Friday 9th October 

Hello Newton class! Today is our last day of home learning! Remember to give your best effort today and I'm really looking forward to seeing you all in school again on Monday!!! DON'T FORGET YOUR P.E. KIT ON MONDAY

Essential home learning tasks for today:

- make sure you read for at least 15 minutes (remember to record this in your reading diary) DON'T FORGET TO LOG IN TO ACTIVE LEARN PRIMARY TO READ YOUR BUG CLUB BOOKS AND DO AN ONLINE QUIZ!!!! I am going to be changing some of your Bug Club book bands later on today

- make sure you practise your times tables - you can log on to Times Tables Rock Stars. THE GIRLS CURRENTLY HOLD A VERY NARROW LEAD OVER THE BOYS IN THE ROCK STARS TOURNAMENT

- make sure you practise your handwriting. IN YOUR BEST, JOINED HANDWRITING, PRACTISE WRITING (AT LEAST 5 TIMES): Farmer Zack realised that big yellow quilts were just expensive.  (this helps you to practise all 26 letters of the alphabet)

- write a short diary entry for today to explain what you get up to (It would be great if we can all share our diaries when we are back in school to tell each other what we've been doing at home since Wednesday 30th September).

Other home learning tasks for today:

THIS WEEK'S HOMEWORK CHALLENGES:

- Complete your times tables homework (this week is the 5th page and is the 7x tables)

- Practise this week's spellings. This week, there are 2 sets of spellings to learn:

Ask somebody at home to test you on this week's spellings:

Words from the years 5/6 list of spellings to learn:

excellent

existence

explanation

familiar

foreign

forty

frequently

government

guarantee

harass

Some other high frequency words to learn:

January

July

June

just

like

little

look

looked

made

make

- learn facts from your knowledge organisers.

This week, I would like you to learn facts for the following sections of the knowledge organisers:

History (Crime and Punishment) - 'Anglo-Saxons and Vikings' section

Science (Earth and Space) - 'Our Solar System' diagram and labels

- do an online yoga workout - try today's YouTube link: https://youtu.be/QM8NjfCfOg0

Maths lesson for today (negative numbers) 

To see an online video to support your understanding of these lessons, look at the website link (select 'negative numbers')

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-6/week-2/

Then, have a go at the worksheet for this lesson. 

- 'FEEL GOOD FRIDAY' ROCKSTEADY LIVE EVENT (2:00PM - 2:30PM) - CLICK ON THE YOUTUBE LINK AT 2PM TO TAKE PART https://youtu.be/75j8rtEX3UM

Thursday 8th October 

Hello Newton class! 

I've got LOTS of maths challenges for you to attempt today. I hope you have lots of fun trying to solve these maths problems. REMEMBER - DON'T GIVE UP!!!

Essential home learning tasks for today:

- SOLVE MY MATHS CHALLENGES - see the maths challenge below .......

- make sure you read for at least 15 minutes (remember to record this in your reading diary) DON'T FORGET TO LOG IN TO ACTIVE LEARN PRIMARY TO READ YOUR BUG CLUB BOOKS AND DO AN ONLINE QUIZ!!!!

- make sure you practise your times tables - you can log on to Times Tables Rock Stars

- make sure you practise your handwriting

IN YOUR BEST, JOINED HANDWRITING, PRACTISE WRITING (AT LEAST 5 TIMES): Brown jars prevented the mixture from freezing too quickly.  (this helps you to practise all 26 letters of the alphabet)

- write a short diary entry for today to explain what you get up to (I would like you all to write a diary entry for each day we are not in school. It would be great if we can all share our diaries when we are back in school!)

Other home learning tasks for today:

THIS WEEK'S HOMEWORK CHALLENGES:

- Complete your times tables homework (this week is the 5th page and is the 7x tables)

- Practise this week's spellings. This week, there are 2 sets of spellings to learn:

CHOOSE A SPELLING. HOW MANY TIMES CAN YOU WRITE IT (SPELT CORRECTLY) IN 1 MINUTE???? Repeat for another spelling

Words from the years 5/6 list of spellings to learn:

excellent

existence

explanation

familiar

foreign

forty

frequently

government

guarantee

harass

Some other high frequency words to learn:

January

July

June

just

like

little

look

looked

made

make

- learn facts from your knowledge organisers.

This week, I would like you to learn facts for the following sections of the knowledge organisers:

History (Crime and Punishment) - 'Anglo-Saxons and Vikings' section

Science (Earth and Space) - 'Our Solar System' diagram and labels

- do an online aerobics workout - try today's YouTube link: https://youtu.be/d3LPrhI0v-w

Maths lesson for today (round any numbers) 

To see an online video to support your understanding of these lessons, look at the website link (select 'round any numbers')

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-6/week-2/

Then, have a go at the worksheet for this lesson. 

Wednesday 7th October 

Hello Newton class! 

Times Tables Rock Stars ROCK SLAM - can you beat Mr Roper's score??!! I've challenged you all to a Rock Slam. So far, 6 children have tried (and failed) to beat my score. Can anybody beat me??!! 

Essential home learning tasks for today:

- SOLVE MY MATHS CHALLENGE (ROWS OF COINS) - see the challenge below .......

- SOLVE MY ALPHABET CHALLENGE (words beginning and ending with the same letter) - see the challenge below ....

- make sure you read for at least 15 minutes (remember to record this in your reading diary) DON'T FORGET TO LOG IN TO ACTIVE LEARN PRIMARY TO READ YOUR BUG CLUB BOOKS AND DO AN ONLINE QUIZ!!!!

- make sure you practise your times tables - you can log on to Times Tables Rock Stars

- make sure you practise your handwriting

IN YOUR BEST, JOINED HANDWRITING, PRACTISE WRITING (AT LEAST 5 TIMES): Two driven jocks help fax my big quiz.  (this helps you to practise all 26 letters of the alphabet)

- write a short diary entry for today to explain what you get up to (I would like you all to write a diary entry for each day we are not in school. It would be great if we can all share our diaries when we are back in school!)

Other home learning tasks for today:

THIS WEEK'S HOMEWORK CHALLENGES:

- Complete your times tables homework (this week is the 5th page and is the 7x tables)

- Practise this week's spellings. This week, there are 2 sets of spellings to learn:

CAN YOU WRITE THESE WORDS WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED??!!

Words from the years 5/6 list of spellings to learn:

excellent

existence

explanation

familiar

foreign

forty

frequently

government

guarantee

harass

Some other high frequency words to learn:

January

July

June

just

like

little

look

looked

made

make

- learn facts from your knowledge organisers.

This week, I would like you to learn facts for the following sections of the knowledge organisers:

History (Crime and Punishment) - 'Anglo-Saxons and Vikings' section

Science (Earth and Space) - 'Our Solar System' diagram and labels

- do an online aerobics workout - try this YouTube link: https://youtu.be/wu--9fOkOJM 

Maths lesson for today (round numbers to 10, 100 and 1000)

To see an online video to support your understanding of these lessons, look at the website link (select 'round numbers to 10, 100 and 1000)

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-6/week-2/

Then, have a go at the worksheet for this lesson. 

DO YOU ENJOY A QUIZ??!!

Have a go at these geography and history quizzes!!!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/quizzes/top-class-geography-quiz-1

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/quizzes/top-class-history-timelines-1?collection=top-class-quizzes

Tuesday 6th October 

Good morning Newton class. Nearly everybody in the class has now been on TT Rock Stars or Bug Club books on Active Learn - well done!!!

Times Tables Rock Stars tournament - the boys won last week's tournament AND the weekend tournament!! Girls, can you beat them this time? The current tournament finishes at 3pm on Wednesday!

Essential home learning tasks for today:

- make sure you read for at least 15 minutes (remember to record this in your reading diary) DON'T FORGET TO LOG IN TO ACTIVE LEARN PRIMARY TO READ YOUR BUG CLUB BOOKS AND DO AN ONLINE QUIZ!!!!

- make sure you practise your times tables - you can log on to Times Tables Rock Stars

- make sure you practise your handwriting

IN YOUR BEST, JOINED HANDWRITING, PRACTISE WRITING (AT LEAST 5 TIMES): Bright vixens jump: dozy fowl quack.  (this helps you to practise all 26 letters of the alphabet)

- write a short diary entry for today to explain what you get up to (I would like you all to write a diary entry for each day we are not in school. It would be great if we can all share our diaries when we are back in school!)

Other home learning tasks for today:

THIS WEEK'S HOMEWORK CHALLENGES:

- Complete your times tables homework (this week is the 5th page and is the 7x tables)

- Practise this week's spellings. This week, there are 2 sets of spellings to learn:

Words from the years 5/6 list of spellings to learn:

excellent

existence

explanation

familiar

foreign

forty

frequently

government

guarantee

harass

Some other high frequency words to learn:

January

July

June

just

like

little

look

looked

made

make

- learn facts from your knowledge organisers.

