Friday, 15th May, 2020

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Good morning Year 4!

Well, we have seen such a wonderful array of birthday cakes this week – I hope that Fabian, Alice and Darcie-Louise still have some birthday cake left to nibble on today!  Your parents have clearly ensured that they have found creative ways so that you have had a fabulous day during this time.  Judging by your early morning photos, it seems as if you have had special breakfasts that include seeing your cake!  Lucky you!

It has been wonderful to hear that you had fun with your science experiment this week – make sure that you keep daily observations on what is happening!  Lots of you are working hard on developing your understanding of decimals, improving your handwriting and lots more.  Joseph has also shared his lovely altar.

Keep posting – it is lovely to see all that is going on at home and how hard you are all working.  Experimenting, competing, celebrating, practising your handwriting, mastering work on decimals…well done!

 

Have a great day of learning today!

Click here for yesterday’s answers.

Click here for today’s learning.

Resources that you need for today’s learning:

computing and music

Science Observations UPDATED   Click here

Olympic ChallengeOlympic Challenge       English Writing Challenge

 

Maths: Activity 1 here and Video 1    Click here for the answers

Activity 2 Click here   Video 2      Click here for the answers

 

 

 

 

15.5.20

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Good Morning Year 3

Here are Elle and Kian’s virtual hugs and descriptive writing.

Kate has been busy leaning origami, winning silver in the bean bag toss and writing about the leaves in her garden, while Hebe wrote about the blossom she saw on one of her daily walks.

Nathalie been writing about the trees and flowers in her garden and her dog Kaiser.

 

I hope you enjoy the sunshine with your family this weekend. Here is today’s learning.

Take care,

Miss Pringle

PE

 

Pope Paul Olympics.

 Pope Paul Home Olympics – please open this link Home Olympics and complete today’s challenge 15.5.20.

Look back over the last two weeks and add up your medals to see where you and your family finished on the medal board! Let me know how you get on. You could even make yourself a medal and send me a photo!
Spelling Spelling test – put the short date in your writing book and the numbers 1- 10 in the margin then ask someone to test you on the words you have been practicing all week. Good luck.

Give yourself a percentage out of 100 just as we do in class.

10/10 = 100%      9/10 = 90 %
Reading 

 

 

  Another reading skill we focus on in Y3 is sequencing.

Sequencing means ordering events and identifying the beginning, middle and end of a story.

Read these cards and sequence them.

 
Maths

 

  In your maths  book ask someone to test you on the 3, 4 and 8 time tables. Remember to go up to x 12 facts. Good luck and don’t worry, you are still learning.
English and digital photography

Day 5

 

 Your photography and descriptive writing has been very creative this week – well done. Today I would like you to choose your favourite piece to edit, improve and publish in your best handwriting. If you have a blue handwriting pen please use it. Once completed please email it to me if possible and I will publish it on Monday’s blog.

Friday 15th May 2020

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Good morning Year 2,

Happy Friday!

I hope you had a lovely day yesterday. In the table below you will find today’s learning activities. You can keep in contact with me by posting comments to the Year 2 Blog or by sending me an email at year2@popepaul.herts.sch.uk.

Well done for all your hard work this week. I wish you all a peaceful weekend.

Take very good care.

Miss Davey

Subject Activity
Prayer Prayer for Friday 15th May 2020

Creator God,
Because of your abundant love
you chose to bring light and order into the formless void,
to create a world of unsurpassed beauty
and you saw that it was good.
We ask that you continue to recreate the world
with that same attentive love,
to bring light into today’s ever increasing chaos and darkness
where we have failed to be stewards and carers of your creation.
Replenish our hearts
so that we too can renew the face of the earth.

Amen.
Handwriting
Complete the spelling test for this week’s spellings on the SpellingFrame website.
Copy the following common exception words into your handwriting books.
should
steak
sugar
whole
who
Reading Continue to read daily and discuss what you have read.You can access plenty of wonderful books via the Harper Collins website: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx

Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk

Password:Parents20!

Use the Teacher Login area.
Maths 15-05-2020
Morning Challenge
WALT: Find lines of symmetry

A 2D shape is symmetrical if you draw a line through it and it looks exactly the same on either side of the line.

A line of symmetry has been drawn through the shapes below. Complete the shapes.
English Friday 15th May 2020
WALT: Use adjectives to describeDescribe how the character Smudge felt in Voices in the Park. Compose 6 sentences with the adjectives you have chosen.
Music

Listening and appreciationListen to the following piece of music and record your answers in your lined writing books.

Is this music happy or sad?

Is it fast or slow?

What instruments can you hear?

What does this piece of music make you think of?

Did you enjoy the piece? Explain our answer.

What wonderful work! I am very proud of you all!

Friday 15th May Learning

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Good morning Year 1. I hope you had a lovely day yesterday. I have loved looking at the photos of your learning.

Here is your learning today.

PE Olympics Challenge
Maths

 

15.05.20

 Watch the video on Add equal Groups then do the activity sheet. Write your answers in your

Maths book or on the sheet.

Friday Maths
English Copy these sentences into your writing book in your best handwriting.

