Year 3 Wednesday 10th June 2020 home learning

Well done to Saul for emailing me with what the children could hear in the story, you win a big hug off your mummy Saul.

Reading

Remember to spend at least 30 minutes a day getting lost in your book, enjoy!

English

Enjoy today’s chapter and the challenges to go with our new text.

Maths

Look below for the video for today’s maths.

Science

This week we will be taking a look at magnets, I would like you to complete a little investigation.

Part 1

Find a magnet and then go and explore your house, find around ten items/materials and then using your magnet sort them into 2 groups according to whether they are attracted to your magnet or not.

Magnetic Non magnetic

Part 2

What do you notice about your two groups?

Part 3

Watch this video clip about magnets.

Part 4

Research this science question - How useful are magnets?

Reception Home Learning Wednesday 10th June

Good morning Reception. Happy Wednesday!

I hope that you are all ready for another fun day of learning.

Thank you for all of the photos of your learning that you have sent me so far this week. I will make them into a little video for Friday.

Here are the learning activities for today. Keep smiling and have fun!!

Everyday activities:

1. Phonics:

Today I would like you to watch the set 1 and set 2 speed sounds, by clicking on the link:                                     

2. 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.

3. PE:

Please see this week’s set of new lessons and activities (click on week 7 for this week’s timetable)

Today’s specific activities:

1. Owl Babies

What do you already know about owls? What would you like to find out about owls? Think of some questions you would like to find the answers to. Can you write any of these down? E.g. What do owls eat? Where do owls live?

Watch All About Owls (a basic introduction):

Did you find out any new information about owls?

Watch and discuss All About Owls for Kids:

This clip is rich in vocabulary. Explore and discuss new words together, e.g. nocturnal, hunters, species, talons, bill etc.

Can you make an owl fact file with pictures and facts that you have found out?

2.  Maths: The Snail and the Whale - Lesson 3

White Rose: Please go onto the White Rose website and begin on Summer term Week 6

Watch the short video/ presentation and have a go at the activities.

3. Art:

Please go onto Mrs Curtis’ Art page to find out this week’s Art activity for Reception.

I hope that you have a lovely day!

Take care and stay safe,

                                     Miss Brisco

Don’t forget to send photos of your learning to me and I will share them on Friday.

                                                l.brisco@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

Year 2 Home Learning Challenges - Wednesday 10th June

We’re half way through the week - Welcome to Wednesday’s learning activities!

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.

Remember, you should be reading for at least half an hour each day. Also try to read both a range of fiction and non-fiction books.

English

Day 3

Continue with your creation of a set of Top Trumps cards on birds OR begin some research in preparation for a family quiz on birds! Your theme could be on birds generally, or you could choose to research a particular type of bird.

Look back at some of the previous web links referenced and/or use some of the websites below to help you in your research:

Collect key facts on sticky notes or smaller pieces of paper. You will be using these tomorrow to write your quiz!

SumDog

Complete today’s grammar challenge.

Oxford Owl Spelling

Choose a spelling rule to work on today.

Maths

Click the link below and access ‘Summer Term, Week 6 (w/c 1st June)’

Watch the video ‘Lesson 3- Grouping’ and complete the work below.

SumDog

5 x tables

IXL

Which sections do you have left to complete? Have a look and see how many you can get through.

Times tables

Click below for a website which will help you to practise your times tables even more. You can create a free account which will enable you to see which medals you have collected along the way. Remember in Year 2, our main tables to focus on are 2, 5 and 10, but you could have a go at 3s too for an extra challenge.

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

Enjoy your Wednesday,

Miss Woodend

Year 4 Home learning Wednesday 10th June

English

Today you are going to research facts about Greta Thunberg. Read the information from the following websites and watch Greta Thunberg's speech to world leaders at the UN Climate Action Summit.

Create a mini biography for Greta. (A biography is the story of someone’s life). Scan the texts to find important dates and numbers, e.g. date of birth, key ages or dates when things have happened in her life. Read sections carefully (close reading) to find out the following: • Where was Great Thunberg born? • What is she so passionate about? • Why is she inspirational? Rather than copying chunks of the text from the websites, try to put the information into your own words. If you find any unfamiliar vocabulary, note that down and use a dictionary, e.g. https://www.wordhipp o.com/ to find the definition.

Try to include some Year 4 sentence types, e.g. fronted adverbials for where or when. eg, A few years later, … From New York, … Make sure you watch my video below to remind yourself of Year 4 grammar.



Once you have finished, check your work back through. Make sure that you have used correct punctuation. If you have used a fronted adverbial, make sure you have put a comma after it.

Maths

Today please watch Week 1 (not Summer) Lesson 3 Tenths on a place value grid then complete the sheets below it. Finally, mark it using the answer sheet. Ask a grown up if stuck.

I believe some people have finished ALL their weekly activities already which is WONDERFUL! There will be an extra activity on each day for those children that have completed everything!

RE

Let’s learn about the teaching of the apostles and see how it influences us. Read the slides below and complete the two tasks in your books.

Year 4 Confusion with White Rose maths lessons! Please read

Hi everyone,

I believe there is some confusion regarding the white rose maths lessons. When you open year 4 White Rose it comes up with the latest lessons they have created. They are up to Summer week 7.

We are using The unit labelled week 1 (not Summer. It is the lowest box on the image below that you need to click on. The activities are matched to this.

I hope this makes things clear. You just need to minimise Summer Term - Week 7 and this list will come up for you to select week 1.

Year 4 Tuesday 9th June Home learning

English

Today you are going to research facts about Martin Luther King. Read the information from the following websites and watch the video of his speech ‘I’ve been to the mountain top.’

Vocabulary that you might need to explore today – equality, boycott, tolerant, entitled, segregation.

Today you are going to write a quiz for your family and friends based on the life of Martin Luther King.

I have set you this task on Purple Mash in 2quiz. As you have never used this before, you will need to watch some help videos. Click on the icon like this at the top of the Purple Mash screen to watch help videos:

As there are many types of quiz question (all with help videos) I would just like you to focus on two question types - text and image and MCQ (multiple choice questions) Watch the introduction video then the video for these types of question.

Then make your quiz!!

Try to include some of the new vocabulary you have learnt in your questions. Test your quiz out on your family at home or your friends.

Maths

Today please watch Week 1 (not Summer) Lesson 2 Tenths as decimals then complete the sheets below it. Finally, mark it using the answer sheet. Ask a grown up if stuck.

Year 3 Tuesday 9th June 2020 home learning

What was the noise the four characters heard in their new home in Chapter 1 yesterday? Email me with your answer.

Reading

How much did you get to read yesterday? I hope to see some good scores to start off our new half term children, get busy reading!

English

Today we will have a look at our grammar focus of using prefixes, click through to the free Twinkl PowerPoint using the link below.

Maths

See the video below for today’s maths. I will work on my beginning and end of video faces! There is also a button you can press to get to the website needed for today’s lesson.

Computing

Please click below for today’s challenges.

Year 2 Home Learning Challenges - Tuesday 9th June

Good morning Year 2. I’m sure you’re now back into the swing of virtual learning once again and are ready for a new day of learning. Here are Tuesday’s activities.

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.

Remember, you should be reading for at least half an hour each day. Also try to read both a range of fiction and non-fiction books.

English

Day 2

Continue to research birds using A-Z Find a Bird guide on the RSPB website:

You may choose to continue researching garden birds or consider wading birds or birds of prey – it’s up to you!
This time, create some Top Trumps cards displaying key facts about each bird. You may wish to include subheadings such as: Picture/diagram, Population, Size, Wingspan, Number of eggs, Diet, One/two sentences about the bird or an amazing fact.

Colour your pictures and make your cards as presentable as possible! If you make a few cards, you could even play your Top Trumps bird game with your family!

SumDog

Spellings - ‘Contractions’

Oxford Owl Spelling

Choose a spelling rule to work on today.

Maths

Click the link below and access ‘Summer Term, Week 6 (w/c 1st June)’

Watch the video ‘Lesson 2- Sharing’ and complete the work below.

SumDog

Analysing graphs to 10

IXL

Which sections do you have left to complete? Have a look and see how many you can get through.

Times tables

Click below for a website which will help you to practise your times tables even more. You can create a free account which will enable you to see which medals you have collected along the way. Remember in Year 2, our main tables to focus on are 2, 5 and 10, but you could have a go at 3s too for an extra challenge.

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

Have a wonderful day,

Miss Woodend

Reception Learning From Home Challenges Tuesday 9th June

Good morning Reception.

I hope that you are all bright eyed and ready for another day of learning.

Here are the learning activities for today. Have fun!!

Everyday activities:

1. Phonics:

Today I would like you to watch the set 1 and set 2 speed sounds, by clicking on the link:

2. 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.

3. PE:

Please see this week’s set of new lessons and activities (click on week 7 for this week’s timetable)

Today’s specific activities:

1. Owl Babies:

See if you can remember the story of the Owl Babies.

Can you retell the story orally to your grown up?  Try to remember what happened and in what order.  Watch and listen again.

Today I would like you to have a go at making some owl puppets, following the simple instructions here:

Talk through each instruction as you complete this together.

Re-tell the story again, this time using your newly-made puppets to act the story out.

Try to use the words from the book in  your retelling, e.g. hunting, brave, swooped.

2.  Maths: The Snail and the Whale - Lesson 2

White Rose: Please go onto the White Rose website - Summer term Week 6 Lesson 2 Tuesday

Watch the short video/ presentation and have a go at the activities.

3. Purple Mash:

Please use your login details to access this weeks activity.

I would like you create a picture to show me something that you did during half term. If you could write a sentence to show what you did as well that would be brilliant.

I hope that you have a lovely day!

Take care and stay safe,

  Miss Brisco

Don’t forget to send photos of your learning to me and I will share them at the end of the week.

l.brisco@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

Let's Learn at home

Hello everybody, I hope you are all well?

Click on the button for this weeks ‘learning at home’ booklet, and enjoy!

I will be posting a story time later in the week.

Year 2 Home Learning Challenges - Monday 8th June

Welcome back Year 2! Here are Monday’s home learning tasks. Enjoy!

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.

Remember, you should be reading for at least half an hour each day. Also try to read both a range of fiction and non-fiction books.

English

This week will be your second week learning about ‘Amazing Birds’. You all produced some brilliant work before the holidays so I can’t wait to see what you will achieve this week! If we were in school, we would have been enjoying one of my favourite stories ‘The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark’ together, so to finish your two weeks of learning about Amazing Birds, I will begin reading this to you at the end of the week. I know you’re going to love it as much as I do!

Day 1

Enjoy the brief film clip of the blackbird feeding its chicks and the audio recording of a blackbird’s song. Discuss and marvel at each!

Look at the webpage RSPB Facts About Birds:

Read the section ‘I want to learn about …’ and use the links to read more information about the robin, house sparrow, chaffinch and blue tit. Note how each set of information is written like a series of clues, similar to a riddle, e.g. I see a bird with a chest of red, With black and white wings and grey on its head … It’s a chaffinch!

Your task today is to write a riddle(s) for other garden birds. Your riddle doesn’t have to rhyme and can include other information as well as appearance.

E.g. I see a bird that sings nearly all year round. It eats worms, seeds, fruit, insects and other invertebrates. Some think it is cute, but it will defend its territory. It is famous for its red breast. What is it? … It’s a robin!

Use the A-Z Find a Bird guide on the RSPB website to find key information on your chosen garden bird(s). Adult support will be required to read some of the information here.

Options may include: wren, blue tit, goldfinch, woodpigeon etc. Remember to sequence your information so that you only reveal the most obvious clue at the end! Test your riddle(s) out on your family!

SumDog

Complete ‘Sentence Punctuation’.

Oxford Owl Spelling

Choose a spelling rule to work on today.

Maths

Click the link below and access ‘Summer Term, Week 6 (w/c 1st June)’

Watch the video ‘Lesson 1- The 10 times-table’ and complete the work below.

SumDog

2 x tables

IXL

Which sections do you have left to complete? Have a look and see how many you can get through.

Times tables

Click below for a website which will help you to practise your times tables even more. You can create a free account which will enable you to see which medals you have collected along the way. Remember in Year 2, our main tables to focus on are 2, 5 and 10, but you could have a go at 3s too for an extra challenge.

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

Enjoy your day,

Miss Woodend