Budapest Class Home Learning Ideas WC – 22.06.20 Learning Focus: Rainforests/Should we keep the forest?

Please find below a selection of learning activities that can be completed throughout the week. Although there is a suggested structure please do not feel that you have to complete everything. Online activities will be set through Studyladder, Purple Mash and Mathletics. Please refer back to the ‘Home Learning’ tab on the school website for additional resources and supporting PowerPoints https://www.whittington.herts.sch.uk/budapest-13/ Activities do not need to be printed, all learning can be referred to electronically and recorded in the exercise books provided. Please share learning and keep in contact through our class email - budapest@whittington.herts.sch.uk Subject Suggestions

Phonics/ Spelling/ Handwriting

Daily Phonics: Letters and sounds for home and school: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP_FbjYUP_UtldV2K_-niWw/channels?view_as=public We have recorded stories to share with you on our school You Tube channel linked to our topic, we hope you enjoy them! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4NMlrIqL5qypqAVF8Jy8fw Monday - Weekly spellings (attached)/ common exception words. Although we are setting class spellings you can refer to New York and Paris’s spelling lists on the school website if preferred. Practise the spellings using look, say, cover, write, check. Explore what these words mean. Can you apply them in a sentence? There is a handwriting mat (on the class page) to support pre-cursive letter formation when doing this. Tuesday – Listen to Evie in the Jungle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRYEy8_Etik

Wednesday – Palm Oil Comprehension (on class page) Thursday – Homes around the world comprehension (on class page)

Friday – Super Sentence Stacking Session – One small step https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpJX-qP372c

English Persuasive Letters

Monday – What is a persuasive letter? When writing to persuade, try to convince the reader to agree with your viewpoint. Persuasive writing in non-fiction can be in the form of a speech, a letter, an advert or even a magazine article. Explore the persuasive writing PowerPoint (on our class page) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD9arWXIddM that further explains this. Part 1 - Revisit There’s a Rang-Tan in my bedroom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ha6xUVqezQ&t=4s We are now going to watch this from a different perspective. What’s happening to the rainforest? Why do you think this is? This week we are going to write persuasive letters to companies that use palm oil, to stop deforestation and help the engendered orangutan. As we are writing to companies (should you choose to do so) presenting our ideas to a high standard is really important. However, what is palm oil? Where does it come from? What products is it used in? Explore the following links to find out more: https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/challenges/palm-oil/ https://youtu.be/omJ-raz3BkA

Here are some of the features of persuasive writing that we are going to be focusing on:

Persuasive writing features:

Part 2 – Read the three examples of persuasive letters to give you a flavour of the style of writing that we are going to be composing this week. You may wish to magpie some ideas to use later this week.

Wilton Junior School

Blueberry Road Bettersham BE5 5TE

Wednesday 17th October 2018

Dear Mr Kane, It goes without saying that you are at the peak of your football career. Surely you must want to support the next generation of football heroes to become the stars of football’s future? That’s why I’m writing to ask if you would pay a visit to my school and coach our team: The Wilton Wildcats. Undoubtedly, your great leadership skills led England to success in many World Cup matches in 2018. The Wilton Wildcats require skilled and experienced leadership to achieve our potential. Only someone with your expertise would be able to steer our team to victory, wouldn’t you agree? The Wilton Wildcats’ track record has taken some unjustified hits over the past few seasons. Despite the huge effort of the team, goals are simply not being scored. With your irrefutable reputation and skills as a superstar striker, you are the missing piece of the puzzle that The Wilton Wildcats need to improve their game. Could you generously provide just one coaching session to open up years of footballing opportunities? Ultimately, the future success of The Wilton Wildcats lies in your hands. With just one visit from you, morale can be boosted, skills can be learnt and league victory could be achieved. Yours sincerely,

Georgia Russell (The Wilton Wildcats Captain)

101 Smith Street, Sutton,

CR4 5DR

27th April 2012 Dear Miss Green, It has come to my attention that the council are planning on closing my local swimming pool. I am extremely concerned about this.

I have been a member of your community and have swam in this swimming pool twice a week for the last 20 years. I have set up three swimming clubs and regularly teach lessons at your pool, so as you can see I have brought a lot of business and money to this pool! Swimming is the best form of exercise for many people, especially the elderly. It is the only time that people are able to move freely without restriction. A true relief, wouldn't you agree? If you continue with your plan to close our swimming pool then the nearest pool is over 50 miles away, how on earth are these people going to be able to travel the distance? I completely disagree with this closure and I recommend that a public consultation be held so that you can hear the voice of our faithful community. Yours sincerely, Mr T Harvey Dear Prime Minister, The Amazon rainforest is the largest rainforest in the world. However, at the rate it is currently being cut down, this will not last much longer. Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest affects all living things on Earth and unless it is stopped or limited, there will be serious consequences in the future. Firstly, deforestation causes devastating loss to animal and plant life. Cutting down the enormous Amazon trees means that animal habitats are destroyed and plants are crushed. This is leading to many animals becoming endangered and extinct – each year, many animal and plant species are becoming extinct. Can you really imagine a world without certain species of animals? Secondly, deforestation is causing climate change and global warming to worsen. The Amazon rainforest is described as the lungs of the Earth, but if we are cutting down these lungs, they won’t be able to breathe in many of the harmful gases that cause climate change and global warming. Surely someone as smart as you knows that if we carry on cutting down trees, that the Earth will become a place where no life will be able to survive! Finally, deforestation is cutting the supply of oxygen to all living things. The Amazon rainforest is responsible for 20% of all oxygen produced on Earth. We are carelessly killing the Amazon and at the

