I have been teaching at Greyfriars for the last 8 years after teaching for twenty years in Nottingham. I am currently in a mixed year 3 and 4 class but I have had experience across early years and in years 3 and 4. I also oversee art across the school and I have enjoyed providing extra-curricular experiences in this subject with a KS1 art club. I intend for our class to be a lively learning environment where all children are valued and listened to.
Outside of school, I enjoy family time with my son, cooking and reading. My happy place is the beach, where I enjoy walking my dog.
Week Beginning 22nd February
Posted on Monday, February 22nd, 2021
Hello Holkham! Welcome back to the second part of the Spring term. I hope you have all had a good break and are ready to work hard this half term. It was great to see so much work before the holiday, if you did not manage to share work with me because you were having fun in the snow please try to this week. Thank you.
Now we have our TEAMS log ins, we are very excited to be starting our Live Teaching! is going to be a test to look at how we can use Teams in the future. It would be great if as many children could join as possible so we can practise using some of Teams’ great features together. We will also share a short story.
Looking forward to seeing you all on Tuesday afternoon at 2:00pm , you will have received an invite on your email address just .click and join
Please make sure that you work your way through the lessons and activities suggested, especially the English activities. Don’t hesitate to email and let me know if you need anything to support your learning. You should all have you maths books now either electronically or a hard copy to work through. I look forward to seeing your completed work. As always, I can be contacted via the school office or on my email – J.Shaw@gf.kwestacademy.com.
There is a new homework grid for this half-term : Please try and complete one activity this week. Please email me your photos so we can celebrate together.
Suggested Timetable
8.45 – 9.00 – Times table or mental maths practise.
9.00 – 10.00 – Maths
10.00 – 10.15 – Have a break and a well-earned snack!
10.15 – 10.30 – Practise this week’s spelling’s
10.30 – 11.30 – English
11.30 – 12.00 – Reading comprehension or handwriting practise.
LUNCH
Afternoons
Each day work on one of our other subjects – you could look at topic or science or explore the National Oak Academy – https://www.thenational.academy/ website where there are hundreds of lessons for you to ‘dip’ into.
Remember, your learning is your responsibility – work hard and don’t give up!
Monday –
Maths – Please practise your timetables. In class we are continuing to look at x3, x4, x8, 6x and 7 x
There are some songs below to sing along with and learn your tables.
3x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XzfQUXqiYY
4x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QU_E0u-tP4
8x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_BJjR9rdwA
6x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7rYbk9PNuM
7x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XT3vxohtBg
Year 3
In our maths this week, year 3 are starting to look at measuring length. If you would like to follow the lesson from the Power Maths book that we use in class, please start on lesson 1 unit 8 length.
Log on to active learn to follow the lesson from the Power Maths lesson 1 unit 8.
If you would like to follow the lesson from the Power Maths book that we use in class, please start on lesson 1 unit 8 measuring length page 86.
You will need to know that there are 10mm in a cm, 100cm in a metre and 1000m in a kilometre.
Can you include these words in sentences, using your best handwriting, make sure your letter formation is correct when writing your spellings?
English – This half term we will be focussing on stories where the character changes during the story. Do you know of any stories like this? When we are writing these stories it is important to describe our characters so the reader can imagine what they are like.
Look at the piece of writing describing Harry Potter. Highlight all the adjectives in the text. Read the ‘things to include’ on the next page.
Look at the picture of Cinderella write all the words we could use to describe her. Using these words write a paragraph to describe Cinderella.
Guided reading –The Suitcase Kid- Jacqueline Wilson
Maths – Please practise your timetables. In class we are looking at x3, x4, x8, x6, x7.
Look at the links for Monday to help you with this.
Our daily work is continuing with measuring length in year 3 and Fractions in year 4.
Log on to active learn to follow the lesson from the Power Maths book that we use in class or continue working in your book, please email me for your child’s login details if you haven’t yet managed to log on and you wish to work online otherwise call into school for your book
Maths – Please practise your timetables. In class we are looking at x3, x4, x8, x6, x7.
Look at the links for Monday to help you with this.
