Year 3 Monday 27th April home learning photos

What a lovely start to the morning to log on to Acceleread to see that another two children have met their reading targets over the weekend. Well done to Mason and Olivia, great work you two! Will anyone else be able to reach that golden 100% today? Here are the photos we have been sent today, keep them coming please.

Reception Home Learning Monday 27th April

Everyday activities

1. PE with Joe Wicks—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. Today we have a poem that Mavis the cat would like us to get o know. Following this Mavis has a fun challenge involving you taking one of your toys on a special adventure. Enjoy!

2.  Sum Dog: I would like you to find more or less than a number. This will help to check on your knowledge of the number system to 10. This challenge will be available until Wednesday evening.

3. RE: Today I would like you to think about surprises. Have you ever had a surprise? What was it? How did it feel having a surprise? Please have a look at the following PDF working through using your yellow book where possible.  

I hope that you enjoy your day!

Miss Bassett.

Year 4 Weekly home learning for week beginning Monday 27th April

Year 3 Monday 27th April home learning

Happy Monday everyone!

I hope everyone has enjoyed the sunshine and that you are taking good care of each other. A big well done to Abi, Jess and James who have met their reading targets, great work children! There are some other children on percentages of 80s and 90s, so you could soon be there too - let us know when you have reached your target and we can celebrate and set you some new ones. Keep up that great reading. Where are you going to sit to read today? Does anyone have any recommendations of books to share with the rest of the class? Email us with your ideas and we’ll share with them your friends.

Maths

This week we are going to move on to the 4 times table, please click below to access today’s work.

English

This week’s English follows on from last week so I hope that you enjoyed the story of the House Haunting!! (If you didn’t get chance to read it all don’t worry just look on last week’s learning pages and have a read. I love doing this story - it’s so exciting and a great one to use to write our own stories from.)

Yes, you’ve guessed it we are going to be following the pattern of the story we have read and making up our own stories chapter by chapter over the week. So here goes!!!

Task 1 Last Monday we wrote an opening (Chapter 1) for the story of the House Haunting. Re -read the chapter (click on the button above) and then re-read your chapter. You are going to purple pen (or pick a different colour if you don’t have a purple one) your work and improve on it. Use the prompts that I have given you to help. Check each one separately and purple pen your corrections.

• Does your chapter start with some speech? Have you used “ “ to show the speech? Have you said who is speaking - use a word that is better than “said”. Have you added a bit of description in with the speech sentence to show how it was said/what they were doing as they were speaking?

• Does your chapter have great description? How have you described things? Make sure that you really think carefully about how to describe the house. Does it sound scary? Does it sound like it is abandoned and overgrown?

• Have you used powerful verbs? Go through your writing carefully and check - can you change any of the verbs into more powerful ones?

• Have you checked your spellings? Look carefully and make sure that you have thought about every word. Correct any spelling mistakes that you have made.

• Have you checked for punctuation? Read every sentence carefully. Have you included all of the punctuation that is needed? CL FS ? “ “ , ! etc. Make sure that you have used CL for names. Check and correct.

Once you have checked your work, read it again. Does it sound any better now? (I’m sure it does!!) Practise reading it through and then read it to someone else. What do they think about it?

Task 2 Have you got any unanswered questions? Can you answer them having read all of the story? Go back to your questions and answer them if you can.

Task 3 Spellings for this week. Practise your spellings for this week. Have a look at the fun ways we talked about to learn your spellings and see if you can do one of these. Then have a go at writing your spellings in a sentence. Can you write any sentences using the present perfect tense?

This week’s spellings are: interest learn answer increase knowledge separate

Have a go at one of the spelling challenges on Sumdog - they have the spellings from the last few weeks and also from earlier in the year on them. This week’s spellings appear in Spelling Challenge 6.

Geography

We are going to continue with our European Neighbours topic, click below to access today’s learning. The answers to the quiz style questions are on the next page of the document so be careful not to scroll down too far and reveal the answers too soon.

Year 2 Home Learning Challenges for the week - Week Beginning 27th April 2020

Good Morning Year 2!

We’ve reached the beginning of another week of home learning. I hope you are all ready for the learning challenges that this week will bring.

Keep up the great work and please do keep in touch!

Year 2 Home Learning Challenges - Monday 27th April

Welcome to another week of learning Year 2. I hope that you all had a great weekend at home and are ready for the new week.

Here are Monday’s home learning challenges:

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 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.

English

Roald Dahl may already be one of your favourite authors, but did you know he was very skilled at writing poetry too? The extracts used this week are from Revolting Rhymes and Dirty Beasts, both of which are told completely in rhyme. Dahl did, however, also use poetry within some of his stories, e.g. when the Oompa Loompas sing about each of the children in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the window cleaners in The Giraffe, the Pelly and Me.

Day 1 - The Porcupine
Use the link below to listen to and enjoy ‘The Porcupine’ from Dirty Beasts by Roald Dahl.
https://soundcloud.com/penguin-audio/revolting-rhymes-dirty-beasts

Watch this short clip to find out more about porcupines.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSadv0qmZ6s

Discuss what it must have felt like for the child in the poem! Listen to the poem again, stopping to write down favourite words and phrases. You may choose to print off a copy of the poem here:
https://100.best-poems.net/porcupine.html

Read together and highlight the key words and phrases.

Design and create a poster warning children about the danger of porcupines! Include some warning sentences starting with ‘if’, e.g. If you don’t look carefully, you could sit on one by mistake! If you sit on a porcupine, its spikes will stick in you!
Pinch some of your favourite words or phrases from the poem, e.g. It will feel as if a hundred red hot bits of wire are puncturing your skin! Be sure you look before you sit! You may also choose to use some key facts from the information clip, e.g. The spikes are called quills and can come out very easily. Ouch!
Include a diagram in your poster, labelling the key parts, particularly those dangerous quills! Check your punctuation and spelling.

SumDog

Today I have set you a ‘grammar skills’ task.

Oxford Owl Spelling

Oxford Owl have allowed access to some superb spelling resources linked to the spelling scheme we follow in school. It would be brilliant for your child to access a different spelling rule a day. However, I will be unable to set certain spelling rules for each day as many of the tasks have the same name and I am unable to set links to specific rules. Therefore, It would be great to access the website everyday and choose one spelling focus for that day. You should then know which ones you have completed and which ones need doing. The tasks are only short and shouldn’t take too long. To access the resources:

Go to www.oxfordowl.co.uk

Click ‘My Class Login’ at the top of the page and enter the username and password:
Username: ourladyyear2
Password: year2

From there, click on the ‘Read Write Inc. Spelling’ tab. (There are MORE reading books on this resource too, many that should have quizzes on Accelerated Reader! … So many opportunities to read!!)

If you then select Year 2 in the ‘Year Groups’ drop down menu, the spelling rules for Year 2 will appear. There you can choose which rule to work through each day.

If you have any issues, please do not hesitate to ask.

Maths

Maths is a little different this week because we are one week ahead on the resources due to having only one week off at Easter.
Therefore, I thought it would be good to give the children a choice of two skills to revisit. The first link will be to revisit a place value skill. The second link is to revisit a money skill. Your child can choose which area they feel they need more practice in, or can watch both videos if they wish.

Find one more and one less - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkhsf4j 

OR

Introduction to  money and the 1p coin -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZfyW9FF2eA&list=PLQqF8sn28L9yTV9WxpHw-9BbqRe_f49fr&index=7&t=0s

SumDog

x2 multiplication challenge

Don’t forget to check the weekly challenges for more learning!

Have a super day of learning Year 2!

Miss Woodend

Year 4 Home learning for Monday 27th April

Maths

Today, I want you to complete the maths assessment below and ask a grown up to mark it. You will need to work out lots of the answers using the methods we have practised in the past two weeks, so have a look over your maths book first to remind yourself. Then use your maths book to work out answers.

Then please send me your score out of 15 to my school email address - not Purple Mash

Tomorrow, you will get a chance to go over your mistakes looking at my video to see how I solved them.

English

Watch my video today about the Firework Maker’s daughter. Get into drama mode as you pretend to be Lalchand!

Spelling

Read Write Inc have made an ‘extra practice zone’ for spelling practice available online. If you click on the link below and enter these details you will be logged in. I would like you to practise the first three spelling units for year 2 some time this week.

Even though they are not for your year group, they are good revision of spellings. they are:

‘Sounds the Same’ ‘Swap, Double or Drop’ and ‘Rule Breakers’

Click on ‘My Class Log in’

Username is year4ourlady (no spaces)

Password is firework

Year 4 Wonderful learning!

Dear Year 4,

You have worked so hard this week. I know there have been some good challenges and I am so proud that you do not give up like Sadie Spider, you Concentrate like Cooper Crab and try hard to keep improving, like Lizzie Ladybird. If learning was really easy - it would not actually be learning! The joy of learning new things is God’s gift to us all.

I hope you all have a lovely, restful weekend in this gorgeous sunshine. Look after each other and keep safe.

Hello from Nursery

Just a few words to say we are missing you loads! Nursery is very lonely without you.

Barbara and Clare have been very busy getting everything ‘just right’ for when you come back to nursery. Let’s hope it won’y be too long.

In the meanwhile keep checking the website for more links for learning at home. You may also like to check out what Miss Bassett is posting on the Reception blog…if you are up for a challenge?

Here are this weeks sites to explore:

Click here for updated Hungry Little Minds

Click here for a virtual tour of Chester Zoo

Click here for Oak National Academy. Follow the links that take to Reception learning. You will find a whole weeks learning and activities here for you to follow. Enjoy!

One of our friends has sent a lovely video of building and an assault course in the garden. Fabulous! Mrs. Gregan was very impressed that he managed to complete the ‘Wacky Races’ PE challenge. If you want to get involved check out the PE button on the home page. Mrs. Gregan posts new activities each week…get involved.

I’ve also posted below this weeks learning from home photos. I’m so impressed to see how hard you are all working. Keep the photos coming. If you have not yet returned your consent form don’t worry, just send me an email.

I look forward to hearing from you next week. Have a lovely weekend and stay safe.

Barbara

"Family is the anchor that holds us through life's storms..."

And so we reach the end of another, very successful week learning at home.  As always, it has been wonderful to see the photo’s roll in each week! Each child’s face so full of pride and happiness with what they have learnt at home. I once again must say a big thank you for being so supportive with the learning set each week!

I have had so many emails explaining how the children are being just like our schools all important learning characters, particularly ‘Don’t give up Sadie spiders’ and ‘Enjoy learning Bobby bees’.

I wish you all a wonderful weekend at home, enjoying the sunshine that is forecast!

Take care,

Miss Bassett x

Home Learning Photographs - Week Ending 24.4.20

Good Afternoon Year 2!

This week I have been blown away by your creativity and enthusiasm in your learning - your photographs and emails have made me smile everyday! You are all working so incredibly hard at home and the quality of the work you are producing is great. I hope you all enjoyed eating your baking creations - they looked delicious and made me very hungry. Your target practice games were also fantastic and many of you have made superb starts to your Grace Darling projects.

Enjoy looking through all of the photographs of you and your friends.

Have a lovely weekend with your families,

Miss Woodend