Week Beginning 25.01.21

Today is the start of ‘The Ultimate DrEAM Step Challenge,’ an inter school competition which is being run by Active Schools and KA Leisure. Follow this link to find out more about the competition and how to sign up. It would be great if you could all get involved in the challenge and share photographs throughout the week.     http://bit.ly/392KdLL

Here is the suggested weekly timetable and underneath it you will find more detailed instructions for tasks and any links to resources needed. We have live calls on Teams twice each day but we appreciate you may not be able to join every one. Try to join the live calls for your reading groups on a Monday or Friday if you can.

Timetable Week 3  <— Click here to download timetable

Below are your spelling words for the week.

Spelling Words 25.01.21 <—Click here to download spelling words

Monday (Mrs Sheikh)

  • P.E with Joe Wicks – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
  • Morning Check in on Teams at 9.30am
  • Spelling – Look/say/cover/write/check 3 times & write dictionary definitions in lined jotter. (remember you can find the meanings online)
  • Reading – New books have been allocated on Bug Club. Please click on the link below for your group’s Bug Club Task Card, read the pages, answer the Bug questions and complete the tasks for Session 1 in lined jotter.

Dahl – The Railway Children  Session 1 Reading (pages 5-25)  *Live call on Teams at 10.15am*

Rowling – Awfully Beastly Business: Saving a Sea Monster  Session 1 Reading (Chapter 1)

Walliams – The Curse of the Highwayman  Session 1 Reading (Pages 4-12) *Live call on Teams at 10.00am*

Morpurgo – Beowolf and the Beast  Session 1 Reading (Pages 6-10)

Lewis – The Pirates in an Adventure with Scientists  Session 1 Reading (Pages 4-14)

  • Numeracy – Complete the workbook pages allocated below in your Numeracy jotter. We have also set you a challenge on Sumdog to be completed by the end of the week.

Rectangles/Circles – Workbook page (Lines of Symmetry pg. 14&15 draw the lines on your booklet rather than using tracing paper) then 15 minutes on Sumdog. You can also have a go at Monday’s Mental Maths questions on the following link. Mental Maths (Monday Tuesday)

Squares /Triangles – Workbook pages (Revision of Symmetry pg. 9&10 draw the lines on your booklet rather than using tracing paper) then 15 minutes on Sumdog.

Tuesday (Mrs Sheikh)

Dahl/Rowling/Walliams – Complete the page of the Grammar Booklet titled  – ‘Verb Power: Possibilities’

Morpurgo – Complete the page of the Grammar Booklet titled – ‘Writing with nouns and pronouns: Missing Words’

Lewis – Complete the page of the Phonics, Spelling & Vocabulary Booklet titled – ‘Family Trees’

  • Numeracy – Complete the workbook pages allocated below in your Numeracy jotter.

Rectangles and Circles – Workbook page (Lines of Symmetry pg. 16) then have a go at Tuesday’s Mental Maths questions on the following link. Mental Maths (Monday Tuesday)  Now choose activities from the menu to practise your times tables. Times-Table-Menu 

Squares and Triangles – Complete Workbook pages (Symmetry pg. 11&12) then spend at least 15 minutes on Sumdog. Now choose activities from the menu to practise your times tables. Times-Table-Menu

  • Music – Go on to Mrs McDougall’s Blog and complete a task.
  • Afternoon check in on Teams at 1.15pm
  • IDL – Complete one task from the activity grid    Scotland IDL Grid

Wednesday (Mrs Sheikh)

Rectangles/Circles – Workbook pages (Creating a Symmetrical Shape pg. 17&18) then at least 15 minutes on Sumdog. You can also have a go at Wednesday’s Mental Maths questions on the following link.  Mental Maths (Wednesday Thursday)

Squares /Triangles – Workbook Pages (Symmetry pg. 13&14) then at least 15 minutes on Sumdog.

  • Literacy – Writing task – Below is a short poem written by Robert Burns. This week we will be writing our own poem about Scotland in a similar style. We would like you to think of somewhere that you love in Scotland and do a mind map as your plan.      This should include lots of descriptive language and emotions and you can also include words that rhyme in your plan to help you write your poem. Aim for your poem to be at least eight lines long like the one shown below.                          Remember to give your poem a title. Looking forward to reading them!

Best St Andrew Day Poems - Viral Hub

  • Afternoon check in on Teams at 1.15pm
  • IDL – Complete one task from the activity grid    Scotland IDL Grid

Thursday (Mrs Gaw)

Rectangles and Circles – Teaching input will be given for this at Morning Check in. At the beginning of your Maths booklet you will find a page on 4-digit subtraction. Complete this, then have a go at Thursday’s Mental Maths questions on the following link.  Mental Maths (Wednesday Thursday)  Now choose activities from the menu to practise your times tables. Times-Table-Menu

Squares/Triangles – Complete Workbook (Making Symmetrical Shapes pg. 15&16) then at least 15 minutes on Sumdog. Now choose activities from the menu to practise your times tables. Times-Table-Menu

  • Spelling – Look/say/cover/write/check 3 times & write a quality sentence for each of your spelling words in lined jotter.
  • Literacy – Complete the task (detailed below) in the Comprehension Booklet in your lined jotter. (Remember to answer in sentences.)

Dahl/Rowling/Walliams – Read ‘Pandora’s Box’ and complete ‘A New Hero’

Morpurgo/Lewis – Read ‘Gingernuts’ and then answer the questions

Friday (Mrs Gaw)

  • P.E with Joe Wicks – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
  • Morning Check in on Teams at 9.30am
  • Reading – Please click on the link below for your group’s Bug Club Task Card. Read the pages, answer the Bug questions and then complete the tasks for Session 2 in lined jotter.

Dahl – The Railway Children  Session 2 Reading (pages 42-61)

Rowling – Awfully Beastly Business: Saving a Sea Monster  Session 2 Reading (Pages 23-32)  *Live call on Teams at 10.15am*

Walliams – The Curse of the Highwayman  Session 2 Reading (Pages 22-35)

Morpurgo – Beowolf and the Beast  Session 2 Reading (Pages 17-28)  *Live call on Teams at 10.00am*

Lewis – The Pirates in an Adventure with Scientists  Session 2 Reading (Pages 18-28)  *Live call on Teams at 9.45am*

  • Numeracy – Complete the workbook pages allocated below in your Numeracy jotter.

Rectangles/Circles – Teaching input will be given for this at Morning Check in. At the beginning of your Maths booklet, you will find a page on 3-digit multiplication. Complete this, then make sure you have finished the Sumdog challenge. Now choose activities from the menu to practise your times tables. Times-Table-Menu

Squares /Triangles – Workbook Pages (Symmetry, pg. 17&18) then complete Sumdog challenge. Now choose activities from the menu to practise your times tables. Times-Table-Menu

  • Spelling test and check in on Teams at 11.45am
  • IDL – Complete one task from the activity grid    Scotland IDL Grid