Homework

27 March

Wow! Year 2 you are really impressing us with all your fantastic home learning this week. Keep looking at our class news page to see your learning on display and being celebrated.

Learning will continue to be posted for you at 9am each day so if you are an early riser, spend some time reading, practising spellings and times tables, do some art or work through your maths pack from school before you get your daily tasks.

Physical activity:  At school we have our daily Wake Up Shake Up at 10am. Today, why not put on a favourite song and have a dance around – maybe even making up your own routine.

Mindfulness activity: Using a sheet of paper, take your pencil for a walk, without taking it off the paper, and then colour in the sections you have created in different colours.

Well done to Hardev who has now reached his next Lexia level. ***Friday update – Theo too! ***

Here are your home learning tasks for today.

It’s Friday so it is spelling test day. Ask your adult to test you on the spellings for this week (key, donkey, monkey, chimney, valley, honey, money, turkey) by putting the word in a sentence so you understand the meaning. New spellings for next week will be posted on Monday.

Task 1 reading

Firstly, here are your answers from yesterday.

Are the following statements true or false?

Polar bears eat plants.           TRUE or FALSE

Polar bears are good at swimming.    TRUE or FALSE

Polar bears often eat seals.    TRUE or FALSE

Polar bears can’t smell very well.      TRUE or FALSE

Find and copy a word from the text that means

usually __generally_____

amazing __remarkable____

can’t be seen __camouflage___

firmly pressed together __compacted___

How do the polar bears keep warm in the cold Arctic environment? Their thick white coat and a layer of fat keep them warm.

1. Today, we would like you to choose a book (fiction/non-fiction or other text such as a poem or a comic) from home.

2.Tell us about it. You should include the title, the author, a little bit about it, why you like it and maybe a picture too.

Challenge:What one adjective would you use to describe it?

Task 2 maths

Here are your answers from yesterday’s learning in ascending order.

0 x 5 = 0

1 x 2 = 2

10 = 5 x 2

2 x 10 = 20

24 = 12 x 2

6 x 5 = 30

9 x 5 = 45

10 x 10 = 100

It’s Friday so it is times tables test day. Based on the times table you have been set on Times Table Rock Stars, ask your adult to test you on 8 facts from that times table. We use different vocabulary such as 8 lots of 5, 8 multiplied by 5 and 8 times 5.

Before you start today’s activity, time how long it takes you to write down all the number bonds to 20 (eg 20 + 0 = 20). How do you know when you have got them all?

Following our learning on 2D shapes, we will now be thinking about 3D (not flat) shapes.

1. Watch the video to see some 3D shapes. Here are the names of some 3D shapes.

2. 3D shapes are all around us. Go on a 3D shape hunt around your house. Record the object and the matching 3D shape.

Challenge: Have a look at the 3D shape object – what 2D shapes can you see?

Task 3 science

1.Watch the video of different science experiments.

2. Choose one of the experiments from the video. Can you use your observational (looking) skills to describe what happens.

3. Include some time connectives (firstly, then, next, after that, in the end) in your description.

Challenge: With an adult, if you have the equipment needed, have a go at one of the experiments at home.

It’s nearly the weekend! Don’t forget to change your clocks. It’s Earth Hour this weekend so you might want to find out more about this.

Well done for all your efforts this week. Stay safe and we will be back with more home learning next week.

27 March 2020: Home learning

Morning, Year 1!

You’ve nearly completed your first week of home learning – well done everybody! I’m sure it has been quite strange, but you’re all doing an amazing job!

Here are today’s tasks:

Writing

Yesterday, you wrote silly sentences using some tricky words I asked you to learn. Today, I want you to see if you have remembered how to spell those tricky words.

Ask your parent/carer to dictate the sentences below one at a time and your task is to write them from memory.

I lost my teddy bear.

His fur is brown and worn.

One of his ears points upwards.

My friend and his sister helped me find him.

They were both very kind.

Once you’ve written the sentences, ask your parent/carer to check them. You get one point for a capital letter, one point for a full stop and one point for a tricky word spelt correctly.

