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HOME LEARNING Tuesday 9th February 2021
Date: 8th Feb 2021 @ 3:22pm
Year 4
Home Learning Tuesday 9th February 2021
Good morning Year 4. Welcome to Tuesday’s learning. I hope you enjoyed finding out some of the ways in which the Romans changed Britain yesterday. It’s amazing that some Roman ideas, words and numbers are still used today!
Remember it’s dance week at St Oswald’s! Click on the link here to see the video. I’m looking forward to seeing your videos uploaded to Seesaw later on in the week. Please send them to us before 12 noon on Thursday!
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.
Predict what you think is going to happen in the next chapter.
Spelling
These are your new spellings which will be tested on Tuesday 23rd February 2021 (when we come back to school after half-term). They are another set of homophones. Homophones are words which sound the same but are spelt differently.
him hymn new knew mist missed heel heal
side sighed piece peace rain rein reign
Write the long date Tuesday 9th February 2021
Copy the words carefully into your book. Find out the meanings of any words you don’t know. Can you add any pictures or symbols to some of the words to help you remember what the different spellings mean?
English
Today, please read / listen to Chapter 6 of Kensuke’s Kingdom. A copy of the book is attached to the blog or you can listen to Chapter 6 by clicking here.
Please open the document called ‘English tasks’ attached to the blog for today’s activities.
Please share your work on Seesaw
Times tables
A times tables challenge has been set on Sumdog. This is to consolidate and practise your 2, 4 and 8 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 11th February 2021 – if you are on ‘free’ tables, you will be tested on ÷12.
Counting
Count in 10’s from 620 to 760 and back again. Count in 10’s from 950 to 1100 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 4’s from 40 to 88 and back again. Write the numbers down as you say them - do you notice any patterns?
Now count in 4’s from 80 to 124 and back again. Write the numbers down as you say them – what do you notice now?
Maths
Click here to play Daily 10.
We will be repeating yesterday’s halving activity. Please try and choose a shorter time interval between questions or have a go at Level 3.
Click on play game. Choose Level 2, Doubles/Halves, Halves up to 20. Choose the time interval between each question eg 3 seconds, 5 seconds etc. Remember to write the answers down and to make jottings!
Eg Half 28 Partition into 20 and 8
Half 20 = 10 Half 8 = 4 10 + 4 = 14
If you are feeling confident, have a go at Level 3, Doubles/Halves, Halves up to 100.
Eg Half 134 Partition into 100 30 4
Half 100 = 50 Half 30 = 15 Half 4 = 2 50 + 15 + 2 = 67
Repeat this game a couple of times and see if you can calculate more quickly and accurately each time.
Today, we are going to practise our mental maths strategies and complete an arithmetic test.
Make sure you have everything you need before you start:
- A pencil and a ruler
- Your Home Learning book OR a printed copy of the arithmetic test (attached to the blog)
- A 20 minute timer
- The arithmetic answers (to check your answers afterwards. These are attached to the blog)
Please make sure that you make jottings / show your working out – this is important as it helps to find any errors (if you make them!). Try and complete the test independently and CHECK EACH OF YOUR ANSWERS CAREFULLY before you look at the answer sheet. Remember, it doesn’t matter if you get an answer wrong, the most important thing is to find your mistake.
Before you start, please watch the video on Seesaw which will explain a couple of strategies. This will be uploaded on Tuesday morning.
Good luck!
Please post your work on Seesaw so that I can see how you got on!
RE
When you go to a film or watch a TV programme, it will begin with a title and a theme tune as an introduction to show that it is about to begin. The start of the Eucharist (Mass) is the same.
The start of the Eucharist has an introduction to prepare people for what is about to happen. Normally, the Sunday Eucharist will begin with a hymn, which may include something about the theme of that Mass or about people gathering. As this is sung, the priest and the servers walk in procession through the church towards the altar.
The priest kisses the altar first because it is a symbol of Christ. It is with Christ and through the power of the Holy Spirit that the Church offers the Eucharist to God, the Father. The priest represents Christ and everyone at the Eucharist has their own part to take in the celebration. When the hymn is finished, the priest faces the people and makes the Sign of the Cross. The Eucharist has begun, the people gather in the name of the Trinity - Father, Son and Holy Spirit in a similar way to the way we gather for Collective Worship.
Write the long date Tuesday 9th February 2021
Write the learning objective Can I describe what happens during certain parts of the Mass?
- Answer the following questions in your Home Learning book. Please answer in FULL SENTENCES and copy words correctly, such as Eucharist.
- Why do you think it is necessary to have an introduction at the beginning of the Eucharist?
- What is carried in the procession at the start of the Eucharist and why do you think these symbols are used?
- Why does the priest kiss the altar?
- Who does the priest represent?
- What does the Sign of the Cross signify at the start of the Eucharist?
- Listen to John Burland’s hymn 'Gather together'. Write an additional verse to the hymn and explain your choice of words.
Chorus:
Gather together Verse 1: Share with each other
Gather together
Gather together and celebrate Verse 2: Sing with each other
Gather together
Gather together Verse 3: Pray with each other
Gather together and celebrate
Music
Please click here for the last music lesson in this unit. Today you will be composing and performing your body percussion piece.
Please also complete the ‘Mind Music activity’ attached to the blog.
Perhaps you would like to send a video on Seesaw.
Sumdog challenges
You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:
- A maths times table challenge (based on the 2, 4 and 8 times tables)
- A maths challenge to practise counting in multiples of 4, 5 and 8
- A spelling challenge based on this week’s new homophone 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.
Well done for finishing today’s work. Have a lovely evening and stay safe.
Year 2 Home Learning - 9th February 2021
Date: 8th Feb 2021 @ 2:45pm
Tuesday 8th February
Good morning.
Well done on all your brilliant learning yesterday. We love seeing your work up on SeeSaw so please keep sending it.
This week we are celebrating Dance Week with a whole school dance project. Mr Mears will teach us our routine and we hope to see everyone take part in school and at home. You can find the video on the gallery section of the class blog or click the link here. Try and practise every day and send in a 10 second video via Seesaw, no later than 12 noon on Thursday, so that we can include it in the whole school video!
Have a go at this breathing exercise before you start your learning today.
Here are your Tuesday facts to start your day:
- The sunset on Mars appears blue.
- Polar bears also have black skin under their glistening coat, which helps them soak up the Sun’s rays and keep warm.
- There are three different species of elephant – the African Savannah elephant, the African Forest elephant and the Asian elephant.
Reading
It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.
Reading challenge - Find 5 words that you are not sure how to say or what they mean. If you already know what they mean, find 5 more that others will find tricky.
Resources for questioning your child while they are reading - VIPERS
Maths
Counting
What do you notice about the numbers that are circled? Can you complete the sequences?
Can you explain any pattern to a parent? What is the same and what is different?
Number facts
Write out all your number bonds to 10. Now write all your number bonds to 100. Compare the 2 sets of numbers. Do you notice a pattern?
Times Tables
3 Times Tables – Listen to this 3 times table song: 3 times table song
Play hit the button and select 3 times tables – hit the button
Play the Daily 10. Select multiplication and then select 3 times tables. Set the timer so you get quicker each time – Daily 10
Can you write out all your 3 times tables up to 12, in your home learning journal?
Can I count the sides of 2D shapes?
Today we are going to focus on counting the sides of 2D shapes. Please follow the link here and have a go at the worksheets attached to this blog. 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.
Sumdog challenges
Multiplication – x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables
Maths – Shapes
Spellings – Nouns with the suffix -ness
English
Please see the attached English lesson for more details.
Phonics and Spelling
Phonics play have made their website free to use throughout January. Login -> select the resources tab -> select phase 6 phonics and have a play!
You may log in with the following details:
username: jan21
password: home
This week we will be looking at changing adjectives to nouns by adding the suffix -ness.
-ness is one of a number of noun suffixes. It is used to make nouns from adjectives, although not every adjective can be modified in this way. Here are some common adjectives whose noun forms are made by adding -ness:
But remember, some are trickier!
When the word ends in a consonant and a y, we need to change the ‘y’ to an ‘i’ then add –ness
Please note - Not all adjectives can be made into nouns using "-ness." Typically, if an adjective is in its -er or -est form, "-ness" cannot be added: higher and highest cannot become higherness or highestness.
As we have seen, some nouns can be formed by adding the suffix -ness to adjectives. Please see the attached word search. The word search is hiding nouns formed using -ness, but the words at the bottom of the sheet are the adjectives. Can you turn the adjectives into nouns by adding -ness, then find the nouns in the word search?
French
Here’s a song to start to recap the names of some animals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub-V1n6zpQE&safe=active
Today we are going to play some games using the farm animals words we practised the week before last.
https://www.french-games.net/frenchlessons?topic=Animals%20-%20farm&level=primary
This link takes you to a lesson. Click start the tutorial to recap the words then there are 3 games which get progressively harder – yes/no, either/or then what is it?
If you’d like to do some more, click on the games tab at the top and choose a game to work on the same words. Sow and Grow is very straightforward.
Here’s Old MacDonald again – slow the playback speed down to 0.5 at first. Try to join in, then speed it up to 0.75. Can you still keep up?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDcgM_U22XU&safe=active
Très bien! Merci beaucoup. A bientôt!
Music
For music this week please click on the link below. Attached on the blog is also a worksheet to complete for this lesson.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/compose-and-perform-your-body-percussion-piece-crtp6e
Additional Art Activities – See uploaded ideas.
We hope you have a fantastic week of home learning.
Year 2 team.
Year 1 Home Learning Friday 12th February 2021
Date: 8th Feb 2021 @ 11:25am
Fabulous Friday!
Wow Year 1, you've made it to the end of another week of great learning! It's now time for another Fabulous Friday!
Fridays are a lighter day with limited screen time to give you and your families the chance to catch up and switch off!
Today you just need to...
Read.Pick a favourite book to read again. Talk about why you like it so much.
Finish off any learning from earlier in the week.
