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Year 3 Home Learning 27th January 2021
Date: 26th Jan 2021 @ 3:33pm
Good morning Year 3. I hope you have had a nice day today, in school we really enjoyed describing the Prime Minister’s house and we enjoyed our Art and Geography this afternoon. We are getting really good with our 8x tables as we practise every day!
Well done for the work you have done, I have been very impressed with what I have seen on Seesaw.
If you are finding any of your work tricky you can:
- Draw things to help you in Maths like base 10.
- Use things in your house to help with Maths like coins, counters, toys.
- Write out the times tables you need for an activity before starting it.
- Write down your working out.
- Use books and the internet for ideas.
- Discuss your work with people at home when they are not busy.
- Contact the school for support.
Reminders
Please keep sending me your work on Seesaw – I am so proud of you for the work I have seen so far. Today I would like you to send me a photo of your maths work including your working out (the grids).
Remember to bring your home learning book into school if you are coming in on some days.
You can change your school reading books whenever you need to, just let the school office know beforehand so we can get some books ready for you to collect.
Don’t forget to go on Sumdog. 22 of you have been on the grammar and spelling challenge, still only one person has completed it so far, well done to you. 17 of you have been on the related facts challenge and 3 of you have already completed it. Well done.
Things that made me smile on Tuesday (you could write your own list too)
- We listened to beach waves sounds and a song called Copacabana while we did our art work – I enjoyed that.
- I watched a TV programme with my breakfast called Countdown. You get 9 letters and have to make words out of them, I managed to make a word which was 8 letters long so was very pleased with myself.
Wednesday 27th January 2021
Reading
Please read out loud to somebody for 20 minutes.
Predict what you think is going to happen next and talk to somebody at home about it.
Spelling
Here are your spellings for this week. They are homophones. Homophones are words which sound the same but have different meanings or spellings. Some are near homophones which means they have slightly different pronunciation.
quiet, quite, bare, bear, sun, son, new, knew, night, knight
Write the long date: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Write the title: Spelling Sentences
Choose 3 of the spelling words and write your own sentences using them. It is probably a good idea to choose the spellings you find most tricky.
Writing:
Read pages 208 – 216 of Mr Stink which are attached to this blog. This chapter is a nice one as Chloe and Annabelle spend some time together.
Mrs Winter has recorded some of the pages and put them on Seesaw for you to listen to – what a treat!
Long date: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Title – Can I use conjunctions and exciting vocabulary?
I would like you to write some sentences about this chapter using conjunctions. Also, try to use some of the good words from the book like zoomed, honoured, announced, vagrant, hissed, fantasies, unexpectedly, nervously, slowly.
Please write at least 3 sentences with the conjunction in the middle, like this:
Mr Stink sat on an upturned plant pot while the girls put pink glittery blusher on his cheeks.
Please write at least 3 sentences starting with a conjunction, you will need a comma for these ones where you pause.
After the vagrant had given his speech, he rolled up the grubby toilet roll and put it back in his pocket.
Conjunctions: because, after, when, while, before, even though, despite, though, so, if.
Remember:
Perfect spelling
Capital letters and full stops
Beautiful handwriting
Times tables
Play on Hit The Button three times.
Practise the 8x tables.
Try to improve your score each time – my record is 36/36.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Sumdog
Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenges:
- Related Facts Challenge: 25th January – 31st January
- Grammar and Spelling Challenge: 25th January – 31st January
Counting
Count out loud in 8s from 0 up to 96:
Whilst doing star jumps
Whilst clapping your hands
Whilst doing a crazy dance
Maths
Watch the video sent on Seesaw to help you with your maths. The video will remind you of the method we use in school to multiply a 2 digit number by a 1 digit number. We have done it before.
After watching the video, have a go at the questions on the worksheet – using the grid method from the video.
There are some challenge questions on the worksheet – you don’t have to do these but you can if you would like, the work you did on Tuesday might also help you.
Finally, use the answer sheet to check your answers.
Please send me a picture of your answers and working out on Seesaw.
RE
In RE we have been looking at journeys and the church’s year – the Liturgical Calendar.
The Liturgical Calendar helps people to be close to God and Jesus as everyone celebrates the same things throughout the year, such as the birth of Jesus at Christmas and Jesus’ sacrifices for us at Lent and Easter. These celebrations remind us to love and serve God.
Write the long date: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Write the title: Can I describe ways I love and serve God?
Make a list and draw pictures of ways that you love and serve God. Think about how you live in a way that God would want and things you do that make you a good person.
Here are some examples:
- I make sure that I am kind to everybody I meet, even if it is just by giving them a smile.
- I say a prayer at lunch time to thank God that I have food, water and shelter. I know that I am lucky as there are people in the world without food and water.
Music
Follow the link and complete the lesson:
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/developing-reading-rhythm-cnj34c
Year 2 Home Learning - 27th January 2021
Date: 26th Jan 2021 @ 3:18pm
Hello Year 2.
Why not help mum and dad with some chores around the house. Make your bed or cook a meal (with supervision). Get creative at some point today and draw a picture that makes you smile.
Start your day with a fun game! Keep a balloon up in the air together, taking turns to hit it back and forwards using hands, feet or heads. Set up an obstacle course in the garden/sitting room/hallway.
If you need any reading books, please let us know and we will arrange for some books to be collected from the school office.
We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.
Riddle of the day
Where can you find cities, towns, shops, and streets but no people?
Talk to an adult and send us your answers on Seesaw.
Tuesday’s riddle answer - Congratulations to those children who said a towel.
Reading
It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.
Write, or draw pictures, from anything you’ve read! Big writing and pictures are even more fun. For example, use an old roll of wallpaper to make a treasure map with clues from the stories you’ve read together.
Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.
If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’
Username: sto2
Password: 1234
Corner stones have released some free reading resources
Resources for questioning your child while they are reading
Maths
Counting and Times Tables
Counting in 10’s – Can you start on 7 and count forwards in 10’s ? Challenge – Can you count backwards from 127?
10 Times Tables – Listen to this 10 times table song: 10 times table song
Play hit the button and select 10 times tables – hit the button
Play the Daily 10. Select multiplication and then select 10 times tables. Set the timer so you get quicker each time – Daily 10
Can you write out all your 10 times tables up to 12 in your home learning journal?
This week we will be doing a re-cap on Multiplication and Division. We have already covered this area in class so you should be able to use certain strategies such as grouping, repeated addition and drawing arrays to help you work out the answers. We will also cover some new areas of multiplication and division too.
Can I make equal groups by grouping?
Today we are going to look at making equal groups by grouping objects together.
We have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet. The WhiteRose sheet is more than enough.
Make sure you watch the video carefully and pause to answer questions on the worksheet.
Please follow the link and complete the worksheet attached to the class blog.
1. Watch the video (either on your own or with your child).
2. Find a calm space where your child can work for about 20-30 minutes.
3. Use the video guidance to support your child as they work through a lesson.
Complete on the sheet (if you have a printer) or write your answers in your home learning book.
Sumdog
Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class.
Log in at www.sumdog.com
Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.
Sumdog challenges
Multiplication – x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables
Maths – Multiplication and Division
Spellings – Adjectives with the suffix -ful and -less
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 adjectives with the suffix -full and -less.
Adjectives are describing words. Adjectives describe nouns.
You can make your own adjectives, by adding suffixes onto nouns or verbs.
A suffix is a group of letters that we can add onto the end of another word.
The suffix then changes the meaning of the word.
In this worksheet, you are going to add the suffix -ful and the suffix -less.
-ful means full of.
Tom's thumb gave him a lot of pain.
Tom had a painful thumb.
-less means without.
The painter didn't care.
The painter was careless.
Please see attached worksheet. Someone has removed all of the adjectives ending with the suffixes -ful and -less from the sentences. Read each sentence and decide if the missing word ends in -ful or
-less. Write the missing word in the space.
Computing
This term we are looking at coding in Computing. On the additional documents you will find your child’s individual login for the programme we use. The website is called Code.org. It should work on your tablets. If you do not have one, school will be happy to loan one out to you whilst you are off. Once your child has their unique login, they will be able to access the programme on code.org by following the instructions on the document.
- Each child will have the same 6 letter section code – FMSQGM, they will then search for their name, choose their secret picture and then press the sign in button.
Today, please complete the following lesson:
- Course B (2020)
- Complete Lesson 6 – Getting Loopy
As we start to write longer and more interesting programs, our code often contains a lot of repetition. In this lesson, students will learn about how loops can be used to more easily communicate instructions that have a lot of repetition by looking at the repeated patterns of movement in a dance.
Please only complete the lessons stated above.
Additional activities – Calm Art Project
This project offers space to notice and explore these feelings. The four creative activities encourage children to spot, settle, soothe and share their worries so these feelings do not become overwhelming. By doing this children can be helped to feel calm. Please see the attached document and send us any work on Seesaw.
We are already halfway through the week. Keep up the hard work.
Year 2 team
Year 1 Home Learning Thursday 28th January 2021
Date: 26th Jan 2021 @ 11:31am
Happy Thursday Year 1 and welcome to your home learning for today. We are looking forward to Golden Assembly tomorrow as we are going to include some super learners from home as well as in school to celebrate all your great learning.
Reading
Please keep reading everyday, it really is the key to all your learning. We changed lots of your reading books last week - just pop in if you need some new ones.
For your reading challenge today think about some of the vocabulary in your reading book. Pick out some words and explain them, think of some other words which mean the same.
Phonics
Today we are looking at the long U in uniform. Open the Acorn adventures game here (Login - Jan21, Password - Home) and listen for the long and short U sounds. Split your page in half, Long/Short vowel sounds, and write the words on each side, just like in the game.
Can you use the long U words you have found to write 3 sentences? Try not to start your sentence with I.
eg. Instead of I wore my school uniform, try, Yesterday, The little girl put on her school uniform.
English
Today we are thinking about a treasure island. Have a look at some examples on the sheet.Talk about all the features of an island.What will be on your island?
You are going to draw a map of a treasure island showing where the treasure is buried. X marks the spot. Draw your map on the sheet and label all the features.
Upload your island to Seesaw.
Maths
Today we are ordering numbers. To begin, play the Counting Catepillars - Ordering Numbers game here. How do you know how some numbers are more than others? Remember to look at your 10s and 1s.
Watch the video on Ordering numbers here and complete the sheet attached below.
Well done to everyone who has started our Related Facts Sumdog challenge. REMEMBER, you can continue your practise by clicking on the Maths Traning area. All number practice will improve fluency and accuracy. Keep it up!
Art/D.T.
We are getting ready for our pirate day by making a pirate hat.Watch the video to find out how to make a pirate hat.Click here
Code
Today in code we are going to have a dance party. Visit Seesaw for a short introduction to your lesson. Login to our class page and you should be directed straight to dance party. Instead of giving directions, today we will be giving dance instructions. We can't wait to see your creations.
Well done for completing your Thursday home learning.
Reception 27th January Home Learning
Date: 26th Jan 2021 @ 10:51am
Wednesday 27th January 2021
Here is your learning for today !
Online Resources
- Phonics Play will help you to keep recapping all previous sounds the children have learnt since September. Resources, Phase 2, Speed Flash Trials.
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
The log in is Username: jan21
Password: home
You can also use this log in to play any of the phase 2 phonics games, try some of the Phase 3 games for our new digraph sounds. 😊
- . Oxford Owl eBooks Class login - sto1 Password – 1234
Library – Age 4-7 – Change the level to your child’s book band level and have a go at any of the e-books available to you.
- Topmarks have some good online maths games if you wanted to have a go at any of these.
Phonics –
Please revisit all our new digraph sounds. 😊
ch, sh, th, ng, qu, ai, ee, oa, igh
Using the sounds on paper – Turn them all over in the middle of the carpet/table – write the numbers 1 – 6 on the back of them.
Then roll a dice, find the number and have a go at saying the sound.
Can I sort the pictures to match the ai, ee, igh, oa sounds? (See sheet attached.)
Can I play the read and roll ‘igh’ game? (The sheet is attached.)
Handwriting - Have a go at the next page in your booklet, which is all about the letter Ll.
The Humpty Words of the week are: my, her, are, me
Amazing to see some of you writing in the snow yesterday
(Use paper or the whiteboard from your pack.)
Literacy –
Our story this week is Supertato! Have a watch of the story here.
Can I design my own superhero character that is based on a different type of fruit or vegetable?
What would your superhero look like?
Can I draw a picture?
What would my super powers be?
Can I write a sentence about my super powers?
Remember to say your sentence out loud, say it and tap your knees, head, cheeks, count how many words are in the sentence. Stretch each word to help you hear the sounds you need.
Try to use your sound mat. 😊
You might want to make your superhero a fruit or a vegetable. (Optional)
Reading – Can I write out one of the sentences from any of my story books at home?
Chop it up and try to put it back in the right order. (See the seesaw video for an example of this)
Try to read for 10 minutes each day. 😊
For extra reading you can access Oxford Owl (optional).
