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Year 2 Home Practice - 19th March 2021
Date: 19th Mar 2021 @ 3:43pm
Q: How do all the oceans say hello to each other? They wave!
Q: What did one wall say to the other wall? I’ll meet you at the corner!
Q: What do you call a bear with no teeth? A gummy bear!
It has been great to see smiling faces return to school over the last couple of weeks. We have been working very hard since our return and we have produced some wonderful pieces of work. This week we have been carrying on our story Journey. This book generates lots of discussion and children have enjoyed every page. We have even managed to write our own story based on the events of the book. In Maths we have continued to consolidate previous learning, whilst also discovering new strategies for addition and subtraction. In RE we have been continuing our topic of Lent/Easter and we have looked at how Lent is such a special time for Christians. In PE we have been focusing on fundamental skills in our new topic - playground games from the 20th century. What a week! It’s great to have everyone back!
Happy Red Nose Day! We have had lots of fun in Year 2 today and more importantly, your money has helped to support people living incredibly tough lives. Thank you.
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 so please remember to bring in your book bag.
Reading resources:
Here is a useful link for questioning your child while they are reading - VIPERS
Spelling
This week we have been learning the /r/ sound spelt ‘wr’
A spelling list will be sent out on a Monday with book bags and the spelling list will be available to practise on Sumdog. Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz every Friday.
This week’s spellings are:
write
written
wrote
wrong
wrap
wrist
wreck
wrestle
wriggle
wren
Maths
This week in Maths we have focused place value alongside addition and subtraction strategies. We have looked at mental strategies as well as using concrete equipment like base ten, to help consolidate learning.
Have a go at counting all the way to 100 in 2s. See how far you get!
Have a go at your 3 times table – Can you time how quickly you can say them up to 12 x 3?
Please have a go at the challenges set on Sumdog.
Sumdog Challenges
Multiplication – x2, x5 x10 and x 3 tables
Maths – Addition and Subtraction
Spelling Quiz – /r/ sound spelt ‘wr’
Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz every Friday.
Thank you for all your continued support,
The Year 2 team
Year 6 Home Practice - Friday 19th March 2021
Date: 19th Mar 2021 @ 3:38pm
Welcome back to our first Home Practice blog since the full return back to school. It has been great for everyone to see their friends and get back into a routine. On Friday we celebrated Red Nose Day wearing red, which you can see the pictures of on our Year 6 gallery page.
Our learning in Year 6 this week:
- Since our return, we have been learning about mental health through PSHE on how to keep ourselves in a more positive mind-set. Along with PSHE, we have an Online Safety blog on each class page which explains how we have teamed up with the National Online Safety which provides many resources for children, staff and parents. You can follow this link, Online Safety to explore.
- In Maths, we have been learning how to plot and translate coordinates outside and working on some of our subtraction strategies to help us solve questions quickly.
- In English, we have begun our new novel, Skellig, by investigating the main characters (Michael, Mina and the Creature). We have also analysed David Almond’s writing style and mixed it with our own in creating the next part of the story.
- In RE, we created our own Lenten prayer which explains the meaning behind the ashes and how Lent can be a time to start trying new things.
- In Art we have looked closely at Mayan patterns, and created our own with pencil, charcoal and pastels.
- In PE, we have been preparing for the Year 5/6 Athletics Intra competition that will be held in school, during school time. We have also been working together on creating paired gymnastic routines.
- In Music, we have been continuing our practise of Boomwhackers and how to play the recorder.
- In French, we have explored compass directions and a map of France, spoken and written about the location of towns, rivers and mountains.
- Finally, for Science, we have investigated a lamb’s heart and physically modelled how the circulatory system works.
Well done to 80% of you for changing your book this week. Remember that reading should be your number one priority every day.
These are the new days when you can change your reading book:
Monday – Dodgems
Tuesday – Roller Coasters
Wednesday – Big Dippers / The Waltzers
These are the tasks to be completed:
- Reading – Please keep reading for a minimum of 30 minutes every day.
Please complete the ‘Reading Challenges’ you have been given by answering them in your Reading Journals.
- Sumdog challenges:
- x3, x4, x8 Times tables(100 correct answers needed):
- There will be times and divide questions of the 3, 4 and 8 times tables.
- Coordinates (100 correct answers needed):
- Some of these questions have coordinates in all four quadrants, which is something we will look at in more detail on Monday.
- x3, x4, x8 Times tables(100 correct answers needed):
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- Spellings (45 correct answers needed):
- This week is a recap of prefix learning of dis-, un- and im- words
- Spellings (45 correct answers needed):
(disadvantage, disappear, disappoint, discovered, dishonest, unacceptable, unachievable, unbelievable, uncomfortable, unforgivable, immature, impatient, impolite, impartial, impossible)
Year 3 Home Practice 19th March 2021
Date: 19th Mar 2021 @ 12:35pm
We have had a wonderful week in Year 3, made even better by the sunshine. Everybody looked fantastic on Friday in red for Red Nose Day. We focussed on being happy and making each other smile.
In Maths we have been practising the 8x tables and have been looking at different ways to subtract.
We are loving our book in English at the moment – The Accidental Prime Minister. It has inspired us to think of what we would do if we were in charge of the country.
This week we have also been looking at South America in the atlas, Ancient Egypt and some artefacts, and light in Science.
Home Practice for 19th – 26th March
The key to completing your home practice is to do a little bit every night.
- Read to somebody at home every night for 20 minutes. Talk about what you have read.
- Please practise your 8x tables on Hit the Button. Play 3 games every night. See how much quicker you can get each night.
- Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenges:
Times Tables Challenge: 19th March – 26th March
Fractions Challenge: 19th March – 26th March
Spelling Challenge: 19th March – 26th March
- Spellings
The spellings this week are words which have the /u/ sound spelled ou. We have been practising these spellings in school, but we need more practice at home as a lot of us have been finding them tricky.
Say the words out loud, find the meaning of the words, write them out in different coloured chunks that you will remember, and write them out each night.
courage, discourage, encourage, double, enough, rough, tough, touch, young, trouble
- You will be tested on your spellings and times tables on Thursday 25th March. Make sure you practise every night.
Year 5 Home Practice 19th March 2021
Date: 17th Mar 2021 @ 4:47pm
Year 5 Home Practice Friday 19th March 2021
Home Practice is back! Every Friday I will post your Home Practice tasks for the week on our class blog (school website). It will always be reading, spelling and some Sumdog challenges. Please work hard to complete your home practice, it really makes a difference and helps to reinforce what has been learnt at school.
A good end to our second week back together Year 5. Let’s keep working hard and following the Golden Rules, all the time! In Maths, we have learnt about negative numbers, Roman numerals and decimals. The children have finished Deathwood Letters and we are moving on to our new novel, Room 13 by Robert Swindells. We are also looking at short stories in English and the children have already written some of their own spooky stories, which were very scary! In Science, we made rockets out of paper and launched them with straws. We measured how far they flew and thought about the forces at work. Our new topic in Geography is – North America. We have learnt about the countries and the different climates of this interesting continent. We had a great discussion in RE about the ‘cost of giving’ and young carers in society. It was great to see you in red today, wearing red noses and telling fabulous jokes! Well done Year 5.
Reading
Please read for at least twenty/thirty minutes every evening. Talk about what you have read with an adult. Discuss the story, characters and any new vocabulary you come across. If it is a non-fiction book, look at the contents page, glossary or index and see how it helps you find more information.
Y5 book changing day is Friday. Although, some children may change books at different times, so always bring your book bag into school every day. Remember to sign when you have finished a book, it makes it much easier to issue new books.
I am introducing a ‘Reading Journal’ for the children. They are familiar with this from previous year groups. At the front of the journal, there are activities for the children to do using their current book or one they have just finished. They may choose an activity, complete it in their journal (best presentation and handwriting!) and colour/highlight the square to show they have done it. The children must complete one activity per week.
Maths
This week’s challenge on Sumdog is based on decimals and times tables practice. We will have a mixed times tables test every Monday.
Spelling
The Sumdog spelling challenge is focused on compound words (different from the spelling test words below).
Please learn these spellings for next Friday (26.3.21): If you don’t know what a word means, look it up in a dictionary or ask an adult.
We are investigating ‘wh’ words.
wheeze wharf whinge whippet wheat
whinny whelk whimper whiskers whistle
white whacked whisper whiff which
Spelling, Punctuation And Grammar (SPAG)
This week’s challenge on Sumdog (grammar section) is based on adverbs.
Have a lovely weekend, Miss Gravili.
