Author: Scott Grason-Taylor

It’s Friday Pioneers. Let’s Do Some Fabulous Learning 19th June 2020

Scott Grason-Taylor

Lego blocks are perfect for lots of maths.
Sort the blocks by the number of dots.
Ask your Pioneer to say the number sentences out loud .
Monday’s Numberblocks introduced x and the I have written “lots of”.
This is new and may be tricky so go slowly and enjoy.
Use the writing on my bubble board to help with chat.
Draw pictures.
Happy Maths

 

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/3/picnic-on-pluto

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/3/buried-treasure

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/3/sentence-substitution-ph3

Last week I suggested Phonics Play to add to your routine.
Here is another selection of suggestions
I would also suggest to revisit all the sounds covered this week:
tr,dr,st,sc,sk.

Happy Learning

 

Our Award Winning Hedgehog Close Film

This little film is beautiful and contains some suggestions to make your garden hedgehog friendly. One suggestion is to leave food for a hedgehog.
Another is to provide a home, maybe in a log pile.
Perhaps you could write a sign for the hogs and make a cafe for them.
Could you find a selection of food for a hedgehog and write a menu perhaps?

Feeding

Good Morning Adventurers – Happy Learning!

Scott Grason-Taylor

Please keep posting all the wonderful things you are doing on Tapestry, as I love to see them!

You are achieving so much during your time at home, with help from your families, and I am really  proud of you all.

Perhaps you could have a go at posting a message to me or show me your work. I will always reply.

Today’s learning includes: (More details on Tapestry)

Handwriting – practise writing high frequency words.

English – create a storyboard about the journey you took and include a mix of other stories.

Shared reading – read the second part of ‘Six dinner Sid’.

Maths – Key skills for Year 2 and Year 3 then complete some questions on place value. Can you complete the challenge question?

French Thursday – Test yourself on the French names for different animals.

I hope you enjoy today’s learning and have a lovely day.

Don’t forget to post your work.

Mrs Roe

Thursday the 18th of June-Happy Learning for Pioneers!

Scott Grason-Taylor

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkvhscw

Lots and lots of great maths suggestions for you today relating to counting in 5’s

https://bam.files.bbci.co.uk/bam/live/content/zv8nv82/pdf#sa-link_location=blocks&intlink_from_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fbitesize%2Farticles%2Fzkvhscw&intlink_ts=1591883334557-sa
Her is a Worksheet to look at together and discuss.

The counting stick is great to support counting in 5’s too.

Take a look at the photographs and talk about the bubble questions.
This is maths magic!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUkvEeHVrOU&feature=emb_rel_pause Owls hunt in the dark. Take a look.

https://www.hedgehogstreet.org/?s=dark Hedgehogs too.

This link takes you to a selection of clips of hedgehogs in the dark.

These are two of my favourite nocturnal animals. It is unlikely that we are able to catch them feeding in the daytime.
Why might that be?
Do you have things in your garden that a hedgehog might fancy for dinner?

Have a read of the fascinating hedgehog facts.
Could youdo anything to help a hedgehog in your garden?
Enjoy

Read the sentences in the photographs.
Have your Phase 4 sound mat close by.
Can you spot the sounds in the sentences on your sound mat?
Can you spot any of the sounds on the sound mat in your sentences?
If you want an extra challenge open the document attached and you will find lots more.
Happy Reading

Thursday’s News – 18th June

Scott Grason-Taylor

Good morning Learners and families!
How are you all today?
Today’s suggested learning activities are as follows:-
In Maths, we will be using our money skills to have a go at some money word problems.
In English, we are thinking about the line from our book ‘A rope to hold on and treasure to find’. What are the treasures in your life and what treasures have you yet to find?
In Phonics, using our Phonics Sound Mats, we are looking for like-sounding sounds.
In Art today, still thinking about our book and the line ‘treasure to find’, we will focus on one of the beautiful illustrations and try to create a collage or a painting/drawing that is similar.

Keep in touch with me as always, I am always interested in what you are doing!
Keep smiling 🙂
Mrs Brown

 

English – A rope to hold onto and treasure to find

In our story, the people we care about are referred to as ‘A rope to hold on to’. Yesterday we talked about the people we could think of who were courageous and kind.
The story mentions that in the future we will have treasure to find……..
What do you think this means?
What are the things in your life that you treasure the most? And what treasure might you yet discover?
It might not just be people, it could be things that you love to see, such as the sea or animals or even something you would like to do in the future like travel to another country or ride a horse.

What will your treasure include?

 

Phonics – Like-sounded sounds

Today, I would like you to group together like-sounded sounds – using both of your phonics mats (I’ve attached some more if you you have mis-placed your own)

you could even write out the sounds and group the sounds that are the same – or even write a list.

For instance ‘igh’ and ‘ie’ are like-sounded sounds.
Can you find any others that are the same?

 

Art – Treasure to find

Today in art I would like you to look at page 24-25 of our book Rain Before Rainbows;- Here’s the link again ;-http://stayhome.walker.co.uk/rainbows/ 

I would like you to create a picture today that is similar – you can copy the picture in the book if you would like. It is a picture that shows a new day and the rising of the sun and new hope.

you could make a collage with bits of paper/material, you could paint or you could draw. You could even use a mixture of all three.

I can’t wait to see your creations.

 

Money word problems

We have been getting more familiar with coins this week and have added different coin amounts together.
We have also been shopkeepers for the day, which was lots of fun!

Today we are going to use all our money skills to answer some money word problems – see photo below.
Remember to take your time when you are doing word problems, you may even have to read the problem twice.
Good luck!

Thursday 18th June 2020

Scott Grason-Taylor

Good morning, Leaders,

Let’s hope the mist clears early today and we get to see some sunshine.??

It’s getting to the end of the first week back at school for some children. They have been learning alongside everyone at home, completing their activities in the classroom.

I have planted some mixed lettuce seeds in a pot outside the kitchen and I know that lots of you have also been planting, both flowers and vegetables. It would be lovely to see how they are getting on. Try and take a picture of your plants and upload it to Tapestry – I bet the rain has made them grown quickly. ???

 

English – Rain Before Rainbows

‘A map to guide us’

Today, I’d like you to use a story map template although, rather than a story plan, I’d like like you to think about making a map/story plan of your hopes and dreams.

You might want to make this cover your life or just the next few weeks, the timescale is up to you. Think carefully about the order in which you would like your events to happen.

What is going to be your ‘treasure’ at the end of your map?

Happy mapping.

 

Maths – Proportion/ Ratio

We now know that ratio is the relationship between two quantities.
Proportion is the a subset of this, proportion tells us about a portion or part in relation to a whole.

Have a go at the proportion questions in the pictures.

 

Science 

At school, we have looked at the life cycle of a human. This is a bit of a re-cap lesson with an investigation about the elasticity of skin.

You will need:

a ruler and different sized elastic bands.

https://home.empiribox.com/lessons/habitats/  – You will need to choose lesson number 4 – Human Lifecycles

 

Thursday 18th June 2020

Scott Grason-Taylor

Good morning, Discoverers, 

Today, in English, we are going to be focusing on a line from our story: ‘and treasure to find…’. 

What is treasure to you? I would like to think about this question today, and consider the things that are precious to you. 

I would like you to draw a treasure box, and inside, draw all of your special things. 

You may draw actual objects, people, places, emotions etc. 

 

Here are the answers for yesterday’s questions. 

Today, we are moving on to converting hours into minutes. 

There are 60 minutes in 1 hour. Do you know which calculation will help us to work out the conversions?

That’s right! We will need to multiply each hour by 60. 

 

 

In science today, we are going to be learning about evaporation. 

Yesterday, we looked at evaporation as part of the water cycle.

This week, I thought it would be fun for you to do another practical experiment. 

You are going to find out how long it takes for a puddle to evaporate. 

To do this, simply chalk around a puddle outside, and make a note of the time, then wait until the puddle has evaporated and see how long it took. 

I would love to hear your answers, and see how big the puddles are that you’ve chosen to investigate. 

 

Have a great day Discoverers, 

Mrs Taylor 

Good Morning Adventurers – welcome to Wednesday!

Scott Grason-Taylor

‘Journeys to take’

It’s a grey but fresh morning and I think the sun might just get out.

We’ve been looking at metaphorical journeys we’ve been on and what amazing goals you have all achieved!

Today, we are going to look literally at all the journeys we’ve taken. Think about all the wonderful walks we’ve been on and the beautiful scenery we’ve explored and the different animals we’ve seen. We are very lucky to live in this part of the world!

Today’s learning, if you wish to have a go: (More details on Tapestry)

Handwriting – practise writing high frequency words.

Maths – Key skills for Year 2 and Year 3 then continue answering questions on Place Value. Try and answer the challenge question.

English and Geography – draw a map of a walk you have been on. Include a key showing different human and physical features. Then write a few descriptive sentences about parts of your walk that really caught your interest.

Shared reading – join me to read ‘Six Dinner Sid’ by Inga Moore.

Geography – Mrs Burton would like you to explore airports and hotels as part of your travel leaflet.

I hope you enjoy these activities but most of all have a lovely day.

Mrs Roe

Wednesday 17th June 2020

Scott Grason-Taylor

Good morning Leaders,

Over the weeks we have been in lockdown, I think everyone has had time to think about lots of things and many of you have tried to learn a new skill. It’s often a time that we remember things that we miss, things we had forgotten as well as things we want to try.

