Year 6 newsletter – Issue 1

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Ok… it’s here… the first ever Year 6 newsletter!

We would love as many of you as possible to send us pictures to howardprimaryyear6@gmail.com showcasing any activities that you have been doing at home. It does not have to be home learning related! Why not show off your cooking, sewing, baking, crocheting, drawing, dancing, etc…

Issue 1 – 20th April – 1st May

VE Day – Virtual street party resources

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Hi everyone!

Hope you are looking forward to our virtual street party on Friday afternoon! Below is a very useful resource booklet that offers recipes, song lyrics and dance steps to help you have a fantastic time!

VE Day street party resource pack

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Happy May – Week beginning on the 4th May 2020

Happy Mayweek number One,

Following today’s space related motto “May the … be with you” (Who know what is missing in that sentence?), we will tackle this strange week head on.

Remember to check the Class-blog and Dojo on a daily basis. We will continue to publish lesson resources at around 9am every morning. Below is our time-table for the week, we use it to structure our week, so can you.

General notes:

  • Music: Mr Regan has set up a fabulous, engaging range of activities for you. Simply visit:

  • Maths: Continue to complete all Mathletics tasks and times-tables practises. (by Wednesday, we will upload a new resource to practise them).

  • PE: Continue with your regular morning wake-up and shake-up. If you wish to, you can come up with your own instructions. Share them with us and we can share them with the rest of the year group or class.

  • Reading:

    • Remember to complete your daily reading (about 30min). Use the bookreview template and submit your work via Class-Dojo or howardyear5@gmail.com

    • Listen to your “Street Child” podcast and answer the questions – best done in the WORD document that I send you daily.


This week, we have decided to reverse the order of days on our blog. This means that you should always see the current day at the top so that you don‘t have to waste time having to scoll down. I hope that works better for all of us.


 

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Happy Friday to everyone.

This year, the May Bank-holiday was moved from Monday to Friday in order to celebrate the 75th anniversary of VE-Day, which marked the end of the Second World War in 1945. To commemorate the day, please create a piece of Art-Work to celebrate victory of Good over Evil, Misguided, Tempted, Selfishness, Egocentric … Choose from …

  • drawing,

  • collage,

  • sculpture,

  • poem,

  • story.

Your homework will “fly in” tomorrow. Today, just enjoy celebrating the “together-ness”, care and love.

 

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Well done for yesterday‘s efforts as the activity in both classes increased hugely. Thank you and let‘s keep it up.

Maths:

  • Yesterday’s answers to Arithmetic Lesson Starter 3:

Hot                                                              Hotter                                                       Hottest                                        Mild

  • Arithmetic Starter:

                           

  • White-Rose Summer 1 Week 3 Lesson 4Perimeter (of complex/compound shapes).

  • Watch the presentation (https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/) and complete the tasks.

  • Extension: How many different …

    • Mild/Hot: … simple 2D shapes with a perimeter of 36cm can you draw?

    • Hotter/Hottest: … compound shapes with a perimeter of 68cm can you draw?


English:

  • Starter:

    • Check yesterday’s answers: 1. separate, 2. auther, 3. No, 4. all have f-sounds 5. complicated, 6. unknown, uneven, 7. Dad has, 8. were, 9. petition, 10. pharmacies, 11. Famous novelists from English speaking countries include Charles Dickens, Mark Twain and Miles Franklin. 12. “What‘s your favourite novel?“ he asked. 13. The author‘s husband was the illustrator of her stories. 14. novel, world, Mary, Shelley, Frankenstein, 15. no (reported speech), 16. written, 17. foreword, 18. I don‘t like to read. 19. statement, 20. he had a bee in his bonnet“

    • Complete today‘s starter:

    • Main task: I can use clues from a text to explore a character – Shrimp.

      • Listen to chapter 12 again.

      • Then, create a character profile (Gingerbread character or own drawing) for Shrimps with external features on the outside and personality on the inside. Think about the clues he gives us through talking about a brother and his mother.

      • Extension: Write a character description for Shrimp.


