Elm Class learning Wednesday 6th May 2020

Spellings: ous ending words-

1) If the root word doesn’t change, just add ‘ous’ – e.g danger —-> dangerous

2) If the word ends in ‘e’, drop the e and add ‘ous’ – e.g. fame —->  famous 

3) If the word ends in ‘y’ change it to an ‘i’ and add ‘ous’ – e.g. vary —-> various.

Today, I would like you to have a go at practicing the spellings from this week in your neatest handwriting. Can you choose a few words to practice and write a line of each in your neatest, joined up handwriting?

Arithmetic: Multiplying one fraction by another fraction and multiplying fractions by a whole number. A hint to start off the week: When you multiply two fractions together, you multiply the numerators together and the denominators together. When multiplying a fraction by a whole number, you simply multiply the numerator. Can you have a go at the questions below? (See the photos at the bottom of this page). Challenge: Can you simplify your answer, or if the answer is an improper fraction, could you change this into a mixed number?

4 x 5/7=

3 x 4/5 =

2/3 x 4=

8 x 6/9=

3/4 x 2/8=

3/9 x 3/8=

4/5 x 5/7=

Grammar: Yesterday, you looked at parenthesis. I would like you to continue to practice using parenthesis today, can you spot the parenthesis in the sentences below? Can you add brackets, dashes or commas around the parenthesis in each sentence?

1.      Ellie my older sister lives in Manchester.

2.     Jupiter the largest planet is made of gas.

3.     The twins Ben and Billy have just played their first football match.

4.     The ambulance which had sirens blaring and lights flashing moved swiftly through the traffic.

5.     The student who was new to the school got lost to her first lesson.

The video is still attached at the bottom of this post, if you need a reminder on parenthesis.

English: Today you are going to write up your notes in the form of… whatever kind of writing you like!

You could write:

  • A non-chronological report about VE day.
  • A newspaper report about the celebrations.
  • A letter from one friend to another about the day.
  • A diary entry about how you celebrated.
  • An information leaflet for people to learn about VE day.

Think carefully about what the purpose of the writing is (to inform or entertain or persuade) and about who the audience is (yourself, a friend, other children who want to know about it).

Maths: Today I would like you to have a go at the Magic V challenge!  Draw yourself some circles in a v shape, like the image below. Place each of the numbers 1 to 5 in the V shape below so that the two arms of the V have the same total. How many different possibilities are there?

What do you notice about all the solutions you find?

Can you explain what you see? Can you convince someone that you have all the solutions? What happens if we use the numbers from 2 to 6? From 12 to 16? From 37 to 41? From 103 to 107?

Topic: Can you find something different out today about the culture and traditions of Japan? What will you discover? Can you make something to compliment what you have learnt about the culture and traditions of Japan?

Take care and stay safe,

Miss Coates. 

Elm Class Learning Tue 5th May

Spellings: You may remember a couple of weeks ago, looking at spellings with the suffix cious or tious. I want to make sure we are really secure in our knowledge of all ous ending words. Here is the rule for adding the suffix:

1) If the root word doesn’t change, just add ‘ous’ – e.g danger —-> dangerous

2) If the word ends in ‘e’, drop the e and add ‘ous’ – e.g. fame —->  famous 

3) If the word ends in ‘y’ change it to an ‘i’ and add ‘ous’ – e.g. vary —-> various.

Can you have a go at practicing spelling the words you collected yesterday, using the look, say, cover, write check method?

Arithmetic: Multiplying one fraction by another fraction and multiplying fractions by a whole number. A hint to start off the week: When you multiply two fractions together, you multiply the numerators together and the denominators together. When multiplying a fraction by a whole number, you simply multiply the numerator. Can you have a go at the questions below? (See the photos at the bottom of this page). Challenge: Can you simplify your answer, or if the answer is an improper fraction, could you change this into a mixed number?

7 x 8/6=

4 x 5/9 =

12 x 3/8=

6 x 6/10=

5/11 x 1/3=

4/9 x 2/5=

5/6 x  3/4=

Grammar: Yesterday you looked at relative clauses. Today, I would like you to focus on parenthesis. Parenthesis is a word, phrase, or clause inserted into a sentence to add extra information or to clarify something you have said before. When a parenthesis is removed, the sentence still makes sense on its own. A relative clause is a type of parenthesis, but when using other examples of parenthesis, you don’t need the relative pronouns- who, which, they- to start off your clause. Can you add parenthesis to the sentences below?