It’s important to also realise all the things you have done (which you might not have done) because you have been limited to where you have been allowed to go. Our beautiful text this week makes us think about all the good things around us on a daily basis, some of which we might normally overlook.

During our Wellness Wednesday activity I’d like us all to think about all the positive things that the last few weeks have brought – remember, everyone in your family might have something different. ?‍?‍?

 

English – Rain Before Rainbows

Figurative Language

Figurative language allows the writer to appeal to the reader’s senses, imagination and sense of humour. It paints a picture in the reader’s mind to better describe parts of their story to make it more interesting to read.

There are many different forms of figurative language. It is a language that is used non-literally to create a special meaning. It often has different meaning or intentions beyond the ways in which the word or phrase is typically used.

Figurative language can appear in multiple forms. These include: simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, alliteration, idiom and onomatopoeia.

For some extra help, listen to this song – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-zGjduZE9c 

Today, I would like you to write a short description of what each of these words mean and include an example from the text if appropriate.

 

Maths – Ratio

Today, we are gong to have a look at ratio in some real life contexts.

Have a go at answering the different questions attached.

Wellness Wednesday

Today, we are going to give ourselves some time to relax, making slow and measured movements. Everyone in your family can join in if they would like.

You will need a chair for today’s session. Ideally a dining chair rather than the sofa but I’m sure you can possible have a go anywhere.

https://imoves.com/home-learning/1433 

Wednesday’s News – 17th June

Scott Grason-Taylor

Good morning everyone.
I hope you are well today.
Today’s suggested learning activities are as follows;-
In English, we will be thinking about the line from our book ‘Friends who will help us, courageous and kind’ and thinking about people we know who help us.
In Maths, continuing with our money focus, how about becoming a shopkeeper today. You will need to label your products and deal with some customers, taking their money and giving change! Remember to say your pleases and thank you’s!
In Phonics, we will be going on a split diagraph hunt!
In History, thinking about people who help us who are courageous and kind, we will learn about Florence Nightingale today!

Remember to keep in touch with me whatever you are doing today!
Keep smiling as always 🙂
Mrs Brown

 

Phonics – Split Digraph Practise 

Today we are going to focus on all the split diagraphs we know;-
a-e
o-e
e-e
u-e

Remember there is only 1 letter in between the split diagraphs. ie cake, these, nose, tune.
Look at some books that you have at home. Can you find any split diagraphs? Which split diagraph can you find the most of?
Happy spotting!

 

Maths – Let’s make our own shop

Still thinking about money today, let’s make our own shop at home.
Mrs Brown used to love playing shoe shops when she was little, but you can create whatever type of shop you like.
Write the prices on whatever you are selling. You need to make your prices under 50p or whatever amount you are confident with. I would label things 1p, 2p, 5p or 10p to start with.
If your customer buys more than one thing can you add up the price? Can you give the right change too?
Have fun being the shopkeeper today! I hope you don’t get any awkward customers today!

 

English – Friends who will help us, courageous and kind

I would like us to think about another line from Rain Before Rainbows, ‘Friends who will help us courageous and kind’.
I would like you to firstly think about the words courageous and kind. What do they mean? Are you courageous? What have you done to be courageous before? Who do you know that is courageous?

Also, what does being kind mean? Are you kind? what kind things have you done out of kindness? Who do you know that is kind?
Finally make a list of friends or other people who might help us in our lives – are these people courageous and kind?

 

History – Florence Nightingale 

Today, in English we are thinking about ‘Friends who will help us, courageous and kind’.
We will carry this through into History today, where we will learn about Florence Nightingale.
Florence Nightingale was a kind nurse who helped people – she was definitely courageous and kind!

Click on this link to find out more about her;- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zj274xs 

Wednesday 17th June 2020

Scott Grason-Taylor

Good morning, Discoverers, 

In English today, we are going to be focusing on another line from Rain Before Rainbows:

‘Friends who will help us, courageous and kind. A rope to hold on to’ 

Here, the friends have been referred to as ‘a rope to hold on to’, which is a metaphor for their support. 

Today, I would like you to think of any metaphors that can describe the people who are special to you. 

For example, you may refer to your adults at home as: A quilt to keep me warm. This would suggest that you feel warm and safe when your family are around. 

Think of as many different metaphors as you can, and write them down however you would prefer.

 

Today, in maths, we are going to be converting minutes into hours. 

In order to do this, we know that there are 60 minutes in 1 hour. Therefore, we can divide the number of minutes by 60, and this will help us find how many hours there are. 

 

 

In science today, we are going to be learning about the water cycle. 

I would like you to watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5gFI3pMvoI

Then, draw a picture, illustrating the water cycle. Remember to add key vocabulary to your picture.

Have a great day,

Mrs Taylor