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Date: 27th Apr 2020 @ 1:57pm
I hope you have seen the super video on the school website / Twitter of all the staff using their hands / fingers to create a heart shape. This is to show that we are all missing you very much! If you have not seen it yet, please make sure you take a look.
Here is a picture of the EYFS team making a heart shape to give you an idea!
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We have a very exciting challenge for you to do this week too...
Your challenge is to create a heart shape using your hands / fingers, take a photograph and send it to: nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
The photos will be used on the class blog pages online and on our school twitter account, so please make sure you are happy for us to use them on these platforms before sending it to us.
Have fun creating your picture. We can't wait to see your photo! ❤️
Love Miss Heritage and Mrs Ganner
Date: 27th Apr 2020 @ 1:43pm
Fancy doing a bit of art? Something creative?
Click on the link below and have a go...
https://www.thenational.academy/year-6/foundation/texture-treasure-hunt-year-6-wk1-5
Date: 27th Apr 2020 @ 1:31pm
Last week we reached an impressive 1189 minutes on Lexia and earned 5 certificates. I'm so impressed with this dedication now let's see if we can get even more children using Lexia, reach even more minutes and earn more certificates.
I sent out most of the certificates last week but there are still a couple that still need to be sent out. Please remember to email us if you earn a certificate so I can send it out.
y3homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk so I can send it to you.
Date: 27th Apr 2020 @ 12:03pm
You have probably completed your writing tasks we set and put in your packs so it is time to start something new. Writing a Haunted House Spooky Story!
The link below will take you to a powerpoint where you can follow the story and make your own spooky decisions
House on Haunted Hill Powerpoint B G Waldram
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/englishC6.htm
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Click on the yellow highlighted link and off you go!
Look out for more spooky stories to follow.
Date: 27th Apr 2020 @ 11:48am
Good morning year 6, I hope you all a great weekend! I had to venture out to the shops yesterday and it was not very busy so I could get around quickly and get back home safely. We made different smoothies too with frozen fruit and they were delicious.
Have you seen the Heart Video? If not it is on the website and Twitter. It was great to see everyone's faces again.
NOW IT IS YOUR CHANCE!!!
Take a photo of yourself making your heart shape-be creative. Either send it to us via the email or Twitter. Mrs Thewlis has set a challenge to see which year group can get the most responses so let's do this year 6!
@year6ravensbur1
y6homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
An extra challenge for you this morning!
Date: 27th Apr 2020 @ 11:21am
It's me again!
Last week, the staff at Ravensbury School decided to make a video creating hearts with our hands. Mrs Thewlis has had a brilliant idea that we should ask the Ravensbury children to create one too - after all, we are all one big family! You could even include the adults and children in your household too! The picture you decide to send in will be posted on the twitter page and on the school blog so don't forget to have a big smile on your face (and maybe even brush your hair).
I have attached my photo so you have an idea of the kind of photo I am expecting :) Dont forget to send your pictures in to y2homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
I have been told that the class with the most photos sent in will win a prize! We all know how competitive I can be!
Miss Hamer
Date: 27th Apr 2020 @ 11:16am
Happy Monday everyone!
I hope everyone had a lovely weekend and made the most of the lovely warm weather (I think it might be the last hot sun for a while although it seems nice so far this morning!)
Today's challenge is to do something that I have just discovered myself although my husband has been nagging me to do it for a while - Listen to a podcast.
A podcast is a bit like a radio show that you can download to your tablet, phone or laptop and listen to either while you relax or while you go for a walk. Some include music, some are educational, some entertain you and some are just good for helping you relax. You can listen to them with others or by yourself if you need a bit of me time.
This weekend I have been listening to one called Sounds of the 90s by Fearne Cotton that includes lot of music from the 90s as well as intervews with 90s pop stars. I've been listening to it while I go on my hour long walks every day and I think some of the teachers may also enjoy it!
Here are some podcasts I've found that I think you might all like, the links are under each description:
But Why: A pocast for curious kids
A podcast answering lots of questions that you may find interesting!
http://digital.vpr.net/programs/why-podcast-curious-kids
Storytime
10 - 15 minute stories (mostly for little ones)
http://bedtime.fm/storytime
What if world
With wacky episode titles such as "What if Legos were alive?" and "What if sharks had legs?," this series takes ridiculous "what if" questions submitted by young listeners and turns them into a new story every two weeks.http://www.whatifworldpodcast.com/
Noodle Loaf
A delightful offering from a music education specialist and his co-host daughter will get kids of all ages singing, rhyming, moving, and engaging in all kinds of musical games. The segments, games, and songs are so silly and upbeat that the whole family will enjoy participating. Little listeners can even add their voice to the theme song in the podcast's electronically compiled kid's choir!
http://noodleloafshow.com/
Be Calm on Ahway Island
Includes soothing stories and mindulness techniques
https://www.ahwayisland.com/
History Storytime
Fun, educational and music re-telling of historical events
https://www.historystorytime.com/
I hope you enjoy listening to some of these, please let us know about any that you particularly enjoy!
Mrs Glover
Date: 27th Apr 2020 @ 11:16am
Happy Monday everyone!
I hope everyone had a lovely weekend and made the most of the lovely warm weather (I think it might be the last hot sun for a while although it seems nice so far this morning!)
Today's challenge is to do something that I have just discovered myself although my husband has been nagging me to do it for a while - Listen to a podcast.
A podcast is a bit like a radio show that you can download to your tablet, phone or laptop and listen to either while you relax or while you go for a walk. Some include music, some are educational, some entertain you and some are just good for helping you relax. You can listen to them with others or by yourself if you need a bit of me time.
This weekend I have been listening to one called Sounds of the 90s by Fearne Cotton that includes lot of music from the 90s as well as intervews with 90s pop stars. I've been listening to it while I go on my hour long walks every day and I think some of the teachers may also enjoy it!
Here are some podcasts I've found that I think you might all like, the links are under each description:
But Why: A pocast for curious kids
A podcast answering lots of questions that you may find interesting!
http://digital.vpr.net/programs/why-podcast-curious-kids
Storytime
10 - 15 minute stories (mostly for little ones)
http://bedtime.fm/storytime
What if world
With wacky episode titles such as "What if Legos were alive?" and "What if sharks had legs?," this series takes ridiculous "what if" questions submitted by young listeners and turns them into a new story every two weeks.http://www.whatifworldpodcast.com/
Noodle Loaf
A delightful offering from a music education specialist and his co-host daughter will get kids of all ages singing, rhyming, moving, and engaging in all kinds of musical games. The segments, games, and songs are so silly and upbeat that the whole family will enjoy participating. Little listeners can even add their voice to the theme song in the podcast's electronically compiled kid's choir!
http://noodleloafshow.com/
Be Calm on Ahway Island
Includes soothing stories and mindulness techniques
https://www.ahwayisland.com/
History Storytime
Fun, educational and music re-telling of historical events
https://www.historystorytime.com/
I hope you enjoy listening to some of these, please let us know about any that you particularly enjoy!
Mrs Glover
Date: 27th Apr 2020 @ 11:12am
We have an exciting challenge for you this week....
All the staff in school have made a little video where we are using our hands/fingers to make a heart shape to show how much we are missing you all.
The video is posted on Twitter but in case you haven't managed to see it I have attached it to this blog. I have also attached a photo of all the EYFS staff making a heart shape to give you ideas.
Your challenge is to create a heart shape using your hands/fingers and send us a photo via the email address: receptionhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Please note that we will be posting these photos on the class blog pages online and on our school Twitter account, so please make sure that you are happy for us to post your photo on these online platforms before sending it to us.
We can't wait to see your photos!!!
Love Mrs Iqbal and Miss Williams
Date: 27th Apr 2020 @ 10:58am
Good morning Year 2,
I hope you all had a lovely weekend - I know I did in the sunshine.
It has been great hearing from you all through y2homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Here are a few adjectives (and nouns) I wrote down to describe the bear on Friday:
Hairy, Huge, Scary eyes, black nose and sharp claws.
English challenge of the day
Can you think of some conjunctions to complete the sentences?
