Climate Change in Lockdown

Date: 12th May 2020 @ 11:22am

This week’s Connected Curriculum task is to research how these strange times are having an effect on reducing pollution in some of the world’s busiest cities.

Lockdowns around the world to slow the spread of coronavirus have had an unintended consequence …

In many cities the air has become cleaner as people stay at home and travel rates have reduced significantly.

Residents in some cities have also begun to notice animals turning up in strange places and at unusual times : has anybody seen the goats spotted in a town in Wales?

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2020/mar/31/goats-take-over-empty-welsh-streets-llandudno-

coronavirus-lockdown-video?scrlybrkr=109769e5

Your challenge this week is to reseach and present in any way you wish: a mind-map, fact file, poster or ppt etc how pollution has reduced and resulted in changes to cities, water and adventuring animals in silent towns and cities.

How do you think people and cities could maintain some of these changes after lockdown ends to help prevent climate change?

I have also attached a wordsearch with useful vocabulary for you to use during this topic. You may also find it useful to go back to task 1 and have a look at Charlie's brilliant ppt! 

The Boy at the Back of the Class Chapter 18

Date: 12th May 2020 @ 10:08am

Good morning year 6. I hope you are all well and are enjoying our story so far. 

https://www.showme.com/sh?h=0IPpuIC

Questions

Summarise chapter 18 in 3 sentences. Think about trying to summarise it as 3 modes of transport. For example the bus ride, getting tickets and getting on the train and the taxi ride. 

Prediction- What do you think will happen in the next chapter? 

Tuesday Challenge

Date: 12th May 2020 @ 10:00am

Good Morning Year 2,

I have received some brilliant sentences from the English challenge yesterday. Zendaya and I even had the same fruit for breakfast. How funny. It is lovely to see what you have all been up to at home to keep yourselves busy! I am very proud of you all. 

Yesterday’s maths answers

1. 24 cakes
2. 40 wheels
3. 80 trains
4. 8 years old
5. 5p

English Challenge

I received some excellent questions from the literacy shed challenge last week. This week I would like you to watch the video clip carefully but instead of writing your own questions, I would like you to answer my questions below. Remember, you must always write in full sentences and explain your answers in detail. 

How do you think the girl is feeling?

Do you think the girl is stuck in the tower?

Why do you think the town turned grey when she went outside?

Do you think she will ever leave the tower again?

Do you think anybody lives in the town? 

Would you like to live in the tower? Why?

https://www.literacyshed.com/the-clock-tower.html

Maths Challenge

TTRockstars - Well done to the children who have been logging on to TTRockstars. I can see some of you are moving up the rockstar ladder. Well done! Today I would like you to try and beat your fastest time. 

Reading challenge 

I have noticed that some of you are struggling to get on to Lexia and Active Learn at home. If that is the case, you could always read at home using the link below. If you are able to read through Lexia, why don't you try this activity as an extra challenge? I know you can do it Year 2!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuYVGRV6KEY&feature=youtu.be

Miss Hamer’s recycling pictures

Over Christmas, I visited Stockholm with my friends. We visited a museum all about recycling and it made me think about global warming and how to try and help save the planet. I have attached some pictures that I took to help you understand why it is so important that we recycle. 

Have a great day. Hopefully the sun will be back soon :( 

Miss Hamer

Quiz 12.5.20

Date: 12th May 2020 @ 9:47am

Hello !

Congratulations to Faith who correctly identified the flag of Australia , with the capital city of Canberra. The majority of people speak English in Australia  and there are many Aboriginal languages in use too.

Here's today's flag. If you know the country, its capital and how to say 'hello' in any language spoken there , email us : Ealhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk

Good luck !

Tuesday 12th May

Date: 12th May 2020 @ 9:33am

Good Morning Year 3!

Here is your updated Padlet page with your work on for today. Remember to keep emailing us your work on y3homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk

https://padlet.com/missfaragher/kj2clvf5jjlr98k1

Thanks

Miss Humphreys, Miss Faragher and Miss G

Tuesday Sentence of the day and phonics

Date: 12th May 2020 @ 9:27am

Good Morning! I hope you all had a lovely day yesterday. This morning I have done some yoga to get my brain up and ready to learn.

It has been lovely to see lots of you busy with your learning. Remember that you can still go on Lexia and active learn so that you can practice your reading skills every day.

Sentence of the day

First put some damp soil in a plastic cup so it comes up almost to the top.

Next drop a sunflower seed into the hole.

Then put the cup on a sunny windowsill.

Finally your plant should pop up through the soil after about 1 or 2 weeks.

Well done to those children who used the time connectives to help you. I am going to use these instructions to plant a sunflower this week. I wonder how tall it’ll grow.

Have a read of today’s sentence and have a think. What is it missing?

The young boy planted a miniscule seed in the gritty soil__ Everyday he splashed the seed with water, but it didn’t grow__He waited and waited and one day out from the dark soil sprouted a little green stem__

What is missing in this sentence? Find it and send your sentences in for us to see.

Phonics

Let’s start todays phonics by recapping those initial blends that you looked at yesterday.

If you still have your initial blend signs from yesterday you can use them again. If not just make some new ones.

dr        gr        tr         br       cr

Put a 5 minute timer on. How many words with each of the initial sounds can you write under each word? You get one point for every word. Have a competition with someone you live with. Or compete with yourself; can you beat your score?

Todays phonics is going to focus on some more of those initial sounds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvAHnCI--JU

So today we are going to practice some other initial blends. Initial blends come at the start of words. Today’s blends are…

bl           pl           gl           cl           fl

Here are your three challenges

Challenge one: Write down the blends onto a piece of paper and go on a scavenger hunt. How many things can you find starting with the initial blends, say the word and draw them?

I’m looking in my garden and I have found a flower and some gardening gloves.

Challenge two – When you have finished your scavengar hunt look at all of your pictures. Now label them, use your phonics and your sound mats in your packs to help you.

Challenge three – Practice your reading skills by playing a game like dragons den on phonics play. Today we are practicing phase 4 blends so don’t forget to press on phase 4 https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/dragons-den

Hope you have a lovely day J

Miss Riley and Miss Wolfenden

Bees and Pollination Experiment

Date: 12th May 2020 @ 8:49am

Good Morning Reception!
Today we are going to be taking part in a science experiment! How fun!

You will need:

Small paper bags

Cheesy puff crisps

Bee Finger Puppet (see link)

Flower Cut-outs (see link)

Method:

Explain to children that this is an experiment to show how a bee helps with the pollination of flowers.

As a bee moves from one flower to another it moves the pollen between them.

Make a flower by putting a picture on the front of a paper bag.

Put the cheesy puffs inside the bag.

Give children a bee finger puppet and let them fly to a flower and grab some cheesy puffs. Explain that they can eat the cheesy puffs, but not lick or wipe the crumbs off their finger!

After they have had chance to eat a few crisps and get lots of crumbs on their fingers, let them fly to another flower and land on it.

What has happened to the crumbs from their fingers?

Some of the ‘pollen’ has been left behind on another flower – they have successfully pollinated a flower, which will then help it to make new seeds!

We hope that you have fun taking part in this experiment! :)

Tuesday 12th May

Date: 12th May 2020 @ 8:48am

Good morning Year 5!

How are you all today? We're ready for PE with Joe here, and then I think will be doing some Maths and Writing today. 

I came across this yesterday in my Twitter feed - "Tim Talks Space" - which are half hour videos of Tim Peake (the British astronaut who lived on the International Space Station) responding to questions all about life in space. I think it will be fascinating to listen to, and what a wonderful opportunity to discover more about space and the ISS by hearing the experiences of someone who has been! Here is the link, there's two episodes on there currently, with more to come!

https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6o-4pb33kyVPL6spvhux_gTOB0YXwGqi

Have a lovely day and remember to email us your learning!

--

Mrs Hodges here!

Before we get onto today's sentence, I'd like you to have a watch of a new video clip, where the astronaut Chris Hadfield shows us how they brush their teeth in space:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bCoGC532p8

Then click below for the Sentence of the Day!

https://www.showme.com/sh?h=H3QuViS

Good afternoon!

How did you get on with today's sentence? Click the link below to check yours against my purple pen!

https://www.showme.com/sh?h=SEexHea

--

Hello from Miss Wendt!

Good morning everyone! I must admit when I woke up and saw the rain this morning, my first thought was 'oh, Miss Brookes will be pleased'!

Thanks again to everyone who has sent in home learning - it really is one of my favourite times of the day getting to hear from you all. 

Here are the fluent in five questions for today.

I'll be back later with the answers! Have a good day everyone!

