15 June 2020 : Home learning
Morning!
We hope you are still managing to do some home learning. We know it is a long time, and things might be tough, but try to keep going! Please email your teacher if you need any help or support. Keep sending photos and updates of what you are doing too.
katieparling@spherefederation.org
vickylatham@spherefederation.org
kaylowry@spherefederation.org
natalielake@spherefederation.org
Try to keep reading for at least twenty minutes per day. If you have run out of your own books to read there is a fab online library of eBooks to read on https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/ Just register on the website, log in and choose what you want to read.
Weekly spellings :
Y1 : hair, chair, stairs, dinner, person, letter, sure, cure
Y2 : metal, pedal, capital, hospital, animal, pencil, fossil, nostril, pupil, spoil
Times tables : If you’re ready, start learning x6 (link to x3) OR keep going with times 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10 and divide 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10
Maths
Watch the video about adding 2 two digit numbers : https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cY1XX0CqBT
Choose 2 items from the shop. Add them together using what you know about adding the tens and then the ones. Keep choosing 2 items and adding them together.
Reading
Watch and read the Funnybones story : https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cY1X6UCqwM
Lots of our learning this week will be linked to this story. The beginning is below.
Think of or look for any words that have the long ‘i’ sound. It can be made in 5 different ways (the alternative grapheme poster below gives hints about which sounds are found where in words).
Eg : night, frighten, idea, climbed
Topic – PE/Science
Get moving with this activity using all of your body :
15 June 2020: Home Learning
Hi everyone.
We hope you’ve all had a wonderful weekend despite some rain. Please continue to share work you’re proud of or just check in with an email- they are a delight to receive!
Here are your weekly spellings:
This week, we’re looking at words which contain the k sound which is written as ch.
stomach
ache
Christmas
echo
chemistry
character
mechanic
chaos
Your task is to practise some of these words using one or two of the spelling strategies.
Maths
Y3 Video Lesson
Task: RIC
Y4 Video Lesson
Reading
Topic
Story
Home learning help
The teachers at school have been talking to some families who are continuing to learn from home this week. There was a common topic of conversation : this is all dragging on and becoming quite tricky at times!
It has been a long time since we have all been back at school with our classes and we understand that home learning is challenging. Here are a few links that might help if you are wanting more activities to engage your child.
This is great for working on all number facts and you can try to improve your own score. We use this in school on iPads but can also be played on laptops : https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Passwords for Numbots or Times Table Rockstars are the same : https://play.numbots.com/#/intro or https://ttrockstars.com/ Email your teacher if you have lost it.
Loads of resources on here including reading : https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resources/parents
For reading and phonics games : https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
Maths teaching videos and other resources : https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/
Variety of lessons, recorded by teachers : https://classroom.thenational.academy/
We love Go Noodle for a sing and dance : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2YBT7HYqCbbvzu3kKZ3wnw
Or Cosmic Yoga Kids for a more relaxing workout : https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
Please ring school or email your child’s teacher if you need support and we will try to help.
12 June 2020: Home Learning
Happy Friday everyone. Have a great weekend and don’t forget to send in any questions or comments about the home learning to your class teacher. What did you enjoy? What type of activities do you want to do more?
Year 5 Maths
Click on the link above for today’s starter.
Your learning for today is about adding 2 fractions where the answer could be greater than 1.
Year 6 Maths
It’s been a few weeks since we took our last arithmetic check. Here is the 2017 paper. Set your timer to thirty minutes and off you go. If there are any questions that you are struggling with, just e mail Mr Lindsay and he can dedicate a whole lesson to it next week. Have Fun!
Here are the answers so you can check how well you did.
Year 5/6 reading
Today we are using our reflective skills, and using the National lockdown as our subject. Watch this video and complete the tasks.
Why are we doing this?
It is important to talk share our thoughts and feelings about the current global pandemic and the different effects it has had on us as individuals. Use this lesson to talk honestly, and reflect upon the positive and negative impacts of your lives today. Maybe talking about some of your less favourite parts will open up ideas and opportunities to make them better!
Year 5/6 Spanish
Ola! Do you remember any Spanish? Have a go at this video from Oak National Academy.
12 June 2020 : Home learning
Friday is here! Hope you’ve all had a good week?
Maths – 10 less
Find 10 less than each of these numbers. Use what you know about place value (especially the tens) and subtract 10.
