03 April 2020: Home learning
Happy Friday everyone! You have survived another week of home learning – well done. Please feel free to get in touch with your class teachers today and let us know what kind of week you’ve had. We love hearing from you – it cheers up our day. Keep an eye out next week for some fun activities that will keep you and your family entertained over the Easter holidays.
Here’s the learning for today…
Year 5 Maths Task
Answers from yesterday:
- 190
- 1900
- 19,000
- 2,700
- 27,000
- 270,000
- 1000
- 1,200
- 27
- 10
- 43
- 100
Challenge: Alex has £30,000. Alex has £29,700 more than Freddie.
Starter
Create some 5-digit column subtraction sums and solve them.
Your learning today is dividing by 10, 100 and 1000.
- 5000 ÷ 10=
- 5000 ÷ 100=
- 5000 ÷ 1000=
- 27000 ÷ 10=
- 27000 ÷ 100=
- 27000 ÷ 1000=
Using what you have just worked out- solve the following calculations.
- 12000 ÷ 10=
- 12000 ÷ 20=
- 12000 ÷ 40=
- 9000 ÷ 10=
- 9000 ÷ 30=
- 9000 ÷ 50=
Challenge
5,700 405 397 6,203
Here are the answers to some problems.
Can you write some questions for each answer involving dividing by 10, 100 or 1000?
Year 6 Maths Task
Answers from yesterday:
The largest product is 5 (5 x 2 x 0.5)
The smallest product is 0.15 (3 x 0.5 x 1 x 0.1)
Your learning today is…
An arithmetic paper!
Year 5/6 Writing Task
Our learning is expanded noun phrases.
First of all, re-watch the video from yesterday – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVM1xEdp83Q.
Today, your task is to write a diary entry as Ali (the main character from the video). Imagine you’ve spent a day in Baghdad (the capital of the Ancient Islamic Civilisation). You must tell your diary what you’ve been up to and what it’s like to live there. You must also use expanded noun phrases. Your diary entry can be as long as you want but we’d like it if you took no less than 30 minutes to complete this task.
Challenge: write more diary entries as Ali – use your imagination and make some things up (they should be believable though) or find out some about this civilisation.
Year 5/6 Reading Task
Your learning today is to summarise.
Your task today is all about summarising. Use the full newspaper from Wednesday’s learning and scan to find the pictures in each section. Write down the page number and section and then write the key points from the article under “What’s the story?”.
Challenge: play the ERM Challenge with someone at home – choose a topic you’re confident about or choose an article you’ve read this week in First News and your job is to speak about it and summarise the key points about it for as long as possible without saying ERM or hesitating. Email us with your high scores!
2 April 2020 : Home learning
Hello everyone. Keep going with your reading, times tables and spellings each day. You can also warm up by singing the days of the week song – https://youtu.be/zJLiJIf8c_c
Maths – subtraction using part whole models
We use part whole models to help us represent number stories and calculations. From a part whole model, a ‘fact family’ can be created. These are calculations that are closely related and match the part whole model. There is a subtraction fact family example below.
Look at the other part whole models, copy them into your home learning book and write the subtraction fact families to go with them.
Challenge : Draw your own part whole model and write the subtraction fact family to go with it.
Reading
Read the words below. Copy these words into your home learning book and make them plurals by adding ‘s’ or ‘es’:
bird
goat
dish
chick
fox
witch
shoe
Challenge: Put those words into sentences. Remember your ‘must dos’.
Play a game on Phonics Play – https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/
Art : drawing
There are some great ‘How to draw…’ guides on YouTube or you could use the example below to draw a teddy.
How to draw a cat https://youtu.be/oJntsEBNalM
Pug https://youtu.be/H7Gp-GRnGdA
Easter bunny https://youtu.be/xMa5gsmZwHs
Send us pictures of your favourite drawing, if you can!
2 April 2020: Home Learning
Hello and Happy Thursday to you all. Thank you for all your messages – keep them coming. Please email your teacher with any queries you may have – we are here to support you!
Here is your learning for today.
Reading Comprehension
Maths
Y3 – bus stop division answers from yesterday
Y4 – x and division (2) ANSWERS from yesterday
Writing
Challenge:
Can you create your own scene from Lego or from your own toys?
Write 3 questions of your own similar to the ones in the task.
02 April 2020: Home learning
Here’s today’s learning…
Year 5 Maths Task
Answers from yesterday:
2.
Challenge: Never. Square numbers have an odd number of factors because one of their factors does not have a pair.
Starter
Times Tables Rockstars- improve your multiplication skills.
Your learning today is multiplying by 10, 100 and 1000.
- 19 x 10=
- 19 x 100=
- 19 x 1000=
- 270 x 10=
- 270 x 100=
- 270 x 1000=
Fill in the blanks
- 5 x ?= 5000
- 12 x 100= ?
- ? x 100=2700
- 100 x ?=1000
- ? x 10=430
- 25 x ?=2500
Challenge
Freddie has £300 in his bank account. Alex has 100 times more than Freddie in his bank account. How much more money does Alex have than Freddie?
Year 6 Maths Task
Answers from yesterday:
Multiply whole numbers and decimals
Nrich Route Product- click on the link below.
Challenge
Design your own grid with your own numbers.
If you email it to us, we can choose one for everyone to complete after the Easter holidays.
Year 5/6 Writing Task
Our learning is expanded noun phrases.
Before we left school, our topic learning was mainly about Vikings. We had just started to learn about a new period: The Ancient Islamic Civilisation. Here is a video that will give us some useful
information about this interesting period of time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVM1xEdp83Q
Your task today is to write some sentences about Ali (the character in the video) and the Ancient
Islamic Civilisation. Each sentence must include at least one expanded noun phrase. You should
underline the ENP – like we do at school when you have finished a piece of writing.
Challenge: write a paragraph or two about the video. Include things you’ve learnt and make sure
you use expanded noun phrases – like the main task, underline them after you’ve finished writing.
Don’t forget that we’d love to see pics of any of your learning so please send them in.
Year 5/6 Reading Task
Your learning today is retrieval.
Your reading task today is to read the article and complete the crossword in your home learning book eg
1 down = answer
1 across = answer
R2s
– read the clues first
– read the article twice
– work out key words in the clue
– scan the text for the key words
– Does your answer make sense/fit?
Challenge: create your own clues for other words in the text and follow this format:
clue (word class, number of letters)
1 April 2020 : Home learning
Happy April Fools Day!
We are in the fourth month of 2020 already! Sing the months of the year song – https://youtu.be/JABPMyXTZcs
Maths – addition using part whole models
We use part whole models to help us represent number stories and calculations. From a part whole model, a ‘fact family’ can be created. These are calculations that are closely related and match the part whole model. There is an example below.
Look at the other part whole models, copy them into your home learning book and write the addition fact families to go with them.
Challenge : Draw your own part whole model and write the addition fact family to go with it.
Reading – phonics
Copy the questions below into your home learning book. Add sound buttons to the words that you need to sound out (your child should know what these are and there is an example below). Write yes or no to answer them.
Can a boat sail?
Would you scream if you saw a snake?
Has a frog got sharp claws?
Challenge : Think of some more yes/no questions of your own.
Topic – jokes!
It’s April Fools Day. Tell some jokes to your family. Here are some ideas or you could find/tell some of your own.
1 April 2020: Home Learning
Hi children,
How are you all? Have you been making the time to exercise?
Whether you are practising your football skills, skipping, hula hooping, running or following Joe Wicks every day, keep going! Let us know what you have been doing to keep both physically and mentally fit!
Enjoy your learning tasks for the day.
Topic / Reading
- Before the start of the battle, why would Boudicca have been confident of winning?
- What slowed down the Celts movement towards the Romans?
- Why has the author included a diagram on page 24?
- What stopped the Celts from getting away from the Romans?
- What does the word rebellion mean? Use a dictionary or the internet to find out if you’re not sure.
- Whereabouts in England did the Battle of Watling Street happen?