Reading: Listen to chapter 13 (The Lily) and please answer the following questions. https://www.spreaker.com/user/12356852/chapter13-the-lily

  • Questions in a document:  StreetChild-chapter 13 – The Lily

          • What figurative language is “alleys threaded between wharves“?

          • Who is Angel Gabriel and explain what Nick is trying to say when he says to the man, „You‘d think the worst of the Angel Gabriel, you would.“

          • Explain the word “tide“ and what causes it.

          • In the text it is mentioned that there was sewage in the river. What does this tell us about London‘s environment in Victorian times?

          • How does Jim feel? Give at least 2 ideas/pieces of evidence from the text.

          • What clues in the text tell us that Jim‘s new job is physically very difficult?

          • Create a list of words that you are not sure what they mean, look them up in a dictionary and write down their meaning.

          • Explain how Jim‘s old and new life merge in his dream.


History: Today, you will have two different tasks.

  1. Compare the three maps of Croydon and create a Venn-diagram with differences and similarities between 1890, 1950 and 2020.

For better resolution, use the .pdf documents. Croydon 2020 Croydon 1950 Croydon 1890

    • Remember how to create a Venn-Diagram, the overlapping areas are similarities, either between 2 different points in time or between all three. This document contains a template you can use. Venn-Diagram-Template
  1. I would like to send a questionaire to different people who will have knowledge of Croydon‘s past. These are:
    • a person from Croydon Library,

    • a person from the Bourne-Association (a history association with huge knowledge),

    • our former headteacher Mr Robinson &

    • residents of St. John‘s nursing home who have lived in Croydon all their life.

Therefore, I need you to write a list of up to 10 questions you would want me to pass on.

Thank you very much for your help, without it, learning would be less interesting and exciting.


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Have a wonderful Wednesday. A special mentioning of all the busy bees working incredibly hard in Year 5.

  • London: James, Holly, Emily & Sophia G. – The others, I am looking forward to seeing more work from you.

  • Cannon: Lillian, Richa, Leen, Emiliana, Damara, Mollie, Vihasini, Ame, Bianca, Oscar, Lucas, Magnus, Diego, Melvin and George.

 


Maths:

  • Yesterday’s answers to Arithmetic Lesson Starter 2:

English:

  • Starter:

    • Check yesterday’s answers: 1. eyesight, 2. froaz, 3. caught, 4. On my way to the netball courts, I tripped on a gnarled tree root and skinned my knee. 5. antonym, 6. election, decision, explosion, 7. It has, 8. pain, 9. fewest, 10. berries, 11. Fred Hollows was a well-known ophthalmologist who came from New Zealand. 12. The Fred Hollows Foundation, established in 1992, helps to restore sight to people across Australia, Asia and Africa. 13. people‘s, 14. is provided, 15. tirelessly, briefly, 16. provided, 17. Mary, herself, she, 18. Yes, 19. researched, 20. its

    • Complete today’s starter:


  • Reading: Listen to chapter 12 (Shrimps) and please answer the following questions. https://www.spreaker.com/user/12356852/street-child-chapter-12-shrimps

  • Questions in a document: StreetChild-chapter 12 – Shrimp

          • Explain why they had to watch out for the police.

          • Describe how Jim – in a very effective way – attracts buyers and convinces them to buy shrimps.

          • Describe Betsy‘s plan for Jim.

          • How do you think Jim felt when he caused trouble for the doctor?

          • Explain the link between the title of the chapter and its content.

          • Describe how the day and night turned from heaven into hell.

          • Who and what might Grimy Nick be?

          • Predict what is going to happen next. Which clues in the text are helpful?


Music: Log-in to Mr Regan’s music lesson/instruction. Send me a quick message on how you enjoyed it, what you found tricky and any extension you thought of or could come up with.


Geography: Continuing with our learning about coasts, let‘s …

  1. Watch last week‘s video again: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zc2pvcw

  2. Read the text and answer the questions. Coastline L02 – Su1-Wk3

  3. Optional for great Geography Fun: Create a mini-model of „Durdle Door“ and label it. → https://www.3dgeography.co.uk/coastal-geography

  1. Research a coastal section of your choice and present your findings as:

    • a poster with fabulous facts,

    • a mini-model with labels,

    • a Computer-Presentation (e.g. PowerPoint),

    • a “Horrible Geography“-style documentation/video about the location.