There are 18 points available .  How many points will you get?

Maths

Today, we are going to add numbers within 20 using our knowledge of number bonds.

Using ten frames helps us to see how number bonds to 10 can help us with our calculations.

E.g.

Answer the calculations below remembering to use number bonds to help.

Reading

Read this poem below – share it with people in your home. Draw a picture which shows your vision of this poem.

Challenge:

Can you learn a part of the poem and recite it by heart?

I hope you enjoy today’s tasks.

Mr Parker

26 March 2020: answers

Y6 Maths – LO: negative numbers

1.  6 – 10 = -4
2. 15 – 20 = -5
3.  -3 + 8 = 5
4.  -9 + 22 = 13
5. What is 6 less than 4? -2
6. What is 5 more than -2? 3
7. What is the difference between 3 and -5? 8
8. What is the difference between -10 and 10? 20
9. The temperature in Leeds is 6°C. Sheffield’s temperature is 4°C colder. Glasgow is 8°C colder than Sheffield. What’s the temperature in Glasgow? -6°C
10. In a building, the basement is at level -3. The office is 16 levels above the basement. What level is the office on? Level 13

Challenge
Miss Kennedy says, “If I start at 27 and count backwards in 3s, I will say -12.”
Miss Wilson says, “If I start at 86 and count back in 6s, I will say -12.”

Miss Kennedy is correct because 27 is in the 3 times table so you’d reach 0 and then -3, -6, -9, -12. Miss Wilson is incorrect because you’d say -10 and then -16.

Y5 Maths – LO: multiplication

Reading – LO: RIC

Retrieval question: A shield

Inference question:

1. Father says he chose his shield brothers carefully.
2. Father says he would never have fought alongside any man who lied as you have.

Choice question: and felt a wave of hatred for Skuli sweep through him

27 March 2020: Home learning

Reading answers

1. Because her army was much larger than the Roman one.
2. Roman arrows and javelins slowed them down.
3. It helps you to understand what happened during the battle.
4. They were stopped by their own troops and also wagons and animals they had left.
5. An act of resistance.
6. We don’t know. London and the midlands have been suggested sites but there is no archaeological evidence.

Reading 

Fridays are always our Love of Reading session in Year 4 so we’ll keep this the same whilst we’re home learning. Your job is to relax and read. You could read to an adult, enjoy some quiet time where you and an adult both read, have a discussion about favourite books or authors. There’s no requirement to do work in your books. The most important thing: enjoy reading!

Maths answers

Maths

Challenge 1

Challenge 2 

Writing answers

Science

Challenge

Draw some diagrams to accompany the statements about melting, freezing and boiling.

Optional challenge

Make some ice cubes and create a tower as tall as possible. Discuss what makes building the tower tricky and why?

27 March 2020: Home learning

Good morning and happy Friday!

How are your plants growing, Year 3? I’d love to see how well you’re taking care of them. Feel free to send me a picture of you with your Indeed Big Grow pot for our class news. Remember that, as well as other things, plants need the right level of sun and water to grow (don’t over-water them!). If yours isn’t growing just yet, don’t worry they may just be growing their roots in their soil. Be patient -your plant also needs time!

Reading

Review

How do your RIC answers compare to mine?  

R. The children were shocked that Uncle Quentin had sold the old box. Find and copy the word that shows their shock. ‘horror’

I. Why would the man from London pay such a high price for an old box? Because he probably knows that there may be something inside the box that tells him where to find the treasure on the island. Or, he’s suspicious

C. Explain what the statement, below, means:

 ‘Well this fellow collects curious things like that and he gave me a very good price for it’

It means that the man from London collects interesting/unusual things and paid uncle Quentin a lot of money for it.

Today’s learning

Today, you have a longer comprehension. Challenge yourself by having 30-40 minutes on this. Don’t rush. Make sure to go back and check your answers!

This is about chapter 10 (you can read it online here). Find the part where Uncle Quentin tells the children that Kirrin Island will be sold. You can also listen to it on audiobook  on thislink. Chapter 10 starts from 2:15:00.

1. (R) How does George react to the news?
2. (R) How does Uncle Quentin react to George?
3. (C) George didn’t use the best persuasive language to make Uncle Quentin change his mind! Present an argument to Uncle Quentin to persuade him to change his mind about selling the island. The challenge is: you can’t mention the map or the hidden ingots!

Write down a list of 4 reasons why the island shouldn’t be sold.  e.g. Because it might harm the rabbits living there.

4. (R) True or false:

• -Uncle Quentin gave the island to the men from London.
• Uncle Quentin bought the island from the men from London.
• The men from London bought the island for over a hundred pounds.
• The men have man have shown they want to buy the island but haven’t bought it yet.

5. (R) What does ‘ingots’ mean or hint at in the story?

6. In the text, Aunt Fanny says: “George dear, I did mean you to have them to play on, when I thought they couldn’t possibly be worth anything,” said her mother, looking distressed. “But now things are different. Your father has been offered quite a good sum, far more than we ever thought of getting- and we really can’t afford to turn it down.”

Why does George’s mother look distressed?

7. (I) Write a thought, as Aunt Fanny, showing what she’s thinking while saying this to George.
8. (C) Which sentence best summarises chapter 10? Write the letter down.

A. Uncle Quentin gets an amazing offer for Kirrin Island but the children aren’t sure about it.

B. Uncle Quentin gets an amazing offer for the old box but the children don’t want him to sell it.

C. Uncle Quentin gets an offer for Kirrin Island and the children are slightly worried their secret has been discovered.

D. Uncle Quentin gets an offer for Kirrin Island and the children are incredibly worried their secret has been discovered.

The Famous Five – Five on a Treasure Island by Enid Blyton (chapter 10)

Spellings

Ask an adult (or older sibling) at home to test you on the words you’ve practised all week.

Or, if your adults are busy, fill in the gaps on these words. No sneaky peeking!

ha_ _ _n_ _s

lon _ l _ n _ _ _

tho _ _ _ _f_ _ly

p _ _ nl _ _s

col _ _ _ful

hu _ _ _ ng

wr_ _ _ ing

drip_ _ _

cla _ _ _ _

fun _ _ _ _ t

h _ _ _ e _ t

hop _ _ _ _

wis _ _ _ _

Maths

Today’s learning

Today, we focus on money. Remember – there’s 100 pence in one pound. Also remember, In Year Three we write pounds and pence like this:

4 pounds and 77 p. Not like this: £4.77p.

Warm up your Maths muscles with some money related games:

1. Coin recognition and counting amounts – link here. Select ‘counting’ and ‘any 6 coins’.
2. Ordering money – link here. Click ‘money’ and ‘mixed £ and p’.

Next, I want you to practise working out how much change you would get if you bought items. Have a go at the task, below.

Want a challenge?

Set up your own toy shop and add labels for (realistic) prices for each item. Make sure this is in pounds and pence. Then, choose your pocket money amount and work out what is the maximium number of items you could buy without going over your spending limit. Then, create your own rules for a game where you’re working out change in pounds and pence.

Times tables

It’s time for your Friday test! Get someone at home to read these questions out and test you on your x2s, x5s and x10s.

1. 10 x 10 =
2. 20 ÷ 2 =
3. 15 ÷ 5 =
4. 4 x 5 =
5. 30 ÷ 10 =
6. 12 x 2 =
7. 8 x 5 =
8. 4 x 2 =
9. 18 ÷ 2 =
10. 90 ÷ 10 =

Email me how you did. I’m sure you’ve smashed it, Year Three! 

Science

Revisit

Mark your Writing from yesterday.

Today’s learning

Use the words and temperatures in the box to fill the gaps in the sentences. Put a tick next to the ones you’ve used so you don’t use them twice!

Optional challenge – ask your adult at home before you do this challenge.

