08 May 2020: Home Learning
Happy Friday!
Today is a bank holiday – a time where you may be spending extra time with your families and celebrating VE day. VE day stands for Victory in Europe Day and it is celebrated on 8th May – the day when World War II ended in Europe in 1945.
If you would like to do some learning about VE day, there are a few tasks below that you can do and a few extra fun things based around VE day.
Watch this BBC video to find out more about VE Day.
The Royal Mint has released a special £2 coin to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day. This Newsround article explains more about this. Once you’ve read the information, have a go at designing your own £2 coin to mark this occasion.
How about doing some war time baking? In WWII, lots of the food was rationed to ensure there was enough to go around, so people had to bake using different ingredients. Does anything take your fancy? I think the chocolate cake sounds delicious!
How about becoming a medal designer? Lots of medals were handed out during and at the end of WWII. Do you have what it takes to be the designer of an important medal?
How about flying a spitfire plane? The Spitfire is the most famous plane of World War Two. Its groundbreaking design and superior specifications gave the British a decisive advantage fighting the Luftwaffe.
Please do send me any pictures of you celebrating VE day and let me know how you’re doing- have a great day!
08 May 2020: Home learning
Happy VE day!
Here is the working out to yesterday’s maths challenges.
Today is a bank holiday – a time where you may be spending extra time with your families and celebrating VE day. VE day stands for Victory in Europe Day and it is celebrated on 8th May – the day when World War II ended in Europe in 1945.
If you would like to do some learning about VE day, there are a few tasks below that you can do and a few extra fun things based around VE day.
Reading:
Here is a reading text all about VE day and some questions to answer. This reading text will tell you more about VE day.
Maths:
During WWII, Morse Code was used between warships and naval bases, because radio frequency was limited and also easily identifiable by military enemies. Morse code is an alphabet or code in which letters are represented by combinations of long and short light or sound signals. Have a go at cracking these morse codes to find out the secret messages.
Extra activities
Here are some extra activities that you may want to do on VE day:
- How about doing some war time baking? In WWII, lots of the food was rationed to ensure there was enough to go around so people had to bake using different ingredients. Does anything take your fancy? I think the chocolate cake sounds delicious!
- How about becoming a medal designer? Lots of medals were handed out during and at the end of WWII. Do you have what it takes to be the designer of an important medal?
- How about flying a spitfire plane? The Spitfire is the most famous plane of World War Two. Its groundbreaking design and superior specifications gave the British a decisive advantage fighting the Luftwaffe.
Please do send us any pictures of you celebrating VE day and let us know how you are doing. Send them to both Mrs Rowley and Mrs Welsby and one of us will get back to you.
( beckyrowley@spherefederation.org / kerensawelsby@spherefederation.org )
08 May 2020 : Home learning
Happy VE Day! You might be busy with your family today or enjoying the bank holiday as a day off. If not, here are a few things you can do.
Maths
Complete the halves and doubles fluency :
Reading – karaoke/sing-a-long
This is a famous song sung by Vera Lynn at the end of the war. Join in, read the words and sing along!
Topic – VE Day
Write down any facts you can remember about VE Day, draw a picture or make a poster.
If you can, you could also have your own VE Day celebration. You could display your flags that you made on Tuesday. You could decorate your house or dress up in red, white and blue. You might be able to bake or make something to eat at the party. You could make a flag to wave. Try to have a fun day, but stay safe.
07 May 2020: Home Learning
Good Morning Year 5 and 6. The weather is starting to pick up again, so I hope you’re managing to get some fresh air and exercise.
Today’s learning…..
Maths
Year 5: watch the video on angles
Year 6: watch the video on circles
Writing: semi colons
Watch this video and listen to the words to remind you when we use a semi colon.
Writing: using bullet points
Follow the BBC Bitesize lesson about bullet points.
Art: optical illusions
Today, we are going to use our artistic talents! I am always amazed at optical illusions (where your eyes deceive your brain) and I find them fascinating. I thought we could all have a go at making our own!
Why are we doing this?
During this school year, we have been learning about different skills that can be used in paintings, drawings and sketches to improve our artistic abilities. Skills such as shading and colour choice are vital when improving form. This task is a great way to improve our skills and create an exciting optical illusion!
I would love to see some of your finished pieces – please email me nataliebeatson@spherefederation.org
How to get there: click here.
07 May 2020: Home learning
Good morning Year 3 and Year 4.
Maths:
Here are the answers to Year 4’s maths learning.
As tomorrow’s tasks will be slightly different due to the bank holiday, we’ll have our challenges day today instead. Here’s a link to another four problems from BBC Bitesize.
How many of them will you conquer? Answers are on the link too but suggested workings out will be posted tomorrow.
Here are some things to remember when approaching each challenge. Given the content, Challenge 4 might be more accessible to Year 4 than Year 3.
