02 June 2020: Home Learning
Good Morning everyone!
We hope you are back into the routine of home learning. There are three main tasks for your learning each day: Maths, Reading and Topic. Each of these tasks should take about 30-40 mins to complete. This is as well as your daily times tables practice and your individual reading. Please contact your teacher to let them know how you are getting on. Happy learning!
Are you feeling fit and full of energy? This mountain bike exercise helps with reaction times and core strength.
Here are your activities for today:
Maths
Y3 – Video lesson
Unit Fractions – task sheet PDF
Y4 – Video lesson
Reading
Topic
Spanish
Today, your task is to learn some Spanish. What can you remember already?
Can you remember any letters in the alphabet or the numbers in Spanish? Follow this link to a Spanish lesson and see if you are correct.
Story
01 June 2020: Home Learning
Hi children,
Welcome back to the start of Summer Term 2 (7 weeks)! We hope that you’ve had a good rest during half term and that you are now ready for some new home learning activities!
To keep active, try the dice challenge today. You’ll need a skipping rope and a ball for a whole body workout!
Please keep in touch with your teacher as we love to hear from you and answer any questions that you may have.
Remember – keep up with your daily reading and times tables practise, too.
Here are your tasks for today:
Spelling – long ‘u’ sound.
continue
peculiar
popular
regular
particular
queue
knew
rescue
amuse (amusing)
conclude
Reading Lesson
Video lesson (explanation of task) 2
Maths
Y4 – Video lesson x12
Topic – Music
Last term, we did a lesson on pulse and beats.
This is another fantastic lesson from Oak Academy about ‘beatbox’ and rhythms. It’s very exciting and you’ll sound like a beatbox! What a fantastic skill to have?
You’ll even need your favourite teddy!
Story time – Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears read by Mrs McCormick
01 June 2020: Home Learning
Good morning everyone!
We hope you all had a good half term and managed to enjoy this glorious weather we’ve been having. We hope you are all feeling happy and healthy today.
Remember to keep in touch with your class teachers. Send us a quick email to let us know how you’re getting on. Here are our email in case you need them:
marklindsay@spherefederation.org
sarahhogarth@spherefederation.org
olliecatherall@spherefederation.org
benfreeman@spherefederation.org
Here is your learning…
Year 5 Maths
Click on the link above to practice your multiplication skills with Mrs H.
Your learning today is about volume. This will involve reading scales to measure volume. As usual there is a short quiz first and then the video lesson. Remember you can pause the video whenever you like, or skip it back in case you need something repeating.
Click on the following link for this lesson.
Year 6 Maths
Oh no! Mr Lindsay and Miss Greaves are stuck in the school. They can’t remember the passcode to the door. Watch their video and help them escape.
Email Mr Lindsay with your answers.
Year 5/6 Reading
This week, we are going to focus on jobs and money. For today’s task, complete the jobs worksheet – this will help you develop ideas that you can use later on in the week. Here are some questions to help you.
Although this task will significantly help you later in the week, it is not particularly a reading task! On top of this, I would like you to research and read about your dream job. Create a list of requirements you would need for this job, along with some reasons as to why you think people might want to do it as a career choice.
Year 5/6 Topic
In this lesson you will learn what goes into making a good computer game and try making your own simple game.
Complete this BBC Bitesize lesson.
01 June 2020 : Home learning
Morning!
Our home-learning posts will be continuing but KS1 staff are in school full-time now, so the amount of teacher videos will be less.
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 : book look moon fool car start sort torch
Y2 : table apple bottle little middle fiddle beetle wobble muddle ankle
Times tables : If you 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 – addition
Watch the video about adding three single digit numbers : https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYhO23pXWj
Challenge : Make/get a set of number cards 0-9 (just write numbers on scraps of paper or you could use playing cards). Turn them over so you can’t see the numbers. Choose 3 cards. Add them together. You could draw part whole models, a number line or bar models to help, if you need. Remember that addition is commutative (can be done in any order) so look for the first pair of numbers that you can add together easily to begin with.
Reading
This week we will be reading a non-fiction (information) text – all about sunflowers. Watch the video, read and discuss the features of non-fiction text : https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYhO2ppl1S
SUNFLOWERS
Topic – Art/design technology
Have a go at drawing or making a plant. There is a drawing video here : https://youtu.be/i_pQWFkZJrc or have a look at the ideas below.
Whole school ‘Quiz of the Week’
If you’re struggling to keep yourself entertained this week…why not have a go at our whole school quiz?
