RSC Play Making Festival July 2020

The children in Year 5 will be joining other schools around the country for this years RSC Associate School Play Making Festival. Even though everyone is still staying safe the children have been set two challenges. Here are two short film- Mrs Hotchkiss explains to the children what they have to do.

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RSC DESIGN CHALLENGE

RSC DRAMA CHALLENGE

Year 2 Weekly Home Learning Challenges - Week Beginning 15th June 2020

Welcome to another brand new week of learning Year 2! These weeks are flying by far too quickly. There are so many exciting tasks for you to complete this week, including Sports Week activities for you to participate in.

Here are the weekly challenges for this week:

Have a brilliant week filled with superb learning and concentration!

Miss Woodend

Year 3 Monday 15th June home learning

Can anyone guess where I went for a walk last week? It reminded me a little of Narnia with the abundance of trees. Email me with your answer.

Sports week

A very exciting week ahead it is Sports Week, so a new sports challenge will be posted daily. Keep your eyes peeled, let’s get involved and get active!

Reading

Now we are in to our second week of the half term I’m hoping some of you might be reaching towards some high reading scores, who will make it to the golden 100% this half term?

Spellings

This weeks spellings are

reign, suppose, surprise, women, uncover and mistake.

English

Click below for today’s Narnia themed challenges.

Maths

Here we go - today’s maths lesson.

Geography

Please see below for today’s lesson.

"To reach a port we must sail. Sail-not drop anchor, Sail-not drift" Roosevelt

Keep sailing children and you will reach the right destination! Your next port of call will be Year 6! Speaking of Year 6 the week beginning 6th July Mrs Gregan will be taking over the Year 5 learning blog of the week. She will be setting you lessons and tasks introducing you to Year 6! Mrs Gregan has also organised this years Sports Day. We can’t come together but she is setting a daily challenge next week and you will be telling us how you have done so that we can collect house points! Come on Bamber!!!! Thank you for working so hard this week I know the maths was tough and long- but you got there. I have loved looking at your boats photos and films- you took this very seriously I have included them in the weekly film. Watch with care as some clever headlines appear too! I’m glad you enjoyed learning about the Titanic it was a great little topic. Next week is DRAMA!! Below is an explanation of the challenges the Royal Shakespeare Company have sent us and what we will need to do to take part. Please read carefully. Thank you!

We had two birthdays this week too- Tess and Alice! Happy Birthday girls!!!

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RSC Play Making festival- important information for next week

Dear children and parents, studying Shakespeare is part of the Year 5 curriculum. We were fortunate enough to study two plays this year before we had to stay at home. This summer we should have been taking part in the RSC playmaking festival down in Stratford. Two members of the class would have accompanied me to Stratford to perform the Taming of the Shrew with other children from all over the country. Sadly, this will no longer take place. However in its place, the RSC is celebrating the play making of all its Associate Schools through film. We have been asked to prepare part of two speeches from “The Taming of the Shrew”. You will need to listen to my instructions carefully on Monday. You will then film yourself, the film needs to be sent to me by a parent with permission in that email for me to send it to the RSC and The Grand Theatre Blackpool for them to use and publish. Films can be too big to send via email so you will need help from your parents to use Wetranfer or Google Drive. I will then forward your work. You have until Thursday night to send your drama piece. I will be sending them on the Friday 19th. You may then appear on the RSC website performing your lines. This task is set for the next four days for you to practice to give you time to organise the sending via email.

I have create links to useful online videos explaining how to WEtransfer and Google drive via email. You could practice this weekend send me a happy message! I’ll reply with a thumbs up!! THANK YOU!!!!!!

Reception Photos of your Home Learning 12th June

We hope that you have had a lovely week and enjoyed your learning at home. You have made us all so proud, with all of your super photos from your home learning. Please remember to say a big “Thank you” to all of your family for all of their help and support. You are all doing a fabulous job!

You have sent me lots of photos this week of what you have been up to and I have made them into a little movie for you. I hope that you like it. Just click on the movie below.

Have a lovely weekend. I look forward to seeing you all again on Monday morning for another super week of Learning from Home.

Keep smiling and being kind to each other at home.

Take care and stay safe

Miss Brisco and the Reception Team

Year 3 photos of home learning week beginning 8th June

What a great week, you seem to have got straight back into your home learning after the holiday. Well done children. We love seeing how you have tackled your work each week and we love seeing you!

Please make sure you scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page, there is lots to see.

As part of our health and happiness week Steph got busy making PowerPoints to share her learning with you all, great work!

Here are your photography skills photos that you took for your computing work. Can you guess where the locations are and what the close up photos are of?

"The moment we decide to fulfil something, we can do anything." Greta Thunberg

Dear Year 4 parents and children,

Thank you for all your super efforts this week. It has been lovely to see how inspired many of you have been by Greta Thunberg and many others that we have learned about. Many of your words and thoughts this week have inspired me - there has been some excellent work on Purple Mash.

