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Welcome from everyone at Wynstream. We wanted to let you know that we are missing you but hope that you are staying safe during these difficult times. We are going to use the ClassDojo system to set you tasks which you can respond to and post so we can keep in contact with what you are doing. You will receive an activation email from ClassDojo, if you have more than 1 child at school you will receive an email for each child to connect to their class. Please check your junk box too as it may be in there. This Youtube clip shows you how to log into your account if you get stuck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjS1U8wiH7A&feature=youtu.be ClassDojo are offering parents the opportunity to award Dojo points to their children from home but we are NOT expecting you to take up this offer as it involves a payment.You can look at your child’s portfolio, upload learning, see how many points they have and message your child’s class teacher without payment so please don’t pay for the extras! We look forward to seeing what you have been doing. Take care from All the Wynstream family.

Dear Parents and Carers Ms Vickery and Mrs Willis have worked together to come up with suggestions of activities for your child as they play and learn at home. Please remember that these are just suggestions and we don’t want you to feel pressured into turning your home into a home school. Please only do what works for you and your family. It would be great if you could read regularly with your child. Reading to them, listening to them read and talking about what’s been read is hugely beneficial. Beyond that please do what is easy, stress free and comfortable for you and your family. Reading We encourage you to read every day for 20 minutes with your child. • Read books together - talk about the story, characters and pictures. Upload a video of your child reading to Tapestry, if you can, for their teacher to see. • If you have read the school reading books that were sent home, you could access books similar books here https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/ • CBeebies Radio is a great place to find stories to listen to (plus music and information shows) https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio Download the free BBC Sounds app to listen to the station on phones or tablets. • Learning nursery rhymes is a great way to help early reading skills – this site has lots that you can share and sing along with https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/nursery-rhymes-songs-index/zhwdgwx Writing • Help your child to use the name card in their home learning pack to practise writing their first name and surname. Remind them to pinch their pencil near the tip. • Encourage your child to practise letter formation to support their handwriting. This is a link to Get Squiggling, which has a fun videos showing how to form each letter of the alphabet https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLex2rFvT0W9aZZAi-ffiGK05rWBiOrIBL • Remember children can use the writing book in the home learning pack to practise writing. If you have a garden, children can also practise letter formation outdoors with chalks, paint brushes with water and using washing up bottles filled with water. Make big loops, lines and spiral patterns – it will help improve gross and fine motor control which are really important for handwriting skills. Phonics Learn these fun songs to help read and write tricky ‘Train Your Brain’ words (words you can’t sound out easily). Phase 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvMyssfAUx0 Phase 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R087lYrRpgY Phase 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NOzgR1ANc4 Maths It would be brilliant if you could… • Have a go at the activities on your Mathletics account (log in details in your home learning pack). • Take a look at White Rose Maths Supertato maths activities - https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/ This is a story that is well known to all the children ( the story is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rze89HB9u8g ) and there are lots of fun maths activity suggestions to go with it. If you are having trouble accessing your Tapestry account or need to reset your password, please email svickery@ecfschools.org.uk

Hello Butterfly and Ladybird Class families. We hope you are staying safe and well at home. You should have your home learning packs and are able to choose the home learning activities you would like to do (if you don't have your pack please let us know). Please remember that it is ok to do as little or as much as you want with the packs. We think time spent playing with your family/toys, cooking, making, colouring, reading, exercising with Joe Wicks etc, are all great things to do at home too. The most important thing, is to be happy right now. It is so great to see your home learning posts on Tapestry, thank you so much for uploading. Keep them coming!!! After the Easter holidays we will upload more activities and ideas for home learning. So keep an eye on the school website, Facebook page and Tapestry, We have uploaded one of our favourite stories for you to enjoy at home onto Tapestry. Please email svickery@ecfschools.org.uk if you need to activate your Tapestry account. Please get in touch if we can help with any home learning or Tapestry questions. We miss you all, please stay in touch and take care. Ms Vickery and Mrs Willis.