Maths – Can I count in 2s?
Can I have a go at doubling my numbers?
When we double something, we add together the same amounts
Using any practical equipment have a go at finding out the answers to these doubles.
Double 1 (1 + 1) =
Double 2 (2 + 2) =
Double 3 (3 + 3) =
Double 4 (4 + 4) =
Double 5 (5 + 5) =
Today’s learning is all about comparing lengths.
Watch the White Rose Maths video and have a go at the activity attached below. (You will need some playdough to make snakes.)
Topic Time
Understanding the World – Understanding the difference between hot and cold.
Have a watch of lesson 1 of the Oak National Academy lesson. Try out the experiment with a grown up. What did you notice?
French - Can I name some vegetables in French?
These are the actions to help you.
The vegetables are having fun in the fields at night! The potato is jumping up and down (so we jump!), the salsify is making himself small (crouch down), a gherkin is spinning round (turn round) and the cauliflowers are having a good shimmy (give it your best!)
Can I remember the vegetable words? - Please repeat the words as they are given.
French Game
Attached are 6 vegetable pictures. Print and cut them up (or draw them) and hide them round the room.
When your child finds one, they should try to give the word in French.
Then hide them for you!
The idea is just to keep saying the words over and over again.
Merci beaucoup. A la semaine prochaine! See you next week.
Reception Story Time (see the video below attachments)
Today's story is ‘The Train Ride' By June Crebbin.
HOME LEARNING Tuesday 26th January 2021
Date: 25th Jan 2021 @ 4:48pm
Year 4
Home Learning Tuesday 26th January 2021
Good morning Year 4. I hope you managed to complete your Home Learning yesterday. Try not to worry if you don’t manage to finish everything in one day, sometimes things may take a bit longer.
It is important that you continue to work hard, both recapping and practising previous learning, as well as learning new things. Keep posting all your fabulous work on Seesaw, I’ve enjoyed seeing the little messages you have sent too – thank you, they really brighten my day.
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.
Summarise what you have read in no more than 100 spoken words. Get someone to count the words as you speak.
Spelling
These are your new spellings which will be tested on Thursday 28th January 2021. They all have the prefix inter. A PREFIX is a group of letters that change the meaning of a word when they are added to the START. Inter means ‘amongst’ or ‘during’.
interact international intercity interlink
interview intermediate internet interface
intercept interchange intercom interfere
Write the long date Tuesday 26th January 2021
Write each of the words in your book in different coloured shapes like you did yesterday. Can you remember which shape and colour you used for which word?
English
Last week we started our novel Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo.
Today, please read / listen to Chapter 2 of Kensuke’s Kingdom. A copy of the book is attached to the blog and a link to the audio is below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCDOVYDjXZc
Whilst reading or listening to the story, look up any words if you are unsure about their meaning. Write the word and the definition in your Home Learning book.
Open the document called ‘Character description instructions’. This will give you the information you need to carry out today’s lesson.
Write the long date Tuesday 26th January 2021
Write the learning objective Can I write a character description of Michael?
- Read the document called ‘Character description instructions’ attached to the blog.
- Print page 2 and label the picture with a description of Michael’s character using information from Chapters 1 and 2. (Alternatively, draw a picture of Michael in the middle of your page). Remember to use evidence from the text, his personality may be clearly stated or may be hinted at from what is written.
- Piece these ideas together and write a character description of Michael explaining what his personality is like and how you know this. Remember to use different sentence openers! You should aim to write at least 2 excellent paragraphs about Michael’s character.
Focus on capital letters, punctuation, beautiful handwriting and using different sentence openers.
Please share your work on Seesaw
Times tables
Following on from last week’s learning, please practise your 11 and 12 times tables on Sumdog (a challenge has been set).
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 next week, you will be tested on your individual target on Thursday 28th January 2021 – if you are on ‘free’ tables, you will be tested on ÷9.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Counting
Count in 50’s from 900 to 2100 and back again. Count in 50’s from 6550 to 7850 and back again. Think about what you found tricky
Please count in 11’s from 111 to 232 and back again – can you go any further? (If you get stuck, add 10 then 1 onto your last number if counting up or subtract 10 then 1 if counting down). Write the numbers down as you say them - do you notice any patterns?
Eg 111 222 222 add 10 = 232 + 1 = 233 etc
Maths
Use the link below – to play Daily 10.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
Click on play game. Choose level 3, addition, 3 digit numbers + ones. 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.
Choose level 3, addition, 3 digit numbers + tens, choose a time interval and play again.
In order to keep practising our mental maths strategies, our lesson today will involve completing an Arithmetic test – you will be familiar with these from class. Please make sure you have everything you need before your 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 you make jottings / show your working out – this is so important and the most confident mathematicians do this. Try and complete the test independently and go through the answers carefully when you have finished. It doesn’t matter if you get an answer wrong, the most important thing is to work out why you made that mistake. If you’ve made jottings this may help in finding out where you made the error.
Before you start the test, please watch the video on Seesaw which will explain a few strategies. This will be uploaded on Tuesday morning.
Good luck!
Post your answers on Seesaw so I can see how you got on!
Check your answers from yesterday’s arrays lesson in the document ‘Answers Using arrays’ attached to the blog.
Please remember to log onto Sumdog to consolidate your learning about arrays.
French
We were doing really well with our French phonics so here’s a video to watch first to practise some sounds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkR7BTicoxc
Now click this link and download lesson 14 with audio.
http://www.rachelhawkes.com/Resources/Y4_French/Yr4SpringFr.php
We will recap the shapes and colours that we learnt last week and move on to look at the work of a French artist called Matisse. Click on the sound buttons to hear the teacher say the phrases and repeat after her. A key phrase today is’ Il y a…’ there is …. And there are new words for different kinds of lines. Work through the PowerPoint. The instructions are underneath each slide.
In your book, write the date mardi vingt-six fevrier
Write the learning objective Can I research some facts about Henri Matisse?
Using these two websites, can you write some interesting facts about Henri Matisse and his work? You might like to copy a part of one of his works.
https://www.ducksters.com/biography/artists/henri_matisse.php - good for facts
https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/who-is/who-henri-matisse - good for pictures.
Well done year 4. Soon we will be doing a piece of art inspired by Matisse and describing it in French!
Music
Please click on the link below for Lesson 4
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/developing-body-percussion-part-2-6cw6cr
Sumdog challenges
You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:
- A maths times table challenge (based on the 11 and 12 times tables)
- A maths challenge based on ‘arrays’ and the 3, 4 and 8 times tables
- A grammar challenge ‘capital letters’ (this is something which I am having to correct in writing every day, therefore I am setting it as a challenge this week)
Please make sure you log on and have a go!
New challenges will start on Monday 1st February 2021
Well done for finishing today’s work. Have a lovely evening and stay safe.
Year 6 Home Learning - Tuesday 26th January 2021
Date: 25th Jan 2021 @ 3:25pm
Tuesday 26th January 2021
Good morning Year 6. Welcome to Tuesday. I hope you are all well and safe and into a good routine with the tasks you need to complete each day. I have kept every Monday the same as Monday, Tuesday the same as Tuesday, and so on, which should help you in structuring your day for when you read, complete the Maths and English and any other after lunch tasks. Keep sending me your work through Seesaw: you have no idea how much it brings a smile to my face.
Here are the final tasks of the week:
Reading
Read for 30 minutes. Keep building up that stamina. It is so important that you keep this your number one priority.
Reading activity for today:
- Draw a picture of your favourite part of the book and write a sentence about what is happening.
English (split into three parts: Handwriting, Spellings and Writing)
Handwriting
Every day this week we are going to focus on our number 1 class target, Handwriting, which must be joined. Each day, I will give you a poem to copy in your neatest handwriting. This week focus on having clear spaces between your words.
Skip
One skip
Two skip
Three skip
Four.
Five skip
Six skip
Seven skip
More.
Eight skip
Nine skip
Ten skip
Hop.
Skip skip
skip skip
skip skip
STOP.
Spellings
There is a spelling file attached at the bottom of this blog which covers the spellings for this week, -homophones (words with same sound but different spelling).
- For each ‘pair’ of words (aloud and allowed) write a sentence to include them both.
Writing task
Can I write a recount of Hatty’s fall, as Abel?
See the Seesaw video which explains how to complete this task. Make sure you use the notes from yesterday’s lesson to piece together a recount following these bullet points and write:
- The backstory of what you (Abel) know about Tom
- The event of Hatty’s fall
- You (Abel) cross with Tom and speaking to him for the first time
(I will explain this in detail in the video)
Maths – Addition Week
- Warm up your brain: Counting forward in 15s.
125, 750, 1420, 500, 335
- Sumdog – two challenges (both with 200 answer targets for this week):
- Mix of 6 and 8 times tables
- Add / subtract within 10 000 (this will show quite a few column addition and subtraction questions which will help you throughout the week’s learning).
- Main lesson. The objective for today is:
- Can I use the column method to add up to 5 digit to 5 digit numbers?
See the video sent on Seesaw which explains the activities for today’s Maths lesson. Complete the Column addition questions and answers sheet.
- Maths challenge – is attached to the same sheet which I explain in the video.
Science
Can I research the characteristics that make a plant adapted to its environment?
We have learnt so far that adaptations are characteristics that help living things survive. Plants live in all kind of habitats in the world from the Arctic to the desert and everywhere in between. A plant from the rainforest would not survive in the desert – each is adapted to the environment in which it lives.
Look at the image of a cactus attached below, or a real cactus if you have one at home.
Copy the labelled diagram of a cactus into your book or print out the Labelled Cactus sheet
How do these adaptations enable it to live in a desert? Read this text to find out:
Adaptations
An adaptation is anything that helps a living thing survive and make more of its own kind. Cacti have many adaptations for living in places that are sometimes dry for a long time. At other times these places can get lots of rain.
Cacti can have many small, thin roots near the top of the soil. These roots take in water quickly after a rain. The same cactus may have one long, thick root called a taproot. The taproot grows deep in the soil. It can reach water when the soil on top is dry.
Cacti store water in thick stems. The stems are covered with tough skin, and the skin is covered with wax. The pleats help the skin expand to store water after it has rained. The thick waxy skin slows down loss of water by evaporation in the hot, dry climate. The leaves of cacti are sharp spines (thorns or needles). Many animals want the water inside the cactus, but the sharp spines and thick skin protect the cactus and stop animals from damaging the plant.
Now explain in your own words how each of the cacti’s adaptations help it survive in the desert.
Next, watch this video about a Sundew plant.
Draw and label a Sundew plant using the vocabulary in the video.
Now use the words below to explain its adaptations. You will need to put them into sentences!
Sundew carnivorous habitat bog poor soil secrete sticky substance Digestive enzymes prey dissolve nutrients unfurl exoskeleton
You have researched two very different types of plants which live in very different habitats.
Put the subheading What I have learnt
Can you summarise your learning today by explaining how adaptations help plants survive and what would happen to those species that are not well adapted?
Well done! I would love to see your work on seesaw!
Year 3 Home Learning 26th January 2021
Date: 25th Jan 2021 @ 3:25pm
Good morning Year 3. I hope you had a happy Monday and enjoyed some snow as well as your learning.
Well done for the work you have done, I have been very impressed with what I have seen on Seesaw.
We enjoyed the beautiful weather in school and played in the snow at play time and lunch time. We found the maths quite tricky, it was much easier when we wrote out our times tables and remembered to write our answers above each part of the question. Rushing did not work.
If you are finding any of your work tricky you can:
- Draw things to help you in Maths like base 10.
- Use things in your house to help with Maths like coins, counters, toys.
- Write out the times tables you need for an activity before starting it.
- Write down your working out.
- Use books and the internet for ideas.
- Discuss your work with people at home when they are not busy.
- Contact the school for support.
Reminders
Please keep sending me your work on Seesaw – I am so proud of you for the work I have seen so far. Today I would like you to send me a photo of your Geography and Art, please put the two pieces of Art from Monday and Tuesday next to each other so I can see how different they are.
Remember to bring your home learning book into school if you are coming in on some days.
You can change your school reading books whenever you need to, just let the school office know beforehand so we can get some books ready for you to collect.
Don’t forget to go on Sumdog. 7 of you have been on the grammar and spelling challenge, one of you has already completed it, wow. 6 of you have been on the related facts challenge and 1 of you has already completed it. Well done.
Things that made me smile on Monday (you could write your own list too)
- The beautiful weather.
- The snowmen the children in school made at play time.
- Your amazing art work that you sent me on Seesaw – so bright and colourful.
Tuesday 26th January 2021
Reading
Please read out loud to somebody for 20 minutes.
Tell somebody at home everything you know about one of the characters.
