For example, knight and night (this is 1 pair of words)
The knight in shining armour saved the princess from the dragon.
In the middle of the night, the pirates pounced.
English
Today, please read / listen to Chapter 4 of Kensuke’s Kingdom. A copy of the book is attached to the blog and here is a link to the audio.
Make sure you look up any words if you are unsure about their meaning.
Once you have read the chapter:
- Carefully re-read the description of the island Michael is living on (pg 53).
Write the long date Tuesday 2nd February 2021
Write the learning objective Can I draw and label a setting using description from the text?
Draw the island from the description which is given on page 53 and label the map with as much detail as you can.
- Answer the questions about Chapter 4. They are in the document attached to the blog called ‘Chapter 4 questions’.
Write the learning objective Can I answer questions about a text in full sentences?
Write your answers in full sentences, using correct spelling and punctuation. Take care with capital letters and make sure your handwriting is correctly joined.
Please share your work on Seesaw
Times tables
A times tables challenge has been set on Sumdog. This is to consolidate and practise your 3, 6 and 9 times tables.
Please practise your own tables target using Hit the button. If you are on ‘free’ tables, please practise a times table or division fact which you know you find tricky. If you are in school this week, you will be tested on your individual target on Thursday 4th February 2021 – if you are on ‘free’ tables, you will be tested on ÷11.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Counting
Count in 25’s from 50 to 400 and back again. Count in 25’s from 775 to 1050 and back again. Think about what you found tricky? Write the numbers down as you say them – what do you notice?
Please count in 9’s from 0 to 108 and back again – can you go any further? (if you get stuck, add 10 then subtract 1 from your last number if counting up, or subtract 10 then add 1 back on if counting down). Write the numbers down as you say them - do you notice any patterns?
Eg 9 18 27 27 + 10 = 37 – 1 = 36 45 etc
Maths
Use the link below – to play Daily 10.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
Click on play game. Choose level 3, Doubles/halves, Upto 250 Multiples of 10. Choose the time interval between each question eg 3 seconds, 5 seconds etc. You will need to write the answers down and check them at the end.
Remember make jottings to help yourself
Eg double 160 Partition into 100 and 60
Double 100 = 200 Double 60 = 120 200 + 120 = 320
Repeat this game a couple of times and see if you can calculate more quickly and accurately each time.
Today, we are going to practise our mental maths strategies and complete an arithmetic test.
Make sure you have everything you need before you start:
- A pencil and a ruler
- Your Home Learning book OR a printed copy of the arithmetic test (attached to the blog)
- A 20 minute timer
- The arithmetic answers (to check your answers afterwards. These are attached to the blog)
Please make sure that you make jottings / show your working out – this is important as it helps to find any errors (if you make them!). Try and complete the test independently and CHECK EACH OF YOUR ANSWERS CAREFULLY before you look at the answer sheet. Remember, it doesn’t matter if you get an answer wrong, the most important thing is to find your mistake.
Before you start, please watch the video on Seesaw which will explain a couple of strategies. This will be uploaded on Tuesday morning.
Good luck!
Please post your work on Seesaw so that I can see how you got on!
RE
Today we are starting our new RE topic, ‘Giving and receiving.’
Today’s work will help you to think about your own and other people’s experiences and feelings about giving and receiving. You should also develop your understanding of how giving and receiving affects your own behaviour and the behaviour of others.
Open the document called ‘Giving and receiving’ which is attached to the blog.
Read the story carefully. Look at the questions at the bottom of the story and think about the answers.
Listen to Jack Johnson’s The Sharing Song about giving, receiving and sharing with others, by clicking on the link below. It is always fun to share with everyone. Analyse the lyrics carefully, they are on the second page of the document attached to the blog.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvY0RKZZPuc
Please write out the lyrics of the song in your BEST handwriting, making sure you copy spellings correctly. Then, draw pictures on the same page which show the joys and demands of giving and receiving. (There are lots of ideas in the song and you should be able to think of some ideas of your own).
Write the long date Tuesday 2nd February 2021
Write the learning objective Can I show an understanding of the joys and demands of giving and receiving?
Write the title The Sharing Song and then copy the words carefully underneath.
Music
Please click on the link below for lesson 5
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/composing-a-body-percussion-piece-6nk38d
Mental Health Week
As this week is Children’s Mental Health Week, we are thinking each day about our feelings, emotions and moods.
Today, please:
- Complete the Well-being journal attached to the blog
- Have a go at the ‘5 4 3 2 1 Noticing’ activity on the second page of the journal
- Make an obstacle course for someone at home or ask them to make one for you. You could do this with a brother or sister if you wanted. Can you help each other to overcome the obstacles?
Sumdog challenges
You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:
- A maths times table challenge (based on the 3, 6 and 9 times tables)
- A maths challenge to practise subtracting 1’s, 10’s and 100’s from numbers within 1000 (a lot of you find this tricky)
- A spelling challenge based on this week’s homophone spellings
Please make sure you log on and have a go!
New challenges will start on Monday 8th February 2021
Well done for finishing today’s work. Have a lovely evening and stay safe.
Year 1 Home Learning Thursday 4th February 2021
Date: 1st Feb 2021 @ 11:25am
Hello Year 1. We are loving all the super learning you are posting to Seesaw.
Reading
Read every single day. Choose one of your reading books and talk about what happens in the story. Use these question starters.
Who did...? Where did...? When did...? What happened when...? Why did _______ happen?
Phonics
Visit Seesaw for your sounds learning today. We will be introducing the al sound (walk, chalk. ball).
Be ready with a pencil and paper before starting the video.
English
Today you are learning about what the characters say. Listen to the story again here. Use your story box to re-tell the story. Pretend to be one of the characters. Act out some of the story. What do you say? Who are you saying it to? On the sheet draw one of the characters and write in the speech bubbles. Remember to use a capital letter at the beginning of your writing in the speech bubble, finger spaces and to form your letters correctly.
Maths
Yesterday we learned how to count forwards and backwards within 50. Practise counting with our whack-a-mole game here. Choose starting numbers within 50 and practise both counting on and back.
Look back over our counting videos from this week and sing along.
Today we are investigating numbers to 50 and looking at different ways to represent them. Watch the video lesson on representing numbers to 50 and complete the worksheet attached below.
Computing
Not many of us completed our Dance Party lesson last week. It did get tricky but remember to stick at it, read the instructions carefully and have an explore of the game. Don't worry if you don't progress past challenge 5. You can remain on this challenge and try out different moves, backgrounds and characters.
If you have completed Dance party, can you create a dance of your own using the moves from Dance Party? Write or draw your instructions for somebody else to learn your dance. Turn up the music and boogie!
P.S.H.E
Today think about all the people who help you at home and in school. Who can you talk to? Draw all the people on the sheet.
Make the front cover of your special journal. Think of some positive words you could write in the speech bubbles. In the box draw a picture of anything that makes you smile.Make it look beautiful. Fasten the sheets from the other days together to complete your journal
Guided meditation. Click here.
Reception 2nd February Home Learning
Date: 1st Feb 2021 @ 10:39am
Tuesday 2nd February 2021
Yesterday’s sunshine really made me smile, I hope you got outside and had a lovely day J
This week we are celebrating 'Children's Mental Health Week'. There will be activities throughout the week to have a go at.
Today I have attached a pack of different activities relating to feelings and emotions, please feel free to have a look through them and choose a couple to have a go at throughout the week :)
Online Resources
- Phonics Play will help you to keep recapping all previous sounds the children have learnt since September. Resources, Phase 2, Speed Flash Trials.
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
The log in is Username: jan21
Password: home
You can also use this log in to play any of the phase 2 phonics games, try some of the Phase 3 games for our new digraph sounds. 😊
- . Oxford Owl eBooks Class login - sto1 Password – 1234
Library – Age 4-7 – Change the level to your child’s book band level and have a go at any of the e-books available to you.
- Topmarks have some good online maths games if you want to have a go at any of these.
Phonics –
Please revisit all our new digraph & trigraph sounds. 😊
ch, sh, th, ng, qu, ai, ee, oa, igh
Can I remember all my new sounds?
Can I think of a word for each sound?
Can I practise reading a word from each sound?
Today we are going to learn a new sound ‘oo’ – this digraph can make two different sounds. (See the seesaw video for an explanation)
We are going to focus on the ‘long oo’ sound today. Have a watch of Polly’s video to find out more.
Can I write the words and colour in all the pictures that have the ‘long oo’ sound? (See attached)
Handwriting - Have a go at the next page in your booklet, which is all about the letter Qq.
The Humpty Words of the week are - be, were, was, said
Can you find these words in your stories at home?
Can you think of a sentence for these words?
(Use paper or the whiteboard from your pack.)
Literacy –
This week we are reading ‘The Little Red Hen.’
There are lots of different versions to this story, have a listen to the story on Seesaw. You might want to listen to yesterday’s song again too J
Today we are going to have a look at some of the vocabulary in the story (see the activities attached)
Reading – Try to read for 10 minutes each day. 😊
See the reading question prompts attached to help your discussion about your stories.
Maths – Can I count in 5’s?
When we count in 5’s, we group items together into lots of different groups of 5.
Have a look around your house, can you group your items into groups of 5?
Today’s learning is all about 9 and 10.
Watch the White Rose Maths video and have a go at the activity attached below. (Session 2 – Representing and sorting 9 and 10)
Can I have a go at today’s sorting activity? (See attached - Remember to use your careful counting)
Topic Time
French –
The theme for our learning this week is la Fête de Chandeleur – The Feast of Candlemas on the 2nd February.
Have a look through the attached PowerPoint which describes French traditions on this feast day and an idea for a treat!
You will be able to say what kind of pancakes you like and don’t like by the end.
Here’s a song to listen to while you are waiting!
Can you catch some words you know?
We don’t need to understand all the words to begin to understand when we learn a new language!
Bon appétit! Bonne fête!
Reception Story Time
Today’s story is ‘Angry Arthur’ J
Year 1 Home Learning Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Date: 31st Jan 2021 @ 5:17pm
Hello Year 1 and welcome to your Wednesday Home Learning.
Your story boxes look great, we hope you enjoyed acting out the story. Well done on all your rolling, travelling and balancing yesterday. You are all super gymnasts!
Reading
Read every day. Talk about one of your reading books. Explain what you think about the story. Is there anything you would change about this story? Do you like this story? What do you like about it?
Remember, you can visit our eLibrary at Oxford Owl. We have hundreds of eBooks for all our readers.
Phonics
Today will be looking at the long OR / AW / AU sounds.
Watch the videos below and write all the words you find. Sort them into the different sound families. Create a word bank with all your words so far. Can you draw your own picture clues? Share your sounds learning to Seesaw.
Have a go at the spelling challenge set on Sumdog. Try and spell 5 words! You have a choice of or/aw words or Tricky words this week.
English
Sing the wolf's song today. Click Here
Today you are going to make a poster to find the wolf.
