Wednesday 15th July – Congo Class

Well done to you all for reaching your last full week. Please would you send in work any time from Thursday onwards this week. It’s extra points up the rocket this week, too!

And well done, Zac, for being the first to send in your newspaper report on the Must Farm fire.

Colorado Class Memories 2019-2020

What a strange and unusual school year we have had! It has been such a long time since the whole class were together and who would have thought we wouldn’t get the chance to reunite before the Summer holidays?! We didn’t get to celebrate the end of the school year with our usual class song, or even say a proper goodbye, and good luck, for the next academic year.

We can however, look back at the school year and remember all the good times we had, together with all of the fun learning we did and our favourite moments. So I thought it would be nice to share these with each other as a special way to reflect on the year and also for us to look forward to getting back to a new kind of ‘normal’ in September.

Levi’s memories of Colorado Class.
Oscar’s happy memories.
Liam had some good times.

YANGTZE CLASS Monday 13th July – Friday 17th July 2020

HOMESCHOOLING DAYS 63-67

STAR OF THE WEEK

The star of the week is Isla. You have been incredibly busy this week Isla: you baked a German flatbread; solved the mystery of the 52 dead bodies found at Maiden Castle (and found a great photo of Sir Mortimer Wheeler); did some super maths; conducted a fantastic investigation into friction; had another live French lesson with Nanny Cleverley in France (which is a very useful resource to have!); and – on top of all that – you’ve been writing thank you letters for all your birthday presents. Well done Isla – you are our star!

TASKS FOR THE WEEK

LITERACY

In September, we will be launching an interactive Book Wall where we can post reviews of books we enjoyed, and comment on each other’s choices. To get us started, I would like you to complete a detailed book review. These will be the first to go on the wall. Use the two powerpoints to find out how to write a good book review, and read some good examples on Spaghetti Book Club.

MATHS

This week there is a mystery to solve on Monday and Tuesday, then a Summer Maths Booklet for the remainder of the term (and the Summer Holidays if you choose!).

SCIENCE
This week you’ll be learning about mechanisms that can change the direction of forces, or make a force bigger. I then want you to design a Cracking Contraption. If you like, you can also enter the Rube Goldberg Summer Video Challenge. Read the ppt to find out more.

ICT – ANIMATION

It’s the end of the unit, so finish your animations and send them in. We’ll find a way to share them all in an online gallery.

HISTORY

It’s the end of the Iron Age and the Romans are thinking about invading Britain. If you were the Emperor Julius Caesar standing on the shores of Kent in AD55, what would you have done?

D&T

It’s the Fressingfield Bready Bake Off! It’s time to bake the delicious designs from last week. Remember to take lots of photos and send them into me. You’ll also need to ask your family to review your efforts – they can even dress up as Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood if they like! I hope we don’t have any soggy bottoms!

FRENCH

This week, you’ll be learning how to talk about things you know and things you don’t know how to do. 

Je sais dancer et patiner, mais je ne sais pas jouer du violon.

AND LASTLY,

Why do bananas use suncream?

Because they peel!

What do you get when you mix an elephant and a fish?

Swimming trunks!

Why don’t oysters share their pearls?

Because they’re shellfish!

Class Danube Home Learning Pictures

Hi Class Danube,

Well done for another fantastic week of learning at home! Thank you to everyone who has sent emails or pictures, it’s so lovely to hear what you’ve been up to!

Finn has been busy exploring, planting and working.

It looks like you’ve had a wonderful time and I love the look of your classroom at home! Well done Finn!

Jayden has been so busy with his learning!

I am so impressed with how motivated you have been every single week since lockdown started. You have completed everything I set and more, really proud of you!

Reuben has used a sowing machine to create his own snack bag for school. WOW! Well done Reuben!

Sienna has worked so hard on her Science project and it looks amazing!

You have recorded so many facts and presented your work beautifully! I love your artwork too, well done Sienna!

Summer has recorded so much information for her Geography project and the finished piece looks incredible!

You have also completed everything I set, read lots of different stories and drawn amazing pictures. Well done Summer!

Edward has had another very busy week completing all the work set and he’s also done lots of lovely activities too, has 6 new chicks and 3 baby boy guinea pigs! It sounds like you’ve had a very exciting week!

Archie’s had a very exciting week with lots of lovely family days out learning about different animals. The pizza you’ve made looks delicious too!

Thank you for all your lovely pictures!

Have a great weekend,

Miss Adamson

Well done, Congo Class

Well done to Belle, for being our Superstar of the Week (see the home page). It’s great when children are able to work so hard when they are both in school and at home, like Belle, over the week.

And a belated well done for a beautiful bag from our No Plastic Bags Day last week. I have even seen this bag being used!

Great sewing and embroidering!

A big well done to Thomas, who has been improving his typing and keyboard skills; very useful. We’re also proud of Zac, who has been ahead of the game, and finished his newspaper report, as he is in school next week.

Autumn has been really busy with some great multiplication and history; well done, Autumn.

Some great detective work, identifying the artefacts excavated at Must Farm.

Last week is your very last whole week of the school year. So please, let’s all have a final big push and send me your lovely work, from Monday through to Friday!

Planning for week beginning Monday 13th July 2020 – Congo Class

A massive well done to all home teachers, as well as home learners; we are now in the ‘home straight’! In this last week, it would be fantastic if children were to able to get their newspaper report finished (more on the planning sheet below) and to feel confident using written methods for multiplication and division. For science and history, we are aiming to ‘wrap up the learning’. For other foundation subjects, I know families have been either working from the plans from the start of this half-term (see planning sheet) or doing some of their own creative and physical activities.

Literacy

Maths (for children who were in school last week)

Maths (additional)

Science

Year 4

Year 5

Colorado Class Home Learning Photos

Alex celebrated his birthday. over the weekend. We hope he had a wonderful birthday. Here are some pictures of his special day.

Take a look at some of your Science experiments.

Oscar investigated sound.
Summer investigated flight.
Summer also made crystals.
Liam has enjoyed conducting different experiments.

Take a look at your art and design work.

Liam’s art work.
Oscar made this piece of art from natural materials.
Oscar made this pop-up book.
Oscar’s pop-up book.
Summer’s art work.

And here is some other work you have been up to.

Oscar has been working hard as usual.

Class Danube Home Learning w/c 13.07.20

Hi Class Danube,

I hope you’ve all had a wonderful week!

If you would like to listen to this week’s story and join me for the Friday dance, watch the link below:

Please find the work below for your child.

Year 1

Year 2

Have a lovely weekend,

Miss Adamson

YANGTZE CLASS Monday 6th July – Friday 10th July 2020 HOMESCHOOLING DAYS 58-62

NEWS FROM THE HOME FRONT

I think a great many of you would have been extremely hungry if you had to make paper bags for a living. I’m sure it gets faster given practice, but it’s still a fiendishly difficult way to make a living. I was impressed by the children’s answers to the final question in class: How did it make you feel to play this game? They talked about the stress of trying to work quickly, the minimum reward for efforts, how unfair it all seemed, and how lucky they felt not to have to earn their living in this way.

I was very impressed with Eva’s thoughtful, detailed balanced argument that came in last weekend, so I am posting it on the website for you to see. It’s a wonderful piece of writing. Well done Eva.

TASKS FOR THE WEEK

LITERACY

There is a choice of activity for this week’s literacy. You can either choose to follow the Oak National Academy plans – I have recommended a unit for both Year 5 and Year 6 in the weekly overview, or you can work through your purple workbooks. I will leave it to your parents to decide what a reasonable amount of work is in these.

MATHS

This week I have planned work using the workbooks. These are different for Year 5 and Year 6, so read the overview for your year before you start. The overview also includes links to videos that can help you. I have also included an extension task for each day if you are either keen, in need of a greater challenge, or both. Friday’s maths is to solve the mystery of the Festival Camping Chaos.

SCIENCE
This week you will be investigating friction using a bicycle (or scooter or tricycle) wheel. Please be careful not to hurt your fingers. Your task is to find the best material to make a new set of brakes.   

ICT – ANIMATION

Over the next two weeks, I would like you to work on your animations using your storyboard to guide you. I hope you have come up with a short story that can be retold using the character you invented a couple of weeks ago. The finished animations should be about a minute long, if you can manage it.

HISTORY

There’s an iron age mystery to solve this week. When archaeologists dug up the hillfort at Maiden Hill in Dorset, they discovered 52 bodies. Your task is to use the evidence to establish what happened to them. I would like a written crime report to be sent to me that describes what the evidence proves.  

D&T

This week you will be planning your final loaf. Use the ideas you have researched over the previous few weeks to design a bread for a special occasion. Draw it, label it, write the recipe and gather the resources. Next week will be the Great Fressingfield Bake Off, so you need to be prepared!

FRENCH

En francais, you have two short reading comprehensions to complete, focusing on hobbies.

AND LASTLY,

What do you call a fish without eyes?

A fsh.

Why did the scarecrow win an award?

Because he was outstanding in his field.

Two muffins are baking in an oven. One muffin turns to the other and says, “Phew, is it me or is it getting hot in here?”

The other muffin says, “Aaaaaaghhhh! A talking muffin!”

What did the policeman say to his bellybutton?

You’re under a vest!