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Date: 8th Sep 2023 @ 2:07pm
This week has been a busy week in year 4. We have begun our maths learning, and used words such as addend and sum. As part of our CC, we created our Maya masks which look fantastic on the front cover of our books. In addition, we also played the Pok-Ta-Pok Maya game, which during the Maya time was very dangerous (luckily we stayed safe). Friday morning we welcomed some parents and carers in to our classroom as part of our meet-the-teacher sessions. All the information that was shared can be found on our class page.
Next week, we have PE on Monday so we'll need to wear the correct kit, and we begin swimming on Wednesday. A letter about swimming has been sent home.
Check back next week for more information!
π Outstanding Home Learners π
Date: 5th Jun 2020 @ 10:18am
LET’S CELEBRATE!
Well done to all our amazing home learners this week.
πYou are all superstars!π
Thank you for sending your photographs and videos to us this week. We love seeing your fabulous learning, it makes us feel very proud!
Mrs Ganner will be back here on Monday so make sure you are too!
I hope you have a lovely weekend
From Miss Heritage
Date: 3rd Jun 2020 @ 8:51am
Good morning Year 5!
Some rain this morning, finally! Did you know that May been the sunniest month on record with 266 hours of sunshine?! The previous record was in June 1957, with 265 hours of sun. I have enjoyed it, but am pleased for some cooler weather and rain now!
Anyway, back to our learning - Miss Brookes and I wanted to try a different way of giving you your learning each day, so you can now find everything on this Padlet link here:
https://padlet.com/y5homelearning/year5
(Make sure you scroll down each column and across the page to see all of the activities on there! Click on the picture to open the pdf/document/picture)
We hope it makes it a bit easier for you to find all your learning, as it will all be in that one place. You'll see a section for daily activities (which we'll change every day), a section for weekly tasks, your Reading Challenge, your Connected Curriculum activities, Wellbeing Challenges as well as a Quick Links section for those other useful websites you use to practise your skills. It's up to you when you do the other tasks besides the smaller daily activities - we'd recommend you do one or two of them each day.
We'll still put a blog post on here every day reminding you of the Padlet link, and continue to look out for our Friday Celebration post!
Let us know what you think about this different way of seeing your learning - we want to make it as easy as possible for you to find what you're doing each day!
Have a fantastic day Year 5!
Miss Brookes & Mrs Hodges =)
June 3rd - #30DaysWild β Whole School Challenge 3 π§βοΈ
Date: 3rd Jun 2020 @ 8:01am
As you know this month our school is going WILD! Here’s today’s challenge. I found this challenge on the free 30 Days Wild app. You can download it on the App Store or Google Play Store.
Just because it’s raining out there it doesn’t mean you can’t go wild! Get your Peppa on and pull on some wellies to dance in the rain.
Send your photos or short videos in and I'll put them up on our school blog
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
PLEASE BE CAREFUL and make sure you complete the challenges with an adult.
STAY SAFE, BE ACTIVE, GO WILD!
From Mrs Ganner
Date: 3rd Jun 2020 @ 7:20am
Good Morning Reception – Happy Wednesday! We are already halfway through the week! Can you believe it?!
Let’s warm up for our maths learning today by listening to some maths songs below and taking part in today’s fluent-in-five!
That one was little bit tricky! How did you do?
Today in our maths learning, we are going to be focusing on counting one less and subtraction/taking away!
Let’s begin by counting backwards from 20! Ready… 20, 19, 18…..
Now try this with an adult at home.. Count backwards from 20 saying one less in turns. E.g Adults begin with 20, children say 19, adult say 18, etc…
Great! Do you feel ready for more subtraction learning? Let’s begin with our ‘Subtraction with Pirates’ song below! Yo-Ho!
Let’s help Pirate Pete with his subtraction!
Pirate the Pete has 4 chests full of treasure.
He uses 1 chest of treasure to buy a ship.
How many does he have left?
1……2……3! Pirate Pete has 3 chests left!
How can we write this as a number sentence?
4 – 1 = 3
Fantastic! Give yourselves a pat on the back if you got it right! J Let’s try the next one!
