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Pop up Pantry, by Mrs Harris
Date: 5th Feb 2021 @ 11:59am
Pop up Pantry will be open 10am - 1pm today
We have had a fresh produce delivery this morning, our school families are encouraged to come and collect today 😊😊😊
Home learning Keeping healthy and Growing day 5, by Miss Mclaren
Date: 5th Feb 2021 @ 10:35am
Hi Preschool, keep doing your amazing work and uploading when you can.
Start off today with a warm up with Joe Wicks
Today we are focusing on Expressive art and design
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Today we will be thinking about different patterns and prints we can make using different objects.
If you have any left over fruit that you will not be using and some paint, have a go at printing using different fruits.
If you don’ have paint but you have food colouring you can mix a small amount of flour and water together with the food colouring so it’s a very wet consistency and try painting with that. Can you make a pattern?
What do you notice? If it is an apple can you see the seeds?
An orange/tangerine can you see the segments?
If you are unable to do the painting, try having a go at drawing the Hungry caterpillar and the beautiful butterfly. Can you create a pattern for the caterpillars body using different colours?
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Egg box caterpillar,
Can you make a caterpillar using an egg box and some resources from the garden/park or from around your house? Glue on some eyes and antenna and legs.
3
Well being activity
Make a fruit pizza, using a biscuit as a base and then adding on top your favorite fruit, I like using strawberries and grapes.
Have fun and have a loveky weekend.
Year 3 home learning Friday 5.2.21, by Mrs McAlynn
Date: 5th Feb 2021 @ 10:20am
Good morning Year 3! We have come to the end of another busy week and are so proud of all the super work you have completed this week.
Here are your home learning tasks for today:
Maths- we are finishing off our work on mass this week by exploring problem including addition and subtraction of mass. Remember to look carefully at the unit of measure that is being used and remember that 1000g = 1kg.
English- we would like you to complete your poster, comparing modern Egypt and Ancient Egypt. When your poster is finished, prepare a presentation to share with your family what you have found out- you could even video your presentation and send it to your teachers!
Art- this afternoon we will be starting to make our African Masks. Hopefully you will have come to school earlier in the week to collect your resource pack so that you have all the things you need. Please follow Mrs McAlynn's step-by-step videos on our school Youtube to complete your mask. We can't wait to see photos of your finished artwork- please keep it safe and bring it in class when we return to school so that we can add it to our wall display.
The timestables rockstars battle is very close this week! Keep practising and winning lots of points for your team!
Have a lovely weekend children- speak to you on Monday.
Mrs McAlynn, Mrs Fitzgerald and Mrs McGunigall :)
Today's Home Learning Blog Friday 5th February 2021, by Miss Flynn
Date: 5th Feb 2021 @ 9:35am
Good Morning!!!
Happy Friday!!
Here is an overview of today's lessons....
Maths- Please complete the algebra booklet attached to SchoolSpider- there is a PowerPoint to support.
English- Please read/listen to chapter 10 and complete the activity outlined on SchoolSpider
RE- Explore and understand the Penitential Act and complete the activities on SchoolSpider.
Have a lovely weekend!!
Don't forget to send in pictures of anything fun you get up to :)
Miss Flynn, Miss Houghton, Mrs Worthington, Miss Rylance and Mrs Hayes 
Year 1 Vlog 05/02/21, by Mr Chamberlain
Date: 5th Feb 2021 @ 8:21am
F2 Friday 5th February 2021 Home Learning Tasks, by Miss Ward
Date: 4th Feb 2021 @ 7:29pm
Hi F2,
Here are today's activities:
Literacy – Alliteration
Write and sing the alphabet with someone at home.
Can you think of something that begins with each letter of the alphabet? For example: c –cat, f- frog, a – ant etc.
Complete the worksheet attached on the School Spider.
Challenge: Can you make a ‘Silly Soup’ of words all beginning with the same letter? For example: Dan danced dinosaurs.
Phonics – Consolidation
In Phonics, we are practising our Phase 2 and 3 phonemes:
Phase 2 (s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, r, h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss)
Phase 3 (j, v, w, x, y, z, zz, qu, ch, sh, th, ng, ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, ure, er).
Look at a picture of a woodland scene https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/assets/resources/shared/pdf-thumbnails/printables-scene-woodland.jpg and can you write words for some of the objects you can see?
Challenge- Can you write some of these words in a caption. I see a fox.
Maths – Halving Objects
Join in with the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYMBQ92RoVw
Can you match the halves of the objects to make a whole on the worksheet?
Challenge – Can you draw your own object and cut it into two halves.
PSED: Lost and Found
Go on to Tapestry (Memo). Watch Miss Kealey’s video reading the story ‘Lost and Found’.
Look at the front cover of the book – how are the characters feeling? Why?
Read through the story. What does it mean to be lonely? Have you ever felt lonely before? Did anyone make you feel better? How do you know if someone is feeling lonely? What could you do to make them feel better? Talk about friendship in school.
Activity: Draw around your hand. On each finger can you write a name of someone you could talk to if you felt lonely? Can you decorate your handprint too.
Challenge - Write a sentence about what you could do if you or your friend was feeling lonely.
We have started uploading videos of stories on Tapestry (Memo). In addition, there is a video on Tapestry explaining some Phonics terminology.
This week is Children’s Mental Health Week there are lots of activities that you can do on https://www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk/ Place 2B website.
Wellbeing Activity: Play a game. For example: jigsaw, musical statues, board game.
Have fun and remember to post pictures of your work on Tapestry!
F2 Team
Activity packs for children not attending school during the current lockdown, by Mrs Harris
Date: 4th Feb 2021 @ 4:54pm
If your child is not attending school right now and are accessing home learning, please collect an activity pack from the multi practical room tomorrow Friday 5 February at 10 - 11am and 2 - 3pm
Home learning Keeping healthy and Growing day 4, by Miss Mclaren
Date: 4th Feb 2021 @ 11:21am
Hi Preschool, hope you are enjoying doing all of our activities.
Have a try at starting today with your Cosmic Kids Yoga.
Today we are focusing on maths.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyj5LooYWyg
Maths
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Today we will be thinking about the days of the week.
Listen to the days of the week song and see if you can recognise any of them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tx0rvuXIRg
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Now we are going to think about the different food the caterpillar at on each day of the week.
If you are able to draw the different fruits and make labels for the days of the week, encourage your child to place the food in the correct order, on the correct day. Focus on Monday –Friday thinking about the amounts.
1 apple
2 pears
3 plums
4 strawberries
5 oranges
3.
Once you have ordered them correctly have a try at writing out your numbers 1-5.
The number rhymes I posted on Tapestry will help with this.
If you are able, draw the correct amount of fruits with each number, can just be coloured circles or dots or lines.
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If you still have the exploratory tray out,from yesterday or would like to make one, ask your child to make a caterpillar using 3 pieces of cucumber/paper whatever you have then ask them to pick a number card and make a caterpillar using the correct amount of circles that correlates to the card.
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Well being activity
Draw a picture of you and your family and place it in the memory box. Make sure you ask what colour eyes and hair you and your family have.
Year 3 home learning Thursday 4.2.21, by Mrs McAlynn
Date: 4th Feb 2021 @ 10:11am
Good morning year 3! We hope you are having a good week! Today's learning tasks are uploaded for you on school spider :)
Maths- today we are carrying on with our work on mass and will be ordering objects from heaviest to lightest, and using the < and > symbols to compare.
English- today you will be creating an information poster to show what you have found out in your research about Ancient Egypt and modern day Egypt.
History- we will be learning about what everyday life was like for an Egyptian person. What kind of activities would they have done throughout the day- are any of them similar to things that you do? Imagine that you are an Ancient Egyptian child and write a diary entry about your day.
The timestable rockstars battle is very close this week- keep logging on each day to practise and win more points for your team!
Have a great day! Mrs McAlynn, Mrs Fitzgerald and Mrs McGunigall :)
Year 2 Vlog 04.02.21, by Miss Hanton-Wise
Date: 4th Feb 2021 @ 10:08am
Today's Home Learning 04.02.21, by Miss Houghton
Date: 4th Feb 2021 @ 9:05am
Good Morning Year 6,
Happy Thursday!
Hope you are all ok and keeping safe!
A brief outline of today's tasks
English:
Listen again to the end of Chapter 9
The Plan.
In your own words explain the plan that Finn, Clovis and Maia have hatched.
You need to understand the plan – who is involved, what they are going to do and how this looks to others. Imagine you are Finn and you are faced with the task of explaining the plan to others.
Imagining you are Finn…write down the plan to send Clovis back to England so he can stay in the Amazon.
Maths:
Forming Equations - Algebra. A PowerPoint is uploaded onto the school spider for you to work through.
Art:
Today you will look at some of the work of Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo’s artwork.
On the PowerPoint attached you will find several images of her work.
Create a short factfile about who she was, note key information about her life and some key points about her style of artwork.
Have a great day!
Miss Houghton, Miss Flynn, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes 
Year 4 Home Learning 04/02/2021, by Mr Woodland
Date: 4th Feb 2021 @ 8:54am
Happy Thursday Year 4,
Today's Home Learning tasks are in the login area and their is more detail if you watch below.
A new TTRockstars battle is also set up between the 2 classes, for you to use at home. Mrs Barron's class won last week.
We hope you are all doing well and just message if there are any problems.
Stay safe
Mr Woodland, Miss Barron, Miss Lee and Mrs Evans
Year 4 Home Learning 03/02/2021, by Mr Woodland
Date: 4th Feb 2021 @ 8:49am
Happy Wednesday Year 4,
Today's Home Learning tasks are in the login area and their is more detail if you watch below.
A new TTRockstars battle is also set up between the 2 classes, for you to use at home. Mrs Barron's class won last week.
We hope you are all doing well and just message if there are any problems.
Stay safe
Mr Woodland, Miss Barron, Miss Lee and Mrs Evans
Year 5 Home Learning Thursday 4th February 2021, by Miss Welsh
Date: 4th Feb 2021 @ 8:36am
Good Morning Year 5 
,
Hope you are all ok and staying safe at home. We have uploaded a daily video explaining the activities further for you.
Keep uploading your work, it is fantastic to see what you are doing.
Have a lovely day, have a go at the wellbeing activities it is important to do both your school work and enjoy time with your family.
Don't forget to go on the rockstars website (just let us know on the school spider if you need your log in). https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school. The battle is going strong, which class will be champions this week?
Miss Welsh, Mr Worthington, Mrs Scarisbrick, Mrs Daley and Mrs Barron
Year 1 Vlog 04/02/21, by Mr Chamberlain
Date: 4th Feb 2021 @ 8:17am
F2 Thursday 4th February 2021 Home Learning Tasks, by Miss Ward
Date: 3rd Feb 2021 @ 5:38pm
Hi F2,
Here are today's activities:
Literacy – Alliteration
Listen to the story (Akira’s Animal Alphabet Alliterations) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-IpfL1uCgc
Can you think of any more alliterative animal phrases? E.g. blue bird, green grasshopper, ruby ring.
Can you write an alliterative poem all about animals or objects? It doesn’t have to rhyme.
For example: I can see a blue bird.
I can see a big brown bear.
I have a ruby red ring.
Phonics – Consolidation
In Phonics, we are practising our Phase 2 and 3 phonemes:
Phase 2 (s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, r, h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss)
Phase 3 (j, v, w, x, y, z, zz, qu, ch, sh, th, ng, ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, ure, er).
Play a game of splat the sound. Can you write some of your Phase 2 and 3 sounds on paper and have an adult say a sound. Can you splat it with your hand?
Challenge – can you write a word containing that sound?
Maths – Halving
Watch and join in with the lesson about halving https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/understanding-the-concept-of-half-part-1-ccvp8t
Can you complete the worksheet all about halving? (You will find this on the School Spider)
Thematic: What sounds can you hear in the rainforest?
Go on to Tapestry (Memo). Watch Miss Kealey’s video reading a story all about an Orang-utan.
Talk to children about the issues the rainforest animals are facing due to the trees being cut down and their habitat destroyed.
Can you use a range of materials to make a ‘Save our rainforest’ poster, think about what you could write on the poster.
We have started uploading videos of stories on Tapestry (Memo). In addition, there is a video on Tapestry explaining some Phonics terminology.
