Year 3 Tuesday 21st April - Home learning challenges

Good morning! We hope that you are ready for today’s Learning from Home challenges. Have you spotted this week’s picture theme? We hope that you are staying healthy and remembering to eat your fruit. Which fruit do you think we will pick tomorrow????

Reading

Remember to do lots of reading (about 30 minutes each day) and quizzing on Accelerated Reader. How are you getting on with your quizzes? Are you nearly at your target? Please let us know when you have reached them and we can celebrate. (Some people are getting really close - so Keeeeep Reeeeading). Well done to Isabella for getting to 100% of her target! There are a couple of others really close to the magic 100 mark as of today.

Maths

We are continuing with our work on multiplication, click the button below to have a look at today’s work. Remember you do not need to print this out, just have it open while you discuss and work it all out. Record your answers in your maths home learning book, the answers will be on tomorrow’s blog for you to see how you got on.

English

Yesterday we left the boys at the door of the house - it “swung open with hardly a squeak.” Do you think they will go in? Read chapter 2 to find out…

Task 1 Read though the chapter again and look carefully for any adverbs that the author has used. Look again and spot any powerful verbs. Look one more time and look how the author has used description to describe.

Task 2 What are you thinking now? What are you wondering about? Have you got any new questions that you would like to ask? Write your new questions? (Remember to punctuated them correctly.) Can you answer any of you questions from yesterday?

Task 3 Using adverbs (eg cautiously, excitedly, suddenly and any others that you want to add), write some exciting sentences to describe what happened in the next chapter. (You don’t have to write this chapter, unless you have been inspired to do so.) Make your sentences really exciting - grab the reader and make them want to know more!)

Geography

This week I would like you to focus on learning more about our own country. Remember on 15.4.2020 I set the task of completing the ‘My country snapshot’ about another European country? This week I would like you to find out the same things about England so that you can make comparisons between England and your chosen country.

You can use the ‘My country snapshot’ format again (just click the button below) or set it out however you want.

Once you have found out the information about England I would like you to list 3 similarities and 3 differences. Which place do you think you would prefer to live in?

Year 2 Home Learning Challenges - Tuesday 21st April

Good Morning Year 2,

I hope you enjoyed yesterday’s learning and are ready for the new day ahead.

Here are Tuesday’s Maths and English lessons.

Phonics

Access the RWI sessions below. All the children would benefit from accessing the set 3 sounds lesson, however some might also benefit from the other sessions.

Set 1 Speed Sounds at 9.30 am
Set 2 Speed Sounds at 10.00 am
Set 3 Speed Sounds at 10.30 am

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ?fbclid=IwAR3Ls7yR6-0ebguznW0u_pCJYHWG3LFra3fS7C_PxZ03XibY2toSLrutI4g

If you do however, feel that these sessions are not really benefiting your child, please do feel free to access reading materials for a little longer instead.

Reading

Continue reading and quizzing on books using the Accelerated Reading and Epic Reading resources. Help can be found in the ‘How to help your child’ section of my page if you need it.

It also isn’t too late to sign up for the Epic Reading resource. If you would like access to a huge range of books, some with quizzes, please send an email to l.woodend@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk. This will enable me to send you an invite to create an account.

Please complete the comprehension attached below:

English

This week I have chosen another story to access on Serial Mash, called ‘Daisy and the Memory Box’. Today, I would like you to go to your Purple Mash ‘2Dos’, read Chapter 2 and complete the other activities set. Please don’t forget that there are other activities for you to access that are linked to this story. These can be found by clicking ‘Serial Mash’ on your Purple Mash home screen, ‘Diamonds’ and then the story ‘Daisy and the Memory Box’. The ‘GPS activities’ PDF is great for extra learning, so please do take a look.

SumDog

Keep looking at your spelling competition.

Maths

Go to https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/ to access today’s maths work:
You must scroll down to the bottom of the page and click - ‘Summer Term - Week 2 (w/c 27th April)’ and then access ‘Lesson 2 - Order Lengths’ (we are a week ahead due to only having one week off at Easter).

SumDog

I have also set a maths competition for today.

If you do have any extra time, don’t forget that you can work through any incomplete IXL sections.

Don’t forget to check the weekly challenges for learning in other areas!

Enjoy,

Miss Woodend

Year 4 learning Monday 20th April

Its so lovely to see you all enjoying your learning and being such Sadie Spiders.

Check out this obstacle course in fast forward!

