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Connected Curriculum Challenge!
Date: 1st Jun 2020 @ 8:42am
I am so excited for you to get started with these brilliant Connected Curriculum activities, which are all to do with our new topic of Spain, specifically looking at the question:
Why is Spain such a popular tourist destination?
Spain is a beautiful country with a fascinating history and culture. It's geography (for example the climate and landscape) all helps it be an incredibly popular destination too.
There are eight different activites for you to choose from in the attached document - ranging from cooking to dancing, art to geography...and more! A couple of the activities need additional resources, and I have attached those to this blog too. Other activities have a YouTube link that will help you, so make sure to check that out too.
Choose whichever activities you like, and however many you like - some might take several hours, others will be much quicker.
Remember to show us your learning by emailing us at Y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Have fun!!
Date: 1st Jun 2020 @ 8:31am
Welcome back Year 5!
Well, goodness me, I can't believe we're entering our next half term of virtual school! We hope you had a lovely half term and enjoyed the fabulous weather (it almost felt as if we could have been abroad didn't it?!). If you've got any half term photos to show what you've got up to, we'd love to see!
Just to let you know, Miss Wendt will be helping Year 2 with their virtual school learning for the next little bit, so Miss Brookes and I will be posting all your Year 5 learning. So 5HW - don't worry that Miss Wendt isn't setting you activities in each daily blog post; she is absolutely fine and will keep a little eye on what you're doing! Miss Brookes will be giving you your daily Maths, and Miss Wendt has already organised more weekly Spanish activities, so the types of activities you get each day will be the same as the last half term!
Look out for the two other separate blog posts from Miss Brookes and I this morning - one with your weekly Reading challenge, and the other with your new Connected Curriculum activity choices! Our new topic is focused on Spain, with the big question, "Why is Spain such a popular holiday destination?". I hope you love the activities I've put on, I had a lot of fun putting it together and would quite like to try a few myself!
Finally, remember to email us across your learning, we LOVE hearing from you (and of course, if you've any questions or things we can help with, use the email to ask us!): Y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
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Mrs Hodges here!
Right, quite a lot from me this morning to start this new half term!
For our new Connected Curriculum topic, we're going to be finding out a bit about Bullfighting. It used to be extremely popular in Spain, and still is in some parts. However, many people (both in Spain and around the world) think it is cruel and needs to be banned completely. I'd like you to research Bullfighting over the next couple of weeks, finding out some of the arguments for Bullfighting (which means people think it should be able to continue) and against Bullfighting (which means people think it should be stopped). Check out these links to help your research - I'll put them in each blog post over the next few days, I'm not expected you to look at these all in one go!
“The Matador” Film Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXiTv7QrUh4
Bullfighting Information:
CBBC has a whole section on bullfighting, where you can find out what happens in a bullfight, different people’s opinions for and against it happening and a reporter’s experience of a bullfight.
More information can be found on Kiddle:
https://kids.kiddle.co/Bullfighting
Right, onto our Sentence of the Day! Our sentences are going to be based on this topic too. Click the link below for the first one!
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=MzzG0S8
Remember to check back later to see my purple pen!
Good afternoon!
How did you get on with today's sentence? Click the link to see my corrected one!
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=4uK5Gds
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Good Morning from Miss Brookes!
I hope you all had a lovely week off and managed to enjoy some sunshine. I know we have now finished our Space unit, but did any of you watch the launch over the weekend? Elon Musk designed a rocket, and then two astronauts used it to travel to the International Space Station. If you didn't manage to watch it, here is a video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxBj8R7XKe4
I am going to be posting the maths and GVP questions this half-term! I'm looking forward to seeing what you can remember.
Maths
From next week, each week will focus on a topic (e.g. time or fractions etc.) However, this week - as our brains have had a week off - we're going to focus alternatively on the number of the day, and a fluent in 5.
Today's challenge is a number of the day. I don't expect you to answer all 10 questions (you can focus on 5, but if you want to do more it's up to you!) and I will post the answers at 1pm. Remember: when multiplying/dividing by 10/100/1000, use a place value chart - not the bus stop method.
I'm sorry the answers are a little bit late today! I forgot to set an alarm to remind me. I was just sat in the garden and I suddenly remembered and jumped up with an "oh no!" to my Mum.
Here are they are - how did you get on?
GVP
Here is today's GVP questions:
Here are the answers:
Enjoy your Monday.
#30 Days Wild Launch Day ☀️🌲🐾🕷🐛
Date: 1st Jun 2020 @ 8:18am
June 1st - #30DaysWild - Challenge 1
Hello everybody,
I hope you had an amazing half term and you’re as excited to be back completing home learning challenges as I am. This month our school is going to go WILD! Yes, that’s right, our mission is to do as many wild things as we can and have fun whilst learning outside.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE WILDLIFE TRUST WEBSITE
Each day I will put up a wild challenge and you can take a photo of you and your family completing it so I can put it on this blog.
Here is your challenge for today, see how many wild minibeasts you can find outside:
Send your photos in to nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk and I'll put them up on our school blog.
If you'd like to choose your own challenges download this app:
PLEASE BE CAREFUL and make sure you complete the challenges with an adult.
STAY SAFE, BE ACTIVE, GO WILD!
From Mrs Ganner
Date: 1st Jun 2020 @ 8:16am
Good Morning Reception,
This half term to begin our Reading and Writing blogs we will be doing something called ‘sentence of the day.’ Each day I will be posting a sentence that has some mistakes. Your job will be to look at my sentence very carefully and write it again but correct my mistakes. The mistakes are in a different colour to help you.
Here is today’s ‘Sentence of the Day…’
i have hert my head wiv a ball?
Today we are going to start a new story/topic. I wonder what it is going to be about…? Listen to the story by clicking on the video at the bottom of the blog.
Yes, we are going to start learning about PIRATES!!! Aaaaaarrrrr!!!!
In the story we met 10 little pirates. Talk to your grown up and answer this question…
What do you know about pirates? Can you draw some pictures and label them…? Use the mat below to help you.
Remember to send in your photos/videos to… receptionhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Date: 1st Jun 2020 @ 8:05am
Good Morning Reception,
I hope you have all had a relaxing half term holiday and are ready to continue with your home learning. It’s a strange way to start the final half term of the year but let’s see what happens over the next few weeks.
We are going to continue to learn Phase 3 sounds and begin to learn the Phase 4 tricky words.
Start by singing along to a new tricky word song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NOzgR1ANc4
At the beginning of the video, I am reading 4 of the tricky words from Phase 4. Can you watch the video and read them? Practise writing the tricky words on some paper.
Our new sound today is ‘ur.’ Look at the pictures and words on the poster, which ones can you read?
This half term, each time we learn a new sound I will be posting a video to help you. Watch today’s video at the bottom of the blog.
Here are today’s practise and apply activities, which one will you choose?
Activity 1 – Label each picture with the ‘ur’ word.
Activity 2 – Find the ‘ur’ words in the wordsearch.
Activity 3 – Treasure hunt in the garden or room in your house. Write ‘ur’ words from the video on scraps of paper and hide them. Find a word and read it. Can you write the word on a piece of paper?
Activity 4 – Put some of the ‘ur’ words from the video into some super sentences.
Remember to send in your photos/videos to… receptionhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Date: 1st Jun 2020 @ 6:47am
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This week we are going to be looking the book ‘Superworm’ by Julia Donaldson.
I am just going to read the beginning of this story to you. You can watch a video of me reading by clicking on the link below…
I would like you to think about the beginning of the story and what might happen next?
Can you now think of an ending to the story?
These are the kinds of questions I am going to ask.
What do you think is going to happen in the story?
What do you think Superworm and the other bugs will do next?
Can you think of a good ending for the story?
You could start your answer by saying things like…
I think Superworm will…
The bugs will…
At the end of the story, Superworm will…
Rhyming challenge
Over previous weeks, we have looked at rhyming words… Did you notice that there were LOTS of rhyming words in this story too?
Can you listen carefully and find the pairs of words that rhyme?
Watch the 'SHOW ME' below to help identify rhyming words in the story.
CLICK HERE TO FIND THE RHYMING WORDS
Drawing and writing challenge
Draw one of your favourite bugs from the story. Label them with the first (initial) sound.
Draw a picture of what Superworm could do next? Who could he help? What could he do?
Make up and draw an ending to the Superworm story.
Don't forget to send pictures of your learning to: nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Connected Curriculum: Minibeasts
Date: 1st Jun 2020 @ 6:12am
Hi Nursery, I am very excited about this terms topic… I wonder if you can guess what we will be learning about from these clues!
Feelers out… What’s about?
Look and listen, stop and stare… Minibeasts are everywhere!
That’s right, you guessed it! Our topic is MINIBEASTS!
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You can find out lots of fantastic facts about minibeasts by playing along with Jess and the Minibeast spotter by clicking on the link below:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/games/mini-beast-adventure-with-jess-minibeast-spotter
You might like to have your very own Minibeast adventure and go on a MINIBEAST HUNT!
With your grown up, can you go into your garden or outside for a walk and look for some creepy crawlies! I wonder what sort of minibeasts you can find?