I like the rain _______ I can jump in puddles.
I like mash ___ I do not like chips.
I brushed my teeth ___ I went to school.
I am happy ______ my sister bought me flowers.
Maths challenge of the day
Sam invites 20 friends to his birthday. A quarter of them were girls. How many were boys?
Can you think of your own fraction word problems and test an adult in your house?
Weekly reading challenge
This week, I would like you to choose 3 of your favourite books - they could be online or from around the house. I would like you to read them to an adult in your house. Whilst reading, don't forget to look out for conjunctions (and, because, when, so etc) and suffixes (-ly, -ed, -est ect).
Weekly vocab challenge
Last week I asked you to find out the meaning of the words reuse, waste and composting. I would love to hear how you got on. This week I would like you to find out the meaning of the words biodegradable, Global warming and environment. I would like you to write the words down on seperate pieces of paper, put them in to an envelope or fold them up and while you are having your breakfast, take turns with an adult to choose a piece of paper and see if you can make as many sentences as you can with that word in.
Miss Hamer's connected curriculum challenge
Whilst I was on my daily walk this weekend, I felt very upset to see how much rubbish is left scattered around the environment. I decided to take some pictures to share them with you all. With an adult, I would like you to discuss the pictures and decide what objects you think are not biodegradable and why. Can you take pictures of objects on your daily walk?
Miss Hamer
Date: 27th Apr 2020 @ 10:55am
As you may have seen on the school twitter, or website, the staff at Ravensbury have created a video of us all creating a heart with our hands. Doesn't it look amazing? I was so happy that I had just straightened my hair when Mrs Thewlis asked for a photo! It was very good timing.
Now it is your turn. Can you send a picture of yourself (or yourself with your family!) creating a heart with your hands? I've attached one of some of the year 5&6 team to give you some ideas (you may not recognise me with my hair down! I'm the middle one on the right hand side 
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If we get enough photographs, Mrs Thewlis hopes to create a 'heart video' for each year group, or perhaps the entire school, so that we can see our friends again.
Please note, that the picture you send will be posted on the class blog and twitter page, so make sure that you are happy for it to go on there before you email us.
y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
I can't wait to see what you send us!
Miss Brookes
Date: 27th Apr 2020 @ 10:50am
Good Morning Year 6,
I hope you have had a lovely relaxing weekend and that you have managed to get out and enjoy the weather - I meant to go for a walk but it was just too warm so I ended up staying in my back garden all weekend - I did manage to read two whole books though!
Thank you to Oliver for recommending Esio Trot by Roald Dahl, I kept having to explain to my sister why I was giggling to myself so much, I think she thought I'd had a bit too much sun.
Did anyone else manage to read anything? Or did you get to go for a walk?
Today's Learning
By now you should have finished the Fluent in 5 that I sent home so I will start posting a new one each day on the blog in the morning and upload the answers in the afternoon (don't forget to check back!)
Multiples
Today we are looking at multiplies - I have attached a PowerPoint for you to look at. Answer the questions as you go along. There's a true or false activity at the end to check your understanding.
That's it for today, stay safe!
Miss Kenwell
Date: 27th Apr 2020 @ 10:38am
Good morning Mrs Harriott and everyone,
I had a nice weekend thanks. I had a few Zoom chats with different friends, went on some nice walks with my husband and even did a bit of sunbathing. I also made some lemon and orange creams which I've added a picture of below. I've been learning Spanish too and it's getting better but it's very tricky! I've always thought our EAL children were amazing but I'm now realising how very clever you all actually are!
Like Mrs Harriott I've also been discovering some new places that I didn't know existed including some lovely green spaces and pretty canal walks. It's definitely one of the positives of this lock down as well as having more time to bake, exercise, learning new things and being able to relax more with my husband and my bunnies (I've added a recent picture of them too below). Of course the main negative is not being able to go to school every day and seee all of our fantastic children and we really are missing you all.