Year 3 Monday 20th April Learning from Home Photos

Hello Year 3

We hope that you have had a lovely weekend and you are ready for another week of learning from home.

Here are the photos that we have been sent for today. Please keep sending them in, we love to see them and hope that you do too.

k.edmondson@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk l.brisco@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

Enjoy your learning. Take care and stay safe.

Our Soil fieldwork live session

Hi Year 4,

Our soil session was exciting wasn’t it! Did you test your soil? I would love to hear what you thought of it on our class blog on Purple Mash!

Did you hear our school’s questions being asked at the end? Well done Penny and Jessica for joining in - I saw your live chat!

Soil Fieldwork Session UPDATE!

Hi everybody - sorry about this - I have been to the session and it says it starts at 10.30!

Good - a bit more time to get my soil samples ready!!!

Reception Home learning Monday 20th April

Everyday activities:

1. PE with Joe Wicks—A great way to keep active some point today. (https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1/videos )

2. Phonics: Today I would like you to watch the set 1 and set 2 speed sounds, by clicking on the link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ?fbclid=IwAR3Ls7yR6-0ebguznW0u_pCJYHWG3LFra3fS7C_PxZ03XibY2toSLrutI4g                                                

Set 1 Speed Sounds at 9.30 am and again at 12.30 pm
Set 2 Speed Sounds at 10.00 am and again at 1.00 pm

3. Oxford Owl: Login to Oxford Owl and read your next book. Remember to discuss the story throughout, checking your child’s understanding. Please make a note of any sounds or tricky words that your child struggles with and focus on these throughout the next few days/until they know them.

Today’s specific activities:

1. Literacy: Talk 4 Writing: Please have a look at the PDF below. Talk for writing have released a pack for home learning to develop our children’s speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. The story that the children will learn has lots of wonderful descriptive vocabulary, which will really help to grow your child’s vocabulary and understanding. 

Once you have had a little look through the PDF please follow this link to listen to the story. In Reception we like to make little actions to help us remember the story, and some of the special vocabulary. You might like to ask your child to do this at home too. https://soundcloud.com/talkforwriting/mavis

2.  Sum Dog: This week I would like you to practise ordering numbers to 10, enjoy!

3. RE: Today I would like you to hear how one of Jesus’ friends, Mary Magdalene, found out that he was alive again, and why this is a very important story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HcreK5TczY

When watching the story it would be worth discussing some of the vocabulary which your child might not understand (resurrected, Sabbath, sundown, observe, tomb, anoint). Following the video I would like you to discuss your thoughts and ask any questions about what you have learnt. Now, I would like you to think particularly about the moment that Mary saw the angel. How do you think she felt? What do you understand about angels?

Activity: Could you create your own hand print angel. This could go in your yellow book, along with a little summery about your discussion.

Don’t forget to share your photos with me via email!

Miss Bassett.

Year 2 Home Learning Challenges - Monday 20th April

Good Morning Year 2,

I hope that you all had a good sleep and are ready for the day ahead.

Here are today’s English and Maths challenges.

Phonics

My apologies for setting the RWI videos last week when they weren’t there. They must have still been enjoying their Easter holidays. Hopefully they will be up and running this week.

Access the RWI sessions below. All the children would benefit from accessing the set 3 sounds lesson, however some might also benefit from the other sessions.

Set 1 Speed Sounds at 9.30 am
Set 2 Speed Sounds at 10.00 am
Set 3 Speed Sounds at 10.30 am

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ?fbclid=IwAR3Ls7yR6-0ebguznW0u_pCJYHWG3LFra3fS7C_PxZ03XibY2toSLrutI4g

Reading

Continue reading and quizzing on books using the Accelerated Reading and Epic Reading resources. Help can be found in the ‘How to help your child’ section of my page if you need it.

It also isn’t too late to sign up for the Epic Reading resource. If you would like access to a huge range of books, some with quizzes, please send an email to l.woodend@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk. This will enable me to send you an invite to create an account.

English

This week I have chosen another story to access on Serial Mash, called ‘Daisy and the Memory Box’. Today, I would like you to go to your Purple Mash ‘2Dos’, read Chapter 1 and complete the other activities set. Please don’t forget that there are other activities for you to access that are linked to this story. These can be found by clicking ‘Serial Mash’ on your Purple Mash home screen, ‘Diamonds’ and then the story ‘Daisy and the Memory Box’. The ‘GPS activities’ PDF is great for extra learning, so please do take a look.

SumDog

Please check the activities set for today. I have set a ‘sentence punctuation’ challenge and a spelling competition for you to access throughout the week.

Maths

Go to https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/ to access today’s maths work:
You must scroll down to the bottom of the page and click - ‘Summer Term - Week 2 (w/c 27th April)’ and then access ‘Lesson 1 - Compare Lengths’ (we are a week ahead due to only having one week off at Easter).

SumDog

Complete today’s challenge - ‘Counting Coins 10s and 1s’

If you do have any extra time, don’t forget that you can work through any incomplete IXL sections.

Don’t forget to check the weekly challenges for learning in other areas!

Have a wonderful day of learning.

Missing you all,

Miss Woodend

Year 3 Monday 20th April Learning from Home

Good morning and welcome to a new week of home learning.

We hope that you are ready to do lots of super learning this week. Don’t forget to send us your photos, we love seeing them.

Reading

Remember to do lots of reading (about 30 minutes each day) and quizzing on Accelerated Reader. How are you getting on with your quizzes? Are you nearly at your target? Please let us know when you have reached them and we can celebrate.

Maths

How did your 3 times tables practising go? Ask someone to quiz you on them. Do you notice a pattern in the answers?

Computing

Have a look at the PDF below for your new computing topic, enjoy!

The Magic Box

Following on from all of your lovely poetry last week we thought that you might like to create your own magic box of things. You can either collect together and put your magical things in a magic box or you can draw a magic box and draw all of your magical things in it.

What will you put in your magic box? Use your imagination and be creative! Don’t forget to send us your lovely photos please.

English

This week we are going to be looking at the story The House Haunting. We will be adding a bit more of the story each day and asking you to do the activities to go with it. It gets quite exciting so don’t miss out on any of the chapters!

Read chapter 1 of The House Haunting

Task 1 What are you now thinking and wondering about? What questions would you now like to ask?

Write your questions remembering to use correct punctuation. Start your questions in different ways.

Task 2 Look carefully at the vocabulary that the author has used. Are there any words that you are not sure about? Find out what they mean. Are there any words or descriptive phrases that you really like? Maybe you could magpie these or add to them when you write your story opening.

Task 3 Look at how the author has started the story. Starting with a warning not to go near the house because it’s dangerous makes you want to find out why it’s dangerous. Straight away it makes you want to read more. It grabs your interest. The author then goes on to describe what the boys go past as they leave home and when they get to the house the author describes in great detail what it is like outside the house. The author starts at the gate and works their way up to the door - the door opens!!!! You are left at a really exciting cliff hanger. Do you go in or not??????

We would like you to follow the pattern used by the author, starting with a warning, (Remember “…” when people speak) and write your own story opening (chapter 1). Make sure that you explain and describe what the children go past on the way to the house and use lots of description to describe your house once you get there. Don’t forget to include information about the characters. Look at how the author has done this for a little help. Make your chapter 1 really exciting. Grab the reader - make them want to read some more!

Year 4 Weekly home learning for week beginning Monday 20th April

Hello Year 4! Thanks for all your lovely messages last week and pictures. I really enjoy seeing you engaging with all your home learning. It is so important to keep up with all your learning - especially that maths and english!

This week, our focus is on Rocks and soils. Tune into our fieldwork session this morning and make sure you have your soil samples handy. I would love you to send me samples of your work this week in an email please - especially your English and maths work.

Here are your weekly activities that you can do any time during the week. Don’t forget also to keep reading and to take quizzes on accelerated reader. See if you can work towards that target!

Year 3 Weekly Challenges for week beginning 20th April

Good morning Year 3 and welcome to another week of Learning from Home.

Here are all of the different challenges that you can dip into over the week.

Please make sure that you try some of them, especially the Reading, Sumdog and Nessy challenges.

Have fun and keep learning. We are so proud of all of your efforts and so grateful for all of the help that your parents are giving you all. Please make sure you say a big “Thank you” to them from all of us in the Year 3 team. We can’t wait to see you all again but in the meantime we love receiving your emails and seeing your lovely photos. If you haven’t been in touch yet please do drop us an email, and maybe a photo or two, so that we know that you are okay.

Have fun with this week’s challenges…

PE

Try to do a PE challenge each day.

