I hope you have enjoyed the lovely weather over the Easter holidays! We are now back to keep brains busy!
Today we have Mrs Godbold’s writing challenge! I can not wait to read some of the stories and sentences you have written.
This term we are all learning about Japan. For the focus this week can you find Japan on a map? What sea surrounds Japan? What is the capital city of Japan? What does the flag of Japan look like? Can you make a Japanese flag?This should keep you busy!
Phonics: This week are learning the letter sound wh. Can you read, write and say the words what and where.I am off to do my Joe workout! I would love to know if you are joining in too! It is hard work but lots of fun! Have a great day Oak!
Welcome back! Please find below the suggested activities for Skylarks.
Maths – We will be focusing on time this week alongside Owls and Kestrels. We will be using seconds and minutes to think about how long our daily activities take and will convert between these units of time.
English – Mrs. Godbold’s Big Write Challenge!
Afternoon activities – we are starting a whole school project on Japan this half term. Our focus this week is the geography and climate of Japan. Choose one or two activities from the list on the last PowerPoint slide to have a go at each day. Some are longer and some are shorter but it is up to you which ones you do in what order! Feel free to do activities from other class lists too and don’t worry if some activities need a few days to complete! 🙂
Arithmetic and Spelling – division using known times tables and using the plural and singular posessive apostrophe.
Welcome back everyone! I hope you made the most of the sunshine over the past few weeks and have recharged your batteries ready for some more home learning!
Spellings, rule 1 – most words add ‘s’ to make the plural (like name = names, park= parks). Add ‘s’ to these words and put them into sentences:
Pencil, Book, Tree,Cup, Pad, Paint
English – see Mrs Godbold’s Big Writing Challenge.
Mrs Godbold’s Writing Challenge.
Story starter!
Brian had often bought things from the market that had turned out to be the most outrageous, disappointing fakes.
He had presumed that the magic biscuits would have been exactly the same. How wrong he had been…
Can you continue the story? Use the questions below to get your ideas flowing!
– What had happened when Brian fed the biscuits to his dogs?
– How quickly did they grow to this size do you think?
– Did Brian give the biscuits to anything/anyone else?
– Have the creatures stopped growing?
– How will Brian keep them as pets?
– What are the benefits/problems with having such enormous pets?
– Is there a way for Brian to restore his animals to their original size?
Maths – talk about Time, what time did you wake up? What time did you eat breakfast? What time did you brush your teeth? Can you draw some clocks with these times on? Maybe draw around a cup to help you with the circle shapes. Can you also write these times as digital times, the times you might see on the oven or a phone. Notice the times you do different activities during the day. Begin to notice how long you spend on certain activities too.
Theme – this half term we will all be learning about Japan. Below is a list of activities for this week to help you find out more about the climate and geography of Japan. Pick those you would like to do, maybe one a day.
where in the world is Japan? Find out which continent it is in.
What is the capital of Japan?
What does Japan look like? Can you draw the shape of the country and label the capital city?
Which oceans are near Japan? Can you label them on your map?
What does the flag of Japan look like? Can you make your own Japanese flag? You could use pencils, paint, collage materials, chalks.
What would you like to learn/find out about Japan? Write some questions to explore and answer over this half term.
What is the weather like in Japan today? Can you research on the internet to find out? Is it warmer or cooler than England? How would you describe the weather in Japan? How does it compare to the weather at home? What is the temperature in Japan? Is the temperature in England higher or lower?
What is the population of Japan? How many people live there? (How many people live in England?)
What is the name of the mountain range in Japan?
Can you name some Japanese rivers?
The natgeokids.com website is a useful place to look for help!
Additional – read a book, PE with Joe Wicks at 9am, explore handwriting joins on the letter join app.
Welcome back everybody – hope you had a lovely Easter.
Each week, I will post lots of suggestions for home learning. You aren’t expected to do everything. Please pick out the things that will work best for your family. We are covering similar topics across all classes so that siblings can work together – feel free to also have a go at activities set by other class teachers or help your younger brothers and sisters with their learning too.
For those of you who prefer to print work for the children to complete offline, you will find downloads below. For those who like online activities, there are suggested weblinks.
Spellings: the ‘s’ sound spelt with sc Example Words: science, scientist, scissors, crescent, discipline, fascinate, scent, descent, ascent, scenery. Can you find other words? Use look/say/cover/write/check to practice spelling them. Do you know what all the words mean? Can you use each word in a sentence? Practise writing them as quickly as you can. Practise writing them in your best joined handwriting. You can also find more activities on letterjoin if you click on ‘Rowan’ after logging in.