Our daily work is continuing with measuring length or Fractions
Log on to active learn to follow the lesson from the Power Maths book that we use in class or continue working in your book, please email me for your child’s login details if you haven’t yet managed to log on and you wish to work online otherwise call into school for your book.
Cold Task – This is where children have a go at writing a character change story with no input or ideas from teachers or model texts.
Children to write their own story where the main character changes. It might be that they change from poor to rich/Lonely and sad to happy. Stress that something happens to the character along the way to change them. Remember Red Riding Hood meets a wolf. This could also be something magical.
Guided reading – The Suitcase Kid -Jacqueline Wilson.
Maths – Please practise your timetables. In class we are looking at x3, x4, x8, x6, x7.
Look at the links for Monday to help you with this.
Our daily work is continuing with measuring length in year 3 and Fractions in year 4.
Log on to active learn to follow the lesson from the Power Maths book that we use in class or continue working in your book, please email me for your child’s login details if you haven’t yet managed to log on and you wish to work online otherwise call into school for your book
Alphabetical order – write your spellings in alphabetical order from A-Z, then from Z-A.
English
Internalising the text – starting to look at and understand the way a story is written about a character change and learning the way to write a changing character story.
Read through the text with your parent.As you work through the text highlight any words you don’t understand and write them down in a glossary. Now look the words up in a dictionary to make sure you understand word meanings and give the definitions of the words.
Maths – Please practise your timetables. In class we are looking atx3, x4, x8, x6, x7.
Look at the links for Monday to help you with this.
Our daily work is continuing with measurement in year 3 and Fractions in year 4.
Log on to active learn to follow the lesson from the Power Maths book that we use in class or continue working in your book, please email me for your child’s login details if you haven’t yet managed to log on and you wish to work online otherwise call into school for your book.
Word Art – Practise doodling your spellings using different kinds of writing, for example, bubble writing, joined up and print.
Now ask an adult to test you on this week’s spellings and practice any you got wrong.
English –Re-read the text and see if you can answer these questions. Write your answers on a separate sheet. Can you come up with a question for your parent about the text that they can answer?
What do you think nutrition is? This term we will think about our food. What are the names of the main food groups. Carbohydrates, proteins,dairy, fats, fibre, vitamins and minerals. Can you look up these words in a dictionary to find out what they mean. Watch this video and look at where examples of real foods would be placed on the plate activity below. What foods come in each food groups write a list for each of the 7 food groups names above.
Our new topic this half term is walking with dinosaurs.
In many ways dragons and dinosaurs are quite similar – what are the differences? The main difference is that dragons are fiction and dinosaurs were real! We will be exploring and investigating how we know this during the next half term.
Complete the what I already know and what I would like to find out sheet and the topic cover sheet. Then then write your most interesting question onto the dinosaur outlines for display.
Can you make a timeline about when the dinosaurs roam the earth, how many years ago was it and what was the name of each period. Show the three different periods and which dinosaurs could be found in each period. can you do this with pictures.
Computing
Last half term, we begun to look at programming and using code to help us programme games like Erase All Kittens and Minecraft.
This half term, we will be continuing with this but moving onto a new programme called Scratch which most of you should be familiar with at school!
For this week, I would like you to watch this video of the basics of Scratch to refresh yourselves below:
Using this knowledge, can you follow and create as many of your own actions to change your avatar’s movements? Send me in some videos of your creations.
Music –
Follow this Big Sing lesson, in preparation for a performance later in the year.
The next song is ‘Go Ahead and Try,’ inspiring individuals to follow their dreams and not give up.
“The content of the videos is subject to copyright owned by The BIG Sing and as such may not be copied or shared with any other establishment without the express written permission of The BIG Sing.”
R.E.-
We are continuing to look at Moses. This week our lesson will be: Why is Moses Important to Jewish people? You can watch an overview of the story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzcYLCYItuc
Make a list of reasons for Moses to follow God’s will and get the slaves released and a list of reasons why Moses should just give up.
Pharaoh
Make a list of reasons why Pharaoh should let the slaves go and a list for why he should keep the Israelites as slaves.
Finally:
Why do you think Moses is important to Jewish people?
