Phase 3, Summer term 6
English
- Talk for Writing packs to be released fortnightly.
- All packs will be on the school website.
- Each pack is roughly 2 weeks worth of work.
- Pupils in a mixed class, please feel free to look at both stories if you wish to.
- New Talk for Writing Units are available 15/6/20 R-Maxs-Jungle Y1-Brian-Bear Y2-Superheroes Y3-Lockdown-1 Y4-Impossibly-Possible Y5-Wizards Y6-Monsters
| Reception/ Year 1 |
Reception are to work their way through ‘Mouse’s Adventure’ : download here Y1s are to work their way through ‘Sayeeda, the Pirate Princess’ : download here |
| Year 2 | Y2s are to work their way through ‘Rainbows, rainbows everywhere!’ : download here |
| Year 3/4 | Y3s are to work their way through ‘Journey to the Jungle!’ : download here Y4s are to work their way through ‘Mission Possible’ : download here |
| Year 5/6 | Y5s are to work their way through ‘One Chance’ : download here Y6s are to work their way through ‘The Gadget’s Workbook’ : download here*please also remember your TED talks from previous term* TED Talks (PDF) |
| Other ideas | Pupils can:
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Maths
- Please feel free to recap over the 4 operations – adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing – use the Can Do Maths Workout packs
- Times tables practice https://www.timestables.co.uk/
- Continue to log on to https://www.mymaths.co.uk/
- PowerPoints will be on the school website
| Reception | Please continue to explore counting and partitioning, alongside addition and subtraction.
Counting – e.g. count things of different sizes, count things that can’t be seen e.g. sounds and actions.
Partitioning Explore a range of ways to partition a whole number by identifying the pairs of numbers that make a total. This can be done by physically separating a group, or constructing a group from two kinds of things
Addition (add, more, plus, sum, total, altogether)
Subtraction (subtract, take away, fewer, less, left)
Please see Tapestry for occasional examples of the activities mentioned above, as well as ideas and tips from school staff. |
| Year 1 |
Can Do Maths Workout 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 KS1 Problem Solving PPT : download here There is also a set of daily lessons on the white rose website https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/ |
| Year 2 | The first three Powerpoints are useful revision tools-
The next workbooks also revise topics covered this year. Can Do Maths Workout 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 http://www.buzzardpublishing.com/cando-videos – video links to support the workbooks. Some support parents with knowing how to support your child but there are also ones that support the daily lessons. The following Powerpoints are useful to get the children thinking!
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/ – useful videos explaining maths concepts |
| Year 3/4 | The Can Do Maths Workouts are revision of key skills covered this year
Y3: Can Do Maths Workout 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 Y4: Can Do Maths Workout 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 These PowerPoints are a great mixture of problems to get you thinking!
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| Year 5/6 | The Can Do Maths Workouts are revision of key skills covered this year
Y5: Can Do Maths Workout 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 Y6: Can Do Maths Workout 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 These PowerPoints are a great mixture of problems to get you thinking!
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| Other ideas | Pupils can:
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Foundation subjects
Please also look at the suggestions listed on the school website under the summer term 5 guidance.
| Reception/ Year 1 |
Science: Animals including humans
Design and Technology
Geography: Find out about a country of your choice
Remember, these are only suggestions. If you have any other lovely ideas, don’t forget to share them on Tapestry. We look forward to seeing what you get up to. Have fun everyone! |
| Year 2 | There are 3 new topics for Year 2 in Term 6!
DT: Design and make a healthy and tasty fruit salad
RE: What makes some places sacred to believers?
Geography: study of a non-European country (Malawi in Africa)
We will still be looking forward to your Padlet updates and emails with photos of all the brilliant “extra” ideas you have had. Don’t forget that Padlet is also a great place to get ideas from other children and from us! |
| Year 3/4 | Art – Zentangle art. How creative can you get with this project? Can we create a class display online? See the Zentangle pack (download here) and PowerPoint (download here) for more details.
