08 June 2020 : Home learning
Morning!
Our home-learning posts are continuing but 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 : turn, fur, down, now, coin, point, hear, beard
Y2 : camel, tunnel, squirrel, travel, towel, tinsel, angel, jewel, kennel, bagel
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
Watch the video about addition being commutative (it can be done in any order) : https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cY1h19p9wU
Tell the story of each picture and write as many equal calculations as you can about the picture.
Eg 2+3+4 = 3+2+4 or 4+3+2 = 3+4+2
Reading
Watch the video about a story called The Colour Monster : https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cY1h1Ep9UC
Then read the story and look for the key vocabulary.
Topic – Art/DT
Have a go at drawing or making your own colour monster. You could use one of the templates below, make your own or ‘draw with Rob’ :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PedfXGus_K0
08 June 2020: Home Learning
Hi everyone
We hope you all had a happy and healthy weekend. We hear that lots of you are getting back into the routine of home learning – that’s great. Don’t forget three other super important parts of thriving during times like these:
- Stay connected – get in touch with friends and family (or your teachers!) for a chat; you’ll all feel better after.
- Exercise – the weather isn’t great at the moment but there’s still plenty of ways to keep fit. Try going for a walk, a run, doing a circuit in your garden or join thousands of others for PE with Joe.
- Talk about your feelings – hands up if you’ve had a few ‘down days’. I know I have (and so have many others, too). That’s OK – in fact, it’s perfectly normal. One thing we all know we can do to help ourselves is to talk openly about it. Speak to adults at home or your friends. If you prefer, email us – we’d love to help!
A reminder of email addresses (we want to hear from all of you!):
sarahhogarth@spherefederation.org
marklindsay@spherefederation.org
olliecatherall@spherefederation.org
benfreeman@spherefederation.org
Here’s your home learning for today:
Y5 Maths
Click on the link above for today’s starter by Mrs Hogarth.
I could sense that you were all missing learning about fractions, so this is what we are learning about this week. I hope you have all just cheered out loud at home!
Your learning for today is about using multiplication and division to find equivalent fractions.
Y6 Maths
This week, we are going to review our place value knowledge. Watch this video from Mr Lindsay, pausing to answer the questions.
Y5,6 Reading
Watch and complete this video lesson by Mr Catherall.
You’ll need this text for the main task.
Y5,6 Topic
Watch and complete this video lesson by Mr Catherall.
Enjoy your learning and, as always, get in touch if you need any help.
05 June 2020 : Home learning
Happy Friday! Another week done. Enjoy the weekend.
Maths
Have a go at the Friday challenges from White Rose Maths. There are more problems to solve here if you want : https://whiterosemaths.com/resources/classroom-resources/problems/
Reading – phonics
Read the postcard to June. It contains lots of split digraphs, which children often find tricky to read at first. See how many you can spot. If you can print it, you could put sound buttons on the words (the first one has been done to you) or you could write a list of all the words containing split digraphs.
Topic – science
Read the instructions and match them to the correct picture. (You could just match the number and letter if it can’t be printed.)
05 June 2020: Home Learning
Hello children!
We hope that you are all feeling happy and healthy today.
Thank you to everyone who has emailed their teacher so far this week. If you have any questions or problems to ask your teacher, then please let us know – we are here to help you! It might just be a quick email to say hello, or a photo of your learning.
The weather has cooled down a bit since the weekend and we’ve had some rain. Here are some spider-man inspired yoga (13 mins) exercises you can do inside your house.
If you like Ant and Dec, and David Walliams then you can watch them today on the NSPCC website at 9:30am (or on NSPCC facebook page). 