5 treasure maps are made for a journey.
1 map is stolen!
How many maps are left?
How can we write this as a number sentence?
3 Compasses are found by Sarah the swashbuckler.
2 of them are broken, so she throws them into the sea!
How many does she have left?
Can you work it out? Write it as a number sentence!
Make sure you email in your answers or pictures of your work to receptionhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk! I can’t wait to hear from you! J Good luck!
I have also a ‘Pirate Subtraction up to 10 Worksheet’ below if you would like some extra learning!
Date: 3rd Jun 2020 @ 6:50am
Good Morning Reception,
Here are the answer’s to yesterday’s ‘Sentence of the Day…’
The small dog had lots of fur on his back.
Today’s sentence of the day is…
can yoo pass the broan paint.
Start by playing one word about the story ’10 Little Pirates.’ How many different words can you think of from the story in 1 minute? Listen to the story again from yesterday’s writing blog if you need to.
Today I would like you to practise your reading skills. I want you to read some words or sentences about pirates. Remember to use your segmenting and blending skills. Also don’t forget the tricky words that you should now be reading confidently. After you have read each word or sentence, can you draw or match to a picture?
Mrs Iqbal and Mrs Cooper’s Phonic groups – Practise reading the sentences and draw a picture to match the sentence.
Miss William’s and Miss Cogger’s Phonic groups – Practise reading the words and match to the correct picture.
Remember to send in your photos/videos to… receptionhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Date: 3rd Jun 2020 @ 6:43am
Good Morning Reception,
Let’s start our phonics today by recapping Phase 3 tricky words and the new tricky words from Phase 4.
Play fastest finger first. Your grown up will say a tricky word and see who finds it the fastest.
Play quick write. Your grown up will say a tricky word and you must write it without looking at the words.
Today we are going to learn a new sound called ‘ow’ think of the word ‘cow’ for this sound. Watch the video at the bottom of this blog where I am teaching you all about this sound.
Here are today’s practise and apply activities, which one will you choose?
Activity 1 – Play ‘ow’ sound roll and read.
Activity 2 – Make a word and use it. Choose a ‘ow’ word and read it. Then write the word and draw a picture of that ‘ow’ word and finally write a sentence using that word.
Activity 3 – Read the ‘ow’ sound story
Activity 4 – Play splat the ‘ow’ word. Find something to use as a splatter, make sure it is safe and check with your grown up. Write some of the ‘ow’ words on scraps of paper and lay them down on the floor inside or outside. Your grown up will say the word and you must splat it. You can also use the ow words from activity 2.
Remember to send in your photos/videos to… receptionhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Date: 3rd Jun 2020 @ 6:42am
Good Morning Nursery!
This week we have been practising our oral blending skills.
Watch the video of Miss Heritage prepare teddy for an adventure by blending sounds together.
Today’s challenge is to prepare your TEDDY for an adventure too.
Can you help your TEDDY pack some objects in their bag by blending sounds in words?
Sound out the words below, blend the sounds together then find the object and put it into your teddy’s bag.
You could draw pictures to help your TEDDY know what they need to take with them too!
Here are some suggestions of objects teddy might like to take:
m-a-p
c-u-p
p-e-n
h-a-t
t-i-n
I hope you enjoy playing this game with your teddy.
Don’t forget to send photos of your learning to: nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Date: 3rd Jun 2020 @ 6:41am
Numbers, numbers all around… which numbers can be found?
Today we are going to be looking at numbers around us and practise recognising numerals we find.
Take a look at the ‘Numbers all around us’ clip, by clicking on the link below. See if you can guess and say where you might find these numbers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqt45vZ7--Y
Today’s challenge is a Number hunt!
Can you go on a hunt to find lots of numbers?
What numbers can you see around your house or outside when you go for a walk?
You could look at numbers on doors, number plates on cars, road signs, numbers on food packets, clocks, or in magazines or books.
You could take photographs of the numbers you find or draw pictures of the objects with their number on.
Can you find the numerals 0,1,2,3,4,5? Where did you see the numbers?