Science – Why not see if you can do any of the experiments from the KS2 Science PPT (download here)? Share your results on your class Padlet. Free choice learning – Can you take inspiration from any of the websites below or one of your own choice? What could you make/do? Here are a few ideas:
https://www.zsl.org/learning-resources |
| Year 5/6 | Art – Enjoy doodling in Jon Burgerman’s style –  have a look at the PowerPoint for more information (download here).
or can you complete our 30 day sketch challenge (download here) or become a fashion designer (download here) every day for the next 30 days? Science – Why not see if you can do any of the experiments from the KS2 Science PPT (download here)? Share your results on your class Padlet. ICT- Choose from any of the great online lessons on the Bitesize website! https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zvnrq6f There are also plenty of fun, online activities to be found here: https://techytiles.weebly.com/ RE – Unit U2.11 Why do some people believe in God and some people not? See powerpoint, download here. Look at the statistics page and the case studies and write a discussion text about the question “Why do some people believe in God and some people not?” |
Books to help talk through the crisis
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/books/jon-burgerman-everybody-worries-free-ebook/?region=uk
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=2PnnFrPaRgY7
https://axelscheffler.com/books-for-older-children/coronavirus
https://literacytrust.org.uk/family-zone/9-12/book-hopes/
STEM opportunities
https://www.stem.org.uk/home-learning/primary
https://www.science-sparks.com/
Recommended websites
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary
https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/free-home-learning-packs/
https://www.ltl.org.uk/free-resources/
https://www.empathylab.uk/family-activities-pack
Download Phase 2 letter (seen below) here: Phase2-homelearning (word doc) or Phase2-homelearning (pdf)
For help using the website click here: Finding information on the website
Dear Parents/Carers,
These are extreme and worrying times – what can be said by way of comfort other than we’re all in this together. We can but hope that our children draw most from this sense of connectedness; from the strength of their family and community; from the fine examples of resilience and compassion all around us as we all navigate our way through this and out the other side. I hope you are coping well enough with the children at home with so much else besides to juggle and that your lives have fallen into some kind of rhythm.
I wanted to write to give you a ‘heads up’ concerning phase 2 of our home learning advice and support. We have listened to feedback from families about home learning and kept an eye on the best practice emerging around us. In coming up with Phase 2, we have considered the following priorities:-
- Families need to have enough learning to focus on and enough resources to support them but not so much that we make an already difficult situation more stressful than it needs to be.
- As time goes on, the greatest concern will be to support pupils to make appropriate progress in English and maths.
- Wherever possible we should look to tap into some natural advantages for delivering meaningful and purposeful learning- inherent in the home environment.
- We now need to engineer manageable opportunities for pupils/parents and teachers to interact on an ongoing basis.
In my opinion (and it is just an opinion), we need to do our level best to flip this situation on its head and get the most out of it. Please know that, in stating this, I do not underestimate the massive challenges facing us. Some of you will have read Matthew Syed’s article this week-https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52094332 where he states, ‘The coronavirus has turned our lives upside down and, although we hope to return to some version of normality in the coming months, it is probable that nothing will quite be the same again. Many have lost their livelihoods and businesses, and there is no diminishing the difficulties – emotional and financial – this has brought in its wake. But amid the darkness, there are also opportunities.’ Please do read the whole article.
In the context of home learning, can I ask you to take Mathew Syed’s advice and when perhaps things are getting stressful or boring or frustrating for you or the children, do your best to flip the thing around. While there are clearly things your children need to learn, please do not feel duty bound to the long lists of possible learning we provide – feel free to use your judgement (as the adult) and prioritise some of the learning over others. In terms of flipping, always bring it back to the learning as opposed to the task or activity: recognise there are very many ways to crack a nut and some kind of written recording (whilst, admittedly, it keeps said child in one place) is no guarantee of good learning. Don’t hesitate to give your children some choice/ some agency in deciding when and how they want to learn something- allowing your children some self-determination can be motivating. Ultimately, we all know the best learning will come out of this situation (or any situation for that matter) when children and adults can enjoy it and enjoy it together. While there are clearly natural limitations to how much and often, we can achieve this, it should remain our overarching aim.
There will need to be routine and yes, maths and English are priorities because they enable access to most everything else, but it is also so important that we play to our strengths:-
- There are plenty of opportunities (as I mentioned above) for learning at home which we can’t always recreate as easily in school: teach your children to cook, bake, do DIY, garden, play music, make music, act, dance – grab this opportunity!
- We all have our own strengths, interests, hobbies– of course you will already be in the habit of sharing these with your children — by my way of thinking, they are no less important than schoolwork.
- Your children will have their own strengths- play to their strengths when deciding how to deliver the learning.
This pack contains a number of ongoing learning suggestions including notably a ‘reading to your child’ aim and/or a ‘talk time’ aim over the next month.
The English and the maths will be provided in 2 week units and much of the rest of the learning will be for across all of Term 5.
Critically we are looking to increase interaction between home and school by telephone, email, padlet. We are also exploring possibilities for using a video platform. All the information regarding home learning will be constantly updated on the ‘Corona Virus Home Learning’ tab on the website. If you have any concerns and you need some support, get in touch. We are working closely with the ‘Corona Virus Response Group.’
Mr Moss
COMMUNICATION as of 20 04 20
| Website
All home learning opportunities and resources are on the school website under the tab ‘Home Learning.’ |
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| Tapestry: Reception-Year 1
Please share your child’s learning on Tapestry and we will reply. We will also put photos and short videos onto Tapestry to support the learning we have planned. |
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| Padlet: Year 2- Year 6
Please use the Padlet link for your child’s class. They can comment on posts and show work to their class and teacher. They/you will be provided with instructions. |
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| Telephone contact
Your child’s class teacher will be aiming to phone children once every 2 weeks for a quick catch up and to answer any questions. These calls will be no more than 10 minutes. In the absence of a phone conversation, we will look to communicate in another way. |
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| Emails – pupils contacting staff
If your child would like to send their work to their teacher or they have a question and would like some advice about their learning, please contact the class teacher via the class emails listed below. Please can we ask you to use the email option as responsibly and sparingly as you can- with 30 children in a class, teachers will only have so much time.
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ONGOING HOME LEARNING :: ALL as of 20 04 20
| READING – School Challenge No.1 (for the next month)
Aim to read to your child for a minimum of ½ hour a day. If this is difficult, you can download 100s of fantastic books from audible. https://stories.audible.com/start-listen Lots of authors have filmed themselves reading one of their books e.g. Cressida Cowell reading How to Train Your Dragon (on YouTube). Tell us by email which books you have listened to. We will create a list of your books read/ recommendations on the website Minchinhampton Academy Book Swap Shop Each day, from Monday 20th onwards, we will be putting out books on a book trolley outside the ‘kitchen’ gate. Please come and take a book. If you swap it for one of your own that you have finished with, all the better for sustaining the ‘Swap Shop.’ It goes without saying- please observe social distancing and clean the books when you get them home. There will be a separate box outside for families to drop back school library books. A message from Yellow-Lighted Bookshop We’re very pleased to announce that you can still shop at the Yellow-Lighted Bookshop – online and by mail order. We have a new online bookshop at www.yellowlightedbookshop.co.uk where you can buy books that we have in stock (or at least, that the computer thinks we have in stock), and we will post (or deliver) books to your door. There is a flat delivery charge of £3 whether you buy a slim paperback or a big wodge of hardbacks – we like to keep it simple. If we don’t have the book you want on our stock file, most publishers are still fulfilling orders, so we can get pretty anything you might want. Email us at ylbtetbury@me.com and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can. |
| TALK- School Challenge No. 2 (for the next month)
Aim to have a ½ hour family discussion/ debate around the dinner table/ in the garden/ on a walk– using the Philosophy for Children /homelearning/2020/03/26/time-to-talk/ After the debate/P4C discussion- tell your class your opinion on class Padlet |
| Maths skills
Times tables – https://www.timestables.co.uk/multiplication-tables-check/ Y1 upwards: https://www.mymaths.co.uk/ |
| Physical Exercise
Joe Wicks |
| Mindfulness
Try some mindfulness out with your children. Let them teach you- a number of classes have been having mindfulness ‘lessons’ with Mrs Saeed and Mrs Smith. Have a go at finger breathing, petal breathing, FOFBOC, tummy breathing with a breathing buddy, mindful mouthful, playing attention, gratitude meditation. Alternatively use the resources here to help you. https://www.ghll.org.uk/GHLL%20mindfulness%20activities%20updated.pdf |
| Music
Use your login details to discover new music units on Charanga. Why not take the opportunity to learn an instrument together using Charanga’s instrument tutorials– we tried in school last week – it was great fun! |
| Strengths survey
Why not complete one of these strengths surveys https://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/user/login?destination=node/434 created by one of the well-known founders of positive psychology, Martin Seligman. We have begun doing these surveys with children from Year 3 up, because we strongly believe it is important to recognise and build on our strengths. There are surveys for adults and children. The child one, called the ‘VIA Survey of Character Strengths’ can be found here- https://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/testcenter There are nearly 200 questions! It should only take you 30-40 minutes to complete. Get the children to reflect on their strengths and how they might be able to use them. |
| Metacognition
Why not explore how you and your children learn, using this list of ideas from /homelearning/2020/04/08/metacognition-activities/ |
HOME LEARNING – BY YEAR GROUP: as of 20 04 20
Additional English & Maths for all year groups for w/c 4th & 11th May available here: https://www.minchacademy.net/homelearning/2020/04/30/phase-2b/
Further English & Maths for all years groups for w/c 18th May is available here: https://www.minchacademy.net/homelearning/2020/05/14/phase-2c-additional-maths-and-english-resources/
Jump to Reception & Year 1: Click here
Jump to Year 2: Click here
Jump to Year 3/4: Click here
Jump to Year 5/6: Click here
Year R/Y1 Home Learning W/C 20.04.20 |
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| Documents link | /homelearning/2020/04/08/reception-and-year-1-resources-for-phase-2/ |
| Reading | Please read to your children each day. Discuss the story, setting and characters as you read. Can you decide on a “Word of the Day”? Choose a word that isn’t familiar but can be explained simply and then used in another situation.
There are also many books being read online for children to listen to. Please use your PhonicBug Active Learn login to find phonic reading books for your child to read. These go as far as orange level. Also encourage children to read picture books with support. Children enjoy familiar books so they may want to read the same books over and over again. To begin with some children may read the book by telling the story through the pictures. |
| Phonics | The phonics document (use the resources link below) will indicate the point at which the Reception children and Year 1 children have reached so far.
The tricky words are also on the phonic document. Tricky words cannot be sounded out – the children need to learn these as sight words. When children know the phonemes in Phase 3 they can progress onto Phase 4. The children will have phonic practice in their reading books found on Phonic Bug Active Learn – all children have been sent a log in. The websites below have very good resources and are free at this time. Year 1 have the opportunity to use Spelling Shed – Year 1 children have been sent a login https://www.edshed.com/en-gb |
| English | CLPE Take 5 EYFS – ‘Bedtime for Monsters’ by Ed Vere CLPE Take 5 EYFS – ‘A Brave Bear’ by Sean Taylor and Emily Hughes CLPE Y1 Take 5 – ‘How to Find Gold’ by Vivienne Schwarz CLPE Y1 Take 5 – ‘Rapunzel’ by Bethan Woollvin(download CLPE resources from the rec/y1 page)http://www.bethanwoollvin.com/rapunzel information about the author https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qst6Yw7w9EQ all pages of the book as shown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwJNr3kRWdM a discussion about the bookWhen writing we ask the children to – Think It Say It Write It Read It Edit It Please encourage the children to segment words to write e.g. c – ar – d card, sh – o – p shop, s – t – r – o – ng strong. Please write down for them stories the children make up. This develops their ideas and gives them the opportunity to invent stories without the worry of writing. They could then illustrate them, add speech bubbles and think bubbles… In Reception and Year 1 we use speech bubbles for speech. Inverted commas are introduced in Year 2. Any writing is valid – single words, labels, lists, phrases, single sentences, stories etc… Emergent writing is when your child says they are writing and you cannot decipher it. This is fine – and to be encouraged – when children are first learning to write. |
| Maths | Reception Maths
Counting – e.g. count things of different sizes, count things that can’t be seen e.g. sounds and actions. www.topmarks.co.uk
Partitioning Explore a range of ways to partition a whole number by identifying the pairs of numbers that make a total. This can be done by physically separating a group, or constructing a group from two kinds of things
Addition (add, more, plus, sum, total, altogether)
Videos, photographs and notes will be uploaded onto Tapestry to support learning.
Year 1 Maths Addition and Subtraction (within 10, bridging 10, add and subtract 10)
Ongoing Maths Skills
Place Value
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Year R/Y1 summer term 1 units |
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| Art | Joan Miro – Spanish artist – (1893 – 1983)
YouTube has many clips about Miro. The Garden, Juan Miro Animated Painting is fun to watch.
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| Science | Science – Floating and Sinking – Reception (Year 1 if you would like to)
Explore floating and sinking… Some objects stay on the top of the water. This is called floating. Some objects fall to the bottom. This is called sinking. A stone is heavier than water, so it sinks to the bottom. The air inside a floating toy is lighter than water, which makes the toys buoyant and keeps them above the surface.
Science – Animals – Year 1 (Reception if you would like to) The children need to understand that animals have different diets. They also need to be able to classify animals as herbivores, omnivores or carnivores.
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| History/ Geography |
Topic: Our Local Area – Reception and Year 1
With warmer weather on the way and many of you walking for daily exercise, this is the perfect time to get to know your local area.
Topic: Weather and the Seasons – Reception and Year 1
These are only ideas – we look forward to seeing what you get up to. Have fun! |
| RE | Reception
This term’s RE unit is “Which places are special and why?” Explore the following questions:
Find places around your home (e.g. a den, a trampoline, a bedroom) to help children talk about why some places are special, what makes them significant and to whom. Talk about when people like to go there and what they like to do there. Are they places to be happy, to have fun, to be quiet or to feel safe? Are there special places we cannot go to at the moment? Create a special place at home: a space for quiet reflection. Talk about how to use this well, so that everyone can enjoy it. Go for a nature walk, looking for natural objects that inspire awe and wonder; talk about how special our world is, and about looking after it. Put some of your child’s ideas into practice, e.g. planting flowers, recycling, etc.
Year 1 This term’s RE unit is “How should we care for others and the world and why does it matter?” Talk about the benefits and responsibilities of friendship and the ways in which people care for others. Talk about characters in books exploring friendship, such as Winnie the Pooh and Piglet or the Rainbow Fish. Explore stories from the Christian Bible about friendship and care for others and how these show ideas of good and bad, right and wrong, e.g. Jesus’ special friends (Luke 5:1–11), four friends take the paralysed man to Jesus (Luke 5:17–26), ‘The Good Samaritan’ (Luke 10: 25–37); Jewish story of Ruth and Naomi (Ruth 1–4). Ask your child to draw a picture of a friend. Ask your child to describe their friend’s special skills, leading to the idea that we all have special skills we can use to benefit others. Think about Genesis 1 (the story of creation): retell the story, remind each other what it tells Jewish and Christian believers about God and creation (e.g. that God is great, creative, and concerned with creation; that creation is important, that humans are important within it). Talk about ways in which Jews and Christians might treat the world. Genesis 2:15 says they are to care for it, as a gardener tends a garden. Investigate ways that people can look after the world and think of good reasons why this is important for everyone, not just religious believers. Think about how you can care for the people and plants living in your home and garden. |
| Tapestry link Aqua | Log on to Tapestry in the usual way |
| Tapestry link Midnight | Log on to Tapestry in the usual way |
| Tapestry link Teal | Log on to Tapestry in the usual way |
Year 2 Home Learning W/C 20.04.20 |
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| Documents link | /homelearning/2020/04/08/year-2-resources-for-phase-2/ |
| Reading | Please continue to read with and to your child every day. Tell us what you’ve been reading on your class Padlet page. Listen to audio books or online stories.
