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Well-Being Wednesday: Mr.Mutch vs Mr.Reid #3

In their Hardest Challenge Yet, the Teachers are Back!

Mr.Mutch vs Mr.Reid returns this week to bring you an episode inside. We understand not everyone is able to get outside as much as they would like. So, this challenge is perfect for indoors. 

This challenge needs time and patience, a perfect opportunity for you to find a quiet space to practice. It is best when you have calm breathing and you are focused. This challenge was really hard for both Mr.Mutch and Mr.Reid.
We both had to believe in ‘The Power of Yet!’ and keep trying. 
We are now on episode 3 and we are both very thankful to all the families taking part and making it a big competition in their homes. We have been sent pictures, videos and messages of all the hilarity these challenges have caused.

Enjoy episode 3 and don’t forget to message in your time and find out where you place on the leaderboard next week!

Literacy: MILD: Bee Fact Files with Special Guests!

It’s time to get writing!

I have enlisted the help of some amazing bee keepers to help us with this grid task. From just a small request they have produced an amazing amount of videos filled with lots of facts for us to listen to!

To help with writing the factfile there is also the youtube link on the grid. In the sway at the beginning you will see a checklist you can use when watching the videos. When we are listening out for facts it is always a good idea to know what you are listening out for.


Please enjoy the interview with our special guest! 

Bee Keepers Go LIVE!


Are you ready to start writing? 

In your journal you will need a blank page.

You can save the top of the page for when we do our picture and labelling next week.

You can choose how many sentences filled with facts you would like to write.

If you are describing the bee…. your sentence may start with.

It has… 

The bee has… 

If you are telling us about where it lives… your sentence may start with.

It lives in… 

The bee stays in… 

You can find bees in… 

 

If you are telling us about what the bee does… your sentence may start with.

The bee will… 

The bee must… 

Bees can… 

If you are telling us some interesting facts… I’m going to leave that to you as you might find a fact our bee keepers or myself have never heard of.

Enjoy writing your factfiles with the help of our Amazing Bee Keepers! 

Mr.Mutch’s Digital Skills Quest #2

Lets get ready for Episode 1!

So last term I started a new challenge for myself to learn some digital skills to take back to the classroom. I decided to do this through making a web-show that we can all take part in creating.

This is a project that we could easily continue when we are back to school, learning about screen-writing, story-boarding, filming and editing in a club.

I’ve already started my learning journey by producing ‘Mr.Mutch vs Mr.Reid which I think has been quite popular. For Mr.Reid and myself to communicate so far away we had to make codes and notes that we could understand. So that was my first step into story boarding. You can see in the sway below a sneak peak of some of the story boards from the episode. Can you match the drawings to the shot in the final video?

You can follow the sway below to get and update and find out what the first episode is going to be about with the first roll.

It’s going to be a wild story as I’m going to have to get my thinking hat on. I’ll be in charge of the first 3 cubes but you have to tell me what I should do to finish the story.


I asked you last time to create for me a logo for the Web Show. I have a few in but would like a larger group to feature in the opening titles.

Here is the task from last time:

So Lets find out about the show…

A synopsis:

Imagine the Magic Key from Biff, Chip and Kipper, mixed with Jumanji, add a dash of bedtime stories, all told through story cubes and you will have my idea of the Web Show.

A boy receives a strange package in the mail, it has an oddly written letter and a bag full of cubes. The cubes all have a variety of different symbols on them, they are Story Cubes. When he rolls the cubes, the symbols that are on top will become the story that he is sucked into (just like the magic key stories). The cubes will lead him on an eventful adventure until he returns home. Each adventure will be different as you never know how the cubes will roll.

6 cubes will be rolled each time, an episode will cover the first three cubes. It will be your task to look at the remaining cubes and write the second half of the story. It will be up to me to choose one or combine a few ideas and film the next episode. These stories can be as imaginative as possible as it will be up to me to figure out how to bring the story to life learning new digital skills along the way while staying at home.

The Web-Show will be called ‘CUBES’

Your first task  is to design for me the logo of the show, something that I will use in the title sequence.

Your Success Criteria

  • It must include the name ‘Cubes’
  • It must relate to the synopsis you have been given
  • It must be colourful
  • It must be readable and viewed easily at a glance

If you can think of a tagline for the show, that would also be great to add to your design. Or you can try to create an animation for the title sequence on Scratch Jr.

I look forward to see your logos.

Numeracy: MILD – Data Handling – Looking at your work!

LOOK AT YOUR HARD WORK!

Thank you for sharing your efforts.

Now in this blog post I want you to look at these pupils efforts and answer the following questions.

This is called Data Analysis, we are reading the information that has been gathered.

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The Questions

1. How many more people have a pet than those who do not have a pet? 

2. How many people submitted an answer in ‘how many pets do you have? 

3. What type of pet is in most of our homes?

4. What  4 animals can add up to give the same value of Cat (8) in what type of animal? 

5. In how many pets, which two amounts got the same amount of votes? 

6. In the Ice-Cream Graph, what is the difference in votes between Vanilla and Mint? 

7. In the Teddy Bar Chart, what bar colour is the small teddies?

Enjoy using your classmates work to answer the questions above. Remember to explain how you found your answer to a family member. What are you looking at closely on the graphs/charts?

Well-Being Wednesday: Mr.Mutch vs Mr.Reid #2

THEY’RE BACK!

Tune in now to see Mr.Mutch and Mr.Reid go head to head in an Ant vs Dec style showdown!

Each week the teachers will be presented with a challenge to complete. Watch each week to see what challenge they take on. You can get involved too, after watching the episode copy the activity and comment on how you got on.

You could be featured in the following weeks episode on the leader board. Get the whole family involved and see if you can beat Mr.Mutch and Mr.Reid!

Mr.Mutch vs Mr.Reid                            Episode 2

Furthest Paper Plane Throw

Your teachers have been tasked to use their designated time outside following social distancing rules to throw a paper plane as far as they can.

Research a unique design and then take to the skies and throw it.

Comment below how you got on and find out next week to see how Mr.Mutch and Mr.Reid got on!

Have a G.R.E.A.T Well Being Wednesday.

Numeracy: Mild : Data Handling – Collecting Graphs

REMINDER

If you are taking part in the Data Handling MILD task, we would very much like to see your finished charts and graphs to use in a future Blog Post on Thursday. 

We will post pictures of pupils work with added questions to read the graphs that have been made. 

Email or Seesaw your pictures to your teacher.

Thank you to those who have chosen to take part and sent in their graphs/charts 

HWB: MILD – Emotional Crayons

Morning Everyone,

I hope you are all enjoying our mini project on conflict with our featured story ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’.

After reading or listening to the story a few times we notice that the crayons are expressing their feelings to Duncan as to why they have quit and left Duncan.

Use the questions below and discuss the family members, everyone might have different answers as it is their opinion.

Can you describe what each crayon is feeling?

What words can you find in each letter that tell you their emotion?

Which crayon do they feel most sorry for, and why?

Which crayon seems happiest and why do they say this?

Which crayon would they most like to cheer up?

What could they do to make one of the crayons feel happier?

Which crayon is the angriest one and why?

What could Duncan do to calm this crayon down?

Use the sway below to go through some examples.

Flower of power Resource 

#EveryCrayonCounts

The Crayons all come from the same box, they are all apart of a larger team. Just like you and your family we can all have different emotions but we should all still come together.

Follow the link below to make your own every crayon counts sign to share with family.

Make Your Own

 

Numeracy: MILD – Data Handling, Your Answers.

Your answers are in!

Thank you to everyone who completed the survey.

When you gather in information it can be called ‘raw data’ like raw chicken you can’t do much with it, so you have to do something in order for it to be used. For instance, cooking the chicken or presenting the data in a way that is readable.

Below is a list of the data that has been collated. Your task is to use the data given and present it in a readable manner. This could be in the form of a pictogram, bar graph or pie chart.  Look through the sway below on suggestions and reminders when presenting the information.

The raw data.

Do you have a pet?  Yes (17) No (7)
How many pets do you have?   One (9)  two-three (2)  four-six (3)  more than seven (3)
What type of animal?
  • Dog  (9)
  • Cat (8)
  • Guinea Pig (1)
  • Horse (3)
  • Chickens (2)
  • Ducks (1)
  • Turkey (1)
  • Sheep (2)
  • Fish (2)
  • Caterpillars (1)
What do they eat?
  • Grass (3)
  • Carrots (2)
  • Cat Food  (4)
  • Pellets (2)
  • Dog Food (6)
  • Ham (1)
  • Hay (2)
  • Chicken (1)
  • Fish Flakes (1)
  • Socks (1)
Can they do a trick?  Yes (11) No (5)

 

Have great fun creating your displays of information. Remember you do not have to use all the raw data, choose a question to focus on. Send to your teachers or add them to your sway as we will use your work to create questions for others to try.

 

 

 

 

Wellbeing Wednesday: Mr.Mutch vs Mr.Reid #1

Tune in now to see Mr.Mutch and Mr.Reid go head to head in an Ant vs Dec style showdown!

Each week the teachers will be presented with a challenge to complete. Watch each week to see what challenge they take on. You can get involved too, after watching the episode copy the activity and comment how you got on.

You could be featured in the following weeks episode on the leader board. Get the whole family involved and see if you can beat Mr.Mutch and Mr.Reid!

Mr.Mutch vs Mr.Reid                            Episode 1

Running Long Jump

Your teachers have been tasked to use their designated time outside following social distancing rules to complete to jump as far as they can.

Mark off a 5 metre (roughly) running track and then measure how far you were able to jump.

Comment below how you got on and find out next week to see how Mr.Mutch and Mr.Reid got on!

Have a G.R.E.A.T Well Being Wednesday.