Good Morning P2/3! Before we get started, I want to say a big thank you to everyone who was able to post pictures last week, either of your favourite sea creatures or your baking activities – I loved seeing them – and you!

How did you get on with your lighthouse reports?

Didi you use your notes to make a plan?

Did you have a title and headings?

Did you group your facts under the heading that they matched with?

Did you check your sentences made sense?

Did you use capital letters and full stops in the right places?

Did you ask someone at home to read your report?

 

Here are your suggested home learning activities for the new week:

 

Reading:

Do you remember the Careers Fair last term? All the presentations were by grown-ups. But there were times in the past when children as young as you had to go out to work! On the Oxford Owl site, search for ‘Top Ten Worst Jobs in History’. Have a read, with a grown up if you like, then make a list of your ‘worst 3’ with a sentence to explain why they were even worse than all the rest. If you’re feeling artistic, I’d love to see a drawing of yourself doing one of these horrible jobs.

 

Technology and Writing:

I know one or two of you have already set about making your own model lighthouses – very smart! – as that is this week’s topic activity. You should know enough about what they look like from last weeks research, so now it’s time to rake the house for junk, or Lego, or anything that catches your eye which looks the right shape – NOT the kettle or the Alexa though! I don’t want angry messages from your grown-ups!

For writing, I’d like you to make a set of instructions that would allow someone else to make a lighthouse model just like yours:

They should have two sections – What you Need, and What You Do.

The What You Do section should be a numbered list of instructions, in order.

You can include diagrams to make the instructions easier to understand.

There will be a post on Twitter where you can share pictures of your finished models and instructions.

 

Maths:

The kitchen cupboards will contain lots of packets, jars and tins. The weight of each will be written somewhere on them. Can you find the lightest one? The heaviest one? Now make a list of 5 or 10 items from lightest to heaviest. If you have a weighing scale and have completed your lighthouse model, why not weigh it and then find the item on your kitchen list that is the closest in weight to your model?

 

HWB:

How did you get on with the ball games before the holidays? This week, try combining them to play Bounce Donkey – the idea is the same as Donkey, except you bounce the ball once to the next player instead of throwing it straight across.

Keep tuning in to Joe Wicks too, and if you have the chance, get outside while this warm, sunny weather is with us.

Take care everybody, and I hope to see some of what you’ve been up to over on Twitter during the week.

 

Bye for now!

 

Mr Risk