Year 5HC: Blog items
Date: 24th Jun 2020 @ 8:46am
Good morning everyone!
You can find all of today's learning on: https://padlet.com/y5homelearning/year5
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Well done to Aden, Alissia, Ganesa, Jediah, Maddison and Sam who all completed yesterday's flag challenge! Yesterday's flag, was the flag of Japan. Japan's capital city is Tokyo, and the main language of Japan is Japanese. However, as Maddison pointed out, Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji are also used. She also told me they rely on 3 alphabets, which is a new fact for me! Ganesa also taught me a new fact - that the flag embodies the country's sobriquet (meaning 'a nickname'): "Land of the Rising Sun". Thank you Maddison and Ganesa!
What country is this flag for? What is its capital city? What language(s) do they speak?
Don't forget to email us your answer, and all of your learning on: y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Enjoy your learning!
Miss Brookes and Mrs Hodges
Date: 23rd Jun 2020 @ 8:49am
Good morning everyone!
You can find all of today's learning on: https://padlet.com/y5homelearning/year5
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Well done to Aden, Ganesa, Jediah, Maddison and Sam, who all completed yesterday's flag challenge! Yesterday's flag, was the flag of France. France's capital city is Paris, and the people of France speak French. I asked my mum to choose today's flag, here's what she decided:
What country is this flag for? What is its capital city? What language(s) do they speak?
Don't forget to email us your answer, and all of your learning on: y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Enjoy your learning!
Miss Brookes and Mrs Hodges
23rd June #30DaysWild - Challenge 23
Date: 23rd Jun 2020 @ 8:17am
It’s Tuesday and it’s time to challenge your artistic skills.
Today’s challenge is to draw your favourite bird. You can use anything to draw with. Pens, pencils, a stick in the mud…
Have a terrific Tuesday
From Mrs Ganner
Send photos of your sketches to my home learning email please:
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Past Challenges photos:
If you have photos of you in the wild, remember to send them in.
22nd June #30DaysWild - Challenge 22
Date: 22nd Jun 2020 @ 7:45pm
Hello everyone,
I’m looking forward to another wild week with you all! I must apologise that this is so late. I'll make sure tomorrow's challenge is on nice and early.
Today’s challenge is to take an action shot of a bird in flight. My friend, Rod loves to take photographs of wildlife and he took these two amazing photos. Can you name the birds? Send your answers in to my email address please.
I hope you’re having a marvellous Monday
From Mrs Ganner
Send photos into my home learning email please:
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Past Challenges photos:
If you have photos of you in the wild, remember to send them in.
Date: 22nd Jun 2020 @ 8:49am
Good morning everyone! Did you have a lovely weekend?
You can find all of today's learning on: https://padlet.com/y5homelearning/year5
We saw how much you enjoyed talking to each other on Padlet - so we have decided to add a "let's chat" section, if you keep scrolling to the right you will find it. That way you all have somewhere to send messages to each other. If you have a question related to your learning, please post it underneath that piece of work so we can help you.
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Last weeks riddle was 'if a brother, his sister, and their dog weren't under an umbrella, why didn't they get wet?' Well done to everyone who worked it out correctly! The answer, was that it wasn't raining.
This is week, we are going to do a 'flag challenge.' Each day, I will post a picture of a flag. I want you to email in, what country the flag is for, what their capital city is, and what language(s) they speak.
Here is today's flag:
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Don't forget to email all of your learning to: y5homelearning@ravesnbury.manchester.sch.uk
Miss Brookes and Mrs Hodges
Reading Plus WINNERS (Week 11)
Date: 19th Jun 2020 @ 4:18pm
Can you believe that we're on week 11 of our Reading Plus competition? Each week I see more and more of you taking part - well done, everyone!
Here are this week's Reading Plus winners:
Most Lessons Completed: Aden (with 10 books! Well done, Aden!)
Most Words Read: Sam with 13,636 words (How amazing! Well done, Sam!)
It was very close this week, so well done to everyone that took part.
Someone asked who was winning the most, 5HW, or 5CB. So far, during these past 11 weeks of competition, 5HW have won 14 times, and 5CB have won 10 times. 5HW are in the lead so far!
This week's reading challenge was to read 5000 words. The winners are:
Sam
Aden
Rhianna
Victoria
Alissia
Denico
Some of you were nearly there, so keep persevering everyone! A huge well done to everyone who has accessed Reading Plus this week.
Keep up the amazing work!
