Homework

24 April 2020 : Home learning

Posted on Thursday 23 April 2020 by Mrs Latham

It’s Friday already! Have some fun with the Emoji tasks today. You could do a test on your spellings and times tables today.

Maths

Work out the answers to the Emoji codes.

Challenge : Create your own emoji code.

Reading

Read the story about the Meerkat with Big Ears. Can you spot all the ‘ear’ trigraphs (three letters that make one sound). Write a list of what you find.

Challenge : Write a list of other words that have the ‘ear’ trigraph in them. Put each word into a sentence.

Topic – Art

Draw your favourite Emoji.

Challenge : Make up your own Emoji.

24 April 2020: Home Learning

Posted on Thursday 23 April 2020 by Miss Beatson

You made it to the end of the week- well done.

Yesterday, I enjoyed doing some science outside with George and Harry in the sun. We tested hand wash, shampoo and washing up liquid to see which one made the tallest ‘bubble tower’! They decided washing up liquid was the most effective.

Answers to yesterday’s maths.

Y5 answers

Y6 answers

Today’s learning……….

Maths: fractions

Can you found examples of ‘real-life’ fractions in your home? Here are some ideas to help you. Take some pictures and email any you find. nataliebeatson@spherefederation.org

Y5 maths

Y6 maths

Writing: a challenge from Mr Roundtree……..

Mr Roundtree needs your help. He’s been writing lots of website news articles recently, but has started to suffer writers’ block – that the name for when authors run out of ideas.
The articles are for parents and carers to read, and they offer top tips and other guidance to support parents and carers with their child’s home learning. Your task is write an article on his behalf – are you up for this writing challenge?
Please email me your writing and we can publish some of the articles on our school website. 
Science/Music
I had lots of fun doing a science experiment this week, so I thought I’d give you an idea for one. I’ve also been listening to a lot of music to make me feel happy, so I thought a science experiment that involves making music could be fun!
Here is how you can make music with water!
Which glass will make the highest tone and the lowest tone? Why does this happen? Can you play any well-known tunes?
Please send me some pictures of you doing your experiment and making music. 

24 April 2020: Home learning

Posted on Thursday 23 April 2020 by Mr Roundtree

Happy Friday!

Well done for your first week ‘back’ into this new term. Are any of you doing fancy dress Friday with Joe Wicks? I’m trying to do the workouts but haven’t managed the fancy dress bit yet! Enjoy your last learning tasks of the week.

Maths: Yesterday’s answers; Year 3 and Year 4                                                                                                                                     Wake up, shake up with Supermovers: The 8x table with Filbert Fox.                                                                                                 Today’s activity: Year 3 – multiply by 2, 4, 8 and Year 4  – 3 digit by 1 digit multiplication

Everyone complete your weekly times tables check. https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check Make sure your record your score on the sheet and find out which ones you have struggled with.

Reading: Layers of the Rainforest. (Answers are on the second sheet.)

Topic: How did you get on with yesterday’s towns and cities quiz? Answers. Today we are looking at counties in the UK. We are in West Yorkshire.

Spellings: Ask an adult to choose 10 of the 11 words from this week’s spelling  list and test you on them. Can you get them all correct?

Enjoy your weekend and we’ll be back again on Monday with some more
exciting learning activities to do at home.

23 April 2020 : Home learning

Posted on Wednesday 22 April 2020 by Mrs Latham

Good morning. Here are the learning tasks for today.

 

Maths

Challenge : Create your own code that reveals a message.

Reading

Watch the short film about a girl and some bubbles and answer the questions below – https://www.literacyshed.com/bubbles.html#

How was the girl feeling at the start of the film?

What question would you like to ask her?

Why did she leave the bubbles on the beach?

Where would you like the bubbles to take you?

Challenge  : Draw and label the land the bubbles take you to.

Topic – Languages

Have a go saying hello in different ways. There are some ideas below.

 

Challenge : Make own handshake or greeting to say hello.

 

23 April 2020: Home learning

Posted on Wednesday 22 April 2020 by Mr Roundtree

Hi everyone,

I love a good laugh. Anyone know any good jokes? If you email me your jokes, I’ll post the best ones in our class news page. Happy learning!

Maths: Yesterday’s answers; Year 3 and Year 4                                                                                                                                         Wake up, shake up with Supermovers: The 8x table with Filbert Fox.                                                                                                 Today’s activity: Year 3 – division by 8 and Year 4 – revising multiplying 2-digit by 1-digit.

Reading: Yesterday’s answers.         Today’s activity: Gary’s Big Adventure (the answers are on the second page).

Topic: Last half term we focused on History. This half term we will be studying Geography. Towns and cities in the UK.

Handwriting: Complete the second of your handwriting sheets – these are in your learning packs. (There is a spare copy here!)  The words that you are practising to write neatly are part of the Y3/4 word list.

