Good Morning Rabbits

I hope you are all well and ready for some great learning today.

Brainteaser:  please have a go at this – how can you work out the answer?

How many squares can you see

Grammar:  Have a go at completing this task:  You can select the level you think best suits you.  Differentiated Activity Sheet Expanded Noun Phrases

English:  This activity is for you to use some of your imagination and referring to a wild animal, write a Haiku poem.  Watch this instruction video to help you to understand about these types of poems.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb6RC0zB_-4

Now you can plan your own.  Use this sheet to help you assemble your ideas:

Haiku Planning Sheet

Haiku Rules Poster

Can you begin to write your Haiku?  What would your animal be – I might write one about an Eagle as they are my favourite wild animal.

Maths:  I have the following work sheets for your to do today:  If you prefer, you can access the BBC Bitesize Maths lesson.

Year 2 maths lesson

Year 3 maths lesson

Project:  we will continue today with the investigations into wierd and wonderful creatures.  Yesterday you were beginning some diary notes – as if you were an explorer.  Today, you are going to continue with this for one new animal species:

Please look at the youtube clip and make notes on the details about this animal.

Now you can write up your next diary entry as if you are the explorer who has first discovered these crazy creatures!

Now look at this piece of information about an amazing man who lived a long time ago.  He was called Lord Rothschild and he lived in a huge mansion in Tring which is in England, close to London.  He was quite mad, and had lots of amazing animals roaming on his lawn.  Look at the photographs in the link below.

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/03/20/that-time-lord-walter-rothschild-drove-a-carriage-pulled-by-six-zebras-to-prove-a-point/

I would like you to have a go at drawing the lawn at Tring Park – I have put a link to the photographs that are of the grounds now – I would love you to add drawings of some wildly weird animals that you would like to have striding around your lawn if you were living here.

I hope you enjoy your learning today.  Let me see the lovely things that you have been doing!

Mrs Cooke.

Good Morning Rabbits

So it’s Friday!  Happy Friday everyone.

Spellings:  For today, Year 3 need to do a spelling review of the words that are on your list.  Year 2 did the spelling task earlier on.

Grammar: Please have a look at the grammar exercises for your year group.

Grammar Task  (Year 3)

NelsonGrammar_Conjunctions  (Year 2)

Maths:  Please access MyMaths or do the sheets attached:

PSHE:  As you know, it is Father’s Day on Sunday (also the longest day of the year).  I imagine many of you are preparing something for your Dad or special person; here is a lovely poem that you might use if you want to make him a card.

When I scratched my knee,
Or if I bumped my head,
When I was afraid of the dark,
Or that thing under my bed,
When I cried in the night,
Or even in the day,
You were there for me
To make it all okay.

Source: https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/father

Reading:  Here is a lovely clip of a sweet story about a bear and his dad.  Have a look a the amazing art-work (illustrations) that go with the story.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p019gl16

Good morning Rabbits

Well we are galloping towards the end of another week.  Time is flying!

Here is another brain-teaser to get you wide awake this morning:

Riddle

Music:  Please follow the session for your year group:

Year 2: . Wake up https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=5idAk316hpY&feature=emb_logo

2. I like the flowers https://www.singup.org/singupathome/relaxing-soothing

3. The Doubling song https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=I4pJiHOlAgE&feature=emb_logo

Listening Minute of Listening – Sound Map Listen carefully to the sounds around you. Use the worksheet to draw a map of where they are and describe their sounds. https://d1ovsp3jtaqdje.cloudfront.net/uploads/2018/01/MOL_Sound_Mapping_New.pdf

Year 3: 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.

Taiko – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mbbp7rNTj7o Samba – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQLvGghaDbE

English:  You have lessons on line – you will be following either Oak Academy or BBC Bitesize so please continue with those lessons.

Maths:  I have the white rose maths links below.  If you would rather, here is a link to some different types of worksheets:

Year 2 Measuring

Year 3 maths

Project:  I hope you enjoyed the cartoon version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.  For today, I want you to do a little research about Midsummer.  I have provided a link to information and I would like you to answer the questions on the sheet.

Summer Solstice

Summer Pudding:  here is a recipe for a traditional English pudding that we eat around this time of year  https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/classic-summer-pudding

See if you can gather some of these ingredients and make your own some time.

Midsummer Traditions:

Did you know that Midsummer is also the celebration of St John the Baptist Day?  Have a look at this short piece of writing about the old English tradition.

England[edit]

In late 14th-century England, John Mirk of Lilleshall Abbey, Shropshire, gives the following description: “At first, men and women came to church with candles and other lights and prayed all night long. In the process of time, however, men left such devotion and used songs and dances. The church fathers decided to put a stop to these practices and ordained that people should fast on the evening before,

Fasting is not eating any food – would you like to go without food all day on Saturday?  No, nor would I!

The Solstice means that the sun is out for the longest time – we have the longest day.  Can you list all of the things that you would do in the 16 hours of sunshine that we are going to have on Sunday?