You could… If you would like to/are able to print out a Year 2 reading comprehension paper from Twinkl, there are plenty of fiction and non-fiction ones on the website for free. |
| Phonics/ Spellings |
https://www.edshed.com/en-gb
Work on the phase 6 Letters and Sounds phonics and the common exception words for KS1 |
| English | CLPE Take 5 – How to Find Gold by Vivienne Schwarz CLPE Take 5 – Rapunzel by Bethan Woollvin(download CLPE resources from the Year 2 resources page)http://www.bethanwoollvin.com/rapunzel information about the author https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qst6Yw7w9EQ all pages of the book as shown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwJNr3kRWdM a discussion about the book https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/english/ |
| Maths | Money Powerpoint for first two weeks Statistics Powerpoint for next two weeks(download maths powerpoint from the year 2 resources page)There’s also MyMaths and times tables. Again, if you want more ideas or to print things off to support maths passport skills you can use Twinkl or other websites for ideas.https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/times-tables https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/maths-owl/maths http://www.snappymaths.com/ https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2 https://www.hamilton-trust.org.uk/blog/learning-home-packs/ www.mathszone.co.uk https://www.mathematicsmastery.org/free-resources https://nrich.maths.org/ https://masterthecurriculum.co.uk/ there are some free resources on here |
Year 2 summer term 1 units |
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| Art | Begin by looking at different fruits and vegetables, name them, describe them and make observational drawings of them. Can you use a magnifying glass to look at them carefully? Then you could begin to learn about the artist, Arcimboldo. Find out about his work and create some of your own using fruit and vegetables. Perhaps you could use magazine pictures or draw your own fruit and vegetables.(We have put some sheets of fruit pictures on the website for you to use if you would like to print these out, but we know this might not be possible.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9N0dS9s_lM See the clip on the class Padlet for more ideas. Don’t forget to evaluate your work like we do in school. What did you like about your work? What would you change or improve? What skills did you learn? Are you pleased with what you created? You could take a photo of it and let us see it by emailing it to us. |
| Science | We should be learning about the parts of plants and how they grow. If you have seeds you could plant them, and you could do a diary about their growth. Otherwise perhaps you could be creative i.e. grow a carrot top or a potato! Some supermarkets do sell packs of seeds, so you might be able to get a few! Think about what a plant needs to help it grow and perhaps set up some experiments to prove it.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zpxnyrd/articles/z3wpsbk If you scroll down to the bottom of this link, there are many more videos about plants to watch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-iPp6yn0hw is a time lapse photography video of a sunflower growing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w77zPAtVTuI&t=2s There are lots of time lapse videos of plants growing on YouTube, like this bean one! |
| Geography | Learning about the World-using an atlas or maps. Learn to recognise and name continents and oceans. Find out about the climates of each continent (there’s a link on Padlet to help you.) Look specifically at the United Kingdom (UK) and learn to recognise and name the countries, the capital cities, flags and flowers. Can you locate places on the map of the UK? i.e. Gloucester, Bristol and other places of interest to your family. Look at different map symbols and use compass points.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zyhp34j/articles/z4v3jhv |
| RE | This term’s RE unit is “What is the good news that Christians believe Jesus brings?” Find out about Jesus’s disciples, their names and what they did. Could you think of 12 people (or professions) who would help to change the world? The people Jesus chose were not necessarily the type of people you would expect! How did meeting Jesus change the lives of Matthew and Zaccheus?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgy6TWuUkK0 Matthew After this, think about forgiveness and saying sorry. Perhaps have a discussion with your family about times when people have needed to have been forgiven and have needed to apologise. How does this feel? Jesus promises his followers peace. Talk about some of the things that stop us having peace and try to think of some ways in which people find peace. Christians believe that Jesus loves them and forgives them and that brings them peace. This is the good news that Jesus brings! How do Christians help other people? There are lots of examples of this at the moment. You could create a poster or write a prayer about this. |
| Padlet link Indigo | https://padlet.com/m_gittins1/gn1fnmasftj0 Password: being sent to parents via email/text |
| Padlet link Azure | https://padlet.com/n_hugginson/dn1hw5tau49w Password: being sent to parents via email/text |
Year 3/4 Home Learning W/C 20.04.20 |
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| Documents link | /homelearning/2020/04/08/year-3-4-resources-for-phase-2/ |
| Reading | Please continue to read every day. School aim is ½ hour per day. You could listen to audio books. Cressida Cowell is one of many authors who are reading their books online – sit back and enjoy!