Year 1 Home Practice 19th March 2021
Date: 17th Mar 2021 @ 1:48pm
Welcome to your new Friday blog. Here you will find out all about our week in school and all the fantastic learning we have seen. It has been lovely having everyone back together and we have been so impressed with how everyone has settled back in.
This week we have been reading I want my hat back by Jon Klassen. We have loved reading this story and the children have really enjoyed acting out the different parts and reading their stories (virtually) to Reception.
We have continued to investigate seeds and growing with Mrs Quilliam. Super science from everyone.
On St Patrick's Day, Mr Campbell brought in his fiddle and played some tunes. We talked about St Patrick and asked some great questions about Irish music.
We have been learning all about money this week and Mrs Corbett has been so pleased with all the fantastic money problem solving.
Mrs Anderson has been so impressed with all the progress by our readers. We can tell you have done lots of reading at home.
Home Practice
Read every day for at least 10 minutes. This regular reading is the key to progress in all areas of the curriculum.
We have set 3 challenges on Sumdog. Completing these will help prepare you children for the learning they meet in school. All challenges will be linked to the spelling patterns/Sounds and maths concepts we cover.
Keep checking our class page for new galleries and blogs.
Have a fabulous Red Nose Day and a great weekend!
Date: 12th Mar 2021 @ 3:47pm
We have had a wonderful first week back.
Have a look at some of the things we have been up to :)
Date: 10th Mar 2021 @ 2:44pm
Online Safety is an important part of keeping children safe at St Oswald's.
Here you will find a range of resources to keep your child safe online.
We have teamed up with National Online Safety to provide resoures, guides and training for all our staff and parents.
Below you will find a link to enrol to at National Online Safety and gain free access to a huge range of videos, resources and support.
http://nationalonlinesafety.com/enrol/st-oswald-s-catholic-primary-school-pr45eb
We will also regularly post guides for social media and gaming platforms as they become more commonly used by your children.
This week you will find guides on Children's Mental Health, TikTok and Gaming Streamers and Influencers
Fabulous Friday 5th March 2021
Date: 4th Mar 2021 @ 6:42pm
It's Fabulous Friday
WELL DONE RECPETION, You have completed your last week of home learning! We cannot wait to have you all back in school next week!
We loved seeing your World Book Day outfits yesterday and we hope you enjoyed reading lots of different books throughout the day.
We would like to say a huge thank you to all your parents and carers, that have supported you during lockdown, you have all worked incredibly hard and it has been lovely to see your learning uploaded each day.
Have a fabulous weekend with your families, get outside in the fresh air and enjoy yourselves.
Fridays are now a lighter day with limited screen time to give you and your families the chance to catch up and switch off!
Today you just need to:
• Read – if you have not looked at the stories on oxford owl yet, choose one which looks the most interesting to you 😊
• Complete the number activity attached
• Revisit all your humpty words and phonics sounds so they are all fresh in your mind for Monday morning 😊
The rest of the day is yours; you have earned it!
Fabulous Friday - 5th March 2021
Date: 4th Mar 2021 @ 3:11pm
It’s Fabulous Friday!
Well done for a brilliant week of home learning. We loved seeing all your World Book Day outfits yesterday. We are very proud of all the work you have done since the beginning of lock down and we would like to say a huge thank you to all the parents and carers that have supported you while you have been working from home. We can’t wait to see you all in school next week, how exciting!
We hope you have a wonderful weekend with your families and find lots of reasons to smile. We are both looking forward to staying active this weekend and getting outside for plenty of walks.
Please view our ‘Friday Catch Up’ on Seesaw where we discuss all of your amazing achievements throughout the week.
Fridays are now a lighter day with limited screen time to give you and your families the chance to catch up and switch off!
Today you just need to:
• Read
• Complete the number activity
• Finish anything off that you want to upload to Seesaw for your teacher to see
The rest of the day is yours, you’ve earned it!
Reading
Enjoy your reading today. Read at home with your family, read in your favourite nook, read in an unusual location, share a story with your pet, read a book dressed as your favourite character or read however you want.
Maths activity
Play this symmetry matching game - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/symmetry/symmetry-matching
Play this symmetry artist game - https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/symmetry-artist.html
Folding Test
Print out the attached document.
You can find if a shape has a Line of Symmetry by folding it. Have a go at cutting out the shape and folding them on the line of symmetry.
When the folded part sits perfectly on top (all edges matching), then the fold line is a Line of Symmetry.
Here I have folded a rectangle one way, and it didn't work.
But when I try it this way, it does work (the folded part sits perfectly on top, all edges matching):
Now it is your turn ... pick a shape and find its Lines of Symmetry. In fact, try them all! See what you discover.
Have a fantastic weekend and we will see you on Monday!
We can’t wait!
HOME LEARNING - FABULOUS FRIDAY 5th March 2021
Date: 4th Mar 2021 @ 1:57pm
Year 4
Fabulous Friday 5th March 2021
It’s fabulous Friday! It’s also our last Home Learning Blog for this lockdown!
First of all, I’d like to say a big well done to everyone in Year 4 for working hard over the last 8 weeks. I’m sure you’ve tried your best in all your work, even if you’ve found it tricky. Thank you also for showing me your work on Seesaw and for the little messages you’ve sent – they really have brought a smile to my face.
In addition, I’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone at home who has supported their children – whether this be helping with school work, keeping your child motivated or supporting them in any other way. As a parent myself, I know this has been a tricky time and it is difficult juggling work, school work and emotional wellbeing on a daily basis. Everything you have done is greatly appreciated.
Remember, Fridays are now a lighter day with limited screen time to give you and your families the chance to catch up and switch off!
Today you just need to:
- Read
Enjoy reading for pleasure - take time to finish a book you are enjoying or start something new.
- Complete the maths activity attached to the blog (instructions are on page 4 of the document)
- Finish anything off that you want to upload to Seesaw for me to see
If you wish, you may read the end of Kensuke’s Kingdom – Chapter 10 and the postscript. We will be finishing the book in class today as we will be starting a new novel next week.
The rest of the day is yours, you’ve earned it!
Don’t forget to see the Friday Catch-up video on Seesaw this evening!
Remember we will all be back in school on Monday – please bring your Home Learning into school on Monday, so that you can share your work with your classmates. You should be proud of your learning!
I’m looking forward to seeing you all next week. 
Year 3 Home Learning Friday 5th March 2021 - FUN FRIDAY
Date: 4th Mar 2021 @ 1:46pm
HAPPY LAST DAY OF HOME LEARNING!!!
Good morning Year 3.
Ms Hodson and I are extremely proud of you all for everything you have done during lockdown. You have done some amazing reading, beautiful and exciting writing, excellent maths and lots of other great things too.
As well as your super work, you have kept us smiling with your messages on Seesaw, thank you so much. You are all very special to us.
We cannot wait to see you all next week J
If you would like to show your classmates your home learning work, you can bring it into school on Monday – we know from Seesaw how amazing it all is.
Friday 5th March 2021
It’s Fabulous Friday! Woohoo.
Start your day by listening to this song, we are SO EXCITED to see you next week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6A6pMO_WKM
Fridays are now a lighter day with limited screen time to give you and your families the chance to catch up and switch off!
Today you just need to:
- Read
Please read out loud to somebody for 20 minutes.
Try to use lots of expression and different voices for the different characters.
- Create your own game to practise your times tables.
There is a blank board game attached which you could use if you want to. You can choose to focus on your 4x tables or all of the times tables you need to know by the end of Year 3 (2, 5, 10, 3, 4, 8).
- Finish anything off that you want to upload to Seesaw for me to see.
The rest of the day is yours, you’ve earned it!
SEE YOU ON MONDAY :) :) :)
Year 6 Home Learning - Friday 5th March 2021
Date: 4th Mar 2021 @ 8:20am
It’s Fabulous Friday 5th March 2021!
We have all made it! Our last remote learning Friday (hopefully).
As you know, Fridays are now a lighter day with limited screen time to give you and your families the chance to catch up and switch off!
Read
For a minimum of 30 minutes.
Spelling Quiz
Don’t forget to have a spelling quiz today. Try to you can get someone to quiz you on the 15 spellings, in random order.
Complete the number activity – Maths, Paper Scissors
See the attached document at the bottom of the blog, Maths, Paper, Scissors for how to play
Finish anything off
If there is anything you need to complete, you can do that today and upload to Seesaw for any help or feedback.
Do not forget to see the Friday Catch Up video which has been sent through Seesaw.
Get some rest before Monday. We all cannot wait to see you.
Have a great weekend!