Watch another version of Little Red Riding Hood here.
Use your story box to retell the story to someone in your family.
Draw a picture of the wolf on the sheet.
How can you describe the wolf? Where was he last seen? Is there a reward for his capture?
Why do you want to capture the wolf? What should you do if you see the wolf?
Write sentences on your poster. You could stick it up in your house!
Maths
Watch the videos linked below to practise your counting and number facts to 10. Sing along. Can you write down some of the number sentences from the songs?
Today we are looking at tens and ones and place value. Watch the video here and complete the worksheet below.
French
The theme for our learning this week is la Fête de Chandeleur – the feast of Candlemas on the 2nd of February. Below is a powerpoint which describes French traditions on this feast day and an idea for a treat! You will be able to say what kind of pancakes you like and don’t like by the end.
Here’s a song to listen to while you are waiting! Can you catch some words you know? We don’t need to understand all the words to begin to understand when we learn a new language!
Bon appétit! Bonne fête
Music
We have really enjoyed our music learning so far this term.
Today we are exploring pulse and rhythm. Watch the video here and follow along.
P.S.H.E
Have a think and a talk about all the things you are good at. Draw three things on the sheet to make page 3 of your journal.
Rainbow Waterfall guided meditation. Click here.
Year 3 Home Learning Monday 1st February 2021
Date: 31st Jan 2021 @ 4:21pm
Good morning Year 3. I hope you had a nice weekend and enjoyed your learning on Fun Friday, it was nice to hear about your day on Seesaw – I know a lot of you spent a lot of time reading which is fantastic.
Well done for the work you have done so far, I have been very impressed with what I have seen on Seesaw.
If you are finding any your work tricky you can:
- Draw things to help you in Maths like base 10.
- Use things in your house to help with Maths like coins, counters, toys.
- Write out the times tables you need for an activity before starting it.
- Use books and the internet for ideas.
- Discuss your work with people at home when they are not busy.
- Contact the school for support.
Reminders
Please keep sending me your work on Seesaw – I am so proud of you for the work I have seen so far. Today I would like you to send me a photo of your writing and Geography.
The Sumdog challenges start on Monday – make sure you log on and have a go.
Remember to bring your home learning book into school if you are coming in on some days.
You can change your school reading books whenever you need to, just let the school office know beforehand so we can get some books ready for you to collect. Reading every day is key.
Things that made me smile over the weekend (you could write your own list too)
- I went for a run on Sunday morning and beat my record time woohoo – practice makes perfect J
- I spent a lot of time relaxing and recovering from a busy week – reading, listening to music, doing puzzles, etc.
- I spoke to Ms Hodson on the phone about what a great week we had at school – we were both feeling really happy. It is the children in school and at home that made us happy – you are all amazing.
Monday 1st February 2021
This week is Children’s Mental Health Week.
This year’s theme is Express Yourself. Expressing yourself is about finding ways to share feelings, thoughts, or ideas. This could be through art, music, writing and poetry, dance and drama, photography and film, and doing activities that make you feel good.
Each day you will be doing some activities related to Children’s Mental Health Week and hopefully it will help you to feel happy and positive.
Start your day with this music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W9YCSLKf-0&safe=active
Reading
Please read out loud to somebody for 20 minutes.
Tell somebody what has happened in your own words.
Spelling
Write the long date: Monday 1st February 2021
Write the title: Spelling Test
Write the numbers 1-11 down your page.
Ask somebody to read out your spellings twice, ask them to read out these sentences so you can choose which homophone to use for each question. You don’t need to write the sentence, just the word.
- Quiet. It was nice and quiet in the library.
- Quite. I was quite tired.
- Bare. The trees were bare in winter.
- Bear. A polar bear is white.
- Sun. The sun is shining brightly.
- Son. Her son is called Tom.
- New. I like to try new things.
- Knew. I always knew I wanted to be a teacher.
- Night. It was a dark and cold night.
- Knight. The knight fought the dragon.
The bonus question (a spelling from another week) is: television
If you get any wrong, practise a bit more and then try again.
Writing:
Long date: Monday 1st February 2021
Title – Can I use different sentence structures?
Please complete the writing activity on the PowerPoint attached.
You will need to download and then view slideshow with sound on as I have recorded the instructions over the top.
The writing has been broken down into stages so you can do a little bit at a time.
Please send me a photo of your writing on Seesaw.
Times tables
Write the short date: 01.02.21
Write the title: Times Tables Test
Write the numbers 1-11 down your page.
Ask somebody to call out your 8x tables in a mixed up order.
In school I always read the question out, count to five, read it out again and then count to three before moving on to the next question.
The bonus question is: 47 x 10.
If you get any wrong, practise a bit more and then try again.
Counting
Count out loud in 100s.
From 30 to 1030.
From 57 to 1057.
From 78 to 1078.
Sumdog
Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenges:
Spelling Challenge – tion – Monday 1st February – Sunday 7th February
Number Challenge – Addition and Subtraction – Monday 1st February – Sunday 7th February
Maths
Play on Hit the Button –
Click on number bonds, addition within 10.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Today you are going to be looking at adding and subtracting multiples of 100.
Watch the video, pause where you need to:
Complete the worksheet attached to this blog and then used the answer sheet to check.
REMEMBER - with subtraction, the highest number goes at the beginning.
Children’s Mental Health Week activities
- Complete today’s Wellbeing Journal – attached to this blog.
- Complete the Wiggle and Dance and breathing activity – attached to this blog.
Geography
Before you start, think about what you already know about the Amazon Rainforest – tell somebody at home if you can. Do you know which continent it is on? Which country it is in? Any rivers that flow through it? Any animals that live there? What the weather is like?
Watch the video about the Amazon Rainforest:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEsV5rqbVNQ
Write the date: Monday 1st February 2021
Write the title: Can I recognise key features of the rainforest?
Choose your 5 favourite facts from the video and draw a picture next to each one, you could pause the video and copy what you can see.
Please send me a photo of your Geography work on Seesaw – you know how much I love to learn about places around the world.
Year 6 Home Learning - Monday 1st February 2021
Date: 31st Jan 2021 @ 3:42pm
Monday 1st February 2021
Good morning Year 6. I hope you had a super relaxing weekend and are well rested to begin this week's learning. Our Fabulous Friday will continue this week meaning that you do not have to feel pressured into completing everything on the day that it is set: you can either spread it out into Friday or complete everything before Friday; it is your choice.
Here are the tasks for the day:
Children’s Mental Health Week – ‘Express Yourself’
This is a special week where you can take part in activities to explore different ways to express yourself and the creative ways you can share your thoughts, feelings and ideas. Each day’s activity will be under the heading PSHE.
PSHE
Set yourself a target just for today (finish all the work by a certain time / complete the extra Maths challenge / help around the house, etc) and when you complete it, think about how that makes you feel and reward yourself with something (TV, a good book, favourite game).
I have attached mindfulness sheets if you wish to colour them in during a quiet time at home.
At 9am there is an assembly hosted by Blue Peter’s Lindsey Russell and CBBC Presenter and Place2Be Champion Rhys Stephenson for you to watch which is available to all children, schools and families. The link for it can be found here, Children’s Mental Health Assembly.
Reading
Read for 30 minutes. Building up your reading stamina and speed will help for when you return.
Reading activity for today:
- Do you like the title of the story? Do you think it is appropriate for the plot? Think of 5 better titles.
English (split into three parts: Handwriting, Spellings and Writing)
Handwriting
The handwriting poems this week are based on puns and wordplay. Make sure you slow down each of your letters to make them form correctly. This week focus on having all your letters the same size (so each ‘a’ is the same as every other ‘a’)
Sunday in the Yarm Fard
The mat keowed
The mow cooed
The bog darked
The kigeon pooed
The squicken chaked
The surds bang
The kwuck dacked
The burch rells chang
And then, after all the dacking and changing
The chalking and the banging
The darking and the pooing
The keowing and the kooing
There was a mewtiful beaumont
Of queace and pie-ate.
Spellings
There is a spelling file attached at the bottom of this blog which covers the spellings for this week, -gue / -que
- All the spellings are on Sumdog (deadline is Friday for this so you can have your own spelling quiz at home).
Writing task
Monday 1st February 2021
Can I analyse the author’s description of a scene and write my own?
Read chapter 19 and chapter 20 and watch the video sent through Seesaw. I will be referring to the BBC website on personification so click the link here, Personification , to learn more about it.
I have attached a picture of the scene I refer to in the video at the bottom of this blog, English - describing a scene.
Maths – Calculating with Fractions Week
- Warm up your brain: Counting backwards in 25s.
725, 950, 1620, 700, 237
- Sumdog – two challenges (both with 200 answer targets):
- Mix of 2, 4, 8 times tables
- Multiply by powers of 10 and fractions (the more you practise with multiplying by fractions, the easier Thursday’s lesson will be)
- Main lesson. The objective for today is:
- Can I add mixed numbers together?
See the video sent on Seesaw which explains the activities for today’s Maths lesson and the main sheet is named, ‘Adding Mixed numbers with same denominator’
- Maths mixed numbers challenge – is the White Rose Maths. Watch this video Adding mixed numbers video as well which will give you extra information on how to solve mixed numbers with different denominators.
PE
Once again, I cannot stress enough how important it is to be active every day, whether you follow Joe Wicks, go for a walk, head out on your bike, scoot, hop, dance, just make sure you move.
For our PE learning, we still have it split into two: gymnastics and games.
- Warm up – let’s continue to up the warm up time with:
- 40 star jumps, 10 second rest
- 40 squats, 10 second rest
- 40 seconds running on the spot, 10 seconds rest
- Rest for a whole minute before repeating a second time
- For this week’s gymnastics, have a look at Ship Shape, which asks you to create different shapes (wide, curled and narrow).
- There are a few challenges on there, such as using small and larger body parts, creating a sequence on your own or with a partner.
- Can you add your shapes to the rolls from last week to create one final sequence? The video for Ship Shape is here, Video for Ship Shape.
Games:
- Click on the link here, Circuit - Feeling Flexible , with the video here, Video for Feeling Flexible
- Don’t forget to be warm for any PE activity you do. Copy the same as gymnastics if you are not warm already.
- Click on the link to see the 5 stations to follow. This type of training might get you a bit sweaty but not too much. The purpose of these exercises is to help you become flexible which help to prevent any future injuries. I actually do these every day, sometimes morning and night.
- Let me know how you get on through Seesaw.
Reception 1st February Home Learning
Date: 31st Jan 2021 @ 3:29pm
Monday 1st February 2021
We hope you have had a lovely weekend with your families.
Here is your learning for today.😊
Remember to do as much as you can with lots of little breaks in between jobs, if it gets too much, then just read, read, READ! 😊
This week we are celebrating 'Children's Mental Health Week' . There will be activities throughout the week to have a go at.