Oh dear, Mrs Harriott asked me about the different birds I can see or hear near my flat but I'm not very good at identifying birds at all! I do like hearing them through the window when I wake up though and sometimes they like to perch on my balcony, especially since I've planted some lovely flowers on there. I think I've seen and heard robins, blackbirds and pigeons (we have a lot of those in Manchester city centre!) but I daresay there'll have been a fair few others as well, expecially on my walks.
Exciting news!
We've asked our technical expert Mrs Thewlis about setting up an EAL home learning address which you can use to keep in touch with me and Mrs Harriott and she's going to set it up for us hopefully this week so look out for updates about that as we would absolutely love to hear from you all!
Stay safe,
Mrs Glover
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Date: 27th Apr 2020 @ 10:30am
We want to celebrate our fantastic Home Learning Stars this week!
We know that it can be difficult to focus at home, but these children have risen to the challenge and have been keeping themselves busy with their learning and other creative activities - well done!
Keep sending in your pictures to our email or twitter to make it onto next week's blog post!
@year6ravensbur1
y6homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Date: 27th Apr 2020 @ 10:03am
Good morning everyone!
Last week's reading challenge was to read 3 books on reading plus! I am happy to announce that eleven of you managed to read at least 3 books, and 10 of you managed to score above 80% in all of your books! Well done!
This week, I am challenging you to read 5 books - that's one book every day this week!
Good luck!
Miss Brookes
Date: 27th Apr 2020 @ 10:02am
I hope you watched ‘What’s in the box?’ last week. If you didn’t get chance then take a look now to see if you can use the clues to guess our new theme!
Can you think of any books that we might be looking at?
Did you have a guess? Well done if you did!
Our theme for the next couple of weeks is planting and growing!
Here is a picture of the front cover of the book we will be looking at this week.
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With your adult have a look at the front cover of the book and talk to your grown up about what you can see (Remember to speak in sentences ‘I can see…’)
Can you point to the title and read it by pointing to the words (Remember to point from left to right)
Talk about the picture: Who is the character? What is he holding? What do you think he is going to do?
Amazing!
Now click on the link below and listen to Miss Heritage reading the story to you!
Following the story, use the photographs and vocabulary mat below to talk about and respond to the story:
Talk about what Jasper wanted to do.
What did he need (tools/gardening equipment)?
What did Jasper do first, next etc?
Encourage your child to talk about what Jasper did on each day.
Talk about how Jasper felt at different parts of the story e.g. happy, excited, bored, sad etc. How do you know he was feeling that way? Can you find a picture to show how he was feeling?
What did Jasper do at the end of the story? What was he looking for?
Do we know any other stories about beanstalks and giants?
Think about what you would like to see at the top of the beanstalk.
Can you draw a picture of what you would find at the top?
Fantastic! I hope you enjoyed this book. I have put another link here for you to watch, listen and join in with the story again. You can repeat the words after each picture!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da6lxY_8jmU&t=18s
Have fun!
Date: 27th Apr 2020 @ 10:01am
Good morning Year 3,
Hopefully the sun comes out soon! We don't like this weather :(
On the other hand, we are SO impressed with all of the work that you have been sending to our email. It has made us so happy to see what you have been up to, please continue to do so! y3homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Let's get to it!
Sentence of the day
suddenly, rain started pourin_ down so fast? The sun had been owt all day and then the rain came. That ment one thing… a rainbow! It was butiful and so colerful. There were so many different colours, I couldent believe my eyes!
Errors in green:
- Pouring needs a ‘g’ on the end of ing
-Out is spelt incorrectly
-Different needs another e – diff – er - ent
-Couldn’t is spelt incorrectly. (Could+not) It uses an apostrophe for omission as it omits the ‘o’ vowel from the word not and replaces with an apostrophe.
5 unmarked errors.
Send your completed sentences of the day to the email above. We will post the corrected sentence tomorrow morning.
Fluent in 5 – Focus on unit fractions
1/3 of 12 1/8 of 32
1/4 of 44 1/10 of 90
Remember, to find a unit fraction you do the whole number divided by the denominator (bottom half of the fraction). E.g. 1/5 of 20 20 (whole number) ÷ 5 (denominator) = 4
Connected Curriculum
Our topic this term is ‘Can I grow lettuce on a mountain summit?’ where we look into rivers, mountains and plants.