Welcome from everyone at Wynstream. We wanted to let you know that we are missing you but hope that you are staying safe during these difficult times. We are going to use the ClassDojo system to set you tasks which you can respond to and post so we can keep in contact with what you are doing. You will receive an activation email from ClassDojo, if you have more than 1 child at school you will receive an email for each child to connect to their class. Please check your junk box too as it may be in there. This Youtube clip shows you how to log into your account if you get stuck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjS1U8wiH7A&feature=youtu.be ClassDojo are offering parents the opportunity to award Dojo points to their children from home but we are NOT expecting you to take up this offer as it involves a payment.You can look at your child’s portfolio, upload learning, see how many points they have and message your child’s class teacher without payment so please don’t pay for the extras! We look forward to seeing what you have been doing. Take care from All the Wynstream family.

We hope you’re all staying safe and well at home. We hope you have found your home learning packs useful. As we can’t be in class, we’d like you to choose as few or as many of this week’s activities to enjoy learning at home and as we wanted to take the pressure off the adults at home as much as possible, so we’ve labelled our activities with should and could to help. The ‘shoulds’ are the ones we think are a bit more important. English We are going to be finishing off our learning about fairy tales , with a specific focus on ‘The Three Little Pigs’. Your child’s tasks this week are: • Should – Remind themselves of the story of ‘The Three Little Pigs’. Here is a video that may help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLR2pLUsl-Y • Could – Think about what you saw in the video – can you draw a story map about the story and the order it happened? What did the pigs use to build the houses? What did the Big Bad Wolf do to each one? How did the story end? • Should – Using what you have learned from the videos and any further understanding of the story; have a go at innovating (changing) the characters to make the story your own. For example: Three Little Pigs may become Three Fluffy Sheep OR The Big Bad Wolf may become the Huge Scary Fox. • Could – Can you make a story map for your story using pictures and actions to act it out? • Should – Once you have innovated your story, have a go at writing the whole story out neatly using your new characters. Don’t forget to use capital letters, full stops, finger spaces and the soundmat provided to spell accurately. • Could - Once you have finished your story, can you draw each character and their houses and describe them, using adjectives. For example: The small, fluffy sheep. The strong, brick house. Mr Panter and Mr Ellis are excited to hear them all when we are all back! Spelling We use the National Curriculum year 1 and 2 spelling list for children to practice. Your child’s tasks this week are to: • Should – Use the sets included in the pack, or of course the children’s spelling books (which have the most up to date spellings in) to practice spelling the words • Could – Can you use the spellings you have practiced in a sentence? Maths We are going to be learning about multiplication and division in Maths. We can use multiplication and division to make groups, to share and to make doubles. Your child’s tasks for this week are to: • Should – Complete mathletics (children have logins in packs) tasks which have been set on multiplication and division • Could – Take the test at the end to assess understanding Science In science we have been looking at everyday materials such as: wood, metal, plastic, glass and fabric. You should have found a booklet about this topic within your home-learning packs. Your child’s learning tasks this week are: • Should – Complete the everyday materials booklet including the final assessment, to round off our learning on this topic. • Could – Conduct an experiment regarding each of the everyday materials and how they react in water (i.e. weather the float/sink AND how waterproof they are. For example: make predictions about the materials reaction to water and compare to the actual outcome. Geography In Geography we are going to be exploring the country of Egypt, looking at what is there, where it is on a map and comparing the weather in Egypt to here, in England. Your child’s learning tasks this week are: • Should – Have a look at a map, or use google earth. Where is Egypt on the map? What continent is it in? What other countries are near Egypt? Make a fact page in your books. https://www.google.co.uk/intl/en_uk/earth/ • Could – Research the weather in Egypt and compare it to the UK. What is different? Is it hot all the time? Does it rain? How hot can it get? Why does it get hot? https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/360630 https://www.oddizzi.com/teachers/explore-the-world/country-close-up/egypt/climate-3/ Art As we are learning about fairy tales , in Art, we will be looking at and drawing some of the characters or settings from our favourite fairy tale. Your child’s task this week is to: • Should – Pick their favourite fairy tale character and create a piece of art around them. This can be a drawing, painting, collage, sculpture etc. • Could – Create a fictional setting for this character e.g. Little Red Riding Hood – The deep, dark forest.