Year 3 Home Learning Thursday 4th March 2021
Date: 3rd Mar 2021 @ 2:38pm
Good morning Year 3. I hope you had a happy Wednesday and are looking forward to a fun day ahead. This is your last day of home learning, tomorrow is Fun Friday and then we are all back together next week, yay!
Thursday 4th March 2021
World Book Day
I hope you enjoy World Book Day today, if you have dressed up as a book character, I would love to see a photo. Please send a message to Seesaw telling me your favourite book and why it is your favourite. The best message will receive a £10 book voucher.
My favourite book is … because …
I have attached some maps of the UK and the world to this blog. On the maps are the names of different books and where they are set. Have a look and see if you recognise any of the places or books. Also see if you can find the place where your favourite book is set on a map.
Reading
Please read out loud to somebody for 20 minutes.
Tell somebody about what you have just read in your own words.
Spelling
mouth, around, sprout, sound, shout, cloud, hound, round, found, proud.
Write the long date: Thursday 4th March 2021
Write the title: Wrong hand spelling
Split your page in half.
On one half, write out your spellings using the hand you usually write with.
On the other half, write out your spellings using your other hand.
Handwriting
Please watch the video on Seesaw which will be available in the morning.
Writing:
I have attached a Pobble story to this blog called The Troll.
I would like you to read and then continue the story.
Write the long date: Thursday 4th March 2021
Write the title: Can I start my sentences in different ways?
I would like you to try to start your sentences in lots of different ways.
You could start with:
Because, when, even though, he, the troll, as you know, anyway, with a.
Paragraph 1:
Describe the troll and how he causes a lot of damage.
Here are two example sentences you could start with -
Because of the way he was born, he was always causing damage wherever he went. His nose was long and thin like a cricket bat, whenever he sneezed the whole ground would shake causing buildings to collapse, and when he sniffed he would suck up bikes and plants through his nostrils.
Paragraph 2:
Describe why the troll ripped the roof off the holiday home. Remember, he didn’t mean any harm.
You could start with -
Anyway, there was a reason why he wrenched the roof off the holiday home.
Remember:
Perfect spelling
Capital letters
Beautiful handwriting
Make it amazing by:
Using a simile
Adding an exclamation mark
Including a question
Using commas
Using exciting words
Adding extra information in brackets
Please send me a photo of your writing on Seesaw, it is your last chance to show off how much you have improved with your writing before we are all back in school next week J
Counting
Count out loud in 4s:
From 0 to 48.
From 48 to 0.
Count out loud in 10s:
From 993 to 1093.
From 197 to 297.
Count out loud in 2s:
From 2 to 24.
From 24 to 2.
From 1 to 23.
Times tables
Play on Hit the Button.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Click on Division Facts and then ÷4.
If you find it tricky, write out your 4x tables before you start and use them to help.
Number Facts
Play on Hit the Button.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Click on number bonds and then addition within 20.
Sumdog
Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenges:
Number Challenge: 1st March – 7th March
Times Tables Challenge: 1st March – 7th March
Maths
I have attached a sheet which has blank number lines on. We are going to use the number lines to count in tens and then round to the nearest hundred.
There will be a video on Seesaw in the morning which will explain the activity.
PE
Watch this video:
Complete the activity attached to this blog called Space Adventure.
French
Bonjour! Today we are going to learn how to say 'a' for singular nouns and 'some' for plural nouns. For example, in English, this would be: A rabbit = 1 rabbit. Some rabbits = more than one rabbit.
Then we’ll do 'the' for singular and plural nouns, using the same animal vocabulary as we learnt last week. Eg the horse= 1 horse. The horses = more than one. The words you’ll learn today are called articles and they change in French depending on whether the noun is masculine or feminine, singular or plural.
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Article |
Masculine singular |
Feminine singular |
Plural (masculine and feminine are the same) |
|
A
|
Un (un) |
Une (oon) |
Des (day) = some |
|
The
|
Le (luh) |
La (la) |
Les (lay) |
http://www.rachelhawkes.com/Resources/Y3_French/Yr3SpringFr.php
Download lesson 17 with audio.
Work through the Powerpoint, clicking on whether you think it is un or une or des; le or la or les. The lady will say Tant pis! Never mind! if you make a mistake.
Once you’ve worked through, write the date in French in your book – mardi deux mars and the learning objective Can I translate un, une, des, le ,la, les into English?
Using slide 20, copy the French and translate it into English. Once you’ve tried the first 5, check your answers before moving on to slide 21. Check your answers again and correct them if you’ve made a mistake. If you like, there are 5 more on slide 22!
I hope you understand. We will go back over this in school if you’re a bit unsure.
Here’s an animal song to finish.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVRGuyZJaGo
Merci beaucoup. A la semaine prochaine. See you next week!
Reminders
Please keep sending me your work on Seesaw – I am so proud of you for the work I have seen so far. Today I would like you to send me a photo of your writing.
Don’t forget to go on Sumdog.
Have a wonderful day – see you very soon woohoo J
Year 2 Home Learning - 4th March 2021
Date: 3rd Mar 2021 @ 2:20pm
Thursday 4th March 2021
Well done year 2 for all your fantastic learning so far this week. Remember tomorrow is Fabulous Friday so continue working really hard today. Can you write down 5 things you have enjoyed about home learning and 5 things you are excited about when you come back to school next week?
Today is World Book Day 2021. There are lots of brilliant ways you can enjoy books and there are lots of different ways you could spend time reading today. Read at home with your family, read in your favourite nook, read in an unusual location, share a story with your pet, read a book dressed as your favourite character, and more! We hope you have a lovely World Book Day 2021 and we would love to see what you get up to on Seesaw. Please send us a picture of your outfit along with a short note telling us all about your favourite book. Why do you enjoy that particular book?
Here is Mr Ingram’s favourite book:
Here is Miss Bennison’s favourite book:
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.
Reading challenge – VOCABULARY. Can you find 5 words that you would like to find more information about? Where could you use those words again? could you put them into your writing today?
Resources for questioning your child while they are reading - VIPERS
Maths
This week in Maths we are learning about lines of symmetry.
Starter – Writing numbers on a number line.
You will need a ruler (or something you can draw a line with), number line or hundred square and a pencil.
I would like you to draw a number line and place these numbers on it correctly. I will put 2 on to start you off.
Now answer these questions:
- How did you sort the numbers?
- How did you know which number came next?
- Which is the biggest number? How do you know?
- Tell an adult about the tens and ones in the numbers?
This week our lessons focus on lines of symmetry and symmetry of shapes.
What is Symmetry?
When we think about symmetry the most important thing is that on either side of the line the shape looks the same as the other. They are the same. If the shape does not look the same on each side it does not show symmetry.
For your lesson today please have a go at the worksheet attached.
Worksheet 1 – Drawing lines of symmetry on shapes.
Worksheet 2 – Drawing shapes using squares.
English
WORLD BOOK DAY!
Today is world book day! World Book Day is a brilliant opportunity for everyone to celebrate the joy of reading. You have two options to choose from today:
Option 1 – Finish reading The Day the Crayons Came Home and create a book review (see Word document attached to the blog)
Option 2 – Choose your favourite book and create book review using the same structure outlined in the attached Word document.
We are going to share our book reviews with each other in class. We would love to see your reviews on Seesaw.
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
Today we continue to look at homophones.
Please see the spellings below, which we would like you to learn this week. Children in school will be given a spelling quiz on Friday 5th March. These spelling can be practiced on Sumdog by selecting the ‘Spelling Quiz’ challenge.
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bare/bear |
blue/blew |
here/hear |
there/their/they're |
quiet/quite |
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night/knight |
to/too/two |
see/sea |
be/bee |
sun/son |
Re-cap from yesterday
Can you read the sentences and choose from the homophones to, too or two to fill in the blanks?
Can you write out the correct sentence by using the correct homophone?
1. Last knight/night I went for a walk in the moonlight.
2. Blue/blew is my favourite colour.
3. If you want to go on holiday, you’ll have to catch a plane/plain.
4. I brush my hare/hair every day.
5. The lion had huge paws/pours.
6. Thomas couldn’t wait to meat/meet the new teacher.
7. Bernard got mud on his new/knew shoes.
8. I’m over here/hear!
9. Benny’s hiding over they’re/there/their.
10. Suzanne scraped her knee and now it’s really saw/sore.
Have a go at homophones riddles PowerPoint. This PowerPoint includes lots of fun riddles for you to learn about different homophones. The riddles include clues of sentences with missing spaces, and require you to fit the right homophone in the sentence.
PSHE
Today our lesson is all about managing our feelings.
Please see the attached worksheet for today’s lesson.
RE
We are starting a new topic called ‘Thanksgiving’.
