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Photography

Create your own Slinkachu piece of art! Use your toys and random objects from around the house.

To create a Slinkachu scene and take a photograph of it..

Science

Draw a diagram of your house and label all of the different light sources that you can find.

Photography

Smile Challenge!

Hunt around your house, garden or local area and find objects that look like a smile! Take a photo-

graph and send them to us. Here is a link to some examples… https://www.youtube.com/watch?

time_continue=8&v=ZFVnN2llXn8&feature=emb_logo

Sunny day Science

Go outside, ask someone to draw around your feet and your shadow.. Start in the morning and repeat every couple of hours making sure that you stand in the same position. What happens?

Art

Research some famous artists. Create a piece of art in the style of your favourite artist.

Here are some artists you might like…

Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Pete McKee, Jonas Claesson, Jackson Pollock, Piet Mondrian

Sunny day Science

Draw around the shadows of different objects outside. You could place animals on a piece of

paper and draw around their shadows.

Art

Look at the ‘Art for Kids Hub’ on You tube.

https://www.youtube.com/user/

ArtforKidsHub/playlists

Learn how to draw something new! Send us a photograph of your amazing drawings.

Bonus Activity

Science

Can you make 3 sets of objects using the headings transparent, translucent and opaque?

Include a definition of each word.

KEY SKILLS

Typing

Practise your typing skills using https://thetypingcat.com/

Practice using the online lessons and then see if you can beat your high score in the 1 minute test.

Spelling Shed and Maths Shed

Practice makes perfect. Can you be top of the leader board

this week and win the medal? Log on and find out!

https://play.edshed.com/login

Subject Online Activities Activities Which Don’t Require a Device

English

CHARACTER DESCRIPTION IDEAS

Watch the short film ‘Broken’ (https://www.literacyshed.com/a-shed-full-of-

animations.html ) Write a character profile for each of the characters in the film.

Watch the short film ‘Soar’ (https://www.literacyshed.com/soar.html ) Stop the film when we first see Lucas (he’s dressed as a Victorian) and compare to Mara who has an iPhone.

Visit ’Once upon a picture’ https://www.onceuponapicture.co.uk/the-collections/

the-character-collection/ Choose an image and write a description of the character. The images have writing prompts underneath to help focus on the character.

Get inside a character and answer these questions. https://

www.onceuponapicture.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/20-questions-to-get-

to-know-a-character.pdf Use the answers to write a character description.

TOPIC LINK

TES https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year4-myths-and-viking-gods-norse-

myths-11013104

SETTING DESCRIPTION IDEAS

Revisit school learning: Watch the short film ‘Broken’ (https://

www.literacyshed.com/a-shed-full-of-animations.html ) Write a setting description of the forest as it comes back to life.

Link to the film ‘Soar’. Show the children the image on the page: https://

www.literacyshed.com/soar.html Collect language that describes the scene. Use this to write a description of the scene. Challenge only use 5 sentences.

The magic tree: Imagine you have stepped inside the open portal and into the world inside the tree. Describe what you can see https://www.pobble365.com/the-magic-

tree

Stranded https://www.pobble365.com/stranded

TOPIC LINK

Viking village https://www.literacyshed.com/vikingvillage.html

CHARACTER DESCRIPTION IDEAS

Read a character description and look how a character description is written using the how to write a character description sheet.

Choose a character from their favourite book/film/cartoon and build up a profile of them using the ‘inside out sheet’ The children write words to describe the characters personality on the inside of the body and words to describe the characters ap-pearance around the outside of the body (The children are familiar with this ap-proach). They could then use this sheet to write a character profile of their chosen character using their chosen vocabulary.

Complete the above activity choosing a Viking God/Goddess or Egyptian God/Goddess

As well as writing paragraphs the children could present their character descriptions in a variety of different ways. For example: they could create a WANTED poster or Top Trump cards.

To develop descriptive vocabulary the children could create their own ‘Guess Who’ game where the children invent and draw their own characters. They could be fairy tale char-acters/cartoon characters/Egyptian Gods/Goddesses/Viking Gods/Goddesses

SETTING DESCRIPTION IDEAS

Read a setting description and look how a setting description is written using the how to write a setting description sheet.

Watch a clip from a film that they enjoy and write a description of where it is set. For example: Watch ‘The Jungle book’. Stop the film and describe the setting.

Simply look out of the window and describe what they can see.

Choose a favourite photograph or picture and use them as a stimulus to write setting descriptions.

Create their own magical setting. Describe it and draw a picture.

AS ALWAYS...

Encourage the children to use a variety of sentence types (examples are attached) and a wide range of vocabulary (specific vocabulary mats are attached) in their writing.

Encourage the children to periodically check their work and look for ways to improve it.

Focus on handwriting and the correct letter formation following the example attached.

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Extras Roald Dahl Character quiz

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/who-am-i-roald-dahl-day-quiz/zmj8gwx

Fun for all the family

Play ‘Guess Who’—If you don’t have this game you could make your own version or print a version. There are a variety online

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Subject Online Activities Activities Which Don’t Require a Device

Maths

After the last home learning pack explaining what we had focussed on during the Autumn term the Maths focus this time is going to be more detailed ideas for addition Please click on the following link for our school calculation policies on addi-tion and subtraction. http://www.malinbridgeprimary.co.uk/maths/

Addition Make some digit cards numbers 0— 9 -First make a 3 digit number from your digit cards. Partition the number and add the values together eg 528 = 500 + 20 + 8 Next partition the number in different ways 528 = 200 + 320 + 8 528 = 100 + 400 + 114 + 14 Do this as many ways as you can . Challenge—Do the same activity with a 4 digit num-ber. -Number Bonds Write down the number bonds for the number 20, 50 , 75 and 100. Can you do this systematically? Eg 20 + 0, 19 + 1, 18 + 2 Challenge—How quick can you do this? Time yourself. -Number line addition Draw number lines to solve the following calculations. Remember when you are using a number line you put the largest number first and then partition the smallest number and then add the amounts on the number line. 62 + 235 = 235 + 60 + 2 = 297 +60 +2 ____________________________ 235 295 297 27 + 83 = 52 + 112 = 74 + 43 = 175 + 54 = 256 + 125 = 245 + 181 = 362 + 113 = 275 + 128 = 467 + 176 = 564 + 263 = 543 + 321 = 1652 + 1035 = 2531 + 172 = 672 + 1217 = 3051 + 1904 = Challenge—Use your digit cards to make 2, 3, and 4 digit numbers that you can add together on a number line. . Place value counters-Make some place value counters (9 ones, 9 tens and 9 hundreds) Turn them over so that you can not see them .Pick 3 and write the number choose another 3 and write the number, add the amounts together.

Below is the link to see the Gareth Metcalfe maths challenge videos. These are brilliant just make sure you do them in the right order because he gives the answers away for previous challenges in the videos. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfyh0qIIwTEV8ktNRI0x5-g/videos

In school, we do the daily 10 to practise multiplication tables. There are loads of levels of challenge for the daily 10 and the children will love showing you their skills. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10 Another website that the children enjoy learning maths is hit the button. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

There are lots of free, extended challenges on following website that the children can work through. Some of them are really tough so make sure that you choose the appropriate level: https://nrich.maths.org/10334

Of course one of the best resources that the children should definitely take advantage of is Maths Shed. The children love this and are brilliant at it too. https://www.edshed.com/en-gb/login?return_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mathshed.com%2F

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154 = 100+50+4

200 +40 +7 = 247

Column Addition

There are lots of different stages to column addition. The first stage is when you do not have to regroup. Then the next stage is when you have to regroup ( That is why it is important to miss a line just in case you need to regroup. ) The final stage is to work out the missing numbers in the different columns.

Remember to line your numbers up carefully when you are carrying out column addition otherwise you are likely to get the incorrect answer. 134 + 22 =

A) 1 3 4 B) 1 3 4 A is set out incorrectly which means you will get the answer

+ 2 2 + 2 2 354. B is set out correctly and you will get the answer 156.

You need to use your digit cards and practise column addition. Start with adding to-gether two 2 digit numbers, move onto adding a 2 digit and a 3 digit number together before adding 3 and 4 digit numbers together. To challenge yourself you could add three numbers together. ( 145 + 256 + 231, Set it out as column addition )

Column Addition Reasoning Explain why each example is incorrect. (Think about how you line up the numbers!)

Addition Reasoning Problems

Subject Online Activities Activities Which Don’t Require a Device

PE

https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga

Cosmic Kids Yoga is a brilliant website. Mr Lewis has been doing a lot of yoga at home because he is old and needs to stretch his ageing muscles out! He also finds it very relaxing and a great way to start the day. This channel has loads of great videos for you to join in with. Give them a go and let Mr Lewis know what you think!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMr-d2PLsO95ydptpBnsxdQNSKc9iUNU0

Another great Youtube channel is Kidz Bop there are loads of guided dances to do here which are great for breaks in your other work. If you lose concentration or focus, don’t worry, have a dance for 5 minutes then get back to it!

It’s time to challenge yourselves. Find some equipment from around the house - this can be anything : pots and pans, books, toys furniture and build yourself an obstacle course! Make sure you ask permission first and it would probably be better to do it in the garden if you’re lucky enough to have one!

Finally, I’ve included a daily challenge sheet for you which not only helps with your fitness but also helps you to practise maths! Have a go and let me know your high score!

Online Safety

Think you know—Online Safety at home

Activity 1 /waprofile. Alfie has taken some important steps to make sure that he is safe when he is making videos and posting them online. sk your child to write down four steps Alfie has taken,

Activity 2

Ask your child: Who wrote a mean comment about Alfie?

Who ‘liked’ the comment?

Why wasn’t this a kind thing to do?

ve words could Ellie, Alfie and Sam use to describe each other? Using Resource Sheet 2: Being kind online, ask your child to write as many positive words and phrases as they can think of next to each character, using any clues in the video to help.

Alternatively, your child can draw pictures of each character and add positive words to describe them.

Music

Sing up at home!

This exciting new website has lots of resources to help you enjoy singing in your home. Loads of songs and singing games from the comfort of your own home!

www.singup.org/singupathome

HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR BOOK?

FICTION & NON-FICTION

Write a book review about your reading book by answering these questions.

Is your book fiction or non-fiction What is the title of your book?

Who is the author? Who is the illustrator? What genre does your story belong to?

Would you recommend this book? Who would you recommend this book to?

Fiction

Describe the characters of the book. Where is the story set? Can you describe the setting?

What is the main event in the story? What made it happen? What was the result?

Can you confidently sequence the story? What happened first? Next?

How did the story finish?

Non– Fiction What is the book about?

Three new words you have learnt Can you give a definition for each new word?

What was your favourite page– what was it about? Two new facts you have learnt are?

This link has many other ideas for learning activities you can do at home:

https://medium.com/pobble/simple-and-fun-non-screen-activities-that-children-can-do-at-home-115543cb3b9c

Identify and underline the expanded noun phase in the text.

The snarling dragon shot from the huge cave and flapped his mighty wings in the cold, misty air. It roared fearsomely and speared downwards into the picturesque luscious

valley below that was full of swaying corn. The hungry dragon began to burn the precious, golden crops of the poor village people. He wilted the green stalks with a

fierce inferno that began in his enormous, carnivorous jaws.

Use your expanded noun phrases to write 5 sentences to describe what is happening in the picture. Your sentences must include an expanded noun phrase with two adjectives, a verb and an adverb.

Example: The large, heavy bathtub floated quickly through the water.

Challenge: include more than one expanded noun phrase in your sentence.

Example: Suddenly, the large bathtub quickly floated across the crystal, clear water.

Add two adjec-tives at the start of each noun phrase to make it into an expanded noun phrase.

Now Write:

Noun phrase

The bath

The girl

The turtle

The day

The water

Thinking time challenge

The adjectives in expanded noun phrases can change the meaning on the noun.

Example: The crystal, clear water.

The murky, swampy water.

Change the adjectives in your 5 expanded noun phrases to change their meaning.