Author: Catherine Warland

Good morning children,

Happy Wednesday! I hope you are all having a good week and are ready for another day of learning.

Below you will find the activities for your home learning today.

MATHS

Click on the link below to access today’s maths activity from the BBC Bitesize website.

Today, we will be revising how to measure mass in kilograms.

There is a learning recap and there are 3 activities to complete.

Also, please remember you can logon to the Sumdog website and practise your maths skills there.

MATHS ACTIVITY

LITERACY

In Literacy this week, we will be focusing on story writing.

Follow the link below to the BBC Bitesize website. You will need some paper and a pencil.

In today’s lesson, we will be thinking about the setting of a story and focusing specifically on adventure stories.

If you require a new book to write on we can provide one from school if parents call to make an appointment for when to collect.

LITERACY – SETTING

READING

We are continuing to listen to Audiobooks and talk about the stories with someone at home.

This week, we will be listening to a different short story every day. Today’s story is called The Ant and the Butterfly.

Can you think of a time when you had to work with others to succeed?

READING – THE ANT AND THE BUTTERFLY

TOPIC

Today’s topic lesson is an Art activity.

We will be creating self-portraits and learning about famous portrait artists such as Vincent Van Gogh and Leonardo da Vinci.

Follow the link to the BBC Bitesize website to begin the lesson.

ART – SELF-PORTRAITS

I hope you all enjoy the work that has been set for you today.

Remember that you can always email me any questions at admin@sjtdprimary.org.uk showing ‘Year 2’ in the title.

Have a good day!

Good morning children,

I hope you are all well and are ready for another exciting day of learning.

Below you will find the activities for your home learning today.

MATHS

Click on the link below to access today’s maths activity from the NRICH website.

We will be revising our knowledge of times tables. This activity includes a times tables grid.

In the times tables grid, can you work out the missing numbers?

Also, please remember you can logon to the Sumdog website and practise your maths skills there.

MATHS ACTIVITY

LITERACY

In Literacy this week, we are focusing on story writing.

Follow the link below to the BBC Bitesize website. You will need some paper and a pencil.

In today’s lesson, we will be thinking about what makes a good character in a story and creating our own amazing characters.

If you require a new book to write on we can provide one from school if parents call to make an appointment for when to collect.

LITERACY – CHARACTERS

READING

We are continuing to listen to Audiobooks and talk about the stories with someone at home.

This week, we will be listening to a different short story every day. Today’s story is called The Chocolate Tree.

If you could plant a magic tree, what would it grow and why?

READING – THE CHOCOLATE TREE

TOPIC

Today’s topic lesson is an RE activity.

We will be writing about what we have learnt about Judaism.

There is a quiz to see what you can remember from our earlier lessons on the Jewish faith.

Follow the link to the Oak Academy website and click Start to begin the lesson.

RE – JUDAISM

I hope you all enjoy the work that has been set for you today.

Remember that you can always email me any questions at admin@sjtdprimary.org.uk showing ‘Year 2’ in the title.

Have a good day!

Good morning Year Five – Happy Wednesday !

This is our final week together before you return to school in September! Well done, you have made it until the end of the term.

I hope that you have enjoyed learning online 🙂

Reading & Literacy

Today you will continue to work on short story comprehension. If you haven’t had a look at the literacy shed website yet, click on the link below:

THE LITERACY SHED SHORT STORIES

Today you will study the features of short stories. This will review some of the work you have done last week, but it is essential in order to be able to write your short story at the end of the week.

KEY FEATURES OF SHORT STORIES

MATHS: Volume, Capacity, Mass

This is the last week where you will be doing Maths online. For this week’s work, you won’t be accessing the usual white rose website.

Instead, I have uploaded a booklet for you to complete below.

This booklet reviews one last mathematical area that you have not reviewed with white rose: Volume, Capacity and Mass. For today complete pp. 10-15.

VOLUME-CAPACITY-MASS-BOOKLET.PDF

Remember that you can also access Sumdog to do extra maths. You can continue to access Mathletics and Sumdog over the summer:

SUMDOG

Topic: Languages- Spanish

Today you will access your last Spanish Lesson! Last week you have learnt how to describe the places where you live. Today you will learn how to express your opinion about where you live.