You may be able to talk about your experience of receiving and giving thanks and wonder about how others feel when they are thanked.
You may be able to discuss how you feel when you give and receive thanks and how this affects your behaviour.
Read the passage attached to the school blog with an adult – Mrs Hegarty Retires
Q Why was Mrs. Hegarty thanked?
Q How did different people say thank you to her?
Q How do you think Mrs. Hegarty felt?
Q Which way would you choose to say thank you?
Activities to choose:
- Complete the word document attached about giving thanks
- In the bubbles underneath, write or draw ways in which you can give thanks. Talk about why we need to give thanks for things and how it makes us feel when we do.
Fairtrade Activity
Activity
Create a poster for what you would like to make the world a better place.
What sort of changes would you put into place?
How can we make the planet better?
Sumdog Challenges
Multiplication – x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables
Maths – Symmetry
Spellings – Homophones
We hope you have a brilliant World Book Day. Happy reading!
Year 2 team
Year 1 Home Learning Fabulous Friday 5th March 2021
Date: 3rd Mar 2021 @ 2:16pm
Wow Year 1, you've made it to the end of another week of great learning! It's now time for another Fabulous Friday!
Fridays are a lighter day with limited screen time to give you and your families the chance to catch up and switch off!
We are looking forward to seeing everybody back in school on Monday.
Today you just need to...
Reading
Complete your reading star challenges. You could make a reading crown to wear when you are doing all your reading.
Maths
I Like to Make 10! song. Click here.
Practise your number bonds of 10 with the Rainbow game below. You will need a dice.
This is the last blog so we would like to thank you for all your support with the learning you have been doing at home. We have loved seeing everything on Seesaw and appreciate all the effort you have put in to make sure your child has continued to learn during this time.
HOME LEARNING Thursday 4th March 2021
Date: 3rd Mar 2021 @ 1:39pm
Year 4
Home Learning Thursday 4th March 2021
Good morning Year 4. Welcome to World Book Day 2021! Please upload a photo of yourself in your outfit to Seesaw. In addition, write a message explaining why your favourite book is your favourite. There is a £10 book voucher for the best message received – don’t worry if you don’t dress up, you can still enter the competition if you send in a message! You can also click on the link here. This will take you to a website where you can use a map to find out where your favourite book is set.
Have a fun Thursday Year 4.
Reading
Please read out loud to someone at home for 20 minutes. Make sure you discuss what has happened in the chapter / story so far.
Take notice of punctuation today, for example, full stops, commas, exclamation marks, question marks, inverted commas (speech marks) and apostrophes. Can you work out why the author has used them? Would the book make sense without this punctuation?
Spelling
These are your new spellings which will be tested on Tuesday 9th March 2021. They are all from the Year 3 / 4 Spelling list – a list of words which children should be able to read and spell by the time they leave Year 4. There are some quite tricky words, so please practise them carefully.
The words are:
mention probably therefore build disappear guide
natural recent though although busy business
Write the long date Thursday 4th March 2021
Practise the spellings by splitting them up into chunks in different colours.
Eg probably business though
A spelling challenge has also been set on Sumdog.
English
Today, please re-read or listen again to Chapter 9 of Kensuke’s Kingdom. A copy of the book is attached to the blog or you can listen to Chapter 9 by clicking here.
Open the document called ‘Chapter 9 activity’ which is attached to the blog. All the instructions for the tasks are explained in this document.
Please share your work on Seesaw
Times tables
A times tables challenge has been set on Sumdog. This is to consolidate and practise your 11 and 12 times tables.
Children in school will be tested on their tables today, therefore, please ask someone at home to test you on your individual target or a mixture of x4 and x8 if you are on ‘free’ tables. Ask them to call out your tables in a mixed-up order. This is how I do it in school – ask the question twice, count to 8, then ask the next question.
Write the short date 04.03.21
Write the title Times tables test
Please share your ‘test’ on Seesaw.
Counting
Count in 100’s from 22 to 1222 and back again. Count in 100’s from 537 to 1737 and back again. Think about what you found tricky? Write the numbers down as you say them – what patterns do you notice?
Please count in tens from 2.2 to 122.2 and back again – can you go any further? (eg 2.2 12.2 22.2 32.2 etc) Write the numbers down as you say them - do you notice any patterns?
Now count in tens from 53.7 to 173.7 and back again – can you go any further? (eg 53.7 63.7 73.7 83.7 etc) Write the numbers down as you say them – what do you notice now?
What is the relationship between 100 and 10? Can you see any patterns in the numbers you have written down?
Maths
Click here to play Daily 10.
Click on play game. Choose Level 3 and Division. Depending on how confident you feel, choose a table from the ‘Up to 12’ or ‘Mixed tables’ column. Choose your time interval and have a go. Once you have played once, repeat the game and see if you can improve on your previous score.
Yesterday, we practised sharing and how to represent this as a written calculation. Today we will learn about grouping, which is another way to divide.
Remember we will be learning more about mental and written division (chunking) next week. In preparation for this, it is important that you are confident with the basics of grouping and sharing. It is also CRUCIAL that you learn your tables (and division facts) off by heart so that you are able to use them accurately and at speed, therefore please take 10 minutes each day to practise your tables / division facts. If you do this, you will be amazed at how your confidence will grow in a short space of time.
Write the short date 04.03.21
Write the learning objective Can I practise grouping?
Watch today’s teaching video here.
Open the worksheet attached to the blog called ‘Grouping’.
Complete the worksheet / answer the questions in your Home Learning Book.
Draw a numberline to 24. How many different ways can you get to 24 in equal jumps? Make sure you write down all the possibilities in your book.
Science
Today we are going to start a topic on Teeth and digestion.
Before we start the lesson, click on the link here.
Plus is a good thing about it; minus is a bad thing and interesting is just an interesting thought you have about the subject of toothbrushes.
Write the long date Thursday 4th March 2021
Write the learning objective Can I identify the different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions?
Download the powerpoint called ‘Teeth’ attached to the blog and work through it. There is a ‘Teeth map template’ attached to the blog which will help you when you come to slide 7 and the labeling activity below.
Label the teeth using a key (use one colour for incisors, another for canines and a third colour for molars. Put a key at the side to say which is which.) and explain what their jobs are underneath. Stick this in your book.
It is really important to look after your teeth because once you have your adult teeth, there are no more! Make a poster to explain 3 important ways we can keep our teeth healthy. Use slide 8, 9 and 10 to help. You might like to find out what kinds of foods are not good for our teeth and include this information too.
Remember to: write a big, bold cololurful title; use a balance of eye-catching pictures and writing; write clearly so that your writing can be read from a distance; use correct spelling and punctuation.
Well done – remember to brush your teeth really well tonight!
Sumdog challenges
You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:
- A maths times table challenge (based on the 11 and 12 times tables)
- A maths challenge all about whole numbers upto 10 000
- A spelling challenge based on the new Year 3 /4 spellings
Please make sure you log on and have a go! It is important that you practise these skills as they are invaluable in helping you to learn your number facts and multiplication and division facts. In addition, they will enable you to calculate accurately and at speed when working mentally.
A new spelling challenge will start tomorrow.
Well done for finishing today’s work. Have a lovely evening and stay safe.
Year 6 Home Learning - Thursday 4th March 2021
Date: 3rd Mar 2021 @ 10:25am
Thursday 4th March 2021
Good morning everyone. It’s World Book Day 2021!
As I mentioned in yesterday’s blog, I just want to remind you that you can send in a picture of you (dressed up or not) holding up one of your favourite books. If you do, please send in a message with your photo of why it is your favourite – the best message will receive a £10 voucher from Moving Works!
Today is potentially your last day of Home Learning so I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has helped to keep your learning moving forward.
Here are your final tasks:
Reading
Read for 30 minutes. Keep building up that speed and stamina.
Reading activity for today:
- Draw a cartoon strip of the main events from the book.
English (split into three parts: Handwriting, Spellings and Writing)
Handwriting
The handwriting poems this week are based on seasons through the year. This week focus on forming each letter correctly, which we have done before but this is something we will do in detail next week when you are all back so practising this is a going to help.
The Visitor
Cold fingers clawed the face of earth,
Bold winter strutted round,
Bare branches trembled in the wind,
Their leaves mulching the ground.
Dancing snowflakes chuckled in the
Prancing north-east breeze,
Algid river stood still, crippled,
Aged women coughed and wheezed.
Sheep shivered in the snow-bound wasteland,
Steep and icy were the paths.
In the houses, people huddled,
Skin slowly cooking round the hearths.
Then it happened, one clear morning,
When the bite of cold was sore,
That there came a gently knocking
At the weatherman’s cottage door.
