Weekly  tasks/activities  for  year  groups  Week  beginning  July  13th    

Year   Maths     Literacy   Science     Humanities/  art/  music   Active/keep  fit  Nursery    Books    http://www.lovemybooks.co.uk  You  can  find  stories  to  read  in  different  languages  online  https://worldstories.org.uk      Practice  phonics    https://www.teachyourmonster-­‐toread.com  or  down  load  the  app    Busy  things  (1x  week  free  trial  then  £1  per  month  https://www.busythings.co.uk  Practice  letter  formation  

Sing a number song Five little monkeys swing on a tree Have a selection on boxes/baskets for the children to collect objects in. Count them. Children to touch each object as they say the number. ‘How many have you got?’ Some children will understand that the last number they said is the amount they have but other children will need to recount. If your child needs to recount then comment at the end of counting project ‘You have ‘4’’ You counted 4 . You have 4 etc Children to write the correct numeral on a paper and stick on. Watch Number Zoo here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snUGqgAmz-c  

Drawing club Find a short interesting book to read with your child. Monday Draw a character from the book- Model how to draw for your child and sprinkle in lots of language and skills. ‘Im drawing the dog. He’s got 4 legs- look 1,2,3,4, . I think Ill write 4. I can use 3 straight lines . My dog needs sharp teeth because he enjoys eating teachers and letters. Today he is going to eat the letter c and a Tuesday Draw the setting Wednesday to Friday Go on an adventure with the story ‘What if an alien landed?’ ‘What if the dog ate the kid?’  

Go on a walk to the park. How many different animals can

 you see?Birds, cat, dog, snail,

 butterfly.  You could record which animals you have seen and how

 many  Remind the children to handle all animals

 with care.  Why is the bee attracted to the

 flower?  Talk to your children about all the wildlife hat surrounds them

 even in the city

Make animals Make wonderful 3D animal out of stuff e.g. paper plates, pegs, bottles and add to your own zoo built out of boxes, lego, bricks, sticks etc Make some animal masks and take pictures of everybody wearing them  

Move like different animals Can you walk like a penguin? Can you jump like a frog? Can you reach as high as a giraffe Daily outdoor exercise session. run, skip, hop, bike and scoot Joe Wicks P.E 9am youtube Yoga Cosmic Kids Yoga on Youtube  

Reception   John has 5 1p coins in his money box. His grandad gives him 4 more 1p coins. How many does John have altogether? Ask a grown-up to help you find some 1p coins to check your answer.

In a football match, Mary’s team have scored 3 goals. Then, Anna scores 1 more goal! How many goals have they scored altogether?

Jack’s beanstalk is

Read or listen to the story ‘The Elves and the Shoemaker’.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqOGt5TvAUA  

 Challenge: What are the main parts of the story? Can you draw a picture to represent each of the events and map out the story using these pictures?

Challenge: Can you design magic shoes?

  What is kindness? Talk to your grown-up about it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H98Rfljxmsc    Watch the video. Was the dog kind to the bird? Was the bird kind to the dog? Why?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wi0UWLeT9I Make a list of all the kind things that you can do!

1. Practice kind thoughts by prompting your child to think of 5 people they’d like to send kind wishes to

2. Bang on a pot/pan and invite your child to signal to you when they no longer hear the sound ‘hanging’ the air

3. Blow bubbles ‘slo-mo’ style, emphasizing a big deep breath in through the nose to fill the bubble… and out through the mouth as slow as possible

4. Squeeze and let go, tensing different muscles in the body for 5 seconds and then slowing releasing

5. Tune into the body by getting down on your child’s level and

8cm tall. It grows 2cm taller. How tall is Jack’s beanstalk?

Find some building bricks or blocks in two different colours.

Write sentences describing your shoes? What is magical about them?

In the story the elves

Can you make a poster showing kindness?

feeling each other’s heartbeats

6. Have a ‘mindful’ snack by describing the smell, texture and taste of the food

7. Explore textures in nature, take a walk to collect several different objects and observe/describe how each feels

8. Find shapes in the sky by laying down together and choosing different objects to search for in the clouds

9. Practice noticing with art. Choose several different utensils and describe how they all feel different on the paper

10. Take a mindful walk pointing out sights and

Make a tower using one colour, while your partner makes a tower in the other colour. Are your towers the same? Which tower used fewer bricks? Which has more?

Place 10 raisins or small treats on a plate. If you eat 5, how many will you have left? How do you know? Can you eat 5 and check?

do a really kind and thoughtful thing for the old man and woman. Can you think about something that someone has done for you or given to you?

Can you write a thank you letter to someone who helped you or gave you something?

Can you do an act of kindness each day of your summer beak?

   

 

sounds along the way.

11. Explore touch by choosing several objects, then comparing the difference in how they feel dry vs. wet

12. Slow down by having a snack in ‘slow motion’ and taking notice of the taste throughout

13. Use a happy moment to ‘soak in the good’ by pausing with your child to observe the pleasant physical and emotional feelings present

14. Sit down with your child and ‘colour your feelings’ together depicting each emotion with a new colour

15. “Press the pause button’ together during

Line up 8 toy cars in a car park. If 3 toy cars drive away, how many will be left? Count back from 8 as you take away 3.

 Watch  Number  Blocks  Number  Adventure.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqO3Z_S57R8    

 

 

Phonics Can you read the digraphs and

a tense moment (but not too tense) and check in with how each of you is feeling at that moment

16. Listen to some music and see how many different instruments you can each hear

17. Explore gratitude by going back and forth with your child (for as long as you can!) to name as many things possible that you are grateful for

 

trigraphs? Can you read the words?

Can you write sentences with the words above? For example, I went to the shop. Let us sing Nursery rhymes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyIDg6m4gA0  

Story time choose a story! https://www.storylineonline.net/books/guji-­‐guji/    

Year  1    Remember  to  visit  the  White  Rose  maths  website  for  some  online  lessons,  linked  to  the  National  Curriculum;  https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-­‐1/    Our  weekly  focus  is  on  

Place  Value  We  shall  be  focusing  on  numbers  up  to  100  

 

 

 

 Have  a  look  at  the  picture  below;  

   Who  is  this  famous  person?  What  is  she  wearing?  Can  you  describe  her  using  some  adjectives?  How  does  she  look?    SPaG:  Let’s  recap  what  verbs  are!  Watch  this  

clip;  https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zrqqtfr/a

rticles/zpxhdxs    

Let’s  recap  one  of  our  Science  units;  

 

   

Watch  this  clip  on  BBC  Bitesize  about  

What types of food do animals eat?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z6882hv

/articles/z96vb9q  

 Listen  to  the  song  

‘Herbivore,  Carnivore  and  Omnivore  song’  to  remind  you  of  the  different  groups;  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yrikH2QE

FA    

Let’s  recap  our  topic  from  Spring  1  and  one  of  our  Science  units;  

   

   Listen  to  the  story  of  the  Queens  Knickers  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlKtVg0GXAc  

   Can  you  design  a  new  pair  of  colourful  knickers  for  the  Queen  to  wear  on  a  special  occasion?  You  can  download  a  template  through  this  website;  https://www.teachingideas.co.uk/library/books

Check  out  the  BBC  Super  Movers  website  for  some  great  ideas  on  how  to  keep  fit  and  healthy;  https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/just-­‐for-­‐fun-­‐collection/z7tymfr    

     

   

 

     

     

     

   

       

 

   Play  Karate  Cats  to  practise  your  grammar,  punctuation,  spelling  and  sentence  level  work;  https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zd63xyc/articles/zdp4pg8  

   SPaG:  Let’s  learn  about  adverbs,  in  preparation  

for  Year  2!  https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zgsgxfr    

   Can  you  make  a  picture  book  all  about  herbivores,  carnivores  and  omnivores?  Make  sure  you  include  some  neat  labelling!      

   

/the-­‐queens-­‐knickers  

   

   Visit  Steve  Antony’s  

website.    https://www.steveanto

ny.com/storytime  He  was  the  author  he  

wrote  both  ‘The  Queen’s  Hat’  and  ‘The  Queen’s  Handbag’    

Check  out  some  of  the  

 

 

   

 Try  a  maths  challenge;  

 

       Can  you  spot  the  verb  and  adverb  in  these  sentences  below?    

   

fun  activities  you  can  complete  at  home.  

Maybe  you  could  design  and  make  a  crown?  