22 – 10 = 12
54 – 10 =
25 – 10 =
88 – 10 =
13 – 10 =
47 – 10 =
75 – 10 =
16 – 10 =
69 – 10 =
Challenge : Choose numbers between 10 and 100. Find 10 more and 10 less of each number.
Eg 15 25 35
Reading
Have a go at this reading challenge. It is really hard to read the word instead of the colour!
Topic
Read the colour jokes to someone.
There are more jokes here : https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/joinin/bad-joke-corner-2
Hope you have a funny Friday!
12 June 2020: Home Learning
Hello and Happy Friday!
This week, we’ve had a focus on Living and Learning: I see things from other people’s point of view.
- Think – What have you learned from this statement?
Much of the learning this week has been about racism, empathy and understanding. Hopefully, you know more about these words and can share some of your thoughts and ideas.
- Think – Do you know what racism is?
If you want to read more information, check out First News (page 7) and read the article on the USA protests.
👏Thank you to everybody who has emailed their teacher with updates, photos and messages. We will upload our Home Learning Heroes to our Class News site so you can see your all of the Year 3/4 photos there.
Have a good weekend!
Today’s learning:
Maths
Y3 Video: 4 x times tables test
Y3 and Y4 -This week, our Friday problem is about shape, nets and visualising (a key skill). Look at the task and consider the problem and how you will go about it. There are two support sheets, one in black and white, and the other in colour. It will help you visualise the cubes, or you could make a net of a cube and stick on the square faces.
Support 1: A Puzzling Cube – black and white
Support 2: A Puzzling Cube – colour
Solution to the problem
Extra Challenge: Make an octahedron
Reading
Topic
Science – Parts and function of a plant
Story -read by Mrs McCormick
11 June 2020: Home Learning
Happy Thursday! We are really pleased to see so many of you sending in your work. Remember to read for at least 20 minutes per day. You might want to send in your book reviews so that other people know which books to read.
Year 5 Maths
Click on the link above for today’s starter.
Your learning for today is about adding and subtracting fractions within 1.
Adding and subtracting fractions
Year 6 Maths
Here are the answers to yesterday’s problem solving activity.
For your starter, complete the 12 missing digit additions in your book. Remember to check your answers using an inverse calculation.
To complete our work on place value, play the Palace of Place Value levels on Guardians of Mathematica
Year 5/6 Reading
Have a go at this First News comprehension.
Year 5/6 Writing
Watch and complete this video lesson by Mr Catherall.
11 June 2020 : Home learning
Hello everyone. Here is the learning for today.
Maths – 10 more
Find 10 more of each of these numbers. Use what you know about place value (especially the tens) and add another 10.
22 + 10 = 32
54 + 10 =
25 + 10 =
88 + 10 =
13 + 10 =
47 + 10 =
75 + 10 =
16 + 10 =
69 + 10 =
Challenge : Draw the answers showing the tens and ones.
Eg
Reading
Watch the rainbow song : https://youtu.be/4g0NbaukkQc
Sing along and write down all the colour words in the song.
Challenge : Write the whole song out in your best handwriting.
Topic – Art
Have a go at making your own rainbow art. It could be anything you choose – on the iPad, draw, paint, chalk, collage – you decide!
11 June 2020: Home Learning
Hi everyone!
It was Empathy Day on Tuesday- did you get involved? I know some of you made empathy glasses.
Our Living and Learning Statement this week is : I see things from other people’s point of view.
This Living and Learning statement links with the British value of mutual respect and tolerance. It promotes empathy and understanding. Here’s a short clip (6 mins) from yesterday’s Empathy Day, called The Listening Switch, which promotes listening to others and understanding them.
We love short poems in Year 3/4 and here is a good one: Empathy Poem
Here are your tasks for today:
Maths
Y3 Video lesson
Y3 task : tenths as decimals and challenge task
Y4 Video lesson: 1 2D shape
Y4 Video lesson: 2 mixed times tables
Reading
Topic
Read through the Living and Learning PPT all about racism and talk about it with an adult. If you have any questions, queries or thoughts from this learning, then please email your teacher.
Living and Learning: racism PPT
Story – read by Mrs McCormick
Hello from school!
A quick video from Mrs Latham, Miss Parling and Miss Lowry : https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cY16i4C2KL