PE with Joe Wicks. Yoga (there are some super videos on line). One of Mrs Gregan’s PE challenges for the week. Our outdoor warm up. How many of each station can you do? (Spotty dog… Downward dog running… Push ups… Star jumps) Trampolining. Skip with a skipping rope. Put on some music and have a good dance. Go for a bike ride or a walk or a run. If you have done any other form of exercise don’t forget to tell us about it.

Sumdog

Have a go at some of the maths or spelling challenges that are on Sumdog. Try out some different games.

Nessy

If you have a Nessy login, please make sure that you are having a go on Nessy each day. (Just 15 minutes a day will really help you.)

Daily Reading

Make sure that you are reading each day and having a go at the quizzes on Accelerated Reader. (Please do quizzes on Accelerated Reader even if you are managing to quiz on other websites too. Drop us a quick email to tell us if you have reached your target). Try to be really focused when taking your quizzes so that you can get 100%. Don’t forget that you can read books or ebooks. If you have not yet signed up for Epic Reading and want to do this, just drop us an email and we will get you started. What is your favourite place to read? What is the best book you have read recently? Can you send us a photo of you reading?

Spelling

This week we would like you to practise the following words. Maybe you could try some of the exciting ways on the Fun Ways to Learn Your Spellings sheet that we sent out a few weeks ago. You might even be able to manage to put some of them in your written work this week.

Maybe you could have a go on some of the Sumdog spelling challenges - lots of your spelling words from the year are included in them.

See if you can make up a very short story that manages to get every one of these spellings into it.

Have fun! (Send them to us if you can!!!)

bicycle complete imagine accident address experience

Helping around the house

Don’t forget to keep helping around the house. What jobs can you do this week? Maybe you could make everyone’s bed or load the dishwasher/do the washing up. Maybe you could do some baking - make sure you tidy up afterwards, or maybe you can tidy your bedroom without being asked. Don’t forget to send us a picture of you helping around the home.

Typing

Have a go at some of the typing games on Purple Mash. Are you a Sadie Spider and a Lizzie Ladybird? Can you improve on your scores within the set time? Let us know how you get on.

French

How many different items of furniture can you learn the names of in French? Can you draw some pictures and label them?

Draw a picture

This week you might want to have a go at drawing a picture to illustrate part of the story of The House Haunting. Make sure that you read the story section carefully, think about the words that the author has used to describe what is happening and what can be seen. Which part will you choose to illustrate? (Send us your pictures so that we can put them on the class blog.)

Prayer

Think about how we do our class and children’s liturgies in school.

Make up your own liturgy to share with your family. Think about what your theme will be, what you will look at, what you will read (a bible story), what you will say (a prayer). You might even want everyone to sing a song or hymn.

Year 4 Monday 20th March Home learning

Science

Let’s take part in our fieldwork session about Soil! First Link below to the live lesson homepage - beginning at 9.30 Monday. Have your soil ready! YEAR 4 UPDATE! SORRY - THE SESSION STARTS AT 10.30!!!

Maths

We are nearing the end of our multiplication and division unit. Its time to tackle the exciting challenge of dividing larger numbers this week. Let’s start by the lesson below. Today you do the activities as you watch the video - you will need to pause the screen when I say, to complete the activity. then play - and mark. No cheating!!

English

I am excited to say that we are starting our 3rd class novel ‘The Firework Maker’s Daughter.’ We are going to be practising MANY DIFFERENT year 4 reading skills this week that help us become readers who analyse for good understanding. It is really important you keep up with this each day so you do not fall behind!

Today is a very short lesson in Active Reading - just looking at the the Front and back cover and making some predictions. Also pre-learning some vocabulary that will come up in the first chapter!

Year 2 Home Learning Challenges for the week - Week Beginning 20.04.20

Good morning Year 2,

I hope that you all had a great weekend and are ready for a new week of learning. This week is filled with many different learning opportunities and I can’t wait to hear how you get on. Don’t forget about our learning characters - you can still be ‘Don’t Give Up Sadie Spiders’ and ‘Enthusiastic Bobby Bees’ at home.

Just as before, I will be posting English and maths activities daily. You can then choose when you would like to complete the activities below throughout the week. I know many of you have been working better in the mornings and so try and get most of your learning done then. Remember, we’re all new to this, but your resilience and ability to adapt have been admirable. Keep smiling Year 2, you’re all doing great and I’m so very proud of you.

As always, keep those emails and photographs coming. I love receiving your emails throughout the day and seeing your superb learning.

Stay Safe and have a great week,

Miss Woodend