     

Year  2   Can you build a cube using 4 marshmallows and 12 half lengths

Make a food diary for what you eat in a day. What different

Can you pick things up without touching them? Blow up a

In 2020 the new world’s largest tower will be the Jeddah

How are you feeling? Write down the things that make you

of uncooked spaghetti? How wobbly is it? Can you make it stronger using more half lengths of spaghetti? Try making a pyramid with marshmallows and spaghetti. Which is the stronger of your two shapes? When you are out on a walk see what shapes you can spot. Can you find 3 things that are the shape of a square, 3 circles and 3 triangles?  

types of food do you eat? How could you group them? Do you have a pet? Make them a food diary or research the diet of another animal. How does their diet compare to yours?  

balloon and tear up some paper shapes. Create some static electricity by rubbing the balloon on your top or hair. Hold the balloon over the paper shapes, can you collect them all? What is the largest shape you can pick up? How far away can you hold your balloon and it still collects the paper? Flower focus Observe a flower carefully in your garden or in your local area. Can you see the pollen? Does it look the same as the pollen on a different plant? Watch carefully. Are the flowers visited by any pollinators?  

Tower, in Saudi Arabia. It will have 200 floors and will the reach 1008 meters high. Use scrap paper and junk box materials to build a tower. You might like to search for photos of the ‘Jeddah Tower’ to help you with your design. What is the tallest tower you can build Get a bowl full of water and a brush. A decorators brush is great for this. Paint the pavement or the walls outside. Can you write your name? What happened to the water? Did the colour of the wall/ pavement/fence change? Did the pavement stay ‘painted?’  

feel stressed and list all the things that help you feel more relaxed. Try testing your body by seeing how long you can balance for. Hop Scotch- Use chalk to write your numbers on the pavement  

Year  3    If  you  have  the  internet,  we  will  also  be  setting  tasks  on  Purple  Mash,  Bug  Club  and  Mathletics.        Watch  BBC  Bitesize  Daily  lessons  bbc.co.uk/bitesize/daily  lessons  in  English  and  Maths  and  History  and  Geography.      This  is  a  free  web  site  where  you  can  listen  to  stories  and  have  a  discussion.      https://families.jigsawpshe.com/stuck-­‐at-­‐home-­‐1/                

If  you  have  the  internet  go  on  Mathletics  for  20  minutes  every  day.  Let’s  see  who  can  earn  a  certificate  this  week.    Problems  of  the  week  

       

Weekly  Spelling  Practice  -­‐  get  someone  to  test  at  the  end  of  the  week:    Silent  letters  revision    

island  answer  write  

wrapper  knife  knock  thumb  doubt  half  calm  

   Weekly  writing  Task  My  Dream  Holiday  .  You  have  been  given  a  

wish  to  go  on  a  

holiday  with  your  

 

 

 

What is your favourite song at the moment? Can you learn the words and work out a dance routine? Practice and then perform to your friends or get someone to record it and send it to your relatives.

Imagine  you  have  been  asked  to  design  a  sports  centre.  What  would  you  include?  E.g.  swimming  pools,  Tennis  courts,  Football  and  basketball  pitches,  dance  studio.  You  could  either  draw  a  picture  of  it  or  make  a  model.  Place  a  marker  at  the  start  and  another  marker  20  steps  away  (or  ten  if  you  don’t  have  much  space)  Count  how  many  times  you  run  there  and  back  in  two  minutes.      

Continue  working  on  your  times  tables.  (2,5,10,3,4  and  8  times  tables.)  3D  shapes    3D  shapes  means  3  dimensional  shapes  and  it  means  they  are  shapes  we  can  hold.    

   

friends  or  family  to  

wherever  you  want  to  

go.    

Describe  how  you  felt  

when  you  were  

granted  the  wish  and  

write  about  your  

adventure.  How  did  

you  get  there?  

What  did  you  see?  

What  was  the  

weather  like?  

Did  you  stay  in  a  Hotel  

or  did  you  camp?  

Use  expanded  noun  

phrases.      Year  4  Link to Whiterose Maths for https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/ Link to BBC Bitesize: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/z63tt39/year-4-and-p5-lessons    

Practise your 12 times tables – learn a song/rap to help you remember them. Use your knowledge of the 12 times tables to help you with these questions: How many months are there in:

• 2 years • 3 years

Here is an image from the website Pobble 365.

This term we are looking at the topic – ‘Animals including Humans’. This will include learning about the teeth. What are the different teeth in your mouth called? What is their function? Can you label parts of the teeth?

What do you remember about topics you’ve learnt in year 4? Have a think about ‘The Shang Dynasty’. The BBC video link below is a useful resource for your learning: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-

Active: HIIT stands for High Intensity Interval Training. This gets your heart racing and lungs working. Do each activity for 30 seconds and then rest of 20 seconds, before starting the next activity: (Warm up – light jogging and stretching)

• 9 years • 5 ½ years • a decade • a century

Ethan is working out the multiplication 12 x 9. He says – “The answer is 110, as 5 x 9 = 45 and 7 x 9 = 65. 45 + 65 = 110” Is he correct? Toni earns £1 per day for watering the garden. A new watering can costs £15. She says, “In 2 weeks I can save up enough to buy a new watering can. Is Toni correct? Explain why or why not… George gets £1 a day for washing the dishes. He says, “In 12 weeks, I will have £80.” Is George correct? Explain why or why not… Josiah is given £1 per day for cutting the grass. He wants to buy new flowers that cost £110. He says, “It will take me 15 weeks to save up enough to buy some new flowers.

Without Gravity

Story starter! The scientists huddled around the machine looking perplexed. Their laboratory was buried deep underground, away from prying eyes. Usually their experiments went completely unnoticed, apart from the occasional smell of sulphur or waft of grey smoke that made its way to the surface, but this particular experiment would certainly not avoid the headlines… They were in BIG trouble... Can you continue and complete the story? Perfect picture! Imagine the same thing was happening in your classroom! Can you draw what it would look

Create a poster about how to care for the teeth. Think about - what types of food and drink are the worst for our teeth? What’s the best way to brush our teeth? Working scientifically 1. Get 3 clean chicken bones. Put one in a glass of vinegar, one in cola and one in plain water. Make predictions about what you think will happen. 2. Soak an egg shell in vinegar for a week. Change the vinegar after 24 hours. Can you predict what will happen? 3. Take a slice of bread. Now try to eat this without using your teeth. How easy is it? Will you manage to tear the

video/history-ks2-introducing-the-shang-dynasty/zv79wty   Activities:   1) Where was the

Shang Dynasty Located? Draw a map to show the Kingdom of the Shang Dynasty.

2) How was the Shang Dynasty discovered? (hint –oracle bones were important in the discovery)

3) Who did the people of the Shang Dynasty pray to? How did they worship these gods?

4) The

people of the Shang dynasty were expert bronze craftsmen and were able to make fantastic bronze objects such as vessels, which we saw during our trip to the British Museum. Draw, paint or make a

1. Jogging on the spot

2. Bunny jumps 3. Push ups on

your knees 4. Squats 5. Star jumps

Mindfulness:

Try one of these mindfulness exercises to relax and feel calm: Sound meditation - Snuggle down somewhere safe, close your eyes and listen to all the sounds around you. What can you hear? The clink of coffee cups, snippets of conversation, sounds from nature? Get curious and feel the buzz of life around you. Balloon belly breathing - Lie down somewhere comfy and imagine there is a balloon in your tummy. As you breathe in, imagine the balloon

Is Josiah correct? Explain why or why not…  

like?   bread?  

Shang vessel

5) Who was Lady Fu Hao and why was she important? – Create a fact file about lady Fu Hao

6) Create a quiz for

your family to answer about the Shang Dynasty

 

slowly inflates. As you breathe out, the balloon effortlessly deflates. Children can rest their favourite toy on their tummy and let them go along for a calming ride.  

Year  5   Go  to:      https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/zhgppg8/year-­‐5-­‐and-­‐p6-­‐lessons    Monday  –Measuring  angles  (29th  June)    Tuesday  –  Drawing  Angles  (30th  June)    Wednesday  –  Angles  on  a  straight  line  (1st  July)    Thursday  –  Measure  and  identify  angles  around  a  point  (2nd  July)    Friday  –  Weekly  Challenge  (3rd  July)  

Login  to  Purple  Mash  and  access:  SPAG-­‐Spelling  Year  5-­‐  Summer  2  where  you  will  find  activities  and  quizzes  to  complete.    Login  to  your  Activelearnprimary  account-­‐  books  have  been  loaded  there  for  you  to  read  and  complete  the  set  tasks.        