Choices:

    • Tintagle Castle (Cornwall), White Cliffs of Dover, Beachy-Head and Seven-Sisters, Marloes-Beach (Pembrookshire), Abbott‘s Cliff (Folkestone, Kent), Dunnottar Castle (Scotland), Lannacombe Bay (Devon), Old Harry Rocks, Col Huw Beach (Wales), The Needles (Isles of Wight), …

What to include: pin on a map of the UK (e.g. ScreenShot on Google Maps), picture, sketch/model with label, key reasons why it is a “must-see-location“, a remarkable fact, … (Whatever else you think is of interest for the Geographer.) – Spend a maximum of 15min on it.

Links:

Next week, we will be looking at how our beaches can be looked after.


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Maths:

  • Yesterday’s answers to Arithmetic Lesson Starter 1:

  • Arithmetic Starter:

    • Mild

    • Hot

    • Hotter

    • Hottest

  • Main-Learning: White-Rose Summer 1 Week 3 Lesson 2Multiplying 4– by 2-digit numbers

  • Extension-Challenge: Try the Day 20 and 19 Problems of the day → https://whiterosemaths.com/resources/classroom-resources/problems/

Day-19-Thursday-26th-March-2020-1        Day-20-Friday-27th-March-2020 (Please ignore the dates on the document.)


Today, please … ! THANK YOU.

Reading: Listen to chapter 11 (The Spitting Crow; https://www.spreaker.com/user/12356852/street-child-chapter-11-the-spitting-cro ) and please answer the following questions.

Questions in a document: StreetChild-chapter 11 – The Spitting Crow

          1. Explain why Jim can’t stay with Rosie.

          2. Which solution was found?

          3. List at least 2 pros and contras of the solution they found for Jim’s stay.

          4. Explain how the following sentence describes life at the time: “Anywhere would be better than this. […] Drowning would be better than this.” (91)

          5. Do you believe Rosie when she says that she lost her job because of her bad cooking? Explain and use evidence from the text.

          6. Give your opinion about Rosie‘s story of Emily, Lizzie and the lady from the country side. Guess what you think has happened to the girls. Which evidence from the text did you use?


English:

  • Starter:

    • Check yesterday’s answers: 1. machine, 2. equipment, 3. cute, 4. The songwriter hurried to finish the lyrics to go with the rhythm. 5. driven, 6. misbehave, untangle, 7. who has, 8. patience, 9. sum, 10. hippopotamus, 11. Gina Frost’s secretary was always very busy scheduling her appointments. 12. “Your next client is her, Mrs Frost,” she announced over the intercom. 13. It wasn’t uncommon for the employees to work through their lunch breaks. 14. you, 15. No, 16. took, 17. there, 18. She dislikes her job. 19. question, 20. new client, she, she

    • Solve the next set of tasks (answer on a Dojo or a word-processing document, you will receive the correct answers tomorrow).

  • Street-Child: Complete the attached activities about Street-Child, they link chapter 3, 10 and 11 (So it would make sense to listen to them again.) – Complete the Reading task first and then come to this part of the lesson.

Su1-Wk3-L02-MainTask


Science: Properties of materials – Temperature and insulation.

  • Today, we are getting practical and I hope your grown-ups are on board as well.

Your task is to design a portable cup that can keep Mr Jalloh (he loves fresh ice-coffee) and Mr Grundey (he loves warm green tea). This means that the cup has to be equally able to (a) keep a drink ice-cold as well as (b) blazing hot.

All these instructions are also in the following document: Su1-Wk2-Temperature challenge

    • Using the data, conclude what the experiment has taught you.

      • Comparing the measured temperature, I noticed that the drop in temperature is the lowest when using …

      • The temperature drop is the largest when using … to wrap the cup.

    • Finish by giving Mr Jalloh and Grundey a clear advice on which material their cup should ideally be made of (or using it to enclose the cup).

