Homework

15 May 2020: Home learning

It’s Friday! Hope you’ve had a good week and had a successful week of learning!

Maths: 

It’s challenge Friday!

Year 3, here is your challenge all about coins commonly used in Britain today.

Year 4, here is your challenge – you have a magic square and you need to put the digits 1 to 9 in the square so that every row, column and diagonal all add up to 15. Here are some digit cards that you could use if you want to do it practically or you could make your own using some scrap paper.

Reading: 

Something a little different… read the news article here and see if you can complete the crossword below it. All of the answers have been underlined so you just need to match each clue with the correct word.

Music: 

Today, we are going to use our musical talents. I know many of you play instruments and lots of you love singing and dancing to rhythms. This is a fantastic lesson on pulse and rhythm. Follow this link from Oak Academy to practice your beats and rhythm. You may need a pencil and paper to make some notes.

14 May 2020: Home learning

Good morning, Year 3 and Year 4.

Here is your learning for today.

Maths:

Here are the answers to yesterday’s maths learning for Year 3 and Year 4.

Year 3, there are two videos to watch on this link before having a go at the activities. If you have a selection of different (current British) coins available, they could come in handy. If not, you might want to print/draw these coins to help. You may wish to print Activity 1 or it could be done straight in books. Activity 2 is done interactively.

Year 4, here is your video and the learning mentioned in the video.

Reading:

Here are the answers to yesterday’s Artic journey activity.

Today, have a look at this explorer story task and using the book blurb or the story opener, write your own story about a land that you would explore or discover.

RE: 

Here is a video for us to continue our learning all about Pentecost. There are 5 questions for you to answer (this is the printable if you wish but it isn’t necessary) and then, if you’d like, you can make your own paper windmill using these instructions.

14 May 2020 : Home learning

Thursday already! Keep up with your reading and times tables.

Maths

Watch the video by Miss Harker all about quarter turns then complete the activity below.

https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYhiQfg2wY

Challenge : Find some toys or books. Turn them a quarter turn clockwise or anti clockwise. Take a photo before and after, if you can.

Reading

Use what you know about phonics to write the words that would label this picture. You can write them as a list in your home learning book.

Challenge : Put each word into a sentence.

Topic – Science (5 senses)

Watch the BBC Bitesize all about the 5 senses.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z9yycdm/articles/zxy987h

Complete the activity at the end too.

If you can, go on a senses scavenger hunt.

14 May 2020: Home Learning

Good morning Year 5 and 6.

Today’s learning….

Y5 and Y6 Maths

Today, both year groups have the same activity: converting units of time. 

Reading

Complete the reading comprehension about Captain Tom Moore.

Text to read

Questions to answer

Writing

Captain Tom Moore has been named The Nation’s Hero for all the money he has raised for the NHS. Your writing task today is to write a letter to Captain Tom Moore. Some points to think about:

• formal/informal?
• letter layout and organisation
• content- what are you going to tell him/ask him/thank him for?
• range of punctuation

Please email me your letters, so I can read them.

nataliebeatson@spherefederation.org

13 May 2020: Home learning

Happy Wednesday – half way through the week. How’s it going? Thank you to those people who got in touch when there was a problem with the topic link on Monday. It meant we could resolve the issue as soon as possible. There are inevitably going to be the odd blips and mistakes so thanks for bearing with us! Hopefully all the links will work today!

Maths: Yesterday’s Y4 answers.

Today’s learning. Year 3 video learning and worksheet. Year 4 video learning and worksheet.

Reading:  Arctic Adventure video, text and questions

Science: Continuing with our Light topic, we are recapping transparent, translucent and opaque properties.  Video lesson and sheet.

13 May 2020 : Home learning

Hope you’re having a wonderful Wednesday so far. Here is your learning for today.

Maths

Watch the BBC Bitesize clip about how much a quarter of an hour is.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zbc2y9q

Try telling the time today. Look at a clock as often as you can.

What are you doing at 10 o clock?

What are you doing at half past twelve?

What are you doing at quarter past 3?

What time did you have dinner?

What time do you go to bed?

Reading

Watch the Phase 4 review by Miss Harker : https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYhiQkg2kC

Challenge : play the Read and Race game below.

Topic – Science (human body)

Watch the BBC Bitesize all about the human body. There is a labelling activity at the end too.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z9yycdm/articles/zqhbr82

Challenge : Draw your own body outline (small, on a piece of paper or around your actual body, maybe outside, using chalk). Label as many parts as you can.

