Hello everyone! How was your weekend? Can you believe it’s May already?! This week, we actually have a bank holiday on Friday to coincide with VE day (more about that below). There will be no work set for Thursday (In-service day) or Friday this week.
As always, do not put pressure on yourself to get all of these activities done, these are only suggestions for you! The main thing is that you stay happy and safe, and that goes for the adults at home too!
Numeracy:
As a starter for you all: Would you rather…
One activity you can try for Numeracy is The Budget Game. This game is great for learning how to budget your money, which is a very important life skill! This is a more long-term activity as you have to try and budget your money for 12 whole weeks! You will have bills to pay, food to buy and budget for travel expenses. There will be fun things for you to buy too but you have to make sure you don’t run out of money!
Remember you can tune into the RBS MoneySense videos on Facebook at 12pm to learn more about money and financing!
This is quite a fun activity – can you follow the instructions to help you escape?
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Escape Room
Have a go at the BBC Bitesize Maths challenge too if you can.
Here are some problem solving challenges for each group:
MM + DD: classroom supplies
I have also set some times tables revision on Sumdog for you to try.
Literacy:
AA: Try and read chapter 31 + 32 of The Nowhere Emporium. We only have a few more chapters to go before you’re finished!
FF + CC: Like last week, have a look at Pobble365 and complete some of the activities for your chosen day.
Spelling:
Gold and Silver groups – you have a spelling rule this week. Suggested activities this week are: Finding words that fit the rule, writing your words in a paragraph or using them in sentences, write the definition of some of your words, test an adult, create a wordsearch.
Bronze group – you have a consolidation week, looking at the last three phonemes you looked at – ‘ie’, ‘ve’ and ‘g’. Suggested activities this week are: create a wordsearch, think of other words for each phoneme, test an adult, use your words in a sentence, write the definition of words. I have also set your words as a Sumdog activity (group 1)
Writing: I hope you all had fun watching your chosen movie last week! This week you should concentrate on writing your movie review. Remember, your movie review cannot be more than 100 words so you have to be very careful. I have included a writing frame that you might want to use to help structure your writing. The writing frame mentions the 3Cs and the 3Ss so I have included information about that too.
Remember, this is a competition that runs every two weeks and there is an Amazon gift voucher for the winner! If you want to enter, you need to take a picture of your review and post it to the Into Film Twitter or Facebook page. You MUST get an adult to complete this step for you. Good luck, and remember to send me any reviews you write!
Topic: Guys, I am so excited about topic this week! On Friday (8th May) it will be VE day. VE stands for Victory in Europe and this is when World War Two officially ended in Britain after Germany surrendered. The war went on for 6 whole years (1939-1945) so people were understandably happy when it ended. It’s particularly special this year as it is the 75th anniversary so I have lots of activities for you to try.
When the war was over, lots of people began celebrating on the streets. Have a look at the following information and activities!
History of VE day + street party ideas
Obviously you can’t have a street party with social distancing rules in place but you could try some of the activities, like baking something using your rations, or making paper chains/decorating your room to celebrate VE day. How about listening to some of the songs that were popular at the time? There are lots of links included in these pages so you should be able to follow the links but if you can’t, let me know and I will try and sort it out. All of the resources are available on the Poppy Scotland website.
P.E: Can you try the Jitterbug? This was a popular dance during the 1940s and 50s. It’s a very energetic dance! You will need a partner for this. Here is an example of the Jitterbug:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFW0XOfgpzw
There are some videos of the dancers from Strictly doing it on Youtube but the quality of the video isn’t as good.
Here is the link to the how-to-guide!
You will find more information about the music and dancing on page 5 + 6 of the ‘History of VE day and street party ideas’ link I posted under topic!
ICT: Follow this link for another online tutorial in coding HTML and CSS. Your challenge this week is to create a joke, story or poem on the webpage with text and images set out in the correct order. You can write your own, or use a story you already know to get you started. Good luck!
Life Skills: Choose an activity from this list!
No-screen activities: I realise it’s very easy at times to stare at a screen for hours at a time so here are a few ideas for things to do that don’t include a screen!
As always, I hope you are all keeping safe and happy. If you have any questions or have something you want to share then leave a comment for me and I will get back to you. Remember, any pictures of your learning can be sent to gw18burnsidephotos@glow.sch.uk