He got up and shambled out to
See, his heart began to sing,
By the door, a young girl smiling,
‘Hi,’ she said. ‘My name is Spring.’
Spellings
The spellings for this week, long ‘y’ sound
- Make a pyramid with each word to really focus on every letter.
- e.g.
c
cy
cyc
cycl
cycli
cyclin
cycling
Writing task
Can I create my own mini story called, The Library Adventure?
Today is World Book Day where we can all dress up and celebrate some of the best loved characters. How many can you mention in just one minute?
Any of those your favourites?
If you had to choose one, who would it be?
This character you have chosen could be the start of a new story.
Look at the Pobble picture called, The Greatest Library, at the bottom of the blog.
Here is a library, but not just any old library, the books in this library are the most interesting as once opened, they come alive, creating new stories to be opened and read and experienced.
Think what your favourite types of books are. If you could choose one of your books to come alive, which one would it be and why?
If you could be a character in a book, who would you like to be?
Here is a story starter for you to continue:
The books had minds of their own…
This was no ordinary library.
Books about knights and castles would gallop all over the library, bravely and boldly ordering the other books around. The books about thieves would sneak around, lurking behind bookshelves in the shadows. Books about wild animals would occasionally roar and bite other books. The ones containing stories set in the winter would often shiver, covering their neighbours with snow and frost.
Lucy loved this place like no other. Reading was the most exciting thing in the world here: everything she read seemed to come alive out of the pages…
Your task is to create a story following any of these prompts:
- You or any other character can be the one in the ‘greatest library’ about to read a book
- Introduction = The book comes alive with you (or the character) being sucked into that book’s story.
- Main = The adventure begins
- Ending = This part is completely up to you but it could be:
- main character is now stuck in the book forever
- main character saves the day
- main character solves a quest and returns home
- main character decides to stay in this world forever
Maths – Division Week
- Warm up your brain: Counting forward and back in steps of 250 and 750
7 000 , 15 000 , 5 400 , 64 000 , 97 200
- Main lesson. The objective for today is:
- Can I follow the success criteria of long division?
- Write out the times tables of the divisor
- Look at the first two digits and take the largest chunk possible
- Take that away from the answer
- Continue taking large chunks in multiples of 10 or 100
- Make sure you finish at zero
- Add up the chunks to find the answer
- Can I follow the success criteria of long division?
There is a Seesaw video for today’s lesson which will help in answering ‘Long Division’ sheet.
- Arithmetic 19 – 36. See the Arithmetic video for guidance on some of the questions.
History
Can I illustrate and label Pakal the Great?
Follow this link to the BBC website to find information on Pakal the Great, who reigned as King for 68 years.
- Using any of the illustrations from the website, draw Pakal the Great in your book (think middle of the page so you can label him).
- Label him with facts that you have learnt. These questions may help
- Where did he live?
- How long did he rule for?
- When did he die?
- What did he accomplish?
- What did Ruz, the Mexican archaeologist, find in the sarcophagus?
- Any interesting facts?
- Send it to me via Seesaw
Fairtrade
Watch the video sent through Seesaw which explains the Climate Crisis PowerPoint at the bottom of the blog and the task to complete.
Your task:
You are in charge of your own cocoa farm. Your farm is about to be struck by one of the climate challenges from the PowerPoint. Try to answer the following questions:
- What is your challenge?
- How will this challenge affect your farm?
- Will this challenge affect your basic needs?
(You can use a computer to conduct further research if you prefer)
Sumdog – Three challenges
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- Division of 2/3 digit numbers (200 target)
- Fluency with division facts (200 target)
- Spellings ‘long /y/ sound’ (45 target)
Excellent work Year 6. Congratulations. Make sure you celebrate in some way for all the effort you have put in.
Year 3 Home Learning Wednesday 3rd March 2021
Date: 2nd Mar 2021 @ 4:09pm
Good morning Year 3. I hope you had a good Tuesday.
Today I would like you to send me a photo of your maths work and a video of yourself reading some or all of your rover story.
Wednesday 3rd March 2021
Reading
Please read out loud to somebody for 20 minutes.
Predict what you think is going to happen next in the story.
I would also love if you could read out all or some of your rover story and send me a video on Seesaw. Focus on making it sound very exciting. You might want to get other people in your house involved to help with sound effects. You could even have some exciting space music playing quietly in the background:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6U2qXfdk6I&safe=active
Handwriting
Please watch the video which will be on Seesaw in the morning.
Spelling
Here are your spellings for this week. They all have the /ow/ sound in them spelled with ou.
mouth, around, sprout, sound, shout, cloud, hound, round, found, proud.
Say the words out loud.
Find the meaning of any words that you don’t know.
Write the long date: Wednesday 3rd March 2021
Write the title: /ow/ sound spelled ou
Write out your spellings in your best handwriting.
Writing:
Write the long date: Wednesday 3rd March 2021
Write the title: Speed Writing
Set a timer for 10 minutes and then write about anything you want for 10 minutes. It is still important to remember capital letters and full stops, beautiful handwriting and perfect spelling.
Times tables
Play on Hit the Button three times.
Practise division facts for ÷ 4
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Sumdog
Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenges:
Number Challenge: 1st March – 7th March
Times Tables Challenge: 1st March – 7th March
Counting
Count out loud in 1s.
From 387 to 410.
From 995 to 1015.
Back from 104 to 90.
Number Facts
Set a 30 second timer.
See how many pairs of numbers you can say or write which make 6.
Like this: 1 + 5
After 30 seconds, repeat for pairs of numbers which make:
10
20
Maths
Today you are going to be choosing the best method to add.
You will choose between partition into tens and units or bridge ten.
I have attached a sheet for you to complete, and there will be a video on Seesaw in the morning to explain the activity.
Please send me a photo of your maths work so I can check.
Music
Follow the link and complete the music lesson.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/exploring-different-sounds-c9k3gc
RE
As you know, it is Lent at the moment. I hope you are doing well with your Lenten Promise.
As well as making Lenten Promises, Lent gives us the chance to think about how we are living our daily lives. During Lent it is good to think about the needs of other people. Jesus explains this in his teaching called ‘The Beatitudes.’
I have attached The Beatitudes to this blog.
Write the long date: Wednesday 3rd March 2021
Write the title: Can I describe ways we can think about others during Lent?
Please read The Beatitudes and then write your own list which will help you to think about the needs of others during Lent.
You could start each line with:
You will be blessed when…
Here are some words from The Beatitudes which you might want to use:
Generous, share, friends, comfort, treat others, kindness, patience, respect, forgive.
You can also draw some pictures to show ways we can think about the needs of others.
Reminders
Please keep sending me your work on Seesaw – I am so proud of you for the work I have seen so far. Today I would like you to send me a photo of your maths and a video of yourself reading your rover story.
Don’t forget to go on Sumdog.
Have a happy smiley day. J
Year 2 Home Learning - 3rd March 2021
Date: 2nd Mar 2021 @ 3:05pm
Wednesday 3rd March 2021
Thank you for sending your work yesterday – we know you are still working really hard at home which is so great to see. I hope your Lenten Promises are going well and you are doing your best to keep your promise. 5 more days until you are back in school! The weather is lovely at the moment so try and get out into the fresh air today – being outside is great for our well-being and helps our brain become focused for your day of learning.
Tomorrow is World Book Day 2021. We would love to see you dressed as your favourite character from a book. Please send us a picture of your outfit along with a short note telling us all about your favourite book. Why do you enjoy that particular book? The best message will receive a £10 Book Voucher!
This week you will still have some Fairtrade activities and these will be posted at the bottom of the blog.
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.
Reading challenge – RETRIEVE information. Can you tell an adult or write down what type of book is it? Who are the main characters in the story? Do they have names? What has happened so far in the story?
Resources for questioning your child while they are reading - VIPERS
Maths
This week in Maths we are learning about lines of symmetry.
Starter – Writing numbers on a number line.
You will need a ruler (or something you can draw a line with), number line or hundred square and a pencil.
I would like you to draw a number line and place these numbers on it correctly.
Now answer these questions:
- How did you sort the numbers?
- How did you know which number came next?
- Tell an adult about the tens and ones in the numbers?
This week our lessons focus on lines of symmetry and symmetry of shapes.
What is Symmetry?
When we think about symmetry the most important thing is that on either side of the line the shape looks the same as the other. They are the same. If the shape does not look the same on each side it does not show symmetry.
For your lesson today please have a go at the worksheet attached.
You will need a pencil, scissors, glue and crayons for this activity.
Worksheet 1 – Cut out homes and select the correct half to make a full house.
Worksheet 2 – Use the squares to help you colour in the same pattern on the other side of the symmetry line.
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.
English
Today, we are going to start our new book which follows on from The Day the Crayons Quit.
Take a look at the front cover:
What do you think the story might be about?
How can you tell from the pictures?
What information does the title of the story give you?
How did the crayons get home? Do they want to come home?
Read and enjoy The Day the Crayons Came Home by Drew Daywalt and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers. You can view the story on PowerPoint attached to the end of this post or you can use the following link to listen to the story.
Please read up to ‘Glow in the Dark Crayon’.
Please see the attached Word document for more details on today’s lesson.
Phonics and Spelling
Phonics play have made their website free to use throughout January. Login -> select the resources tab -> select phase 6 phonics and have a play!
You may log in with the following details:
username: jan21
password: home
Today we will be focusing on the homophones to, too and two
Please see the spellings below, which we would like you to learn this week. Children in school will be given a spelling quiz on Friday 5th March. These spelling can be practiced on Sumdog by selecting the ‘Spelling Quiz’ challenge.
|
bare/bear |
blue/blew |
here/hear |
there/their/they're |
quiet/quite |
|
night/knight |
to/too/two |
see/sea |
be/bee |
sun/son |
Re-cap from yesterday
Can you read the story and choose from the homophones their, they’re or there to fill in the blanks?
Once upon a time ____ were two twin witches. ____ faces looked the same, _____ clothes were very similar, and _____ voices sounded exactly alike. _____ was no telling which witch was which. On _____ first day at magic school, _____ teacher said, “_____ like two peas in a pod! I will never know which witch is which!”
That night, the twins cast a magic spell. “_____ not going to mix us up now!” the twins said to each other. The next day the teacher couldn’t believe it. _____ they were, one with pink hair and one with blue hair! “_____ very clever witches,” the teacher told _____ parents.
To, too or two
Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelt differently and have different meanings. To, too and two are homophones that often confuse people.
To is used to show motion, eg "I’m going to the shop."
Too means ‘also’ or ‘extremely’, eg "I would like to come too but I'm too tired."
Two means the number 2, eg "Let’s buy two apples."
Please follow the link below for a short video and some interactive games - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z22yqhv/articles/zc4jpbk
Work through today’s PowerPoint presentation and have a go at the worksheet attached to the blog.
PE
Before you start today’s PE session make sure you do a warm-up activity. Warming up before a PE lesson is not only beneficial to protect the muscles and the joints, it also helps to gradually increase our heart rates and circulation, which will increase the blood flow to the muscles.
Warm-up game – Pirate Game.
Today you will learn different ways to travel.
The Link is here for your lesson this week.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/exploring-travelling-movements-6grp4r
At the end of your lesson can you choose a type of travel and perform one of your balances from last week. Take a video or picture and put in on SeeSaw.
Fairtrade Activity
Bake a difference.
With an adult, bake or cook using at least one Fairtrade ingredient.
Decorate your creation with the FAIRTRADE Mark!
If you do some baking we would love to see a picture on SeeSaw.
Sumdog Challenges
Multiplication – x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables
Maths – Symmetry
Spellings – Homophones
Make sure you stay positive and have some fun once you have completed today’s work.
Year 2 team.
Year 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 3rd March 2021
Date: 2nd Mar 2021 @ 2:41pm
Wednesday 3rd March 2021
Good morning Year 6. Welcome to our last remote Wednesday. Half way through the week is always good to check in on how you are organising yourself this week. Ask yourselves these questions today:
- Have you been reading every day?
- Have you started or even finished any Sumdog challenge?
- Are you going to tick everything off by Thursday or spread it out to Friday?
(Knowing how well you have been doing enables you to plan out the rest of the week)
Do not forget that Reading, English, Maths, French, Music and RE are on the blog today so spreads these activities out or do what you can.
REMINDER – WORLD BOOK DAY 2021
Tomorrow is World Book day where you can dress up at home in one of your favourite characters. Whether you dress up or not, please send in a picture of you holding your favourite book with a message of why it is your favourite. I will be doing the same and I will send my picture to you in the morning.
Here are today’s tasks:
Reading
Read for 30 minutes. Keep building up that speed and stamina.
Reading activity for today:
- Draw a picture of your favourite part of the book. Write what is happening in the picture and why you chose this.
English (split into three parts: Handwriting, Spellings and Writing)
Handwriting
The handwriting poems this week are based on seasons through the year. This week focus on forming each letter correctly, which we have done before but this is something we will do in detail next week when you are all back so practising this is a going to help.
Chips
Out of the paper bag
Comes the hot breath of the chips
And I shall blow on them
To stop them burning my lips.
Before I leave the counter
The woman shakes
Raindrops of vinegar on them
And salty snowflakes.
Outside, the frosty pavements
Are slippery as a slide
But the chips and I
Are warm inside.
Spellings
The spellings for this week, long ‘y’ sound
- Today, create another mini story with the spellings words.
- e.g. There was once a cycling hyena who absolutely loved to multiply numbers. He would identify figures in the street and rhyme whilst doing it. One day, the hyena qualified for the Cyclone Cup, a prestigious award once occupied by a python.
Writing task
Can I use a variety of nouns, verbs and adjectives to describe an evil character’s appearance and actions?
Read pages 44 – 50, which are on one of the videos I have sent through Seesaw.
Watch the main video sent through on Seesaw which explains how to complete today’s objective.
The example of descriptions for an evil character are attached at the bottom of the blog.
Also, the picture I used to describe my evil character is at the bottom of the blog under 'Wanderer picture for introducing evil character'.
Maths – Division Week
- Warm up your brain: Counting forward and back in steps of 25 and 75
- , 400 , 1 400 , 170 , 630
- Main lesson. The objective for today is:
- Can I explain and use long division?
There is a Seesaw video for today’s lesson as well a White Rose video here, Long Division , which explains how to solve the sheet, White Rose Maths Division. Please watch the Seesaw video first.
Music
Today we are continuing the topic of ‘Pulse and Metre’. Follow this link, Exploring 4 beats and 2 beats in a bar, to Oak National Academy for today’s lesson.
French
Bonjour! Let’s recap the weather phrases once more. You should be getting good at these by now!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-Ju6XS3tRs
Confession time – in school last week, we didn’t finish all the work so we’re going to do the second half of the sheet this week. If you didn’t manage it all either, click here and download lesson 5 with audio.
http://www.rachelhawkes.com/Resources/Y6_French/Yr6AutumnFr.php
We’re going to do the left hand side of slide 3 in school, writing our own sentences using seasons, weather and expressions of frequency. If you’ve already done this, well done to you! You could take a piece of paper, fold it into 4 sections and copy one of your sentences into each section and add a picture to illustrate it. If you upload the photo, I will print it off and add it to our display.
If you’re ready to move on, have a go at slide 4. I’ll be very impressed if you can do sections B and C!
Très bon travail. Merci beaucoup. A la semaine prochaine!
RE
Can I explain how people can live out the Our Father prayer in our daily lives?
Watch the Seesaw video named ‘RE. Our Father prayer’. There is a copy of the Our father at the bottom of this blog for you to print or copy and paste electronically.
Sumdog – Three challenges
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- Division of 2/3 digit numbers (200 target)
- Fluency with division facts (200 target)
- Spellings ‘long /y/ sound’ (45 target)
Congratulations as we are now half way through the week!
Reception 4th March Home Learning
Date: 2nd Mar 2021 @ 1:10pm
Thursday 4th March 2021
It is World Book Day!
Post a picture of yourself to Seessaw, dressed up as your favourite story character ! J
Have a go at the World Book Day scavenger hunt attached.
Literacy
Reading – Can I choose your favourite story to read today?
Reminders – Please contact the School Office if you would like to change your reading books.
Oxford Owl eBooks Class login - sto1 Password – 1234
- Phonics –
Our new sounds - 'ch, sh, th, ng, qu, ai, ee, oa, igh, long & short oo, ar, or, oi, ow, ur, er'
Please revisit any of the sounds which you might have found tricky!
Can I write all my digraph sounds without copying them?
Can I think of a word for all of my sounds?
Can I have a go at the activity mats attached?
Reminder for phonics games go to - Phonics Play – Login - Jan21 Password - home
- Handwriting – Fine motor development
Watch these fine motor activities, can I choose a different activity to have a go at?
All these activities will help to develop your child’s finger strength.
This week we are practising writing our numbers from 0 – 9.
Watch these number rhymes to help you form them correctly.
