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Sunday 21st June, 2020

Working From Home (And now school again) Y5&6 – Monday 22nd June 2020

Good morning Y5&6 and welcome back to school to the 10 children who have returned this morning. For the remaining Y6s and the Y5s who are currently still working from home, please keep sending me any of the home learning that the children have been producing as I will continue to show the ‘Highlights At Home’ page each evening. During the school day, I will respond to any questions you may have as soon as I can.

Here’s the weather forecast for today….https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2637891

Here’s today’s timetable…..
Daily Timetable Monday 22.6.20

 

English
English (History) Lesson 1 – Monday 22nd June 2020

 

Maths
Y5 Maths – Monday 22nd June 2020
Y5 Maths Activity – Kg and g / Km and m – Monday 22nd June
Y6 Maths – Monday 22nd June 2020
Y6 Maths Activity – Monday 22nd June – Reflection and co-ordinates

 

Have a good day.
Mr Hughes

 

 

Saturday 20th June, 2020

Panda Class Overview of Learning w/c 22nd June 2020

Hello Panda Parents,

We’ve all been working so hard this week: at home and at school, in our bubbles.  Well done and a big thank you to all.

Maths – This week in maths we are looking at halving and odd / even numbers.  Collect an even number of small items, count them so you both know how many there are at the start. Perhaps use some food for a teddy bears picnic.  Have 2 plates and share the food out equally. Make sure the sharing is fair.  Then progress this to start with an odd number of items and talk about what happens when you have shared fairly but there is a left over, this must mean we started with an odd number of items. Talk about odd and even numbers. Encourage your child to draw pictures to record their findings. Children could build towers with odd and even numbers of bricks, again, draw what they have found out and discuss odd and even numbers. ‘An odd number is a number that cannot be shared out fairly between 2 people.’

whats-for-dinner-activity-sheet-for-odds-and-evens

We can also complete any maths activity sheets from last week too – these are good to keep revisiting basic number operations.

Phonics – In phonics this week we are revising recognising and writing, correctly, all of the set one sounds.  I have sent a link to the set one sounds so you know which ones they are.  I have also added a video clip to see how the letters should be formed.  The correct letter formation is important to crack at an early age then children don’t start with habits which are hard to break later on in school.  Ultimately, the aim is for older children to have cursive handwriting and the correct formation is vital for this to be successful.

The link below shows which letters/sounds are in which set.

phonics_sounds_set_1__2_and_3-2

The link below is a link to the parents area of Read Write Inc phonics where you will find lots of resources for reading and phonics in general.

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/reading-schemes-oxford-levels/read-write-inc-phonics-guide/

There re some writing/phonics sheets too which will hopefully be fun and help to cement our phonics.  The sentences in bold should, ideally, be read by the children with your support.

Phonics Activity Mats

If I can be of help with anything please let me know.  Have a great week.

Mandy Turner

Friday 19th June, 2020

Highlights From Home Y5&6 – Friday 19th June 2020

Good evening Y5&6. Here’s your Highlights From Home for today…..
Friday’s 19.6.20 Highlights from Home Y5&6

 

Here’s some other pieces of work that I’d like to share with you….
Cameron Emerton Maka – Save The Chimpanzees
Megan Boland – Save The Chimpanzees
Henry Burns – Save The Chimpanzees

Have a good weekend.

Thursday 18th June, 2020

Working From Home Y5&6 – Friday 19th June 2020

Good morning Y5&6. This evening and tomorrow evening, there shall be another Family Fun Quiz for you all to take part in should you wish. It is made up of general knowledge questions, questions about your classmates and questions about myself. So far, these are the children whose families wish to take part.

Friday night quiz
Isla
Henry
Bethany
Elizabeth
Jack
Reuben
Chloe
Ruby

 

Saturday night quiz
Rhys
Dante
Amy
Zoe

If there is anybody else who wishes to take part, there are 2 place left on Friday night and 6 places left on Saturday night. Let me know and I shall add you to the list. If you’ve not yet sent in any of your own questions, please do so as soon as possible. I shall send you the link to the quiz at 6pm on each day and you can use it whenever you wish from that point onwards until 10pm at night.

Here’s today’s timetable:
Daily Timetable Friday 19.6.20

9:00 Exercise & Spelling Test (Next week’s spellings are now ready on Spelling Shed)

9:30 English (Science) Create your advert to help to persuade the world to top chimpanzees from becoming extinct.
APOSTROPHES starter activity

 

1:00 Maths
Y5 Maths Friday 19th June 2020
Reflection mastery Y5
Co-ordinates mastery Y5
ANSWERS – Reflection mastery Y5
ANSWERS – Co-ordinates mastery Y5

 

Y6 Maths Lesson 5 Friday 19th June
Y6 Maths Puzzle 1
Y6 Maths Puzzle 2
Y6 Maths Puzzle 3

 

Have a good weekend and enjoy the quiz!
Mr Hughes
Thursday 18th June, 2020

Highlights From Home Y5&6 – Thursday 18th June 2020

Another busy day for the Y5s and Y6s today. Hopefully, you’ve all planned your information about Jane Goodall and her work with chimpanzees to produce a wonderful, persuasive advert tomorrow, whether that be a TV / Radio advert, poster or a leaflet.