You could perform your own show of Little Red Riding Hood. All the songs are here.
Let's make a cake for grandma song.
What big eyes you've got song.
The big bad wolf has gone song.
Maths
For your number game today, we are playing Make 31.
In the instructions it asks you to place counters on the board but you can easily play by circling or crossing out the numbers. Use drawings or objects to add your numbers together. Good luck.
Have a lovely half term holiday!
Reception 9th February Home Learning
Date: 8th Feb 2021 @ 11:17am
Tuesday 9th February 2021
Here is your learning for today.
It is Dance Week – Remember to learn the dance on the Reception Class Gallery and send the video to us before Thursday dinner time. 😊
Literacy
- Reading – Try to read for 10 minutes each day. 😊
Can you play 'Humpty Word Pairs' or 'Snap' this week?
Can you use your finger, or a lollipop stick to follow the words in your story?
Reminders – Please contact the School Office if you would like to change your reading book.
Oxford Owl eBooks Class login - sto1 Password – 1234
- Phonics – Please recap all of the sounds we have learnt so far and the new digraphs & trigraphs. (It is important for Reception to consolidate their sound recognition for all of the sounds - therefore this week we will not be learning any new sounds.)
Our new sounds - ch, sh, th, ng, qu, ai, ee, oa, igh, long and short oo
Can you hear the sounds in the words and sort them?
Can you write the words?
Can you read the sentence and draw a picture to match?
See the Phonics PowerPoint for all of these activities.
Have a go at any of the games on Phonics Play – Phase 2 or 3 to practise reading some different words.
Phonics Play – Login - Jan21 Password - home
Remember to use these sounds to help you with any new or trickier words in your reading book!
- Handwriting – Join in with, ‘Down in the jungle – Finger gym song’.
These hand exercises will help to strengthen your fingers and will help with your handwriting.
Handwriting this week will be the letters 'Uu' ‘Vv’ ‘Ww’ ‘Xx’. – Remember to start at the top.
See the Seesaw video for the correct formations for all of this week’s letters.
The Humpty Words of the week are – little, there, have, like
Can I write these words in different colours?
Can I put my humpty words into a sentence?
See how quickly you can write all your Humpty words that you have been practising at home. Check the words. How did you do? Try really hard with any that may be tripping you up!
'The, to, no, I, go, into, you, he, we, she, all, they, my, her, are, me, said, was, were, be'
Do not forget to spot these words in your reading books too!
- Story Activity - This week we are staying with the ‘The Little Red Hen'.
It is important for your child to know the story inside out, to help them with their writing.
Can I change part of the story of the little red hen?
(See the Seesaw video for an example of this.)
Maths –
- Counting Practice – Can I count out loud from 0 to 50? (In 1’s, 2’s and 5’s)
Can I count back from 25 to 0? (In 1’s)
- Consolidation – In Reception we need to revisit and rehearse all number facts to secure understanding.
Can I revisit the number 3? (See sheet attached.)
Can I talk through the number stories PowerPoint with my grown up? (View as a slideshow – Revisiting addition and subtraction questions.)
- Main Focus – Can I listen to the ‘Pattern Fish’ story again? Can I talk about all the different patterns I can see?
Watch the White Rose Maths video and have a go at the activity attached. (Session 5 – Pattern.)
Topic Time
- French – Today you are going to listen to the story of the 'Little Red Hen' in French.
First, let’s try and learn the words of the animal characters with this song.
It’s about animals who have big noses! Avec un gros nez!
The animals you will need to know for the story are:
Le chat (luh sha) = the cat
Le cochon (luh coshon) = the pig
Le canard (luh canar) = the duck
La poule (la pool) = the hen
Say them a few times, adding an action to help you remember each one.
Here’s the story of Little Red Hen en Francais. Try to follow the story from what you already know. You don’t need to understand every word.
Listen to it first, trying to pick out the names of the animals.
Now draw a cat, pig, duck and hen on four pieces of paper.
Play the story video again and ask your child to hold the right one up as the characters speak.
Can you join in with the “Pas moi!” sentence? Not me!
Merci beaucoup! A la semane prochaine. See you next week.
Reception Story Time
Get yourself a blanket and enjoy today’s story after working so hard all day.
The story will be posted to Seesaw.
Have a lovely day Reception, we cannot wait to see your learning on Seesaw. J
Reception 8th February Home Learning
Date: 7th Feb 2021 @ 4:20pm
Monday 8th February 2021
We hope you have had a lovely weekend with your family.
One more week to go until half term!
We will be ringing everyone this week to see how you are getting on and catch up with any queries you may have.
It is Dance Week – remember to learn the dance on the Reception Class Gallery and send the video to us before Thursday dinner time. 😊
Literacy
- Reading – Try to read for 10 minutes each day. 😊
Can you play 'Humpty word pairs' or 'Snap' this week?
Can you use your finger, or a lollipop stick to follow the words in your story?
Reminders – Please contact the School Office if you would like to change your reading book.
Oxford Owl eBooks Class login - sto1 Password – 1234
- Phonics – Please recap all of the sounds we have learnt so far and the new digraphs & trigraphs. (It is important for Reception to consolidate their sound recognition for all of the sounds - therefore this week we will not be learning any new sounds.)
Our new sounds - ch, sh, th, ng, qu, ai, ee, oa, igh, long and short oo
Can I hear the initial sounds in the words and sort them under the correct sound? (Revisiting j,v,w,y)
Can I write a sentence about the picture? (Remember to use finger spaces, full stops, and capital letters)
Can I read the words attached? (qu, long oo and short oo words)
See the phonics powerpoint for all of these activities.
Have a go at any of the games on Phonics Play – Phase 2 or 3 to practise reading some different words.
Phonics Play – Login - Jan21 Password - home
Remember to use these sounds to help you with any new or trickier words in your reading book!
- Handwriting – Join in with, ‘If you’re your happy and you know it – playdough song’ to help strengthen your hands. Practising these fine motor skills, will help with your handwriting.
Have a go at the next page in your booklet, which is all about the letter 'Tt'. – Remember to start at the top. (We say 'Down the tower, across the tower' for the lower case t.)
The Humpty Words of the week are – little, there, have, like
Can I write these words in different colours?
Can I revisit all the Humpty words so far?
See how quickly you can write all your Humpty words that you have been practising at home. Check the words. How did you do? Try really hard with any that may be tripping you up!
'the, to, no, I, go, into, you, he, we, she, all, they, my, her, are, me, said, was, were, be'
Do not forget to spot these words in your reading books too!
- Story Activity - This week we are staying with the ‘The Little Red Hen'.
Let’s recap the story with our song & recapping of the story (from Thursday) - It is important for your child to know the story inside out, to help them with their writing.
Can I read the captions?
Can I order the pictures for the story?
Can I retell the story using my pictures and actions to help?
See the attached sheet.
Maths –
- Counting Practice – Can I count out from 0 to 30? (in 1’s, 2’s and 5’s)
- Consolidation – In Reception we need to revisit and rehearse all number facts to secure understanding.
Can I revisit the number 2? (See sheet attached.)
Can I remember my number bonds to 5? (See sheet attached.)
- Main Focus – Can I listen to the ‘Pattern Fish’ story? Can I talk about all the different patterns I can see?
Watch the White Rose Maths video and have a go at the activity attached. (Session 4 – Pattern.)
Topic Time
- RE – This topic is all about gathering. We thought about lots of different ways we can gather last week and why is it better when we have lots of people coming together. This week we are thinking about gathering at church.
Can I have a look at the picture attached and discuss the questions?
- PE – This week we are practising our jumping and hopping. Have a go at the following game Lilypad jumping.
Remember to bend your knees before you jump and when you land.
*You can say bend, stretch, bend – to help you*
Reception Story Time
Get yourself a blanket and enjoy today’s story after working so hard all day.
The story will be posted to Seesaw.
Well done to all the grown-ups who are helping you at home, they are also doing an amazing job!
Thank you to you all!
Year 6 Home Learning - Monday 8th January 2021
Date: 7th Feb 2021 @ 2:45pm
Monday 8th February 2021
Good morning Year 6. I hope you all have had a super weekend! The weather was not too bad on Sunday so I hope you managed to get out and be active for a while. This is the last week of the half term meaning we only have 5 days left of learning to do (4 days if you finish it all by Thursday) so keep going Year 6 as you have all been brilliant so far!
Here are the tasks for today:
Reading
Read for 30 minutes. Keep building up that speed and stamina.
Reading activity for today:
- Write a note to your friend telling him or her a bit about the book. Explain why you think he or she should read it.
English (split into three parts: Handwriting, Spellings and Writing)
Handwriting
The handwriting poems this week are based on old nursery rhymes. This week focus on having the descenders hanging low and the ascenders tall.
Ring-a-Rng o’Roses
Ring-a-ring o’roses,
A pocket full of posies,
A-tishoo! A-tishoo!
We all fall down.
Ring-a-ring o’roses,
A pocket full of posies.
One for you, and one for me,
And one for little Moses.
A-tishoo! A-tishoo! We all fall down.
Spellings
The spellings for this week, -sure / -ture
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- Have a look at this BBC Bitesize clip, -sure or -ture? to try out which would the correct spelling be for ture/sure or even er (in some words)
- Sumdog spelling challenge starts today.
Writing task
Can I write a letter as Peter to Tom?
Read chapter 23 and 24
A video has been sent through Seesaw explaining the task for today. The link to the BBC Bitesize lesson is here, Features of a letter.
Maths – Calculating with Fractions Week
- Warm up your brain: Counting forwards in factions steps of 1 ½
4, 8 ½ , 19, 2 ¾ , 26 ½
- Main lesson. The objective for today is:
- Can I use known facts to solve multiplication problems?
See the video sent on Seesaw which explains the activities for today’s Maths lesson and the main sheet is named, ‘Multiplication Triangles’
- Maths challenge Triangles – on the same video with the challenge and answers on the same sheet.
PE
As mentioned on Friday, this week is our Dance Week with no better way to celebrate it than to learn a new dance routine that the whole school can perform in.
Follow this link, Dance Week, and practise it as much as you want. It would be great if you could send a short 10 second clip through Seesaw of you dancing any part of the song. Then we will put everyone’s clips together to create a whole school video.
Sumdog – Three challenges
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- Fluency in 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9x tables (200 target)
- Multiply by 10, 100 and two digit numbers (200 target)
- Spellings -sure / -ture (45 target)
Well done. You have now completed the last Monday of this half term! 4 days left!
Year 3 Home Learning Monday 8th February 2021
Date: 7th Feb 2021 @ 12:47pm
Good morning Year 3. I hope you had a lovely weekend with your family and are looking forward to another fun week ahead.
Monday 8th February 2021
Reading
Please read out loud to somebody for 20 minutes.
Tell somebody everything you can about what you have read so far.
Spelling
Write the long date: Monday 8th February 2021
Write the title: Spelling Test
Write the numbers 1-11 down your page.
Ask somebody to read out your spellings twice.
- station
- fiction
- motion
- nation
- education
- action
- injection
- caption
- fraction
- competition
Bonus question: 11. careless
Writing:
You are going to be writing a story about a baby animal. There is an example story to give you ideas, you just need to change parts to make it your own.
Please download the writing task PowerPoint and turn the sound on, the PowerPoint will explain the task.
If you want to, you can draw a picture to go with your story.
Please send me a photo of your writing on Seesaw. I will be looking out for perfect spelling and capital letters.
Times tables
Write the short date: 08.02.21
Write the title: Times Tables Test
Write the numbers 1-11 down your page.
Ask somebody to call out your 4x tables in a mixed up order.
In school I always read the question out, count to five, read it out again and then count to three before moving on to the next question.
The bonus question is: 89 x 10.
If you get any wrong, practise a bit more and then try again.
Sumdog
Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenges:
Number Challenge: 8th February – 14th February
Times Tables Challenge: 8th February – 14th February
Counting
Count out loud in 2s:
From 0 to 30.
Back from 30 to 0.
From 234 to 254.
From 1 to 31.
Maths
Today you are going to have some more practice with adding, it might be helpful to think about or watch the video again on Seesaw from last week about bridging ten.
Then watch this video, pause where you need to.
Complete the worksheet and then use the answers to check. You can draw empty number lines or base ten symbols to help with the questions if you want to.
History
Today you are going to be looking at some of the great achievements of the ancient Egyptians.
Watch this video and see if you can spot anything amazing that the ancient Egyptians did:
Ancient Egypt video
Even though they lived thousands of years ago, they managed to do some very impressive things! They built the pyramids at around the same time that Stone Henge was built in Britain.
More informatian and your task are on the PowerPoint attached.
Dance
This week we are celebrating Dance Week with a whole school dance project. Mr Mears will teach us our routine (see video) and we hope to see everyone take part in school and at home.
https://www.longton-st-oswalds.lancs.sch.uk/work/dance-week/63370.
Have a practice of the dance in preparation for making a short video later in the week. I will be asking you to have a little practice each day. By Thursday, you can send your dance videos to your class Seesaw (through the inbox). 10 seconds per child is more than enough footage as we will be using these clips to create a whole school video.
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. The new challenges start on Monday.
Don’t forget to collect a yellow dictionary from the school office when you can.
Have a wonderful day J start the week with lots of smiles, always take the time to do something that makes you feel happy! Please send me a photo of your writing on Seesaw.
HOME LEARNING Monday 8th February 2021
Date: 7th Feb 2021 @ 10:40am
Year 4
Home Learning Monday 8th February 2021
Good morning Year 4. I hope you had a fabulous Friday and a wonderful weekend. Welcome to our last week of Home Learning before we break up for February half term. I can’t believe that we have been Home Learning for nearly 6 weeks. I know things may be tricky, but keep doing what you can, to the best of your ability.
Remember it’s dance week at St Oswald’s! Click on the link here to see the video. Try and practise every day and send in a 10 second video via Seesaw, no later than 12 noon on Thursday, so that we can include it in the whole school video!
I have left some yellow dictionaries at the school office - these are the same dictionaries that we use in school. Feel free to pick a dictionary up to use at home, you can then make sure your spellings are perfect in your writing.
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.
Write 5 questions about the chapter you have just read for another reader to answer. Make sure they start with a capital letter and end with a question mark.
Examples:
Why did the boy ……. even though …….?
What happened after …….? What happened before ……?
What does the word …….. suggest about the character / mood / setting?
Which character ………?
How did ……. feel when ……? How do you know?
Spelling
Last week’s spellings were all homophones. Children in school will be tested on them today, therefore, please ask someone at home to test you on them.
Write the long date Monday 8th February 2021
Write the title Spelling test and complete the test underneath.
Ask someone to read out your spellings twice, ask them to read out the sentences below so you can choose the correct homophone – you don’t need to write the sentence, just the word.
- Tied. The parcel was tied with string.
- Knight. He was a knight in shining armour.
- Break. Don’t break the glass!
- Fought. The brothers fought like cat and dog.
- Waist. Kensuke’s breeches hung loosely around his waist.
- Guest. I was a guest at a beautiful wedding.
- Feet. When you’re writing make sure both feet are flat on the floor.
- Tide. He tried to swim against the tide.
- Night. In the middle of the night, the owl came out to catch its prey.
- Brake. The girl used the brake on her bike to slow herself down.
- Fort. The fort was strong and secure to stop the enemies from entering.
- Waste. Don’t waste water by leaving the tap running.
- Guessed. I didn’t know the answer to the question, so I guessed!
- Feat. Climbing Mount Everest was a remarkable feat.
Once you’ve completed the test, check any words that you got wrong.
New spellings will be given tomorrow.
English
Today, please read / listen to Chapter 5 of Kensuke’s Kingdom. A copy of the book is attached to the blog or you can listen to Chapter 5 by clicking here.
Once you have read Chapter 5, open the document attached to the blog called ‘Chapter 5 activity’. Read the instructions carefully and complete the task in your Home Learning book.
Write the long date Monday 8th February 2021
Write the learning objective Can I retrieve information from the text?
Please share your work on Seesaw
Times tables
A times tables challenge has been set on Sumdog. This is to consolidate and practise your 2, 4 and 8 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 11th February 2021 – if you are on ‘free’ tables, you will be tested on ÷12.
Counting
Count in 10’s from 0 to 140 and back again. Count in 10’s from 450 to 610 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 4’s from 0 to 48 and back again – can you go any further? Write the numbers down as you say them - do you notice any patterns?
Now count in 4’s from 100 to 148 and back again – can you go any further? Write the numbers down as you say them – what do you notice now?
Maths
Click here to play Daily 10.
Click on play game. Choose Level 2, Doubles/Halves, Halves up to 20. Choose the time interval between each question eg 3 seconds, 5 seconds etc. You will need to write the answers down and check them at the end.
Remember to make jottings to help yourself.
Eg Half 28 Partition into 20 and 8
Half 20 = 10 Half 8 = 4 10 + 4 = 14
If you are feeling confident, have a go at Level 3, Doubles/Halves, Halves up to 100.
Eg Half 134 Partition into 100 30 4
Half 100 = 50 Half 30 = 15 Half 4 = 2 50 + 15 + 2 = 67
Repeat this game a couple of times and see if you can calculate more quickly and accurately each time.
Today, we are going to learn how to multiply using the formal written method of multiplication.
Write the short date 08.02.21
Write the learning objective Can I use the grid method to multiply a 2d number by a 1d number?
Please watch the video which will be uploaded to Seesaw on Monday morning. This video will explain the grid method.
Please open the maths worksheet called ‘Multiplication 2d x 1d’ attached to the blog.
Complete the worksheet and answer the questions in your Home Learning book. You must use the grid method as this is the strategy we are practising today!
Check your answers with the document ‘Multiplication answers’ attached to the blog. Look carefully at any questions you got wrong and try to find where you made the error. Was it your multiplication or your addition which you found tricky?
History / Computing
Click on this link to take you to the BBC Bitesize page ‘How did the Romans change Britain?’
Read the information carefully and watch the videos.
Write the long date Monday 8th February 2021
Write the learning objective Can I give examples of how the Romans changed Britain?
Please make a factfile which explains to the reader some of the ways the Romans changed Britain. You do not have to explain all the ways Britain was changed by the Romans but choose 3 that you are especially interested in. An example of a factfile is attached to the blog, called ‘Example factfile’. Make sure your work is bright and colourful, words are spelt correctly and it is interesting to read.
You could make your factfile in your Home Learning book, or use PowerPoint, Word or Publisher. The choice is entirely yours, but make sure your work makes sense, you use capital letters and spell words correctly, whilst also showing off your history learning. (Please do not copy word for word off the websites, please use your own words).
You can find more information by clicking here and going to the Primary Homework Help website. Look on the left-hand side of the page for information on Roman roads, Hadrian’s Wall, Roman Numbers etc
Please share your work on Seesaw.
Sumdog challenges
You have been set 2 challenges on Sumdog:
- A maths times table challenge (based on the 2, 4 and 8 times tables)
- A maths challenge to practise counting in multiples of 4, 5 and 8
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.
New maths challenges will start after half term.
On Tuesday 9th February 2021 you can start:
- A spelling challenge based on this week’s new homophone spellings
Well done for finishing today’s work. Have a lovely evening and stay safe.
Year 2 Home Learning - 8th February 2021
Date: 7th Feb 2021 @ 10:10am
Good morning Year 2,
We hope you had a lovely weekend. We would like to say a massive thank you to all of the children and parents for the effort you have put in over the past 5 weeks. We have loved reading every piece of work that has been sent to us on Seesaw. This is your last week before a well-deserved break.
This week we are celebrating Dance Week with a whole school dance project. Mr Mears will teach us our routine and we hope to see everyone take part in school and at home. You can find the video on the gallery section of the class blog or click the link here. Try and practise every day and send in a 10 second video via Seesaw, no later than 12 noon on Thursday, so that we can include it in the whole school video!