High Frequency words – knowing these words just by looking at them will help improve fluency in your reading –
‘it, is, in, am, an, of, on, up, so, and’
See if you can read these words without sounding them out?
- Story this week – Our story this week is ‘How to catch a star’ by Oliver Jeffers.
Today we are going to make up our own poems using the letters in the word STAR.
Before you write your poem, check the following!
Can I make a mind map of ideas to help me to describe a star?
Can I write my own star acrostic poem using the letters STAR?
For example,
Shining
Twinkling
Above the world
Relaxing night time
Maths –
- Counting Practice –
Can I practise counting from different starting numbers?
E.g. 3 to 16, 7-22, 12 - 30
- Consolidation – In Reception we need to revisit and rehearse all number facts to secure understanding.
Can I revisit the number 13? (See attached.)
Can I colour in the rainbow strands and use it to help me work out my number bonds to 10? (See attached.)
- Spring Term 1 Consolidation
Watch the White Rose Maths Bean Bag Throw Game Video.
Can I complete the activity attached?
Topic Time
EAD – This afternoon we are going to learn about the artist Van Gogh.
Watch this video together to learn a little bit more about him.
See if you can create your own version of his picture ‘Starry night’
(See attached for some ideas.)
DT - Can I follow the instructions to make some star biscuits? (See attached.)
Reception Story Time
Winne the Witch, See below !
What a great day of learning, Reception 😊
HOME LEARNING Wednesday 3rd March 2021
Date: 2nd Mar 2021 @ 11:27am
Year 4
Home Learning Wednesday 3rd March 2021
Good morning Year 4. I hope you had a lovely Tuesday! Remember, tomorrow is World Book Day – join in the fun by dressing up as a book character. Upload a photo of your outfit to Seesaw and a message explaining why your favourite book is your favourite. There is a £10 book voucher for the best message we receive!
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 tell someone about the main characters in your book and explain a little bit about them, for example, what is their name? Are they a good or a bad character? How do you know? What do they wear? What are their likes and dislikes?
Spelling
These are your new spellings which will be tested on Tuesday 9th March 2021. They are all from the Year 3 / 4 Spelling list – a list of words which children should be able to read and spell by the time they leave Year 4. There are some quite tricky words, so please practise them carefully.
The words are:
mention probably therefore build disappear guide
natural recent though although busy business
Write the long date Wednesday 3rd March 2021
Copy the words carefully into your book. Using a coloured pen or pencil draw a circle around the parts of the word you find tricky. Do this 2 more times to try and help learn these tricky words.
A spelling challenge has also been set on Sumdog.
Handwriting
A video will be uploaded on Wednesday morning. Watch the video and then practise your handwriting in your Home Learning book.
Write the long date Wednesday 3rd March 2021
Write the title Handwriting
English
Today, please read or listen to Chapter 9 of Kensuke’s Kingdom. A copy of the book is attached to the blog or you can listen to Chapter 9 by clicking here.
Open the document called ‘English tasks’ which is attached to the blog. You may either print this sheet out, or complete the writing straight into your Home Learning Book. There are 2 short tasks today. All the instructions for the tasks are explained in this document.
Please share your work on Seesaw
Times tables
A times tables challenge has been set on Sumdog. This is to consolidate and practise your 11 and 12 times tables.
Please practise your own tables target using Hit the button. If you are on ‘free’ tables, please practise a times table or division fact which you know you find tricky. If you are in school this week, you will be tested on your individual target on Thursday 4th March 2021 – if you are on ‘free’ tables, you will be tested on a mixture of 4 and 8 times tables.
Counting
Count in 100’s from 750 to 2150 and back again. Count in 100’s from 108 to 1508 and back again. Think about what you found tricky? Write the numbers down as you say them – what patterns do you notice?
Please count in 1000’s from 0 to 10 000 and back again – can you go any further? Write the numbers down as you say them - do you notice any patterns?
Now count in 1000’s from 500 to 9500 and back again – can you go any further? Write the numbers down as you say them – what do you notice now?
What is the relationship between 100 and 1000? Can you see any patterns in the numbers you have written down?
Maths
Click here to play Daily 10.
Click on play game. Choose Level 3 and Division. Depending on how confident you feel, choose a table from the ‘Up to 12’ or ‘Mixed tables’ column. Choose your time interval and have a go. Once you have played once, repeat the game and see if you can improve on your previous score.
When we all return to school next week we will be learning more about mental and written division (chunking). In preparation for this, it is important that you are confident with the basics of grouping and sharing. Therefore, today and tomorrow we will be recapping some of these basics. It is CRUCIAL that you learn your tables (and division facts) off by heart so that you are able to use them accurately and at speed. Please take 10 minutes each day to practise your tables / division facts - this could be your tables target, tables you should know, or those you find tricky. If you do this, you will be amazed at how your confidence will grow in a short space of time.
Write the short date 03.03.21
Write the learning objective Can I practise sharing?
Watch today’s teaching video here.
Open the worksheet attached to the blog called ‘Sharing’.
Complete the worksheet / answer the questions in your Home Learning Book.
Using jottings (eg sticks for base 10 10’s and dots for base 10 units or ones), show 60 ÷ 3 and 60 ÷ 5
Now have a go at 48 ÷ 2 and 48 ÷ 4.
French
Please write the date in French: mardi deux mars and the learning objective:
Can I describe Matisse’s pictures using shape and colour words?
Today we are going to look at some of Matisse’s art works and use the shape language we’ve learnt over the last few weeks to describe them.
Download the PowerPoint attached to the blog called ‘Describing Matisse’. It asks ‘Qu’est-ce qu’il y a dans le tableau?’ What’s in the picture? Work your way through listening to the audio and repeating the sentences. Can you say some of your own descriptive sentences?
When you reach slide 9, write these sentences into your book. Then look at slide 8 again and write the number of any pictures that the sentence applies to.
Check your answers using slide 10.
Here’s a song to finish. How many words that you recognise can you hear? You could slow down the playback speed to make it easier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-5gVAlR438
Merci beaucoup! Très bon travail! A la semaine prochaine!
PE
Watch the clips below and follow the instructions on the cards.
Games skills – In the Box
Gymnastics – Ship Shape
Sumdog challenges
You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:
- A maths times table challenge (based on the 11 and 12 times tables)
- A maths challenge all about whole numbers upto 10 000
- A spelling challenge based on the new Year 3 /4 spellings
Please make sure you log on and have a go! It is important that you practise these skills as they are invaluable in helping you to learn your number facts and multiplication and division facts. In addition, they will enable you to calculate accurately and at speed when working mentally.
A new spelling challenge will start tomorrow.
Well done for finishing today’s work. Have a lovely evening and stay safe.
Year 1 Home Learning Thursday 4th March 2021
Date: 2nd Mar 2021 @ 10:02am
We hope you are all enjoying being dressed up as a book character.
Post a photo of yourself on Seesaw and tell us all about your favourite book!
Reading
How many stars have you ticked on your reading challenge? You could make up your own reading challenges and write them on the back of your sheet.
Phonics
Today we are going to try and spot some of our air, are,ear and ere sounds in our story, The Hairy Fairy. Visit Seesaw to listen to our story and download the pages below. You can write out the words you can find and use some in a sentence.
English
For our writing today we are going to write a character description of our favourite book character or the character you have dressed up as today. Use the sheet below or write on lined paper.
Draw your character and write words around them to describe them. Once you have created your describing word bank, use these words to write your sentences below. Remember to use your Think Pinks and neat handwriting.
Handwriting
For your handwriting today, rewatch some of our handwriting videos from this week on Seesaw. Remember to take your time and make your writing as neat as you can.
Maths
Counting - Practise ordering numbers with the Counting Caterpillar game.
Number facts - The Ten Dance song.
Main Focus - Measure mass. Click here.
History
Today we are going to learn about Isambard Kingdom Brunel.He was a famous engineer. On the sheet draw three pictures and write some sentences about his life.
Drama
Think about the character you have chosen to be today. Have a go at acting out the story you are from. See if you can get other members of your family involved.
Bedtime Story
Join in with Michael Rosen as he performs his own story, We're Going on a Bear Hunt.
HOME LEARNING Tuesday 2nd March 2021
Date: 1st Mar 2021 @ 3:28pm
Year 4
Home Learning Tuesday 2nd March 2021
Good morning Year 4. Welcome to Tuesday’s Home Learning. I hope your Lenten Promises are going well and you are doing your best to keep your promise, whatever it may be. A reminder that it is Fairtrade Fortnight too. A sheet has been attached to the blog with some activities you may like to try. You may also like to learn more about Fairtrade by visiting their website here.
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.