What do these stories teach Jewish people about God?
What can you learn from the Exodus stories about Moses?
D.T.
This half-term we are going to be making a healthy sandwich and considering the packaging. Some of our work will link to our previous Science work on nutrition and healthy eating.
What do you think we need to need to consider when making a sandwich?
Make a list of your favourite fillings. Make a list of your favourite bread and maybe if possible try some different breads and put them in order of favourite to least favourite. Maybe you could make a picture chart showing this.
Questions you can begin to think about for the following project:
Who will my sandwich be designed for?
What will my sandwich be called?
What will my sandwich look like?
How am I going to package my sandwich?
This week just concentrate on your favourite sandwich, if you could have any sandwich for your lunch what would it be? What bread would you use? What fillings would you include? Don’t forget any sauce you would use. Can you make the sandwich and send me a photo and a description of your sandwich? I look forward to seeing them.
P.E-
Make sure you get some fresh air! Why not go for a long walk or go on a short walk daily and time yourself each day can you get quicker on the walk? If you don’t want to walk, why not ride your bike or scooter, or have a go at these activities:
Just Dance – Search this on YouTube – you will find lots of videos your child could dance to
We are having great fun investigating the effect of different drinks on our teeth. Because we can’t use real teeth, we are using egg shells. Which drink do you think will have the most effect on the shell?
We have also been creating dragon eyes out of clay. Don’t they look fantastic? We are going to paint them this week.
Here we are planning our report about a mythical creature. We have been sharing lots of ideas and are looking forward to writing our draft version today.
There is lots of snow on the playground today so hopefully we might be able to build a snowman! Watch this space!
Hello Holkham! Welcome to the last week of this half term.It was great to see your work last week, if you did not manage to share work with me last week please try to this week. Thank you.
I hope that you are working your way through the lessons and activities suggested. Don’t hesitate to email and let me know if you need anything to support your learning. I look forward to seeing your completed work. As always, I can be contacted via the school office or on my email – J.Shaw@gf.kwestacademy.com.
This week it is safer internet week please see if you can have a go at this lesson at 11am on Monday
The last week to tackle the homework grid for this half-term : Year 3 and 4 Homework Grid Spring 1 Please try and complete one activity this week. Please email me your photos so we can celebrate together.
Suggested Timetable
8.45 – 9.00 – Times table or mental maths practise.
9.00 – 10.00 – Maths
10.00 – 10.15 – Have a break and a well-earned snack!
10.15 – 10.30 – Practise this week’s spellings
10.30 – 11.30 – English
11.30 – 12.00 – Reading comprehension or handwriting practise
LUNCH
Afternoons
Each day work on one of our other subjects – you could look at topic or science or explore the National Oak Academy – https://www.thenational.academy/ website where there are hundreds of lessons for you to ‘dip’ into.
Remember, your learning is your responsibility – work hard and don’t give up!
Monday –
Maths – Please practise your timetables. In class we are continuing to look at x3, x4, x8, 6x and 7 x
There are some songs on Education City to help you along. Sing your tables with these or use the football mascot ones from last week found below.
Our maths this week is looking at statistics. If you would like to follow the lesson from the Power Maths book that we use in class, please start on lesson 1 unit 7 pictograms.
Log on to active learn to follow the lesson from the Power Maths book that we use in class, please email me for your child’s login details if you haven’t yet managed to log on.
If you would like to follow the lesson from the Power Maths book that we use in class, please start on lesson 1 unit 7 pictograms.
Can you include these words in sentences, using your best handwriting, make sure your letter formation is correct when writing your spellings?
English –
Today we are continuing our work on report writing.
Your task today is to box up the model-text , in other words, to look at each section of our text and note what is included. This will help us with writing our own reports.
Read through the text again and have a go at filling in the boxing up using the questions to help you.
What is included in each paragraph? This is shown by the sub-heading question. Complete the grid below.
Maths – Please practise your timetables. In class we are looking at x3, x4, x8, x6, x7.
Look at the links for Monday to help you with this.
Our daily work is continuing with Statistics in year 3 and Fractions in year 4.