Miss Brookes
Date: 19th Jun 2020 @ 3:46pm
Some more fantastic learning has been emailed in this week! A big well done to:
Ganesa
Maddison
Alissia
Yousef
Check out some of the photos of their work below!
Also, a special congratulations to:
Aden
who read a huge 9106 words this week - the most in our class!
Well done Aden!
All those other children who managed to complete the Reading Challenge (of reading 5000 words!) this week will find your names on the separate Reading Challenge celebration blog post, but I'm very impressed with how much you're reading!
Thank you for all of the emails - keep sending them in! y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Have a lovely weekend 5HW, and I'll look forward to see some more super learning next week!
Mrs Hodges =)
Date: 19th Jun 2020 @ 9:33am
Good morning everyone!
You can find all of today's learning on: https://padlet.com/y5homelearning/year5
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Did you manage to work out yesterday's riddle? I guessed it correctly, the answer was: Post Office.
Thanks for a great riddle, Ganesa!
Here is today's riddle:
If a brother, his sister, and their dog weren’t under an umbrella, why didn’t they get wet?
Don't forget to email your answer and all of your learning to: y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Make sure to check your class blog later to celebrate all of your outstanding learning from this week.
Enjoy your Friday,
Miss Brookes and Mrs Hodges
19th June #30DaysWild - Challenge 19
Date: 19th Jun 2020 @ 9:06am
Hello Wildlife Wardens of Ravensbury!
We’ve reached the end of another week getting out in the wild. We have such a lot of beauty in our world. Remember that when you see something in the wild.
Today’s challenge is to draw a wildflower. My sister-in-law and brother-in-law have lived in lots of amazing places around the world. Some of the photos at the bottom are from places as far away as Saudi Arabia and some are from my local woods. Can you find a wildflower and draw it?
Have a fun filled day
From Mrs Ganner
Send photos into my home learning email please:
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Weekend Challenges:
If you want to keep in touch with nature over the weekend why not try our day 20 and day 21 challenges? Get up early to watch sunrise and then wait for the sun to set at the end of the day. I’d love to see your photos.
Date: 18th Jun 2020 @ 8:48am
Good morning everyone!
You can find all of today's learning on: https://padlet.com/y5homelearning/year5
Well done to everyone that guessed yesterday's riddle correctly. The answer was 'envelope.'
Ganesa has set today's riddle, and she hasn't even told me the answer (I've emailed her what I think it is!) Here it is:
What starts with P, ends with E and has one thousand letters in it?
Don't forget to email your answer, and all of your learning, to: y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
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Some of you asked about Merlin, my dog, yesterday. He does not like thunderstorms (and hides when he hears the sound of thunder!) He also did not like walking in the park with this bad weather. Here is a photograph of him after a rainy walk:
Enjoy your Thursday!
Miss Brookes and Mrs Hodges
18th June #30DaysWild - Challenge 18 🤔
Date: 18th Jun 2020 @ 7:26am
Good Morning once again Ravensbury!
Time really is flying. We are over half way through our wild month enjoying our time learning about and enjoying nature.
Today’s challenge is about sticks! Your challenge is to find a stick. What can you pretend your stick is? Will it be a wand? Can you turn it into a pencil and write in the mud with it? Let your imagination GO WILD!
Have a fun filled day
From Mrs Ganner
Send photos into my home learning email please:
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Photos of past challenges:
Here are more photos from one of our wonderful wildlife wardens who spent the day yesterday chasing rainbows. Thank you for taking part again and making us smile
Date: 17th Jun 2020 @ 8:48am
Good morning everyone!
You can find all of today's learning on: https://padlet.com/y5homelearning/year5
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I saw a comment on the padlet page yesterday, that asked if it was raining for us as well. I can say that it was pouring down where I live (Miss Brookes) all yesterday and last night. There was also thunder and lightning, which I found quite cosy, but it frightened my dog who needed a lot of cuddles!
Well done Ganesa for working out the riddle:
How can a leopard change its spots? It just needs to move from 'one spot to another.'
Here is today's riddle:
What begins with an E but only has one letter?
Don't forget to email in your answer, and any learning that you do today on y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Miss Brookes and Mrs Hodges
17th June #30DaysWild - Challenge 17 🌈
Date: 17th Jun 2020 @ 7:45am
Hope today will be a Wild Wednesday Ravensbury! I bet the ducks enjoyed yesterday’s weather. It was tremendous to watch!