This week, I would like you to learn facts for the following sections of the knowledge organisers:

History (Crime and Punishment) - 'Anglo-Saxons and Vikings' section

Science (Earth and Space) - 'Our Solar System' diagram and labels

- do an online aerobics workout - try this YouTube link: https://youtu.be/DO-R5EfG_N4

Maths lessons for today (compare and order any numbers)

To see an online video to support your understanding of these lessons, look at the website link (select 'compare and order any numbers):

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-6/week-1/

Then, have a go at the worksheet for this lesson. This will help to reinforce what your learned at school in our PowerMaths lessons on place value 2 weeks ago. GOOD LUCK! Remember that it is important to have a go, and not to worry about making mistakes!

Monday 5th October 

Good morning everyone. I hope that you all had a great weekend and that managed to get some rest and recharge your batteries ready for a busy week of home learning!!! Leicester City did their best to ruin my weekend by losing 3-0 

HEAD BOY AND HEAD GIRL APPLICATIONS - Mrs Ayres has said you will be able to hand these in to her when we are all back in school so don't worry if you weren't able to hand your application in on Tuesday.

Essential home learning tasks for today:

- make sure you read for at least 15 minutes (remember to record this in your reading diary) DON'T FORGET TO LOG IN TO ACTIVE LEARN PRIMARY TO READ YOUR BUG CLUB BOOKS AND DO AN ONLINE QUIZ!!!!

- make sure you practise your times tables - you can log on to Times Tables Rock Stars

- make sure you practise your handwriting

IN YOUR BEST, JOINED HANDWRITING, PRACTISE WRITING (AT LEAST 5 TIMES): How vexingly quick daft zebras jump (this helps you to practise all 26 letters of the alphabet)

- write a short diary entry for today to explain what you get up to (I would like you all to write a diary entry for each day we are not in school. It would be great if we can all share our diaries when we are back in school!)

Other home learning tasks for today:

THIS WEEK'S HOMEWORK CHALLENGES:

- Complete your times tables homework (this week is the 5th page and is the 7x tables)

- Practise this week's spellings. This week, there are 2 sets of spellings to learn:

Words from the years 5/6 list of spellings to learn:

excellent

existence

explanation

familiar

foreign

forty

frequently

government

guarantee

harass

Some other high frequency words to learn:

January

July

June

just

like

little

look

looked

made

make

- learn facts from your knowledge organisers.

This week, I would like you to learn facts for the following sections of the knowledge organisers:

History (Crime and Punishment) - 'Anglo-Saxons and Vikings' section

Science (Earth and Space) - 'Our Solar System' diagram and labels

- do an online aerobics workout - try this YouTube link:https://youtu.be/L_A_HjHZxfI

There are also some other home learning tasks set below:

If you need any help or assistance, please email Mr Roper and I will get back to you as soon as possible:

mr.roper@stmarys.leics.sch.uk

Maths lessons for today (place value in numbers up to 10 million)

To see an online video to support your understanding of these lessons, look at the website link (select 'numbers up to 10 million):

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-6/week-1/

Then, have a go at the worksheet for this lesson. This will help to reinforce what your learned at school in our PowerMaths lessons on place value 2 weeks ago. GOOD LUCK! Remember that it is important to have a go, and not to worry about making mistakes!

Friday 2nd October 

Good morning everyone. I hope your last two days of being at home have gone well. I am missing seeing you all at school! Mrs Ayres has said that school seems very quiet without us being there (maybe we are a bit of a noisy class!!  )

HEAD BOY AND HEAD GIRL APPLICATIONS - Mrs Ayres has said you will be able to hand these in to her when we are all back in school so don't worry if you weren't able to hand your application in on Tuesday.

Make sure you try your best to get some more work done today and don't complain to the adult or adults at home who are looking after you when they ask you to do some school work - they just want to make sure you are still learning!!!

After today, it is the weekend so hopefully you will all get the chance to relax and rest (and fingers crossed Leicester City will win again to stay top of the Premier League!!!). 

Essential home learning tasks for today:

- make sure you read for at least 15 minutes (remember to record this in your reading diary) DON'T FORGET TO LOG IN TO ACTIVE LEARN PRIMARY TO READ YOUR BUG CLUB BOOKS AND DO AN ONLINE QUIZ!!!!

- make sure you practise your times tables - you can log on to Times Tables Rock Stars

- make sure you practise your handwriting

IN YOUR BEST, JOINED HANDWRITING, PRACTISE WRITING (AT LEAST 5 TIMES): The five boxing wizards jump quickly (this helps you to practise all 26 letters of the alphabet)

- write a short diary entry for today to explain what you get up to (I would like you all to write a diary entry for each day we are not in school. It would be great if we can all share our diaries when we are back in school!)

Other home learning tasks for today:

- IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO YET - complete your times tables homework (this week is the 4th page and is the 6x tables)

- ask somebody at home to test you on this week's spellings (determined, develop, dictionary, disastrous, embarrass, environment, equipment, equipped, especially, exaggerate) - can you get 10 out of 10????

- learn facts from your knowledge organisers for 'Crime and Punishment' and 'Earth and Space' (this week's challenge is to learn the 'key vocabulary' sections)

- do an online aerobics workout, based on being a superhero - try this YouTube link 

https://youtu.be/cvMbkw2572k

- 'FEEL GOOD FRIDAY' ROCKSTEADY LIVE EVENT (2:00PM - 2:30PM) - CLICK ON THE YOUTUBE LINK AT 2PM TO TAKE PART https://youtu.be/uWKo4EdMzw4

There are also some other home learning tasks set below  (if you have not got access to a printer, the you can write your answers on paper).

If you need any help or assistance, please email Mr Roper and I will get back to you as soon as possible:

mr.roper@stmarys.leics.sch.uk

Maths lessons for today (place value in numbers up to 1 million)

To see an online video to support your understanding of these lessons, look at the website link (select 'numbers up to 1 million):

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-6/week-1/

Then, have a go at the worksheets for each lesson. These will help to reinforce what your learned at school in our PowerMaths lessons on place value 2 weeks ago. GOOD LUCK! Remember that it is important to have a go, and not to worry about making mistakes!

Thursday 1st October 

Good morning Newton class! It's our second day of not being in school. Good luck with getting some of these home learning challenges done. Remember to show your best behaviour at home today and to listen to whoever is looking after you at home!

Essential home learning tasks for today:

- make sure you read for at least 15 minutes (remember to record this in your reading diary) DON'T FORGET TO LOG IN TO ACTIVE LEARN PRIMARY TO READ YOUR BUG CLUB BOOKS AND DO AN ONLINE QUIZ!!!!

- make sure you practise your times tables

- make sure you practise your handwriting

IN YOUR BEST, JOINED HANDWRITING, PRACTISE WRITING (AT LEAST 5 TIMES): A quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs (this helps you to practise all 26 letters of the alphabet)

- write a short diary entry for today to explain what you get up to (I would like you all to write a diary entry for each day we are not in school. It would be great if we can all share our diaries when we are back in school!)

Other home learning tasks for today:

- complete your times tables homework (this week is the 4th page and is the 6x tables)

- practise this week's spellings (determined, develop, dictionary, disastrous, embarrass, environment, equipment, equipped, especially, exaggerate) - can you put any of these words into sentences???? 

- learn facts from your knowledge organisers for 'Crime and Punishment' and 'Earth and Space' (this week's challenge is to learn the 'key vocabulary' sections)

- do an online aerobics workout - try this YouTube link (it's a workout we did in school a few weeks ago which you all seemed to love doing!)

https://youtu.be/GzVR5Wz9On0

There are also some other home learning tasks set below  (if you have not got access to a printer, the you can write your answers on paper).

If you need any help or assistance, please email Mr Roper and I will get back to you as soon as possible:

mr.roper@stmarys.leics.sch.uk

Maths lessons for today (place value in numbers up to 1000 and numbers up to 10,000)

To see an online video to support your understanding of these lessons, look at the website link (select 'numbers up to 10,000' and then 'numbers up to 100,000' ):

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-6/week-1/

Then, have a go at the worksheets for each lesson. These will help to reinforce what your learned at school in our PowerMaths lessons on place value 2 weeks ago. GOOD LUCK! Remember that it is important to have a go, and not to worry about making mistakes!

Times Tables Rock stars 'Battle of the Bands'

The boys can compete against the girls! This battle will finish at 3pm on Friday 2nd October.

Who will be the winners??!!

After day 1, girls are currently leading by 30 average correct answers compared to the boys' 9 average correct answers.

BOYS - CAN YOU DO BETTER TODAY AND OVERTAKE THE GIRLS???!!!

https://www.ttrockstars.com/ 

When you load up the website, choose the 'login' tab at the top of the webpage, and select 'school pupils'. You should then type in 'Hinckley' and select 'St Mary's Primary School' before attempting to log in via your child's username and password.

If your child's login (username and password) isn't working, send an email to mr.roper@stmarys.leics.sch.uk. Mr Roper will respond to you as soon as possible

Online reading (Bug Club book) quizzes can be accessed via :

www.activelearnprimary.co.uk - the school's code on the Active Learn Primary website is pgyx

Active Learn Primary  (BUG CLUB BOOK QUIZZES)

ADVICE TO AVOID PROBLEMS WITH ACCESSING ACTIVE LEARN PRIMARY:

1) Make sure you try to access the UK version of Active Learn Primary (sometimes if you search for active learn primary on an internet search engine, the Australian version of the website appears)

2) Some of the links on the website work best if accessed via Google Chrome (Internet Explorer and Safari might prevent some of the 'popups' from loading)

3) If you struggle to log in due to 'cookie settings' issue on Safari (when using an Apple device), try to clear your search history and then try again. Or if you have Google Chrome on your apple device, try using Google Chrome rather than Safari

4) If your child's login (username and password) isn't working, send an email to mr.roper@stmarys.leics.sch.uk. Mr Roper will respond to you as soon as possible

Wednesday 30th September

As children in Newton class cannot attend school today, they could do the following:

- complete their times tables homework (this week is the 4th page and is the 6x tables)

- practise this week's spellings (determined, develop, dictionary, disastrous, embarrass, environment, equipment, equipped, especially, exaggerate)

- read a book (remember to record in their reading diary)

- learn facts from their knowledge organisers for 'Crime and Punishment' and 'Earth and Space' (this week's challenge was to learn the 'key vocabulary' sections)

- do an online yoga workout (search for Cosmic Kids Yoga on YouTube). We did one of these on Monday and the class really enjoyed it.

- look outside for 'signs of autumn'. How do they know it is now autumn???

There are also some maths and reading tasks set below. If you have not got access to a printer, the children can write their answers on paper.

If you need any help or assistance, please email Mr Roper and I will get back to you as soon as possible:

mr.roper@stmarys.leics.sch.uk
 

Times Tables Rock Stars

Your child has access to https://www.ttrockstars.com/

When you load up the website, choose the 'login' tab at the top of the webpage, and select 'school pupils'. You should then type in 'Hinckley' and select 'St Mary's Primary School' before attempting to log in via your child's username and password.

If your child's login (username and password) isn't working, send an email to mr.roper@stmarys.leics.sch.uk. Mr Roper will respond to you as soon as possible

Times Tables Rock stars 'Battle of the Bands'

The boys can compete against the girls! This battle will finish at 3pm on Friday 2nd October.

Who will be the winners??!!

Online reading (Bug Club book) quizzes can be accessed via :

www.activelearnprimary.co.uk - the school's code on the Active Learn Primary website is pgyx

Active Learn Primary  (BUG CLUB BOOK QUIZZES)

ADVICE TO AVOID PROBLEMS WITH ACCESSING ACTIVE LEARN PRIMARY:

1) Make sure you try to access the UK version of Active Learn Primary (sometimes if you search for active learn primary on an internet search engine, the Australian version of the website appears)

2) Some of the links on the website work best if accessed via Google Chrome (Internet Explorer and Safari might prevent some of the 'popups' from loading)

3) If you struggle to log in due to 'cookie settings' issue on Safari (when using an Apple device), try to clear your search history and then try again. Or if you have Google Chrome on your apple device, try using Google Chrome rather than Safari

4) If your child's login (username and password) isn't working, send an email to mr.roper@stmarys.leics.sch.uk. Mr Roper will respond to you as soon as possible

If you would like to contact one of the teachers in years 5 and 6, please email directly:

Mr Roper mr.roper@stmarys.leics.sch.uk 

Ms Parry mrs.horsler@stmarys.leics.sch.uk 

Mr Cramp mr.cramp@stmarys.leics.sch.uk 

Mrs Chamberlain mrs.chamberlain@stmarys.leics.sch.uk

During lockdown, we were really pleased to see some of the amazing home learning that children in years 5 and 6 were doing! Thank you for the photos that have been sent in - these can be viewed on the 'Home Learning photo gallery' section of the website

Please email any photos to your child’s teacher:

Mr Roper -  mr.roper@stmarys.leics.sch.uk  

Ms Parry -  mrs.horsler@stmarys.leics.sch.uk  

Mr Cramp -  mr.cramp@stmarys.leics.sch.uk  

Mrs Chamberlain -  mrs.chamberlain@stmarys.leics.sch.uk

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary

Daily lessons via BBC Bitesize

Beginning Monday 20 April, BBC Bitesize will publish daily online lessons for all ages. They will also have a new dedicated TV channel full of learning content, podcasts on BBC Sounds and loads of educational video on iPlayer.

Online maths activities and reading quizzes can be accessed via :

www.activelearnprimary.co.uk

Active Learn Primary

ADVICE TO AVOID PROBLEMS WITH ACCESSING ACTIVE LEARN PRIMARY:

1) Make sure you try to access the UK version of Active Learn Primary (sometimes if you search for active learn primary on an internet search engine, the Australian version of the website appears)

2) Some of the links on the website work best if accessed via Google Chrome (Internet Explorer and Safari might prevent some of the 'popups' from loading)

3) If you struggle to log in due to 'cookie settings' issue on Safari (when using an Apple device), try to clear your search history and then try again.

4) If your child's login (username and password) isn't working, send an email to mr.roper@stmarys.leics.sch.uk. Mr Roper will respond to you as soon as possible

Your child has a login for Active Learn Primary. They can use their account to read Bug Club books online and also to access online quizzes for any books they have read:

www.activelearnprimary.co.uk

The school's code on the Active Learn Primary website is pgyx

Times Tables Rock Stars

Your child has access to https://www.ttrockstars.com/

When you load up the website, choose the 'login' tab at the top of the webpage, and select 'school pupils'. You should then type in 'Hinckley' and select 'St Mary's Primary School' before attempting to log in via your child's username and password.

If your child's login (username and password) isn't working, send an email to mr.roper@stmarys.leics.sch.uk. Mr Roper will respond to you as soon as possible

HOME LEARNING TASKS FOR LOCKDOWN AND SCHOOL CLOSURE (SPRING AND SUMMER 2020)

Home Learning for week beginning 6th July

As this is the last week of term, the activities below are slightly different.

Year 5 Children:

Important - The White Rose links will only allow you to access the videos.  Our school has subscribed to the White Rose's premium service and the worksheets listed for this weeks activities are found below the link.  Follow the link to find the videos and select Summer Term week 10.

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/

Year 6 Children:

Important: The White Rose home learning activities on the links will only allow you to access the videos.  Our school has subscribed to White Rose's premium service and the worksheets for this weeks activities are listed below the link.  

Follow the link below for videos for each day of the week and select Summer Term week 10.

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-6/

History quizzes (years 5 and 6)

How much can you remember about our history topics from earlier this year?!

The Stone Age:

https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/quiz/history/quiz-yourself-on-stone-age/

https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/57eb16dcd8a050cd0491334d/stone-age-quiz

https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/5d9de6d0474ded001acb23ad/stone-age-britain

The Industrial Revolution (this quiz is aimed at high school children, so good luck!):

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zvmv4wx/test

Art challenges (years 5 and 6)

Would you like to go on an art adventure?

Learn about different artists?

See more art videos? Draw, paint or make something?

Tate Kids has lots of different activities on their website:

https://www.tate.org.uk/kids

• FREE Online Animation and Video Game Making Guides

Geography

The Canal & River Trust have created this selection of resources and information so that children can learn about rivers and canals from home. Rivers flow through pretty countryside, great cities, towns and villages too. Discover how rivers form and flow from source to mouth. Learn why rivers are different to canals, who looks after them and much more.

Maths:

Year 5 Children

Important - The White Rose links will only allow you to access the videos.  Our school has subscribed to the White Rose's premium service and the worksheets listed for this weeks activities are found below the link.  Follow the link to find the videos and select Summer Term week 9.

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/

Year 6 Children:

Important: The White Rose home learning activities on the links will only allow you to access the videos.  Our school has subscribed to White Rose's premium service and the worksheets for this weeks activities are listed below the link.  

Follow the link below for videos for each day of the week and select Summer Term week 9.

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-6/

Writing (Year 5 and 6 children) Transition

Some year 6s may have received a transition pack from their new school.  Therefore you could work on this over the next couple of weeks.

Otherwise, you could put together a leaflet or fact file about yourself and what you have achieved over lockdown and continue to explain what you would like to achieve over the Summer and into the next school year.

Year 5 writing activities are linked with finding a better place and resulting in writing a story about this theme.

