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F2 Tuesday 19th January 2021 Home Learning Tasks, by Miss Ward
Date: 18th Jan 2021 @ 8:15pm
Hi F2,
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
Act out your story map of Goldilocks and the Three Bears to your family.
Have a look at the characters in the story, can you describe them?
Choose a character, draw them and write some words to describe them? E.g. big, brown etc.
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).
Go on Phonics Play free games, can you play a blending game (Either Phase 2 or 3).
Can you practise forming the letters/words you see when playing the games?
Maths – Number Bonds to 10
Watch the video: Jack Hartman Number Bonds to 10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD9tjBUiXs0
Using the template (Part whole model), get 10 objects and can, you find all the different ways to make 10. For example: 3 and 7 make 10 (3+7=10)
Can you try and write down all of your answers.
Understanding the world: Who’s print is this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLJw9yPusak
Watch the video. What animals can you see? How do you know which animal it is? Talk about the patterns and key features of different animals. Why do you think this animal looks like this? What do you know about animal skins? Are they the same as our skin? How are they different? May be colour, camouflage pattern etc.
Draw your favourite animal. Make sure you include its unique print. Can you challenge yourself to write some words to describe your animal’s print? E.g. spotty, stripy, brown, soft etc
Wellbeing activity: Using boxes and other items that you can recycle. Can you make something using the objects you have collected? For example: a rocket using bottles, a castle with a box etc.
Have fun and remember to post pictures of your work on Tapestry!
F2 Team
Year 5 Home Learning Tuesday 19th January 2021, by Miss Welsh
Date: 18th Jan 2021 @ 7:47pm
Good morning Year 5! Hope you all had a lovely Monday!
Your learning timetable for the week has been uploaded to our class page and your daily work is on school spider for you to access. Please check this each day for your resources.
Please remember to upload any work that you complete so that your teachers can see it and give you feedback.
Get in touch if you have an questions or queries, we look forward to seeing your work!
The Year 5 Team 
Today's Home Learning Blog Tuesday 19th January 2021, by Miss Flynn
Date: 18th Jan 2021 @ 4:21pm
Happy Tuesday Everyone!
Here is a brief overview of today's lessons;
English today will involve a new poem called 'Rainforest Phantoms'- you will need to read, annotate and explore the poem in detail noting any unfamiliar vocabulary and researching meaning/definitions.
Maths today will continue with Roman Numerals
Today's Geography will investigate trade and the economy within key South American countries. You will need to label and colour a map and complete the attached worksheet.
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
Year 2 Vlog 18.01.21, by Miss Hanton-Wise
Date: 18th Jan 2021 @ 12:15pm
Good morning Year 2!
The last 2 weeks have gone so quickly! We are still counting down the days until we can all be together in the classroom/on the playground!
Here is today’s video with a brief overview of what you need in order to complete your activities today.
We love seeing your work and are so happy you are enjoying your learning!
We hope you have a great week!!
Keep safe and happy!
Miss McNamee, Miss Wise, Miss McLaughlin, Mrs Wright and Mrs Dunleavy
Year 3 home learning Monday 18.1.21, by Mrs McAlynn
Date: 18th Jan 2021 @ 10:36am
Good morning Year 3! Hope you all had a lovely weekend!
Your learning timetable for the week has been uploaded to our class page and your daily work is on school spider for you to access.
Please rememeber to upload any work that you complete so that your teachers can see it and give you feedback.
Get in touch if you have an questions or queries!
Mrs McAlynn :)
Year 1 Vlog 18/01/21, by Mr Chamberlain
Date: 18th Jan 2021 @ 9:05am
Year 4 Home Learning 18/01/2021, by Mr Woodland
Date: 17th Jan 2021 @ 11:43pm
Please find today's tasks uploaded to the login area, along with any worksheets. For more information watch the guide attached here.
Year 5 Home Learning Monday 18th January 2021, by Miss Welsh
Date: 17th Jan 2021 @ 10:03pm
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.
Maths - We have uploaded a worksheet onto the school spider for you to complete at home revising our knowledge of mixed number and improper fractions and how we can convert between the two.
English – We are looking at Greek myths this week. To start us off we are reading Perseus and Medusa. After reading answer the comprehension questions. Taking notes of anything your find exciting or that stand out to you. We will use these later on in the week.
History – Continuing looking at Ancient Greece. we are focusing on the two main city states Athens and Sparta. Using the resources and your own research, decide which one you would prefer t olive in and write a balanced argument.
Don't forget to take plenty of breaks and maybe try to do some exercise or get some fresh air. We have also uploaded some well-being activities for the week for you to complete with your family.
Take care
Miss Welsh, Mr Worthington, Mrs Scarisbrick, Mrs Daley and Mrs Barron
Home Learning 18.01.21, by Miss Houghton
Date: 17th Jan 2021 @ 2:31pm
Good Morning Year 6,
We hope you have all had a lovely weekend and are staying safe at home with your families.
We can't believe it is already week 3 of online learning, we can't wait to see you all soon!
We have uplaoded a video briefly outlining today's lessons for you and there will be worksheets on the school spider for you to complete at home.
Don't forget we have also uploaded some well being ideas for you to do with you families while you are stuck at home (don't forget to send us some pictures).
We hope you all have a great week and don't forget if you have any questions you can send us a message through the school spider.
Take care and stay safe!
Miss Houghton, Miss Flynn, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes 
F2 Monday 18th January 2021 Home Learning Tasks, by Miss Ward
Date: 17th Jan 2021 @ 9:38am
Hi F2,
We hope you all had a lovely weekend! We cannot wait to see all of your hard work this week.
If you have a look at the weekly timetable we have included some wellbeing activities that you can do with your family. Today we would like you to do some yoga. There are some brilliant yoga sessions/ activities on YouTube on Cosmic Kids, choose one and join in. https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga.
Remember to post pictures of your work on Tapestry, we love seeing all of the hard work you have been doing.
Literacy – Goldilocks and the Three Bears
This week in Literacy, we are learning about the story, Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Listen and watch the story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfn4WGv3qgU
Can you create a story map using pictures?
Can you remember what happens in the beginning, middle and end?
Can you create an action for each of the pictures you draw? Act it out to your family.
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 (real) words and some alien words (made up). Can you try to read them and sort them into real and fake words?
For example: CVC words: cat, mug, dog, pin
Alien words: zab, beb, bab, vug, lif, hib
Maths – Number Bonds to 5
Watch the video: Jack Hartman Number Bonds to 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1oa6o0fMKk
Collect five objects and count them out in to a bag or container. Count them one at a time as they go in. Take some objects out and lay them on the table in front of the bag. Count how many there are and think about how many objects are hiding. For example: 2 out of the bag so there must be 3 in the bag hiding. 2 and 3 make 5.
Draw a ladybird and cut out 5 spots. Can you put the spots on each wing to make 5. Can you write down the numbers that go together to make 5? For example: e.g. 4 and 1, 3 and 2.
RE: Jesus Loves Each One of Us
Join in with the song Jesus Love is Very Wonderful (with lyrics) - YouTube
Jesus shows us his wonderful love. Think about how you can show Jesus’ love to someone else. E.g. sharing toys, helping when someone is hurt etc.
Use the sheet attached to design a love heart. Can you make the heart using different materials in your home e.g. playdoh, salt dough or paper/paint?
Choose someone to give your love heart to and write a sentence. For example ‘I give my love to my nan/sister/brother’ etc
Have fun and remember to post pictures of your work on Tapestry!
F2 Team
Year 3 home learning Friday 15.1.21, by Mrs McAlynn
Date: 15th Jan 2021 @ 10:15am
Good morning Year 3! Hope you've had a good week of home learning! We have missed you lots in school!
Here are your tasks for today- they are uploaded for you on school spider :) Don't forget to upload a photo of your work for Mrs Fitzgerald and I to look at!
Have a great weekend!
Mrs McAlynn, Mrs Fitzgerald, Mrs Bale, Mrs McGunigall, Mrs Mayes and Miss Massie :)
Year 2 Vlog 15.01.21, by Miss Hanton-Wise
Date: 15th Jan 2021 @ 9:48am
Year 4 Home Learning 15/01/2021, by Mr Woodland
Date: 15th Jan 2021 @ 8:26am
Please see today's Home Learning below. The Home Learning grid outlining today's subject tasks, along with the worksheets, can be found in the Login area.
Year 5 Home Learning Friday 15th January 2021, by Miss Welsh
Date: 14th Jan 2021 @ 9:01pm
Good FRI-YAY Year 5!!
Hope you are all ok and staying safe at home. We have uploaded a daily video explaining the activities further for you.
Maths - We have uploaded a worksheet onto the school spider for you to complete at home carrying on with Roman Numerals.
English –You are editing your first draft of your holiday disaster newspaper report. Use the link to BBC Bitesize to guide you through proof reading, don’t forget to use the resources from previous days.
Science - This week we are beginning are new topic about forces. Can you find out what a force is? Using the powerpoint and links can you explain Gravity and who Issac Newton was? The worksheets and power point have been uploaded for you.
Don't forget to take plenty of breaks and maybe try to do some exercise or get some fresh air.
We look forward to seeing you all soon.
Miss Welsh, Mr Worthington, Mrs Scarisbrick, Mrs Daley and Mrs Barron 
Year 5 Spellings week commencing 11.01.2021, by Miss Welsh
Date: 14th Jan 2021 @ 8:53pm
Here are this weeks spellings, just incase you can't download them from the school spider 
F2 Friday 15th January 2021 Home Learning Tasks, by Miss Ward
Date: 14th Jan 2021 @ 5:23pm
Good Morning F2!
We hope you all okay at home. We love seeing your work that you have been uploading to Tapestry so keep sending it in!
Literacy – Little Red Riding Hood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q32d4k9jeTE Listen to the story, focus on how the characters are feeling and the words the characters say.
For example: Little Red Riding Hood says “What big eyes you have Grandma.”
Can you write a speech bubble for a character in the story Little Red Riding Hood?
The characters are : Little Red Riding Hood, Grandma, Wolf, Woodcutter.
Phonics – Building Sentences
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).
Can you practice some tricky words (the, I, to, no, go, into, he, she, all, me, be, was, you, they, her, are)
Can you write a sentence using CVC and high frequency words? E.g. The cat is sad.
Challenge: Can you think of a sentence using phase 3 sounds e.g. I can hear an owl at night.
Maths – Days of the week
Days of the week - Adam's Family (Dr. Jean) - YouTube
Join in with our ‘Days of the Week’ song. Can you copy the days of the week on to the sheet or paper. Can you draw a picture of something you do each day?
What are the days of the week? - BBC Bitesize
Complete the ‘days of the week’ activity above.
PSED – Oak Academy – Hidden Germs
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/hidden-germs-cgrkce
Join in with the lesson.
Can you write/draw instructions of how to wash your hands and keep clean?
Have fun and remember to post pictures of your work on Tapestry!
F2 Team
Today's Home Learning Blog Friday 15th January 2021, by Miss Flynn
Date: 14th Jan 2021 @ 5:22pm
Happy Friday Everyone!
We hope you have found this week's Online Learning enjoyable - we have really enjoyed looking at what you have uploaded!
We hope you are all ok and staying safe at home. We have uploaded a video below that briefly outliness today's activities for you.
We have also uploaded your lessons for today onto SchoolSpider. We have provided you with step by step instructions and links to any videos that may support your learning.
Here is a brief overview of today's lessons;
Maths today will involve using adding, subtracting and multiplying decimals.
English today will be completing your persuasive letter on deforestation and then you have a comprehension task to complete
RE will be recapping the story of the feeding of the 5000 and will then be looking at an image of the story and will explore symbolism.
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 and 2 of Journey to the River Sea before Monday- the link is on SchoolSpider.
We look forward to seeing you all soon.
Miss Flynn, Miss Houghton, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes
School Spider Mobile Tutorial, by Mr Chamberlain
Date: 14th Jan 2021 @ 12:25pm
Please watched the attached video to see how to login to School Spider using your mobile phone:
Year 2 Vlog 14.01.21, by Miss Hanton-Wise
Date: 14th Jan 2021 @ 9:42am
Year 3 home learning Thursday 14.1.21, by Mrs McAlynn
Date: 14th Jan 2021 @ 9:22am
Good morning children! Happy Thursday! We are nearly at the end of a long week and we have seen some really super work being uploaded onto school spider- keep it up!
Mrs Bale is introducing your learning activities today- they are uploaded for you on school spider :)
Thursday 14/01/2021 Home Learning, by Mr Woodland
Date: 14th Jan 2021 @ 8:51am
Please see today's learning tasks below. The powepoint with the book for English is added as a seperate homework item in the login area. You can use this powerpoint throughout the half term for English.
Today's learning tasks are in the login area, under the seperate subjects.
Year 5 Home Learning Thursday 14th January 2021, by Miss Welsh
Date: 13th Jan 2021 @ 10:32pm
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.
Maths - We have uploaded a worksheet onto the school spider for you to complete at home carrying on with Roman Numerals.
English –You are writing your first draft of your holiday disaster newspaper report.
Computing – This week we are carrying on looking at systems. We are focusing on larger systems around the world and how they help us. The worksheets and power point have been uploaded for you.
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 Welsh, Mr Worthington, Mrs Scarisbrick, Mrs Daley and Mrs Barron
F2 Thursday 14th January 2021 Home Learning Tasks, by Miss Ward
Date: 13th Jan 2021 @ 5:27pm
Hi F2,
We hope you are all keeping safe at home!
Please upload your work to Tapestry. You can upload pictures of your work that you have completed.
Literacy – Little Red Riding Hood
Can you sequence the story by drawing pictures? Use your story map from last week to help you.
Can you write some sentences using time adverbials e.g. First, next, then, later etc. Or can you use numbers 1. 2. 3. to sequence each part of the story?
For example: Next, the wolf was in the bed.
Phonics – Building Sentences
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).
Can you practice some tricky words (the, I, to, no, go, into, he, she, all, me, be, was, you, they, her, are)
Sentence building: Can you put these words into a sentence? (cat, sit, mug, pen, frog, pack, fish)
Remember to focus on sounding out the word and thinking about what the sound looks like.
Maths – Length
Listen the story ‘Super worm’. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pZwNie69n8
Talk to the children about the length of Super worm.
Ask the children to make different length worms using pictures they have drawn, playdoh, rolled up paper etc. and compare which ones are longer and shorter.
Understanding the World: Oak Academy – Habitat Lesson 3
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-match-animals-to-an-appropriate-habitat-6wr6cc Join in with the lesson.
Why are different animals better suited to different habitats?
Walking Through the Jungle | Barefoot Books Singalong - YouTube Listen to the song.
Can you create an information page/poster about your favourite animal’s habitat?
Include things like: The weather, where they live and what they eat/do.
For example: A snake lives in the desert. It has scales. It is hot in the desert.
Have fun and remember to post pictures of your work on Tapestry!
F2 Team