Morning all,

I hope you enjoyed a nice bit of rain yesterday ☔️ although I know some of you were hiding inside! And yes Lowri, that includes you 😆😊 Many of you are missing each other, so if you can pick up the phone / message today and see who you can speak to.

Enjoy Mrs Hindson’s contributions below for music – you will be singing your houses down with her ideas! 🎶
Here are your learning activities for today:

1. Reading: There are activities on Reading Eggs set up for you today.

2. Spellings: Access the link below for your year group and learn the set list. You could print the handwriting sheet OR present it in your Homework Pack.

Year 3 Spellings Week 1

Year 4 Spellings Week 1

Year 5 Spellings Week 1

3. Maths:

White Rose Maths activities can be found below. I suggest you look at the activity sheets first and think about what you already know. Then watch the video which will help you with your understanding. Finally, complete the sheet then mark it but try and work out where any mistakes you made came from using the asnwers.

To access the related video, go to the usual White Rose and find Week 6.

Year 5

Y5 Lesson 4 – Subtract mixed numbers

Y5 Lesson 4 Answers

Year 5 White Rose Maths

Year 4

Y4 Lesson 4 Answers

Y4 Lesson 4 – Calculate quantities

Year 4 White Rose Maths

Year 3 

Year 3 White Rose Maths – for teaching clip

Y3 Lesson 4 – Fractions of a set of objects

Y3 Lesson 4 Answers

4. English: As explained yesterday, you have an option this week, depending on what you prefer.

Option 1: Link to Bitesize English

Option 2: Lesson 3 / 5 News Reports

Other ideas for Thursday:

• Music: Mrs Hindson has been very busy thinking of you all and has set out an array of songs and activities for you to try! Enjoy 🙂

Singing

1.Baby, one two three https://www.singup.org/singupathome/songs-to-get-moving

2. Have you ever ever ever (Day2) https://www.nycos.co.uk/daily-activities/

3. Don’t worry be happy https://www.singup.org/singupathome/songs-for-virtual-choirs/part-songs

4. As the sun rises on a new day https://www.singup.org/singupathome/sign-language-makaton

5.‘A Little Bit of Kindness’ Sing along with this catchy song with a Latin feel and a valuable message: ‘What a difference we can make when we brighten someone’s day’.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=44&v=iGUABWgeA1Q&feature=emb_logo

Why not choreograph a dance to it? https://www.outoftheark.co.uk/ext/pdfs/outoftheark-at-home/SongActivity-A-LITTLE-BIT-OF-KINDNESS.pdf

Listening and creating

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ten-pieces/ten-pieces-at-home/zjy3382 Write a poem inspired by a journey with Simon Mole…

• TT Rockstars:  The Inter House Tournament  continues – your next match against each house! Play ‘Battle’ to earn your team points.

Have a lovely day.

Miss Whit 🙂

Morning everyone!
I hope to speak to some of you today 🤩 so keep an ear out for a phone call! I look forward to hearing and sharing your latest news. 😊

Here are your learning activities for today:

1. Reading: There are activities on Reading Eggs set up for you today.

2. Spellings: Access the link below for your year group and learn the set list. You could print the handwriting sheet OR present it in your Homework Pack.

Year 3 Spellings Week 1

Year 4 Spellings Week 1

Year 5 Spellings Week 1

3. Maths:

White Rose Maths activities can be found below. I suggest you look at the activity sheets first and think about what you already know. Then watch the video which will help you with your understanding. Finally, complete the sheet then mark it but try and work out where any mistakes you made came from using the asnwers.

To access the related video, go to the usual White Rose and find Week 6.

Year 5

Year 5 Lesson 3 Answers

Year 5 week 6 Lesson-3-Fractions-of-an-amount

Year 5 White Rose Maths

Year 4

Y4 Lesson 3 – Fractions of a quantity

Y4 Lesson 3 Answers

Year 4 White Rose Maths

Year 3 

Year 3 White Rose Maths – for teaching clip

Y3 Lesson 3 – Fractions of a set of objects

Y3 Lesson 3 Answers

4. English: As explained yesterday, you have an option this week, depending on what you prefer.

Option 1: Link to Bitesize English

Option 2: News reports Lesson 2

Other ideas for Wednesday:

• TT Rockstars:  The Inter House Tournament  continues – your next match against each house! Play ‘Battle’ to earn your team points.
• Violin / musical instrument practise

Have a lovely day.