The capital of Japan is Tokyo.

Watching my favourite film always cheers me up.

Prince Harry served in the British Army.

Yesterday I went for a walk into the woods.

If you struggle with parenthesis, I have included a video link below, which helps to explain it in more detail!

English:  Research VE day and write some notes about it. You might want to consider why it was on the 8th May, how people celebrated, what was going to happen next and how people felt about the war ending. Remember, when you write notes it does not need to be in full sentences. You just need the key points.

An example – notes on dogs:

•          Need food, walks, love, water, bed, training.

•          Popular pet.

•          Many different breeds- examples: husky, cavalier king Charles spaniel, pug, German shepherd, springer spaniel, terriers.

•          Some are working dogs e.g. sheepdogs.

•          Omnivores

•          Companions for thousands of years.

Maths: Today’s problem is called Neighbourly addition!

Here is the link: https: https://nrich.maths.org/housenumbers

Or I have attached the problem below! Can you have a go at working systematically and thinking carefully about the patterns, what do you notice? Happy problem solving!

Topic: Can you find something different out today about the culture and traditions of Tokyo? What will you discover? How are you going to present what you have found?

Take care and stay safe,

Miss Coates. 

Elm Class Learning Monday 4th May

Good morning Elm Class, welcome back to Monday! I am missing you all lots!

Spellings: You may remember a couple of weeks ago, looking at spellings with the suffix cious or tious. I want to make sure we are really secure in our knowledge of all ous ending words. Here is the rule for adding the suffix:

1) If the root word doesn’t change, just add ‘ous’ – e.g danger —-> dangerous

2) If the word ends in ‘e’, drop the e and add ‘ous’ – e.g. fame —->  famous 

3) If the word ends in ‘y’ change it to an ‘i’ and add ‘ous’ – e.g. vary —-> various

Can you find as many ous words as you can? You could add these to a word wall or word bank in a notebook of other spellings you have been collecting.

Arithmetic: Multiplying one fraction by another fraction and multiplying fractions by a whole number. A hint to start off the week: When you multiply two fractions together, you multiply the numerators together and the denominators together. When multiplying a fraction by a whole number, you simply multiply the numerator. Can you have a go at the questions below? (See the photos at the bottom of this page). Challenge: Can you simplify your answer, or if the answer is an improper fraction, could you change this into a mixed number?

Grammar: Last week, we ended the week looking at relative pronouns. Remember relative clauses are added to sentences, to add more information about the noun in your sentence. Relative clauses add information to sentences by using a relative pronoun such as who, that or which. Your challenge today is to have a go at writing some sentences, which include a relative clause. For example: My dog, who has black and white fur, enjoys going out for walks.

English:  Today please read chapter 15 (Home) of Goodnight Mister Tom. This chapter is a very sad one, if you need to read a bit and skip a bit, that is ok. Tomorrow, we are going to start a piece of work on VE day- the 25th anniversary of this day is Friday the 8th of May!

Maths:

Welcome to problem solving week! Please see Miss Brown’s introduction to problem solving in the separate post on the page today, explaining why problem solving is an important skill as a Mathematician! These problems we will set each day will get your brain thinking in different ways and are also a bit of fun! Don’t worry if you can’t get to the answer, these problems are about trying different strategies and using your Maths knowledge to have a go and think logically! Jottings and doodles to help you work out the problem are great and encouraged! I have also attached links to class webpage of other interactive online puzzles if you would like more to have a go at and some printable versions too, so you can choose which ones you prefer! Happy problem solving!

Reach 100!

Today I would like you to have a go at the ‘Reach 100’ challenge! For this challenge, you will need to a draw a grid with four squares like this:

https://nrich.maths.org/1130 (Here is the link if you would like to view this online).

Your challenge is to choose four different numbers from 1-9 and put one in each box of your grid. If you look at my example below, I have a 5 and 2 in the top boxes and 1 and 9 in the bottom boxes.

This gives four two-digit numbers:

52    (reading along the 1st row)

19     (reading along the 2nd row)

51     (reading down the left hand column)

29    (reading down the right hand column)

In this case their sum is 151.

Try a few examples of your own, is there a quick way to tell whether the total is going to be odd or even?

Challenge: Your challenge is to find four different digits that give four two-digit numbers which add to a total of 100! If you struggle with this, which numbers get you as close to 100 as possible?

