P3K Home learning Activities week beginning 20.4.20

I have loved seeing what you have been up to on twitter.  We may not be together each day but we are all still part of a team.  Keep posting your pictures so I can share them with everyone else.  I am so proud of all the home learning you have been doing.  Big thanks to all the mums and dads too.  We are in this together so please do get in touch via twitter or through the school email if you have any queries regarding your child’s learning.

Maths

Maths this week is all about halves.

Do you know how to find half of a shape?

Do you know how to find half of a number?

Remember that finding half of a number or object means dividing it into two equal parts.

 

The activity below will help you to think about finding half of a shape.

 

Paper folding

 

In how many different ways can you halve an A4 sheet of paper?

 

Have a good explore and see what different ways you can find. Don’t be afraid to be creative!

 

How will you know if they are halves?

 

Halving and quartering by sharing

 

This activity will help you practise finding half of an amount.

You will need:

4 plates,

A bowl of pasta shapes /counters /sweets/ grapes/ buttons/lego bricks –anything will do!

Some scraps of paper with the following numbers written on them 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28

 

Shuffle the numbers and place them face down in a pile.

Pick a number and count out that number of objects from your bowl.

Work out what half of that number is by sharing the objects out equally between two plates.

Repeat from some more of your numbers and record your findings e.g: ½ of 8 =

 

Ready for an extra challenge?

Investigate what happens when you try to find half of an odd number of items.

 

Using your original number cards and four plates try sharing your items out into 4 equal groups. This is how we find a quarter of an amount. Record what you find out like this: ¼ of 8=

 

As long as you are good at sharing things out equally you will be good at finding halves and quarters of numbers!

 

I have added some great games on Active Learn to help you practise this skill too.

 

Reading/Writing /Topic

Being able to make notes about what you have read or watched is a really important skill. Remember that notes do not have to be full sentences.

 

Visit www.nationalgeographic.com and search for “A day in the life of a lighthouse keeper”. Before you watch the film make sure you have a pencil and a piece of paper to hand and space to jot down notes while you watch.

The film has no words but if you watch carefully you will see lots of different jobs the lighthouse keeper has to do in a day. Make a note of all the different tasks you see him doing.   You can always pause the film if you need time to write. Finally use your notes to help you to draw the lighthouse keeper doing 4 different jobs that you saw in the film.

 

Ready for an extra challenge?

Write sentences to go with each picture. Remember your sentence rules!

 

Keep reading as much as you can.  Remember all those lovely e books at www.oxfordowl.co.uk !

 

Music

Mrs Taylor would like you to try some of the following activities.

 

Sing- www.outoftheark.co.uk @home, Week 1 Move it Monday:

‘Start the day with exercise’

Practise verses 1, 2 and 3 which are first to make sure that you know

them. Then carry on singing them one after another as a round (which

is the second part of the song). Have a go at doing each group!

Do- In Youtube search for “nycos daily” (it stands for National Youth

Choir of Scotland)

I’d like you to have a go at:

‘Day 2: Have you ever, ever, ever’

It’s good fun! And don’t forget you can pause it at any time and do it

as many times as you want!

Listen– to “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” by Mozart on Youtube

Remember to close your eyes and enjoy!