Log on to active learn to follow the lesson from the Power Maths book that we use in class, please email me for your child’s login details if you haven’t yet managed to log on.
Maths – Please practise your timetables. In class we are looking at x3, x4, x8, x6, x7.
Look at the links for Monday to help you with this.
Our daily work is continuing with Statistics or Fractions
Log on to active learn to follow the lesson from the Power Maths book that we use in class, please email me for your child’s login details if you haven’t yet managed to log on.
Maths – Please practise your timetables. In class we are looking at x3, x4, x8, x6, x7.
Look at the links for Monday to help you with this.
Our daily work is continuing with statistics in year 3 and Fractions in year 4.
Log on to active learn to follow the lesson from the Power Maths book that we use in class, please email me for your child’s login details if you haven’t yet managed to log on.
Alphabetical order – write your spellings in alphabetical order from A-Z, then from Z-A.
English
Children to plan their own innovation for dragons, on a blank boxing up grid.
Remember to use the sub-headings/ questions.
Reluctant writers to talk through their ideas with their parents who could write the ideas for the children in their planning grid for the children to write their hot task with tomorrow. Remember only to write what your children say don’t put in your own ideas please.
Maths – Please practise your timetables. In class we are looking atx3, x4, x8, x6, x7.
Look at the links for Monday to help you with this.
Our daily work is continuing with Statistics in year 3 and Fractions in year 4.
Log on to active learn to follow the lesson from the Power Maths book that we use in class, please email me for your child’s login details if you haven’t yet managed to log on.
Word Art – Practise doodling your spellings using different kinds of writing, for example, bubble writing, joined up and print.
Now ask an adult to test you on this week’s spellings and practice any you got wrong.
English –
Hot Task
Children to write their own report on dragons. Using knowledge gained from their topic work this term.
Remind your child to consider their punctuation , headings, use of alliteration and adjectives all the things you worked on last week.
Remember to write using your best handwriting and see if you can join your letters. Please send me your work so that I can see the hard work you have done over the last couple of weeks.
Guided reading – Rushing Rivers by Kingfisher. A non-fiction text.
When you have done this use this sheet to cut out the dragons and place them around a map showing with an arrow which country celebrates them. The power point should help you know which countries they are found in.
Art – This week in art we art going to attempt to draw a mythical dragon. Watch this video and keep pausing it so that you can watch how to draw a dragon step by step. You could also add a background for your dragon does it live in the mountains, forest or in a castle.
Have two or three attempts and the choose your favourite and put him in a setting of your choice.
Computing
Last week, most of you should have completed the ‘Erase All Kittens’ coding game. This helped you understand the importance of how we use code to create different things or complete tasks in a game. As an extension, you began looking at Minecraft Coding to guide your avatar to a location to complete a task.
This week, I want you to continue with Minecraft Coding, but you have been given FOUR different coding games to choose from! Try and complete as many as possible to test your coding skills:
Follow this Big Sing lesson, in preparation for a performance later in the year.
The next song is ‘Smile’ by Katy Perry with lyrics resonating with resilience and hope. This lesson brings lots of moves to accompany the lyrics as well as some vocal warm ups.
P.E- Make sure you get some fresh air. Why not go for a long walk or go on a short walk daily and time yourself each day can you get quicker on the walk. If you don’t want to walk why not ride your bike or scooter, Or have a go at these activities:
Just Dance – Search this on YouTube – you will find lots of videos your child could dance to
Well done to all those children who have been working hard again this week on Education City. Here are the children who have done well in accessing Education City this week.
Lets have a look at those children who have produced some fantastic home learning this week. My home learner of the week this week is Marius who has worked very hard on his home learning.
Hello Holkham! Welcome to week 5 It was great to see so much work last week, if you did not manage to share work with me last week please try to this week. Thank you.
I hope that you are working your way through the lessons and activities suggested. Don’t hesitate to email and let me know if you need anything to support your learning. I look forward to seeing your completed work. As always, I can be contacted via the school office or on my email – J.Shaw@gf.kwestacademy.com.