Have a go at this breathing exercise before you start your learning today.
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 - I spy - Play ‘I Spy’ games. Can you find words beginning with...? Can you find a picture of a ...? How many ... can you see?
Resources for questioning your child while they are reading - VIPERS
Maths
Counting
Let’s count forwards in threes up to 100. Use this 100 square to help you.
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Remember, the number gets bigger by 3 each time. See if you can spot a pattern. |
Write the numbers down in your Home Learning Journal and see if you can spot a pattern.
Number facts
Write out all your number bonds to 10. Now write all your number bonds to 20. Compare the 2 sets of numbers. Do you notice a pattern?
Times Tables
3 Times Tables – Listen to this 3 times table song: 3 times table song
Play hit the button and select 3 times tables – hit the button
Play the Daily 10. Select multiplication and then select 3 times tables. Set the timer so you get quicker each time – Daily 10
Can you write out all your 3 times tables up to 12, in your home learning journal?
Starter activity – Please see Seesaw for today’s starter activities.
This week in Maths we will be focusing on 2-D shapes. All 2D shapes can be measured by their length and width or length and height. But remember, shapes that are 2D are completely flat.
For example, the square below is a shape in 2D because it's flat and has straight sides.
Watch this video to learn all about 2D shapes – What are 2D shapes?
Attached to the end of this post, you will find a teaching PowerPoint and worksheet.
You could try and make today’s session more interactive by going out into the garden and gathering a collection of sticks and pebbles.
• Use the sticks or pebbles to make a shape.
• What shape did you make? Can you tell a grown-up about your shape?
• Then, try making another shape.
• Can you make a triangle, a square, a rectangle and a circle?
Can I recognise 2D shapes?
Please see the attached document for today’s shape hunt activity.
Sumdog challenges
Multiplication – x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables
Maths – Shapes
Spellings – nouns with the suffix –ness
English
Please see the attached document for more details.
Phonics and Spelling
Phonics play have made their website free to use throughout January. Login -> select the resources tab -> select phase 6 phonics and have a play!
You may log in with the following details:
username: jan21
password: home
This week we will be looking at changing adjectives to nouns by adding the suffix -ness.
-ness is one of a number of noun suffixes. It is used to make nouns from adjectives, although not every adjective can be modified in this way. Here are some common adjectives whose noun forms are made by adding -ness:
But remember, some are trickier!
When the word ends in a consonant and a y, we need to change the ‘y’ to an ‘i’ then add –ness
Please note - Not all adjectives can be made into nouns using "-ness." Typically, if an adjective is in its -er or -est form, "-ness" cannot be added: higher and highest cannot become higherness or highestness.
Work through the attached PowerPoint and have a go at the worksheet.
Science
Make a shelter
Collect some different materials together from indoors (e.g. foil, card, plastic, cotton) and/or outdoors (e.g. sticks, leaves). Use the materials to make a waterproof mini shelter for a toy. You could start by making a framework like the one in the picture and then put different materials over it. Once the shelter is finished, put a small toy inside and spray or drip water over the top. Try changing the material to find out which one is best at keeping the toy dry.
WHAT DO YOU NOTICE?
Things to talk about …
Which materials are best at keeping the toy dry? Why do you think this is? Which materials let the water through? Do they let the water through straight away or after a bit of time? Which materials soak up the water?
NB if you are doing this indoors, put a tray or plastic sheet under the shelter to stop water going on the floor!
WHAT IS THE SCIENCE?
Water cannot pass through waterproof materials. Foil and plastic are waterproof which is why they are so useful for wrapping food, and why we make raincoats from plastic materials. Some materials might absorb water and so might not let it through straight away, e.g. thick cotton, but after some time, the water will drip through.
MORE ACTIVITIES YOU COULD TRY
We hope you have a fantastic week of home learning,
The Year 2 team.
Year 1 Home Learning Wednesday 10th February 2021
Date: 5th Feb 2021 @ 11:58am
Welcome to your Wednesday learning, Year 1. You all continue to impress us with your learning at home. This week so far we have seen brilliant writing, accurate number learning, great gymnastics and expressive reading.
Reading
Read every day. We all love seeing the videos of you reading your books and Mrs Anderson says a big "well done" to you!
For your challenge today find some words which are written in bold or CAPITALS. Talk about why the author has done this? Is the character shouting? Is the word very important? Are there other reasons?
Phonics
To start our phonics learning today we will be playing a game of Buried treasure with the OU sound. Read the words and decide if they are real words or silly words.
Remember your questions. Have you heard the word before? Can you use it in a sentence?
Below you will find a word list for words containing OU. Can you find these words woin your wordsearch? Try and spell these words withour looking at your list and write one super sentence.
English
What big eyes you've got song. Click here.
Today you are going to start writing your version of Little Red Riding Hood. Think about the different versions of the story you have listened to. What has been the same? What has been different? What is going to happen in your story? Draw your ideas on the story map.Tell your story to someone in your family.
Think about how you are going to start your story.
Cut the sheet in half and use as many as you need to tell your story. Remember to use your sounds, form your letters correctly, use finger spaces between words, full stops at the end of a sentence and capital letters at the beginning of a sentence. Take your time-there's a lot to think about! Use your word bank as well. You are going to make your story into a book. You do not have to finish your story today.
Maths
For our counting practice today we will play Counting cars. Drive your car around the carpark to find your numbers. Use the numbers you can see to help you. Remember the numbers never move! They are always in the same place on a number line.
Today we are looking at comparing numbers to 50 using base 10 and drawings. Watch Comparing numbers to 50 here and complete the worksheet below.
Once you have finished your worksheet, play a game of Play Your Cards RIght. Can you compre the numbers on the cards and guess higher or lower?
French
Today you are going to listen to the story of Little Red Hen in French. First, let’s recap the words for the animal characters with this song. Click here.
It’s about animals who have big noses! Avec un gros nez! You don’t see that very often, says the song.
The animals you will need to know for the story are:
Le chat (luh sha) = the cat
Le cochon (luh coshon) = the pig
Le canard (luh canar) = the duck
La poule (la pool) = the hen
Say them a few times, adding an action to help you remember each one.
Here’s the story of Little Red Hen en francais. I hope you remember it from reading it in Reception. Try to get the gist of it from what you know of the story in English. You don’t need to understand every word.
Listen to it first, trying to pick out the names of the animals.Click here.
Now draw a quick cat, pig, duck and hen on four pieces of paper. Play the story video again and hold the right one up as the characters speak. Can you join in with the “Pas moi!” sentence? Not me!
Here’s a song to finish about a miller whose windmill is going too fast. Join in with the actions! Click here.
Merci beaucoup! A la semaine prochaine. See you next week.
Music
In your music learning today you will be identifying tempo.
Click here to watch your video lesson.
Well done on completing your home learning today!
Year 1 Home Learning Thursday 11th February 2021
Date: 5th Feb 2021 @ 11:22am
Welcome to your Thursday learning, Year 1. Don't forget to practise the dance - it's the big performance tomorrow!
Remember to post your dance clips to seesaw before 12 today to appear on our Dance Week video.
Reading
It is great that so many of you are changing your books regularly. Just let us know when you need some more. We have loved seeing the videos of your reading.
Your reading challenge today is to talk about your book. Who is your favourite character? Why? Would you like to live in this setting? Why/why not?
Remember you can also find a huge library of eBooks at the Oxford Owl (link in the Home Learning button at the top of out class page).
Phonics
To warm up today, play a game of buried treasure with OU sounds. Read your words carefully making sure to read every sound in the word.
Today we are spotting OW and OU words in a game of sounds spotter. Visit Seesaw to listen to the start of the story (How Silly) and complete the activity attached below.
English
The big bad wolf has gone song. Click Here
Today you are continuing to write your story. Read what you have written so far.Use your story map to plan what you are going to write next,say it before you write it.
Maths
Watch the counting videos below and sing along. Mute the video and keep counting. Can you keep in time with the song?
We are looking at counting in 2s today. Below are two videos to watch.
The first is a little introduction to counting in 2s. We have attached a 50 chart to print off and colour in.
The second is your maths lesson. Watch the Count in 2s video here and complete the worksheet below.
R.E.
Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday are during our half term holiday. Shrove Tuesday, also known as Pancake Day, is celebrated on the last day before Lent. It precedes Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. During Lent we think about Jesus and try to live our lives a little bit more like him. Lent is the time when we get ready for Easter. We make a Lenten promise. This is something you will try to do every day.Think about what your promise will be.It could be to help someone in your family, say an extra prayer, make sure you always use your manners-what other ideas have you got?
Draw a picture of you doing your Lenten promise on the leaf. Cut it out and stick it somewhere you will see it every day.
DT / Engineering
Today we are going to challenge you to some Rapunzel problem solving. Below you will find a video telling the story of Rapunzel with a little twist. This is an engineering fairy tale.
Attached is the activity brief for the challenge and an example of how you could complete the challenge. Good luck. Post your solutions to Seesaw!
Year 6 Home Learning - Friday 5th February 2021
Date: 4th Feb 2021 @ 3:54pm
It’s Fabulous Friday 5th February 2021!
Good morning Year 6. It’s FRIDAY!
Fridays are now a lighter day with limited screen time to give you and your families the chance to catch up and switch off!
Today you just need to:
Read
For a minimum of 30 minutes.
Remember you can change your book any day – just give the school a call any time.
Spelling Quiz
Don’t forget to have a spelling quiz Today is the spelling quiz. Hopefully you can get someone to quiz you on the 15 spellings, in random order.
Complete the number activity – Countdown
See the attached document at the bottom of the blog for how to play
Dress to Express
Today is the last day of Children's Mental Health Week so why not wear an outfit that makes you feel great!
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.
Next week is St Oswald’s Dance Week at St Oswald's. Visit the video here where I explain the routine for you to learn. Have fun and we cannot wait to see your dance moves.
Don't forget to see another Friday Catch Up video posted on Seesaw later on today.