Top Tips – Challenge 1:
Read the text carefully to avoid falling into traps. Think about what ‘half’ means and for the second part in particular, think about ‘half’ isn’t.
Top Tips – Challenge 2:
Take time to understand the information that has been given. Bar modelling would help with this.
Top Tips – Challenge 3:
This is quite a long problem. Breaking it down into smaller chunks and showing your working will help you to avoid mistakes.
Top Tips – Challenge 4:
You are asked to find two ways but can you find all solutions? Think about how you might approach this systematically (in order). It’s useful to remember that 1000ml = 1l .
Reading:
Have a look at this video to learn about Edmund Hilary. Then, here is the text and the questions that are spoken about during the video.
RE:
This week, we are going to carry on learning all about Pentecost. Have a look at this video to hear more information about Pentecost and for your activity. (Here is a copy of the activity if you want it separately.)
07 May 2020 : Home learning
Good morning everyone. I hope you are all still doing a bit of reading and times tables each day.
Maths
Watch the slideshow by Miss Harker all about half turns : https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYfvQcBYYS
Reading – Phonics
Read the real and alien words aloud to yourself, a grown up, a pet or a teddy. Add sound buttons to any unfamiliar words and then blend the sounds together. Copy the real words into your home learning book with lead-in lines (Y1) or with joined handwriting (Y2).
Challenge : Put each real word into a sentence.
Topic – History
Read about VE day.
06 May 2020 : Home learning
Wednesday already! Here is the learning for today.
Maths
Miss Harker has recorded a lesson all about half past : https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYfvjmBYbr
Challenge : Draw some clocks showing some half past times.
Reading
Today’s reading is a Phase 3 phonics review by Miss Harker : https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYfuX6BcBf
Topic
Make a map showing a route or journey you know well. It might be your journey to school, if you can remember it! It might be a local walk that you have been doing or it could even be an imaginary journey. Make sure you give your map a title, a key and clear symbols.
06 May 2020: Home learning
Good morning, Year 3 and Year 4 – you are halfway through another week!
Maths:
Here are the answers to yesterday’s maths learning for Year 3 and Year 4.
Y3 Maths:
Here’s a link to a task on adding two three-digit numbers. This is a really important skill to revisit every now and then because there are some traps that are easy to forget about. Have a go at all three activities in this link.
During the video, they use the terms ‘number column’ and ‘carry’. Throughout school, we refer to these as ‘column addition’ and ‘exchanges’. In the title of activity two, they use the word ‘regrouping’. Again, we opt for saying ‘exchanges’. If you haven’t got a pack of playing cards for activity three, you could create what you need using some scrap paper.
Y4 Maths:
Here is a video for your maths learning and the task sheet.
Reading:
Here are the answers to yesterday’s RIC.
We are going to have a look at Robert Falcon Scott again. Watch this clip again. (There is also a transcript of the video available on this link if there is a problem with playing the video clip). Now, write a summary of Scott’s exhibition or draw a storyboard of the key events.
Science:
Today, head to BBC bitesize to carry on learning about your light topic. Here are your tasks to accompany BBC bitesize.
06 May 2020: Home Learning
We are halfway through the week! I can’t quite believe we are now into May. I’m so proud of you all during these strange times; you’re all doing so well.
Maths: angles
I hope the videos helped with yesterday’s learning. Please refer back to the videos to help you with today’s learning if you need to.
Year 5: angles on a straight line
Complete this practice makes perfect activity, re-capping on yesterday’s learning.
Year 6: quadrilaterals
The activity today is a re-cap on yesterday’s learning about quadrilaterals and the interior angles of a quadrilateral.
Writing: hyphens and dashes
When do we use a hyphen? When do we use a dash? Can you remember the difference between the two?
Today, you are going to revise hyphens and dashes by following the BBC Bitesize lesson.
Geography: capital cities
As part of Geography this half term, we would be learning the capital cities in Europe. Using an atlas or google maps, can you locate all the capital cities in Europe? Use this sheet to help you with the activity.
Once you’ve completed the activity, test yourself (and people in your family) to see how many you can remember!
05 May 2020: Home Learning
Good morning!
There are two video lessons today: Year 5 maths and Year 6 maths. Please email me if there’s anything you need help with. Have a good day!
Maths: angles
Year 5: angles on a straight line
Please watch the video– my first Year 5 video lesson!
Year 6: angles in a quadrilateral
Please watch the video to find out how to find missing angles in a quadrilateral.
Reading
Here are the answers to yesterday’s reading comprehension.
Today you are going to complete a reading activity on BBC Bitesize: The London Eye Mystery by Siobahn Dowd.
Geography
Watch all 3 videos, have a go at the video tasks. For activity two, name the seven continents of the world.
This is a year 6 task, but it is designed for both year 5 and 6 to do, as our topic lessons are spread across two years. (Basically year 5 and 6 do it, not just year 6.)