Today’s challenge is to see if you can race to find the colours of the rainbow before you get wet in the rain! Maybe you’ll find an orange flower and green grass? These are the colours you are looking for and remember to send in your photos:
violet indigo blue green yellow orange red
If you see a rainbow send in a photo too.
Have a Wonderful Wednesday
From Mrs Ganner
Send photos into my home learning email please:
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Photos of past challenges:
Yesterday I discovered that a squirrel’s front teeth never stop growing. Squirrels must gnaw to keep their teeth at the right length. What did you find out?
I also hear this beautiful birdsong every night at tea time. Does anyone know what bird is singing?
Date: 16th Jun 2020 @ 9:02am
Good morning everyone!
You can find all of today's learning on: https://padlet.com/y5homelearning/year5
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Well done Yousef and Ganesa for working out the riddle! The answer was, of course, the future.
Here is today's riddle for you all:
How can a leopard change its spots?
Don't forget to email in your answer, and all of your learning on: y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Enjoy your Tuesday!
Miss Brookes and Mrs Hodges
16th June #30DaysWild - Challenge 16 💻🦢🐾🕷🦆
Date: 16th Jun 2020 @ 7:41am
16th June #30DaysWild - Challenge 16
Happy Tuesday Ravensbury!
I hope you are well and you managed to get out yesterday before the thunderstorms. It’s a bit cooler today but hopefully we’ll have some sunshine later.
You can see my butterfly buffet challenge at the bottom. The butterflies didn’t come but there were a couple of visitors and this morning half of the peach I put out had gone! I wonder who enjoyed it. What do you think?
Today your challenge is to go outside, find some wildlife and then google facts about them. What’s the most interesting fact you can find? Write down your answers and send a photo or send a short video in telling us what you’ve discovered about our wild friends outside.
Have a terrific Tuesday
From Mrs Ganner
Send photos into my home learning email please:
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Photos of past challenges:
Here are a couple of visitors to my garden. Someone has half a peach tucked away for a treat later!
Date: 15th Jun 2020 @ 8:51am
Good morning everyone!
Did you all have a lovely weekend? The sunshine arrived, so hopefully you got to spend some time outside. None of you managed to guess Friday's picture correctly (it was very tricky!) The answer, was an earphone. Here is the whole picture:
This week, I've decide to share a riddle with you each day. If you can think of any interesting riddles, please don't hesitate to send it to us!
What is always in front of you, but can't be seen?
I asked both of my parents this question last night...and neither could figure it out! (Hint: They both said air).
Email us what you think the answer is on y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
We loved seeing all of your learning last week - so please let it continue this week!
Well done everyone, and enjoy today's learning.
Miss Brookes and Mrs Hodges
15th June #30DaysWild - Challenge 15 🦋
Date: 15th Jun 2020 @ 8:32am
Good morning Ravensbury!
Welcome to week 3 of our Summer Term and the beginning of our third week going wild. Did you manage to find something wild over the weekend?
I went to our local woods with my family and I hugged a tree. It made me smile, as you can see in the photo. Send in your photos if anything you got up to over the weekend.
Today we are going to help our fluttery friends by giving them a treat. See what visits your garden when you put out a sugary buffet for the wildlife. I'm hoping I get some butterflies.
From Mrs Ganner
Send photos into my home learning email please:
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Photos of past challenges:
Thank you to the lovely children in these photos for completing the hug-a-tree challenge. Think there was some hug-my-family too! Plus take a look at some of our children in school, enjoying going wild at break time. Great big smiles from everyone.
Reading Plus WINNERS (Week 10)
Date: 12th Jun 2020 @ 3:15pm
Can you believe that we're on week 10 of our Reading Plus competition? Each week I see more and more of you taking part - well done, everyone!
Here are this week's Reading Plus winners:
Most Lessons Completed: Sam and Alissia - both with 8 lessons! Well done you two.
Most Words Read: Sam with 11,258 words (I can see that you've been working hard this week, Sam! Well done).
It was very close this week, so well done to everyone that took part.
This week's reading challenge was to read 6 books. The winners are:
Sam
Alissia
Fontoh
Rhianna
Ganesa
Some of you were almost there - so keep up the great work!
Well done, everyone.
Miss Brookes
Date: 12th Jun 2020 @ 3:14pm
Some fantastic learning has been emailed in this week! A big well done to:
Ganesa
Maddison
Lilly-Anne
Aden
Check out some of the photos of their work below!
Aden's story even includes some questions at the end for you to answer!
