5 years ago
Posted on 17th May 2020 by Admin

Summer Term – Home Learning Timetable – Week 5 – Year 2

Please find attached the timetable (with links) and files for week 5 of the Summer Term (week commencing on 18th May) for YEAR 2 only. The Year 1 equivalent documents will be published later today.

Tiger Class – Week-6-Learning-Project-KS1
Year 2 – Summer Term – Week 4

The White Rose Maths worksheets to accompany the videos will be published daily, as I will have to download this for you (those resources are no longer freely available).

Year 2 – Summer Term – week 5

Tiger Class – Week-7 -Learning-Project-KS1

All links and resources will also be published in our Class Dojo page, where I will be able to answer any queries.
Kind regards,
Mrs Crowe

5 years ago
Posted on 17th May 2020 by Admin

Panda Class Learning w/c 18th May 2020

Hi Pandas, I hope you are all well. I really enjoyed playing the ‘Guess the object’ game on our Zoom session on Friday and you were all amazing, asking brilliant questions. Well done!

Thank you for all of the communications over Class Dojo I really enjoy seeing what you have been up to. Last week saw some… very fast running, putting animals and their facts in to alphabetical order in excel, great maths work, lots of reading, gardening, bike riding, baking, a very sparkly blue spider in the spider game, some super writing and a poorly finger!

Following on from last week’s maths- her is a challenge! Still using the First, Then, Now strategy, try changing part of the number story to make it an unknown. This is a good activity to show how much understanding your child has of how the numbers change.
So, first there were 2 frogs on the log.
Then, some more frogs get on
Now there are 4 frogs.
How many frogs joined the group?
Alternatively, you could have an unknown amount at the start.

This week in maths we are looking at doubling. This can be doubling numbers, amounts in a group or doubling of patterns. Resources for doubling can be found below.

Nrich maths resource for doubling.
https://nrich.maths.org/content/id/12746/DoubleTrouble.pdf

BBC Numberblocks Series 2 Episode 9 – Double Trouble
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bot83VxMLqM

Games and activities to support doubling:
Play a doubles game with 2 dice. Roll both dice and see if you get a double – if you do, you score 2 points. The winner is the first person to 10 points.
Make towers or rows with Lego. Can they build towers that are double the length or double the height?
Can they find items around the house or garden to make double patterns?
Play matching snap.

English – finding out about dinosaurs
Can you create a fact file about dinosaurs? Which is your favourite dinosaur? What is it called? What food did they eat? (start to include terminology such as carnivore, herbivore, omnivore) Where did they live? Did it fly? How big was it? Include any interesting facts that you can find!
An interesting fact about a T-Rex is that its tooth is the same size as a banana!! AMAZING!

Below is an example for the ‘Dinosaur fact file’:
‘A diplodocus is my favourite dinosaur – it eats plants, so it is an herbivore. It has a very long neck to reach high up into the trees and has a very long tail. It weighed 12 tonnes which is as much as a large truck.’

Use pictures from the internet and drawings copied from books. Label the parts. Add extra interesting facts. Use text boxes and speech bubbles.

Enjoy the dinosaur links below:

Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTjQeCspMkY
The Prehistoric Animal Brigade-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bENtOFR66YY&vl=en-GB Can you copy the dinosaur actions?
The Dinosaur Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0FOZ0-VpcU

Reading – Lots of reading and listening to stories being read.

Phonics – Ruth Miskin’s Read Write Inc phonics is now extending the home learning until 12th June. There is a full schedule on their You Tube channel. They have also added several poetry activities for Reception age children.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ

Something completely different…
Live broadcasting from the National Aquarium
https://aqua.org/Experience/live

Have fun and stay safe
Mandy Turner

5 years ago
Posted on 17th May 2020 by Admin

Rhino Class – Learning Project WEEK 7 (18th May – 22nd May) – Celebrations

Hi Everyone,

Here are all the links to this week’s home learning tasks. As well as completing some of these activities it is important to read daily and practise your x tables as much as possible.

Please click on the link below to access the Rhino Class Learning Project for this week:

Week 7 Learning Project – Celebrations

This week’s project again includes weekly tasks for Maths, Reading, Writing and Spellings and a cross-curricular / topic project. All web links and instructions are included in the document. Please choose at least one activity from each section per day.

Use the links below for some Reading Comprehension Activities:

Diwali Differentiated Reading Comprehension Activity

Easter Differentiated Reading Comprehension Activity

Passover Differentiated Reading Comprehension Activity

Ramadan Differentiated Reading Comprehension Activity

The Queens Birthdays Differentiated Reading Comprehension Activity

Weekly spellings – please access the spellings to learn this week below. Week 7 is used as an assessment of the spellings over the last 6 weeks. Choose a random selection of spellings to test from the previous 6 weeks.

Year 3 Summer 1 Year 4 Summer 1

Please click on links below to access Year 3 and 4 Common Exception words and activities:

Common Exception Words – Year 3 and 4

Year 3 and 4 crosswords

Year 3 and 4 word searches

To reinforce the spelling of common words, then please access the high frequency word resources below:

1st 100 High frequency words

2nd 200 High frequency words

It is also a good idea to try and write each word into a sentence to ensure understanding of each word and practise using capital letters and full stops.

BBC Bitesize have some great daily activities in a range of subjects. If you would like to have look and try out some of the activities, then follow the links below:

Year 3 BBC Bitesize

Year 4 BBC Bitesize

Oak National Academy has also put together some amazing resources to support learning at home. There are lessons to follow for each day of the week which can be accessed using the links below.

Year 3 – week 5 Year 4 – week 5

The academy is currently on week 5 of these resources but if you find them useful in supporting your child at home then you can also access weeks 1 – 4 by scrolling down the web page.

You can also access some video lessons on fractions for lower key stage 2 on the NCETM website. Use the following link access week 5 and lessons 11 – 15:

LKS2 Fraction lessons – week 5

There are also some great maths lessons on the White Rose website.

Videos can be accessed via the following links:

Year 3 Multiply & Divide Year 4 Multiply & Divide

Corresponding worksheets can be accessed here:

Year 3 Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4

Year 4 Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4

Again, if fancy being active, then click on the link below for a daily workout from the body coach Joe Wicks. Each day, he will continue to stream a live 30 minute PE lesson for pupils access at home at 9 am. There are also a wealth of 5/10 min workouts specifically aimed at children which are great.

Joe Wicks – Workout Sessions

It was great last week to see so many examples of the work the children had completed as well as photos of them working, so if you like to share your child’s work with me (for rewards and feedback), again this can be done via the Class Dojo portfolio. As usual, if you have any queries, please continue to contact me via the Class Dojo app.

I will also set some daily challenges on a Tuesday and Thursday and send the link out via Class Dojo around 8am each day.

Kind regards and keep well

Mr Glover

5 years ago
Posted on 15th May 2020 by Admin

Proposed re-opening of the school – Draft plan

Dear parents and carers,

I know you must all be wondering what the next step will be for our schools to help you plan your own routines at home. There has been a huge amount of speculation, followed by so many documents from the DFE and LA. There are many more updates and documents on their way next week. We do not want to make plans only to have to undo them, so what I propose is a draft plan which we will adapt once we have all the advice and guidance. We need to audit all the staff and survey the parents properly to ascertain attendance numbers in the first instance.

We plan to take the return to school as safely as possible. Our local authority have asked us to create teaching groups of 8-10 pupils, integrating them slowly, beginning with the youngest. These groups would not be able to mix with any other during their time in school.

We plan to begin with Nursery and Reception children, mornings only for the first week. If this is manageable, we will integrate year one, mornings only the following week. This will then be reviewed and depending on numbers of children in school and staff available, we may be able to introduce year 6. Potentially we need three teaching spaces for each year group, so it really is not possible to say yet. Our teaching days will be Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

We will still look after the children of key workers in a separate room in the school so that there is no cross-contamination. This will still be 5 days a week 8:30 until 4:30

The rest of the school will be closed on Wednesdays to allow for teachers PPA and for a deep clean of the school.

We are in talks with the Corbet about transition days for our year 6 on their premises as well, so please don’t panic that we won’t see our year 6 again. It is just hopefully useful to know that year 6s may not return to school until end of June at the earliest.

Teachers will continue to provide home-learning activities for the children at home, and this will be the same work that they complete with the children in school. The teachers will have chance to respond on Wednesdays or on some afternoons if they are not looking after keyworkers children.

We will pass on firm dates and details as soon as we are able to do so. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

5 years ago
Posted on 14th May 2020 by Admin

Rhino Daily Challenge – Maths

Money Bags

Tom divided 15 coins, each 1p, into four small bags.

bags

He labelled each bag with the number of 1p coins inside it.

After doing this, he could then pay any amount of money from 1p to 15p by just using the certain bags without the need to open any bags.

How many 1p coins did Tom put in each bag?

Is there only one way Tom could have done this? If so, why?

5 years ago
Posted on 12th May 2020 by Admin

Rhino Daily Challenge – Writing

Can you write a Limerick?

A limerick is a silly poem with five lines. They are often funny or nonsensical. Limericks were made famous by Edward Lear, a famous author who wrote the “Book of Nonsense” in the 1800’s. This was an entire book of silly limericks.

How to write a limerick:

The first, second and fifth lines rhyme with each other and have the same number of syllables (typically 8 or 9).
The third and fourth lines rhyme with each other and have the same number of syllables (typically 5 or 6)
Limericks often start with the line “There once was a…” or “There was a…”

Here are some examples about teachers:

There was a headmaster from Quebec,
Who wrapped both his legs round his neck,
But then he forgot,
How to untie the knot,
And now he’s an absolute wreck.

There once was a teacher from Leeds,
Who swallowed a packet of seeds,
In less than an hour,
Her nose was a flower,
And her hair was a bunch of weeds.

There was a young teacher from Harrow,
Whose nose was too long and too narrow,
It gave so much trouble,
That he bent it up double,
And wheeled it around school in a barrow.

Challenge:

Can you write some Limericks of your own?

Can you write a Limerick about yourself? There was a young man/lady called….

ZOOM CLASS MEETING

I would like to create the opportunity for you to see and speak to me and all of your classmates via a class zoom meeting, on Thursday 14th May in the afternoon around 2pm. During the meeting, I would also like you to share one of the limericks you have written.

If you are not familiar with zoom, it is quite easy to use and set up. Best way to start, is to ‘Google Search’ zoom and just follow the instructions. Many of you may have already used zoom and are probably more familiar with it than I am!

I will be sending out a link via Dojo for you to be able to join the meeting later on today. Can’t wait to see you all.

5 years ago
Posted on 11th May 2020 by Admin

Phased return to school

Dear parents and carers,

Following the Prime Ministers announcement yesterday evening I’m sure you have many questions, as we do, that you would like clarifying. We found out the same information at the same time as you, so as you can imagine we have spent this morning trying to get some clarity. I have met virtually with the headteachers from the other local primary schools and we will work closely on the next stage together. I will also be speaking to the Corbet to discuss year 6 transition.

At the moment we will continue to provide provision for our Key Workers as we are at the moment. We have not yet received any information to support us with this new plan to start a phased return for some of the year groups. We expect to receive information from the Department for Education and the Local Authority very soon.

Please be assured that the safety of our children, staff and school community is the key priority and we will only begin a phased return when we are 100% prepared.

As always, we will keep you updated but for now please do not worry. We will continue to provide online learning for our children, keep in contact with you and continue to support each other during these difficult and uncertain times.

Many thanks for your patience.

5 years ago
Posted on 11th May 2020 by Admin

Snow Leopards 11th May 2020

Hello Snow Leopards,
I hope everyone is keeping well and you all had an enjoyable weekend celebrating VE Day on Friday. I had afternoon tea and cake in the sunshine!
Let me know if you did anything special to celebrate.

I understand that staying at home is challenging, especially for parents working from home too, but I hope everyone continues to keep busy and enjoy this time with your children. Please remember I’m here if anyone needs anything.

Please continue to refer to the links I posted in last weeks letter as they provide really important and fun activities to keep your little Snow Leopards busy!

A few other ideas for this week:
https://domesticsuperhero.com/best-homemade-playdough-recipe/
Dough gym is a fun activity which helps to strengthen and develop your fine and gross motor skills, balance and hand-eye co-ordination. ‘Dough Disco’ – YouTube, makes dough gym lots more fun!

https://www.sophiesnursery.com/nature-walk-activity/
Have a go at Sophie’s colour hunt. A great way for children to observe their surroundings, recognise and learn their colours!

I look forward to catching up with you all this week.

Jodie

5 years ago
Posted on 11th May 2020 by Admin

Rhino Class – Learning Project WEEK 6 (11th May – 15th May) – Food

Hi Everyone,

Here are all the links to this week’s home learning tasks. As well as completing some of these activities it is important to read daily and practise your x tables as much as possible.

Please click on the link below to access the Rhino Class Learning Project for this week:

Week 6 Learning Project – Food

Food Groups Presentation

Use the links below for some Reading Comprehension Activities:

Kosher Food

The digestive system

Weekly spellings – please access the spellings to learn this week below. Week 6 should be learnt each day and then tested on Friday.

Year 3 Summer 1 Year 4 Summer 1

Please click on links below to access Year 3 and 4 Common Exception words and activities:

Common Exception Words – Year 3 and 4

Year 3 and 4 crosswords

Year 3 and 4 word searches

To reinforce the spelling of common words, then please access the high frequency word resources below:

1st 100 High frequency words

2nd 200 High frequency words

It is also a good idea to try and write each word into a sentence to ensure understanding of each word and practise using capital letters and full stops.

BBC Bitesize have some great daily activities in a range of subjects. If you would like to have look and try out some of the activities, then follow the links below:

Year 3 BBC Bitesize

Year 4 BBC Bitesize

Oak National Academy has also put together some amazing resources to support learning at home. There are lessons to follow for each day of the week which can be accessed using the links below.

Year 3 – week 4 Year 4 – week 4

The academy is currently on week 4 of these resources but if you find them useful in supporting your child at home then you can also access weeks 1 – 3 by scrolling down the web page.

You can also access some video lessons on fractions for lower key stage 2 on the NCETM website. Use the following link:

LKS2 Fraction lessons – week 4

There are also some great maths lessons on the White Rose website.

Videos can be accessed via the following links:

Year 3 Multiply & Divide Year 4 Multiply & Divide

Corresponding worksheets can be accessed here:

Year 3 Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4

Year 4 Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4

Again, if fancy being active, then click on the link below for a daily workout from the body coach Joe Wicks. Each day, he will continue to stream a live 30 minute PE lesson for pupils access at home at 9am. There are also a wealth of 5/10 min workouts specifically aimed at children which are great.

Joe Wicks – Workout Sessions

I will also set some daily challenges on a Tuesday and Thursday and send the link out via Class Dojo around 8am each day.

Kind regards and keep well

Mr Glover

5 years ago
Posted on 10th May 2020 by Admin

Summer Term – Home Learning Timetable – Week 4 – Year 2

Please find attached the timetable (with links) and files for week 4 of the Summer Term (week commencing on 11th May) for YEAR 2 only. The Year 1 equivalent documents were published earlier today and can be found on my previous post.

Tiger Class – Week-6-Learning-Project-KS1

Year 2 – Summer Term – Week 4

The White Rose Maths worksheets to accompany the videos will be published daily, as I will have to download this for you (those resources are no longer freely available).

All links and resources will also be published in our Class Dojo page, where I will be able to answer any queries.
Kind regards,
Mrs Crowe

Panda Class

Tiger Class

Rhino Class

Jaguar Class

Snow Leopards

Money Bags