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Friday, 1st May, 2020

May 1, 2020/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Good Morning Year 4!

We come to the end of another busy week of learning and from your emails you have all been working hard at your learning and developing your skills in many other different areas. Well done!

Remember that we need your photo for our Virtual May Procession by 12 o’clock today.

Here are some of the lovely emails that you have sent:

Mia wanted to share a great milestone – she has had her hamster 🐹 Chip since Christmas and she finally managed to get him to play in her arms happily! Mia has spoken about Chip in class…well done Mia!

Lottie has been busy baking, making some great shortbread biscuits that certainly stand out because of her unique decorating!

Fabian has been busy helping his mum make polish dumplings (pierogi) filled with meat and vegetables and making different styles with cheese and potatoes (called ruskie).

Darcie-Louise and Phoebe drew their own ‘wow’ images as part of their morning prayer.

Nicola worked hard on her decimal work:

Sandro, William, Fabian and Phoebe sent in images of their contraptions: Can you guess what their contraption does?

Yesterday I had a problem uploading William’s poem about his chosen animal but the problem has been resolved! Click here to watch him perform it.

Have a great day of learning.

Click here for yesterday’s answers. Maths Answers click here for Hundredths as decimals and click here for counting in tenths.

Click here for today’s learning.

Below are the links for your Maths learning:

Watch the video on Hundredths on a Place Value grid below and click here for the worksheet

Tenths as decimals (support) Watch the video and complete the worksheet here

Have any of you tried: the Scratch tutorials? the interactive map? completed some cooking challenges? explored the art activity on negative space?

If you wish to try any of the other activities, the links are on yesterday’s blog.

Thursday 30th April 2020

April 30, 2020/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 2 /by Margaret Joyce

Good morning Year 2,

Thank you to everyone who has shared their Road to Emmaus moving picture scenes with me. They are wonderful! What talent there is in Year 2!

In the table below you will find today’s learning activities. Remember that 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

Don’t forget to send your pictures/video clips for our virtual May Procession. Remember the deadline for sending your pictures/videos is Friday!

Have a lovely day,

Miss Davey

Subject	Activity
Prayer	Prayer for Thursday 29th April 2020 God of life in all its fullness, be with us as we try to be the best people we can be. Inspire us to help one another to use the gifts and talents you have given us, so that the world may be a better place, reflecting the glory of your Kingdom. Amen.
Handwriting	Compose a sentence for five of the spellings words and write your sentences in your handwriting book. all stall small walk talk stalk always also almost although
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	29-04-2020 Morning Challenge Fluency 5 x 2 How many hours in a day? How many hours in half a day? 48 – 19 = ___ 30 + 30 + 15 = ____ 120 minutes = ____ hours Double 15 = ____ 48 + 24 = _____ 100 – 11 =_____ Make 80p five different ways _____,57, 67, ____, _____, _____, ______ WALT: Order times Put the times on these clocks in an order. Explain what is happening at that time.
English	Thursday 29th April 2020 WALT: Change a statement into a command and a question. Statements can be changed into commands or questions by adding new words or switching around the word order.The dough needs to be placed in a warm place. (Statement) Place the dough in a warm place. (Command) Does the dough need to be placed in a warm place? (Question) Which of these are statements, commands and questions? 1. Leave the flan in the tin. 2. The cake needs to bake for 10 minutes. 3. How does the bread rise? 4. Do I whisk the eggs with a fork or a spoon? 5. Make 10 round dough balls. Rewrite the following statements as commands or questions. Hopefully it won’t bubble over. I love Grandma’s apple pie recipe. That is Sarah’s apron. You could always use Peter’s mixer. You can’t start this part yet. Once it is in the mould it can’t move around. The children’s biscuits are ready. Mum’s sink if full of dirty dishes.
Science	Thursday 29th April 2020 WALT: Know about seasonal change and plant life cycles. Look at the picture below. Discuss what you see. Make a prediction about what you think will happen next? You’re going to watch a short video. The aim isn’t to find right answers, it’s to explore ideas and think about what you have seen. Answer the following questions based on the video. What do the seeds need to germinate? How do the seeds change during the video? What do the you notice about the shoots as they grow? How do the roots change during the video?

Thursday, 30th April, 2020

April 30, 2020/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4 /by Margaret Joyce

Good Morning Year 4!

Let’s see what you have been posting for the class blog:

William P and Lola have been busy cooking…..I’m starting to feel hungry!

Fabian is preparing to cook a cake at the weekend….I’m looking forward to seeing a picture of it!

Sami Z and Ellie have been doing the origami challenge…the animals look so life like!

Freddie, Fabian, William, Sami Z and Lola have been busy writing their poems.

It is always so lovely to receive your emails and read about how you are getting on with the work.

Thank you to the children who have already sent in their photos for the May Procession. Please email them to our class email by Friday 1st May (that’s tomorrow!).