Attached below is a Minibeast Hunt Sheet, of lots of different minibeasts to look for.
Have lots of fun and don’t forget to take a photo or draw a picture of the minibeasts you find!
If you are feeling creative, why not have a go at creating a Minibeast yourself.
Have a look at the ideas below and see if you can create your very own Minibeast! We would love to see your minibeast, so dont forget to send a picture to us!
In this week’s story, ‘Superworm’ is helpful and likes to help his friends. Can you think of ways to be helpful to your family at home? What helpful deeds could you do? You could draw a picture or ask a grown up to make a list of all the helpful things you do!
If you are feeling musical, you may like to learn and sing this helpful song! (The song is attached below)
Finally, you might like to listen to a story and sing some Minibeast songs.
Watch Mr Tumble and the Minibeasts have an amazing adventure in the garden. Can you guess which Minibeasts he will meet? Click the picture to watch!
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There are lots of things here to keep you busy! Remember to choose your favourite and send photos or videos of your learning by Friday to: nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Monday 1st June: Maths Daily Challenge
Date: 1st Jun 2020 @ 5:55am
Good Morning Nursery!
Today we are going to be using our counting skills so let’s warm up by singing a counting song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ir_l7qTiZ4
Your challenge today is to use the ‘I spy and count’ sheet to count and find the amount of each type of minibeast. Use the ‘I spy and count’ checklist to see which minibeasts you need to count.
Remember when you count, point to the minibeasts and say a number name for each one.
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You could have a go at drawing the minibeasts and writing the numeral to show how many there are of each type next to it.
Use our superhero cape to help you recognise and copy the numeral.
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Have fun counting and don’t forget to send a photo of your work to nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.co.uk
Date: 1st Jun 2020 @ 5:30am
Good Morning Nursery… Welcome back, we hope you have enjoyed your half term break!
This week we are going to complete activities for oral blending and segmenting.
Blending is combining sounds we hear in words and segmenting is separating the sounds we can hear.
So let’s get started…
Today we are going to have a go at oral blending and play a game called ‘Clapping sounds’.
Using the letters that we have learnt so far (s,a,t,p,i,n), we are going to listen and clap the sounds in words then blend the sounds together to say the word.
Take a look at today’s ‘Show me’ clip to join in with listening, clapping and blending together the sounds in words.
CLICK HERE TO WATCH TODAY’S SHOW ME CLIP
Today’s challenge: With your adult, I would like you to have a go at clapping the sounds for the words below:
Listen carefully as you sound out the word.
Then blend the sounds to say the word out-loud:
S-a-t (sat)
P-i-n (pin)
P-a-t (pat)
T-a-p (tap)
P-i-t (pit)
P-i-p (pip)
Ask your grown up to say the sounds in these words – see if you can blend the sounds, say the word then do the action!
s-i-t, p-a-t, r-u-n, h-o-p, j-o-g.
Well done! It would be great if you can keep practising your oral blending skills throughout the day, which other words can you sound out and say?
Have a great day and we will have some more phonics fun tomorrow!
Date: 25th May 2020 @ 11:00am
Hello and happy half term!
I'm not going to be posting a daily challenge for you over half term but here is something you can do if you like. It's a funny time right now and it's one we may want to look back on in the future to remind oursleves what we did, how we felt and how lucky we are when it's all over. So I've attached a time capsule template for you use so that you can record some of these things, either by writing or drawing it's up to you.
You can either print it out, do it on a computer or just draw our each page for yourself. Do as much or as little as you chooe and feel free to share anything you do on EALhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Stay safe,
Mrs Glover
Date: 22nd May 2020 @ 5:29pm
Hello Year 4!
Well done for another week of super Home Learning from you all! t's been lovely to see the updates that have been sent into the Year 4 email this week!
We are now at the end of our Summer 1 Term, so there will not be any new work being adding to the Year 4 Home Learning Page next week. I hope everyone enjoys their half term, has a rest and finds lots of fun things to do! Our new term of online learning will begin on the 1st June.
Take care and stay safe,
Miss Bryce and the Year 4 Team :)
Date: 22nd May 2020 @ 5:02pm
At the start of this term we set a reading challenge to see who would be the Star Reader of the Week in each class, based on the activities completed on Lexia and ActiveLearn.
The winners of this week are…. AGAIN!!! >>>>
4AR: 4JB:
Honour! David!
Well done, fantastic reading! Both winners will get to choose from the class prize boxes and decorate a biscuit when we are back in school.
Who will be the champions next week???! Everyone will have to really get their reading minutes up to beat these two!