Maths: Telling the Time
Children should be able to read the time on clock faces and digital clocks and be able to describe the time in words (e.g. twenty to three) and in the 12 & 24 hour clock (2:40pm or 14:40). They should be able to read times and work out how long something (e.g. a film) lasts. They should be able to work out start and finish times. They should know the relationship between different units of time: 60 seconds in a minute; 60 minutes in a an hour; 24 hours in a day; 7 days in a week; the months of the year & number of days in each; 365 days in a year (366 in a leap year); 10 years in a decade; 100 years in a century.
Maths Challenge for the Week: Work out how long you spend in a week doing one of these activities: reading, eating, watching TV or online. You could estimate this. You might need to record the times you do it every day. At the end of the week, can you use your findings to work out how long you would spend in a year? How many days, hours and minutes is that?
Suggested Maths Activities:
Make a clock.
Draw some clock faces – write the times they show in words, 12 & 24 hour clock.
Design a poster to teach younger children how to tell the time.
If you have younger siblings, you could help to teach them to tell the time.
Design a timetable for your day.
Look at the TV guide: work out how long different TV shows and films last.
Look at a bus or train timetable: use it to plan a journey. How long does it take to get to different places? If you arrived at 14:30, what is the next bus or train you could catch? How long would you have to wait?
Time how long it takes you to do 20 star jumps (or another activity of your choice). Work out how long it would take you to do 100? Or 500? Or 1000? In seconds? In minutes?
If you prefer printable activities, there are some problems for Year 4 and Year 5 below and more worksheets can be found on Purple Mash: Click on ‘Maths’ and then click on ‘Time’ under the Topics heading.
If you prefer online activities, there are some time activities set as TO Dos on Purple Mash and further practice with time can be found by clicking on ‘Maths’ and then ‘Time’ under the Topics heading. Further online games can be found here: http://www.maths-games.org/time-games.html
English: Mrs Godbold’s Writing Challenge
Brian had often bought things from the market that had turned out to be the most outrageous, disappointing fakes. He had presumed that the magic biscuits would have been exactly the same. How wrong he had been..
Writing Challenge for the Week: Can you continue the story? Don’t forget to edit your writing once you have completed the story. The writing mats below will help you. Perhaps read it to someone in your family and ask them what they liked and how you could make it even better. If you want, you could write up a final draft: think best joined handwriting (or type it) and add illustrations.
Comprehension:
What had happened when Brian fed the biscuits to his dogs?
How quickly did they grow to this size do you think?
Did Brian give the biscuits to anything/anyone else?
Have the creatures stopped growing?
How will Brian keep them as pets?
What are the benefits/problems with having such enormous pets?
Is there a way for Brian to restore his animals to their original size?
Grammar Suggestions:
This half-term we are going to be practising recognising all the different word classes. The Knowledge Organiser (see links below) will help you. This week let’s focus on easy ones: nouns & adjectives. Nouns are names of things. Adjectives are describing words.
List all the nouns you can see in the picture. Can you think of three adjectives to describe each one?
Take one sentence from your story. Circle all the nouns and underline all the adjectives?
Make a list of nouns to go with our Japan topic: can you sort them into common nouns and proper nouns?
Topic: Japan
Focus for the Week: Geography & Climate
You might like to find out:
Where in the world is Japan? Can you find the seas around it?
Japan is made up of islands. Can you name the main ones? Can you find the capital city?
What is the weather like? Is it the same all over Japan? Does it change at different times of the year?
What is the landscape like in Japan? Can you draw any of the natural features?
Suggested Activities:
Design a front cover page for your Japan project.
Make an ‘I know, I think, I want to find out’ chart.
Write a list of questions you would ask a Japanese person if you met them.
Imagine you were visiting Japan: how would you get there. Plan the journey.
I hope you have had a great Easter, I am missing you all!
As previously mentioned in the above post, the Maths and English tasks will remain in the same format but the afternoon tasks will be a list of suggested activities for the week involving our study of Japan. Don’t worry about completing all of these, just pick some that you would like to have a go at. You can even take inspiration from the lists in other classes. Below, I have uploaded the list of ideas if you wish to download them or print them off and decide which you would like to have a go at!
When you can, I have also set just like before, some short spelling, grammar and arithmetic activities to have a go at too, as well as daily reading.
Remember, do not worry, just have a go and I’m looking forward to seeing all of your fantastic work! I would love to see some of your work you complete throughout the week on this post, I love seeing all of your wonderful creations and the hard work you have put in!
Spelling: Practice of words ending tious/cious- can you create a word list?
Arithmetic: Practice of long multiplication with 2 and 3 digit numbers.