Here are your tasks for today:
Maths
Y3 – RIC : fractions
Times tables: At the beginning of the week, we asked you to focus on your 3x tables. Even if it’s just 5 minutes a day, the regular practice really helps you to remember your multiplication facts. How have you been getting on? Here are 40 questions. Challenge your speed – 3x tables 5 min challenge
Y4 – Strengthen your problem solving skills with these 2 ‘square’ problems:
Times tables: At the beginning of the week, we asked you to focus on your 12x tables. Even if it’s just 5 minutes a day, the regular practice really helps you to remember your multiplication facts. How have you been getting on? Here are 40 questions. Challenge your speed – 12x tables 5 min challenge
Reading
Reading Book Club:
In class, we’d usually have a Love of Reading session each week where we read something that we love. Adults use the time to read with children.
Today, I’d like you to…
Get really comfy: wear some thick socks, a dressing gown or wooly jumper. Sit somewhere soft and relaxing.
Turn all electronic devices off: TVs, radios, computers, phones, tablets etc.
Spend some quality time reading with each other. Read aloud, take it in turns, put on voices for characters, re-read things to improve how you’re reading them. Talk about what you’re reading. Which are the best bits? Why? Does it remind you of other things you’ve read or watched? Do you know anything about parts of it from other knowledge that you have? What do you think of the characters? What will happen next? Why do you think that?
Topic DT – Design a room
Could you design and make a model room? What a fun activity!
Watch the clip of the designer making a mini version of a room. You could use an old box or cut up a cereal packet to make the shape of your room. It doesn’t have to be same measurements as the designer on the screen. Use what you have. You could decorate the model room using old paper, wall paper, magazines, paint or crayons – use what you have. You could make the furniture from items ready for recycling or even Lego bricks. Be creative!
Have fun and send a photo of your model to your teacher.
Story – read by Mrs McCormick
05 June 2020: Home Learning
Hi again everyone
Well done on smashing your first week of home learning! It’s hard getting back into a routine but I hear that many of you have.
There’s still loads of people who haven’t been in touch for a while. We’d love it if you could give us an email so we can find out about all the great things you’ve been up to.
Here’s your home learning for today…
Y5 Maths
Click on the link above to practice your multiplication skills. You will be playing ‘Hit the button.’ Select the mixed option for times tables and have a go at ‘Hit the answer’ and ‘Hit the question.’
Your learning today is about volume. You will be converting units of volume.
Click on the following link for this lesson.
Y6 Maths
Starter
Log into Times Tables Rockstar and brush up on your multiplication and division skills for 15 minutes.
This BBC bitesize lesson should remind you of how to convert a decimal into a fraction. Complete activity 1 and 2.
Y5,6 Reading
To finish of this week, you are going to create your own RIC questions and text.
Using your dream job, write a short extract (1 or 2 paragraphs) using the information you know about this job role from earlier in the week. Once you have written this, create 3 RIC questions to go along with your text for other people to answer. Here are some things you can include in your extract:
- Job title/role
- Uniform
- Reasons for choosing this job as a career path
- Why this is your dream job
- Facts that you know about this role.
For your RIC questions, you do not need to do one of each (retrieval, inference, writer’s choice), if you wanted to do three retrieval questions, that is completely fine.
Please email your class teacher with your finished extract and RIC questions – we look forward to reading them!
Y5,6 Writing
Watch this video from Mr Catherall to find out about your learning today.
We hope you all have a happy and healthy weekend!
04 June 2020: Home Learning
Happy Thursday boys and girls!
Can you remember what noun phrases are from yesterday’s learning? Check out this Super-movers video as a reminder – you can sing along if you know it!
Here are your tasks for today:
Maths
Y3 – Consolidate your learning on unit and non-unit fractions by watching the following link. There is a quiz at the beginning and at the end, so get ready. Throughout the video you will be asked to pause and write
down some answers on a piece of paper.
Y4 – Video lesson x12
Reading
Topic
As summer is here, we will be looking at plants. Have you been growing any plants in your garden?
- What do you need for plants to grow well?
The first part of our learning is to investigate the conditions for plants to grow. Here is a link to a great lesson from Oak National Academy.
Story – read by Mrs McCormick
04 June 2020: Home Learning
Hey everyone
We’re well into our first week back of home learning now. I hope you’ve enjoyed it and have managed to get back into some kind of routine – I know it’s really tricky but it’s also really important.
The weather the last couple of days hasn’t been as good as we’ve been used to. This means we might be stuck inside a little more than usual. Some of you might find it trickier to stay happy and healthy (physically, emotionally and mentally). That’s absolutely fine – we all have tricky days! One thing I’ve found that really helps me is to speak to people. Give someone from outside your household a call today (a friend of family member). You’ll help brighten up their day and you’ll feel great after, too.
Here’s your home learning for today…
Y5 Maths
Click on the link above to practice your division skills with Mrs H.
Your learning today is about volume. You will be describing volume in cubic units.
Click on the following link for this lesson.
Y6 Maths
Let’s review our knowledge of multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000. Watch the video and complete activity 1 and 2.
Y5,6 Reading
Complete this reading task. The text in this task may look familiar year 5/6!
You do not need to watch the teaching video if you do not feel like you need to – you can flick through the slides on your own and work through the lesson independently.
Y5,6 Topic
Watch this video from Mr Catherall to find out about your learning today.
As always, if you have any questions, get in touch with your class teacher by email. Also, if you haven’t been in touch yet, please email us. Let us know how you’re getting on, how you’re feeling and what you’ve been up to. We’d love to hear from you!
marklindsay@spherefederation.org
sarahhogarth@spherefederation.org
olliecatherall@spherefederation.org
benfreeman@spherefederation.org
04 June 2020 : Home learning
Good day to everyone!
Maths
On a magic square, all the rows and columns add up to the same amount. On this square, it is 9.
How many different ways can you do it?
Challenge : Make some magic squares of your own, remember each row and column must add up to the same amount.
Reading
Have a go at the Phase 5 activities below.
Topic – Science
What plants can you find outside? Watch this BBC Bitesize clip about plants : https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zpxnyrd/articles/zw2y34j
Go on a plant hunt in your house/garden or on a walk, if you can.
Use the checklist below, write a list, draw or take photos, if you can.
03 June 2020: Home Learning
Hello children. How are you all getting on with this week’s home learning? Why not email your teacher about your favourite learning so far this week. If you have any questions or problems, we are here to help you. Just give us a shout!
Need some help with your times tables? Check these videos out:
Here are your activities for today:
Maths
Y3 Video Lesson
Y3 Non-unit fractions: Task PDF
Y4 Video Lesson
Reading
03.06.20 Task PDF
Topic
Writing – expanded noun phrases
Story – read by Mrs McCormick
03 June 2020: Home Learning
It’s the perfect day to dive into a good book, comic, magazine or online article. Remember to spend at least 20 minutes per day reading. This could be by yourself, to an adult or even a pet.
Year 5 Maths
Click on the link above for today’s task. You will be playing Snowboard Slalom. Select the multiplication option and then year 5/6. Click on all the times tables that are in the list. You can select your speed also. I could only manage the slow option as I kept crashing! I’m sure you will do better than me.
Your learning today is about volume. You will be estimating the volume of objects.
Click on the following link for this lesson.
Year 6 Maths
Here are the answers to yesterday’s clues. Thanks for helping Mr Lindsay and Miss Greaves escape.
Today your task is to make up your own escape room clues. Write a set of five clues. You can choose whichever area of maths that you prefer. Send your escape room clues (and answers) to marklindsay@spherefederation.org so they can be posted to the class news page for others to solve.
If you really want a challenge, then film yourself giving the clues. Great acting isn’t essential as you can tell by Mr Lindsay’s video.
Year 5/6 Reading
Read for pleasure
Choose a book that you enjoy, a magazine, or perhaps a topic you would like to research online to read. Mr Freeman is currently reading about the current safety measures used in football – it’s very interesting!
Year 5/6 Geography
Watch this video to find out about your learning today.
You will need this timetable and this map for your main task.