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Wednesday’s News – 24th June

Scott Grason-Taylor

Good morning everyone.

I hope you enjoying the lovely weather. A few families told me yesterday they were heading to the beach to enjoy the sunshine – how lovely!

Todays suggested learning activities are as follows;- More details on Tapestry!

In English, we are reading our story ‘Rain Before Rainbows’ and using lots of expression as we do!

In Maths we are having a backwards kind of a day and focusing on counting backwards.

In Phonics we will learn about suffixes and do some word-ending spotting!

Let’s Enjoy some PE in the sun (this can even be enjoyed on the beach too). Make an obstacle course to enjoy today!

I hope you manage to enjoy the lovely weather. Keep me posted and let me know what you are up to!

Remember these activities are suggestions only, you can do as much or as little as you can!

Have fun in the sun and keep smiling 🙂

Best wishes,

Mrs Brown

 

Good morning Adventurers!

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Good morning Adventurers – what a beautiful day! Make sure you use lots of sun cream and wear a sunhat today if you are oging outside as it is going to be a scorcher! 

Todays activities are over on tapestery. 

In maths, there is a key skills activity followed by some word problems.

In English, I would like you to complete your stories and then edit to improve them – can you think of any vocabulary that would making it more exciting/interesting. Also, remember to check your spellings and punctuation.

In science, I would like you to order the different phases of planting a flower.

 

I hope you all have a lovely day! 

Mrs Burton 

Wednesday 24th June 2020

Scott Grason-Taylor

Good morning, Discoverers,

I hope you are well 🙂

Here are the answers for yesterday’s maths questions. How did you get on?

Today, you are continuing to look at statistics, and Jack needs some advice.

Look carefully at the graph he has created, and answer the questions related.

 

Today, in English, we are focusing on the lines ‘Night before daybreak, the old day is done.’

What do these words mean?

You may interpret the lines as meaning that every day, when you wake up, it is a fresh start.

I want you to imagine that you can do anything when you wake up tomorrow. You have the whole day to plan as you wish.

I would like you to create a plan for what you would do with your day, from the minute you wake up, to the minute you go to sleep.

You might like to create a timetable, and present your plan within it. Or you could write your activities in a list, but remember to include timings so that you know you can fit everything in!

I can’t wait to read about where you would go, and who you would see 😀

Today, in RE, I would like you to think about your future.

Which celebrations would you like to see in it?

I would like you to think about important events that you would like to happen in your lifetime and try to answer this question: Why do you want these things to happen? What would it mean to you? How will you celebrate?

For example: You might like to go to university, so you may see yourself at graduation. You might want this to happen, so that you can get the job you are wanting. It may be very important to you and so you might celebrate by attending a graduation event, and then having a special meal with your family.

You could discuss this task with a family member, or you may like to write it down.

I am sure that there are many celebrations that you are looking forward to, and I can’t wait to hear about them.

Have a great day everybody, 

Mrs Taylor 

Wednesday the 24th of June 2020- Suggestions for Pioneers.

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Count the strawberries on the plate.
Count the ponies in each photograph.
How many strawberries can each pony have?
Can you make it fair?
You can draw pictures.
You can write number sentences.
That’s maths magic!

 

“I went on a trip. I put my things in a brown bag. I am sure I forgot stuff. I checked my list…
In my brown bag I put…”

In the story “Rain Before Rainbows” there is a line about going on a wonderful journey.
If you were going on a journey you would need to pack a bag.
What would you take with you to go on a trip?

Look at the tings that I have packed in my brown bag. Can you list all the things.
You could use my sentence starter to play the memory game.
Are all the things that were in the bag on the 2nd photograph?
Is there anything missing?
Is anythiing differemt?
You can write a list or some sentences.

 

Here is you phonics suggestion for today. Revise the sounds from Monday and Tuesday and add in todays which is “ar”

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I8of7AJDdaM. Flash cards

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LXkE8aWfg2E. Geraldine

Enjoy the sunshine.

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Scott Grason-Taylor
Good Morning Leaders
 
The sunshine continues to shine – remember your sun cream if you are going outside. ?
 
As things begin to get busier, it is important to keep taking some time to do lovely things with our families, noticing the new flowers, the changes in our environment and the wildlife that has come out of hiding before it disappears back to somewhere away from the hustle and bustle of humans.
On your walk today, see if you can spot anything different that you may not have spotted before.
Happy spotting. ?
 

Rain Before Rainbows – English

 
We have looked at both the illustrations and characters from the story.
For the next two days, we are going to use the information we have found to create our own image and piece of writing.
Think of a situation or emotion that you would like to portray.  Today, you are going to do an illustration of that and, if you upload a copy of this, I will try and guess the scenario you are trying to portray.
Tomorrow, we will complete the piece of writing to go with it.
 
Graphs – Maths
 
Today, we will be looking at a line graph.  Remember how this is different to a bar graph and what the line represents.
 
What types of information will be represented in a line graph rather than a bar graph?
 
Have a look at the line graph and have a go at answering the questions.
 

Inheritance – Science

 
We have looked at different animals and yesterday, we looked at the fox, one of the characters from our book.  Today, we are going to explore inheritance and how animals pass on their features to their offspring.
You will need the following items for the practical investigation in this lesson :
glue, string and a variety of materials you can find around the house like a paper plate, cardboard, foil, brown paper, baking paper.
Follow the link and choose the video ‘Inheritance’ – remember you can watch this as many times as you need to.
https://home.empiribox.com/lessons/living-things-evolution/

Tuesday News – 23rd June

Scott Grason-Taylor

Good morning everyone!

The sun has got his hat on again today – how lucky are we!