First of all, can you draw three things that you are good at?
What do you enjoy doing the most of all?
How do these things make you feel?
Online Resources
- Phonics Play will help you to keep recapping all previous sounds the children have learnt since September. Resources, Phase 2, Speed Flash Trials.
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
The log in is Username: jan21
Password: home
You can also use this log in to play any of the phase 2 phonics games, try some of the Phase 3 games for our new digraph sounds. 😊
- . Oxford Owl eBooks Class login - sto1 Password – 1234
Library – Age 4-7 – Change the level to your child’s book band level and have a go at any of the e-books available to you.
- Topmarks have some good online maths games if you want to have a go at any of these.
Phonics –
Please revisit all our new digraph & trigraph sounds. 😊
ch, sh, th, ng, qu, ai, ee, oa, igh
Can I remember all my new sounds?
Can I think of a word for each sound?
Can I read the words attached? (ai, ee, igh, oa words)
Can I sort the words into piles of the same sounds?
Encourage your child to use sound buttons to read the words.
Encourage your child to stretch out the words to hear the sounds needed to spell the words.
Please feel free to print these words and chop them up into flashcards.
(We will revisit these quite a lot, as with everything in Reception, it is all about revisiting and practising over and over again.)
Handwriting - Have a go at the next page in your booklet, which is all about the letter Pp.
The Humpty Words of the week are - be, were, was, said
Amazing to see some of you making humpty words with magnetic letters, writing outside with water, writing in chalk, writing on the back of wallpaper rolls. Keep it creative and fun. 😊
(Use paper or the whiteboard from your pack.)
Literacy –
This week we are reading ‘The Little Red Hen.’
There are lots of different versions to this story, have a listen to the story on Seesaw.
Can I join in and learn the ‘Little Red Hen’ song and have a go at drawing my own story map? (Click on the writing.)
Reading – Try to read for 10 minutes each day. 😊
See the reading question prompts attached to help your discussion about your stories.
Maths – Using the number cards in my pack,
Can I count out different objects to match the amounts? (From 1 to 20 – see the examples on the maths activity.)
Can I count backwards out loud from 10 to 0?, then 20 to 0?
Today’s learning is all about Measuring Time.
Watch the White Rose Maths video and have a go at the activity attached below. (Measuring time – The fifth video)
For today's activity you will need a 1-minute timer. (See activity attached.)
Topic Time
RE – Our new topic is ‘GATHERING’
Talk about the activities that are better done together. (Eating tea together, going for a walk together, people coming to a party together, playing with our friends, going to church together, celebrating Christmas and birthdays.)
What sort of things do we do together?
What makes it better?
Choose one or two of the activities below to have a go at.
- Make a chart of all the things that you have done together as a family for the last week or so and talk about the activities that are better done together. What makes them better?
- Look through family photos of family gatherings. Talk about the times you shared and how you all felt and what you did.
- Make a card for your friend at school to tell them you are missing them and are looking forward to seeing them again soon.
PE – Have a go at the second lesson – Footwork Patterns 😊
Cosmic Kids Yoga – Handwashing
HOME LEARNING Monday 1st February 2021
Date: 31st Jan 2021 @ 1:42pm
Year 4
Home Learning Monday 1st February 2021
Good morning Year 4. I hope you had a fabulous Friday and a wonderful weekend. Welcome to another week of Home Learning - keep doing your best and trying to work as independently as you can. Remember to post your learning on Seesaw – I have been so impressed with the learning I have seen so far and have enjoyed seeing your videos and pictures too!
Reading
Please read out loud to someone at home for 20 minutes. Make sure you discuss what has happened in the chapter / story so far.
How would you describe this story or text? What genre is it (this means the type of story, for example, adventure, horror, mystery, fantasy, science fiction etc) and how do you know?
Spelling
These are your new spellings which will be tested on Monday 8th February 2021. They are all homophones. Homophones are words which sound the same but are spelt differently.
tide tied knight night break brake fought fort
waist waste guest guessed feet feat
Write the long date Monday 1st February 2021
Copy the homophones carefully into your book. Find out the meanings of any words you don’t know. Can you add any pictures or symbols to some of the words to help you remember what the different spellings mean?
English
Today, please read / listen to Chapter 3 of Kensuke’s Kingdom. A copy of the book is attached to the blog and a link to the audio is below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_PDiOvipfc&safe=active
Make sure you look up any words if you are unsure about their meaning.
- As you are reading, write down the date and names of places the family sailed to. See the document ‘Dates and places’ attached to the blog – print this out and complete it as you are reading or copy the table into your book. Extend your retrieval skills by adding some details about the sea conditions (was it stormy, gale force winds, no wind at all etc). The date and learning objective are on the ‘Dates and places’ document.
- After you have read the chapter, use an atlas to find the places in your table and label them on the map of the world (see page 2 of the ‘Dates and places’ document.) If you click on the link below it will take you to an interactive map of the world and you can zoom in on different areas / countries. Alternatively, you could use an atlas if you have one at home.
https://24timezones.com/worldmap#gref
- In your own words, write a paragraph to describe one of the incidents with Stella Artois. You can write about the first incident on February 7th OR the second incident on pages 42-44.
Write the long date Monday 8th February 2021
Write the learning objective Can I explain part of the text in my own words?
Please share your work on Seesaw
Times tables
A times tables challenge has been set on Sumdog. This is to consolidate and practise your 3, 6 and 9 times tables.