Super challenge: Is there more than one combination of numbers, which help us to reach 100?

Topic: This week, our focus of study on Japan is culture and tradition! See the next post for lots of ideas of research and activities, or you may come up with some of your own!

Take care and stay safe,

Miss Coates. 

Suggested learning Elm Class Friday 1st May 2020

Spellings: This week, I would like you to look at words ending cian, tion and sion. The rules for adding these suffixes to a root word are as follows:Can someone at home test you on 10 of the spellings you have been working on this week?

Arithmetic:  I have uploaded the weekly test below along with the answers if you would like to have a go at this. 

Grammar: I have attached a photo of an example test question on the different types of pronouns, can you have a go at it? Using your knowledge from this week, can you write one sentence using a personal pronoun, one using a possessive pronoun and one using a relative pronoun?

Please make sure you are also reading 20 minutes daily. 

English:  P4C question to discuss: 

Is letter writing a lost art or should we stop writing letters?

Maths: L.O- I can create and stick to a simple budget.  Below are a few options for this, one where you will need to access the internet to look at the costs of an actual shop and two worksheets which I have attached below (silver and gold challenge) where you are already given prices of foods in different shops and have to compare these to see if you can stick to your budget and which may be the cheapest!

With lots of time at home, you may have found yourselves doing some cooking or baking of nice things! Imagine you and your family are making pizzas tonight! An adult could always give you an imaginary budget, can you make a list of things you would need and, with the help of an adult, you could use an online grocery site to find some prices for your shopping list- can you stick to the budget? If not, you could help an adult with finding some prices of ingredients of meals they may be making next week, can you help them stick to a budget for their shopping list? Giving yourself a budget is a great way to save money and to make sure you do not spend more than you need to! If you would prefer to do the sheet activity that is absolutely fine too! Can you find the cheapest shop? Can you stick to the budget! Off you go!

Topic: Can you have a go at a Japan activity you have yet to do this week? Could you research a different festival and present it in a different way?  Could you make something linked to a festival?

For example, below I have attached a picture of the flying fish decorations, which are created to celebrate the festival known as ‘Kodomo no hi’ or the Children’s Day Celebration. Can you find out what this festival is? Why are carps used? Why are the windsocks created?

Thank you for all of your support and engagement this week,

Miss Coates. 

Elm Class Suggested Learning Thursday 30th April 2020

Hasn’t April gone by so quickly! We are very much missing you all! If you would like to post any work on this thread or send it to me, I would love to see all the brilliant work you have been doing!

Spellings: This week, I would like you to look at words ending cian, tion and sion. The rules for adding these suffixes to a root word are as follows:

 –tion is the most common spelling. It is used if the root word ends in t or te. –ssion is used if the root word ends in ss or –mit. 

–sion is used if the root word ends in d or se. 

Exceptions: attend – attention, intend – intention.

 –cian is used if the root word ends in c or cs.

Can you use the spelling menu on the class webpage, to practice the words you have collected, ready for someone to test you tomorrow?

Arithmetic: BODMAS! (I’m sure you and family members would love to see the youtube video on how to remember the order of Bodmas- I will link it below!) 

Can you have a go at these questions?

4³+ 15 ÷ 3=

3 + ( 3² + 3) ÷ 3=

17 + 16 x 2=

30- 4² + 3=

You may also want to practice anything you struggled with on the test from last week, ready for the arithmetic test tomorrow.

Grammar: Today I would like you to think about relative pronouns. Remember relative clauses are added to sentences, to add more information about the noun in your sentence. These clauses could be removed from the sentence and the sentence would still make sense by itself. Relative clauses add information to sentences by using a relative pronoun such as who, that or which.

Can you add the correct relative pronoun to these sentences? Tomorrow I will set you a challenge, which uses you knowledge of all the pronoun types we have looked at this week! Challenge: Can you add brackets, commas or dashes to mark the relative clause in the sentence?

The boy ________ ran the race is called Simon.

The book _______ I left on the bus was my favourite.

The pens _______ I lent you were a birthday present from my friend.

He bought a watch _________ was very expensive.

English:  Write a letter to Willie as Zach. Think carefully about the way he speaks in the book and about his character. What kinds of things would he want Willie to know? What kinds of questions would he want to ask? Zach does not know about Willie’s mother and the way she treats him so how would he react to the fact that Willie has been allowed to go home for a bit (would he be jealous)?

