Thursday’s Happy Learning for Pioneers

Get comfy!
This is not Mr Wolf’s Week but it is a peak into the world of the teachers in Explorers,Pioneers and Learners.
We wanted to let you see what they get up to from day to day. It is very special and we hope that you enjoy it.
You could have a go at making up a similar story for your family.
Share. Read. Enjoy.

 

Happy ReadingThis suggestion for learning is a a bit like Monday’s Days of the Week Suggestion.
There’s lots of ideas here to do with the months of the week.
Write out the months on postits.
Can you recognise and read each month?
Try this out:This month is……………..
Next month will be …………….
Last month was ………………..
The first month of the year is….
The last month is…….
My birthday is in …….
Christmas is in……………………….
This may lead on to chat about seasons.
That might be tricky.
Use the words for handwriting. Your Pioneer will spot the use of capital letters and see the difference in size when used together with the lowercase.
Use a selection of capital letters and ask your Pioneer to match the correct one with the correct month.
The spelling is very tricky. If they want to try writing them by themselves then that is great too.
Count the months.
Have a go at putting the months of the year in order
Here is a little rap to help you out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZD_BhtiXuU

This one is quite complex with lots of extra information and it is catchy. Enjoy

Here is the next episode of Mr Wolf’s Week written using phonics the Pioneers can use for reading and writing.
Try out making and discussing weather symbols.
Take a look at the weather forecast for some ideas.

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1science.html#forecast

This link allows you to pretend being a Weather Presenter. We have used it before in the classroom
Have fun.

Thursday 4th June 2020

Good Morning Leaders

Oh dear – where did the sunshine go, I wonder? Let’s hope it returns soon although our gardens will be glad of the rain and I know that lots of you have been planting so keep an eye on how quickly the water will make things grow. With water in mind, ? I thought we’d have a go at something water based this afternoon – can’t wait to see your creations.

Maybe we could have our own boat race!

Graphic Novel – English

Continue working on your graphic novel so that you have a complete story by Friday.

Happy drawing. ✏️

Function Machines – Maths

Today, we are going to include algebraic expressions in our function machines. This may sound difficult but it’s not!

You are just going to use ‘n’ to express your number, which means that ‘n’ can stand for any number that you decide to use to put through the function machines.

 

Rubber band Boats

Have a go at making a boat propelled by a rubber band. You should be able to attach the sticks enough without necessarily needing glue if you use more rubber bands. If you don’t have spoons, see what else you could use to propel your boat; strong card or plastic from a carton

 

How fast can you make your boat travel? Which is the best design bottle to choose?

Can you feed the frog?

Miss Idle has made a frog using an old box and painted a frog on the front.
She cut a hole out and added a flap for it’s mouth. Can you roll a dice, count the dots and look at the numeral, then post that amount of bugs into the frogs mouth? Can you count out loud as you are doing it? Well done!

Good Morning Adventurers – Welcome to Wednesday!

Well, we’ve woken up to a cloudy, rainy day and the sunshine has gone for now!

But I think it’s a great day for doing some indoor exploring and learning and myself and Mrs Burton have lots of super activities you could try. (More details on Tapestry)

Handwriting – practise the letter ‘Ww’

English – think of another animal you would like to study. Draw and label a picture of it and write down some facts you already know. I’ve chosen the Painted Lady Butterfly as we raised these several times in class.

Maths – Key Skills for Year 2 and Year 3 then we are going to explore weight/mass/. You could try making your own balance scale to compare the mass of different objects then weigh 10 everyday objects and order them by their mass/weight.

Geography – choose a country you would like to visit and create a leaflet about it.

DT – carry on adding more detail to your minibeast/animal box.

There has been some fantastic work posted on Tapestry and I am very proud of everything you are doing Adventurers. Please keep sharing.

Enjoy your day!

Mrs Roe 

Wednesday’s News – 3rd June

Hello everyone!

I hope you are all ok today! The sun has gone in for a while, but I’m sure it will be out again soon!

Today’s suggested learning on Tapestry is as follows:-

In Maths we are looking at 2D shapes and using the correct language to describe them.

In English, we are thinking about persuasion. What does it mean and how do we do it?

Let’s do some spellings today and become experts at spelling the days of the week!

In History, we are being introduced to a new historical figure – Henry VIII – he is so interesting!

Keep in touch with me through Tapestry as always. Do some colouring today or get out a board game – they are always fun!

Keep smiling even though the sun has gone in, it will be out again soon!

Best wishes,

Mrs Brown

Wednesday 3rd June 2020

Hi there Discoverers,

Did you enjoy the sun yesterday? It is raining and cloudy for me this morning, as I am looking out of the window. 

Hopefully, these tasks will keep you busy 🙂

In English today, you are going to be creating a plan for your diary entry. You have written a list of activities that you may have got up to during a day at school, as a Victorian child; you have also written down emotions that you might have felt throughout these activities.