Today you are going to be doing a KWL grid on mountains like we do in school before the start of any topic. Get a piece of paper: Draw a table like this.
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What I would like to know |
What I know now |
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Fill out the what you already know section and the what you would like to know about mountains.
Once you have done all of that, watch this BBC bitesize video about mountains,
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z849q6f/articles/z4g3qp3
Read all of the information below the video, then there is a quiz at the bottom. Have a go at that and see what score you get!
If you visit https://www.theschoolrun.com/homework-help/mountains there are lots of pictures and facts on mountains that might help you with the next job.
Your job is to now write three facts about mountains in your ‘what I know now’ column. Send us your results of the quiz and your 3 facts to y3homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
A little challenge for you!!! How many places can you read a book. We saw Year 1 doing this fantastic challenge and would love to see how many pictures you can take of you reading in different areas of your house! Make sure it's a book you love because we will be asking for a little review soon! Good luck!
Here's Miss Humphreys on the sofa researching what to cook for tea!
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AND FINALLY... these are the BBC Bitesize lessons of the day for today if you would like to have a look. They are
History - A look at prehistoric times - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zjq9kmn
English - Identifying adverbs - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zbn492p
and Maths - Adding 3 digit numbers - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z72dwty
Can't wait to see all of your great work!
Miss Humphreys, Miss Faragher and Miss G :)
Date: 27th Apr 2020 @ 8:50am
Morning everyone ! Hope you have had a lovely weekend and were able to get out and enjoy the sun on a walk, bike ride or in your garden if you have one.
What did you get up to over the weekend? I explored the paths around my house with my family - we went on a walk on Saturday and on Sunday we went on a bike ride. We found some amzing new places that we never knew existed!
I also sat in my garden and listened to see how many birds I could see or hear like Mrs Glover suggested. How many birds can you hear or see where you live Mrs Glover ? I could see 12 different types of birds (a robin, a blackbird, a jay, blue tits, long tail tits, a crow, jackdaws, magpies, a song thrush, a dunnock , a nuthatch and surprisingly a few sea gulls).
How many birds can you see or hear near where you live ? Let us know - we love to hear from you!
Date: 27th Apr 2020 @ 8:41am
Good morning everyone!
Did you have a lovely weekend? I hope you enjoyed the sunshine, we got the paddling pool out...although Livvi and Asaph sneaked the bubble bath outside and before we knew it, bubbles were everywhere (they used almost a whole bottle!!). I've checked the weather forecast and it's definitely turning chillier this week, with some rain forecast, so Miss Brookes will be happy!
Remember to email us today to show us your learning, we'd love to see!
y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
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Hello from Mrs Hodges!
Before we get into our Sentence of the Day, I'd like you to watch this clip of Chris Hadfield making a sandwich on board the International Space Station:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vio09T-8qA
I never get tired of watching these videos, I'm just in awe of the way scientists have developed ways to live in space!
Here's our sentence for today - I'd love to see your corrected sentence before I post my purple pen video later this afternoon!
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=Swi6yyu
Good afternoon Year 5!
How did you get on with today's sentence? Here's my corrected version for you to compare to yours!
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=Ar2wFAe
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Hello from Miss Wendt!
I hope you have all had a lovely weekend, I spent most of my weekend reading in my back garden, pretty perfect really! Even though I know Miss Brookes is looking forward to the rain, I am 100% a fan of the sunshine! It's my birthday tomorrow and even though it's going to be very different from what I had originally planned, I'm really looking forward to it. Katy is making my favourite dessert (I'll show you a picture tomorrow!) and I have a stack of lovely new books to read!
Anyway, on with today's maths! I've got 2 tasks today, a fluent in five and then a problem solving activity. I will post the answers later!
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An update with the answers!
Well done to Kyro and Rhianna who answered all questions correctly! They both spotted the x0 and were able to calculate the division with a remainder! Well done both!
Rhianna had an excellent explanation for the problem too - she said that Tommy couldn't order the numbers using as 2 numbers had the same 3 digits - we would need to look at the value of the tens digit before we ordered them.
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Good morning from Miss Brookes!
I am secretly looking forward to the rain, but I hope I didn't jinx the weather by asking for it! I thought I would cheer you all up with a story of what happened to me when I was sleeping last night (it'll make you forget about the weather I requested!)
It was around midnight, and I was woken up by a buzzing sound! I turned on my lamp and peered out from under my duvet...only to find a wasp buzzing around! Now I don't normally mind wasps, I'm not one that runs away from a wasp when outdoors, but there is something about being tired and it being dark - that makes a wasp flying around and buzzing in your ear, terrifying!
So, I did the only logical thing I could think of...I hid under my duvet! From my hiding spot, I sent a message to my family, saying something along the lines of 'help. There's a wasp in my room. I'm hiding under my duvet. It is too warm under here' shortly followed by a 'why has no one come to rescue me?' I found out this morning from my mum that she was awake, heard the phone ping, and assumed it wasn't to do with her!
I sent a message out to my friends, and Ms Thornton gave me a tip! She said to use hairspray and tissue to get rid of the wasp. So I readied myself, climbed out from underneath my hiding spot, and turned on the main light. I could still hear the buzzing, but no matter how hard I looked - I couldn't find the wasp anywhere! I then opened my bedroom window as wide as it could go, as well as the blinds (which made my room very light), in hopes that the wasp would leave. I eventually fell asleep again, cocooned underneath my duvet...only to be woken up at 6.30 by a cat screeching in my garden! (I don't even own a cat).
I can still hear a buzzing noise, and my heart is still racing, but I think the wasp has gone now.
Anyway, I thought that story would cheer you up since I've asked for the rubbish weather!
Onto GVP. Today's focus is all about suffixes - and how we use them to convert nouns and adjectives into a verb. Before you watch the video, can you remember what a noun, adjective, verb and suffix is?
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=IEzpnwu
Enjoy your Monday!
Mrs Ranyard has discovered an exciting podcast for us all to listen to - The Space Race!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000hmmd
It's only 15 minutes long, and I highly recommend it!
New Covid 19 section on Website
Date: 27th Apr 2020 @ 8:28am
Good Morning Nursery and Reception,
We just wanted to show you a new section on our website...If you go to the home page at the top you will notice a tab called Covid 19. You can see it in this image:
When you hover over the top of the tab you will see different sections called:
Home learning Nursery and Reception
Home Learning KS1 (Year 1 and 2)
Home Learning Lower KS2 (Year 3 and 4)
Home Learning Upper KS2 (Year 5 and 6)
Click on the section called Home Learning Nursery and Reception. This will take you to a part of the website where it will give you lots of information about how you can support your child at home in these year groups. As you scroll down this section you will find the nursery and reception email addresses so that you can continue to send in your photos and work to your child's class teacher.
At the bottom of this section you will see images like this:
When you click on a image it will take you to that website where you can play games and find other activities to keep your children busy during this time of home learning.
There is a new website called 'Oak National Academy' which is made up of about 40 teachers teaching lessons in various areas. When you go into the website click on schedule and choose reception to see the lessons that are on offer. These web links are additional things that you could use alongisde the daily activities that we are putting up each day on the class blogs.
Any questions please don't hesitate to email us.
From Nursery & Reception Staff
Date: 27th Apr 2020 @ 8:25am
Good Morning Reception!
Whilst we are learning about minibeasts, I thought it would be a great idea to build our wriggly friends a WORM HOTEL!
You will need:
Large glass jar
Sand
Potting soil
Dark paper
Sellotape
3-4 big healthy earthworms
Water
Method:
1. With an adult create a layer effect in the jar, using sand and soil.
2. Start by pouring about 1 inch of sand into the bottom of the jar.
3. Then alternate between 1 inch layers of sand and soil until the layers reach the top of the jar.
4. Pour some water on top of the layers and then put the earthworms on top.
5. The earthworms should start to burrow downwards straight away.
6. To keep the outside of the jar dark, stick your dark paper around the outside of the jar.
7. Leave the top off the jar so that the worms can get some air.
8. Leave the jar to 3-4 days then pull the paper off.
Have the worms moved through the jar?
