Friday 24th April, 2020

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Good Morning Year 4!

Yesterday was a busy day for you all – it was LOVELY to hear from you and receive the many emails and photos of you.  Keep sending them in!

Yesterday was St George’s Day and many of you celebrated it in style

dressing-up…making….drawing….

William worked out St George’s Shield problems and so did many of you!

Freddie enjoyed reading the morning prayer.

Darcie-Louise made some yummy shortbread.

Megan and Fabian have been thinking of the NHS…..

Fabulous Lego building by Fabian of the Nightingale Hospital!

Manus enjoyed working on multiplication with no regrouping and

went on a lovely forest walk with his family.

         

I hope that you also enjoyed the Tudor playscript …..I’m looking forward to reading your own playscripts!

Our class email is: year4@popepaul.herts.sch.uk – keep posting!

 

For yesterday’s answers click here .

Click here for today’s work.

If you need to look back over at how to write a playscript click here

 

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!

 

Friday 24th April 2020

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Good morning Year 2,

Happy Friday! Well done for all your hard work this week!

You will find today’s learning activities in the table below. Keep in contact, you know where to find me … year2@popepaul.herts.sch.uk

Have a lovely weekend. Stay safe and well.

Miss Davey

 

Subject Activity
Prayer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Prayer for Friday 24th April 2020

Christ Jesus,

You understand the pain of loss,
the grief that seems to take
the air from my lungs.
You are the Resurrection
and the Life.
All our hope is in you.

Lord Jesus,
may I find a way through
the darkness
to the light of your love.
You are the Resurrection
and the Life.
All our hope is in you.

Christ Jesus,
you wept at the death of your friend, Lazarus.
Now your compassion wipes the tears from our eyes.
May we find comfort in reaching out to others
who feel lost and alone.
You are the Resurrection and the Life.
All our hope is in you.

Amen
Handwriting

 

 

 

 

 

 Complete the spelling test for this week’s spellings on the SpellingFrame website.

https://spellingframe.co.uk/spelling-rule/93/16-Adding–ing–ed–er–est-and–y-to-words

Copy the following common exception words into your handwriting books.
improve
kind
last
many
move
Reading Continue to read daily and discuss what you have read.You can access plenty of wonderful books via the Harper Collins website:  Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk

Password:Parents20!

Use the Teacher Login area.
Maths

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 24-04-2020
Morning Challenge

 

True or False

24cm < 36cm

45cm > 46cm

31m > 32cm

Explain your reasoning.

Thomas says, ‘I think the longer something is, the wider it is.’
Do you agree?
Use objects at home to prove your answers.

WALT: Measure

Create a spiral

Extension Challenge:

Make your spiral bigger by adding a piece 13cm long, and another piece 14cm long, etc.

How big can it be, so it still ts on the page?
English

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Friday 24th April 2020
WALT: Answer comprehension questions
Art

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Friday 24th April 2020
Resurrection art

 

From darkness to light, sorrow to joy, despair to hope, death to resurrection, we meet Christ Jesus, risen in glory.

The Benedictine Sisters of Turvey Abbey

Taking inspiration from the artwork of the Benedictine Sisters of Turvey Abbey, create your own Resurrection poster.

Easter poems by Eraldo and Panayiotis.

Amazing Adjectives by Emily and Lena.

24.4.20 learning

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Good Morning and Happy Friday!

I hope you enjoy today’s learning and have a lovely weekend.

Miss Pringle

Spelling/ handwriting 

 

 

 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 10 ary words written in your handwriting book on Monday. Good luck.

 

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

10/10 = 100%      9/10 = 90 %
English

 

WALT write a news report.

If you haven’t edited, illustrated and finished your project then please do that today.

If you have finished your project then please watch Newsround and report on one of the news stories that most interested you.

Write one or two quality paragraphs about it and remember reporters have to include who was involved as well as what, how, where and when it happened.
Reading 

 

 Follow this link to listen to David Walliams read you one of his stories. I hope you enjoyed Stacey Superstar yesterday – I know I did.

https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/

Read with an adult for 15 minutes and Log the book and date in your reading record.
Maths

 

Miss Pringle’s daily fluency

 

Please self mark your maths today and discuss any you need support with, with an adult. Go onto Mathletics and practice any area that you may have needed support with this week.

 

Monday

400

2,000

 

+21 = 64

-21 =22

+9 = 52

-11 = 32

 

40

4,000

 

33,35,37

19,21,23

105,107,109

Counting up in 2s

 

April

December

February

20.4.20

 

Friday was the hottest day

Wednesday was 20˚C

Thursday was 5˚C hotter

 

Quarter to 6

5.50 or 10 to 6

5.35 or 25 to 6

 

Pentagon

5 equal sides

5 corners

No right angles

 

½ has been eaten

 

1,000g = 1kg

2,000g = 2kg

 

Tuesday

 

9

20

 

+9 = 265

-9 = 247

-99= 157

+99 = 355

 

800

8

 

200, 250, 300

307, 407, 507

500, 450, 400

 

July

May

November

 

train

car

6,7 or 8

 

3 O’Clock

15 minutes

3.30 or half past 3

 

Cylinder

2 circular faces and 1 rectangular face

2 edges

 

A = ½

B = 1/3

C = ¼

 

10mm = 1cm

30mm = 3cm

 

Wednesday

A and D are acute

 

+21= 621

-21= 579

+101= 701

-101= 499

 

90

9

 

32,40,48

302,402,502

58,48,38

 

31 days

8 weeks (and 5 days)

365 days

 

Basketball

25 – 30

 

12.30 or half past 12

30 minutes or half an hour

1.30 or half past 1

 

Triangle, irregular triangle or scalene are all correct

3 corners

No lines of symmetry

 

¾

¼

 

1,000 ml = 1 l

½ l = 500ml

 

Thursday

 

C and D

 

+11 = 421

-11 = 399

-21 = 389

+21 = 431

 

700

70

 

7, 17, 27, 37. Adding 10 each time.

 

April, June, September and November have 30 days.

3 months are spelt with 8 letters.

There are 4 Mondays in April 2020

 

15 kilos

Sunday

Maybe they had a roast dinner with the whole family.

 

a)      1.20

b)      11.59

c)       12.30 or half past 12

d)      11.59

B and d are the same time.

A is the closest to 1 O’Clock

 

Sphere’s have no faces, edges or vertices.

 

4, 40, 400

It is increasing by 10 each time.

 

£2.12

£1.92

 
Science and D & T

 

WALT design and make a bird feeder.

To attract more birds into your garden or to your window you can make a bird feeder using recycled materials. Remember to always ask an adult when using scissors and check no one is allergic to certain nuts or seeds. I’d love to hear what birds come to visit you.

Here are some feeder ideas and ingredients that birds enjoy eating to help you get started;

Dry left over bread, cake or oats.

Grated cheese or raisins.

Peanuts or seeds.

 

 

Coming Soon- Live Daily Phonics Lessons

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Dear Parents and Carers,

We are pleased to tell you that from Monday 27th April, your child can receive a daily live phonics lesson whilst schools are closed. Phonics is the way we teach children to recognise the sounds in words. It helps your child to learn to read and is an essential part of your child’s education.

During this term, you will be able to access the daily phonics lesson, by clicking on the new Department for Education ‘Letters and Sounds for home and school‘  YouTube Channel . All lessons are introduced by celebrities, including children’s TV presenters,which adds an exciting addition to the lessons.

There are three sets of daily lessons to choose from and we suggest your child starts with one set of lessons most suitable to their year group and reading ability. If you’re not sure which lessons your child should watch or your child finds the lessons too difficult, please email Mrs Theo if your child is in Reception or Mrs Carey if your child is in Year 1.

New lessons will be uploaded Monday to Friday at the times below during the summer term and available to watch throughout the summer term on the Letters and Sounds YouTube Channel

 11 am* Learning to blend For children in Reception and Year 1 who need extra practice sounding and reading words such as ‘tap’ ‘cap’ ‘mat’ ‘pat’
10 am* Reception Summer term For children who can confidently blend and read words such as ‘fish’ ‘chat’ and ‘rain’
10:30 am* Year 1 Summer term For children who can confidently blend and read words such as ‘stamp’ ‘chair’ and ‘green’

After watching each lesson, we encourage you to read aloud to your child and listen to your child read. More information about phonics and how to help your child can be found in the parent/carer video guide below.

 

Year 6 – Thursday 23rd April learning

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I received some more fantastic pieces of art yesterday from Taanya and Mikey. Stunning!

