We’ve got lots of budding cricketers at St John’s – why not have a go a this School Games virtual challenge and see if you can get your video on the Energize channel?
Author: Jen Whittingham
Dragonfly Class – Thursday 18th June
Good morning Dragonflies,
There is a live assembly happening today and it is being delivered by the Duchess of Cambridge! She will be talking all about the importance of mental wellbeing among children. I can’t wait to watch the assembly live today at 11am – although I know you can catch up with it later if you prefer. Here is the link:
The Duchess of Cambridge’s Assembly
Here are today’s activities:
- Spellings: This week’s lists are on the links below. Challenge: Can you create a sentence for each word?
2. Maths: White Rose Maths links can be found below. I’ve also added a block of work on My Maths for those of you who enjoy it too.
Year 3
Y3 Lesson 4 – Problem solving with addition and subtraction of fractions
Year 4
Year 5
Y5 Lesson 4 – Adding decimals with a differen number of decimal places
3. Reading: Log into Reading Eggs for a book to read and complete this week.
4. English: Two options…
1) Find today’s Bitesize activity
2) Follow the link below for Lesson 4/5 of the Oak Academy lessons this week.
Other ideas:
Here is Mrs Hindson’s weekly schedule for Music:
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Y3/4 Singing 1. I left my luggage (Day 4)
https://www.nycos.co.uk/daily-activities/
This is a lot like a rhyme we have done in music lessons!
2. ‘Chumbara’ (Day 9)
https://www.nycos.co.uk/daily-activities/
3. As the sun rises on a new day
https://www.singup.org/singupathome/sign-language-makaton
4. Aint gonna let nobody turn me around
https://www.singup.org/singupathome/empowering-inspiring
5. I have a song to sing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=100&v=QpdQrp2is4A&feature=emb_logoSSomething to think about
https://www.outoftheark.co.uk/ext/pdfs/outoftheark-at-home/SongActivity-I-HAVE-A-SONG-TO-SING.pdf
Listening Drumming Styles around the World
Compare the ways people create different music with drums across the world. How is Japanese Taiko different from Brazilian Samba? Use the worksheet to write as many differences as you can.
Recorders 1.Go to https://www.shropshiremusicservice-charanga.org/yumu and log in.
2.Enter your own username and password (The school office has these)
Blown away. This is for Year 3 pupils.
Click on this. Learn to play each of the pieces in order and move on at your own pace when you are ready.
Assignments This is for Y4/5/6 pupils
Click on this. There are three lessons. Click on the one that applies to you. Learn to play each of the pieces in order and move on at your own pace when you are ready.
Violins Y4 Get those violins out and practice playing Waltz and Hoe Down. If you don’t already know, find out what a Waltz and Hoe down are. This should help you play then in an appropriate way. If your violin is in school, then contact the school about picking it up.
Miss Whit 🙂
School Games needs TALENT!
As a reminder, there are two weeks left to get your School Games has got talent entry to the Energize Team. Come on team Ruyton!
Dragonfly Class – Wednesday 17th June
Good morning Dragonflies,
I hope you are well and enjoyed catching up with Mrs Grogan yesterday! She had a lovely time talking with you all.
Remember to check out Mrs Viners post for Wellbeing Wednesday 😊
Here are today’s activities:
- Spellings: This week’s lists are on the links below. Challenge: retest yourself and see how many you still need to master.
2. Maths: White Rose Maths links can be found below. I’ve also added a block of work on My Maths for those of you who enjoy it too.
Year 3
Y3 Lesson 3 – Subtract fractions
Year 4
Year 5
Y5 Lesson 3 – Adding decimals with the same number of decimal places
3. Reading: Log into Reading Eggs for a book to read and complete this week.
4. English: Two options…
1) Find today’s Bitesize activity
2) Follow the link below for Lesson 3/5 of the Oak Academy lessons this week.
Other ideas:
- Violins – spend time practising your musical instruments
- PSHE – Check out Mrs Viner’s update for Wellbeing Wednesday.
Happy Wednesday!
Miss Whit 🙂
Dragonfly Class – Tuesday 16th June
Good morning Dragonflies,
We had a fab day in school yesterday getting ready for bubble groups to return 😊 I then managed to run home just in the nick of time before the storm began!
Today is a special day for the Harry Johnson Trust which Mrs Johnson runs: its Harry Day. Do you remember we had a Bake Off last year?? There were some amazing cakes baked in bright green or frog-shaped! I seem to remember selfies too! If you can today, I have one request for Harry Day: do something today that makes you or others smile and laugh! Please send me any evidence too by Friday 19th June! 💚🐸
Here are today’s other activities:
- Spellings: This week’s lists are on the links below. Challenge: write them out as handwriting practise today.