Please practise your own tables target using Hit the button. If you are on ‘free’ tables, please practise a times table or division fact which you know you find tricky. If you are in school this week, you will be tested on your individual target on Thursday 4th February 2021 – if you are on ‘free’ tables, you will be tested on ÷11.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Counting
Count in 25’s from 0 to 350 and back again. Count in 25’s from 500 to 775 and back again. Think about what you found tricky? Write the numbers down as you say them – what do you notice?
Please count in 12’s from 12 to 144 and back again – can you go any further? (if you get stuck, add 10 then 2 onto your last number if counting up, or subtract 10 then 2 if counting down). Write the numbers down as you say them - do you notice any patterns?
Eg 12 24 36 36 + 10 = 46 + 2 = 48 60 etc
Maths
Use the link below – to play Daily 10.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
Click on play game. Choose level 3, Doubles/halves, Upto 100. Choose the time interval between each question eg 3 seconds, 5 seconds etc. You will need to write the answers down and check them at the end.
Remember make jottings to help!
Eg double 57 Partition into 50 and 7
Double 50 = 100 Double 7 = 14 100 + 14 = 114
Repeat this game a couple of times and see if you can calculate more quickly and more accurately each time.
Today, we are going to learn what factors and factor pairs are.
Please open the maths worksheet called ‘Factor pairs’ attached to the blog.
Please click on the link below for the video.
Write the short date 01.02.21
Write the learning objective Can I show an understanding of factors and factor pairs?
Complete the worksheet and stick it in your book or write the answers directly into your Home Learning Book.
Check your answers in the document ‘Answers Factor pairs’. Look carefully at any questions you got wrong.
History
Write the long date Monday 1st February 2021
Write the learning objective Can I explain what the Romans believed?
Follow the link below to take you to “What did the Romans believe?”
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/what-did-the-romans-believe-60tp2r
Watch the video and answers the questions in full sentences in your book, when prompted.
You can find more information by clicking on the link below. Look on the left-hand side of the page and click on Roman Gods
http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/Romans.html
You should either:
- write down the names of some of the different gods and provide some information about them
OR
- choose two of the gods listed. Draw a picture of them and research them in more detail.
Please share your work on Seesaw.
Computing
Use the link below to log into code.org. Carry on where you left off.
https://studio.code.org/sections/LKRPFH
PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education)
This week is Children’s Mental Health Week - the theme is 'Express Yourself'.
Mental health is about our feelings, our thinking, our emotions, and our moods. Looking after our mental health is important. We have small feelings every day – they may be happy or sad, but they go away before too long. Sometimes we experience big feelings, these may feel strong or overwhelming for a longer time.
Each day you will be asked to write a ‘Well-being journal’ which will be attached to the blog. In addition, there will be 2 other activities to have a go at.
Today, please:
- Complete the Well-being journal attached to the blog
- Have a go at the ‘rectangular breathing’ activity on the second page of the journal
- Choose one of the mindfulness activities on the third page of the journal to have a go at
Sumdog challenges
You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:
- A maths times table challenge (based on the 3, 6 and 9 times tables)
- A maths challenge to practise subtracting 1’s, 10’s and 100’s from numbers within 1000 (a lot of you find this tricky)
- A spelling challenge based on this week’s homophone spellings
Please make sure you log on and have a go!
New challenges will start on Monday 8th February 2021
Year 2 Home Learning - 1st February 2021
Date: 31st Jan 2021 @ 10:01am
We hope you had a lovely, relaxing weekend.
This week we are celebrating ‘Children’s Mental Health week’. There will be activities daily, throughout the week so please take a look under the PSHE section at the end of the blog.
Why not give yourself a target to achieve by the end of the week? Maybe use lead-ins to every letter, have a go at a Maths challenge or do 60 minutes of physical activity every day. Let us know on Friday if you achieved your target.
Remember, some work will be set on Seesaw this week so please read this post carefully. This can be accessed by logging in and navigating to the family announcements section. We know home learning is very different to school but try your best to stick with it. Try to remain resilient and persevere with all the tasks set. Little and often is always the best policy.
Why not try a more relaxing start to your morning. 50 minute compilation of yoga adventures, mindfulness and guided relaxations - with themes around courage, thinking positive and staying peaceful. 🌈 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JI01thiHYI
Or you could carry on doing the Joe Wicks daily session 😊 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.
Joke of the day
Why did the teddy bear say no to dessert?
Because she was stuffed.
Reading
It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.
Write, or draw pictures, from anything you’ve read! Big writing and pictures are even more fun. For example, use an old roll of wallpaper to make a treasure map with clues from the stories you’ve read together.
Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.
If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’
Username: sto2
Password: 1234
Corner stones have released some free reading resources
Resources for questioning your child while they are reading
Maths
Counting and Times Tables
Counting in 2’s – Can you count forwards to 30? Challenge – Can you count backwards from 30?
2 Times Tables – Listen to this 2 times table song: 2 times table song
Play hit the button and select 2 times tables – hit the button
Play the Daily 10. Select multiplication and then select 2 times tables. Set the timer so you get quicker each time – Daily 10
Can you write out all your 2 times tables up to 12 in your home learning journal?
This week we will looking at statistics and data handling. From pictograms to line graphs, children learn a lot about collecting, organising and presenting data in primary school maths. This week we will look at how you can help your child get to grips with basic statistics at home. Data handling at primary school means gathering and recording information and then presenting it in a way that is meaningful to others. It is now referred to as ‘statistics’ under the 2014 curriculum.
In Year 2, children are shown pictograms, tally charts, block diagrams and tables.
