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Tuesday 28th April, 2020

Highlights from Home Y5&6 – Tuesday 28th April 2020

Unfortunately, the weather has been miserable today and it looks like it’s going to continue tomorrow. Take a look……
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2637891

Today, I’ve been ‘snowed under’ with the amount of photographs of your learning at home, which is fantastic.

I know that a lot of you look forward to seeing these ‘Highlights from Home’ so if anybody wants to be original with what you send, eg, ‘Storytime with Nelly’, then it would be good fun. If you choose to send a video, it can’t be too long though (2 minutes long probably) or else the file might be too large to upload. It could be a PE warm up routine, some reading, a music or drama performance, etc…..

Here’s ‘Storytime with Nelly’ Day Five – Listen carefully to try to answer her question at the end.

Here’s the Highlights from Home page for today. Well done to everybody who has contributed, and if you aren’t on here today, it would be lovely to hear from you tomorrow.
Tuesday’s 28.4.20 Highlights from Home Y5&6
Tuesday 28th April, 2020

Rhino Daily Challenge – Writing

There are many books on all types superheros, especially linked to animals and creatures.

Just like SUPERWORM by Julia Donaldson that Amelia has been reading recently, which gave me an idea….

If you were going to turn an animal/creature into a superhero, what would you choose?

Challenge:

  • Write a short story (include 5 key elements – introduction, build up, problem, resolution and ending)
  • Write a comic strip
  • Draw and label your character
  • Create a powerpoint
Monday 27th April, 2020

Working from Home Y5&6 – Tuesday 28th April 2020

Good morning everybody,
Here’s today’s timetable of learning from home.

Daily Timetable Tuesday 28.4.20

9:00 Morning exercise
9:30 Spelling Shed

 

9:45 English (Biography writing)
English Lesson 2 Tuesday 28.4.20

 

11:00 Maths
Y5 Maths Tuesday 28th April 2020
Y5 Maths Tuesday 28th April – Decimal sequences
Y6 Maths Tuesday 28th April 2020
Y6 Maths Tuesday 28th April – The Mean

 

1:00 Reading (Perseus and Medusa)
http://myths.e2bn.org/mythsandlegends/story20134-perseus-and-medusa.html

 

1:30 History – Topic (Ancient Greece)
Lesson 2 Ancient Greek Democracy
Activity Sheets Comparing Ancient Greek Democracy

 

Have a good day! I’m looking forward to seeing your efforts today.

Monday 27th April, 2020

Highlights from Home Y5&6 – Monday 27th April 2020

Hi everybody,
It may be the start of a new week, but as usual, the children didn’t disappoint with their focus today. Welcome to a new addition in Y6, Zac, and hopefully you will all get the chance to meet him soon and make him feel really welcome at his new school.
Well done for maintaining your position at the top of the world league for a third day!

World Groups League

Pos Group Group Score
1. Year 5 & 6 Myddle, Harris Gough Federation, England 669,766,043
2. 5BC, East Hunsbury Primary School, England 659,267,778
3. Ruby, Loose Primary School, England 632,960,785
Nelly has been busy again but this time she’s going to test you on your listening skills by asking you a question at the end of her reading.
Here’s the ‘Highlights from Home’ for today. Enjoy!
Monday’s 27.4.20 Highlights from Home Y5&6

 

Monday 27th April, 2020

Snow Leopards w/c 27th April 2020

Hello Snow Leopards and Parents/Carers.

I hope you all had a lovely Easter and ate lots of chocolate! I wanted to let you all know that I am missing you all very much and look forward to seeing you all soon.

Please feel free to get in touch if you have any questions regarding your child’s play/learning from home. If you get stuck, I have gathered a few ideas and activities you could try at home with your children.  If we were in Nursery our topic would be Spring, new beginnings and animals and their young, so perhaps you could support your children with some of these at home.

Signs of Spring:

Go for a walk and collect some nature treasures. When you get home count them and then make a picture with them.

Learn about animals and their young:

Sheep/lambs -Cows/calves – Horses/foals – Chickens/chicks, for example.

Look at the life cycle of a frog. See if you can find any! Watch this video… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxlSGf9_amA

There are some lovely interactive stories on Twinkl; ‘The Cautious Caterpillar’, ‘All About Spring’ and ‘Seren’s Seasons’

For children wanting to practice their letter/number recognition or formation, pencil grip and control Twinkl is another brilliant resource for this. Ensure that you have highlighted the ‘Early Years’

We often do Cosmic Yoga in nursery and the children love it! Follow this link to have a go https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga

I am always checking my emails so please email anything that your children have been up to; I would love to see it! nursery@myddle.shropshire.sch.uk

Take care and stay safe,

Jodie Phillips

Monday 27th April, 2020

Panda Class Learning w/c 27th April 2020

Well Pandas, you have all blown me away with your effort and determination!  I can see from your messages and photos on Class Dojo that you have been very busy doing lots of wonderful things, such as: daily phonics lessons, baking, learning to ride a bike, amazing adding and taking away, wonderful writing, planting seeds, bug hunting, painting, making volcanoes, building railways and the list goes on. A huge thank you to you and to the grown-ups who are supporting you to do such amazing things.

This week…

Hungry Little Minds is a good source of information with lots of different ideas for learning through play.  Well worth a look.

https://hungrylittleminds.campaign.gov.uk/#3

On the Hungry little minds site there are lots of Apps which are suggested and look good, particularly:

  • Fonetti

A Listening Bookshop

The App actively listens to children as they read aloud and holds their attention by turning the words green in real-time when they get them right. This interactive experience motivates the child to read more and then rewards them with fun animations, fanfares and badges.  Free for 3 months then is chargeable.

  • Teach your monster to read

This is a game that makes learning to read so much fun.

  • • Covers everything from letters and sounds to reading full sentences.
  • • Designed in collaboration with leading academics.
  • • Complements all synthetic phonics programmes used in schools.
  • • Computer version is 100% free.

This week in maths children will hopefully enjoy exploring and learning about repeating patterns.

Children should copy, continue and create their own patterns.  They focus on AB and ABC patterns (Where A, B & C just represent a different item in the pattern).  It is important to provide patterns with at least three full units of repeat. Encourage your child to say the pattern out loud as this will help them identify the part which repeats and supports them to continue the pattern.

If possible, try and provide opportunities to explore pattern in a range of contexts including shape, colours, size, actions and sounds.  Encourage them to build patterns both vertically (this could be with Duplo/Lego) and horizontally.

The link to You Tube below is a really good visual to get children started.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBjjxSx45-Q

Twinkl has a lot of patterns to download – but if you don’t want to print you could make the pattern out of items around the house and garden.

In English please continue with the Literacy work from last week.  If anyone has finished and needs more then let me know.

Read Write Inc Phonics is still online, daily – I know a lot of you are really enjoying these brilliant online daily lessons and it is fantastic that the children are continuing to practice their letters and sounds. Thank you.

Have a good week learning through play ?  Please message me if I can help with anything.

Mandy Turner

Monday 27th April, 2020

Working from Home Y5&6 – Monday 27th April 2020

Welcome back Year 5&6 to a new week of learning from home. I hope that you refreshed yourselves during the weekend and are ready to focus again at the start of a new week. Myddle CE Primary School shall be open today with a few ‘key workers’ supporting a small group of children. Therefore, the books of the school children are still available to collect in the reception area if you still haven’t done so. Well done to all of those children who have helped to get the Y5&6 class to Number 1 in the world on Spelling Shed, however, since Sunday, we have now dropped back to number 6! Can we get back to the top again? Yes we can!

Here’s our timetable for today.
Daily Timetable Monday 27.4.20

9:00 Morning exercise

9:30 Spelling Shed

9:45 English (Continue with ‘Biography’ writing)
English Lesson 1 Monday 27.4.20

 

11:00 Maths
Y5 Maths Monday 27th April 2020
Y5 Maths Activity Monday 27th April 2020
Y6 Maths Monday 27th April 2020
Y6 Maths Activity Monday 27th April 2020

 

1:00 Whole class story (Ancient Greek Myth – Pandora’s Box)
http://myths.e2bn.org/mythsandlegends/playstory562-pandoras-box.html

 

1:30 Science (New Topic – Humans)
Science Lesson 1 Monday 27th April – Babies and human life cycle
Activity Sheet Stages of Human Growth and Development

 

Have a good day. I’m looking forward to seeing how your progress today.

Sunday 26th April, 2020

Rhino Class – Learning Project WEEK 4 (27th Apr – 1st May) – Animals

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 4 Learning Project – Animals

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:

Pet Care of a Dog Differentiated Reading Comprehension Activity

Pet Care of a Guinea Pig Differentiated Reading Comprehension Activity

Weekly spellings – please access the spellings to learn this week below. Week 4 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

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

Looking for a challenge?

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 Lesson s 6 -10

There are also some great daily maths lessons on the white rose website. These can be accessed using the links below:

Year 3 Fractions       Year 4 Decimals

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

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 24th April, 2020

Highlights from Home Y5&6 Friday 24th April 2020

Well it’s finally the end of what has been a long week. Despite the gorgeous weather and the fantastic efforts by the children, it’s clear that they are wanting to get back to school and see their friends again. Once again, thank you to everybody who has been contributing to their learning and progress of the children at home. Having you there to keep them focused, checking their answers, and offering ideas and areas of improvement is so important. We couldn’t do it without you!

Would you believe, Y5&6 are now 4th in the world on Spelling Shed and we are closing in on 1st place. If it doesn’t get used, schools lose their points, so if each child can spend 5-10 minutes on Saturday and Sunday to practise their new spellings for next week, then hopefully we will maintain our position until Monday.

Pos Group Group Score
1. Class 4F, St Helen’s Catholic Primary School, England 600,486,275
2. 3FE, Pennine Way Primary School, England 584,468,968
3. Year 2 Mrs Styles Phonics, Paget Primary School, England 572,236,756
4. Year 5 & 6 Myddle, Harris Gough Federation, England 562,467,888

Here’s day two of ‘Storytime with Nelly’.

Here’s our Highlights from Home today.
Friday’s 24.4.20 Highlights from Home Y5&6

Have a good weekend everybody!

Friday 24th April, 2020

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