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Year 3 home learning Friday 22.1.21, by Mrs McAlynn
Date: 22nd Jan 2021 @ 10:32am
Good morning year 3- another week of home school done! Well done for all your effort (both children and parents!) and for all the super work you have uploaded to school spider.
In our lessons today...
Maths- we are going to be pulling together all the things we have learnt about multiplication and division this week and exploring the inverse- how multiplication and division are the opposite/inverse of each other- and thinking about how this can help us to solve problems quickly and efficiently.
English- we are moving on in our poetry unit to look at Tanka poems and will be focusing on these in our lessons next week. Tanka's are very similar to Haiku's- can you spot the similarities and differences between them?
Art and Design- we are focusing this week on the facial features of African masks. Have a look at the different ways the eyes, nose, mouth, eyebrows and cheeks have been created- what shapes and designs have been used? What ideas would you like to incorporate into your own designs next week?
When you come to collect your packs on Monday we are going to include your logins for both timestables rockstars and the online reading scheme- it is really important that you are using this as much as you can, preferably every day. See if you can complete a times table battle to help your class be this weeks champions!!
If you are returning work on Monday for your teachers to look at please remember to put your name on your work. We have had several packs returned this week with no name on and we cannot tell who the lovely work belongs to!
Have a great weekend!! Mrs McAlynn, Mrs Fitzgerald, Mrs Bale, Mrs Mayes and Miss Massie :)
Year 4 Home Learning 22/01/2021, by Mr Woodland
Date: 22nd Jan 2021 @ 9:17am
Happy Friday Year 4,
Almost the weekend and a rest for you all.
Today's Home Learning tasks are in the login area and their is more detail if you watch below.
The TTRockstars battle is also set up between the 2 classes, for you to use at home. So come on Mr Woodland's, lets win this! (Don't tell Miss Barron I said that)!
We hope you are all doing well and just message if there are any problems.
Hope you all have a good weekend.
Mr Woodland, Miss Barron, Miss Lee, Mrs Evans and Miss Harrison
Year 1 Vlog 22/01/21, by Mr Chamberlain
Date: 22nd Jan 2021 @ 8:14am
Year 5 Home Learning Friday 22nd January 2021, by Miss Welsh
Date: 21st Jan 2021 @ 10:25pm
Good FRI- YAY Year 5 
,
The end of week three online learning already, it is going by so quickly! We hope you and your families are safe and keep smiling
We have uploaded a daily video explaining the activities further for you.
Don’t forget the TT Rockstar battle finishes on Sunday, keep logging on and let’s see which class will be champions this time.
Have a fantastic weekend
We look forward to seeing you all soon.
Miss Welsh, Mr Worthington, Mrs Scarisbrick, Mrs Daley and Mrs Barron
F2 Friday 22nd January 2021 Home Learning Tasks, by Miss Ward
Date: 21st Jan 2021 @ 7:34pm
Hi F2,
Happy Friday! We hope you all had a lovely day doing activities yesterday! We cannot wait to see all of your hard work!
Literacy – Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Look at the pictures that you created yesterday for your sequence of instructions on how to make porridge. Can you retell the instructions to an adult?
Can you think about the words we use at the start of instructions? For example: mix, stir, put, eat etc. These are imperative verbs or ‘bossy verbs’ as they tell us to do something.
Can you write some instructions on how to make porridge? Can you include the ‘bossy verbs’ in your instructions?
Phonics – Consolidation/Letter Names
In Phonics, we are practising our Phase 2 and 3 sounds:
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 some free Phonics Play Games to work on segmenting and blending.
Write some Phase 2 and 3 phonemes (sounds) on some paper and cut them out. Can you make a path with them on the floor? Pretend the sounds are the stepping-stones. Can you say them as you step on them to cross the river? E.g. oa, oi, th, w, s, ff
Maths – Addition
Using Duplo blocks/Lego or make your own objects using paper. Can you combine them together to make an addition sentence? For example: 2 yellow blocks and 4 red blocks make 6.
Use a different colour for each number e.g. 2 are yellow and 4 are red. When we add them together, we get a tower of 6. Recap on practicing counting 1:1 correspondence.
Make addition sentences and work out the answers. Remember to use our + and = symbols too.
PSED
Listen to the story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY_5LXqkfzQ
Before playing the video. Look at the front cover of the book. How do you think the dinosaur is feeling? What does the word worry mean? What might the dinosaur worry about?
After listening to the story – have you ever felt like the worrysaurus? How does your body feel? What can you do when you feel worried or scared? Act out what you would do/say with one of your favourite toys/teddies.
What would you say to the worrysauras to make him feel better? Can you draw a picture to show this and write some words too?
Wellbeing activity: With an adult, can you cook or bake something yummy to eat?
Have fun and remember to post pictures of your work on Tapestry!
F2 Team
Today's Online Learning 22.01.21, by Miss Houghton
Date: 21st Jan 2021 @ 3:28pm
Happy Friday Year 6!!
We can't believe we are already at the end of week 3 of online learning! Thank you for all the fantastic work that you have sent in this week.
The daily video explaining today's tasks is uploaded below so make sure you watch that! Don't forget to send us any pictures of your work to us through the school spider.
A brief outline for today
English - Today you will use similes and metaphors to form a descriptive piece of writing. You will be imagining you are Maia from our text 'Journey to the River Sea.'
Maths - Intepreting negative numbers on a line graph and answering questions alongside this.
RE - Following on from last week looking at our topic 'Exploring the Mass' there are some questions uploaded onto the school spider for you.
There is also the home well-being activities for you to complete at home with your families. We have loved seeing some pictures of some of you baking at home so please do send us any pictures of what you get up to.
Also don't forget to take part in the Rockstars Times Tables battle.
Have a great week everyone and we will see you Monday ready for week 4 of online learning.
Miss Houghton, Miss Flynn, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes 
Year 4 Home Learning 21/01/2021, by Mr Woodland
Date: 21st Jan 2021 @ 2:55pm
Happy Thursday Year 4,
Today's Home Learning tasks are in the login area and their is more detail if you watch below.
The TTRockstars battle is also set up between the 2 classes, for you to use at home. So come on Mr Woodland's, lets win this! (Don't tell Miss Barron I said that)!
We hope you are all doing well and just message if there are any problems.
Mr Woodland, Miss Barron, Miss Lee, Mrs Evans and Miss Harrison
Year 3 home learning Thursday 21.1.21, by Mrs McAlynn
Date: 21st Jan 2021 @ 10:50am
Good morning year 3! Hope you had a good day yesterday despite all the rain! Thanks goodness that the sunshine has come out for us today! Your home learning activities are ready for you on school spider :)
In our maths lesson today we are carrying on learning about division, this time focusing on dividing by 4. Have a practise of your 4 times table on Rockstars before you begin, because your knowledge of multiples of 4 will help you with your division work.
In our english lesson we are going to be writing our own Haiku poems about the River Nile. Look over what your found out about the Nile in geography yesterday to help you with your ideas. Remember to follow the 5-7-5 line syllable count!
In our History lesson this afternoon we are going to be exploring Egyptian Heiroglyphics- the symbols and pictures the Ancient Egyptians used to commuicate. See if you can decode the secret messages and write some messages of your own!
Make sure you are using the online home reading scheme to read each day with your family!
Have a great day! Mrs McAlynn, Mrs Fitzgerald, Mrs McGunigall, Mrs Mayes and Miss Massie :)
Year 2 Vlog 21.01.21, by Miss Hanton-Wise
Date: 21st Jan 2021 @ 9:51am
Good Morning!
We hope you are all staying safe at home!
We are really enjoying seeing your completed tasks, both online and in your packs! Keep up the great work!
Today's Maths lesson is - Solving Problems using repeated addition.
Today's English lesson is - Reading Non-Fiction Books to find information about Dolphins.
Today's PE lesson is - The importance of keeping healthy and working through some PE challenges at home! (The challenges can be found in the Homework area, along with the blog for today).
Have a great day!
Miss McNamee, Miss Wise, Miss McLaughlin, Mrs Wright and Mrs Dunleavy
Year 5 Home Learning Thursday 21st January 2021, by Miss Welsh
Date: 20th Jan 2021 @ 10:02pm
Good Morning Year 5,
Here is todays video, Mr. Worthinginton has explained the tasks for today. Today we will be focusing on English, Math and Computing, there is resources on the school spider to support and complete.
Don't forget to take plenty of breaks and maybe try to do some exercise or get some fresh air.
Miss Welsh, Mr Worthington, Mrs Scarisbrick, Mrs Daley and Mrs Barron
F2 Thursday 21st January 2021 Home Learning Tasks, by Miss Ward
Date: 20th Jan 2021 @ 8:42pm
Hi F2,
Happy Thursday. We have loved seeing all of the work you have sent in to Tapestry so keep up the hard work!
Literacy – Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Listen and watch the story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfn4WGv3qgU
Recap how to make porridge and what ingredients and equipment we need.
Draw pictures of each step and sequence pictures for making porridge. Can they write time adverbials for each picture? E.g. first, next, then etc.
Don’t write the instructions as we are doing this on Friday.
Phonics – Consolidation/Letter Names
In Phonics, we are practising our Phase 2 and 3 sounds:
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).
Ask an adult to write some CVC words on pieces of paper. Can you read them and draw a picture to match?
