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Home learning Dinosaurs day 2, by Miss Mclaren
Date: 24th Feb 2021 @ 9:38am
Expressive art and design
Warm up
Cosmic kids yoga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnlDBKD2S78
1.
Look at pictures of the sort of habitat dinosaurs may have lived on?
2. Have a try at building a dinosaur habitat using anything around your house and garden.
3.
Repeat the words with your child again from yesterday, explaining to them what they mean again.
Can they remember any of the meanings?
4.
Have a try at drawing your own dinosaur. Does it have spikey teeth or a long neck? Does it have spikes or horns or both?
What colour is it? Keep hold of the picture once you have drawn it because you will need it for your work tomorrow.
Year 1 - Lula and the Sea Monster, by Mr Chamberlain
Date: 24th Feb 2021 @ 8:49am
Year 1 Vlog 24/02/21, by Mr Chamberlain
Date: 24th Feb 2021 @ 8:48am
Year 3 home learning Wednesday 24.2.21, by Mrs McAlynn
Date: 24th Feb 2021 @ 8:36am
Good morning children! We hope you are well and looking forward to coming back to school very soon! We can't wait to see you! Your home learning for today is uploaded onto School Spider :)
Maths: we are going to be counting in multiples of 4 and 8 today- what do you notice about the numbers that you identify? We will be playing some games using these number facts!
English: today we are going to be comparing our new story for the half term 'The Egyptian Cinderella' with the more traditional tale of Cinderella that we are familiar with. What similarities and differences do you notices between the two stories?
Geography: in our Geography lesson we are going to be doing some map work to identify some of the main landmarks in Egypt and plot them on our own map. Do you notice anything about the location of the landmarks?
Have a great day- remember to log on to our reading scheme and to TTRS!
Mrs McAlynn, Mrs Bale, Mrs McGunigall and Mrs Mayes :)
Year 5 Home Learning Wednesday 24th Feburary 2021, by Miss Welsh
Date: 23rd Feb 2021 @ 8:25pm
Good Morning Year 5,
Hope you are all keeping safe and keeping busy at home
English today you will be researching all about the Mediterranean diet.
Maths we are carrying on adding and subtracting but using the column method.
In R.E we are looking at the life of Mary-Ann Long and explore the ‘ripple’ effect of her love and kindness.
There is a new time tables battle, the last one for this half term. Who will win this week’s battle?
Miss Welsh, Mr Worthington, Mrs Scarisbrick, Mrs Daley and Mrs Barron
F2 Wednesday 24th February 2021 Home Learning Tasks, by Miss Ward
Date: 23rd Feb 2021 @ 5:51pm
Hi F2,
Here are the activities for today:
Literacy – Farmer Duck
Re-listen to the story Farmer Duck. Miss Kealey has read the story on Tapestry (Memo’s).
Can you remember your actions for the story? Can you act out the story to an adult or sibling at home?
Complete a storyboard/map activity. Please find the worksheet attached on School Spider.
Phonics – Adjacent Consonants
Can you practise these phonemes with the caption action ‘o, a, r, e, oa, or, ear, ure’
Play a Phonics Play buried treasure game with words containing adjacent consonants. For example: lamp (the ‘mp’ is the adjacent consonant). https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/buried-treasure
Can you try to read these sentences containing adjacent consonant words in them? You might want to draw the sound buttons underneath to help you.
- A lost chimp felt so sad he wept.
- This belt is so tight, it hurts my waist.
- A tent will get damp in the rain.
Maths – Number Formation
Practise counting using the splat square. For example – 1-20 forwards and backwards. Counting in 10’s, counting in 2’s,one more one less, missing number etc. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/paint-the-squares
Ask an adult to write some numbers on a piece of paper. (Adult - Draw a number that is backwards or the wrong formation, which is amongst some numbers that are wrote correctly. Can your child spot it and write it the correct way.)
Complete worksheet on School Spider.
Understanding the World – Reptiles
We will begin our topic on reptiles today.
Do you know anything about reptiles already?
Watch the video Reptiles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DefLKnKyQfA
What are the differences between humans and reptiles? Use the template attached on School Spider to sort between reptiles and non-reptiles?
Challenge: Can you draw a picture of a reptile and label it?
Wellbeing Activity: Laugh! Share some favourite jokes with friends or watch a funny cartoon or video.
Have fun and remember to post pictures of your work on Tapestry!
F2 Team
Today's Home Learning Blog Wednesday 24th February 2021, by Miss Flynn
Date: 23rd Feb 2021 @ 3:24pm
Good Morning Year 6!
Today's Tasks
Maths - Calculating Ratio
English - Exploring Ratio
Science- Describe differences in the life cycles of a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird.