Make some ice cubes and create a tower as tall as possible. Discuss what makes building the tower tricky and why?

Happy weekend, everybody!

I can’t believe it’s already the weekend! A whole week of home learning is ticked off – well done you! Here’s a list of ideas of things to do over the weekend. Remember to always be helpful, positive and kind to one another, just like you are in class. : )

1. Think about how you could earn a Blue Peter badge – link here.
2. Read for at least 20 minutes a day.
3. Start your very own reading challenge:

4. Take part in a daily doodle challenge:

5. Investigate what household materiel makes the best parachute for your favourite toy. The challenge is to keep the toy in the air for as long as possible. (link here).

Have a great weekend. Stay safe, happy and healthy. From Miss C and Maggie (woof!).

26 March 2020: Home learning – Maths

Hi everyone!

After a bit of technical difficulties with the maths section of today’s learning tasks, here it is!

25 March 2020: answers

Y5 Maths – LO: subtraction

1. 4,648 – 2,347 = 2,301
2. 45,536 – 8,426 = 37,110
3. 29,456 – 8,896 = 20,560
4. 37,506 – 22,819 = 14687
5. 83065 – 45927= 37,1338

26 March

***Yoga Space are running a free kids yoga this morning at 10.30am. You need to register 1 hour before the class starts to take part. ***

Thank you for all the photos of your home learning work so far. It’s been great to hear and see how you have been getting on and we are proud of all your enthusiasm. We are particularly impressed with how neat and well presented your learning is. Keep this up! It is important to take pride in your work. Have a look at the class news page to see some examples.

Physical activity:  As well as your daily exercise outside your house, why not try one of the many activity videos on imovement. There are different ones each day.

Mindfulness activity: Today, take some time to lie down in a quiet place and listen to some relaxing music with your eyes closed. A chance to refocus before restarting your learning.

We’ve had another Lexia achievement with Penelope getting her next Lexia level yesterday.  Well done! Where possible, the aim is to reach Level 9 by the end of Year 2.

Here are your home learning tasks for today.

Task 1 reading

Firstly, try to keep reading a variety of texts while you are learning at home. We recommend 20 minutes of reading every day.

1.Reread the fluency text all about polar bears. You should be able to read it a bit more fluently today now it is more familiar.

2.Use the text to answer the questions below.

Polar bears

Polar bears are the planet’s biggest land-based carnivores – although they actually spend most of their lives around water and ice (their Latin name means ‘sea bear’). So they’re at particular risk from global warming, which is melting the Arctic sea ice they depend on.

Polar bears generally live and hunt alone, though they can be quite social too. They mainly eat seals – using their remarkable sense of smell they can detect a seal in the water beneath a metre of compacted snow, and from almost a kilometre away.

Adults are strong swimmers – they can swim for several hours to get from one piece of ice to another. Their thick white coat and a layer of fat keep them warm and camouflaged in their harsh Arctic environment.

1. Are the following statements true or false?

Polar bears eat plants.           TRUE or FALSE

Polar bears are good at swimming.    TRUE or FALSE

Polar bears often eat seals.    TRUE or FALSE

Polar bears can’t smell very well.      TRUE or FALSE

2.Find and copy a word from the text that means

usually ___________

amazing __________

can’t be seen ________

firmly pressed together ___________

3.How do the polar bears keep warm in the cold Arctic environment?

Challenge: Can you think of your own question about the text?

Task 2 maths

Here are your answers from yesterday’s learning. How did you do?

1 curved side – circle

3 vertices – triangle

4 straight sides – rectangle

4 straight sides of equal length – square

5 sides – pentagon

6 vertices – hexagon

8 sides – octagon

For the challenge question, we would encourage the children to check the number of sides on a shape by marking each side with a line as they count.

Before you start today’s activity, count in 2s, 5s and 10s (upto 24, 60 and 120). You could even teach someone how we use the cross crawl action when we count.

Today, we will be focusing on times tables. Remember in Year 2 we want you to try and learn your ten, five and two times tables (in that order).

