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Date: 21st Apr 2020 @ 10:32am
Hello and welcome back after the Easter holidays, I hope everyone had a good Easter! My husband bought me a delicious unicorn Easter Egg although I haven't finished it yet!
Today's wellbeing challenge is to design your own Happy Place. Here is an online game where you can build your own virtual happy place by just dragging and dropping objects into your room.
https://www.childline.org.uk/toolbox/games/build-your-happy-place/
You even get to choose your own wallpaper! Or if you don't fancy that, why not draw and colour a picture of your happy place? Or you could even do both!
Here's a picture of the room that I built, I wish could build a real room like it!
Please send any pictures of your happy place rooms to your home learning e-mail addresses, I'd love to see them.
Mrs Glover
Past challenges
Thanks to Riley in 5CB who has sent in a picture of his delicious looking chocolate brownies, yum!
Date: 21st Apr 2020 @ 10:31am
Hello and welcome back after the Easter holidays, I hope everyone had a good Easter! My husband bought me a delicious unicorn Easter Egg although I haven't finished it yet!
Today's wellbeing challenge is to design your own Happy Place. Here is an online game where you can build your own virtual happy place by just dragging and dropping objects into your room.
https://www.childline.org.uk/toolbox/games/build-your-happy-place/
You even get to choose your own wallpaper! Or if you don't fancy that, why not draw and colour a picture of your happy place? Or you could even do both!
Here's a picture of the room that I built, I wish could build a real room like it!
Please send any pictures of your happy place rooms to your home learning e-mail addresses, I'd love to see them.
Mrs Glover
Past challenges
Thanks to Riley in 5CB who has sent in a picture of his delicious looking chocolate brownies, yum!
Date: 21st Apr 2020 @ 10:22am
Hello Year 2,
This week I want you to think about some key words that may help you when you are researching our new connected curriculum topic. When we are learning new words, it is important that we use them hourly, daily and weekly.
For this weeks challenge, I would like you research the meaning of the words reuse, waste and composting. Once you have researched and written down the meaning of the words, discuss with an adult what they mean and use them as often as possible throughout the week.
Why don't you make yourself a tally chart where you can record how many times you have used your new words this week? I'm sure that you can manage using your new words at least 5 times throughout the week.
I can't wait to hear how you get on!
Miss Hamer
Sentence of the day and maths challenge
Date: 21st Apr 2020 @ 10:04am
Good Morning Year 2,
Well done to the children who sent in the sentence of the day yesterday! Here it is with no mistakes:
On Sunday I went on my daily walk and made cakes with my sister.
Now for today's challenges...
Sentence of the day:
on my walk yesterday i noticd some bootiful pritty flowers
Fluent in 5:
1. 1/4 of 12
2. 65 - 28 = ___
3. 28 = ____ + 16
4. 29 + ___ = 38
5. 6 x 5 = ____
Good Luck!
Miss Hamer
Date: 21st Apr 2020 @ 9:54am
21.04.20 - Good Morning Year 4!
Morning Activities
Write down your work in your exercise book. Remember to check your answers tomorrow!
Yesterday’s Answers:
A. 4782 + 1000 = 5782 B. 1/5 of 105 =21 C. 47 x 6 =282
D. 5391 - 774 =4617 E. 63 ÷ 7 = 9
- As quick as a flash, Hannah grabbed the falling vase. (total 4)
- Suddenly, there was a low, spine-chilling rumble from beneath Harry’s feet. (total 6)
- “Look out!” screeched Emily in horror. (total 6)
Now try:
Fluent in 5:
A. 7383 + 100 = B. 75 x 4 = C. ¼ of 92 =
D. 7349 + 425 = E. 8 x 7 =
Sentence of the Day
Change these present tense verbs to past tense. Remember to check the spelling rules!
- We stroll in the warm sunshine.
- I listen to my favourite song on the radio.
- The boy ride his bike to school everyday.
- Mum shout, “The rain has stop!”
Check tomorrow’s blog for the answers!
Date: 21st Apr 2020 @ 9:52am
Today we are going to be looking at the letter s.
Can you move your hand like a snake and say the sound ssssss.
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=gDbt4tc
How many things can you find beginning with the sound s?
Can you draw them and write the letter s to label your picture?
Don't forget to send in your learning to nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Date: 21st Apr 2020 @ 9:51am
This weeks writing challenge
Before the Easter holidays we challenged you to make your own story map for your new vehicle story. Now it’s time to dig those out!
This week we would like you to write your new vehicle story.
Remember it will need:
Character introduction
Setting description
Problem
Resolution
Ending
Adjectives
Punctuation
Read my new Naughty vehicle story for ideas on how to create your own.
The outrageous bike!
by Miss Riley
This is for you, I hope you’re a good rider. It’s a shiny bright blue bike! Let’s play!
I am a speedy super bike and I live in Manchester. Where I live the building are gigantic and there are hundreds of busy people! I zoom in and out and when people want to pass I whizz around them!
Nothing gets in my way! I flip and I twirl and I zoom so fast! But oh no! What’s this? It’s a ramp! AHHHHHH I’m 
flyyyyyingggg! SMASH!
I’ll help you said a kind and friendly scooter. I will pick you up and brush you off! Now you are nice and clean! 
I will never ever zoom around again! Now I am a sloowwww and shiny bike.
If you need to watch Naughty bus again to get some ideas here’s the video…
Tuesday Sentence of the day and phonics
Date: 21st Apr 2020 @ 9:40am
Good Morning! I don’t know about you but I am feeling ready for the day after completing the Joe Wicks workout this morning!
I hope you had a great day getting back into your home learning yesterday! It was a very busy day full of activities!
Sentence of the day
Here is the sentence how it should look…
Ok, now for todays sentence of the day…
For todays sentence we will be focussing on question marks. Here is a poster to remind you when we need a question mark. Question marks come at the end of a question. Questions start with the words shown in the poster.
Which sentences need question marks and which sentences need a full stop?
Re write the sentences and send them to us so we can post the answers on the blog tomorrow!
Phonics
Todays phonics is all about common exception words. In your home learning packs you have some games and booklets with all of the common exception words in them. Use these as a starter and then watch the videos below for you challenge…
Can you make up any movements for these common excpetion words and make a dance to match?
Write the words on some paper or with chalks on the floor. Jump to the words and say them with a matching dance move. How many words and dance moves can you connect together?
Send in your videos we’d love to see them!
was
were
where
want
said
says
are
our
That’s it for phonics and sentence of the day today! Come back tomorrow for more home learning challenges!
Date: 21st Apr 2020 @ 9:31am
Hi there Year 6,
I know that many of you are enjoying reading along with Miss Thornton to the Boy at the Back of the Class but I thought you might to meet the author herself and see a short clip of her introducing the book and reading a short extract. If you haven't been following the blog so far before the holidays and enjoy the clip- why not head back through the blog and join in with the story from the beginning with Miss Thornton and the rest of us!
Have a lovely day Mrs Ranyard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31RqI4Kwm-s
Date: 21st Apr 2020 @ 9:18am
Good Morning Nursery!
Today in our Maths learning we are going to practise our counting skills.
Lets start by singing a counting song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNw1SSz18Gg
Here are two new counting games for you to play with your adult…
Game 1:
Start counting to 10 slowly and clearly.
Your adult will stop you by clapping once.
You must then whisper the number you would be saying next. Are you correct?
Continue to count up to 10.
*Repeat the game. You can play it lots of times and your adult will clap and stop you at different points.
Game 2:
You will need a ball to play this game.
Stand apart, facing your adult with enough room to bounce the ball in the middle.
Try to bounce a ball between you and your adult ten times.
Say the number each time you catch the ball.
Bounce, catch (1) bounce, catch (2), bounce, catch (3) and so on...
We hope you have lots of fun playing these new games!
Date: 21st Apr 2020 @ 9:07am
Good morning year 3
The document below has yesterday's answers in.
Here is today's sentence of the day and maths activity.
Maths
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvfE22Y66PQ&feature=emb_logo
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Sentence of the day
many flowers are brightly coloured attract insects and other animals two them
There are 4 mistakes. Can you find them all?
We look forward to seeing your work.
Miss Faragher and Miss Humphreys
Date: 21st Apr 2020 @ 9:06am
Good morning Year 6,
Another Sunny day in Manchester, how fantastic - I hope you are all managing to get outside to enjoy it, don't forget to take lots of little breaks throughout the day!
Today I am going to try and bake something for my sister and my housemate (wish me luck, I forgot to add baking powder to my last cake and it came out flat!) Has anyone else managed to do any cooking? I know Charlie has, his pizzas looked great! I'd love to see anything you've made.
Maths
You should still have a fluent in 5 paper left for this week - from next week I'll be putting them on here daily as a warm-up activity so make sure you check.
Today we are carrying on with place value.
1. Start with this game - can you make the mystery numbers by putting the digits in the correct columns?
http://flash.topmarks.co.uk/3438
2. More negative number practise!
Today we are adding and subtracting negative numbers - watch this video first to recap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVvvUiExjes
Have a look at the worksheet I have attached - don't forget to use a numberline to help you if you find it tricky. You can either draw one or use this interactive one: https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/450/ITP-Number-Line
Good luck - I will post the answers here later!
Have a lovely day,
Miss Kenwell
Date: 21st Apr 2020 @ 9:00am
Good morning year 3
Here is today's sentence of the day and maths activity. Remember to also use Lexia, Active Learn and TT Rockstars. Also, don't forget to email in your work to y3homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Maths
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=oF3-F6-fFn8&feature=emb_logo
Sentence of the day
boudicca_s army charged forwards pulled out there spears and grunted loudly_
3 pieces of punctuation
1 spelling correction
1 other mistake
We look forward to seeing your work.
Miss Faragher and Miss Humphreys
Date: 21st Apr 2020 @ 8:54am
Hello,
Well it looks like it is going to be a bright and sunny day today. It would be good if you could get your learning done before it gets too hot then you can play in the gardan or go for a walk as part of your families daily exercise.
Today we are going to continue learning about the days of the week. Always remember that your first job is to write the date in your yellow exercise book, as neatly as possible. Miss Riley and I are looking for the child who presents their work the very best!
If it was Monday yesterday what day is it today? Remember to use a ruler to make a line underneath!
Here is a remnder of how to write the days of the week .
Today we are going to do have a go at solving some days of the week word problems. If you are still unsure about the order of the days look at the picture and sing the songs from yesterday to help you.
Questions
1.If today is Tuesday. What day will it be tomorrow?
2.If today is Tuesday. What day was it yesterday?
3.What days do we normally come to school?
4.What days are at the weekend?
5.What day do we normally eat fish at school?
6. What day comes after Wednesday?
7.Which 2 days begin with the letter S?
8.My favourite day begins with the letter W. What day is it?
9.Today is Tuesday and I am going on holiday in 3 days. What day am I going on holiday?
10. Today is Tuesday and I am going on holiday for 7 days. What day will I come back?
Now I know some of you like a challenge so I have added an extra challenges for you to complete if you want to.
Challenge 1
Let us know how you get on! Please email your completed work to
y1homelearning @ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Keep working hard!!
Thanks
Miss Wolfenden and Miss Riley
Date: 21st Apr 2020 @ 8:47am
Here are the answers from yesterday's sentence of the day and maths activity. Thank you, Yin Xin and Yu Qing for your answers.
Maths
Sentence of the day
Boudicca was humiliated by the Romans and knew she wanted revenge.
Date: 21st Apr 2020 @ 8:32am
Good Morning Reception!
Who is ready for some more maths learning today?
First of all, let’s warm up with our count from 1-100 work out song!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TgLtF3PMOc
Super! Do you feel warmed up?
Today in our maths learning, we are going to focus on ‘PATTERNS!’
Does anybody remember what a pattern is?
A pattern is when we repeat something again and again.. this can be demonstrated through our movement, with shapes, numbers EVEN food, anything you can think of!!
Take a look at some examples of patterns in the videos below!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBjjxSx45-Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoFhVdYsmPg&t=34s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ9q4U2P3ig (My personal favourite!)
Here are some ideas below for how to represent a pattern…
How many can you complete??
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If you want to challenge yourself to do EVEN MORE pattern learning - see the links attached below!
Don't forget to email your work to receptionhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk! :)
Date: 21st Apr 2020 @ 8:27am
Hello Year 5!
It's another beautifully sunny day (I am SO thankful for this lovely weather we're having!), and we're up and ready for our day - Livvi, Asaph and I are going to start off doing PE with Joe Wicks, then I think they've chosen to start their stories today. Asaph's is about a dinosaur and Livvi's is an increasingly complicated story about the great great granddaughter of Howard Carter who discovers his diary, gets sucked into it (taking her back to the Ancient Egyptian era), and has to break the curse of the golden statue of Bastet. Or something like that...to be honest, it got a bit hard to follow as she was thinking of ideas yesterday, so wish me luck for today!! I'm going to set you a little writing activity tomorrow, I can't wait to read your ideas and brilliant word choices, I'm so missing reading your fantastic writing!
But back to today - remember to keep checking in with today's blog post to find the activities that Miss Wendt, Miss Brookes and I put on! Don't forget to email us to show us what you've been up to!
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Good morning from Mrs Hodges!
Are you ready for today's Sentence of the Day? Remember it's linked to the YouTube video I posted yesterday of how astronauts exercise on the International Space Station, so check back to Monday's blog post if you haven't watched it yet!
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=iYCFZQW
I'd love to see your corrected sentence before I post my purple pen video later this afternoon!
Good afternoon! I hope you're having a lovely day Year 5! How did you get on with today's sentence? Click the link below to see my corrected sentence!
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=HPhUSye
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Hi from Miss Wendt!
Hello Year 5! Hope you are all well and enjoying the sunshine. Like Mrs Hodges said, I too am very thankful for the lovely weather. I've set myself up a little desk in my back garden so I can enjoy the fresh air while I'm working.
Have a look at today's maths. It includes a negative number calculation, a skill we first practiced in September! Who can remember the rules?
I'll update with the answers later!
Hello again!
How did you all get on? Did anyone remember the strategy we use to multiply larger numbers? Here are todays answers, see if you got 5/5!
See you tomorrow with a slightly different challenge!
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Good Morning Year 5! Miss Brookes here.
I hope you all had a wonderful Monday, and will have an even better Tuesday. A huge well done to the children that have already begun the reading challenge! I was very impressed when I checked Reading Plus yesterday evening.
There are two lessons from me today, GVP and Science!
Today's GVP is focusing on relative clauses (5CB know how much I love to use them!) I can't wait to read the sentences you come up with to describe Merlin and Disney Land.
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=d2xw1Eu
And now for science...
I was looking forward to recording the science video yesterday, this is my favourite science unit to teach! Just like our connected curriculum, it is all about Space (how exciting!) I've attached the worksheet I mention, and I can't wait to see what you come up with.
Which planet is your favourite?
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=QEbBamO
Can you think of a mnemonic to remember the order of the planets in our Solar System?
Here is one:
My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nachos
Don't forget to email your responses to y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Date: 21st Apr 2020 @ 7:45am
Good Morning Reception!
Hopefully, you have had a chance to listen to our new text ‘Mad about Minibeasts.’ If you have not check it out using the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rDQN8I7RkY
Today I want you to start by playing the ‘What am I?’ game using the PowerPoint attached to this blog. Ask your grown up to help. How many minibeasts did you guess correctly…?
Next, I want you to look at the first page from the book where you can see all the minibeasts in the garden. I have attached it to this blog. Can you label the minibeasts you find in this picture? Remember to use your segmenting, blending and correct letter formation to write the name of each minibeast as you find it.
You may want to pick your favourite minibeast and write a super sentence about it.
Don’t forget to send us an email with your pictures and writing!!
Date: 21st Apr 2020 @ 7:38am
Good Morning Reception!!
Today I want you to start by looking at the Phase 3 tricky words from your Phonic learning pack. Can you read them in different voices? Can you play fastest finger first? Ask your grown up to say a tricky word and see who finds it the quickest…
Why don’t you sing along with the tricky word song below?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R087lYrRpgY
I want you to continue looking at the Phase 3 sounds from yesterday and also use the Phase 2 sounds confidently in your reading and writing.
You are going to play a game called ‘Treasure Hunt.’ Use post it notes or any scraps of paper to write the following words…
Jill |
Jack |
jacket |
wag |
cobweb |
box |
yap |
Zigzag |
jet |
vet |
visit |
web |
six |
yes |
buzz |
zip |
After that, hide the words in your garden or room inside your house. You must take turns to find a word and read it. Every time you read the word correctly you will be given a reward. Grown ups the reward could be something to represent jewels such as pasta pieces, Lego, special pebbles or shells. Anything that is small and looks something like a reward/gem.
Extra Challenge – Can you use your word that you find and write it? Mrs Cooper and Mrs Iqbal's phonic groups you may want to write some sentence. You can do your writing on a piece of paper or if you are doing the treasure hunt outside write it using some chalk on the ground. Please ask your grown up if this is want you want to do.
Don’t forget to send in your photos/work to receptionhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Date: 20th Apr 2020 @ 6:33pm
At Nursery we love to move and learn with GoNoodle.
See if you can have a go at this weeks GoNoodle challenges and complete a GoNoodle activity everyday!
In your pack you will find a guide to help you navigate the site... Enjoy!
Easter Home Learning Stars 🌟
Date: 20th Apr 2020 @ 6:17pm
We received two lots of home learning over the Easter holidays. Keep sending your photos in to
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
🌟 You're Outstanding Home Learners 🌟
Date: 20th Apr 2020 @ 2:15pm
We are now at the start of our Summer term after the two week Easter break. We hope you had a rest over the holidays and feel ready to start your home learning again now.
If you are coming to the end of your home learning pack , why not have a look at the BBC Bitesize lessons on their web site, red button button on your television or iPlayer if you have it. There's lots of lessons on there that you can do - just click on the right year group for you and choose a subject.They even have fun games you can do to use your new knowledge!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons
Remember to keep connected with us by emailing your work , ideas and questions using your yera group's email address.
Date: 20th Apr 2020 @ 12:58pm
Senence of the day
Here is the sentence of the day. Don't forget to send me your completed sentences back. I will be posting the correct sentence tomorrow so look out to see if you were correct.
on sunday i went on mi daily walk n made cakes with mi sista
Fluent in 5
1. 18 - ___ = 12
2. double 6 = ___
3. ___ = 5 x 5
4. 32 + 24 = ___
5. Half of 16 = ___
Good Luck!
Miss Hamer
Date: 20th Apr 2020 @ 12:36pm
Good afternoon Year 2,
I have missed writing to you all on the blog during the Easter break but I hope you have had a lovely 2 weeks playing in the sunshine!
This term, I will be posting daily challenges to make sure that you are all still working extremely hard at home. Each morning, please look out for the sentence of the day and the fluent in 5 maths challenge. I would love it if you could share your work with me at y2homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
I have attatched your Connected Curriculum and Science challenges for the next three weeks. Please choose which ones you would like to do and email them to me so I can share them with the rest of the class. Remember the more activities you complete, the closer you are to a gold award!
I can't wait to see what you get up to this week!
Miss Hamer
Reading Challenge! (Summer Term 1 Week 1)
Date: 20th Apr 2020 @ 12:21pm
Reading Challenge
I’d love to know about the books you have been reading in the Easter Holidays! Your reading task this week is to create an exciting Book Review of your favourite story. You can use the template attached, or have a go at designing your own! Make sure you include:
- A summary of the story (without giving too much away!)
- The genre and type of book
- What you liked/ disliked about the story (think about the plot/ descriptions/ characters)
- Who would you recommend the book to? Why?
- A 5 star rating!
- A coloured illustration
Don't forget to send your finished Book Reviews to y4homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk for your teachers to read!
Miss Bryce :)