Have a well-earned relaxing weekend!
HOME LEARNING - FABULOUS FRIDAY 5th February 2021
Date: 4th Feb 2021 @ 3:23pm
Year 4
Fabulous Friday 5th February 2021
It’s fabulous Friday!
Fridays are now a lighter day with limited screen time to give you and your families the chance to catch up and switch off!
Today you just need to :
- Read
Enjoy reading for pleasure - take time to finish a book you are enjoying or start something new.
- Complete the number activity below
This week we have been practising our 3, 6 and 9 times tables on Sumdog.
Please make up your own game to practise the 3, 6 or 9 times tables.
You could:
- make flash cards to test yourself (cards with questions on - see how quickly you can answer them correctly)
- skip / bounce a ball in multiples of 3, 6 or 9 and back again – can you think of some rules to make this into a game?
- make your own board game, based on Snakes and Ladders or a course where the players have to answer the multiplication questions correctly to move on
- play noughts and crosses with a difference - you can only fill in a space if you get a multiplication question correct
The possibilities are endless and I’m sure you can come up with some creative ideas.
Please share your game on Seesaw, I would love to see it!
- 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!
Remember today is the last day of Children’s Mental Health Week – lets finish it off in style with your ‘Dress to Express’ outfit – please wear an outfit which makes you feel great. You are fabulous Year 4 – express yourselves in your fabulous outfit!
Don’t forget to look out for the Friday Catch-up video on Seesaw this evening!
Next week is ‘St Oswald’s Dance Week’! A dance video has been uploaded to the website. Please click on the link below for further information.
https://www.longton-st-oswalds.lancs.sch.uk/work/dance-week/63370.
Have a fabulous Friday and wonderful weekend.
Fabulous Friday - 5th February 2021
Date: 4th Feb 2021 @ 3:06pm
It’s Fabulous Friday!
Fridays are now a lighter day with limited screen time to give you and your families the chance to catch up and switch off!
Today you just need to:
• Read
• Complete the number activity
• Finish anything off that you want to upload to Seesaw for your teacher to see
The rest of the day is yours, you’ve earned it!
Well done for completing another week of home learning Year 2. In school, we are going to try to be active today. We are going to make sure we have a full 60 minutes of activity whether that’s through dance, play or the Daily Mile. You could try doing the same at home. Go for a walk and get active.
Today we are taking part in ‘Dress to Express Day’ at school. Dress in your bright colours to celebrate the theme of Children’s Mental Health Week. Use it as a way to express yourself! Self-expression is a great way to relieve stress and free your mind.
Next week we are celebrating Dance Week with a whole school dance project. Mr Mears will teach us our routine (see video) and we hope to see everyone take part in school and at home.
Please view our ‘Friday Catch Up’ on Seesaw where we discuss all of your amazing achievements throughout the week.
Reading
It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.
Predict – Look at the book cover/blurb – what do you think this book will be about?
What do you think will happen next? What makes you think this?
Number activity
You could help your parents go shopping today or you can choose 6 items from your cupboard at home. After you have been shopping, choose 6 different items each costing less than £1. Make a price label for each one e.g. 39p, 78p. Shuffle the labels. Then ask your child to do one or more of these:
♦ Place the labels in order, starting with the lowest.
♦ Say which price is an odd number and which is an even number.
♦ Add 9p to each price.
♦ Take 20p from each price in their head.
♦ Say which coins to use to pay exactly for each item.
♦ Choose any two of the items, and find their total cost.
♦ Work out the change from £1 for each item.
We hope you all have a brilliant weekend.
Year 2 team.
Year 3 Home Learning Friday 5th February 2021 - Fabulous Friday
Date: 4th Feb 2021 @ 1:37pm
Good morning Year 3. I hope you had a nice day on Thursday. We enjoyed being active in school and did PE outside.
I hope you have an amazing weekend filled with laughter and smiles.
Friday 5th February 2021
It’s Fabulous Friday! Woohoo.
Start your day by listening to this song – some of you have told me on Seesaw that you have been singing REALLY loudly, I love that!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpqV3dzYOgk&safe=active
This week, for Children’s Mental Health Week, you have been doing different activities to express yourself. I would like you to finish the week off with Dress to Express. Wear an outfit that makes you feel great!!!
Fridays are now a lighter day with limited screen time to give you and your families the chance to catch up and switch off!
Today you just need to:
- Read
Please read out loud to somebody for 20 minutes.
Try to use lots of expression and different voices for the different characters.
- Complete the number activity.
There are two videos on Seesaw.
- Listen to this 4x tables song.
Do silly dances and call out the numbers in silly voices. Make your voice go really high when the song goes high.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QU_E0u-tP4&safe=active
- Finish anything off that you want to upload to Seesaw for me to see.
- Next week we are all going to learn a dance, you can have a look and a practice today if you want to. Here is the link:
- https://www.longton-st-oswalds.lancs.sch.uk/work/dance-week/63370.
The rest of the day is yours, you’ve earned it!
Fabulous Friday 5th February Home Learning
Date: 4th Feb 2021 @ 11:56am
It’s Fabulous Friday Reception!
It is also ‘Dress to Express’ day - To finish off our wonderful 'Children’s Mental Health Week,' we would love to see a picture of what you choose to wear today, either something very colourful or your favourite thing to dress up in.
This has been an amazing week for your home learning Reception. So many of you are uploading your work daily to seesaw. It makes us all smile when we see and hear you enjoying all of your learning!
Fridays are now a lighter day with limited screen time to give you and your family the chance to catch up and switch off!
Today you just need to:
· Choose your favourite story book to read. We would love to see what it is on Seesaw.
· Practise ordering your numbers from 0 to 20. I wonder if you can do it without any support!
· Revisit any of the resources from ‘Children’s Mental Health Week.'
The rest of the day is yours, you’ve earned it!
Over the weekend and throughout next week, everyone across the whole school will be learning this dance routine. Click on this link to find the routine.
https://www.longton-st-oswalds.lancs.sch.uk/work/dance-week/63370.
See if you can learn it too!
Send a video of yourselves performing the dance, via Seesaw, by Thursday dinner time.
We are hoping to make a wonderful montage of everyone, so we can end the half term together. J
One more week to go before a well-deserved half term break everyone!
Year 1 Home Learning Tuesday 9th February 2021
Date: 4th Feb 2021 @ 11:51am
Hello everyone, here is your Tuesday learning. We are seeing videos of some great dancing to Dua Lipa for our Dance Week! Keep fine tuning those moves!
Reading
Read every day. It has such a massive impact on all your learning. For your reading challenge today pick five words from one of your books. What do the words mean? Can you think of other words which mean the same?
Phonics
Watch the two videos below before visiting your lesson on Seesaw.
For your sounds learning today, we will be reading our OW/OU words and spotting some new words with these sounds.
English
Wolfie went a-walking song. Click here.
Today you are going to sequence the story and re-tell it in your own words. Cut up the pictures on the sheet, have a good look at them and talk about what is happening in each picture. Put them in order and use them to re-tell the story. Make a video for Seesaw.
Tomorrow and Thursday you are going to be writing your story of Little Red Riding Hood. Have a look at the word bank sheet and think about any other words you might need to write. Add them to the word bank. Remember you have your Tricky Words too.
Maths
Watch the videos on number bonds below. Sing along to the songs to remember your number facts. Write down some of your number bonds to 10 to help you remember them.
Play a game of Number Fact Bingo (games 1 or 2) by choosing 6 numbers between 0-20 and cross them off when the matching question comes up.
Today we are looking at comparing objects to 50. Watch the video on Comparing Objects to 50 here and complete the worksheet below.
R.E.
The Last Supper
This was the last meal Jesus had with his disciples before he died. After Jesus died, his friends would meet together and celebrate as he had asked them to.
Today, people still celebrate this special meal when they gather for Mass. The priest repeats the words Jesus said at the Last Supper; “This is my body and this is my blood.” This is Jesus giving himself to us.
Read the story of the Last Supper. Answer the questions.
P.E.
To finish off our Gymnastics learning this half-term we will be creating a basic sequence using balances and travels (Including rolls). Watch the video lesson here and join in. Remember to give yourself plenty of space to perform your routine.
Well done on completing your Tuesday learning.
Year 2 Home Learning - 4th February 2021
Date: 3rd Feb 2021 @ 4:13pm
Good morning Year 2,
We hope you have a brilliant day of home learning today. Remember, this week is all about looking after yourselves. Obviously we can't all compete in the sports we all love right now, play in a band, or be taught to play instruments - at least not in the usual way, but finding a way to keep your mind and body occupied can be one of the best things for being happy and active.
Here are a few activities you could try today:
- Go camping in the living room.
- Play board games.
- Design and go on an indoor treasure hunt.
- Have an indoor picnic.
Reading
It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.
If you need any reading books, please let us know and we will arrange for some books to be collected from the school office.
Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.
If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’.
Username: sto2
Password: 1234
Corner stones have released some free reading resources.
Resources for questioning your child while they are reading.
Maths
Counting and Times Tables
Can you fill out some of these sequences?
2 Times Tables – Listen to this 2 times table song: 2 times table song
Play hit the button and select 2 times tables – hit the button
Play the Daily 10. Select multiplication and then select 2 times tables. Set the timer so you get quicker each time – Daily 10
Can you write out all your 2 times tables up to 12 in your home learning journal?
This week we will looking at statistics and data handling. From pictograms to line graphs, children learn a lot about collecting, organising and presenting data in primary school maths. This week we will look at how you can help your child get to grips with basic statistics at home. Data handling at primary school means gathering and recording information and then presenting it in a way that is meaningful to others. It is now referred to as ‘statistics’ under the 2014 curriculum.
Can I organise data using a block graph?
Today’s maths lesson can be found on Seesaw. Please watch the video carefully pausing to attempt certain tasks when prompted by the teacher.
We would like you to go on a coloured scavenger hunt around your house. How many different coloured items can you find? Once you have found them fill out the tally chart. Once you have completed the tally chart, have a go at filling out the block graph showing the number of coloured items in your house.