Tell us what you’ve been reading on your class Padlet page. |
| Spelling | Continue to work on your spelling packs at home. Remember to practise the words on the Y3/4 statutory list. https://www.edshed.com/en-gb |
| English | CLPE Take 5 – Oliver and the Seawigs by Philip Reeve & Sarah McIntyre CLPE Take 5 – Charlotte’s Web by EB White(download CLPE resources from the Year 3/4 resources page)We suggest that you do one step per day. There are 5 steps per unit. |
| Maths | Continue to use My Maths, White Rose websites
The next units to study are: (download maths powerpoints from the year 3/4 resources page) Please see the PowerPoints for each unit – broken down into steps. Each step is roughly one lesson. PowerPoints will be on the school website. https://www.mymaths.co.uk/ https://www.ncetm.org.uk/resources/54432?utm_source=NCETM%20Newsletters&utm_campaign=09c3bba146-national-newsletter-easter-2020&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_13f8d631f4-09c3bba146-222705353 (Support for parents) |
Year 3/4 summer term 1 units |
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| Art | Making a collage
Recreate a scene from your favourite book e.g. Podkin losing his ear, Arriving in the Land of Roar, Mowgli and Baloo in the jungle. Collages can be made with so many different materials – paper, card, wool, tissue paper, scraps of material, string etc. You can stick the materials down with glue onto paper or card or sew the pieces onto a section of material Watch the clip below to see how to make a collage. |
| DT | Cooking a feast fit for Shakespeare
Can you make a dish inspired by one of Shakespeare’s famous plays or characters?Examples:
OR Making a mask Can you make a mask for one of the characters in his plays?
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| Science | Living things and their habitats
How do we classify living things? What groups of animals do you know? What is the difference between a vertebrate and an invertebrate? Where would you find invertebrates? What animals live in your garden? Ideas for learning – see PPT on school website
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| History | To be or not to be, that is the question.
This term we will be studying the life and times of William Shakespeare. What quirky facts can you find out about him? What plays and poems is he most famous for? What words in the English language can we credit to Shakespeare? Ideas for learning
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| RE | This term’s RE unit is: How do festivals and worship show what matters to a Muslim?Use the link below to find out more out Islam and what it means to be a Muslim.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zpdtsbk/articles/zrxxgwx
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zpdtsbk/articles/zjc2bdm
If you can, read The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family. |
| Padlet link Sapphire | https://padlet.com/k_tonner/p3v8y76ljkvh Password: – being sent to parents via email/text |
| Padlet link Cyan | https://padlet.com/cmccarron2/Cyan2020 Password: – being sent to parents via email/text |
| Padlet link Royal | https://padlet.com/mgriffiths9/Royal2020 Password: – being sent to parents via email/text |
Year 5/6 Home Learning W/C 20.04.20 |
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| Documents link | /homelearning/2020/04/08/year-5-6-resources-for-phase-2/ |
| Reading | Please try to continue to read every day for a minimum of 30 minutes. Listen to some audiobooks (Audible on Amazon has some really great stuff!) Watch Authors read their stories on YouTube. For example, David Walliams reads from his books daily at 11am – https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/
Aim to post a review of your book on the class Padlet Bookshelf when you finish a book. |
| Spelling | https://www.edshed.com/en-gb
Continue to work on your Spelling Shed games and activities. Make sure to check the Tab marked “Other lists” as there is lots more to do there too! There are some great spelling games you could play too – Scrabble, Boggle, Hangman, Word Cookie. Mrs Aldridge group: you could set up and then run your very own ‘Spelling Bee’ in your home. |
| English | Reading Activities
Week one and two – one activity per day from CLPE Take 5 Cosmic and The Promise CLPE Take 5 – Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce (download CLPE resources from year 5/6 resources page) Writing, speaking and listening Prepare and perform a 2-5 minute presentation on a subject of your choice. It could be a hobby, your pet, a favourite sport or something that interests you such as nature. Here are three examples of public speaking that might inspire you: Gretta Thunberg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAmmUIEsN9A Adora Svitak: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN79Qyddsf0 Carson Byblow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px9CzSZsa0Y&t=126s Think about their use of questioning, humour, facts, audience participation, repetition and personal experiences that have shaped their views. How did they introduce themselves and their subject of choice and what conclusions were drawn by the end? Performances can be shared via audio recording on your class Padlet page. https://padlet.com/g_ricketts/TEDtalks Useful websites: |
| Maths | Week one – Calculating Space (area, perimeter,volume)
One session including a PowerPoint per day and attached work. Folder of work and powerpoints available on website Week two – Presentation and Measuring Data. One session including a PowerPoint per day and attached work. Folder of work and powerpoints available on website Useful websites: www.mymaths.co.uk |
Year 5/6 summer term 1 units |
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| Art/DT | Colour study – living artist study of Chris Ofili Powerpoint available on school website |
| Science | Look at the PowerPoint slides about blood, the heart and the circulatory system (there are four PP files in total, plus a video that goes with the third PowerPoint, and a Word and pdf document for the fourth).