Good Afternoon everyone!

Here are the fluent in five answers - how did you do?

--

Good Morning from Miss Brookes!

Sorry Miss Wendt - I just can't help but love the sound of rain when I'm stuck indoors! It isn't raining here yet though, maybe that'll come later.

I thought I'd share this link with you all:

https://www.wizardingworld.com/chapters/reading-the-boy-who-lived

The children in 5CB have been reading Harry Potter at the end of each day, when we're in school. Different actors from the Harry Potter movies (including Fantastic Beasts), and stage play, have been reading chapters of the first Harry Potter story and sharing them online! The link above is the person who plays Harry Potter, reading Harry Potter! Each week a new person reads the next chapter. Isn't that amazing?

Today's GVP continues with determiners. Well done to those children that emailed me their work yesterday. 

https://www.showme.com/sh?h=UXf4z9E

Today's science is all about the phases of the Moon, or the 'Lunar Cycle.' Where do you think the word Lunar comes from?

https://www.showme.com/sh?h=vAu5Koy

Enjoy! 

Miss Brookes 

Tuesday 12th May - Maths

Date: 12th May 2020 @ 8:40am

Good Morning Reception!

Are you feeling ready for your maths learning this morning? Let’s begin by listening to our maths songs below and having a go at today’s fluent-in-five questions!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0Ajq682yrA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MVzXKfr6e8&t=3s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TgLtF3PMOc&t=17s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGetqbqDVaA

Fantastic!

Today in our maths learning we are going to continue focusing on counting on and adding more! Please refer to yesterday’s blog if you did not see it.

First let’s remind ourselves of yesterday’s starter game, ‘I count, you count’

This is a game which can be used to practise counting on from different starting points. Adults begin by counting as you point to yourselves. When you point to the children they continue the count. This is great for creative rhythmic patterns:

1, 2,              3, 4,                5,6,                     7,8

1,2,3                 4,5,6                  7,8,9

3,4,5,6        7,8,9,10

Today we are going to be using the ‘first, then and now’ structure. This can be used to create mathematical stories in contexts children can relate to. Placing a calculation into addition stories can help children to see the calculation in a meaningful context. Children are able to visualise the addition calculation as they tell the addition story.

 At first, the children need to re-count all of the items to see how many they have altogether. E.g, 1, 2, 3, 4….5, 6,7. When they are ready, encourage children to count on, e.g 4, 5, 6, 7. Playing games like ‘I count, you count’ will support this step.

See below an example of a first, then, now structure:

Below I have attached a video to a read-along story of ‘Mr Gumpy’s Outing’ by John Burningham. It tells a tale of Mr Gumpy, who decides to take a trip along the river in his boat. But the children, the rabbit, the cat and other friends begin to join him! 

Once you have read this story with children, ask them to build a boat and create their own first, then, now stories as different groups of characters climb aboard. Encourage children to count how many to altogether as more children join them!

If you would like to complete extra 'counting on' learning, I have also attached a link to ‘first, then and now' addition stories below!

Tuesday 12th May Writing

Date: 12th May 2020 @ 8:40am

Good Morning Reception!!

Yesterday you listened to the story ‘The Snail and the Whale.’ If you haven’t managed to listen to the story use this link:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000cslw/the-snail-and-the-whale

The snail used his sticky, silvery trail to write messages on a rock and the blackboard in the school. Here are his messages...

Today I want you to imagine if you were the snail, what message would you write? It could be something that the snail saw on his travels with the whale or how he might be feeling. You might even try to write it like a snail's trail in fancy shaped letters...Here is my message:

Don’t forget to send in your photos/work to receptionhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk

Tuesday 12th May Phonics

Date: 12th May 2020 @ 8:27am

Good Morning Reception!!

Let’s start today’s phonic activity by getting active with Jack Hartman. Click the video at the bottom of the blog. 

Today we are going to carry on learning about the long ‘oo’ sound. Start by joining in with the long ‘oo’ song at the bottom of this blog. 

How many alien words can you read? Ask a grown up to time you...

Today’s practise and apply activities are:

Can you find the six words on the long ‘oo’ word search?

Play Picture Hunt and Write!!  Print and cut out the pictures and ask a grown up to hide them in your garden or a room in your house. If you don’t have a printer you can draw the pictures. Find a picture and write the word on a piece of paper. Watch the video at the bottom of the blog where Adam is playing this game.