Don’t forget to send photos of your learning and send them to: nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch .uk
Good luck and have fun!
Date: 2nd Jun 2020 @ 11:22am
Good morning Year 6,
Can you believe all the lovely sunshine we have had? We hope you have had a lovely break and are looking forward to getting back to some learning either at home or for some of you back in school next week!
We are missing you all and looking forward to seeing some of you next Monday- we were busy in school yesterday getting ready! Don't worry though there will still be work posted on the blog and padlet https://padlet.com/y6homelearning/nxkcu8zxxd8kmxo7 for you to complete at home.
Also, please feel free to like, add a comment or ask questions below an activity on padlet if you like something, want to ask a question or just want to say hi- we would love to hear from you!
Miss Kenwell, Miss Thornton and Mrs Ranyard
Date: 2nd Jun 2020 @ 10:44am
Hey everyone, I hope you have been enjoying our CC topic on Climate Change especially finding out about the climate change warriors and exploring some of the ideas of how we can take positive action to stop climate change. This week we will be looking at how we can become part of the solution even in our own small way using what we have found out. We will also be thinking about our BIG QUESTION: ‘How is Clayton connected with the global community?' by considering how we can be involved in protecting the planet from the problems we have researched.
Last month was Earth Day where people across the globe share their commitments to help protect our earth. Can we make every day Earth day? Let's try! Choose one or two activities below:
1. Make an earth day craft sharing your commitments- try the earth house or craft commitment
2. Write a persuasive letter to a friend encouraging them to commit to Recycle, Re-use, Reduce, Repair or Refuse
3. Create a poster for Earth Day to encourage change
Remember to share your work with us -you can tweet us or email us we would love to see it!
Connected Curriculum challenge - How does your garden grow?
Date: 2nd Jun 2020 @ 10:41am
How does your garden grow?
Last term our Connected Curriculum challenges were all about plants and how they grow.
You learned all about how to take care of plants and the things that they need to grow and survive. Some of you also made mini beast hotels and used natural things from your garden to help the mini beasts have a home during this warm weather. You have been able to observe the seasons changing from winter to spring to summer and watch all of the trees and flowers and plants growing and changing with the spring weather.
Now it’s your chance to show off what you know and the things that you have learned. It’s up to you how you show us, here are some ideas…
. You could make a poster or an information booklet
. You could make a model garden
. You could plant something outside and do a report on its growth
. You could make a model of a tree showing the seasons changing
. You could draw different trees and flowers and label them
It’s up to you what you do, be creative and have fun! Don’t forget to send pictures in of your creations to y1homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Story Adventure The House on Haunted Hill Part 12
Date: 2nd Jun 2020 @ 10:28am
Good morning everyone! It's great to get back to our school routine and I am really looking forward to exploring lots of new topics and tasks this half term. I hope you have been keeping yourselves busy over the half term and also keeping safe.
I have missed following our spooky adventure so let's recap on where we are up to...
We arrived at the house and decided to go round to the back door.
Next we decided to investigate a noise we heard. Unfortunately this lead to our demise!
Then we went back and decided to go down into the cellar.
In the cellar was a filthy cupboard and we decided to open it. Inside we found a key.
After that we climbed the stairs to the house.
The next part terrified me as we went to investigate the mirror, where we were pulled in, never to return.
Then we climbed the stairs and had to choose between a door on the left and a door on the right.
We entered the door on the right and found ourselves in the master bedroom. We had to choose between lying down for a rest or investigating the dressing table.
We next decided to investigate the dressing table. On it was a bottle or Werewolf's blood and one of the options was to take a drink! Luckily we decided to leave this room and try the door on the left.
In this room there was a stream of water pouring from the tap and there was an option to drink it but instead we decided to leave and go back to the room on the right.
So now we are sort of trapped between the right and left room.
Our last two choices were...
Lay down for a rest...
or
Investigate the dressing table where we could drink the blood!
Well today year 6 I am going to choose to lie down and have a rest on the bed! EEKK!
Here goes...
The second you lay your head on the pillow, you know this was the right idea. You are so sleepy and a few minutes will give you the energy you need.