Please see the worksheet attached and have fun!
Sumdog
Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class.
Log in at www.sumdog.com
Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.
Sumdog challenges
Multiplication – x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables
Maths – Statistics
Spellings – Adjectives with the suffix -er and -est
English
Please see attached document for the English Lesson.
Phonics and Spelling
Phonics play have made their website free to use throughout January. Login -> select the resources tab -> select phase 6 phonics and have a play!
You may log in with the following details:
username: jan21
password: home
Adding -er/-est
We make the comparative or superlative forms of short adjectives by adding -er or -est, for example: hard, harder, hardest
Spelling Rule
Just add -er or -est to the end of the adjective, for example:
- quick, quicker, quickest
- great, greater, greatest
- full, fuller, fullest
Exceptions
(note: C=consonant; V=vowel)
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If adj. ends in |
do this |
and add |
Examples |
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C + y |
change y to i |
er |
happy |
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C + e |
remove e |
late |
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C + V + C |
double last letter |
hot |
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Have a go at 2 activities from the warm-up PowerPoint.
Please attempt the missing adjective activity sheet or have a go at the application activity. In this activity you need to compare the pictures and write sentences using adjectives with the suffix –er or –est.
RE
Perhaps you could write your own prayer to thank God for books.
If you have a Bible at home, place it reverently on a table. As a family, gather around it and read the scripture below:
A reading from the Gospel of Saint Matthew, (Make the sign of the cross with your thumb on your head – to know and understand God’s Word; lips – to speak God’s Word and heart – to love God’s Word)
Glory to you, O Lord
At that time Jesus arrived from Galilee and came to John at the Jordan to be baptised by him. But John tried to make him change his mind. “I ought to be baptised by you,” John said, “and yet you have come to me!” But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so for now. For in this way we shall do all that God requires.” So, John agreed. As soon as Jesus was baptised, he came up out of the water. Then heaven was opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God coming down like a dove and lighting on him. Then a voice said from heaven, “This is my own dear Son, with whom I am pleased.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Quietly think about these questions and share your thoughts if you want to:
Q What does this Gospel story say to you?
Q Why did Jesus ask John to baptise him?
Q How do you think John felt?
Q How do you think Jesus felt when he heard God the Father’s words?
Task
Can I write my own prayer to thank God for all the books you have?
You can use the questions here to help you think of what information you could include in your prayer.
You could decorate around your prayer with your favourite books and pictures about your favourite story in the Bible.
PSHE
Today, please complete Thursday in your Wellbeing Journal and have a go at the worksheet ‘things that make me happy’.
We can’t wait to see what you get up to today.
Year 2 team
HOME LEARNING Thursday 4th February 2021
Date: 3rd Feb 2021 @ 3:26pm
Year 4
Home Learning Thursday 4th February 2021
Good morning Year 4. Welcome to Thursday’s Home Learning. I hope you are keeping up with your Well-being journal and trying to focus on the positive things. Why not try a breathing technique if you find things a bit tricky?
Don’t forget to have a go at the challenges on Sumdog. Six of you have already completed the spelling challenge and five people have completed the tables challenge – brilliant! Twenty-four of you have started the subtraction challenge and four people have completed it – well done!
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.
Try and use lots of expression in your reading today. Use different voices for the characters and think about how they would speak.
Spelling
These are your spellings which will be tested on Monday 8th February 2021. They are all homophones. Homophones are words which sound the same but are spelt differently.
tide tied knight night break brake fought fort
waist waste guest guessed feet feat
Write the long date Thursday 4th February 2021
Practise each of the words using look, cover, write, check. Do this 3 times for each word.
English
Today, please read the beginning of Chapter 5 up to page 73 where it says ‘….completely mad.’ PLEASE DO NOT READ ON ANY FURTHER.
A copy of the book is attached to the blog and an audio recording will be uploaded to Seesaw on Thursday morning.
Make sure you look up any words if you are unsure about their meaning.
Write the long date Thursday 4th February 2021
Write the learning objective Can I explain different points of view?
- In full sentences, explain what Michael is trying to do (why he is making a fire) and how he is feeling about what has happened and towards the stranger.
- Now focus on Kensuke. In full sentences, explain why Kensuke is angry and why he has put out the fire.
Write the learning objective Can I write a diary account?
Please write a diary account, in the first person, from Kensuke’s point of view of the fire incident. Consider how Kensuke might have first noticed the fire, how he feels about Michael and Stella, why he is so angry and puts out the fire, and what he thinks or hopes will happen next.
Focus on:
- Capital letters and punctuation
- Perfect spelling
- Beautiful handwriting
- Including thoughts and feelings
- Using the first person (eg using I as you are writing as Kensuke)
- Past tense (the incident has already happened)
- Using a variety of sentence openers
- Writing at least 3 sentences starting with a ‘subordinating conjunction’.
For example you could choose 3 of the following as sentence openers: because, after, while, when, although, before, as, if, even though, despite, since
Once you have written your diary account, please read through your work carefully and check your spellings and capital letters. Also ensure that your writing makes sense and you have not missed out any words.
Please share your work on Seesaw.
Times tables
A times tables challenge has been set on Sumdog. This is to consolidate and practise your 3, 6 and 9 times tables.
Children in school will be tested on their tables today, therefore, please ask someone at home to test you on your individual target or ÷11 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 04.02.21
Write the title Times tables test
Please share your ‘test’ on Seesaw.
Counting
Count in 25’s from 1000 to 1275 and back again. Count in 25’s from 1925 to 2175 and back again. Think about what you found tricky? Write the numbers down as you say them – what do you notice? Repeat this a couple of times. How many 25’s are there in 100?
Please count in 9’s from 0 to 108 and back again – can you go any further? (If you get stuck, add 10 then subtract 1 from your last number if counting up, or subtract 10 then add 1 back on if counting down). Write the numbers down as you say them - do you notice any patterns?
Eg 9 18 27 27 + 10 = 37 – 1 = 36 45 etc
Maths
Click here to play Daily 10.
Click on play game. Choose level 3, Doubles/halves, Upto 500. Choose the time interval between each question eg 3 seconds, 5 seconds etc. Try and calculate more quickly than you did yesterday.
Remember make jottings to help yourself
Eg double 128 Partition into 100 20 8
Double 100 = 200 Double 20 = 40 Double 8 = 16
200 + 40 + 16 = 256
Repeat this game a couple of times and see if you can calculate more quickly and accurately each time.
For the last couple of weeks we have been learning about multiplication. We have:
- multiplied multiples of ten by a single digit (eg 30 x 8)
- multiplied 2 digit numbers by a single digit (eg 42 x 6)
- multiplied 3 numbers together (eg 6 x 5 x 2)
- doubled one factor and halved the other to help with multiplication
(eg 6 x 14, change to 12 x 7)
- found factors and factor pairs
Today we are going to consolidate 2 of these strategies.
- First, we are going to consolidate multiplying 3 numbers together. Please watch the video which will be uploaded to Seesaw on Thursday morning which will explain this strategy. Following this, please complete the questions on page 1 of the document ‘Maths questions’. Please show your working out and use the most efficient method – this means multiply the numbers together in the order it is easiest to calculate!
- Then, watch the video explaining doubling one factor and halving the other which will be uploaded to Seesaw on Thursday morning. You can then complete the questions on the second page of the document ‘Maths questions’.
When you have completed both sets of questions, please check your answers carefully – they are attached to the blog in the document ‘Maths answers’. Please also write a comment on the bottom of your work to explain what you find most tricky – is it your knowledge of times tables? Knowing which number to double and which to halve? Etc
Science
Click this link to download today’s lesson on the Water Cycle. The BBC clips and activities are very good at explaining how it works.
Year 4a Lesson 5 the water cycle.pptx - Microsoft PowerPoint Online (live.com)
Have a go at making one of the water cycle models. Then try the writing activity on slide 7. You will find slide 5 helpful for your writing.
Write the long date Thursday 4th February 2021
Write the learning objective Can I make and evaluate a model of the water cycle?
Draw a picture of your model and say how well it represents the stages of the water cycle. Can you see evaporation, condensation, precipitation and collection taking place? (Collection is the rivers, lakes and the sea that collect and store the water before it evaporates again.) Use the vocabulary on slide 7 to help you. Please reread your writing to check it makes sense and is correctly spelt and punctuated.
If you’d like to colour a picture of the water cycle, please print the ‘Science - Water cycle’ document attached to the blog - you can then colour and label this picture.
Well done Year 4. You are becoming experts on how solids, liquids and gases can change state.
Mental Health Week
As this week is Children’s Mental Health Week, we are thinking each day about our feelings, emotions and moods.
Today, please:
- Complete the Well-being journal attached to the blog
- Have a go at the ‘Rainbow resting’ activity on the second page of the journal
- Create your own kitchen band – please MAKE SURE you check with an adult at home before you do this!
Sumdog challenges
You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:
- A maths times table challenge (based on the 3, 6 and 9 times tables)
- A maths challenge to practise subtracting 1’s, 10’s and 100’s from numbers within 1000 (a lot of you find this tricky)
- A spelling challenge based on this week’s homophone spellings
Please make sure you log on and have a go!
New challenges will start on Monday 8th February 2021
Well done for finishing today’s work. Have a lovely evening and stay safe.
Year 6 Home Learning - Thursday 4th February 2021
Date: 3rd Feb 2021 @ 3:21pm
Thursday 4th February 2021
Good morning Year 6. I would like to say a huge thank you to all of you (children and parents) for your continued effort with all the work that has been set over the past few weeks. Seeing all the super work on Seesaw has been brilliant. I can tell that you have all put so much effort in. Once again, if there is anything learning related that you are either not sure about or want clarification on, please do not hesitate to contact me – we are all in this together.
Today is Thursday, meaning it is the last day that I will post any videos or work (apart from reading, of course) as tomorrow is Fabulous Friday. Therefore you can either spread the work over today and tomorrow or complete it for today and give yourselves a well-deserved rest for the weekend.
Here are today’s tasks:
PSHE
As part of our Children’s Mental Health Week, I have attached Mindfulness Meditation for Children which is a video helping you learn to relax, focus on breathing and be in the moment, especially if you take it seriously. Meditation is a super way to start the day so give it a go.
Reading
Read for 30 minutes. Keep building up that speed and stamina.
Reading activity for today:
- How does the character change throughout the story? Explain your answer.
English (split into three parts: Handwriting, Spellings and Writing)
Handwriting
The handwriting poems this week are based on puns and wordplay. Make sure you slow down each of your letters to make them form correctly. This week focus on having all your letters the same size (so each ‘a’ is the same as every other ‘a’).
At the End of School Assembly
Miss Sparrow’s lot flew out,
Mrs Steed’s lot galloped out,
Mr Bull’s lot got herded out,
Mrs Bumble’s lot buzzed off.
Miss Rose’s class … rose,
Mr Beetle’s class … beetled off,
Miss Storm’s class thundered out,
Mrs Frisby’s class whirled across the hall.
Mr Train’s lot made tracks,
Miss Ferry’s lot sailed off,
Mr Roller’s lot got their skates on,
Mrs Street’s lot got stuck halfway across.
Spellings
The spellings for this week, -gue / -que words
- Create a poem using some/most/all of the spellings using any technique you wish - acrostic is usually the easiest (last week’s mini poems were brilliant).
l – let the grotesque tongue argue with the guest
e – even though its queueing for a request
a – and when the dialogue becomes unique
g – go and guess a different technique
u – under the antique cheque we sequence
e – ends the league with only one consequence
Writing task
Can I use the text to answer reading questions?
Read chapter 22 for enjoyment first before completing the task.
There is an attachment, Chapter 22 Reading Task, which has 8 questions to answer. There is no answer sheet but please send it to me through Seesaw and I will mark it for you.
The 8 questions are divided into two sections: retrieval and inference
Retrieval is where you simply find the information in the text and write the answer word for word.
Inference is where you use evidence to come to a conclusion (what you think it means).
E.g. the main character bows their head, has wet cheeks and red eyes = they are upset.
Or if the character in a book is packing a suitcase with swimming trunks, maps and sun cream = going on holiday.
Maths – Fractions Week
- Warm up your brain: Counting back in 90s from:
125, 750, 1420, 500, 335
- Main lesson. The objective for today is:
- Can I multiply fractions by integers (whole numbers)?
Here is the link for today’s White Rose Maths video, Multiply fractions by integers (whole numbers).
Multiplying fractions by whole numbers is shown with pictures and bar models (which you know I love) so please listen carefully and work through the questions in the video. At the bottom of this blog are the Multiplying Fractions by Integers questions and answer sheets.
- Arithmetic quiz (1 - 18 questions). Attached at the bottom is a picture of the questions and answers but for this week, I have sent an Arithmetic video of me explaining some of the strategies to help.
History
Can I read numbers using the Maya symbols for 0, 1 and 5 and solve problems?
From previous lessons, we have found out that the Mayans also created their own number system. It is a bit like our ‘base 10’, but they have ‘base 20’. I have attached a PowerPoint, Maya Number System, for you to work through and a video of myself explaining each slide.
There is a Maya Number System sheet to complete which is attached at the bottom of this blog. Just as I have mentioned in the video, you decide which challenge you would like to complete.
Art
- As part of Children’s Mental Health Week, today’s art is to Draw Your Feelings which you can do by following the link.
- Following this, why not try creating some ‘feelings artwork’ by following these steps:
- Just listen to some music - my all-time favourite is Pachelbel's Canon (Cello and Piano version) but you can choose anything - with your eyes closed the whole way through.
- Focus on how you feel during it
- Keep your eyes closed for the 2nd time listening and with your pencil/colour/whatever medium you wish, draw how the music makes you feel
- (You can draw for however long you like)
- Finally open your eyes and see the brilliant ‘feelings artwork’ you have created.
Sumdog – Three challenges:
- Mix of 2, 4, 8 times tables (200 target by Sunday)
- Multiply by powers of 10 and fractions (200 target by Sunday)
- Spellings gue and que (45 target by Friday)
Well done, tomorrow is Friday. We are nearly there!
Year 3 Home Learning Thursday 4th February 2021
Date: 3rd Feb 2021 @ 2:17pm
Good morning Year 3. I hope you had a happy Wednesday and are looking forward to a fun day ahead. I think you will enjoy the writing activity today.
PLEASE NOTE: I have left some yellow dictionaries at the school office. These are the same dictionaries that we use in school. You can show the people at home how we use them, and then you can use them to make sure that your spellings are perfect in your writing, just like we do in class.
Thursday 4th February 2021
This week is Children’s Mental Health Week. This year’s theme is Express Yourself. Expressing yourself is about finding ways to share feelings, thoughts, or ideas. This could be through art, music, writing and poetry, dance and drama, photography and film, and doing activities that make you feel good.
Each day you will be doing some activities related to Children’s Mental Health Week and hopefully it will help you to feel happy and positive.
Start your day with this song – Get back Up Again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFuFm0m2wj0&safe=active
Reading
Please read out loud to somebody for 20 minutes.
Choose 3 words which you do not know the meaning of. Try to figure out their meaning from the sentence they are in. Use a dictionary to check.
Spelling
Here are your spellings for this week. They all end in –tion.
station, fiction, motion, nation, education, action, injection, caption, fraction, competition.
Write the long date: Thursday 4th February 2021
Write the title: Letter Jumble
Try to unjumble these letters to find your spelling words. Remember, they all end in –tion.
- attnsio
- rtnoacfi
- euncdaoti
- jniinecto
- iimepcoottn
- pacntio
- noitcif
- nntaio
- anioct
- tmnooi
Here are the answers:
- station
- fraction
- education
- injection
- competition
- caption
- fiction
- nation
- action
- motion
Writing:
Read pages 246 to 252 of Mr Stink.
Please collect a yellow dictionary from school when you can to use in your writing.
Long date: Thursday 4th February 2021
Title – Can I choose words to use in a policy?
On page 248, Chloe’s mother said she could stand at the next election but would have to change her policies. I would like you to write her new policies for her.
You might want to include things about: homeless, education, health, NHS, jobs, environment, and anything else you can think that would make the world a better place.
Try to use some of the words we found in Mrs Crumb’s old policy – banned, outlawed, deported, introduced, discontinued.
I have attached her old terrible policies to the blog in case you want to have another look. They are on the same PowerPoint as today’s pages.
Here is how I would like you to set out your policy:
VOTE FOR ...
If you vote for me, I will make the world a better and safer place for everybody. Here is a list of my policies:
- Homeless people to be given shelter, food and water.
- Plastic wrappers to be discontinued in all supermarkets.
Remember:
Perfect spelling
A capital letter at the beginning of each policy and a full stop at the end
Beautiful handwriting
To make it even better:
Add extra information to some of your policies using brackets, like this:
- Plastic wrappers to be discontinued in all supermarkets (plastic is destroying our oceans).
Please send me a photo of your policies on Seesaw, I will be looking out for beautifully presented work.
Times tables
Play on Hit the Button.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Click on Division Facts and then ÷4.
If you find it tricky, write out your 4x tables before you start and use them to help.
Sumdog
Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenges:
Spelling Challenge – tion – Monday 1st February – Sunday 7th February
Number Challenge – Addition and Subtraction – Monday 1st February – Sunday 7th February
Counting
Count out loud in 4s:
From 0 to 48.
From 48 to 0.
Maths
Today you are going to be practising adding by bridging ten. There is a video on Seesaw which will explain this and show how you can draw an empty number line to complete the questions. We have done this in class before, so it should just be a reminder.
Write the short date – 04.02.21
Write the title – Can I bridge ten to add?
Copy and complete the questions attached to the blog.
The answers are on the same sheet, below the questions.
For an extra challenge if you want to:
Make up your own addition sums and show me how you could use bridging ten to answer them, you could use higher numbers. If you choose to do this, you could send me a video or photo on Seesaw – pretend you are the teacher J
Children’s Mental Health Week activities
- Complete today’s Wellbeing Journal – attached to this blog.
- Complete Our Friends – attached to this blog.
- Listen to and take part in the breathing activity which is on Seesaw.
PE
Watch this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj4ytgX77bM&safe=active
Complete the activity attached to this blog – Healthy Hearts
French
The theme for our learning this week is la Fête de Chandeleur – the feast of Candelmas on the 2nd February. Attached is a PowerPoint which describes French traditions on this feast day and an idea for a treat!
Download the PowerPoint and read and listen.
Now write today’s date in your book – you should be able to do this by yourself by now. The month is now février. Write the learning objective:
Can I write my opinions of pancakes?
The instructions are on slide 6 of the PowerPoint.
I’d love to see a little video of you saying whether you like or don’t like different pancakes on seesaw!
Bon appétit! Bonne fête!
Reminders
Please keep sending me your work on Seesaw – I am so proud of you for the work I have seen so far. Today I would like you to send me a photo of your writing.
Don’t forget to go on Sumdog. 21 of you have been on the spelling challenge, one of you has already completed it, wow. 20 of you have been on the number challenge and 7 of you have already completed it. Well done.
Don’t forget to collect a yellow dictionary from the school office when you can.
Have a happy day J I am so proud of each and every one of you! Please send me a photo of your writing on Seesaw. I will be looking out for beautifully presented work.
Year 1 Home Learning Monday 8th February 2021
Date: 3rd Feb 2021 @ 11:14am
Good morning Year 1 and welcome to a new week of learning. We loved seeing what you all wore to express yourselves on Friday. There were some very imaginative outfits! We are already looking forward to performing our special dance on Fabulous Friday.
Reading
Read every day. You can ask for new books by ringing the office anytime. You can also re-read your books. For your challenge today after you have read your book have a look for any words you can find which have our recent phonic sounds in them. You could also spot Tricky Words.
Phonics
This week we will be learning our ow and ou words. Watch the videos below and write anywords that you spot.
Once you have watched the videos, visit Seesaw for today's sounds learning.
Your spelling list has been added to Sumdog. We have added 15 words containing the ow/ou sounds. You have to spell each word 3 times to complete the challenge! Good Luck!
English
This week we are continuing to learn through the story of Little Red Riding Hood.
Stay on the path song. Click here.
Listen to the story again here.Click here.
The wolf had a very rumbly, grumbly tummy as he was so hungry. Talk about what the wolf might like to eat.Talk about your favourite food. Today you are going to plan a menu. The menu could be for yourself or for the wolf. Include a starter, main course and a pudding. Draw your food on the sheet and label it. Remember to form your letters correctly and listen for the sounds when you are writing words.
Maths
Practise your counting everyday! We start every lesson by counting in lots of different ways. At home you can watch the videos below and join in or you can play a game of counting tennis. Start at a number and take turns with saying the next one in the sequence. Practise counting in 2s. 5s and 10s.
Today In our maths learning we are continuing to look at numbers to 50 and our tens and ones. We will be looking at one more and one less and ten more and ten less. Watch the video on one more and one less here and Part 2 here. Complete the worksheet attached.
We have also started a new maths challenge on Sumdog. This week we are looking at place value to 100!
Well done to everyone who completed last week's challenge. Amazing effort!
R.E
Today we are talking about all the things that happen when we go to Mass. Read Gary's story. Talk about the pictures at the bottom of the story and answer the questions.
On the sheet draw a story board to include some of the things that happen during Mass.
The welcome, listening to stories about Jesus, receiving Holy Communion or a blessing and taking Jesus’ love to everyone.
Science- Basket challenge
Today we are going to explore materials and their properties and suitability. We will be exploring what materials are best for making a basket for Red Riding Hood. Design your own basket on the worksheet below.
Have a go at completing the Mystery Material challenge too. It might help you when designing your basket!
Reception 4th February Home Learning
Date: 3rd Feb 2021 @ 11:13am
Thursday 4th February 2021
Good morning Reception.
We have been blown away by all of your work this week so far. It is wonderful to see so many of you keeping your learning practical and fun! 
This week, we are celebrating 'Children's Mental Health Week.' There will be activities throughout the week to have a go at.
Today, have a watch of this video.
Literacy
- Reading – Try to read for 10 minutes each day. 😊
See the reading question prompts attached on Monday's Blog to help you talk about your stories.
Reminders – Please contact the school office if you would like to change your reading book.
Oxford Owl eBooks Class login - sto1 Password – 1234
- Phonics – Please recap all of the sounds we have learnt so far and the new digraphs & trigraphs. (It is important for Reception to consolidate their sound recognition for all of the sounds.)
Our new sounds - ch, sh, th, ng, qu, ai, ee, oa, igh, oo
I have attached some different ideas to make it more practical and keep it interesting for you. (You can use these more than once.)
Please see Seesaw for today’s phonics writing activity.
- Handwriting – Join in the 'Crocodile Snap Song' to help strengthen your fine motor skills, this will help with the correct pencil grip.
(See Seesaw for the video explaining the correct pencil grip.)
Have a go at the next page in your booklet, which is all about the letter 'Ss.'
The Humpty Words of the week are - be, were, was, said
Can you have a mini spellings check?
See if you can write all your humpty words that we have been practising at home.
'the, to, no, I, go, into, you, he, we, she, all, they, my, her, are, me'
Don’t forget to spot these words in your reading books too!
- Acting Activity - This week we are reading ‘The Little Red Hen.’
Let’s warm up with our story & song - Join in with the story telling today as this will be your main activity. (It is important for your child to know the story inside out, to help with their writing next week.)
Today, we are going to be story tellers –
Can I act out the full story of 'The little red hen' ?
Can I use actions to help me?
Can I change my voice for the different characters?
Can I use some of the new vocabulary we have been looking at this week?
If you feel confident enough to record this, it would be lovely to hear you all acting out the story at home.
Maths –
- Counting Practice – Can I count back from 20 to 0 in 1’s? (Using my number line to point to the numbers as I count.)
Can I count from 0 to 50 using my 5’s?
- Consolidation – In Reception we need to revisit and rehearse all number facts to secure understanding.
Can I revisit the number 1?
Can I use the picture to talk about the number 5?
(See the sheets attached.)
Can I complete and discuss the different shape patterns? (Try level 1 to begin with.)
- Main Focus - Watch the White Rose Maths video and have a go at the activity attached. (Session 5 – numbers to 10 bingo.)
Topic Time
- KUW – Can I look at and talk about different types of bread? Can I make my own salt dough bread? (This is not for eating – see attached for instructions.)
- EAD – Can I make my own little red hen? (See the attached for ideas.)
Reception Story Time
Get yourself a comfy space, with your favourite toy and enjoy today’s story after working so hard all day. J
The story is ‘Owl Babies’ by Martin Waddell.
Have a great day of learning Reception, we miss you all A LOT!
Fabulous Friday 12th February 2021
Date: 3rd Feb 2021 @ 10:34am
Fabulous Friday 12th February 2021
It’s Fabulous Friday!
Fridays are now a lighter day with limited screen time to give you and your families the chance to catch up and switch off!
Today you just need to:
Read – grab a drink and a biscuit/fruit and curl up with a good book.
Complete this number activity – What is My Number? Think of a number between 0-100. Someone asks questions to try and work out what the number is. Questions must have a yes or no answer. For example – Is your number odd? Is your number prime? Is it greater than 50? Try larger numbers.
Finish off - anything that you want to upload to Seesaw for me to see. I always thoroughly enjoy seeing the work you are proud of.
Pancake Day/Ash Wednesday/Lent - These important days are coming up next week, so I have included a Lent Calendar and some fun activities to do (completely optional).
The rest of the day is yours; you’ve earned it!
Have a ‘Fabulous Friday’ and even more ‘Fabulous Half Term Holiday’.
Miss Gravili
Home Learning Thursday 11th February 2021
Date: 3rd Feb 2021 @ 10:33am
Year 5 Home Learning Thursday 11th February 2021
Good morning Year 5, I hope you are all well. Thank you so much for posting your fabulous work on Seesaw. I really enjoy reading it and can tell you are learning and working hard, so keep up the great effort. I have got a wonderful class and I really cannot wait until we are all back together again in school. Have a good day!
Reading
Please read for at least twenty/thirty minutes every day. Talk about what you have read with an adult. Discuss the story, characters and any new vocabulary you come across. If it is a non-fiction book then look at the contents page, glossary or index and see how it helps you find information.
We can issue books and change books as needed.
Reading Challenge: Use the book you are reading at the moment or one you have just finished. Imagine you are an agony aunt/uncle in a magazine (someone who gives advice and helps people with their problems). Write a short piece of advice to the character having problems in the story you are reading. Please do this in your Home Learning exercise book with today’s date.
Spelling
This week we are investigating words instead of said. Please learn these spellings for Monday’s test (22.02.21) which will be after half term, but if you would rather do it before then, that’s fine. If you don’t know what a word means, ask an adult or look it up in a dictionary. To help you learn them, write them down each day in your exercise book with the date. You could focus on your handwriting at the same time.
laughed questioned suggested quizzed muttered
joked queried screamed mumbled whispered
chuckled remarked pleaded grumbled bragged
English
Today we will be learning about explanations and how to write an explanation text.
Instructions tell you how to do something. They instruct you!
Explanations tell you how something works. They explain how or why something happens (not to instruct, the purpose is different).
Look again but more closely at adverbs for cause and contrast on the Adverbs PowerPoint- slides 2 to 4 from yesterday (documents below).
- Read ‘How Escalators Work’ (documents below). What type of text is it? – Explanation.
While reading this, notice adverbs for cohesion; there are more for cause and contrast than with the instructions.
- Try to find the adverbs for cause and contrast in the text, underline them with a different coloured pencil or highlight them (see documents below for answers).
Adverbs - Cause: therefore, thus, consequently, as a result.
Adverbs – Contrast: however, meanwhile, nevertheless, instead, yet.
Next, read ‘How Alexa works’ (documents below). Your task for today is explained on this worksheet (blue bullet points).
The date and title are:
Thursday 11th February
Can I use sentence structure, adverbs and commas to write sentences that are clear?
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Maths
For your mental starter, I would like you to work on your Maths Sumdog challenges.
Please follow the link below to the White Rose Maths webpage and watch the lesson – Multiples of 10, 100 and 100.
Print out the worksheet below and stick it into your exercise book or copy the answers into your book.
The date and title are:
11.02.21
Can I find multiples of 10, 100 and 1000?
Problem Solving Extension (optional):
Focus:
Solve a problem by organising information.
Visualise 2-D shapes.
People in the crowd – Answers:
There is no precise answer, but pupils can
compare their estimates and discuss how
they arrived at them.
History
Click on the link below for your next lesson – Who was Fu Hao?
Read the information about Fu Hao’s Life. Using the facts and information you have learned, create a leaflet about Fu Hao’s life and the important things she did. Make your leaflet interesting, colourful and remember to illustrate it.
This is how to fold your paper to make a leaflet. Number 3 is the back of your leaflet so you can glue here and stick it into your exercise book.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z39j2hv/articles/zsr9gdm
The date and title are:
Thursday 11th February 2021
Can I create a leaflet about Fu Hao’s Life?
Please post this on Seesaw for me to see.
Music
Click on this link for your Music lesson:
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/reviewing-your-learning-on-improvising-cgvk0r?step=3
There is also a worksheet to fill in about songs and how they make you feel – Music Worksheet (documents below). This can be trimmed down and stuck into your exercise book with today’s date.
Sumdog
Maths Challenges: Mixed Times Tables and Numbers and Place Value to 1 000 000.
Spelling Challenge: Maths/Science Vocabulary. These words are different from your spelling test words above, but still worth working on to expand your vocabulary.
Well done Year 5.
Miss Gravili