      • In my design for Mr Jalloh‘s and Mr Grundey‘s cup, I would use … as the insulating material (in the middle layer of the cup) because …

    • Finally, visit the following websites and read through them to secure your learning:

 

 

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Maths: From this week, we will also give you a mental arithmetic

  • Arithmetic Starter:

    • Mild

    • Hot

    • Hotter

    • Hottest

  • Main-Learning: White-Rose Summer 1 Week 3 Lesson 1 → Multiplying 2- by 2-digit numbers

  • Extension-Challenge: Solve the attached questions on a piece of paper – Medal Maths (5) – Explain your method.
    Su1-Wk3-L01-MultiplicationExtension-ReasoningDD

  • It is Star Wars Day! Describe the position of the Star Wars Characters (in order from left to right: Luke, Darth Vader, Storm Trooper, Princess Leia).

Easy?!                         What about the co-ordinates of the characters in this grid?


English: SpaG-Starter-Activity

    • Check Friday’s answers (130): 1. junior, 2. wastage, 3. calendar, 4. giraffe, 5. wilful, 6. tall, 7. quay key, 8. you’ve, 9. incredible, 10. off, 11. that, 12. Is asked, 13. he it, 14. over, 15. ‘You’re very welcome, I was pleased I picked it up before a car ran over it,’ the man replied. OR ‘You’re very welcome, I was pleased I picked it up before a car ran over it’, the man replied..

    • Solve Day 131 (answer on a Dojo or a word-processing document, you will receive the correct answers tomorrow).

  • The Power of Pictures

    1. Describe the picture.

    2. Explain what you think the artist wanted to tell the audience.

    3. Explain what is so clever about the picture and how it is linked to the current week.

  • Story starters


Reading: Listen to chapter 10 (Lame Betsy) and please answer the following questions.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/12356852/chapter-10-lame-betsy

Questions in a document: StreetChild-chapter 10 – Lame Betsy

  1. Explain how the author creates suspense at the beginning of this chapter.

  2. Explain how you think he felt when he found out that Judd and Rosie lost their job.

  3. Explain what a “knocker-upper” is who came past the window at half past five in the morning.

  4. Explain why the personal pronoun “he” is written in capitals, “God bless you, child. I hope He takes care of you.” (82)

  5. Explain how we know from the book that territory was important for Street sellers in Victorian times.

  6. Explain how hugging Rosie was a key moment for Jim and his emotions.


Spellings: Complete the tasks from the attached .pdf (double consonants), please.

Su1-Wk3-Y5-6 TypicalMistakes


Art: Re-Watch the video on perspective drawing and drawing of historic buildings.

      • Extension II: Over the weekend, we have been practising our … Oops – just have a look for yourself. https://www.jimfield.me/draw

        • Can you make your own one?

        • Can you invent your own “Oi …”?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monday 4th May, 2020

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Our new topic is called ‘Let it Grow’ and is linked to our science topic of plants.

Children have already spent last week learning about the names of different flowering plants and trees. This week we focus on conditions for growth.

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Children can continue to post their work, photos and videos at Classdojo.

Thank you everyone. It has been wonderful to see your posts.

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Science

Discuss : What do plants need to grow? 

Click on the link below.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zpxnyrd/articles/zxxsyrd

Activity: Children make a poster about  – What a plant needs to grow.

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Hope you are having fun with the phonic sessions.

From Monday 23rd March there will be daily Phonics lessons provided by Ruth Miskin Training via this link: Daily Phonics lessons by Ruth Miskin Training.
Children working with Ms Dale & Mrs Hunjan please follow Set 1 and Set 2

Mrs Ramakrishnan &Mrs Jeevahan’s group please follow set 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o2b7nL1jrg&t=4s

You can also use Phonics play to read words and play games

https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/

Why not try starfall phonics ?

https://www.starfall.com/h/ltr-classic/

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Reading

Please continue reading at home and do post your videos on Class Dojo.
Here are three different texts – Our focus this week is All About our Queen Elizabeth 11

Please read and answer questions using the information from the text.

The first one is easy and the second and third one is a little challenging. Please answer questions orally by referring to the text.

Click on the link below to view the text. Why not post your work to class dojo for the teachers to check?

Queen Elizabeth 11 Sheet 1

Queen Elizabeth 11 Sheet 2

Queen Elizabeth 11 Sheet 3

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Reading Oxford owls:

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/

Sign up for free using an email address and get access to a range of free e-books. Choose your child’s age range and away you go You can also choose specific texts e.g. non-fiction. The whole website gives you, as parents, an insight into the skills required by your children to read and understand.

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/reading-comprehension/

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Writing

Our focus texts for this term is the Katie Picture Show series by James Mayhew. Watch the two versions of Katie in London Click on the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmrNxvC9bb4

Activity : Write a book review

Click on the link below.

Book Review

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Maths

Our focus this week is on Time – days of the week, months of the year, o’clock, half-past, seconds, minutes, hour, reasoning.

Key Vocabulary:

Please practise days of the week and months of the year.

Please click on the clock link to change time : o’clock / half – past

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/time/teaching-clock

Activity:

Week 3 Time 1

Week 3 Time 2

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PE

Enjoy PE with Jasmine

Log into:

The website address is: home.jasmineactive.com 
Parent email: parent@howardprim-1.com
Password: howardprim

 Or PE with Jo daily work out sessions.

 

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ICT

For computing we are learning to use the Paint Program to draw a picture of themselves.

Children will choose a colour, draw a picture of themselves. Please post on class dojo in your portfolio.

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PSHE

We are learning about friendship. What do you think makes a good friend?

Activity: Can you make a Good friend poster

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Geography

We are learning about the Oceans of the world.

Click on the link below to explore…

oceans-of-the-world-facts

Activity

Naming oceans

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Celebrate VE Day on Friday 8th May !

Have a lovely week… Keep Safe!

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Week Beginning 4th May 2020

Home Learning Year 2

It’s May already 😮 !

We have been impressed by all your hard work and we are missing you dearly! Remember to keep in contact with the teachers via ClassDojo!

Dear Parents,

Thank you to you all for the amazing work you are doing with your children. Thank you for your posts, comments and messages on Class Dojo.

Please try and log in once a day onto ClassDojo to share with us work you are doing or anything you do as part of your daily living.

 

Here are some instructions to help you know what you can doing when you are learning from home:

Morning Activities

During the morning, you should focus on Maths, Reading, Spelling and Writing activities.  You should also read daily.  Regularly ask an adult to test you and see how many you can get right.

Enclosed is a suggested updated timetable for this period of learning at home. TIMETABLE –  Howard home learning timetable-1

Remember the importance of drinking plenty of water throughout the day and taking regular movement breaks.  Try and get some fresh air and exercise each day to help you keep healthy and well.

Afternoon Activities

During the afternoons, choose one or two of the activities to complete.

Parents can contact us via email at  howardyear2@gmail.com

Children can contact us via ClassDojo  – https://www.classdojo.com/en-gb/?redirect=true
Please feel free to share nay alternative work you’re doing or anything at home that you’ve completed that you’re proud of. (Check out the help at home section below)

From Ms Brown and Ms Agyemang

Remember to stay in contact with us via Class Dojo ? We welcome your pictures, videos, drawings, thoughts, work etc …

We look forward to hearing from you ! ?

Daily

PE

https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1

Every day at 9 am, join Joe Wicks for PE session !

Please complete English work over the course of the week. For Maths please watch the videos that support each lesson.

 

Daily

PE

https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1

Every day at 9 am, join Joe Wicks for PE session !

Please complete English work over the course of the week. For Maths please watch the videos that support each lesson.

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

English – research the seven different continents and write a mini report on them. Share this with us on ClassDojo. Complete your English work over the course of the week.

Work – T-G-136-What-a-Wonderful-World-My-Seven-Continents-Mini-Book_ver_3

Monday

Maths – Fact fact families addition and subtraction bonds to 20

Video

 

Work – Y2-Lesson-1-Fact-families-addition-and-subtraction-bonds-to-20-2019

English – research the seven different continents and write a mini report on them. Share this with us on ClassDojo. Complete your English work over the course of the week.

Work – T-G-136-What-a-Wonderful-World-My-Seven-Continents-Mini-Book_ver_3

Tuesday

Maths – Compare number sentences

Video

 

 

Work – Y2-Lesson-2-Compare-number-sentences-2019

 

English

English – research the seven different continents and write a mini report on them. Share this with us on ClassDojo. Complete your English work over the course of the week.

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Wednesday

Maths  –Related Facts

Video

 

Work –Y2-Lesson-3-Related-facts-2019

 

English

English – research the seven different continents and write a mini report on them. Share this with us on ClassDojo. Complete your English work over the course of the week.

Work – T-G-136-What-a-Wonderful-World-My-Seven-Continents-Mini-Book_ver_3

Thursday

Maths –Add and subtract ones

Video

 

Work – Y2-Lesson-4-Add-and-subtract-1s

English

English – research the seven different continents and write a mini report on them. Share this with us on ClassDojo. Complete your English work over the course of the week.

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Friday

Maths

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

Have a go at completing Friday’s Maths Challenge on the whiterosemaths website.

English –

English – research the seven different continents and write a mini report on them. Share this with us on ClassDojo. Complete your English work over the course of the week.

Work – T-G-136-What-a-Wonderful-World-My-Seven-Continents-Mini-Book_ver_3

 

Mathletics

https://login.mathletics.com/

Maths Challenges

Challenges- linked to fact families, inverse operations

Work –

Main-Addition-and-Subtraction-to-100 (HA)

Inverses Activity Sheet (HA) ( choose the worksheet with three stars in the left bottom corner + the challenge)

 

Other subjects

Geography

We want the children to identify the seven continents of the world and to locate them on a world map. They also have the chance to find out some information about each one, such as size and the number of counties each one has.

Work –  Geography Continents

Consolidate learning with this  interactive game:

https://world-geography-games.com/continents/index.html

Music


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Music

https://charanga.com/yumu/login?redirected_from_cmw=y

We’d love to see a video of you playing an instrument.

Reading | comprehension

Comprehension  – Read some information all about continents of the world. Some of this information can be used as your research for your English.

1 star- basic

2 star- intermediate

3 star- challenge

Comprehension – au-g-49-continents-of-the-world-differentiated-reading-comprehension-activity_ver_6

Read ‘The Hodgeheg’ by Dick King Smith. Complete the booklet over the next few weeks.

https://www.barhamprimary.co.uk/attachments/download.asp?file=764&type=pdf (free EBOOK!!!)

 

or if you want to …. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/0141332387/ref=tmm_pap_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used&qid=&sr= (buy used from Amazon)

Booklet to complete the task related to ‘The Hodgeheg by Dick King Smith’  – The_Hodgeheg

Other books by Dick King Smith…


Children should be reading every day.

When reading with your child at home ask them questions related to their book.

Questions to ask before you read

  • Can you look at the pictures and predict what you think will happen in this book?
  • What makes you think that?
  • What characters do you think might be in our story?
  • Do you think there will be a problem in this story? Why or why not?
  • Does the topic/story relate to you or your family? How?

Questions to ask during the reading

  • What do you think will happen next?
  • What can you tell me about the story so far?
  • Can you predict how the story will end?
  • Why do you think the character did _______?
  • What would you have done if you were the character?
  • How would you have felt if you were the character? (use different characters)
  • As I read____________, it made me picture________ in my head. What pictures do you see in your head?
  • As you read, what are you wondering about?
  • Can you put what you’ve just read in your own words?

Questions to ask after reading

  • Can you remember the title?
  • In your opinion, was it a good title for this book? Why or why not?
  • Were your predictions about the story correct?
  • If there was a problem, did it get solved?
  • What happened because of the problem?
  • Why do you think the author wrote this book?
  • What is the most important point the author is trying to make in his writing?
  • What was your favourite part of the story?
  • If you could change one thing in the story, what would it be?
  • Can you retell the story in order?
  • If you were __________, how would you have felt?
  • What is the most interesting situation in the story?

Is there a character in the story like you? How are you alike?

