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
19 June 2020: Home Learning
Hi everyone
We hope you’re all well and have enjoyed another happy and healthy week. The weather has been a little up and down lately but hopefully you’ve managed to get outside and stay active. I know that one of our friends has been camping out in their garden overnight – how cool!
Here’s your learning for today. As always, if you have any questions or comments, please get in touch with your class teacher. We really do want to hear from you all as regularly as possible.
Y5 Maths
Click on the link above for today’s starter.
Your learning for today is about applying your knowledge of converting and measures.
Y6 Maths
Today’s starter is an nrich problem about super shapes. Check your answers by clicking on the solution on the left side of the screen.
Each week, BBC BItesize hosts weekly challenges. Have a go at answering all the challenges. The answers are at the bottom of the page.
Y5,6 Reading
This week is ‘Drowning Prevention Week’. Watch this video from Mr Catherall to learn about how to stay safe near water.
Y5,6 Topic
Today we are refreshing our knowledge of capital cities around the world. Watch Mr Freeman’s video and have a go at his quiz – good luck!
19 June 2020: Home Learning
Happy Friday boys and girls!
Well done for completing another week’s home learning. Thank you to everyone who has emailed their teachers so far this week – please continue to do so.
Here are our email addresses as a reminder:
carlgathercole@spherefederation.org
nicolawadsworth@spherefederation.org
emmamccormick@spherefederation.org
Here are your tasks for today:
Maths
Y3 and Y4- football maths: data handling
Reading
Topic
I know that so many of you have enjoyed the Spanish lessons so here is the next one from Oak Academy! Today, you will learn how to say your birthday in Spanish.
Story – read by Mr Gathercole
18 June 2020 : Home learning
Here are Thursday’s tasks.
Maths
Complete the part whole models with a 2 digit number for each part. The first one has been done for you but you could complete it in a different way.
Challenge : Draw some more part whole models of your own. Choose a number between 20 and 100 for the whole then make it using 2 two digit numbers.
Reading
Read the bones information text and answer the questions below.
- Which is the bone that is broken most?
- How many bones will you have when you grow up?
- What is the job of our bones?
- How many bones are there in your foot?
Topic – Music
Watch and dance along to the Bones song on Go Noodle : https://youtu.be/Sk_q_ShHDBM
Challenge : Have a go at drawing your skeleton or print the one below. Label some of the bones using the song to help.
18 June 2020: Home Learning
Year 5 Maths
Click on the link above for today’s starter.
Your learning for today is about converting between pounds and kilograms. You will be using conversion to solve problems.
Year 6 Maths
Let’s play the classic game of countdown. Set a timer to help you do the calculations at speed. You could set it to 1, 2, 3 or even 5 minutes. I like to choose one or two larger numbers from the top line. Give yourself 10 points for finding the solution. 5 points for being within 5 of the answer and 1 point for being within 10 of the answer. Once you have 50 points, pat yourself on the back and call it a day – Rachel Riley is proud of you.
Year 5/6 Reading
Your learning today is all about inference. Watch this video to find out more.
Year 5/6 Spanish
Today we are continuing with our Spanish skills from last week. Learn how to say your birthday and other phrases in this lesson. Buena Suerte (means good luck…I think!)
18 June 2020: Home Learning
Today’s Thursday message comes in the form of a friendly reminder: it’s Father’s Day on Sunday! (Dads, if you are reading this – pass the phone/tablet/laptop to someone else!)
I’m sure your dads would love it if you made them a Father’s Day card! I have attached some colouring templates that you can colour in if you have easy access to a printer, or if you love drawing (like I know a lot of you do!), you could design your own card – perhaps draw a picture of you and your family or make a list of all the things you love about your dad. If you would like to try something a bit more adventurous or have a bit more time to spare, why don’t you try making an origami card? This video explains the instructions step by step, and all you need is paper and colouring pens/pencils! Easy origami shirts I have tried the video and had to try a few different sizes of paper before I was happy – I found that A5 worked best (half the size of an A4 piece of paper).
Here is your learning for today:
Maths
Y3 Video Lesson and task
Y4 Video Lesson
Reading
Topic
I’ve seen some lovely ‘parts of a flower’ drawings and we are looking forward to seeing any more you send. Here is Alfie’s work:
Here is part three of our plants learning.
Science – parts and function of a flower
Story – read by Mrs McCormick
Esio Trot by Roald Dahl
17 June 2020: Home Learning
Thank you so much to the children who continue to share their work, stories and achievements with their class teacher. You can see some of these on the class news page.
Year 5 Maths
Starter
Log in to TT Rockstars and practice your multiplication skills.
Your learning for today is converting units of mass in a real-life context.
Year 6 Maths
Today’s challenge is to complete all four levels of Dark Tower of Division on Guardians – Defenders of Mathematica. If you haven’t completed Monday and Tuesday’s maths lessons, you might want a quick recap before starting. Be warned – Level one is ridiculously easy but levels 2-4 are much, much harder. Good luck on your quest!
Year 5/6 Reading
Your learning today is all about summarising and giving your own opinion. Have a go at this BBC Bitesize lesson.
Year 5/6 Living and Learning
Today, we’re going to focus on Living & Learning. Your learning today is about racism – particularly the recent events and the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement.
Watch this video by Mr Catherall to find out more.
17 June 2020 : Home learning
Morning everyone.
Maths
Have a go at the word problems adding 2 two digit numbers.
Challenge : Have a go at these extra tricky problems.
Reading – synonyms and antonyms
Watch the clip about synonyms (words that have the same or similar meaning) and antonyms (words that have the opposite meaning) : https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zk23c7h
The word ‘dark’ is used lots of times in the Funnybones story! (https://youtu.be/sJodPwWCClQ)
Can you think of any synonyms for dark? Make a list. Make 3 more lists of synonyms for big, hot and nice.
dark |
big |
hot |
nice |
| gloomy
black |
massive
|
Challenges
- Write a sentence from the story replacing ‘dark’ with the synonyms you thought of.
- Do the follow up activities on the BBC Bitesize page.
Topic – Science
Watch the BBC Bitesize clip : https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zmptsbk
Have a look at the animal skeletons. Can you work out which animals they belong to? Look at the shape of the body, legs and tails for clues.
Challenge : Choose a different animal and draw what you think it’s skeleton might look like.
Answers :
Top row – dog, horse, chameleon
Bottom row – bird, fish, snake
17 June 2020: Home Learning
Hello Year 3/4!
Have you ever heard of ‘a random act of kindness’? Whether what you do is big or small, every act can go a long way. The smallest thing can make someone’s day and completely change how they are feeling! Your challenge for today is to do just that! Can you perform a random act of kindness? Here are some of my examples to get you started:
- Compliment someone (maybe even a sibling!)
- Leave a nice message on a post-it note for someone else to find.
- Offer to help your parents with something e.g. making lunch, gardening, cleaning.
- Give someone in your family a HUGE hug ‘just because’.
Keep active:
If you like dance, then you’ll love to follow the video clip and learn some cool hip hop moves on iMoves. This week’s theme is hip hop: Hip Hop dance challenge.
Dance is a great way to keep active, happy and healthy.
Here is your learning for today:
Maths
Y3 Video lesson and task.
x8 worksheet (for extra practise on your 8x tables).
Y4 Video Lesson
Reading
Topic
Art: How do we use texture to make our drawings more interesting?
Learn how to develop your drawing skills with this lesson from Oak Academy.
All you will need is a pencil and a sheet of paper.
Have fun! Send your teacher a picture of your drawings.
Story – read by Mrs McCormick
16 June 2020: Home Learning
Good morning.
Hope you all had a good night’s sleep last night and that you are full of energy ready for your home learning.
Below are some spellings to have a go at:
foreign
achieve
convenience
mischievous
soldier
sufficient
variety
ancient
Here is your learning for today…
Year 5 Maths
Click on the link above for today’s starter.
Your learning for today is converting between grams and kilograms. The lesson will focus on why we measure in grams and kilograms and how to read scales.
Year 6 Maths
Today, we will revisit our chunking method for long division. Remember to email your teacher if you have any questions.
Year 5/6 Reading
Today is our love of reading session. Choose a book, magazine, newspaper or online topic to read for your pleasure.
Year 5/6 Topic
Your learning today is Design and Technology related. It’s all about mechanical systems. Watch this BBC Bitesize lesson to learn more.