The new homework grid for this half-term is here: Year 3 and 4 Homework Grid Spring 1 Please try and complete one activity each week. Please email me your photos so we can celebrate together.
Suggested Timetable
8.45 – 9.00 – Times table or mental maths practise.
9.00 – 10.00 – Maths
10.00 – 10.15 – Have a break and a well-earned snack!
10.15 – 10.30 – Practise this week’s spellings
10.30 – 11.30 – English
11.30 – 12.00 – Reading comprehension or handwriting practise
LUNCH
Afternoons
Each day work on one of our other subjects – you could look at topic or science or explore the National Oak Academy – https://www.thenational.academy/ website where there are hundreds of lessons for you to ‘dip’ into.
Remember, your learning is your responsibility – work hard and don’t give up!
Monday –
Maths – Please practise your timetables. In class we are continuing to look at x3, x4, x8, 6x and 7 x
Here are some songs to help you along. Sing your tables with these football mascots can you see your teams mascot.
Our maths this week is looking at money. If you would like to follow the lesson from the Power Maths book that we use in class, please start on lesson 1 unit 6 pounds and pence.
Log on to active learn to follow the lesson from the Power Maths book that we use in class, please email me for your child’s login details if you haven’t yet managed to log on.
If you would like to follow the lesson from the Power Maths book that we use in class, please start on lesson 1 unit 6 pounds and pence.
Can you include these words in sentences, using your best handwriting, make sure your letter formation is correct when writing your spellings?
English –
Today we are starting our new unit on report writing. I would like you to think about what a report / information text is. What sort of things does a report tell you?
An information report provides readers with information on chosen a topic by providing them with facts. Generally an information report is written to provide facts about a living or non-living object. It can be an individual object or a group of objects.
A report gives important information about a subject. Today for your cold task I would like you to write a report/information text about yourself include as many details as you can and share it with me.
Guided reading – Follow the 5 lessons this week on the king of the sky by Nicola Davies.
Maths – Please practise your timetables. In class we are looking at x3, x4, x8.
Look at the links for Monday to help you with this.
Our daily work is continuing with money in year 3 and measurement of area in year 4.
Log on to active learn to follow the lesson from the Power Maths book that we use in class, please email me for your child’s login details if you haven’t yet managed to log on.
Dictionary Detective – use a dictionary to look up the definition of your words and record them.
English –Read the text Truth about Trolls and identify any words you don’t know the meaning of. Internalise the text, identify and define any unknown words and phrases. Write these words into the glossary and find out the meaning of the words.
Maths – Please practise your timetables. In class we are looking at x3, x4, x8.
Look at the links for Monday to help you with this.
Our daily work is continuing with money or area.
Log on to active learn to follow the lesson from the Power Maths book that we use in class, please email me for your child’s login details if you haven’t yet managed to log on.
English – Internalising and understanding the text.
There are words in the focussed text that are in bold print. Looking at the sheet below what different word could you fit into the text. There is a box of suggested words at the bottom. Use a dictionary to find out the meaning of all the words. What could you exchange them with.
Maths – Please practise your timetables. In class we are looking at x3, x4, x8.
Look at the links for Monday to help you with this.
Our daily work is continuing with money in year 3 and measurement of area in year 4.
Log on to active learn to follow the lesson from the Power Maths book that we use in class, please email me for your child’s login details if you haven’t yet managed to log on.
Alphabetical order – write your spellings in alphabetical order from A-Z, then from Z-A.
English –To continue to internalise the text and then to look at the use of adjectives within the writing.
Adjectives are used to make information writing interesting for the reader you can add adjectives to describe different nouns. In ‘The Truth about Trolls’, the writer, has decided to describe the eyes, nose and teeth of the trolls using two adjectives.
These have been separated using a comma as this is a list.
Here is a picture of a troll. Can you use two adjectives to describe the troll’s features.
Maths – Please practise your timetables. In class we are looking at x3, x4, x8.
Look at the links for Monday to help you with this.
Our daily work is continuing with money in year 3 and measurement of area in year 4.
Log on to active learn to follow the lesson from the Power Maths book that we use in class, please email me for your child’s login details if you haven’t yet managed to log on.