Miss Whit 🙂

Morning all,

A quick thank you to Torin & his mum who notified me that they couldn’t find the classwork yesterday – I’m not sure if it was the same for everyone, apologies if so, but once they’d given me a quick heads up their problem was sorted. Please do give us a shout if there are any issues! We had a busy day in school yesterday – it was lovely to see all the teachers and TAs and talk about all of YOU! We very much look forward to your laughter and voices filling the classrooms again. Mrs O says a huge ‘hello’ to each of you too! (She has curly hair and looked very glam!)

Here are your learning activities for today:

1. Reading: Bitesize had a great activity on the last day of last half term… I know some of you have even been getting the books to continue reading once you’ve completed these tasks! Have a go yourself by following the links:

• Year 4 Reading
• Year 5 Reading

2. Spellings: Access the link below for your year group and learn the set list. You could print the handwriting sheet OR present it in your Homework Pack.

Year 3 Spellings Week 1

Year 4 Spellings Week 1

Year 5 Spellings Week 1

3. Maths:

White Rose Maths activities can be found below. I suggest you look at the activity sheets first and think about what you already know. Then watch the video which will help you with your understanding. Finally, complete the sheet then mark it but try and work out where any mistakes you made came from using the asnwers.

To access the related video, go to the usual White Rose and find Week 6.

Year 5

Year 5 week 6 Lesson 2 Answers

Year 5 week 6 Lesson-2-Multiply-mixed-numbers-by-integers

Year 5 White Rose Maths

Year 4

Y4 Lesson 2 Answers

Y4 Lesson 2 – Subtract 2 fractions

Year 4 White Rose Maths

Year 3 

Year 3 White Rose Maths – for teaching clip

Y3 Lesson 2 Answers

Y3 Lesson 2 – Fractions on a number line 2019

4. English: You have an option this week, depending on what you prefer.

Option 1 : Bitesize (which we frequently use)

Option 2: Oak Academy – Izzy and Max produced some OUTSTANDING poetry from this unit of work before half-term that I have seen.

See the links below.

Option 1: Year 4 Bitesize (brackets) or Year 5 Bitesize

Option 2: Lesson 1 – News Reports

Other ideas for Tuesday:

• PE: Do what you can to get in your hour of exercise. I’ll be going for a bike ride today plus a dog walk later 🙂
• TT Rockstars:  The Inter House Tournament  continues – your next match against each house! Play ‘Battle’ to earn your team points.
• Geography:

Check out the Geography learning on Bitesize today which is all about weather and climate. This is particularly significant at the moment as we are experiencing such hot, dry weather – I believe May was the driest since 1896! It’s causing a huge amount of difficulties for farmers too; the crops aren’t growing and the soil is desperately dry. As a task, could you present a weather video  to teach your viewers what the weather has been like, the current situation and maybe even forecast what it’s going to be like this week? Good luck! (I always wanted to be a weather presenter when I was little!)

Have a great day – remember your suncream and hats!

Miss Whit 🙂

Good morning Dragonflies!

I hope you’ve had a fab week staying safe in the sunshine. I don’t know about you, but I’ve been outside constantly! I’ve enjoyed some lovely long runs over half-term and on Saturday set myself a challenge of completing a half-marathon (that’s 13.1 miles) which took me 1 hour and 50 minutes in the morning sun. I felt very proud of my achievement so rewarded myself with the biggest ice cream I could find 🙂 We also set on the job of building a fence for my chickens who have been VERY naughty… Ginger has decided she’s a house chicken (constantly found at Briar’s bowl), Road Runner has taken to following Ginger into the house too whilst Shirley & Bassey have taken it upon themselves to dig up my flowers in pots! So they’re having a sturdy but roomy run made at the bottom of the garden. I look forward to hearing some of your updates this week – I’ve no doubt there will be some fun Dragonfly stories to tell!

To start your day, why don’t you check out Newsround and catch up on what’s been happening? I watched SpaceX being launched on Saturday and saw the International Space Station pass over shortly after – did you see it?

Here are your learning activities for today:

1. Reading:  Grab a book and lose yourself for 20 minutes! Then, can you create a picture of one of the characters?

2. Spellings: Access the link below for your year group and learn the set list. You could print the handwriting sheet OR present it in your Homework Pack.