Choose a conjunction for each sentence.        and      or      but     so

 

1. I went to bed very late ___________________ I am tired today.

2. I listened to the weather forecast ___________________ put an umbrella in my bag.

3. I enjoy playing hockey ___________________ it’s not my favourite sport.

4. We could go to the park ___________________ to the cinema.

Now write a sentence with the conjunction because and a sentence with the conjunction then.
Phonics https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP_FbjYUP_UtldV2K_-niWw/

 

Letters and Sounds lesson at 10.30am for Year 1  – Today’s sound is ou

 

If your child would like to revise the Phase 3 sounds – 10.00am
 Reading Read for 10 minutes. Write two sentences in your reading record about the book.
Handwriting Write your spellings four times each in your handwriting book. Choose one word and write a sentence.
RE Read the story of Pentecost again and complete a storyboard of pictures and sentences for

each part of the story.

Pentecost2

 

Year 6 – Friday 15th May learning

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Subject Activity
   
Prayer Visit https://www.loyolapress.com/3-minute-retreats-daily-online-prayer/ and click on ‘Start your retreat’ for a short daily reflection.
Miss Pringle’s Home Olympic Challenge Here is Miss Pringle’s challenge for today:
Spelling Ask a family member to dictate the following passage to you, writing it into your handwriting book. Remember to think about correct punctuation, as well as spelling.

This is an incredible story about a zebra and a mouse. Late one night, a horrible zebra crept along a reversible corridor after making a forcible entry into the building. One minute, he was walking in one direction; the next, it was possible that he was unknowingly going back the way he had come. Luckily, a sensible mouse had witnessed the break-in and hid around the corner so he wouldn’t be visible to the zebra. He decided to act in a responsible manner and record the zebra’s terrible crime in his notebook, ensuring that his handwriting was legible. “This despicable brute won’t get away with this!” he whispered to himself. The end.
Reading 15 minutes of https://readtheory.org/
English Click here to open today’s English activities.
Times Tables http://timestables.me.uk/
Maths WALT revise this week’s learning.

Mathletics questions on what you’ve learnt this week about angles:

1.      Angle Sum of a Triangle

2.      Angles in a Revolution
D&T WALT  investigate the difference between the strength of bridges made from flat and round building materials.

This week’s D&T challenge might require you to got to the supermarket first. No worries if you can’t do it today; have a go once you’ve got the correct construction materials in!
Prayer Reflection Light a candle, put on some quiet music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BriCF4tCgEY and spend 15 minutes quietly reflecting on your week and on these words:

Friday 15th May 2020 Learning

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Good morning, Year 5.

 

Heston completed a poem as he finished his work early on Wednesday. Well done, Heston! What a great use of your time.

Here are the names of of the leaves I showed you on Monday:

Here is your learning for today:15th May

 

Have a great weekend

 

Mrs Lines

Thursday 14th May Learning

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Good morning Year 1. I hope you had a wonderful day yesterday. Thank you for the photos of your learning.

Here is your learning today.

PE Olympics Challenge

 
Maths

14.05.20

 Fluency

Count in twos, fives and tens.

Watch the video on Add equal groups then do the activity sheet. Write your answers in your maths book or on the sheet.

Thursday Maths

 
Handwriting www.letterjoin.co.uk

username: trial_popepaulcatholicprimaryschool

Password: 0p6n137z

 

Click on easy letters and watch how to write the letters.

Click on phonics – Click on Phase 5 – choose a phoneme and watch how it is written. Try with the pencil and you can print and try on paper.

 
English Complete the reading comprehension on the link below. Choose which one you do.

English Thursday
Phonics https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP_FbjYUP_UtldV2K_-niWw/

 

Letters and Sounds lesson at 10.30am for Year 1  – Today’s sound is ir

 

If your child would like to revise the Phase 3 sounds – 10.00am
 Reading Read for 10 minutes. Write two sentences in your reading record about the book.
Computing  https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z3tbwmn/articles/zykx6sg

Watch the film and the play the game.

 

 

 

Thursday 14th May 2020

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Good morning Year 2,

I hope that you are enjoying the Pope Paul Home Olympics. I really love seeing how you are getting on with the different challenges. Keep up the great work.

In the table below you will find today’s learning activities. Please keep in contact and continue to share your fantastic learning with me. If you have any questions or if you need any help please email me at: year2@popepaul.herts.sch.uk

Have a brilliant day!

Miss Davey

Subject Activity
Prayer Prayer for Thursday 14th May 2020

Risen Christ, when darkness overwhelms us
may your dawn beckon.

When fear paralyses us
may your touch release us.

When grief torments us
may your peace enfold us.

When memories haunt us
may your presence heal us.

When justice fails us
may your anger ignite us.

When apathy stagnates us
may your challenge renew us.

When courage leaves us
may your spirit inspire us.

When despair grips us
may your hope restore us.

And when death threatens us
may your resurrection light lead us.

