Year 4 Home Learning Wednesday 17th June

English

Mr Stink - Read the extract below:

Task 1

Find these words in the text. Practise your Yr4 reading skill of figuring out What the word means from the contect it is in. (Read the sentence they are in, the sentence before and the sentence after to help you work out the meaning).

Write down what you think it means. Then look up the definition of the word using a dictionary. (See table below to help create your own).

stench justice residence luxuriated elaborate impatiently vagabond authoritatively

Task 2. Now answer these questions: -

1. What are your first impressions of Mr Stink?

   Use evidence from the text to support your answer, like this: I think Mr Stink is …. I think this because in the text it says … Try and write more than one impression.

2. What are your first impressions of Chloe?

   Use evidence from the text to support your answer, like this: I think Chloe is … I think this because in the text it says … Try and write more than one impression.

Maths

White Rose Week 2 Lesson 3 Hundredths as Decimals

Computing

Let’s learn how to code!

Year 2 Home Learning Challenges - Wednesday 17th June

We’ve reached the middle of the week! I hope you all enjoy today’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.

We have all enjoyed the first chapter of ‘The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark’ together’ Can you complete the alliteration sheet attached below.

English

Day 3:

Watch and listen to We Are All Wonders by R. J. Palacio by clicking the book cover opposite.

Due to the sensitive content of this book, it is advised that the book is shared and discussed with an adult throughout the reading.

Points for discussion:

What does the word unique mean? What does the word wonder mean? What does the phrase hurt my feelings mean? How does the main character feel when others point or laugh? How does he feel when he puts on his helmet and travels across the galaxy? What do you think it means when the narrator says that perhaps people could ‘change the way they see?’ Talk together about how we are all wonders – include everyone in your household!

The book concludes with the sentence: Look with kindness and you will always find wonder.

Find some synonyms for kindness here:

Make a poster about being kind. Write the final sentence from the book – Look with kindness and you will always find wonder – in bold in the middle of your poster. Around the outside, record all the different ways you can show kindness. Remember kindness can often be shown in the smallest of actions, e.g. smiling, offering to help when someone is stuck, giving someone a compliment.

Try to make your poster as bright and engaging as possible. Put it up in your household to show everyone how you can be kind!

SumDog

Complete the spelling challenge set for you today.

Maths

Watch the Video below -’ Lesson 3 - Describing Movement and Turns’ and complete the activity attached.

SumDog

Fractions

IXL

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

Hit the Button

Practise your mental maths by clicking the link below:

Don’t forget to check the weekly challenges for more learning and to complete today’s Sports Day Challenge!

Have a focused day,

Miss Woodend

Year 3 Wednesday 17th June home learning

Who heard the owl in the story of the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe? Email me with your answer.

Reading

Well, I’ve had a lovely time reading over these last couple of days, I even managed to read one handed while eating an ice lolly. That’s a skill! What’s your favourite treat to eat? Isabella has smashed her target this week, well done!

Sports week

Don’t forget to get involved in the Sports week challenges, I am hoping to get some more points for Plessington - my house team. I won one of the egg and spoon races on Monday!

English

Who is enjoying the story so far? It is getting very exciting isn’t it?

Maths

Some more division work for you here, keep up the great work.

Science

It looked like there was some great science work with your magnets last week, Mrs Nel was really pleased. This week she would like you to further your understanding about magnets and find out who/how magnets were discovered. Please then make a slideshow on Purple Mash to show what you have learned. There is a 2do Set up ready for you. Mrs Nel is marking these pieces of work for me, so make them brilliant for her! Be creative with your work like Kiki Chameleon.

Please include

• a title

• subtitles

• a diagram or image

• a did you know fact

• you speaking - telling us one fact

• lots of detailed explanation

Year 4 Home Learning Tuesday 16th June

English

Look back at your chart from yesterday. Think about the characters and their relationship. You are going to help David Walliams write his next book by helping him invent a child and adult character.

1. Draw your characters and label them. Think about: Is your child a boy or a girl? Is the adult a man or a woman? What will their relationship be? (Uncle, Auntie, Grandma, Mum, Step Mum, Dad, Step Dad, Cousin, Sister, Half Sister etc.) What do they look like? Do they have any unusual features?

2. Label your new characters. Try to use some extended noun phrases for your labels, e.g. On top of her head she wore a ruby red beret with a large ostrich feather attached to the side.

3. Write a short paragraph to introduce your characters. Include a description of what they look like

4. Write down some interaction between the characters. Do your characters like each other, admire each other, trust each other, dislike each other or despise each other? Use what they say and do to show this in your writing, e.g. As Auntie Ada entered the room, Isla froze. Immediately, her eyes darted to the floor to avoid any eye contact. “Look up girl when I walk in to the room!” demanded Auntie Ada. From this we can tell that Isla is scared of Auntie Ada and that Auntie Ada is authoritative. When you have finished, read through your writing and check your spelling and punctuation.

Maths

White Rose Week 2 Lesson 2 Hundredths

Art

Click on the Art page to carry out Mrs Curtis’s Art lesson

PE

Carry out the Lancashire PE challenge set

Year 3 Tuesday 16th June home learning

Well done to James who correctly guessed that the tree carving photo from yesterday was at Beacon Fell. You win a hug off your family James. It also looks like someone else has visited there recently and taken this lovely photo of a different tree.

Reading

Who has quizzed this week? If you haven’t, get busy quizzing to move towards your target.

Sports week

How did you get on with yesterday’s challenge? Have fun today!

English

Look at this work about the prefixes -un, -dis and -mis and complete the activities.

Spellings

Practise your spellings for a while today please children, find a fun way to practise them.

Maths

Apologies on today’s maths, it is safe to say I was having some computer versus brain moments (technology was not my friend for this lesson), so I have had to put the lesson on in two parts. Please ensure you complete both parts, thank you.

Computing

Great work last lesson children, I look forward to seeing your work for this.

Year 2 Home Learning Challenges - Tuesday 16th June

Welcome to another Tuesday of learning Year 2. Here are today’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:

Read the opening extract of ‘The Koala Who Could’ by clicking the front cover.

Make a list of all the reasons why Kevin the Koala chose not to move or to change.

Watch and listen to the story here up to 4:09 mins:

Imagine you are one of the wild animals trying to convince Kevin to come down from his tree. What might you say to him to persuade him? Write a persuasive speech to shout up to Kevin in his treetop! Try to include lots of reasons – you can use some of the ideas listed earlier in the book too!

You might want to use some of the following sentences or sentence starters to help you:
Kevin, I really do think you should come down from the tree now!
First of all ...
Another reason is …
Have you thought about …?
What if …?
When you come down, …
If you come down, …
Finally …
Remember to try and reassure Kevin – you are writing as if you are one of his friends!

Rehearse each sentence before you write it down to check it makes sense. Don’t forget to go back and read through your work to check for spelling and punctuation.

Enjoy watching and listening to the end of the story – up to 5:55 mins. What lesson does Kevin learn?

Oxford Owl Spellings

Choose a spelling rule to focus on today.

Maths

Watch the Video below -’ Lesson 2 - Describing Turns’ and complete the activity attached.

SumDog

Classify and sequence shapes

IXL

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

Hit the Button

Practise your mental maths by clicking the link below:

Don’t forget to check the weekly challenges for more learning and to complete today’s Sports Day Challenge!

Enjoy your day,

Miss Woodend

Reception Home Learning 16th June

Good morning everyone. I hope that you are ready for some more super work.

Today is Tremendous Tuesday! How many tremendous things can you do today?

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:

Watch out for today’s activity for Sports Week. Don’t forget to send in your photos to earn points for your team.

Today’s specific activities:

1. Aliens Love Underpants

Listen to the story Aliens Love Underpants again:

Discuss which other clothes you might see on a washing line. Can you name them? Look outside at your washing line and your neighbours’ washing lines.

Now create sentences about which clothes your alien loves the most. Make sure you say each sentence orally first, e.g. My alien loves silly socks. My alien loves striped t. shirts. My alien loves orange shorts. etc.

2.  Maths: The Princess and the Wizard

White Rose:

Please go onto the White Rose website and begin on Summer term Week 7 (8th June) Lesson 2

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.

Can you create a picture of your own alien? What will it look like? Will it be friendly or scary?

Can you write a sentence about your alien too?

Don’t forget to save your picture so that I can have a look at it.

I hope that you have a lovely day!

Take care and stay safe,

Miss Brisco and the Reception Team

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

This weeks ‘Let’s Learn at Home’ booklet is all about colour. I hope you enjoy doing the activities.

Click on the button to find out your challenges!

Reception Monday 15th June

It’s a Marvellous Monday.

What do you think will be marvellous about today?

Good morning Reception. I hope that you all had a lovely weekend and that you are all ready for some more exciting 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:

This week is Sport’s Week. Look out for all of the activities this week and send your photos in to earn points for your house. There’s a different activity for each day. Which house will win?

Today’s specific activities:

1. Aliens Love Underpants by Claire Freedman

Watch and enjoy the story Aliens Love Underpants

Discuss the story with your grown up:

What did the aliens see in the story?

Return to the story Aliens Love Underpants again and pause the film on each page, describe what you can see on each page. Use the sentence starter “I can see…”

Write sentences for your favourite images using the sentence starter, “I can see… .”

Look at the image 2:20 mins from the clip above.

Which are your favourite underpants and why? Now say and write a sentence using the image to support ideas, e.g.” My favourite underpants are … “

Remember to use your phonics carefully to help you sound out and spell words.

2.  Maths: The Princess and the Wizard

White Rose: Please go onto the White Rose website and begin on Summer term Week 7 (8th June)

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

3. RE:

Today I would like you to think about the Sign of the Cross.

It is a special sign which we make when we start and finish our prayers and it is a sign we make when we go into Church.  There is a special prayer which we say when we make the Sign of the Cross and it reminds us that we are part of God’s family. We also have another prayer which we sometimes say in school which also reminds us of this. Can you practise this prayer?

                From my head to my heart

                From one shoulder to the other

                I belong to you God my Father.

Can you match the words to the pictures for making the sign of the cross?

Can you practise making the Sign of the Cross and saying the prayers.?

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

Year 2 Home Learning Challenges - Monday 15th June

Good morning Year 2 and welcome to a brand new week of learning!

Here are Monday’s activities for you to work through:

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.

I hope that you all enjoyed chapter 1 of ‘The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark’ on Friday. I would like to see how much you can remember by answering the questions below. You can always watch the video again if you wish.

English

Focus theme: Be happy! Be brave! Be kind!
This week you will explore some inspiring stories with key messages. Towards the end of the week, you will have the opportunity to spread a little happiness by writing your own story to inspire others.

Day 1:

Explain to your child that this week you are going to share some inspiring stories together. Discuss what the word inspiring means. Make links to inspire, inspired, inspiration, etc. Look at synonyms (words that mean similar) using Word Hippo to expand on vocabulary.

Listen to The Lion Inside by Rachel Bright up to 0:45mins:

Ask your child: ‘What do you know about the mouse?’ Write a brief character description of the mouse, encouraging your child to use some of words and phrases from the text. Continue watching the clip up to 1:30 mins.
Ask your child: ‘What do you know about the lion?’ Now write a brief character description of the lion, encouraging your child to use words and phrases from the text. Discuss how the mouse and the lion are different.
Continue watching up to 2:51 mins. Discuss how the mouse is feeling. How does he convince himself to go to the lion? List all the reasons.
Continue watching up to 4:02 mins. What do you know about the lion now? Compare with the original description of the lion you wrote earlier. Watch and enjoy to the end of the story. Did the ending surprise you? What did the mouse and lion learn?

Watch and enjoy a rap version of the story here:

Join in if you can!

SumDog

Complete the Grammar task - ‘vowel sounds’

Maths

Watch the Video below -’ Lesson 1 - Describing Movement’ and complete the activity attached.

SumDog

Subtract within 100

IXL

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

Hit the Button

Practise your mental maths by clicking the link below:

Don’t forget to check the weekly challenges for more learning and to complete today’s Sports Day Challenge!

Have a great day,

Miss Woodend

Year 4 Home learning Monday 15th June

Good morning everyone! Welcome to another week of learning. From this week, I am not setting weekly tasks.

Instead, I will spread them throughout the week to be completed daily, like the other Key Stage 2 classes.

We have five more weeks before the end of term - let’s really go for it!

SPORTS DAY/WEEK EVENT

This week we are having our annual sports day - with a difference! The winning team will be the team that takes part the most. Watch your house captain’s speeches and find out more on the main ‘learn’ page about how to submit your entry!

Today’s event is……. so exciting…… Mrs Lyons’ favourite……. THE EGG AND SPOON RACE!!!

GO FOR IT YEAR 4! MAKE SURE YOU ALL JOIN IN AND SEND YOUR PICS TO MRS GREGAN WITH THE NAME OF YOUR HOUSE TEAM TOO!!!!!

Watch the house captain speeches - they are brilliant!!!!

English

Focus theme: The World of Walliams! Enjoy a week of exploring a variety of books by David Walliams, comparing characters, watching clips of the screen adaptations, reviewing his work and lots more!

Below are various opening extracts of David Walliams’ books. Read through the extracts and think about the characters that are introduced. (Note: You will need to register with LoveReading4Kids to view the extracts. Membership is free). Make a table like the one below and note down what you find out about the characters:

Maths

Please watch the video from Week 2 Lesson 1 (not Summer) Divide 2 digits by 10.

History

How exciting! Its time to learn about Viking longship/longboat. I would like you to watch the video and read the information underneath and please make notes.

I would then like you to make a Viking longship and write a paragraph to go with it all about what these ships were like. What was it like for the Vikings on board? See how many interesting facts you can include from your notes.

I have put lots of ideas for creating your Viking longboat below too. You could use one of the templates provided or make out of junk materials, lego, playdough -check out the ideas pages below.