Hi Emerald class 

Welcome back to our new half term; the final one of the year! I hope you’ve all had a lovely half term and had a break from all the hard work you’ve been doing. It's always great to hear from you, so 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 you seen our video on the website? It was lovely to see photos of so many of you.

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:

This week we are starting an exciting new book for our English work: Settlers . It ties in with your topic work and you’ve been allocated it on Purple Mash, so have a look.

There are 5 different activities to do with a diary entry to write. Click on the link below and have a go:

I’m really looking forward to reading your diary entry.

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:

Word combos game

Paragraph worksheet

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.  Some of these are recaps of work you have done already to ensure you are ready for September.

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 5 is to begin to investigate Skara Brae.  Click here to find some information and the instructions. This week, your task is a comprehension activity. This leads onto next week’s writing activity.

PE

Go to the Physical activities pages for lots of great ideas.  Check out this week’s Athletics challenge on the weekly update.  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.

This week and for the next couple of weeks, I would like you to have a look at a  national RE and art competition.  You have chance to evaluate work submitted by other children and then choose and carry out your own design using the theme of ‘God’s good earth?’ ‘Holy Words!’ or ‘Where is God?’  Check out the RE page for more information.

I would love to see pictures of them on purple mash and if you would like to you could also post your entry as part of the competition.

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 about who are the people you are proud of?  Have a look at the picture and may be have a chat with your family about their opinions.  Maybe think about your own dream job and post post a picture or a description 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

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