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Sunday 17th May, 2020

Working From Home Y5&6 – Monday 18th May 2020

Good morning Y5&6. Welcome to the final week before half term. I hope that those of you who took part in the Family Fun Quiz on Friday and Saturday evening enjoyed it.

Here are the final results of both quizzes.
Friday Night Quiz Final Results
Saturday night quiz final results

There will be another quiz this Friday and Saturday so if you would like to take part then let me know.

It looks like it’s going to be a beautiful week so enjoy the outdoors as much as you can after you’ve worked hard during the morning.
Here’s the weather forecast for today:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2637891

 

Here’s the timetable for today:
Daily Timetable Monday 18.5.20

9:00 Spelling Shed

9:30 English through History
English through History – Monday 18th May
Fact File Activity Sheets – Monday 18th May

 

11:00 Maths
Y5 Maths 3D Shapes Monday 18.5.20
Y5 Maths 3D Shapes Monday 18.5.20 Activity
Y6 Maths Monday 18.5.20 

(Y6s – Let me know if you can’t use the link for the Kahoot maths calculation starter and I shall send it to you via Class Dojo instead.)

 

1:00 PE / Fitness (Circuit training or Bikeability)
PE – Circuit training and bikeability

 

Have a good day!

Sunday 17th May, 2020

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

Sunday 17th May, 2020

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

Friday 15th May, 2020

Highlights From Home Y5&6 – Friday 15th May 2020

Another week has passed, and yet again, you’ve delivered some wonderful focus, concentration and standards this week Y5&6. You never fail to amaze me with your commitment.

Today, I’ve seen some excellent non-chronological report writing about ancient Greek mythical creatures. Y6s – you seem really keen to take part in a Kahoot Maths quiz to help them with their calculations, and Y5s, you’ve been studying the different types of polygons (regular and irregular). It’s lovely to see other activities that you’ve been doing at home today too, eg, face painting, football, art work and making a hoplite helmet.

I hope you enjoy the Kahoot Family Fun quiz this evening and tomorrow evening. Don’t be too competitive with each other – it’s just a bit of fun! ?

Here’s today’s Highlights From Home….
Friday’s 15.5.20 Highlights from Home Y5&6

And by the way……

Have a good weekend everybody. One more week until half term!

Friday 15th May, 2020

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.
Thursday 14th May, 2020

Working From Home Y5&6 – Friday 15th May 2020

Good morning Y5&6. Another week is nearly over and hopefully, as well as keeping up to date with your work at home, but you’ve also taken part in lots of other interesting and maybe outdoor experiences during the week.

What the weather will be like today in Shrewsbury? Let’s have a look…..
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2637891
If you missed yesterday’s Newsround, here it is…..
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/news/watch_newsround

Well done to the following children who have reached specific landmarks with their Class Dojos:-

50+ dojos
Cassie, Dante, Heidi, Holly H, Isla, Jacob, Lily, Rhys, Sophie and Toby
100+ dojos
Chloe, Isobel, Katie, Lucy and Ruby
150+ dojos
Amy, Cameron, Harvey, Jack and Zoe
200+
Henry, Bethany and Reuben
250+
Nelly

 

Here’s the timetable of learning for Friday:
Daily Timetable Friday 15.5.20

9:00 Morning exercise & Spelling Shed

9:30 English (Ancient Greek Mythical Creatures / Heroes)
English – Friday Lesson 5 – 15.5.20

11:00 Maths (Y6 – Kahoot Maths Quiz – 2 rounds) (Y5 – Sorting polygons)
Y5 Maths Friday 15.5.20
Y5 Maths Friday 15.5.20 Polygons Activity
Y6 Maths Friday 15.5.20

 

1:00 RE (Hinduism – Lesson 3)
Lesson 3 RE – Hinduism

End of School for the week!

Friday Family Fun Quiz (Maximum of 10)
Jack, Zoe, Ruby, Sophie, Lily, Bethany, Dante, Isla, Chloe and Cameron
Saturday Family Fun Quiz (Maximum of 10)
Elizabeth, Amy, Cassie, Megan and Rhys (so far)

I shall send you the link for the quiz at 6:30 on Friday/Saturday on the Class Dojo page and it will expire at 9pm. *Don’t forget to keep the link at the end of the quiz so that you can check the results at the end. Good luck and have a good weekend.

Thursday 14th May, 2020

Highlights From Home Y5&6 – Thursday 14th May 2020

Y5&6,
Well done on all of your hard work today. Below is the list of children who I will send the Friday Family Fun quiz to tomorrow evening. There will be 60 questions in total, with the final 10 questions being about ME! It will be available from 6:30pm onwards and will last until 9pm. Good luck.

Jack, Zoe, Ruby, Sophie, Lily, Bethany, Dante, Isla, Chloe and Cameron

Here’s today’s ‘Highlights From Home.’

Thursday’s 14.5.20 Highlights from Home Y5&6

Have a good evening.

Thursday 14th May, 2020

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?

Wednesday 13th May, 2020

Working From Home Y5&6 – Thursday 14th May 2020

Good morning Y5&6. It looks like it might be a pleasant day today. Here’s today’s weather forecast….
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2637891

 

Here’s today’s timetable:
Daily Timetable Thursday 14.5.20

9:00 Morning exercise & Spelling Shed

9:30 English (Minotaur v Polythemus)
English – Thursday Lesson 4 – 14.5.20

11:00 Maths (Calculation starter – Kahoot for Y5s & Y6s)
Y5 Maths Thursday 14.5.20
Y5 Maths Thursday 14.5.20 Activity 1
Y5 Maths Thursday 14.5.20 Activity 2
Y6 Maths Thursday 14.5.20

1:00 Reading

1:20 Art or D&T
Art Thursday 14.5.20 Lesson 4
D&T – Thursday 14.5.20 – Lesson 4

Have a good day. Keep in touch!

Wednesday 13th May, 2020

Highlights From Home Y5&6 – Wednesday 13th May 2020

Another active day from everybody in Y5&6 in your learning and your physical well being. Well done to those Y5s who took part in the Kahoot Maths calculation quiz today. It takes a while to organise so it’s pleasing that a lot of you are taking part. It’s a lot of fun! As for the Y6s, I hope you are always checking the Bikeability levels so you can tick off everything that you’ve achieved so far.

There’s been lots going on for you all to see so here’s the main highlights of the day.
Wednesday’s 13.5.20 Highlights from Home Y5&6
If you missed Newsround today, here it is…….
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/news/watch_newsround

Have a lovely evening and a good night’s sleep.