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What great expressive reading of the recent fluency text!

Using Oxford Owl online is a great way to read a variety of texts.

Another creative design of the Eiffel Tower and a visit to see the real thing!

Wow – this model must taken some time and patience.

I also managed to find a photo from visiting Paris 15 years ago!

We loved this junk modelling – combining design technology, science and money education!

More creative junk modelling

Great money education and homophone spelling learning.

Science – experiments and trees

Keeping calm with some yoga

Possible Junior Bake Off contestant here having made their sisters’ birthday cake. Yummy!

14 May 2020: Home learning

Hello Year 1!

PE

It’s Thursday and on a Thursday morning, we do PE! I’m missing teaching PE and I’m sure you’re all missing it too So, this morning, I want you to put on a PE kits and do some PE.

Click on this link to find out your task.

Maths

Today’s maths lesson is a fluency lesson.

Apply what you’ve learnt about doubles, half and quarters  to answer the questions.

fluency sheet

Reading

Click on this link.

Read the story of The Enormous Turnip again and answer the questions underneath the story.

This will be the third time you’ve read the story so hopefully you will be becoming more fluent.

Good luck!

07 May 2020: Home learning

Hello everyone!

How have we all been enjoying the sunshine? I’ve been trying to explore a few different places to walk! Eccup Reservoir has been my favourite so far.

Onto today’s tasks…

Spelling

Learn how to spell the tricky words below using some of our spelling strategies.

here

there

come

some

where

your

Try and get creative!

Maths

Today’s we’re going to be learning how to find a half.

Click on this link and find ‘Summer term – Week 1’.

Then,  click on lesson 4. There will be a short video to watch and an activity you can print.

Any problems finding it, please let me know.

Reading

Click on this link to find today’s task.

Enjoy!

05 May 2020: Home learning

BUT FIRST! Have you checked out the CHALLENGE from Mr Wain and Miss Wilson? Scroll down to the post underneath or check it out on the Class News pages!

• • Where was…?
  • When was…?
  • What was…?
  • For, ___, who was involved…?
  • True or false…?
  • Order these facts chronologically.
  • Fill in the missing word.
  • Match up the city (or something else) with the story (or something else).

Ramadan

Last week, part of our home learning was about Ramadan. One of our class mates sent us this learning to tell us more about it.

29 April: Home learning

Hello everyone – it’s already the middle of the week. Hope you managed ok with yesterday’s learning.

Firstly, we wanted to share a query that was sent to us from a parent about writing. What if your child is engaging with the tasks but is reluctant to record the answers or the discussion that you have together? Some ideas for this might include:

• alternate the written recording between you and your child (if you have the available time)
• let them type out their responses using a computer (if available)
• keep some of the tasks as discussions and don’t record the answers
• encourage some written recording to send to us (carolinetaylor@spherefederation.org and jackiefreeman@spherefederation.org)

We hope this helps and please do get in touch if needed.

Here are your suggested daily physical and mindfulness activities for you to try.

Physical activity: Today, we wanted to remind you of the short videos available on #ThisisPE. Produced by Yorkshire Sport Foundation these activities are designed to support parents and carers to teach some PE at home.

Mindfulness activity: This week, our Living and Learning statement is, I recognise mental health is important. Listen to the reading of the Kindness book and consider the importance of being kind to each other. How can being kind help your mental health and the mental health of others around you?

Here are your new learning tasks for today.

Task 1 reading

1.Read The Funny Tummy Song below (linked to task 3 Staying safe online)

2. What is the title of the song?

3. How many verses are there in the song?

4.Find and copy a word that means

a.unsure

b.on your own

c.upset

5.Find two sets of rhyming words from the song.

6.Which part of the song is repeated?

Challenge: You will hear the song as part of task 3. When you’ve heard the song, how does it sound different when it is sung compared to reading it?

Task 2 maths

Yesterday’s challenge answer is below.

We are going to have a break from learning about fractions. If you would like to continue this learning at home, please carry on the White Rose lessons. We will start new maths learning, all about measuring length, on Thursday.

Today, we will revise learning about money. These are the objectives, related to money, that the children should be aiming to achieve by the end of Year 2.

• recognise and use symbols for pounds (£) and pence (p); combine amounts to make a particular value
• find different combinations of coins that equal the same amounts of money
• solve simple problems in a practical context involving addition and subtraction of money of the same unit, including giving change

Start your maths learning by playing this Topmarks coins game.

1. Complete this BBC Bitesize lesson about recognising coins.

2.Use any available coins/notes at home to support this learning.

Challenge: 

Task 3: Staying safe online

Think back to The Funny Tummy song from task 1.

1. Complete Activity 1 and 2 based on Jessie and Friends, Episode 2 from the Thinkuknow website.

Sharing Pictures

Here we meet Mo and Tia, who together with Jessie complete the friendship trio. At Tia’s birthday party they use Tia’s older brother Kyle’s mobile to take fun photos of themselves. The trio agree to send their photos to Tia’s nan but also a few other people whose numbers are saved in Kyle’s phone. When the photos are shared with other children at their school without their permission, they turn to their teacher for help. The three friends learn about how images can get shared more widely than you first expect, and the importance of consent.

Challenge: What would you do if you were Jessie?

Optional extra activity

Learning sign language is a great skill to have. Here are the actions to match The Funny Tummy Song. Why not give them a go?

Hall of Home Learning Fame

Drum roll, please!

Here is the first ever Hall of Home Learning Fame MOVIE!

Keep sending in your (very fun to watch) entries – videos are ideal – and keep your eyes peeled for a special challenge from me and Mr Wain!

Thanks for working so hard, guys.

Enjoy!

28 April: Home learning

We hope you’ve had your breakfast and you are ready for today’s learning.

Here are your daily physical and mindfulness activities for you to try.

Physical activity: Today’s skills are based around cricket (although these skills could be also used in other games). Chance to Shine have now produced five skills based sessions to follow at home.

Mindfulness activity: Try a different activity from Mindfulness for Children Challenge. These activities can support our Living and Learning statement for this week, I recognise mental health is important.

Task 1 reading

Firstly, spend ten minutes on Lexia (if you can access this at home).

Today, we are looking at another image from Pobble365.

She turned in the saddle and looked behind her. Emma could see the others gaining on her.

Digging in her heels, she whispered some words of encouragement in the ostrich’s ears as it burst into full speed. They were making good time, but there was so far still to go…

1. Look closely at the picture and read the text. Then, answer the questions below.

2. What thoughts do you think are going through Emma’s mind?

3.Where do you think Emma is?

4.What do you think it would feel like to ride an ostrich?

5.How do you think the ostrich feels about being ridden?

6.What might be the title for this image?

Challenge: Imagine you can see through Emma’s eyes. What can she see behind her? Draw/describe what you have imagined.

Task 2 maths

Start your maths learning by joining in with this fractions based Super Movers song.

In our fractions learning today, we move onto learning about thirds.

White Rose Maths – Week 2 Lesson 1 Recognise a third

1. Watch the video and complete the activity sheet (on a printed copy or write the answers in your learning book).

2.Check and mark your answers – how did you do?

Challenge: 

Task 3: science

Our new science topic is all about plants.

1.Watch the following video as an introduction to this learning.

2.Today you are going to be plant detectives. If you have a garden or when you have your daily walk, we want you to have a plant hunt. Look out for different plants and notice where they are. Remember trees are plants too.

3.Record some of your findings – you could even get some photos of the species you spot. Here’s an example plant identification guide to help you to name the plants you find.

Challenge: Can you name the plants we saw on our walk at the weekend?

Finally, todays’ alternative activity, that you might want to try out at home, is touch typing. Keyboard skills are important to develop and Dance Mat Typing teaches this in a fun way.

21 April 2020: Home Learning

Hello there!

Hope that everything went well with yesterday’s learning.

Here are your tasks for today. 

Writing
Lesson objective: To predict events in a story and infer what might happen next.
The Bog Baby by Jeanne Willis

This is the text we are going to be reading.

Discuss the children’s first thoughts about what the story/ characters / setting could be.

Have you heard of a bog before? (Clarify what a
bog is using images and an online / dictionary definition)

What might a bog baby be?       What does the front cover lead you to imagine will be inside the book?

What other characters could be involved in this story?

What makes you think this?
Share some ideas about potential plot, setting and characters.

Challenge children to explain the reasons for their ideas.

Listen to and read the first seven pages (2.12 minutes, up to the page where it describes the bog baby). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVuH4BdVQOQ   

What do you think will happen next?

What kind of character is the bog baby?

Therefore,what might it do?

What could happen if the children pick it up?

Make a list of the adjectives the author has used to describe the bog baby.

Now, use your prediction skills based on what you have read up to page 7. 
Copy and complete these sentence stems using your predicting skills.
If the children pick up the bog baby ……………………………..
I think that …………………………………………..
The bog baby is …………………………………………….

Challenge 1

Draw a picture of the bog baby and add ten new adjectives to describe the creature.

Challenge 2

Put your adjectives into sentences like this one. Remember the comma if you are using more than one adjective in a list. We have done this in class before.

The blue creature has sharp, pointy toenails.                

Task 2                                                                                                                                                Reading  

LO: I can retrieve.

Read the text below and answer the fact finding questions.

All about cats
There are so many different breeds of cats from very long-haired cats to the hairless Sphinx cat. They were domesticated, or tamed, to be friendly with humans in Egypt more than 5,000 years ago! They are fun pets to have and will soon become a part of the family.

Sphynx cat, a hairless breed

Persian cat – a very furry breed

Cat Facts!
• Cats can run up to 30 miles per hour for short distances.

• Cats were considered sacred to the ancient people in China and Egypt.

• Cats do not have a rigid collarbone like many mammals. This is why they    are able to squeeze through small spaces.

• Cats can see much better than people in low light.

How long do cats live?
Cats who live indoors are much safer than cats who are allowed to go outside as well. If a cat is well looked after and has regular check-ups then it can live to be 20 years or even older.

How do cats communicate?
Cats communicate in lots of different ways. They purr when they are feeling happy and content and hiss when they are feeling scared or threatened. Cats meow to tell us if they are hungry or want to go out and to communicate with other cats.

Questions

1.  How fast can a cat run?
2.  True or false? Cats that live indoors are safer than cats that go outside?
3.  True or false? A Sphynx cat has lots of fur?
4.  What might a cat do if it feels scared?
5.  A long time ago, who were cats were very special to?

Challenge                                                                                                                                          Can you write two of your own fact finding questions? You can research more about cats if you like.

Task 3                                                                                                                                                 Science

LO: Why is handwashing so important?    

The advice being by health authorities is to wash your hands with soap and warm water for at least 20 seconds, roughly the same amount of time it takes to sing “Happy Birthday” twice. In order to ensure that children understand how vital it is that they practise good hand hygiene, a simple, fascinating trick has been developed using soap, pepper and water.

Mrs Freeman tried the experiment at home.

What do you think will happen? Explain why you think this?

Mrs Freeman then puts her  finger in a bowl of soap, before dipping it  back into the bowl of pepper. Will the same thing happen with the pepper?

Explain what has happened.

What happened?

The pepper rapidly moves away from the soap-covered finger.

Your turn

In your books write and draw pictures of this experiment in the correct order. You can number each step and make sure you label your pictures.

Answer these questions using full sentences.

1. What was the pepper for?
2. Did the soap make any difference? Explain your answer.
3.  Did you notice the pepper move? Why do you think this happened?

Challenge                                                                                                                                         With the help of an adult, can you complete the experiment at home. If not, you can watch it here.  Can you think of 3 questions you would like to know about the experiment?                                                                                                              https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/germs-experiment

Home learning (03 April 2020)

Yesterday’s post featured advice to support your child to stay safe online, and a second round of our Red Herring game. Today, we talk about home learning over the Easter period, and provide the answers to Red Herring.

Here’s a reminder of what’s happening for the next fortnight…

Today’s the last day of the Spring term so it’s the last day of the daily home learning tasks for now. We’ll still help you to support your child at home, but things will be a bit different:

• We’ll present a list of eight activities for your child (Years 1-6) – these will be published on the Homework pages at 9am on Monday 06 April.
• The list will be the same across year groups, meaning if you’ve more than one child, they might work on it together in some way.
• Some of the tasks can take a bit longer, like a mini-project.
• You can encourage your child to do some or all of the activities – they’re all optional.
• During this time, you can still email your child’s class teacher, although they may not respond as quickly as they have been doing.

Teachers will return to daily home learning tasks on Monday 20 April.

For children of key workers, and for children deemed vulnerable in some way, Scholes (Elmet) Primary and Moortown Primary remain open through the holiday, including on the bank holidays. (Thank you to all teachers who have agreed to work these days.)

If your child isn’t keen on one or two of the suggestions, or you want to supplement the activities with more, we’ve two great new resources that you can check out…

Get learning Maths on the move! These active learning resources which will help your child keep active while learning at home. There are ten activities for each phase: Y1,2 and Y3,4 and Y5,6.

Food – a Fact for Life (FFL) has lots of resources for teaching your child about where food comes from, cooking and healthy eating. There’s a lot to look at here, separated into different age ranges and different types of learning: healthy eating, cooking, where food comes from and food commodities. Each age range has loads of worksheets that you can download, too – we’d recommend talking through this with your child to come up with a sequence of learning activities. Check out FFL’s recipes, too!

We’ve added both of these to our home learning menu.

And now, the answers to Red Herring…

We asked you to identify the red herring statement about the admin team from Sphere Federation…

Mrs O’Malley, Sphere Resources Manager based at Moortown:

• I met my husband whilst learning to drive a tank. This is the red herring: Mrs O’Malley met her husband learning to sail.
• I have three British military qualifications: artillery survey,  combat appreciation, and radio communications.
• As well as a yellow belt in kickboxing I also have a red belt in Ju Jitsu.

Miss Pallister, Admin Assistant at Scholes (Elmet):

• My first ever full-time job after leaving school was working for Education Leeds, in the finance department at Merrion House.
• Before moving to Scholes, I lived in Spain for five years.
• When I was younger I won various horse riding competitions. This is the red herring: Miss Pallister did own her own her own horse, though.

Mrs Quirk, Sphere Resources Manager based at Scholes (Elmet):

• Knitting is one of my hobbies – I love to make presents for friends and family. This is the red herring: Mrs Quirk did once make part of a knitted hoodie when her son was born, but her mum had to finish it off for her.
• In my teens, I was part of a group of people who raised money to buy medical supplies for a hospital in Malawi; I spent a summer over there when we took over all the supplies.
• One of my favourite jobs was as a Wedding Co-ordinator at a country house hotel – I loved planning and organising people’s special days!

Mrs Russell, Admin Assistant at Moortown:

• When I was younger, I fell off a horse and it trod on my leg – it didn’t put me off horse riding though! This is the red herring: it actually trod on Mrs Russell’s face, leaving a hoof print on her cheek for quite a while afterwards – ouch!
• I used to help mend shopping trollies.
• My favourite type of food is fish – anything apart from squid.

Mrs Walshaw, Admin Assistant at St James’:

• I can count to 10 in Japanese. This is the red herring: however, Mrs Walshaw can count to ten in Korean.
• When I was younger, my family owned two Shetland ponies but I never rode them.
• In my previous job as an air stewardess, I was part of a crew who took Manchester United football team to one of their European Cup games (now known as the UEFA Champions League).