Spelling
Here are your spellings for this week. They are homophones. Homophones are words which sound the same but have different meanings or spellings. Some are near homophones which means they have slightly different pronunciation.
quiet, quite, bare, bear, sun, son, new, knew, night, knight
Write the long date: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Write the title: Homophones Sentences
Copy the sentences and fill in the gap with the correct spelling.
- The library was very … (quiet, quite)
- The brown … growled at the man. (bear, bare)
- The … was so bright I needed sunglasses. (sun, son)
- The brave … rescued the princess (night, knight)
- I wore my … dress to the party. (new, knew)
Answers
- The library was very quiet.
- The brown bear growled at the man.
- The sun was so bright I needed sunglasses.
- The brave knight rescued the princess
- I wore my new dress to the party.
Handwriting
Follow the video on Seesaw to practise your handwriting.
Writing:
Read pages 201 - 208 of Mr Stink. They are attached to this blog. Some parts are written in capital letters. This is because the characters are shouting, see if somebody at home can read this bit out loud with you.
Long date: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Title – Can I use adjectives?
Today you are going to write a description of the Prime Minister’s house, Number Ten Downing Street. Try to use lots of adjectives to describe the house. I have attached some photos and good words on the same PowerPoint as the Mr Stink pages. Some of these are not really Ten Downing Street, but might help you to come up with some ideas.
Paragraph 1 – Talk about the outside.
You could start with:
As Mr Stink and Chloe stepped out of the limousine, they looked in front of them at Number Ten Downing Street.
Paragraph 2 – Talk about the room where they have tea.
You could start with:
They were led through a never-ending corridor and taken into a huge dining room with shiny golden walls.
Paragraph 3 – Talk about the bathroom.
You could start with:
Mr Stink had eaten egg sandwiches before setting off, you know what that means. He needed to go to the toilet. It was just as fancy as he expected it to be.
Remember:
Perfect spelling
Capital letters and full stops
Beautiful handwriting
Make it even better by:
Adding a simile
Adding a question
Adding an exclamation mark
Starting a sentence with a conjunction
Times tables
Play on Hit The Button three times.
Practise the 8x tables.
Try to improve your score each time – my record is 36/36.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Sumdog
Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenges:
- Related Facts Challenge: 25th January – 31st January
- Grammar and Spelling Challenge: 25th January – 31st January
Counting
Count out loud in 5s:
From 0 to 60.
From 60 to 0.
Maths
Watch this video about related facts. Pause the video where you need to.
Complete the worksheet and use the answer sheet to check when you have finished.
Write out your times tables to help you with any tricky questions.
Geography and Art
Below is the link to a video about a favela in Rocinha, Brazil. A favela is a slum on the outskirts of a large city. Normally lots of people who don’t have a lot of money live in a favela.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zgp4d2p
I have attached some pictures to this blog of the favela. I would like you to create your own piece of art showing the favela. This time, you are not going to use colour – it is going to be black and white. This is to show how different life is for the people who live by Copacabana Beach compared to the people who live in the favela. They live in the same city but have very different lives.
- Draw your buildings, remember there are lots of them close together and they are on a hill.
- Draw the trees and hills.
- Use newspaper scraps to fill in the picture. Tear strips off and use them to fill in the buildings.
- Or if you would prefer, colour in black and white. You can do patterns like Romero Britto if you want to, but only in black, grey and white this time.
Year 2 Home Learning - 26th January 2021
Date: 25th Jan 2021 @ 3:13pm
Good morning Year 2,
We hope yesterday went well. Hopefully you are all in good spirits and working hard for your parents/carers. The weather doesn’t look great this week but you still need to make sure you are staying active and get at least 60 minutes of physical activity in per day. We love to do the Daily Mile at school. Is there anywhere you can go for a run at home?
Have a challenge to see who can do the funniest balance on one leg/scrunch up to be the smallest/stretch out to be the tallest.
Join Joe Wicks for one of his daily workouts - https://www.youtube.com/thebodycoachtv
Oti Mabuse is holding dance lessons on her Youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGs-r4G-XmI
If you need any reading books, please let us know and we will arrange for some books to be collected from the school office.
We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.
Riddle of the day
What becomes wetter the more it dries?
Talk to an adult and send us your answers on Seesaw.
Monday’s riddle answer - Congratulations to those children who gave the answer sponge. We will also accept watering can. Well done for thinking outside the box!
Reading
It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.
Write, or draw pictures, from anything you’ve read! Big writing and pictures are even more fun. For example, use an old roll of wallpaper to make a treasure map with clues from the stories you’ve read together.
Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.
If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’
Username: sto2
Password: 1234
Corner stones have released some free reading resources
Resources for questioning your child while they are reading
Maths
Counting and Times Tables
Counting in 10’s – Can you count forwards starting at 1? Challenge – Can you count backwards from 121?
10 Times Tables – Listen to this 10 times table song: 10 times table song
Play hit the button and select 10 times tables – hit the button
Play the Daily 10. Select multiplication and then select 10 times tables. Set the timer so you get quicker each time – Daily 10
Can you write out all your 10 times tables up to 12 in your home learning journal?
This week we will be doing a re-cap on Multiplication and Division. We have already covered this area in class so you should be able to use certain strategies such as grouping, repeated addition and drawing arrays to help you work out the answers. We will also cover some new areas of multiplication and division too.
Can I make equal groups by sharing?
Today we are going to look at making equal groups through sharing different objects.
We have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet. The WhiteRose sheet is more than enough.
Make sure you watch the video carefully and pause to answer questions on the worksheet.
Please follow the link and complete the worksheet attached to the class blog.
1. Watch the video (either on your own or with your child).
2. Find a calm space where your child can work for about 20-30 minutes.
3. Use the video guidance to support your child as they work through a lesson.
Complete on the sheet (if you have a printer) or write your answers in your home learning book.
Sumdog
Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class.
Log in at www.sumdog.com
Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.
Sumdog challenges
Multiplication – x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables
Maths – Multiplication and Division
Spellings – Adjectives with the suffix -ful and -less
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 adjectives with the suffix -full and -less.
Adjectives are describing words. Adjectives describe nouns.
You can make your own adjectives, by adding suffixes onto nouns or verbs.
A suffix is a group of letters that we can add onto the end of another word.
The suffix then changes the meaning of the word.
In this worksheet, you are going to add the suffix -ful and the suffix -less.
-ful means full of.
Tom's thumb gave him a lot of pain.
Tom had a painful thumb.
-less means without.
The painter didn't care.
The painter was careless.
Watch this introduction to suffixes to help you – suffix video
When the word ends in y, we change the y to an i then add -ful or -less.
Using the Adding -ful or -ness Word Search, add the correct suffix to each word, then find the new adjective within the word search. Please see attached worksheet.
Music
Mrs Winter has kindly sent us a music lesson that we can try our at home.
In this lesson, we will be exploring how to make different sounds using instruments around the house.
Please click on the link for this week’s music lesson.
Exploring different ways to use instruments
French
We were doing really well with our French phonics so here’s a video to watch first to practise some sounds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkR7BTicoxc
Now we are going to move on to learning the names of some farm animals. Watch this video and repeat the words.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pba8564WZ4M
Attached is a sheet with 7 farm animals. Print out the sheet (or do 7 drawings). Hide the pictures round the room. When your child finds one, s/he should give the word in French. Then it’s their turn to hide them!
Here is a song to finish – Old MacDonald had a farm in French. It’s a bit fast so may be better played on 0.75 speed. See if you can pick up the sounds the animals make in French. They’re not all the same! The word used for sheep is une brebis (oon brubee) – a ewe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDcgM_U22XU
Merci beaucoup. A bientot!
Additional activities – Calm Art Project
This project offers space to notice and explore your feelings. The four creative activities encourage children to spot, settle, soothe and share their worries so these feelings do not become overwhelming. By doing this children can be helped to feel calm. Please see the attached document and send us any work on Seesaw.
We hope you have a brilliant Tuesday,
Year 2 team.
Reception 26th January Home Learning
Date: 25th Jan 2021 @ 11:40am
Tuesday 26th January 2021
It is amazing how many of you are sending your work on seesaw, we would like to say a big WELL DONE. You and your grown ups are doing amazing!
Online Resources
Phonics Play will help you to keep recapping all previous sounds the children have learnt since September. Resources, Phase 2, Speed Flash Trials.
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
The log in is Username: jan21
Password: home
You can also use this log in to play any of the phase 2 phonics games, try some of the Phase 3 games for our new digraph sounds. 😊
Oxford Owl eBooks Class login - sto1 Password – 1234
Library – Age 4-7 – Change the level to your child’s book band level and have a go at any of the e-books available to you.
Phonics –
Please revisit all our new digraph sounds. 😊
ch, sh, th, ng, qu, ai, ee, oa
Using the sounds on paper – Can I put them on the floor, close my eyes and tell my grown up which one they have taken away?
Can I think of a word for each of these digraphs?
Can I practise writing the sounds?
Revisit the sound ‘igh’
Can I play buried treasure on Phonics Play, Phase 3, focusing on the ‘igh’ sound?
Can I have a go at writing the words attached?
Can I read these captions? Can I make up my own caption?
It is night.
The coat is big.
Handwriting - Have a go at the next page in your booklet, which is all about the letter Nn.
The Humpty Words of the week are: my, her, are, me
Can I write them with chalks outside?
Can I paint them?
Can I use different colours to write them?
(Use paper or the whiteboard from your pack.)
Literacy –
Our story this week is Supertato! Have a watch of the story here.
After thinking about the characters yesterday,
Choose your favourite character either Supertato or Evil Pea. (see seesaw for Miss Collinson's Example)
Can I draw the character in my book?
Can I write a sentence describing what my character is like?
Remember to say your sentence out loud, say it and tap your knees, head, cheeks, count how many words are in the sentence. Stretch each word to help you hear the sounds you need.
Try to use your sound mat and have a go at writing without your grown ups help this week. 😊
Reading – It is great that so many of you are ringing the office to collect new books weekly.
It has been lovely to hear some of your reading on seesaw, well done.
Try to read for 10 minutes each day. 😊
For extra reading you can access Oxford Owl (optional).
Maths – Can I count out loud backwards from 20 to 0?
Can I remember my number bonds to 10? (see seesaw video for example)
Can I use my ten frames to colour in different ways of making 10? (see maths activity attached for ten frames)
Today’s learning is all about comparing heights.
Watch the White Rose Maths video and have a go at the activity attached below, if you do not have any cubes at home, you can use Lego.
Topic Time
Technology – Can I make my own Supertato adventure, using your Supertato you made yesterday?
Watch this video for inspiration. Have a go at recording your own.
Reception Story Time (see video below attachments)
Today's story is ‘Jolly Snow‘ by Jane Hissey
Year 1 Home Learning Wednesday 27th January 2021
Date: 25th Jan 2021 @ 11:39am
Good morning Year 1 and a big welcome to all your Wednesday learning. We are loving all your pirate stories and we are impressed with all your ideas and pirate vocabulary. It is lovely seeing you all having a good go at your home learning, keep it up.
Reading
It's brilliant that so many of you are collecting new reading books from school. Keep reading every single day. Today, after reading one of your books have a think and a talk about what happened in the story and when it happened. What happened after …….? What was the first thing that happened in the story? Can you say in a sentence the opening/middle/end of the story?
Phonics
To warm up, play a game of buried treasure here. Username - Jan21 and Password - Home
Choose Phase 3 (+oo sound) and Phase 5 (ew or ue sounds)
Visit Seesaw for your Phonics learning today. We will be looking at our split u_e sound and looking carefully to build our words. Watch the video below to remind yourselves of the u_e sound.
English
Sometimes when pirates get stranded on an island the only way they can communicate is by writing a message in a bottle, throw it into the sea and hope that someone finds it.
Watch this video Message in a Bottle
Imagine you are stranded on an island.
- Who are you going to write your message to?
- What will you tell them?
- Describe where you are, what can you see?
- How are you feeling?
- What are you eating and drinking?
- Is there anyone else there ?
Talk about what you are going to write then write your message. Remember your Think Pinks.
Maths
Have a look back at the counting videos we've shared (you can find these on view all blogs)
Yesterday we found our comparing number sentences a little tricky so today we are going to look back at comparing numbers and using our maths vocabulary.
More than, Fewer than, Greater than, Less than, Greatest and Smallest.
Watch the video on comparing numbers here and complete the worksheet attached.
Play our Counting caterpillars - Ordering numbers game here to get ready for our learning tomorrow. Start with numbers up to 20, then 50 and 100)
French
This week we are moving on to FARM ANIMALS. Can I name some farm animals in French?
Here’s a song to sing along to start: On the Farm
Here is a video with farm animal words. Repeat the words with the speaker.
Attached is a sheet with 7 farm animals. Print out the sheet (or do 7 drawings). Hide the pictures round the room. When your child finds one, s/he should give the word in French. Then it’s their turn to hide them!
Here is a song to finish – Old MacDonald had a farm in French. It’s a bit fast so may be better played on 0.75 speed. See if you can pick up the sounds the animals make in French. They’re not all the same! The word used for sheep is une brebis (oon brubee) – a ewe.
