The children were excited to learn about Katherine Johnson as part of Black History Week. They worked really hard to research this inspirational figure and produced some amazing biographies as a result. They finished the week with a discussion about equality and fairness. Inspired by Show Racism the Red Card, they enjoyed writing positive statements that serve as a reminder to treat everyone with the respect and kindness.
We are so proud of Noah in Y4E. His fantastic entry from year 3 for the Primary Engineer Leader’s Award has been announced as the winner for the north east of England category! Please visit https://leadersaward.com/2020-north-east-gallery/ to see Noah’s design as well as the other shortlisted entries.
Home learning:
Tuesday 17th November 2020
Good morning everyone!
English
Listen to Chapter 8 of ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’. Mr Beaver provides lots of information about Mr Tumnus’ disappearance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2M_ZHNRL8M
Listen carefully for information about what has happened to Mr Tumnus.
Create a mindmap ‘What has happened to Mr Tumnus?’ and write down all of the information you can hear in the chapter.
Maths
For Maths this week, we will continue learning about Measurement: Length and Perimeter.
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/week-9-measurement-length-perimeter/
Watch the video titled ‘Perimeter on a grid’ and complete the worksheet.
Comprehension (Reading Plus/Accelerated Reader)
The children may log onto Reading Plus at home to complete some comprehension activities.
Go to – student.readingplus.com
The site code is rpharto1
Or, using the books they have at home, the children could log into Accelerated Reader and complete a quiz.
https://ukhosted77.renlearn.co.uk/2246112/public/rpm/login/Login.aspx?srcID=s
TT Rockstars
Continue practicing your times tables on TTRockstars.
PE
Have a go at the video to get your body moving!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZV1J8VLcsQ
Over the last few weeks, the children have been finding out about Remembrance Day. They have been learning about why Remembrance Day is important and why it is commemorated. Each child made their own poppy. The poppies were displayed on the classroom window. Here are some photo of our lovely displays.
Our children are amazing!
Times Tables Rockstars Rock Out 2020 results…
Our school is the 18th highest scoring school, out of 3,887 schools!
Y6F is the 37th highest scoring class, out of 31,039 classes!
Conner Y5B is the 87th highest scoring pupil, out of 433,924 pupils!
We are so immensely proud of everyone!
Home learning:
Monday 16th November 2020
Good morning everyone!
Odd Socks Day
This week is ‘Anti-Bullying Week’.
Watch the virtual assembly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AUB79YxkwQ which explains all about Odd Socks Day. If you wear odd socks today, send a photo to [email protected] so we can see!
English
Listen to Chapters 6 and 7 of ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVsqLl002Fc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVqva7D_EOU
Think about the notice that the children found at Mr Tumnus’ house:
What questions might they want to ask Mr Beaver?
Use the question words above to write 6 questions starting with Who, What, Where, When, Why and How, about Mr Tumnus’s disappearance. (E.g. Who told the White Witch that Mr Tumnus met a human?)
Maths
For Maths this week, we will continue learning about Measurement: Length and Perimeter.
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/week-9-measurement-length-perimeter/
Watch the video titled ‘Measure Perimeter’ and complete the worksheet.
Comprehension (Reading Plus/Accelerated Reader)
The children may log onto Reading Plus at home to complete some comprehension activities.
Go to – student.readingplus.com
The site code is rpharto1
Or, using the books they have at home, the children could log into Accelerated Reader and complete a quiz.
https://ukhosted77.renlearn.co.uk/2246112/public/rpm/login/Login.aspx?srcID=s
TT Rockstars
Continue practicing your times tables on TTRockstars.
History
The Anglo-Saxons wrote in a different alphabet to us! Use the runes sheet to write your name. Practise writing some other words, or maybe a message for someone at home to try and figure out.
Home learning
Friday 13th November 2020
Good morning!
Here are today’s activities.
English
Today you will finish your biography about Katherine Johnson.
You have already written about why she is famous and what her early life was like. Today you will write about Katherine’s career. Use the prompt questions to help you with what to include. At the end you might want to draw a picture of Katherine Johnson.
Maths
Watch the video titled: ‘Subtract lengths’ https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/week-8-measurement-length-perimeter/
Then complete the worksheet.
PSHE
‘Show Racism the Red Card’
Watch this story – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnaltG5N8nE&list=PLmceRs5K3VFteq6lVjRNy6y-9pcHa9P2j
Think about how we could stop racism in our own lives. Write down something you will ALWAYS do (e.g. I will always include people in my games.) and something you will NEVER do (e.g. I will never be unkind to someone because of the colour of their skin.)
Children in Need
Today is Children in Need.
Here are some activity sheets:
If you can’t print, you might want to try and draw Pudsey – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daCK5D3jEb8
TT Rockstars
This week is a national Times Tables Rockstars competition called ‘Rock Out 2020’. Simply play any Times Tables Rockstars game to be part of the competition. Only correct answers will go towards our school total. The competition runs from Monday until Friday. Only answers between 7.30am and 7.30pm count towards the competition. Please encourage your children to play during the day to try and win! As you have seen, we have been as high as 11th in the whole country! Keep it up!
Accelerated Reader
Using the books you are able to read at home, check if they are on the Accelerated Reading system and complete a quiz, if there is one available. You can only log in via our school portal at:
A huge congratulations to Phoebe Ofosu and Joe Roberts in Y6F for being the first children in the school to achieve AR awards this year. Phoebe has become our first Word Millionaire and has read over 1,000,000 words since September and Joe has become our first half-millionaire by reading over 500,000 words. Joe is also now extremely close to becoming a Word Millionaire.
Both children have shown such dedication to their reading this year and I love to hear about the novels they’re reading and see their enthusiasm.
Who will be next to achieve an AR award?
Home learning
Thursday 12th November 2020
English
Today you will start writing a biography about Katherine Johnson using your research and information from the previous days. Look at the powerpoint to find out what a biography is.
Today you will write your introduction and about Katherine’s early life.
Look at the prompt sheet to help you with what to write in each paragraph.
Maths
Watch the video titled ‘Add lengths’ https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/week-8-measurement-length-perimeter/
Then complete the worksheet.
Science
We have started learning about electricity in class and have discussed which devices are powered by mains electricity and which are powered by batteries.
Mains electricity can be very dangerous.
Look at this website:
http://www.switchedonkids.org.uk/what-is-electricity
http://www.switchedonkids.org.uk/electrical-safety-in-your-home
Then create a poster to inform people of how to be safe around electricity in the home. Include writing and pictures.
TT Rockstars
This week is a national Times Tables Rockstars competition called ‘Rock Out 2020’. Simply play any Times Tables Rockstars game to be part of the competition. Only correct answers will go towards our school total. The competition runs from Monday until Friday. Only answers between 7.30am and 7.30pm count towards the competition. Please encourage your children to play during the day to try and win!
Accelerated Reader
Using the books you are able to read at home, check if they are on the Accelerated Reading system and complete a quiz, if there is one available. You can only log in via our school portal at:
https://ukhosted77.renlearn.co.uk/2246112/default.aspx
