24 June 2020: Home Learning
Hi everyone
We hope you’re all happy, healthy and staying safe. We hope you’re all enjoying your home learning, too. The weather is going to be great today so why not get your home learning done nice and early and then try to enjoy the sunshine – if you can do safely (and whilst still observing social distancing).
Recently, someone in my class emailed me to say that they’ve really been enjoying reading. They had the idea that we could ask people for their book recommendations. I think this is a super idea. Send in your recommendations and we’ll post them on the class news section – I’ve heard several people talk about ‘The Boy at the Back of the Class‘ recently.
Here’s your home learning for today…
Y5 Maths
Starter
Use the Topmarks website to play ‘Hit the button.’ Put your times table knowledge to the test.
Your learning for today is about multiplying mixed numbers.
Y6 Maths
Now that you have recapped different methods for multiplication on Monday and Tuesday, it is time to do battle in Guardians: Defenders of Mathematica. Play all four levels of the Mysterious Mountains of Multiplication.
Y5,6 Reading
Today you are going to take your learning into your own hands. Choose an extract from a book, a newspaper article, or perhaps an online news report as your learning base. Once you have chosen this, read through it and create a RIC for others to answer.
If you could assemble your RIC base and questions on some form of word document or PowerPoint, that would be great. If not, that’s not a problem either! If you could email your finished tasks to your teacher, we can use them to share with each other and answer later on in the week. Good luck!
Y5,6 Writing
Your learning today is all about using expanded noun phrases. Click here to see the video lesson.
24 June 2020: Home Learning
Hello Year 3/4 children!
The weather has certainly warmed up so make sure you are safe in the sun. 
Library books: Please could you return school library books to school, where possible. Check inside for the label, or for the Leeds Library Service sticker. There will be a box outside school for returned books. Thank you!
Here is your learning for today:
Maths
Y3 Keep working on your speedy recall of x3, x4, x8 tables – worksheet. You can find more worksheets on the Calculations page of our school website.
Y3 – Calculating non-unit fractions: Video Lesson
Y3 Non-unit fractions of amounts task
Y4 – Line graphs: Video lesson
Reading
Topic – Art
Making paper flowers – video lesson
Have fun with this easy arty activity by making your own paper flowers. Watch the video, which takes you through each step. Here is the link to the website if you’d like to see the instructions written down.
Please email us a picture of your flowers. Enjoy being creative!
Story – read by Mr Gathercole
24 June 2020 : Home learning
Maths
Have a go at the problem below.
Complete some more addition of two 2 digit numbers where you cross the ten (make an another 10).
36 + 29 =
56 + 17 =
16 + 45 =
47 + 24 =
66 + 18 =
Reading
Watch the Geraldine the Giraffe video about the ‘soft g’ that makes a ‘j’ sound : https://youtu.be/xL4WykIuCRw
Read the words below with the ‘soft g’ sound. Choose 3 words (or more if you want) and put them into a sentence.
Topic – Art
Have a go at drawing a dancing giraffe. Email a picture of it to your teacher, if you can.
23 June 2020: Home Learning
Year 5 Maths
Click on the link above for today’s starter.
Your learning for today is about adding mixed numbers.
Year 6 Maths
Today, we will look at mental strategies to make multiplication easier. watch this video and pause to discuss or write down some jottings.
Year 5/6 Reading
Have a go at this fact retrieval comprehension task by Oak National Academy.
Year 5/6 Music
Your learning today is music. You’ll be learning how to identify pulse and rhythm. Complete this lesson from Oak National Academy.
23 June 2020: Home Learning
Hi everyone! I hope you’re all feeling happy and healthy today. The way we think and speak can have a positive influence on how we feel and act, so this week, if you feel yourself lacking in motivation, try saying ‘I CAN do it’.
I know it can be difficult to stay motivated at times, but I KNOW that you can do it, so try your best to keep working hard and think positively – YOU CAN DO IT!
To keep your dance moves going, why not try some DISCO! Follow the iMoves video for some ideas. We’d love to see some of your routines
Here is your learning:
Maths
Y3 -Fractions of amounts: Video Lesson
Y3 – fractions of amounts worksheet and Answers
Y4 – Bar charts: Video lesson
Reading
Task and answers and video answers
Story – read by Mr Gathercole
Goosebumps – part 2
Topic – plants
Parts of a plant part 2 (Ready for a song and dance?)
In the last lesson, we mentioned photosynthesis.
Here is a YouTube video explaining more about photosynthesis.
Task 1: Answer these questions from the video
- What does the stomata absorb?
- Why are plants important?
Task 2: Join in with this song!
Here is a YouTube song to help you learn about photosynthesis. The song words are just underneath, so you can have a go at joining in. If you like dancing, you could have a go at copying the moves, or make up some of your own!
Photosynthesis (song words)
Plants don’t have a mouth like you and me
But they have to eat
so they spread their leaves so green
To capture sunlight’s energy
Plants don’t have a nose like you and me
But they have to breathe, did you know their leaves so green can take in air and make it clean
That’s photosynthesis, photosynthesis ….
Plants can’t hold a cup like you and me
But they have to drink
So they push their roots deep down
To soak up water from the ground.
Plants don’t wear green hats or shirts or jeans
So why are they green
It’s because all plants are filled
With green stuff we call chlorophyll. Chlorophyll?
Chlorophyll is a green pigment or colour found in plants. It helps them trap light and without it there’d be no …… photosynthesis, photosynthesis, photosynthesis
Plants can make their own food from sunlight water and air so cool
That’s because all plants are filled with green stuff we call chlorophyll
That’s photosynthesis, photosynthesis, photosynthesis, photosynthesis
That’s photosynthesis, photosynthesis, photosynthesis, photosynthesis
23 June 2020 : Home learning
Hello there!