Merci beaucoup. A bientot!
Music
Last week we really enjoyed exploring pulse and creating our own rhythm patterns. Today we are looking at creating movements to physicalise pulse. Watch the video below and join in with Miss Glover at the Oak Academy.
Click here for your Music lesson
Well done on completing all your Wednesday home learning.
Year 2 Home Learning - 25th January 2021
Date: 25th Jan 2021 @ 7:36am
Good morning Year 2,
We hope you all had a brilliant weekend. We have loved reading all your posts. You have done some amazing work so far and we are very proud. Now it is time to start our home learning again and I’m sure you are all ready to go.
Remember, some work will be set on Seesaw this week so please read this post carefully. This can be accessed by logging in and navigating to the family announcements section. We know home learning is very different to school but try your best to stick with it. Try to remain resilient and persevere with all the tasks set. Little and often is always the best policy.
Keep going, we are so proud of you all!
Hopefully the snow sticks around today. If it does, we have attached a couple of snow experiments to the end of this post for you to try. Enjoy!
Why not try a more relaxing start to your morning. 50 minute compilation of yoga adventures, mindfulness and guided relaxations - with themes around courage, thinking positive and staying peaceful. 🌈 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JI01thiHYI
Or you could carry on doing the Joe Wicks daily session 😊 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.
Riddle of the day
What is full of holes but still holds water?
Talk to an adult and send us your answers on Seesaw.
Reading
It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.
Write, or draw pictures, from anything you’ve read! Big writing and pictures are even more fun. For example, use an old roll of wallpaper to make a treasure map with clues from the stories you’ve read together.
Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.
If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’
Username: sto2
Password: 1234
Corner stones have released some free reading resources
Resources for questioning your child while they are reading
Maths
Counting and Times Tables
Counting in 10’s – Can you count forwards to 120? Challenge – Can you count backwards from 120?
10 Times Tables – Listen to this 10 times table song: 10 times table song
Play hit the button and select 10 times tables – hit the button
Play the Daily 10. Select multiplication and then select 10 times tables. Set the timer so you get quicker each time – Daily 10
Can you write out all your 10 times tables up to 12 in your home learning journal?
This week we will be doing a re-cap on Multiplication and Division. We have already covered this area in class so you should be able to use certain strategies such as grouping, repeated addition and drawing arrays to help you work out the answers. We will also cover some new areas of multiplication and division too.
Can I use an array?
Today we are going to look at using arrays.
We have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet. The WhiteRose sheet is more than enough.
Make sure you watch the video carefully and pause to answer questions on the worksheet.
Please follow the link and complete the worksheet attached to the class blog.
1. Watch the video (either on your own or with your child).
2. Find a calm space where your child can work for about 20-30 minutes.
3. Use the video guidance to support your child as they work through a lesson.
Complete on the sheet (if you have a printer) or write your answers in your home learning book.
Sumdog
Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class.
Log in at www.sumdog.com
Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.
Sumdog challenges
Multiplication – x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables
Maths – Multiplication and division
Spellings – adjectives with the suffix -ful and -less
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 adjectives with the suffix -full and -less.
Adjectives are describing words. Adjectives describe nouns.
You can make your own adjectives, by adding suffixes onto nouns or verbs.
A suffix is a group of letters that we can add onto the end of another word.
The suffix then changes the meaning of the word.
This week, you are going to add the suffix -ful and the suffix -less.
-ful means full of.
Tom's thumb gave him a lot of pain.
Tom had a painful thumb.
-less means without.
The painter didn't care.
The painter was careless.
Watch this introduction to suffixes to help you – suffix video
Please see attached PowerPoint presentation and worksheet for you to have a go at.
Science
Resources
Collection of manmade and natural objects.
Paint and a pencil
Study with an adult a collection of objects. Have a go at sorting the objects into two groups. Give them clues (think about what the object was before it became what you see in front of you, etc.) and only tell them the groups should be 'manmade' and 'natural' after they have had plenty of time to think and discuss the grouping options.
Discuss the meaning of 'manmade' and 'natural'. Now try to regroup your objects accordingly.
When you look at objects from the manmade group and compare them to the natural objects, what are the differences? Are there any similarities? Is there anything that surprises you about the objects in these two groups?
Can you write words to describe the objects you see (cold, hard, metal, etc.) and the properties they have (flexible, strong, waterproof, etc.).
Can you draw your objects as a repeating pattern? (manmade, natural, manmade, natural, etc.) If you have paint you could try printing paint using some objects from the manmade group and some from the natural group. As they do so, encourage them to talk about the different effects the objects make with the paint. Ask them if they notice any difference in printing between manmade and natural objects. Allow them to be free with their designs but if you need the paintings to be small, the chn will need to use small objects to print (the end of a twig, a tiny piece of sponge, a screw, etc.)
Additional activities – Snow Science
If there is still some snow outside you could have a go at one of the snow science experiments attached to this post.
We can’t wait to see what you get up to this week!
Year 2 team
Year 1 Home Learning Tuesday 26th January 2021
Date: 24th Jan 2021 @ 5:40pm
Hello Year 1 and welcome to your Tuesday Home Learning.
This week we are continuing with our Pirate learning. We will be reading some new stories and sailing the seven seas with Blackbeard and his crew. In our sounds learning this week we are revisiting all our long U sounds and practising word reading and spelling. In our maths we are continuing with our addition and subtraction learning, revisiting all our strategies and practising our number facts.
Reading
Continue to read for at least 10 mintues everyday. Reading is the most important part of your home learning. If you need more books, please contact the school office and we will send home some more. Also, our Oxford Owl eLibrary is available at the Home Learning button of the Year 1 page.
Phonics
Watch the video below and have a go at the following task.
We are looking at the ue and ew sounds. Spilt your page in half and write the words that appear in the video.(One half for the ue words and the other for the ew words.)
Can you use any of these words in a sentence of your own?
English
You are going to write your pirate story today. Look at your story map from yesterday and practise speaking your story. Use your word bank to help you with your spelling and to get some great pirate vocabulary in your story.
Write your story on the sheet and remember your Think Pinks. Draw pictures from your story in the boxes.
Upload your stories to Seesaw.
Maths
Watch the videos below to practise your counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. Can you sing the song counting backwards?
Today we are looking at the relationship between addition and subtraction by comparing number sentences. Watch the video linked here and have a go at the worksheet attached.
Keep up with the practice on Sumdog. Daily practise will improve understanding of the relationship between addition and subtraction as the more questions the children answer, the more patterns they will spot.
R.E.
We are celebrating all our learning about special people. Look at what you drew in your stars from yesterday and pray this litany. You could light a candle.
Our Litany
Thank you God for Mary who cared for Jesus
Thank you God for Joseph who looked after Jesus
Thank you God for Simeon who gave thanks for Jesus
Thank you God for Anna who was happy to see him
Thank you God for our parish family of St Oswald's
Thank you God for the special people in our lives
Thank you God for Jesus who loves us all
Sing This Little Light of Mine
P.E.
Today we are going to explore travelling skills with the Oak Academy. Visit the below link and follow along with the video.
Exploring travelling movements
Well done on completing your learning for today.
Year 3 Home Learning 25th January 2021
Date: 24th Jan 2021 @ 5:32pm
Good morning Year 3. I hope you had a nice weekend and enjoyed your learning on Fun Friday.
Well done for the work you have done, I have been very impressed with what I have seen on Seesaw, it was nice to see your pictures or videos on Friday. They put a smile on my face.
If you are finding any of your work tricky you can:
- Draw things to help you in Maths like base 10.
- Use things in your house to help with Maths like coins, counters, toys.
- Write out the times tables you need for an activity before starting it.
- Use books and the internet for ideas.
- Discuss your work with people at home when they are not busy.
- Contact the school for support.
Reminders
Please keep sending me your work on Seesaw – I am so proud of you for the work I have seen so far. Today I would like you to send me a photo of your Geography and Art work.
The Sumdog challenges will start on Monday – make sure you log on and have a go.
Remember to bring your home learning book into school if you are coming in on some days.
You can change your school reading books whenever you need to, just let the school office know beforehand so we can get some books ready for you to collect.
Things that made me smile over the weekend (you could write your own list too)
- I had a snowball fight on the park – I won.
- I played basketball on the park with snowballs.
- I went for a run on Sunday morning and saw a fox; it walked right in front of me and stopped to look at me, and the street was called Fox Street – I couldn’t believe it!
Monday 25th January 2021
Reading
Please read out loud to somebody for 20 minutes.
Tell somebody what has happened in your own words.
Spelling
Here are your spellings for this week. They are homophones. Homophones are words which sound the same but have different meanings or spellings:
there, their, they’re, here, hear, see, sea, too, two, blue, blew
Write the long date: Monday 25th January 2021
Write the title: Spelling Test
Write the numbers 1-12 down your page.
Ask somebody to read out your spellings twice, ask them to read out these sentences so you can choose which homophone to use for each question.
- There. Put your pencil over there.
- Their. I like the way they did their hair.
- They’re. They’re going to do well on the test.
- Here. Come over here.
- Hear. I can hear a bird tweeting.
- See. You can see if there is some light.
- Sea. I love swimming in the sea.
- Too. I was too cold when it snowed.
- Two. I would like two pizzas please.
- Blue. She has blue eyes.
- Blew. The wind blew through the cracks.
The bonus question (a spelling from another week) is: wonderful
If you get any wrong, practise a bit more and then try again.
Writing:
Long date: Monday 25th January 2021
Title – Can I use conjunctions?
Your writing activity is attached on a PowerPoint. Please watch and listen to the PowerPoint as I have recorded my voice to help and give you ideas. You can do this by opening the PowerPoint, clicking slide show, and then clicking from beginning.
Times tables
Write the short date: 25.01.21
Write the title: Times Tables Test
Write the numbers 1-11 down your page.
Ask somebody to call out your 8x tables in a mixed up order.
In school I always read the question out, count to five, read it out again and then count to three before moving on to the next question.
The bonus question is: 87 x 10.
If you get any wrong, practise a bit more and then try again.
Sumdog
Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenges:
- Related Facts Challenge: 25th January – 31st January
- Grammar and Spelling Challenge: 25th January – 31st January
Maths
Today you are going to be looking at times tables and comparing statements.
Watch the video, pause where you need to.
Complete the worksheet attached and then use the answer sheet to check your answers.
For questions 2, 4, 5 and 6, it will help you if you write the answer to each part of the question above the question.
Science
Attached to this blog is a PowerPoint, complete the lesson on the PowerPoint which is all about sources of light.
Geography / Art
In Geography we have been looking at South America, and last week we focussed on Brazil. Today we are going to look at Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Click on the link below, watch both videos and read the information.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zyhp34j/articles/zr2h47h
You are going to do some art in the style of a Brazilian artist today called Romero Britto. He painted what he saw in Brazil using bright colours and bold patterns.
Attached to the blog is a picture of a piece of art in the style of Romero Britto. You are going to create your own picture of Copacabana Beach in the style of Romero Britto.
- Draw the hills, sky, sun, sea and lots of tall buildings (you might want to use a ruler).
- Split them into sections.
- Fill each section with different colours and patterns.
- You can use whatever you have at home – paint, felt pens, pencil crayons, crayons.
HOME LEARNING Monday 25th January 2021
Date: 24th Jan 2021 @ 3:49pm
Year 4
Home Learning Monday 25th January 2021
Good morning Year 4. I hope you had a lovely weekend. I was shocked when I woke up on Saturday morning and saw the snow! Although it was quite chilly, it was still lovely to go outside for a walk and some fresh air – I hope you managed to do something you enjoy too.
Keep doing your best and working as independently as you can. It is important that you continue to work hard, both recapping and practising previous learning, as well as learning new things. I have enjoyed seeing your work on Seesaw – please keep posting what you can.
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.
Find ten adjectives (a word that describes a noun) and write the words you have found in your Home Learning book. To find an adjective, first find a noun. Then look for any words which describe it.
eg. The hat on the chair was blue.
Monty the sleepy dragon was guarding his valuable treasure
Purple words = nouns Red words = adjectives
Spelling
These are your new spellings which will be tested on Thursday 28th January 2021. They all have the prefix inter. A PREFIX is a group of letters that change the meaning of a word when they are added to the START. Inter means ‘amongst’ or ‘during’.
interact international intercity interlink
interview intermediate internet interface
intercept interchange intercom interfere
Write the long date Monday 25th January 2021
Write each of the words in your book in different coloured shapes
English
Last week we started our novel Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo.
Today, please read / listen to Chapter 1 of Kensuke’s Kingdom again. A copy of the book is attached to the blog and links to the audio are below. You may read or hear information which you missed on Friday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcEa-beSa0o&safe=active (Chapter 1 Part 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR1ii4BPJN4&safe=active (Chapter 1 Part 2)
- Download the sheet ‘For and against’ attached to the blog. Instructions are given on the sheet – you can complete the table on the sheet or copy the headings into your book.