Have a great day!
Miss Flynn, Miss Houghton, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes 
Home learning Dinosaurs day 1, by Miss Mclaren
Date: 23rd Feb 2021 @ 9:45am
Welcome back Preschool.
We hope you have had a lovely half term with your families.
We are learning about dinosaurs this week.
We hope you enjoy learning about our dinosaurs and we will see you very soon.
Our focus today is Understanding the World.
Warm up
Joe Wicks
1.
Introduce Dinosaurs.
Ask your child if they know what a dinosaur is, or if they know any names of dinosaurs?
Introduce children to these words
Use ‘my turn, your turn’ to introduce each word. For example: Point to yourself and say “dinosaurs” and then point to your child for them to repeat “dinosaurs”. Once the child has said this then explain the word.
Dinosaur: A special kind of animal that lived on land a long time ago. Extinct: No longer alive we cannot see them in the world we live in. Prehistoric: A very long time ago. Bones: Hard parts of the body which make up a skeleton. Fossils: Fossils are parts of an animal which have made marks within the rock and has turned to rock itself over millions of years.
Palaeontologist: A scientist who explores prehistoric times.
2.
Watch video below to see how we can tell what a dinosaur is.
https://videocentralhd.lgfl.org.uk/premium_pla.aspx?id=t1aQvDI86iWd67
3.
Look at some pictures of dinosaurs and talk about which dinosaurs are your favourite?
Think about what they might have eaten?
https://videocentralhd.lgfl.org.uk/premium_play.aspx?id=1G0KVymyOsNkzP
Watch this palaeontologist talking about dinosaurs and what they might have eaten?
4.
Can you find out what your favourite dinosaur ate? Was it a herbivore, carnivore or omnivore?
5.
Can you draw a meal that your dinosaur might have eaten?
Year 1 Vlog 23/02/21, by Mr Chamberlain
Date: 23rd Feb 2021 @ 8:24am
Year 5 Home Learning Tuesday 23rd February 2021, by Miss Welsh
Date: 22nd Feb 2021 @ 8:46pm
Welcome back Year 5!
We hope you all had a fantastic half term and a very well deserved break.
The weekly timetable has been uploaded onto the school spider for you to take a look over and of course there is the daily video to explain your tasks for today.
Hopefully it won’t be too much longer before we are all back together.
Keep smiling
The Year 5 Team
Today's Home Learning 23.02.21, by Miss Houghton
Date: 22nd Feb 2021 @ 6:18pm
Welcome back Year 6!
We hope you all had a fantastic half term and a very well deserved break.
After a very strange start to 2021 and lots of homeschooling we really are looking forward to seeing you all back in school very soon.
The weekly timetable has been uploaded onto the school spider for you to take a look over and of course there is the daily video to explain your tasks for today.
Brief overview
Maths - Ratio and Proportion - This is a re-cap lesson from things you learnt during Spring 1. There is a video for you to watch and work through the questions.
English - You should have finished listening to 'Journey to the River Sea' if you have not yet finished please spend some time finishing the story. Don't forget you can listen to each chapter on YouTube. You are then going to be completing a book review. A PowerPoint has been uploaded onto the school spider to support you with this.
Geography - Today we are looking at the South American Country of Ecuador in more detail. Our focus will be on the Galapagos Islands.
Your challenge is to locate the islands on a world map.
Don't forget to send us a picture of your completed work and remember myself or Miss Flynn are here if you need any help.
Have a brilliant week.
Miss Houghton, Miss Flynn, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes 
F2 Tuesday 23rd February 2021 Home Learning Tasks, by Miss Ward
Date: 22nd Feb 2021 @ 3:03pm
Hi F2,
We hope you had a lovely and relaxing half term! Here are the activities for today:
Literacy - Farmer Duck
Listen to the story Farmer Duck. Miss Kealey has read the story for you on Tapestry (Memo's). Can you role play the story and create actions for different parts. Can you act out the story for your family and tell them what happens at each part, for example, the beginning, middle and end. What is your favourite part of the story?
Phonics — Adjacent Consonants
Can you practise these phonemes with the caption action 'th, ck, t, sh, ch'
Write the word 'ten' on a piece of paper. Segment and blend the word. Add the letter 't' to the end of the word to make the word 'tent'. For each of the following words (below) write the first three letters e.g. ten, dam, lum, ben, men. Can you add a letter to the each of these 3 letters to make another word? For example: tent, damp, lump, bend, mend.
Maths — Counting
Practise counting using the splat square https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-countlpatnt-the-squares For example — counting 1-20 forwards and backwards, counting in 10's, counting in 2's, one more, one less, missing numbers.