Can you still see layers of soil and sand?
As the worms have travelled, they have mixed all of the layers together!
Have fun! I cannot wait to see your creations! The worms will love them! 
Date: 27th Apr 2020 @ 8:23am
Reading Challenge
For this week’s reading challenge I would like you to read and follow a set of instructions. This term we are learning all about plants and animals and how things grow and change. This week’s instructions are all about how to make a bug hotel. Can you follow the instructions to make your very own but hotel? Don’t forget to take pictures and send them in!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OexxoXo9uFk
Monday sentence of the day and phonics
Date: 27th Apr 2020 @ 8:21am
Good Morning. I hope you all had a lovely weekend! We are really looking forward to all of your learning this week and can’t wait to see all of your pictures of you busy with your activities!
Sentence of the day
Here is Friday’s sentence of the day. I quite enjoyed improving this sentence with my purple pen.
Here are some examples of children who improved their sentences too…
Today you are going to be a detective, get out your magnifying glass and put on your detective hat. You are going to go on a capital letter and full stop hunt! Where does it need capital letters and full stops? Are there any capital letters and full stops in the wrong places?
Send your new answers to the email at the bottom so that we can post them on the blog tomorrow!
Phonics
Today’s phonics is all about those tricky words again. In your home learning packs you have all of the tricky words that you need to have a practice. Practice reading them, writing them and playing games with them.
There are lots of tricky words games on https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/tricky-word-trucks like the tricky words trucks game.
If you don’t fancy going on your tablet or computer today why not try and make a game of tricky word hopscotch. Play with your family, who can cross the words out the quickest?
Hope you have a lovely day. Don’t forget to send your learning into us – y1homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Miss Riley and Miss Wolfenden
Date: 27th Apr 2020 @ 8:14am
Good Morning Reception!
I hope you have had a lovely weekend and had lots of fun enjoying the warm weather!
Who is ready for some Monday Maths??
Let’s begin with our maths warm up songs….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TgLtF3PMOc&t=3s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGetqbqDVaA
Now that we are all warmed up for our maths learning, let's have a go at the starter questions below.. (If you completed the doubling activities on Thursday you should be an expert at working out the first question!)
Well done!
Today we are going to focus our learning on HALVING and SHARING.
Halving is when we share quantities into two equal groups! We use the words ‘fair’ and ‘not fair’ to work out if our quantities have been shared equally.
Take a look at the ‘Show Me’ video below to help you understand halving a little bit better!
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=LGWMJXc
With your adult at home, can you work out how to help Jenny and Penny half the pears so that it is fair?
There are also links to other halving challenges below for you to take part in at home (a lot of them involve food – yum!!)
Have fun and don’t forget to send in pictures of your learning at receptionhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk!
Date: 27th Apr 2020 @ 8:09am
Good Morning Reception!!
Let us start by singing our phonics song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zKr44iBFT0
Today I want you to continue looking at the Phase 3 sounds and think about diagraphs. Remember a diagraph has 2 letters and 1 sound… The diagraphs that we are going to look at this week are:
Listen to this show me where I am explaining how to read words with our focus diagraphs qu and ch:
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=3M864Ey
Today let us concentrate on the diagraphs qu and ch. Watch the video below showing you how to say the diagraph qu:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Nawc37HyTQ
Now watch the Jack Hartman song all about the diagraph ch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWg2uzAuSe4
Can you read the following words with the digraphs qu and ch?
Now play the game quick write. Your grown up will choose a word and say it, you must have a go at writing it. Mrs Iqbal and Mrs Cooper’s phonic groups pick two qu and two ch words and write some super sentences.
Extra challenges, Play one of the games below:
Buried Treasure: Click on Phase 3 and choose either the diagraph qu or ch. You must read the word and decide if it is real or fake.
https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/3/buried-treasure
Dragons’ Den: Click on Phase 3 and choose either the diagraph qu or ch. You must read the word and decide if it is real or fake.
https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/3/dragons-den
Don’t forget to send in your photos/work to receptionhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk