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Home Learning Monday 11th January 2021

Date: 6th Jan 2021 @ 11:46am

Year 5 Home Learning Monday 11^th January 2021

I hope you all had a lovely weekend and enjoyed time with your families. A big well done and thank you to everyone at home who is supporting you with your Home Learning. Together, let’s be positive, try our best and look forward to returning to school when it is safe.

Remember there are lots of other learning links on our school website that might interest you if you want to do further learning. Click on the Home Learning button just under the photograph of our class on the Year 5 class page. The BBC are showing educational programmes on CBBC starting at 9.00 today (Monday 11^th Jan). Have a look and see if there is anything for you to watch. I’m very interested to see what they show!

I have included a timetable as a guide so you know what subjects to expect each day (there might be changes where necessary). This will help you plan your learning time but remember to plan breaks and fun activities too! You will find the timetable in the documents below.

Reading

Please read for at least twenty/thirty minutes every day. Talk about what you have read with an adult. Discuss the story, characters and any new vocabulary you come across. We can issue books and change books as needed.

Reading Challenge: Using your reading book, draw a picture of your favourite part of the story and describe what you have drawn. If your book is non-fiction draw one of the diagrams and write a caption to go with it. Please do this in your Home Learning exercise book (collect from school) with today’s date.

English

Read the rest of the story - Cloud Tea Monkeys, you will find this in the documents at the bottom of the page.

What do you think of the story?

This story is set in the past, but in many parts of the world, families are working hard to harvest food for which they receive minimal payment. People around the world suffer a great deal of poverty because the wages for the pickers are not set at a fair rate.

Watch the clip below that explains what Fairtrade is all about:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeUGvhINwHw produced by Fairtrade (9m17)

Today you will be researching the issue of fair-trade. You will write your research notes in your exercise book. The date and title are:

Monday 11^th January 2021

Can I research the Fairtrade movement?

Explore the sites (below) about Fairtrade and research interesting facts and information to share about how Fairtrade improves people’s lives.

Try to organise your notes using presentational devices: headings, sub-headings, bullet/numbered points, underlining, pictures/photos and captions.

When you have finished, present your findings to someone at home.

http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/en/farmers-and-workers/tea

http://www.theschoolrun.com/homework-help/fair-trade   

http://www.funkidslive.com/learn/environment/f-is-for-fairtrade/

Maths

For your mental starter play hit the button – Doubles from 50 to 100, see if you can get faster each time you play.

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

Please follow the link below to the White Rose Maths webpage and watch the lesson – Read and interpret line graphs. Print out the worksheet below and stick it into your exercise book or copy the answers into your book. The date and title are:

11.01.21

Can I read and interpret line graphs?

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/week-6-statistics/

Art

We will be learning about different painters in Art.

Last term we learnt about The Victorians, so our painter for today is the famous Victorian artist, William Morris.

Look at the PowerPoint in the documents below which is all about William Morris’ life and work.

Choose one of the patterns from the PowerPoint slides to copy.

Draw a large square on some plain paper approx. 15cm by 15cm.

Copy (in pencil) the pattern you have chosen onto your square and colour.

Please stick this into your exercise book.

The date and title are:

Monday 11^th January 2021

Can I draw in the style of William Morris?

I have also included some colouring sheets (documents below) in the style of William Morris. You could do some colouring or use the patterns to trace onto your art work square above.

SUMDOG challenges for this week are:

Times Tables and Spelling with the suffix -ant.

I hope you have a good day, Miss Gravili.

Home Learning Friday 8th January 2021

Date: 6th Jan 2021 @ 11:46am

Year 5 Home Learning Friday 8^th January 2021

Good morning everyone, it’s nearly the weekend!! Well done for working so hard and trying your best to keep learning every day. I hope you are achieving some of your goals that I mentioned on Wednesday. It feels good to do different and interesting things. I had a go at knitting a scarf during the holidays, it’s not finished yet!! I’ll look forward to hearing about some of the other things you have been doing at home, as well as your learning. You could take some photos of yourself achieving your goals and stick them into your Home Learning exercise book (collect from school). Remember to write what you did and how it made you feel to achieve it.

Reading

Please read for at least twenty/thirty minutes every day. Talk about what you have read with an adult. Discuss the story, characters and any new vocabulary you come across. We can issue books and change books as needed.

In the book you are reading find FIVE words that have apostrophes. Write down each word and explain why there is an apostrophe there, for example couldn’t – this is short for could not and the apostrophe is in place of the ‘o’. Please write these into you Home Learning exercise book (collect from school) with today’s date.

English

Read the next few pages of Cloud Tea Monkeys, you will find this in the documents at the bottom of the page. Think about how the story is different from what you predicted in your writing yesterday. Now answer the questions below in full sentences in your exercise book. Focus on best handwriting and punctuation.

1. What words in the text describe the monkey’s excitement?
2. What does scolded mean?
3. What did Tashi discover in her mother’s wicker basket?
4. The Overseer was marching about. He looked like a man whose brains were on fire. What does this tell you about the Overseer?
5. What was the driver of the cart doing?
6. Who was the man that came to visit the tea plantation?
7. Write down the simile that describes the man’s moustache?
8. What did the Tea-Taster first say about the Overseer’s tea leaves?

   The date and title are:

   Friday 8th January 2021

   Can I answer comprehension questions about the text?

Maths

For your mental starter play hit the button – number bonds to 100, see if you can get faster each time you play.