Year 3 Spellings Week 1

Year 4 Spellings Week 1

Year 5 Spellings Week 1

3. Maths:

White Rose Maths activities can be found below. I suggest you look at the activity sheets first and think about what you already know. Then watch the video which will help you with your understanding. Finally, complete the sheet then mark it but try and work out where any mistakes you made came from using the asnwers.

To access the related video, go to the usual White Rose and find Week 6.

Year 5

Year 5 Week 6 Lesson 1 Answers

Year 5 Week 6 Lesson 1

Year 5 White Rose Maths

Year 4

Y4 Lesson 1 Add 2 or more fractions

Y4 Lesson 1 Answers

Year 4 White Rose Maths

Year 3 

Year 3 White Rose Maths – for teaching clip

Y3 Lesson 1 Answers – Tenths as decimals

Y3 Lesson 1 – Tenths as decimals 2019

4. English: 

Check out your year group activities on bitesize:

Year 4 Monday

Year 5 Monday

Other ideas for Monday:

• PE: Get yourself going with a Joe Wicks workout! Or even better, design your own circuit 🙂 Good luck!

TT Rockstars:  The Inter House Tournament  continues – your next match against each house! Play ‘Battle’ to earn your team points.

Have a great Monday,

Miss Whit 🙂

Good morning Dragonflies,

We’ve made it to the end of another half term – well done to all of you who have been logging in and a huge well done to everyone for all the other activities you have been doing whilst at home – including gardening, baking, tidying and helping!

Here are Friday’s learning activities:

1. Reading:  Enjoy reading your book somewhere different – I’ll be outdoors today! Don’t forget to record your reading in your reading diary.

2. Spellings: Access the link below for your year group and learn the set list. You could print the handwriting sheet OR present it in your Homework Pack.

Year 5 Spellings & Handwriting

Year 4 Spellings & Handwriting

Year 3 Spellings & Handwriting

3. Maths:

Play TT Rockstars today and earn points for your team! You could also catch up with unfinished tasks on My Maths.

4. English: 

Here is the final lesson of the week from Oak Academy – perhaps you could send me what you have done.

Poetry Lesson 5

Other ideas for Friday:

• TT Rockstars:  The Inter House Tournament Round 8 continues – your second match against each house! Play ‘Battle’ to earn your team points.
• Complete activities from the week.

Have a great half term break, whatever you are up to. Stay safe – I miss you all very much.

Miss Whit 🙂

Good morning Dragonflies,

I hope you are having a good week! I’m in school this week and have been looking at some of the work we have done this year… The Ancient Egyptian image poetry still looks fabulous on the wall!

Here are Thursday’s learning activities:

1. Reading:  Look at Reading Eggs for your activity today.

2. Spellings: Access the link below for your year group and learn the set list. You could print the handwriting sheet OR present it in your Homework Pack.

Year 5 Spellings & Handwriting

Year 4 Spellings & Handwriting

Year 3 Spellings & Handwriting

3. Maths:

As I mentioned yesterday, there are My Maths activities if you would prefer this week. The usual White Rose tasks (which are brilliant for your learning) are below.

To access the related video, go to the usual White Rose page through the link below.  You will need to go to Summer Term week 5, day 1 today.

Year 5

Y5 Lesson 4 – Subtract mixed numbers

Lesson 4 Answers – Subtract mixed numbers 2019

Year 5 White Rose Maths

Year 4

Lesson 4 Answers – Fractions greater than 1 2019

Lesson 4 – Fractions greater than 1 2019

Year 4 White Rose Maths

Year 3 

Lesson 4 Answers – Count in tenths 2019

Lesson 4 – Count in tenths 2019

Year 3 White Rose Maths – for teaching clip

4. English: 

Here is Lesson 4 from Oak Academy.

Grammar Lesson

Other ideas for Thursday (well-spotted Matthew!):

• TT Rockstars:  The Inter House Tournament Round 8 continues – your second match against each house! Play ‘Battle’ to earn your team points.
• Complete activities from the week.

Have a great Wednesday,

Miss Whit 🙂

Good morning Dragonflies,

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week – look out for Mrs Viner’s activity today linked to wellbeing.

Here are Wednesday’s learning activities:

1. Reading:  Make sure you have completed this week’s activities so far then enjoy your own reading book for 20 minutes at least today. 🙂

2. Spellings: Access the link below for your year group and learn the set list. You could print the handwriting sheet OR present it in your Homework Pack.