Write the long date Monday 25th January 2021
Write the learning objective Can I give reasons for and against sailing around the world?
- Choose 3 reasons for and 3 reasons against sailing around the world.
Write one paragraph to FULLY EXPLAIN your reasons for not wanting to sail around the world.
Write one paragraph to FULLY EXPLAIN your reasons for wanting to sail around the world.
An example is given on the second page of the ‘For and against’ document. Use the sentence openers given to help you construct your paragraphs.
Write the long date Monday 25th January 2021
Write the learning objective Can I explain my reasons for and against sailing around the world?
Once you have finished your work, check your spellings, capital letters and punctuation very carefully.
Please share your work on Seesaw
Times tables
Following on from last week’s learning, please practise your 11 and 12 times tables on Sumdog (a challenge has been set).
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 next week, you will be tested on your individual target on Thursday 28th January 2021 – if you are on ‘free’ tables, you will be tested on ÷9.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Counting
Count in 50’s from 0 to 750 and back again. Count in 50’s from 850 to 1550 and back again. Think about what you found tricky?
Please count in 11’s from 11 to 132 and back again – can you go any further? (if you get stuck, add 10 then 1 onto your last number if counting up or subtract 10 then 1 if counting down). Writ the numbers down as you say them - do you notice any patterns?
Eg 11 22 22 add 10 = 32 + 1 = 33 etc
Maths
Use the link below – to play Daily 10.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
Click on play game. Choose level 2, subtraction, 2 digit numbers. 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.
Choose level 2, subtraction, 2 digit numbers with composition, choose a time interval and play again.
If you found this tricky last week, give yourself a longer time interval, if it was too easy, give yourself a shorter time interval.
Last week, we saw lots of arrays on the maths videos and worksheets. Many of you found this concept quite tricky. Today we will learn more about arrays in order to consolidate this learning. It is important that you are confident with this concept as it will help with your mental and written multiplication strategies later on.
Please open the maths worksheet called ‘Arrays’ attached to the blog.
Either click on the link below which will take you to White Rose maths and watch the lesson, Using arrays
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/week-9-number-multiplication-division/
OR click on the link below for the video.
Write the short date 25.01.21
Write the learning objective Can I show an understanding of arrays?
Complete the worksheet and stick it in your book or write the answers directly into your Home Learning Book.
Check your answers from Friday in the document ‘Answers Multiply 3 numbers’. Look carefully at any questions you got wrong.
To consolidate arrays further, I have set a challenge on Sumdog. Please log on and have a go.
Remember, an array is a picture which helps us to understand our times tables. Multiplication is the same as repeated addition. 5 x 3 can be shown in 2 arrays:
3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 15 5 + 5 + 5 = 15
History
Follow the link below to take you to “What was it like in Roman Britain?”
Read the information, click on the images to reveal further information, and watch the clips.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zqtf34j/articles/ztqg4wx
Write the long date Monday 25th January 2021
Write the learning objective Can I describe how the Romans changed Britain?
COMPLETE EITHER 1a or 1b (you can do both if you wish). Then complete number 2.
1a Write a subheading What were Roman houses like?
In your own words, describe what Roman houses were like (they were very different from Celtic houses).
Sketch a Roman Villa and label it using ideas from the website
1b Write a subheading What was a Roman town like?
Sketch a Roman town and label it using ideas from the website
- Write a subheading What technology did the Romans bring?
In your own words, explain how the Romans brought roads and aqueducts to Britain. How did they make them? What were they for? What was special about them?
You can find more information by clicking on the link below. Look down the left hand side of the webpage to find out more about Romans Baths, Roman Houses, Roman Life, Roman Roads, Roman Towns etc
http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/Romans.html
Computing
Using the link below to log into code.org. Carry on where you left off.
https://studio.code.org/sections/LKRPFH
Sumdog challenges
You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:
- A maths times table challenge (based on the 11 and 12 times tables)
- A maths challenge based on ‘arrays’ and the 3, 4 and 8 times tables
- A grammar challenge ‘capital letters’ (this is something which I am having to correct in writing every day, therefore I am setting it as a challenge this week)
Please make sure you log on and have a go!
New challenges will start on Monday 1st February 2021
Well done for finishing today’s work. Have a lovely evening and stay safe.
Year 6 Home Learning - Monday 25th January 2021
Date: 24th Jan 2021 @ 12:59pm
Monday 25th January 2021
Good morning Year 6. I hope you had a fun weekend with all the snow. I managed to make a daddy snowman and a baby one, and they are still there!. This week set yourself a target of what you want to accomplish: maybe it is to complete everything, send me your writing every day or complete the Sumdog before Friday – whatever it is, write it down and let’s see how well you do at the end of the week.
Here are the tasks for the day:
Reading
Read for 30 minutes. Building up your reading stamina and speed will help for when you return.
Reading activity for today:
- Pick a descriptive word from the text, write it down and, using a thesaurus (real or from the internet), write down 5 synonyms (same as) and antonyms (opposite) for that word.
English (split into three parts: Handwriting, Spellings and Writing)
Handwriting
The handwriting poems this week are based on chants. Make sure you slow down each of your letters to make them form correctly. This week focus on having all your descenders below the line and formed correctly (f, g, j, p, q, y).
We want to wear our wellies
We want to wear our wellies
When it’s windy.
We want to wear our wellies
When it’s wet.
We want to wear our wellies
When the weather on the telly
Say’s it’s going to be
The warmest day yet.
We want to wear our wellies
Even though our feet get smelly.
We want to wear our wellies
Because they’re red.
We want to wear our wellies
When it’s wet or warm or windy-
But we never wear our wellies in bed!
Spellings
There is a spelling file attached at the bottom of this blog which covers the spellings for this week, homophones (words with the same sound but different spelling).
- All the spellings are on Sumdog (deadline is Friday for this so you can have your own spelling quiz at home).
Writing task
Can I write a character description of Abel?
Read chapter 15 (pages 113 – 123). In this chapter, Hatty and Abel have a bonfire to get rid of the bows and arrows in exchange for a small knife which she carves her initials into trees. Tom then climbs the wall and Abel quickly makes Hatty swear on the bible that she will not ever climb that wall.
Why did Abel make her swear on the Bible?
Do you think there could be another reason behind his strange behaviour?
Your task is to illustrate, label then describe Abel.
- There is a picture on page 124 to help you illustrate but you can use the description on page 50 (bottom half).
- Label the picture, not with a description of his appearance, but a description of him as a character from what you have learnt.
To help, think about:
- The things he has done in the story (you do not have to remember them all, just 3 things). Skim through the book from page 50 onwards, if you need to, but just think about anything that Abel has done.
- Is he kind or rude, aggressive or understanding. Use the Impressions List at the bottom of the blog to find good vocabulary for Abel.
- What would his thoughts be: towards the garden and Hatty and the cousins?
- Now piece all of this together to create a character description, which should be a paragraph long (this will help massively for tomorrow’s lesson).
E.g. Here is an example of part of task 2 and 3 (you will obviously write more than this):
2. Abel fixed the green house glass that Hatty broke with her arrow = shows he is calm and kind.
Abel warned Hatty of making arrows = caring
3. Abel is the gardener of the big house. He spends every day there tending to every corner of it. He is very kind towards Hatty, especially if she makes a mistake like the time when she broke the green house glass and he mended it calmly. Abel shows he cares for Hatty often by warning her of things that could get her into trouble.
Maths – Percentages Week
- Warm up your brain: Counting forward in 25s.
125, 750, 1420, 500, 335
- Sumdog – two challenges (both with 200 answer targets):
- Mix of 6 and 8 times tables
- Add / subtract within 10 000 (this will show quite a few column addition and subtraction questions which will help you throughout the week’s learning).
- Main lesson. The objective for today is:
- Can I use various mental strategies to add numbers together?
See the video sent on Seesaw which explains the activities for today’s Maths lesson. The attached worksheet is called ‘Mental strategies - questions and answers’.
- Challenge – is to name the strategy you chose for each question and write it next to the answer (I will not take ‘I just did it’ as an answer – describing your process takes you one step closer to mastering maths).
PE
Being active is once again so important. Hopefully you are going for walks, running, biking, etc but if the weather is keeping you inside, prepare a little circuit that raises your heart rate and makes you sweat a little. Through Seesaw you can send me videos of anything, including PE so keep them coming, I love to see them all.
Gymnastics:
- Click on the link here, Sequence Champions, with the video here, Video for Sequence Champions.
- Warm up – let’s continue to up the warm up time with 30 star jumps, 30 squats, 30 seconds running on the spot. Rest for 30 seconds and repeat one more time.
- Loosen the joints again with arm circles, leg circles. Never do anything that makes you feel in pain.
- Once again you will need a dice or something equivalent to choose 1-6 randomly.
- Then create a sequence using any of the rolls or balances we have looked at in the past. To remind you here is a list we made the last day you were all in:
- Rolls – egg roll, teddy bear roll, side roll, pencil roll
- Balances – 4 point, 3 point, 2 point, 1 point, dish, arch, front and back support
Games:
- Click on the link here, Battleships 2, with the video here, Video for Battleships 2.
- Don’t forget to be warm for any PE activity you do. Copy the same as gymnastics if you are not warm already.
- In this follow up game to last week, we introduce an ‘ultimate battleship’ that allows the player to bring a ship back to life. Watch the video for guidance and try to play it with someone.
- If everyone is busy, have the ‘ultimate battleship’ in a very far position for you to aim at. How many times can you knock it over in a minute? Which is the furthest distance you can knock it over in? (just be careful not to knock over anything else in the house!).
Reception 25th January Home Learning 2021
Date: 22nd Jan 2021 @ 2:18pm
Monday 25th January 2021
Hello Reception, we hope you have had a fabulous weekend and are ready for your home learning this week. Remember if you need anything, contact the school office, we are here to help as much as we can.
Before you start any of your home learning this week have a listen to our 'I Have A Go' song. I hope it makes you smile as much as it does when we are in class :)
Online Resources
Phonics Play will help you to keep recapping all previous sounds the children have learnt since September. Resources, Phase 2, Speed Flash Trials.
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
The log in is Username: jan21
Password: home
You can also use this log in to play any of the phase 2 phonics games 😊
Oxford Owl eBooks Class login - sto1 Password – 1234
Library – Age 4-7 – Change the level to your child’s book band level and have a go at any of the e-books available to you.
Phonics –
Please revisit all of our new digraph sounds. 😊
ch, sh, th, ng, qu, ai, ee, oa
Can I write the sounds on a whiteboard?
Can I put the sounds onto a bit of paper and hide them around the house, then can I run to find the sound that my grown up asks for?
Today’s new sound is ‘igh’ – this is a trigraph, meaning that three letters that make one sound.
Have a watch of Polly’s Video to help you with the sound.
Can I read these ‘igh’ words?
night sight sigh
right fright
Can I write the words on a whiteboard?
Handwriting - Have a go at the next page in your booklet, which is all about the letter Nn.
The Humpty Words of the week are: my, her, are, me
Can I write them with chalks outside?
Can I paint them?
Can I use different colours to write them?
(Use paper or the whiteboard from your pack.)
Literacy –
Our story this week is Supertato! Have a watch of the story here.
After listening to the story, have a think about the main characters.
Supertato and Evil Pea
Can I describe the characters?
Things to think about:
How do they act, think and move?
How do they think and feel?
Can you think of some interesting describing words?
Are they similar or different? How?
What do they look like?
Can I record myself talking about one of the characters?
Reading – It is great that so many of you are ringing the office to collect new books weekly.
It has been lovely to hear some of your reading on seesaw, well done.
Try to read for 10 minutes each day. 😊
For extra reading you can access Oxford Owl (optional).
Maths –
Recap - Can I count in twos?
Use this splat square to help you. Do you notice any patterns?
Today we are going to revisit our 3D shapes.
Watch the video below the attachments to remember the names of the 3D shapes.
Can I discuss what 3D shapes I can see in the robot pictures? (See attachment)
Can I find 3D shapes around my house and make a model with them?
It would be great if you could upload a little video to seesaw, to show us your model and tell us the shapes you have used.
Topic Time
EAD - Can I make my own Supertato? (Have a look at the instructions attached)
RE – The story of the Presentation
Activity - Read the passage below whilst looking at the picture attached and discuss the questions about the story.
Mary and Joseph took Jesus to the Temple. He was their baby boy and they wanted to thank God for him. At the Temple they met Simeon and Anna who were both old and had been going to the Temple to pray for many years. They were very happy to see Jesus and to thank God for him.
Can you answer these questions?
• What do you see in the picture?
• Why did Mary and Joseph take Jesus to the Temple?
• Who were the people that they met?
• Why did Simeon and Anna go to the Temple?
Reception Story Time (see video below attachments)
Today's story is ‘Ruff‘ by Jane Hissey.
We hope you have a great week of learning!
Year 1 Home Learning Monday January 25th 2021
Date: 22nd Jan 2021 @ 11:14am
Happy Monday morning everyone! We hope you had a restful weekend. Please keep sending us all your fabulous learning on Seesaw. We are really enjoying it all. We will be uploading our own message to Seesaw every Friday.
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).
Contact the school office if you need new books sent home.
Phonics
Visit Seesaw for your Phonics learning this morning. We will be looking at the long U sound this week.
Keep having a go at your Sumdog spellings. Word building/spelling practice is key to understanding phonics and spelling patterns. Do what you can. Our new word list is on the long U sound and we have also created a key words list to have a go on.
English
Start your day with a pirate dance!
We are continuing with our pirate learning this week. You have all done really well to remember your Think Pinks in your writing.
You are planning your pirate story today. Listen to Sayeeda's story again. Think about all the pirate learning you have already done. What is going to happen in your pirate story? Think about who the characters are in your story. Is your story about Sayeeda or are you going to be in the story? Are there other characters in the story? Talk about your ideas before your draw your pictures on the story map. Use your story map to tell your pirate story to someone in your family. Are you using the pirate words you collected in your word bank last week?
Maths
Watch the videos on number bonds below. Sing along to the songs to remember your number facts. 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 going to look at the relationship between addition and subtraction and related facts. Watch the video on Related facts here. Work through the worksheet linked below.
We have also started a new addition and subtraction challenge on sumdog on related facts. Answer as many questions as you can. 10 minutes a day makes a huge difference to number fluency.
R.E.
As this is the last week in the Special People topic you are going to think about all the learning you have done.Talk about who is special to you, who does special jobs in church and the stories you have listened to about Jesus. In each star on the sheet write or draw something that you could do to say ‘Thank you’ to the special people you know at home, in school and the parish family.
Science
Today we are looking again at everyday materials. Open the file below and have a go at the challenges. Have a go at the Venn diagram activity revisiting any properties / materials you used last week. Take some photos of what you've found and record how you have sorted your materials.
Well done on completing your learning for today.
Year 6 Home Learning - Friday 22nd January 2021
Date: 21st Jan 2021 @ 3:48pm
Friday 22nd January 2021
Good morning Year 6. Congratulations - you made it to the end of another week! Thank you once again to those who have sent in their work via Seesaw. I am happy to see any work, whether you are celebrating or needing support, I do not mind.
This Friday is the start of my weekly ‘Friday Catch-up’ videos so please check your Seesaw for my message.
Here are the final tasks of the week:
Reading
Read for 30 minutes. Now is the time to build up reading stamina by reading for longer. Some of you do this already, which is great, but it is important that we all do it every day.
Reading activity for today:
- Write about a memory or experience of your own that is similar to something you’ve read in the book.
English (split into three parts: Handwriting, Spellings and Writing)
Handwriting
Every day this week we are going to focus on our number 1 class target, Handwriting, which must be joined. Each day, I will give you a poem to copy in your neatest handwriting. This week focus on having clear spaces between words.
The soldiers (Yesterday’s lesson = Matchsticks)
Who were the soldiers
tall and erect
who came to your door
while you still slept?
Who were the soldiers
pale and thin
who never knocked
to be let in
but stood on guard
with hats of tin?
(Answer is at the bottom of the blog)
Spellings
There is a spelling file attached at the bottom of this blog which covers the spellings for this week – fer
- Today is the spelling quiz. Hopefully you can get someone to quiz you on the 15 spellings, in random order. Then ask them to come up with 3 sentences for you to write for your dictation.
Writing task
Yesterday’s great example of reported/indirect speech (past tense and third person)
Tom and Hatty had an argument. Tom had accused Hatty of being a ghost but she didn’t take it very well. Tom punched her trying to prove she was a ghost. Hatty ended crying but then Tom took back what he had said and put his arm around Hatty to comfort her. She carried on with her jobs, sniffing every once in a while.
Can I write a report, as Tom, explaining why Hatty is from the past (and which part of history)?
Read chapter 14
In this chapter, Tom is researching information on how Hatty must be from the past and therefore a ghost.
As you read this chapter, make notes on the information Tom finds that secures this. Make bullet point notes (which we have done many times) to help. Some of the following sub-headings can be used to give you a start:
- Monarchs (Kings and Queens of England) – page 110
- 17th, 18th or 19th Century? – page 110
- Trousers – page 111
- Skirts – page 112
- First World War - 112
With this information, your task is to write a report detailing why Hatty is from the past and therefore a ghost.
Success criteria. Explain each of your reasons with:
- Formal language (no contractions – don’t, can’t)
- Use modal verbs (could, should, might, will, does mean)
I have sent a video explaining how to work through each task of making notes and using them to create a report.
Maths – Percentages Week
- Warm up your brain: Counting back in 0.01s.
1024, 1 843, 24 626, 274 763, 1 847 265
With each number count back in 1s, 10 times.
(1024, 924, 824, 724, 624, 524, 424, 324, 224, 124, 24)
- Sumdog – two challenges (both with 200 answer targets for this week):
- Mix of 7 and 9 times tables
- FDP – converting between fractions, decimals and percentages
- Main lesson. The objective for today is:
- Can I find percentages of amounts?
Today’s lesson is about finding percentages of amounts. There is a video for the lesson here, Percentage of amounts, which works through a few strategies to solve a range of questions.
I have also sent you a video of me explaining how we solve percentages of amounts in class. I work through multiples of 10%, 5% and 1% so please watch as it should jog your memory.
Complete the attached ‘Percentage of amounts sheet’ at the bottom of this blog.
- Maths challenge – Percentage of amounts is attached at the bottom of this blog. My video should help you in solving both the ‘challenging’ and ‘very challenging’ sections.
Art
Following yesterday’s History lesson, we learnt about 6 of the Mayan gods that they worshipped over a thousand or more years ago. One of the main gods that they worshipped was Kukulkan. Kukulkan was a powerful snake god whose name means ‘feathered serpent’. He was the primary god of the Itza people in the latter part of the Maya civilisation. They even built a temple, which is called the Kukulkan, with a huge serpent guarding the temple with a gaping mouth. Have a look at the PowerPoint, Kukulkan Images, which show some jewellery, coins and artwork that show Kukulkan.
As you can see in the images, Kukulkan is often drawn to look like a dragon. This god was not unique to the Maya civilisation as he was also known as Quetzalcoatl to the Aztecs (another ancient civilisation who ruled in the same country, Mexico, just after the Mayan ended). For you to sketch the Kukulkan, follow the video, How to draw a double headed Aztec Serpent (Kukulkan).
Keep your sketch as well as your other pieces as we will put them together for a final art piece in the future.
Handwriting answer = Milk Bottles
Have a super weekend everyone!
Year 3 Home Learning 22nd January 2021 - FUN FRIDAY
Date: 21st Jan 2021 @ 3:41pm
Good morning Year 3. I hope you had a nice day, it was fantastic to see how well you did with your arithmetic questions and lots of you practised using a number line – amazing!
Friday 22nd January 2021
Today we are going to have FUN FRIDAY!
I know you have been working so hard at home – I have seen amazing work on Seesaw and so many of you have been going on Sumdog every day.
In school, we are going to try to be active today. We are going to have an extra 5 minutes outside (hopefully) at play time, and an extra 10 minutes at lunch time. Why don’t you do the same at home?
On Seesaw today, please send me a photo of something happy – it can be a photo of yourself or something you have done that made you smile.
Reading
Please read out loud to somebody for 20 minutes.
Try to use lots of expression and different voices for the different characters.
Spelling
Here are your spellings for this week. They are homophones. Homophones are words which sound the same but have different meanings or spellings:
there, their, they’re, here, hear, see, sea, too, two, blue, blew
Write the long date: Friday 22nd January 2021
Write the title: Homophones practice
Split your page into 10 shapes.
Fill each shape with a different spelling word – make sure they are all spelt correctly. Use different colours for each shape.
Writing:
Long date: Friday 22nd January 2021
Title: Can I write a story?
Make up a story about anything you want, you could choose a character or setting from a book you are reading at home and use them. Or you could write a silly story. Or you could write the story of your favourite film. It can be ANYTHING that you are interested in.
Illustrate it with colourful pictures when you have finished.
Remember:
Capital letters and full stops
Perfect spelling
Beautiful handwriting
To make it even better:
Add a simile
Include a question
Use an exclamation mark
Start a sentence with a conjunction – if, when, because, even though, so that
Times tables
Listen to the 8x tables rap. Do silly dances and call out the numbers in silly voices.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SwaOvWD-PY
Sumdog
Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenges:
- Statistics Challenge: 18th January – 24th January
- ×2 ×3 ×4 ×5 ×8 ×10 tables: 18th January – 24th January
- Homophone Challenge: 18th January – 24th January
Maths
Times tables game
Cut up 24 pieces of paper.
On 12 pieces write out times tables questions from 1 x 8 up to 12 x 8.
On 12 pieces write the answers from 8 up to 96.
Either:
Put the cards face down on the table.
Choose two cards.
If they match, keep them.
If they do not, put them back.
Or:
Share the cards between yourself and somebody at home.
Play snap – shout a silly word if they match.
Computing
If you can remember your login details for code.org, log on and have a go at the next lesson.
https://studio.code.org/users/sign_in - YCTNBX
Or choose an animal that lives in the Amazon Rainforest and make a PowerPoint about it including pictures and facts.
Get active
Follow the link.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rkUsuzOksT0SvGG1vuOb2qVaS7EDvizg?usp=sharing
Double click on Year 3 and 4.
Double click on the street dance video.
Watch the video and try to learn the dance.
Golden Time
Do something fun at half past 2:
Play outside, draw and colour a picture, make up your own game, make a PowerPoint about something you love, type up your favourite writing from the week.
HOME LEARNING Friday 22nd January 2021
Date: 21st Jan 2021 @ 3:20pm
Year 4
Home Learning Friday 22nd January 2021
Good morning Year 4. Well done for all your Home Learning this week. You have worked hard and put in a lot of effort. I’m sure you’re looking forward to relaxing over the weekend and enjoying some time with your family.
Look out for the ‘Friday catch up’ which will be sent via Seesaw later on this afternoon.
Please complete today’s work as if you were in school, taking care with your handwriting, spellings, punctuation, vocabulary, and of course, your presentation. Remember to try and do the work on the day it is set as it usually follows on from the previous day. It is important that you continue to work hard recapping and practising previous learning, as well as learning new things.
If you need any reading books, please let us know and we will arrange for some books to be collected from the school office.
Reading
Please read out loud to someone at home for 20 minutes. Make sure you discuss what has happened in the chapter / story so far.
Find ten common nouns (general words for people, places and things) and five proper nouns (specific names for people, places or things – they always have capital letters). Write the words you have found in your Home Learning book.
Spelling
These are your new spellings which will be tested on Thursday 28th January 2021. They all have the prefix inter. A PREFIX is a group of letters that change the meaning of a word when they are added to the START. Inter means amongst or during.
Copy the new words into your book carefully and make sure you find out the meanings of any words you don’t know. Please practise these words in your books, they are NOT on Sumdog this week.
interact international intercity interlink
interview intermediate internet interface
intercept interchange intercom interfere
English
Yesterday we started our novel Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo.
Today, as you read / listen to Kensuke’s Kingdom, write down the names of all the characters you meet.
If you want to read Chapter 1 to yourself, please download the copy of Kensuke’s Kingdom attached to the blog. ONLY READ Chapter 1 please.
If you want to read Chapter 1 and listen to it being read, please click on the links below (at the end of Part 1 it should automatically go to Part 2 – the link is here incase it doesn’t).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcEa-beSa0o&safe=active (Chapter 1 Part 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR1ii4BPJN4&safe=active (Chapter 1 Part 2)
- Download the sheet ‘Chapter 1 Definitions’ attached to this blog. Instructions are given on the sheet – either print the sheet off, complete it and stick it in your book, or copy the words into your book and write the meaning and a sentence below the word.
Write the long date Friday 22nd January 2021
Write the learning objective Can I find definitions for words and use them correctly?
- You should have a list of names you heard whilst you were reading / listening to the story. Choose 4 of those names and write everything you have learnt about that character so far in the story. (You should try and include some main characters, such as Mum, Dad, Michael and Stella Artois, as well as some minor characters, such as Barnacle Bill, Eddie Dodds etc)
Write the long date Friday 22nd January 2021
Write the learning objective Can I explain what I have learnt about a character using evidence from the text?
Please share your work on Seesaw
Times tables
If you did your test yesterday and sent it to me on Seesaw, I may have given you a new target. Please start to practise your new target today.
If you didn’t do your test yesterday, please do it today and send it to me on Seesaw so that I can see how you are getting on learning your tables.
If you have a new target, please practise that on Hit the button.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Counting
Count in 100’s from 800 to 2100 and back again. Count in 100’s from 550 to 1750 and back again. Think about what you found tricky?
Please count in 11’s from 11 to 132 and back again – can you go any further? (if you get stuck, add 10 then 1 onto your last number if counting up or subtract 10 then 1 if counting down). Writ the numbers down as you say them - do you notice any patterns?
Eg 11 22 22 add 10 = 32 + 1 = 33 etc
Maths
Use the link below – to play Daily 10.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
Click on play game. Choose level 2, subtraction, 2 digit numbers. 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.
Choose level 2, subtraction, 2 digit numbers with composition, choose a time interval and play again.
Please open the maths worksheet called ‘Multiply 3 numbers’ attached to the blog. You may print this off if you have a printer.
EITHER click on the link below and watch the lesson, Multiply 3 numbers
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/week-1-number-multiplication-division/
OR click on the link below for the video.
Write the short date 22.01.21
Write the learning objective Can I multiply 3 numbers accurately?
Complete the worksheet as instructed (if you have printed it off) and stick it in your book or write the answers directly into your Home Learning Book.
Check your answers from yesterday, they are in the document ‘Answers 11 and 12 times tables’ which is attached to the blog. Make sure you look carefully at any questions you got wrong.
Last week, we revisited and learnt more about measurement – length and perimeter. To consolidate this learning, I have set a challenge on Sumdog. Please log on and have a go.
Science
Yesterday, you may have set up a freezing activity.
If you set this experiment up, please take your frozen liquids out and leave them until they start to melt.
Download the lesson using this link and goto slide 5
Look at the table on slide 5 and copy it into your Home Learning Book under the date and learning objective.
Date - Friday 22nd January 2021
Learning objective - Can I make observations of frozen liquids?
Record the observations of your frozen liquids beginning to melt in your table, adding as much detail as you can. There is a good example on slide 9.
Well done – you are becoming experts on changing states of matter
RE - Community
Jesus proclaimed God the Father’s love by what he said and did. People who followed Jesus Christ in the early Church began to be called Christians. They formed a Christian community called the Church. At the beginning of his ministry on earth, Jesus chose certain people to follow him and share in his work. They were to be apostles and would be sent out to spread the Good News. God chooses people to serve him today through their parish communities. Read Mark 3: 13-19 below.
Questions to think about
How do you think the apostles felt when Jesus chose them to help him in his work?
Why do you think he chose people to help him?
What do you think the Good News is?
Write the long date Friday 22nd January 2021
Learning objective Can I describe how James / Andrew etc felt to be chosen as an apostle?
(Write the name of your chosen apostle where I have written James / Andrew etc).
Draw one of the apostles in your book. Draw a speech bubble and write the words you think they would say to Jesus immediately after he chose them to help him in his work. You MUST write a minimum of 8 words!
Please upload your RE to Seesaw
Art
Last week, you had a go at designing your own mosaic border using 5 rows of squares and either 2 or 3 colours. This week, I would like you to design another border, using a different pattern / different colours.
Please download the document called ‘Mosaics’ attached to the blog – this gives some examples on pg 3.
Attached to the blog is some squared paper for you to use (Mosaic squared paper).
REMEMBER ONLY USE 2 OR 3 COLOURS AND REPEAT THE PATTERN
Please share your work on Seesaw so that I can see your creative designs.
Sumdog challenges
You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:
- A maths times table challenge (based on the 4 and 8 times tables)
- A maths challenge ‘Measure the perimeter of 2D shapes’
- A grammar challenge ‘Inverted commas / speech marks’ to consolidate last week’s learning
Please make sure you log on and have a go!
New challenges will start on Monday 25th January 2021
Well done for finishing today’s work. Have a lovely weekend and stay safe.
Reception 22nd January Home Learning
Date: 21st Jan 2021 @ 9:56am
Friday 22nd January 2021
Good morning everyone, it is Friday already. What a great week of learning you have all had. I hope the phonics video was helpful yesterday.
Online Resources
Phonics Play will help you to keep recapping all previous sounds the children have learnt since September. Resources, Phase 2, Speed Flash Trials.
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
The log in is Username: jan21
Password: home
You can also use this log in to play any of the phase 2 phonics games 😊
Oxford Owl eBooks Class login - sto1 Password – 1234
Library – Age 4-7 – Change the level to your child’s book band level and have a go at any of the e-books available to you.
Phonics –
Please revisit all of our new digraph sounds. 😊
ch, sh, th, ng, qu, ai, ee, oa
Can I write the sounds on a whiteboard?
Can I have a go at the writing sheet attached?
Please see the Seesaw video for the 'Writing a sentence' activity.
Can I write a sentence? (see attached sheet for pictures)
Handwriting - Have a go at the next page in your booklet, which is all about the letter Mm.
The Humpty Words of the week are: she, they, all, was
Today is spelling check day, can you write the words all by yourself?
Can you remember the other words we have been practising?
The, go, no, I, to, into, he, you
(Use paper or the whiteboard from your pack.)
Literacy –
Our story this week is - The Tiger who came to Tea.
Today we are going to finish writing our stories, using the ideas you made up in your story maps.
Can I read the beginning of my story that I wrote yesterday?
Can I write the middle of the story?
Can I write the end of the story?
Keep it very simple. (One sentence for each)
Here is Miss Collinson’s Story
The Monkey Who Came To Tea
Beginning - A cheeky monkey came round for tea. He ate all the bananas in my house.
Middle – The monkey jumped on the bed.
End – The monkey was swinging in the trees.
Remember before you start your writing, to say your sentence, count how many words are in your sentence and say each word slowly. What sounds are in your head? Write the sounds you can hear.
Try to use your finger spaces and full stops too.
(You can use the template attached or your exercise books.)
You can watch the story on demand on Channel 4
Reading – It is great that so many of you are ringing the office to collect new books weekly.
We would love to hear some of your reading this week – I wonder if you could record a little bit and put it on Seesaw?
Try to read for 10 minutes each day. 😊
For extra reading you can access Oxford Owl (optional).
Maths – Can I count in twos?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 1819 20
How far can you go counting in twos?
Use this splat square to help you. do you notice any patterns?
Today we are going to recap 2D shape –
Watch the video attached below.
Can I have a go at the cutting and sorting activity attached?
Topic Time
PE – Co-ordination with Ball Skills
Have a go at lesson one – co-ordination with ball skills.
These videos are delivered by PE teachers and will help your child to continue their skill development in PE.
Cosmic yoga – Yoga in the jungle
Reception Story Time
Today's story is 'Elmer and the lost Teddy' by David Mckee.
We hope you all have a lovely weekend and well done for trying your best every single day!
Year 2 Home Learning - 22nd January 2021
Date: 21st Jan 2021 @ 9:20am
We made it to Friday!
Well done Year 2. You have had another great week of learning. We can see that you are all working really hard at home which is brilliant to see. We are proud of you all!
Please view our ‘Friday catch up’ on Seesaw, where we discuss all of your amazing achievements throughout the week. To view all the lessons so far, select the inbox and click family notifications.
We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.
You should have received an email inviting you to join your child’s account on Seesaw – please check your junk mail if you have not received this. Through Seesaw, you will be able to upload work which has been completed at home and we will be able to give feedback. You will only see your child’s work and all feedback given will be private to your account. We are looking forward to seeing the super learning which has been completed at home.
Reading
It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.
When you’ve finished reading, talk about what happened. Acting out the things that happened in the story or describing the big idea of a chapter is really fun and maximises learning. For example, ‘can you remember all the things that happened on the bear hunt?’
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
Counting in 5’s – Have a go at the following games
https://uk.splashlearn.com/maths-skills/year-3/number-sense/count-by-5-s
http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/duckShoot/index.html
5 Times Tables – Listen to this 5 times table song: 5 times table song
Can you write out all your 5 times tables up to 12 in your home learning journal.
Today’s Maths lesson can be found under the notifications section on Seesaw.
We would like you to have a go at the arithmetic quiz. Watch the video first to remind yourself about all the different strategies we use when completing addition and subtraction questions.
You will need:
Pencil
Exercise book or scrap piece of paper to show your working
A quiet space
Arithmetic questions
Arithmetic answers to check your work
Be careful not to view the answers before you start the quiz. Try to complete this activity independently and once you have completed the quiz, go through the questions with an older sibling or adult (if they are available).
Let us know how you did by posting your score on Seesaw.
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 –
Spellings – adverbs with the suffix ly
Sumdog – Well done to the 19 children who have had a go at the new Sumdog challenges this week. We would love to see everyone have a go at the challenges set for next week. Sumdog can be a great way to consolidate learning and practise your spellings.
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
Adverbs
An adverb is simply a word that describes a verb (an action or a doing word).
• He ate his breakfast quickly.
The word 'quickly' is an adverb as it tells us how he ate (the verb) his breakfast.
Where to place adverbs?
Adverbs can come before or after a verb.
• He 'quickly' ate his lunch.
• He ate his lunch 'quickly'.
Let Johnny and Inel get you up and moving, while you learn about adjectives and adverbs. Through a song and routine, children will learn how to write better stories using adjectives and adverbs.
Watch this introduction to adverbs on BBC bitesize and have a go at the games – BBC bitesize - adverbs
Please see attached document. Look at each picture and verb. Can you write a sentence including an adverb about each one? Or you could have a go at the mini adverb quiz.
Computing
This term we are looking at coding in Computing. On the additional documents you will find your child’s individual login for the programme we use. The website is called Code.org. It should work on your tablets. If you do not have one, school will be happy to loan one out to you whilst you are off. Once your child has their unique login, they will be able to access the programme on code.org by following the instructions on the document.
- Each child will have the same 6 letter section code – FMSQGM, they will then search for their name, choose their secret picture and then press the sign in button.
Today please complete the following lesson:
- Course B (2020)
- Complete Lesson 5 – Programming with Harvester
Please only complete the lessons stated above.
Additional activities – Art
Try one of the art activities on the attached document or paint your own picture of a dragon.
We hope you have a brilliant weekend and look forward to seeing your work next week.
Year 2 team
Year 2 Home Learning - 21st January 2021
Date: 20th Jan 2021 @ 3:50pm
Hello everyone.
Well done for all your brilliant learning so far this week. Today there will be a lesson introduction from Miss Bennison for English. It has been uploaded to SeeSaw. We have really enjoyed seeing what you have been doing at home through your pictures on SeeSaw. Tell someone you live with 3 things that you were proud of yesterday.
Keep active with Joe Wicks every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9am.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
Have a go at drawing some cute animals, learning step by step how to draw them.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3dEvA1is6-0_yuei9iCdEw
Premier League Stars have come up with some great videos to stay fit and healthy – they are for the whole family.
https://plprimarystars.com/home-learning/the-premier-league-bbc
We will explain the structure on here each day but please refer to the additional uploaded documents for each specific lesson guidance and resources.
You should have received an email inviting you to join your child’s account on Seesaw – please check your junk mail if you have not received this. Through Seesaw, you will be able to upload work which has been completed at home and we will be able to give feedback. You will only see your child’s work and all feedback given will be private to your account. We are looking forward to seeing the super learning which has been completed at home.
Reading
It is ESSENTIAL that children continue to read every single day. This should be for a minimum of 20 minutes.
When you’ve finished reading, talk about what happened. Acting out the things that happened in the story or describing the big idea of a chapter is really fun and maximises learning. For example, ‘can you remember all the things that happened on the bear hunt?’
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
Counting in 5’s – Start on 2 and count on in 5’s. Can you notice a pattern? Challenge – Can count backwards?
5 Times Tables – Listen to this 5 times table song: 5 times table song
Play hit the button and select 5 times tables – hit the button
Can you write out all your 5 times tables up to 12 in your home learning journal.
This week we will be doing a re-cap on addition and subtraction. We have already covered this area in class so children should be able to use certain strategies like drawing tens and ones, partitioning numbers or drawing number lines to help you work out the answers. We will also cover some new areas of addition and subtraction too.
Can I use my bonds to 100?
Today we are going to look at bonds to 100 just using tens.
We have uploaded an additional document named 'CHALLENGE'. This is only intended as extension work to challenge and push your learning. You are not required to complete this sheet. The WhiteRose sheet is more than enough.
Make sure you watch the video carefully and pause to answer questions on the worksheet.
Please follow the link and complete the worksheet attached to the class blog.
1. Watch the video (either on your own or with your child).
2. Find a calm space where your child can work for about 20-30 minutes.
3. Use the video guidance to support your child as they work through a lesson.
Complete on the sheet (if you have a printer) or write your answers in your home learning book.
Sumdog
Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class.
Log in at www.sumdog.com
Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.
Sumdog challenges
Multiplication – x2, x3, x5 and x10 tables
Maths – addition and subtraction
Spellings – adverbs with the suffix -ly
English
Please see attached document for the English Lesson. Today the introduction for the English lesson has been uploaded to SeeSaw.
Please upload a picture of your writing to SeeSaw.
Phonics and Spelling
Phonics play have made their website free to use throughout January. Login -> select the resources tab -> select phase 6 phonics and have a play!
You may log in with the following details:
username: jan21
password: home
Adverbs
An adverb is simply a word that describes a verb (an action or a doing word).
• He ate his breakfast quickly.
The word 'quickly' is an adverb as it tells us how he ate (the verb) his breakfast.
Where to place adverbs?
Adverbs can come before or after a verb.
• He 'quickly' ate his lunch.
• He ate his lunch 'quickly'.
Let Johnny and Inel get you up and moving, while you learn about adjectives and adverbs. Through a song and routine, children will learn how to write better stories using adjectives and adverbs.
Watch this introduction to adverbs on BBC bitesize and have a go at the games – BBC bitesize - adverbs
BORING SENTENCES!!! Please see the worksheets attached. Can you alter these boring sentences by including adverbs?
RE
The four Gospels, found in this second part of the Bible - the New Testament - tell the story of Jesus’ life on earth, his birth, his teaching, the friends he called to help him and his Death and Resurrection. The four Gospels are each named after the person who is thought to have written it – Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The Gospel writers wrote for different reasons and different groups.
Q How many Gospels are there?
Q What are the names of the Gospels?
Q How do the Gospels help us?
In the Gospel of John, Jesus says,
‘Love one another. I love each one of you’ and,
‘You are my friends.’
Activity
Choose one of these sayings and describe in sentences how it can be lived out at home or in school.
Can you draw a picture underneath to show what it means to you? Why did you choose it?
Additional activities – Art
See attached document with lots of dragon art activities. Have a go at some. We can’t wait to see what you create on SeeSaw.
Well done Year 2.
Year 2 team
HOME LEARNING Thursday 21st January 2021
Date: 20th Jan 2021 @ 3:15pm
Year 4
Home Learning Thursday 21st January 2021
Good morning Year 4. I hope you are all happy and well. Make sure you say a big thank you to everyone at home who has helped you in any way. They may have helped with your Home Learning, made you something to eat or drink, or given you a hug and a big smile. Thank you also from the Year 4 team for all your help and support at this tricky time.
Please complete today’s work as if you were in school, taking care with your handwriting, spellings, punctuation, vocabulary, and of course, your presentation. Remember to try and do the work on the day it is set as it usually follows on from the previous day. It is important that you continue to work hard recapping and practising previous learning, as well as learning new things.
If you need any reading books, please let us know and we will arrange for some books to be collected from the school office.
Reading
Please read out loud to someone at home for 20 minutes. Make sure you discuss what has happened in the chapter / story so far.
Tell someone about your favourite character in the book. What is their name and what does it suggest about them? What is it about the character that you like? Can you describe their appearance (what they look like) and their personality (what they are like)?
Spelling
This week’s spellings all have the prefix ‘super’. Children in school will be tested on these words today, therefore, please ask someone at home to test you on them. Write the date in your book - Thursday 21st January 2021 and the title Spelling test and complete the test underneath. Once you’ve completed the test, check any words that you got wrong. Good luck! The words are:
superstar supermarket supernova supermodel
superpower superhero supernatural superglue
supersonic superintendent supersaturated superstore
New spellings will be given tomorrow.
English
Today we will be starting a class novel – Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo. This is one of my favourite books and our English learning will be based on it.
Please open the document attached to the blog called ‘Front cover and blurb’.
Write the long date Thursday 21st January 2021
Write the learning objective Can I make predictions and ask questions about a text?
Look at the front cover carefully (slide 1). In your book:
- Write a list of what can you see in the picture.
- Explain where you think this is and why.
- List who and what you see in the boat.
- Is the sea calm or do you think the boat is in danger? Explain why you think this.
Read the blurb on the back carefully (slide 2). Answer these questions in your book.
- Who do you think Michael is and how old is he?
- How did Michael get washed up on an island?
- Why do you think Michael was on a boat in the first place?
- How do you know Michael is not alone on the island and is this ‘person’ a friend or an enemy? Why do you think this?
- What genre of book do you think this is? (this means what category / kind of
story do you think it is, for example science fiction, fairy tale, adventure story, fantasy, horror, mystery, thriller etc)
- Explain why you think the book belongs to this genre.
Now read the first 2 paragraphs of Chapter 1 on the third and fourth slide (you will be sent a recording of these 2 paragraphs through Seesaw on Thursday morning, so you can listen to and read the text at the same time).
In your book, write 6 questions that you would like to ask now you have read these first 2 paragraphs. For example:
How did Michael disappear?
How did he come back from the dead?
Why has he had to keep this secret for 10 years?
Please remember to write your answers in full sentences, in your best joined up hand writing, using questions marks and capital letters in the correct places.
Please share your work on Seesaw
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 ÷8 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 21.01.21
Write the title Times table test
Check your answers carefully.
Please share your ‘test’ on Seesaw.
Counting
Count in 100’s from 100 to 1500 and back again. Count in 100’s from 180 to 1280 and back again. Think about what you found tricky.
Please count in 11’s from 11 to 132 and back again – can you go any further? (if you get stuck, add 10 then 1 onto your last number if counting up or subtract 10 then 1 if counting down). Write the numbers down as you say them - do you notice any patterns?
Eg 11 22 22 add 10 = 32 + 1 = 33 etc
Maths
Use the link below – to play Daily 10.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
Repeat the addition games you played yesterday but choose a shorter time between the questions. For example, if you chose 10 seconds between each question yesterday, choose 7 seconds today etc.
Click on play game. Choose level 2, addition, 2 digit numbers. 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.
Choose level 3, addition, 2 digit numbers and play again.
Please open the maths worksheet called ’11 and 12 times table’ attached to the blog. You may print this off if you have a printer.
EITHER click on the link below and watch the lesson, 11 and 12 times tables
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/week-1-number-multiplication-division/
OR click on the link below for the video.
Write the short date 21.01.21
Write the learning objective Can I calculate using the 11 and 12 times tables?
Complete the worksheet as instructed (if you have printed it off) and stick it in your book or write the answers directly into your Home Learning Book.
Check your answers from yesterday, they are in the document ‘Answers Divide by 1 and itself’ which is attached to the blog. Make sure you look carefully at any questions you got wrong.
Last week, we revisited and learnt more about measurement – length and perimeter. To consolidate this learning, I have set a challenge on Sumdog. Please log on and have a go.
Science
Click this link for today’s lesson investigating freezing and melting. https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=54CF08BDFC25132B!24310&ithint=file%2cpptx&authkey=!AJO_FWydZh6aBrk
In school, we will be setting up the freezing activity on slide 5 and then coming back to this tomorrow once the liquids have frozen. Then, we will watch the chocolate making video and investigate how chocolate melts as described in the second video clip on slide 9. You will need some dark chocolate, milk chocolate and white chocolate for this activity. If you are able to do this investigation, please plan and record your experiment on the sheet attached to the blog called ‘Science Investigation Sheet’.
Write the long date Thursday 21st January 2021
Write the learning objective for the chocolate experiment, which is Can I plan and carry out an investigation about melting?
If you don’t have chocolate, you could try the ice investigation on slide 6. Record your work under these headings:
What I used
What I did
Which ice cube melted fastest and why
How I could improve my investigation
The next day, take your frozen liquids out and leave them until they start to melt. Record your observations in a table like the one on slide 5. Add as much detail as you can. You can have a look at a good example on slide 9.
The learning objective for the frozen liquids experiment is Can I make observations of frozen liquids?
Well done – you are becoming experts on changing states of matter
Sumdog challenges
You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:
- A maths times table challenge (based on the 4 and 8 times tables)
- A maths challenge ‘Measure the perimeter of 2D shapes’
- A grammar challenge ‘Inverted commas / speech marks’ to consolidate last week’s learning
Please make sure you log on and have a go!
Well done for finishing today’s work. Have a lovely evening and stay safe.
Year 3 Home Learning 21st January 2021
Date: 20th Jan 2021 @ 2:20pm
Good morning Year 3. I hope you had a nice day and are looking forward to another day of learning. I hope you enjoyed listening to my reading of some of Mr Stink – I love reading to you all. Today you will get to see me in a video which I have made for your maths lesson – I had some help from some wonderful Year 3 children.
Well done for the work you have done, I have been very impressed with what I have seen on Seesaw.
If you are finding any of it tricky you can:
- Draw things to help you in Maths like base 10.
- Use things in your house to help with Maths like coins, counters, toys.
- Write out the times tables you need for an activity before starting it.
- Use books and the internet for ideas.
- Discuss your work with people at home when they are not busy.
- Contact the school for support.
Reminders
Please keep sending me your work on Seesaw – I am so proud of you for the work I have seen so far. Today I would like you to send me a photo of your arithmetic questions and number lines.
Remember to bring your home learning book into school if you are coming in on some days.
You can change your school reading books whenever you need to, just let the school office know beforehand so we can get some books ready for you to collect.
Things that made me smile on Wednesday (you could write your own list too)
- Morgan and Louis were very helpful with making a video for your maths lesson – we had a few funny mistakes like pen lids flinging and the wrong words being said.
- Ms Hodson was laughing a lot while we were reading Mr Stink – especially the bit about the egg sandwiches and toilet habits. It makes me happy when I hear people laughing.
- 3 of you have already completed the homophones challenge on Sumdog J
- 9 of you have already completed the times table challenge on Sumdog J
- 9 of you have already completed the statistics challenge on Sumdog J
Thursday 21st January 2021
Reading
Please read out loud to somebody for 20 minutes.
Tell somebody what you think is going to happen next and why.
Spelling
Here are your spellings for this week. They are homophones. Homophones are words which sound the same but have different meanings or spellings:
there, their, they’re, here, hear, see, sea, too, two, blue, blew
Write the long date: Thursday 21st January 2021
Write the title: Homophones
Copy the sentences and fill in the gaps with the correct spelling
- I can … the birds singing. (here, hear)
- All of … handwriting was beautiful. (their, they’re, there)
- Mrs Crumb was … posh to listen to rock music. (too, two)
- Mr Stink asked if … are any more egg sandwiches. (there, their, they’re)
- … the best class in the whole school! (their, there, they’re)
Answers
- I can hear the birds singing.
- All of their handwriting was beautiful.
- Mrs Crumb was too posh to listen to rock music.
- Mr Stink asked if there are any more egg sandwiches.
- They’re the best class in the whole school!
Writing:
Read pages 194 - 201 of Mr Stink. They are attached to this blog. I think you will enjoy the part about earplugs.
Long date: Thursday 21st January 2021
Title – Can I use exciting vocabulary?
You are going to write a story explaining who Mr Stink used to be and how he became homeless. Use your imagination just like Chloe does.
I would like you to choose 5 good words from this chapter and write them down, you are going to use them in your writing.
Here are my choices:
Invented, powerful, abandoned, hilarious, world-famous
Please write two paragraphs and try to write at least half a page in total.
Paragraph 1:
Mr Stink used to…
Paragraph 2:
It all ended and he became homeless when…
Please make sure you have:
- Beautiful handwriting
- Capital letters and full stops
- Great spelling
Here are some top tips of how to make your writing amazing:
- Include commas and exclamation marks.
- Include a question.
- Include a simile.
- Include feelings.
- Start sentences in different ways.
- Use conjunctions – if, when, as, so, because, even though.
Times tables
Go on hit the button and practise your 8x tables, if you want, you could listen to the 8x table rap first and write out your 8x tables to help.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SwaOvWD-PY
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Sumdog
Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenges:
- Statistics Challenge: 18th January – 24th January
- ×2 ×3 ×4 ×5 ×8 ×10 tables: 18th January – 24th January
- Homophone Challenge: 18th January – 24th January
Maths
Your Maths lesson today is on Seesaw, before starting the video please get everything you need:
Pencil
Exercise book or paper
20 minute timer
Arithmetic questions
Arithmetic answers to check after
Optional Maths Challenge
Attached to this blog is a sheet with some questions. Use a number line to answer the questions.
Please send me a photo of your arithmetic questions and number lines on Seesaw
PE
Attached to this blog is an activity called – Ship Shape
Here is a video to help:
French
Here’s a song to recap greetings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXkJ88ygPY0
Look back at your pencil case words from last week. Test yourself. How many can you remember?
Go through the PowerPoint again to remind yourself of all the other items.
http://www.rachelhawkes.com/Resources/Y3_French/Yr3AutumnFr.php
Scroll down to Lesson 9 with audio.
Now collect some pencil case items and play Kim’s Game. You’ll need an adult to help.
Look carefully at the items for about thirty seconds. Then you close your eyes and the adult takes one item away. The adult asks ‘Qu’est-ce qui manque?’ (kess key monk?) What’s missing? You say the name of the missing item in French and roles are swapped.
Here’s a familiar song to finish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4kNeFGBAcw
Merci beaucoup. A la semaine prochaine!