2. Maths: White Rose Maths links can be found below. I’ve also added a block of work on My Maths for those of you who enjoy it too.
Year 3
Year 4
Y4 Lesson 2 – Compare decimals
Year 5
Y5 Lesson 2 – Percentages as fractions and decimals
3. Reading: Read your own book for 20 minutes or so today.
4. English: Two options… 1) Find today’s Bitesize activity 2) Follow the link below for Lesson 1/5 of the Oak Academy lessons this week.
Other ideas:
Science:
Task 1: Look at the foods on this sheet: Different foods
How could you sort them? Can you sort them in two different ways?
Task 2: Read and understand the sheet attached; Food Categories It tells you the different food groups you should know and what each food group is beneficial for.
Can you sort the foods from Task 1 using the food groups?
Task 3: Here are some solutions: Food Groups and examples
Task 4: Think about the foods you have eaten and will eat later today. Record your food diary and think about how much you’ve eaten of each food group. Have you had a healthy balanced diet? This video below helps to show how much you should eat of all the different groups.
I have tried to strike a healthy balance of food during lockdown but admittedly, I’ve not always been very well behaved! A lot of my school work has involved more sitting at the computer than usual too. Plus, the sunshine made me eat too much ice cream! However… I’ve also done much more exercise to create a good balance and it has kept me healthy. I’m proud of the healthy balance I’ve managed to create and fit this in around my school work to give me some active breaks.
So if you see me out running, be sure to know I’ll be enjoying a Crunchie ice cream later in the day (it’s my current fave!)
How healthy is your diet and lifestyle?
Have a great day – sending you all a virtual hug for Harry Day 🐸
Miss Whit 🙂
David’s brilliant poem and cartoon
What a pleasure to share David’s super poem about winter as well as his green monster cartoon. Fabulous work and it looks like you really enjoyed it too.
Blue Peter 6 badges of Summer
If you aged between 6 and 15 and are looking for something to do over the next few weeks, take a look at Blue Peter’s 6 Badges of Summer. In June and July, you can work towards earning each of the 6 different badges: Green, Sport, Music, Blue, Fan Club and Silver and it looks like a brilliant way to stay busy. Adults will need to send off an application for each of the badges but all details can be found by following the link below:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/joinin/six-badges-of-summer?collection=6-badges-of-summer
Good luck and let us know if you earn any!
Year 6 – photos of Owl class
Hi Year 6, we thought we would post a bit of information and a few pictures of what Owl classroom looks like ready for some of you to return to school this Thursday.
As you can see, the tables have been arranged a little differently and there is just one person per table. On each table, there is a box containing equipment such as: a writing pen, pencil, whiteboard and pen, ruler, rubber, highlighters etc as well as a dictionary/thesaurus. There are also just two exercise books – one with squares for maths and one with lines for any written activities. We will be following the same work that is set on the class page with Mrs Hollis teaching you on a Monday/Tuesday and Mrs Henney teaching on a Thursday/Friday. Over the next couple of weeks, all Year 6’s will be being set some transition work to complete for The Corbet so please check the Owl Class page regularly for details on this.
All other general information regarding timings for the day, clothing and food can be found on the letter sent out by Nikki last week.
If you have any queries or questions, please do not hesitate to contact school.
Have a great day and see you soon,
Mrs Hollis and Mrs Henney
Happy Birthday Noah! 🎂
Happy 11th Birthday Noah. Have a brilliant day,
Mrs Hollis and Mrs Henney 🎁
Dragonfly Class – Monday 15th June
Good morning Dragonflies,
I hope you’ve enjoyed your weekends. The thunderstorm yesterday was impressive – the thunder seemed to crackle endlessly over us! Can you remember what causes thunder and lightning? That could be a great place to start your day with a bit of research if you’re not sure (the Met Office has some good resources).
Here are today’s activities:
- Spellings: This week’s lists are on the links below. Challenge: ask someone to test you on how many you know BEFORE you start learning them.
2. Maths: White Rose Maths links can be found below. I’ve also added a block of work on My Maths for those of you who enjoy it too. Remember to watch the video and learn first!
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Y5 Lesson 1 – Understand percentages
3. Reading Eggs: There is a task ready and waiting for you 🙂
4. English: Two options… 1) Find today’s Bitesize activity 2) Follow the link below for Lesson 1/5 of the Oak Academy lessons this week.
Other ideas:
- PE: Usually on a Monday we have our PE lessons so make a good effort on some sporting activity to day if you can! How about carrying on with the Virtual School Games activities!
- School Games Competition
2. Languages: The colours of the rainbow... Have a look at the activities below to learn the french words for different colours. You could design your own rainbow!
Happy Monday,
Miss Whit 🙂