Have a lovely day

Mrs Cooke.

Good Morning Rabbits

Are you ready for more learning?

Here is a brain-teaser to get you started:  Brain teaser

English:  I have a starter task for you.  Then you can access either Bitesize or Oak Academy for today’s lesson:  Opposites Starter Game

Maths: Please continue with the pages from yesterday’s link.  I have shared it again today:

file:///H:/Home%20Learning%20Week%207/Year%203%20Maths.pdf  (Year 2)

file:///C:/Users/m.cooke/AppData/Local/Packages/Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe/TempState/Downloads/7609.pdf (Year 3)

Project:  I have a short clip for you to watch first of all. This is an animation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Before you watch it, please think of these two questions:

1.:  Where is the first scene set?  Do you know who’s house it is?

2:  The rustics (or workmen) are rehearsing a play – can you find out which characters are in the play?

You might like to see the whole film but it lasts about 20 minutes:

3:  Do you think Oberon and Titania are happy with each other – or cross with each other?

4. What type of character is Puck?

I hope you enjoy watching this animation.

Have a great day

Mrs Cooke.

Good Morning Rabbits

I hope you all had a lovely weekend.

I have been speaking to some of your parents and have had some lovely feedback on the work that you have been doing.  This week, I have put a new website choice for your English and I would love to hear from you about how you found the work.

Focusing Activity:

• Take the last four numbers from your telephone number.
• What is the biggest number you can make from these numbers?
• What is the smallest number you can make?
• How many different combinations can you make?

English:  you can either access the BBC Bitesize – or if you fancy a change, have a look at the Oak Academy lesson for today.

Year 2 – follow the link and access the first English lesson for this week:  https://classroom.thenational.academy/schedule-by-year/year-2

Year 3 – follow the link and access the first English lesson for this week:  https://classroom.thenational.academy/schedule-by-year/year-3

Maths:  There are lesson set on white rose:  Please click and download the page that is set for your age group.  Alternatively, the Oak Academy also offer a maths lesson each day.

Year 2 answers

Year 2 Week 8 Lesson 1

Year-2-Week-8 Video

Year 3 Lesson 1 – Add lengths 2019

Handwriting:  Please can you copy out this short piece of text written by William Shakespeare, it is from the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Over hill, over dale,
Thorough bush, thorough brier,
Over park, over pale,
Thorough flood, thorough fire,
I do wander everywhere,
Swifter than the moon’s sphere;
And I serve the fairy queen,
To dew her orbs upon the green.
The cowslips tall her pensioners be:
In their gold coats spots you see;

Project:  This Sunday is Midsummer’s Day.  I wanted to look at the characters from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream as the first part of our project this week.  The play has Dukes, Queens and Kings, Fairies and Workmen and a couple of princes and princesses.  The story (plot) is very complicated but by the end of the week, you will have a better understanding of it.

So for today, I want you to become costume designers and to draw some characters from the play.  I have given you a list in this link – the list has the name of each character and some information about them. Use your imagination – how do you think the characters would look – what would they wear?

MSND Characters

If you are really stuck – here are some images that have been used in stage versions of the play.

MSND Costumes

Mrs Aspinall has sent me this link to a really good site that gives you the story of the play.  Thank you for that!

https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/short-stories/midsummer-nights-dream?_ga=2.210594005.1508354720.1592165602-1659179380.1592165602

Have a lovely day

Mrs Cooke

Good morning Rabbits

Did you get terribly wet yesterday doing the action figure diving challenge?

Spelling test today – see if you can correctly finish the spelling words by filling in the blanks.

Maths:  Please have a go on the TT Rock stars today.  If you want to visit My Maths there is a task for you to do.

English: you can complete your story today.  Remember the ending needs to make sense, it needs you to explain what has happened and what the character does at the end is also important.  Otherwise there is the BBC Bitesize task if you prefer.

Project:  Sports English Activity year 2 and 3  This task is all about sport and gets you to think of the vocabulary and imagine what the sports people are saying.  You can look through the pages and select the sport that is of most interest to you – just complete one of the pages.

Sports Stadiums:  As you know, last year I was teaching in another country – while I was there in Qatar, they were building new stadiums for the 2022 World Cup Football.  It was pretty exciting.  I have included some pictures of their new stadiums for you to see.  I would like you to design your own.  It does not have to be for football but could be for any favourite sport.  The stadium can be made from an empty box and I would like you to include the pitch, the goals and also the fans – you could draw lots of faces and stick them around the stadium.  See if you can get really creative and design the outside.  Some famous buildings have been built for Olympics – the Birds Nest Stadium was built to look like a nest!  The stadium in Doha (where I lived) was made to look like a torch.  See what inspires you.

Stadium Pictures

I hope that you have a wonderful weekend.  Well done for keeping up with your learning and for being such lovely children for your families.

Mrs Cooke