Children to discuss tooth decay with their parents and say what they think causes it. Feedback their ideas to the class teacher. How do they know what causes decay?
You could set the experiment up at home if you wish. Be warned when you open the jars after a week it’s a bit smelly.
Write up the experiment and use these headings.
An experiment to find the effect of different drinks on teeth.[title]
What we need.
Draw the equipment.
What we did.
Write instructions.
How did we make it a fair test.
A fair test is where you change only one thing E.G. the drink there will be the same amount of each drink carefully measured.
Results
Write what happened. How did the eggs look how do you think they felt.
In school the eggs will be left for a week in sealed jars.
Topic – This week in topic we are looking at the Chinese new year and how it is celebrated. First let’s find out how they were named after the animals.
Now prepare a leaflet that tells your teacher all about the Chinese new year.
Perhaps you could make a Chinese lantern or a lucky red envelope.
Have a go at writing a Chinese message.
This says Happy New Year
Art – This week in art we art going to attempt to draw toothless using a step-by-step approach. Watch this video all the way through, then watch it again stopping at different points so that you can see how to accomplish a good picture of toothless. Sketch lightly until you are happy with the result then go over with darker lines.
How to draw toothless from How to Train Your Dragon.
Have two or three attempts and the choose your favourite and put him in a setting of your choice.
Computing –
– Last week, most of you looked at the ‘Erase All Kittens’ coding game. This helped you understand the importance of how we use code to create different things or complete tasks in a game. You also learned the importance of using different symbols (<p> and </p>) to complete your code so it works.
This week, I want you to continue playing ‘Erase All Kittens’ and complete the game. If you completed the game last week, have a look at a different way of coding but with Minecraft!
“The content of the videos is subject to copyright owned by The BIG Sing and as such may not be copied or shared with any other establishment without the express written permission of The BIG Sing.”
You could include some writing about what inspired you to draw a particular picture.
You could also have a go at gardening yourself – even if you haven’t got a garden you could always try growing things, like cress, in a pot.
P.E-
Make sure you get some fresh air. Why not go for a long walk or go on a short walk daily and time yourself each day can you get quicker on the walk. You can always go back to last weeks blog and have a go at the activities on offer here. Or have a go at these activities.
Congratulations to all the children who accessed Education City this week you have all been working so hard. Some of the activities will be repeated next week to reinforce your learning.
Well done to these children who have completed some home learning this week. I have selected some of their best bits to share with you.
My home learner this week is Ava who produced two power points for me and completed all the work from the blog as well as tackling all of the tasks on education city . Well done Ava.
I would also like to congratulate Artjoms who is currently in school but has also completed all the activities on Education city and completed some home learning tasks.
We have been working hard, drawing dragon eyes. We have really taken our time with these and are really proud with the results! We are going to display these in the corridor.
We have also had great fun playing hockey challenges in PE.
This week we are drafting our warning stories. After our hot write on Friday we will type up our work and post it for you to read next week!
Hello Holkham! Welcome to week 4 of this new term. It was great to see so much work last week, if you did not manage to share work with me last week please try to this week. Thank you.
I hope that you are working your way through the lessons and activities suggested. Don’t hesitate to email and let me know if you need anything to support your learning. I look forward to seeing your completed work. As always, I can be contacted via the school office or on my email – J.Shaw@gf.kwestacademy.com.
The new homework grid for this half-term is here: Year 3 and 4 Homework Grid Spring 1 Please try and complete one activity each week. Please email me your photos so we can celebrate together.
Suggested Timetable
8.45 – 9.00 – Times table or mental maths practise.
9.00 – 10.00 – Maths
10.00 – 10.15 – Have a break and a well-earned snack!
10.15 – 10.30 – Practise this week’s spellings
10.30 – 11.30 – English
11.30 – 12.00 – Reading comprehension or handwriting practise
LUNCH
Afternoons
Each day work on one of our other subjects – you could look at topic or science or explore the National Oak Academy – https://www.thenational.academy/ website where there are hundreds of lessons for you to ‘dip’ into.
Remember, your learning is your responsibility – work hard and don’t give up!
