Rhino Daily Challenge – Writing

Imagine you are Harry Potter in the scene below. Write five different sentences about what you can see and where you can see it.

Challenge: Try to use at least 2 of the following:

Prepositional phrase (position) – Above my head, at the edge of the narrow street,

Simile (like or as)- glowing like the embers of a fire, as bright as a star

Personification (human action/emotion) – The shop begged me come in

Good luck!

Rhino Daily Challenge – Maths

A Square of Numbers

Can you put the numbers 1 to 8 into the circles so that the four calculations are correct?

square of sums
Remember, you might need to show real perseverance and keep trying until you find a solution. Also, is there only one solution? Can anyone find 2 ways of solving the problem?
An interactive version of this problem can be found using the link below:

BBC Bitesize daily lessons for pupils

Hi,

The BBC have today released a fantastic online resource with daily subject lessons for each year group. The activities are interactive and look great fun as well academic.

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

Rhino Class – Learning Project WEEK 3 (20th Apr – 24th Apr) – Viewpoints

Hi Everyone,

I hope had time to relax and enjoy the beautiful weather over the Easter break. It is a pleasure to welcome you back to the website and hopefully you are ready to get going again with your learning. Remember, as well as completing some of these activities is 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 3 Learning Project – Viewpoints

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:

Garden Birds Differentiated Reading Comprehension Activity

Weekly spellings – please access the spellings to learn this week below. Week 3 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 Spelling and Activity Sheets

Looking for more maths?

Try the x tables challenge… Ultimate x Table Challenge

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

The BBC Bitesize website also offer some great games and activities that can be used learn all aspects of maths. Use the link: BBC Bitesize

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

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

Rhino Superveg

Thanks to all of you that completed the ‘Superveg’ challenge yesterday. You obviously had great fun creating your own characters making models, making videos, making power-points and writing shorts stories and comic strips! I was so impressed, so well done!

Have a look at some of the highlights using the link below:

SuperVeg

Hope you all have a great Easter Break and I will see you back here very soon with some more activities and daily challenges after the holidays.

Take care

Mr Glover

Rhino Class Daily Challenge – Superveg

My son absolutely loves this story…

Challenge:  Choose a different vegetable to turn into a superhero

What veg will you choose?
What will they be called?
Can you write a short story about them?
Can you design a comic strip about them?
Can you make a super veg model?

93 Best Supertato Eyfs images | Supertato, Eyfs, Eyfs activities

Hope you have fun. I have told my son about the challenge and we would love to see your ideas.

Mr Glover

Rhino Daily Challenge – Maths Investigation

Fifteen Cards

This challenge will involve some concentration and perseverance. Remember, if you don’t solve it first time, try a different approach. make sure you read the information really carefully to make sure your selection meets all the criteria. Good luck!

I have fifteen cards numbered 1 15.I put down seven of them on the table in a row.

7 cards

The numbers on the first two cards add to 15.
The numbers on the second and third cards add to 20.
The numbers on the third and fourth cards add to 23.
The numbers on the fourth and fifth cards add to 16.
The numbers on the fifth and sixth cards add to 18.
The numbers on the sixth and seventh cards add to 21.

What are my cards?

Can you find any other solutions?

How do you know you’ve found all the different solutions?

Rhino Class – Learning Project WEEK 2 (30th Mar – 3rd Apr) – The Area You Live In

Hi Everyone,

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

Week 2 Learning Project – The Area You Live In

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:

Fossils Differentiated Reading Comprehensions

Weekly spellings – please access the spellings to learn this week below. Week 2 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 Spelling and Activity Sheets

Looking for more maths? There are 5 daily maths lessons which including video tutorials and follow up activities. Please click on the link below:

Year 3 – Week 2

Year 4 – Week 2

Ultimate x Table Challenge

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

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

Poetry Challenge Completed!

Well done to all those that completed today’s poetry challenge. You have created some excellent Kennings based on the squirrel video you were asked to watch. They were really well written and I could see how closely you had watched the video.I particularly the use of alliteration.

Click on the link below to view the poems:

Squirrel Kennings