Click here for the answers to yesterday’s learning.

The Maths Learning is not attached to the daily sheet. Look below for the Maths. Click on the links for the video and worksheet.

Have a lovely day.

Remember, if you have time, try one of the activities that have been attached below the Maths Work.

Click here for today’s learning

Maths WALT: recognise tenths and hundredths	Watch video 1 below. Complete the worksheet attached. Click here for the worksheet
Support: If you would like to go over the work on tenths watch video 2 and complete the worksheet.	WALT: count in tenths. Click here for the worksheet.

Maths work for today:

Video 1

If you have forgotten your work on tenths, watch this video clip below and complete the worksheet that has been attached in the table above.

Video 2:

Things for you to try at home if you have time : Have a look!

Get Creative! Click here for ideas!

Do! Click here for ideas!

Investigate! Click here for ideas!

We’d love to see all the great learning the children are doing at home.

A way to share this with the class is to take a photo of your child’s work and email it to us!

Wednesday 29th April 2020

April 29, 2020/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 2 /by Margaret Joyce

Good morning Year 2,

I hope you had a nice day yesterday. I’m sure that all your Runner beans enjoyed the nice drop of rain. As you can see from the photograph above our Forget-Me-Not flowers are in bloom in our Year 2 garden. In the table below you will find today’s learning activities. Remember that 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

Don’t forget to send your pictures/video clips for our virtual May Procession. Remember the deadline for sending your pictures/videos is Friday!

Have a lovely day,

Miss Davey

Subject

Activity

Prayer

Prayer for Wednesday 29th April 2020

Living God, we look for you in all people.

May we be inspired to treat each other with respect, sharing generously and reaching out to help those who are in need.

Amen.

Handwriting

Copy and complete these sentences using this week’s spelling words into your handwriting books.

James tried to sing along _______ he couldn’t remember all the words.
You must _________ start a sentence with a capital letter.
The bean plant had a long, vertical ________.

It was ________ time for dinner.

‘I need you _____ to be quiet for a moment’ said the teacher.

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

29-04-2020
Morning Challenge

WALT: Tell the time – 15 minutes later

Write the time given under each clock then draw in the time that is 15 minutes later on the next door clock and write that time under the second clock

Extension Challenge:

Write the times 30 minutes after the first time.

English

Wednesday 29th April 2020
WALT: Use commas in a list.

When we write a list in a sentence we use a form of punctuation called a comma. Commas look like full stops with tails. They are used to separate items like apples, bananas,plums and pears. The last two items in a list must always have the word ‘and’ in between them.

Below you will find a list of the Head Chef’s favourite foods. Rewrite this list, editing for commas.

I enjoy eating ripe strawberries pink trifle falafels beef and onion crisps fresh fish oysters cornflakes chicken liver pate shark-fin soup garlic bread frozen peas Brussels sprouts steak and kidney pie tortillas chocolate chip cookies Banoffee pie chicken stew and a big tub of fudge flavoured ice –cream.

Music

Listening and appreciation

Listen 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.

Magnificent moving pictures and creative clocks!

Year 6 – Wednesday 29th April learning

April 29, 2020/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

I hope you are enjoying your week so far. It’s a shame for us that the weather has turned, but the plants will definitely be grateful for the rain.

Sofia has shared her stunning pieces of artwork:

Let’s see what I’ve got in store for you today:

29/04/20
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.
PE	Stay fit and healthy by checking in with The Body Coach each morning at 9.00 at https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1
Handwriting	Copy these sentences containing this week’s spellings 6-10 into your handwriting book: 6. Watching football doesn’t interest me at all; I much prefer to watch rugby. 7. When I touched the metal handrail, the static charge caused me to get a nasty shock. 8. Jane asked me, “Did you see last night’s news broadcast?” 9. The building, which was built two centuries ago, suffered considerable damage in the earthquake. 10. The actors protested; they wanted their wages now.
Reading	15 minutes of https://readtheory.org/
English	Click here to open today’s English activities.
Times Tables	http://timestables.me.uk/
Maths	WALT use the ratio symbol to relate to the order of parts. Fluency starter: 1. 9,746 + 748,186 = 2. 5.914 – 2.163 = 3. _______ = 39 x 74 4. 8,736 ÷ 16 = 5. ______ = 1000 x 5.18 6. A rectangle has sides of 4m and 5m. What is its perimeter? Here is today’s maths video. Find the questions here and the answers here.
French	I have set two new assignments on https://schools.duolingo.com/ If you have been unable to login, then email me at year6@popepaul.herts.sch.uk and I’ll send you your login details.
History	WALT conduct an historical enquiry. Imagine if this pandemic and consequent lockdown had taken place 50 years ago. Would children be spending their time at home in the same way as you are? Would families be engaging in the same activities together? Now is a fantastic time to speak to older people you know to find out about changes in living memory. Watch this video which will take you through the process of conducting an enquiry to find out ‘How has life changed within living memory?’ Use this sheet to plan your enquiry and to record your findings. Give yourself a couple of days to complete this, so that you allow plenty of time to gather your evidence.