 

 

23 April 2020: Home Learning

Posted on Wednesday 22 April 2020 by Miss Beatson

Happy Thursday! This week seems to be going very quickly for me- how is it going for you? I hope you’re getting back into a routine and staying happy and healthy.

Here are the answers to yesterday’s maths.

Y5 answers

Y6 answers

Today’s learning…….

Maths: multiplying fractions

Y5: fraction x whole number

Y6: To multiply fractions, you need to multiply the numerators together and multiply the denominators together. Watch the BBC video to remind you of how we do this.

Y6 fluency

Y6 challenge

Football fractions challenge- test yourself with Gary Lineker!

Writing: modal verbs

Yesterday, I signposted you to an online lesson on BBC Bitesize all about verbs and modal verbs. Today, complete this activity to see how much you can remember about modal verbs.

Geography: The Lake District

On Tuesday, I asked you to find mountain regions in the UK. Today, I would like you to focus on one region: The Lake District. Do you know where in the UK it is? Follow the BBC Bitesize lesson to find out more about this area and find out some facts!

22 April 2020 : Home learning

Posted on Wednesday 22 April 2020 by Mrs Latham

Bonjour! We often like to say hello in different ways during the register. Which other ways do you know?

Remember to read today.

Maths

Look at the repeating patterns. Copy and complete them.

Challenge : Make some shape/colour repeating patterns of your own. Look around your house to see if there are any more repeating patterns you can see?

Reading

Look at the funny postcard. Write a list of words that you can see in the postcard. Use your phonics and knowledge of tricky words to spell the words you use.

Challenge : Write sentences describing what is happening in the picture.

Topic – History

Read the information about the Queen.

Answer the questions.

  1. What is the Queen’s full name?
  2. How many children does the Queen have?
  3. Who are two of her grandchildren?
  4. How long has she been the Queen for?
  5. What doesn’t the Queen need?

The bear from yesterday belonged to Mrs Latham. She got it in about 1978 when she was a little girl (well before Miss Harker was born), over 40 years ago ! She called it Barnaby and played with it a lot. It was special because it could suck its thumbs and toes.

22 April 2020: Home Learning

Posted on Wednesday 22 April 2020 by Miss Beatson

I hope you’ve enjoyed the sunshine alongside doing some learning. This week, one task each day will involve going onto the BBC Bitesize website to complete a lesson. If you have any problems then please let me know.

The answers to yesterday’s maths.

Today’s learning……..

Maths: multiplying fractions

Year 5 unit fraction x whole number

Year 6 mixed number x whole number

 

Reading: comprehension

Read the text about video games and answer the questions. The answers are at the bottom of the questions- don’t look until you’ve finished!

Writing: passive and active verbs

We have looked at identifying and using active and passive verbs last term. Complete this lesson by reading some tips, watching a video and completing an activity.

22 April 2020: Home learning

Posted on Wednesday 22 April 2020 by Mr Roundtree

Happy Wednesday – half way through the week already!

How are you all feeling? Are you learning different ways of doing things during Lockdown? What are you finding harder? It’s all rather strange, isn’t it? I’m developing my computer skills and finding different ways to communicate with friends and family near and far. You can email us both to let us know how you are.

kerensawelsby@spherefederation.org

beckyrowley@spherefederation.org

Maths: Yesterday’s answers: Year 3 and Year 4.                                                                                                                                      Today’s learning: Year 3 -Dividing by 4  and Year 4 – Applying mental multiplication   If I know 3 x 4 = 12, then I know 30 x 4 = 120

Reading: The tunnel

Writing:
We are learning about adverbs. Watch the two clips from BBC bitesize to remind you.

Read the example ‘My narrow escape from the leopard‘: Impala and leopard recount.  Identify and highlight any adverbs or adverbial phrases for WHEN, WHERE or HOW. You could also copy them into your book and make your own bank of adverbials.

Challenge: You could create some of your own sentences using adverbs and adverbials about the Impala and the leopard. Use the adverbial phrase mat and fronted adverbials to help you.

21 April 2020: Home Learning

Posted on Tuesday 21 April 2020 by Miss Beatson

I hope your first day back at ‘home school’ went OK.

Here are the answers to the maths fluency questions for Monday’s learning.

Year 5

Year 6

 

Maths learning: subtracting fractions

Remember, you need to make the fractions have the same denominator by finding a common multiple.

Year 5 fluency

Year 6 fluency

Y5/6 Challenge

Writing: verbs and modal verbs

The BBC Bitesize website has some daily lessons for you to follow in various subjects and topics. Today, I would like you to revise all your knowledge of verbs and modal verbs by following this online lesson.

Geography: rivers and mountain ranges

How did you get on with naming the rivers of the UK yesterday?

Test your river knowledge today with this online quiz.  How many can you get correct?

Can you use an atlas or an online map to locate the mountain ranges in the UK? Use this map to label each one.

Why don’t you make your own quiz and test your family on their river and mountain knowledge!

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