Also, a special congratulations to:
Fontoh
Alissia
Rhianna
Ganesa
I know your names will be on the separate Reading Challenge celebration blog post, but I'm very impressed with how much you're reading!
Thank you for all of the emails - keep sending them in! y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Have a lovely weekend 5HW, and I'll look forward to see some more super learning next week!
Mrs Hodges =)
Date: 12th Jun 2020 @ 8:49am
Good morning everyone! Can you believe that we have reached Friday already?
You can find all of today's learning on: https://padlet.com/y5homelearning/year5
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A huge well done to Maddison who guessed yesterday's picture correctly. It was of course a cup of tea (I would have accepted cup/mug as an answer as well)! Here is the full picture:
Here is today's challenge:
Make sure to keep an eye on your class page later today, for the celebration post. You have all worked incredibly hard this week, so well done! We are all extremely proud of you.
Email us on: y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Miss Brookes and Mrs Hodges
12th June #30DaysWild - Challenge 12 🌳
Date: 12th Jun 2020 @ 8:14am
Hello again!
I wonder who will go wild today to find their nearest tree. Will there be a mass of Y5 wildlife wardens invading Clayton green spaces to hug a tree or will it be Year 2 that aces this challenge? I look forward to finding out.
I’m going to look for a really old tree. Make up your own challenges over the weekend and discover what is outside your door then send the photos in to me.
From Mrs Ganner
Send photos into my home learning email please:
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Photos of past challenges:
More EYFS ‘Wonderful Wildlife Wardens’ sent in some stunning photos of the wildlife they’d discovered in their gardens over the past couple of days. Did you know there was a big hotel open near you?
Date: 11th Jun 2020 @ 8:48am
Good morning everyone!
You can find all of today's learning on: https://padlet.com/y5homelearning/year5
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Well done to Maddison for guessing the picture correctly yesterday - it was a hairbrush! Here is the full picture:
Here is today's challenge - good luck everyone:
We can't wait to see all of your learning again - don't forget to email us on: y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Miss Brookes and Mrs Hodges
11th June #30DaysWild - Challenge 11 🐚🍀
Date: 11th Jun 2020 @ 7:47am
Good morning Ravensbury!
If you’re wild enough to accept the challenge then here is what you can do today.
Channel your inner Captain Jack Sparrow or Captain Pugwash (ask your parents and grandparents who this is) to find a hoard of treasure on your latest walk on the wild side. Collect anything you find and keep it in a treasure box. Remember to wash your hands when you come home.
Bonus joke of the day:
Why are pirates called pirates?
Because they arrrrrrrrr
From Mrs Ganner
Send photos into my home learning email please:
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Photos of past challenges:
More ‘Wonderful Wildlife Wardens’ have been spending time in nature and discovering new and interesting things around them. Aisha sent this beautiful blue sky photo in from our blue challenge yesterday and we have some young explorers that are fascinated by their upclose encounters with minibeasts.
10th June #30DaysWild - Challenge 10 🦋💧
Date: 10th Jun 2020 @ 9:16am
Hello Wild Things!
Today is all about being blue. NOT feeling blue (that means feeling sad) but looking for blue in the wild. Can you take photos or draw all of the blue things you see outdoors today?
Enjoy your wonders of the wild outdoors today
From Mrs Ganner
Send photos into my home learning email please:
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Photos of past challenges:
Our latest ‘Wonderful Wildlife Wardens’ have sent in photos of themselves throwing their litter away, bird spotting and using their art skills to create very realistic representations of wildlife. I’m really impressed with what they are discovering in their wild outdoors. Thank you for joining in.
By the way – so far The Foundation Stage are wildest of our school (FIST PUMPS AIR!) They’re wilder than KS2 who are wilder than KS1.
Challenge on for those of you who haven’t sent in photos yet…
Date: 10th Jun 2020 @ 8:44am
Good morning everyone!
You can find all of today's learning on: https://padlet.com/y5homelearning/year5
If you get stuck on any of the maths questions, have a look at this video to help you https://www.showme.com/sh?h=MGnc0q8
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Can you believe that we're half way through the week already? No one managed to guess the picture correctly yesterday - though some of you were very close. It was actually a door handle! Here is the full picture:
I've tried to make this one a little easier for you, let me know what you think it is:
If you email in your own picture, we can share it on here to see if anyone can guess it.
You've all been working super hard this week, and thank you to everyone who has emailed us so far. We love to see all of your learning: y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Miss Brookes and Mrs Hodges