1. Spend 10 minutes on Times Tables Rock Stars. Based on our checks in class, you have been set the times table that you need to practise. Please email (carolinetaylor@spherefederation.org) if you need help with logging in.

2.Complete the following number sentences. Remember to skip count on your fingers to help you.

3. Put the number sentences in order from from the lowest total to the highest total.

2 x 10 = __

6 x 5 = __

__ = 5 x 2

10 x 10 = __

0 x 5 = __

__ = 12 x 2

9 x 5 = __

1 x 2 = __

Challenge: Choose three of the above times table facts and write down the other facts you know using this information. For example, if you know that 4 x 10 = 40, you also know that 10 x 4 = 40, 40 ÷ 10 = 4 and 40 ÷ 4 = 10.

Task 3 Living and Learning

Our statement for this week is:

1. Tell someone what proud means.

2.Tell someone what showing off means.

2. Imagine someone has got first prize in a talent competition. Draw a picture of them (with two speech bubbles) telling a friend what has happened.

3. Use one speech bubble to show what they might say to their friend if they were feeling proud and in the other what they would say if they were showing off.

Challenge: What might you do if someone was showing off about something?

Finally, we’ve spotted lots of rainbows in windows as we’ve been out for our daily walk. Have you spotted any? Have you got one in your window? We’d love to see it!

26 March 2020: Home learning

Morning, guys!

Hope you’re doing well and you’ve managed to get some fresh air, be helpful in some way and have a smile on your face more than a couple of times! As with yesterday, Y5/6 maths will be separate and the rest is together. Stick around ’til the end of the post for today’s bonus task! (Crowd says “ooooooh”!)

As always, email me if you have any questions or want to let me know how you’re getting on – it’s been great hearing from you guys and you’ve been keeping me going in my old age!

Miss Wilson

Y6 Maths – LO: negative numbers

Your learning today is all about negative numbers. If it helps, draw a number line from -20 to 20. Using the number line, or just your brain, answer these questions.

1.  6 – 10
2. 15 – 20
3.  -3 + 8
4.  -9 + 22
5. What is 6 less than 4?
6. What is 5 more than -2?
7. What is the difference between 3 and -5?
8. What is the difference between -10 and 10?
9. The temperature in Leeds is 6°C. Sheffield’s temperature is 4°C colder. Glasgow is 8°C colder than Sheffield. What’s the temperature in Glasgow?
10. In a building, the basement is at level -3. The office is 16 levels above the basement. What level is the office on?
11.  Write a story that goes with Q1-4.

Challenge
Miss Kennedy says, “If I start at 27 and count backwards in 3s, I will say -12.”
Miss Wilson says, “If I start at 86 and count back in 6s, I will say -12.”

Who do you agree with? Explain why/why not.

Y5&6 – Reading – LO: RIC

Your learning today is a RIC.

Read the extract of the text and then answer the questions below. We will give you the correct answers tomorrow.

Retrieval question:

According to the text, what was Skuli not holding?  (1 mark)

Interpret question:

Look at extract 2. How do you know Gunnar’s father’s and Skuli’s relationship is not a positive one? Explain two ways, giving evidence from the text to support your answer. (3 marks)

Choice question:

Look at extract 1. Find and copy one group of words that shows us that Gunnar does not like Skuli. (1 mark)

Challenge
Create your own RIC for someone at home to complete – you could have as many questions as you like.

Y5&6 – Writing – LO: setting description

Following yesterday’s character description, your task today is to write a setting description. This should be no longer than one paragraph.

For your setting description, you need to think about:

• Where is your character?
• What can they see?
• Are they going somewhere?
• Describe the setting using effective vocabulary e.g. fierce thunder, roaring wind, golden sand

Here is an example of a setting description.