28.4.20

April 28, 2020/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Good Morning Year 3,

I hope you are well. Here is your learning for today.

Spelling/ handwriting

Unscramble this week’s spelling. Please complete the challenge in your writing book.

English

Another Spag.com activity has been set on noun phrases and compound nouns.

A noun phrase includes one noun as well as words that describe it, for example: the black dog. In the classroom, children might be asked to look at noun phrases and turn them into expanded noun phrases, for example changing ‘the black dog’ to ‘the big, furry black dog’.

A compound noun contains two or more words that join together to make a single noun, like “keyboard.”

Reading

Log your daily reading in your reading record and complete this activity in your writing book please.

INDEPENDENT READING ACTIVITY

Draw and label a character or a setting from a description in the book.

Maths

Please complete this tasks online.

More Mathletics tasks on time have been set.

RE

WALT understand the meaning of

The Road to Emmaus.

LUKE 24:13–35

After Jesus rose from the dead, he appeared to many of his disciples. He encountered two of these disciples shortly after his death and resurrection just outside of Jerusalem. They were traveling on the road to a village called Emmaus.

As you read this story, pay attention to the way the disciples finally realize that it was Jesus who was with them.

It was a difficult few days for the disciples of Jesus. They had seen and heard about the death of their Lord. They were all alone now with no one to lead them. Two of these disciples left the city of Jerusalem, where Jesus was crucified, and began to walk the seven miles to a village called Emmaus.

They were walking along the road, talking about all that had happened, when Jesus came near and began to walk with them. In their sadness, the disciples did not recognize that it was Jesus who came near to them.

“What are you talking about as you walk along the road?” Jesus asked.

They stopped and looked at one another in sadness. “Are you the only one in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have taken place these last few days?”

“What things?” Jesus asked.

“The things about Jesus of Nazareth, and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be crucified,” said one of the disciples.

“We had hoped that he was the one who would redeem Israel. Today is the third day since he died,” said the other disciple.

The first disciple jumped in and said, “Moreover, some women of our group have astounded us. They were at his tomb this morning, and they did not find his body there. They told us they had a vision of angels who said he was alive!”

“Others went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see him,” said the other disciple.

“Oh, how foolish you are, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets declared!” Jesus said. “It was necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and enter into his glory.”

Then, as they continued to walk, Jesus interpreted many things that the prophets, beginning with Moses, had said about him in the scriptures.

Finally, they arrived in the village of Emmaus, and Jesus walked ahead of them.

“Stay with us! It is almost evening, and the day is now nearly over,” the disciples shouted.

So Jesus came back to stay with them. They sat down for a meal, and Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples.

At that moment, their eyes were opened, and they recognized Jesus for the first time. Then he vanished from their sight.

They turned to each other. “Were not our hearts burning within us while he was explaining the scriptures to us?”

They got up immediately and returned to Jerusalem to tell the apostles about their encounter with Christ.

How did the two disciples feel at the beginning of their journey and why?

When did the disciples finally recognize Jesus and what did it remind them of?

Why did they return to Jerusalem?

How can prayer help us experience God’s love in times of trouble?

Draw a picture of Jesus with the two disciples on the road to Emmaus.

Year 6 – Tuesday 28th April learning

April 28, 2020/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

Good morning, Year 6. Above is a beautiful rhododendron spotted on my walk yesterday. Nature is changing so quickly at the minute; each day another bush or tree has burst into flower it seems. Spring is definitely my favourite month of the year 🌼🌸

I received some wonderful pieces of learning yesterday.

Luka, Liam and Owen have had a go at the D&T challenge and built what appear to be brilliantly engineered towers!

Owen also sent in his tropical island art:

Whilst Giovanna has shared her Resurrection art:

Evie and Taanya both completed yesterday’s science learning and sent me their models of a habitat for an extremophile.

Thank you all for sending in those photos; I love seeing what you’ve been learning and making.

