School Closure Newsletter. For Closure Day 31: Thursday 21st May 2020. (Written the day before...

Message for children from Mr Green.

Good morning. It’s nearly half term, so tomorrow

will be the last day of home learning set by your

teachers for a few days. We’ll be starting it up

again after half term so that you can keep learning

at home if that‘s what your parents think is best for

you. That means you can use half term to really get

stuck into a good book. We love reading too...

here’s a picture of Lex sharing Little Owl’s Bedtime

book with me before he went to bed last night. I

hope that you can find some great books to read

too. Take care... Mr Green

Message for parents, carers and grandparents

from Simon Green, Head teacher

No new message. However, there will be a lengthy letter from us by separate email on Thursday late afternoon

or Friday morning sharing as much detail as we have at that point, ready for half term.

Simon Green

Repeated message: Whilst is school is closed to children, it is still staffed. The school ‘phone, admin email account

and Kate’s email account are checked every day. If possible, please email Kate. Any messages are passed on.

Although school is closed to children, to limit the spread of COVID19, we continue to work behind the scenes and we

are contactable daily.

Repeated message: If trying to home school is creating stress then don’t do it. Please see Newsletter of 11 05 2020

for the full message.

Revised message: Key Workers- contact us (via Kate) if you need a place for your child.

Daily message from the Office team.

New message: This week is National Mental Health Awareness Week and, each day I’ll add a link to our Facebook

page with some help and support which may be available to you out there. Today (Thursday) I’ll be putting a link out

from the mental health initiative, spearheaded by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, “Heads Together”:

https://www.headstogether.org.uk/

Repeated message: Where possible, please could you only phone the school telephone number in EXTREME

emergencies and for all other enquiries, please continue to contact kate.southcott@stcmat.org in the first instance.

We are operating with skeleton staff in school at the moment and Mrs Land is not always available as she is carrying

out her role as Business Manager, often in virtual meetings, but she has become inundated with emails and phone

calls. I am more than happy to help, or to pass things on for you and will be online every morning from 9am – around

12.30pm (but I do check emails throughout the day, between home-schooling my own children and I’m online at

about 4.15pm to upload this daily update.) I am also happy to give you a call, please let me know via email if you

would like me to give you a ring with any questions you might have and I’ll try to help, or find out for you. Thank you

so much.

Repeated message: For some families, your financial situation may have changed with the arrival of this virus and

many have been furloughed meaning that you may be entitled to a Free School Meal. This may sound like a silly

thing to say, as we aren’t currently all at school, only those children whose parents are a critical worker and who

cannot be looked after safely at home BUT we do offer a weekly food hamper which can be ordered (by Thursday)

for the following Monday collection. If you are unsure whether you may be able to apply, please follow:

http://soc.devon.cc/31Kad for further details and information on how to apply. Please note that the hampers do

contain fresh food, so collection must be made asap on a Monday morning.

Singing Assembly with Mrs Williams

Happy Thursday everyone, I hope you’re all well. I really miss seeing all your faces in the hall

on a Thursday afternoon and I really hope you’ve been able to join in with the singing ideas

each week.

I’ve popped a few different links in this week’s section to keep you singing over the half term

break.

1. Brighter Day Tomorrow

2. A Little Bit of Kindness

3. I Have a Song to Sing

4. Just Sing (I think I’ve sent this one before but it’s a good one!)

5. Wake Up!

6. The Bonkers Song (Good luck with this one – it really is bonkers!)

If you would like more songs to sing have a look here there are so many to choose from! I’ve

found it hard to choose which ones to send each week.

Don’t forget the other songs we sing at school sometimes that you can just sing – no backing

needed!

• Swing Low medley – can you remember the 4th song we added last term?

• Hum Dum Diddle Diddle – with the clapping and getting faster?

• I Like the Flowers – if you’re feeling confident you could teach it to your family and

sing it in a round.

• Sing with Joy – sing it loud and sing it proud!

Have a lovely sunny half term (I hope the sun continues to shine!) and...

Keep Singing!

Thursday 21st May Daily message from Nursery… to continue learning at home we suggest

Message for the Week

Last week of Minibeast madness! - caterpillars and butterflies this week

Weekly learning intentions - these intentions are to be covered in all the activities provided or in activities that

you provide at home. They need to be practised all the time .

• Concentration/ attention and listening skills (staying on task and listening to a story for example for a short

period of time)

• Speech – continue to increase vocabulary but also put an emphasis on asking and answering questions which

will also feed into Understanding the World section of the EYFS curriculum

• Fine motor control (including scissor skills)

• Mark making – providing opportunities to mark make. After half term we will be starting Phase 2 phonics

and enthusiasm for mark making will enhance early writing

• Early number and counting

Added focus

Understanding the World – asking and answering questions (link with Communication and language). There will be

important discussions about change in nature and growing.

This theme lends itself to work on pattern, particularly repeating colour patterns You can:

• Look for patterns in the environment – patterns in nature, etc

• Use collections from outdoors to create repeating patterns eg. Stones, flowers

• Use construction sets to make towers – use a repeating colour pattern

• Create repeating patterns at snack – apple orange apple orange, etc

• Threading beads/ buttons – create colour patterns

• Cut out coloured shapes from paper – create repeating patterns

• Fingerprint painting patterns/ printing with blocks eg circle square circle square

We looked at patterns when we looked at ladybirds and bees (spots and stripes). This focus is more about repeating

patterns. Eg. Red blue red blue

Here are a few ideas for some activities today.

Daily Physical Activity

Butterfly Wings dance session - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lkza_tRlNRE&t=9s

Daily Finger Gym Exercise (fine motor control)

Wriggle fingers like caterpillars – use each finger separately and then wiggle them all at the same time

Change your hands into a butterfly – lock thumbs together and move fingers like wings

.Daily Activities - please remember that these activities are ideas. Do not feel under pressure. Do as many or as

few activities as you choose

• Can you see any butterflies in the garden? You might see one flying around or one resting on a flower and

letting the sun shine on its wings. Once a butterfly landed on my arm when I was at a garden centre and it

stayed there whilst I walked around looking at the flowers!

• Listen to The Crunching Munching Caterpiller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QQUNBjIlts/ or The Very

Hungry Caterpillar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75NQK-Sm1YY&t=38s and watch this video

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/how-caterpillars-change-into-butterflies-no-

narration/zn4rkmnto fuel discussion on the lifecycle of a butterfly.

You could :

• Show the stages of the lifecycle in playdough or salt dough

• Draw the stages or cut them out from images printed off the computer and stick them on a paper plate or on

a circle of card to show the circular nature of the lifecycle

• Talk through the stages. Use vocabulary such as egg/ larvae/ chrysalis/ cocoon

Two silly songs to finish your learning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gs8_VUSnMQ - Hungry Caterpillars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1B49em1vPU - Flutter Flutter Butterflies

Listen to this – it is so silly – it is about ants in your pants!!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzOyrBB82cY

Continuous provision – these activities last all week and you can dip in and out of them

• If you make a minibeast costume – keep this out for the week so your child can use it for

imaginative play

• Have construction out this week for children to make minibeast homes. The construction would

also be useful to create coloured patterns.

Message to the children from Mrs Smith

It is Thursday already – two more days of learning before half term.

Seesaw has been busy again today. Florence drew round her whole body – wow!! I got a bit teary when I saw Florence blowing on a dandelion clock and wishing for the virus to go away so she could come back to nursery. I feel exactly the same Florence. I miss you all and miss all the fun we have every day.

I cheered up a bit when I saw Louis’ picture of an owl – you know I love owls. Have a look on Seesaw. I have put a picture of an owl carved out of wood that I was given at Christmas. I call him Owliver. He lives in my garden.

Winnie and Wilma are doing okay today although Wilma has eaten Graham’s socks – how

smelly!

from Mrs Smith (missing all her nursery tots) and Winnie and Wilma (stealing socks)

Daily message from Reception....to continue learning at home we suggest:

Thursday 21st May

Good morning Reception children and families. It’s been a lovely week with plenty of sunshine and in spite of missing all of you I have made the most of working from home where I get to see more of my own children than I usually do (even if they are not as adorable as all of you younger Reception children!). I am sure your grown-ups have enjoyed some special times with you too. There are many things I have missed over the past few months, but I have loved the way we all pulled together as a school community to make the absolute best of it. I think we have all done a great job! So, let’s keep going – shoulders to the grindstone……only two days left before the half-term break!

Phonics:

s a t p i n m d g o c k ck e u r h f b f ff l ll ss Look at the sounds f and ff – Read these words and notice the difference in the sounds: fox fin of (fox and fin have a loud ‘f’ and are at the beginning of the word. The ‘f’ in of sounds a bit like a ‘v’ Then read these words: huff puff off. The ‘ff’ is a bit longer than a ‘f’ on its own. Just experiment with these words and sounds. Can you write the words? Repeat with s and ss. These words have an ‘s’ at the beginning and some have the ‘s’ at the end – they sound the same: Sit sun has gas yes (although, the ‘s’ in has sounds a bit like a ‘z’) Now read these words: Kiss miss hiss. The ss sounds longer. Explore these sounds and use what you have found out to help you write the words. Listen to the word as it is said: Does it sound long or short? That should help you to decide if it is a ‘f’ or ‘ff’ or ‘s’ or ‘ss’.

j v w x y z zz qu ch sh th ng ai ee igh oa oo ar ur

or ow oi ear air ure er

Read and spell two syllable words: Words: visit, jacket, cobweb, wicked, exit, zigzag, liquid, towel, poison. Read some questions and answer yes or no! Can a taxi park in a town? Will a rat wait for a bus? Can you get fish and chips near a market? Can a bus park on a car? Will poison be liquid? Will you put on a jacket if you visit a queen? Can you run in a zigzag? Do you see a red towel? Now have a go at writing a few of them too!

Literacy: There are two parts to Literacy today.

1: Do you remember the part in the story when Mole thinks the moon is in the puddle? Did you realise

what had happened? Was the moon really in the puddle? It was actually the reflection of the moon!

Can you say the word reflection four times in different voices? Perhaps you could say it in the voices

of the different characters in the story. Try saying it in a Mole voice, then a Rabbit voice, a

Hedgehog voice and then a Squirrel voice!

I thought it would be fun to have some SECRET MESSAGES! You will have to use a mirror to reflect

the messages so that you can read them! Here they are:

Maths:

Fill up a jug with water and if possible have several cups the same size. How many cups do you think you can fill until

the jug is empty? Estimate first – then pour to find out. Now use a different container. How many cups do you think

this will fill now? Again, estimate then check. Were you close? Explore and experiment with as many containers as you

like. You could use sand, cereal, rice, etc too. Or you could use coloured water – maybe help pour some squash when

it is time for a drink with your family! You could make potions too!

Here is a problem you could also help with:

It is Eli’s birthday party. He is 5 years old and his friends are at his birthday party. They have played games

and danced and are now very thirsty. But there is a bit of a problem………they have put their cups down and

have got their drinks muddled up! Luckily, they know how much they had in their cups. Can you solve the

problem and draw some cups, colour them in to match the caption (that your grown up could write!) See

example.

For example: You could make a grid like this and draw some cups. The children could then colour orange or

blackcurrant colours to show the markings on them.

My cup was nearly

full

My cup was empty

My cup was full

My cup was nearly

empty

My cup was half

full

There is also a sheet on seesaw that you can print off and cut and stick to match the character’s captions.

Let’s get physical: I tied a brightly coloured rope across the garden to use as a net and my

boys have been playing badminton every morning and evening since I did it. So, add an extra dimension

to your ball play by throwing or batting balls/shuttlecocks to your grown up or sibling over a “net”!

Your net might be like mine or it might be that you pretend a slide or a trampoline is the net.

Remember to be careful if any ropes are tied across anywhere!

UW: Let’s find out about the moon! Follow the link then perhaps you could recreate the amazing

patterns and craters on the moon’s surface using play dough/pastry, in sand or anything else you can

think of. Listen out for the word reflected! https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zy89wmn

Thank you for all your hard work everyone! You’re GREAT!

Love from Miss Loughnane and Miss Atherton x

Daily message from Year 1… to continue learning at home we suggest: Thursday 21st May

What a sunny day it was yesterday! I hope you all stayed safe in the sun, we

had fun playing in our water tray to cool off.

Please remember to share some ideas for our class workout tomorrow, it will be much more

fun if the moves come from you than if I make them up. Post your ideas on Seesaw (in

writing if you’re not brave enough to film yourself.)

Thank you for sharing your lockdown projects – I love the idea of a wish list/jar, we’ve got

one on the wall here too – I'm going to add McDonalds on there now Henry! Well done

Ellis with your potato growing, I can’t wait to see them when they’re ready.

PE: Choose your favourite music – mine would be Disney related – and boogie like there’s nobody

watching.

Maths: This week in maths we are going to recap number bonds – the more times you recap them the

more likely you are to remember them!

Today have a look at https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/ and watch the video in w/c

4th May – Lesson 4: Add more and count on within 20. Then have a go at the worksheet.

English

Today we will be concentrating on the “split digraph” a_e. Can you start by reading all these words?

Remember to spot today’s digraph (a_e) first, before sounding out the rest of the word.

frame, skate, plate, flame, gate, mane.

Now, write each of the words out on separate pieces of paper. Do you remember “back along” (that is

a great Devon expression!) at the start of lockdown, you played a game where you had to lay out all

your phonics words and practice shooting at them using a nerf gun/water pistol, saying the word when

you landed on it? You could do this again, or throw little pebbles or small toys at the words until they

land on them. Don’t forget to read the word carefully!

Phew, after all that exertion, your writing challenge today is linked to our RELAXING PSHE from

Tuesday and Wednesday! Lie in the garden or open space that is safe to do so and count: 5 things you

can hear, 4 things you can see, 3 things you can smell, 2 things you can feel and 1 thing you can taste.

( This exercise is particularly good for relaxing or calming down). Write a few sentences about the

most interesting things you discovered during your moment of silence!

RE: Belonging

We have spoken many times this year in RE about belonging. It’s really important to feel like you

belong and are part of something that is special to you. There were so many things that you shared

with Mrs Kedward and the class that you were part of back in February. Things have changed quite a

lot in our lives since then and we are now all staying at home to keep ourselves and others safe.

Today I would like you to think about all the places that you belong, even if you can’t go there at the

moment, for example you all still belong to Tidcombe Primary School even though we aren’t there

right now. Make yourself a “Belonging Board” with photos or drawings of the things you are a part of –

this could be family, school, Tiverton, UK, Rainbows, swimming clubs, martial arts, church, etc. This

can be something to remind you of all the fun you can have as lockdown ends and we start getting

back to normal.

Here is my board that I have made.

This term in RE we would have been learning about Judaism and how Jews show that they belong to

the Jewish faith. If you are interested you could research this today as well.

Love to all of you, from Mrs Kedward, Mrs Williams and Miss Parker

Thursday’s daily message from Year 2… to continue learning at home we suggest

English

To plan a set of instructions

Over the next few days, we are going to write a recipe for how to make a good friend or a community

of friends. Ask your child: What do you think you need to be a good friend? Gather some ideas from

watching the clips below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReMq3KX8F94

The clip includes ingredients such as being kind, caring, helpful. Talk to your child about the need to

be a good friend – particularly at the moment. They might not perceive neighbours, for example, as

friends of theirs necessarily. Talk about how we can have friends of all ages! At present, agree that

it is difficult for us to see our school friends, but ask: What can we do to try and be a good friend in

our communities or family unit? Talk to other members of your family to collect ideas. Examples

might include: drawing a rainbow to display, donating some food to the local food bank, cooking a meal

for an elderly relative or neighbour, telling jokes to make people smile, clapping for the NHS, doing

extra jobs round the house to help each other, sharing more with a brother or sister, video-calling a

school friend to say hello, etc.

Task- Children are to choose 5 ideas they would want to include in their friendship recipe for the

community and write them in their green home learning book.

Children to think about what they might include in their ‘what you need’ section.

Maths.

Telling time to the nearest 5 minutes.

Start off by counting in 5s from 0 → 60.

Draw a clock and add each 5 minute interval around the outside of the clock: 5...10...15...etc. This will

help your child to see that if the minute hand points to 1 then it’s 5 past.... 2 is 10 past...etc...

Discuss how we say ‘past’ for the first half of an hour e.g. 20 past 5. But as soon as half the hour has

passed we say how many minutes there are to go until the next hour e.g. 20 to 6.

This is a difficult concept for many children to understand. If they struggle with working out how

many minutes ‘to’ the next hour then you can say ‘past’ instead E.G. 20 to 7 could also be 40 past 6.

Have a go at the worksheet below (also on Seesaw). The first half of the sheet is all ‘past’ times.

Don’t feel the need to complete the second half of ‘to’ times if you think it will confuse your child.

RE

Before home learning started, we were looking at different leaders in RE. We looked at religious

leaders as well as leaders that we come across in our everyday lives.

Discuss what a leader is. Here’s some talking points to help you:

-Who leads our country?

-Who leads our government?

-Can you think of any religious leaders?

-Who leads the clubs you attend?

-Who leads you when you’re at school?

Today I would like you to think about all the places that you belong, even if you can’t go there at the

moment, for example you all still belong to Tidcombe Primary School even though we aren’t there

right now. Make yourself a “Leaders board” with photos or drawings of the things you are a part of –

this could be family, school, Tiverton, UK, Rainbows, swimming clubs, martial arts, church, etc. This

can be something to remind you of all the fun you can have as lockdown ends and we start getting

back to normal.

Physical Activity

I would really appreciate your help with this one! I often encourage you to try staying fit using the

following ways:

Super Movers

Go Noodle

Joe Wicks YouTube

Cosmic Yoga – YouTube

Exercise routines

Layla’s or Imogen’s exercise routines on Seesaw

Obstacle courses etc.

Feel free to use these today. However, I’m sure you have some better ideas than I do! Please could

you post your ideas onto Seesaw or on the Facebook page so I can freshen up my ideas! Thank you!

Miss G, Murphy and Aida xx

Thursday daily message from Year 3… to continue learning at home we suggest

Hello year 3, have you been enjoying the sunshine over the last few days? It looks set to continue

over the half term so make sure you protect yourself if you are out. Two more days to go until you

get a week of learning so let’s get going. Here is today’s work.

Answer to the Riddle: The girl who took the last apple also took the basket.

Handwriting – Use the words you practised for spellings yesterday and put them into a sentence. Remember to

ask an adult to check the spellings as well as your handwriting so that you are not practising the wrong spellings.

Reading – Here is Chapter 11 Part 1 of How to Train your Dragon. Listen carefully and, if you have a copy of the

book, you can read along with the author. When it finishes, see if you can answer the questions below.

1. What does the author compare the wind to at the start of the chapter? (You might want to listen again.)

2. What woke Hiccup up with a start?

3. What does the word ‘sneered’ mean? What could you replace it with?

English – Today you need to finish your ‘How to care for and train your dragon’ text. I have copied below the ideas

from yesterday to help you.

Introduction – why this guide is needed. Diet – consider what would be normal food and treat food. Training – Think of different methods to get dragons to listen (the more inventive, the better). Sleep – where, when and how much. Play – What will your dragon do for fun and relaxation. Try to be as creative as you can e.g. Sleeping Arrangements Dragons feel most relaxed when sleeping in a fluorescent blue hammock, slung between the tallest beams of your roof. You should plan this in advance as it can take several days to build a ladder tall enough to reach the beams. However, once it is set up, you can rest assured that your dragon will sleep soundly but make sure you protect your straw roof from accidental fire bursts. If you have already finished your text yesterday, have a go at describing the picture below taken from the How to Train your Dragon film.

Fluency – Try solving this puzzle. You need to place all of the digits around the square so that each line adds up to

the number in the middle.

Maths – Puzzle Time (Answers to follow tomorrow)

If you have time, practice your doubles and halves on Hit the Button.

Newsround – catch up with the latest events on newsround. You could ask someone to agree a time when they

can watch with you so that you can share your opinions about what you see.

Science – We are carrying on with rocks today but this time focusing more on fossils. Before we do though, have a

look at this Tigtag true or false quiz. You don’t have long to decide so you might want to pause it for longer thinking time before it shows you the answer. Okay, on to the main lesson: We have looked at different types of rocks but it is important to realise how much rocks have helped scientists develop a greater understanding of what type of life existed millions of years ago. Fossils come from layers of rock which has existed for millions of years and the materials trapped inside them provide a unique insight into the past.

Have a look at this clip from Tigtag about fossilised footprints, leaves and birds. Activity

• Collect a selection of leaves (ones with pronounced veins work best), sheet of paper, and a pencil or crayon. If leaves are unavailable, you can use any interestingly textured surface.

• Make rubbings of the leaves by placing the leaf on a firm surface, covering with paper and rubbing over the leaf shape with the crayon or pencil.

• Look at the detail achieved by the leaf rubbings and decide which would have been most likely to create an identifiable fossil.

• Upload your best ‘fossil leaf’ rubbing to seesaw. I will upload mine on there as well.

Daily message from Year 4… to continue learning at home we suggest

Thursday – Good morning pickles, how are we all? I hope you are wearing sun cream in this lovely weather. A few

activities for today until it is Friday!!!

English – Direct Speech

Yesterday you had a go at describing the picture and some of the actions that are happening in it.

Today, I would like you to introduce another character and bring some direct speech into your next paragraph.

e.g.

Tim could hear his own breath shaking out of his body. He slowly turned around, “ARGH!” he began to scream as the

unknown man put his hand across Tim’s mouth.

“Hush now, otherwise the dino will hear you. What are you doing here?” the long haired and mud-covered man

asked.

“I was, I was,” Tim tried hard to get his words out, “I was on a trip with my mum when all of a sudden I was here and

there was that dinosaur!”

Top tips:

New speaker, new line

Inverted commas must go around any speech.

You need punctuation in your inverted commas.

If it is the start of new speech, you need a capital letter.

Don’t forget your commas - He slowly turned around,

If you need some more help, follow this link to BBC Bitesize - Inverted Commas

Grammar – Today I would like you to follow the BBC Bitesize lesson on the homophones; there, their and they’re.

Homophones link

Maths – answers

Maths for today – problem solving – work through the questions – making sure you show your workings.

Challenge: Write four problem solving questions and work out the answers. If you want to really challenge yourself,

write a two-step problem.

PSHE – Relationships

I would like you to think of as many different relationships as you can. For example, a friend, your aunt or pets.

There are lots of different relationships we can have. People can be in a romantic relationship, relationship that is for

friendship and a relationship like I have with you as teacher and pupil. There are many reasons we need these

relationships; can you think of any? Some relationships can be difficult and challenging and some can be easy.

Today, I would like you to think about a relationship you have with someone that is easy. Someone you get on well

with and enjoy having the relationship. Answer the following:

1. Write down the name of this person

2. Write down why this relationship is important to you

3. Write down the good things about this relationship

4. Write down anything that makes this relationship difficult at times

5. Write down what you want from this relationship

So, if I did

1. Mrs Sanders

2. She is very supportive and is someone I know will always be at the end of the phone or around school

somewhere if I need advice or someone to listen.

3. She helps me be the best person I can be. She suggests things if I haven’t thought of them and helps me

clearly see things and challenges my thinking in order to help me grow and learn.

4. We don’t always get the time to sit and see each other and we both have very busy lives inside and outside

of school so sometimes miss each other. So, I like to do little things to make her smile like bringing her a cup

of coffee.

5. I want it to continue to challenge and help me grow. To have a friend in and out of school that I know I can

rely on and I know I will always be there for her and hopefully to allow her to feel supported and appreciated

by me.

If you want, why don’t you draw a picture of yourself and them together. And when you next see them you could

give it to them. (I made myself and Mrs Sanders into cartoons!)

Music

Pulse and Rhythm – Today I would like you to look at this BBC Bitesize page all about pulse and Rhythm. You

will then be introduced to a lady called Anna Meredith. Watch the video and see if you can have a go

yourself.

Answers to the maths:

Enjoy your day, don’t forget Seesaw is there for other activities as well as learning. If you’ve been baking, making or

exploring show me what you’ve been up to as I miss hearing about it in our classroom. Miss Davies.

Daily message from Year 5… to continue learning at home we suggest Thursday 21st May

Good morning, Year 5! I hope you have managed to access our class Seesaw. It’s been lovely to see some happy faces and some fun activities – from story writing and monopoly, to cooking and baking!

Keep posting your photos! Perhaps you’ve got a photo of something you enjoyed from the Ancient Greek project or maybe you did some space-themed baking! Maybe you’d like to share some English work or your own story writing! How about photos of your workout and keeping active? Have you turned into an expert in something and would you like to share that with us?

Happy posting – Douglas and I can’t wait to hear from you!

Spelling: Test yourselves on the words you have learnt his half term:

especially exaggerate hindrance excellent existence apparent explanation familiar amateur frequently government ancient

Make sure that you are confident with the meaning of each word as well as the spelling. Add any words that you still

find tricky to your personal spelling list.

You can use Spelling Frame to practise your spellings online – you can create a custom word list.

Reading: Follow this link to The Book of Hopes. Read New Boots. Write five questions about the story. Start the

questions with a what, where, when, how and why. Add a symbol for the story to your story tile.

English: Today, write up your final draft, taking into account the improvements you made yesterday. You might like

to write your final draft in your book, or you may wish to write it up on paper or even type it out. Whatever you

choose, remember this is a final draft so presentation is key. Tomorrow you will be adding illustrations.

Maths: Below are some options for revision and new learning:

Practise your 12 times table in a way that suits you. Maths Chase Super Movers

I think this 12 times table Super Movers song is one of my new favourites – I don’t think it’s possible to watch without bopping your head to the beat, laughing and smiling or wanting to join in! 😊

Revision

Rewatch this video – today focus on dividing by 10, 100 and 1000. Then try this worksheet.

New learning

Go to White Rose and scroll down to Summer Term, Week 1 Lesson 3 – Complements to 1. Try the questions and

check you are on the right track with the answers.

(Repeated) Message for parents – please do not worry if your child only wants to have a go at some of the questions. You could just watch the videos or do something else entirely. We will go back over everything from this term when the children are back in school.

PE (cricket): Running is very important in cricket too. You need to run when you are batting, fielding and bowling!

Cricketers need to run at different speeds and in different directions.

Today, can you design an obstacle course / cricket fitness session? Can you incorporate some throwing, catching and

bowling stations into your course? Watch this video to give you some ideas! You could also watch this video to give

you some fitness ideas. I’d love to see your obstacle courses on Seesaw!

Music: Listen to the final movement of The Planets – Neptune, the Mystic. Think about how the harp and strings

create a sense of mystery. At about 5 minutes in, you can hear the voices from a mystical choir, and this gives this

last movement an other-worldly quality.

Task: After listening to Neptune, write a short story based on this piece of music. Perhaps you could jot down some

ideas and make a plan while you are listening. The story could be as short or long as you like – it could be 50 words,

or it could be 2 or 3 pages. Your choice!

I love many different types of music – including pop, dance, jazz and country. Holst’s Planets suite is one of my favourite pieces of classical music. If you’ve enjoyed it too, and you love your story writing, perhaps you could write a story based on the other movements in the suite. This could be something you dip into over half term. Maybe you had a favourite? My favourite movements are Mars, Jupiter and Uranus. Which are yours?

RE: Let’s return to our project, ‘It matters to me, it matters to others’. Today, our focus will be on places of worship.

We continue to focus on Christianity and Buddhism. Read the information below and then summarise what you

have learnt (see the task after the text).

Christianity

The most common name for the building in which Christians meet to worship their Lord Jesus is ‘church’. Important

towns and cities sometimes have a ‘cathedral’ as well. the most holy part is the east end which faces towards the

Holy Land of Israel, where Jesus lived. Here, at the east end of the church, there is a holy table called an altar, which

is used for worship. Other names for the place where Christians meet are the ‘Lord’s House’, ‘chapel’, ‘meeting-

house’ and ‘citadel’. These buildings are different because not all Christians worship the Lord Jesus in the same way.

Some Christians follow set forms of service laid down hundreds of years ago. Others prefer to be free to worship the

Lord Jesus in any way they choose. Most Christians meet together to worship as a congregation: they sing hymns

and psalms, they pray together, parts of the Bible are read aloud, and sometimes a sermon is given. But however

differently they worship, all Christians meet together at their Lord’s House for the same reason – to show their love

for God and for their Lord Jesus, and to learn how to serve him.

For further information, follow this link and scroll down to Where do Christians Worship? This video shows you

some of the main features of a Catholic church.

Buddhism

Pagodas are the holy places of Buddhists, and the first ones were built over the remains of Lord Buddha or one of his

disciples. A pagoda, wherever it is built, brings happiness and prosperity to the district. In India and Ceylon, the

pagodas were shaped like bells. In China and Japan, they were built like storeys, like the houses. Each storey is the

same shape, but slightly smaller than the one below, and has an ornamental roof which sticks out. But every pagoda

has a wide bottom, which stands for Earth, and rises up to a thin spire, which stands for the wisdom or Lord Buddha.

Inside a pagoda, there are states of Buddha. Here, Buddhists make their offerings and say their prayers. Around the

outside of a pagoda, there are tiny bells which tinkle in the wind. Buddhists passing by hear their gentle sound. It

makes them think about their pagoda, and it reminds them of their Lord Buddha.

For further information, follow this link and scroll down to Where do Buddhists Worship? Look here for some facts

and images.

Task: summarise what you have learnt about places of worship in Christianity and in Buddhism. You could do so

by explaining this to a family member, writing a few bullet points in your book or by adding a section on places of

worship to your RE project.

Daily message from Year 6… to continue learning at home we suggest Thursday 21st May

Morning Year Six … Good morning. Seesaw is up and running:

please upload your work, We would love to see your science

games. Fred has been out exploring; he likes driving around the

farm in the truck. He seems to like it and is very curious!

English: Reading: read - New Boots. Write five questions

about the story. Start the questions with a what, where, when,

how and why. Add a symbol for the story to your story tile.

English: writing. Today, write up your final draft, taking into

account the improvements you made yesterday. You might like to

write your final draft in your book, or you may wish to write it up

onto paper or even type it out. Whatever you choose, remember

this is a final draft so presentation is key. Tomorrow you will be

adding illustrations to your poem.

Maths

Summer term week 4: lesson 4 - fractions of an amount

Today’s starter of the day puzzle needs to be read carefully...click here for the puzzle of the day: click on the date

21th May. Challenge: Another nrich investigation … systematic thinking is the key.

Science:

For the next two lessons (Wed & Thur) you will be designing and creating your own Trivial Pursuit game.

You can model it on the actual game or you can design your own board and rules.

On the original game there are pieces of coloured ‘pie’ to collect for each correctly answered question from

each category. So you need a correct answer from each category to win then return to the centre of the

board. There are also spaces on the board called ‘throw again’. You could do the same or add some

alternative instructions for your own science version of this game. Be creative when designing your game

and don’t forget to ask permission if you are cutting or using anything sharp.

Music:

Listen to the third movement – Mercury. You can choose to listen to a very short clip (about a minute long) or the full four-minute version in the full suite. This movement is flighty and fast. How does this compare with the music in Venus that you listened to yesterday? Listen out for the high-pitched harp, flute and glockenspiel tunes that hop, skip, and jump.

P.E: Complete the Joe Wicks workout

Fact of the day Something to make you ponder: