Author: Miss Harvey

As we are using so much technology to enhance our learning, we thought this activity might be helpful!

Click the link below to begin the Dance Mat Typing workshop.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zf2f9j6/articles/z3c6tfr

Mrs. McLaren’s challenge
Can you recycle plastic to make a bird feeder?
Good morning everyone. I hope you have had a lovely
weekend. If you would like to help feed some feathered
friends in your garden, have a look at the ideas below!

Using a plastic bottle to make a bird feeder is a cheap craft
idea that helps to reuse and recycle rubbish. They can
make lovely decorations in your garden whilst helping to feed
our wildlife.
*Please make sure you rinse plastic bottles thoroughly and let them
dry completely. It is very important to dry empty plastic bottles or
the bird food will stick to the moisture.

 

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  These are just a few ideas. Perhaps you can research and
  design your own feeder?
  Please ask a grown up to help you with scissors if you are a younger
  Glencoats pupil!
  What to put in your bird feeder:
  Feeding garden birds does not have to be expensive – many
  of the things you throw away provide suitable food for birds:
  Bacon and fats: You can put out fat from unsalted cuts of
  meat in large pieces for birds.
  Bread: All types of bread can be digested by birds (although
  large amounts should not be given as its nutritional value is
  low).
  Cheese: Mild grated cheese is a favourite with some birds.
  Potatoes: Birds love potatoes, especially ones with added
  real fats. Birds rarely eat chips!
  Fruit: Dried fruits such as raisins, sultanas and currants are
  loved by some birds (please note some dogs and cats react
  badly to these fruits so please do not put them out in areas
  where these animals might get to them). Apples, pears and
  other fruit, including bruised and part rotten ones, cut up,
  are very popular with all thrushes, tits and starlings.
  Pastry: Cooked or uncooked pastry is excellent!
  Dog and cat food: Tinned dog and cat food are loved by many
  birds but be careful not to attract any unwanted animals to
  your garden!
  Rice and cereals: Cooked rice benefits all sorts of birds.
  They enjoy dry cereal and uncooked porridge oats – but good
  to keep a supply of drinking water nearby for them!
  Salt: Garden birds find it extremely difficult to digest salt.
  It is toxic to them in high quantities. Please do not feed
  birds with salted food.
  **JAs always, please send us a picture of your bird feeder! J**

Friday Problem Solving Task

Sudoku:

· Can you complete the Sudoku?

· Remember each vertical and horizontal line has to contain the numbers 1-9 (no doublers).

· Each box of 9 squares has to contain the numbers 1-9 (no doublers).

· What do the numbers 1-9 add up to? What is the quickest way to add them?

· What does each box does up to?

· Can you create your own puzzle in the style of this?

· Can you rearrange the numbers 1-4 in to a box? How many ways is this possible?

· How many squares can you see?

Sentence Editing and Uplevelling

Can you improve these sentences by editing and uplevelling them using punctuation, ambitious words and conjunctions (connectives)? The best sentences contain all of these elements and have correct spelling.

1. My sister is bad.
2. I feel hungry.
3. The girl is nice
4. i like to eat cakes.
5. We can see a car.
6. Stop running now
7. I seen a ship sailing
8. smash went the glass.

Conjunctions are words like: because, when, and, so, but, then.

Punctuation includes: ! ? , . Aa “ “

Ambitious words can be: fantastic, wondering, enormous, beautiful, adventure (there are many more).

A thesaurus can also help with this task. A free online version can be found here:           https://www.thesaurus.com/

Task One

Time for a 3-D shape hunt.

Can you find the following shapes around your home or garden?

Write a list of the items you find in your jotter and send a picture to your teacher!

1. sphere
2. cylinder
3. cone
4. cube
5. cuboid
6. triangular prism
7. square based pyramid

Task Two

With a parent / guardian’s permission!

Find some 3-D shapes in your recycling. Could you re-use these to create some junk models?

You get to choose what you make using the 3-D items. Could you make a clone of yourself? Or a tiger?

If you are stuck for ideas you could make a 3-D version of the robot you designed!

Task One – Discussion

• Role play the conversation you might have with the octopus.
• Why is the Octopus pink?
• You can only ask 3 questions to the octopus. What would you ask and why?
• Try to persuade the octopus to leave. Then try to persuade it to stay. Which was easiest? Why?

Task Two – Writing

After your role play can you now write our the conversation with the octopus like a play.

Me : _______________

Octopus : ______________

Me : ________________

LI – I can identify the well-being indicators.

Task One

Talk to an adult or sibling about what the word achieving means to you. Think back to assemblies and times in class where we have discussed our achievements.

Task Two

Open page 5 of your Health and Wellbeing booklet and follow the instructions there. Make sure and tell your teacher something you hope to achieve in 2020!

2D Shape Tiling

We can use most 2D shapes to tile and make patterns because they have straight edges and corners.  They don’t leave any gaps in between.  2D shapes that aren’t suitable for tiling are shapes with curves as, no matter which way you arrange them, there will still be gaps in between.

Watch this video clip on tiling:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zthsb9q

 

Here are a couple of examples of how different 2D shapes can be arranged but they all slot nicely together.

 

Now it’s your turn.  Can you create your own tiling pattern or picture using the website below?  You can turn the shapes around and mix them with others but they must all slot together without gaps.  Take a photo of your patterns and send them to your teacher.

https://mathsbot.com/manipulatives/patternBlocks

Who do you miss?

1. Have a little think (or chat!) about people that you are missing during lockdown. It could be special friends, relatives, a teacher etc.
2. Choose one person that you are missing and make a card for them, to cheer them up! Make sure and write a kind and thoughtful message inside.
3. Ask an adult if you are allowed to deliver or post it to them as part of your daily exercise. Please be mindful of hand sanitising and social distancing if you are out and about.

LI – I can describe ways to look after my physical and mental health.

Task One

Chat to an adult about what makes your body feel health and calm, especially during a time like this.

Task Two

To look after my physical and mental health during lockdown I have been doing lots of Yoga. Sometimes my dog, Mac tries to join in and I call that Doga!

Make your own Yoga routine or check out the cosmic kids channel to follow along with one of their routines.https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga

Take some nice deep, relaxing breaths and have a wonderful afternoon.