Dear Parents / Carers,
Thank you for continuing with supporting your child at home with their learning. As you are aware, Home Learning is changing as more children return to school. Teachers have done a brilliant job of providing daily home learning tailored to what the children would have been covering in school; unfortunately this level of personalisation is unsustainable following the phased introduction of additional children back to school. We deliberated about how best to adapt the home learning and have decided to try using and adapting resources created by Robin Hood Multi Academy Trust in conjunction with some tailored lessons to the Topics your child would have covered during this term.
We understand that the Home Learning needs to work for you and your child, and therefore we have put some alternative suggestions below, should you rather explore those. We are now displaying the home learning for the week rather than each day, as feedback suggested parents would prefer this so they could rearrange the week’s tasks to fit them and their child. Please, only do what you can of the suggestions below – do what works best for you and your child.
With thanks to Robin Hood Multi Academy Trust for their Learning Projects on which most of the weekly Reading, Spelling, Writing and Maths tasks are based.
Reading Tasks |
Spelling Tasks |
Monday Read the online magazine of 'Whizz, Pop, Bang!' See if you can create your own Moon Sand by following the instructions in the magazine. Tuesday Read the opening extract of The Highwayman. Using the text, draw images to represent what you have read. Wednesday Read the online magazine of 'Scoop.' There are a variety of genres within the magazine. Which genre do you prefer? Thursday Click on the link here to find a download of 'A Pinch of Magic.' Work on using your voices to represent the different characters in the text. Have a go at answering the questions on page 4. Friday Read the online comic 'The Phoenix Comic.' Do you enjoy reading comics? Which story did you enjoy the most and why? |
Monday Create a word bank for an animal of your choice. Make sure you include verbs, adverbs and expanded noun phrases. If you fancy a challenge see if you can use some alliteration, similes and metaphors too. Use a dictionary to check your spellings!
Wednesday Practise spellings on Spelling Frame using rule number 40.
Friday Complete the comic book story with an ending and edit it to make it more exciting and interesting. (The website will tell you what sort of things you need to edit to make it more interesting.)
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Writing Tasks |
Maths Tasks |
Monday Write a letter to Marwell Zoo persuading them to close the zoo as it is still not safe for people to visit. You need to justify your opinions with factual information. Tuesday 'Animals hearts should be cut up for science experiments.' Do you agree/ disagree? Write a for and against argument. Wednesday Using the BBC Bitesize website follow the links below for your year group. Year 5- Writing a comic. Year 6- Writing comics and using ellipsis. Thursday Using the BBC Bitesize website follow the links below for your year group. Year 5- Analysing and performing scripts. Year 6- Analysing and performing scripts. Friday Using the word bank that you created for your chosen animal (in your spelling activities), create a descriptive piece of writing, poem or comic based on your ideas.
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Monday Log in to your TimesTable Rockstars account and practise your times tables. Tuesday Play this bowling game to work on your times tables in a different way. Wednesday Using the BBC Bitesize website follow the links below for your year group. Year 5- Add and subtract fractions within 1. Year 6- Divide fractions by integers. Thursday Using the BBC Bitesize website follow the links below for your year group. Year 5- Add two fractions where the answer could be greater than 1. Year 6- Fractions of amounts applied in context. Friday Who wants to be a 'Place Value Millionaire' game. Play 'Countdown.'
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Wider Curriculum Tasks |
30 Days Wild task |
French- Have a go at some of the French activities on the French page of our home learning website. The Life of Darwin- Who was Charles Darwin? Research the scientist's theory on evolution. Where are the Galapagos Islands? What species did and do still live there? What makes these animals unique and extraordinary? Have a go at writing a biography about the life of Charles Darwin. Time capsule- Create a time capsule that can only be opened by your future self. Include a letter about your life today, listing your interests, habits, friends, favourite foods etc. Add a recent photo and maybe some objects that you can spare that represent your life now. Write a message to future you!
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During June, it is 30 Days Wild. Each week we will set you an activity to do from their suggested activities.
This week’s activity is: Name that wildflower. When you are out for a walk, take a closer look at the flowers. Have a look at the flowers growing through the cracks, on verges and in meadows and see if you can identify them using the chart below to help you. The UK's native wildflowers are often some of the most beautiful and best for wild creatures
If you want to do more, go to this Twitter account for the daily activities.
You could also check out the Wildlife Watch YouTube channel for more activities, with new #WildlifeWednesday videos every Wednesday at 10am! |
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