Play the game ‘Make a match’ on Phonics Play using the link below:

https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/3

Play one of the games called week 1 to 5.

Don’t forget to send in your photos/work to… receptionhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk

Weekly Reading Challenge

Date: 12th May 2020 @ 6:44am

Do you remember reading the book ‘Jaspers beanstalk’? That’s great if you do!

Your first challenge this week is to track the text in the story by pointing to the words.

You can do this by joining in when I read the story and point to the words with me. Remember when we read, we go from left to right and top to bottom.

Have you got your finger ready to track the text with me?
 

Fantastic! You can watch the story by clicking on the ‘show me’ link below.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE SHOW ME OF JASPER’S BEANSTALK

Did you join in with the story? Did you point to the words with me and track the text from left to right and top to bottom? Well done!

When we looked at this book the other week, we discussed the events of the story and you talked about what might happen at the end when Jasper climbed up the beanstalk.

This week we are going to focus on the sequence of ‘how to plant a bean/seed’.

To talk about the sequence, we need to say the order of what we need to do.

I am going to plant some seeds in my garden (with a little help from my big girl!).

Click on the video below to watch ‘how to plant a seed’.

For your next challenge - It would be great if you could plant your own seeds / bulbs / plants / flowers or vegetables at home and tell your grown up the sequence of how to plant.

Explain what you are going to do by using the words: first, next, after and finally.

Don’t worry if you haven’t got any beans / bulbs / plants at home, you could try planting pepper seeds or apple pips instead!

You could also have a go at drawing the sequence of ‘how to plant’ too.

Make sure you send in photos or videos of your learning to:

nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk

Have a great day!

Tuesday 12th May - Maths

Date: 12th May 2020 @ 6:38am

Yesterday we were ‘Speaking Superheroes’. We used lots of super vocabulary to describe the shapes of objects that we found around our homes and outside too.

Whilst I was in the garden, I noticed lots of lovely shapes on petals and plants.

Will you help me use our ‘Superhero’ words to describe their different shapes?

CLICK HERE TO WATCH TODAY'S SHOW ME CLIP

Show me – tracing shapes using vocabulary from yesterday

Today’s challenge is to trace around the different shapes you have found. You could use your finger to do this or you could draw the shape you can see.

Use your ‘Speaking Superhero’ skills to talk about and describe the different shapes.

Is it tall, long, wide, short, small, straight, curved, round, pointy?

Can you think of any other words to describe the shaped objects you have traced around?

Don’t forget to send your pictures of your learning to nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk

Tuesday 12th May – Rhyming strings

Date: 12th May 2020 @ 6:20am

I hoped you enjoyed yesterday’s rhyming book ‘Oi Frog’. Did you find lots of rhyming pairs in the story?

Now today we are going to use some of these words to make a rhyming string.

At nursery we have baskets of rhyming objects. Hopefully you will remember these items from the baskets.

Challenge: Can you name each object below to make a rhyming string? What end sound do the words have? Can you think of some more words to continue the rhyming string further? (You can make some words up too!)

'at' words

'og' words

We play a game at nursery called ‘beat it’ – We pass the objects around the circle and take turns to say the name of the item being held.

Can you teach this game to your family? Don’t worry if you haven’t got all of the objects - you could help your grown up draw pictures of the rhyming words, then place them in a circle and name each item as you point to each picture. Try to keep in time with the beat of the music and have a little dance too!

Rhyming strings: ‘og’ words: dog, frog, log / ‘at’ words: cat, hat, bat, rat, mat

Click on the link below for ‘beat it’ music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOn-HdEg6AQ

I hope you enjoy playing our ‘beat it’ game with your family.

Have fun!

Weekly Activities

Date: 11th May 2020 @ 12:21pm

Year 4 Home Learning Page

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 :) 

Reader of the Week

Date: 11th May 2020 @ 12:16pm

At the start of this term we set a reading challenge to see who would be the Star Reader of the Week in each class, based on the activities completed on Lexia and ActiveLearn.

The winners of last week were….

4AR:                                                  4JB:

Taqwa!                                 Fi!

Well done, fantastic reading! Both winners will get to choose from the class prize boxes and decorate a biscuit when we are back in school. 

Who will be the champions next week???!

Well done to everyone who has been on their Lexia and ActiveLearn accounts this week. Usernames and passwords can be found in your Home Learning Packs. If you are having trouble logging in please contact your teachers at y4homelearning.manchester.sch.uk so we can help. 

Stay safe and keep working hard,

From the Year 4 team xxx

Quiz 11.5.20

Date: 11th May 2020 @ 11:00am

Hello,

Well no one e-mailed us with the answer to Friday's quiz (I think maybe because it was a bank holiday weekend so you were all taking a well earned break!) but the flag was the Union Jack which is the flag for the United Kingdom; made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The capital is London and VE day is to celebrate 75 years since World war 2 ended.

Today I'm giving you a flag that actually looks quite similar to the Union Jack but what country is it for? What is the capital? What language do they speak?

Remember to e-mail us on EALhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk if you know the answer!

Wellbeing challenge 11.5.20

Date: 11th May 2020 @ 10:38am

Good morning everyone,

I hope everyone has had a lovely weekend! I spent a lot of time in the sun, in fact possibly a bit too much time! I also had some delicious food and lovely video chats with some of my friends.

Thanks again for all your wellebing challenge e-mails. It really cheers me up whenever I get one and see what you've all been up to!

Today's wellbeing challenge is actually Miss Bryce's idea so thanks Miss Bryce! It's a creative one and is to design your own superhero.

Who would they be?

What would they do?

What would they wear?

Have a think about what is important to you and then either draw, make or write about your superhero.

See the attached picture file for all the details and how it relates to Banksy.

Remember to e-mail EALhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk to show me pictures of your superheroes!

Past challenges

Some fantastic origami by all the pupils who gave it a go, well done!

Monday 11th May

Date: 11th May 2020 @ 10:36am

Good Morning Year 3

Here is the link to the padlet page with your work. https://padlet.com/missfaragher/kj2clvf5jjlr98k1

Enjoy. We can't wait to see what you do. 

Miss Humphreys, Miss Faragher and Miss G

Weekly Reading Challenge!

Date: 11th May 2020 @ 10:34am

Good Morning everyone!

I almost forgot to post our weekly reading challenge! So many of you took part last week with trying to read 3,500 words - I was very impressed!

This week, I want you to read 5,000 words. That's a 1,000 words a day! I also want you to write down any new words you come across, that you might not have seen before, or didn't know the definition of.

Don't forget to email them across at y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk

Good luck!

Miss Brookes 

Monday Challenge

Date: 11th May 2020 @ 10:23am

Good morning year 2, 

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend in the sunshine. Here goes Miss Hamer’s long Monday morning blog… 

English challenge

We have all been living a very different life over the past few weeks. Without realising, most of us have started a new daily routine. I know I have! Using the time connectives below, I would like you to write down a few things that you do in your day to day life (or one specific day) whilst you have been off school. Remember, if you are writing about something you did yesterday, you must write in past tense. 

first, next, then, later, after, eventually, finally, following that. 

Here is an example of what I did on Friday:

First I got up and made my breakfast. I had strawberries, grapes and yogurt. 

Then I logged on to my computer and checked the Year 2 school blog. 

After that I brushed my teeth and got dressed. 

Next I did a long workout in my garden.

Then I had a hot bubble bath and put on clean clothes. 

In the afternoon I continued with my jigsaw. 

Several hours later I went on my daily walk. I enjoyed it because it was nice and sunny outside. 

Following that I made my delicious tea and watched TV.

Finally I put on my pink pyjamas, brushed my teeth and got in to bed to read my non-fiction book. 

Maths challenge

Read the word problems below and answer them independently. 

1. 12 children are at a party. they each eat 2 cakes. how many cakes are eaten altogether?
2. There are four wheels on one car. How many wheels will be on ten cars?
3. Eddie gave half of his trains to his brother. He now has 40 trains. How many trains did he have to start with?
4. Gary is 14, his sister Jane is 6 years younger. How old is Jane?
5. Crisps cost 20p and drinks cost 15p. What is the difference in price? 
6. Can you write down a sentence to describe the similarities between a cube and cuboid? (remember when we are talking about a 3-d shape ‘corners’ are called vertices). 

Keep an eye on tomorrow’s blog for the answers!

Vocab challenge 

Looking at the words below, which three are the most important words when looking at the topic recycling? 

Waste

South Pole

Decompose 

Plastic 

Aluminium

Extinct

Continents

Explorer

Environment 

I would like you to write three sentences explaining why you have chosen the three words to be the most important when discussing recycling. For example ‘global warming is important when looking at recycling because it teaches us about how rubbish pollutes our environment and how it will affect the globe in the future’. 

Reading challenge

Last week I awarded three children with a Lexia reading certificate. Lets see if we can beat that this week! 

Connected curriculum challenge 

I would like you to have a look at the quotes below. Using your knowledge from what you have learned over the past few weeks, have a think whether the quotes are true or false. I would then like you to write down your answers and discuss with an adult WHY you think they are true/false. 

1. Products made of more than one material cannot be recycled.

2. The statue of Liberty is covered by 80 tonnes of recycled copper and bronze plating. 

3. Only 75% of waste is recyclable but we only recycle 30% of it.

4. Everything can only be recycled once.  

5. Recycling 100 cans can light up your bedroom for two weeks.

6. Old CDs are used to lay roads.

7. I can recycle objects by putting everything in the same bin and letting the bin man separate them.

Check back on Friday to see if you were correct! 

have a lovely day!

Miss Hamer

Home Learning

Date: 11th May 2020 @ 10:22am

Here is some of the learning that has been taking place at home in 3LF.

Reading Challenge

Date: 11th May 2020 @ 10:16am

Last week we reached an impressive 447 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.

Please remember to email us if you earn a certificate and we don't have your email address.

y3homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk 

Monday 11th May - Maths

Date: 11th May 2020 @ 10:06am

Good Morning Reception!

I hope you have had a lovely Bank Holiday weekend! How did you spend it? Did you enjoy the very warm weather we had on Friday and Saturday?

Let’s get ready for our maths learning by listening to the songs below and having a go at today’s fluent-in-five questions!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0Ajq682yrA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MVzXKfr6e8&t=3s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TgLtF3PMOc&t=17s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGetqbqDVaA

Well done! How quickly could you work them out today?

Today in our maths learning we are going to be focusing on counting on and adding more!

Let’s begin with a warm up activity with adults at home…

‘I count, you count’

This is a game which can be used to practise counting on from different starting points. Adults begin by counting as you point to yourselves. When you point to the children they continue the count. This is great for creative rhythmic patterns:

1, 2,              3, 4,                5,6,                     7,8

1,2,3                 4,5,6                  7,8,9

3,4,5,6        7,8,9,10

Take a look at the video below, it’s a read-along story to the book, ‘Mouse Count’ by Ellen Stoll Walsh. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNH6i7239FI

It is a story all about a greedy snake, he is very hungry to eat some little mice for his dinner! This story helps children to understand the concept of counting forwards and backwards. It introduces the skill of counting on from a new number, rather than starting at one each time.

You can extend this learning at home through the following activities:

Mouse Count: Recreate the ‘Mouse Count’ story by using different resources as characters or even drawing ten mice and a snake! Retell the story by practising adding on from different numbers each time!

Counting on using fingers: Ask children to show you 5 fingers… now 2 more. How many fingers are there all together? Did you know there are 7? Did you count them all? Encourage children to acknowledge having five fingers on one hand, and counting on 6, 7.

Construction counting: The children take turns to roll a 1-3 dice and collect 1,2 or 3 cubes to add to their tower. If they are ready, encourage them to count on as they add their cubes each time. How high can they build their towers until they fall?

SATs Week

Date: 11th May 2020 @ 10:02am

Dear Year 6,

At last it has arrived,
The 11^th of May,
Your SATs have been cancelled,
At home we must stay.

The classrooms are empty,
The walls aren’t all bare,
The tests wont be given,
As we won’t be there.

No early SATs breakfasts,
No fears to help quell,
We’re still staying apart,
To keep us all well.

It feels a bit unreal,
It’s been such a strange term,
But SATs aren’t a measure,
Of all that you’ve learned.

Your jokes aren’t examined,
For creating, caring or exploring there’s no test,
There’s no measure for friendship,
At these, you’re the best.

But whether you’re happy, relieved or sad,
Try to remember all the fun you’ve had
So sit back, relax and enjoy the week to come,
Working through the blog, enjoying some sun.

Year six, you’re awesome, amazing, you’re great!
You've soared already, this is a chance to celebrate,
The skills you have, you’ve learnt and you’ve grown,
Whether in school, in class or at home.

Year 6 we’re so proud,
Of all you’ve achieved,
We know you’re amazing,
And in you, we believe.

Love,
The Year 6 Team