23/04/20
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
Spelling Play with family members: Word Wager

 

1.                Put this week’s words into an envelope/wallet.

2.                Share the tokens (could be anything – beads, buttons, stones) equally between the group.

3.                One person in the group will be the caller, and will read a word for you to spell.

4.                If you think you are able to spell it, bet as many tokens as you like.

5.                If you’re not sure, you can sit out of that round but you still have to pay the pot one token.

6.                Betting players write the word down.

7.                Those who spell it correctly divide the pot equally.

 

Reminder of this week’s spellings:

foreign

apparent

appreciate

persuade

individual

language

sufficient

determined

explanation

pronunciation
Reading 15 minutes of https://readtheory.org/
English Click here to open today’s English activities.

If possible, please film or record your performances of your chosen poem and email them to me.
Times Tables http://timestables.me.uk/
Maths WALT solve mixed problems involving division of fractions.

 

Arithmetic starter:

1.      132.9 + 45.21 =

2.      _______ = 91,256 – 6,716

3.      278 x 35 =

4.      45,781 ÷ 3 =

5.      ______ = 74.89 ÷ 100

6.      List 3 factors of 50.

 

Click here to open today’s maths lesson.
RE WALT interpret the story of the Resurrection through art.

 

Click here for today’s learning.
Computing Childnet Film Competition 2020

 

How is your film coming along? Use this time to continue to plan, sequence, shoot and edit your film.

To go back to the detailed instructions that were posted before the holidays, visit: https://popepaul.herts.sch.uk/computing-childnet-film-competition/

 

Do let me know how yours is progressing.

Thursday 23rd April 2020

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Good morning Year 2,

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 great day!

Miss Davey

Subject Activity
Prayer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Prayer for Thursday 23rd April 2020

Risen Lord,
shed your light on those who live in the shadow of death
and warm the hearts of those who have lost hope,
that they who daily bear the cross of hunger
may find your Promised Land,
and move from slavery to freedom.
As we proclaim your Easter song
help us to die to greed and rise to justice,
to abandon apathy and take up action,
that rich and poor together may travel the road to freedom,
and be restored to your resurrection life.

Amen.
Handwriting Compose a sentence for five of the spellings words and write your sentences in your handwriting book.

dropping
dropped
sadder
saddest
madder
maddest
running
runner
runny
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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 23-04-2020
Morning Challenge
A green pencil is twice the size of a red pencil.
Which is longer:

 

3 green pencils or 2 red pencils

5 red pencils or 2 green pencils

Use some coloured strips of paper to help you solve the problem.

WALT: Measure in decimetres

1 Metre = 100 centimetres
1 Decimetre = 10 centimetres

Extension Challenge:

Create a squiggle drawing of your own. Measure it accurately using the damp string. How many decimetres long is it? Can you draw a squiggle that you estimate to be 5 decimetre long? Now measure it to check…
English

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Thursday 23rd April 2020
WALT: Write descriptively

 

In many ways they were so different. When they stood next to each other, the stark contrast between their appearances was plain for all to see. Appearances, however, can be deceiving. They were the best of friends….

Continue the story of the unlikely friends, the donkey and the dog.

Use plenty of adjective in your sentences.

Include some prepositions in your sentences.
Religion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Thursday 23rd April 2020
WALT: Explain our understanding of the Resurrection.

 

On Easter Sunday we celebrated Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. Even though Jesus suffered and died on the cross, his resurrection shows that God’s power is greater than death. God raised Jesus from death to new life.

Write a poem with the title- What Easter means to me.
For example:
A fresh start, a clean heart, forgiven pasts, True love that lasts…That’s what Easter means to me
No longer blind, now Christ I see….That’s what Easter means to me.
Decorate your poem with pictures and symbols of new life.

Amazing adjectives and magnificent measuring from Samuel!

Thursday 23rd April 2020

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Good morning, Year 5.

Thank you to Angelo who sent me his entry for the eggciting egg competition. Remember the deadline is 24th April.

Dejon sent me his Easter poem to share with you all. He has really thought about how it has been different this year but that Jesus is still with us.

 

Here is your learning for today: 23rd April

Wednesday 22nd April. 2020

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Good Morning Year 4!

You have all been busy learning this week.  Thank you so much for your photos and emails.

Let’s see what you have been up to!……

 

Darcie-Louise and Megan are mastering their understanding of symmetry.  Manus has solved the fluency puzzle and written his Easter poem.

       

James has made an elephant using origami.

Alice too has written her Easter poem.

Well done to you all.  Keep up the great work.  We are so proud of you!

 

We are half way through the week already. We hope you have been enjoying your work so far.

