Home learning 04/05/20

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Good Morning boys, girls and grown-ups,

First of all I want to reiterate that Mrs Graham and I are thinking of you all and really miss being in school with all your cheery wee faces! Everything I post here is to simply keep you going during this difficult time. We know that some families may not be able to complete these activities because we know that many of your grown ups are very busy working. We also know that some families are relying on some help from school to keep you all busy, so we are sharing some ideas here. When  you come back to school we will pick up where we left off and nobody will have been left behind. The main thing is that you are safe, happy and healthy. If your grown up wants you to do some of these jobs then you must do them, just as you would in the classroom.   If you can manage to do some yourself then that’s fantastic! If you don’t get a chance for one reason or another then that’s also ok. Please do keep in touch with us, even if its just a wee “hello”.

Mrs Mirner : )

Studyladder

I’m very impressed with all those of you who have been working on studyladder this week! I can see you’re making super progress.  I have added more tasks to it for you to complete this week. Keep up the hard work!

If you need a login, please email me on gw16mirnererica@glow.sch.uk

BBC Bitesize

BBC bitesize have now begun showing daily lessons. We are “year 2” because its based on English schools which work differently. Its a super resource, with a good variety of subjects. If you’re on a tablet and feeling a little bored then this will help keep your brain active. I’ve included some more info here: https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/bbc-bitesize-lesson-support/

Here is this week’s schedule:  https://bam.files.bbci.co.uk/bam/live/content/zjnxt39/pdf#sa-link_location=blocks&intlink_from_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fbitesize%2Farticles%2Fznbnscw&intlink_ts=1588515590953-sa

Maths

  • Using your glow account, click on the RM easi-maths tile. I have updated your levels on this – its a useful programme which has lots of maths activities. It needs Flash Player to work, so is best on a laptop rather than a phone/tablet. I understand that this may not be possible for everyone, but it’s another option for those who have access. You should aim for 3 sessions of about 15-20 minutes per week, but feel free to do more.
  • If you have a printer, then there is a fantastic resource produced by Foster & Partners https://www.designboom.com/architecture/foster-partners-architecture-from-home-challenges-children-04-28-2020/ It allows you to design and build your very own city using paper. I’d absolutely love to see some cities designed by room 6. I’m sure there are some budding architects amongst you. Email me with photos of your cities, make sure you aren’t in the photos though as I’d love to share them.
  • Keep practising your tables and learn-its . Use the app DK 10 minutes a day – its free, and very useful.
  •  Triangles and Squares – please complete the following sheets (If you don’t have a printer, just do it on paper ) : ordering 3d numbers        times tables sheet
  • Circles – please complete the following sheets (if you don’t have a printer just do it on paper) ordering 2d numbers      repeated addition

Literacy

  • Choose another book from Oxford Owl tile in Glow and practise reading it every day. If you go to the E- library you can choose a book from your book bank level. ( Your book bands are as follows: Rowlings: Gold, Dahls: Purple, Kinneys: Blue.) Using the information you find in your book, design a new front cover for the book you read. Summarise the book by drawing a picture for the beginning, the middle and end with a sentence or 2 to explain the main points.
  •  Each day, practise your new spelling words using the active spelling strategies of your choice. On Friday, ask a grown up or sibling to test your progress.
  • Did you find a new word last week? This week start your own dictionary of new words. Add one or 2 this week and every week try to add more. You’ll have really interesting dictionaries by the end of term! (There will probably be words you don’t know in your reading book on Oxford Owl)

Topic

I hope you enjoyed learning about the 5 Oceans of the world last week. This week we are thinking about the different layers of the ocean, often called oceanic zones. I have included some reading and questions about this. You’ll see that it appears 3 times. 1 star at the bottom is the least difficult with 3 stars being the most difficult. Ill let you decide which one you’d like to do. under the sea layers comprehension

Sometimes you’ll read that there are 5 zones in the ocean, and sometimes they may say 3. It depends on how much detail they are giving.

There are lots of great video clips to watch on Youtube about the layers of the Ocean.  Have a look, I have included one link, but you’ll find lots. Make sure you have your grown-ups permission to watch YouTube. I always like to be beside Arran when he’s exploring this website! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHVE4B-UjmM

 

This is a good idea for an Ocean in a jar! I know that you probably don’t have 3 different shades of blue paper, so you could use crayons or pencils to colour it instead. We have to use our imaginations a little in these strange times!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15CL4D41e30

For Fun

  • Make a quiz for your family to take part in. You could do a few questions each on different topics such as books, films, general knowledge, music, and under the sea. You could make it true or false, or multiple choice answers a, b, c or d. Let your imagination run wild! Use books or google to help you.
  •  Make a prize for the winner of your quiz.  Arran baked biscuits this week as his prize and Ena made a certificate.

 

 

 

 

54 thoughts on “Home learning 04/05/20”

  1. Hi should Ròs have a book band colour for the reading activity on Glow? Slightly unsure whether we should still be doing the same reading work as the Dragon group she used to work with in Room 7. Please advise as to what activities would suit Ròs. Thanks, E Macdonald

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    1. Hi Mrs MacDonald, I’ve contacted Mrs Mirner to check where she Ros should be in terms of book banding for that activity. But feel free to still do the room 7 reading activities this week if you feel that is better suited to Ros as she would still be reading with that group if we were in school. One lot of reading tasks is more than enough for her to be doing this week so please don’t put pressure to do both.

      Thanks
      Mrs Graham

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    2. Hi Mrs MacDonald,
      I’ve had a look at room 7’s blog to see what they have for reading and its a comprehension similar to the one I’ve listed in “topic” work this week. So I’d suggest that Ros undertakes the one I have suggested this week, as it links into our Under the Sea topic. As well as this, she could use the Oxford Owl tile: lime level. She could read a lime level book and complete the activities listed for room 6. I will leave it up to your own discretion. Let me know how you get on with Lime level and don’t hesitate to drop me a line if you have any other queries,
      Erica

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      1. Hi thanks for replying about Ròs’ reading activities. She’s eager to get going with the ebooks as she loves to read and use technology, the two things combined are her idea of heaven! Sorry if I’ve missed the information somewhere but to get the Oxford books it seems we require a log-in. I’m happy to register and get a login but want sure if Ròs should have one linked to a school account. Thanks, E Macdonald

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        1. Hi Eilidh,
          Great, its a great resource and I’m glad it appeals to her. Enter through home learning and then just create a password for her. Enjoy the long weekend,
          Erica

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  2. Hi Mrs Mirner and Mrs Graham
    Thanks so much for all these suggestions of tasks! It really helps having work set each week. I wonder if you might be able to point me in the direction of any good Health and Wellbeing resources please? Alfie has been so sad the last few days and, although we talk a lot about how he’s feeling, I’m struggling to be able to properly reassure him. I’ve found lots of online stories about covid and why we’re doing what we’re doing but they’re all aimed at younger children. I thought I’d ask just in case you’d come across anything you thought was particularly good.
    Thanks again, we really appreciate your support.
    Fiona

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    1. Hi Fiona,
      So sorry to hear that Alfie has been down in the dumps. I will investigate this and get back to you.
      Erica

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      1. Thanks Erica! Just if you happen to know if anything or have come across anything, please don’t go out your way. I’m sure he’ll feel a bit better soon, we all have our down days.
        Thanks
        Fiona

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    1. Hi Ava, I have a new password for you, could you get mum to email me and I’ll reply with the password. Thank you

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    1. Hi there, Unfortunately for privacy reasons I can’t. I can only reply to an email with this.
      Mrs Mirner

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  12. No Mrs mirner said I need a new glow password because mine needed updated and Mrs mirner needs to email my mum the new password because she can’t post it on the blog because it is privet

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    1. Sorry Ava just seen this message. If it’s a glow password you need then I’ll ask Mr Campbell to reset it and send it to me & then I’ll forward it on to you.

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    1. Mrs Mirner has asked mum to email her so she can email back the login details for Studyladder. We aren’t allowed to post them on the blog because it’s public so to make sure no one else gets your password.

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  19. I am trying to do my work but it keeps saying there is no activities set for me to do what shall I do

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    2. Is this on Studyladder Ava? Mrs Mirner does is not working today but I know she set the whole class activities which you should be able to access if your logged in and not already completed? If not can you choose to do some other activities that haven’t been set? Mrs Graham

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