You close your eyes and instantly drift off to sleep.
Unfortunately, you have entered the master’s bedroom and he fell asleep on this bed never to wake. You too will share the master’s fate as you sink into a deep deep sleep that you will never wake from. Your adventure is over.
Oh dear!!
Now we will have to either go to the room on the left to drink the water or stay in this room and drink the blood? What will it be?
Water or blood?
Date: 2nd Jun 2020 @ 9:32am
Today's maths Challenge-Comparing volume and Capacity
We thought it would be a really good idea to take advantage of the last of the sunshine for this week and take the maths learning outside. Today we are going to use water and containers to learn about capacity.
When we are learning about capacity-how much liquid is in a container, we use words like full, half full, nearly full, nearly empty and empty to describe how much liquid we can see in a container
Follow this link to find out about the learning for today!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zmytpg8
Challenge 1
Find some containers in the house e.g. pans, cups, dishes and tubs. Fill them up in the paddling pool or in a bowl of water.
Draw the container you have used and how much water it contains. Write the words empty, full, half empty, half full, nearly full and nearly empty to describe how full or empty the container is.
Challenge 2
Ask an adult to write the words empty, full, half empty, half full, nearly full and nearly empty on a piece of paper. Ask them to hold up the words, randomnly . Read the word and fill up the container to match the word.
Challenge 3
Which container holds the least and most water in your house? Draw a picture of each container and how much liquid it held.
Thanks
Miss Wolfenden and Miss Riley
Tuesday Sentence of the day and phonics
Date: 2nd Jun 2020 @ 9:29am
Good Morning everybody, it was lovely seeing all of your learning yesterday!
Sentence of the day
Today’s sentence of the day focusses on our phase 5 phonics. Use the sound mat below to make the correction where I have used the incorrect grapheme.
One bright mondai afternoon three little snayks slithered and slid through the thick green leeves whilst the boiling sun was shayning down.
Have you managed to correct all of my mistakes? Open the answers box to find out!
Phonics
Before you find out todays phonics, let’s recap yesterday’s tricky words. See how many words you can remember from yesterday by playing a quick game of look, say, cover, write.
Look |
Look and say |
Cover and write |
Check |
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People |
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Called |
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Asked |
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Their |
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Oh |
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Could |
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Looked |
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Mrs |
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For our phonics for the next few days we are going to recap our phase 5 sounds. Look at your phase 5 sound mat and go through the different sounds. If you need a little help remembering the sounds then watch the video below and listen carefully to the sounds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPW-ZkhRUPY
Challenge one – Word sort. Today we are just going to practice words with ay sounds in them – so with an ay, a-e, ai.
Here are some words below. Some are in the ay family and some are not. Can you sort the words so that you have a collection of words that have the ay,a-e or ai grapheme and collection of words that do not.
Crayon |
Grew |
Snakes |
Cloud |
Baker |
Rainy |
Trainer |
Yesterday |
Toenail |
Evening |
blame |
cube |
Challenge two – Scavenger hunt. Here is a list of things that I would like you to find. Have a look around your house or maybe keep an eye out if you go on a walk. Which things can you find?
Something that looks like a snake |
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A cloud that looks like it might rain |
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People playing a game |
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A pair of trainers |
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Something you could use as a sail |
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A female |
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Something that has been baked |
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Something with a tail |
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A snail trail |
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Something as small as a grain of rice |
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Challenge three – Did you see anything with the ai sound in that wasn’t on my list when you were on your scavenger hunt? Use your phonics to write them down
Good Luck! Don’t forget to send any home learning that you are proud of to y1homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Miss Riley and Miss Wolfenden.
Date: 2nd Jun 2020 @ 9:18am
Good morning!
How did day 1 of our exercise challenge go ? Here's one of our exercise superstars playing basketball.
Well done to you if you also did some exercise !
If yesterday didn't quite happen for you, that's ok . Today is your day ! Let me know how you get on:
Ealhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Mrs Harriott
Date: 2nd Jun 2020 @ 9:15am
Arrrgh…..me hearties!