Welcome from everyone at Wynstream. We wanted to let you know that we are missing you but hope that you are staying safe during these difficult times. We are going to use the ClassDojo system to set you tasks which you can respond to and post so we can keep in contact with what you are doing. You will receive an activation email from ClassDojo, if you have more than 1 child at school you will receive an email for each child to connect to their class. Please check your junk box too as it may be in there. This Youtube clip shows you how to log into your account if you get stuck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjS1U8wiH7A&feature=youtu.be ClassDojo are offering parents the opportunity to award Dojo points to their children from home but we are NOT expecting you to take up this offer as it involves a payment.You can look at your child’s portfolio, upload learning, see how many points they have and message your child’s class teacher without payment so please don’t pay for the extras! We look forward to seeing what you have been doing. Take care from All the Wynstream family.

Hello Otters and Foxes, We hope you’re all staying safe and well at home. We hope you have found your home learning packs useful. As we can’t be in class, we’d like you to choose as few or as many of this week’s activities to enjoy learning at home and as we wanted to take the pressure off the adults at home as much as possible, so we’ve labelled our activities with should and could to help. The ‘ shoulds ’ are the ones we think are a bit more important. . Reading (the most important thing) We encourage you to read every day for 10 minutes to an adult at home. • In the absence of reading books, please go to the Oxford Reading to access books similar to the ones you bring home www.oxfordowl.co.uk or you can read few pages a book from your home… you could read a Traditional Tale as we will be writing these in English this week. English We are going to be learning about A Twist on a Traditional Tale. Traditional Tales are stories that we are very familiar with like Three Little Pigs, The Gingerbread Man and Tortoise and the Hare. Your learning this week are: • Should - To watch the video of The Three Little Wolves and The Big Bad Pig. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZpYMLp1LdQ • Could - Can you retell the story by drawing a story map or acting it out? What is different about this story? What is the same? What part did you like? What part did you dislike? • Should - Think about a Traditional Tale you know, if you’re stuck, here’s a YouTube Channel with lots of Traditional Tales for you to watch. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-mRnyHz0TQ8lnmTd85MeCw Can you change the Traditional Tale to have a twist? Could your third little pig build a house of bricks and not allow his brothers in? Could Red Riding Hood be a wolf in disguise? • Could - Can you draw and describe each of the characters in the story you’ve chosen using expanded noun phrases? https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/z3nfw6f • Could - Can you draw a story map of your new Twisted Traditional Tale or act it out. Mrs Howell and Miss Humphreys will be looking forward to you reading them to us when you’re back! Spelling We use the National Curriculum Year 1 & 2 spelling lists to set spellings for practice. Your child’s spelling learning this week are: • Could - To use the spelling lists included in your home learning packs to practice the words and write them in sentences. • Should - To complete the Readiwriter tasks online https://login.readiwriter.com/ (log in codes are the same as Mathletics) Maths We are going to be learning about Length and Height. Length and Height are ways to measure objects, we use cm (centimetres) and m (metres) when we measure how long or tall an object is. Here is your learning for this week: • Should - To complete the Mathletics tasks online https://login.mathletics.com/ (log in codes are in your child’s home learning folder and spelling books) • Could - What objects around your house can you measure using a ruler or tape measure? Could you measure how long your pencil is? How about how tall an adult or sibling in your home is? Can you make a table (example below) in your yellow book of the objects you measure and what they measured (don’t forget to write cm or m)? • Could - Watch the BBC bitesize videos on how to measure https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zt9k7ty/resources/1 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/supermovers/42808100 Computing We are going to be learning how to code by completing Kodable online. Your Home Learning is to: • Should - To complete the 2 Kodable assignments. Steps for logging in to Kodable: 1. Download Kodable app (Free) on iPad/iPhone or access it through your browser (google chrome/safari/explorer etc.) https://game.kodable.com/ 2. Enter the Class Code Foxes: kspni33 Otters: nbequj2 3. Choose your name and sign in using the picture password 4. Start Coding! Thank you for all your continued support and look after each other. Mrs Howell and Miss Humphreys

