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Maths Daily Challenge - Wednesday 6th May
Date: 5th May 2020 @ 4:21pm
Maths Daily Challenge - Wednesday 6th May
Yesterday we looked for shapes that you could touch and trace around in your home. Today I want you to go outside with a grown-up and take a piece of paper and a pencil with you please. Find a safe place to look at your house. If it’s raining take a photo and look at it inside. Look at the pictures of houses I’ve attached to this blog. Is your house exactly the same? Is there one that is similar? Is it completely different? Talk to your adult about what you can see.
'My House' Drawing Challenge
What shapes did you see on your house? Is the main building a square shape or is it rectangular? Maybe it’s a tall shape or a wide shape. Trace the shapes of your house in the air whilst holding your pencil. Stand far enough back and using your whole arm. Ask a grown-up to help you if it’s a bit tricky. Now draw your house on paper. Are you going to colour it in using the same colours as your real house or will you choose your favourite colours? I think I’d like a rainbow roof and spotty bricks in my dream house
I hope you enjoy your maths challenge today.
I’ll see you around on here tomorrow, don’t be square, make sure you’re there (sorry about that rubbish joke)
From Mrs Ganner
Phonics Daily Challenge - Wednesday 6th May
Date: 5th May 2020 @ 4:11pm
Phonics Daily Challenge - Wednesday 6th May
UPDATE Thursday 7th May :
WE HAVE BEEN SENT FAMILY PHONICS CHALLENGE VIDEOS
from 2 of our amazing families.
👀 TAKE A LOOK 👀
Can you remember reading ‘Alfie’s Alphabet’ yesterday? I’ve attached a photo of the drawing that I made of my family. Did you remember to do one of your family? Do it now if you forgot and then take a look at how to complete today’s activity.
Active Alphabet Challenge
Click on the YouTube link to join in singing and dancing to the alphabet song.
Then look on the A-Z photo attached to see if you can complete your initial sounds active challenge. I’d love to see a video of you doing it. Can your whole family complete their initial sounds actions? There is a video of me completing my ‘V’ challenge too.
I’ll be back tomorrow with more phonics fun
From Mrs Ganner
Date: 5th May 2020 @ 12:48pm
Did anyone know or guess the country and capital city from our flag quiz yesterday?
It was the Democratic Republic of Congo and the capital city was Kinshasa (I had to ask Mrs Harriott as I had no idea so at least I've learnt something today!)
I'm going to give you a bit of an easier one as I'd really like some of you to e-mail us with the answer!
Question 2
What country is this the flag for and what is the capital city?
You get a bonus point if you can also tell us how to say hello in that language!
E-mail us on EALhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk if you know the answer!
Mrs Glover
Date: 5th May 2020 @ 12:42pm
We have had some new players on the NUMBOT website and app!
Well done to everyone who has started playing the games. If you haven't had your log in details yet you can get them by sending a request in to our home learning email:
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Here are the players who have played so far:
NNH
Ott E-101, Jay Milliplex, Bolt Numberclone, Vesper Sigma-1
NVG
Gold Aeroplex, Tiny Earthtron, Merigold Digitar, Sparky Hydra-2.1, Junk Stellatronic, Z.O.E Autopod, Joy Stellastar, Krypton Aqualon, Stone Ultramorph
Keep watching updates on the blog to see who has been playing these fabulous number games! Will you join the robot number challenges?
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Date: 5th May 2020 @ 10:55am
Good morning year 3.
Yesterday's answers are below.
The text we are meant to be looking at this half term is The Great Kapok Tree. Here is a link so you can listen to the story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1Teb-_jTyI
Reading questions
Where is the story set?
What are all the animals trying to tell the man?
What does the man do at the end?
Do you agree with the man’s decision at the end? Explain why.
Sentence of the day
The amazon river the second longest river in the world and has the largest capacity
1 full stop
2 capital letters
1 missing word
Maths
Connected Curriculum
Also, remember you have a range of activities to choose from for this topic. Pick one to complete each week. I have attached them again below.
Enjoy the rest of your day
The year 3 team
Date: 5th May 2020 @ 10:21am
Good morning everyone,
I don't know about you but I can't wait to get out in that sun so today's challenge is one that can be done outside if you like.
Today we are focusing on having a growth mindset and doing this through yoga. Having a growth mindset means you have a positive attitude to your learning and know that just because you may find something difficult and you can't do it yet, you will get there as long as you don't give up!
Here are 5 different growth mindset yoga poses to try. Please feel free to try as many or as few positions as you like and send any pictures to EALhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Mrs Glover
Past challenges
Thank you so much to the pupils who have sent in pictures of their shields of strength from yesterday, it really makes my day to see what you've ben doing!
Date: 5th May 2020 @ 10:03am
Good morning everyone,
Do you remember our visit to the Imperial War Museum? Well they have a brilliant website full of photographs of VE day! I have been finding out lots about VE day this week with my little girls, who are only in Year 3 so they really don’t know as much about WWII as you all do! We have really enjoyed looking at old photos of the V.E. day celebrations- Who were the women in Trafalgar Square fountains on V.E. day? Click below to see if historians ever found out! I just keep imagining how relieved and happy the people must have been after 6 long years of war! I have found 6 weeks of lockdown tough at times!
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/10-photos-of-ve-day-celebrations
What fantastic first hand sources they make of this time. Can you imagine what the people are thinking using your knowledge of this period? Perhaps these could help you with your VE day challenge this week? You could imagine interviewing some of these people or writing their diary or letter home. Enjoy investigating!
The Boy at the Back of the Class Chapter 14
Date: 5th May 2020 @ 9:50am
Good morning year 6. The sun is shining today and I hope you make time to go outdoors safely for your hourly exercise.
Here is chapter 14. It is getting really exciting now and I can't wait to find out what the friends get up to trying to help Ahmet.
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=xc2tfSi
Questions
The Boy at the Back of the Class Chapter 14
On page 153, what were the problems with the ‘Top Secret Mission’?
What was the problem with Tom’s plan? (Page 154-155)
What was the problem with Josie’s plan? (Page 155-156)
What was the librarian Mrs Finnicky like? Use evidence from the text to help support your answer with evidence. (Page 158-160)
On page 161, find and copy a word that means instantly.
Tuesday Sentence of the day and phonics
Date: 5th May 2020 @ 9:20am
Good Morning! Today looks like it’s going to be a sunny day J Hopefully you can enjoy the sun and do some of your learning outside.
Sentence of the day
Here are the answers for yesterday’s sentence of the day. Well done to everyone who managed to put the time connectives in the correct order.
First fill your flower pot with twigs and dried leaves
Next find a shady area of the garden
After that put some stones in your flower pot to stop it flying away
Then add some sugar to the pot
Finally peek inside to see which bugs have visited your hotel
Today’s challenge is to put in the missing full stops in these sentences. Remember full stops come at the end of a sentence. So your phonics to read the sentences yourself and find where the full stops belong. Good Luck
The creepy crawly bugs found the bug hotel_ It was warm and had all of their favourite snacks inside_ The spiders liked the dark corners and made their webs there_ The butterflies liked the bits in the warm sun where they could flutter their wings_
Phonics
Let’s make sure your brains are up and awake before we find out todays phonics challenge. How many tricky words can you remember from yesterday? Put on a 2 minute timer and see how many you can remember. Did you manage to spell them all correctly?
Todays phonics challenge focusses on the oa sound family.
Here are some pictures and words, can you sort them all and match them to the correct grapheme?
Here’s a tip – you might want to write out the word to match the pictures so you can test which grapheme looks right e.g. is it croe,croa,crowe,crow?
Hope you all have a lovely day
Date: 5th May 2020 @ 8:51am
Good morning Year 5!
I hope you're all well and ready for this new day! We're ready for PE with Joe (we've done it every day!), and I know those few children going into school are doing some Yoga. What will you do today to get your body moving?
We'd love to see the learning you get up to today, remember to email it over to us!
Y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
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Hello from Mrs Hodges!
Here we go with today's Sentence of the Day!
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=EreTpqa
Remember to check your sentence later using the purple pen video I'll post this afternoon!
Good afternoon! (well, nearly evening!)
Oh dear, I'm very late in posting my corrected Sentence of the Day today - I've been out for a walk with Asaph while Livvi had a Zoom dance lesson. We were finding some rocks and pebbles for an activity that I'm wondering about doing when I go into school on Monday! Anyway, do not fear Year 5, here is the purple pen sentence!
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=wlzJ64O
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Hello from Miss Wendt!
Well I didn't start my day doing PE with Joe but I am doing some daily yoga though. It's very gentle and good for stretching the sore muscles in my ankle and leg. I did have an accident the other day - I was stood on the stairs and I had to lean forward, putting pressure on my arms. Well I wasn't really paying much attention and ended up falling and headbutting the stairs! Ouch!
I have 2 challenges for you today - one is the usual fluent in five and the other is a fraction problem. I'll be back with the answers later.
Fluent in five answers!
I will post the answers to the fraction & decimal challenge tomorrow morning - you still have time to email your responses!