For example, they might be shown this pictogram which shows the favourite fruits of a group of children:
They might be shown a tally chart like the following, used to record the favourite parts of Christmas:
This block diagram or graph shows what kinds of vehicles were seen on a road by one child in the course of half an hour:
They may be shown a table like the following which shows the favourite sports of 50 children across a year group:
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SPORT |
PREFERENCES |
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Football |
20 |
|
Rugby |
7 |
|
Cricket |
10 |
|
Golf |
5 |
|
Hockey |
8 |
Can I use a tally chart?
Today’s maths lesson can be found on Seesaw. Please watch the video carefully pausing to attempt certain tasks when prompted by the teacher.
Worksheet – Go on a shape hunt around your house and see what different shapes you can find. Make a note of this in a tally chart.
Once you have completed this, have a go at the answering the following questions.
How many different shapes did you try to find?
How many objects did you find altogether?
Which is the most popular shape?
Which is the least popular shape?
Optional activities – Help the RSPB keep track of what birds are around during Big Schools' Birdwatch with the attached survey sheet. Go for a walk in your local area or look around your garden. How many birds can you spot? Make a tally chart on the survey sheet.
Tally chart game - https://www.softschools.com/math/data_analysis/tally_chart/
Sumdog
Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class.
Log in at www.sumdog.com
Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.
Sumdog challenges
Multiplication – x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables
Maths – Statistics
Spellings – adjectives with the suffix -er and -est
English
Please see the attached English lesson for more details.
Phonics and Spelling
Phonics play have made their website free to use throughout January. Login -> select the resources tab -> select phase 6 phonics and have a play!
You may log in with the following details:
username: jan21
password: home
This week we will be looking at adjectives with the suffix -er and -est.
Adding -er/-est
We make the comparative or superlative forms of short adjectives by adding -er or -est, for example: hard, harder, hardest
Spelling Rule
Just add -er or -est to the end of the adjective, for example:
- quick, quicker, quickest
- great, greater, greatest
- full, fuller, fullest
Exceptions
(note: C=consonant; V=vowel)
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If adj. ends in |
do this |
and add |
Examples |
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C + y |
change y to i |
er |
happy |
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C + e |
remove e |
late |
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C + V + C |
double last letter |
hot |
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Note: adjectives ending in -l are regular, except: |
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Please view today’s PowerPoint presentation and complete the comparative adjectives worksheet attached to this post.
Science
Resources
Watercolour paint or thinned poster paint
Paint brushes
Pieces of card
Wax crayons
Variation of experiment
Tinfoil
Vaseline
Cast you minds back to lesson 3 and the effect of rubbing wax on a piece of paper.
Can you make a list of reasons why some materials need to be waterproof?
We now know that wax is waterproof and so it doesn't absorb water. When the paint touches the wax, it rolls off and gets absorbed by the surrounding paper. So the lines of your painting will be waxy with no paint, because the paint can't be absorbed there.
Practise on a scrap of card or paper to explore the resisting and absorbing qualities of the wax crayon and paint. You will need to draw lines with the wax crayon and then paint over and around those lines, watching the paint being absorbed into the paper but not where the crayon lines are.
Then give use a larger sheet of card or paper to do your design. There are many variations of wax resist painting, some more complex than others.
Useful website - Create an Easy Watercolor Wax Resist Painting (craftsy.com)
Another variation of this experiment
Have a go at resist printing by spreading a layer of Vaseline onto a sheet of tin foil (as if to make an ink pad), carefully pressing a small object (leaf, for example) into the Vaseline and then printing it onto the paper. The Vaseline on the paper should act like wax when paint is applied. This is more advanced than the printing with paint because it requires care when applying both the Vaseline to the object, and then the paint around the Vaseline.
PSHE – ‘Children’s Mental Health Week’
Please find attached documents each day all about promoting children’s mental health and wellbeing.
Today’s activity includes looking through the Assembly powerpoint introducing the week. Then start your Wellbeing journal and have a go at the colouring sheet.
We hope you have a fantastic week of home learning,
Year 2 team.
Year 1 Home Learning Tuesday 2nd February 2021
Date: 29th Jan 2021 @ 11:28am
Good morning Year 1 and welcome to your Tuesday learning.
We loved seeing your pictures of the characters from Little Red Riding Hood and listening to you reading all your brilliant words. We were impressed with your Science investigations and your amazing ideas.
Reading
Continue to read for at least 10 minutes everyday. Little and often is the key. Remember, you can request new books at the school office at any time.
You can also post a short video of your child reading. We'd love to hear some stories and give some feedback and support.
Phonics
Visit Seesaw for your Phonics lesson today
English
Start the day with a song from Little Red Riding Hood I Love Red song
Today you are going to make a story box. Look at the sheet to get some ideas. You will need to think about the characters, the setting of the story. Where does it take place? Who are the main characters? Use paper and card to make your characters, decorate the inside of your box and then use the characters to tell the story.
Upload photos to Seesaw.
Maths
Sing along with the counting videos below. Can you sing without the music?
Play a game of Whack a Mole here, Practise counting forwards and backwards
Today we wil be exploring numbers to 50 and counting forward and back. Watch the Counting forwards and backwards within 50 video and complete the worksheet attached.
We have opened a new Number and Place Value challenge on Sumdog. Only 100 questions this week!
R.E.
Think about the special meals you talked about yesterday. Today you are going to make a place mat which you can use when you have a special meal. Decorate your place mat with words and pictures. Some of the words you could include are share, family, love. together, special, meal, care. Can you think of any more?
P.E.
