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HOME LEARNING Wednesday 13th January 2021
Date: 12th Jan 2021 @ 4:03pm
Year 4
Home Learning Wednesday 13th January 2021
Good morning Year 4. I hope you had a good day yesterday and managed to complete your Home Learning. Well done for working hard and a big thank you to everyone at home who is helping you in any way. We are all doing our best and trying to be positive at this tricky time. Hopefully, by working together, we can help keep ourselves and each other happy and safe.
Please complete today’s work as if you were in school, taking care with your handwriting, spellings, punctuation, vocabulary, and of course, your presentation. Remember to try and do the work on the day it is set as it usually follows on from the previous day. It is important that you continue to work hard recapping and practising previous learning, as well as learning new things.
If you need any reading books, please let us know and we will arrange for some books to be collected from the school office.
You should have received an email inviting you to join your child’s account on Seesaw – please check your junk mail if you have not received this. Through Seesaw, you will be able to upload work which has been completed at home and I will be able to give feedback. You will only see your child’s work and all feedback given will be private to your account. I am looking forward to seeing the super learning which has been completed at home.
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 describe your favourite part of the story so far? Why do you like this part - is it exciting? Does it make you feel especially happy? Can you see the scene in your mind and if so, what does it look like?
Spelling
This week’s spellings all end with ‘ture’ or ‘sure’. They will be tested on Thursday 14th January 2021. They are:
future nature creature feature
mixture picture adventure treasure
pleasure enclosure measure leisure
Practise the spellings by writing them in different coloured clouds. Try and remember the word and colour you wrote it in yesterday and keep it the same – then you may link the word leisure with blue, enclosure with yellow, picture with green etc. Write the date in your Home Learning Book (Wednesday 13th January 2021) and have a go.
English
Download the ‘Mission Possible’ booklet attached to the blog.
Soon you will be planning and writing your own spy story and you should already have some character names. Today we will be doing some work on settings and adjectives.
Scroll to pg 22
Read the first paragraph on page 22
Write the long date Wednesday 13th January 2021
Write the learning objective Can I collect some setting ideas?
Write a list of settings from stories you have read or films you have watched – remember, this is where the story takes place. If could be a town, city, country or specific place eg Preston, England, Paris, Spain, the Arctic etc. Or something more general eg in a hospital, in space or in a jungle.
Read the paragraph starting, “Mission Possible is set in London” …… and the information below this.
Write a subheading Normal everyday settings
Write a list of normal everyday settings underneath – some have been given to get you started.
Write a subheading Scary settings
Write a list of scary settings underneath – one has been given to get you started
Write a subheading Interesting / Unusual settings
Write a list of interesting / unusual setting – some have been given to get you started.
Scroll to pg 23
Read the page very carefully.
Remember an adjective is a word which describes a noun.
Write the long date Wednesday 13th January 2021
Write the learning objective Can I use adjectives to describe the Emperor’s mirror?
Draw a picture of what you think the mirror looks like.
Write a paragraph to describe the mirror and that could go in the story. Use the example given on page 23 to help you. Can you underline your adjectives (describing words)?
Please share your work on Seesaw so that I can give feedback and support.
Times tables
Practise your 3, 6 and 9 times tables on Sumdog.
Use the link below to go to ‘Hit the button’. Choose a times table or division fact you know you find tricky. Play ‘Hit the answer’ – see if you can get faster and add your results to your log. Play ‘Hit the question’ – see if you can get faster and add your results to your log.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
By the end of Year 4 you should know all your tables and division facts, therefore please keep practising!
Maths
Use the link below – play Hit the button, Doubles, Doubles to 50. If you get stuck, partition the number.
eg Double 47 Double 40 (80) then double 7 (14) and add the two together (80 + 14 = 94)
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Please open the maths worksheet called ‘Measure perimeter’ attached to the blog. You may print this off if you have a printer.
You will need some string or wool to complete today’s maths sheet. Listen carefully to the video as this will explain what to do.
EITHER click on the link below which will take you to White Rose maths and watch the lesson, Measure perimeter,
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/week-9-measurement-length-perimeter/
OR click on the link below for the video.
Write the short date 13.01.21
Write the learning objective Can I measure perimeter accurately?
Complete the worksheet as instructed (if you have printed it off) and stick it in your book or write the answers directly into your Home Learning Book.
Check your answers from yesterday, they are in the document ‘Answers Subtract lengths’ which is attached to the blog. Make sure you look carefully at any questions you got wrong.
Last Monday (4th January 2021), we started revising types of lines (parallel and perpendicular) and angles. To consolidate this, I have set a challenge on Sumdog. Please log on and have a go. We will return to this topic when we are all back in school so being confident with this now will be beneficial.
Reminder - right angles - 90°
- acute angles less than 90°
- obtuse angles more than 90° but less than 180°
PE
Watch the clips below and follow the instructions on the cards.
Dance – Move to the beat
https://www.youthsporttrust.org/sites/default/files/Move%20to%20the%20Beat.pdf
Games – Avoid the defenders
https://www.youthsporttrust.org/sites/default/files/Home%20PE%20Avoid%20the%20defenders.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciN7RoiB9Lc&safe=active
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 ‘types of lines and angles’ challenge
- A spelling challenge (for the words which will be tested on Thursday)
Please make sure you log on and have a go!
Well done for finishing today’s work. Have a lovely evening and stay safe.
Year 3 Home Learning 13th January 2021
Date: 12th Jan 2021 @ 3:17pm
Good morning Year 3. I hope you had a happy and smiley day.
Well done for all of the work you have been doing so far.
If you are finding any of it 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
Remember to keep all of your work in your exercise book so that we can celebrate it when we are all back together in school.
Remember you can change your reading books whenever you need to – just let the school office know.
You can now send me your work on Seesaw.
Things that made me smile yesterday (you could write your own list too)
- I had the loudest sing along in the car on the way to work. A song came on the radio that I really like singing to, it was called High by the Lighthouse Family. You should try putting it on next time you are in the car.
- I ate my lunch outside in the sunshine.
- 31 of you have started the suffix challenge on Sumdog.
- 28 of you have started the times tables challenge on Sumdog.
- 10 of you have started the division challenge on Sumdog.
- I loved seeing the work you have sent me on Seesaw. It makes me so happy to see how hard you are all working, I know it must be difficult for you working at home.
Wednesday 13th January 2021
Reading
Please read out loud to somebody for 20 minutes.
Tell them what a character is thinking and feeling.
Spelling
Here are your spellings for this week:
careful, playful, thankful, helpful, wonderful, useless, careless, homeless, hopeless, spotless
Write the long date: Wednesday 13th January 2021
Write the title: Suffixes ful and less
Copy and complete the table by adding the suffix ful or less. A suffix is added onto the end of a word.
The first two are done for you.
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play |
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wonder |
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Please send me a picture of your spelling work on Seesaw – I would love to see some beautiful handwriting and perfect spelling.
Writing:
Read through your news report. Check you haven’t missed any words, capital letters or full stops. It helps if you read it out loud.
Check you have used capital letters for places and names.
Use a dictionary or an online dictionary to check any spellings you think you need to check.
Write your news report out again, trying to make it even neater than yesterday and making sure there are no mistakes. Colour in the pictures you draw.
A writing sheet is attached to this blog.
If you are absolutely certain that your news report is already perfect, you can write a different news report about something else, you could make something up or write about some happy news in your house.
Remember to include:
Headline
By-line
Introduction
Quote
Photo
Caption
Times tables
Listen to this 3x tables song, sing along.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV0ZL2h8IRg&safe=active
Counting
Count out loud in 5s up to 100 and then back to 0.
Sumdog
Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenges:
- Division Challenge: 11th January – 17th January
- ×2 ×3 ×4 ×5 ×8 ×10 tables: 11th January – 17th January
- Suffix Challenge: 11th January – 17th January
Maths
Today you are going to practise dividing by 2. Remember the strategies we have looked at so far:
Using equipment
Grouping
Sharing
Using times tables
Please follow the link to watch the video, pause the video to complete the activities where you need to.
Please complete the sheet attached and then use the answer sheet to check your answers.
Optional Maths challenge
If you complete the work quickly and would like another challenge, there is a challenge sheet attached where you will practise your 2x tables and related facts.
Music
Click on the following link and complete the lesson:
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/exploring-different-ways-to-use-your-body-75k68t
RE
Last week in RE, when we were all in school, we started our new RE topic – Journeys.
We talked about how our life is a journey.
Today you are going to be thinking about the Christian family’s journey with Jesus through the Church’s year.
Look at the diagram of the Church’s year.
The year of the Church family is marked by special events and seasons. It is called the Liturgical Year. It begins with the first Sunday of Advent and ends with the feast of Christ the King.
Below are 4 special events which the Christian family celebrate throughout a Liturgical Year.
- Advent
- Christmas
- Lent
- Easter
I would like you to:
- Draw a picture representing your favourite part of the Liturgical Year and write a paragraph explaining why this is your favourite part of the Liturgical Year.
Year 2 Home Learning - 13th January 2021
Date: 12th Jan 2021 @ 3:16pm
Hello everyone!
We hope you all had a fantastic day of home learning yesterday. I know it can be hard at times but be resilient and keep going!
Keep fit and active and Try an Avengers workout - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC_V8hnU2PY
Complete a Just Dance routine. Can you get a better score than Mario?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39L-M5nhx6Y
Keep active with Joe Wicks every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9am
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.
Reminders
Please collect an exercise book from the school office to complete your work in, you will be able to bring these into school when we are all back together.
You can also collect reading books from the school office whenever you need to. Please let the office know beforehand so we can get them ready for you.
Sumdog – Well done to the 9 children who have had a go at the new Sumdog challenges this week. We would love to see everyone have a go at the challenges set this week. Sumdog can be a great way to consolidate learning and practise your spellings.
Reading
It is essential that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.
All reading matters. Shared reading is about ‘reading with’, not just ‘reading to’ (even for older children). So, ask lots of ‘Wh’ questions, such as Who? What? When? Where? Why? Try them when talking about books: for example, ‘what do you think Harry is feeling?’
Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.
If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’
Username: sto2
Password: 1234
Corner stones have released some free reading resources
Resources for questioning your child while they are reading
Maths
This week we are going to continue to focus on our topic – Money.
Today we are going to look at finding the total.
We have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet. The WhiteRose sheet is more than enough.
Make sure you watch the video carefully and pause to answer questions on the worksheet.
Please follow the link and complete the worksheet attached to the class blog.
1. Watch the video (either on your own or with your child).
2. Find a calm space where your child can work for about 20-30 minutes.
3. Use the video guidance to support your child as they work through a lesson.
Complete on the sheet (if you have a printer) or write your answers in your home learning book.
Sumdog
Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class.
Log in at www.sumdog.com
Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.
Sumdog challenges
Multiplication – x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables
Maths – Money
Spellings – Past tense verbs -ed
English
We hope you enjoyed chapter 1 yesterday. Please see additional document for today’s lesson.
Phonics and Spelling
Does your child know how to change the tense of a verb? Can they say both "I am playing on the field today" and "I played on the field yesterday"? This means they can understand how to change the present tense into the past tense.
There are certain rules we need to follow when changing verbs into the past tense.
What are the rules for changing verbs to the past tense?
For a regular verb, add "ed" to turn it into a past tense verb.
If a regular verb already ends in "e", make sure it ends in "ed".
If a verb ends in a "y", such as "hurry", you change it to an "i" and then add "ed". This becomes "hurried".
If a regular verb ends with one vowel and one consonant, double the consonant before adding "ed". For example, "wrap" would become "wrapped".
If a verb ends with a "c", you then need to add a "k" before "ed."
Please see attached activity sheets, which give children the opportunity to practise adding the -ed suffix to make past tense words.
Help them identify which word matches with the right picture, and complete the sentences.
Differentiated two ways, children can be challenged to work at the ability level appropriate for them.
PE
We are continuing out Topic – Dance. We all know how much Year 2 love to dance! Have a go at the activity attached to this post and try and move to the beat.
Watch this video first which helps you to find your rhythm – Move to the beat
Additional activities – Art
Try one of the outdoor art activities (if the weather is kind) attached to this post.
We hope you have a great day of home learning!
Year 2 team
Year 1 Home Learning Wednesday 13th January 2021
Date: 12th Jan 2021 @ 11:03am
Good morning everyone. We enjoyed reading your Spider Fact Files, you are real spider experts! In school, we have enjoyed finding out about spiders, learning about subtraction and making puppets to retell the story of when Jesus was presented in the Temple. We also had great fun in Gymnastics!
Today we are learning Phonics, English, Maths, French and Music.
Phonics
Looking at the long o sound. Have a look at the cheeky chimps game linked here on Phonics play sorting your long o (no) and short o (hot). Username - March20 Password - home
Can you write these words out in a list and use some to make a silly sentence?
The old hen drank the hot cup of tea.
Share your sounds learning to Seesaw.
English
Today we are going outside on a minibeast hunt. Think of all the places where you might find some minibeasts.
Watch this video about a minibeast hunt
Write a list of all the places you are going to explore.When you go outside you could draw pictures or take photos and upload them to Seesaw for us to see. Add words to the list you made to make a word bank of all the words you need to complete the sentences on the sheet.
Please upload your writing to Seesaw.
Maths
Today we are continuing to learn different ways to subtract numbers. We are looking today at finding a part. Watch the following video and fill out your worksheet (linked below). Remember to explain how you know your answers are correct. We've enjoyed seeing all the wonderful maths learning that is going on at home.
Well done to everyone who has completed the maths challenge in Sumdog. Remember you can continue your learning on the maths training section of the app.
We have also linked some counting songs below which we use in class for you to sing at home.
French
Can I name some pet animals in French?
Listen to this clip which gives the names of some pets. Repeat with the speaker. Stop the video after le poisson rouge (goldfish) at 57 seconds – that’s enough words in one go!
Listen again and add an action for each animal this time, saying the word at the same time.
Repeat if possible. Then play a game of Mime – child mimes an animal, adult gives the word and vice versa.
Here’s a song about the noises animals make, animals with big noses! See if you can join in after listening a few times.
Can I name some pet animals in French?
Listen to this clip which gives the names of some pets. Repeat with the speaker. Stop the video after le poisson rouge (goldfish) at 57 seconds – that’s enough words in one go!
Listen again and add an action for each animal this time, saying the word at the same time.
Repeat if possible. Then play a game of Mime – child mimes an animal, adult gives the word and vice versa.
Here’s a song about the noises animals make, animals with big noses! See if you can join in after listening a few times.
Music
Today we are exploring simple patterns, have fun!
Click here for your music lesson
Well done for completing your home learning today. Keep reading everyday and visit the home learning resources in the parent tab for any other learning you wish to do!
Reception 13th January Home Learning
Date: 12th Jan 2021 @ 9:49am
Wednesday 13th January 2021
We are all so amazed to see how well you are doing with you home learning activities Reception! Keep up the great jobs :)
Just a reminder, if you would like to pick up new reading books, please ring the school office and we will be able to sort that for you :)
Phonics –
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 phonic games 😊
Let us have a recap day today
Can I remember all of our new sounds sh, ch, th, ng?
Can I practise writing these sounds?
Can I practise reading some of these words?
Shock chick thick song
Ship chat thin bang
Can I read this sentence?
Fish and chips on a dish.
Can I have a go at writing the th and ng words? (see attached)
Can I write my own sentence using the th and ng sounds?
Handwriting - Have a go at the next page in your booklet, which is all about the letter Ff.
The Humpty Words of the week are go, into, you, he – Can you write these without copying the spelling?
Can you put the words into a sentence verbally?
(using paper or your whiteboards from you pack)
Literacy – Our story this week is Handa’s Surprise – Have a watch of the story here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJdPlMebjAw
In the story there are lots of different fruits and lots of different animals. What happens to the fruit in the story? Can you name all the different fruit and animals?
Can I write a list of the fruits and animals? (template attached if needed)
Use your sound mat to help you write, sound out the words – what sounds can you hear, let the children write the sounds they can hear, again do not worry about spellings at this point just let them have a go 😊
Reading – try to read 10 minutes each day 😊
For extra reading you can access Oxford Owl (optional)
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. (please ask if you would your level)
Maths – Can I count forward to 50?
Have a watch the White Rose Maths video, Session 5 – 1 more 1 less
Can I have a go at the game? (see the attached sheet)
Continuing with our making amounts using 1ps.
Can I have a go at the toy shop game? (one coin, 1ps up to 10)
Topic Time
Geography – Handa lives in Africa – have a watch of these videos and see what you can find out 😊
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p081tmh5 - CBeebies, Go Jetters, Africa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSYHMWmyVfo – Nat Geo Kids
Can I make a poster with my findings?
Collective Worship
Since September, the children have been thinking about the Fruits of the Holy Spirit in their collective worships each week, we have been collecting a new fruit each week and adding it to our tree in class.
The booklet attached gives the children the chance to reflect on all the different fruits we have thought about and allows them to draw a little picture for each one. 😊
We are missing you all so much, but it is great to see all your home learning on seesaw. It really puts a big smile on our faces :)
Year 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 13th January 2021
Date: 12th Jan 2021 @ 8:48am
Wednesday 13th January 2021
Good morning Year 6. We are half way through the week! Well done to those who have started or completed the Sumdog challenges so far: we have 22 pupils for x9 challenge but only 5 pupils for the fractions challenge - keep using Sumdog as it is great for practice.
Wednesday will always have extra tasks in as our timetable at school has French and Music so for today, try to complete as much as you can.
Here are today’s Home Learning tasks:
Reading
Read for 20 minutes. School reading books are preferred and you can change them any time, just give the school a call of when you will be coming in and I can get your box ready for you at the office.
You may also read your own books from home or you can still use Oxford Owl ebooks, where there are a whole range of books from their library. The username is ‘sto56’ with the password ‘1234’.
Reading activity for today:
- Finish the sentence: “I love the way the author …” Give examples to support your opinion.
English (split into three parts: Handwriting, Spellings and Writing)
Handwriting
Every day this week we are going to focus on our number 1 class target, Handwriting, which must be joined. Each day, I will give you a poem to copy in your neatest handwriting. This week focus on staying on the line.
Peter Piper
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper;
Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled pepper?
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper,
Where’s the peck of pickled pepper
Peter Piper picked?
Spellings
-cial / -tial words
- All the spellings are on Sumdog (deadline is Friday for this as you can have your own spelling quiz at home).
- As an extra challenge, write each word, then colour in each syllable to help you spell, e.g. special, substantial, confidential
Writing task
Can I predict the next part of the story justifying with evidence from the text?
- Today read chapter 6 (44 – 54) where Tom sees the garden at various times: different seasons and different times of the day. He also witnesses the large fir tree being struck by lightning and the next time he visits the garden, the fir tree is standing. This is very confusing to Tom and he tries to ask his aunt and uncle about it without giving away what he knows. Now read chapter 7 (pages 55 – 60) as it is only very short.
- After reading both chapters, what are your predictions of the story now? Do you think it is a dream, Tom is a ghost or somethings completely different? To make a decent prediction you must refer to some evidence from any part of the story to try to validate it.
- We will be introducing individual Seesaw very soon so you can send your predictions directly to me and I can give you some positive feedback, hopefully that same day. We can then compare the predictions with those in school (do not worry, I will always keep your work private). Tomorrow, I will post some of their predictions too for you to have a look at.
Maths – Fractions Week
- Warm up your brain: Counting. We have done this so many times at the beginning of lessons: on number lines, out loud, etc. So for us to get used to this again, let's practice with counting in 10s. Add 10 to these numbers, ten times: 252, 1846, 15 635, 5.4 (e.g. 252, 262, 272, 282, 292, 302, 312, 322, 332, 342, 352).
- Sumdog – two challenges (both with 200 question target for this week):
- 9 times tables
- Equivalent and Simplifying Fractions
- Main lesson. The objective for today is:
Can I convert improper fractions to mixed numbers?
Follow the video to remind you of what improper fractions and mixed numbers are, Improper to mixed numbers. We have looked at this before but use the video to jog your memory.
Remember that illustrations will help, e.g.
(There is no challenge for today as you will need today’s and tomorrow’s learning for Thursday’s challenge, which is converting back from mixed numbers to improper fractions)
Music
Improvising rhythmic patterns. Follow the link below and complete the quizzes.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/improvising-rhythmic-patterns-6hh3jt
French
Start by watching this song and counting along:
(35) French numbers 1-100 - YouTube
Now, watch this video again to remind yourself how to conjugate a regular ER verb:
(35) French er verbs - YouTube
Then write the date in French in your home learning book: mercredi treize février
Now write the learning objective: Can I conjugate regular ER verbs?
Pause the video at 6:08 and copy out the verb jouer – to play, setting it out in exactly the same way as the video. So Je joue (I play) should be on the same line as Nous jouons (we play). Verbs are always set out like this so that the plural form of the subject pronoun is next to the singular form. Please use a different colour for the endings, just like on the video.
Pause the video again at 7:50 and copy out the verb Aimer – to like. Notice the endings are the same. Try to set it out just like you did for jouer.
J’aime Nous aimons
Tu aimes Vous aimez etc
Do you know why J’aime is written like this and not Je aime? See if you can find out if you’re not sure.
Find a dice if you have one. If not, just write the numbers 1 – 6 on bits of paper and turn them face down. Practise saying the correct form of the verbs by rolling the dice:
1 = Je 4 = nous
2 = Tu 5 = vous
3 = Il/elle 6 = Ils/elles
So if you roll/pick up 4, you would say nous jouons and nous aimons.
NOTE: PRONUNCIATION OF PLURAL FORMS OF AIMER: nous aimons is pronounce nou zaimon; vous aimez is pronounced vou zaimay, ils aiment = eel zaim; Elles aiment = ell zaim. There is what’s called a liaison between the final s of the pronoun and the verb because the verb starts with a vowel.
Don’t worry about the ‘on’ form of the verb as we haven’t talked much about that yet. It is an informal way of saying we…., but that’s just a step too far for now! Ignore it.
Merci beaucoup. A la semaine prochaine!
RE
See attached sheet for an explanation of the lesson, RE - researching the Bible.
Year 3 Home Learning 12th January 2021
Date: 11th Jan 2021 @ 3:57pm
Good morning Year 3. I hope you had a happy Monday and enjoyed doing your work.
We have been doing the same work in school as you are doing at home. Please do not worry if you don’t manage to finish everything in one day. Sometimes things might take longer than expected as you might be talking about things with somebody at home or trying your very very best with your handwriting. Just try your best to have a go at everything.
I hope your parents managed OK with your South America quiz, I had to use the atlas to answer the questions the children in school wrote.
Here are some examples of the tricky ones:
How many countries share a border with Peru?
Which is the third biggest country in South America?
Well done for all of the work you have been doing so far.
If you are finding any of it 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
Remember to keep all of your work in your exercise book so that we can celebrate it when we are all back together in school.
Remember you can change your reading books whenever you need to – just let the school office know.
Try to have a look at some newspapers at home if you can.
You can now send me your work on Seesaw - please send me your English work from today when you have done it.
Things that made me smile yesterday (you could write your own list too)
- I really enjoyed being challenged in Geography – I love learning new things, especially about the world.
- I had a dance to the video about fact and opinion.
- Ms Hodson and I walked around the track for the whole of play time and tried to get lots of steps.
- 4 of you have started the division challenge on Sumdog.
- 21 of you have started the times tables challenge on Sumdog.
- 24 of you have started the suffix challenge on Sumdog - well done everybody :)
Monday 12th January 2021
Reading
Please read out loud to somebody for 20 minutes. Once you have collected a school book from the office, you can start to read that.
Discuss the meaning of new words.
Spelling
Here are your spellings for this week:
careful, playful, thankful, helpful, wonderful, useless, careless, homeless, hopeless, spotless
Say the words out loud and then spell them out loud using the correct letter names.
Writing:
Today is the day you get to put all of your hard work together and write your news report – yey! Please send a photo of your news report to me on Seesaw when you have finished.
Attached to this blog you will find an example news report and a writing sheet you can use to write your news report on.
Here are some reminders for you when you are writing your news report:
- Choose one of the headlines you came up with on Wednesday and write it in big letters at the top of the news report.
- Write the by-line (your name).
- Copy your introduction that you wrote on Thursday under the by-line.
- Write at least one of the quotes you made up on Friday remembering to include inverted commas (speech marks).
- Write the rest of the news report – you might want to split your writing into the following paragraphs:
- Talk about Mrs Crumb’s policy.
- Talk about what it is like for Mr Stink living at the Crumb’s house.
- Talk about Mrs Crumb running for MP.
- Draw some pictures and write captions underneath
Times tables
Go on Hit the Button and practise the 3x tables.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Play at least 3 times; try to improve your score each time.
Counting
Count out loud in 4s up to 48 and then back to 0.
Sumdog
Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenges:
- Division Challenge: 11th January – 17th January
- ×2 ×3 ×4 ×5 ×8 ×10 tables: 11th January – 17th January
- Suffix Challenge: 11th January – 17th January
Maths
Today in Maths you are going to complete some arithmetic questions.
There are two sets of questions to choose from – Set A is slightly easier than Set B. Have a look at both and choose which you feel will be best for you.
Set the timer for 20 minutes and work through the questions.
Remember some of the strategies we use in class:
- Drawing number lines
- Drawing base 10
- Using your times tables
- Partitioning the number (splitting it up)
After 20 minutes, use the answer sheet to check your answers.
If you can, go through any corrections with somebody at home.
French
Click on this link then scroll down and select Lesson 9 with audio.
http://www.rachelhawkes.com/Resources/Y3_French/Yr3AutumnFr.php
Listen to the pronunciation of the words and repeat them.
If possible, ask an adult to play the game on slide 12.
In your home learning book, write the date in French:
mardi douze février (remember no capitals for days and months in French)
Write the learning objective: Can I name items in a pencil case?
Choose at least 6 items from your pencil case. Draw them and write the French word next to them. Test yourself – can you still say the words correctly? Use the powerpoint to check your pronunciation and your spelling. Don’t forget any accents – they change the sound of letters. Fantastique!
Song: La neige tombe – keeping yourself warm in the snow by rubbing your nose and arms, clapping your hands and stamping your feet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh5RVcbsNyc&safe=active
Merci. A bientot!
Art
Hieroglyphs were symbols that the Ancient Egyptians used for writing. Some symbols stood for words and some for sounds. Ancient Egyptian school children had to learn 700 hieroglyphs.
If you can, print out two copies of the hieroglyphic alphabet attached to this blog.
If you don’t have a printer, you can have a go at drawing them.
Colour both in the same like the example attached to this blog – you can choose whatever colours you like.
Cut one of your sheets up so that you just have the pictures, not the letters.
Make a word out of your pictures and then give somebody the other sheet.
Ask them to figure out what word you have made.
You could do this each day. Stick the sheet and the cut-out pictures up on your fridge, or somewhere everybody will see. Create a different word each day for people in your house to figure out.
There are pictures attached to this blog to help you understand.
HOME LEARNING Tuesday 12th January 2021
Date: 11th Jan 2021 @ 3:46pm
Year 4
Home Learning Tuesday 12th January 2021
Good morning Year 4. I hope you had a good day yesterday and managed to complete your Home Learning. Well done for working hard – keep doing your best and make sure you stay happy and safe.
Please complete today’s work as if you were in school, taking care with your handwriting, spellings, punctuation, vocabulary, and of course, your presentation. Remember to try and do the work on the day it is set as it usually follows on from the previous day. It is important that you continue to work hard recapping and practising previous learning, as well as learning new things.
If you need any reading books, please let us know and we will arrange for some books to be collected from the school office.
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 describe one of the characters? Does their name suit them? What is their appearance like – describe them from head to toe. What is their personality like?
You can find even more books to read on our website. Go to Year 4, Home Learning and click on Oxford Owl. Use the class login and password and explore lots of books to read.
Spelling
This week’s spellings all end with ‘ture’ or ‘sure’. They will be tested on Thursday 14th January 2021. They are:
future nature creature feature
mixture picture adventure treasure
pleasure enclosure measure leisure
Practise the spellings by writing them in different coloured clouds. Write the date in your Home Learning Book (Tuesday 12th January 2021) and have a go.
English
Download the ‘Mission Possible’ booklet attached to the blog.
Soon you will be planning and writing your own spy story. In preparation for this, you we will be doing some more work on characters today.
Scroll to pg 19
Read page 19 from where it says Learning from Other Writers.
Read the paragraph and find out the meaning of any new words.
Answer the questions yourself or discuss them with someone else if you can. YOU DO NOT NEED TO WRITE ANYTHING. Remember to look for evidence from the paragraph to explain your answers.
Scroll to pg 20
Read the paragraph taken from Chapter 1 of Never Say Die and the questions underneath. Find out the meaning of any new words.
Write the long date in your Home Learning Book Tuesday 12th January 2021
Write the learning objective Can I answer questions using evidence from a text?
Answer the questions about the lady in the story (answer the question then leave a line). Make sure you write in full sentences and take care with your handwriting, spellings, capital letters and presentation. Use evidence from the text to answer the questions FULLY and copy spellings carefully.
Scroll to pg 21 – Your characters
Write the long date Tuesday 12th January 2021
Write the learning objective Can I create profiles for my characters?
You should choose 2 characters for your own story – one goody and one baddie (you thought of names for them yesterday).
Create profiles (like you did last week) for your characters. Write the headings which are given on page 21 and describe them carefully. Include a picture of what they look like.
Times tables
Practise your 3, 6 and 9 times tables on Sumdog.
Use the link below to go to ‘Hit the button’. Choose a times table or division fact you know you find tricky. Play ‘Hit the answer’ – see if you can get faster and add your results to your log. Play ‘Hit the question’ – see if you can get faster and add your results to your log.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
By the end of Year 4 you should know all your tables and division facts, therefore please keep practising!
Maths
Use the link below – play Hit the button, Doubles, Doubles from 10 to 20. If you get stuck, partition the number.
eg Double 17 Double 10 (20) then double 7 (14) and add the two together (20 + 14 = 34)
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Please open the maths worksheet called ‘Subtract lengths’ attached to the blog. You may print this off if you have a printer.
EITHER click on the link below which will take you to White Rose maths and watch the lesson, Subtract lengths,
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/week-8-measurement-length-perimeter/
OR click on the link below for the video.
Write the short date 12.01.21
Write the learning objective Can I subtract lengths accurately?
Complete the worksheet as instructed (if you have printed it off) and stick it in your book or write the answers directly into your Home Learning Book.
Check your answers from yesterday, they are in the document ‘Answers Add lengths’ which is attached to the blog. Make sure you look carefully at any questions you got wrong.
On Monday, we started revising types of lines (parallel and perpendicular) and angles. To consolidate this, I have set a challenge on Sumdog. Please log on and have a go. We will return to this topic when we are all back in school so being confident with this now will be beneficial.
Reminder - right angles - 90°
- acute angles less than 90°
- obtuse angles more than 90° but less than 180°
Music
Following on from last week’s lesson, please click on the link below for lesson 2.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/exploring-different-sounds-c9k3gc
French
Bonne annee! Happy new year!
Last term, we looked at some verbs that are used a lot in French. Je fais means I do. Je vais = I go. Tu joues= you play. Elle regarde = she watches Il aime = he likes.
Now we are going to make them negative, turning I go into I don't go, I play into I don't play etc.
All we have to do is put ne ....pas (nuh ......pa) round the verb. So il joue becomes il ne joue pas. Je vais becomes je ne vais pas.
Write the long date mardi douze février
Write the learning objective Can I make verbs negative?
Have a go at the worksheet attached to the blog. If you can manage to change the seasons so that the sentences make better sense as well, that's even better! You can always use an online dictionary to help you with any vocabulary, such as this one: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-french .
Finally, can you read your sentences? Remember final consonants are usually silent. The online dictionary will speak the words for you to help with pronunciation.
Good luck!
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 ‘types of lines and angles’ challenge
- A spelling challenge (for the words which will be tested on Thursday)
Please make sure you log on and have a go!
Well done for finishing today’s work. Have a lovely evening and stay safe.
Year 6 Home Learning - Tuesday 12th January 2021
Date: 11th Jan 2021 @ 3:20pm
Tuesday 12th January 2021
Good morning Year 6. I hope you are all well and ready for today’s learning.
Aim to complete everything I set so that when we get back, we can use all of this knowledge to continue on with our learning.
Here are today’s Home Learning tasks:
Reading
Read for 20 minutes. School reading books are preferred and you can change them any time, just give the school a call of when you will be coming in and I can get your box ready for you at the office.
You may also read your own books from home or you can still use Oxford Owl ebooks, where there are a whole range of books from their library. The username is ‘sto56’ with the password ‘1234’.
Reading activity for today:
- How does the main character treat other people in the book? Explain your answers. (If you have a non-fiction book, name three facts you have learnt).
English (split into three parts: Handwriting, Spellings and Writing)
Handwriting
Every day this week we are going to focus on our number 1 class target, Handwriting, which must be joined. Each day, I will type out a poem to copy in your neatest handwriting. This week focus on staying on the line.
Camilla Caterpillar
Camilla caterpillar kept a caterpillar killer-cat.
A caterpillar killer categorically she kept.
But alas the caterpillar killer-cat attacked Camilla
As Camilla Caterpillar catastrophically slept.
Spellings
There is a spelling file attached to Monday’s blog which covers the spellings for this week – cial / -tial.
- All the spellings are on Sumdog (deadline is Friday for this as you can have your own spelling quiz at home).
- Apologies for yesterday as I set the Sumdog challenge for Monday 7pm, instead of 7am – at least mistakes are welcome in Year 6!
Writing task
Can I write a recount as Tom describing the scene of the garden?
- Today is chapter 5 (pages 36 – 43)
- After reading the chapter, you will realise that despite the fact Tom was in the garden for a very long time, only a few minutes had gone by back inside the house of flats. This may be confusing at first and is part of the whole mystery of the story, so do not read the ending yet and spoil it for yourselves. You may be thinking, “Is it time travel, a different world or something completely different?’”
The whole chapter describes, in a lot of detail, the garden, but to help I have attached a link to the full movie Tom’s Midnight Garden film here (please do not spoil the book for yourselves as you can watch this later). Instead, watch it from 17.38 – 19.21, which is the part where Tom enters the garden for the first time.
- Imagine you are Tom entering that garden. Use the following bullet points to structure a recount which should help describe the scene (you can add feelings and thoughts if you want to but remember the objective is describing the setting).
- Name the nouns you see in the video and make a list: hedges, flowers, expanse of land, sun dial, etc.
- Write a few adjectives around them to see which fits best: large, beautiful, smooth, high, dazzling, etc.
- Now name a few verbs: hung, wrapped, covered, narrow, disappearing, etc.
- Steal any vocabulary from the chapter.
- Then piece it together as you, Tom, make your way through the garden for the first time like this…
Stepping out of the back door, dazzling light struck me. It took me a while to take in my surroundings but as my eyes adjusted, the garden came into view. An array of colours, as far as the eye could see covered the wide expanse of land. Intertwining paths leading to unknown places twisted here and there and disappearing into the distance. I decided to make my way around the outside to take everything in; I didn’t want to miss a thing…
Maths – Fractions Week
- Warm up your Brain: Hit the Button. Today, focus on Number Bonds: Make 1 (1 decimal place) and play.
- Sumdog – two challenges (both with 200 question target for this week):
- 9 times tables
- Equivalent and Simplifying Fractions
- Times Tables Quiz – Every Tuesday we complete a quiz. Try to ask someone in your house to ask you 13 questions (your target or mixed).
- Main lesson: The objective for today is to follow on our learning from yesterday,
Can I simplify fractions?
This learning follows on from yesterday’s equivalent fractions. Remember that equivalent fractions have the same value or amount which we use to help us solve problems. Simplifying fractions is very similar and is a way of making fractions simpler, hence the name.
Use the fraction wall from Monday’s lesson (it is also on the video) to see which fractions ‘match up’.
E.g. 4/10 can be simplified to 2/5 because they are the same size.
In the video, you will have a chance to look at the fraction wall carefully but hopefully you will realise that if you know your times tables, you will be able to simplify easily.
To access the video, click here, Simplify Fractions, with the questions and answers attached at the bottom of the blog.
- Challenge – ‘Maths challenge cards’ and their answers are at the bottom of this blog
Science
In your home learning book, write the date: 12.01.21
And the title: Evolution and Inheritance - Glossary
Click on the link to find today’s lesson.
What is the Theory of Evolution? (The National Academy)
Pause the lesson as soon as the Star words come up on the screen. You are going to make a glossary so write the words down in a list, leaving 2 or 3 lines between each so that you have space to write a definition for each by the end of the lesson.
On the next page, write the learning objective: Can I explain Darwin’s theory of Evolution?
Follow the lesson, pausing to write when the teacher tells you. Check your work as you go along.
By the end of the lesson, you should be able to write the meaning of all the words on your glossary page. You will need to know the meanings of these words to help with the rest of the topic.
You might like to have a go at the Bird beak activity that the teacher demonstrated.
In this activity you will simulate bird feeding by using a beak to collect food and place it into a stomach. There are four different beak shapes. This activity will allow you to explore the wide variety of beak types that can be seen within the bird population, as well as developing an understanding of which beak type would be most successful if rice was the available food.
Equipment to represent bird’s beaks: · teaspoon · pair of tweezers · clothes pegs
· chopsticks ·plastic beaker to represent the birds’ stomach.
·Uncooked rice to represent the bird’s food or anything else you have that is similar.
Draw a table like this in your book:
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Beak type |
1st go |
2nd go |
3rd go |
Median/Mean |
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Teaspoon |
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Tweezers |
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Clothes peg |
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Chopsticks |
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You should select one of either a spoon, tweezers, clothes peg or chopsticks plus a plastic cup. You are now a bird. Your chosen implement is your beak, and the plastic cup is your stomach. The beak must be held in one hand and the stomach should be placed on the table. The stomach must remain upright at all times, and you can only put food into it using your beak. Set a timer for 1 minute.
Now pick up as many grains of rice as you can in the time and put them in the cup.
After one minute, you should stop feeding and count the number of grains in your stomach, then return the rice to the table and record the total in your table.
Do you think you would pick up the same number of grains each time? If not, should you repeat your results? How many times? (The more times you do it, the more accurate your results will be.) Which one is the ‘right’ answer? You could sort your data (number of grains of rice) into order and choose the middle number – the median, or you could total them and divide by the number of goes you had to give the mean average.
What did you find out? If rice was your food, which beak would be best? Write your conclusion underneath your table.
Well done!
Next time you see a bird, have a look at the shape of its beak. Maybe you’ll see what it eats if you watch carefully. Can you spot different shaped beaks?
Year 2 Home Learning - 12th January 2021
Date: 11th Jan 2021 @ 3:16pm
Good morning Year 2!
We hope you are all doing well. Start the day with this money song - https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-maths-money/zht4nrd
This can be an opportunity to review the topic again.
Have a look at the following website which helps parents to get their children moving with short interactive activities.
We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.
Reminders
Please collect an exercise book from the school office to complete your work in, you will be able to bring these into school when we are all back together.
You can also collect reading books from the school office whenever you need to. Please let the office know beforehand so we can get them ready for you.
Reading
It is essential that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.
Don’t worry too much about the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of reading each day. Books are great— but leaflets, comics, recipes and instructions on a webpage can all be great too. Following a recipe to make some cupcakes is valuable reading. Be on the lookout for reading, wherever it is!
Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.
If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’
Username: sto2
Password: 1234
Corner stones have released some free reading resources
Resources for questioning your child while they are reading
Maths
This week we are going to continue to focus on our topic – Money.
Today we are going to look at compare money.
We have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet. The WhiteRose sheet is more than enough.
Make sure you watch the video carefully and pause to answer questions on the worksheet.
Please follow the link and complete the worksheet attached to the class blog.
1. Watch the video (either on your own or with your child).
2. Find a calm space where your child can work for about 20-30 minutes.
3. Use the video guidance to support your child as they work through a lesson.
Complete on the sheet (if you have a printer) or write your answers in your home learning book.
Sumdog
Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class.
Log in at www.sumdog.com
Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.
Sumdog challenges
Multiplication – x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables
Maths – Money
Spellings – Past tense verbs -ed
English
We are starting a new book! Our new novel is ‘How to train your dragon’. We know many of you will have enjoyed these films but we thought it would be great to see what fantastic writing we could produce from reading the novel.
Please see the attached document for the lesson details.
Phonics and Spelling
Phonics play have made their website free to use throughout January. Login -> select the resources tab -> select phase 6 phonics and have a play!
You may log in with the following details:
username: jan21
password: home
Does your child know how to change the tense of a verb? Can they say both "I am playing on the field today" and "I played on the field yesterday"? This means they can understand how to change the present tense into the past tense.
There are certain rules we need to follow when changing verbs into the past tense.
What are the rules for changing verbs to the past tense?
For a regular verb, add "ed" to turn it into a past tense verb.
If a regular verb already ends in "e", make sure it ends in "ed".
If a verb ends in a "y", such as "hurry", you change it to an "i" and then add "ed". This becomes "hurried".
If a regular verb ends with one vowel and one consonant, double the consonant before adding "ed". For example, "wrap" would become "wrapped".
If a verb ends with a "c", you then need to add a "k" before "ed."
Please see attached ‘ed’ suffix game.
French
Can I name some pet animals in French?
Listen to this clip which gives the names of some pets. Repeat with the speaker.
Listen again and add an action for each animal this time, saying the word at the same time.
Repeat if possible. Then play a game of Mime – child mimes an animal, adult gives the word and vice versa.
Play a game to consolidate the vocabulary:
https://www.french-games.net/frenchgames/four-in-a-row?topic=Animals%20-%20pets&level=primary
Here’s a song about the noises animals make, animals with big noses! See if you can join in after listening a few times.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub-V1n6zpQE&safe=active
Music
Mrs Winter has kindly sent us a music lesson that we can try our at home.
Exploring different ways to use your voice
In this lesson, we will be learning lots of different ways to use our voice and decide which voice is best for a particular song.
Please follow the link to access the lesson - Exploring different ways to use your voice
Additional activities – Art
Try one of the bubble art activities attached to this post.
We miss you all!
Year 2 team
Reception 12th January Home Learning
Date: 11th Jan 2021 @ 10:30am
Tuesday 12th January 2021
It has been nice to hear how some of you are getting on, I will be ringing you all at some point this week to see how you are finding the home learning :)
Phonics –
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 phonic games 😊
Our new sound today is ng, have a watch of Geraldine the Giraffe video, you can pause it along the way if you need too.
The ng sound is usually found at the end of the words. Such as wing, king, sing, song.
Can I think of any words with the ng sound?
Can I practise writing some of the words?
Can I have a go at the read and roll game? (see attached)
Handwriting - Have a go at the next page in your booklet, which is all about the letter Ee.
The Humpty Words of the week are go, into, you, he – Can you write them the same amount of times as your age?
(using paper or your whiteboards from you pack)
Literacy – Our story this week is Handa’s Surprise – Have a watch of the story here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJdPlMebjAw
In the story Handa takes the gifts of fruit to her friend. Discuss with your child - Why do you think she did that? Why is it nice to give gifts? Have you given a gift before?
Re-watch the story of Handa’s Surprise a couple of times.
Can I have a go at acting out the story of Handa’s Surprise?
Reading – try to read 10 minutes each day 😊
For extra reading you can access Oxford Owl (optional)
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. (please ask if you would your level)
Maths – Can I count backwards from 20?
Using my numberline in my resource pack – Can I find one more and one less than a given number?
One more than 4 One more than 7 One more than 12
One less than 6 One less than 10 One less than 17
Can I make up my own questions?
Still looking at money, using 1ps.
Using the 1ps I collected from around my house (or if you do not have any, I have attached ones to print off)
Can I have a go at making the amounts that I would need for the different toys? (see attached sheet) Remember to use your careful counting.
Topic Time
EAD (Expressive Arts & Design) –
The Maasai are a tribe who have lived in areas of Tanzania and Kenya for hundreds of years. There jewellery is very bright and colourful.
Each colour they use in their jewellery has a different meaning.
White represents purity. Black represents the people. Red represents bravery. Yellow represents the sun and growth. Orange represents hospitality. Blue represents the sky and energy. Green represents grass and the land.
Have a look at the attached Art Activity.
Can I make my own African Necklace?
Have a super week home learning :)
Year 1 Home Learning Tuesday 12th January 2021
Date: 11th Jan 2021 @ 10:20am
Good morning!
We continue to be impressed with all the home learning you are posting on Seesaw. In class, we are enjoying our materials investigations and our Sidney the Spider learning. We loved seeing all the shed designs yesterday!
Today we are going to be learning Phonics, English, Maths, R.E and P.E.
Phonics
We are looking at the long o sounds again, the oa in boat and ow in snow.
Watch Geraldine learn the ow sound here! click
You can also watch the two videos below looking at the middle oa sound and the alternative ow spelling.
Write the words out. Can you think of any more words using these sounds? Try using the words in some silly questions or sentences. Practise both reading and spelling these words with the correct sounds in the correct places.
Have a play on Buried Treasure Phonics game here. Login - March20 Password - Home
English
We enjoyed drawing and writing about Sidney's shed yesterday and thought of many different places Sidney and the other spiders could hide in. Today you are going to become spider experts! Watch these videos and learn some facts about spiders. Use these facts to make your spider fact file. Choose one spider you have learned about and draw it at the bottom of your fact file.
Click here for facts about spiders Click here to go on a spider hunt
Share your fact file to Seesaw for us to give feedback and support.
Maths
In our Subtraction learning today we will be taking away and writing number sentences. Watch the video, Subtraction - taking away linked here
Complete the worksheet linked below (Taking away, how many left?) and to finish, answer some questions on Sumdog.
R.E.
Remember the story from yesterday.Watch this video of The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. Make some puppets of the characters in the story, Mary, Joseph, Jesus, Anna and Simeon. The puppets can be made by drawing the characters, colouring them in and sticking them onto a straw,cocktail stick or a strip of card. You can use these to retell the story to someone in your family.
On Seesaw, take some pictures of your puppets or record your puppet show for us to see.
P.E.
Last week we began our gymnastics learning by looking at balancing. Today we are introducing jumping. In gymnastics we have a number of different jumps. Star, Pencil, Tuck. Squat. Watch the video below and play a game of jumping dice. If you don't have a dice, shout out a number to your partner and see if they can follow your instruction. The game instructions are available to download below.
Well done for completing your home learning today!
Remember, keep reading every day and visit all our Home Learning Resources in the Parents tab of our website for any extra learning you wish to do.
Year 3 Home Learning 11th January 2021
Date: 10th Jan 2021 @ 3:20pm
Good morning Year 3. I hope you had a nice weekend and enjoyed spending time at home with your family.
I had a lovely time listening to my favourite songs on Friday. On Saturday, I went for a walk. I enjoyed jumping in the icy puddles in my wellies and watching lots of happy dogs wagging their tails. If you ever need cheering up, spotting happy dogs out on their walk is a great way to do it – they are always so excited chasing their ball and sniffing around.
Well done for all of the work you have been doing so far.
If you are finding any of it 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
Remember to keep all of your work in your exercise book so that we can celebrate it when we are all back together in school.
Remember you can change your reading books whenever you need to – just let the school office know.
Try to have a look at some newspapers at home if you can.
Things that made me smile yesterday (you could write your own list too)
- ALL OF YOU had a go at the Sumdog challenge – well done, that is really impressive.
- I had a day of no TV and instead went for a jog, read my book, did puzzles and listened to music.
- I had my favourite lunch – SUSHI J
- I looked through my phone at photos and reflected on how lucky I am to have such great friends and family.
Monday 11th January 2021
Reading
Please read out loud to somebody for 20 minutes. Once you have collected a school book from the office, you can start to read that.
Before you start to read, tell somebody everything that you can remember so far, make a prediction about what you think is going to happen next.
Spelling
Here are your spellings from last week:
television, treasure, usual, measure, pleasure, decision, vision, leisure, version, visual
Write the short date: 11.01.21
Write the title: Spelling test
Write the numbers 1-11 down your page.
Ask somebody to read out your spellings twice.
The bonus question (a spelling from another week) is: skipped.
If you get any wrong, practise a bit more and then try again.
Writing:
Click on the link to complete the lesson about newspaper reports.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z9jgn9q
There are:
- Two videos to watch
- Some information to read
- Four activities
Attached to this blog is a sheet you can either copy or print which you can use to complete the activities. The sheet is called 'Features of a news report.'
Times tables
Write the short date: 11.01.21
Write the title: Times tables test
Write the numbers 1-11 down your page.
Ask somebody to call out your times tables in a mixed up order (if you can’t remember which times table you are on, you can be tested on 4x.
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: 65 x 10.
If you get any wrong, practise a bit more and then try again.
Counting
Count out loud in 10s:
From 78 to 208.
From 66 to 216.
From 122 back to 2.
Sumdog
Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenges:
- Division Challenge: 11th January – 17th January
- ×2 ×3 ×4 ×5 ×8 ×10 tables: 11th January – 17th January
- Suffix Challenge: 11th January – 17th January
Maths
Today in Maths you are going to be dividing by making equal groups.
Click on the link below and watch the video, pause where you need to. https://vimeo.com/471011202
For some activities you might want to use counters, pencils, coins, toys, buttons or anything you can find at home. Or you can draw shapes.
Please complete the sheet attached to this blog called ‘Make equal groups – grouping.’ After, you can check your answers using the answer sheet.
Remember with division, the total number or highest number goes at the beginning of a number sentence.
Geography
Before Half Term we had started to look at rainforests and South America.
We used an atlas to label a map of South America with countries and capitals.
Write the long date: Monday 11th January 2021
Write the title: Can I use maps to find out about places?
Activity 1
Refresh your memory by having a look at South America on a map and writing 5 quiz questions to ask somebody at home.
https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/map/south_america_map.htm
Example questions:
Name a country that shares a border with Brazil.
What is the capital of Ecuador?
Which ocean is to the West of Chile?
La Paz is the capital of which country?
Which is the biggest country in South America?
Activity 2
Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world.
Can you remember the four larger countries?
Can you imagine what it must be like to live in a country as big as Brazil? We live in the UK and there are differences in the climate from the North to the South of the UK. I wonder how much more diverse the climate must be in Brazil.
Please complete the sheet called ‘Table for recording different temperatures.’
To complete the sheet, use the BBC weather forecast (https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather?&) to find out the temperature in the following places:
- Your home place – Preston
- Your chosen place in the far North of the UK – for example Kirkwall
- Your chosen place in the far South of the UK – for example Penzance
- Rio de Janeiro
- Manaus
- Fortaleza
- Brasilia
As well as the average temperature, also look at the description, including snow, rain, cloud, sleet, etc.
When you have completed the sheet, have a think about the following:
In which country do you notice more differences in the climate?
Why do you think that is?
Year 2 Home Learning - 11th January 2021
Date: 10th Jan 2021 @ 2:20pm
Good morning Year 2 and welcome back to another week of Home learning. We hope you have all had a brilliant weekend. The weather has been a bit frost and very chilly. Regardless, I’m sure you have all been up to lots of fun activities. What did you get up to?
We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.
Reminders
Please collect an exercise book from the school office to complete your work in, you will be able to bring these into school when we are all back together.
You can also collect reading books from the school office whenever you need to. Please let the office know beforehand so we can get them ready for you.
Reading
It is essential that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.
Write, or draw pictures, from anything you’ve read! Big writing and pictures are even more fun. For example, use an old roll of wallpaper to make a treasure map with clues from the stories you’ve read together.
Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.
If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’
Username: sto2
Password: 1234
Corner stones have released some free reading resources
Resources for questioning your child while they are reading
Maths
This week we are going to continue to focus on our topic – Money.
Today we are going to look at making the same amount.
We have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet. The WhiteRose sheet is more than enough.
Make sure you watch the video carefully and pause to answer questions on the worksheet.
Please follow the link and complete the worksheet attached to the class blog.
1. Watch the video (either on your own or with your child).
2. Find a calm space where your child can work for about 20-30 minutes.
3. Use the video guidance to support your child as they work through a lesson.
Complete on the sheet (if you have a printer) or write your answers in your home learning book.
Sumdog
Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class.
Log in at www.sumdog.com
Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.
Sumdog challenges
Multiplication – x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables
Maths – Money
Spellings – Past tense verbs -ed
English
Focus – Try to use some conjunctions in your writing to extend your sentences - and, but, if, when, because.
Animal Airlines –
Can you write a list of animals you would like to work on your animal airline?
(You might want to use bullet points for your list).
Can you write what job these animals will do?
Examples could be: pilot – who’s flying the plane, making the food, giving out the drinks, playing games with children, playing music to help people sleep etc. Try and use your imagination.
Can you choose 4 of your animals on your airline and write in full sentences using your joining words explaining their jobs in more detail.
It would be great to see some adjectives to describe your animals too.
Please see attached document for more information on today’s English lesson.
Phonics and Spelling
Does your child know how to change the tense of a verb? Can they say both "I am playing on the field today" and "I played on the field yesterday"? This means they can understand how to change the present tense into the past tense.
There are certain rules we need to follow when changing verbs into the past tense.
What are the rules for changing verbs to the past tense?
For a regular verb, add "ed" to turn it into a past tense verb.
If a regular verb already ends in "e", make sure it ends in "ed".
If a verb ends in a "y", such as "hurry", you change it to an "i" and then add "ed". This becomes "hurried".
If a regular verb ends with one vowel and one consonant, double the consonant before adding "ed". For example, "wrap" would become "wrapped".
If a verb ends with a "c", you then need to add a "k" before "ed."
Please have a go at the attached PowerPoint and worksheet.
Science
This half term we have been looking at materials and their properties. Go for a walk in your local area, focus your attention on the different building materials around you. Take photographs, talk about what you see and (if possible) feel the different bricks. Back at home, ask you child - Do you think bricks are absorbent? Ask them to explain their answers. Then challenge them to think of their own questions about bricks and absorbency, such as: Are all hard things waterproof? Do things have to be soft to be absorbent? Alternatively, ask them to create their own Prediction: "All soft things are absorbent" or "Bricks are waterproof because they are hard and solid".
Suggest the following prediction: "Hard materials cannot absorb water" and see what their reactions are. Ask them to give a 'thumbs up' if they agree and a 'thumbs down' if they don't.
Collect different types of wood, brick, plastics, plaster, clay and metals. Stand each of the hard materials in a shallow bowl of water and observe, over time, to see if the material soaks up the water. Give your child a plain piece of paper to encourage them to record their observations in their own way and to explore what works best for them. Get them to describe what they have observed.
You could take pictures and stick them in your Home Learning journal.
Additional activities – Art
Try one of the cloud and sky art activities attached to this post.
Have a lovely day Year 2!
Year 2 team
Reception 11th January Home Learning
Date: 10th Jan 2021 @ 1:45pm
Monday 11th January 2021
We hope you all had a lovely weekend; it is lovely to see so many of you enjoying your home learning :)
Phonics –
Our new sound today is th, have a watch of Scraps Video below the attachments, you can pause it along the way if you need to.
Can I match the pictures to the correct sounds? (ch, sh & th – see the attached sheet)
Can I write a word for each sound using my whiteboard?
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Phonics Play will help you to keep recapping all previous sounds the children have learnt since September. Follow - Resources, Phase 2, Speed Flash Trials https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ The log in is Username: jan21 Password: home You can also use this website to play any of the phase 2 phonic games 😊
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Handwriting - Have a go at the next page in your booklet, which is all about the letter Dd.
The Humpty Words of the week are go, into, you, he – Look at them, Say them, Write them.
Can I find the words in my story books?
(using paper or your whiteboards from you pack)
Literacy – Our story this week is Handas Surprise – Have a watch of the story here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJdPlMebjAw
Have a look at the attachment below with today’s literacy tasks on 😊
Reading – Try to read 10 minutes each day 😊
For extra reading you can access Oxford Owl (optional)
Oxford Owl eBooks Class login - sto1 Password – 1234
Library – Age 4-7 – change the level to book band 1 and have a go at any of the e-books available to you
Maths - Can I count forwards to 20?
Can I count backwards from 20? (click writing)
Can I order my numbers to 20? Can I match the amounts to numbers? (use the numbers and amounts in your pack)
This week we are learning about money – starting with the coin 1p. We can use lots of 1ps to help us make different amounts.
Can I have a go at the attachment for maths? (see below)
Can I look for 1p coins in my house? Can I use them to make my own amounts?
Topic Time
RE – Our Topic for RE is Celebrations
EXPLORE: Discover what a celebration is. How do people celebrate?
Can I have a go at the activities on the attached sheet?
KUW (Knowledge and Understanding of the world) – We are in the season of winter.
Can I go on a winter walk with my grown up?
Can I spot some signs of winter? (There is a tick sheet attached if needed)
Can I talk about the differences between Autumn & Winter?
Have a super week home learning :)
HOME LEARNING Monday 11th January 2021
Date: 10th Jan 2021 @ 11:03am
Year 4
Home Learning Monday 11th January 2021
Good morning Year 4. I hope you had a good weekend and managed to do something fun and exciting with your family. Although it was chilly, I wrapped up warm and went for a lovely walk – this helped me to relax and exercise, as well as spend time with Basil and my family.
Please complete today’s work as if you were in school, taking care with your handwriting, spellings, punctuation, vocabulary, and of course, your presentation. Remember to try and do the work on the day it is set as it usually follows on from the previous day. It is important that you continue to work hard recapping and practising previous learning, as well as learning new things.
If you need any reading books, please let us know and we will arrange for some books to be collected from the school office.
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 find 5 new or interesting words from your reading book? Write down the words and their meanings in your Home Learning Book along with today’s date (Monday 11th January 2021). Use each word to write your own sentence.
You can find even more books to read on our website. Go to Year 4, Home Learning and click on Oxford Owl. Use the class login and password and explore lots of books to read.
Spelling
This week’s spellings all end with ‘ture’ or ‘sure’. They will be tested on Thursday 14th January 2021. They are:
future nature creature feature
mixture picture adventure treasure
pleasure enclosure measure leisure
Practise the spellings by splitting them up into chunks in different colours. Write the date in your Home Learning Book (Monday 11th January 2021) and have a go.
Eg future nature pleasure measure
English
Download the ‘Mission Impossible’ booklet attached to the blog.
Soon you will be planning and writing your own spy story. In preparation for this, you need to create some names for your characters.
Scroll to pg 17 – Character Names
Read page 17.
Write the long date in your Home Learning Book Monday 11th January 2021
Write the learning objective Can I explain what I notice about character names?
Write a paragraph to FULLY explain:
- Whether you think the names of the people in the Mission Possible story suggest something about them, and if so, what it suggests about them
- Whether you like their names and WHY you either do or do not like their names
- What you notice about their names (eg rhyming, alliteration, suggests that they are a spy, thief etc)
Scroll to pg 18 – What are your favourite names of characters in stories that you have read? Look at the 3 clouds.
Think about your favourite names of characters, write them under the paragraph you have just written. Make sure you write the name of the book or film they were in too. Make sure you choose 3 different names and remember your capital letters.
Read the rest of pg 18 very carefully – it gives suggestions for inventing your own character names. Use these ideas to invent your own names for good characters and bad characters.
Write the long date Monday 11th January 2021
Write the learning objective Can I make suggestions for character names?
Use the top half of the page to play around with ideas (for example list some names and put different first names and surnames together or think about a job and invent a surname to fit your character – this is all explained on page 18). Then, at the bottom half of the page, make a table and write in your favourite ideas for names. An example is given below.
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Names for main characters – goodies |
Names for main characters - baddies |
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Willy Wonka Bilbo Baggins Dennis Sims Honey Lovely |
Cruella de Vil Sapphire Diamond Tina Trotts Timothy Snodgrass |
Times tables
Practise your 3, 6 and 9 times tables on Sumdog.
Use the link below to go to ‘Hit the button’. Choose a times table or division fact you know you find tricky. Play ‘Hit the answer’ – see if you can get faster and add your results to your log. Play ‘Hit the question’ – see if you can get faster and add your results to your log.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
By the end of Year 4 you should know all your tables and division facts, therefore please keep practising!
Maths
Use the link below – play Hit the button, Number bonds, Make 100 (tens) and Make 100
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Please open the maths worksheet called ‘Add lengths’ attached to the blog. You may print this off if you have a printer.
EITHER click on the link below which will take you to White Rose maths
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/week-8-measurement-length-perimeter/
and watch the lesson, Add lengths,
OR click on the link below for the video.
Write the short date 11.01.21
Write the learning objective Can I add lengths accurately?
Complete the worksheet as instructed (if you have printed it off) and stick it in your book or write the answers directly into your Home Learning Book.
Check your answers from Friday, they are in the document ‘Answers equivalent lengths m and km’ which is attached to the blog. Make sure you look carefully at any questions you got wrong.
On Monday, we started revising types of lines (parallel and perpendicular) and angles. To consolidate this, I have set a challenge on Sumdog. Please log on and have a go. We will return to this topic when we are all back in school so being confident with this now will be beneficial.
Reminder - right angles - 90°
- acute angles less than 90°
- obtuse angles more than 90° but less than 180°
History
Our current topic is Romans. Last week, we completed a History Timeline in our books and talked about dates. A timeline gives information about when different events happened and how they relate to each other.
BC means Before Christ – you may see it written as BCE - Before Common Era.
AD means Anno Domini – you may see it written as CE - Common Era.
Today I would like you to complete a Roman Timeline. Print the document ‘Roman Timeline’ attached to the blog. Cut the pictures out and order them. Start by placing the ‘0BC / AD Jesus is born’ in the middle of your table and then put all the AD dates to the right and the BC dates to the left. Next, try and put them in the correct order. This diagram will help.
Once you are happy with the order, write the long date Monday 11th January 2021
Write the learning objective Can I arrange key events in Roman History on a timeline?
Stick the pictures in the correct order in your book (you may want to turn the book on its side or have 2 rows of dates).
If you cannot print the sheet, draw and write the timeline into your books instead.
Follow the link below and click on the first lesson – How the Romans conquered Britain. Read the information, click on the images to reveal further information, and watch the clips.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zqtf34j
Write the long date Monday 11th January 2021
Write the learning objective Can I explain how the Romans conquered Britain?
Write some paragraphs to explain:
- When the Romans tried to invade Britain and who lead the attempts (there were 2 unsuccessful attempts before the third one in AD43!)
- Why the Romans wanted to invade Britain (you may think of some reasons which were not suggested in the video)
- How the Celts fought back
- What happened when Boudicca faced the Roman army?
Please focus on accurate historical facts, capital letters, handwriting and spellings (please copy spellings correctly).
Computing
Use the link below to log into code.org. Carry on from where you left off.
https://studio.code.org/sections/LKRPFH
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 ‘types of lines and angles’ challenge
- A spelling challenge (for the words which will be tested on Thursday)
Please make sure you log on and have a go!
Well done for finishing today’s work. Have a lovely evening and stay safe.
Year 1 Home Learning Monday 11th January 2021
Date: 8th Jan 2021 @ 3:08pm
Good morning everyone. We hope you all had a safe weekend. All the home learning you have uploaded onto Seesaw is fantastic! We are really impressed with everything you are doing! Don't forget if you need to borrow an iPad please contact the school office. You can also collect exercise books from the foyer too.
We will also be making some quick checking in phone calls this week just to see how everything is going at home.
Today we will be learning Phonics, English, Maths, Science and R.E.
Phonics
Today we are going to look at our o_e sound and our oa sound. Have a look at Geraldine learning these sounds by clicking the links below!
Can you think of any other words with these sounds? Write them in your book and use one or two to write a super sounds sentence.
Geraldine learns the split o_e sound Geraldine learns the middle oa sound
We have also created a new spelling challenge on Sumdog for this week. These words all contain a long o sound. (The end ow, the middle oa, the split o_e and the letter o) Answer as many as you can. Remember practise makes perfect!
English
We are continuing with our story of Sidney the Spider this week. Read or listen to the story again and think about Sidney's shed. Draw your own shed and include lots of places where Sidney and the other spiders could hide. Complete the sentences. Remember your Think Pinks!
Add a photo of your writing to Seesaw for us to give some feedback and support.
Maths
This week we will be looking at Subtraction strategies. Follow the link on Subtraction, Taking away, crossing out. Work through this video lesson. We've covered this strategy before so remember to draw your dots to help you. Complete the worksheet below, making sure all your numbers are written correctly. We have been very impressed at all the maths learning we've seen on Sumdog and Seesaw. Keep it up!
We have set a subtraction challenge on Sumdog this week. Remember that these challenges are there to promote fluency and consolidation of learning. Once completed, the maths training area will provide more challenge and cover areas for development, where your child isn't as accurate or fluent.
Science
Today we are looking again at everyday materials. We really enjoyed finding lots of different materials around our classroom on Friday and we loved seeing all your learning at home. Super sorting! For our learning today we will be looking at our items and sort them into their materials. Complete the activities set below. Explain what you know about your items. How do you know its made from wood? Are there any items made from more that one material?
Add a photo of your learning to Seesaw for us to give some feedback.
R.E.
The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple
We are looking at the story of when Mary and Joseph took Jesus to the Temple. Read the story, talk about and answer the questions.
Well done on completing your home learning today.
Continue to read for 10 minutes everyday. Visit our eLibrary at Oxford Owl in the home learning button on the class page and if you would like some more reading books, contact the school office.
We look forward to seeing all your amazing learning on Seesaw!
Year 6 Home Learning - Monday 11th January 2021
Date: 8th Jan 2021 @ 12:36pm
Good morning Year 6. I hope you had a relaxing weekend with your family full of fun! If you have used the timetable given to you on Friday, you should be set up with a plan of when you can complete each day’s activities.
Aim to complete everything I set so that when we get back, we can use all of this knowledge to continue on with our learning.
For those who have not yet done so, your YELLOW HOME LEARNING BOOK is by the office along with a copy of our new novel, ‘Tom’s Midnight Garden’. All work can be stuck and written in your YELLOW BOOK.
Here are today’s Home Learning tasks:
Reading
Read for 20 minutes. School reading books are preferred and you can change them any time, just give the school a call of when you will be coming in and I can get your box ready for you at the office.
You may also read your own books from home or you can still use Oxford Owl ebooks, where there are a whole range of books from their library. The username is ‘sto56’ with the password ‘1234’.
Reading activity for today:
- Re-read a chapter, Pick out three words that you feel are powerful words and that you could use in your own writing in the future.
English (split into three parts: Handwriting, Spellings and Writing)
Handwriting
Every day this week we are going to focus on our number 1 class target, Handwriting, which must be joined. Each day, I will give you a poem to copy in your neatest handwriting. This week focus on staying on the line.
Three Little Ghostesses
Three little ghostesses
Sitting on postesses
Greasing their fistesses
Up to their wristesses
Oh, what beastesses
To make such feastesses
Spellings
There is a spelling file attached at the bottom of this blog which covers the spellings for this week – cial / -tial.
- All the spellings are on Sumdog (deadline is Friday for this as you can have your own spelling quiz at home).
Writing task
I realised that I had not attached the answers for Friday's reading task so at the bottom of this blog is an attachment called 'Answers for Friday's Tom's Midnight Gardeb reading task'.
Can I write a report to Peter explaining what has happened last night?
- Today is chapter 4 (pages 25 – 35)
- Stop reading at page 33 (even though the chapter isn’t finished yet, read the part where it says, ‘He also wrote to Peter – the first of an important series of reports.’
- The main task today is to write that report to Peter, as Tom. To help, follow the ‘Report to Peter Success Criteria and WAGOLL’ sheet attached at the bottom of this blog.
Maths – Fractions Week
- Warm up your Brain: Hit the Button. Today, focus on Number Bonds: Make 100 and practise with ‘Hit the Answer’.
- Sumdog – two challenges (both with 200 question target for this week). It begins on Monday and finishes this Sunday:
- 9 times tables to help you become more fluent
- Equivalent and Simplifying Fractions
- Main lesson: The objective for today is a recap of equivalent fractions:
Can I find equivalent fractions using my multiplication and division knowledge?
Remember that equivalent means the ‘same value’ or ‘amount’ so even though ½ looks different to 2/4, it is the exact same amount. We can prove this using a fraction wall like the one attached at the end of the blog named, 'Fraction Wall'.
Look at the line in middle of the two halves and follow it down; you should see that 2 quarters, 3 sixths, 4 eighths, 5 tenths and 6 twelfths is the same amount.
TOP TIP – Remember what I always say, “Always use a bar model for fractions”, followed by “Bars are amazing!”
Watch the video here, Equivalent Fractions, to help you understand how to solve the question sheet, which is attached at the bottom of this blog (hopefully this lesson is straight forward ready for tomorrow’s learning)
- Maths challenge – ‘Maths challenge - equivalent fractions’. This should stretch your thinking as you will have to explain your understanding. Do not worry if you get stuck: look at the answer sheet, work out how they got to the answer, then carry on with the questions.
PE
I always mention how Reading is the most important thing you can do … well, I have one more REALLY important thing that you should do every day – and that is to MOVE! We always run a daily mile which makes us feel healthy, alert and happy. It is for these reasons I am suggesting that you get yourself moving every day, whether that is running (be careful as it is slippy outside these days), scooting, biking, walking, star jumps, hopping – whatever it is, we need to get our heart rate up.
In our Year 6 PE lessons, we always learn about two different activities, with this half term being Gymnastics and Games. Therefore, I will always provide two challenges that you can do at home, along with links and videos to see them. You can choose to do just one but it would be great to do both, either today or as many days as you can.
Gymnastics:
- Click on the link here, Balance Time To access the task of balancing and the video is here, Video for Balance Time
- Before you start, warm up your body with the following: 20 star jumps, 20 squats, 20 seconds running on the spot. Wait 30 seconds then do the same one more time.
- Now you are warm, swing your arms around in circles; left first then right. Do the same with your legs. Before any type of balancing, we need to make sure our joints are loose so we do not injure ourselves.
- Now we are ready to start. Follow the questions and dedicate some time to practising different balances safely.
- Two important points for gymnastic balances is pointed limbs and stillness
- See if you can create a sequence of three balances without wobbling.
Games
- Click on the link here, Avoid the Defenders, to access the task of dribbling and the video is here, Video for Avoid the Defenders.
- Before you start, warm up your body with the same as the gymnastics: 20 star jumps, 20 squats, 20 seconds running on the spot. Wait 30 seconds then do the same one more time.
- Now you are warm, you can open the link and follow the steps. You can use any equipment in your house to dribble around: you can use the kitchen, your bedroom or from your kitchen to the lounge having random obstacles in the way.
- It mentions using your feet to dribble but you could use your hands (squatting down to hit each time) but if that is too tricky, use something in your house that could resemble a hockey stick (brush, toy lightsaber, large plastic or wooden spoon, etc)
- Try to keep the ball or scrunched up paper close to you and try to add speed to your movements.
HOME LEARNING Friday 8th January 2021
Date: 7th Jan 2021 @ 3:17pm
Year 4
Home Learning Friday 8th January 2021
Good morning Year 4. I hope you had a good evening last night and completed your work successfully yesterday. I can’t believe it’s Friday already! Make sure you keep positive and try and do something fun and exciting this weekend.
Please complete today’s work as if you were in school, taking care with your handwriting, spellings, punctuation, vocabulary, and of course, your presentation. Try and do the work on the day it is set as it usually follows on from the previous day. It is important that you continue to work hard recapping and practising previous learning, as well as learning new things.
If you need any reading books, please let us know and we will arrange for some books to be collected from the school office.
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 describe one of the characters – what do they look like and what sort of person are they? Explain how you know.
You can find even more books to read on our website. Go to Year 4, Home Learning and click on Oxford Owl. Use the class login and password and explore lots of books to read.
Spelling
This week’s spellings all had an apostrophe in. Children in school will be tested on these words today. Therefore, please ask someone at home to test you on them. Make sure you do the ‘test’ in your Home Learning book and check any that you get wrong.
The words are:
they’ll aren’t won’t we’ve
couldn’t who’s would’ve there’s
they’ve can’t shouldn’t you’ve
New spellings
Here are your new spellings which will be tested on Thursday 14th January 2021. All the words end in ‘ture’ or ‘sure’
future nature creature feature
mixture picture adventure treasure
pleasure enclosure measure leisure
Copy the new words into your book carefully. You can practise them in your book and they will be on Sumdog from 4pm today.
English
Download the ‘Mission Possible’ booklet attached to the blog.
Scroll to pg 12 – Characters in stories
Read the character profile of Willy Wonka. It provides information about his age, where he lives, siblings, appearance and personality.
Write the long date Friday 8th January 2021
Write the learning objective Can I complete two character profiles?
Please complete a character profile for EITHER Polly (pg 13) or Pete (pg 14) (you can print the page from the booklet or draw the character and use the headings in the booklet to write your profile.)
AND
Please complete a character profile for EITHER Dodgy Rodger (pg 15) or Raucus Reggie (pg 16) (you can print the page from the booklet or draw the character and use the headings in the booklet to write your profile.)
Focus on descriptive language, spellings and creative but sensible suggestions for your chosen characters.
Times tables
Practise your 3, 6 and 9 times tables on Sumdog.
Use the link below to goto ‘Hit the button’. Choose a times table or division fact you know you find tricky. Play ‘Hit the answer’ – see if you can get faster and add your results to your log. Play ‘Hit the question’ – see if you can get faster and add your results to your log.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Maths
Please open the maths worksheet called ‘Kilometres’ attached to the blog. You may print this off if you have a printer.
EITHER click on the link below which will take you to White Rose maths
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/week-8-measurement-length-perimeter/
and watch the lesson, Kilometres,
OR click on the link below for the video
Write the short date 08.01.21
Write the learning objective Can I calculate equivalent lengths m and kilometres?
Complete the worksheet as instructed (if you have printed it off) and stick it in your book or write the answers directly into your Home Learning Book.
Check your answers from yesterday, they are in the document ‘Answers equivalent lengths mm and cm’ which is attached to the blog. Make sure you look carefully at any questions you got wrong.
On Monday, we started revising types of lines (parallel and perpendicular) and angles. To consolidate this, I have set a challenge on Sumdog. Please log on and have a go. We will return to this topic when we are all back in school.
Reminder - right angles - 90°
- acute angles less than 90°
- obtuse angles more than 90° but less than 180°
RE
Our new topic is ‘Community’.
Each one of us belongs to several different communities, e.g. our family community, the school community, the parish community or the area where we live (our neighbourhood) etc. If you are part of a team or a member of a group then they too are another community that you belong to.
During the past year we have all seen the effects of the global Coronavirus pandemic. You will have heard about lots of ways in which communities have worked together to help and support each other. You might have done something yourself like collecting food for the local foodbank or you may have written to people in hospital or a care home to show that you are thinking about them. You may have also taken part in ‘clapping for carers’ to show how much we appreciate the work that they do to help us in our communities.
Think about your own ‘class community’. What makes it function well? What are the ways in which individuals help make the class community a happy one?
Write the long date Friday 8th January 2021
Write the learning objective Can I describe the communities I belong to?
To start our topic, I would like you to write the word COMMUNITY in the middle of your page and write around the outside / draw pictures to show all the communities you belong to (or would usually belong to without the pandemic). For example, you may write things like, My family, St Oswald’s Primary School, Year 4, Dance club, Gymnastics club, Cubs, Football Team etc. I’m sure you can come up with lots of other ideas. Try and include a small picture for each community too.
Focus on spellings, capital letters and presenting your work beautifully.
Underneath this work, write a few sentences to explain how people help make our class community a happy one. What do people in our class do which make it the lovely, friendly place it is?
Music
Click on the link below and follow the instructions, pausing when told to. Have fun!
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/body-percussion-basics-69j30t
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 ‘types of lines and angles’ challenge
- A spelling challenge (for the words which will be tested next week, this challenge will start at 4pm tonight)
Please make sure you log on and have a go!
Well done for finishing today’s work. Have a lovely weekend and stay safe.
Year 3 Home Learning 8th January 2021
Date: 7th Jan 2021 @ 2:39pm
Good morning Year 3. I hope you are feeling happy and well. It made me feel happy to see that so many of you have been on Sumdog, I am so proud of you for continuing to work hard even at home.
Try to think of something nice to do with your family over the weekend. I am going to make a list of my favourite songs and then listen to them while I have my tea on Friday. Ms Hodson is going to go to the park to look for squirrels and robins.
Well done for all of the work you have been doing so far.
If you are finding any of it 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
Don’t forget to collect an exercise book to do your work in – we will be looking at them when we are all back in school. I already can’t wait to see!
Remember to contact the school office and then collect or change reading books whenever you need to.
Try to have a look at some newspapers at home if you can.
Things that made me smile yesterday (you could write your own list too)
- By Thursday lunch time, 29 of you had started the Sumdog challenge – amazing, well done!!!!!!
- Outside looked beautiful with the frosty ground.
- I enjoyed speed walking around the track at playtime to warm myself up.
- I sang in the car on my way to school – I LOVE singing in the car.
Friday 8th January 2021
Reading
Please read out loud to somebody for 20 minutes. Once you have collected a school book from the office, you can start to read that.
Tell somebody what you think is going to happen next.
Spelling
Here are your spellings for this week:
television, treasure, usual, measure, pleasure, decision, vision, leisure, version, visual
Write the long date: Friday 8th January 2021
Write the title: Both hand spellings
Split your page in half. On one half, write your spellings with the hand you normally write with. On the other half, write your spellings with your other hand.
Take care to spell the words correctly.
We are going to have a spelling test in school on Monday which I am also going to ask you to do at home. So it might be a good idea to practise your spellings over the weekend.
Writing activity 1:
Read the pages from Mr Stink attached to this blog, p158 - 160.
Mr Stern’s news report is written on pages 159 and 160.
You are going to write more of your news report today.
Usually news reports have quotes in them. A quote is something that somebody has said.
Quotes include inverted commas (speech marks) and who said it.
Here are some examples of quotes that might be in the news report about Mrs Crumb.
- Mrs Crumb was telling us about her policy and said, “I believe that all homeless people should be off the streets.”
- Mr Stink said, “my new home is nice but the service is painfully slow.”
- Mrs Crumb had this to say about Mr Stink. “He deserves a home and I am happy to feed him as many sausages as he needs.”
- “It was all my idea.” Said Mrs Crumb.
- The tramp, known locally as Mr Stink, had this to say. “Please could I trouble you for another sausage?”
Date: Friday 8thJanuary 2021
Title: Can I use inverted commas to write quotes?
Focus: capital letters, full stops, inverted commas (speech marks)
Please use bullet points and write down at least 3 quotes you could include in your news report.
You can copy the ones below and fill in the gaps with what the person said, or you can make up your own.
- Mrs Crumb was telling us about her policy and said, “………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..”
- Mr Stink said, “……………………………………………………………………………………….
………………………………………………………………………”
- Mrs Crumb had this to say about Mr Stink. “………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………”
Writing activity 2 (for those of you who want to write more):
Write the long date: Friday 8th January 2021
Write the title: Speed write
Focus: beautiful handwriting, capital letters and full stops.
Set a timer for 10 minutes, write as much as you can about anything you like.
Times tables
Call out your times tables while you are running on the spot.
Write out your times tables, in order first and then mixed up.
If you cannot remember which times table you are on, you can practise the 4s.
We are going to have a times tables test in school on Monday which I am also going to ask you to do at home. So it might be a good idea to practise your times tables over the weekend.
Counting
Count out loud in 4s up to 48 and then backwards to 0.
Sumdog
Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenges:
- Multiplication and division challenge: 6th January – 10th January
Maths
Today in Maths you are going to do some dividing by sharing and making equal groups.
Some of the questions include cubes. For these questions you can use anything in your house e.g. coins, buttons, toys. Or you can draw squares.
Watch this video and pause where you need to:
Please complete the sheet attached to this blog called ‘Make equal groups – sharing.’ Then you can use the answer sheet to check your answers.
Extra challenge
If you want some extra division practice, you can complete the sheet called ‘Extra division.’
You can either complete the questions by drawing circles and sharing or by using your times tables.
To use your times tables, count in steps of the number you are dividing by and see how many there are.
12 ÷ 4.
Count in 4s.
4, 8, 12.
There are three 4s, so 12 ÷ 4 = 3.
Music
Please follow the link and complete lesson 1.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/pulse-and-metre-583c
Computing
Remember when you found out about sloths? I found it so interesting to read everything you found.
So today I would like you to find out about jaguars and make a PowerPoint or a Word document with what you find out. As we were studying rainforests in Geography, I would like you to include some information about this, such as where the jaguars live – you could even include a map.
Here are some useful websites:
https://www.wwf.org.uk/learn/fascinating-facts/jaguars
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/j/jaguar/
See if you can remember how to:
Insert title
Insert text
Change the colour and style of your font
Copy and paste a picture from the internet
If you do not have a computer or laptop, you could find out about the jaguar and then make a poster instead.
Year 6 Home Learning - Friday 8th January 2021
Date: 7th Jan 2021 @ 2:29pm
Friday 8th January 2021
Good morning Year 6. It is the end of a crazy week but I hope you have all got yourselves into some kind of a routine – do not worry if you haven’t yet but come next week, try to map out what you will do and when (and also give yourself little wins/treats along the way - as an example, if you complete the Maths tasks for the day, play a game of your choice for 15 - 30 minutes, then your mind will be ready for the next activity). I have included a timetable that you can use with an example attached to it to have a look at, which is at the bottom of this blog.
For those who have not yet collected theirs, there is a YELLOW HOME LEARNING BOOK to collect from the office along with a copy of our new novel, Tom’s Midnight Garden. All work can be completed inside it (including Writing, Maths, History, Art, etc).
Well done to 23 of you who have started the new Sumdog challenges – this week’s deadline is Sunday so try to complete both by then.
Here are today’s Home Learning tasks:
Reading
Read for 20 minutes. You may read your own books from home or from you can still use Oxford Owl ebooks, where there are a whole range of books from their library. If you would like to use this great resource, the username is ‘sto56’ with the password ‘1234’.
School reading books can still be used (and preferred over your home books). Simply notify the school of when you will be coming and I can arrange a box to be in the school office for when you arrive.
Do not forget to continue using your Reading Journals for any thoughts, opinions, predictions and new vocabulary you find. I will give your reading activities each day starting from next week.
English
My apologies for leaving out the objective for yesterday’s English lesson – it was, ‘Can I write internal thoughts as Tom about the grandfather clock?’
Today’s objective is:
Can I use the skill of retrieval to answer reading questions?
Read chapter 2 (page 17 - 20)
- Look up these great words: yielded, indignation, instinctively – before you read the chapter. It will give you a better understanding of the story.
- This lesson will help to practice the retrieval skill.
- Print or copy the questions from the attached file, 'Reading questions for pages 17-20'.
- Read the whole passage from pages 17 – 20 before you answer them.
- Top tip - if the questions is, ‘Why was the moonbeam useless?’, pick out a word or two from the question that stands out (like moonbeam) and scan for that word between 17 and 20. Then read the sentence before that word, read the sentence with that word and read the sentence after that word to fully understand the answer to the question.
- Then you can write the answer (either on the sheet or in your YELLOW BOOK)
- There are also questions about vocabulary so use a dictionary any time you come across something you do not understand.
- All the questions are in order so as an example, questions 1-4 are mostly on page 17, then the rest will be on pages 18-20.
Once this activity is completed, enjoy reading the rest of the chapter, to the end of page 24.
Sumdog
I have set two challenges to complete by Sunday: both have a target of 100 correct answers.
- Week 1 – x7 tables
- Week 1 – Rounding and Place Value
Maths – Place Value Week
Can I multiply and divide numbers by 10, 100 and 1000?
Hit the Button is our warm up for today. I would like you to focus on times tables: choose your times tables target but this time practise with ‘Hit the Question’.
Today has videos from White Rose Maths for both multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000. This is an area we have looked at many times but we all need to be secure in this for later learning.
To access the videos below, simply click on the link or type it into to a search engine to find them. If you head to St Oswald’s website and click on ‘classes’ – ‘Year 6’ – ‘Home Learning’ – ‘White Rose Daily Maths’, you will find the following resources that we will also be using:
- ‘Year 6 – Spring Block 1: Decimals’. I have attached the video links to these documents and the worksheets at the bottom of this blog.
History answers
The answers to the investigation of yesterday’s History are as follows:
1. They had a system of writing a bit like the Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, and even made what look like books.
2. They knew about the stars (had an observatory) and even had their own calendar.
3. They built great cities.
4. They discovered how to use chocolate.
5. A system of numbers enabled them to count. They even had a way of expressing zero.
6. Great craftsmen, sculptors
7. They played ball games.
8. They worshipped gods.
If you have others that are not written here, great work; historians came up with lots of predictions of what might have happened back then.
Art
For our Art lesson this week, we are going to learn about Mayan clothing. Watch this video Maya clothing, which shows both what a woman and a man would have worn in those days. The task is to sketch a Mayan person is the style of their ancient art. To see how to do this, follow the YouTube clip Let's draw an Ancient Mayan to help you sketch a Mayan. If you have colours, you can use them but do not worry if not.
Happy sketching!
(We will be organising Seesaw soon so you will be able to show me all of your work so keep this artwork safe until then).
Year 2 Home Learning - 8th January 2021
Date: 7th Jan 2021 @ 11:48am
Happy Friday Everyone!
Well done for all your fantastic learning this week. We know it has been a bit different to normal times – but keep going you are doing great. We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.
Sumdog – Well done to the 10 children who have had a go at the new Sumdog challenges this week. We would love to see everyone have a go at the challenges set for next week. Sumdog can be a great way to consolidate learning and practise your spellings.
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.
If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’
Username: sto2
Password: 1234
Corner stones have released some free reading resources
Resources for questioning your child while they are reading
Maths
Today we are going to focus on selecting the correct amount. I have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet. The WhiteRose sheet is more than enough. Make sure you watch the video carefully and pause to answer questions on the worksheet.
Please follow the link and complete the worksheet attached to the class blog.
1. Watch the video (either on your own or with your child).
2. Find a calm space where your child can work for about 20-30 minutes.
3. Use the video guidance to support your child as they work through a lesson.
Complete on the sheet (if you have a printer) or write your answers in your home learning book.
Sumdog
Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class.
Log in at www.sumdog.com
Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.
Sumdog challenges
Multiplication – x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables
Maths – Money
Spellings – tion/ssion
English
English focus – Using capital letter and full stops for every sentence. Using lead-ins to every letter.
Over the next few days we will be writing about inspiring stories. Please see attached document for the lesson today.
Phonics and Spelling
Task – Have a go at completing the cross word to find all the ‘tion’ words.
See attached document for worksheet.
Computing
This term we are focuisng on coding in Computing. On the additional documents you will find your child’s individual code for the programme we use. The website is called Code.org. It should work on your tablets. If you do not have one, school will be happy to loan one out to you whilst you are off. Once your child has their unique login they will be able to access the programme on code.org by following the instructions on the document.
- Each child will have the same 6 letter section code – FMSQGM, they will then search for their name, choose their secret picture and then press the sign in button.
Today please complete the following lesson:
- Course B (2020)
- Watch the video for lesson 1 and 2.
- Complete Lesson 3 – Sequencing with Angry Birds.
Please only complete the lessons stated above.
We hope you have a lovely weekend.
Year 2 team
Year 1 Home Learning Friday 8th January 2021
Date: 7th Jan 2021 @ 9:27am
Good Morning Everyone. We hope you are enjoying your time at home and having a really good go with all your learning.
Yesterday we really enjoyed the coding with Scrat, not many of us finished the challenge but we all tried our best. If you are having any technical issues don't hesitate to contact school and we will do our best to resolve any issues. We also have a number of iPads available for loan over the lockdown period. Contact the school office for details.
Today we will be learning, Phonics, English, Maths, Science and DT.
Phonics
On Fridays, we always play a game of sound spotter where we try and find the sounds in a story. We have attached a part of a story below. Print out the sheet and colour in all the ay, ai, a_e, a sounds that you can find. If you can't print out the sheet, read it on the screen and write down all the words you can find.
Well done to the ten children who started their spelling challenge on Sumdog. Three of you have completed it. A huge Well Done to you!
English
Today we are writing a letter as Sidney, Thanking the other Spiders for helping him. On the sheet below or on a page, can you write a letter using your own ideas. What will Sidney say to the other Spiders? Remember to use your Think Pinks.
Maths
Today we are learning to use our number bonds to help us add. Watch the Find and make number bonds video here ans complete the worksheet attached below. When you have finished, go onto Sumdog and answer as many questions as you can.
Remember, you can count on to add numbers together or you can use what you know to help you.
Well done to everyone who has started our addition challenge on Sumdog. Nine of you have completed the challenge and 13 of you have started. Keep up your fantastic maths learning!
Science
Today we are starting out topic on Everyday Materials. We will be using the resources from the Association of Science Education. Have a look at the Everyday Materials PowerPoint in the files below. Sort the materials and talk about what you have done. If you'd like, record what you have done in your book.
DT
Having read Sidney the Spider this week. We are going to create a moving spider model using paper and card. Watch the video explaining how to make your spider here. Use your model to retell the story. Can you make the other characters in the story too?
Well done for completing your home learning today.
Seesaw
Over the weekend you will receive an email inviting you to link to your child's seesaw journal on the Seesaw Family app. This journal has been newly created for home learning. Through this app, you will be able to upload work completed at home, for us to see and give feedback. You will only see your child's work and all feedback will be private to that account. If you have any questions please contact the school office.
Have a lovely weekend, from everyone in Year 1.
Reception 8th January Home Learning
Date: 7th Jan 2021 @ 9:12am
Friday 8th January 2021
We hope you are enjoying the home learning, it is amazing to see some of your work on seesaw, well done Reception :)
Phonics – Lets recap all of our sounds on Phonics Play – Log in, Resources, Flashcard speed trails – Phase 2 - How long did it take you? Did you remember all of are sounds?
The log in is Username: jan21
Password: home
You can also use this log in to play any of the phase 2 phonic games, the children will be familiar with the pirate game, obb & bob, pick a picture and make a match 😊
Can I remember my new diagraph sounds? ch & sh - Can you show your grown up how to write these sounds? - Please feel free to revisit the videos from the past 2 days to recap :)
Can I write the sh & ch words on the sheet attached below?
Handwriting - Have a go at the next page in your booklet, which is all about the letter Cc.
The Humpty Words of the week are the, to, no, I – We are going to have a little check on the spellings on these humpty words in school today, see how many you can do without looking 😊 (using paper or your whiteboards from you pack)
Literacy – Can I use my phonics sounds to help me write the words I can see?
Have a look at the picture in the attachment and have a go at writing the words by sounding them out independently - use your sound mat to help you get the formation of the letters correct. (literacy task)
Remember to try and read for 10 minutes each day.
When you need new reading books please let the school office know and we will get that sorted for you :)
Maths - Can I count forwards out loud to 50?
Can I use my number cards to order my numbers to 20? (these should be in your learning packs on card, they need cutting up)
Can I have a go at the maths activity sheets? (see attachment - there are two differnet ones to have a go at)
Can I have a watch of the shape songs that we use in school?
Topic Time
Music – Click on this link for session one, for the unit 'This is me'😊
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/this-is-me-60t36d
PE – Can I practise hopping, running, skipping and jumping (two feet to two feet)? Maybe you could make a mini circuit of exercises?
Have a go at some of these activities too;
Cosmic Yoga Kids - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40SZl84Lr7A
Super Movers - https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/pshe-super-mood-movers-fit-and-well/zqr67yc
Thank you for your continued support and have a lovely weekend :)
Year 2 Home Learning - 7th January 2021
Date: 6th Jan 2021 @ 3:14pm
Good morning everyone!
Well done to everyone who managed to complete yesterday’s work. We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.
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.
If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’
Username: sto2
Password: 1234
Corner stones have released some free reading resources
Resources for questioning your child while they are reading
Maths
Today we are going to focus on counting money in pounds. I have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet. The WhiteRose sheet is more than enough. Make sure you watch the video carefully and pause to answer questions on the worksheet.
Please follow the link and complete the worksheet attached to the class blog.
1. Watch the video (either on your own or with your child).
2. Find a calm space where your child can work for about 20-30 minutes.
3. Use the video guidance to support your child as they work through a lesson.
Complete on the sheet (if you have a printer) or write your answers in your home learning book.
Sumdog
Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class.
Log in at www.sumdog.com
Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.
Sumdog challenges
Multiplication – x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables
Maths – Money
Spellings – tion/ssion
English
English focus – Using capital letter and full stops for every sentence. Using lead-ins to every letter.
Today we will be looking at The Lion Inside by Rachel Bright. Please see the attached document for today’s lesson and YouTube links.
Phonics and Spelling
Can you complete the word search finding the ‘tion’ words?
Please see attached documents.
RE
The new topic in RE this term is Books.
Explore, discuss and investigate the many books which we use at home and at school and how and where each one might be used. Share together favourite books, why they are favourites and notice how people choose the same and different types of books.
- What types of books are there at home and at school?
- What uses do books have? (e.g. a timetable, telephone directory, text books, photo albums etc.)
- How do these books differ?
- What books do you like and why?
- What would a world without books be like?
Can you draw and colour your favourite book? Can you write 5 sentences about why it is your favourite? You might want to include: your favourite characters, your favourite part of the story and why you like to read it.
Keep smiling! J
Year 2 team