Here’s today’s Newsround if you missed it….https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/news/watch_newsround

Today’s weather was as expected – non stop rain all day. Let’s see what is forecast tomorrow…..https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2637891

Here’s today’s Highlights From Home.
Thursday’s 18.6.20 Highlights from Home Y5&6
Thursday 18th June, 2020

Year 6 Leavers Hoodies

A Massive “THANK YOU” to Mrs Cheryl Collins who kindly organised the hoodies for this years leavers. She volunteers to do this every year but we know that this year has been quite a challenge.

The hoodies have been hand delivered to the Year 6 pupils by Mr Hughes and Mrs Smith and according to reports from home,  have been living in them ever since 🙂

Thursday 18th June, 2020

Rhino Daily Challenge – Maths

Zios and Zepts

Deep in a rainforest, two new creatures have been discovered. They are called Zios ,which have 3 legs and Zepts, which have 7 legs.

The great explorer Nico, who first discovered them back in 2012, saw a crowd of the  creatures gathering on the forest floor. He managed to sneak up on them and see that there were both Zios and Zepts in crowd. However, as soon as they all saw him, they all rolled over onto their backs and put their legs in the air.

He could count 52 legs but had no idea how many creatures he was looking at.

How many Zios and how many Zepts do you think there were in the crowd?
Do you think there is more than one possible answer?

Wednesday 17th June, 2020

Working From Home Y5&6 – Thursday 18th June 2020

Good morning Y5&6. Unfortunately, the forecast for today looks to be very poor – just look at the % chance of precipitation (rain). https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2637891

Here’s yesterday’s Newsround. If you missed it, you can now catch up…..
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/news/watch_newsround

 

Here’s today’s timetable from home.
Daily Timetable Thursday 18.6.20

9:00 Exercise & Spelling Shed (You’ve dropped out of the top 100 now – time to catch up again I think.)

9:30 English (Science) – Today’s focus will continue from today into tomorrow.
English through Science – Lesson 4 – Living Things – Jane Goodall – Thursday 18th June 2020
Activity 1 – Jane Goodall
Activity 2 Advert planning

 

1:00 Maths
Y5 Maths Thursday 18th June 2020
Maths Activity 1
Maths Activity 2 Pages 2,3 and 4

 

Y6 Maths Lesson 4 Thursday 18th June
Puzzle Time 1
Puzzle Time 2
Puzzle Time 3
Y6 Prison Cells Puzzle

 

Have a good day.
Mr Hughes
Wednesday 17th June, 2020

Highlights From Home Y5&6 – Wednesday 17th June 2020

Good evening Y5&6. I hope that you enjoyed learning about the life cycle of mammals and found out some interesting facts about specific animals.

Congratulations to these children who have reached the following landmarks on their Class Dojo points, from all of their hard work during the last 12 weeks……

400+    Henry, Reuben and Amy

350+    Bethany, Cameron and Nelly

300+    Harvey, Zoe and Jack   

200+   Chloe, Dante, Katie, Lucy, Megan and Ruby

150+   Sophie, Heidi and Isobel

100+   Cassie, Isla, Nia and Rhys

50+     Toby, Jacob, Lily, Holly H, Elizabeth and Alissa

Here’s today’s Highlights From Home page…..
Wednesday’s 17.6.20 Highlights from Home Y5&6

 

Enjoy the rest of the evening
Mr Hughes
Tuesday 16th June, 2020

Working From Home Y5&6 – Wednesday 17th June 2020

Good morning Y5&6. Welcome to Wednesday. To start the day, take a look at today’s weather forecast. It looks quite similar to the past few days where we’ve had warm, muggy spells with downpours, thunder and lightning. https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2637891

If you missed Newsround yesterday, take a look at a talented, young skateboarder as well as information about bees. https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/news/watch_newsround

Here’s today’s timetable from home.
Daily Timetable Wednesday 17.6.20

9:00 Exercise & Spelling Shed

9:25 English (Science – Living Things – Life Cycles – Mammals)
English through Science – Lesson 3 – Living Things – Mammals – Wednesday 17th June 2020
Activity 1 Describing Reproduction
Kangaroo Life Cycle
Platypus Life Cycle
Rabbit Life Cycle

 

1:00 Maths
Y5 Maths – Wednesday 17th June
Y6 Maths – Wednesday 17th June
Y6 Time Investigating

 

2:00 PE – Cricket (If weather is suitable) If not, you could practise your typing schools or play Silversphere – can you reach Cameron’s highest level of 14?

 

Have a good day.
Mr Hughes