Maths
Y3 – bus stop division Y3 – grid method ANSWERS
Y4 – column method, grid method ANSWERS Y4 – x and division (2)
Creative writing – descriptions
Describe an egg, using adjectives, and see if a partner can guess it.
Which dragon do you think is the most dangerous? Why?
Which dragon do you think will be the friendliest? Why?
Which species could survive in cold temperatures? How do you know?
Which dragon egg would you like to find and why?
What would you do if you came across a Norwegian Ridgeback egg? Write a what-to-do-if…guide.
Try drawing what you think each species will look like as a fully grown dragon; use details from the egg’s appearance and the species name to inform your choices.
Extra: Create ‘Top Trumps’ cards for each species. Decide on the categories and give them ratings, then do battle!
challenge:
01 April 2020: Home learning
Good morning everyone!
I hope you all had a good night’s sleep and are keen to get on with your learning today.
Here’s today’s learning…
Year 5 Maths Task
Answers from yesterday:
- 1,2,3,6,9,18
- 1,2,3,4,6,8,12,24
- 15
- 1,2,4,8
- 8
- 1,3,7,21
- 1,2,3,4,6,9,12,18,36
- 1 and 3
Challenge: False. For example, 12 has 6 factors but 13 only has 2.
Starter
Create some 5-digit column addition calculations and answer them.
Your learning today is squared numbers.
This is an array showing 3 x 3 = 9.
- How many different arrays can you create using 36 counters? Draw them and write the corresponding multiplication sums.
- What are the first 12 squared numbers? (when you multiply a number by itself)
Challenge
Always, Sometimes, Never
A square number has an even number of factors.
Year 6 Maths Task
Answers from yesterday:
There are the two solutions:
13 chocolate bars and 9 fruit bars
4 chocolate bars and 22 fruit bars
Solve the challenge in your exercise book.
Writing task (Y5,6)
Our learning is expanded noun phrases.
Your task today is to write an email to a loved one – perhaps a family member, friend or teacher. Your email can consist of anything you wish – it could be full of things that you have been doing at home to stay active and healthy, for example.
In this email, you must include expanded noun phrases. Here is a short example of an email.
Dear Jane,
I hope you are enjoying the roasting sunshine! My sister and I have been playing in the garden with our fluffy dog, Rosie. We have also been joining in with Joe Wicks PE sessions every morning. Thanks for sending me a beautiful birthday card – it really made me smile.
I look forward to hearing back from you.
Billy
Reading task (Y5,6)
Your learning today is a little bit different to normal. Today, we’d like you to just enjoy reading. Your task is to read the FirstNews newspaper (it will open as a separate page in your browser when you click the link). You should spend about 30 – 40 minutes reading it.
We’re not expecting you to do any learning in your exercise books today as the main thing we want you to do is to enjoy reading. However, if you like, you could complete one (or more) of the following tasks…
- Read the paper with someone in your house and discuss the articles you’ve read.
- Do the same as above but with a friend from school over the phone.
- Respond creatively to one of the articles you’ve read (a bit like a creative homework).
- Interview someone in your house, or someone over the phone, and write your own news article about what you find out.
31 March 2020: Home Learning
Happy Tuesday everyone!
Here are your activities for today. Here’s a routine to help you structure your day Home Learning Routine. Have lots of fun and remember to keep up with your reading and times tables too!
Happy learning !
Team 3,4
Reading:
Maths (and answers from yesterday)
Y4 – column method, grid method
Topic
In history lessons this half-term, we have answered all of the following questions.
- When did the Romans successfully invade Britain?
- Who was the emperor during the first successful invasion?
- Why did the Romans invade Britain?
- Was Boudicca a Roman or a Celt?
- What was the name of Boudicca’s tribe?
- How did Boudicca die?
First of all, we’d like your child to answer the questions. If there are any questions they don’t remember the answer to, they can use the internet to find them. A couple of links below:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zqtf34j
http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/Romans.html
Next, they should show off some of the knowledge they’ve learnt in the topic in a poster. This could be some of the answers to the questions above or other things they’ve learnt. Email some pictures of the posters you create and I’ll post them on Class News!
