Holkhams Learning Week Beginning 2/11/20

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Welcome back Holkham I hope you have all had a lovely half term and are ready to jump into our learning with enthusiasm.

This week we will be beginning to explore texts with suspense. What is suspense? Watch this short video where Mrs Emery explains what suspense is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbR93Tchcck&t=38s

and another small clip to explain suspense

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwxHVv6cxSwHere’s a link to the Oxford Owl website, explore the ebooks and see if you can find any stories that contain suspense.  https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/

Here’s a link to a song all about Something Spooky, can you learn the song? Think about the expression you use in your voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09ZnuGfiZME

Write your Cold Task – this week in school we will be writing our cold task, our ‘have a go’ task. Have a go at writing a story at home that contains suspense. You could use one of the pictures below to help you think of some ideas.

 

 

 

 

Sentences – this week we will also be continuing to practise our sentence structure. Recap on the different sentence types and practise writing a range of sentences here. https://teachers.thenational.academy/lessons/to-explore-simple-sentences-cmwp8r

https://teachers.thenational.academy/lessons/to-explore-compound-sentences-6wt3jt

https://teachers.thenational.academy/lessons/to-revise-compound-sentences-c4t3jd

https://teachers.thenational.academy/lessons/to-explore-complex-sentences-60t66c

https://teachers.thenational.academy/lessons/to-explore-complex-sentences-c8r34r

This weeks spellings

Words using the suffix ly with no change to the root word.

quickly  kindly  strongly  bravely  safely

secretly  rudely  finally   sweetly   usually

 

In maths we will be continuing with addition and subtraction this week.

Have a go at these lessons

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/adding-two-3-digit-numbers-regrouping-in-one-column-cmt64e

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/adding-two-3-digit-numbers-regrouping-in-multiple-columns-74u3ce

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/subtracting-3-digit-numbers-regrouping-tens-to-ones-cgwk8t

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/subtracting-3-digit-numbers-regrouping-hundreds-to-tens-c9h66t

 

In science we are starting a new topic. This half term we will be looking at sound, what it is and how it is produced. We will be carrying out some experiments and looking at setting up fair tests.

Before we start can you write a small paragraph about what sound is and how it travels. what do we use to hear sound?

Complete this lesson to recap on what sound is.

https://teachers.thenational.academy/lessons/what-is-sound-chh30r

Have a look at these videos and write a short piece of writing about what sound is and how it travels.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zgffr82/articles/zstr2nb

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zqtxpv4

https://teachers.thenational.academy/lessons/what-is-sound-74w30c

Can you write a definition for each of these words.

Vibration, Sound, Volume

While you are at home sit and listen and write down all the sounds you can hear in two minutes. Are they inside the house or outside the house?

Complete this lesson to explore how different sounds are produced.

https://teachers.thenational.academy/lessons/how-are-different-sounds-produced-6nj3et

Topic

This half term we will be continuing our topic ‘From Land’s End to John O’Groats’. This week, we will be recapping on the United Kingdom and then move on to exploring the different between physical and human geography.

What can you remember about the UK? Can you remember what the different countries are called? Have a think and then watch this video clip and see if you’ve remembered correctly! https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/geography-ks1–ks2-the-united-kingdom/zhtgrj6

Work through this powerpoint and learn about the difference between physical and human geography. Can you name different physical and human features in the UK?

Physical and Human Geography Powerpoint

 

In R.E. this week we are looking at how Jesus is a rescuer

Can you tell me how Jesus is seen by some as being our Rescuer. 

https://www.reonline.org.uk/resources/salvation-2/

Can you write a paragraph about how Jesus is a rescuer or Saviour

Saviour can be seen as another word for rescuer.

Watch this clip of Jesus being a rescuer to Zacchaeus. Can you identify what Jesus said or did that made the big difference in Zacchaeus’ life? What do they think was the turning point of the story? 

http://request.org.uk/teachers/teaching-resources/2015/11/24/zacchaeus-meets-jesus/