Half Term

And so, half term is upon us!  Next week Mrs Grady and I will be cleaning your classroom and getting it ready for when you return - whenever that may be.  It will look a little different when you come back as we have to make more space.

In the meantime have a lovely half term holiday.  Next week is the Jewish festival of kindness, so remember to be EXTRA kind to your mums and dads and siblings!

Reading

Take a look at the Active Primary Website. It is another lovely way for the children to engage in reading. You should select Bug Club and then Independent. There are loads of reading books appropriate for your child. Start with phase 5 but if too tricky go to phase 3 or 4. 

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Fancy doing another book review?  Here's the template again.

Grammar, spelling and punctuation

Play Karate Cats, a fun game that tests you on your reading skills and knowledge of grammar, spelling and punctuation!  Stop when it gets too hard!

RE

LI I know some facts about the Jewish Passover

You are going to watch a video about the Jewish Celebration of Passover, the spring festival of freedom.  It celebrates the Jews' escape from slavery in Egypt more than 3,000 years ago.  After this you can try making Coconut Pyramids, which are a reminder of the pyramids that the Jewish slaves helped to build in Egypt.

Reading

Take a look at the Active Primary Website. It is another lovely way for the children to engage in reading. You should select Bug Club and then Independent. There are loads of reading books appropriate for your child. Start with phase 5 but if too tricky go to phase 3 or 4. 

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Password:  changeme

School code: elha

Handwriting

Play Sky Writer, an aeroplane themed handwriting tool.  Watch the plane form a letter, then copy using your finger on the table, a felt tip on paper or your finger in sand or foam.

Art

LI I can make a symmetrical pattern in the style of Andy Goldsworthy

In maths you have been learning about symmetry today.  Use the your knowledge of symmetry to make an outdoor or indoor piece of art that is symmetrical!

PE

LI  I can throw, catch, bounce and pat a ball

Today I wanted  teach you how to play a game called Sevens that I used to play it when I was a little girl.  I got Mrs Fitzgerald to film me playing the game, but sadly the video is too long and I can't upload it.  I will get Mrs Fitzgerald to film a shorter version next week!  In the meantime, can you go outside and invent a game with a ball that involves throwing, catching, bouncing and patting it?

Wednesday 19th May

Hello everybody!  Ms Shepherd here again.  Well done to those of you who tried the Jingles/Koala/Basil Brush quiz.  

Here is another quiz.  This time you have to work out what these objects are.  They all come from our classroom.

Reading

Take a look at the Active Primary Website. It is another lovely way for the children to engage in reading. You should select Bug Club and then Independent. There are loads of reading books appropriate for your child. Start with phase 5 but if too tricky go to phase 3 or 4. 

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Password:  changeme

School code: elha

Phonics

Play help a hedgehog

Computing

You should be coming to the end of your computing project for this term.  Maybe you can add one last thing to it!  I have put the link below just to remind you.

History

LI  I can compare holidays in Victorian times with holidays today

You are going to listen to a girl in Victorian times (over 100 years ago) talking about her holiday at the seaside.  She tells the story in the form of a diary.  Life was different then, but some things have remained the same today. 

When you have finished listening, complete the activity sheet below.

Tuesday 19th May

Good morning lovely children, here is the learning for today.

I did the extra activity and found out I was born in the year of the snake – how about you?

Reading

Take a look at the Active Primary Website. It is another lovely way for the children to engage in reading. You should select Bug Club and then Independent. There are loads of reading books appropriate for your child. Start with phase 5 but if too tricky go to phase 3 or 4. 

Username:  admin

Password:  changeme

School code: elha

Phonics

Today’s English looked at some tricky words.

Play Zara’s tricky word game (link below) and spell the tricky words so she can can charge her jet pac and explore space!

Design & Technology

Activity: Today the children are going to make edible boats (instructions in the link below).

Please do not worry about this – just do what you can! Your child may need a grown-up to help with this – here is one of the edible boats I made with my children – yummy!

Activity: If you still have all the boats you made this term gather them together and place them in some water (make sure a grown up is with you). Use Lego figures or other small plastic figures to place boats and see which stays afloat. 

It's nearly the end of term – Ms Shepherd tomorrow. We are so proud of how hard you have been working well done! The pictures and emails you have sent us have been wonderful and I am excited to see what fantastic things you will do this week.  

Be happy, be good and be safe. Lots of love Mrs Grady xx

Monday 18th May

I hope you all had a lovely week and enjoyed the sunshine this weekend. You are all amazing and I am super impressed with all your wonderful learning. Well done!

Have a wonderful week and look after each other. Remember to email me if you want to get in touch.

Oh, did you manage to find Basil Brush, Koala and Jingles?

Be safe, be good, be happy.

Lots of love, Mrs Grady x

Here are some photos of Sophie's home learning - well done! I can see you have lost a tooth too!

Reading

Reading is so important so please read for 15 minutes every day.

Tell someone in your house about the book you have read. This could be a picture book that you know or it could be a new book that you try to read independently to yourself. You could read to your favourite teddy or toy. You could also listen to a free audio story or look at a story online.

Don’t forget to look at the reading resources on Active Learn website.

Phonics

Have a go at playing DJ Cow's word finder. Find the words to see DJ Cow do his disco thing! Can you sound out and blend the words as you find them?

Science

Plants are made up of lots of different parts and today you will be finding out about the different parts.  Look through the information on the slides below which show you a variety of plants.

Have a go at one of the activities (or both if you like!)

Activity:

Complete the drawings of a tree and a small flowering plant by drawing what the roots would look like under the soil. Then write a description to describe the roots in each plant.  

Activity:

Cut out the parts and stick them onto the sheet to make a flower. Can you label the parts?

Music

Have a go at one of the activities (or both if you like!)

Activity: Last week Suki and Nigel reached the Golden Island and found their way to a cave which magically opened. In today’s final part Nigel and Suki enter the cave and inside they find a treasure chest...and a skull and crossbones! The song we are singing is ‘When I was one, I sucked my thumb’

Activity: Have some fun making some noise, with BBC Bring the Noise (link below)

Have a go at some of the activities – my children really enjoyed them!

Listen and Layer: This helps us hear the different layers of a song. Turn the different layers on and off to hear different parts and how the song changes.

Feel the Beat: A chance to join in with the song and feel the beat. You can clap along or play an instrument to the beat of the song and see when it gets faster and when it slows down. 

Make some noise: In this game, you can play different instruments and experiment with them.