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Author: Miss Harvey
Thursday 26th March – Addition
Task One
To warm up our mathematical brains can you count to 100 in 2’s,5’s and 10’s starting from 12.
Task Two
Pick your own level of challenge and complete the 12 calculations below.
Task Three
Using Hit the Button, how many addition calculations can you complete in the set time? Try your best to beat you score. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Thursday 26th March Handwashing Writing
An important way to help keep ourselves safe and well over this time is to make sure we are all using proper handwashing techniques.
Watch this video about how to properly wash your hands.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seA1wbXUQTs
In your jotter write step by step instructions telling me how to wash my hands properly.
Make sure to :
- use bossy verbs (called imperative verbs!) like do, put, get. Make sure they tell me EXACTLY what to do
- keep the instructions short and simple, so I don’t get confused
- tell me how long to wash my hands for – this is important!
- send me a picture so I can try to follow your instructions
Miss Todd’s Number Challenge #3
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Thursday 26th March – Safe
Today we are going to be thinking about how to keep ourselves safe.
Safe is one of our school rules and is one of the wellbeing indicators, so it is very important to us.
In your SHANARRI booklets you are going to work through page one which is all about safe. These have been emailed to you on glow.
P5
You are going to be looking at Internet Safety today. Have a look at the following website to get some tips about staying safe online and then work through pg 1 of the booklet.
P6
You are going to be doing a quiz about staying safe around medicine. You can use this website or do some supervised research and then complete pg 1 of the booklet.
https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/kidmedic.html
Click the links below for your booklet!
P5
P6
Wednesday 25th March – Family Tree
In the film Brave, Merida lives in a castle with her family. We know that all families look really different and that it is important just now to stay connected to our family.
Task One.
Draw your family tree. Start with you and any siblings you may have and work back as far as you can. It may be helpful to contact other family members to see who they remember!
Be as creative as you can!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWyL1pPgOpg
Task Two
Merida’s family have their own tartan. If your family had their own tartan what would it look like? Make sure to send me a picture on Seesaw!
Design it in your book. Here are some ideas to help!
Wednesday 25th March – Brave
Good morning!
This morning we are going to be focus on literacy.
Instructions :
- Click the following link to the Literacy Shed. https://www.literacyshed.com/home.html
- Click the film trailer tab.
- Watch the trailer for Pixar’s Brave
Discuss the following questions with an adult or sibling.
- Why do you think they hide Merida’s face until the end ?
- Sometimes movie trailers use a strategy called foreshadowing where they give hints about what is going to happen . Did you spot any characters or scenes that will turn out to be important ?
Task
Your challenge this morning is to write a new narrative for the trailer. It must be the same length as the video and describe what is happening without giving away the whole story.
When you are finished you can perform your new trailer to an adult at home. Make sure the play the video without the sound! 
Miss Todd’s Number Challenge #2
Tuesday 24th March – Literacy
For literacy this morning its time for you to choose!
We are going to work on some spelling words called homophones. These are words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings.
- there
- they’re
- their
- to
- too
- two
- pair
- pear
- here
- hare
Tasks
- Write each word 3 times.
- Write a sentence for each word.
- Find the meaning of each word.
- From the grid below select two Spelling activities.
Tuesday 24th March – Addition
Today we are going to be continuing to work of addition.
Lets start with a number talk.
38 + 23 =
Try using compensating to solve this calculation.
Today we have set a Sumdog challenge!
You are going to be working on your addition skills and there are plenty of coins up for grabs.