Make a ‘blood’ smoothie. No actual blood involved (not gross). Answer the questions about the blood and heart, or give someone else a quiz. Make a working model of the circulatory system. Finally, carry out some investigations into how different variables affect our heart rate or breathing rate. Present your data in a beautiful and interesting way. For this there are some investigation suggestions in a Word document (but you can very much create your own) and a squared paper pdf document. Any extra projects or investigations you are interested in – go for it! And share what you find with us. Useful websites: |
| Geography | Carry out an independent country study.
Project brief available on website. An example PowerPoint is available on Padlet to view. When presentations on your chosen country are complete, you can share them on our World map here: https://padlet.com/g_ricketts/countrystudies Useful websites: |
| Computing | Creating an Animated GIF
Animated GIFs are moving images, made up of different layers like a flicker book. They are used by many companies as an eye-catching way to advertise themselves and can also be used in place of emojis during text exchanges. Your task is to follow the link to this Padlet page: https://padlet.com/g_ricketts/71mybnxhgxn0 Try and create your own animated GIF using the free online software. One you have made your GIF you can upload it for others to view on the Padlet page. (If you are in Turquoise, you already have a gif bank on Turquoise Micro World so save it there!) You could even try to make an animated model of the circulatory system as part of your science work! See what you are able to come up with! There are lots of examples from last year’s classes to look at for inspiration too! Good luck! |
| Religious Education | Unit U2.9 Why is the Torah so important to Jewish people? [God/Torah]
We are going to be learning about the Torah (Jewish holy text) and The Synagogue (Jewish place of worship) in this unit. We want to find out about what makes the Torah and Synagogue so special for Jewish people and think about how they are similar and different to the Christian Bible and Church. Make a mind map, either on paper to be photographed or on a Word or Publisher document that can be uploaded to your class Padlet that shows what you have found out from the research materials provided below and through the two PowerPoints shared. A brief description about what the Torah is, how it is used and why it is so important for Jewish People. https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/judaism/texts/torah.shtml How to make your own Torah. https://www.kidstorah.org/torah Take a tour of two synagogues. http://www.cheltenhamsynagogue.org.uk/ and https://www.birminghamsynagogue.com/ |
| Padlet | Passwords will be shared through email or text |
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| Padlet link Sky | https://padlet.com/g_ricketts/LH_18_19 |
| Padlet link Turquoise | https://padlet.com/j_weinberger/turquoise |
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. – Chinese Proverb
The beautiful thing about learning is that no-one can take it away from you. – BB King
Almost anything can become a learning experience if there is enough caring involved. – Mary MacCraken
March 2020
Dear Parents/Carers,
Please find below phase 1 of our guidance and support for home learning. We are being pragmatic and keeping it simple at this stage; this to provide enough distance learning to be going on with but also to allow us all, parents and staff and children alike, to take stock of a rapidly changing situation as it unfolds and adapt. Next week all staff will be working (unless they are ill of course) and we will develop a phase 2 to this guidance and support: this partly based on the best of what we can see being developed by other schools as well as feedback from yourselves and the children.
The adapted guidance will be on the website and emailed to you, in the place of a newsletter, at least once a week.
In the meantime my humble words of advice, at this stage, I will keep also simple and three-fold:-
- Establish a routine. Example- include in the routine a quiet reading time. Where you can be very much part of the routine- eg reading alongside your children-all the better.
- See it as a unique opportunity (as opposed to just a challenge). There are opportunities to talk, connect, learn together ahead of us that, in our busy modern lives, we very often miss.
- Get out and about – we live in a stunning part of the world- drive/pedal/walk away from people into nature and enjoy. Mrs Saeed always says, ‘When you’re outside the world comes to you- you don’t have to re-create it.’ There is so much potential for learning outside.
There is an article here that says similar stuff- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51959957
-and here is useful advice about social distancing (there is so much advice out there now- simple stuff like this useful)- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/health-51966112/coronavirus-what-is-social-distancing
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