same time, killing ourselves! Deforestation means there are fewer trees available to absorb carbon dioxide and release vital oxygen needed for all living things to stay alive. It is like we are slowly suffocating ourselves and nobody cares! You must do something to prevent the changes that have already started because of deforestation. Animals are becoming endangered and extinct, climate change and global warming is getting worse and the amount of oxygen on Earth is decreasing. If these aren’t reasons to act now, then the future of mankind and all living things is in great danger. I hope you read this letter and start to make changes, Yours sincerely Miss Blackborrow Tuesday – Practise to persuade! Look at the discussion flashcards (on our class page). Discuss these with someone in your family. Do you agree or disagree, why/why not? Remember to justify your ideas using ‘I think that … because …’ Part 2 – Now we are going to think about why palm oil and deforestation is having a negative impact on orangutans for example, destroying their homes. Use information from comprehension tasks that you have completed, the deforestation PowerPoint and resources to support your ideas (on our class page). You may wish to use the planning template below to plan your ideas for your letter. Use phrases that you used when trying to persuade earlier. For example, I think that … because… Not only … but ….

Wednesday – Sentence Starters/Persuasive Language We are now going to use our ideas to now write our letter. You will have today and tomorrow to complete this. Below is a persuasive language mat and an example to support you with this. Remember to use questions to make the reader think and respond to what you are asking. Think about how you compose your letter too, including the date and your address. You can use the school’s address to do this.

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Jungle Way Tree Top Town

Barkshire 5W1 NG

Wednesday 17th June 2020

To whom it may concern, My name is Jess. I am writing because I recently watched a TV advert called ‘There’s a Rang-Tan in my bedroom’ if you haven’t seen it I would highly recommend watching it. It inspired me to find out more about deforestation and I was shocked and appalled by what I found out and so felt compelled to write this letter. Despite numerous reports and campaigns deforestation is still increasing. In countries like Indonesia the amount of rainforest being destroyed is the size of Germany. Currently 25 orangutans die everyday because of it. That’s nearly 10,000 a year! I find this despicable and disappointing. The leading cause of deforestation is to produce palm oil. According to Greenpeace your company was identified as having links to suppliers that use dirty palm oil. That’s palm oil made due

to deforestation. You may remember that 10 years ago, alongside other companies, you made a promise to be clean of links to deforestation by 2020. That’s now! The reason for writing this letter was to provide the polite reminder of the promise you made. I would really appreciate a reply with your stance on this issue. I, like many other people like your brand and products. However, it would be a shame if your promise was not fulfilled. I don’t think that I could like a company that is contributing to the extinction of this beautiful, majestic and defenceless creature. I am sure you would agree? Would you want to be the company that is responsible for the extinction of the amazing orangutan? Please stop cutting down the trees and help save our precious wildlife. Yours sincerely, Jess Jones Thursday – Conclusion and edit Today we are now going to finish our letter by concluding what we are saying. What action do you want the company that you are writing to take? Use the examples of how the letters have been concluded to guide you. Remember to end your letter with yours sincerely. Friday – It would be great to be able to send your letters to companies that use palm oil. Please let me know if you would not like your letter to be sent. You could use Purple Mash or Word to type your letter and send it to me. Alternatively you could hand write it.

Mathematics Race for Recall support - Learning pod set on Studyladder to support mental recall. Additional support can be found here https://www.whittington.herts.sch.uk/race-for-recall/ We are continuing to use White Rose to support mathematics learning at home. Activities do not need to be printed, they can be recorded in work books or on a piece of paper. Corresponding worksheets can be found on our class page https://richard-whittington.secure-primarysite.net/1152020/ Year 1 Monday – Counting to 100 Tuesday – Partitioning numbers Wednesday – Comparing numbers 1 Thursday – Comparing numbers 2 Friday – Maths investigation Year 2 Monday – Measure lengths Tuesday – Compare lengths Wednesday – Four operations with lengths Thursday – Compare mass Friday – Maths investigation Investigations/ Problem solving: Look at the ‘Maths Challenges’ document on our class page and select an investigation. These are in order of Year Group so look under ‘Year 1 and 2’.