Can you write numbers 1-10 on cut up pieces of paper? Can you match the correct amount of objects to the number? Can you practise forming the numbers too? Challenge: Can you do this for numbers to 20 or higher?
RE: Lent
Talk about the beginning of Lent — Shrove Tuesday. Did anyone have pancakes on Shrove Tuesday? Discuss meaning behind Shrove Tuesday with your child. (Shrove Tuesday is the traditional feast day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Lent — the 40 days leading up to Easter — was traditionally a time of fasting and on Shrove Tuesday people made pancakes to eat before the fasting during Lent)
During Lent, people make promises or give things up as it is a time for Christians to reflect and think about Jesus and how he fasted for 40 days and nights.
Can you make a Lenten Promise? Please find a worksheet attached on the School Spider. For example: I will help with the washing. I will give up sweets. I will tidy my room.
Wellbeing Activity: Make a friendship bracelet.
Have fun and remember to post pictures of your work on Tapestry!
F2 Team
Year 2 Vlog 12.02.21, by Miss Hanton-Wise
Date: 12th Feb 2021 @ 11:35am
Home learning Jasper's Beanstalk day 5, by Miss Mclaren
Date: 12th Feb 2021 @ 9:07am
Expressive art and design
Warm up
Joe Wicks
1.
Today we are thinking about different sounds.
If you have some toy instruments in your house see if you can play them and think about what sound sounds like a seed popping, water pouring and plant growing.
If you don’t have instruments that’s ok.
Use anything around your house that you can find that makes a noise, pots and pans, body percussion, your voices etc.
2.
You may like to make a rain maker using an empty tube, bottle or containers you may have. If you use some rice, place it on the container, seal and shake. Now you can think about making loud or quiet sounds, fast or slow sounds.
3.
Can you retell the story of Jasper’s beanstalk for your family?
Maybe you could draw, paint or make the character of Jasper and some part of the story.
4.
Wellbeing task
On sunday it is Valentine's day, maybe you could make a card for some one you love?
Film afternoon,
Choose tour favourite film, help your family make your favourite snacks and have fun.
Year 1 Vlog 12/02/21, by Mr Chamberlain
Date: 12th Feb 2021 @ 8:18am
F2 Friday 12th February 2021 Home Learning Tasks, by Miss Ward
Date: 11th Feb 2021 @ 5:51pm
Hi F2,
Here are the activities for today:
Literacy – Literacy Shed – ‘Tuesday’
Recap over the story ‘Tuesday’ by David Weiner The Picture Book Shed - THE LITERACY SHED
Can you pretend to be another animal – where would you go and who would you be? Maybe your favourite animal. Can you perform an action as a new animal – can your family guess the animal?
Create your own version of the story with a new character and location.
For example: Pigs fly in the sky and go to the beach.
Phonics – Consolidation
Can you practise these phonemes with the caption action ‘j, er, w, ai, ee, igh’
Can you practise your spellings for this week. ‘it, an, not, put’. How many did you get correct?
Play some free blending games on Phonics Play or Phonics Bloom.
Maths – Money
Play the game: Pay with just one coin https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=payusingonecoinv3
Play a listening game with pennies and a jar. Have an adult choose an amount and drop that amount of pennies into the jar, can you close your eyes and listen for how many pennies dropped and guess the amount.
Then can you count out the coins in the jar and write the total amount e.g. 5 pennies in the jar is 5p.
Complete the worksheet on the School Spider.
PSED: Koala makes the Right Choice
Listen to Miss Kealey’s video of the story –‘Koala Makes the Right Choice’ on Tapestry (Memo). Talk about the importance of making the right choices
Key questions: Answer Verbally
- Have you ever made the wrong choice before?
- How did that choice make your/others feel?
- When have you made the right choice?
- What did you like about making the right choice?
- Talk about food choices here too (link to lunch times in school)
Draw a good choice and a bad choice and label it.
For example: A good choice is sharing toys. A bad choice is snatching a toy.
Wellbeing Activity: Read a story with someone at home.
Have fun and remember to post pictures of your work on Tapestry!
F2 Team
Today's Home Learning Friday 12th February 2021, by Miss Flynn
Date: 11th Feb 2021 @ 4:22pm
Good Morning Year 6!
We made it!! The last day of half term!!
To finish off this half term we would like you to complete the following;
Today's Tasks
Maths -
To name parts of a circle:
Key vocabulary:
- Diameter
- Radius
- Centre
- Circumference
Why is the centre important? What is the relationship between the diameter and the radius? If you know one of these, how can you calculate the other? Can you use the vocabulary of a circle to describe and compare objects in the classroom? There are more tasks oulined on SchoolSpider
English - Edit and improve your short story. You should have built up your story over the week and should now be ready to edit, improve and re-write. Once you have done this, you may wish to add a front cover and blurb!
RE- Continuing to look at the different parts of the Mass. Today will focus on 'The Gloria' and 'The Liturgy of the Word'.
Have a great day and enjoy your well deserved week off!
Happy Half Term!
Miss Flynn, Miss Houghton, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes
Year 5 Home Learning Friday 12th February 2021, by Miss Welsh
Date: 11th Feb 2021 @ 2:14pm
Good Fri-YAY Year 5!
We’ve done it, we are on the last day of the half term! We all deserve a good rest but… before we finish today we would like you to complete a few more activities.
In English today, you are performing your limerick. Think about putting actions to represent your poem.
In Maths, you are looking at scaling down.
In the afternoon we have an art project, we would like you to recreate the ruins of the ancient Greek Parthenon.
Don't forget to go on the rockstars website (just let us know on the school spider if you need your log in). https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school. The battle is going strong, which class will be champions this week?
Have a lovely half term.
Miss Welsh, Mr Worthington, Mrs Scarisbrick, Mrs Daley and Mrs Barron
Year 4 Home Learning 11/02/2021, by Mr Woodland
Date: 11th Feb 2021 @ 1:27pm
Happy Thursday Year 4,
Today's Home Learning tasks are in the login area and their is more detail if you watch below.
A new TTRockstars battle is also set up between the 2 classes, for you to use at home. Mr Woodland's class won last week.
We hope you are all doing well and just message if there are any problems.
Stay safe
Mr Woodland, Miss Barron, Miss Lee and Mrs Evans
CBBC YouTube Channel - free to subscribe to, by Mrs Harris
Date: 11th Feb 2021 @ 1:20pm
CBBC are uploading videos daily that are suitable for 5-11 year olds.
They have all the top CBBC brands on there, with a wide range of genres from factual shows, news, dramas, comedy to entertainment. Programmes like Horrible Histories, Blue Peter, Newsround, The Next Step, Saturday Mash-Up, Operation Ouch, the Playlist, the Dumping Ground, Heirs of the Night and Jamie Johnson.
They are also welcoming back Dani Harmer in the brilliant new programme My Mum Tracy Beaker.
Year 4 Home Learning 10/02/2021, by Mr Woodland
Date: 11th Feb 2021 @ 1:19pm
Happy Wednesday Year 4,
Today's Home Learning tasks are in the login area and their is more detail if you watch below.
A new TTRockstars battle is also set up between the 2 classes, for you to use at home. Mr Woodland's class won last week.
We hope you are all doing well and just message if there are any problems.
Stay safe
Mr Woodland, Miss Barron, Miss Lee and Mrs Evans
Year 2 Vlog 11.02.21, by Miss Hanton-Wise
Date: 11th Feb 2021 @ 10:37am
Home learning Jasper's Beanstalk day 4, by Miss Mclaren
Date: 11th Feb 2021 @ 9:28am
Maths
Warm up
Cosmic Kids Yoga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWowDC3x0hE
1.
We are thinking about positional language again today.
Practice makes perfect, so watch this video and then have a go at placing one of your teddies in the different positions and using the language to tell me where teddy is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWpz1xsk6js
2.
We are also thinking about the language of size.
Do you think you can make a beanstalk using your toys or things you find in your house?
Can you make a beanstalk that is taller?
Can you make a beanstalk that is smaller.
If you can’t make one, could you draw them?
3.
We are still working on the days of the week. Listen to the song of the days of the week again and have a go at trying to remember the order of the days of the week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJhRqVdAzRM
4.
Wellbeing task
Play hide and seek in the house. See who has the best hiding place.
Today's Home Learning 11.02.21, by Miss Houghton
Date: 11th Feb 2021 @ 9:16am
Good Morning Year 6,
Hope you are all ok!
It's almost Friday and it's almost half term!!
Watch today's video where the tasks of the day are explained.
Overview
Maths - Reasoning and Problem solving - Line Graphs. There is a worksheet uploaded on the school spider for you to work through.
English - Listen/Read chapter 14 and 15 of Journey to the River Sea- you can read ahead if you like as we need to finish before we return from half term.
Please read ALL of the information below…..
Today you are going to put the last three days’ worth of work together to write your own short section of the story.
You will start from when Maia took off her mask…
Art -
Create a South American Landscape using a medium focus of your choice (paint, crayons, tissue paper, and coloured pencils).
Make sure your piece is bold and bright. Think about how it represents South America.
Use the internet to find some inspiration for your own piece.
Have a lovely day!
Miss Houghton, Miss Flynn, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes
Year 1 Vlog 11/02/21, by Mr Chamberlain
Date: 11th Feb 2021 @ 8:36am