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Year 6 Home Learning - Thursday 4th February 2021

Date: 3rd Feb 2021 @ 3:21pm

Thursday 4^th February 2021

 

Good morning Year 6. I would like to say a huge thank you to all of you (children and parents) for your continued effort with all the work that has been set over the past few weeks. Seeing all the super work on Seesaw has been brilliant. I can tell that you have all put so much effort in. Once again, if there is anything learning related that you are either not sure about or want clarification on, please do not hesitate to contact me – we are all in this together.  

Today is Thursday, meaning it is the last day that I will post any videos or work (apart from reading, of course) as tomorrow is Fabulous Friday. Therefore you can either spread the work over today and tomorrow or complete it for today and give yourselves a well-deserved rest for the weekend.

Here are today’s tasks:

 

PSHE

As part of our Children’s Mental Health Week, I have attached Mindfulness Meditation for Children which is a video helping you learn to relax, focus on breathing and be in the moment, especially if you take it seriously. Meditation is a super way to start the day so give it a go. 

 

Reading

Read for 30 minutes. Keep building up that speed and stamina.

Reading activity for today:

• How does the character change throughout the story? Explain your answer.

 

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’).

At the End of School Assembly

Miss Sparrow’s lot flew out,

Mrs Steed’s lot galloped out,

Mr Bull’s lot got herded out,

Mrs Bumble’s lot buzzed off.

Miss Rose’s class … rose,

Mr Beetle’s class … beetled off,

Miss Storm’s class thundered out,

Mrs Frisby’s class whirled across the hall.

Mr Train’s lot made tracks,

Miss Ferry’s lot sailed off,

Mr Roller’s lot got their skates on,

Mrs Street’s lot got stuck halfway across.

 

Spellings

The spellings for this week, -gue / -que words

• Create a poem using some/most/all of the spellings using any technique you wish - acrostic is usually the easiest (last week’s mini poems were brilliant).

l – let the grotesque tongue argue with the guest

e – even though its queueing for a request

a – and when the dialogue becomes unique

g – go and guess a different technique

u – under the antique cheque we sequence

e – ends the league with only one consequence

 

Writing task

Can I use the text to answer reading questions?

 

Read chapter 22 for enjoyment first before completing the task.

 

There is an attachment, Chapter 22 Reading Task, which has 8 questions to answer. There is no answer sheet but please send it to me through Seesaw and I will mark it for you.

 

The 8 questions are divided into two sections: retrieval and inference

Retrieval       is where you simply find the information in the text and write the answer word for word.

Inference      is where you use evidence to come to a conclusion (what you think it means).

E.g. the main character bows their head, has wet cheeks and red eyes = they are upset.

Or if the character in a book is packing a suitcase with swimming trunks, maps and sun cream = going on holiday.

 

Maths – Fractions Week

1. Warm up your brain: Counting back in 90s from:

125, 750, 1420, 500, 335

2. Main lesson. The objective for today is:
   1. Can I multiply fractions by integers (whole numbers)?

Here is the link for today’s White Rose Maths video, Multiply fractions by integers (whole numbers).

Multiplying fractions by whole numbers is shown with pictures and bar models (which you know I love) so please listen carefully and work through the questions in the video. At the bottom of this blog are the Multiplying Fractions by Integers questions and answer sheets.

3. Arithmetic quiz (1 - 18 questions). Attached at the bottom is a picture of the questions and answers but for this week, I have sent an Arithmetic video of me explaining some of the strategies to help.

 

History

Can I read numbers using the Maya symbols for 0, 1 and 5 and solve problems?

From previous lessons, we have found out that the Mayans also created their own number system. It is a bit like our ‘base 10’, but they have ‘base 20’. I have attached a PowerPoint, Maya Number System, for you to work through and a video of myself explaining each slide.

There is a Maya Number System sheet to complete which is attached at the bottom of this blog. Just as I have mentioned in the video, you decide which challenge you would like to complete.

 

Art

1. As part of Children’s Mental Health Week, today’s art is to Draw Your Feelings which you can do by following the link.
2. Following this, why not try creating some ‘feelings artwork’ by following these steps:

• Just listen to some music - my all-time favourite is Pachelbel's Canon (Cello and Piano version) but you can choose anything - with your eyes closed the whole way through.
  • Focus on how you feel during it
• Keep your eyes closed for the 2^nd time listening and with your pencil/colour/whatever medium you wish, draw how the music makes you feel
  • (You can draw for however long you like)
• Finally open your eyes and see the brilliant ‘feelings artwork’ you have created.

 

Sumdog – Three challenges:

 

1. Mix of 2, 4, 8 times tables                                    (200 target by Sunday)
2. Multiply by powers of 10 and fractions            (200 target by Sunday)
3. Spellings gue and que                                           (45 target by Friday)

 

 

Well done, tomorrow is Friday. We are nearly there!

 

Year 3 Home Learning Thursday 4th February 2021

Date: 3rd Feb 2021 @ 2:17pm

Good morning Year 3. I hope you had a happy Wednesday and are looking forward to a fun day ahead. I think you will enjoy the writing activity today.

 

PLEASE NOTE: I have left some yellow dictionaries at the school office. These are the same dictionaries that we use in school. You can show the people at home how we use them, and then you can use them to make sure that your spellings are perfect in your writing, just like we do in class.

 

Thursday 4^th 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 – Get back Up Again:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFuFm0m2wj0&safe=active

 

Reading

Please read out loud to somebody for 20 minutes.

Choose 3 words which you do not know the meaning of. Try to figure out their meaning from the sentence they are in. Use a dictionary to check.

 

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: Thursday 4^th February 2021

Write the title: Letter Jumble

Try to unjumble these letters to find your spelling words. Remember, they all end in –tion.

1. attnsio
2. rtnoacfi
3. euncdaoti
4. jniinecto
5. iimepcoottn
6. pacntio
7. noitcif
8. nntaio
9. anioct
10. tmnooi

 

Here are the answers:

1. station
2. fraction
3. education
4. injection
5. competition
6. caption
7. fiction
8. nation
9. action
10. motion

 

Writing:

Read pages 246 to 252 of Mr Stink.

Please collect a yellow dictionary from school when you can to use in your writing.

 

Long date: Thursday 4^th February 2021

Title – Can I choose words to use in a policy?

On page 248, Chloe’s mother said she could stand at the next election but would have to change her policies. I would like you to write her new policies for her.

You might want to include things about: homeless, education, health, NHS, jobs, environment, and anything else you can think that would make the world a better place.

Try to use some of the words we found in Mrs Crumb’s old policy – banned, outlawed, deported, introduced, discontinued.

I have attached her old terrible policies to the blog in case you want to have another look. They are on the same PowerPoint as today’s pages.

Here is how I would like you to set out your policy:

VOTE FOR ...

If you vote for me, I will make the world a better and safer place for everybody. Here is a list of my policies:

1. Homeless people to be given shelter, food and water.
2. Plastic wrappers to be discontinued in all supermarkets.

 

Remember:

Perfect spelling

A capital letter at the beginning of each policy and a full stop at the end

Beautiful handwriting

 

To make it even better:

Add extra information to some of your policies using brackets, like this:

2. Plastic wrappers to be discontinued in all supermarkets (plastic is destroying our oceans).

 

Please send me a photo of your policies on Seesaw, I will be looking out for beautifully presented work.

 

Times tables

Play on Hit the Button.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Click on Division Facts and then ÷4.

If you find it tricky, write out your 4x tables before you start and use them to help.

 

Sumdog

Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenges:

Spelling Challenge – tion – Monday 1^st February – Sunday 7^th February

Number Challenge – Addition and Subtraction – Monday 1^st February – Sunday 7^th February

 

 

Counting

Count out loud in 4s:

From 0 to 48.

From 48 to 0.

 

Maths

Today you are going to be practising adding by bridging ten. There is a video on Seesaw which will explain this and show how you can draw an empty number line to complete the questions. We have done this in class before, so it should just be a reminder.

Write the short date – 04.02.21

Write the title – Can I bridge ten to add?

Copy and complete the questions attached to the blog.

The answers are on the same sheet, below the questions.

For an extra challenge if you want to:

Make up your own addition sums and show me how you could use bridging ten to answer them, you could use higher numbers. If you choose to do this, you could send me a video or photo on Seesaw – pretend you are the teacher J

 

Children’s Mental Health Week activities

• Complete today’s Wellbeing Journal – attached to this blog.
• Complete Our Friends – attached to this blog.
• Listen to and take part in the breathing activity which is on Seesaw.

 

PE

Watch this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj4ytgX77bM&safe=active

Complete the activity attached to this blog – Healthy Hearts

 

 

French

The theme for our learning this week is la Fête de Chandeleur – the feast of Candelmas on the 2^nd February. Attached is a PowerPoint which describes French traditions on this feast day and an idea for a treat!

Download the PowerPoint and read and listen.

Now write today’s date in your book – 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!

 

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.  

Don’t forget to go on Sumdog. 21 of you have been on the spelling challenge, one of you has already completed it, wow. 20 of you have been on the number challenge and 7 of you have already completed it. Well done.

Don’t forget to collect a yellow dictionary from the school office when you can.

 

 

Have a happy day J I am so proud of each and every one of you! Please send me a photo of your writing on Seesaw. I will be looking out for beautifully presented work.  

Year 1 Home Learning Monday 8th February 2021

Date: 3rd Feb 2021 @ 11:14am

Good morning Year 1 and welcome to a new week of learning. We loved seeing what you all wore to express yourselves on Friday. There were some very imaginative outfits! We are already looking forward to performing our special dance on Fabulous Friday.

Reading

Read every day. You can ask for new books by ringing the office anytime. You can also re-read your books. For your challenge today after you have read your book have a look for any words you can find which have  our recent phonic sounds in them. You could also spot Tricky Words.

Phonics

This week we will be learning our ow and ou words. Watch the videos below and write anywords that you spot.

Once you have watched the videos, visit Seesaw for today's sounds learning.

Your spelling list has been added to Sumdog. We have added 15 words containing the ow/ou sounds. You have to spell each word 3 times to complete the challenge! Good Luck!

English

This week we are continuing to learn through the story of Little Red Riding Hood.

Stay on the path song. Click here.

Listen to the story again here.Click here.

The wolf had a very rumbly, grumbly tummy as he was so hungry. Talk about what the wolf might like to eat.Talk about your favourite food. Today you are going to plan a menu. The menu could be for yourself or for the wolf. Include a starter, main course and a pudding. Draw your food on the sheet and label it. Remember to form your letters correctly and listen for the sounds when you are writing words.

Maths

Practise your counting everyday! We start every lesson by counting in lots of different ways. At home you can watch the videos below and join in or you can play a game of counting tennis. Start at a number and take turns with saying the next one in the sequence. Practise counting in 2s. 5s and 10s.

Today In our maths learning we are continuing to look at numbers to 50 and our tens and ones. We will be looking at one more and one less and ten more and ten less. Watch the video on one more and one less here and Part 2 here. Complete the worksheet attached.

We have also started a new maths challenge on Sumdog. This week we are looking at place value to 100!

Well done to everyone who completed last week's challenge. Amazing effort!

R.E

Today we are talking about all the things that happen when we go to Mass. Read Gary's story. Talk about the pictures at the bottom of the story and answer the questions.

On the sheet draw a story board to include some of the things that happen during Mass.

The welcome, listening to stories about Jesus, receiving Holy Communion or a blessing and taking Jesus’ love to everyone.

Science- Basket challenge

Today we are going to explore materials and their properties and suitability. We will be exploring what materials are best for making a basket for Red Riding Hood. Design your own basket on the worksheet below.

Have a go at completing the Mystery Material challenge too. It might help you when designing your basket!

Reception 4th February Home Learning

Date: 3rd Feb 2021 @ 11:13am

Thursday 4^th February 2021

Good morning Reception.

 We have been blown away by all  of your work this week so far. It is wonderful to see so many of you keeping your learning practical and fun! 

 

This week,  we are celebrating 'Children's Mental Health Week.' There will be activities throughout the week to have a go at.

Today, have a watch of this video.

It’s Ok (Please just say)

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Literacy

 

• 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. 

Reminders – Please contact the school office if you would like to change your reading book.

Oxford Owl eBooks Class login - sto1 Password – 1234

 

 

• Phonics – Please recap all of the sounds we have learnt so far and the new digraphs & trigraphs. (It is important for Reception to consolidate their sound recognition for all of the sounds.)

Our new sounds - ch, sh, th, ng, qu, ai, ee, oa, igh, oo

I have attached some different ideas to make it more practical and keep it interesting for you. (You can use these more than once.)

Please see Seesaw for today’s phonics writing activity. 

 

• Handwriting – Join in the 'Crocodile Snap Song' to help strengthen your fine motor skills, this will help with the correct pencil grip. 

 (See Seesaw for the video explaining the correct pencil grip.)

Have a go at the next page in your booklet, which is all about the letter 'Ss.' 

 

The Humpty Words of the week are - be, were, was, said

Can you have a mini spellings check?

See if you can write all your humpty words that we have been practising at home.

'the, to, no, I, go, into, you, he, we, she, all, they, my, her, are, me'

Don’t forget to spot these words in your reading books too!

 

• Acting Activity - This week we are reading ‘The Little Red Hen.’

Let’s warm up with our story & song - Join in with the story telling today as this will be your main activity. (It is important for your child to know the story inside out, to help with their writing next week.)

 Today, we are going to be story tellers –

Can I act out the full story of 'The little red hen' ?

Can I use actions to help me?

Can I change my voice for the different characters?

Can I use some of the new vocabulary we have been looking at this week?

If you feel confident enough to record this, it would be lovely to hear you all acting out the story at home.

 

 

Maths – 

• Counting Practice – Can I count back from 20 to 0 in 1’s? (Using my number line to point to the numbers as I count.)

Can I count in 5’s?

Can I count from 0 to 50 using my 5’s?

 

• Consolidation – In Reception we need to revisit and rehearse all number facts to secure understanding.

Can I revisit the number 1?

Can I use the picture to talk about the number 5?

(See the sheets attached.)

Can I complete and discuss the different shape patterns? (Try level 1 to begin with.) 

 

• Main Focus - Watch the White Rose Maths video and have a go at the activity attached. (Session 5 – numbers to 10 bingo.)

 

Topic Time

• KUW – Can I look at and talk about different types of bread? Can I make my own salt dough bread? (This is not for eating – see attached for instructions.)

 

• EAD – Can I make my own little red hen? (See the attached for ideas.)

 

 

Reception Story Time

Get yourself a comfy space, with your favourite toy and enjoy today’s story after working so hard all day. J

The story is ‘Owl Babies’ by Martin Waddell.

 

Have a great day of learning Reception, we miss you all A LOT!

Fabulous Friday 12th February 2021

Date: 3rd Feb 2021 @ 10:34am

Fabulous Friday 12^th February 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 – grab a drink and a biscuit/fruit and curl up with a good book.

Complete this number activity – What is My Number? Think of a number between 0-100. Someone asks questions to try and work out what the number is. Questions must have a yes or no answer. For example – Is your number odd? Is your number prime? Is it greater than 50? Try larger numbers.

Finish off - anything that you want to upload to Seesaw for me to see. I always thoroughly enjoy seeing the work you are proud of.

Pancake Day/Ash Wednesday/Lent - These important days are coming up next week, so I have included a Lent Calendar and some fun activities to do (completely optional).

The rest of the day is yours; you’ve earned it! 

Have a ‘Fabulous Friday’ and even more ‘Fabulous Half Term Holiday’.

Miss Gravili

Home Learning Thursday 11th February 2021

Date: 3rd Feb 2021 @ 10:33am

Year 5 Home Learning Thursday 11th February 2021

 

 

Good morning Year 5, I hope you are all well. Thank you so much for posting your fabulous work on Seesaw. I really enjoy reading it and can tell you are learning and working hard, so keep up the great effort. I have got a wonderful class and I really cannot wait until we are all back together again in school. Have a good day!

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 or one you have just finished. Imagine you are an agony aunt/uncle in a magazine (someone who gives advice and helps people with their problems). Write a short piece of advice to the character having problems in the story you are reading. Please do this in your Home Learning exercise book with today’s date.

Spelling

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

Today we will be learning about explanations and how to write an explanation text.

Instructions tell you how to do something. They instruct you!

Explanations tell you how something works. They explain how or why something happens (not to instruct, the purpose is different).

Look again but more closely at adverbs for cause and contrast on the Adverbs PowerPoint- slides 2 to 4 from yesterday (documents below).

1. Read ‘How Escalators Work’ (documents below). What type of text is it? – Explanation.

While reading this, notice adverbs for cohesion; there are more for cause and contrast than with the instructions.

2. Try to find the adverbs for cause and contrast in the text, underline them with a different coloured pencil or highlight them (see documents below for answers).

 

Adverbs - Cause: therefore, thus, consequently, as a result.

Adverbs – Contrast: however, meanwhile, nevertheless, instead, yet.

Next, read ‘How Alexa works’ (documents below). Your task for today is explained on this worksheet (blue bullet points).

The date and title are:

Thursday 11^th February

Can I use sentence structure, adverbs and commas to write sentences that are clear?

 

Maths

For your mental starter, I would like you to work on your Maths Sumdog challenges.

Please follow the link below to the White Rose Maths webpage and watch the lesson – Multiples of 10, 100 and 100. 

Print out the worksheet below and stick it into your exercise book or copy the answers into your book. 

The date and title are:

11.02.21   

Can I find multiples of 10, 100 and 1000?

https://vimeo.com/475824701

 

Problem Solving Extension (optional):

Focus:

Solve a problem by organising information.

Visualise 2-D shapes.

 

People in the crowd – Answers:

There is no precise answer, but pupils can

compare their estimates and discuss how

they arrived at them.

 

History

Click on the link below for your next lesson – Who was Fu Hao?

Read the information about Fu Hao’s Life. Using the facts and information you have learned, create a leaflet about Fu Hao’s life and the important things she did. Make your leaflet interesting, colourful and remember to illustrate it.

This is how to fold your paper to make a leaflet. Number 3 is the back of your leaflet so you can glue here and stick it into your exercise book.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z39j2hv/articles/zsr9gdm

The date and title are:

Thursday 11^th February 2021

Can I create a leaflet about Fu Hao’s Life?

Please post this on Seesaw for me to see.

Music

Click on this link for your Music lesson:

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/reviewing-your-learning-on-improvising-cgvk0r?step=3

There is also a worksheet to fill in about songs and how they make you feel – Music Worksheet (documents below). This can be trimmed down and stuck into your exercise book with today’s date.

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

Home Learning Wednesday 10th February 2021

Date: 3rd Feb 2021 @ 10:33am

Year 5 Home Learning Wednesday 10th February 2021

 

Good morning Year 5, I hope you are well. Your instruction writing was great yesterday, a big well done to you all. Remember to spend some time learning the dance that Mr Mears has put on our website (Gallery section). It would be lovely to see some of you dancing on Seesaw. I can imagine Year 5 are super cool dancers!! Don't forget to spend time on Sumdog, there are always challenges for you to do. The challenges at the moment will last for two weeks, so you could do a bit during half term if you want to. Stay positive and hardworking, you will have a week off soon.

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 or a fact book. Draw a spider diagram/mind map (example here) to show what you have learnt from your story or fact book. You can illustrate it with mini-pictures like the example. Please do this in your Home Learning exercise book with today’s date.

Spelling

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 have been learning about instructional writing.

What do you think good instructions are like? Think back to your card games on Monday. Can you identify key features that helped?

Briefly remind yourself about the features of instructions – Do you understand these terms: imperative verbs, adverbs, listing (numbered/bullet points), person and concepts of audience and purpose.

We can use a features list, like a checklist to evaluate instructions.

Today you will read and compare a range of instruction texts, thinking about structure & language and answer questions about this in your exercise book.

Today’s Work: ‘LeapPad Instructions’; ‘Aeroplane Instructions’ & ‘Thinking about Instruction Texts - Questions’ (documents below).

Read the LeapPad and Aeroplane Instructions then answer the questions in full sentences in your exercise book.

The date and title are:

Wednesday 10^th February 2021

Can I read and identify features of instructions, find information in a text and evaluate instructional texts?

Maths

For your mental starter play the game – Hit the Button. You can choose which skill you would like to work on today.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Please follow the link below to the White Rose Maths webpage and watch the lesson – Divide by 10, 100 and 100. 

Print out the worksheet below and stick it into your exercise book or copy the answers into your book. 

The date and title are:

10.02.21   

Can I divide by 10, 100 and 1000?

https://vimeo.com/475824080

Problem Solving Extension (optional):

Focus:

Solve mathematical problems or puzzles.

Count larger collections by grouping.

Give a sensible estimate.

 

Albert Square – Answers:

Science

Today in Science we will be learning that changes of state are reversible.

Click on the link below, read and follow the lesson as it progresses.

https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=54CF08BDFC25132B!24321&ithint=file%2cpptx&authkey=!AMc0EIbHa0qg7J0

Have a go at the investigation on slide 5 – Observe and describe changes of state by investigating melting chocolate.

Print out slide 7, fill it in and stick it into your exercise book or copy your work straight into your book.

Slide 10 shows a good example of a completed piece of work and slide 11 gives some more information when you want to review what happened in the investigation.

Enjoy a bit of left-over chocolate as a reward for being great scientists!

The date and title are:

Wednesday 10^th February 2021

Can I observe and describe changes of state?

Please post this on Seesaw for me to see.

French

Today we are going to finish writing our sentences about the planets, if you didn’t finish last week. (We ran out of time in school!) Then we're going to copy them out onto a triorama. You’ll soon see what one of those is.

First, let’s listen again to the planets song because you might be able to pinch an idea for a sentence from the song. Slow the playback speed down to 0.75 to help you hear the words more easily.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-G7trS2qCk&safe=active

You can always come back to this if you want when you are writing.

Now go back to last week’s French home learning PowerPoint (Blog Weds 3^rd February) and find the slide with the flowchart - Je décris les planètes.

Use this to finish if you haven’t yet written one sentence for each planet. Now look at the next slide and read those sentences. Can you add any extra detail to your writing using these ideas? Please don’t just copy but, for example, you could find out how many moons one of the planets has and add it to your writing using the model: Elle a …... lunes. Put the number as a word in the gap. (Elle here means it but planète is feminine so we use elle.)

Please now check your writing using the flowchart. Have you used the correct word order by following the arrows? Remember, colours and most adjectives go after nouns.  Now watch this video for how to make a triorama.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu80853TNw8&safe=active

You are going to redraft your writing now onto a triorama. Follow the lady’s instructions about where to put your picture (of the planets and colour the sky black) and your wonderful French writing. Then glue the flap underneath as she shows you and sit back and admire your work! If you’d like to drop your finished work off at school when you come to change your reading books, I’ll add it to the display after it has stayed in quarantine for 3 days. I’d love to see them!

Très bon travail et à bientôt!

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

Home Learning Tuesday 9th February 2021

Date: 3rd Feb 2021 @ 10:32am

Year 5 Home Learning Tuesday 9th February 2021

Good morning Year 5, you are all doing so well with your Home Learning. A big thank you to everyone who is helping you. Hopefully, you are in a good routine, staying positive and doing the best you can. How is the dance routine coming along? We have been learning it in school and enjoying the music and exercise. We have also played the card games from our English lesson. I think we might get the packs of cards out at wet play times in future. It is really good fun!

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, or one you have just read. Copy any sentence from your book and answer these questions: What tense is it written in? (past/present/future) How do you know? Is it written in 1^st or 3^rd person or is no one referred to at all? Does it contain any speech? What is the sentence about? Please do this in your Home Learning exercise book with today’s date.

Spelling

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

Read the instructions on Slide 1 of the PowerPoint – Instructions/Adverbs (documents below).

How do writers make the order of instructions clear, and make links between the steps? Answers - order of steps, numbers, bullets, arrows and time adverbs.

Recap adverbs for time using Slides 2 to 6 of the PowerPoint and think about other adverbs for cohesion.

Which adverbs may be most useful when reading and writing instructions? Answers - time/listing.

Read ‘Instructions for Boarding a Bus’ (documents below). New technology often brings about new rules or instructions to use.

Think about ways you could improve these instructions, adding adverbs, imperative verbs, numbers or bullet points.

Choose one of these worksheets (documents below):

HARD: ‘How to Use the Telephone’.

MEDIUM: ‘How to use an Escalator’.

EASY: ‘How to use an Escalator Safely’.

Using your worksheet, write clear, cohesive instructions.

Focus: Use the Instruction Features sheet from yesterday to help you (documents below).

The date and title are:

Tuesday 9^th February 2021

Can I write instructions, including adverbs?

I have posted an example to help you on Seesaw.

Please post this on Seesaw for me to see.

Maths

For your mental starter play the game – Hit the Button. Select divisions up to 12, mixed.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Please follow the link below to the White Rose Maths webpage and watch the lesson – Divide By 100. 

Print out the worksheet below and stick it into your exercise book or copy the answers into your book. 

The date and title are:

09.02.21   

Can I divide by 100?

https://vimeo.com/475823716

Problem Solving Extension (optional):

Focus:

Solve mathematical problems or puzzles.

Add several small numbers mentally.

Explain methods and reasoning.

Joins – Answers:

Using four numbers:

the highest score is 19 + 15 + 17 + 18 = 69,

the lowest score is 6 + 5 + 2 + 17 = 30.

Using five numbers:

the highest is 20 + 18 + 13 + 17 + 18 = 86,

the lowest is 6 + 18 + 2 + 5 + 6 = 37.

Using five numbers and diagonal joins:

the highest is 19 + 17 + 14 + 15 + 18 = 83,

the lowest is 13 + 6 + 20 + 2 + 6 = 47.

 

PE

Have a go at these PE activities. Follow the links to read the instruction cards and watch the video clips:

Games Skills – Climb the Ladder:

https://www.youthsporttrust.org/sites/default/files/Home%20PE%20Climb%20the%20Ladder.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDKKTWrIyUY&list=PLnwoPgo24bhmqV8Y76iXnwYw9T9AlxbqJ&index=6&t=0s

Health Related Exercises – Circuits 1-Feeling Flexible:

https://www.youthsporttrust.org/sites/default/files/Feeling%20Flexible.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7ymsKEgKtw&list=PLnwoPgo24bhmqV8Y76iXnwYw9T9AlxbqJ&index=36&t=0s

 Computing

Use the link below to log into code.org.

Please work through the lessons in order.

https://studio.code.org/sections/ZGVGHS

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

Home Learning Monday 8th February 2021

Date: 3rd Feb 2021 @ 10:32am

Year 5 Home Learning Monday 8^th 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 8^th 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?

https://vimeo.com/475398155

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 3^rd 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 3^rd 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 3^rd February 2021

Title – Can I infer a character’s thoughts and feelings?

1. Find and copy something that Chloe was looking forward to when she thought she was running away.

 

2. Find and copy a sentence that shows that Chloe realised she actually liked her bedroom.

 

3. 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 …

 

4. 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…

 

5. 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 1^st February – Sunday 7^th February

Number Challenge – Addition and Subtraction – Monday 1^st February – Sunday 7^th 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.

https://vimeo.com/459319169

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

1. Warm up your brain: Counting back in 9s from:

725, 950, 1620, 700, 237

2. 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.

Key French sounds

 

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.

Weather song

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:

 

1. Mix of 2, 4, 8 times tables                                    (200 target)
2. Multiply by powers of 10 and fractions            (200 target)
3. 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.

Corner Stones

Resources for questioning your child while they are reading.

VIPERS

 

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.

https://vimeo.com/504484570

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)

If adj. ends in	do this	and add	Examples
C + y	change y to i	er est	happy happier happiest
C + e	remove e		late later latest
C + V + C	double last letter		hot hotter hottest
Note: adjectives ending in -l are regular, except: cruel, crueller, cruellest

 

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 3^rd 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 8^th 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 3^rd 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 4^th 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

https://vimeo.com/492101020

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 2^nd 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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhXbrMPRYGk&list=PLnwoPgo24bhmqV8Y76iXnwYw9T9AlxbqJ&index=2&t=4s&safe=active

 

Gymnastics – Balance time

https://www.youthsporttrust.org/sites/default/files/Balance%20Time.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jscbqUkVpVo&list=PLnwoPgo24bhmqV8Y76iXnwYw9T9AlxbqJ&index=3&t=0s&safe=active

 

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 8^th 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 3^rd 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

1. 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. 😊

 

2. . 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. 

 

3. 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)

Ten black dots story. 

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 2^nd 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

1. Warm up your brain: Counting back in 15s from:

725, 950, 1620, 700, 237

2. Sumdog – two challenges (both with 200 answer targets):
   1. Mix of 2, 4, 8 times tables
   2. Multiply by powers of 10 and fractions (the more you practise with multiplying by fractions, the easier Thursday’s lesson will be)
3.  Main lesson. The objective for today is:
   1. 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

4. 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 2^nd 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 2^nd 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 2^nd 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 1^st February – Sunday 7^th February

Number Challenge – Addition and Subtraction – Monday 1^st February – Sunday 7^th 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:

1. Play indoor hide and seek.
2. Make decorations, create a playlist, and throw a family dance party.
3. 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

Corner Stones

Resources for questioning your child while they are reading

VIPERS

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.

https://vimeo.com/504483835

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)

If adj. ends in	do this	and add	Examples
C + y	change y to i	er est	happy happier happiest
C + e	remove e		late later latest
C + V + C	double last letter		hot hotter hottest
Note: adjectives ending in -l are regular, except: cruel, crueller, cruellest

 

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 2^nd 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 8^th 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 2^nd 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:

1. Carefully re-read the description of the island Michael is living on (pg 53).

Write the long date Tuesday 2^nd 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.

 

2. 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 4^th 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 2^nd 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 8^th 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

Sing a song. Click here.

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 2^nd 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

1. 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. 😊

 

2. . 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. 

 

3. 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 1^st 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 1^st 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.

 

1. Quiet. It was nice and quiet in the library.
2. Quite. I was quite tired.
3. Bare. The trees were bare in winter.
4. Bear. A polar bear is white.
5. Sun. The sun is shining brightly.
6. Son. Her son is called Tom.
7. New. I like to try new things.
8. Knew. I always knew I wanted to be a teacher.
9. Night. It was a dark and cold night.
10. 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 1^st 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 1^st February – Sunday 7^th February

Number Challenge – Addition and Subtraction – Monday 1^st February – Sunday 7^th 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:

https://vimeo.com/459318816

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 1^st 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 1^st 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 1^st 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

1. Warm up your brain: Counting backwards in 25s.

725, 950, 1620, 700, 237

2. Sumdog – two challenges (both with 200 answer targets):
   1. Mix of 2, 4, 8 times tables
   2. Multiply by powers of 10 and fractions (the more you practise with multiplying by fractions, the easier Thursday’s lesson will be)
3. Main lesson. The objective for today is:
   1. 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’

4. 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.