Before you start today’s work, look over the answers from yesterdays work.

Today there is English, Maths and Science work to do. Our new topic in Science is “Animals including Humans”. It is very interesting and you will start by finding out more about your own teeth.

As always, we look forward to hearing from you and seeing any pictures you send us. Remember 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.

Click here for yesterday’s answers.

Click here for today’s work.

                         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!

 

 

Tuesday 21st April 2020

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Good morning Year 2,

I hope you had a nice day yesterday. 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 

I can’t wait to see your wonderful Easter Home Learning projects and I am also very eager to see how tall your Runner bean plants are!

Have a lovely day,

Miss Davey

Subject Activity
Prayer Prayer for Tuesday 21st April 2020

Christ Jesus, our light and our guide, as we travel through life open our eyes to recognise you in everyone that we meet.

Open our hearts to share generously with each other.

Amen.

 
Handwriting Copy the following sentences into your handwriting book:

The dog loved running after the ball.
He kept dropping his pencil on the floor.
She was a really fast runner and she won all the races on sports day.
I like my eggs with a runny yolk.
It was her maddest idea ever.
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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 21-04-2020
Morning Challenge

Estimate and then measure how tall your Runner bean plant is.You can use standard units of measure – centimetres.

You could also use non-standard units of measure, for example: fingertips, cubes, lego…

 

Estimate how many centimetres tall are Lena’s Runner bean plants.

You can share your estimates on our Year 2 blog.

WALT: Solve a measurement problem

The Magic Plant

Questions to think about:
How tall will the plant be on Saturday at 9am?
How tall will the plant be on Sunday at 9am?

Extension Challenge:

Work out the plants height at later stages in the week as well.
English

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Tuesday 21st April 2020
WALT: Identify prepositions

A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between one thing and another.

It may tell you where a thing is in relation to something else. E.g. The passengers watched from inside the plane.

It may tell you when something is in relation to another event. E.g. The excitement would not end until the plane landed.

 

Find the prepositions in the sentences below?

Write 5 sentences that contain prepositions?

The donkey plodded through the field.

It was only a few minutes until feeding time.

Rain started to fall from above them.

They ran into the barn.
Computing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Information technology

IT can be seen as computers, devices with computers inside, or things made to work with computers.

Examples:

Computers: PCs, laptops, tablets.

Devices with computers inside: e-book readers, smart TVs, smart speakers.

Things made to work with computers: scanners, barcode scanners, barcode.

Find some examples of IT at your home and describe what it is used for.. work, play, communication…

21.4.20 – learning

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Good Morning Y3,

Well done for completing yesterdays learning – It has been lovely to receive your emails and pictures – thank you and keep up the good work.

Here is today’s learning:

Fitness and health I hope you enjoyed some of these activities yesterday, today please choose two different activities from the link below  and remember these can be completed inside your home or  in the garden. Enjoy.

 

https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/activities/indoor-activities
Spelling/ handwriting 

 

Remember to use the guidelines and use my example to check the correct letter formation.

 

 Completing sentences that include words ending in ary.

Open this link

and copy the sentences out into your handwriting book with the missing spelling ending in ary. Take a 2 minute break after writing five of the sentences so that your handwriting stays as neat as possible please.

 
English

 

Continue your project

 Continue with the project you started yesterday – I can’t wait to read these.

Remember to include subheadings, interesting facts, drawings or photos and technical language (and a glossary to explain these words if needed).

Previously you have learnt about pronouns so please try to include these in this project to avoid using the same noun in our writing.

Here’s an example:

Dog project example
Reading  Follow this link to listen to David Walliams read you one of his stories. I hope you enjoyed Stacey Superstar yesterday – I know I did.

https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/

Read with an adult for 15 minutes and Log the book and date in your reading record.
Maths

 

Miss Pringle’s daily fluency

 

I have put together daily PowerPoints for maths this week. Please read through them and write the answers in your maths books – I will post all of the answers on Friday so you can self mark (sm).

Tuesday-Maths week 1
RE Start by reading this prayer and then complete one of these activities to celebrate Easter.

God of truth, fill us with your Spirit and strengthen our faith, so that we may not doubt your love for us. Give us courage to spread your peace throughout the world. 

Amen.

Build a Lego model to help you retell the Easter story to someone.

Or

Create Easter stones to spread the Good News while on one of your daily walks – maybe leave on a neighbour’s doorstep if you are self isolating or save it for our prayer table at school.