This week is Children’s Mental Health Week there are lots of activities that you can do on https://www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk/ Place 2B website.
Wellbeing Activity: Play a game of hide and seek with your family
Have fun and remember to post pictures of your work on Tapestry!
F2 Team
Year 2 Vlog 03.02.21, by Miss Hanton-Wise
Date: 3rd Feb 2021 @ 4:18pm
Today's Home Learning Blog Wednesday 3rd February 2021, by Miss Flynn
Date: 3rd Feb 2021 @ 9:22am
Good Morning Year 6!
Here is a brief overview of today's lessons;
English today will be reading/listening to Journey to the River Sea- ensure you are up to chapter 8. The links for the chapters are on SchoolSpider and then there are some questions to complete.
In Maths we are continuing with algebra and forming expressions. There is a PowerPoint and worksheet on SchoolSpider to help you.
In Science you will be investigating what happens when certain changes are made to a circuit.
Don't forget to go on the rockstars website (just let us know on the school spider if you need your log in). https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school
We look forward to seeing you all soon.
Miss Flynn, Miss Houghton, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes
Year 1 Vlog 03/02/21, by Mr Chamberlain
Date: 3rd Feb 2021 @ 8:48am
Home learning Keeping healthy and Growing day 3, by Miss Mclaren
Date: 3rd Feb 2021 @ 8:37am
Understanding the World
Today we are working on our Understanding the World area of learning.
Before you start, why don't you have a try warming up with Joe Wicks?
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Today we will be looking at the change in the caterpillar and then the changes we can see in ourselves
First of all, look at the pictures of the caterpillar throughout the story.
What did he start as? What did he grow in to? What did he do throughout the story to grow into a butterfly?
Can you show your child the video of The Very Hungry Caterpillar again, encourage them to look at the different parts of the lifecycle of a caterpillar.
Why and how do they think that has happened?
If you are able to, can you show pictures of yourself as a baby, child, teenager, if not is there anyone else in the family that you could show their growth and change through pictures?
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Look at the way they have changed by looking at their baby pictures.
What changes can they notice?
Do a hand print using paint or draw around their hand and then do the same to yours. What do they notice about the two?
Do they think they will grow as big as their parent or stay as they are?
What will help them to grow?
Can they draw a picture of themselves as a baby and then a picture of themselves now?
3.
Now that you have seen what you looked like as a baby and what your family looked like, we now need to think about the caterpillar and what they would grow into.
Do you think you could make me a lifecycle of a caterpillar?
You can be as creative as you want. You can draw it, paint it, build it or make it.
I would like to see an egg, a very small caterpillar, a fully grown caterpillar, a cocoon and a butterfly.
I can’t wait to see all your creations.
4. If you would like to have a go at making an exploratory tray, you could use cucumber, tomatoes and raisins to create a caterpillar, go on the hunt for some leaves and twigs and make a habitat for your caterpillar to live in.
5
Write your name and measure yourself with a piece of string, cut the string and tie it ina bow with your name and the date on. Then place it in your memory box
Year 5 Home Learning Wednesday 3rd January 2021, by Miss Welsh
Date: 2nd Feb 2021 @ 8:19pm
Good Morning Year 5,
Wednesday already! You are half way through our week of home learning, we are so proud of all the hard work you are doing. Keep it up!
We have uploaded a daily video explaining the activities for day further for you. We have also modelled the method for Maths.
Today is inside out day, we have uploaded activities for you to enjoy and think about yours and others mental wellbeing. It’s ok not to be ok. Remember to talk and share how you’re feeling good or bad.
Keep going with the Timetable rocks star battle, it is so close now!
Miss Welsh, Mr Worthington, Mrs Scarisbrick, Mrs Daley and Mrs Barron
F2 Wednesday 3rd February 2021 Home Learning Tasks, by Miss Ward
Date: 2nd Feb 2021 @ 6:38pm
Hi F2,
Here are todays activities:
Literacy – Alliteration
Sometimes we get words muddled when they all begin with the same letter and are next to each other, which is alliteration. Listen some tongue twisters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tvZ-J5AsfM&t=187s&pbjreload=101
Can you say the first letter that their name begins with? For example ‘B’ for Billy. Can you recognise the first letter of the names of the people you live with?