The seas were rough for the first few days. Gigantic waves swept over the ship’s walls but the Vikings continued to row. Lightning bolts pierced holes on deck but the Vikings continued to row. Days and nights of torturous storms bombarded the vessel but the Vikings continued to row. With a compass in one hand, and wheel in the other, Ragnar stood fiercely and laughed in the face of the unforgiving conditions and stared out across the inky abyss, his once piercingly blue eyes now reflecting the grey, ominous sky above him. It rumbled, a deep, laughing rumble, taunting him. Domineering the landscape ahead of him was a spiky, crown-like mountain range jutting out of the land which was his target. Ragnar saw it as a sign from the Gods, that his journey would bring him fame, fortune and power. His confident mindset, however, didn’t last long. 

R2s

• expanded noun phrases
• relative clauses
• figurative language: similes, metaphors, personification
• powerful vocabulary
• varied sentence openers
• varies sentences lengths

Challenge
Rewrite your description and change its tone. For example, a dark, gloomy description becomes a happy and cheerful one:

With a compass in one hand, and wheel in the other, Ragnar stood fiercely and laughed in the face of the unforgiving conditions and stared out across the inky abyss, his once piercingly blue eyes now reflecting the grey, ominous sky above him…

becomes…

With a compass in one hand, and wheel in the other, Ragnar stood proudly and breathed in the air of these triumphant conditions and gazed out across the smooth, calm sea, his piercingly blue eyes reflecting the sapphire sky above him.

Bonus Task!
Yesterday, we asked you to reach out to someone from school! Following on from that, today’s bonus task is to reach out to someone in your family, be it a grandparent, aunt/uncle or cousin. Just because we have to stay in our own homes, it doesn’t mean that we can’t still connect with our families! I heard about a boy that FaceTimed his grandma for 30 minutes every day and read his book to her! He was practising his reading and his grandma absolutely loved the company. So why not give it a go and make someone’s day?

26 March 2020: Home learning

Good morning, everybody!

I’m missing seeing you all so I’m really appreciating the emails that I’m receiving. It has been wonderful to see some of the great learning that has been going on at home – I’m really proud of everyone!

Thank you to those who sent their questions for grandad. I’ve written a list of them and will be asking him when I speak to him later – look out for his answers! 🙂

Remember, if you need help with anything school related, don’t hesitate to email me at benparker@spherefederation.org.

Onto today’s task…

Writing

Below, is a list of tricky words that you need to be able to spell by the end of Year 1.

my

his

one

friend

they

were

Your task is to learn (or remind yourself) how to spell them and then put them into sentences. Here’s the fun bit… I want you to write the words into silly sentences.

E.g.

My pet lion wanted soup for his lunch.

Can you write at least 5 sentences?

Challenge:

Can you use all of the words in one sentence?

E.g.

One day, I made my lion and his friend soup for lunch because they were hungry.

Remember, not all words have to be spelt correctly. Make sure you spell the words from the list correctly and use your phonic knowledge to segment words you’re unsure how to spell.

Maths

I’ve written some number fact calculations below – some are true and some are false.

6 + 2 = 8

2 + 7 = 8

3 + 5 = 8

1 + 7 = 9

4 + 6 = 11

1 + 5 = 6

8 + 1 = 8

3 + 0 = 4

2 + 8 = 10

5 + 2 = 7

Your task is to make a list of true calculations and a list of false calculations.

E.g.

Challenge: Can you make the false calculations into true calculations?

Reading

Here are some questions using Phase 3 phonemes.

Can a duck quack?

Can a boat sail?

Is all hair fair?

Is the moon far off?

Is it dark at night?

Is a thick book thin?

Can we get wool from a sheep?

Will six cows fit in a car?

Will all shops sell nails?

Can a chicken sit on a chair?

Are the teeth of sharks sharp?

Can you hear bees buzzing now?

Your task is  to read them independently and then decide if the answer is yes or no. Make two signs, ‘yes’ and ‘no’ and then hold them up when answering the questions.

Challenge: Create your own yes/no questions using the words below:

mountain

fear

pair

cure

If you want more support with phonics, log onto phonics play using the link, https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/.

There are some great games to play on there – I love playing, ‘Buried Treasure’.

Good luck and keep smiling.

Mr Parker