Monday –
Maths – Please practise your timetables. In class we are starting to look at x6 Tables as well as reinforcing the 3x 4x and 8x from the last two weeks.
Can you include these words in sentences, using your best handwriting, make sure you use the correct letter formation?
English – Collect ideas for the different parts of the story. Explore all areas and record ideas, once you have collected ideas for the settings print out pictures for these settings. Now have a go at writing the introduction for a couple of settings remember to add your warning [these pictures may be helpful to you].
When you have an introduction, you are happy with. check you have a main character, a warning, with the correct punctuation, a good setting and that you have followed the structure of our focussed text.
Guided reading – Follow these 5 lessons on king of the sky by Nicola Davies
Maths – Please practise your timetables. In class we are looking at x6 but continue to practice the 3x,4x and 8x tables.
Look at the links for Monday to help you with this.
Our daily work is continuing with multiplication and division.
If you would like a copy to follow the lesson from the Power Maths book that we use in class, please email me and I will send you your child’s login details.
Dictionary Detective – use a dictionary to look up the definition of your words and record them.
English –
Today we are going to focus on writing a list of warnings for your character.
Think about your settings from yesterday, what warnings could you give to your character in the settings you have chosen. Think of a range of warnings that could be used for different settings from yesterday.
All ideas for characters, settings, warnings etc should be written up on to a piece of paper and saved these will then be available when you are planning your own story.
Maths – Please practise your timetables. In class we are starting to look at x6 Tables as well as reinforcing the 3x 4x and 8x from the last two weeks.
Look at the links for Monday to help you with this.
Our daily work is continuing with multiplication and division.
If you would like to follow the lesson from the Power Maths book that we use in class, please email me and I will send you your child’s login details.
Maths – Please practise your timetables. In class we are starting to look at x6 Tables as well as reinforcing the 3x 4x and 8x from the last two weeks.
Look at the links for Monday to help you with this.
Our daily work is continuing with multiplication and division.
If you would like to follow the lesson from the Power Maths book that we use in class, please email me and I will send you your child’s login details.
Maths – Please practise your timetables. In class we are starting to look at x6 Tables as well as reinforcing the 3x 4x and 8x from the last two weeks.
We are still working on multiplication and division.
Look at the links for Monday to help you with this.
If you would like to follow the lesson from the Power Maths book that we use in class, please email me and I will send you your child’s login details.
Science – This week in science we are looking at why different animals have different types of teeth. Watch these videos to understand why they have different types of teeth.
If you have none of the above materials or are unable to make salt dough see if you can model a dragon out of recycled materials. Take particular care on the eyes. Send your pictures to me. If you can detail the different stages through your photo’s that would be great.
Computing – Last week, some of you began to look at a coding programme called ‘Light Bots’. Unfortunately, as flash player has ended, most of you wouldn’t have been able to access this. I do apologise for this! On a positive note, we have a different coding programme that the children can try at home called ‘Erase All Kittens’. It is a coding game where children have to think about how they can save as many cats as possible with the power of code. You can easily create your own account free of charge and begin your adventure straight away!
You may enjoy listening to this song based on the Genesis account: It’s All Good (Beautiful World) – Bob Hartman’s Rhyming Bible Songs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeqnkUd2sh4
Using a paper plate or a paper circle, create your own animal. Either use these ideas below as inspiration or design your own. Some of these ideas may inspire you:
P.E – For PE this week, children can choose an activity they want to do. This could be going on the trampoline, playing football, dancing or something calm like yoga. Here are some places where you could access some PE activities:
Just Dance – Search this on YouTube – you will find lots of videos your child could dance to
Finally, a note and invitation from our local library to you all:
Storywriter’s Club
Story Writer’s Club is a friendly, fun Zoom group for 7-11 year-olds who enjoy bringing their stories to life on the page.
Sessions will recommence on Thursdays at 4.15pm; they will start on 21st January and run for 4 weeks until February half term, with the last one being Feb 11th.
Come along to share ideas or discover new ones and meet other people who enjoy creating too. To find out more, please email libraries.iconnect@norfolk.gov.uk.
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