Welcome from everyone at Wynstream. We wanted to let you know that we are missing you but hope that you are staying safe during these difficult times. We are going to use the ClassDojo system to set you tasks which you can respond to and post so we can keep in contact with what you are doing. You will receive an activation email from ClassDojo, if you have more than 1 child at school you will receive an email for each child to connect to their class. Please check your junk box too as it may be in there. This Youtube clip shows you how to log into your account if you get stuck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjS1U8wiH7A&feature=youtu.be ClassDojo are offering parents the opportunity to award Dojo points to their children from home but we are NOT expecting you to take up this offer as it involves a payment.You can look at your child’s portfolio, upload learning, see how many points they have and message your child’s class teacher without payment so please don’t pay for the extras! We look forward to seeing what you have been doing. Take care from All the Wynstream family.

Dear Parents and Carers Here are some suggestions from your child’s teacher of activities to help you keep your children occupied during the day. Please remember that they are indeed only suggestions and we do not want you to feel pressured in any way to turn your home into a home school. Do what works for you and your family and let us worry about getting your children quickly back up to speed when everything returns to normal. If you do only one thing, it would be best to keep your child reading. Reading to them, listening to them read and talking about what’s been read will be hugely beneficial. Beyond that, do what is easy, stress free and comfortable for you and your family. Reading We encourage you to read every day for 20 minutes to an adult at home. • Take time to share a book together (you can read/ listen to an audiobook or watch a story online together). Amazon have many free audiobooks that can be accessed through https://www.audible.co.uk • In the absence of reading books, you could access books similar to the ones you bring home https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk • Find the definitions of words that are unfamiliar- you could use a dictionary or a google search. Maths It would be great if you could (as often as possible) use these websites to keep your maths skills sharp • https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student/17057 • https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/place-value • https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z826n39 Science (and we’ve snuck in a bit of writing) Spring is well and truly underway and we have been very lucky to have such amazing sunshine! It is the perfect time of year to look at all of the different kinds of plants around us! Watch the clips about Plants found here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zy66fg8 . Then, you could do any of these: • Make a fact file including all of the things you have discovered about plants: • What do plants need to grow and how do we keep them healthy? • Why are plants important? • Which different plants grow near to where you live? • Study some of the different plants around your house/ garden/ on your daily walk around where you live. You could take photos, draw diagrams with labels, sketch them. You might be able to help your grown ups plant some seeds and watch them grow- take lots of photographs! • If you are allowed, you could pick different leaves or flowers and press them! Watch this video to help you: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/how-to-press-flowers.html You could turn your pressed flowers into a card to send to someone to cheer them up! • Write or storymap a set of instructions for somebody that would like to know how to press flowers! You can use lots of the adverbials of time we have looked at in class (First, Next, After that, The next day, Five days later) and some adverbials that tell you how to do something (carefully, quickly, patiently)! For fun and fitness • PE with Joe Wicks- live from 9am every weekday: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

Welcome from everyone at Wynstream. We wanted to let you know that we are missing you but hope that you are staying safe during these difficult times. We are going to use the ClassDojo system to set you tasks which you can respond to and post so we can keep in contact with what you are doing. You will receive an activation email from ClassDojo, if you have more than 1 child at school you will receive an email for each child to connect to their class. Please check your junk box too as it may be in there. This Youtube clip shows you how to log into your account if you get stuck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjS1U8wiH7A&feature=youtu.be ClassDojo are offering parents the opportunity to award Dojo points to their children from home but we are NOT expecting you to take up this offer as it involves a payment.You can look at your child’s portfolio, upload learning, see how many points they have and message your child’s class teacher without payment so please don’t pay for the extras! We look forward to seeing what you have been doing. Take care from All the Wynstream family.

Dear Parents and Carers Here are some suggestions from your child’s teacher of activities to help you keep your children occupied during the day. Please remember that they are indeed only suggestions and we do not want you to feel pressured in any way to turn your home into a home school. Do what works for you and your family and let us worry about getting your children quickly back up to speed when everything returns to normal. If you do only one thing, it would be best to keep your child reading. Reading to them, listening to them read and talking about what’s been read will be hugely beneficial. Beyond that, do what is easy, stress free and comfortable for you and your family. Reading We encourage you to read every day for 20 minutes to an adult at home. • Take time to share a book together (you can read/ listen to an audiobook or watch a story online together). Amazon have many free audiobooks that can be accessed through www.amazon.co.uk/Audiobooks • In the absence of reading books, you could access books similar to the ones you bring home www.oxfordowl.co.uk • Find the definitions of words that are unfamiliar- you could use a dictionary or a google search. • Log on to https://vocabularyninja.wordpress.com/2020/04/09/shinobi-word-of-the-day-363 and check out the word of the day to learn a new word and its meaning. Spelling We use the National Curriculum (document online) to set spellings for year 3/4 to practice. They are also at the end of this document. If you have a spelling list in your homework book, practice the words by writing them out three times. Then try writing the words into a sentence. Or log on to Readiwriter. You can access this through https://login.readiwriter.com/ (Log in codes are the same as Mathletics). Writing Create a project on ‘Who Inspires me?’ Research a famous (or interesting) person of your choice. The person could be anyone who you are ‘inspired’ by, from a favourite sports person like David Weir (Famous Paralympic wheelchair athlete) to someone who has achieved something amazing in history. How about Florence Nightingale ( very famous nurse!) or Amy Johnson (the first female pilot to fly solo) or Cleopatra (strong female Egyptian ruler). It could even be someone in your family who has had an interesting life! You could … • Create a fact file about them using the 5Ws. (Who are they? Why are they interesting? When were they important? Where do they live/come from? What are they most remembered for?) • Write a biography of their life using the research you have done. You could : Try and include an opening question or interesting starting statement Explain their early life (school etc) Write about the key events in order of their life List their awards or achievements Write about why they are remembered today (their legacy) End with why they are important to you to write about. • Write a newspaper article about your inspiring person visiting Exeter. You could : Try and create a snappy headline Write your report with short paragraphs (made up or real) and include quotes from the public! Draw a picture of the person visiting! • Do a presentation of your facts to your family and see if they can ask (or answer) questions about your person! Maths It would be brilliant if you could… • Practice your times tables every day. These can be practised by writing them by hand, or by using Times Table Rockstars. https://play.ttrockstars.com/ • Or play hit the button on https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ To keep practising your fractions – use objects from your home to make your own fraction museum and take photos (you could email them to us!) Other Stuff You could.. • Watch the clips about Egyptians found here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zg87xnb • Make a fact file including all of the things you have discovered about the Egyptians! Challenge yourself to answer these questions? - Who were they? - Why were they so important? - What remains of Ancient Egypt? - What was life like for them? - Why were they so special? • Design and make online your own Egyptian pyramid: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/launch_gms_pyramid_builder.shtml • Make a model of your pyramid out of junk and recycling (There’s bound to be lots around the house!) • Take the quiz on the website • Write your name in Egyptian hieroglyphs Spelling Words Group 1: the some even a one great do once break to ask steak today friend pretty of school beautiful said put after says push fast are pull last were full past was house father is our class his door grass has floor pass I poor plant you because path your find bath they kind hour be mind move he behind prove me child(ren) improve she wild sure we climb sugar no most eye go only could so both should by old would my cold who here gold whole there hold any where told many love every clothes come everybody busy busy people water again half money Mr Mrs parents Christmas Group 2: accident(ally) forward(s) potatoes actual(ly) fruit pressure address grammar probably answer group promise appear guard purpose arrive guide quarter believe heard question bicycle heart recent breath height regular breathe history reign build imagine remember busy/business increase sentence calendar important separate caught interest special centre island straight century knowledge strange certain learn strength circle library suppose complete material surprise consider medicine therefore continue mention though/although decide minute thought describe natural through different naughty various difficult notice weight disappear occasion(ally) woman/women early often earth opposite eight/eighth ordinary enough particular exercise p eculiar experience perhaps experiment popular extreme position famous possess(ion) favourite possible February Group 3: accommodate especially programme accompany exaggerate pronunciation according excellent queue achieve existence recognise aggressive explanation recommend amateur familiar relevant ancient foreign restaurant apparent forty rhyme appreciate frequently rhythm attached government sacrifice available guarantee secretary average harass shoulder awkward hindrance signature bargain identity sincere(ly) bruise immediate(ly) soldier category individual stomach cemetery interfere sufficient committee interrupt suggest communicate language symbol community leisure system competition lightning temperature conscience marvellous thorough conscious mischievous twelfth controversy muscle variety convenience necessary vegetable correspond neighbour vehicle criticise (critic + ise) nuisance yacht curiosity occupy definite occur desperate opportunity determined parliament develop persuade dictionary physical disastrous prejudice embarrass privilege environment profession equip (–ped, –ment)