Click on the link below to access the lesson:

EXPRESSING YOUR OPINION ABOUT WHERE YOU LIVE

Remember that Ms Durrant and Mr Postles have posted PE and Music lessons on their blog pages.

Make sure you continue to access these until the end of the week.

Have a good day,

Miss Berglund

Good morning children,

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend and are ready for the last week of activities.

It has been a strange term for us all, not being together in school, but you have all done so well to adapt to learning at home.

Below you will find the activities for your home learning today.

MATHS

Click on the link below to access today’s maths activity from the BBC Bitesize website.

We will be revising our knowledge of arrays. Arrays help us to understand multiplication and the times tables.

There are 2 videos to watch and 4 activities to complete.

Also, please remember you can logon to the Sumdog website and practise your maths skills there.

MATHS ACTIVITY

LITERACY

In Literacy this week, we will be focusing on story writing.

Follow the link below to the BBC Bitesize website. You will need some paper and a pencil.

In the first lesson today, we will be learning about story structure and how to organise our ideas into a story that makes sense.

If you require a new book to write on we can provide one from school if parents call to make an appointment for when to collect.

LITERACY – WHAT IS A STORY?

READING

We are continuing to listen to Audiobooks and talk about the stories with someone at home.

This week, we will be listening to a different short story every day. Today’s story is called Gingerella.

Did this story remind you of any other well-known tales?

READING – GINGERELLA

TOPIC

Today’s topic lesson is a Geography activity.

We will be comparing life in cities, towns and villages. What are the similarities and differences between living in these settlements?

Follow the link to the Oak Academy website and click Start to begin the lesson.

GEOGRAPHY – CITIES & VILLAGES

I hope you all enjoy the work that has been set for you today.

Remember that you can always email me any questions at admin@sjtdprimary.org.uk showing ‘Year 2’ in the title.

Have a good day!

Good morning children,

I hope you have had a lovely week are ready for one more day of learning before the weekend.

Below you will find the activities for your home learning today.

MATHS

It’s time for the Friday Maths Challenge. Click the link below to visit the White Rose website.

Try to complete as many of the questions as you can – good luck!

Remember to download your certificate once you have completed the challenge.

MATHS ACTIVITY

LITERACY

In Literacy today, we will be focusing on two things. We will be practising our handwriting and also learning about exclamation marks.

What is an exclamation mark? When should we use them in our writing?

Follow the link below to the BBC Bitesize website. You will need some paper and a pencil.

Here, you will find 3 activities to try at home.

If you require a new book to write on we can provide one from school if parents call to make an appointment for when to collect.

LITERACY – EXCLAMATION MARKS

READING

We are continuing to listen to Audiobooks and talk about the stories with someone at home.

This week, we are listening to a book called The Blue Umbrella. Please listen to Chapter 5 today.

Now you have listened to the whole story, can you summarise it for someone at home?

What was your favourite part of the story?

READING – THE BLUE UMBRELLA

TOPIC

Today’s topic lesson is an Art activity.

We will be learning about an artist named Frank Bowling and a technique he uses called blending.

You will need some paper and some colouring pencils.

Follow the link to the Oak Academy website and click Start to begin the lesson.

ART – BLENDING

I hope you all enjoy the work that has been set for you today.

Remember that you can always email me any questions at admin@sjtdprimary.org.uk showing ‘Year 2’ in the title.

Have a good day and a wonderful weekend!

Good morning Year Five – Happy Tuesday !

This is our final week together before you return to school in September! Well done, you have made it until the end of the term.

I hope that you have enjoyed learning online 🙂

Reading & Literacy

Today you will continue to work on short story comprehension. If you haven’t had a look at the literacy shed website yet, click on the link below:

THE LITERACY SHED SHORT STORIES

For your task today, you will continue to read and answer a variety of questions for short stories:

SHORT STORY COMPREHENSION PART 2

MATHS: Volume, Capacity, Mass

This is the last week where you will be doing Maths online. For this week’s work, you won’t be accessing the usual white rose website.

Instead, I have uploaded a booklet for you to complete below.

This booklet reviews one last mathematical area that you have not reviewed with white rose: Volume, Capacity and Mass. For today complete pp. 6-10.

VOLUME-CAPACITY-MASS-BOOKLET.PDF

Remember that you can also access Sumdog to do extra maths. You can continue to access Mathletics and Sumdog over the summer:

SUMDOG

Topic: PSHE – Creating hope for the future

Today you will complete a PSHE lesson linking to the Black Lives Matter movement. The lesson is about creating hope for the future, a future that is not based on the colour of someone’s skin but the content of their character.

Click on the link below to access the lesson:

PSHE: BLACK LIVES MATTER

Remember that Ms Durrant and Mr Postles have posted PE and Music lessons on their blog pages.

Make sure you continue to access these until the end of the week.

Have a good day,

Miss Berglund

Good morning children,

Happy Thursday! I hope you are ready for another day of learning.

Below you will find the activities for your home learning today.

MATHS

Click on the link below to access today’s maths activity.

Watch the video on today’s theme: Summer Week 12: Lesson 4 ‘Compare Durations of Time’

Then click on BBC Bitesize next to the video and click on your year group tab to access your work for today.

Please remember you can rewatch the video as many times as you need to and you can go back to it when you are answering the questions

MATHS ACTIVITY

LITERACY

In Literacy today, we will be learning about alphabetical order.

Words in dictionaries are arranged in alphabetical order so it is easier to find the word you want.

Can you think of any other places where alphabetical order is used?

Follow the link below to the BBC Bitesize website. You will need some paper and a pencil.

Here, you will find 3 activities to try at home.

If you require a new book to write on we can provide one from school if parents call to make an appointment for when to collect.

LITERACY – ALPHABETICAL ORDER

READING

We are continuing to listen to Audiobooks and talk about the stories with someone at home.

This week, we are listening to a book called The Blue Umbrella. Please listen to Chapter 4 today.

Tomorrow is the final chapter. How do you think the story will end?

READING – THE BLUE UMBRELLA

TOPIC

Today is the first of two Sports Days in school. To help you join in at home, our topic lesson is a PE activity.

We will be learning about how we move and practising different ways of moving.

There are some videos to watch and 3 activities to try based on Agility, Balance and Coordination.

You can do these activities indoors or outdoors.

Follow the link to the BBC Bitesize website to begin the lesson.

PE – MOVEMENT

I hope you all enjoy the work that has been set for you today.

Remember that you can always email me any questions at admin@sjtdprimary.org.uk showing ‘Year 2’ in the title.

Have a good day!

Good morning Year Five,

This is our final week together before you return to school in September! Well done, you have made it until the end of the term.

I hope that you have enjoyed learning online 🙂

Reading & Literacy

As it is our last week of literacy and you have already worked through a variety of literary genres, I thought that finishing with short stories will be interesting.

A short story is a piece of short fiction.

First have a look at the short stories on the Literacy Shed website. These are short stories filmed.

THE LITERACY SHED SHORT STORIES

Then, access the link below to complete the comprehension work on short stories.

SHORT STORY COMPREHENSION

MATHS: Volume, Capacity, Mass

Today is the last week where you will be doing Maths online. For this week’s work, you won’t be accessing the usual white rose website.

Instead, I have uploaded a booklet for you to complete below.

This booklet reviews one last mathematical area that you have not reviewed with white rose: Volume, Capacity and Mass. For today complete pp.1-6.

VOLUME-CAPACITY-MASS-BOOKLET.PDF

Remember that you can also access Sumdog to do extra maths. You can continue to access Mathletics and Sumdog over the summer:

SUMDOG

Topic: Environmental Science.

This week instead of doing our usual PE. We will continue some of the Science lessons you have begun last week.

This will be your second lesson on how we produce energy. To access the lesson click on the link below:

HOW DO WE PRODUCE ENERGY? PART 2

Remember that Ms Durrant and Mr Postles have posted PE and Music lessons on their blog pages.

Make sure you continue to access these until the end of the week.

Have a good day,

Miss Berglund

Good morning Year Five!

Happy Friday!

Audio/Reading Book

This week, we are using the Chinese Stories page on the story nory website. You can choose a story to listen to or read everyday.

These stories are myths and legends.

Click on the link below to access the story:

CHINESE STORIES

Reading & Literacy – Genre Focus: Newspaper articles

This week we are pretending to be a journalist writing a newspaper article. In today’s lesson, you will plan and write a newspaper report based on what you have studied this week. Make sure you include all the features you have learnt about and that you include some direct and indirect speech!

Click on the link below to access the lesson:

TO WRITE A NEWSPAPER REPORT

MATHS

This week, you will need to access Summer Term – Week 12 on the home learning White Rose page. This week’s focus is on units of measurements. In the two first lessons, you will look at different units of measurements in whic context you use them. Then the next lessons will look at conversions of units. To access the activities that go with each day’s lesson, you will need to click on the BBC bitesize link on the right side and then click on Year 5/P6 to access the activity of the day.

To access the FRIDAY CHALLENGE click on the link below:

FRIDAY CHALLENGE

When you have completed your daily lesson and activity, continue to challenge your mathematical reasoning by accessing Mathletics and the new tasks I have set for you:

MATHLETICS LOGIN

Topic: FRIDAY ART

In today’s art lesson, you will be drawing still art. Still art is representing things that cannot move; things that are inanimate!

Click on the link below to access you lesson:

STILL ART

PE – MUSIC

Have you looked at our PE and Music Blogs recently?

Every week Miss Durrant sets PE and sports activities for everyone to try at home.

Mr Postles posts videos in which he talks about learning how to sing and play music, famous composers etc.

You can access these two blogs by clicking on PUPILS section and then on PE or MUSIC.

Have a good weekend 🙂

Miss Berglund

Good morning Year Five!

Happy Thursday!

Audio/Reading Book

This week, I would like you to access the Chinese Stories page on the story nory website. You can choose a story to listen to or read everyday.

These stories are myths and legends.

Click on the link below to access the story:

CHINESE STORIES

Reading & Literacy – Genre Focus: Newspaper articles

I hope you have enjoyed writing about elves and sprites. This week you’re going to pretend to be a journalist writing a newspaper article. In today’s lesson, you will practise reporting information using direct and indirect speech; this will help you to write your article on Friday. Later during the week, you will review how to use direct and indirect speech and the use of speech marks.

Click on the link below to access the lesson:

USING DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH

MATHS

This week, you will need to access Summer Term – Week 12 on the home learning White Rose page. This week’s focus is on units of measurements. In the two first lessons, you will look at different units of measurements in whic context you use them. Then the next lessons will look at conversions of units. To access the activities that go with each day’s lesson, you will need to click on the BBC bitesize link on the right side and then click on Year 5/P6 to access the activity of the day.

To access the Week 12 page, lesson 4 click on the link below:

WEEK 12: METRICS AND IMPERIAL UNITS

When you have completed your daily lesson and activity, continue to challenge your mathematical reasoning by accessing Mathletics and the new tasks I have set for you:

MATHLETICS LOGIN

Topic: Environmental Science and the Industrial Revolution

Today I would like you to access another lesson on environmental science. This lesson will explore how energy is produced – it is really interesting. You will be learning about how power was historically generated and the rise in the use of electricity throughout the industrial revolution, which is a topic you should have learnt about during the Summer term. This led to huge advancements in humas’ capacity to power our world. We will learn about non-renewable and renewable energy and consider the pros and cons of fossil fuels.

HOW DO WE PRODUCE ENERGY?

PE – MUSIC

Have you looked at our PE and Music Blogs recently?

Every week Miss Durrant sets PE and sports activities for everyone to try at home.

Mr Postles posts videos in which he talks about learning how to sing and play music, famous composers etc.

You can access these two blogs by clicking on PUPILS section and then on PE or MUSIC.

Have a good day 🙂

Miss Berglund