03 June 2020: Home Learning
Hello Year 1s!
What a warm day it was today. Hope you’re enjoying the warm weather. Thanks very much if you’ve sent some photos this week. I’ll put a post on the class news at the end of the week to celebrate the learning!
Right, yesterday’s answers…
Y1 Phonics – Tuesday – ai – ANSWERS
Here’s today’s learning:
Reading Click here to listen to me reading one of my favourite picture books: Not now, Bernard. It’s a great book and will be the focus of our reading lessons this week and next week. Once you’ve read or listened to the story, click on the worksheet.
Y1 Reading – Wednesday – characters
Maths It’s Wednesday which is number bonds practice day! This week, I want you to practice your number bonds to ten. These bonds are super important and you’ll use them to help you, no matter what year group you’re in.
You can practice using this website. Click the link and then click Number Bonds and then Make 10.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Once you’ve played the game a few time, complete the questions on the worksheet.T-N-4601-Number-Bonds-to-10-on-Robots-Worksheet_ver_1
Wednesdays are also grammar day where we will have a writing activity. Y1 – Wednesday – Grammar
03 June 2020: Home learning
Happy Wednesday, everyone!
It’s been fantastic to see some of your lovely faces in school where we’re keeping happy and healthy. We’d love to hear from everyone so, if you’ve not been in school, drop us an email to catch us up with what you’ve been doing!
Y6 Maths – yesterday’s answers
- 45% of 900 = 405
- 23% of 4,000 = 920
- 78% of 2,500 = 1,950
- 32% of 1,600 = 512
- 28% of 8,000 = 2,240
- 41% of 2,100 = 861
- 15% of 2,750 = 412.5
- 56% of 3,430 = 1,920.8
Challenge
- 10% of my number is 8. What was my original number? 80
- 20% of my number is 14. What was my original number? 70
- 60% of my number is 15. What was my original number? 25
Y6 Maths – LO: converting fractions to percentages
Today’s task is something that we’ve covered in class but only briefly. It’s all about converting fraction to percentages which sounds tricky but uses a method we’re really familiar with.
Click here for today’s video and then convert the following fractions to percentages.
- 3/4
- 2/6
- 1/9
- 12/20
- 3/25
- 9/12
- 4/7
Challenge
Have a go at this game from Classroom Secrets!
Y5 Maths – LO: decimals as fractions
Y5&6 History – LO: Who were the Anglo-Saxons?
Today’s learning is all about the Anglo-Saxons. Last term, we learnt about the Vikings – the group of people who invaded Britain and had a longstanding conflict (one of our History words) with the Anglo-Saxons in order to take control of the land.
Click here for today’s BBC Bitesize lesson. You need to read the article and watch the videos.
Today’s task requires you to respond in a way of your choice. You could:
- complete activity one – make a model of an Anglo-Saxon village
- some other artwork such as drawing or painting
- write a diary entry to show a day in the life of an Anglo-Saxon
- write a script to show an exchange between a family
- create a piece of drama
- write a song/poem or rap
- create a PowerPoint/KeyNote to present what you’ve learnt
- write a debate to show why Anglo-Saxon times were better than today (or the other way around)
- explain how life was different for men and women, boys and girls
- write a job application for an Anglo-Saxon job
As always, we’d love for you to send in a picture of your learning!
02 June 2020: Home learning
Happy Tuesday, everyone!
Today’s tasks are maths, reading and science!
Y6 Maths – yesterday’s answers
Y6 Maths – LO: percentages of amounts
First, watch this video.
Then, complete these questions:
- 45% of 900
- 23% of 4,000
- 78% of 2,500
- 32% of 1,600
- 28% of 8,000
- 41% of 2,100
- 15% of 2,750
- 56% of 3,430
- Explain to someone why you used one method over another for two of your questions.
Challenge
- 10% of my number is 8. What was my original number?
- 20% of my number is 14. What was my original number?
- 60% of my number is 15. What was my original number?
Hint – use the inverse or the table method!
Y5 Maths – LO: decimals as fractions
Your task is to watch this video and answer the questions in your home learning book as we go along!
Remember to send me an email if you’ve any questions!
Good luck!
Y5&6 Reading – LO: RIC
Similar to our previous class novel: Survivors, today’s RIC comes from a book called ‘Rescue’.
Read this extract and answer the following questions.
R: How many soldiers were involved in this particular jump?
I: ‘…this caused the two parachutes to open too soon, while they were still inside the aircraft. Both started billowing like sails on a yacht.’
What does the word billowing mean?
C: ‘…almost as remarkable, John and Bill had gone back to work that same afternoon as if nothing had happened.’
Why do you think the author uses the word remarkable to describe the fact that John and Bill went back to work the same afternoon?
Challenge:
Find and define 5 words or phrases you are unfamiliar with in the text.
Remember, email your teacher if you have any questions!
Y5&6 Science – LO: magnets
For today’s task, you don’t actually need a magnet so don’t worry if you haven’t got one. If you like, you can come back to activity two when you’ve got one and complete the experiment.
Today, we’d like you to complete this lesson from BBC Bitesize. You need to watch the video, recap your knowledge of magnets, and complete activity one and activity three. Be careful not to scroll down too far on activity three until you’re ready to mark your own answers.
If you’ve got magnets at home, complete the investigation in activity two. You can use either sheet – make sure to draw and label your scientific diagrams on the second one!
Challenge
Complete this crossword!
02 June 2020: Home Learning
Hello everyone,
I hope you got on okay with yesterday’s home learning. Please let me know if you have any issues. Email paulwilks@spherefederation.org
Okay, here are the answers from yesterday’s learning:
Y1 Phonics – Monday – ai – ANSWERS
Here’s today’s learning:
Click here for today’s maths video. And here’s the worksheet: Y1 – Tuesday – Capacity and volume
02 June 2020: Home Learning
Hello all!
Hope you’re okay and yesterday’s learning went well. Please remember to email me at paulwilks@spherefederation.org to share any work you’ve done or to ask any questions about the learning.
Answers from yesterday’s maths learning:
Y4 – Statistics – Lesson 1 – ANSWERS
Today’s learning
Click here for the maths video. And here’s the worksheet: Y4 – Statistics – Lesson 2
02 June 2020: Home Learning
Hello everyone!
I hope yesterday’s home learning was okay. Please let me know if you have any problems and I’ll get back to you.
Email: paulwilks@spherefederation.org
Okay, here are the answers from yesterday’s maths learning:
Y2 – Monday – Arithmetic addition – ANSWERS
Here’s today’s learning:
Click here for the maths video. Here’s the worksheet: Y2 – Tuesday – Arithmetic addition problems.
Here’s a link for the questions if the one on the worksheet doesn’t work.
Y1,2 – Tuesday – Science – parts of the body
02 June 2020: Home Learning
Hello everyone,
I hope you got on okay with yesterday’s learning. Please email me using paulwilks@spherefederation.org if you have any problems.
Okay, here are the answers from yesterday’s maths learning:
Today’s learning
Click here for today’s maths video. Here’s the worksheet if you need it: Y3 – Shape – Tuesday (1)
01 June 2020: Home Learning
Hello Year 4s!
I hope you had a good half-term and managed to enjoy yourselves and make the most of the warm weather. Things are changing a little this half-term as school as opening to more children. This means that most teachers will be back working at school full-time. The good news is I’m going to still be doing your home learning. However, I’m also now doing the home learning for Y1, Y2 and Y3. Hopefully, you won’t notice much of a difference but there may possibly be fewer video lessons with me.
Anyway, on to today’s learning…
Click here for the maths lesson. And here’s the worksheet: Y4 – Statistics – Lesson 1
Y3,4 – Monday – Spelling – apostrophes
01 June 2020: Home learning
Hello Year 2s!
It’s Mr Wilks here. I’m going to be taking over the home learning from Mrs Taylor and Mrs Freeman as they’re in school a lot more now. I’ve recorded a short message to say hello.
My email address is paulwilks@spherefederation.org
Please email to ask any questions, let me know any problems or to let me know how your child is getting on with their learning.
Okay, on to the home learning for today…..
Click here for the maths video. And here’s the worksheet: Y2 – Monday – Arithmetic addition
01 June 2020: Home learning
Happy Monday, everyone!
We hope you’ve had a brilliant half term and managed to enjoy the sun. We look forward to seeing some of you over the coming weeks. If we’re not seeing you face to face, remember we’re still here for you should you need to email us about anything – big or small.
Today’s tasks are maths, reading and computing.
Y6 Maths – LO: solving problems
Today’s task is to use the four operations to solve multi step problems.
R2s:
- read the question carefully
- understand what it’s asking/underline key information
- choose which operation to do first
- solve the problem
- check it makes sense
Click here for an easier version or click here to challenge yourself with the harder version.
Challenge
Write your own story problems and email them to me for me to attempt!
Y5 Maths – LO: decimals up to 2 d.p.
This is some new learning for us in Y5.
Your task is to watch the videos and answer the questions as we go along in your home learning book.
The video is split into two parts because I was talking for too long – my bad!
Video 1: Recording #10.mp4
Video 2: Recording #11.mp4
Please email me with your questions if you would like any help – big or small!
Y5&6 Reading – LO: raise queries about texts
Your task today is to spend 20 minutes reading FirstNews (or longer if you’d like) and create some questions based on what you’ve read.
Your questions must help to improve your understanding of something within the newspaper!
Your questions could include:
– asking for the meaning of a word
– asking where a place is
– how to pronounce a word
– what an article is about
– they could even be about the appearance of the newspaper (why are some articles presented the way they are?)…
Or anything that you would like to better your understanding of within the newspaper!
We would like you to come up with five different questions and find out their answers.
Challenge
Find five pieces of vocabulary that you are unfamiliar with inside the copy of FirstNews. Define each word and as an extra challenge, use it in a sentence or silly sentence!
We would love you to email us with your questions! Alternatively, you could ask someone in your home to answer them or safely use the internet to improve your understanding!
Y5&6 Computing – LO: What makes a good computer game?
Your task today is to use this BBC Bitesize article to find out what makes a good computer game and have a go at making your own.
Read the article, watch the two videos and complete the two activities at the bottom.
Challenge
Email us with a picture of your game!