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Good Morning Year 5! From Miss Brookes
I didn't start off the day with P.E either, instead I was feeding my guinea pig (Cinders) with a syringe because she had a tiny operation yesterday to get her teeth shaved (apparently they were rubbing on her tongue and stopping her from eating)! It was quite funny when we brought her home, because she was stumbling and wobbling all over the show from the anesthetic!
Today there are two bits of learning from me. Firstly, GVP.
Thank you so much for the GVP sentences you emailed in yesterday - Jennifer's made me laugh and feel very nostologic!
It said 'I was clearly not allowed to say an-I-oop, an-I-oop, an-I-oop in the classroom.' 5CB know how much these tiktok trends annoy me in the classroom! Though I have a secret to share, since we have been off school...I have found myself making tiktoks myself! The horror!
Today's GVP is all about Homophones:
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=Ryfa90i
I hope you enjoy completing the homophone board game!
For science, we are focussing on the Moon. Next week we will be looking at moon phases, but today we are exploring how the Moon was formed.
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=0WrDy4m
I've also attached a video of the Moon landing!
Enjoy
Date: 5th May 2020 @ 8:41am
Good morning Year 2,
I loved reading your questions yesterday. I have also received some brilliant book reviews. Great work Year 2!
English challenge
Spot the conjunctions:
Can you read the sentences below, write them down in your books and underline the conjunctions?
We could buy pens or we could buy pencils.
Sarah opened the door but she did not go outside.
The people put on their coats and they went to town.
Bob likes walking when he is on holiday.
Lucy started to cry because the bird ate her ice cream.
Don’t forget to check back tomorrow for the answers.
Maths Challenge
How many different ways can you make 68p?
How many different ways can you make 43p?
How many different ways can you make 26p?
Remember we do not have a 3p, 6p or 8p…
Miss Hamer
Date: 5th May 2020 @ 8:33am
Good Morning Reception!
To begin our maths learning.. Can you work out today’s fluent-in-five questions?
This morning we are going to be following on from yesterday’s learning of measuring weight! Please refer to yesterday’s blog if you did not see it!
Take a look at the pictures below - Can you work them out? Can you label which item is heavier and which is lighter? How do you know? Can you test this with the real life item?
Fantastic! Below I have posted a link to an ‘ordering weight challenge.’ You have to look at the items on the screen and sort them from lightest to heaviest. You can either print out the sheets and cut them out into the sorting template, or make your own scale and draw which items are the lightest and which are the heaviest!
Have fun! Please email your learning into receptionhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk! J
Date: 5th May 2020 @ 8:25am
Good Morning Reception!!
This week we have started a new story ‘The Very Busy Spider.’ If you have not managed to listen to it, click on the video at the bottom of this blog where I am reading the story.
Pick some of the animals from the story and write some super sentences describing them.
For example,
The goat has two pointy horns on the top of his head.
It has a white beard at the bottom of his face.
Miss William’s and Miss Cogger’s Phonic group you may want to write some captions like this…
The cow is big.
Cow is black and white.
Love Mrs Iqbal
Don’t forget to send in your photos/work to receptionhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Date: 5th May 2020 @ 8:17am
Good Morning Reception!!
Let us start today’s phonic activity by singing one of our phonic songs. Choose one from the list below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BELlZKpi1Zs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi1dwHp1ppU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwOQvh_mJ4w&t=120s
Today we are going to carry on thinking about the sound igh. This sound is a trigraph. A trigraph is three letters that make one sound.
Can you read these words…?
Can you add sound buttons under these words…?
Play quick write. Your grown up will say one of the words above, can you write it on a piece of paper?
Today’s practise and apply activities are:
Can you add the correct word in each sentence?
Can you circle the word with the correct igh spelling?
Can you label the pictures using the igh sound correctly?
Can you read the alien words?
Love Mrs Iqbal
Don’t forget to send in your photos/work to… receptionhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Date: 4th May 2020 @ 6:01pm
Last week we reached an impressive 1386 minutes on Lexia and earned 3 certificates. I'm so impressed with this dedication now let's see if we can get even more children using Lexia, reach even more minutes and earn more certificates. I have already seen yesterday 4 children earnt a certificate but I bet we can get more by the end of the week.
I will send you your certificate by email if I have your email address. If I don't, just email me at
y3homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk so I can send it to you.
Date: 4th May 2020 @ 4:39pm
Good afternoon Year 6,
For this week's Connected Curriculum task we will be going back to 1945 again! This week would have been a special celebration in school as Friday 8th May had been made into a Bank Holiday to mark the 75th anniversary of VE day. As we have spent much of our time finding out about WWII this year, I thought it would be fun to celebrate this week with a special V.E. Day challenge.