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

Please follow the link below to the White Rose Maths webpage and watch the lesson – Introducing line graphs. Print out the worksheet below and stick it into your exercise book or copy the answers into your book. The date and title are:

08.01.21

Can I understand and interpret line graphs?

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/week-6-statistics/

RE

Our new topic in RE is - Mission. Please read the information below about Sir Tom Moore’s mission.

Now research a charity of your choice, for example - RNLI (Life boats), Caritas, CAFOD, Missio, NSPCC, RSPCA etc.  Find out as much information as you can from the charitie's website. Here are some questions to help you:

• - Who was the inspiration for the group?
• - Who is involved?
• - Who do they help?
• - How are they funded?
• - How can people help?
• - What reasons do people have for wanting to help?

Create a poster to display the information you have found out about your chosen charity. Include information/facts/picture/photos/captions. You can use headings/sub-headings/bullet or numbered points/fact boxes. Make it colourful and interesting to read.

Please stick this into your exercise book. The date and title are:

Friday 8^th January 2021

Can I design a poster to share information about my chosen charity?

Music

Please follow the link below and complete lesson 1 – Understanding rhythm and pulse.

 https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/understanding-rhythm-and-pulse-68rkae

Enjoy your weekend, Miss Gravili

Home Learning Thursday 7th January 2021

Date: 6th Jan 2021 @ 11:39am

Year 5 Home Learning Thursday 7^th January 2021

Good morning everyone, I hope you had a good day yesterday and managed to complete your Home Learning. Well done for working hard and trying your best, I’ll look forward to seeing your work when you come back to school. The children that are in school will be doing exactly the same work that you are doing at home each day, so it will be lovely to share and celebrate our super learning together.

Reading

Please read for at least twenty/thirty minutes every day. Talk about what you have read with an adult. Discuss the story, characters and any new vocabulary you come across. We can issue books and change books as needed.

Find FIVE interesting words from your reading book (this can be a book from home if you do not have a school book yet). Write down the meaning of each word. Then using each word write a sentence of your own. Please write these into you Home Learning exercise book (collect from school) with today’s date.

English

Read the next few pages of Cloud Tea Monkeys, you will find this in the documents at the bottom of this page. Think about how the tension is built in this part of the story.

Can you predict what might happen next? What are Tashi’s worries? (She has all her worries about her Mum, she has been shouted at by the horrible overseer and now the monkeys have taken her Mum’s basket.) How might these worries be solved? Think about what might happen next. Have the authors left any clues?

Write an ending for the story so far in roughly 200 words. Please write this in your Home Learning exercise book (collect from school). The date and title are:

Thursday 7^th January 2021

Can I predict and write my own ending to the Cloud Tea Monkeys story?  

Focus on good punctuation and interesting vocabulary choices.                                                                                                               

Maths

For your mental starter play hit the button – division facts, see if you can get faster each time you play.

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

Please follow the link below to the White Rose Maths webpage and watch the lesson – Comparison, sum and difference. Print out the worksheet below and stick it into your exercise book or copy the answers into your book. The date and title are:

07.01.21

Can I compare and find the sum and difference of data when using graphs and charts?

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/week-6-statistics/

History

Our new topic in History is The Shang Dynasty. Follow the link below and click on the first lesson – The Shang Dynasty 1600 – 1046BC. Watch the clips and do the little tasks.

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

Have a look at the artefacts, choose one, draw it in your book and write about it. You may use the information provided and/or do your own research to find out more about that artefact. If you have time find out about another artefact from the Shang Dynasty.

Please do this in your exercise book. The date and title are:

Thursday 7^th January 2021

Can I find information about artefacts from the Shang Dynasty?

A big well done everyone, Miss Gravili

Year 1 Home Learning 7th January 2021

Date: 6th Jan 2021 @ 9:14am

Good morning Year 1,

We hope you are enjoying doing your learning from home and enjoyed reading about Sidney the Spider yesterday. We are all missing you and hope you are keeping well. 

Phonics

Today we are looking at our split a_e sound. Watch the video of Geraldine the giraffe below and write out the words in your book, just like we'd do in class. Pause the video to give yourself time. We have also added a phonics challenge below. Sort the words and write a sentence on the sheet. If you can't print it off, write them down on a page or in your book. (These are available at the school office)

English

Continue to read for at least 10 minutes every day.

Today we are looking at the speech in the story and have created a quiz for you!

Read the story again listening carefully to what the characters say. Open the challenge and see if you can match the speech to the character. Can you write out some more speech from the story? What else might Sidney, Mrs Brown or Susie say?

Maths

We are looking at counting on from any number today up to 20 and using number bonds to help us add. Watch the two videos on adding ones using number bonds here.

Have a go at completing the questions on the worksheets below. Remember to draw your dots to help you.

Continue to answer your questions on Sumdog. Well done to everyone who went on yesterday!

Computing

In our coding we are looking at loops and writing algorithms with Scrat from Ice Age. Login to our class page on code.org. here.

We have attached sign in instructions and your child's 'sign in' picture. Use these to access the resource. Today's lesson is Lesson 8 and there are video instructions included. Do as much as you can.

French

Mrs Quilliam has put together a PowerPoint to celebrate The French holiday of the Three Kings. Have a look and listen to the attached video.

Well done for doing all your home learning. We can't wait to see what you've done.

Mr Campbell, Mrs Corbett and Mrs Anderson

Reception 7th January Home Learning

Date: 6th Jan 2021 @ 9:03am

Thursday 7^th January 2021

Here are your jobs for today :) 

Phonics - Today we are learning ch. It is a diagraph (2 letters that make one sound). 

Watch the video of Scrap attached below. 

Can I practise writing the sound ch?

Can I think of any words that begin with ch? 

Can I write the sh & ch words on the sheet attached below?

Handwriting - Have a go at the second page in your booklet, which is all about the letter Bb. 

The Humpty Words of the week are the, to, no, I - Can I spell them without looking at them? (using paper or your whiteboards from you pack)

Literacy - Here is our story of the week, click on this link to watch the video - Oliver's Vegetables

In the Story Oliver loves to eat chips! But we can use potatoes to make lots of different types of food.

What can you make? Can you help your grown up? – We would love to see what you make on seesaw 😊

Can I write some instructions of the food I have made? (Let you child write the sounds they can hear for themselves and use the sound mat to find them. Use the finger space in your pack to put in between your words. Keep it simple, used the attached sheet if needed)

For example, if you were making chips

1. Wash them
2. Peel them
3. Chop them up
4. Put them in the oven

Maths - Can I count forwards out loud to 30?

Can I have a go at the ladybird counting game? (Click the writing)

Watch the White Rose Maths video - (Session 3)

Have a go at the activity in the maths attachment – Can you record your score?

Topic Time

Science – We are sorting fruit and vegetables.

Firstly, gather whatever fruit and vegetables you have in your home. 

Can I sort them into 2 or more groups?

How have they sorted them? (Ideas might be green/not green. Smooth/rough.) How many ways can I find? 

Once you have sorted them, you could cut them open and see if you can see any seeds inside. If it contains seeds, scientifically speaking it is a fruit eg tomato is a fruit. Can you now sort them into fruit and vegetables (seeds/no seeds)? Then you can taste them!

French -We are learning the names of some fruit and vegetables in French.

Here is a song to listen to and join in with. It's called J'aime les fruits (jayme lay froo ee). If you listen a few times you might be able to join and do the conga!

French Song

If you have any questions, please message us on seesaw.

Thank you for your continued support :) 

Year 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 6th January 2021

Date: 5th Jan 2021 @ 3:09pm

Wednesday 6^th January 2021

Good morning Year 6. I cannot express how gutted I am that I will not see you all today. We will hopefully only be away up until half term which gives us just over 5 weeks to keep working hard, recapping, practising and learning new things so we are all ready for Spring 2 when we finally meet up again.

Every day, I will write up a daily Home Learning blog, which will follow the same timetable we do at school and it is important that you complete all the tasks I set. I will explain them all in detail and if any become too tricky or you are unsure of anything, you can always ask your parent to contact school where I will do my best to answer your query as soon as I can.

During this time it is important that you look after yourselves and your wellbeing – remember, the two most important things to me are your happiness and safety so do take care of yourselves and your family during these times.

There will be 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).

Reading

As usual, I believe reading is the number one thing we should do every day as it is the key to all our learning. Please read for 20 minutes. You may 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. 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

On Monday, we started our new novel, 'Tom’s Midnight Garden' and were introduced to these characters:

Tom (main character)

Peter (brother of Peter)

Mrs Long (Tom’s mum)

Uncle Alan

Can I write my first impressions of each character based on the evidence from the text?

Depending on whether you receive the school novel today or not, you can still complete this task by remembering what happened in the first 5 pages of the book (Tom left his house as his brother Peter had the measles and Uncle Alan drove the boy to his poky flat). Think about using adjectives to describe what kind of people they are based on what happened during those 5 pages.

When you finally receive the novel, continue reading through chapter 1 (Exile) to page 8. Try to answer the following reading questions:

• How was Tom being deceiving to his aunt? (page 5)
• Why was Tom unhappy with his room? (page 6)
• On page 8, Tom had smiled condescendingly – use a dictionary or internet to find out what that means.
• In the first chapter, what evidence shows that Tom is angry?
• Based on what we have learnt, how would you describe Tom and his brother Peter’s relationship?

Sumdog

I have set two challenges to completed 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 understand negative numbers in context?

Can I find the difference between positive and negative numbers?

I am sure you will all be used to White Rose Maths, which we use in school regularly and during last year’s lockdown. My planning does not follow the same structure as White Rose Maths so please check which part of the Year 6 curriculum I have sent you to and also follow the video links as it will take you to the explanations of how to complete the activity.

To access the videos below, simply click on the link or type it into 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 – Autumn Block 1 Place Value: I have attached the video links to this document and the worksheets at the bottom of this blog.
  • Negative numbers (in context)    
  • Negative Numbers - difference

RE

Our new topic is ‘Community: Sources’. To begin to understand this topic, I want you to think about a wide variety of books and the purpose for which they were written.

Did you know that only a few hundred years ago, books were only for the very rich, as they were costly and written by hand by monks. Later, when printing was first invented, they were still expensive and also very few people could read. Nowadays, books are for everyone.

If possible, discuss with someone whether Kindle or electronic books would ever completely replace actual books. Is it a book or not? What makes a book a book? What are the pros and cons? Is it possible to imagine a world without books? Talk about how books enrich our lives, whether they are electronic or hard copies, how they can take us beyond our environment and our own thoughts and ideas. Discuss how books might have influenced your thinking, ideas or behaviour.

Task:

• Look around your house and find many different books (atlas, Guinness World Records, novels, dictionary, diary, cookbook, etc).
• Copy the table below in your YELLOW BOOK and add the books you find to the list.
• In the right column, write what and for whom they have been written for.