Maths: L.O- I can work out which items are best value for money. Sometimes in shops, there are many deals which we have to be aware of, it may save us money, but sometimes it may not! This where our money skills come in! In some shops, you may have seen ‘4 for the price of 3’ but individually, is it actually cheaper to buy 4 of that item and it still be cheaper? I have attached a document below with some real life discount ‘fails’ where the discount actually sometimes works out more expensive! For each of these pictures, can you work out the original price and the discount or multi- buy price, which is best value for money?

Topic: Can you choose a different activity from the Japan activity list on festivals today? Could you research a different festival or create something on a festival you have been looking at so far?

Take care, 

Miss Coates. 

Suggested learning Elm Class Wednesday 29th April 2020

Spellings: This week, I would like you to look at words ending cian, tion and sion. The rules for adding these suffixes to a root word are as follows:

 –tion is the most common spelling. It is used if the root word ends in t or te. –ssion is used if the root word ends in ss or –mit. 

–sion is used if the root word ends in d or se. 

Exceptions: attend – attention, intend – intention.

 –cian is used if the root word ends in c or cs.

Can you write some sentences, using the words you have found?

Arithmetic: BODMAS! (I’m sure you and family members would love to see the youtube video on how to remember the order of Bodmas- I will link it below!) 

Can you have a go at these questions?

100- (20 x 3)=

56 – (4 x7) =

( 5 x 7) – ( 2 x 5) =

18 – ( 9 x 4) + 32=

56- (5x 9) + 4  =

Grammar: Today we are going to be looking at a different type of pronoun- possessive pronouns! Possessive pronouns are used to show ownership of a person or thing. For example mine, his theirs.

Can you add a possessive pronoun to these sentences?

The fancy dress outfit belongs to me. It is _____________.

Those revision guides belong to you. They are __________.

The classroom equipment belongs to us. It is ____________.

That is Adam’s bike. It is ___________.

Those sweets are Ellie and Sam’s. They are __________. 

English:  Write a letter to Zach to say goodbye (hopefully just temporarily). Remember you are writing to a friend so you can include some informal language. Make sure you include the correct structure for your letter: an address, a greeting and a friendly ending. Give Zach your address so he can write to you in London!

Maths: L.O- I can round amounts of money in order to estimate a total. A great skill to have when managing money, is being able to estimate a total when shopping, to help you get an idea of the total before you pay, this will help you to keep to the amount you would like to spend. I have attached an example to the class webpage of a food shop receipt or if an adult has an old receipt for a food shop, you could use this (just don’t look at the total just yet!) Can you estimate the total of the shopping bill first by rounding the amounts to the nearest pounds or ten pence? Now can you work out the actual total? You may want to use a written method for this. Were they much different?

Topic: Can you choose a different activity from the Japan activity list on festivals today? Could you research a different festival or create something on a festival you have been looking at so far?

Stay safe,

Miss Coates. 

Elm Class Tues 28th April 2020

Suggested learning Elm Class.
Spellings: This week, I would like you to look at words ending cian, tion and sion. The rules for adding these suffixes to a root word are as follows:
–tion is the most common spelling. It is used if the root word ends in t or te. –ssion is used if the root word ends in ss or –mit.
–sion is used if the root word ends in d or se.
Exceptions: attend – attention, intend – intention.
–cian is used if the root word ends in c or cs.
Today, can you practice some of the words you found yesterday using the look, say, cover, write, check method?

Arithmetic: BODMAS! (I’m sure you and family members would love to see the youtube video on how to remember the order of Bodmas- I will link it below!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-FKjqL6NyQ
Can you have a go at these questions?
20- 10 ÷ 5 =
36 ÷ 6 – 2=
(3 x 4) ÷ 2=
7² + 4² – 3 =
3³ – 7 + ( 5 x 4) =

Grammar: We will be looking at more word classes this week! Today I would like us to recap pronouns! A pronoun is a word used to replace a noun.
Examples of pronouns are: he, she, it, they. We use pronouns so that we don’t need to keep repeating the same nouns; for example, rather than repeat the noun ‘the car’ in this sentence, we use a pronoun (in bold):
We took the car to the garage because the car needed fixing.
We took the car to the garage because it needed fixing.
Can you find some pronouns in sentences within a reading book? Can you write 3 sentences, which include different pronouns?