Year 5 Spellings & Handwriting

Year 4 Spellings & Handwriting

Year 3 Spellings & Handwriting

3. Maths:

As I mentioned yesterday, there are My Maths activities if you would prefer this week – I’ve topped it up for Matthew who was completed them all! The usual White Rose tasks (which are brilliant for your learning) are below.

To access the related video, go to the usual White Rose page through the link below.  You will need to go to Summer Term week 5, day 1 today.

Year 5

Year 5 Lesson-3-Add-mixed-numbers

Year 5 Lesson-3-Answers

Year 5 White Rose Maths

Year 4

Lesson 3 Answers

Y4 Lesson 3 – Equivalent fractions

Year 4 White Rose Maths

Year 3 

Y3 Lesson 3 – Tenths

Y3 Lesson 3 Answers

Year 3 White Rose Maths – for teaching clip

4. English: 

Here is Lesson 3 from Oak Academy.

Lesson 3 Poetry

Other ideas for Wednesday:

• TT Rockstars:  The Inter House Tournament Round 8 begin- your second match against each house! Play ‘Battle’ to earn your team points.
• Complete Science and PSHE from Monday / Tuesday

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week

Challenge: What acts of kindness have you carried out by this point of lockdown? Record a diary of your acts of kindness.

Have a great Wednesday,

Miss Whit 🙂

Good morning Dragonflies,

Here are Tuesday’s learning activities:

1. Reading:  Make sure you have completed yesterday’s Reading Eggs activity then have a go at this task on Bitesize:

Y4 – Charlie Changes into a Chicken!

Y5 – Percy Jackson

2. Spellings: Access the link below for your year group and learn the set list. You could print the handwriting sheet OR present it in your Homework Pack.

Year 5 Spellings & Handwriting

Year 4 Spellings & Handwriting

Year 3 Spellings & Handwriting

3. Maths:

As I mentioned yesterday, there are My Maths activities if you would prefer this week. The usual White Rose tasks (which are brilliant for your learning) are below.

To access the related video, go to the usual White Rose page through the link below.  You will need to go to Summer Term week 5, day 1 today.

Year 5

Year 5 Lesson-2 Answers

Year 5 Lesson-2-Add-fractions

Year 5 White Rose Maths

Year 4

Lesson 2 – Equivalent fractions

Y4 Lesson 2 Answers

Year 4 White Rose Maths

Year 3 

Year 3 lesson 2

Year 3 lesson 2 answers

Year 3 White Rose Maths – for teaching clip

4. English: 

Poetic Language – Lesson 2

Other ideas for Tuesday:

• TT Rockstars:  The Inter House Tournament Round 8 begin- your second match against each house! Play ‘Battle’ to earn your team points.

Science

Parts of a plant: Can you carry out your own research and complete the activity sheet below to identify the parts of a plant and their functions?

Parts of a plant

Then you could go into your gardens and look at these plant parts in real life! Do all plants have every part? How are they the same? How are they different? Think about how you will present your research but remember to look after the environment.

Have a great Tuesday,

Miss Whit 🙂

Good morning all,

IT’S FRIDAY! Your days might be blurring into each other but I hope you’ve got that Friday feeling today… I have 🙂

Here’s today’s learning activities:

1. Reading:  

Write to a character from one of your books that you are currently reading! What will you ask them? What would you say to them if you had the chance?

2. Spellings: Access the link below for your year group and learn the set list. You could print the handwriting sheet OR present it in your Homework Pack.

Year 3 Spelling Set (Week 4)

Year 4 Spelling Set (Week 4)

Year 5 Spelling Set (Week 4)

3. Maths: 

For today, complete any maths tasks from the week that you haven’t had chance to. Then spend your maths time on TT Rockstars! Let’s see some big points racked up.

4. English: 

Access and follow today’s Bitesize English  lesson for your year group.

Year 4 English

Year 5 English

Other ideas for Friday:

• National Walking Month! How many steps can you walk in your hour today? Submit your steps today!

• Mrs Viner’s wellbeing 10k for the Harry Johnson Trust
• History: If we were in school we would currently be studying Ancient Greece. This week, what can you find out about the Greek Gods? Perhaps you could present your research as a video! Good luck.

Have a great weekend – stay safe and I’ll be back next week.

Miss you all loads,

Miss Whit x