We hope you are all well and continuing a rhythm of home learning. Please remember as you go about completing this home learning that our priority is reading, writing and maths so use your time to complete the tasks set for those. Pick and choose from the other subjects e.g. science, music and art; there is no expectation to complete them all.
English tasks
We are continuing our English topic on The Firework- Maker’s Daughter’ by Philip Pullman.
Lesson 1: To be able to find the meaning of words
Lesson 2: To be able to make inferences
Lesson 3: To be able to identify and use different sentence types
Lesson 4: To be able to identify key features of a recount
Lesson 5: To able to write a recount
https://www.thenational.academy/year-2/english/to-write-a-recount-year-2-wk4-5
Spelling
As part of the online lessons, there are weekly spellings set. This week’s are:
| father | class |
| grass | pass |
| plant | path |
| bath | hour |
| move | prove |
On SUMDOG, you will find set spelling challenges to be completed. In addition, below is a copy of the Y1 and Common Exception word lists for you to learn at home.
Maths -National Oak Academy
The Maths lessons follow on from the maths home learning set last week. Please follow the link to access the videos.
Lesson 1: To be able to identify halves, thirds and quarters of shapes
Lesson 2: To be able to identify fractions of shapes with different numerators https://www.thenational.academy/year-2/maths/to-identify-fractions-of-shapes-with-different-numerators-year-2-wk4-5
Lesson 3: To be able to identify unit fractions of quantity
https://www.thenational.academy/year-2/maths/to-identify-unit-fractions-of-quantity-year-2-wk5-1
Lesson 4: To be able to identify fractions of a quantity and shape
Lesson 5: To be able to identify equivalent fractions
Please continue to check MyMaths where you will be set a series of tasks to complete each week as well as logging into Sumdog to develop your maths skills.
Science
Now that you have found out about the parts of a plant and how pollination happens, we would like you to design a garden. Find out about what plants are the best for attracting bees, how a water feature can attract wildlife and cheap and eco ways to encourage mini beasts to visit.
Here are some top tips for your design:
- Water- Bees need water to drink and frogs and dragonflies may visit
- Wildflowers- Butterflies and bees are drawn to areas of wildflowers.
- Put up nesting boxes.
- Include a bird table and bath.
- Plant trees.
- Grow a hedge.
- Make a wilderness area.
- Somewhere to sit and enjoy it all
Family Science Activity – Friday 12th June 2020
Candle chemistry
Safety advice for parents
- Do the activity on a table which is cleared of any other flammable objects or materials. Use your judgement as a parent to decide whether or not to let your child light the candles on their own.
- Make sure you’ve blown out any candles after doing the activity. Don’t move a lit candle when doing this activity. Don’t allow your child to touch the wick or candle until it has completely cooled.
- Don’t leave a lit candle unattended at any time. There’s more extensive safety advice on using candles from the UK Fire Service here: http://bit.ly/BeFireSafe
The activity
- Make a blown out candle relight as if by magic.
- ExpeRiment to find out how long a candle will burn in different amounts of air.
- Learn about the chemistry of how a candle burns.
https://www.rigb.org/families/experimental/candle-chemistry
What you will need
- At least one tea light or other small candle.
- Gas-powered cooker lighter (or long handled matches).
- Glass jars or glasses of various sizes.
- Stopwatch (maybe the one on your smartphone) or other way of measuring time.
What to do
https://www.rigb.org/docs/candlechemistry_infosheet_0_1.pdf – for information sheet about the activity.
Going Further
Learn more facts about fire: http://bit.ly/FireFacts
Make a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher for your candles: http://bit.ly/CO2Ext
Watch a video on how candles are made: http://bit.ly/CandlesMade
Use a candle to suck water into a glass like Josh does at the end of the film: http://bit.ly/WaterCandle
Music
Week 3- Bird
Listen to this short piece of music and find the picture of the flute.
Is the pitch of this music low or high?
What do you think the bird is doing in the story?
Can you find some everyday objects that make a high pitch?
Religious Education
Following the celebration of Pentecost in our Church calendar, we would like you continue to reflect upon our Mission and how we can ‘use the gifts God gave us to make our world a better place’.
Just as the Holy Spirit had appeared to the Apostles of Jesus and gave them hope while they were in Jerusalem, we would like you to consider how YOU can use the power of the Holy Spirit to support and encourage others.
Can you complete ONE of the following activities, to explore how we can continue God’s work on Earth as His followers?
– Design a logo for a charity that you feel could be made in order to support others. You can be as creative as you like! Can you include symbols of the Holy Spirit?
– Research one of the following organisations: CAFOD, Christian Aid, Missio. What is special about this charity? How do they put the needs of others first?
– Create a new school Mission Statement for St. Peters – what else can we do to help others in our community and the wider world? Which actions do you feel would be most important?
– Paint a picture of Oscar Romero. How did he follow the values set out by our school Mission Statement? Can you include key facts about his work?
– Write a letter to your local priest. Could you suggest any ways in which you could support the Church in raising money for good causes, in the future? E.g. by helping in a bake sale or coffee morning, once it is safe to do so.
ART-Key Stage One
For your art challenge this week I would like you to do a creation linked to a Nursery Rhyme or book. This could be a collage picture of Humpty Dumpty made out of egg shells, a wanted poster of the Big Bad Wolf, or the witch from one of my favourite books, ‘Room on a Broom.’ You may even do your art in the woods, such as leaving the Gruffalo’s footprints or make a small stick house. It can be a picture using any materials or a 3D creation. Let your fantastic imaginations go wild!
WOW! CHALLENGE: Learn the Nursery Rhyme or a page from the book and perform it to your family.
Ideas to inspire you:
However, if this doesn’t appeal to you, then you can still send any other art work to me and I will post that on the Blog too.
Please email your artwork to me:
n.pearson@stpeterswaterlooville.hants.sch.uk
Thank you
Keep creating and keep safe!
Mrs Pearson