Well done to everyone who has been on their Lexia and ActiveLearn accounts this week. Usernames and passwords can be found in your Home Learning Packs. If you are having trouble logging in please contact your teachers at y4homelearning.manchester.sch.uk so we can help.
Stay safe and keep working hard,
From the Year 4 team xxx
Home Learning Celebration Post
Date: 22nd May 2020 @ 4:08pm
Home Learning Celebration Post
I’ve had such a lovely time looking through your home learning this week and making this video of you proudly sharing your work. Keep sending your fabulous photos and videos to us. You’re doing an amazing job learning at home and we are very proud of you.
You’re ALL Outstanding Home Learners
We've had 2 children playing on Numbots this week. Well done. You're both bot-tastic!
NVG - Gold Aeroplex NNH -Trance Petastar
Miss Heritage told me she loves seeing your photos too and she can’t wait to add lots of fabulous new activities on to the blog after half term.
Thank you to all of the adults that have helped this week. I hope it wasn’t too messy! Let us know what you think about the activities by emailing us and tell us if there is anything you’d like to see more of.
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Let's finish our half term with a celebration dance alongside our friends, Blazer Fresh, from Go Noodle.
https://app.gonoodle.com/activities/celebrate
Take care of yourselves and your families.
I’ll see you back on the blog soon.
Mrs Ganner
Date: 22nd May 2020 @ 3:46pm
Good Afternoon Reception!
Happy Friday! J I hope all of you have had a lovely day and enjoyed taking part in the ‘Challenge Friday’ activities!
Let’s take a look at some reception superstars from this week…
What an amazing kindness poem!
Fantastic maths work! Children have been working hard this week to complete their fluent-in-five and tens-frame activities!
A lovely ‘thank you’ banner for key workers, made by one of our reception children!
Well done to every single one of our reception children for trying so hard in their learning at home, all of your teachers are incredibly proud of you and missing you all lots!
I hope you have a lovely break, take time from your learning to enjoy the lovely weather, take walks and have fun with your family.
Love Miss Williams
Date: 22nd May 2020 @ 3:44pm
Good afternoon everyone!
I can't quite believe this is the end of the half term. It's definitely a half term we will never forget! Both myself and Mrs Hodges have been so proud of all of you, you have worked so hard and completed many challenges every single day.
Our Outstanding Learners:-
Daniel O
Ganesa
Maddison
Alissia
Have a look below to see what they have been up to!
Have a safe and healthy half term and Eid Mubarak to those families who are celebrating!
MIss Wendt & Mrs Hodges 
Date: 22nd May 2020 @ 2:03pm
Here are this week's Reading Plus Winners:
Most Lessons Completed: Alissia again! With 7 books this time - well done, Alissa!
Most Words Read: Yoel with 7,932 words. 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:
Alissia
Denico
Ganesa
Jediah
Yoel
Well done to everyone that took part! I hope you have a fabulous, well deserved break this half term.
Enjoy the week off,
Miss Brookes
Date: 22nd May 2020 @ 1:26pm
Hello 5CB! Can you believe that we've made it all the way to another half-term? I won't be posting anything on our blog next week, and I want you all to relax and have some fun. I will however, still be answering emails, so don't hesitate to contact me - y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
This weeks outstanding learners are:
Akin
Auryn
Jessica
Jennifer
Well done everyone!
I am so proud of all of the hard work you are putting in each day. Keep it up, and enjoy your week off.
Miss Brookes
Date: 22nd May 2020 @ 12:36pm
To all our families who will be celebrating Eid this weekend...
We hope you have a lovely time but remember to keep safe!!!
Love From
Nursery and Reception Staff x
Date: 22nd May 2020 @ 12:27pm
This week I have received some amazing photos and videos of children in RAI doing their home learning.
Well Done everyone!!!
Next week is half term and no new activities will be posted until Monday 1st June.
I hope you all rest up and have a lovely time. I'm looking forward to the half term because I'll be celebrating Eid and my birthday on Monday.
Take care and Stay Safe!
Love Mrs Iqbal
Date: 22nd May 2020 @ 12:15pm
Good afternoon year 3.
We hope you have been enjoying the beautiful weather we have been having. Here is a reminder of the link to find your home learning. https://padlet.com/missfaragher/kj2clvf5jjlr98k1
Enjoy your half term and we will speak to you again after half term.
The year 3 team
Date: 22nd May 2020 @ 11:16am
Good morning Year 2. It's me again!