English: Today I would like you to consider how Willie would be feeling now he has to go back to London. Write a diary entry as Willie on the night before he has to leave. How would he be feeling? Look back over the last few months and consider what he has enjoyed about being in the countryside. What will he miss? Remember to use descriptive and emotive language. A diary is for private writing so he can put whatever he wants in it without the fear of someone else reading it. He can write how he truly feels. You might find it helpful to act out a scene where someone wants you to leave somewhere which you love.


Maths: L.O- I can use mental maths strategies to calculate change. I have attached below a list of food and some prices or you could make up a food list and prices of your own. (This list is also below if this helps!)
Can you choose 3 items, add them up mentally? What is the change from a £5 note?
Can you choose 4 items, add them up mentally? What is the change from a £10 note?
Can you add up 5-7 items mentally? What is the change from a £20 note?
Just remember, you can also use jottings to help you work change out mentally, below is a picture to show you how to do this.

Challenge: Choose a few items from the shopping list. Are there different combinations of coins you could use to pay for this? Is there something you have been saving up for? What is the price? Are there different combinations of notes and coins you could use to pay for this?

Topic: Can you choose a different activity from the Japan activity list on festivals today? Could you research a different festival or create something on a festival you have been looking at so far?
Hope you are all ok!
Miss Coates.

Elm Class Monday 27th April 2020

Suggested learning Elm Class.

I hope you all enjoyed the fabulous weather over the weekend, Mrs Dale and I are missing you all very much!

Spellings: This week, I would like you to look at words ending cian, tion and sion. The rules for adding these suffixes to a root word are as follows:

 –tion is the most common spelling. It is used if the root word ends in t or te. –ssion is used if the root word ends in ss or –mit. 

–sion is used if the root word ends in d or se. 

Exceptions: attend – attention, intend – intention.

 –cian is used if the root word ends in c or cs.

Can you split your page in 3 and find example words which end in either of these suffixes?

Arithmetic: BODMAS! (I’m sure you and family members would love to see the youtube video on how to remember the order of Bodmas- I will link it below!) 

Can you have a go at these questions?

12 x 4 – 3=

(6 x 3) – 7 x 2 =

5 + 2²- 3=

100 – (15 x 5)=

Grammar: We will be looking at more word classes this week! Today I would like us to recap common nouns and proper nouns! A proper noun is a particular name of something- this could be a person’s name, a place name, a business name for example, and so these words require a capital letter! Common nouns do not need a capital letter, unless at the beginning of the sentence, and these types of noun are objects that are not specific, for example girl, dog, ball. Can you find examples of these in your reading book and write them down?

English:  Please read chapters 13 (Carol Singing) and 14 (New beginnings) of Goodnight Mister Tom. 

When you have read these. Consider and discuss how much Willie has changed. Why do you think he has changed this much? Has Mister Tom changed at all? Why?      

Maths: Today we are starting our next topic in Maths- Money! Can you discuss with someone at home or write down what you know about money so far? Why do we need money? What might we need money for? Where does money come from? Should you spend or save money? How might be a good way of saving? What is a budget? 

To get our topic this week started, I would like you to have a go at the money maze! (See link-  https://nrich.maths.org/2648) or type NRICH money maze into google and this will come up. Can you find the route which leaves you with the most money at the end? Can you find the route through the maze, which leaves you with the least money at the end?

Topic: Our weekly focus on Japan this week is festivals! I have suggested some activities on the following post and linked these to the class webpage which are suitable for a Year 5/6 class but can also be done by younger children with some help. 

Choose the activities you would most like to do and present them creatively! You can present your work however you like, for example, in the form of artwork, a scrapbook, a PowerPoint.

I look forward to seeing your wonderful work and any work you do, I would love to see a photo of on this thread!

Take care,

Miss Coates. 

Elm Class Friday 24th April 2020

Suggested learning, Elm Class.

Today is sharing assembly day! I would love to see some of the fantastic work you have been working on this week!

Spelling: You have been practicing tious and cious ending words all of this week, could you get someone else to test you on 10 of the words you have been learning?

Arithmetic: I have uploaded to the school website the first arithmetic test for the Summer term for you to have a go at, or you can get someone at home to write down some questions to test you on. I have also uploaded the answers for the test, for you to check your own answers.  

Grammar: Revision of adjectives, verbs, nouns and adverbs,

Can you rewrite these sentences, making them more descriptive by adding adjectives?