Science Please refer to this term’s Science booklet focusing on ‘Animals including humans’ The Science Museum ‘Kitchen Science Booklet’ (on the class page)

P.E. Joe Wicks Daily Workout

PE Challenges (on the class page)

Wider Curriculum m

Session 1 – Where is Borneo, what is it like? Use a world atlas to locate where Borneo is. Which continent is it part of? What is the weather like? You may wish to explore the PowerPoint about Borneo (on the class page).

Borneo Rainforest Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdtIUsXLadQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFVI7ioUe-4 Here are some animals that you would find in Asian rainforests. What is the same and what is different compared to the Amazon?

How does deforestation impact the Rainforest? Unfortunately deforestation is widely reported in the news and its devastating impact. Explore the PowerPoint that explains this further (on our class page). Read the statements (on our class page) that debate reasons for and against deforestation, what do you think? Remember to justify your opinion with ‘I think that … because …’ What did you think about some of the positive reasons for deforestation? For example, it allows more space for growth, jobs, food, new furniture and great products. Link this back to our topic question – should we keep the forests?

Complete the table below and jot down the impact of deforestation on people, animals and plants in the Rainforest.

Music - Rainforest Campaign Song Listen to the story 10 Things I can do to help my world by Melanie Walsh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTN6T74W4L8#:~:text=ten%20things%20I%20can%20do,say%2018%20glasses%20of%20water. We are now going to create our own song, poem or rap with the key message to save the Rainforest from deforestation. You may wish to explore The Global Goals to generate some ideas https://www.globalgoals.org/ To plan your ideas you could create a rhyming mind map of key vocabulary you could use. Here is an example: Borneo Borneo, it needs help you know, To let the rainforests grow before the animals go. In the deep and thickest forest, where orang-utans swing on trees, Their homes are being chopped down, can you help us save them please? Borneo Borneo, it needs help you know, To let the rainforests grow before the animals go. All we ask is a donation, any amount that you can give, By helping save the rainforest you help orang-utans live. Borneo Borneo, it needs help you know, To let the rainforests grow before the animals go. Perform it and remember to share this with us via our class page! Session 2 – Welcome to The Rainforest Café! Visit The Rainforest Café!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5D9aSQscx8 Lots of exotic fruits grow in Rainforests across the world. Today we are going to explore how products have been created to inspire our very mini project of creating a smoothie. Here are some fruits that you may already be familiar with. Which fruits are your favourite and why?

What do we know about smoothies already? Have you ever tried one? What usually goes in smoothies? Smoothies can come in all different flavours. They are made from crushing and blending different fruits together. Some fruits might also have natural sweeteners in like honey and yoghurt. Explore the different packaging and ingredients of different smoothies (on our class page). Which ones do you like the look of best and why? Have you ever tried a smoothie before? Which one was your favourite? If you can, try a smoothie today and think about: - texture - colour - flavour - price Draw a picture of your favourite smoothie. List the fruits that are the ingredients. Write 3 sentences explaining why this one is their favourite. You may wish to use the template below. If you are unable to do this you can use the pictures of smoothies that are already on the market to help you complete the below activity.

Session 3 – Making a smoothie for The Rainforest Café! Based on your research yesterday create your own smoothie! Think about the flavours that you would like to include. Practise peeling, cutting, grating and measuring skills. You will need to taste the smoothie at different stages to think about different ingredients/quantities that need to be added (e.g. honey to make it sweeter or more of a particular kind of fruit). You might even want to provide samples to your family to try! Based on their feedback you can alter and adapt your recipe! Design your own smoothie for The Rainforest Café using the template below. Think about the packaging and the name of your creation. You may even want to create your own labels explaining the ingredients as if it was to be bought in a shop! Think about your ingredients, how many portions of your 5 a day, logo and method. Enjoy!

Evaluate their smoothie send us a video what would you do next time and amend. Session 4 – Art Part 1 – Artist Study Henri Rosseau Look at this piece of artwork:

Think about: What is happening? Where is it set? What do you think the artists has called this piece and why? What colours are used? What do you think the artist used to create this piece? Why do you think the artist made it? What can you see in the painting? How does the painting make you feel? Explore the following links that provide more information about Henri Rosseau: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhYXMFB0d38 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DSCLkhE4xw Look at another piece of Henri Rosseau’s. What’s the same and what is different to the piece ‘Surprise’ above? Which one do you prefer and why?

This piece is called ‘The Exotic Landscape’

Part 2: Now create your own transcription of Henri Rosseau’s Surprised! You could use collage to do this by layering different pieces of paper. Alternatively, you could do a drawing of this. Here are some ideas:

This can be completed as a collaborative art piece where you take one section of the painting to draw and put the pieces together:

Remember to share it with us via our class email address.