13 May 2020: Home Learning

Good morning- I hope you’re all staying happy and healthy. Please email me if you have any questions about the home learning or you would like to send me any pictures of your learning.

Today’s learning…..

Y5 maths: regular and irregular polygons

Well done to Sofia, who emailed me her fantastic maths learning from yesterday all about polygons. I love her presentation too- very neat and colourful!

Today, you are going to continue to learn about regular and irregular polygons. Use the video from yesterday to support you. Complete the task.

Y6 maths: ratio and proportion

Yesterday, you followed a White Rose lesson all about ratio and proportion. Today, complete this fluency sheet. Choose which level you want to do (first page easiest) and then mark your work with the answers at the end.

Challenge cards

Writing: reports

Think of your favourite celebrity, musician, sportsperson or hero. Write a formal report about them. Follow this online lesson to find out how to do this. I would love to read some of your reports, so please email me your writing!

Geography: trade and economic activity

BBC Bitesize 

Follow the learning and have a go at the quiz tasks 1 and 2.

12 May 2020: Home Learning

Good morning!

Today’s learning…….

Year 5 maths: regular and irregular polygons

Watch the video

Year 6 maths

Here are the answers to yesterday’s arithmetic paper.

Today, your learning is about ratio and proportion. Here is a link to the White Rose Maths website. Watch the video in week 2 lesson two ratio and proportion.

After watching the video, answer these questions in your exercise book.

Reading

Today, complete this FirstNews comprehension.

Living and Learning: I know the importance of money.

Watch this video

12 May 2020 : Home learning

Hello everyone! Here is your learning for today.

Maths

Complete the activities below.

Challenge : Draw a square and a rectangle. Divide the shapes into quarters. Is there more than one way to make quarters (remember the four parts need to be equal) ?

Reading

Read ‘The boy who cried wolf’ again from yesterday. Try to add expression to the parts where someone is speaking.

Use the words with the suffix ed from yesterday. Put each word into a sentence. Say your sentence out loud and then write it. Remember to start each sentence with a capital letter and end it with a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark.

Topic

This song is very popular at the moment. The words are below. Read along and sing the song. It has messages about being powerful, strong and confident. I hope it makes you feel that way too.

Fight Song by Rachel Platten

Like a small boat, on the ocean
Sending big waves, into motion
Like how a single word, can make a heart open
I might only have one chance but I can make an explosion

And all those things I didn’t say
Wrecking balls inside my brain
I will scream them loud tonight
Can you hear my voice this time?

This is my fight song, take back my life song
Prove I’m alright song, my power’s turned on
Starting right now I’ll be strong, I’ll play my fight song
And I don’t really care if nobody else believes, ‘Cause I’ve still got a lot of fight left in me

Losing friends and I’m chasing sleep
Everybody’s worried about me
In too deep
Say I’m in too deep (in too deep)
And it’s been two years I miss my home
But there’s a fire burning in my bones
Still believe
Yeah, I still believe

And all those things I didn’t say
Wrecking balls inside my brain
I will scream them loud tonight
Can you hear my voice this time?

This is my fight song, take back my life song
Prove I’m alright song, my power’s turned on
Starting right now I’ll be strong, I’ll play my fight song
And I don’t really care if nobody else believes, ‘Cause I’ve still got a lot of fight left in me

A lot of fight left in me

Like a small boat
On the ocean
I might only have one chance
But I can make an explosion

This is my fight song, take back my life song
Prove I’m alright song, my power’s turned on
Starting right now I’ll be strong, I’ll play my fight song
And I don’t really care if nobody else believes, ‘Cause I’ve still got a lot of fight left in me

Know I’ve still got a lot of fight left in me

12 May 2020: Home learning

Good morning all. Hope you have got your wooly jumpers on now that we have cold weather back. I was back in my winter coat when I walked the dog last night! Keep smiling, though, as I think the sunshine is due back next week.

Maths:  Today’s Y3 video learning and worksheet. Y4 video learning and worksheet.

Reading: Sylvia Earle – a famous marine biologist and explorer. Video and text.

Grammar: Verbs task sheet and questions.

Don’t forget, you can always contact us by email. Mrs Welsby (kerensawelsby@spherefederation.org) and Mrs Rowley (beckyrowley@spherefederation.org)  – we love hearing from you!