French

In French this week, we are going to recap the conjugation of regular ER verbs which we looked at briefly before Christmas.

Watch this video to remind yourself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DarS8y_zrM&safe=active

Pause the video at 9 minutes 24 and write out the sentences,  choosing the correct verb ending. Press play again and check your answers.  Now read your sentences out loud, being extra careful with your pronunciation. If you like, you can write some more sentences of your own. 

French people celebrate Epiphany on the 6th January with the Fete des Rois. Here's a story to listen to . See how much you can understand. You can always slow down the speed. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04JiV_Ua6Wc&safe=active

HOME LEARNING Wednesday 6th January 2021

Date: 5th Jan 2021 @ 2:21pm

Year 4

Home Learning Wednesday 6^th January 2021

Good morning Year 4.  I hope you are all safe and well.  It was lovely seeing you all on Monday – you always bring a smile to my face. Unfortunately, things have changed and we are not able to be together as a full class until after February half term (at the earliest).  Please all try your best to stay positive, I’m sure many of you will keep in contact with each other during this tricky time.

Each evening, I will put the following day’s Home Learning on the Year 4 Blog.  Please complete the work as if you were in school, taking care with your handwriting, spellings, punctuation and vocabulary. Try and discipline yourself to get up each morning and do your work to the best of your ability.   

Please collect the purple Home Learning exercise book you used during our isolation weeks in November, from the school office.  Alternatively, you may collect a new book.  This exercise book will be used to record your Home Learning – be proud of all your achievements – you will be able to share these with me, Mrs Whitworth and your class mates when we return to school.

If you need any reading books, please ask your parents to email or ring Mrs Rothwell and we will arrange for some books to be collected from the school office.

Reading

Today, please read out loud to someone at home for 20 minutes.  Make sure you discuss what has happened in the chapter / story so far.

Have you found any new words today?  If so, copy them carefully into your reading diary. Use a dictionary to find the meanings and write the definitions in your diary.

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 have an apostrophe in – they are all contractions. 

Please make sure you practise your spellings on Sumdog and in your exercise books.  These spellings will be tested in school on Friday 8^th January, so please aim to learn them for Friday.

they’ll            aren’t          won’t            we’ve

couldn’t          who’s           would’ve       there’s

they’ve          can’t            shouldn’t      you’ve

English

Download the ‘Mission Possible’ booklet attached to the blog.

Scroll down to pg 2 and read the title and information given.

Read pages 3, 4, 5 and 6 – make sure you are reading with understanding.  (You can also listen to an audio version of the story if you click on the link on page 3)

If you come across a word you are unsure of, use other clues from the sentence to help with its meaning. Does it have a capital letter?  Is there part of the word you recognise from another word you know?  Look the word up in a dictionary if you are still unsure.

Scroll to page 7 – Let’s chat about the story

Write the long date Wednesday 6^th January 2021

Write the title Can I record my thoughts about a story?

Either complete the tasks on the sheet or in your Home Learning Book.

Scroll to page 8 – True or false Quiz

Write the title Can I use evidence from the text to answer questions?

Complete the quiz on the sheet or in your Home Learning Book.  Give a full explanation as to how you know whether the answer is true or false.

Scroll to page 9

Explain whether the statements are correct or not.  Write in full sentences, using clues from the story to help.

Write the title Can I write a quiz based on a story I have read?

Now make your own quiz for someone, based on this story or a story you have read or are currently reading. Don’t forget your question marks!

Remember to record your answers in complete sentences, explaining your answers fully. Focus on capital letters, spellings, punctuation and vocabulary, using evidence from the text to help back up your answers.

Times tables

Make a log in your exercise book like the one below

Hit the answer

Practise your times table target or a times table / division fact you know you find tricky using:

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

Play ‘Hit the Answer’ 3 times - see if you can improve on how many you get right in 1 minute.  Then play ‘Hit the Question’ 3 times, again see if you can improve on how many you get right in 1 minute.

Add your results to your ‘Hit the button’ log. Are you getting more right? Are you getting quicker?

Maths

Please open the maths worksheet attached to the blog called ‘Equivalent lengths m and cm’.  You may print this off if you have a printer.

Please click on the link below which will take you to White Rose maths

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/week-8-measurement-length-perimeter/

Watch the first lesson, Equivalent lengths m and cm, and either complete the worksheet as instructed or write the answers in your Home Learning Book.

Can you use a ruler and accurately measure some items around your home in cm?

Make sure you record the item and the length of it.  Remember to include the units, cm.

Can you find 3 items which are exactly 10cm?

PE

Exercising is excellent for both your mental and physical health.

Watch the video at:

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

Download the document called Feeling Flexible?

Have a go at the circuit.   How many times can you repeat the circuit?

Can you challenge someone else to have a go?

If possible, go out for a walk, run or bike ride with an adult at home.

Well done for finishing today’s work.  Have a lovely evening and stay safe.

Year 3 Home Learning 6th January 2021

Date: 5th Jan 2021 @ 2:10pm

Hello Year 3. I hope you are all OK and finding lots of reasons to smile. I have uploaded some of your thankful poems onto the website so you can read them and remember all of the things you are thankful for.

I will upload a blog onto the school website each evening. On the blog will be the work which I would like you to complete the following day.

Last time when we were all off for 2 weeks, I was so impressed with how hard you all worked at home. It really made such a huge difference when we were back in school. I know it is for longer this time, but please try to complete as much of the work as you can while you are at home as it will really help you when we are all back together in school.

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.

Wednesday 6^th January 2021

Reading

Please read out loud to somebody for 20 minutes. You can read your own book or a school book if you have one at home.

Talk about what you have read.

Spelling

Here are your spellings for this week:

television, treasure, usual, measure, pleasure, decision, vision, leisure, version, visual

Write the long date: Wednesday 6^th January 2021

Write the title: Spelling sentences

Write 3 sentences using this week’s spellings. For an extra challenge, try to put more than 1 of the spellings into each sentence.

Writing:

Read the pages from Mr Stink attached to this blog, p149 - 152.

Imagine you are a news reporter writing an article about Mrs Crumb allowing Mr Stink to live in her home. You think that Mrs Crumb is very kind for allowing this. You are going to write a little bit of the news report each day.

This video tells you a little bit about news reports:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z2yycdm/articles/z2gk9qt

Today you are going to think of ideas for a headline.

A headline is a title for a news report.

A headline:

• Should be 5 words or less
• Gives you a clue of what the news report is about
• Should have exciting words
• Can use exclamation marks
• Has capital letters
• Can use alliteration where the words start with the same sound e.g. Hero helps the homeless
• Can rhyme e.g. Crumb: zero to hero

Write the long date: Wednesday 6^th January 2021

Write the title: Can I use exciting words?

Focus: Perfect spelling

Write at least 5 ideas for your headline using bullet points

Here are some examples:

• Local Hero Helps the Homeless!
• Crumb: Zero to Hero
• Stink is Safe

Times tables

Go on Hit the Button to practise the 4x tables.

Play at least three times trying to improve your score each time.

Counting

Count out loud in 5s up to 100 and then backwards to 0.

Sumdog

Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenges:

• Multiplication and division challenge: 6^th January – 10^th January

Maths

In class we have practised the 2x and 4x tables.

Today you are going to use doubling to practise the 2x, 4x and 8x tables.

Doubling means adding a number to itself. For example double 4 is the same as 4 + 4.

Attached to this blog is a sheet called Double double double, where you will use doubling to fill in a table and then answer 8x tables questions.

To fill in the table:

1 – Fill in the 2x column

2- Double the 2x to find the 4x

3 – Double the 4x to find the 8x

PE

Attached to this blog is an activity sheet called Balance Time.

Geography

Long date: Wednesday 6^th January 2021

Title: Can I learn about Egypt from a map?

Find Egypt on map:

https://geology.com/world/world-map.shtml

Answer the following questions:

1. Which continent is Egypt in?
2. Which seas or oceans surround it?
3. Which river runs through it?
4. What is the capital?
5. Which countries does it share a border with?
6. What do you think Egypt is like based on where on a map it is? (Hot, cold, sunny, beaches, holiday spot?)

Year 2 Home Learning - 6th January 2021

Date: 5th Jan 2021 @ 1:04pm

Good morning everyone!

We hope you are excited to start your home learning today. We can’t wait to see what you get up to. Each day we will be focusing on Spellings, English, Maths and foundation subjects along with additional fun 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. Remember, you can collect exercise books, stationary and additional resources from school if required. 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.

Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.

If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’

Username: sto2

Password: 1234

Corner stones have released some free reading resources

Corner Stones

Resources for questioning your child while they are reading

VIPERS

Maths

Today we are going to focus on counting money in pence. 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.

https://vimeo.com/471306740

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

Please practise writing these six spellings and try to think of 2 more. Pick 3 of these spellings and write them in a sentence.

PE

We all know how much Year 2 love to dance so this term we will be focusing on different dance activities in PE. Please see the attached document.

You could use the following music to help you move to the beat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JDzlhW3XTM&safe=active

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbY_aP-alkw&safe=active

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-VqEnvDKbw&safe=active

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rrXR6n0RTY&safe=active

Keep smiling :)

Year 2 team

Reception 6th January Home Learning 2021

Date: 5th Jan 2021 @ 11:16am

Good Morning Children - We hope you are all excited for your home learning. 

Here are your jobs for today :) 

Phonics - Today we are learning sh. It is a diagraph (2 letters that make one sound). 

Watch the video of Scrap attached below. 

Can I practise writing the sound sh?

Can I think of any words that begin with sh? 

Can I write the word or draw a picture?

Handwriting - Have a go at the first page in your booklet, which is all about the letter Aa. 

The Humpty Words of the week are the, to, no, I  - Can I spell them? 

Literacy - Here is our story of the week, click on this link to watch the video - Oliver's Vegetables

Can I write a list of Oliver's vegetables? (Use your sound mat to help you sound out the words)

(There is a template attached below, please feel free to use it or paper)

Maths - Can I count out loud to 20, forwards and backwards?

Watch this counting video - Alive in 5 (Session 1)

Using any objects such as Lego, can you make different amounts to show more or fewer than 5? 

(Talk about or discuss the differences between the amounts with your child)

Topic Time

Can I talk about keeping myself healthy? What food would I eat? What activities would I do?

Can I draw a healthy meal? (template is attatched below, if needed) 

We would love to see some of your work on seesaw :) 

Year 1 Home Learning 6th January 2021

Date: 5th Jan 2021 @ 11:11am

Good Morning Year 1,

Here is your home learning for today.

Phonics

This week we are revisiting our ay, ai and a_e sounds, and learning the long a sound. Below, you will find some videos. Listen to the instructions and write out some of the words you find. We have also set a spelling list on Sumdog for the week. 

