Good morning Lawley and happy Friday!

Well done for all the hard work that has gone into your home learning this week, it has been great seeing your photographs and work.

Well done to everyone who joined our zoom meeting yesterday.  We will be having two zoom meetings today.  One at 10.00am for Lawley class, and the other at 1.30pm with Wrekin and Caradoc.  The links are below:

Topic: Lovely Lawley’s Zoom Meeting
Time: Jan 15, 2021 10:00 AM London

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/94234126804?pwd=QUNXRXBGMTgwOUJvbTlXWVdTL2NBZz09

Meeting ID: 942 3412 6804
Passcode: 9qKJed

Topic: Wrekin, Lawley and Caradoc’s Zoom Meeting
Time: Jan 15, 2021 01:30 PM London

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/91802795314?pwd=eEFoQW9kUmtEQWcwTDUwQldJWmlQZz09

Meeting ID: 918 0279 5314
Passcode: 3F2KZV

Here are our home learning activities for today:

Phonics Home Learning

Please join in with the daily live session of Read Write Inc on YouTube, we are covering set 3.

Maths Home Learning

Today, and every Friday, we are going to give you the opportunity to complete Maths activities on TT Rockstars, Numbots and Mathletics.  With these websites, your progress is recorded so I will be able to see who has logged on and what you have completed.  Your login details are in the front of your reading records, however if you cannot find these, please send me a message.

English Home Learning

Today is our spelling test day.  You can either ask someone in your household to complete your spelling test, or you can log onto Purple Mash where there is a spelling test quiz set as a To Do.  This will then let me know how well you have practised your spellings.  Your new spellings will be uploaded onto our class spellings tab.

Also on a Friday, we complete a reading comprehension.  Please make sure you read the text first, this will then help you answer the questions correctly.  This is the skill we are working on today.  Here is our comprehension for today:

Finally, I would like you to carry out your daily reading.  If you do not have any spare reading books at home, please remember you all have access to Bug Club.  Again, if you cannot find your login details, please message me.  I am checking this regularly so I can allocate more books to the children who need them.

ICT Home Learning

In ICT we are going to continue developing our coding skills.  Everyone became very confident in logging onto Purple Mash and started to create their own codes for backgrounds.  

Please log onto Purple Mash, if you cannot find your login details, please message me.

You will then find a To Do set by myself for Free Code Scenes – I have set this for everyone.

Your task today is to complete stage two – to use a code to move the fairies and other magical creatures.  Do not worry if you have forgotten what to do, follow the onscreen instructions.

Have a great day Lawley and remember to stay safe.  If you have any questions, please do message me.  If not, I look forward to seeing your work today.

Good morning Lawley!

I hope you are all well and enjoying taking part in your home learning.  I’m really impressed with the effort you are putting in, keep it up!

Here are our home learning activities for today.

Phonics Home Learning

Please join in with the daily live session of Read Write Inc on YouTube, we are covering set 3.

Maths Home Learning

Let’s start our maths lesson off by counting in tens.  Please join in with the song, then write down all counting in tens numbers up to 100 forwards and backwards.

Today we are going to continue with our unit on Multiplication and Division.  Let’s watch this video for today’s session on multiplication using pictures.

Spr2.1.5 – Multiplication sentences using pictures from White Rose Maths on Vimeo.

Now, let’s complete the worksheet.  Remember, if you cannot print the sheet off, please write your answers with the question numbers so we can see your fantastic maths learning.

Multiplication using pictures

Cheeky Challenge: Now you have completed our maths lesson, have a go at our mastery, digging deeper question.

English Home Learning

We are going to start our English session by thinking of as many adjectives to describe my animal below.  Remember, adjectives are describing words.

Today, we are going to continue with our book, What We’ll Build by Oliver Jeffers.  Please start by listening to Miss Wright read this story.

Our focus today is to think and consider what makes a home and how homes can be different.  First, look at the slides below.

Please answer the questions, first of all by sharing your ideas with someone in your household, like we do with partner talk.  Then write down your answers using full sentences with capital letters, full stops and using your phonics and neat handwriting.

Now, listen to this song, Our House by Crosby, Stills and Nash.

Please now read the slide below, discuss your thoughts, then write your answers down in full sentences.

Cheeky Challenge: Who lives in your home and what is special about your home?

Please remember to complete your daily reading and spelling practise.

Science Home Learning

To start our science lesson today, we are going to play Odd One Out.  Look at the photographs of the three homes below:

Write down the similarities and the differences between all three homes.  Think about the materials used to make the homes, how the homes have been made and who uses the homes.  Is there an odd one out?  If so, why or why not?

Today we are going to be looking at floating and sinking.  Think about our Bible Story this week, Noah’s Ark.  Noah built his Ark for many animals, it was big and heavy, but it still floated in the floods.

How and why do you think Noah’s Ark floated in the flood water?

Today, you are going to carry out your own experiment and let me know your results.  First, ask a grown up for a bowl or box of water.  Keep it on a flat surface like a table.

Next, I would like you to make a boat out of materials you have at home.  For example, you could use:

• foil
• paper
• card
• cling film
• fabric

Just make a rough boat shape, don’t worry about it being exactly like a boat.  Look at my example below:

Now, I would like you to make a prediction.  Remember, a prediction is having a good, sensible guess at which material you think will float the best.  Look at all the materials, feel them and use your senses to make your prediction.  I would like your sentence to be:

I predict ………………………… will be the best material to float because …………..

Now, it is experiment time!  You are now going to place one of the boats in the water and see which floats and which sinks.  Some of the materials may stay afloat for a minute or two, then sink. Observe each boat for five minutes before writing up your results.  Why do you think these results have happened?

I would like you to write up your results like we do in class.  Have a look at my example below:

Floating or sinking experiment

Remember, to take photographs of your experiment so I can see what fun you are having!

Cheeky Challenge: How do we make sure we carry out our experiments fairly?

Have a great day Lawley.  Stay safe and keep in touch.

Good morning Lawley!

I hope you are all well and keeping safe.  Keep up the hard work everyone, you are doing fantastically well! Here are our home learning activities for today.

Phonics Home Learning

Please join in with the daily live session of Read Write Inc on YouTube, we are covering set 3.

Maths Home Learning

Let’s start our maths lesson off by counting in twos.  Please join in with the song, then write down all counting in twos numbers up to 50.

Today we are going to continue with our unit on Multiplication and Division. Let’s watch this video for today’s session on multiplication sentences using the x symbol.

Spr2.1.4 – Multiplication using the x symbol from White Rose Maths on Vimeo.

Now we have watched the video and developed our understanding of multiplication using the x symbol, please complete the worksheet below.  Remember, if you are unable to print this off, don’t worry, please just write the question number and the answer down for me to see.

Mutliplication using the x symbol

Cheeky Challenge: Now you have completed our maths lesson, have a go at our mastery, digging deeper question.

English Home Learning

We are going to start our English session by thinking of as many adjectives to describe my animal below.  Remember, adjectives are describing words.

Today, we are going to continue with our book, What We’ll Build by Oliver Jeffers.  Please start by listening to Miss Wright read this story.

Our focus today is to think and consider the feelings of a character.  First, look at the slides below, then share your ideas with someone else in your household before writing down your answers in full sentences, using full stops, capital letters and your phonics.  It might help to imagine you are the character, and exactly how you would feel.

Now, consider the feelings of all the characters and pictures below:

Cheeky Challenge: Think about your feelings at the moment, being in lockdown and learning from home.  Write a sentence explaining how you feel and why.

Please remember to complete your daily reading and spelling practise.

Topic Home Learning

In our topic lesson today, you are going to choose an animal that may have been on Noah’s ark and create a fact file.  You may have a fact book at home, already know many facts, or you could search on kiddle.com to carry out your research. 

The animal you choose is up to you, but you must be able to complete a full fact file.

The information I would like you to include in your fact file is:

• The name of the animal and a picture.
• The country the animal is from.
• What the animal eats.
• Does the baby have another name?
• A description of what the animal looks like.
• An interesting and fun fact.

You can design your fact file in any way you wish to, make it bright and colourful, as well as clear to read.  You may wish to write your fact file or type it up on the computer.  I cannot wait to see them!

Have a great day Lawley.  Stay safe and keep on touch.

I thought as we are not all in school, and we are unable to have birthday celebrations, I would create a birthday post to celebrate our birthdays.

Last week, we celebrated Elisa’s birthday.  Elisa is a member of our Keyworker Bubble, so were were able to sing happy birthday.

Today, it is Kaden’s birthday.  I know you are at home working hard with your home learning, but we all wish you a very happy birthday.

Let’s all join in with singing happy birthday to both Elisa and Kaden today.

Good morning Lawley!

I hope you are all well and keeping safe.  Thank you to everyone who has sent in work, we are all so proud of your efforts, keep it up!  Here are our home learning activities for today.

Phonics Home Learning

Please join in with the daily live session of Read Write Inc on YouTube, we are covering set 3.

Maths Home Learning

Let’s start our maths lesson off by recalling our number bonds to 10.  Please join in with the song, then write down all number bonds to 10.

Today we are going to be focussing on adding equal groups.  This is where we will be adding together the amount in equal groups.  Remember, equal groups are groups containing exactly the same amount, for example 5 and 5.  Let’s watch the video together to help us understand.

Spr2.1.3 – Add equal groups from White Rose Maths on Vimeo.

Now we have developed our understanding of adding equal groups, I would like you to complete the worksheet.  If you are unable to print this off, don’t worry, please just write the question number and the answer down for me to see.

Adding equal groups

Cheeky Challenge: Now you have completed our maths lesson, have a go at our mastery, digging deeper question.

English Home Learning

We are going to start our English session by thinking of as many adjectives to describe my animal below.  Remember, adjectives are describing words.

Today, we are going to continue with our book, What We’ll Build by Oliver Jeffers.  Please start by listening to Miss Wright read this story.

Our focus today is on talking and sharing our ideas on the text we have read and listened to.  First, look at the slides below, then share your ideas with someone else in your household before writing down your answers in full sentences, using full stops, capital letters and your phonics.

Cheeky Challenge: Which tool do you think might be the most important in our book and why?

Please remember to complete your daily reading and spelling practise.

Art Home Learning

In our art lesson today, you are going to choose an animal that may have been on Noah’s ark and draw the animal in detail.  This is not to be a rushed activity, I want you to take your time and concentrate, making sure you do your best.

Let’s start by watching this clip on how to sketch a lion’s face:

There are lots of tutorials on YouTube if a lion is not your chosen animal, ask a grown up to help you find a friendly, useful video.  I am looking forward to seeing your animal sketches!

Have a great day Lawley.  Stay safe and keep on touch.