Ask someone else to read a page of the book to you. Listen carefully to their intonation (the way their voice rises and falls), expression and where they pause for punctuation.
Spelling
These are your new spellings which will be tested on Tuesday 9th March 2021. They are all from the Year 3 / 4 Spelling list – a list of words which children should be able to read and spell by the time they leave Year 4. There are some quite tricky words, so please practise them carefully.
The words are:
mention probably therefore build disappear guide
natural recent though although busy business
Write the long date Tuesday 2nd March 2021
Copy the words carefully into your book and find out the meanings of any words you are unsure of.
A spelling challenge has also been set on Sumdog.
English
Today, please read or listen to Chapter 8 of Kensuke’s Kingdom again. A copy of the book is attached to the blog or you can listen to Chapter 8 by clicking here.
Open the document called ‘Turning points’ which is attached to the blog. You may either print this sheet off or complete the writing straight into your Home Learning Book. All the instructions are explained in this document.
Please share your work on Seesaw
Times tables
A times tables challenge has been set on Sumdog. This is to consolidate and practise your 11 and 12 times tables.
Please practise your own tables target using Hit the button. If you are on ‘free’ tables, please practise a times table or division fact which you know you find tricky. If you are in school this week, you will be tested on your individual target on Thursday 4th March 2021 – if you are on ‘free’ tables, you will be tested on a mixture of 4 and 8 times tables.
Counting
Count in 100’s from 300 to 1500 and back again. Count in 100’s from 450 to 1250 and back again. Think about what you found tricky? Write the numbers down as you say them – what patterns do you notice?
Please count in 50’s from 300 to 1100 and back again – can you go any further? Write the numbers down as you say them - do you notice any patterns?
Now count in 50’s from 450 to 1100 and back again – can you go any further? Write the numbers down as you say them – what do you notice now?
What is the relationship between 100 and 50? Can you see any patterns in the numbers you have written down?
Maths
Click here to play Fruit splat compare equations – this is the game that you played yesterday.
You will be given an equation eg 4 x 3 ___ 2 + 2
Work out both sides of the equation. In the example above 4 x 3 = 12 and 2 + 2 = 4.
Decide whether the calculations are = (equal), the first calculation is > (greater than) the second; or the first calculation is < (less than) the second.
Click on the correct symbol. In the example above, you would click on the greater than symbols, because 12 is > 4.
Today, try Level Two - you can choose an untimed or timed game.
Today, we are going to practise our mental maths strategies and complete an arithmetic test.
Make sure you have everything you need before you start:
- A pencil and a ruler
- Your Home Learning book OR a printed copy of the arithmetic test (attached to the blog)
- A 20 minute timer
- The arithmetic answers (to check your answers afterwards. These are attached to the blog)
Please make sure that you make jottings / show your working out – this is important as it helps to find any errors (if you make them!). Try and complete the test independently and CHECK EACH OF YOUR ANSWERS CAREFULLY before you look at the answer sheet. Remember, it doesn’t matter if you get an answer wrong, the most important thing is to find your mistake.
Before you start, please watch the two videos on Seesaw which will explain a couple of strategies. These will be uploaded on Tuesday morning.
Good luck!
Please post your work on Seesaw so that I can see how you got on!
RE
Please open the document called ‘RE Our Father’ which is attached to the blog. All the information for today’s RE lesson is explained in this document.
Music
Please click here for the second lesson in this music topic. Today you will be exploring how music is organised and look at music with 4 beats and 2 beats in a bar. Have fun!
Sumdog challenges
You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:
- A maths times table challenge (based on the 11 and 12 times tables)
- A maths challenge all about whole numbers upto 10 000
- A spelling challenge based on the new Year 3 /4 spellings
Please make sure you log on and have a go! It is important that you practise these skills as they are invaluable in helping you to learn your number facts and multiplication and division facts. In addition, they will enable you to calculate accurately and at speed when working mentally.
A new spelling challenge will start tomorrow.
Well done for finishing today’s work. Have a lovely evening and stay safe.
Year 3 Home Learning Tuesday 2nd March 2021
Date: 1st Mar 2021 @ 3:27pm
Good morning Year 3. I hope you had a good day on Monday. Only 4 more days of Home Learning (including Fun Friday).
Well done for all of the writing about Mars, Perseverance and the rover. The stories you have written have been so exciting to read on Seesaw. Today I would like you to send me a photo of your Science questions.
Tuesday 2nd March 2021
Reading
Please read out loud to somebody for 20 minutes.
Tell somebody everything you know about one of the characters.
Spelling
Write the long date: Tuesday 2nd March 2021
Write the title: Spelling Test
Write the numbers 1 to 11 down your page. Ask somebody to call out each spelling twice. If you get any wrong, practise them and then try again.
You need the apostrophe in the correct place to get a tick.
- can’t
- didn’t
- hasn’t
- couldn’t
- it’s
- wasn’t
- doesn’t
- mustn’t
- I’ll
- she’d
Bonus question: different
Handwriting
Please watch the video which will be on Seesaw in the morning.
Writing:
Today you are going to publish your rover story. I will tell you how we will do it in school, but you might choose to do something different like type it up on the computer or write it on lined paper or a new page in your book.
First:
Check that every sentence starts with a capital letter.
Check that every name starts with a capital letter (planet names, rover names, people’s names).
Check AT LEAST 5 spellings using your yellow dictionary.
How we will be doing it in school:
We will do all the writing in the morning, and illustrate, decorate and colour in the afternoon.
Get 3 pieces of plain A4 paper and fold them in half so they open like a book.
Put them inside each other to create a book, you could staple along the fold to keep them together.
Write the title of your story on the front page.
Carefully copy one paragraph from your story onto each page, you will have some spare pages to draw pictures on.
Please bring these into school next week so we can all show each other.
Times tables
Write the short date: 02.03.21
Write the title: Times Tables Test
Write the numbers 1-11 down your page.
Ask somebody to call out the following questions.
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: 97 x 10.
If you get any wrong, practise a bit more and then try again.
- 12 ÷ 3 =
- 24 ÷ 3 =
- 6 ÷ 3 =
- 15 ÷ 3 =
- 30 ÷ 3 =
- 9 ÷ 3 =
- 18 ÷ 3 =
- 3 ÷ 3 =
- 21 ÷ 3 =
- 27 ÷ 3 =
Here are the answers:
- 12 ÷ 3 = 4
- 24 ÷ 3 = 8
- 6 ÷ 3 = 2
- 15 ÷ 3 =5
- 30 ÷ 3 = 10
- 9 ÷ 3 = 3
- 18 ÷ 3 = 6
- 3 ÷ 3 = 1
- 21 ÷ 3 = 7
- 27 ÷ 3 = 9
Sumdog
Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenges:
Number Challenge: 1st March – 7th March
Times Tables Challenge: 1st March – 7th March
Counting
Count out loud in 4s from 0 to 48:
Whilst doing star jumps
Whilst jogging on the spot
Whilst doing squats
Number Facts
Write down or tell somebody the totals of pairs of doubles up to 10 + 10.
Like this:
1 + 1 = 2
2 + 2 = 4
Maths
Today you are going to answer some arithmetic questions.
There will be some videos available on Seesaw in the morning which will remind you of the strategies we use for some of the questions.
After watching the videos, set a timer for 20 minutes and complete the questions.
After 20 minutes, check your answers yourself and then use the answer sheet to check.
Science
Next Tuesday in school we are going to be taking part in a live online Science lesson called Future Farming Robots.
The lesson will be run by Senior lecturer Paula and engineering researcher Megan from Harper Adams University.
We will get chance to look at their robotics lab to look at how robots can solve some of farming’s biggest challenges including - How can we improve soil health? How can we make growing crops more efficient? How can we farm areas that weren’t suitable for growing crops before?
At the end of the lesson, Paula and Megan will be answering questions sent in by children. So we are going to come up with some questions and I will send them in with the hope that we will have some of them answered.
Write the long date: Tuesday 2nd March 2021
Write the title: Can I suggest questions about the future of farming?
I would like you to write at least 3 questions (more if you want) and send them to me on Seesaw.
They might be about:
Paula and Megan
Robots
Soil
Farming
Tractors
Future technology
Jobs that farming robots might need to do
Art
Illustrate your rover story with pictures, patterns, borders and decorations.
Use colour to make it look exciting.
If you have typed your story, you could either print it and illustrate it or add images from the internet.
Reminders
Please keep sending me your work on Seesaw – I am so proud of you for the work I have seen so far. Today I would like you to send me a photo of your science questions.
Don’t forget to go on Sumdog.
Have a super day J I am so proud of each and every one of you!