Hi Emerald class 

  It's great to hear from you this week. Keep posting on the blog and sending emails to let us know what you've been doing and showing us your work.  Remember you can share photos and work on purple mash. Have a look on the display board too.

What have you been doing over this week? It looks like the weather is warming up so lots of outside activities again. Have you seen our video on the website? Make sure you send a photo so we can make another one.  If you’d like some extra activities, check out Mrs Phipp’s Eco Activities for some great challenges.

Why don’t you send us an email to let us know what you’ve been doing?

I hope you’re finding the weekly pages useful. Try and do a bit of English and maths every day, then add in our other subjects when you can.

Keep busy and keep learning!

English:

This week I would like you to work through these 3 tasks:

1. Writing:

I'd like you to have a look at our exciting new book: Incredible Quests    (The Londorium Transportium Part 2) on Active Learn.

I've allocated it to you so have a look.

There's an activity to do each day so click on the link below and have a go:

Day 1      Day 2     Day 3    Day 4

If you are struggling to open the workbook link, just click on the English icon on our Class page and you'll find the work there.

You can't write on the screen so jot your answers down in your exercise book from school. You could even email a picture of your work to me on Purple Mash.

2.Spelling: 

You have been allocated a spelling activity on Purple Mash. Click on the link: 

                   Year 4 spelling                             Year 5 spelling

3. Grammar: 

Some work on verbs this week. Have a go at:

Magic school game

If you would like some extra English activities; that's great... have a go at these:

4.Following on from last week, could you continue your diary on Purple Mash. Log in and you'll find it on your To-Do list. Please have a go and keep us updated with all your activities.

5.You will see an icon on our class page called Reading comprehensions. Each week, could you choose one to have a go at. The ones you choose are up to you but have a go. Remember to look at the bottom corner for the star rating: Each task has a 1*, 2* or 3* rating. (3* is the most challenging, so choose the level you think is most appropriate to you.)

6. You have been allocated some extra spelling and grammar tasks on Active Learn. Log in and have a go.

Reading:

Please use your Bug Club log in to read for at least 30 minutes per day.  Well done everyone who has been logging in.  We can see online how many books you have read and how many quizzes you have completed.

Maths:

Please follow the White Rose maths lesson links.  Choose Y4 or Y5 and continue from the last lesson you completed.  There will be 5 Maths lessons uploaded each week.  There are questions included in the videos so do these as you go along then use the questions included in the Power Maths Summer Home Edition. Your parents have been sent a link to the ebook and lots of you have a print copy too. 

Power Maths has 3 sections to each lesson.  Please look at a single page at a time.  Discover has a challenge for you to think about and discuss with an adult.  Share then shows you strategies to solve this.  Try getting pencil and paper or counters to work through what it shows you.  The next two pages are practice pages for you to complete.

Extra challenges

Check the Maths pages.  I see Maths offers daily reasoning challenges with a video to watch and a sheet to complete.  Just don't peek at the answers on sheet two until you have given the challenges a good go.  Maybe try one or two a week.  You have also been allocated Maths factor lessons on Active Learn and some challenges on Purple Mash if you are looking for extra maths practice.  Please prioritise the White Rose and Power Maths lessons as they stay in line with what we would have learned in school.

Science: 

Year 4:

Please can you have a go at Lesson 4 on our Sound topic.

Video      Book          There’s no activity again this week so you could have a go at our extra activities

Year 5:

Please can you have a go at Lesson 4 on our Forces topic.

     Activity 1         Activity 2

If any of you want a whole host of extra activities, click on the Science Icon and have a go at the activities. Lots to find out and discover.

Topic

We’re continuing with our What is Under our feet topic this week.  Step 4 is to investigate the Hunter Gatherer lifestyle.  Click here to find some information and the instructions. Then go to purple mash for the writing activity.

PE

Go to the Physical activities pages for lots of great ideas.  This week’s challenge on the weekly update features orienteering.  There is a new challenge for each day all using materials you will find at home or in an outdoor space nearby if you are able to get outdoors.

R.E.

Take a look at our projects page to finish off investigating Judaism. There are several activities to complete here.  Last week I added a page to help you investigate Bar and Bat Mitzvah.  This is one of the most important events in the life of a Jewish child and symbolises them becoming an adult.  You can take photos of any work you do and upload it on purple mash or if you would like to complete the postcard activity, you can find a blank one on purple mash with some prompts.  I have only seen a couple of postcards and I know lots of you have not yet had chance to look at the original tasks finding out about Judaism.

 Time to discuss

Mrs Wilson is posting all the picture news discussions onto the collective worship and discussion pages.  This week's picture is focused on thinking if you could live anywhere, where would that be?  Have a look at the picture and may be have a chat with your family about their opinions.  Maybe design your own ideal house and post a picture on the blog.  Or why not check out the Fischy youtube channel.  They stream a collective worship every week and all your favourite collective worship songs are also up there.

It's been lovely to see some of the exciting activities you've been doing on our blog. Have any of you learnt a new skill? Why don't you post some pictures and let us all know?  Remember you can also email us using the 2 email feature on purple mash. 

We hope you and your families are all well. Keep busy and keep in touch everyone. Hopefully we'll be back together again soon.

Mrs McElhattan and Mrs Watkin