02 October 2020
This week, children have been learning about using apostrophes for contractions. Learn these spellings in both the contracted and uncontracted form. There will be a spelling test on Friday 9th October.
you are / you’re
cannot / can’t
are not / aren’t
could not / couldn’t
she will / she’ll
you have / you’ve
have not / haven’t
shall not / shan’t
Relative Clauses in Writing
This week, year 5 and 6 have been learning how to include some relative clauses in their writing. They were given some examples of objects, people and scenarios in which they had to develop into a sentence using a relative pronoun. Don’t forget your commas for clauses!
Charlie and Zoe – great work!
This week, our homework is Practice Makes Perfect. This is linked to the Maths learning on rounding that the children have completed this week. There are also some spellings to learn and a times table review.
Click this link for the homework.
Children should be prepared to discuss what they’ve completed at home during our homework review next week. This homework should be completed by Friday 25th September.
As the homework books are still not allowed to return to school, please feel free to email any photos of homework to your class teacher.
marklindsay@spherefederation.org
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benfreeman@spherefederation.org
13 July 2020: Home learning
Good morning.
We hope you’ve all had a lovely weekend and that you got up to some nice things. Maybe send your class teacher an email this week before the summer holiday starts – tell us what you’ve been up to.
Here is your learning for today…
Year 5 Maths
Click on the link above for today’s starter. This game allows you to practice your rounding skills. Select the option that you feel confident with. If you would like a challenge – try out the decimal numbers.
Your learning for today is about translation. This first lesson goes over the learning you will have done in year 4.
Year 6 Maths
Before starting your main lesson, take 15 minutes to sharpen your times tables skills on Times Tables Rockstars.
This next lesson will teach you have to calculate and represent ratio.
Year 5/6 Reading
Today is our read for pleasure lesson. Choose a book, magazine, newspaper or perhaps an online article to read for your own pleasure. If you have recently read something that you have particularly enjoyed, you could write a book review to recommend it to others. Think about what information is useful to the reader in a review.
Year 5/6 Art
Your learning today is all about art. Graffiti is one of my favourite styles of art. It is controversial and, in some cases, illegal but I love the style of it. I also love how it often tackles issues in society. One famous graffiti artist is Banksy.
Today, I’d like you to read this information about Banksy and then have a go at creating your own piece of art – remember to link it to an issue in society.
Send your class teacher your finished masterpieces.
07 July 2020: Home Learning
Mrs Latham has posted about West Yorkshire Virtual School Games Sports Day today. Check it out for your Sporting Activities.
Here are your additional tasks:
Maths
Year 3 and 4 – Problem Solving and copy of Maze worksheet
Reading
Story – read by Mrs McCormick
3 July 2020: Home Learning
Happy Friday!
Hope you are all feeling today? I hope you have all had a good week of home learning.
Next week will be a Sports themed week, so look out for some personal challenges and activities. Fingers crossed for good weather!
Here is your learning for today:
Maths – Two parts: Part 1 – Speedy tables, Part 2 – Problem Solving
Year 3 – Speedy tables and answers
Year 4 – Speedy tables and answers
Speedy times tables – explained in a video
Years 3 and 4 – problem solving . Answers attached.
Reading
Reading Quiz and answers .
Topic – Spanish
It’s time for your weekly Spanish lesson – we know that so many of you are enjoying these lessons.
Today, you will learn how to say how you feel, which is an important thing to be able to do in any language.
Story – read by Mrs Wadsworth
2 July 2020: Home Learning
Hello everyone – are you happy and healthy today?
Are you still washing your hands? Watch this powerful clip to show how quickly germs can spread and the importance of hand washing.
Maths –
Year 3 – We are coming to the end of the fractions unit. Please find a mini-assessment to complete with answer sheet – please let your teacher know how you did.
As an additional challenge, we would like you to make a poster and show everything you know and understand about fractions so far.
mini assessment: fractions and answers
Year 4 – video lesson
Reading
Video Lesson and task
Topic – Art
Compare the art in this video, which is by Katy Scott, to Henri Rousseau’s art.
- What is the same about them?
- What is different about them?
Compare Katy Scott’s to Henri Rousseau’s Art.
Task: Try doing some artwork of your own in the style of Katy Scott.
You could either draw your own flowers and use similar colours, or you could pause The Story Of Flowers video and copy one of the animations that you like.
Story – read by Mr Gathercole
Goosebumps pgs 109 – 122
1 July 2020: Home Learning
Being happy and healthy!
It is important to look after our own physical health (our bodies) and mental health (thoughts and feelings).
We’d like to share some ideas for keeping calm at home. Follow this link and scroll down for breathing exercises, calming games, expressing yourself and yoga videos. I like the Wall of Expression.
Maths
Year 3 – Comparing and ordering fractions – Video lesson
Task 2 with answers.
Year 4 – Video Lesson
Reading
Video Lesson and task and answers
Topic – Science: Pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal
Watch this beautiful animation, The Story of Flowers.
Pause the video at each of the times shown below and see if you can complete the sentences with the words from the word bank.
Word bank:
roots water pollination nutrients pollination stamen roots
0.55 In a meadow full of flowers, a bee lands on a flower to get nectar. The job of the flower is to attract insects, which can carry pollen to other flowers. This is called __________.
1.04 The roots of the plants grow into the soil. Their job is to hold the plant steady and to bring ________ and _________ up the stem to the leaves and the flower.
1.40 This flower has ________ which hold the pollen. Insects get some of the pollen stuck to their bodies and it gets carried to the next flower. __________ is when pollen is carried to the next flower and fertilises it. One it is fertilised, it can make seeds.
3.04 The seeds spread in different ways, sometimes by air and sometimes by wind. Animals can also spread seeds. Can you think of any ways that animals might spread seeds?
3.15 When a seeds falls in a place that is good to grow, it germinates. This means that it sprouts ___________ , a new shoot and begins to grow.
Story – read by Mr G
Goosebumps cont’d pgs 89-108
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
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