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Rabbits – home learning for 11th June

Good morning Rabbits.

Well it’s Thursday, and you would be doing music if we were in school, Mrs Hindson has given me some work for you to be doing today.

‘Hey Little Frog’  Year 2

Learn this song from Sing Up about the lifecycle of frogs. Can you make up some actions to go with the words? Download more activities to make a mask or poster.

https://www.singup.org/home-schooling/eyfs-ks1/frogs-and-animal-lifecycles

‘The Geography Song’ Year 3

Learn this song from Sing Up about the continents and the oceans. Can you clap in time with the chorus? Can you remember all the continents and oceans? Ask an adult to test you!

https://www.singup.org/home-schooling/ks2/continents-and-oceans

Now that you are all in good voice – time to tell your parents and loved ones that you are very grateful to them for all that they do for you!  (maybe you could sing it?)

On with English:  BBC bitesize if you are following that this week.  If you are writing your story, you can continue with that.  Remember to plan out the plot – what will happen at the start, and now what will happen in the middle of the story?  This is where the action takes place – use those action verbs and adverbs to make it sound exciting.

Maths:  here are today’s tasks.

Year 2 lesson 4 answers Year 2 lesson 4 maths Year 3 lesson 4 answers Year 3 lesson 4 maths

Project:  today, you are going to do some investigations for me.  I want to know the answers to the following questions:

  • What is the oldest sport on record?
  • Where is the most extreme sport played?
  • What is the most difficult sport?

Use these references to get your answers…

https://frontier.ac.uk/blog/2016/02/19/the-top-5-extreme-sports

https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/sportSkills

8 Oldest Sports in the World

What did you find?  Did you find any different extreme sports?  One webiste had “volcano surfing”!  That is a bit too extreme for me!

Now then – for some fun (and beware – this might annoy an adult so be SENSIBLE),  I would like you to design a high-dive competition for some of your action figures or toys.  You will need:

  • A sink or bath – you could use an outside tap and a bucket
  • A selection of waterproof action figures
  • A platform that can hold the figure high above your bath or sink or bucket
  • COLD Water in the bath or sink (or bucket)
  • A towel (that you are allowed to use)

You have to design three types of dives or bungee jumps for your figures.  They can dive backwards, forwards, spinning etc.  They must hit the water and not fall out (!)

If they are bungee jumping you will need to attach elastic from the platform.

Decide on the points that you can award each attempt and see which action figure is best at diving.  You should let your brothers and sisters play this with you when they have finished their work!

Have fun – stay dry!

Mrs Cooke.

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Hedgehogs Home Learning Thursday 11th June

Hello Hedgehogs

Please find your activities for tomorrow below.

Thank you

Mrs Johnson

Fine Motor Skills

Please choose an activity from the grid.

FMS activity grid

Phonics

Reception children have two lessons each day. The first is at 10am for those children who are learning to blend sounds together. The second is at 11am and is aimed at Reception children who can blend confidently.

Year 1 children, your lesson is at 10.30am.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP_FbjYUP_UtldV2K_-niWw/videos

Spelling

Please choose some of the words from the spelling lists below to learn this week. You can use the ‘look, cover, write, check’ grid to help you.

Look cover write check

Reception first words to spell

Reception next words to spell

Reception hard words to spell

Year 1 words to spell

Year 1 challenge words – ready for Year 2

Reading

Please log on to reading eggs and select an activity of your choice.

English

Reception – Today you are going to read a sentence on a postcard! https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-read-a-sentence-on-a-postcard

Year 1 – In today’s lesson you will start to write your story https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-begin-to-write-our-story-e60c4f/

Maths

Reception – The Princess and the Wizard – Day 4! https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Day-4-The-Princess-and-the-Wizard.pdf

Year 1 – Please begin by watching the video about adding equal groups here … https://vimeo.com/425797578

Then complete the Year 1 sheets Year 1 11th June

Year 1 11th June answers

Topic

Today you are going an a hunt around your garden or local area to see if you can find lots of things on the sheet below.

I Spy Scavenger Hunt

When you get home, choose one of the flowers to draw and label the different parts, or you can use the sheet below (pages 1 and 2 only). If you’d like a challenge, please complete the plant vocabulary worksheet.

Label parts of a flower

Plant vocabulary sheet

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Hedgehogs Home Learning – Wednesday 10th June

Hello Hedgehogs!

Here are today’s home learning tasks:

Phonics:

This link will take you to the phonics lessons:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP_FbjYUP_UtldV2K_-niWw/featured

Reception, your lesson will be uploaded at 10am. Year 1s, your lesson will be uploaded at 10:30am. If you feel like you need a bit of extra practice there is another lesson at 11:00am that focuses on blending sounds. After they have been uploaded the videos are available to view at any time throughout the day.

If you’re struggling to concentrate for the full video, try doing it in sections and have a break between each bit.

Fine Motor Skills:

Have a go at one of the activities from the grid below.

Fine Motor Skills Grid

Handwriting:

Practise your handwriting and learn how to form the curly caterpillar letters.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zgjj6sg/articles/zwnh4qt

Maths:

Reception: This week your learning will be based on the book ‘The Princess and The Wizard’. Today you will be designing your own shape themed clothes!

Day 3: https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/

Year 1: This week you will be practising counting  in 2s, 5s and 10s.

Today you are counting in 10s.

Video: https://vimeo.com/425797444

Worksheet: Lesson 3 – Count in 10s

Answers: Answers – Count in 10s

English:

Reception: Today you commit the story of The Hundred Decker bus (by Mike Smith) to memory. You will draw a story map to remember the adventure that the bus went on. You can extend this lesson by using the map to act out the story to your teddy after the lesson.

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-commit-a-story-to-memory-9f7f4f

Year 1: This week, you will hear and learn the story of ‘The Very Noisy Night’ by Diane Henry. Today you will be learning how to use exclamation marks.

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-use-exclamation-marks

Topic:

Do you know how many seasons there are? What are the names of the seasons?

Watch this video to get some extra information https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zkvv4wx/articles/zcx3gk7

Think about how the different seasons affect different animals. Can you think of some animals who are better suited to summer than winter? Choose your favourite animal and think about how the different seasons might affect it.

If you have any problems or any work you’d like to send us to see please contact Nikki in the office and she will forward it onto us. We love seeing what you get up to!

Have a great day!

Miss Horton 🙂

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Dragonfly Class- Wednesday 10th June

Morning all 🙂

We had a quick quiz revising some key skills in school on Monday…! How quickly can you say:

  1. Your alphabet. Challenge: Say it backwards!
  2. Months of the year. Challenge: How many days in each?
  3. Seconds / minutes / hours – how many in each? Challenge: How many in one day? One year?!

Here are today’s activities:

  1. English: How confident are you to use a dictionary? Make sure you know your alphabet and how to use a dictionary using the link below.

Y4 – using a dictionary

Y5 – Fact & opinion

Grammar – Home Learning pack

2. Spellings: Learn your year group list below (feel free to have a look at other year groups). Challenge: Test yourself each day to see how many you’ve really remembered…then focus on the ones you haven’t.

Y 5Handwriting Practice – Continuous Cursive

Y3 Handwriting Practice – Continuous Cursive

Y4 Handwriting Practice – Continuous Cursive

3. Maths: Access today’s White Rose worksheet below (print if you can) then once you’ve read through it, learn about the skills using the video link. Once done, check your answers!

Year 3: 

Year 3 Week 7 Video Links

year 3 lesson 3 maths

year 3 lesson 3 answers

Year 4:

Year 4 Week 7 Video links

 

Lesson 3 Answers – Hundredths as decimals

Lesson 3 – Hundredths as decimals

Year 5:

Year 5 Week 7 Video Links

Year 5 week 7 Lesson-3-Rounding-decimals

Year 5 week 7 Lesson-3-Answers

4. Reading: Reading Eggs – begin the book I have put up on there… it will be there for you to continue reading until Sunday 🙂

Other ideas:

  1. PE: Continue working on the Virtual School Games activities!

School Games Competition

2. Violins – practise your musical instrument

3. PSHE – Have a look at Mrs Viner’s Wellbeing Wednesday activity.

4. DT:  Mechanisms

Have a look at the link above with some interesting mechanism activities…

Have a great day – I think it might be a bit cooler and wetter today!

Miss Whit 🙂

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Mrs Viner’s Well Being Wednesday

Well-being Wednesday
Hi Everyone!
This week I want you to think about the similarities and differences between you and your friends.
There are lots of people in the world, but we are all different. There is no one quite like you!
Have a think about the following questions:
What colour are your eyes? What colour eyes does your friend have?
What type of hair do you have? What colour is it?
What about your friend?
What is your skin like? What about your friends?
Who do you live with at home? Is it different to your friend?
Do you have any brother or sisters? What about your friends?
Do you have any pets? What are they? Does your friend have pets? Are they the same as yours?
What languages do you use? Does your friend use a different language?
What is your favourite piece of fruit? Thing to do? Favourite colour? How about your friend?
You might like to draw a picture showing the things that are different and the things that are the same between you and your friend. 
 
Remember….we are all different, but we are all friends! 
 
Take care,
Mrs. Viner 🌈💞😀
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Rabbits – Home learning for 10th June

Good morning – is it really the 10th of June already?

Maybe this morning you should start with a big THANK YOU! to whoever is working with you doing your on-line schooling – Mum or Dad, big sister or brother or maybe you are on your own?  Well take a minute to say thank you to anyone who is helping you.

So on with the work:  Here is a little starter activity to get your gray cells working!  Alphabetical Order – Alphabetical order

English:  Again, stick with bitesize if you prefer, or continue with your work towards creating a story. You should have some ideas on character, plot and today you are ready to write out your first ideas.

Plan the first paragraph with the following things:

  • Setting – where it is – what does your setting look like?
  • What will be happening?  What characters need to be in the first part of the story?
  • Use some fronted adverbial phrases, (later that day, first thing that morning, slowly and steadily ….)

Maths:  here are the lessons for today on white rose – you could also look on My Maths if you fancy a change!

Year 2 lesson 3 answers

Year 2 lesson 3 maths

year 3 lesson 3 answers

year 3 lesson 3 maths

Project:  I know that you have had some amazing ideas for your own sports event.  Today, I would like you to design your own sports uniform (strip) or clothing that is needed for your sport.  You can make a logo that goes with it.  This link might help if you are struggling to draw people.  Design your sports kit    Sports people drawing templates

Reading:  There are three different levels of tasks in this reading activity – select one that you find suitable for your interests:  The subject is the Paralympians. Reading Task for Year 2 and 3  

I look forward to seeing your designs and ideas for new sports.

Stay happy!

Mrs Cooke

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Hedgehogs Home Learning – Wednesday 10th June

Hello Hedgehogs!

Here are today’s home learning tasks:

Phonics:

This link will take you to the phonics lessons:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP_FbjYUP_UtldV2K_-niWw/featured

Reception, your lesson will be uploaded at 10am. Year 1s, your lesson will be uploaded at 10:30am. If you feel like you need a bit of extra practice there is another lesson at 11:00am that focuses on blending sounds. After they have been uploaded the videos are available to view at any time throughout the day.

If you’re struggling to concentrate for the full video, try doing it in sections and have a break between each bit.

Fine Motor Skills:

Have a go at one of the activities from the grid below.

Fine Motor Skills Grid

Handwriting:

Practise your handwriting and learn how to form the curly caterpillar letters.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zgjj6sg/articles/zwnh4qt

Maths:

Reception: This week your learning will be based on the book ‘The Princess and The Wizard’. Today you will be designing your own shape themed clothes!

Day 3: https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/

Year 1: This week you will be practising counting  in 2s, 5s and 10s.

Today you are counting in 10s.

Video: https://vimeo.com/425797444

Worksheet: Lesson 3 – Count in 10s

Answers: Answers – Count in 10s

English:

Reception: Today you commit the story of The Hundred Decker bus (by Mike Smith) to memory. You will draw a story map to remember the adventure that the bus went on. You can extend this lesson by using the map to act out the story to your teddy after the lesson.

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-commit-a-story-to-memory-9f7f4f

Year 1: This week, you will hear and learn the story of ‘The Very Noisy Night’ by Diane Henry. Today you will be learning how to use exclamation marks.

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-use-exclamation-marks

Topic:

Do you know how many seasons there are? What are the names of the seasons?

Watch this video to get some extra information https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zkvv4wx/articles/zcx3gk7

Think about how the different seasons affect different animals. Can you think of some animals who are better suited to summer than winter? Choose your favourite animal and think about how the different seasons might affect it.

 

If you have any problems or any work you’d like to send us to see please contact Nikki in the office and she will forward it onto us. We love seeing what you get up to!

Have a great day!

Miss Horton 🙂

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Video Information on Wider Opening at St. John The Baptist School

We have put together a short video to demonstrate the new systems that will be in place when the wider opening commences in June 2020.  Please show this clip to your child and help them to understand the changes that they will see once back at school.  Thank you

Please note that it was very windy when this was filmed, therefore you need to turn up your volume control.

 

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Hedgehogs Home Learning – Tuesday 9th June

Hello Hedgehogs!

I hope you had a good day yesterday! The sun was shining in Bomere Heath yesterday, I hope it was sunny where you live. Fingers crossed for another day of sunshine today. ☀️ 

Here are today’s home learning tasks:

Phonics:

This link will take you to the phonics lessons:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP_FbjYUP_UtldV2K_-niWw/featured

Reception, your lesson will be uploaded at 10am. Year 1s, your lesson will be uploaded at 10:30am. If you feel like you need a bit of extra practice there is another lesson at 11:00am that focuses on blending sounds. After they have been uploaded the videos are available to view at any time throughout the day.

If you’re struggling to concentrate for the full video, try doing it in sections and have a break between each bit.

Fine Motor Skills:

Have a go at one of the activities from the grid below.

Fine Motor Skills Grid

Handwriting:

Practise your handwriting and learn how to form the curly caterpillar letters.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zgjj6sg/articles/zwnh4qt

Maths:

Reception: This week your learning will be based on the book ‘The Princess and The Wizard’. Today you will be setting yourself some challenges, practising your counting and seeing if you can stand like a statue!

Day 2: https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/

Year 1: This week you will be practising counting  in 2s, 5s and 10s.

Today you are counting in 5s.

Video: https://vimeo.com/425797292

Worksheet: Lesson 2- Count in 5s

Answers: Answers – Count in 5s

English:

Reception: Today you will listen to the story ‘The Hundred Decker Bus’ by Mike Smith. You will talk about your favourite part of the story and consider why the bus driver wanted to choose a new route. After the lesson, you will continue the adventure by drawing our favourite part of the story.

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-hear-the-hundred-decker-bus-by-mike-smith

Year 1: This week, you will hear and learn the story of ‘The Very Noisy Night’ by Diane Henry. Today, you are going to be drawing your story map to help you to commit the story to memory. There will be challenge at the end of the lesson to tell the story independently

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-commit-a-story-to-memory-4ca7c8

Topic:

Have a think about how the weather affects what clothes you put on. Would you put a jumper on when it’s sunny or wear your shorts in the snow? Try sorting these items of clothing depending on whether it’s rainy, sunny, cloudy or snowy.

Dressing for the weather

If you have any problems or any work you’d like to send us to see please contact Nikki in the office and she will forward it onto us. We love seeing what you get up to!

Have a great day!

Miss Horton 🙂