Grammar: Revision of adjectives, verbs, nouns and adverbs- can you find examples around the house? Reading book? Newspapers? Recipe book? Letters?
English: Today, like we do at the start of every half term, is Mrs Godbold’s writing challenge! Look for Miss Brown’s post in the morning; she will be revealing the topic of the writing for the whole school!
Maths: L.O- To create your own analogue clock. To start off the week, I would like you to have a go at making your own analogue clock! You can do this using anything from around the house: You could use a hula hoop and chalk in the garden, Lego bricks, paper plates, be creative! If not, I have attached a template to the class webpage to create your own if you like, or you can draw your own! Can you create some times on your clock using the hour and minute hands? Can you tell an adult the time you have created? Remember, the minutes on an analogue go up in 5 minute intervals! If you have a younger sibling, can you help them to read the time they have created and explain why? Are there different ways of saying the time you have created? For example: 8.55 or 5 minutes to 9?
Below are some picture examples of clocks you could create with things around the house if you need some inspiration.
Please see the weekly activities post/the corresponding
section on the class website for the spelling and arithmetic focus for this
week, along with additional tasks which can be completed. The weekly activity post
also has a list of tasks for the afternoon work – a project on Japan.
English: Mrs Godbold’s writing challenge; please see the
attached picture. You are going to be finishing the story, but firstly try and
think of some answers for these questions; they will help your planning!
1) What had happened when Brian fed the biscuits to his
dogs?
2) How quickly did they grow to this size do you think?
3)Did Brian give the biscuits to anything/anyone else?
4) Will Brian leave the dogs big, or does he want to change them back?
Story starter: Brian
had often bought things from the market that had turned out to be the most
outrageous, disappointing fakes.
He had presumed that the magic biscuits would have been
exactly the same. How wrong he had been…
Either, continue the story or write a newspaper article
telling people what has happened here!
Don’t forget to use adjectives, adverbs and adverbials! If you are writing a newspaper report, don’t forget the things that a good newspaper article has (headline, writing in columns, a picture, a caption to describe the picture, and maybe some eye-witness quotes!).
Maths: LO: to investigate the 24 hour clock. Last term we
spent some time in class looking at the 24 hour clock. We discussed how 13:00
is 1PM, 14:00 is 2PM, and so on. The rule we learned was that if the number of
the hour was greater than 12, you can subtract 12 from it to work out the time
(it will be a time in the PM). For example 15:00, 15 – 12 = 3, so 15:00 is 3PM.
Today, I would like you to practise telling the time from
the 24 hour clock. If you can’t remember doing it in class, use the rule to
write down all the hours in a day. We will be doing some tasks around telling
the time using the 12 and 24 hour clock over the rest of the week. Don’t
forget, there is no such time as 24:00. The 24 hour clock runs up to 23:59 (1
minute until midnight), and then goes back to 00:00 for midnight. Focus on just
reading the hours.
Phonics: use the ow sound in clown and gown. Say it, stretch it, sound it out. Can you write a list of all the ow words we have been working on this week. If you are starting to join your handwriting, then have a go today.
Music: Today can you make some noise? Can you make a musical instrument or use some things you can find around the house to make some noise? Can you sing a song and play your instrument too? Can you make up your own song? I would love to see some of these on Facebook!
Understanding the World: If you are out on a daily walk, or in your garden can you be nature detectives and see any sings of seasonal change. What flowers can you see now? Are there buds on the trees? Can you draw any pictures of the changes you see? Try and sing the months of the year song and work out which months are in Spring and Summer.
English Spelling Dictation: Read this sentence to your child a few times for them to write: In the final recording session, the technician shouted to the musicians “You’ve got permission to be as loud as possible!” They score a point for each word spelt correctly, plus bonus points for joined handwriting, capital letter, commas and correct speech punctuation.
English Handwriting Practice: Use the letter join app or copy a piece of text in your best handwriting. Writing should be joined with letters formed and positioned correctly and consistent in size. Some of the class are starting to practise writing neatly at speed and using a pen: set a ten minute timer and see how many words they can write neatly within the time.
Maths Weekly Arithmetic Test: You will find this week’s questions on the class webpage. Children should have 10 minutes to complete it. Mark it, then they can spend some time practising questions they got wrong. At school, we give out house points each week if they can improve their score from the previous week, so perhaps you can find a similar reward for home? Please comment and let me know if you beat last week’s score.
For those of you who prefer to print work for the children to complete offline, you will find downloads below. For those who like online activities, there are suggested weblinks.
Make a clock.
If you have younger siblings, you could help to teach them to tell the time.
