Learning Week 8 and Photo Gallery: 1st of June - 8th of June

Hi there,
 
As usual I try to put up as many incoming pieces of work as possible as you should all be so proud of what you are doing! Please don't feel you need to put together power points or leaflets just yet for the English 'Persuasive Writing' activity. Some children have started thinking about images and putting their ideas into full sentences already which is great as it gives you a head start for your home learning over the next couple of weeks. I just don't want anybody to look at these pieces of work and think you should be doing something different or more!! However, the power point from Isla and leaflet by Elliot may give you some ideas for the work you will be doing.
 
Thanks everyone!
 
Mrs Smith : )
Home learning for 1st of June - 8th of June
Welcome back everybody to a new week's learning page. I hope everyone remains well and that you were all able to enjoy some of the sunshine in some way, shape or form last week. Thank you to everyone who entered the Swansfield Art Competition. I have shared all the entries with Katherine Renton who will help judge over the next couple of weeks and winners will be announced on Monday the 15th of June.
This week starts with a bit of a difference, in that we have some children of specific year groups returning to school for the final half term. However, for Willow Class we will continue to follow the learning on this weekly class page for the time being. As usual, I have indicated which pieces of work to  email to me but as I always say, doing something is better than nothing and if you don't manage to get everything done, please don't worry about it. However, an email letting me know all is well and how home learning is going is always much appreciated. As I mentioned in the half term blog, you will be contacted with a day and time to collect the new home learning packs.
Busy Things - Busy Things has taken over from Frog Play. Just go into the same place - School 360, then resources. I had a play with setting an assignment. This week's is a Book Review which ties in with one of the reading activities. You can find this by doing the following:
 - Click on Busy Things
 - Next click on Key Stage 2
 - Then click on Willow Class
 - You will see a 'My Assignments' icon to the right hand side of the screen. Click on it and fingers crossed, you should see the Book Review template! If you have any problems viewing this, please let me know. If this works, I will set further weekly tasks as it has so much to offer!
Up and Coming  -  

I am delighted to share with you that the Northumberland & Tyne & Wear Virtual School Games will take place on Friday 19th June between 10.00am – 3.00pm. Every hour there will be activities for primary aged students. More information will follow soon with details on how to access this but it is event to look out for!

 
Just to let you know, I'm working from home this week but in school from the 8th of June -  possibly for the week but I will keep you posted.
 
Have a good week everyone, stay well and keep smiling.
 
MATHS

ACTIVITY 1:

We continue learning about 'Money' this week. In this activity, we are writing money amounts either as pence or as pounds and pence, showing that we can convert between the two. Remembering that 100p = £1 will help you.

Also think about this...

124p = £1 and 24p

£5 and 37p = 537p

We are not using decimal points just yet. As you can see, when converting from pence to pounds and pence, we know the hundreds (pounds) need separated from the pence. Therefore, the word 'and' needs to stop the two from squabbling and go in between them.

'and' will always separate the hundreds digit from the tens. 

For example, 1547p = £15 and 47p

When converting from pounds and pence to just pence, the pounds and pence play together then 'and' carries the pound (£) sign away.

The 'Convert pounds and pence' activity sheet is attached below. I have also attached the answer sheet if you or an adult want to check your work after completion.

 

ACTIVITY 2:

In this activity you are adding money amounts together but continuing to record added amounts in pounds and pence. Remember that sometimes the 'pence' amounts will add to over 100p therefore you have over £1 (100p = £1)

This calculation is straight forward:

£2 and 25p + £3 and 25p = £5 and 50p

 

However with this calculation you need to think a little more:

£4 and 85p + £2 and 50p = £7 and 35p

£4 + £2 = £6

85p + 50p = £1 and 35p     

Here I have over £1. I need to add my £1 to the £6 I already have making £7 and then I have my 35p = £7 and 35p

 

ACTIVITY 3:

Complete your next 'Big Maths' Worksheet. If you have any queries about any of the questions, just email me and I can help out. You will have more Big Maths sheets in your new packs.