For today, your lessons are as follows:

28/04/20
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.
PE	Stay fit and healthy by checking in with The Body Coach each morning at 9.00 at https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1
Handwriting	Copy these sentences containing this week’s spellings 1-5 into your handwriting book: 1. Without hesitation, I accepted the challenge. 2. “Your bedroom would really benefit from being tidied,” said my mum. 3. Many people object to a third runway being built at Heathrow. 4. The skeleton has several functions: to support the body, to protect our internal organs and to help the body to move. 5. Despite knowing better, his friend’s bad influence led to him making some costly decisions.
Reading	15 minutes of https://readtheory.org/
English	Click here to open today’s English activities. Find the accompanying revision powerpoint here.
Times Tables	http://timestables.me.uk/
Maths	WALT understand the link between ratio and fractions. Fluency starter: 1. _______ = 74.38 + 4.876 2. 65,486 – 38,548 = 3. 197 x 42 = 4. _______ = 9,742 ÷ 5 5. 269 ÷ 10 = 6. List 3 factors of 100. This is today’s video: Here are the accompanying questions and answers.
Art	As I am obsessed with the bluebells that are out at the minute, I thought it would be a lovely idea to have a go at drawing one. Find the tutorial here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zV862O9ydI
Music	Find today’s lesson at https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ten-pieces/ten-pieces-at-home/zjy3382 in which you will listen to and learn about Music for 18 Musicians by minimalist composer Steve Reich. You can upload your inspired creation to the Ten Pieces website when you’re finished.

Monday 27th April, 2020

April 27, 2020/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Good Morning Year 4!

We hope that you have had an enjoyable and relaxing weekend.

Last week, it was lovely to hear from you. You have all made a great start to the summer term!

Well done and keep it up! It has been especially great to see your pictures showing what you have been up to. Keep sending us more!

Aidan has developed his culinary skills further by making soup and baking and decorating a delicious cake!

William P, Joseph and Aidan have shared their playscript work…….they even acted it out!

Aidan’s Playscript click here

Darcie-Louise worked hard on her Maths problem on Friday….having many attempts to make her square add to 100!

Sandro has been busy with his artwork and wanted to share this with you: he has created Iron Bat and has done other drawings too.

Iron Bat

We also hope that you are practising your times tables as much as possible. Were there any personal best timings?

A reminder: you can keep in contact with us by sending an email to: year4@popepaul.herts.sch.uk.

Continue to try your best in doing your learning each day. Remember, read through each activity for today’s learning and keep your handwriting neatly presented as you complete each task.

You need this information today to help you:

Click here for today’s learning.

Look below to see other ideas to try – there are activities for Design and Technology, Geography, Art and Computing. Click on the ideas sheets for these activities:

Ideas Sheet 1 Ideas Sheet 2

Also, we have included the ideas from last week for you to do: Create, Do and Investigate! Many children tried these and there was great feedback from them on this….so if you haven’t had a chance to look at this yet, please do so some time this week.

Things for you to try at home if you have time : Have a look!

Get Creative! Click here for ideas!

Do! Click here for ideas!

Investigate: Click here for ideas!

Mathletic Accounts have been updated and we are checking your Read Theory Accounts regularly. Don’t forget that you can log onto the Oxford Reading Owl website to read a book of your choice.

We’d love to see all the great learning the children are doing at home.

A way to share this with the class is to take a photo of your child’s work and email it to us!

Monday 27th April 2020

April 27, 2020/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 2 /by Margaret Joyce

Good morning Year 2,

I hope that you are all very well and I hope that you all had a lovely weekend.

Please find today’s learning activities in the table below.

If you have any questions or if you need any help.. you know where to find me.. year2@popepaul.herts.sch.uk

Have a lovely day!

Miss Davey

Subject

Activity

Prayer

Prayer for Monday 27th April 2020

Christ Jesus, open our hearts to trust in you, so that we may never be afraid to answer your call to love one another, and so that through you we may come closer to God.
Amen.

Handwriting

Copy this week’s spellings into your handwriting book:

all

stall

small

walk

talk

stalk

always

also

almost

although

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

27-04-2020
Morning Challenge
Fluency 5 x 2

How many days in a week?
1 Hour = ____ minutes
How many hours in a day?
Double 6 =
20 + 20 + 20 =
24 – 7 =
Half of 48 =
___ < 60
60 > ____
Double 60 =

WALT: Tell time – o’clock, quarter past, half past, quarter to

Create your own analogue clock and use it to practice telling the time – o’clock, quarter past, half past and quarter to.

You can be as creative and colourful as you like. See some examples below.

English

Monday 27th April 2020
WALT: Express thoughts and opinions

Read the following recipes from Animal Recipes.
Discuss what makes us think a recipe looks tasty enough to try out.
Is it the picture?
The animal?
Ease?
Familiarity?

Choose your favourite recipe from Animal Recipes and write some sentences explaining why you have chosen it. Remember to use the discussion points above in your sentences.

Computing

Information technology

We have found examples of IT at home but where else might we find information technology?

On the street?
In the shops?
At the beach?
In a cafe?
In the forest?
IT could potentially be found in all of these locations, e.g. a wildlife tracking camera in the forest.

Think of an example of IT that could be found in the locations listed.

The devices in the picture below are found in lots of places.
Try to identify as many devices as you can and state where it could be found and what it is used for.

Challenge
Can you think of a place or a job that doesn’t use IT?