Today’s suggested learning activities are as follows;-

In English, we are thinking about the line from our book that says ‘There are dragons to duel, battles to win’. today we will design our own dragon using the book ‘Tell me a dragon’ to help us further.

In Maths, looking at number again, we will focus on ordering numbers.

In Phonics we will be thinking about Common Exception Words – reading them and spelling them too!

In Science today we will be exploring wonderful hedgerows – they really are fascinating!

Enjoy the sunshine and don’t forget to look out for hedgerows you may pass! Can you spot a dog-rose flower?

Keep in touch and keep smiling 🙂

Best wishes,

Mrs Brown

Tuesday 23rd June 2020

Scott Grason-Taylor

Good morning, Discoverers, 

I hope that you had a lovely day in the sunshine yesterday 😀

How are you finding statistics so far?

Here are your questions for today’s maths task?

Let me know if you need a hand with any of them. 

 

Yesterday, in English,  we looked at pairs of things, where one comes after the other. In the story, there is a particular emphasis on the second outcome being more positive than the first. Especially rain (miserable) rainbows (wonderful), clouds (dull) sun (bright).

Can you think of any pairings, where the first thing is more positive than the second. For example: lots of ice-cream before feeling sick, long walk before big blisters. 

You could write your pairs, or draw them, which ever you would prefer 😀

 

Yesterday, you drew your journey in life so far, and today, we are going to look at this journey. 

Just as Christians have particular celebrations throughout their journey e.g. Christenings, marriages, Christmas etc. I would like you to think about which celebrations have been most important in your life so far. 

It may be a Christian celebration, or it may be one of your own. 

You could add them to your journey, if you haven’t already, or write about them separately. I would love to see them 😀 

Have a great day everybody, 

Mrs Taylor 

 

Another Day in Paradise,Pioneers – Tuesday the 22nd of June

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Here is your new reading book.
Enjoy.

Have a go at estimation  but this time use the number stick

This is pretty tricky.
Start by using 10 for the full stick and see what happens.
“If this is 10 then what is…?”

 

Here is a little challenge that is based on algebra.

You could make your own version using stickers,stampers or things.
There are so many questions to discuss here.
Happy Counting.

 

Here is a story for you:
Once upon a time,long.long ago,so I’m told, the world was black and white. After many years the Rainbow Fairies decided they didn’t like it that way and they hatched a plan to brighten things up.
Every time they saw a rainbow,the shook it,they rattled it and little by little all the tiny rainbow chips fell to the ground and covered the world in colour.
Today you can go out and see all of the rainbow chips everywhere you look.
Take a rainbow chip card and go out and search for all the colours of the rainbow in your garden and around your home.
Go on a journey. Look very carefully and match up the colours on the card.
If you have a paint colour chart,they are the best. Otherwise use my photographs or colour some squares with felt tip pens.
Happy Hunting.

 

Read the sentences with the -OW sound.
Can you spot all the OW words. Make a list.Have you included all of the words that are on the poster?
Take another look at the Phonics Poster Document shared yesterday.
Scroll to the end to find the -ure sound.
Talk about the words with that sound.
Watch Geraldine and Mr Thorne talk about the words.

Tuesday 22nd June 2020

Scott Grason-Taylor
Good Morning Leaders
 
A beautiful start to the week – let’s hope it continues.??
 
I hope you enjoyed looking closely at the illustrations of the book yesterday.  Today we are going to concentrate on the characters – remember to look at the finer details of each picture to give you clues. ?
 
Rain Before Rainbows – English
After investigating the colours of the pages yesterday, today we are going to investigate the characters.
Have a look through the pictures and see what you can find out about the character in the story.  Can you tell how she is feeling?  Does the character(s) change throughout the story?  Why does this happen?
 
Graphs – Maths
 
Today, we are going to look at bar chart.  Answer the questions using the graph.
 
 
Nocturnal Animals – Science
 
The little girl in ‘Rain Before Rainbows’ has a companion who is a fox.  Foxes are mainly a nocturnal animal although some can be seen during the day.
 
Today, I’d like you to firstly define what a nocturnal animal is and then find out as much as you can about foxes.  You can present this information any way you would like.  You might want to create a poster, top trump card, fact file or something completely different.
 
Once you have found the information- why do you think the author has chosen a fox to be a character with the little girl?
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Monday 22nd June 2020

Scott Grason-Taylor

Good Morning Leaders

Hello Monday and a new week of learning.

It was nice to see the return of some sunshine over the weekend so I hope you all managed to enjoy some time outdoors with your families. I always think a bit of sunshine makes us feel brighter and ready for the challenges a new week will offer.

Last week, we looked at lots of the words in Rain Before Rainbows and, this week, we are going to concentrate on the illustrations – they can often tell a story all by themselves.

We are also going to be looking at lots of different types of graphs, reminding ourselves how to read them.

A busy week ahead – happy learning everyone.

Rain Before Rainbows – English

Today, I would like you to have a look at the pages of a book’. You may notice that this it not a complete copy of each page but a smaller section of the page that does not show any words or characters.

I have put the pictures into a specific order. Looking at these pictures, what do you think this tells you about the story or the mood that the author is trying to create as the story moves through?

Are there certain pictures that draw you in more than others? Why do you think this is?

Maths – Graphs

Today, I would like you to have a look at a pictogram and line graph and have a go at answering the questions.

Mood Colours – Art

After looking at your English learning, you will probably have understood the difference that colour can make on how something makes you think or feel. Some of this might be to express a time of day or to express a type of mood.

Today I would like you to choose an object, landscape or picture to re-create multiple times. You may decide to try a range of colour schemes or different amounts of light.

If the weather allows, you might want to do this at different times during the day which should give you a different aspect as the sun rises and sets. (You could even take a photograph to help you see the difference if you would like. ?)