Play some free Phonics Play Games to work on segmenting and blending.
Maths – Addition
Collect 2 bowls/boxes and some different objects from around your house.
Can you put different amounts of objects in the bowls and write an addition sentence to match.
For example: 2 bananas and 3 apples will be 2+3 = 5
Understanding the world: Who’s print is this?
Listen to the story - Rumble in the Jungle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgdfofQegaM
Make up your own animal and draw it. You can combine two animals together if you like. We would like you to create a new pattern for your animal e.g. purple spots or green stripes. You might give it a name such as a ‘zebraffe’ (mix between a zebra and giraffe).
We cannot wait to see what you come up with!
Music
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/the-rainforest-part-2-64wk8t?activity=video&step=1&view=1 Rainforest Lesson Part 2
Join in with the lesson. Dance to some Brazilian drumming and make up some funky fruit rhythms.
Wellbeing activity: Go for a walk. Can you draw some things you might see on your walk?
Have fun and remember to post pictures of your work on Tapestry!
F2 Team
Today's Home Learning Blog Thursday 21st January 2021, by Miss Flynn
Date: 20th Jan 2021 @ 3:14pm
Happy Thursday Everyone!
Here is a brief overview of today's lessons;
English today will explore metaphors and how we can use them within our writing to paint a picture to the reader.
Maths will continue with negative numbers and will have links to temperatures around the world.
Art will involve finding definitions to key vocabulary linked to our current topic. You will also be expected to re-create a piece of South American art work.
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
You also need to ensure you have read/listened to chapter 1, 2 and 3 of Journey to the River Sea. You may begin Chapter 4 if you are have.
We look forward to seeing you all soon.
Miss Flynn, Miss Houghton, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes
Pop Up Pantry!, by Mr Chamberlain
Date: 20th Jan 2021 @ 2:42pm
Store cupboard items available for all our families to supplement your weekly shop. Particulary for our families who are unable to access the voucher scheme.
Located in the Kitchen in our Annexe Building on Beckworth Street. Enter through the carpark and turn right.
Open Daily at the following times:
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Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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9:00 - 10:00 |
9:00 - 10:00 |
12:30 - 1:30 |
10:00 - 11:00 |
10:00 - 11:00 |
Items available to pick up free of charge include:
Baked beans, tinned tuna, tomato soup, tinned sweet corn, tinned fruit, fresh bread, breakfast ceral (rice crispies, cornflakes), tinned fruit, pasta
This week’s special:
Create a lunch for the family with our baked potato packs including, baking potatoes, beans, cheese squares, and a handy recipe card.
Coming soon…
Next week’s special: pasta bake pack
Week beginning 31st January: easy pizza pack
Year 2 Vlog 20.01.21, by Miss Hanton-Wise
Date: 20th Jan 2021 @ 11:48am
Happy Wednesday!
Here are your instructions for your school work for today!
Have a great day,
Miss McNamee, Miss Wise, Miss McLaughlin, Mrs Wright and Mrs Dunleavy!
Year 3 home learning Wednesday 20.1.21, by Mrs McAlynn
Date: 20th Jan 2021 @ 10:37am
Good morning Year 3! Another miserable, rainy day! Hopefully you will be able brighten up the day with all your super home learning today!
In our Maths lesson today we are starting to explore division. Today we are going to be dividing number and sets of objects by 3.
In our English lesson we are going to continue looking at Japanese Haiku poems. Today you need to follow the 5-7-5 syllable count to rearrange the sentences in the mixed up Haikus!
This afternoon is our Geography lesson- we are going to be finding out about the River Nile; the longest river in the world! We will explore some of the reasons it is so important to the people of Egypt and the different uses it has.
Mr Worthington has set up new battles for each year group on Timestable Rockstars- let's see which class can be the champions this week!
We would love everyone to be reading each day using the online reading scheme- please get in touch if you need a reminder of your username or reading stage.
Remember to upload photos of your work to school spider so that we can give you feedback.
Mrs McAlynn, Mrs Bale, Mrs McGunigall, Mrs Mayes and Miss Massie :)
Year 4 Home Learning 20/01/2021, by Mr Woodland
Date: 20th Jan 2021 @ 9:10am
Happy Wednesday Year 4,
Today's Home Learning tasks are in the login area and their is more detail if you watch below.
The TTRockstars battle is also set up between the 2 classes, for you to use at home. So come on Mr Woodland's, lets win this! (Don't tell Miss Barron I said that)!
We hope you are all doing well and just message if there are any problems.
Mr Woodland, Miss Barron, Miss Lee, Mrs Evans and Miss Harrison
Year 5 Home Learning Wednesday 20th January 2021, by Miss Welsh
Date: 19th Jan 2021 @ 8:47pm
Good Morning Year 5,
We are half way through the week already!!
We hope you are all ok and getting on with your home learning.
We have uploaded the blog for today outlining what we would like you to do at home and there are Power points and worksheets on the school spider for you to complete.
Don't forget to be logging in to Times tables Rockstar. There is a Year 5 battle for you to compete in!
We hope you all have a great day and look forward to seeing you all soon!
Miss Welsh, Mr Worthington, Mrs Scarisbrick, Mrs Barron and Mrs Daley
F2 Wednesday 20th January 2021 Home Learning Tasks, by Miss Ward
Date: 19th Jan 2021 @ 6:32pm
Hi F2,
Happy Wednesday! We hope you all had a lovely day doing activities yesterday! We cannot wait to see all of your hard work!
Literacy – Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Listen and watch the story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfn4WGv3qgU
Watch the video of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. What does Goldilocks eat?
Watch a video of someone making porridge with the sound on mute. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNoUbl-r0oY Have the children each make porridge, have the children verbally tell an adult the instructions. Talk about what ingredients and equipment is used. Can you draw a picture of them and write the words?
Phonics – Consolidation/Letter Names
In Phonics, we are practising our Phase 2 and 3 sounds:
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).
Write some Phase 2 and 3 sounds on paper and mix them up. Have an adult shout out a phoneme (sound) and can they find it?
Maths – Adding groups
Watch the video: Jack Hartman Number Bonds to 10 to recap your work from yesterday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD9tjBUiXs0
Can you make an addition machine? (See picture attached).
Using sweets or objects, you have at home. Give the children number cards to 10. Choose 2 cards and count out that many sweets/cubes. Can they put them in the addition machine and add the total at the end when they have combined.
Understanding the world: Who’s print is this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrmZeXf7ScU (The Mixed up Chameleon)
Listen to the story - What animals can you see? Why do you think animals blend in with their habitat? Do you know what it is called? (camouflage)
Choose your favourite 4 animals. Divide a piece of paper into 4 sections. Can you draw the print of each animal in the different sections? Can someone in your home guess the animals from the prints you have sketched?
Wellbeing activity: Play a game/board game with your family. Maybe you could make up your own game too?
Have fun and remember to post pictures of your work on Tapestry!
F2 Team
Home Learning 20.01.21, by Miss Houghton
Date: 19th Jan 2021 @ 3:01pm
Good Morning Year 6,
We are half way through the week already!!
We hope you are all ok and getting on with your home learning.
We have uploaded the blog for today outlining what we would like you to do at home and there are some worksheets on the school spider for you to complete.
There is also a battle set up on Rockstar Times Tables for you to compete in! Just let us know through the school spdier if you need your log in details again.
We hope you all have a great day and look forward to seeing you all soon!
Stay Safe!
Miss Houghton, Miss Flynn, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes
Year 2 Vlog 19.01.21, by Miss Hanton-Wise
Date: 19th Jan 2021 @ 11:49am
Good Morning!!
Let's hope the weather starts to clear up soon!
We have attached the Vlog for today, for you to have some more ideas on how to complete your tasks!
In Maths, we are carrying on with multiplication by making and adding equal groups. (Remember - EQUAL means THE SAME).
To continue with our Non-Fiction work we have attached a Youtube video for you to learn all about Giraffes!
Today would be a great day to think about 'being thankful'
Think about ways that we can show we are thankful. What have your family done for you that you can say thank you for?
In RE, we are looking at the story of 'Jesus and the 10 Lepers' - Think about how you would feel if you did something for somebody and they didn't say thank you!
We can't wait to see your work uploaded on School Spider.
Miss McNamee, Miss Wise, Miss McLaughlin, Mrs Wright and Mrs Dunleavy!
Year 3 home learning Tuesday 19.1.21, by Mrs McAlynn
Date: 19th Jan 2021 @ 9:54am
Good morning children! What a rainy Tuesday! We hope you will enjoy today's learning activities and that they will keep you busy throughout the day!
In Maths today we will be learning about multiplication, focusing on the relationships between the 2, 4 and 8 times tables.
In English we will be starting our new unit of work on poetry and beginning to learn about Haiku poems; three line poems from Japan that need a special syllable count in each line.
In RE we will be sharing the story of the Parable of the lost sheep, thinking about the ways we can become 'lost' and how we can try to stay close to God.
Please remember to upload a photo of your work to school spider.
Mrs McAlynn :)
Year 4 Home Learning 19/01/2021, by Mr Woodland
Date: 19th Jan 2021 @ 8:53am
Please find today's tasks in the login are. Watch below for futher details.
Year 1 Vlog 19/01/21, by Mr Chamberlain
Date: 19th Jan 2021 @ 8:24am