Today, you will focus on creating a timetable for your day. You need to imagine that you are a Victorian child, at school, and come up with a plan for what you did during the day. 

You could write a simple timetable of what you did throughout the day, in list format. Or you could create a timetable which gives a schedule, including times and lessons for each. 

Here is an example for you, but you only need to create a timetable for one day, as this is what you will focus on when you write your diary entry. 

 

In maths today, you will continue working with decimals, but I have a problem for you to solve. 

Take a look at Annie’s opinion, and see if you agree with her. 

In your answer, it would be great if you could write if you agree, or disagree, and include your reasons for this. 

Look carefully at the columns which the digits are in, and see if it matches her number. 

Today in science, you are going to be learning about the anatomy of a flower. 

On Monday, you labelled parts of a plant, but today you will be specifically focusing on the parts of the actual flower. 

I would like you to watch video 3. The anatomy of the flower, and then see if you can draw a picture of a flower, and label the different parts. 

There are many parts, which include some tricky vocabulary. So you might like to focus on trying to remember only a couple of the parts each day this week. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/Mf5rhbTkHLZ3fbJzScyDvC/primary-science-plants

Have a brilliant day,

Mrs Taylor 

Wednesday is a Great Day For Learning about Mr Puffin

You will have seen Mr Puffin with me in lots of my recent videos. He is quite happy here in Whitby but it is not his usual home. He lives on a cliff edge and flies out to sea for his food. He doesn’t eat pizza like me.He eats sand eels. Here are a few links so you can take a look at his real home.
Puffins are the best.

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/farne-islands/features/puffins-on-the-farne-islands#
Here you can see a chick emerging from an egg. This one is on the Farne Islands not so far from here.

https://www.shetlandwebcams.com/cliff-cam-3/
This is where I like to go on holiday. You are more likely to see a black headed gull or a gannet or a great skua here.

Let me know if you spot anything.
Happy Learning

 

The weather has changed and Mr Wolf will need some different clothes.
Take this opportunity to discuss weather symbols and words for weather.
Stand outside under an umbrella.
I have written out 3 texts,one for each day. perhaps your Pioneer could read these.
try sating other sentences for each day. Try them out and almost learn them in your head before having a go at any writing.
Enjoy the rain.

 

Here is your maths suggestion for learning for today.
It is using the clock face and this time it is subtraction,take-away,minus.
I love it.
Spot the combinations and write the number sentences.
Make up some of your own.
That’s Maths Magic.

Wednesday 3rd June 2020

Good Morning Leaders

Mr Grason has sent out details of this year’s summer reading challenge although it is starting earlier than normal on the 5th June. This year’s theme is Silly Squad and is all about funny books, happiness and having a laugh!

To complete the challenge you just need to read six books that make you happy – whether it be a comic, joke book, poetry, fiction or non-fiction, in digital or print format, from e-books borrowed from the library or from what you already have at home.

North Yorkshire Libraries are still closed for the moment but there are a terrific selection of children’s’ eBooks and eAudiobooks available to download for free. A library card and PIN is needed to download them but if you are not yet a member it’s easy to join – just call call 01609 533878.

It would be fantastic to see ALL Leaders part of the summer reading challenge – I know how much you all love a good giggle! ?

Graphic Novel – English

From your story plan, decide how many pictures you are going to need to tell your story. Remember that you might want to have a page with a full picture or, like The Arrival, you many have multiple smaller pictures on a page to tell smaller parts.

You will have the next 3 days to put together your graphic novel so take your time to build up the pictures for your story.

Function Machines – Maths

The function machines today include using decimal numbers. Can you work out the functions of the machines? Do you think this makes them harder?

Fact File Top Trumps

We have all been enjoying time outside in the wonderful weather so I thought it might be a good idea to use some of the things that we have probably seen on our travels.

Today, I would like you to make a fact file or Top Trump card about something you have seen, it may be an animal or an insect – the choice is yours. ? ? ?

You might want to make a few different ones to make your own Top Trump card game.

Tuesday’s News – 2nd June

Good morning everyone.

I hope you are all well and happy today!

Today’s suggested learning on Tapestry is as follows:-

In Maths, we are still looking at 2D shapes – lets have some fun and make pictures just using shapes! I wonder what you will come up with!

In English, we will have a reading focus today! Why not sign up for the Virtual Summer Reading Challenge on the 5th June – it’s such an achievement to complete it at the end of the summer. Also, make sure you are keeping up with your fantastic reading – it is the most important thing!

In Phonics we will practise our sounds by saying and writing the sounds – why not use different colours to write them.

In Art today, Mrs Brown was inspired by some feathers she found – can you draw or paint a delicate feather?

Keep in touch with me as always on Tapestry and keep smiling 🙂

Best wishes,

Mrs Brown