Wednesday 10th June 2020

Happy Wednesday Discoverers,

I hope you had a great day yesterday. I have been, as always, impressed with the work you have been showing me, and the tremendous effort that you have been putting in to it. Thank you. 

Today in English, we are going to continue looking at different themes from our next focus story, ‘Rain Before Rainbows’. Today we will be focusing on ‘daytime’. 

I would like you to use your list of differences from yesterday, to help you create a setting description for the daytime. This paragraph would usually include lots of adjectives, similes and metaphors, and simply describes a scene during the day. 

To make it more interesting, try to include descriptions of things that stimulate people’s senses, such as what you can see, hear, taste, touch and smell. 

Even though the weather is a little dull today, why don’t you find a nice scene outside to describe? It could be in your garden, or out on a walk, or simply be a description of things you imagine during the daytime. 

 

How are you finding working with money in maths, this week? From what I have seen you are doing really well 😀

I have uploaded my answers from yesterday, but don’t forget, you may have different combinations of coins, which still add up to the same amount. If you combination is different to mine, ask an adult at home to check it for you.

Today we are focusing on a money problem. 

Try to work through the problem slowly, figure out which operations you may need to use, and then give me your answer, with an explanation for it. 

 

In science today, we are going to look at the differences between plants during the different seasons? 

Here is today’s video for you to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFVOI9Duj8M&feature=emb_logo

After you have watched the video, I would like you to draw a tree which is in Spring, then Summer, then Autumn and finally, Winter. You will draw four trees in total, but each of them will look differently, because they change throughout the year. 

 

Have a lovely day everybody, 

 

Mrs Taylor 

 

Tuesday 9th June 2020

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 

 

 

Monday 8th June 2020

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 

Friday 5th June 2020

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 Adventurers – It’s baking day!

I just thought as the weather still isn’t very nice and I had two very soft, brown bananas in my fruit bowl that it might be good to try out our weighing skills and make some banana bread (or you could try another recipe depending on the ingredients you have at home).

We will continue with our key skills, animal fact files and add to our mini beast/animal habitat boxes.

I’ve been very impressed with all the work you’ve done so far this week so please keep posting it.

Today’s activities include:

Handwriting – practise the letter ‘Xx’

English – research information on your chosen animal and write this up using subheadings.

Maths – Key skills for Year 2 and Year 3 then try out your weighing skills baking.

DT – continue to add more detail to your mini beast/animal habitat box.

French – find the French names for different animals.

There’s lots of activities to choose from today and I hope you enjoy them. (More information for each task is on Tapestry)

I look forward to hearing from you.

Enjoy your day

Mrs Roe

Thursday 4th June 2020

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 

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 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 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.