Today is our last day of home learning until the 26th May so I thought I would share some fun activities for you to do incase you would like to take on an extra challenge. Don't worry adults, the extra challenges are not compulsary so if you would like a break, that is ok too :)
I know that you know your phase 5 sounds, so instead of looking at your sounds on the Thursday challenge, why don't you have a go at learning some of the year 2 common exception words instead and try and put them in to sentences?
Have a lovely break and I can't wait to see what you have all been up to :)
Miss Hamer
Date: 22nd May 2020 @ 10:59am
Good morning Year 2!
I have been so impressed with all your home learning this week. I really loved reading your recounts from the English challenge. Well done Year 2, you are all SUPERSTARS! I have attached some pictures for you to see what your friends have been up to :).
Lexia Superstars
A huge well done to Tyler, Andrew and Zayn for moving up the Lexia ladder this week. Keep up the hard work!
Miss Hamer
Date: 22nd May 2020 @ 10:11am
Let’s Celebrate!
Today is the last day of term before our May holidays. It’s been a very different term than what we expected but we are very proud of all the hard work you have been doing.
Here are some of our outstanding learners this term. You are all superstars so give yourself a round of applause!
We love these smiling 2D shapes! It’s great getting creative with your maths learning!
This learning is so neat! It looks like these people are going to be experts in measuring when we return to school!
We loved reading this poem! I think it describes Ravensbury wonderfully! It definitely is an excellent place!
This person has been so busy with their phonics!
I wonder how many bugs have moved into this bug hotel. I think there will be a spider or two in there by now!
It’d been a great week to take our learning outside! We love that this person has been practicing their tricky words using bits they have found outside!
We love seeing your wellbeing challenges! It’s so lovely to be thinking about how people help us and how we help them especially in times like these!
This person has been very busy thinking about how many synonyms are in different words! Well done!
It looks like this workbook is getting pretty full! Well done to this person! Another example of beautiful presentation!
Well done everyone! We hope you all have a brilliant haf term holiday!
Date: 22nd May 2020 @ 10:03am
We now have 6 home learners in our celebration video this week! Thank you so much to those of you who sent your photos in yesterday. The video will be ready after teatime today.
There's still time to send your photos in if you want to be in our celebration video. Here is a reminder of our email address:
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
The Boy at the Back of the class-Links to Every Chapter
Date: 22nd May 2020 @ 9:55am
Here are all of the links to every chapter from the book.You may have missed some or you might just want to start at the beginning again. I just thought it was a good idea to have all the links to each chapter in one place. All the links will have the questions too so you can see any you may have missed.
The Boy at the Back of the Class Blog Links
https://www.ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk/blog/the-boy-at-the-back-of-the-class-chapter-1/45860
https://www.ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk/blog/the-boy-at-the-back-of-the-class-chapter-2/46134
https://www.ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk/blog/the-boy-at-the-back-of-the-class-chapter-3/46285
https://www.ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk/blog/the-boy-at-the-back-of-the-class-chapter-4/46435
https://www.ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk/blog/the-boy-at-the-back-of-the-class-chapter-5/46572
https://www.ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk/blog/the-boy-at-the-back-of-the-class-chapter-6/46736
https://www.ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk/blog/the-boy-at-the-back-of-the-class-chapter-8/48134
https://www.ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk/blog/the-boy-at-the-back-of-the-class-chapter-9/48423
https://www.ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk/blog/the-boy-at-the-back-of-the-class-chapter-11/48799
https://www.ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk/blog/the-boy-at-the-back-of-the-class-chapter-12/48943
https://www.ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk/blog/the-boy-at-the-back-of-the-class-chapter-13/49333
https://www.ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk/blog/the-boy-at-the-back-of-the-class-chapter-14/49421
https://www.ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk/blog/the-boy-at-the-back-of-the-class-chapter-15/49533
https://www.ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk/blog/the-boy-at-the-back-of-the-class-chapter-16/49674
https://www.ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk/blog/the-boy-at-the-back-of-the-class-chapter-17/50053
https://www.ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk/blog/the-boy-at-the-back-of-the-class-chapter-18/50201
https://www.ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk/blog/the-boy-at-the-back-of-the-class-chapter-19/50309
https://www.ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk/blog/the-boy-at-the-back-of-the-class-chapter-20/50433
https://www.ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk/blog/the-boy-at-the-back-of-the-class-chapter-21/50575
https://www.ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk/blog/the-boy-at-the-back-of-the-class-chapter-22/50842
https://www.ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk/blog/the-boy-at-the-back-of-the-class-chapter-23/50975
https://www.ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk/blog/the-boy-at-the-back-of-the-class-chapter-24/51091
https://www.ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk/blog/the-boy-at-the-back-of-the-class-chapter-25/51263
https://www.ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk/blog/the-boy-at-the-back-of-the-class-chapter-26/51383