Now that we are learning about pirates in reception, I thought it would be a great idea if we make a craft linked to our new topic…. And what’s a pirate without their treasure!?
Today we are going to be making… A Pirate Treasure Chest!
How fantastic does that chest look!
You will need:
An Egg Carton
Gold Paint
Sequins
Treasure!( Coins/Gems/Jewellery etc)
How to make:
First, peel off any stickers from your egg box and paint two gold strips across the top! While the paint is wet, lay on a few sequins or glitter to stick to the paint! Add a lock to the front of the treasure box using a silver felt tip or pencil and leave to dry!
Now… get hunting for pieces of treasure!!!!
Have fun! I can’t wait to see pictures of your creations! J
Date: 2nd Jun 2020 @ 9:14am
Good morning!
How did day 1 of our exercise challenge go ? Here's one of our exercise superstars playing basketball.
Well done to you if you also did some exercise !
If yesterday didn't quite happen for you, that's ok . Today is your day ! Let me know how you get on:
Ealhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Mrs Harriott
Date: 2nd Jun 2020 @ 9:07am
Good Morning Reception!
I am SO impressed to already see lots of fantastic work being emailed in from yesterday!! You are becoming superstars at careful counting and addition! Well done!
Let’s get ready for our maths learning this morning by listening and working out to our 'Count to 100' song below and taking part in today’s fluent-in-five!
This morning we have a very special task to complete…
We need to help the pirate to count his treasure! Take a look at the ‘1-15 Pirate Counting’ video below and help the pirate to count his golden gems!
Yo-ho! Fantastic! What number did you count to? How much treasure did the pirate have? How many gems would the pirate have if you added one more?
Today I would like you to take part in your own treasure counting activity!
You will need:
Tray of sand (or shredded paper)
Coin Cut-Outs (see attachment link – or make your own!)
Treasure Chest Posters (see attachment link)
Activity:
Parents begin by hiding the bronze coin cut-outs in the tray of sand/shredded paper or around the house!
Place the ten-frame poster showing the pirate looking for bronze coins alongside the tray. Children need to look for the bronze coins in the sand and place them onto the ten-frame as they find them. Ask children how many they found and ask them to carefully count and point to each one!
Repeat the activity by hiding the silver coins in the sand. Again, ask children to find them and place them onto the ten-frames to count! For the gold coins, ask children to find them and place them onto the lower-ten frame. The pirate has already found some gold coins so children can count on from ten to find the total number of gold coins!
Next steps:
Provide children with simple addition calculations i.e 2+ 2 and see if children can work this out using the coins and ten-frames! Encourage them to write this as a number sentence!
Don’t forget to email in pictures of your work or to tell us about your learning at receptionhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk! We can’t wait to hear from you! J Good luck!
Date: 2nd Jun 2020 @ 9:02am
Your online learning is now available on
https://padlet.com/missfaragher/kj2clvf5jjlr98k1
Hope you have a lovely day. Remember to email us your work at y3homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
P.s. We've started a new tournament on TT Rockstars for 3RH against 3LF. See if you can help your class win!!
Love,
Miss Humphreys, Miss Faragher and Miss G
Date: 2nd Jun 2020 @ 8:57am
Happy Tuesday everyone !
How did you get on with yesterday's quiz question ? Well done to Naomi, Zarak, Maddison , Heer and Ganesha who all used their research skills to find the answer : The Taj Mahal, India.
Many of our winners also found additional information about the history of the building ! Great work
Today's building is :
Can you find out what it is called and which European city it is in ?
Let me know your answer: Ealhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Mrs Harriott
Date: 2nd Jun 2020 @ 8:51am
Good morning Year 5!
I think today is the last day of this incredibly warm weather we've been having - I never thought I'd say this, but I'm quite looking forward to some rain as the garden really needs it! So I hope whatever you get up to today, you manage to get some fresh air in the sunshine!
In case you missed it yesterday, remember that in addition to each daily blog post, you have a weekly Reading Challenge and a selection of Connected Curriculum activities. You can find them in the blog posts from yesterday with those names as the title.
Remember to email across your learning today so we can see what you've been doing!
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Mrs Hodges here!
Just a Sentence of the Day from me today, but before I post that, remember to check out the links I posted yesterday to help you research the arguments for and against bullfighting:
“The Matador” Film Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXiTv7QrUh4
Bullfighting Information:
CBBC has a whole section on bullfighting, where you can find out what happens in a bullfight, different people’s opinions for and against it happening and a reporter’s experience of a bullfight.
More information can be found on Kiddle:
https://kids.kiddle.co/Bullfighting
Right, onto the sentence! Remember to check back later to see my purple pen:
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=CdKZ3mC
How did you get on with today's sentence? Click the link below to see my corrected sentence!
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=IDwaRc0
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Good Morning Year 5 from Miss Brookes!
I hope you all had a fabulous start to your week, and thank you to everyone who has sent in their learning so far. There's quite a bit from me today - maths, GVP and science!
Maths
Here is today's fluent in 5:
Here are the answers, how did you do?
GVP
Here is today's GVP:
Here are the answers:
Science
As we have finished our Space unit, this half-terms science would usually go back to the autumn term, and continue with states of matter. As that is mostly experiments, we have changed things around slightly so that you can do an experiment at home with your grown ups and siblings instead (they may not be states of matter related!) Make sure you send your results in and take photos if you can.
Today's challenge is "does larger feet mean you can jump further?' I've attached a PDF to help you. You need to decide what each of the variables are (what you're going to change and what you will keep the same), there is a method page for you as well as a table of results.
Let us know what you find out on y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
June 2nd - #30DaysWild - Whole School Challenge 2 πβοΈπΎπ²π·
Date: 2nd Jun 2020 @ 8:16am
Hello again,
Just a reminder - This month our school is going WILD! Here’s today’s challenge
CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE WILDLIFE TRUST WEBSITE
I found this challenge on the free 30 Days Wild app.
Today why not look for signs of new life when you go out for a walk. I saw some ducklings at our local pond over the weekend (see short video) and look closely at the photo. What baby can you see? What is this baby animal called?
Send your photos in to nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk and I'll put them up on our school blog.
PLEASE BE CAREFUL and make sure you complete the challenges with an adult.
STAY SAFE, BE ACTIVE, GO WILD!
From Mrs Ganner
We have some fabulous photos below, just in from Alissia and Keira. Great bug spotting!
Date: 2nd Jun 2020 @ 8:11am
Good Morning Reception,
Here are the answer’s to yesterday’s ‘Sentence of the Day…’
I have hurt my head with a ball.
Today’s sentence of the day is…
tthe small dog had loots of fuur on his bacc.
Yesterday we started a new story called ’10 Little Pirates.’ In this book we saw 10 pirates doing lots of different things. Listen to the story again by clicking on the video at the bottom of this blog. Answer these questions about the story with a grown up:
What were the 10 pirates hunting?
What went zap when the pirates were searching for their pirate mate?
What happened to the ship when the waves went crash?
Who went chomp to a pirate?
Who said ‘coo-ee!’?
Three little pirates were wondering what to do on the barrels. If you were one of the pirates, what would you do?
Look at this picture from the story. What can you see…? Write some captions or sentences about the picture.
Remember to send in your photos/videos to… receptionhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
June 2nd - #30DaysWild - Whole School Challenge 2 ππ²βοΈπ·πΎ
Date: 2nd Jun 2020 @ 8:09am
Hello again,
Just a reminder - This month our school is going WILD! Here’s today’s challenge
CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE WILDLIFE TRUST WEBSITE
I found this challenge on the free 30 Days Wild app.
Today why not look for signs of new life when you go out for a walk. I saw some ducklings at our local pond over the weekend (see short video) and look closely at the photo. What baby can you see? What is this baby animal called?
Send your photos in to nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk and I'll put them up on our school blog.
PLEASE BE CAREFUL and make sure you complete the challenges with an adult.
STAY SAFE, BE ACTIVE, GO WILD!
From Mrs Ganner
We have some fabulous photos below, just in from Alissia and Keira. Great bug spotting!