 

Computing

Create a project
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/?tutorial=getStarted

Play a game and review it

https://scratch.mit.edu/

Giving directions

https://lightbot.com/

Coding

https://www.j2e.com/j2code/

Science

Have a look at the flower and tree observation (2 star). Take a picture of the observation or print it out and on your daily walk observe a flower on a tree. Share the results with us on ClassDojo.

Work

Tree Observation Activity Sheet Tree Observation

Flowering Plant Observation– Activity Sheet Flowering Plant Observation

Art

Whilst you’re out and about doing your daily exercise you can  sketch some observational drawings of flowers. Or you can sketch some observational drawings of flowers by looking out the window

 

Could you ‘make’ some flowers using household materials ?

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Handwriting

Handwriting sheet  – Handwriting

Spelling

Choose 6 spellings a week from the Year 2 common exception words.

Year 2 Common Exception Words – T-L-5157-Year-2-Common-Exception-Words

Year 1 Common Exception Words – T-L-5155-Year-1-Common-Exception-Words_ver_4

Choose some fun ways to help you remember how to spell.  Have you ever spelled a word out with glue and then sprinkled some glitter on top? Try writing in ketchup or mustard next time you have a hot dog for lunch. Tracing words in the air, writing on an Etch-A-Sketch, using a stick to draw in the dirt, or putting a word on a car window after it’s been raining.

Here are some exciting methods you can use to help you remember to spell your chosen words.

Creative ways to learn your spelling – t-l-6333–new-spelling-activities-challenge-cards_ver_3

Send us a picture on ClassDojo so show us how you’ve been practising spellings in a fun way.

 

Creative ideas

Alternative maths

Number bonds to 20

Number Bonds to 20

Number Facts to 20 Part Part Whole Activity (LA)

Being helpful at home

‘Children can learn a lot from doing household chores.

Doing chores helps children learn about what they need to do to care for themselves, a home and a family. They learn skills they can use in their adult lives, like preparing meals, cleaning, organising and keeping a garden.

Being involved in chores also gives children experience of relationship skills like communicating clearly, negotiating, cooperating and working as a team.

When children contribute to family life, it helps them feel competent and responsible. Even if they don’t enjoy the chore, when they keep going they get the feeling of satisfaction that comes with finishing a task.’

This week we would like you to help disinfect handles and switches around the home.

Work – Handles and Switches

Week beginning 4th May 2020

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Thank you for your continued use of Class Dojo and this Class Blog to stay connected with us.

Please continue to use Class Dojo to post your child’s responses to activities. ‘This week we will add a new daily activity titled ‘Read to me’.  Please note that we reset the Activity Titles each morning. So, please only post to each of the activities once each day. If you complete an activity and the activity title pops up again, please ignore it as you would already have posted to it. Please dont forget to use the Messages section on Class Dojo to contact us if you need to know anything. 

See below for this week’s new weblinks and further down this page for all previous weblinks. Please give us feedback on any of the links shared below. We also welcome sharing any useful links you may use with your child.

This week our learning will focus around the theme of animals that lay eggs. 

Kind Regards

Reception Team

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Click on the links below to find out more and please send us feedback about any of these links via Class Dojo messages

The Book Trust for stories and so much more

Counting Activities

Number Patterns and Sequences

Collins Connect free decodable ebooks for children 

To sign into Collins Connect open the Teacher portal and enter username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk & password: Parents20!  and click Login.

Practise your handwriting

Staying Healthy

Cardboard Animal Craft

All About Animals:

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EasyPeasy: Fun and games for 0-5 year olds

Learn Maths with Carol Vordemann

Explorify: Science for enquiring minds

Scratch Junior: Computer skills for kids

Bitesize: Personal development (All about me)

Jigsaw puzzles

National Geographic: Animal facts for kids

Virtual Story time for kids

Phonics lessons

Oxford Owls e-Library

PhonicsPlay: Phonics games

Mathletics

Maths activities

Bitesize Maths

PE activities

Music lessons

Sesame Street Monster Meditation videos:

 

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Week beginning 4th May 2020 – Year 6 home learning

Union Jack Bunting Clipart

 

Welcome to VE Week!