Today we are learning some rolling movements and exploring linking rolls and balances. Watch the video and follow along. Remember to give yourself lots of room to do your gymnastics and be safe, using controlled movements.
P.S.H.E
Day 2 of your journal.Think about all the ways you can keep active. On the sheet draw three ways you keep active at home.
Year 6 Home Learning - Friday 29th January 2021
Date: 28th Jan 2021 @ 4:07pm
It’s Fabulous Friday!
Good morning Year 6. I hope you have had a great week so far.
Fridays are now a lighter day with limited screen time to give you and your families the chance to catch up and switch off!
Today you just need to:
Read a minimum of 30 minutes.
- This could be great opportunity to finish that book you love or begin a new exciting story
Complete the number activity – Speed Shooting
- Speed Shooting – in this game you need another player
- Turn your hands into ‘shooters’ and holster them (we have played this in class before)
- Your partner gives you times tables questions (you pick the tables and they pick the questions)
- How many can you answer in 30 seconds / 1 minute?
- ‘Shoot them’ with the answer (can you beat your score?)
- Challenge – Shout Out – where each person asks one question alternatively
Finish anything off that you want to upload to Seesaw for me to see (like the spellings quiz).
The rest of the day is yours, you’ve earned it!
Do not forget to see my Friday Catch Up video.
Have a super weekend!
HOME LEARNING Friday 29th January 2021
Date: 28th Jan 2021 @ 3:29pm
Year 4
Fabulous Friday 29th January 2021
It’s fabulous Friday!
Fridays are now a lighter day with limited screen time to give you and your families the chance to catch up and switch off!
Today you just need to :
- Read
Snuggle up in your favourite place and enjoying reading for pleasure
- Complete the number activity, Nice and Nasty (see attached document)
- Finish anything off that you want to upload to Seesaw for me to see
The rest of the day is yours, you’ve earned it!
Have a fabulous Friday and wonderful weekend.
Reception 29th January Home Learning
Date: 28th Jan 2021 @ 3:23pm
It’s Fabulous Friday!
Fridays are now a lighter day with limited screen time to give you and your family the chance to catch up and switch off!
Today you just need to :
· Make a comfy space and read a lovely story to your grown up or sibling.
· Practise your doubles and counting in 2s.
· Finish anything off that you want to from the week and upload to Seesaw :)
The rest of the day is yours, you’ve earned it!
You have all worked so incredibly hard over the past few weeks. We are so impressed with the amount of work you are completing each day, it makes us smile seeing all of your learning. Well done Reception!
We hope you all have a lovely weekend and feel refreshed for another super week of trying your best :)
Year 3 Home Learning 29th January 2021- Fun Friday
Date: 28th Jan 2021 @ 2:34pm
Good morning Year 3. I hope you had a nice day, the children in school really enjoyed writing similes. Here are my favourite examples:
Mother’s bouffant danced around her head like a jaguar running around in circles after eating the world’s hottest chilli, the Carolina Reaper.
The postal districts were packed below her like an unsolved Rubik Cube.
I hope you have a wonderful weekend with your families and find lots of reasons to smile. I am looking forward to getting a curry on Friday, with lots of chillies mmm. Ms Hodson is excited to bake some cookies.
Friday 29th January 2021
It’s Fabulous Friday!
Fridays are now a lighter day with limited screen time to give you and your families the chance to catch up and switch off!
Today you just need to:
- Read
Please read out loud to somebody for 20 minutes.
Try to use lots of expression and different voices for the different characters.
- Complete the number activity.
There is a video on Seesaw.
- Listen to the 8x tables rap.
Do silly dances and call out the numbers in silly voices.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SwaOvWD-PY
- Finish anything off that you want to upload to Seesaw for me to see.
The rest of the day is yours, you’ve earned it!
Why don’t you put on something that makes you feel happy? A bright top, your comfiest jumper, something fancy, or whatever makes you happy.
Fabulous Friday - 29th January 2021
Date: 28th Jan 2021 @ 11:39am
It’s Fabulous Friday!
Fridays are now a lighter day with limited screen time to give you and your families the chance to catch up and switch off!
Today you just need to:
• Read
• Complete the number activity
• Finish anything off that you want to upload to Seesaw for your teacher to see
The rest of the day is yours, you’ve earned it!
Well done for completing another week of home learning. Time is flying by! You have all been so amazing over the past 5 weeks and we couldn’t wish for a more enthusiastic group of children with supportive parents. You are all doing an incredible job and we are extremely proud of you.
We will post our ‘Friday catch up’ on Seesaw after school, where we discuss all of your amazing achievements throughout the week.
Riddle of the day
Thursday’s riddle answer - There are 18 letters in ‘the English alphabet’.
The = 3, English = 7, alphabet = 8. 3 + 7 + 8 = 18 😊
Reading
It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.
Write, or draw pictures, from anything you’ve read! Big writing and pictures are even more fun. For example, use an old roll of wallpaper to make a treasure map with clues from the stories you’ve read together.
Maths game
Multiplication Bingo
Need:
12 sided dice – please see link to online 12 sided dice – 12 sided dice
Bingo sheets
Pencils
• Each child has a different bingo sheet with answers to the multiplication table being practised on (2, 5 or 10.
• The dice is rolled and whoever has the answer to the number on the dice multiplied by the table being practised can cross it off their bingo sheet.
For example:
- Multiplication table is 2.
- Number rolled is 6.
- Any child with the number 12 on their sheet can cross it off.
We hope you all have a relaxing and restful weekend.
Year 2 team.