Year 6 writing activities are dealing with the theme of homelessness. 

STEM Clubs Week 2020

22 - 26th June -  Sustainability     stem.org.uk

This is a free online event for families featuring challenges, career talks, webinars and more.  

Take a look at the time table of events and the competition guidelines below and see if there is anything that may interest you?  You never know, the prize maybe yours! 

Sock Bunnies

We have been making sock bunnies in school and thought that you would like to make them too?

Writing (years 5 and 6) - Transition.

Some Year 6s may have received a transition pack from their new school. Therefore, you could work on this over the next couple of weeks.

Otherwise, you may want to use the resource below, to draft a letter to your new teacher. Introduce yourself, tell them about you and what you hope to achieve next year.

Maths

Year 5 children

IMPORTANT - The White Rose home learning activities on the links will only allow you to access the videos.  Our school has subscribed to the White Rose's premium service and the worksheets for this weeks activities are listed below the link.

Follow the link below for videos for each day of the week

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/  

and select Summer Term week 8

Maths

Year 6 children

IMPORTANT - The White Rose home learning activities on the links will only allow you to access the videos.  Our school has subscribed to the White Rose's premium service and the worksheets for this weeks activities are listed below the link.

Follow the link below for videos for each day of the week

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-6/

and select Summer Term week 8

SPACE SCIENCE

How many of you have watched the recent success of the FALCON 9 take off, with the dragon crew linking up with the International Space Station? This is the first time in nearly 10 years, that NASA has sent a crew up into space, via an American launch facility. 

Falcon 9 are also continuing to launch satellites into space, to enable the internet to be broadcast around the world. It is called 'STARLINK' and you can see these launches continuing this month.

The remarkable thing about these rockets is that part of the rocket returns to Earth, landing safely, so that the rocket can be used again.

The aim of Space X is to establish a colony on Mars, and it's competitor, Blue Origin, wants to establish a colony on the Moon. You can see where the previous moon landings took place, by using Google Moon.

Local History/Design and Technology

At school this week, Yr 6 Raleigh have been learning about Tudor houses.  Read through the diagrams, photographs and information below.

Years 5 and 6 spelling online game:

http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/spookySpellings/index.html

Maths

Year 5 children

IMPORTANT - The White Rose home learning activities on the links will only allow you to access the videos.  Our school has subscribed to the White Rose's premium service and the worksheets for this weeks activities are listed below the link.

Follow the link below for videos for each day of the week

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/  

and select Summer Term week 7

Maths

Year 6 children

IMPORTANT - The White Rose home learning activities on the links will only allow you to access the videos.  Our school has subscribed to the White Rose's premium service and the worksheets for this weeks activities are listed below the link.

Follow the link below for videos for each day of the week

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-6/

and select Summer Term week 7

Home Learning for week beginning 1st June

English Activities

Year 5 Children

Why don't you try some of the writing activities linked to www.pobble365.com for something different?

Don't forget to keep on top of your spellings and reading.  All spellings are to be found on our website.

J K Rowling (of Harry Potter fame) has written a new book which is available free online to all children to read called The Ickabog. Two chapters are being released each day.  Let us know what you think about it.

Maths

Year 5 children

IMPORTANT - The White Rose home learning activities on the links will only allow you to access the videos.  Our school has subscribed to the White Rose's premium service and the worksheets for this weeks activities are listed below the links.

Follow the link below for videos for each day of the week

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5   and select Summer Term week 6

English activities:

Year 5 children

Maths:

IMPORTANT - The White Rose home learning activities on the links below will only allow you to access the videos. Our school has subscribed to White Rose's premium service, and the worksheets for this week's activities are listed below the links

Design and Technology Activities:

If you love lego, then I think you might like this. Create your own lego pinball maze. All you need are some LEGO base plates, a small ball and LEGO! Watch the video below.

You could go grow some too! Why not start with radish, potatoes, cress or carrots.

If you want to grow a herb, start with mint (but keep this in a pot.)

Have a go and let me know how you get on! 

Mr Cramp

English activities:

Year 5 children

Maths activities:

IMPORTANT - The White Rose home learning activities on the links below will only allow you to access the videos. Our school has subscribed to White Rose's premium service, and the worksheets for this week's activities are listed below the links

Year 6 children - follow this link for maths videos for each day of the week:  https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-6/ and select 'Summer Term - week 4'

St Mary's Community Art Activity

From Mrs Ayres: School is really quiet without the children and we miss them so much. Wouldn't it be fantastic if every child drew a self portrait of themselves on an A4 sheet of paper with their arms outstretched which we could put on the perimeter fence? Not only would it brighten up the fence but it would be a daily reminder of who makes our school community so special. If you would like to take part, please draw yourself with your arms outstretched, colour it carefully and add your first name only.

On your daily walk you can post your picture in the letter box on Station Road, outside Picasso class or post them to school if you don't live close by. We look forward to seeing them.

Maths online activities - White Rose maths

Year 5 children - follow this link for maths activities for each day of the week:   https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/ and select 'Summer Term - week 3'

Year 6 children - follow this link for maths activities for each day of the week:  https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-6/ and select 'Summer Term - week 3'

English activities:

Year 5 children

Maths activities:

Each daily lesson is accompanied by a video tutorial. 

Year 5 children - follow this link for maths activities for each day of the week:   https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/ and select 'Summer Term - week 2'

Year 6 children - follow this link for maths activities for each day of the week:  https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-6/ and select 'Summer Term - week 2'

Science Activities

Activity 1 - How clean are your hands?

We all know we have to keep our hands clean - but why? What is on the surface of our hands that we cannot see?  Use 5 pieces of bread to find out.

1. Do nothing (this is the control).

2. Wipe your dirty hands on a slice of bread.

3. Wash your hands with soap and then handle the bread.

4. Wash your hands with hand gel and then handle the bread.

5. Wipe your phone, tablet or laptop with the bread. 

Place each piece of bread into a separate sealed bag - and wait for the mould to grow.

Can you make a prediction about each one?

Why is there a control - what does this tell you?

Once there is mould, has any result surprised you?

Can you make a decision about which method of handwashing is the best? 

Can you develop the experiment further, testing other surfaces?

Activity 2 - DNA Detectives!

DNA is in every living thing (and it's only in living things). All living things, bananas and people included, pass on information from one generation to the next using the same basic material, DNA.

(Deoxyribonucleic acid).

Within every living organism, most cells contain a complete set of DNA instructions. The information in DNA tells our bodies how to develop, grow, and work. It also controls many of the features that make an organism unique.

To extract DNA for this activity, it is best to use mushy fruit. Bananas and strawberries are great choices. Add four tablespoons (60 ml) of this mixture to two teaspoonfuls of hair shampoo (10 ml) and two pinches (0.5 ml volume) of salt. Stir gently for 1 min, then filter through a coffee filter or fine sieve into a clear container.

After 30 min, check how much liquid has come through the filter.

For the next part, the help of a grown up is needed and necessary!

Add about four times this, the volume of alcohol spirit (vodka, rum, or ethanol, with 50% or so alcohol content).  It works better if the alcohol is ice cold. The DNA will then emerge from the solution as a stringy mass which can be spooled out on a plastic fork. DNA is a long, stringy molecule. The salt helps it stick together.

English activities:

Year 5 children

Examples:

The car, which was a pale shade of blue, was driven by an old man.

The vast array of vehicles raced through the dessert, which was covered in a thin layer of salt.

Maths activities:

Year 5 children - follow this link for maths activities for each day of the week:   https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/ and select 'Summer Term - week 1'

Year 6 children - follow this link for maths activities for each day of the week:  https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-6/ and select 'Summer Term - week 1'

Creative Activities:

Activity 1 - model of a clock tower

Before our school closed, we were all enjoying reading Philip Pullman's 'Clockwork'. The book is set in the town of Glockenheim, which has the most magnificent clock tower in the whole of Germany (the Great Clock of Glockenheim).

Here are some examples of models of clock towers.

We would like you to make or draw a clock tower using whatever equipment you have in your house.

If you choose to draw a clock tower, include as much detail as possible.

If you are making it, you could use Lego, cardboard, plasticine, wood, duplo, Mechano - anything you can get your hands on (with the permission of a parent!).

You might even attempt to create a virtual model of a clock tower using a computer.

Please send photos of your finished projects - we look forward to seeing them. 

We hope you have lots of fun creating your clock tower!

Activity 1 - photography project (choose a colour)

Choose a colour you would like to focus on. Then, look around your house or in your garden for things that are that colour - take a photo. If you are out on your daily walk with your family, can you spot things which are that colour? If so, take a photo! 

Afterwards, make a collage of all of your photos.

If you manage to create a photo collage, please send us your collage so that we can see it! We look forward to seeing your photo collages. Good luck and enjoy this exciting challenge.