Click the link below for more information and good luck! Remember to send in your competition entries and email or tweet us too!
https://ve-vjday75.gov.uk/dan-snows-ve-day-challenge/
REMINDER: We've updated your home learning to hopefully make it a bit easier for you to access everything.
From today onwards we will be uploading activities onto a Padlet Page (thanks for the idea Year 4!)
You can access this page here: https://padlet.com/y6homelearning/nxkcu8zxxd8kmxo7
Let us know what you think!
The Boy at the Back of the Class Chapter 13
Date: 4th May 2020 @ 4:00pm
Good afternoon year 6. Here is Chapter 13 for you to join in with.
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=jBCgmGG
Don't forget to summarise the chapter in ONLY 3 sentences and predict what the children might plan to do to help Ahmet.
Story Adventure The House on Haunted Hill Part 2
Date: 4th May 2020 @ 3:17pm
Well Maddison was the first to respond to we are heading round the back.
You walk around the back, careful not to step into the stinking puddles that seem to be everywhere. It is darker round the back as the house’s tall spires block out the bright moonlight. You hear a rustle and spin on your heel, nothing.
You walk on but hear the rustling again. This is doing nothing for your nerves. You realise you are trembling before you have even entered the house.
Do you want to investigate the source of the noise
Or
Continue to find a back door?
Another decision to make...
Who will be the first to answer?
CBeebies Reading Challenge Tuesday 5th May
Date: 4th May 2020 @ 2:55pm
CBeebies Reading Challenge Tuesday 5th May
I hope you enjoyed last night’s story, I know I did. Our second story of the week is read by Robert Webb and the story is called ‘The Big Animal Mix Up’ In this book lots of the animals get all mixed up in a really funny way and there are lots of pairs of rhyming words in it. I spotted ‘fur,purr’ and ‘laugh,giraffe’
Can you tell your grown-up some words that rhyme in the story?
Night night sleep tight
From Mrs Ganner
Maths Daily Challenge - Tuesday 5th May
Date: 4th May 2020 @ 2:29pm
In Maths this week we are going to be naming and describing shapes. First of all I’m going to read you the shape book from our maths area in school. You will have seen this book before and talked about what you can see with your friends when you have played with it in class. Watch the video then complete the challenge.
Shape Hunt Challenge – naming shapes and tracing around them
Did you notice how I traced around the shapes in the book? If you look around inside your house you will be able to find shapes to trace around too. Notice if the shapes have curved or straight edges. Draw the shapes you find and see if you can match them to the shapes in the book using the photos attached.
What kind of shapes have you found? Are they straight or curved? Can you think of other words to describe your shapes?
I’m going on a shape hunt now. I’ll be back tomorrow with more marvellous maths games
From Mrs Ganner
Phonics Daily Challenge - Tuesday 5th May
Date: 4th May 2020 @ 2:27pm
Phonics Daily Challenge - Tuesday 5th May
To start our week of Phonics learning, watch the video of me reading ‘Alfie’s Alphabet’. This is one of my favourite books by Shirley Hughes because we see lots of people and objects in Alfie’s life that link to the letters of the alphabet.
Alphabet Challenge
I’d like you to start thinking about the initial sounds that are in your life. What sound does your name begin with? Can you find that page in ‘Alfie’s Alphabet’ and point to the capital letter on that page?
Find the pages for your family and say their name then say their sound then say the name of the letter
e.g. Alfie, a, capital A
Draw your family and label each person with their initial sound capital letter. You’ll be able to use this drawing with the action challenge I set for you tomorrow.
My family’s Christian names begin with A, M, S, V. Can you remember what my family’s names are?
Take a look at 'My Family' below and have fun drawing yours.
I’ll post another phonics challenge tomorrow
From Mrs Ganner
Date: 4th May 2020 @ 12:26pm
Hi Year 6!
We've updated your home learning to hopefully make it a bit easier for you to access everything.
From today onwards we will be uploading activities onto a Padlet Page (thanks for the idea Year 4!)
You can access this page here: https://padlet.com/y6homelearning/nxkcu8zxxd8kmxo7
On it you will find a timetable that covers the whole week - use it to help structure your learning.
Maths activites will continue to be uploaded to Education City - link on page
English and morning activities will be updated daily so make sure you check - maybe bookmark it in your browser.
As always, please don't hesitate to email us if you are having any problems or would like to show us what you've been up to! We're always thrilled to hear from you.
