Love of Reading
Some people have been in touch today to let me know what books they are enjoying at home and in which places they like to sit and read. Violet has been reading about Ancient Egypt, as this is something that particularly interests her. She knows a lot about the Gods and the hieroglyphs they used and she liked that fact that the book described mummification and the afterlife. She has chosen to read in the garden this morning so that she can enjoy this lovely weather.
Charlie has sent a picture of a cosy, small space that he likes to read in. It looks really peaceful in there and it’s good to know you have a good supply of toilet rolls in case you are reading a sad story! He is enjoying ‘Matt Millz’ by Harry Hill. Maybe this is a book you might consider reading in the future.
Imogen has been reading Mr Gum and the power crystals. She read it in the garden so she could enjoy the sunshine. She likes the book because it is funny and interesting.
Living and Learning: ways to calm down
Thanks to Leiyah for sending in her ways to calm down.
7 May 2020: Home Learning
Phonics
This lesson involves writing. Your child will need their home learning exercise book (or paper) and a pencil. Alternatively your child could use a whiteboard and pen.
Maths – number 11
- Count to 20 by two’s using this song
- Practise you number formation by writing your numbers from 0-11. Challenge – Can you write your numbers all the way to 20.
- Solve these number problems
- I have 3 pencils in my pot. It fits 11. How many more pencils can fit in the pot?
- Joseph has 11 buttons on his coat. He has fastened 5, how many more are there to do?
- William has 4 apples and Hermione has 7. How many apples are there altogether?
- Mollie had 11 sweets but she gave 4 to Edith. How many sweets does Mollie have left?
Parents: if needed, your child could use objects at home to help when counting.
Challenge: Can you think of your own number problem for your friends to solve? Email your number problem to scholesf2@spherefederation.org and we will post them next week!
Literacy
Story of the week: What the ladybird heard by Julia Donaldson
Can you design a wanted poster for the baddies – Lanky Len and Hefty Hugh?
Extra ideas for at home
Can you make your own farm? It could be on the floor, a table top or in a tray. You could get a big piece of paper and draw out the landscape. What crops will you have? Different cloths, e.g. a clean duster could be a field. Will there be a farm house? You could make this from an old box, such as a shoe box. Where will the cows and horses go? Does the farm need fences to keep the animals safe? A little pond could be made from a circular, small tub, perhaps a margarine tub. This is where the ducks might like to be. What’s a baby duck called?
You may have some toy farm animals but if not you could create your own. Draw and cut them out. Imagine a cotton wool sheep or a pom pom sheep. What patterns do cows have? What is a group of cows called?
When you have created your farm act out stories together. What might happen if someone leaves the gate open? Perhaps you can go looking for the hen’s eggs in the straw (chopped up old newspaper).
6 May 2020: Home Learning
Phonics
Words to Read:
Remember to blend each syllable and then put them together.
Words to Write:
air fair pair hair
Did you remember the trigraph ‘air’?
Phonics Activity: Write the sentence. (Adult to read aloud.)
She has fair hair.
Maths
Literacy
Story of the week: What the ladybird heard by Julia Donaldson
Listen to the story again. Can you make the animal noises?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu9mPX7DuLA
In the story the baddies make a map of the farmyard so they can work out how to steal the cow.
Make your own map and label all the places and animals on your map.
Can you make a boat?
Did you enjoy reading about Barry the Fish with Fingers? We love that story. Today, we thought we’d challenge you to make a boat using tinfoil.
- How much foil do you need to use?
- Does it float or sink?
- How many coins (or similar items) can it hold before capsizing?
- Which boat held the fewest coins? Most coins?
If you enjoy this, you could have a go at making a different type of boat using junk modelling things. Think about which material would be best to use and why. What happens to cardboard when it gets wet? Does this boat hold more coins than the tinfoil boat?
Have fun, and remember to let us know how you get on. Send us an email to tell us how many pennies your boat held and we’ll see which boat held the most at the end of the week!
Trick Shot Challenge!
Did you see the Trick Shot Challenge video that we all made? Watch it here if you haven’t seen it yet. We were really pleased to see that we had inspired some of you to have a go at your own challenge. We loved watching this one when it arrived in our inbox yesterday. Well done!
5 May 2020: Home Learning
Phonics
Maths
- Watch the 3d shape song.
- Go on a 3d shape hunt around your house. Can you find a sphere, cylinder, cube, cone? Did you come across any other 3d shapes?
- Can you solve these problems using the 3d shapes you have collected?
Some questions to challenge learning:
What is the shape called?
What can you tell me about the shape?
Why do you think this is the best shape to use?
What might happen if I use this shape instead?
Literacy
Story of the week: What the ladybird heard by Julia Donaldson
Listen to the story again.
Can you make the animal noises?
Purr, Miaow, Woof, Baa, Oink, Neigh, Quack, Hiss, Cluck, Moo
Can you draw the animals with speech bubbles. What sound do they make? What might the animal be saying?
Choose an animal and write what they might be saying in the speech bubble?
Living and leaning: I know ways to help me calm down
Amelie has offered some great ways to help calm down.
Trick Shot
The trick shot bar has been raised. It’s going to take a lot to beat this one.
04 May 2020: Home Learning
Good morning.
I have already been inundated with messages and photographs of the learning that 5/6 S have been doing. It’s so great that you are all keeping in touch and letting me know what you are getting up to.
Lilia has sent me the art work that she and her mum did. They were listening to Kelly Clarkson’s, Stronger, at the time. I wonder who’s is the best – what do you think?
Ava has been working hard on her music lesson also and she has produced this great scratch picture. I love it!
I was very pleased to hear from William over the weekend. He sounds like he has been very busy entertaining himself during lockdown. He told me he has built campfires, slept in the caravan in the garden and built two sheds! He will be coming back to school exhausted! He has had some new additions to the family too – his family are now the proud owner of some chickens. Some of them look huge!
