Our Star of the Week this week is… Lexi
Lexi is our superstar this week for the excellent progress she has made. Her reading age has increased by a year and 1 month and she’s becoming a very able mathematician. Well done Lexi.
Author: Beth Scoltock
Stiperstones Superstar 🌟
Our Star of the week this week is… Riverr
Riverr is star of the week for her excellent maths and English work this week. Miss Hunter and I are very proud of the hard work and determination she has shown in class. Keep up the excellent work Riverr.
Star of the Week
Stiperstones Superstar this week is Mason.
Mason is our star of the week for his excellent poetry skills he has displayed in English lessons. He independently wrote a fantastic poem about the sea, using metaphor and personification.
Well done Mason.
Stiperstones Superstones
We have had a fantastic half term in Stiperstones. The children have made be very proud with the excellent work they have produced. We have all thoroughly enjoyed our Pharaoh topic.
Here are the children who have gone above and beyond in their learning this half term, and achieved Star of the Week.
Our Stars from this half term:
Fantastic Finish- Egyptian Day
Hawkstone have had great fun today, with an Egyptian day to celebrate the end of their Pharaoh topic. Miss Parry and Miss Salter were very impressed with the children’s costumes. Thank you to all adults at home who helped the children with their costumes.
Hawkstone have enjoyed, listening and playing Egyptian music, making death masks and learning about Ancient Egyptian artefacts. We’ve had a great day!
Fantastic Finish- Egyptian Day
We’ve had a fantastic day celebrating the end of our Pharaoh topic. I was very impressed with the costumes, thank you to all adults at home who helped the children with their Egyptian Costumes.
Stiperstones have had great fun creating death masks, listening to Egyptian music and dancing ‘Like an Egyptian’.
Thursday’s Home Learning 1.4.21
Happy April Fool’s Day!
Today is our last day of home learning and the last day of the Spring Term. After today we will be on our Easter Holidays.
Like yesterday, we are going to start the day with a Morning Quiz on Zoom at 9.30am. The link for the Quiz is below.
Miss Scoltock is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Quiz
Time: Apr 1, 2021 09:30 AM London
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/94251728117?pwd=MkRBSXpLaGJXZ1NsUHIvcHFjTUYzQT09
Meeting ID: 942 5172 8117
Passcode: Quiz
English
As it is April Fool’s Day, in English today I thought we could have a go at writing riddles.
A riddle is a question or statement intentionally phrased so as to require ingenuity in ascertaining its answer or meaning.
Watch the video below to have a go at working out their riddles before you write your own.
Did you work the riddles out?
Now it is time for you have have a go at writing your own riddles. Use the PowerPoint and resource sheet below to help you. I look forward to trying to work out your riddles.
Maths
Today in maths we are going to continue adding fractions. Watch the video below and then have a go at completing the questions.
Spr5.6.4 – Add fractions within 1 from White Rose Maths on Vimeo.
This afternoon, is going to be an afternoon of completing Easter crafts.
Below are some examples of Easter cards you might want to have a go at making.
Easter Baking
If you have the ingredients in the house, why don’t you have a go at making these Easter treats.
Story Time
Click on the link below, to access the reading of Jungle Book. We got to page 18 yesterday.
I hope you all have a happy and safe Easter.
Home Learning 31.3.21
Happy Wednesday Stiperstones,
Today’s home learning is going to involve an English, Maths, RE and PE lesson- with a Read and Relax session at the end of the day.
We are going to start the day with a Haughmond Quiz on Zoom, at 9.30am. The link for the quiz is below.
Miss Scoltock is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Quiz
Time: Mar 31, 2021 09:00 AM London
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/95792795390?pwd=MmZwUDBrenAxbG84MW5GU1NmcHN4Zz09
Meeting ID: 957 9279 5390
Passcode: Quiz
English
In English, we are continuing to look at the book ‘How to Heal a Broken Wing’.
Your task for English today is to research a breed of bird of your choice and to create a fact file on this bird. I have attached some resources below to help you.
KS2-Garden-Birds-Differentiated-Fact-File
Maths
Maths will be live on Zoom at 11am again, the link is below:
Miss Scoltock is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Maths
Time: Mar 31, 2021 11:00 AM London
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/95251091255?pwd=TWw3SngxdEdJNEVmMDFoWlBvaU1oUT09
Meeting ID: 952 5109 1255
Passcode: Maths
In today’s lesson we will be continuing our work on fractions. Today we are going to begin looking at adding and subtracting fractions.
Spr5.6.2 – Add and subtract fractions from White Rose Maths on Vimeo.
Below is the worksheet you can have a go at completing, once you have attended the Zoom.
Add-and-subtract-fractions- 31.3.21
RE
Continuing our work on the Holy Week, today we are going to look at the next significant day in the Holy Week- which is Good Friday. Below is a video by the Holy Trinity Church, explaining the events of Good Friday.
LO: To write a news paper report on the crucifixion of Jesus.
Imagine you are a reporter for the Jerusalem Times, you need to write a report on the events which took place on Good Friday. Use the resources below to help you with your writing.
Newspaper-Writing-Tips-Powerpoint
PE
Story Time
Our Read and Relax session this afternoon, will continue with the reading of Jungle Book on Zoom at 2pm. The Zoom link is below:
Miss Scoltock is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Read and Relax
Time: Mar 31, 2021 02:00 PM London
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/97388532606?pwd=eVJMZjNXYXRZdElqdEJGaFN6QUNGQT09
Meeting ID: 973 8853 2606
Passcode: Story
Home Learning 30.3.21
Happy Tuesday Stiperstones,
Unfortunately, due the announcement yesterday of a positive case of Coronavirus, we are back to online learning for the next three days. The same principles are in place as last time. The children are expected to attend all Zoom lessons (we will be having 3 each day), and submit completed work to me via Dojo or the class email each day.
Firstly, as it is Tuesday, we need to do our weekly spelling test. Our spelling test will be at 9.30am- You will find the Zoom link for the spelling test below. I will be testing both my group and Miss Jones’ group.
Miss Scoltock is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Spelling Test
Time: Mar 30, 221 09:30 AM London
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/96500465855?pwd=THVhWVR5cTdNQ2UzZElsSXRjaGFGQT09
Meeting ID: 965 0046 5855
Passcode: Spellings
English
Our English for the next three days is going to be based around the book, ‘How to Heal a Broken Wing’ by Bob Graham.
LO: To write a poem on Kindness
Use ideas explored in the book and the video below to help you write a poem on Kindness.
Maths
In maths we are continuing with our Fraction work, comparing fractions. I will be doing a live maths lesson on Zoom at 11am- the link is below.
Miss Scoltock is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Maths
Time: Mar 30, 2021 11:00 AM London
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/95131837033?pwd=bFpHNFd6cW5jcEZ0UVVuZVMwUnF2UT09
Meeting ID: 951 3183 7033
Passcode: Maths
Spr5.6.1 – Compare and order fractions more than 1 (second part of worksheet) from White Rose Maths on Vimeo.
Complete these questions on the worksheet below, as part of today’s maths lesson.
Y5-Spring-Block-2-WO6-Compare-and-order-fractions-greater-than-1-2019.pdf (whiterosemaths.com)
RE
In RE, we are going to continue exploring the events of the Holy Week. Today we are going to explore the events of Maundy Thursday.
LO: To inference the thoughts and feelings of Judas during the last supper.
How do you think Judas felt about betraying Jesus?
What do think the other disciples thought of Judas?
What the video below, then write a detailed paragraph, describing and inferencing Judas’s thoughts and feelings about betraying Jesus.
READ AND RELAX
At 2pm each day we will be having our Read and Relax sessions again over Zoom. The link for today’s session is below:
Miss Scoltock is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Read and Relax
Time: Mar 30, 2021 02:00 PM London
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/97894763165?pwd=OVQ1OFUrd0tsaGFMcXJUQmFDd0p5Zz09
Meeting ID: 978 9476 3165
Passcode: Story
Star of the Week ⭐️
Stiperstones Superstar this week is… Rahim
Rahim is our Star of the Week for being a Maths Whizz with fractions this week. He has impressed Miss Jones and I with his fraction knowledge and hard work in class. Completing all work and challenging himself with tricky reasoning questions.