Amen.
Handwriting
Compose a sentence for five of the spellings words and write your sentences in your handwriting book.
donkey
donkeys
monkey
monkeys
chimney
valley
trolley
key
keys
Reading Continue to read daily and discuss what you have read.You can access plenty of wonderful books via the Harper Collins website: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx

Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk

Password:Parents20!

Use the Teacher Login area.
Maths 14-05-2020
Morning Challenge
WALT: Know the properties of 2D Shapes.

Extension Challenge
Find examples of everyday objects for the shapes in the table.
English Thursday 14th May 2020
WALT: Recount events – Voices in the Park

Recount language: first, next, then, after that, later, eventually, finally…

Create an individual story map about the day in the park from the point of view of one other character. Add sequencing words and any key words to your story map.

Write a short recount of the character’s day using the story map to help scaffold your sentences.

Remember to use plenty of adjectives and conjunctions in your sentences.
Religion
Thursday 14th May 2020
WALT: Know about our Lady of Fatima

Thank you for sharing your wonderful photographs!

Panayiotis’s delightful D&T cups for the characters from Voices in the Park.

Siena’s super story board!

 

Thursday, 14th May, 2020

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Good Morning Year 4!

We start today wishing another member of our class Darcie-Louise a Happy 9th Birthday!  We wish her a great day ahead!  What a fabulous Haribo gravity defying cake Darcie-Louise!

Let’s see some of the news we received from you yesterday….

Our first email of the day arrived from Cian.  He created a beautiful, reflective altar and explained why these special items were placed on it.  The colourful cross was from his First Holy Communion and his Nan gave him the rosary beads which mean a lot to him as they came from the Holy Land. The Bible is his mum’s – a present she brought back from Australia. The two special candles were received at his brother Joshua’s and his own Communion celebrations.  To complete the look, Cian has been allowed to use his mum’s best tablecloth!  Next week is Spirituality Week and to prepare for this special week, it would be lovely to see if you could prepare your own altars in a special place in your homes.

Ellie has been busy too…not only completing her learning but she has made a birds house that has an apple, apricot and small pieces of a cookie at the bottom of it.  We hope that many birds visit it.

Freddie has also been busy getting stuck into his English – Keep up the great work!

I have also been spending time outside in my garden in the early part of the evenings and at the weekends taking photos of birds nearby and the moon (early evenings and at night time).

We hope that you got to set up your experiment for our science investigation.  Each day, do observe what is happening to your eggs in vinegar/water/orange/coca-cola.  Well done to William who has set up his experiment at home!

Click here to see what has been noticed so far.  This ppt will be updated regularly.

Click here for the answers to yesterday’s learning.

Click here for today’s learning.   Click here for your English task

 

Maths Learning for today: 

Activity 1 and Video 1 Click here for the worksheet     click here for the answers

Activity 2 and Video 2   Click here for the worksheet       click here for the answers

Keep posting!

 

Class email:  year4@popepaul.herts.sch.uk

14.5.20

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Good morning,

I hope you are all well and enjoying this week’s learning. Here are photo’s of Kate and Eric taking part in the Home Olympics, Sophie skating and writing and Max’s ‘flat’ photo. Ela-Maria, Max, Matteo and Ti have also been busy with their daily descriptive writing and photography projects.

Remember that you can share your learning with me by emailing year3@popepaul.herts.sch.ukHere are your tasks for today.

Take care,

Miss Pringle

PE

 

Pope Paul Olympics.

 Pope Paul Home Olympics – please open this link Home Olympics and complete today’s challenge 14.5.20.

Remember to record your scores and have fun.
Spelling Write each of this week’s spelling words into your writing book and highlight the root word ‘uni’ or ‘struct’ to help you remember how to spell the word. Ask someone to test you one last time before tomorrow.

instruct

structure

construction

instruction

instructor

unit

union

united

universe

university

 
English and digital photography Day 4

 

 You are all doing brilliantly with this daily writing and photography project.

 

Today is your last day of new writing and photography as tomorrow you are going to edit and publish your favourite one.

 

Remember to vary your sentence starters, use adjectives and edit your writing.
Reading 

 

 

  One of the reading skills we focus on in Y3 is inference.

Readers who make inferences use the clues in the text along with their own experiences to help them predict what is happening.

Read these statements and discuss with an adult what you infer.

When you are completing your daily reading, try to use the clues to predict what might happen next or why a character might be acting in a particular way.
Maths

Daily time table and division timed tasks.

Continue to practise your mental recall of multiplication and division facts ready for a test tomorrow.

https://www.mathschase.com/all-games/

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/544/Stone-Age-Stu-Times-Tables

Where you can select the 3, 4 and 8 times tables and division facts.

You are able to select the number of questions and the time in which you complete them. As you grow in confidence please challenge yourself by increasing the number of questions or decreasing the time in which you complete them.

Challenge

If you are confident with your 3, 4 and 8 times tables please try this time table grid activity.

http://maths-starters.co.uk/tables_torture.html You will need to select the size of your grid and set difficulty.
Art

 

Sending a hug in the post!

 As we are unable to see many of our friends and family still, I thought you might like to send them a hug in the post to let them know you are thinking of them. Here are some ideas for you to magpie. Don’t forget to write them a special message too.