1.     In the forest stood a tree.

2.   The River ran down the mountain.

3.   The spider spun a web.

4.  Flowers grew at the edge of the lake.

English: Lots of people have been brightening the days of people they know by writing letters to them. Think of the people who you know who you would like to cheer up and write them a letter or an email. Make sure you lay out the letter correctly and write properly, using appropriate punctuation and grammar (if you are writing to a friend, you could add in some colloquial language/slang). 

When you have finished, send your letter!

Maths: Today we are looking at converting between units of time. For today, you will need to remember how many seconds are in a minute and how many minutes are in an hour. Can you find a few of your favourite DVD’s? Usually on the back of the box, it will say how long the film lasts in minutes. Can you convert this into hours and minutes? Challenge: How long do the films last in seconds? Do you have a calendar in your house? Can you work out how many days are in each month if you can’t remember? How many days are in a year? Using your knowledge from today, can you have a go at these challenges?

1.     Convert the following 

a)   8 days = how many minutes?

b)   3 weeks = how many hours?

c)   Half an hour = how many seconds?

2.    Write these times in order, starting with the shortest:

24 days, 600 seconds, 48 hours.

Topic: Can you choose another activity based on the climate and geography of Japan to have a go at today? Next week we will have a different theme as a focus of our research on Japan!

Remember I would love to see anything you have been working hard on!

Have a restful weekend, enjoy the weather, 

Take care,
Miss Coates

Elm Class Suggested Learning Thursday 23rd April 2020

For the work suggested below, I would love to see some photos of your work on your post!

Spelling: Practice of words ending tious/cious- Continue to practice words ending tious and cious- could you write the words you have found throughout the week in a sentence? Add these to a word wall or word scrapbook if you have created one at home!

Arithmetic: Practice of long multiplication with 2 and 3 digit numbers.

Grammar: Revision of adjectives, verbs, nouns and adverbs,

Can you pick out the adjectives, nouns verbs and adverbs from this passage?

20 minutes reading a day.

Mr Peter’s house was old and decrepit. He had lived there for years and it was obvious he had never cared for it. The crooked gate hung off its hinges and creaked noisily in the wind, annoying the neighbours. A winding garden path could just be seen in the overgrown garden, underneath the damp moss and intertwining weeds.

English: Today you are going to write a reply postcard from Willie’s mum to him. Would she like the boy he is turning into? Think carefully about how she would speak to him (but bear in mind the fact that the postman could read the postcard!) Perhaps she would only show her true feelings in a letter…

Maths: Today we are going to look at time intervals. Can you have a look on your television at the TV guide? Can you pick some of your favourite television programmes and work out how long they last? If you can’t access this on your TV, there are lots of online TV guides. If you are doing any baking this week, can you work out when you are baking what time you will need to get your bake out of the oven, depending on how long it needs to be in the oven for and when it went in? Challenge: Can you find a bus timetable online? Can you work out how long it takes to get from one place to another?

Topic: Today, you can go back to the list of activities on Japan, can you find out something different today about Japan? How are you going to present your work? I look forward to seeing all of your amazing creations and information you have found out!

Take care,

Miss Coates.

Suggested learning, Elm Class Wednesday 22nd April 2020

Today we are going to have a little break this afternoon from our Japan work as it is Earth Day! A day to celebrate our wonderful world and a day which raises awareness of ways we can protect our Earth for future generations! See the whole school post below for ideas of activities you might like to do as part of this day!

Spelling: Practice of words ending tious/cious- Continue to practice words ending tious and cious- you could use the spelling menu on the class webpage for inspiration of different ways to practice these or you could use letterjoin, just type in cious tious into the search bar and some activities to practice these words will come up, the school login is:

Username: mund Password: ford

Arithmetic: Practice of long multiplication with 2 and 3 digit numbers.

Grammar: Revision of adjectives, verbs, nouns and adverbs- Can you give a definition of each of these words to an adult?

English: Willie has changed a lot throughout the book so far! I would like you to write a postcard home from Willie to his mum. Think carefully about what he would include and what he would leave out. For example, would he want his mother to know that he is friends with Zach? 

You could design the front of your postcard to go along with this.

Maths:  Can you go back to your diary you kept yesterday of the different times you completed activities throughout the day? Can you have a go at converting these times into the 24- hour clock? Can you remember how to convert a time into the 24 hour clock? Are there any other clocks in the house that are in 24 hour format? Can you read their time aloud in the 12 hour clock? Challenge: Can you look at when some of your favourite TV programmes start in the day? Can you write these in 24 hour clock?

Missing you all,

Miss Coates.