Good morning- I hope you’ve all had a good weekend. The sun was a nice surprise!
Today’s learning……
Year 5 and 6 maths: multiplication and division
This week, we will be revising division. Today, have a go at recapping on basic multiplication and division facts by playing some of these games.
Reading: finding information and summarise a character
Follow this BBC Bitesize lesson.
Art: exciting paintings
Follow this lesson exploring famous artists and their exciting paintings.
This week, some children have been following this link to learn how to draw different characters, animals and objects.
Happy Friday!
Today’s learning……
Year 5 and 6 maths
Complete the weekly maths challenge on BBC Bitesize here.
Reading: love of reading
It’s Friday- enjoy reading a magazine/book/newspaper/online article and talk to somebody in your house or a friend on video call about what you’ve read today.
Art: how to draw
This week, some of the children in school have been following some youtube videos ‘Art for kids hub’ to learn how to draw different characters and objects. Watch a video and have a go at some drawing yourself.
Here are a few from children in school.
Good morning everyone- I hope you’re all staying happy, healthy and safe.
Today’s learning……
Year and 6 maths: operations
Complete this nrich maths challenge, which involves playing with a partner. It is an opportunity to revise adding, subtracting, multiplication and division.
Reading
Have a go at this First News comprehension.
Living and Learning
Watch Mrs Welsby read the story Mixed. This story raises questions about race and diversity.
Here are some resources you can have a go at after you’ve listened to the story.
Today’s learning……..
Year 5 and 6 maths
How did you get on with the nrich challenge yesterday? Caitlin managed to get up to 98!
Complete this challenge called ‘A square of numbers’ where you will need to work systematically.
If you want to challenge yourself, why not find different solutions and justify that you haven’t missed any out. This is where working systemically is important. Then, you could make up your own problem which uses different operations around a square in a different order.
It would be great if you could email me (nataliebeatson@spherefederation.org) your own challenges and some of the children in school could have a go at solving them!
Reading: retrieval
Watch and complete this video lesson.
You’ll need these questions for your main task. And, this link to the whole First News paper for the challenge.
Design Technology: mechanical systems
Follow this BBC Bitesize lesson all about mechanical systems and you could even have a go at designing and making your own moving toy! If you do, please take a photo and email me your picture. We will have a go at making some in school too- I will post some of our creations on the class news page.
Good morning everyone.
Today’s learning…..
Year 5 and 6 maths: problem solving
Have a go at this nrich challenge. You could make your own digit cards to help you. Try and work systematically to find the solutions.
English/Living and Learning
You may have seen in the news in recent days a lot of stories about racism and inequality. There have been many protests all around the world about the tragic death of George Floyd in the US and the racism, that unfortunately people are still experiencing in today’s society.
Our Living and Learning statement this week is ‘I can see things from other people’s points of view’ and this is relevant when we think about people not being treated fairly or are voicing their thoughts and opinions when protesting or speaking about their own experiences of racism.
Watch this video clip– Racism: why is it still a big issue?
Write a summary to show what the video clip is telling.
Music
Listening or playing to music can really help lift your mood. Follow this BBC Bitesize lesson all about singing with feeling.
Last week, we opened our school up to some of our pupils. Here are some of the fun activities the KS2 children have been doing.
Happy Friday everyone!
Today’s learning….
Year 5 and 6 maths challenge
Have a go at this challenge all about number lines.
Reading
It’s the end of the week……. enjoy reading your own book/magazine/paper or an online article. There’s some good articles on CBBC Newsround this week.
Writing
Complete the BBC Bitesize lesson about story settings and fronted adverbials.
Today’s learning…….
Year 5 maths
Your learning today is about volume. You will be describing volume in cubic units.
Click on the following link for this lesson.
Year 6 maths
Play this maths game with somebody at home.
Reading
Read the text about Mahatma Gandhi and answer these questions.
Challenge linked to Gandhi’s inspirational quotes.
Writing: character creation and complex sentences
Follow this BBC lesson.
Today’s learning……..
Year 5 maths: Volume
Click on the link above for a warm-up task. You will be playing Snowboard Slalom. Select the multiplication option and then year 5/6. Click on all the times tables that are in the list. You can select your speed also.
Your learning today is about volume. You will be estimating the volume of objects.
Click on the following link for this lesson.
Year 6 maths
Click on the link above for a warm-up task. You will be playing Snowboard Slalom. Select the multiplication option and then year 5/6. Click on all the times tables that are in the list. You can select your speed also.
Complete this nrich puzzle involving factors and multiples.
Reading
Read all about mermaid folklore. Then complete these questions.
The answers are at the end of the sheet.
Science
Complete this BBC Bitesize lesson.