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.

Year 6 – Monday 20th April learning

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Welcome back, Year 6! I hope you all had an enjoyable and restful couple of weeks with your families. Let me know of any exciting activities you’ve been doing at home!

Evie emailed to say that she had managed to find the hidden second pillbox in the golf course, and Taanya’s been making her very own pizza dough!

It has been great to see that some of you have been doing some online learning over the holidays.

For ReadTheory, the standings are: 1st Liam, 2nd Mikey, 3rd Jude

Prodigy: 1st Jude, 2nd Liam

Duolingo: 1st Liam, 2nd Alex, 3rd Evie

I’ll do another leaderboard on Thursday morning!

Here is your learning for today:

20/04/20
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 this week’s spellings into your handwriting book:

Words from the Y5 & Y6 Statutory Spelling List

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.
Times Tables http://timestables.me.uk/
Maths WALT understand the relationship between fractions and division.

 

Arithmetic starter:

1.       27,919 + 12,800 =

2.       _______ = 45.7 – 5.99

3.       35 x 13 =

4.       6,608 ÷ 14 =

5.       ______ = 12.3 x 100

6.       List 3 multiples of 12.

 

Click here to open today’s maths lesson.
RE WALT explain our belief in the Resurrection.

 

Click here for today’s RE lesson.
Science WALT describe an organism’s adaptations for survival.

 

Watch this episode of Our Planet, narrated by David Attenborough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um2Q9aUecy0

 

Choose 2 organisms (plant or animal) and write a paragraph explaining how its adaptations help it to survive in its environment. Ensure you include the following key words (research and revise them if you need to):

·        Survival

·        Species

·        Organism

·        Environment

·        Evolution

Friday 3rd April 2020

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Good morning Year 2,

We have come to the end of another term. Time really flies when you are having fun! You have all worked incredibly hard this term, especially over the last few weeks and I am very proud of you all. Please see below the Easter Home Learning project. I look forward to seeing your creations next term.

Wishing you all a holy and restful Easter.

Miss Davey

Subject Activity
Prayer Lenten Prayer for Friday 3rd April

Loving, merciful Lord, grant us the capacity to be quiet and to listen.

Lead us to the joy of being present to others and hearing their story.

Let us look with love and gratitude on the world around us and open our hearts to those in need.

Amen.

10am Community Mass Friday 3rd April

Please join this special mass with all the Catholic schools in our community to mark the end of term and the beginning of Holy Week.

You can access the live streaming via the link – https://www.churchservices.tv/pottersbar
 

 

Handwriting

 

 

 

 

 

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

https://spellingframe.co.uk/spelling-rule/92/15-Adding–ing–ed–er–est-and–y-to-words

Copy the following common exception words into your handwriting books.

father

find

floor

half

hold
Maths

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 03-04-2020
WALT: Solve a problem using pictures

 

Sketch your biscuits.

Will you use a key for the different decorations?

Don’t forget to number your biscuits.

 Remember that there is not just icing on the 2nd biscuit, there is icing on every second biscuit. Which other biscuits have icing on?
Which biscuits have a cherry on them as well as the third one?
What about the biscuits with a chocolate button on them? Which ones are they?
Tell me about the biscuits that have no decorations on them.
Happy decorating!
English

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Friday 3rd April 2020
WALT: Use contractions.

 

Pretend that you are a Berwick swan. Write descriptive sentences using the contractions below.

 

I am – I’m

I will – I’ll

I have – I’ve

I cannot –  I can’t

I do not – I don’t

I would – I’d

e.g. I’m a snowy white swan and I’m coming into land.

I’ll stick my black feet out straight as I splash on to the water, etc. 
Religion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Friday 3rd April 2020

WALT: Understand the events of Good Friday.

The Crucifixion and death of Jesus Mt 27:27-56

Read Matthew’s account of The Crucifixion and death of Jesus . See link below.

http://www.freebibleimages.org/reference/?ref=WyJGQl9HTlBJXzA5Nl9KZXN1c19DcnVjaWZpeGlvbiIsMV0

On Good Friday we remember how Jesus loved us so much he gave his life for us and died on the cross.

Draw your own crucifix in your book. Write and draw around it some of the important events of Holy Week. Write your own special prayer to accompany your crucifix.

 

Wonderful learning!

Computing! Childnet Film Competition

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Childnet Film Competition 2020

The Childnet Film Competition is now in its 11th year and is open to all young people based in the UK. The challenge is to create a short film or a storyboard with a script in response to this year’s theme.

The theme of this year’s Childnet film competition is:

We want an Internet where we’re free to….

Think about all the things we love to do online. Create a film or storyboard that explains why we want an internet that allows people to feel free and safe online and how we can can make this happen.

Childnet have released packs to give more information about the competition and to help you to plan and make your films at home. All details can be found at https://www.childnet.com/resources/film-competition/2020

Childnet understands that young people may not have access to specialist equipment at home but don’t let that stop you. Get creative with the technology you have, including phones and tablets, or enter the storyboard category, which doesn’t require any film making equipment.

I am sure there are some great filmmakers in our midst.

Good luck and happy filmmaking.

From Miss Davey

Computing Subject Leader

 

Thursday 2nd April

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Good Morning Year 4!

Again, you have all been keeping busy with your learning and doing extra activities too!  It has been lovely to hear from you.

    

Maths work on Regrouping and multiplying by 10/100

Exercising to Joe Wicks, the Body Coach

      Torch work:

Drawings for those suffering with the virus

A Big Thank you to the NHS

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

Continue to try your best in doing your learning each day.

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

Day 8 Year 4 Learning ANSWERS

Maths worksheet on regrouping ANSWERS

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:

Day 9 Year 4 Learning

Music Ideas Sheet

 

Resources that you could use today:

Our Lady and Saint Vincent Church are having 10am Mass and Fr Shaun has invited us to join him when we are able.  You can access the live streaming via the parish website www.olasv.org.uk .

Mathletics

Some Mathletics tasks have been set for you to complete.  Have a go when you have time.

Maths Chase

Hit the Button

Why not try the online books (e-books) from Oxford Owl:  Click on ‘My Class Log in’

Oxford Owl  https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/

Username: popepaul2020

Password: Ilovereading2020

 

Ideas for Reading:

 

David Walliams is putting out a free audio story daily.

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

‘Audible Stories’  For as long as schools are closed, kids everywhere can instantly stream an incredible collection of stories, including titles across six different languages, that will help them continue dreaming, learning, and just being kids.  All stories are free to stream on your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet.  

So Year 4, why don’t you explore the collection, select a title and start listening!!