English

We are starting a new story about Sidney the Spider. Below, you will find a link to the story and a challenge to complete. If you can't print out any of the sheets, you can complete it on a piece of paper or in a book (you can collect a blank book from the school office).

Maths

This week we are revisiting addition strategies and looking at adding in different ways. We will be following the White Rose Maths lessons so check out the link below for today's lesson (6th Jan):

White Rose Maths Spring 1 Week 1

You will find some questions on the worksheet below.

We have also set a Sumdog challenge on addition to 20. There are 50 questions to get you going but answer as many as you can.

RE

Our topic this half term is special people. Have a look at the photo below and answer these questions:

• What do you see?
• Where are the people going?
• Who is there?
• What are they doing?
• What other jobs do people do during Mass?

PE

This week we are starting our Gymnastics learning. Have a look at the link below (Balance Time) which will give you some ideas on Gymnastics at home. There is also a video here to help you.

Home Learning Wednesday 6th January 2021

Date: 5th Jan 2021 @ 9:10am

Year 5 Home Learning Wednesday 6^th January 2021

Good Morning Year 5, I hope you are all well and staying safe with your families at home. I'm so sad that we only got to be in class together for one day, but we must try our best to stay positive and work hard to keep learning every day, it is so important for you. I'll be counting the days until we are all happily and safely back in class together.

Every evening, I will post your Home Learning on the Year 5 blog for the next day. Please try hard to complete the work as though you were in school. That means best handwriting, spelling, vocabulary choices, remember good punctuation (capital letters, full stops, commas, speech marks, exclamation and question marks to name a few). In Maths, please keep practising times tables, counting and number facts. You can do this weekly on Sumdog and in maths tasks. Of course, reading every day is a must!

Please collect a Home Learning exercise book (to put all your home learning work in) from the school office and you can show me and your class mates the lovely work you have done when you return to school.

We can also provide reading books as needed.

I hope you will all stay happy and positive at home even though you’ll probably miss your friends. A great way to do this is to set yourself a small goal each day, because reaching our goals gives us a sense of achievement and makes us feel proud, happy and positive. Please print out or copy the ‘My Goals’ document below, this can be done weekly.

Here are some ideas for your goals, but I’m sure you can think of lots of your own as well:

• Exercise for 20 minutes.
• Bake a cake or do some cooking.
• Learn something new.
• Speak to a friend.
• Do some Yoga (have a look on youtube for children’s Yoga sessions).
• Do some drawing (there are loads of tutorials for children on youtube. I like the cute drawings of animals).
• Tidy your bedroom.
• Play a board game or build with lego.
• Write a letter or postcard to family or friends/write a poem.
• Have a screen free day.
• Create your own workout.
• Make a den.
• List ten things to be thankful for.

English

Our new short novel is Cloud Tea Monkeys. Please read the story and look at the pictures up to page 10. You will find this in the documents below.

After reading the text, write a list of 10 questions you would like to ask someone about the text. Please write these into your exercise book. The date and title are:

Wednesday 6^th January 2021

Can I ask and write questions about a text I have read?

Try to focus some of your questions on how the world of the story is created. What words and phrases build a picture of the setting? What simile is used to show that there are lots of tea plants?

Try to include some questions which encourage other people to use their skills of inference to find the answer? For example, how do you think the girl is feeling today and why? Can you ask open ended questions? These are questions where the answer is not written directly in the text.

Remember to use capital letters and question marks!!! Also best handwriting and presentation.

Maths

For your mental starter play hit the button – mixed times tables, see if you can get faster each time.

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

We are looking at statistics in Maths. Please follow the link below to the White Rose Maths Website and watch the lesson - Interpret Charts. Print out the worksheet below and stick it into your book or copy the answers into your book.

The date and title are:

06.01.21

Can I interpret charts?

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/week-6-statistics/

Science

Our new topic in science is Properties and Changes of Materials. Please follow the link below, scroll up slightly and you will find lesson one - Introduction to materials.

Read through the slides and watch any clips included. Print out slide 6 and stick it into your exercise book or copy and draw your own Carrol diagram from slide 6 into your exercise book and complete.

https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=54CF08BDFC25132B!24324&ithint=file%2cpptx&authkey=!AAhvrCebpuW-Exg

French

Bonne annee!

In French this week, we are going to recap the conjugation of regular ER verbs which we looked at briefly before Christmas.

Watch this video to remind yourself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DarS8y_zrM&safe=active

Pause the video at 9 minutes 24 and write out the sentences, choosing the correct verb ending. Press play again and check your answers.  Now read your sentences out loud, being extra careful with your pronunciation. 

French people celebrate Epiphany on the 6th January with the Fete des Rois. Here's a story to listen to. See how much you can understand. You can always slow down the speed. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04JiV_Ua6Wc&safe=active

Bonne chance! A la semaine prochaine! Mrs Quilliam

A big well done for working hard and completing your Home Learning. As it is Epiphany today, light a candle and say a prayer to Jesus.

Take care Miss Gravili

Happy Christmas

Date: 18th Dec 2020 @ 1:48pm

Year 4

Friday 18^th December 2020

Year 4 - well done for all your hard work over the last term, both at school and at home.  We have been impressed by the progress you have made and the resilience shown.  Many of you are eager to share your knowledge and learning with the class and this is lovely to see.

During the holiday, make sure you relax and enjoy spending Christmas with your family.  We look forward to seeing you on Monday 4th January 2021, refreshed and ready to learn.

Have a safe, enjoyable and fun filled Christmas, and a Peaceful New Year.

Mrs Tipping and Mrs Whitworth

Year 6 Home Practice - 18th December 2020

Date: 18th Dec 2020 @ 1:45pm

Our last week in December has been very exciting filled with the Christmas shop, Christmas Jumper Day, Christmas lunch and ‘wearing your own clothes day’! We have become quite proficient at our Design and Technology project of hand sewing and learnt a great deal on how to be patient, to persevere and work together.

Our learning in Year 6 this week:

• In Maths, we have investigated problems with perimeter and used the strategy of drawing to solve them.
• With our completed novel of Room 13 still on our minds, we have planned, discussed and written our own suspense novel, then read them out dramatically to the class.
• In Design and Technology topic of sewing, we have planned, prepped, sewn, made mistakes, corrected those mistakes, persevered and finally completed our project. Please see the pictures on our website for their brilliant work.
• In PE, we have been working on teamwork for the past few months and it was great to see such positive discussions and praise to each other when playing lots of team games.
• In Music, we all enjoyed seeing the whole school’s performances for the Nativity and had a Christmas music quiz.
• In French, we completed our Cluedo-style report on ‘Who killed Santa?’ and then videoed each one.
• In Science, we designed and created junk modelling of our own made-up animal and had to categorise which type it would be, based on their features.
• Finally, Father made a visit to Year 6, remotely via Zoom, giving us a special blessing for Christmas.

Well done to every single person in Year 6. You have been superb role models around school following the new rules and keeping everyone safe. I, Mrs Jones and Mrs Wilson would like to say a huge thank you for being committed, hard-working, funny, sensible and always enthusiastic. We hope you have a fantastic and safe Christmas.

You will have also noticed that no Sumdog is being set for the Christmas break so that you can have a rest and come back fresh and ready for some exciting learning in January. BUT please keep reading as much as possible – like I always say, ‘Reading is the number one thing that will unlock all your learning!’. 

Happy Christmas!

Date: 18th Dec 2020 @ 1:40pm

We’d would first like to thank you all for your support over this term. Your children have been fantastic and had a great start to their Year 1 journey. We have had a lovely term and have seen your children make amazing progress in all of their learning. Enjoy your well earned break and we will see you all in the New Year.

Have a peaceful Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Mrs Corbett, Mr Campbell and Mrs Anderson

Reception 18th December 2020

Date: 18th Dec 2020 @ 1:37pm

What a wonderful last week to our very first term in school ! 

All the Reception team wish everyone an amazing christmas and new year, stay safe and thank you for all your support this year :) 

Year 2 Home Practice - 18th December 2020

Date: 18th Dec 2020 @ 1:33pm

What an exciting week! We have visited the Christmas shop, wore our Christmas jumpers and created some brilliant pieces of Christmas art. We also had a visit from Father Michael, who joined us in prayer and gave us a blessing for the Christmas break. This term, the effort from the children has been incredible and they have worked very hard. We will not set any work on SumDog over the Christmas holidays but keep up with your reading. We are both so proud of the progress the children have made this term and we have enjoyed every second.

We hope you have a relaxing and peaceful Christmas holiday and we look forward to seeing you in the New Year.

Merry Christmas!

From the Year 2 team

End of Term Christmas Blog

Date: 18th Dec 2020 @ 1:28pm

Happy Christmas Holidays J

What a fantastic first term we have had in Year 3. This school year has been different to what we are used to but you really have amazed us at how well you have adapted and settled in. We are so grateful to all of you for being happy and smiling every day – you have honestly made this term so much better for us.

You have all grown up so much and are excellent juniors now. You have become much more independent throughout the term and your listening skills are now amazing.

You have worked so hard and we are so proud of the progress you have all made. I know that you are proud of yourselves when you look back through your books and see how far you have come.

As well as working your socks off in school, you have also worked extremely hard at home. It really has made a huge difference, so well done!

We both love how enthusiastic you all are about your reading so we decided to let you have a little Christmas treat. You have all had the chance to choose your own book to read over the Christmas holidays. We can’t wait to hear all about it. We know some of you will read lots of your own books too, we will be doing. We are both going to read the same book, which we will then read in English after the holidays – but it’s a secret which one it is J

Keep safe and happy and have a wonderful Christmas.

We hope every day is filled with smiles and laughter and we can’t wait to see you all in 2021.

Love from Miss Smith and Ms Hodson

Happy Christmas Holiday Year 5 18th December 2020

Date: 17th Dec 2020 @ 4:07pm

Happy Christmas Year 5

Year 5, you have all done so well and worked very hard in your first term as Upper Juniors. I’m so pleased with the effort, positive attitude and fantastic learning that has taken place.

You should be very proud of yourselves and you all definitely deserve a good rest and some fun time with your families. Therefore, there will be no Home Practice for you to do, but I’m sure you’ll enjoy reading a good book or two! I know I will!

I hope you have a fabulous holiday with lots of the things you enjoy, plenty of happiness, rest and presents.

I will look forward to seeing you all in January, excited, fresh and ready for another term of learning.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!

Miss Gravili

Nativity 2020

Date: 16th Dec 2020 @ 10:57pm

Online Safety over the Christmas Holidays

Date: 16th Dec 2020 @ 2:11pm

Here you will find some help and advice for keeping your family safe online over Christmas.

Online Safety December 2020

Some of our learning this week - 11th December 2020

Date: 11th Dec 2020 @ 4:02pm

Year 3 Home Practice 11th December 2020

Date: 11th Dec 2020 @ 4:01pm

It has been another busy week in Year 3 filled with lots of learning, fun, smiles and festive feelings.

Everybody sounded amazing on Thursday singing Nativity songs and on Friday everybody managed to complete a mile for the Santa Dash.

In Maths we have been sorting numbers using Venn diagrams. We have been focussing on times tables and odd and even numbers.

As well as reading Mr Stink in English, we have also been writing stories about the future. There were some fantastic ideas about what the future will be like including flying animals and real life computer games.

Home Practice for 11^th – 18^th December

1. Read to somebody at home every night for 20 minutes. Talk about what you have read.

2. Please practise the following skills for Maths – even if you already know them, you need to be quick.

• Odd and even numbers https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/coconut-odd-or-even
• Number facts https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
• Times tables https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

3. You will be tested on your spellings and times tables on Thursday 17^th December. Make sure you practise every night.

4. Spellings

The spellings this week are ing words. When the word is one syllable, double the last letter and add ing.

patting, humming, dropping, running, hopping, clapping, sitting, flipping, wrapping, slipping

Year 2 Home Practice - 11th December 2020

Date: 11th Dec 2020 @ 3:52pm

Today we took part in the St Oswald’s Santa Dash. We managed to stay moving for 15 laps around the yard. Well done to all of Year 2 for showing resilience and not giving up! This week we have carried on reading The Christmasaurus. We have produced some wonderful descriptive pieces and the children have really enjoyed creating their own Christmas Ranch. In Maths we have focused on multiplication and touched on division towards the end of the week. We have used a number of various strategies to help us solve multiplication questions. In French the children have learnt about La légende de Saint Nicolas. We listened to this interesting story and made a card (in French). We are very excited for all the Christmas celebrations next week. 1 week to go! J

Reading

In Year 2 we aim to read for a minimum of 15 minutes every night and discuss the book with an older sibling or adult to help deepen your knowledge.

Reading books are changed every Monday.

Reading resources:

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

Resources for questioning your child while they are reading - https://www.literacyshedblog.com/uploads/1/2/5/7/12572836/ks1_reading_vipers.pdf

Spelling

Please note: there will be no spelling quiz next week but please feel free to have a go at learning these Year 2 common exception words. These are spellings which do not follow a specific spelling pattern.

great

half

hold

hour

improve

kind

last

most

mind

move

Maths

This week in Maths we have looked at various multiplication questions and we have touched on division. We have identified that multiplication can be shown as equal groups, arrays and repeated addition. Please continue to use the challenges set on Sumdog.

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, x5 and x10 tables

Maths – Multiplication questions

Phonics  – Tricky words

Spellings - We have also uploaded a spelling quiz.

Thank you for all your continued support,

The Year 2 team

Home Practice Friday 11th December 2020

Date: 11th Dec 2020 @ 3:50pm

Year 4

Home Practice 11^th December 2020

We’ve had a fantastic 3 days in Year 4 – it’s so lovely to see you all back in school and with your friends again.  I am proud of each and every one of you for the superb work you have done at home – you have obviously worked hard and your Iron Man board games were fantastic.  Thank you to everyone at home who has helped and supported the children in any way – it is very much appreciated.

This week, we played our Iron Man board games with a partner and evaluated them, thinking about what worked well and what we would change if we made the game again.  In addition, we shared our adverts with the class – this was great fun – some of your performances were exceptional.  In maths, we consolidated our mental subtraction skills and our times tables. We created some beautiful art work and were filmed singing and playing the glocks for the Nativity.  In French, we designed and described a Christmas jumper – Mrs Quilliam said we did a super job on our first day back in school after 2 weeks!

As we missed ‘tree dressing’ day in school last week, we had our very own celebration outside.  We all made decorations during our time at home and we hung these on a tree near the nature area. We also enjoyed the Sponsored Santa dash, which is helping to raise funds for reading books.

Well done to Gabriella T, India and Molly who spent the most amount of time on Sumdog this week – on Monday, you will be given 10 Dojos each to start the week!  Well done to everyone else who has been on Sumdog during the last week, practising the skills set will help you to make even more progress.   

Reading

Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home.  Make sure you discuss the story and the characters.  Find the meaning of any new words too.  Reading every night will help you read more fluently and with understanding. 

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.

Times tables

You have been given your own individual times table target.  Please make sure you continue to practise your times tables in preparation for your test next week, on Wednesday (16^th December 2020).  Ask someone at home to test you on your tables – can you recall them quickly and accurately?   

You can also practise your tables playing ‘Hit the button’.  Select the times tables or division button and then the table that you want to practise.  This is an excellent way to practise your tables.  Either type in ‘hit the button’ (the game is on Top Marks) or use the link below:

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

Spellings

This week, our spellings focus on words many children get wrong in their independent writing. These words will be tested next Thursday (17^th December 2020).  Please practise the spellings below each evening at home, on Sumdog, by writing them out, and by writing your own sentences including these words spelt correctly. Remember to take care with your handwriting and punctuate your sentences correctly too!

We have discussed in class different strategies you could use to help you learn them and you could always use ‘Look say cover write check’.

does            doesn’t         there           their           they’re        were

where          to                too              two              your             you’re

went            would           could            our              are              goes            

Sumdog Challenges

You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:

• A spelling challenge based on the above spellings
• A maths challenge (mental subtraction within 1000)
• A maths times table challenge (based on arrays for the 3, 4 and 8 times tables)

Please make sure you log on and have a go!