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From VEDay75.org: 

When VE Day dawns on 8th May 2020 it will be 75 years since the guns fell silent at the end of the war in Europe. Years of carnage and destruction had come to an end and millions of people took to the streets and pubs to celebrate peace, mourn their loved – ones and to hope for the future, but not forgetting those still in conflict until 15th August when it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II.

The 75th anniversary will provide our nation, and our friends around the world, with an opportunity to reflect on the enormous sacrifice, courage and determination of people from all walks of life who saw us through this dark and terrifying period. To commemorate this important time we are organising VE Day 75, a three-day international celebration that will take place from 8th May to 10th May 2020.

 

Home learning activities

English –

Day 1 – Write your own victory speech (listen to Winston Churchill’s speech he made on Victory in Europe Day in 1945).

Day 2 – Create a biography about Captain Tom Moore – a 100 year old war veteran who has recently raised an incredibly amount of money. Use the subheadings:

  • Early life and family
  • Military service
  • Fundraising
  • Awards and achievements

Day 3 – Diary entry as a British soldier who has learned about Germany surrendering.

Day 4 – Write a newspaper report about Victory in Europe Day, set in 1945.

Day 5 – Instruction writing: How to throw the perfect VE Day Street party.

 

Maths

Have a look at the planning to see what you are doing day-by-day:

Planning

Day 1 – Rationing

Rationing menu

Day 2 – Rationing

Problem Solving – WW2 rations

Day 3 – Little ship mission

Explanation

Yellow and Green Agents

Day 3 Pictures

 

Day 4 – Buying clothes

WW2-maths-catalog ww2-maths-questions-easy ww2-maths-questions-harder

Day 5 – Codebreaker

Written Calculation Methods Code Breaker – LA

Written Calculation Methods Code Breaker – HA

Written Calculation Methods Code Breaker – MA

Mental Calculations Code Breaker – MA

Mental Calculations Code Breaker – LA

Mental Calculations Code Breaker – HA

code-breaking-worksheet

History

Create a leaflet or poster all about VE Day. You could include:

  • When it is?
  • Any traditions?
  • Why we celebrate it?
  • What’s different this year?
  • Any key individuals

 

Music

We would like to try to create a ‘feelgood’ video of our Year 6s! We were thinking about how we could tie this into our VE Day celebrations, in line with what’s going on at the moment. We would like the children to film themselves lip syncing along to the lyrics of Vera Lynn’s we’ll meet again (in the video above). Please send your video clips to howardprimaryyear6@gmail.com to take part. This video submission will also act as permission to publish on our Howard Primary School website.

Cartoon Choir Stock Illustrations – 2,170 Cartoon Choir Stock ...

Design Technology

Task 1 – Create your own Union Jack Bunting

British Flag Png - Bunting Union Jack Png , Transparent Cartoon ...

How To Make Flag Bunting

Print them off and cut along the outside of the flags, making sure to include the tabs. Get the kids to colour in (or if you’re in a rush you can use our ready-coloured set), cut a piece of string or ribbon to the length you want, fold the tabs around the string and stick the tabs down with glue or tape. Then hang up for all to see!

Print Off Your Colour Union Jack Bunting Here

Print Off Your Union Jack Bunting To Colour In Here

Task 2 – Create a wartime dish

carrot scones

Over the year, we have looked at many of the struggles that the people of Britain had when it came to rationing. This week, we would like you to create a dish that would have been found during the war years. Please send any pictures of your amazing creations to our Class Dojo!

Find some thrifty wartime dishes here

 

Task 3 – Build your own Spitfire!

The Spitfire is, without a doubt, one of the most iconic planes that were seen during World War Two. Below, are some fun activities – of various difficulties – to create your own at home!

Click here for instructions…

Cartoon Spitfire | Vintage aircraft, Cartoon plane, Car cartoon

 

PE –

During World War 2, dance halls became very popular. Lindy hop was a fusion of many dances that preceded it or were popular during its development but is mainly based on jazz, tap, breakaway and Charleston. The Lindy hop became popular as it was introduced as a result of the American soldiers travelling over to Britain. Why don’t you have a go at practising some of the basic steps?