Can you write a name label but use some alliteration too. Think about your coat peg in school what is the picture? For example: Tiger Tim. You might even want to think of an action For example: Jumping Jake.
Phonics – Consolidation
In Phonics, we are practising our Phase 2 and 3 phonemes:
Phase 2 (s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, r, h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss)
Phase 3 (j, v, w, x, y, z, zz, qu, ch, sh, th, ng, ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, ure, er).
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/assets/resources/shared/pdf-thumbnails/printables-scene-farmyard.jpg Can you look at the picture. can you write some words to match what you see in the picture? For example: sheep. Can you write your sound buttons too?
Maths – Halving
Watch the story all about halving https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=663FhDCwhkY
Have some different pieces of fruit/ objects E.g. 4 apples, 6 bananas, 5 oranges etc.
Pick a number. Can they count out the correct amount of fruit/ objects and halve it equally (share between 2)?
Repeat this with different numbers.
Thematic: What sounds can you hear in the rainforest?
Talk about the rainforest climate and the fact that it rains a lot. Show children rainmaker instrument and explore using it to make different sounds. https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51KDYKZOQJL._AC_SX425_.jpg
Explore pouring different materials into cardboard tubes (kitchen roll tube or just rolled up card) eg. lentils, rice etc and what sounds best.
Can you create a rainforest design on paper that can be wrapped around your rainmaker you might include trees and what animals live in the rainforest.
Can you make a rainforest sound composition, explore starting quietly and then get louder.
We have started uploading videos of stories on Tapestry (Memo). In addition, there is a video on Tapestry explaining some Phonics terminology.
This week is Children’s Mental Health Week there are lots of activities that you can do on https://www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk/ Place 2B website.
Wellbeing Activity: Do some yoga with your family.
Have fun and remember to post pictures of your work on Tapestry!
F2 Team
Year 4 Home Learning 02/02/2021, by Mr Woodland
Date: 2nd Feb 2021 @ 2:57pm
Happy Tuesday Year 4,
Today's Home Learning tasks are in the login area and their is more detail if you watch below.
A new TTRockstars battle is also set up between the 2 classes, for you to use at home. Mrs Barron's class won last week.
We hope you are all doing well and just message if there are any problems.
Stay safe
Mr Woodland, Miss Barron, Miss Lee and Mrs Evans
Home learning Keeping healthy and Growing day 2, by Miss Mclaren
Date: 2nd Feb 2021 @ 1:54pm
Hi preschool,
Today we are doing our literacy lessons,
We have loved seeing all your work so far so keep up the good work.
I will be posting a story of the Very Hungry Caterpillar tomorrow so watch out for that.
Here are the activities for today.
Cosmic Kids Yoga
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhWDiQRrC1Y
Literacy and Communication and Language
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Listen to the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Focus on the p sound, can they have a try at writing the sound p?
What food did the caterpillar eat that began with p?
What other food can they think of that begins with p, make a list together.
2
Now that you have thought about food that begins with p in the story, can you think about your favourite food? Mrs McLaren’s favourite food is pizza, what sound does that begin with?
Can you draw your favourite food and write the initial sound next to it?
Children may need help to write the initial sound so if you could write in yellow, or a lighter colour and the child copy over the letter that would be great.
They can also use the letter board we have sent home to find and recognise the initial sound and have a practice writing over those letters.
3
Fine motor control
If you have playdough could you make some small balls of playdough?
Then, using your tweezers or kitchen tongs, try to pick up the balls of playdough and place them down next to each other to make a caterpillar. Find something to use as antenna and eyes and legs.
Can you make a big face and mouth for your caterpillar?
The caterpillar is hungry, do you think you could make some food for him and feed him with your tweezers/tongs?
4
Well being task
Start to create your very own memory box, capturing your time at home with your family.
The first thing you need to do today is find a box and start to decorate it.
Each day we will add something to the b
Year 2 Home Learning Vlog 02/02/21, by Miss Hanton-Wise
Date: 2nd Feb 2021 @ 11:48am
Happy Tuesday!
Here are your activities for today!
Have a great day,
Miss McNamee, Miss Wise, Miss McLaughlin, Mrs Wright and Mrs Dunleavy :)