Hi all, I hope you are staying safe and all is well!
This term our theme is ‘Feel the Beat’.
Thank you for all of your lovely ideas. Below is our Learning Mat for this term. This is a full list of activities but I will be providing a fortnightly activity mat for you to complete. Feel free to complete as much as you feel necessary.
Fortnightly activities:
Home Learning 1 (27.04.20- 08.05.20)
Remember to access Teams where you can share your work and communicate with your Teachers and your peers. To access it, log into HWB. Go into Microsoft 365 and click on Teams. You will see our classroom on there and all assignments and posts.
See you soon!
Stay safe.
Useful websites and programmes:
Twinkl
Twinkl is a resource site containing thousands of resources for pupils on a wide variety of topics. In order to access these resources free of charge, please visit www.twinkl.co.uk/offer and enter the code UKTWINKLHELPS
Navigating this site can be a minefield due to the vast array of resources available however there is a “Parents Hub” with links to the most useful resources: https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resources/parents
First News
As a school, we subscribe to the children’s newspaper First News. It provides well-written, up-to-date articles about current world events and it is very well liked by pupils in the school. Parents are currently able to sign up for free at https://subscribe.firstnews.co.uk/free-downloadable-issue/
TTS
TTS has put together downloadable “Learning at Home” packs for KS1 (ages 5-7) and KS2 (ages 7-11) and an Early Years edition is coming soon. They include a wide variety of activities covering all areas of the curriculum, some written and some practical. Visit https://www.tts-group.co.uk/home+learning+activities.html for more details.
HWB
All children have their own HWB username and password. All children can access J2E which has a variety of different programs such as JIT and J2Office which allow your child to write, draw and create graphs online. J2E also has a “J2Blast” program which provides games for children to practise spelling and maths skills.
HWB also allows all pupils access to their own Office 365 account. Pupils can use Microsoft programmes such as Word, PowerPoint and Sway and can save and retrieve work using their OneDrive.
If your child is unsure of their HWB username and password, this can be given from the class teacher with parental consent.
Top Marks
There are a range of games available on this website. The games are aimed at the correct age groups and cover a range of topics.
Classroom Secrets Kids
This website provides lots of interactive games and programmes for maths, reading and spelling and are categorised in year groups.
TT Rockstars
As a school we have signed up for access to the TT Rockstars programme. This helps pupils learn and practise their times tables in a fun, challenging way. Pupils have got their own usernames and passwords. If your child does not know their password, please contact the class teacher and this can be given with parental permission.
Numbots
This is a new learning programme from the creators of TT Rockstars. Currently they are offering a 1 month free trial if you sign up on their website. It focuses on number facts and using the 4 operations.
BBC Bitesize – Key Stage 2
This website offers learning and revision tools for all the Key Stage 2 learning areas. It provides pupils with information to read, videos to watch and games/quizzes to play.
We use the ‘BBC Bitesize Welsh Second Language Key Stage 2’ videos to support pupils with their Welsh oracy and reading skills.
Your child’s learning:
Mathematics
- Children need to continue to learn times tables up to 12 x 12. And identify multiples of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10; using the terms multiple and factors. Can they identify prime numbers?
- They will need to gather and represent data using: lists, tally charts, tables, diagrams and frequency tables, bar charts, grouped data charts, line graphs and conversion graphs
- Extract and interpret information from an increasing range of diagrams, timetables and graphs (including pie charts)
- Use mean, median, mode and range to describe a data set.
- Find equivalent fractions and use these to add and subtract fractions and simplify fractions
- Share objects in a given ratio and recognize connections between fractions. Use ratio to express two or more quantities in words
- Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator.
- Order negative numbers and positive numbers including decimals. Round numbers.
- Make estimates of length, weight/mass and capacity based on knowledge of the size of real-life objects, recognising the appropriateness of units in different contexts.
- Please learn to tell the time using both analogue and digital clocks.
- Find the term to term rule for ascending and descending sequences, e.g. 3, 7, 11, 15 add 4 generate a sequence given the first term and the term to term rule.
- Please practice the 4 operations of number – adding, subtracting, multiplication and division. Adding money,
**Our class pages contain the calculation mats for the appropriate year group to help you teach your child the methods we use in school**
Literacy
Reading
Keeping up with reading is vitally important for children who are away from school for a period of time. If children aren’t in school, they are expected to read daily for at least 20 minutes but please read for longer if possible. In addition pupils are encouraged to read books they have at home for pleasure (e.g. Roald Dahl, Julia Donaldson, David Walliams) or read magazines, recipes etc.
Great free online resource with hundreds of e-books for you to read with your child at home. All you have to do is register with them. https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/?view=image&query=&type=book&age_group=Age+4-5&level=&level_select=&book_type=&series=#
Comprehension skills are a vital part of a child’s learning- when you are reading with your child ask questions about what they have just read to check their understanding.
E.g. Who are the main characters? What was the main event? How was the problem resolved? How do you think a character feels? What do you think will happen next? What was your favourite part and why? If you were to write a different ending, what would you write?
Oracy
Speaking, listening and presenting information are skills which we practise regularly in class. Watch a film together, who was the main character? Where was the film set? Do you have a favourite/least favourite part – why? Feelings of character? Why did the event happen? Are there repercussions?
Use HWB to create a presentation – can you child present it to family members at home?
Discuss and debate topical issues with your child – e.g. Should animals be kept in zoos? Do you believe that aliens exist? Should we ban mobile phones/video games? Should school uniform be banned?
If you have an iPad use apps like iMovie, Clips, Book Creator or Puppet Pals to record your voice over your creations. Remember to use the correct tone, use good words and speak in a clear voice.
Writing
Write a persuasive letter or advert based on something of the children’s choice.
Some examples could be ‘Persuading a company to build/not build a theme park locally’, ‘Dog walkers be banned from walking dogs in the local parks used by children?’, ‘persuading a friend to go on holiday to Australia even though they are scared of snakes and spiders, ‘persuading parents to let you go on the Y6 residential’ ‘Stop hunting animals’ etc.
Pupils should use rhetorical questions, emotive language, statistics, a variety of sentence starters, complex sentences with persuasive language. They should structure their work using an introduction, 3 paragraphs with points and evidence and a summary.
Write letters to different organisations e.g The Queen, Prime Minister, Mr Harris to practise writing in a formal tone.
Write poetry – we have been learning Haiku’s, Acrostics and Free Verse. Use published poems as a stimulus for learning.
Encourage children to write a daily diary entry based on what they have been doing and learning at home.
Write a comprehensive account of a topic or theme. explore different ways to present work and use them appropriately, e.g. moving image, slides, voice-over, choosing a wide range of adventurous and imaginative vocabulary with precision.
Write in a variety of forms
Letters, diaries, articles, stories, reports, speeches, short plays and scripts, leaflets, advertisements, posters, web pages, questionnaires, reviews. Each form can be to different audiences and for different purposes.
We hope that you find this information useful and look forward to seeing you all back in school very soon.
Mrs E. Fielding, Miss L. Evans and Miss N.Blackman