ACTIVITY 4:

This week, complete another Times Tables Rockstars sheet ( you will find more in your new work pack) but even better...jump on to the Times Tables Rockstars website where you can practise online and complete the 10 Garage Bands Sessions. At the end of the week, I'll look to see who has been on Rockstars and give more school 360 points out.

ACTIVITY 5:

Complete a page of your Schoffield and Sims maths booklet.

 

ENGLISH

ACTIVITY 1:

READING ACTIVITY:

Reading is such an important life skill so it's crucial to set some time aside in your day to enjoy reading; whether it be by yourself, with an adult, your dog or even reading to a favourite cuddly toy! Reading can take so many forms - magazines, comics, newspapers, recipes, stories, non-fiction books... the list could go on! Listening to stories can be great fun too. I've been listening to more stories on 'Elevenses with the World of David Walliams'. As well as building up reading fluency, reading can help us learn more about the world we live in, stories take us to different places and imaginary worlds and what’s more...reading makes you an even better writer!

This reading activity is based on whatever story book you are reading at the minute or have read recently. Choose one activity, two or all three. Feel free to send any of it to me.

WRITE ABOUT A MEMORY OR EXPERIENCE THAT IS SIMILAR TO ONE YOU HAVE READ ABOUT IN YOUR BOOK.

 

WRITE A BOOK REVIEW FOR A FICTION OR NON-FICTION BOOK YOU HAVE READ.

** Book Review template can be found on Busy Things.

 

DESIGN A BIRTHDAY CARD FOR A CHARACTER IN YOUR STORY. HOW OLD ARE THEY OR HOW OLD DO YOU THINK THEY ARE?

 

ACTIVITY 2:

This week’s spelling, punctuation and grammar focus is 'Matching different parts of a sentence'. First read the snippet of text 'Nabbed' and then complete the activity sheet which goes with it. the activity sheet is number 63. These sheets are included in your home learning pack which you have collected or will be collecting. However, I have also attached the sheets you will need below. 

 

 

ACTIVITY 3:

Spellings: Think about the spelling group you were in when at school. These are the spellings you are focusing on this week. As well as doing the 'look, say, cover, write, approach', why not write them in different colours, in different letter styles (wobbly, bubble), small letters, big letter or why not time yourself to see how quickly you can write them all or how many times you can write one word in 30 seconds!

Group 1 Group 2 group 3
action  don't road
addition you're load
direction hasn't goal
creation we're boat
location wasn't coat
vibration they're goat
lotion couldn't oat
motion there's coach
emotion wouldn't poach
 promotion where's coal

 

 Set 1 Spelling Rule 

A

If the root verb ends in ‘t’ the suffix ‘ion’ forms a ‘tion’ ending (invent – invention).

B

A long ‘a’ sound is always followed by ‘tion’.  For words ending ‘te’, drop the ‘e’ to add ‘ion’.

C

‘otion’: the base word usually contains the vowel and is clearly pronounced (long ‘o’).

Set 2 Spelling Rule

A

The apostrophe represents missing letters and not the joining of two words (e.g. I am / I’m).

B

The apostrophe replaces missing letters and must be placed precisely (e.g. do not / don’t).

C

Contractions show how we speak and should be used within speech marks.

 

Set 3 Spelling Rule:

A

‘oa’ is used at the start of a few words (oat, oak) but hardly ever at the end of a word.

B

When two vowels go out walking the first one does the talking, so ‘oa’ makes a long ‘o’ sound.

C

‘oa’ is very often used to make a long ‘o’ sound in the middle of words.

 

Activity 4:

This activity kick starts the beginning of our 'Persuasive Writing' focus. However,instead of focusing on places to visit in Northumberland , given the current situation, I thought it might be more appropriate to think about the area you live in and why it's great to live where you do. After all, we have all had plenty of time lately to explore our local areas and appreciate what we all have around us! You are going to begin by brainstorming lots of ideas based around where you live. If you live in Alnwick, what makes Alnwick a really great place to live? You might live in one of the surrounding villages. Do the same for where ever you live. You can brainstorm your ideas however you want to. You might want to write where you live in a bubble in the middle of a sheet of paper and brainstorm lots of ideas around it or you might want to brainstorm using Google Slides...it's up to you! All you need to do at the minute is generate lots of ideas. For example, if I was to do a brainstorm of Alnwick, I would put Alnwick in my bubble and around I would begin to jot down the following:

Alnwick Castle and the surrounding pastures.

Alnwick Gardens

Peter's Mill

Places to eat - Chinese take-aways, Fish and Chip shops, Sheerkhan and Mumbai Flavours, Pizza Royale, Alnwick Farm Bakery/Cakery

Friendly people

...and so on!

Even though certain places aren't open at the minute, you can still include them if it's somewhere you know enough about, such as Willowburn Sports Centre. You can list places and draw them if you want to.

 

Activity 5:

@ PLEASE EMAIL THIS ACTIVITY TO ME SO I CAN READ ALL OF YOUR IDEAS.

Now you have brainstormed your ideas, choose 3 or 4 of your ideas that you think you can really 'sell' to someone who is going to read your leaflet/powerpoint or whatever you are going to finally put together. With each idea you have chosen, you are now going to list what makes that place or thing a fantastic feature of your town or village. In doing this, you should be able to use your own knowledge or personal experience of what you choose but you might want to do a little bit off research too. It might be that somewhere you choose is also doing something special at the minute to really help people - you could include this. For example, I might decide that The Alnwick farm Bakery/Cakery is a great feature in Alnwick. I might list and describe some of the things they sell and list the services they provide but also think about packages they might be putting together for people at the minute. You don't need to do this but you can if you like. You should aim to use interesting adjectives when describing your chosen features and remember, at the minute you are just making lots of notes that you will begin to use next week.

Example: Alnwick Farm Bakery /Cakery

               Friendly and helpful staff

               Delicious cakes and pastries

               Talented bakers who can make any cake to your requirements!

               A wide variety of tasty breads

 

SCIENCE

@ PLEASE EMAIL THIS ACTIVITY TO ME SO I CAN SEE WHAT YOU FOUND OUT ABOUT 'WONDERFUL WATER'!

This week's science focus is 'Wonderful Water'. Attached below is a powerpoint which takes you through the different 'states' water can be found in. You will also learn about the different temperatures at which water changes state and have a go at some more interesting and fun experiments! Also attached below are some activity sheets so you can draw diagrams of your experiments, label the 'state's of water and identify the processes that take place. There are three levels of challenge to these activity sheets. Choose one that challenges you!

So, read through the powerpoint, remembering that the interactive elements of it won't work. However, you will learn a lot from it and it will lead you on to these experiments which you should carry out with adult supervision.

ICE CUBE INVESTIGATION:

For this experiment, get a bowl of warm water and stretch some cling film over the top of it. Place 2 or 3 ice cubes on the cling film. Observe what you see in the bowl. What can you see on the cling film? What process is taking place?

 

REVERSING CHANGES:

Ask an adult to boil some water in the kettle. As the water boils, your adult can hold a pan lid with some tongs above the steam. What can you see? What processes have you observed? How has the temperature caused these processes? Can you reverse this change? 

 

SALT AND ICE:

Put 2 ice cubes in 2  beakers. Then put a teaspoon of salt on one of the ice cubes. Watch what happens over a few minutes. What do you notice happening to the 2 ice cubes? What process is occuring? What do you think happened to the temperature in the two different glasses?

You could try the experiment with food colouring and salt too. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h93ZxB21Uc4

 

ADDED EXTRA - ICE CUBE TRICK!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9slVq87czg

Every wondered how you can pick up an ice cube with a length of string without touching the ice cubes? Take a look at this experiment. If you can't watch this experiment, have a go anyway! Place the string over the ice cube and pour some salt over the top of the string and ice cube. After a minute or so pick the string up and look at what happens!

 Have fun,

Mrs Smith