The Year 6 Team
y6homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Date: 4th May 2020 @ 12:22pm
Good Morning Year 4!
I hope you are all well and have had a lovely weekend! There are lots of new and exciting activities for you to complete this week on the Year 4 Home Learning Page...
Click on the link below to find your learning activities for this week:
https://padlet.com/mr_leverton/jg6rbkql3b7elw1f
We now have a new feature on the page, so you can 'like' each task you have completed! Just click the heart symbol on the task you are working on! Let's see how many likes we can get!
I know lots of you are working so hard on all of your tasks, so well done and keep up the good work! I can't wait for our learning celebration when we are back in school... I'm sure I will be very impressed! Don't forget you can contact your teachers on the y4 email if you have and questions or updates to share.
Stay safe,
Miss Bryce :)
Date: 4th May 2020 @ 12:21pm
Happy Tuesday !
Hello everyone,
We hope you are ready for more addition challenges today! It is going to be a bit trickier and more of a challenge so we are going to do it step by step today so do not worry. Lets get out brains working and do some counting exercise like yesterday. Ask your adults to join in. I am going to get my family to join in all week. Why don't you send in your videos they would be lovely to watch at the end of the week. Today you can watch Joe, Miss wolfenden's son working out.
1. Joe Joe's Jumping Jacks - see video . Can you count in steps of 5 to 100?
2. Miss Wolfenden's wiggles- wiggle your body using your different body parts from 0 to 100.
3. Bethany's bounce the ball- Can you bounce a ball backwards from 50 to 0?
4. Callum's kick backs- Can you count in steps of 10, forwards and back from 0 to 100?
5. Frankie's claps- Can you count how many claps you can do?
6. Maddie's mountain bikers- Can you count in steps of 2 from 0 to 30? If you can do that really well then count backwards from 30.
Todays learning
So today we are going to continue with solving addition word problems using an number line but instead of counting forward in steps of 1 we are going to use a different strategy called bridging through ten. To do this really well we need to know are number pairs to 10.
Chhallenge 1
Say your number pairs to 10. Don't worry if you have forgotten, it's ok. Listen to the songs in the links below to help you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch7KzI3n2Zk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJFbJxXYaLw
Challenge 2
let's have a go at solving simple additions using a number line but we are going to bridge through 10.
What is bridging through 10?
It is when children recognise how number bonds to ten help them to add numbers with a total greater than ten and up to 20. Provide children with number lines and ten-frames for them to see practically how to bridge ten. Ask yourself the following questions.
How many do you add to the first number to make ten? How many more do you need to add after getting to ten?
How can you use number bonds to ten to help add numbers? How many more do you need to add to the ten-frame to make ten? How many more do you need to put in the second ten-frame?
Have a look at this image and see if it helps
look at how I worked out the first one! 8+4=
http://www.showme.com/sh?h=2yZHRrM
Finish of the questions and then have a go at the bridging through 10 activity card in the blue box at the bottom
Challenge 3
Now let's see if we can do the same thing with addition word problems. I will talk you through the first one. Make sure you have your number line to 20 ready!
1. Peter bought 6 cars from Tesco. He then went into Morrisons and bought 8 more. How many altogether?
Sometimes it is easier to write the addition sentence too! 6+8= This is how I worked it out
http://www.showme.com/sh?h=w2OAKPo
2. Mrs Hughes bought 7 pencils from the shop. Mrs Leadbetter gave her 9 more pencils. How many altogether?
Can you write the addition sentence to match? if Mrs Highes took half of the pencils how many would she have?
3. Joshia found 8 smails in the garden. He looked under a log and found 5 more. How many snails did he have altogether? Miss Wolfenden found a small tank that has enough space for 10 snails. Is the tank big enough?
4. Michael found 4 red bilkes. Miss Conway gave him 7 more. How many bikes did he have altogether?
5. Miss Wolfenden picked up 1 biscuit from the kitchen. Miss Riley gave her 10 more. How many did she have altogether?
6. Frankie found 5 toys in his toy box. His mum gave him 8 more. How many toys did he have?
7. Madeleine got 1 Easter egg. The Easter bunny brought 13 more. How many eggs did she have?
8. Jack bought 2 boxes of smarties. He was then given 16 more boxes. How many boxes did he have altogether?
9 There are 4 balls in Frankie's ball pit. His dad throws 10 more balls into the pit. How many balls does he have?
10. There are 3 cushions on the settee. Joe bought 8 more. How many altogether?
Don't forget to email your videos into school!
Miss Wolfenden and Miss Riley