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Date: 2nd Apr 2020 @ 11:55am
Good morning, here is a show me explaining how to work out the most simplest percentages. Have a go at the questions I have put on it and send in your answers to ...
y6homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Twitter: year6@ravensbur1
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=NaAEb44
I will put up the answers this afternoon so you can see how you did! Good Luck!
Date: 2nd Apr 2020 @ 11:32am
Hi everyone,
I hope you're all still working hard and staying safe. Thanks to both children and staff who've been e-mailing me pictures of their wellbeing challenges, it's really cheering me up! I've included some at the bottom of my post again.
Today's wellbeing challenge is all about yoga. Yoga is a great way to relax and escape for a while and it's good for both your bodies and minds. I like to put on some relaxing music while I do it and am lucky enough to have a lovely bright pink yoga mat too as otherwise I'd be on a hard wooden floor. A carpet, rug or blanket would work just as well though.
There's a great channel on Youtube called Cosmic Kids that does lots of different fun yoga sessions: https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga (I know that Miss Bryce's class have done some of these sessions and we did some school last week too so some of you are already great at it!)
Any adults reading, or maybe older children who fancy something a bit more difficult could have a go at this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTANio_2E0Q
Here I am below doing the bound ankle pose :-)
Remember to let us know how you get on!
Mrs Glover
Past challenges
Thanks Ferdows in reception who has e-mailed in a picture of his origami rabbit from yesterdays challenge, I love it!
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Another thank you to Mrs Iqbal and her son Adam who did the baking challenge from Tuesday and made this delicious looking chocolate cake!
Date: 2nd Apr 2020 @ 11:30am
Hi everyone,
I hope you're all still working hard and staying safe. Thanks to both children and staff who've been e-mailing me pictures of their wellbeing challenges, it's really cheering me up! I've included some at the bottom of my post again.
Today's wellbeing challenge is all about yoga. Yoga is a great way to relax and escape for a while and it's good for both your bodies and minds. I like to put on some relaxing music while I do it and am lucky enough to have a lovely bright pink yoga mat too as otherwise I'd be on a hard wooden floor. A carpet, rug or blanket would work just as well though.
There's a great channel on Youtube called Cosmic Kids that does lots of different fun yoga sessions: https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga (I know that Miss Bryce's class have done some of these sessions and we did some school last week too so some of you are already great at it!)
Any adults reading, or maybe older children who fancy something a bit more difficult could have a go at this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTANio_2E0Q
Here I am below doing the bound ankle pose :-)
Remember to let us know how you get on!
Mrs Glover
Past challenges
Thanks Ferdows in reception who has e-mailed in a picture of his origami rabbit from yesterdays challenge, I love it!
Another thank you to Mrs Iqbal and her son Adam who did the baking challenge from Tuesday and made this delicious looking chocolate cake!
Date: 2nd Apr 2020 @ 10:58am
Hola!
Keep your Spanish skills flowing with these great songs, games and worksheets at RockAlingua.com!
Have a go at some of these fun language challenges:
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Listen, sing and learn the vocabulary of the following songs, which you can find on www.rockalingua.com:
-¿Cómo te llamas?/What´s your name?
-¿Qué tiempo hace hoy?-Weather (easy versión)
-¿Cómo estás? Sentimientos – How are you? Feelings
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Challenges for Rockalingua songs:
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Can you make up (write) a dialogue?
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Can you perform a dialogue without reading your script?
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Find a song about numbers in Spanish. Can you practise your mental maths in Spanish? Maybe your time tables? (Remember (x = “por”)
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Find a song for the Spanish alphabet (or use this one:
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Can you spell your name and surname in Spanish?
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Can you spell other words that you know?
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Date: 2nd Apr 2020 @ 10:43am
Good morning 2HR,
Today is Thoughtful Thursday. I would like you to write a thoughtful poem about somebody in your household. You could include all of the things you like about them or you could write a list of all the ways they help you. I have attatched a acrostic poem that I have created about my mum to give you some ideas. I made a plan first of the things I love about her to cheer her up! Please send me your poems to y2homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk . I would love to see some of your amazing work.
Miss Hamer
Date: 2nd Apr 2020 @ 10:41am
Hello,
I hope your home learning is still going well. Today's top tip is all around one of my favourite things: reading! Reading is great to improve your English but it's also a great way to improve your mood and venture into a whole new world.
Today's top tip: Read a book that you want to read. Either a new book or an old favourite. If you don't have any books in your house then ask an adult to sign up to Twinkl.co.uk (it's free at the moment) where they have plenty of e-books and even some audio books like this one if you'd rather listen to a story than read one https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tg-au-10-back-to-earth-with-a-bump-audio-book
Date: 2nd Apr 2020 @ 10:36am
Good Morning Year 4!
I hope you are all doing well and keeping safe!
Take a look at this great website to get you moving, learning and keeping energised!
Go to BBC Super Movers https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers and check out the KS2 pages!
Date: 2nd Apr 2020 @ 10:21am
Good morning year 6, the sentence of day today is linked to information texts. I have based mine on one of the effects of climate change-flooding. The first sentence is one for you to correct; the second sentence has been changed to improve the effect. See what you think!
Although flooding cannot be prevented from happening, we can take precautions to limit the impact it can have on our lives and our property.
The sentence begins with a subordinate clause, which does not make sense on its own but adds relevant information to the main clause that follows. However it needs punctuating-that is your first job! There is also a spelling error-see if you can sport which familiar spelling pattern I have mixed up.
In the next sentence I have removed the possessive pronouns as information texts should be impersonal and ideally written in the third person. You can see, highlighted in green, I have changed the main clause to be passive and more general, replaced our with human and changed our to their also.
Although flooding cannot be prevented from happening, precautions can be taken to limit the impact it can have on human lives and their property.
What do you think?
Now have a go at trying to write your own subordinate sentence based on another effect of climate change, drought for example.
Bocketts farm park animal challenge
Date: 2nd Apr 2020 @ 10:04am
Children in my class (Miss Riley's) will know that I love animals ! So when Miss Cooper sent me this I couldn't resist sharing it with you !
Bocketts farm will be hosting a animal classroom session full of animal activities and animal projects.
All you have to do is go to the website https://www.bockettsfarm.co.uk/login/
The username is - educationatbocketts
And the password is - farming
Have fun :)
Date: 2nd Apr 2020 @ 9:59am
Hello Year One!
I hope you've been having a lovley time at home, I've been missing seeing you everyday but it has been lovely seeing your pictures being sent in! Can you believe that the Easter holidays are just around the corner? I've bought some lovely Easter eggs so I can enjoy my own Easter Egg hunt inside my house :)
This morning was a little tricky for me to get up and go, but with a little help from Joe Wicks I know I'll be up and ready in no time!
https://www.thebodycoach.com/blog/pe-with-joe-1254.html
Phonics
Todays phonics focuses on those tricky words again. Here's a game you can play on your ipads/tablets/phones/laptops so that you can practice reading those tricky words.
https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/tricky-word-trucks
In your packs you have a booklet which includes activities with phase 4 tricky words in. Just like the other days have fun and play some different games, can you write the words in funky writing or paint a picture including the words?
Reading
Todays reading focuses on those tricky words that you have just practiced! Here is a video so you can have a dance and remember those tricky words...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NOzgR1ANc4
In your packs there is a tricky word spotter story. The children need to read the story and find all of the tricky words. Alternativley you could read another story and see how many of the tricky words you can find in that or test your family, can you write a story and challenge them to find the tricky words in it!
Dont forget to take some pictures of all the fun activities you're doing and send them to y1homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk we'd love to see your smiling faces ! Also if you have any questions please email us !
Have a nice day,
Miss Riley x
Date: 2nd Apr 2020 @ 8:47am
Hello 5HW! How are you all this morning? Are you doing some PE with Joe in 15 minutes? Or perhaps you're going to join in with one of Oti Mabuse's dance classes on her YouTube channel? Remember to keep us posted with what you're getting up to - Miss Wendt and I love to see!
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Good morning from Mrs Hodges!
Right everyone, are you ready for today's Sentence of the Day? Lots of Year 5/6 spellings to correct in today's sentence!
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=rF1lVEe
How did you get on with the sentence today? Did you manage to fix those spelling errors? Which word did you choose instead of "small"? Click the link below to see my improved sentence!
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=DbTr34q
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Miss Wendt here!
Good morning everyone! Before I set you a few challenges today I want share some more wonderful work from Rhianna! She has even completed Mrs Glover's wellbeing challenge, and has designed her own sunshine! How many of you have drawn a sunshine to celebrate the things you enjoy? I'm going to have a go this weekend, although I think it might end up being a very big drawing!
I've attached some work from Rhianna at the bottom for you all to appreciate - I know Mrs Hodges and I do!
Super Science!
I've already started you thinking about our next science topic, I have to say it's one of my favourites! Today I have set a space 'answer hunt' with 20 questions! You can use books or the internet to find the answers - good luck everyone! Make sure you email me and Mrs Hodges your answers!
Science answers!
A big well done to Rhianna and Ellie who emailed with the answers! Here are Ellie's answers for you to check yours with.
1:mercury 2:saturn 3:venus 4:jupiter 5:saturn 6:no 7:a star 8:commander Neil Armstrong 9:mars 10:gravity 11:no 12:observatory 13:hubble 14:the milky-way 15:sputnik 16:jupiter 17:titan 18:mars 19:no 20:yes
See you tomorrow 5HW!
Date: 2nd Apr 2020 @ 8:13am
Good Morning Reception!
Today I would like you to take part in a…..
As you know, I LOVE to take part in these scavenger hunts too!
Take a look at what I found in the video below!
Do you think you can find more shapes than me?
Can you take your own shape pictures or make a video?
Have a go and send them to receptionhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk, I'm looking forward to seeing them!! :)
Date: 1st Apr 2020 @ 11:04pm
Good Morning everyone!
Today's maths is on fractions - a recap on how to calculate fractions of amount. Remember, we divide the whole number by the denominator (the bottom number) and then multiply the numerator (the top number). If you want to practice some more, here are some additional questions.
1. 2/5 of 20
2. 4/10 of 60
3. 3/8 of 24
Don't forget to email your answers to y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Have a wonderful Thursday!
Miss Brookes
02.04.20 - Sentence and Number of the Day!
Date: 1st Apr 2020 @ 11:02pm
Good morning everyone! We've almost made it to half term.
Below is the sentence and number of the day.
Don't forget to email your answers to y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Have a wonderful day!
Miss Brookes
Date: 1st Apr 2020 @ 7:48pm
Here is another exampe of a fabulous home learning activitiy completed by one of our Nursery children. She is using amazing scissor skills to create a farm scene. As she cut out the pictures she sang .'Old Macdonald' so I've added a YouTube video link so you can sing it too.
Can you remember when we hatched chicks, not so long ago? That was a really special time in Nursery.
Take care everyone and keep sending in your photos!
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Date: 1st Apr 2020 @ 7:41pm
Another amazing learning opportunity from one of our children in Nursery. We are so very proud of her and thankful for her family's support.
Well done! Your message will be seen by many of your friends in school and it will make them feel very special and hopeful.
Mum says,
“When you are feeling sad look for a rainbow. My daughter is always happy when she sees a rainbow in someone's window and it gives her comfort to know her friends and teachers are thinking of her so she wanted to let everyone know she's thinking of her, all her friends and teachers and speaks about them every day. She misses you all very much.”
💜 We miss you too! We hope we will see you very soon 💜
Date: 1st Apr 2020 @ 3:48pm
Good Morning Reception,
Today for phonics I want you to go on a scavenger hunt looking for objects in your house that may begin or have the Phase 2 sounds in the word. A scavenger hunt is when you are looking around all parts of your house indoors or outdoors for objects. You may want to look in cupboards, drawers but make sure you speak to an adult when you are looking for your objects.
Adam and I went on a scavenger hunt in our house and found lots of things that begin with or have the sounds in Phase 2. Look in your Phonic pack for the Phase 2 sound mat or look at the sheet that I have attached to this blog. Before we went on the hunt we wrote out the sounds on pieces of paper so we knew what objects we were looking for.
Make sure to send in your photos to receptionhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Good Luck
Mrs Iqbal 
The Boy at the Back of the Class Chapter 4
Date: 1st Apr 2020 @ 3:36pm
Hi year 6, time for chapter 4 forom the book The Boy at the Back of the Class.
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=YzjfOPg
Today I would like you to read along and see if you can summarise the main events in the chapter in just two senetences.
Then I would like you to make a prediction about what you think might happen the following day.
I really dislike Mrs Grimsby; she not a very nice person is she?
Date: 1st Apr 2020 @ 1:39pm
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE HANDWRITING SHOW ME VIDEO
Hello everyone, Mrs Ganner here again.
After exercising my body with Joe Wicks this morning and a walk out with my family to breathe some fresh air in, I've decided it would be good to teach you something new! Isn't that exciting.
We have been working hard over the year to strengthen our hands and to be able to use our fiddly fingers to manipulate objects and tools. One of those tools is a pencil. Use the pencil in your home learning pack and write on the back of one of the sheets or an envelope or any other paper you can find. Follow the show me video to learn how to do this and send me a photo of your learning so we can create a gallery of 😎 Handwriting Bosses 😎
Date: 1st Apr 2020 @ 1:04pm
Good afternoon here is the sentence of the day.
Ths sentence can be used in an information text about flooding.
A flood is caused when large amounts of rain or melting snow canot be adsorbed into the ground a river or a stream; sometimes the rivers and streams are unabel to hold the rain or melting snow simply because they are to full to hold it all.
Can you correct the 2 identified spelling errors and find 2 on your own.
There is also a list with a missing comma for you to add.
Ordering Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
Date: 1st Apr 2020 @ 12:57pm
Hi year 6, here is a clip of how to order fractions, decimals and percentages.
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=RXE3YKu
I have worked through the answers at the end so pause the clip before I start to over them to give yourself time to work them out for yourself. Have a look in your maths revision books and see if there are any questions on ordering fractions, decimals and percentages and have a practise.
Date: 1st Apr 2020 @ 11:55am
Hello again Year 6!
We're half-way through the week - it's gone so quickly! I've been having a look at the blog and I've realised that over the last couple of weeks, we've put a lot of activities on for you to have a go at.
Today's challenge is to have a look back through the blog and pick something you'd like to have a go at. It might be one of Miss Thornton's reading activities, a sentence of the day, one of the well-being activities, one of the maths challenges or the Taskmaster activity.
Choose something that you think you will enjoy - make sure you send us pictures or videos of what you have done, we love seeing what you have been up to!
Miss Kenwell
Maths Recap - Fractions of Amounts
Date: 1st Apr 2020 @ 11:23am
Hi Year 4!
Take a look at this maths challenge recapping some of our learning from last term - finding a fraction of a number.
Remember to follow the Steps to Success:
1. Divide the total amount by the denominator (bottom fraction number) ..use your times tables knowledge to help!
2. Multiply the answer by the numerator (top fraction number)
Example: 3/4 of 36 =
1. 36 divided by 4 = 9
2. 9 x 3 = 27 ... so 3/4 of 36 = 27!
Now download the worksheet attached and have a go! (Answers are included to check at the end!)
Date: 1st Apr 2020 @ 10:53am
Happy Wednesday everyone!
I don't know about you but 2 of my favourite things in the world that always make me feel good are animals and travelling. While I can't travel now, I thankfully have my 2 rabbits, Rupert and Angel, to keep me company at home. Here is a picture of them underneath!
So since I can't travel right now, or see any other animals, I am doing these things in a different way: by looking at this website all about wild animals around the world https://gowild.wwf.org.uk/
It has information and activities about lots of different animals from lots of different regions (Year 2, it has a section on Polar animals which would link nicely to your topic right now!) so you can virtually travel round the world. It even has drawing and photography competitions that you can enter and have your work appear on the website!
I particularly like this activity to make Amazon animal hand shadows https://gowild.wwf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Amazon-hand-shadows.pdf (although I didn't have much luck trying to take a good photo of mine. Perhaps you can do better than me and send one to your home learning address?)
So your wellbeing challenge for today is to choose your favourite area or animal from the website or even complete one of the activities and send a picture or just a bit of writing about it to your home learning e-mail address if you would like to. Or pehaps enter one of the competitions on there and tell us all about it.
Mrs Glover
Past challenges
A big thanks to Zainab in reception for sending in a picture of her brownies. Well done Zainab, they looked delicious!
And thanks to Miss Iqbal who sent me her picture of what makes her and her family smile that she did wih her son Adam! You can see it below:
Date: 1st Apr 2020 @ 10:52am
Happy Wednesday everyone!
I don't know about you but 2 of my favourite things in the world that always make me feel good are animals and travelling. While I can't travel now, I thankfully have my 2 rabbits, Rupert and Angel, to keep me company at home. Here is a picture of them underneath!
So since I can't travel right now, or see any other animals, I am doing these things in a different way: by looking at this website all about wild animals around the world https://gowild.wwf.org.uk/
It has information and activities about lots of different animals from lots of different regions (Year 2, it has a section on Polar animals which would link nicely to your topic right now!) so you can virtually travel round the world. It even has drawing and photography competitions that you can enter and have your work appear on the website!
I particularly like this activity to make Amazon animal hand shadows https://gowild.wwf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Amazon-hand-shadows.pdf (although I didn't have much luck trying to take a good photo of mine. Perhaps you can do better than me and send one to your home learning address?)
So your wellbeing challenge for today is to choose your favourite area or animal from the website or even complete one of the activities and send a picture or just a bit of writing about it to your home learning e-mail address if you would like to. Or pehaps enter one of the competitions on there and tell us all about it.
Mrs Glover
Past challenges
A big thanks to Zainab in reception for sending in a picture of her brownies. Well done Zainab, they looked delicious!
And thanks to Miss Iqbal who sent me her picture of what makes her and her family smile that she did wih her son Adam! You can see it below: