Year 3 Home learning 25th September 2020

Home learning will be posted on the class home learning page on a Friday and should be returned to school by the following Thursday. Home learning books will be used on alternate weeks and should be returned to school on Thursdays. We will be using Purple Mash or other internet sites for learning on the alternate weeks. Again work completed on Purple Mash etc should be submitted for marking by the following Thursday please.

THIS WEEK WE ARE USING COMPUTER BASED LEARNING.

Reading:

Read at home every day. You can quiz during school time when a book has been completed.

(Parents: Don’t forget you can check on your child’s progress on Accelerated Reader -  this will let you know which books they have read and quizzed on and also their progress towards their reading target.)

Maths:

IXL maths using the IXL website.  Please complete units A1, A4 and L1

Spellings:

Please learn the spellings below ready for a spelling quiz in class next Thursday.

Don’t forget to find different activities from “Fun Ways to Learn your Spellings” sheet to help your child to learn their spellings.

The children should be able to write the spellings independently - this will need to be written clearly and correctly during the spelling quiz.

This week our spellings:

answer island history learn

silliness shyness chattiness dizziness

Computing

Please can the children practise logging into the different computer based learning sites for themselves so that they are able to do it independently.

Our topic this half term is ‘Typing’ and the children have been practising using all of their fingers and thumbs to increase their accuracy and speed on the keyboard. This is so helpful in all aspects of the curriculum. We have been working on our posture too, no slouching! Some of them even told me about bad habits they have seen with grown ups at home and their typing, there are no secrets with children are there? I best keep my correct seating position at school too! I would like your child to reinforce this at home by accessing Purple Mash and completing the 2dos on there. There are 12 in total, but they can be played for just one minute by changing the time at the beginning of the game. They get harder as you progress through the levels, so please play them in this order. Please sit with your child throughout the games to remind them to use every finger and thumb - no index finger for every single letter children! They are called

• Home row keys

• Bottom row keys

• Top row keys

• 1 - home row keys

• 1 - bottom row keys

• 1 - top row keys

• 2- home row keys

• 2 - bottom row keys

• 2 - top row keys

• Home row keys (underneath it will say falling home row keys) Choose a speed of around 12 seconds to start with and get faster if you can.

• Bottom row keys(underneath it will say falling bottom row keys) Choose a speed of around 12 seconds to start with and get faster if you can.

• Top row keys(underneath it will say falling top row keys) Choose a speed of around 12 seconds to start with and get faster if you can.

Year 4 blog for week ending 25th September. 'Mighty oaks from little acorns grow!'

We have had such a busy and exciting week. On Monday we did a dandelion dance! We used our recital from last week and put it to music and movement in groups! Super! In the afternoon, we went outside to play recorders and children played their first tune!!

On Tuesday we had a brilliant time learning all about different ways seeds disperse. We explored lots of seed pods Mrs Lyons had collected and thought about how they release their seeds. Then children used Book Creator to make a book all about seeds. The rest of the week has seen them writing explanation texts about all the different methods of seed dispersal. There is some AMAZING writing already. They sound like mini David Attenboroughs! Why not go and have a look in the woods and see what seed pods you can find!

On Wednesday we started our Geography topic of plants around the world and looked at atlases. We made books on the i-pads to show unusual plants from around the globe. On Thursday we learned the story of Abraham from the Old testament. All mixed in with some super maths work partitioning 4 digit numbers in different ways!

Let’s celebrate!

This week, our French star went to Jacob O for excellent listening and responding.

We have 3 certificates. (Mrs Lyons could not just choose two!)

A roger robin certificate went to Hollie-Rose for being a kind friend and a role model in class.

John-Joseph received a Lizzie Ladybird certificate for improving so much each day because he listens to the teacher’s feedback.

Olivia receieved a Bobby Bee certificate because she always listens and loves to get better. She beeeelieves she can!

Notices

Please bring your flu forms back as soon as possible.

Don’t forget recorders on Monday! Please make sure they have been sterilised and they are in their case.

Also, please supply children with a pack of tissues regularly so they can keep them in their pencil case.

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Mrs Lyons, Mrs Mather, Miss Edmondson and Miss Forster.

“Doing your best means never stop trying.” – Benjamin Franklin

We have had another lovely week with lots hard work and children who have been trying so hard to do their best.  I am so proud of the children’s enthusiasm and desire to do well and I know that we will have a wonderful year of learning if this continues. Well done children.

We have been thinking carefully about being generous and grateful in our daily actions and we have continued to share the daily Examen. At the end of each day we reflect upon the day and think about all of the things that we would like to say “Thank you” for.

This week we have been comparing numbers and finding 1, 10 or 100 more or less than a given number. In English, we have read the fable of the Lion and the Mouse and thought about the different characters and also the setting. We have continued to identify different parts of sentences and also identified vowels and consonants. In RE, we have thought about our own families and about Jesus and His family. We have thought about the sort of things that we do as a family and what Jesus would have done with His family. We have written about happy and sad times that we have shared together as families. In RHE this week, we have continued to think about ourselves and our feelings, knowing that we are all special and loved. We have looked at how our actions impact not only on ourselves but also on others and how this makes us feel. We have shared stories about Kester and looked at how his behaviour had an impact on so many other people.  We have reflected upon how Kester and Abraham are similar to ourselves and our relationship with God.

Let’s Celebrate:

This week our certificates go to Betsy and Connor Sean.  Connor Sean receives a Lizzie Ladybird certificate for trying so hard and making improvement with his work and for really thinking carefully. Great reading Connor Sean. I know that you have tried so hard with your quizzing and what a difference it has made. Well done! I know that you are going to have a brilliant year if you keep this up.  Betsy receives a Co-operative Roger Robin certificate for being so caring and understanding towards others. You are such a happy and smiley member of the class and always ready and willing to help others. Thank you so much Betsy, keep up these kind deeds. We are all so grateful for all of your help. We are also delighted that Stanley received the lunchtime Role Model of the Week this week. Well done Stanley, we are so proud of you.

Things to Note:

• Please complete and return the flu vaccine form which has been sent home. All forms should be returned by Monday please. Thank you.

• Please make sure that all personal belongings are clearly named so that items can be easily identified and returned to their owners, especially water bottles and cardigans/sweatshirts/tracksuit tops. Thank you.

• With the usual September colds going around at the moment, please could you make sure that you send a small packet of tissues to school with your child. Thank you.

• Please make sure that you look at the home learning page for this week’s home learning. Please make sure that this is completed by next Thursday.  This week’s learning is COMPUTER BASED. Many thanks.

• Please ensure that you have completed an up to date medical form following the link which has been emailed to you. It really does only take a couple of minutes to do. (If you have not sent us an email address we have not been able to send this to you yet. Please make sure that we have an email address to correspond with you with asap. Many thanks.) We are still missing quite a few of these medical forms.

• We are also still missing some permissions for putting photos on the website. Please make sure you do this asap so that we can post all children’s photos on the website. Thank you.

Thank you for all your continued support and co-operation this week. Another successful week!

We hope that you have a lovely weekend and have a chance to share some time together as a family.

Take care and stay safe

The Year 3 Team     

Miss Brisco, Miss Edmondson, Miss Woodrow and Mrs Mather.

Contact us at:

l.brisco@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

k.edmondson@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

Year 4 homework to be completed by Thursday 1st October

Online homework this week.

Maths

IXL: B1 B2 B4 B5 B7 - these are all things you have practised in class. Some are really easy!

 Geography

We have been finding out about Plants all around the world. It has been helping us brush up on our knowledge of where countries and continents are.

I have set you two purple mash tasks to complete about countries in Europe and continents. Before you do them, have a look at an atlas, globe and/or Google Earth with an adult and locate the continents. Play a game where you name a country and try to locate it. Eg Thailand, Italy, USA

Spellings

after  again  any anyone    beautiful   because      behind    both    bought    break some    every

If you know you need lots of practise with your spellings in general, there are lots and lots of games on purple mash, if you do a search on there for spellings.

Here are some more ideas to practise:

Music

Please practise the first not you have learned on your recorder - B. ( Left hand. Index finger on first hole, thumb on back hole. Prop up with other thumb at back of recorder) Also, Mrs Maddocks wanted you to practise some rhythms of your name on your recorder. Eg Miss - is Ly - ons

Reading

Lets really go for these reading targets now. Have a big read at the weekend.

Nessy children - every night please.

Another wonderful week!

As promised, here are a couple of photos of our paintings of all our friends at nursery. Aren’t they fabulous?

The children are very proud of their work and so are we!

This week the children as well as learning about how to stay health have also been exploring their emotions. We have been reading the ‘Colour Monster’ story for everyone to be able to understand how some experiences make them feel a little different at times. Click on the link here if you would like to read the story at home with your child. I hope that you enjoy it as much as we do.

Everyone at nursery is so pleased how all the children have settled into nursery. They are so happy and are making lots of new friendships and ‘growing their brains’

We intend to continue exploring our emotions next week, we may even start a bit of yoga!

Luckily the weather continues to be kind to us as the children love playing outside in the garden. We have nonetheless made a fairy small world area inside, its all very magical. Some other friends made a farm in one of our cupboards!

It only remains for me to wish everyone a restful weekend, full of family fun!

Year 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 23rd September 2020

Another excellent week of homework Year 6…you have set the standard high.

Spelling - Suffixes

asking, jumped, fastest, hunter, shouted, neater, lightest, yawning, sprinting, floated, proudest, sweetest, rusting, fighting, dawning.

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Maths - IXL

F4 - Place values in decimal numbers

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English - Can you create a character description about your favourite Disney character?

Can you write a character description of your favourite Disney character? I have included a prompt sheet to help you and a WAGOLL (What a good one looks like) to help you. Think about your language and punctuation. Can you start sentences in different ways? Can you include an element of advanced punctuation? Your mission is to make your writing the same (if not better) than your writing in class.

Please type it up on the Purple Mash to do.

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English - Who was William Shakespeare? - NEEDED FOR MONDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER PLEASE

Next week we will be starting our biography work on William Shakespeare…but who was he? Can you produce a 1 page brainstorm all about him? Think about information that includes: his early life, family life, early career, playwright days, final years and legacy.

We will be using this information in class next week.

Year 3 Home Learning 18.9.2020

Home learning will be posted on the class home learning page on a Friday and should be returned to school by the following Thursday. Home learning books will be used on alternate weeks and should be returned to school on Thursdays. We will be using Purple Mash or other internet sites for learning on the alternate weeks. Again work completed on Purple Mash etc should be submitted for marking by the following Thursday please.

THIS WEEK WE ARE USING HOME LEARNING BOOKS.

Reading:

Please make sure that you read at home every day. As the children become more independent with their reading they may not want to read to you every night but please do try spend some time discussing their reading books and listening to your child at different times during the week. You may wish to make a comment in their green book if you wish. It is also good to share the reading of a book at times and also to be read to sometimes as well.  Being able to read and understand independently really is a gift - it opens up so many opportunities and takes you on journeys to such exciting places.

Don’t forget you can check on your child’s progress on Accelerated Reader -  this will let you know which books they have read and quizzed on and also their progress towards their reading target.

Maths:

From these numbers, written in words, can you write the numbers in figures?

(eg Six hundred and seventy one = 671)  Write the words and the figures please.

Make sure that you think carefully about H T O.                       Make sure you write each digit correctly.

Four hundred and sixty seven                  Two hundred and ninety                   Seven hundred and six

Nine hundred and thirty eight                  One hundred and forty five              Eight hundred and nineteen

Three hundred and fifty                             Six hundred and eighty two              Five hundred and eleven

Can you choose your own numbers to write in words and figures too?

Spellings:

Please learn the spellings below ready for a spelling quiz in class next Thursday.

We have provided a copy of different fun ways to learn your spellings which the children have stuck into their home learning books. Please select activities from this sheet to help your child to learn their spellings.

The children should be able to write the spellings independently - this will need to be written clearly and correctly during the spelling quiz.

This week our spellings are a mixture of a spelling pattern and high frequency words.

pencil     fossil     treasure     measure     reign     calendar     business     century      

 Watch out for the tricky bits!!!

FROM PREVIOUS WEEKS

Please make sure that homework books (blue book) and reading record books (thin green book) are covered to reflect your personality (not just decorated please). Please also ensure that these books are clearly labelled with your name. Thank you.

"Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities.” - Sugar Ray Leonard

We are really settling into the routine of work and already there have been many improvements and lots of thing that have been learned. It is so lovely to see children who are striving hard to take responsibility for their learning and who are becoming more and more like the learning characters each day. 

All children have now completed their Star Reading tests and have been given their new ZPD and reading targets. (We have stuck a little sheet in the front of their reading record book (little green book) so that you can see new ZPDs and targets. Please make sure all reading books and reading record books are returned to school on a daily basis. Thank you

At the end of each day, we have continued to share the daily Examen and reflected on our day. We have thought about the things that have happened throughout the day and also whether they have been things that have made us and others happy or whether they have been things that we are sorry that we have done because they have hurt ourselves or others. Each day we think about what we would like to say “Thank you” for.

We have continued to look at “Numbers to 1000,” counting objects, ordering numbers and thinking where to find a number on a number line to 1,000. In English we have been looking at sentences making sure that we are writing them correctly so that they make sense and use correct punctuation. We have continued to identify different parts of a sentences. We have also started to look at complex sentences and how these are written. In RE, we have thought about the Creation story and all of the things that God created. We have discussed how to look after God’s world and we have written some lovely prayers to thank God for all of the things that He created. We have continued to think about ourselves and our feelings, knowing that we are all special and loved.  This week we have thought about our dreams for our class, our school,  our families, our town, country and the world. The children all shared a lovely dream for the class and we have discussed how we can all work together to help our dreams to be achieved. How lovely it will be if we can achieve all of our dreams. This week we have started our history topic about the Stone Age. The children have been so enthusiastic and we can’t wait to explore the topic further. In science the children have started their topic of living things and their environment.

This week our certificates go to Lily-Mae and Daisy.  Lily-Mae receives a Concentrating Cooper Crab certificate for being so focused on her work and for really thinking carefully and trying so hard with all of her work. Lovely neat handwriting as well! Well done Lily-Mae, I know that you are going to have an amazing year if you keep this up.  Daisy receives a Co-operative Roger Robin certificate for being such a wonderful caring member of the class who is always ready and willing to help others, whether it is her learning partner or just generally within the class. Thank you so much Daisy, keep up these kind deeds. We are all so grateful for your help. We are also proud to say that Charlie got the lunchtime Role Model of the Week Well done Charlie - what a good example you have set.

Things to Note:

• Please make sure that you look at the home learning page for this week’s home learning. Home learning will be posted on the website and should be sent back to school by the following Thursday.  Many thanks.

• Please could you also ensure that you have sent the “Who is picking up?” sheet back to school.

• Please make sure that you have completed the medical forms following the link which has been emailed to you. (If you have not sent us an email address we have not been able to send this to you yet. Please make sure that we have an email address to correspond with you with asap. Many thanks.

• We are also still missing some permissions for putting photos on the website. Please make sure you do this asap so that we can post photos on the website.

Thank you for all your continued support and co-operation this week. Another successful week!

We hope that you have a lovely weekend and have a chance to share some time together as a family.

Take care and stay safe

The Year 3 Team      Miss Brisco, Miss Edmondson, Miss Woodrow and Mrs Mather.

Contact us at:

l.brisco@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

k.edmondson@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk