Category: Discoverers Class

Good morning Discoverers,

Yesterday, you listened to the teachers of Sleights read our new focus story to you. What did you think of it? 

As we are going to be looking at this book over the coming weeks, I thought it would be nice for you to familiarise yourself with the main themes within it. 

The book talks about night and day, and today, I would like you to create a map which includes all the things that you can think of, that are different at night than they are during the day. For example: the animals that come out, the temperature, the light etc. 

Here are the answers to yesterday’s questions. Did you find them easy? 

Today in maths, we are going to be looking at different amounts of money. I want you to draw, or place coins, next to the different amounts, which make the total exactly. 

For example: for the amount of £1.25, I could draw a £1, 20p and 5p. 

Today in science, we are going to be grouping animals, based on if they are vertebrates or an invertebrates.

Watch today’s video, and this will help you understand the difference: vertebrates have spines and invertebrates don’t. 

I would like you to draw some examples of both types of animal. You might like to separate them on to different sides of your paper, or label each one. 

If you would prefer, you could write the name of the animal instead of drawing it. 

Have a great day everybody, 

Mrs Taylor 

Happy Monday Discoverers, 

How was your weekend in the not-so-sunny weather? I hope that you managed to find some fun activities to keep you entertained.

We are at the beginning of a new week, and in English, we are starting something new. 

Over the coming weeks, we are going to be focusing on a beautiful book, called ‘Rain Before Rainbows’ by Smriti Halls. 

Here are the teachers of Sleights, reading the book to you.

Today, I would simply like you to listen to this story, and think about what you like about it. 

You could write comments about how it makes you feel, or what it makes you think about. Or you could even read the book yourself, and use expression to show your feelings. 

In Maths this week, we are going to be focusing on money. Today, I have written some questions for you. I would like you to convert the amounts of pence, into pounds. 

I have shown you how to do this in the first example. 

As there are 100p in £1.00, whenever you convert pence into pounds, you simply divide the amount by 100, and this gives you your answer. 

Here is the answer from Friday’s question also. 

We are continuing with science as our foundation subject this week. There is such much more about plants that we can learn. 

Today, we are going to be learning how to classify and group plants, and we are going to focus particularly on separating ones that have seeds, and ones that don’t. 

I would like you to watch this video firstly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgVlrtGnG6s&feature=emb_logo 

Now, you could use the internet to research different plants, or go for a walk, or even into your garden if you have any, and observe the different plants that you see. 

Then, you can draw or write the plants into two categories, one for plants with seeds, and one for plants without seeds. 

Here are some plants without seeds to get your started:

Have a great day everybody,

Mrs Taylor 

Happy Friday Discoverers, 

I hope that you’ve had a good week, and are ready for the weekend.

Today in English, you are going to continue writing your diary entry, as a Victorian child at school. 

I was impressed to see that you got off to a great start yesterday, so today, you will be focusing on writing the rest of your diary. This will focus on the afternoon at school. 

Remember to write in the first person, as if you are the Victorian child, and you will also be writing in the past tense, as the events have already happened. 

Also, diaries are a time to reflect, and can help people process their feelings from the day, so try to write about how you felt during different activities, and perhaps the reasons for this. 

How did you manage with yesterday’s maths problem? That’s great to hear. 

I have another one for you today. 

You need to match the descriptions of people’s numbers, with the correct number. 

I will upload the answers on Monday for you. 

Good luck! 

In science today, you will be looking at how water is transported through a plant. 

Here is today’s video: 5. How does water get from roots to leaves in a plant? 

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

To help you understand this, it would be great if you could carry out the experiment. 

You may be able to do this today, if you have the write equipment, but if not, you could save it for another day. 

Enjoy, and have a fabulous weekend, 

Mrs Taylor 

Good morning Discoverers,

You’re working really well this week, keep it up and well done! 

In English today, you are going to use everything you have learned so far, about a Victorian child’s school day, and begin to write your diary entry, as if you were the Victorian child. 

It would be great if you could include some of the activities that you wrote on Monday, and include some emotions that you were writing on Tuesday. Yesterday may have helped to plan how you might structure your diary, and what you may talk about first.

For today, simply focus on the morning of your day at school, and we can write the afternoon part tomorrow. 

I have included some examples of things that you may want to include, as these are typical features that are usually included within a diary entry. 

Here is the answer for yesterday’s maths problem. Did you manage to answer this correctly? Well done!

Today, I have another one for you. This time, you have to decide if you agree with Mo, or not. 

The only clue I will give you to answer this problem is: remember to check how many beads there are altogether.

Good luck!

I have been so impressed with your science work this week. You have included lots of detail, and learned tricky, new vocabulary, well done 😀

Today we are moving on to looking at the pollination process. 

I would like you to watch the video on the usual link, it is called: What is pollination and how does it work?

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

Then, it would be great if you could create a cycle, a little like my example, which includes the different steps within the pollination process. 

Have another fantastic day,

Mrs Taylor 

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 

Hi Discoverers,

I know that many of you take part in the Summer reading challenge, which happens every year at Whitby library.

The great news is that you can still take part! It begins on the 5th June 2020.

You can read books from home, or books online, and the theme this year is brilliant: Silly Squad!

I know how much we enjoy sharing jokes in class, or retelling silly stories that we have read, so I think this is perfect for you all.

Take a look at this link to find more information and to sign up: https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/summer-reading-challenge-silly-squad

If you don’t have a library card and pin, don’t worry. You can call the number on the link and they will set you up 😀

Have fun competing this year, I can’t wait to celebrate with you!

Good morning Discoverers,

Thank you for sharing examples of your fantastic work yesterday, it really is great to see that you’re back in to your routine already! Well done 😀 

In English today, you are going to use the list of activities from yesterday, and focus on the emotions that you would feel throughout them.

When you write a diary entry, one of its key features focuses on the author sharing their emotions at the time of different events. 

Please can you write an emotion to describe how you may have felt, whilst carrying out any of the activities that may have happened during your school day as a Victorian child. For example: spelling out loud to the headteacher = scared. 

In maths today, you are going to continue adding decimals to make one whole, but today you will add hundredths instead of tenths. 

Remember, to make one whole, each of your numbers needs to make 100. To find the missing decimal, you could use the inverse operation. For example: 0.61 + ? = 1, you could find the answer to 100 – 61 = ? The answer to this will become your decimal. 

I have left the last question blank so that you can make your own. Use my examples to help you think of one. 

In science today, I would like you to watch the second video in the series, which focuses on what plants need to survive. 

When you click on the link, the video is called 2. What do plants need to survive? 

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

When you have finished watching the video, I would like you to create a help sheet, informing new gardeners on how to care for their plants. 

In your help sheet, try to include all five things. 

Have a great day,

Mrs Taylor 

Good morning, Discoverers,

I hope that you have had a wonderful week in the glorious sunshine. I’m really looking forward to catching up with you all again. 

In English, we are going to be writing a diary entry, from the point of view of a Victorian child. We looked at how school was for Victorian children, when we visited Preston Park Museum. Can you remember some of the things that we did there? 

When you write your diary entry, it will focus on a day at school.

To help you, I would like you to watch this short video. It shows you what a day at school was like for Victorian child: Maggie Johnson.

https://www.literacyshed.com/schooldays.html

Today, I would like you to watch the video, and make a list of any activities that Maggie does during the day. You can also add any school activities to your list, which you may remember from our school trip. 

In maths this week, we are going to be focusing on decimals. We started to look at these in class, and I want you to remember that a number after the decimal point means that it is part of a whole, like a fraction. For example, if I have 1.1m of string, this shows that I have one full metre, and 0.1 of another meter. 0.1 is the same as 1/10. 

Here I have uploaded the answers for the maths questions you completed before half term, and I have uploaded your questions for today, which focuses on adding tenths to make one whole. 

We are also going to be learning some science this week, which focuses on plants in particular. 

Today, I would like you to watch a video, which teaches you about the different parts of a plant. Then, I would like you to draw a plant and label the different parts. 

When you visit this link, the video I would like you to watch is called: 1. Parts of a plant. 

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

Have a great day,

Mrs Taylor 

Good morning Discoverers, 

In English today, you are going to be decorating your poems. You might already know, that poems can be written in whatever style the writer chooses. Sometimes poems are written in a shape, some words may be bigger than others, and some words are even written with pictures beside them.

Today, it is your chance to get creative. You may choose to rewrite your poem, in a completely different shape or style, or you may wish to keep the same writing as yesterday, and add pictures/ detail to make it appealing to the reader. 

There are no rules, so be as adventurous as you like, and have fun 😀

In maths today, you are finding fractions of amounts. You may remember learning this skills last week, using small amounts, so today I have given you larger ones, for an added challenge. 

Remember, to find a fraction of an amount, simply divide the amount by the denominator. 

For your French task today, it would be great if you could challenge yourself to a quiz.

You will need to write down the 12 months of the year in English, and next to each of them, in French. Then, give this to a family member and ask them to test you on all twelve months. 

See how many you can get correct, and determine if your posters have helped you to learn them 😀 Good luck!

Enjoy your Friday, and have a wonderful weekend and half term 😀

Mrs Taylor