Good morning Rabbits. I hope you all had a lovely weekend.
This week, I am going to ask you to do a small project all about Shropshire. Each day, you will have a task to do that will build into an information pack all about our lovely county.
English: Please go on to BBC Bitesize – the English for year 2 or year 3 that is set for today.
Handwriting: I am asking you to practice your very best writing whilst making a page for your information pack and it needs a title of “Shropshire Flowers”. I would like you to draw some pictures of flowers that are found in Shropshire and then to label them with your lovely writing. I have included the names of the flowers here, and links to the pictures that you can copy. Please read the words carefully as they are quite new to you. I have also included the county flower – but was a bit disappointed – see what you think! https://www.shropshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife-explorer/wildflowers Shropshire Flowers
Maths: The White Rose maths class is ready for you today. Please click on www.whiterosemasths.com/homelearning and click onto your year for the maths lesson.
Reading: Before we finished last term, we were going to be reading some poetry by a famous Shropshire author called Mary Webb. For today, I would like you to read the poem that I have copied here. Read it through a couple of times and then do the task that I have set. To help – I have included some explanations of the words that are in bold.
Fairy-Led by Mary Webb
The fairy people flouted me,
Mocked me, shouted me–
They chased me down the dreamy hill and beat me with a wand.
Within the wood they found me, put spells on me and bound me
And left me at the edge of day in John the miller’s pond.
Beneath the eerie starlight
Their hair shone curd-white;
Their bodies were all twisted like a lichened apple-tree;
Feather-light and swift they moved,
And never one the other loved,
For all were full of ancient dreams and dark designs on me.
With noise of leafy singing
And white wands swinging,
They marched away amid the grass that swayed to let them through.
Between the yellow tansies
Their eyes, like purple pansies,
Peered back on me before they passed all trackless in the dew.
Flouted means to not pay attention to following the rules – behaving badly
Mocked means to make fun of someone
Within means inside
Curd-white is really white – as white as milk
Lichened means the knotted and twisted bits of bark and moss on a tree, you say the word li-chin-d
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dark designs – thinking of doing something mean or dangerous to someone
Tansies – are little flowers.
Task:
- Find three examples of rhymes in this poem and write them down
- “put spells on me and bound me” – what do you think the fairies used to bind the child?
- When did this happen – what time of day is mentioned in the poem?
- Do you think they sound like kind fairies? Explain your answer.
- Please draw a picture that depicts a part of this poem – what do you imagine the scene could look like?
Project: you have already begun the task with the poem and the drawings of flowers that you have completed for your handwriting. This part is another writing / drawing task. Please copy the map of Shropshire. You only need to do the outline but fill a full page please. Mark Shrewsbury as it is the County Town, and also the town or village where you live. Leave the rest blank for the moment as we will fill it as we go along this week. Can you then use your very best handwriting and write “Map of Shropshire” somewhere on the page. You can then do what you like to make it more colourful or to stand out. Let me see your maps when you have finished them please! maps of shropshire
I hope you have a lovely day – enjoy your work and look in tomorrow for more ideas and work that you can do.
Mrs Cooke