I am a little sad that I will not get to teach you ‘live’ in the classroom before the end of the year. However, I have lots of exciting things planned over the next few weeks to teach you from afar! I miss you all but I am so proud of you children - you are striving to do your best!

Make sure you keep up with that reading - try to challenge yourself to read books which are more suited to the upper juniors - now you are nearly year 5!

Here is a little film of some of your work this week.

Please do keep sending me your work and pictures of you - I do love to see you and your efforts.

God bless and have a lovely weekend all of you,

Mrs Lyons

Story time with Barbara

This weeks story is call ‘Call me Gorgeous’. I hope you all enjoy it!

Watch out for next weeks story ‘There’s a Lion in my Cornflakes’; one of my favourite stories.

Some of our families have been asking how to access previous stories and blogs, it can be done!

If you open the last blog and then scroll down to the bottom of the page you will see the words ‘In Nursery’. If you click on the the words all previous posts will come up.

One of our friends has sent in her wonderful colouring of a butterfly. I am sure you will agree it is beautiful, well done!

Please keep your ‘learning at home photos coming.

Year 3 Friday 12th June home learning

Reading

Where have you curled up to read this week? It might have been indoors this week as it’s been a little cooler. I like reading on my bed.

English

Task 1

Please ask a grown up to quiz you on your spellings today.

Task 2

Please complete these challenges using the suffix - ian.

Task 3

Go on to this website and login (it is a free website) the username for everyone in our class is ourladyyear3 and the password is year3 to play the spelling game for today. There are further instructions here on how to find the game, I will be setting a new game each week so please write down these login details and the website link.

Maths

Keep up the great work with your maths.

RE

Today we are going to look at the story of Pentecost, please watch the video and discuss it with your grown up.

Questions to discuss

• How would you have felt if you were one of the disciples in the upper room?

• How would you have reacted?

• What would you have told others?

• How did it change your life for the better?

Task

Please make a model, paint a picture or make puppets and act out what happened to show your understanding of the Pentecost story.

Reception Home Learning Friday 12th June

Good morning everyone. It’s Fabulous Friday again!

Can you think of something fabulous about 4 people you know?

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. Please make sure that I have them by lunchtime today so that I can make them into a little movie to post later today.

Here are the learning activities for today. Enjoy!!

Everyday activities:

1. Phonics:

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

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

Where do you think the little owls will go when they learn to fly?

Today I would like you to think about where they will go and draw a picture and write a sentence or a few sentences to say where they go and what they will do there or what they saw on the way.

Try to use exciting words in your sentences and remember to use your phonics carefully as you write.

2.  Maths: The Snail and the Whale - Lesson 5

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. Sumdog:

Have a go at some of the spelling and maths challenges that I have put on the Sumdog website for you.

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

Please send any photos by lunchtime today if you want them to be included in this week’s movie. Thank you.

Year 4 Home Learning Friday 12th June

English

My Inspiration Book. Today you are going to take all the information that you have researched this week and present it in a book of inspiration.

Include information you have read about this week - some of the inspirational women you read about on Monday, Martin Luther King, Greta Thunberg, Captain Tom and the person/people who inspire you. You can add some pictures/drawings too.

You may like to add some inspirational quotes which mean something to you or your family.

Maths

Today please watch Week 1 (not Summer) Lesson 5 Dividing one digit by 10 then complete the sheets below it. Finally, mark it using the answer sheet. Ask a grown up if stuck.

Science

Complete the Purple Mash 2 do ‘Sources of Light’ after watching the little video on the site with Professor Gubbins! Do your best work!

Year 2 Home Learning Challenges - Friday 12th June

It’s Friday! Have a super day of learning - you’ve all worked so hard this week!

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 5

Listen to the story of The Bird King:

Listen again and pause to make a list of all the birds who want to be ‘the bird king.’

Retell the story orally to each other. Use time sequencing words and phrases to help organise your retelling, e.g. Once upon a time …, first, next, after that, later that day, eventually, finally.

Your challenge today is to write your own version of The Bird King! Replace the parakeet, toucan, macaw etc. with your choice of birds. Perhaps you could include some birds that you have researched earlier this week!

Points to consider:
Why might each bird think that they should be the bird king? You could use this to highlight some of the birds’ special features, just as the birds do in the original (0:24 – 0:45 mins).
Think carefully about the bird which might replace the eagle. Which other large bird or bird of prey might fly so high?
Think carefully about which bird might replace the sparrow. Which other small bird could fly under the larger bird’s wing?
Talk about your ideas and your plan with an adult. Practise each of your sentences out loud before you write. Remember to keep reading through your writing to check it makes sense and to check for spelling and punctuation.

SumDog

Complete the grammar competition

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)’

Have a go at completing the Friday Family Challenge.

SumDog

10 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!

And …. as promised, here is the first chapter of ‘The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark’. I hope you enjoy it!

I hope you have a lovely weekend with your families,

Miss Woodend