Half-term Home Learning
Because this week is half-term, we’re taking a break from the usual daily home learning tasks (just like we did at Easter). Instead, we’ve prepared a menu of home learning activities that you might want to dip into this week – these are optional only, but you might want to encourage your child to have a go at being a quiz master, doing some up-cycling, presenting a cookery masterclass or any of the other activities.
Whatever you decide to do, we hope you have a happy and healthy half-term.
22 May 2020: Home Learning
Hi children,
Today is the last week of this half term! You’ve done it!
Well done for all of your hard work, effort and for keeping going during this ‘temporary strange’.
Enjoy half term – there will be some optional learning challenges that you can take part in. Why not create a Jar of Happiness?
Make sure that you take the time to rest and enjoy this time with your families.
Take care and stay safe,
Team 3,4
Reading
Love of reading
We know that you love this reading session at school so your task today is to grab a book, find a comfortable spot and read! Have fun and enjoy reading. Share your book with a sibling or an adult, if you’d like to.
Science
Maths
Y3 Video Lesson
Y4- To consolidate your learning on triangles, follow the BBC bitesize link . There is a short video and a quiz for today.
Story – read by Mr Gathercole
Fantastic Mr Fox part 5 and final part
22 May 2020: Home Learning
Happy Friday!
You’ve successfully completed another week of home learning – well done!
Remember to check out the Class News section of the school website to join in with the quiz tonight – it will be going live at 5pm. It’s going to be another amazing installment from Mr Catherall. Also, keep an eye out for something special on the website on Sunday night. The teachers have been busy again!
Here is your learning for today…
Year 5 Maths
Starter
Log in to TT Rockstars and get that brain working!
Your learning today is finding the perimeter and convert units of measurements.
Year 6 Maths
Mark your Alphabet Algebra questions from yesterday.
Here is the 2018 arithmetic SAT paper. Remember the arithmetic questions from earlier on this week. Set your timer to 30 minutes and off you go!
Instead of waiting all weekend for the answers, mark them yourself here. Scroll down to the answers starting on page 16.
Year 5/6 Reading
You will need the poem for this lesson.
Poetry Questions
- What do you like about this poem? Is there anything that you dislike why?
- What are some of the messages of this poem?
- What patterns can you find in this poem? Are there rhymes or alliteration? What can you say about the rhythm of the poem?
- Do you think the poem was better when reading it, or listening to it? Why?
- Did the poem sound like you expected to? What did you notice about my performance?
Year 5/6 PE
Mr Catherall has prepared a PE lesson for you. Enjoy!
22 May 2020 : Home learning
Happy Friday everyone!
Maths
Watch the BBC Bitesize clip about capacity : https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zt9k7ty/articles/zp8crdm
Complete the questions at the end too.
Challenge :
Extra challenge : Get a small container (cup, spoon, small bowl) and see how many it will take to fill a bigger container (bucket, bowl, jug). Can you estimate how many you will need to fill the bigger container before you do it?
Reading
Today’s reading lesson is a recap of phonic knowledge. You can challenge yourself to attempt one or more of the tasks set too : https://bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zd63xyc/articles/zncgvk7
Click in the link and play the simple sounds mini game. Pick 6 sounds covered in the game. Go on a hunt to find objects that begin with those sounds. Write them in a list and put them into sentences.
Topic – Art (texture)
Look around your house or garden for some different textures. Try to make some rubbings by putting a piece of paper and use the side of a crayon, pencil or chalk to pick up the texture.
If you can, try doing some rubbings of things outside (eg path, bark, leaves, fence, wall).
21 May 2020: Home Learning
Good morning everybody!
We hope you are having a good week so far? How are you feeling? Please get in touch with us if you are feeling anxious or worried about anything. It’s a very unsettling time for everyone, and lots of people are feeling the same, so it’s good to talk about how you’re feeling.
Here is your learning for today…
Year 5 Maths
Click on the link above to practice your arithmetic skills.
Your learning today is applying length to real-life problems.
Year 6 Maths
Play the final stage of Guardians of Mathematica – Ancient City of Algebra.
Test out your algebra skills by solving the Alphabet Algebra questions. Remember to start by using letter D.
Year 5/6 Reading (RIC)
For today’s task, you will be reading the poem ‘What do you want to be?’
Whilst reading this poem, can you find its rhythm as you read? Try reading in your head and then out loud.
Task
Read the poetry RIC questions and think about your answers.
Write your answers in clear sentences.
Year 5/6 Science
Your learning today is science based and is all about adaptation. Complete this BBC Bitesize lesson.