Maths
Complete the different additions of two 2 digit numbers below. You could draw part whole models or tens and ones to help.
Reading – verbs
Watch or read the Giraffes Can’t Dance story again and list all the verbs that are used.
Eg
- standing
- dance
- twirl
Challenge : Put each verb into a sentence.
Topic – PE/dance
Read the verbs and definitions then act/dance/move like each one.
- dance: to move to music with different kinds of steps and body movements
- skip: to move lightly from foot to foot with a hopping motion
- prance: to move with high bouncing steps (like a horse)
- waltz: to dance with a regular series of three steps
- rock-n-roll: to dance freely to the beat of the music
- tango: to dance with special poses and movements
- cha-cha: to dance with a quick three-step movement
- sway: to stand in place and move slowly back-and-forth or side-to-side
- shuffle: to move by brushing one’s feet along the floor
- leap: to jump with one leg in front of the other
- boogie: to dance with fast movements
- twirl: to spin around gracefully
There are more verbs here too : https://youtu.be/6j97FjVYiY8
22 June 2020: Home Learning
Happy Monday. Hopefully you’ve had a lovely weekend. The weather is going to be great this week so make sure you get outside and stay happy and heathly – don’t forget the suncream.
Year 5 Maths
I hope you are ready for your maths learning this week. We will be looking at fractions again this week. I know you will all be terribly excited and think that I’m the best teacher in the world! Have fun!
Click on the link above for today’s starter.
Your learning for today is about subtracting mixed numbers. A mixed number is a whole number and a fraction amount.
Year 6 Maths
Today, we will recap our written multiplication skills. Watch the video and pause as you solve the questions.
Year 5/6 Reading
Today’s reading task is to read for pleasure. Choose a book, magazine or newspaper and simply read.
Year 5/6 Topic
Your learning today is internet safety. Have go at this awesome BBC Bitesize lesson.
22 June 2020 : Home learning
Morning!
The teachers at school have been talking to some families who are continuing to learn from home recently. 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.
Top Marks 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
Numbots and Times Table Rockstars passwords 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.
Weekly spellings :
Y1 : play, today, away, spray, beans, dream, seat, mean
Y2 : cry, fly, dry, try, reply, July, baby, funny, lucky, bunny
Times tables : Choose any times tables and division facts that you want to work on.
Maths
Watch the video about adding 2 two digit numbers – crossing ten : https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cY1D6kCaU1
Choose 2 or more items from the shop and add them together. Use what you know about adding one and two digit numbers together to help. You might want to draw the tens and ones, draw a part whole model or partition the numbers.
Reading
Watch and read the Gerald the Giraffe story. Lots of our learning this week will be linked to this story : https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cY1D61CaZs
Topic – Living and Learning
Watch the video and think about what you could do to make the world a fair place to be where everyone is equal : https://metro.co.uk/2020/06/12/cbeebies-parents-message-racism-12844374/
You could make a poster, draw a picture or write about how you would make the world fair.
In the Cbeebies house we say that everyone is welcome, because we believe that everyone is different and that everyone is equal. It doesn’t matter what you look like, what you sound like or where you come from. Some people are treated unfairly just because of the colour of their skin, and they shouldn’t be. I know that seeing a person for who they really are, and how they make you feel, is beautiful. And I think that it’s really important to talk to your friends and family about these things too, because when we work together we can create change and we can build a better and kinder world for the future and I’m hopeful for that because I believe in you. Because one day, you will be older and you will be looking after the world and all the people in it.
22 June 2020: Home Learning
Hello children and welcome to Week 4 of Summer Term 2.
This week and next week, our topic will be ‘Plants’. Have you got green fingers? (This doesn’t really mean are your fingers green, but do you enjoy gardening, or are interested in flowers and plants?).
Spelling
This week, we are using apostrophes for contraction. Learn these words and write them in sentences correctly.
don’t
didn’t
shouldn’t
wouldn’t
couldn’t
won’t
can’t
shan’t
haven’t
isn’t
it’s/its
isn’t
Maths
Y3 Times tables challenge x3,x4, x8 tables.
Y3: Fractions: Video Lesson 1 and further challenge Video lesson 2
Y3- For further practice, complete the following task (the answers are also attached) Fractions on a number line worksheet. You many also like to try the online game Fractions on a number line game.
Y4 Video Lesson – pictograms
Reading
Video Lesson and task
Topic-Plants
Read through the Plants PowerPoint. Follow the task sheet and link.
Task 1: Either print off or draw the flower on the worksheet and label each part, explaining what each part is for (if you have already done this, go to task 2).
Task 2: Have a look around your local environment around where you live. Can you find examples of a stem, a leaf, a flower, a seed or a pollinator?
You could:
- Take pictures and send them in
- Draw them in your home learning book
- Describe them in your home learning book
- Extra bonus points if you manage to identify what kind of tree or flower it is!
Story – read by Mr Gathercole
Goosebumps part 1
19 June 2020 : Home learning
Friday is here again! Can you write all your spellings and one of your times tables?
Maths
Warm up with some counting with the Big Numbers Song : https://youtu.be/e0dJWfQHF8Y
Reading
Read the ‘Skeletons are in the park’ song. Find the rhyming words in the poem. Write some more words that rhyme with the ones you find.
Eg:
park, dark, shark, bark
Challenge : Have a go at writing your own poem. It could be about skeletons or anything else you like! You could use this poem and start yours the same but change some of the rhyming words.
Topic – Music/Science
Join in with the song and dance. Do it a few times to try to learn the words and boogie along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpvuqj5nv6U