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6 years ago
Posted on 19th Mar 2020 by

Rhino Class – Working from home

Dear Rhino parents / carers,

Please look at and use the links below to access some interactive websites and resources I have put together for pupils while they are at home. I will be planning some other activities for pupils to complete in the near future, so please keep checking back on the school website.

Hope everyone keeps well

Mr Glover

Web Links:

Hit the Button – Fantastic mental maths activities.

Top Marks English – Interactive activities/games for grammar, spelling, reading, writing etc. Use the tabs at the top of the page to choose the category and scroll down to select the activity.

Top Marks Maths – Interactive activities/games on multiple themes including: place value, ordering and sequencing number and calculations. Use the tabs at the top of the page to choose the category and scroll down to select the activity.

BBC Bitesize Primary – Interactive games/activities for all subject areas. Click on the subject area of your choice.

Oxford Owls – Online games for Maths and English

KS2 Education Quizzes – A great website that contains a variety of quizzes based on a range of subject. Just scroll down to select a quiz which contains a series of multiple choice questions on a chosen theme. Make sure you read the questions carefully and good luck!

Super Movers – Feeling Active? Why not try some of the active learning videos on this BBC website. Videos are linked to a number of different subject areas and are a great way to get yourselves moving if you’re staying in the house all day.

Downloadable Resources:

Reading Comprehension:

Roald Dahl – 3 levels    Garden Birds – 3 levels   Armed Forces – 3 levels

Writing:

Uplevelling Writing Activities – 3 levels

Story Writing Guidance

Maths:

Year 3 Place Value   Year 4 Place Value

Year 3 Addition and Subtraction Workbook

Year-4-Addition-and-Subtraction Workbook

Year 3 Multiplication and Division Workbook

Year 4 Multiplication and Division Workbook

Maths at home – Year 3

Maths at home – Year 4

Ultimate x Table Challenge

Chilli Challenge Cards – How hot is your maths?

Arithmetic Tests:

Y3-Arithmetic-Half-Test-1a     Y3-Arithmetic-Half-Test-2a    Y3-Arithmetic-Half-Test-3a

Y4-Arithmetic-Half-Test-1a     Y4-Arithmetic-Half-Test-2a    Y4-Arithmetic-Half-Test-3a

Spelling:

Weekly spellings to learn:

Year 3 summer 1

Year 4 Summer 1

Curriculum Spelling Activities:

Year 3 and 4 Activity Sheets

 

 

6 years ago
Posted on 18th Mar 2020 by

Parent access to Twinkl – An Educational Resource Website

Twinkl is an educational website which contains a wealth of resources designed by teachers for teachers. To access the resources, you usually require a paid subscription. However, due to school closures and pupils’ learning being disrupted, Twinkl is offering every parent access to Twinkl resources with a One Month Ultimate Membership, totally free of charge. 

Accessing this offer is really easy to do – go to www.twinkl.co.uk/offer to set up a new account using the code UKTWINKLHELPS and you’re ready to go.

Additional Resources:

Twinkl have also created a number of really helpful guides, designed for parents, for different areas of the curriculum. Their dedicated Parents’ Hub contains hundreds of educational activities designed for use at home.

For parents with children in EYFS, take a look through the EYFS for Parents area to find some really useful guides and activities to share.

For primary-aged children (Year 1 to 6), take a look at the 5-11 area. Again, this was created with parents in mind so it’s filled with guides and information about what children should be learning in each year group, for each curriculum area.

They have also created some interactive ‘School closure learning packs‘ which can be downloaded once you have an account. Click on the link below for quick access:

Learning Packs

Hope you enjoy the resources

Regards

Mr Glover

6 years ago
Posted on 29th Jan 2020 by

Marvellous Magnets

This week, Rhino class conducted a fair test to find the strongest type of magnet.

The children planned an investigation which involved seeing how many paper clips each magnet could hold. Before testing each of the different types of magnet, the children predicted which they thought would be the strongest.

After the they had finished, they had some quite surprising results which led to a great discussion in class.

6 years ago
Posted on 22nd Jan 2020 by

Year 3 & 4 Gymnastics Competition

Today, 5 girls from Rhino class took part in a gymnastics competition at Baschurch. As part of the team, each had to perform a floor routine and two vaults.

The girls performed brilliantly, as individuals and as a team, and out of the five school competing, they finished in first place.

This was a fantastic achievement and we are extremely proud of the girls.

Well done to: Ariana, Lilly, Maisie, Amelia and Isabella.

6 years ago
Posted on 19th Jan 2020 by

Describing a setting

This week, Rhino class have looked primarily at character description but finished the week by exploring a setting. To tie in with our class text of Fantastic Mr Fox, the pupils explored a woodland setting in detail.

By imagining themselves in the setting, they constructed phrases using their senses and prepositions to help explain where they could see, hear or smell details.

All this preparation should lead to some excellent descriptive writing next week.

6 years ago
Posted on 10th Jan 2020 by

Colour Mixing

Today, pupils in Rhino class learnt about primary colours and how they can be mixed to make other colours. The pupils generated a colour wheel to show the different gradients of colour they created.

6 years ago
Posted on 08th Jan 2020 by

Rhino Class – Spelling Books

Please can all spelling books be brought into school every Thursday. The tests will take place on this day.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to speak to Mr Glover

6 years ago
Posted on 10th Dec 2019 by

KS2 Evening Performance – Thursday 12th December

Please can children be back in school no earlier than 5:15 for the evening performance.

Children will be sent home with their costumes so they can wear them back to school in the evening to minimise the need to change before and after the performance.

The performance will last around an hour so children whose parents are not attending the evening performance will need to be collected by 6:45pm.

Children who are booked in for Maths club after school on Thursday are welcome to stay in school and a member of staff will supervise them. It may be advisable to sent them with a snack.

6 years ago
Posted on 06th Dec 2019 by

Roman Mosaics

This week, Rhino class have been designing and making their own Roman Mosaics. Having already mixed their own colours and painted numerous pieces of paper in preparation, the children had to cut out uniform pieces and stick them accurately to reflect their deigns.