Carry  out  some  research  to  find  out  what  mould  is  and  how  and  when  it  grows.    Can  you  plan  a  fair  test  to  investigate  the  best  conditions  for  growing  mould?    Think  about  where  might  be  the  best  place  to  grow  mould  and  the  different  conditions  you  could  test  to  see  how  they  affect  its  growth.    Consider  how  and  when  you  will  record  your  results  as  this  investigation  would  take  

Make  a  family  scrapbook  or  scrapbox!    As  we  are  coming  out  of  lockdown,  get  some  of  your  things  that  you  or  other  family  members  made  and  put  them  together  as  a  book  or  in  a  box.    A  family  scrapbook  album  can  contain  anything  you  can  stick  or  tape  in  it,  from  photos  of  days  out,  to  ticket  stubs  from  museums  and  leaves  from  scavenger  hunts  you’ve  been  on.      Make  sure  to  add  diary-­‐

Do  20  of  these  exercise:  Knee  Highs  Jacks  

 High  Step  March  

 Ski  Hops  

 Jump  

   Don’t  have  access  to  a  computer  all  the  time!      Then,  why  not  try  this  investigation?    How  many  different  kinds  of  triangle  are  there?  Can  you  have  a  triangle  with  two  obtuse  angles?    Remember  to  practise  any  area  of  the  subject  you  may  be  finding  tricky.    You  may  use  the  link  below  to  help  you.    https://uk.ixl.com/math/year5    

place  over  a  long  period  of  time.    Write  up  your  investigation  under  the  following  headings:  ·∙  enquiry  question  ·∙  prediction    Variables:  ·∙  independent  variables  ·∙  dependent  variables  ·∙  controlled  variables  ·∙  apparatus  ·∙  method  ·∙  results  table    

style  entries  on  the  pages  to  explain  certain  items.    You  can  then  decorate  with  anything  that  you  want.      It’s  a  great  keepsake  to  have  in  the  future!  

to  the  right.    Then  repeat  jump  to  the  left.    You  can  find  these  3  moves  and  others  on  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3Xrtm0IVnY      

Year  6   GEOMETRY  Eight  Hidden  Squares  

You  only  need  a  pen  and  paper.    On  the  graph  below  there  

are  28  marked  points.  

 

These  points  all  mark  the  vertices  (corners)  of  eight  hidden  squares.  Each  of  the  4  red  points  is  a  vertex  shared  by  two  squares. The  other  24  points  are  each  a  vertex  of  just  one  square.  All  of  the  squares  share  just  one  vertex  with  another  square.  All  the  squares  are  different  sizes.  There  are  no  marked  

DESIGN  your  own  book  cover  and  write  a  prologue  or  dedicate  the  book  to  a  family  member.    A  prologue    is  an  opening  to  a  story  that  establishes  the  context  and  gives  background  details.          This  can  be  based  on  a  book  that  you  have  read?  

       BE  as  creative  as  you  can.            NOW  grammar    Can  you  play  this  game?    GO  ON    

     

Make  a  Rainbow   YOU WILL NEED: White paper mirror Glass half full of water

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• Put the mirror into the water inside the glass at an angle.

• Position the glass so that sunlight shines directly at the mirror. ...

• Look for a reflection on the wall. ...

• Adjust the angle of the mirror until you see a rainbow on the wall

     

Cartoons    A  cartoon  is  a  type  of  illustration,  sometimes  animated,  typically  in  a  non-­‐realistic  or  semi-­‐realistic  style.  The  specific  meaning  has  changed  over  time,  but  the  modern  usage  usually  refers  to  either:  an  image  or  series  of  images  intended  for  satire,  caricature,  or  humour;  or  a  motion  picture  that  relies  on  a  sequence  of  illustrations  for  its  animation.    HAVE  A  GO      

 Here  is  another  

 Make  sure  you  keep  fit    -­‐  10  of  each.  

       

points  on  the  sides  of  any  square,  only  at  the  vertices.    Can  you  find  the  eight  hidden  squares?  

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 Now  have  a  go  at  this  one.  

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