31 March 2020 : Home learning
Good morning!
Keep going with reading, spellings and times tables every day.
Maths
Warm up by singing the big numbers song – https://youtu.be/e0dJWfQHF8Y
There are some numbers missing from this part of the 100 square. Copy it and fill in the missing numbers.
Challenge :
Reading
Read a story book. Write three questions that you would like to ask one of the characters. Remember to use a capital letter, finger spaces and a question mark. For example –
How did you feel when you found Goldilocks in your house?
Topic – History
We have been learning about chronology in the last few weeks, putting toys in chronological order. Look at the toys timeline we created last week. Talk about what the timeline shows using the words below.
Challenge : Choose 3 or 4 of your own toys. Put them in chronological order of when you got them.
31 March 2020: Home learning
Before we get into the tasks for today, remember to keep your TTR skills honed by logging on and playing for 15 minutes. Also, keep reading for at least 15 minutes a day. Remember: The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go – Dr Seuss.
Here’s today’s learning…
Year 5 maths task
Answers from yesterday:
- 7,14,21,28,35,42,49,56,63,70.
- 21
- 56
- 6,12,18,24,30,36,42,48,54,60.
- 2,9
- 5,6
- 2,3,4,6,8,12
Challenge: Eva is 21.
Starter
Times Tables Rockstars- improve your multiplication skills.
Your learning today is factors.
Factors- a pair of numbers we multiply together to get another number. For example: factors of 6 include 3×2.
- Find all the factors of 18.
- Find all the factors of 24.
Fill in the blanks.
- 1, 3, 5 and 15 are factors of the number_____.
- The factors of the number 8 are __________.
- The number 42 has _____ factors.
- List the factors of 21.
- List the factors of 36.
- What are the common factors of 21 and 36?
Challenge
True or false?
The bigger the number, the more factors it has.
Year 6 maths task
Here are the answers from yesterday: Y6 FourOperations A Answers
Solve puzzles
Chocolate bars cost 26p
Fruit bars cost 18p
Jack spent exactly £5 on a mixture of chocolate bars and fruit bars.
How many of each did he buy?
Challenge: How many different solutions can you find? How do you know you’ve found them all?
Writing task
We are continuing with expanded noun phrases as our learning.
Your task today is to draw and label a Viking. This picture must be accurate (don’t have your Viking character holding an iPhone!) Around this picture, you must label features and equipment that your Viking has, using expanded noun phrases.
Here is an example of some expanded noun phrases for a Viking.
a large, round shield
the glistening, silver sword
his ragged, curly beard
the powerful Jarl
Tip: Remember, a Jarl is a Viking village leader.
Challenge: Can you use some of the following vocabulary in your labelling?
Jarl Longhouse sheath
It would be fantastic to see some of these images, so that we can post them on the school website! Please email your finished pieces to your teachers.
Reading task
Answers from yesterday – see the attached document. The answers are on pages 6, 7 and 8.
comprehension answers to Monday’s task
Your learning today is a debate.
Read this information from First News
It’s all about whether the government should do more to reduce food waste. Debates are a great way to engage with the world around us and allow us to think about our own opinions. There’s a lot of information so don’t feel you need to read it all – you should read at least 3 pages though.
Once you’ve read the information, think about some reasons ‘for’ and ‘against’. Set it out like this…
‘Should the government do more to reduce food waste?’
| for | against |
For challenge, choose one (or more) of the things below to do:
Optional challenge 1: find someone in your house to talk to about this issue. Impress them with your new knowledge and give them your opinion. Then, ask them for theirs. If you disagree, why not debate it?
Optional challenge 2: do the same as above but with a friend from school on the phone – we’d love it everyone did this challenge!
Optional challenge 3: imagine you’ve been asked by the prime minister (Boris Johnson) to encourage the public to reduce food waste. Using information from the text, you must convince them to do so. You could do this however you like but here’s some ides…
- Create a poster.
- Write a letter.
- Design a leaflet to be posted through letterboxes.
- Make a video explaining why it’s important – it could go viral!