Welcome from everyone at Wynstream. We wanted to let you know that we are missing you but hope that you are staying safe during these difficult times. We are going to use the ClassDojo system to set you tasks which you can respond to and post so we can keep in contact with what you are doing. You will receive an activation email from ClassDojo, if you have more than 1 child at school you will receive an email for each child to connect to their class. Please check your junk box too as it may be in there. This Youtube clip shows you how to log into your account if you get stuck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjS1U8wiH7A&feature=youtu.be ClassDojo are offering parents the opportunity to award Dojo points to their children from home but we are NOT expecting you to take up this offer as it involves a payment.You can look at your child’s portfolio, upload learning, see how many points they have and message your child’s class teacher without payment so please don’t pay for the extras! We look forward to seeing what you have been doing. Take care from All the Wynstream family.

Hello again everyone! Here are this week’s suggested activities for you to complete if and when you are able to. Please remember that these are only suggestions and not all activities need to be completed. Make sure you do what is best for you and your home situation. Reading We continue to encourage you to read every day for 20 minutes to an adult at home. • Continue to enjoy a book together by listening, reading or watching a story. Audible (Amazon) have many free audiobooks that can be accessed through https://stories.audible.com/start-listen . • In the absence of reading books, a fantastic website to access books similar to the ones you bring home can be found at https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/ . • There are also plenty of free online stories read aloud for your pleasure. A very good website for this is https://www.storylineonline.net/ . • Find the definitions of words that are unfamiliar- you could use a dictionary or a google search. Writing Here is a series of short animations from The Literacy Shed for you to watch: https://www.literacyshed.com/the-sci---fi-shed.html This week you could: • Choose your favourite planet and write a short story using descriptive language to describe the characters and/or settings.  Use expanded noun phrases for your descriptions: Example: Sat at the crocked desk, the slimy, green, big-eyed alien unhappily typed on its computer.  Use fronted adverbials across your writing to help it flow (build cohesion): Example: Falling from the sky, the one-eyed, pink, square-shaped alien screamed with joy. • Write a fact file about another two planets of your choice including its name, position in the solar system and any other interesting facts. This can be presented in any way you choose. Spelling We use the National Curriculum spelling lists to set spellings for practice. Every child received a set of spellings that are suitable for them (Groups 1 -3, see below), you could: • Practice 10 spellings from the list and test your child on these. • Write the definitions of any words in your child’s spelling list. • Log into Readiwriter on a regular basis, practising different spelling rules (accessed through Mathletics). • Play word games, complete word searches, cross words Maths If would be great if you could: • Practice your times tables every day. These can be practised by writing them by hand, or by using Times Table Rockstars. https://play.ttrockstars.com/ (log in codes are in your child’s home learning folder and spelling books) • Complete the Mathletics tasks online https://login.mathletics.com/ (log in codes are in your child’s home learning folder and spelling books • Or play hit the button on https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button Other ideas that could keep you busy • PE – Joe Wicks daily workouts https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1/videos • Art – Order of the planets from the sun poster Remember these are only suggested activities for you to complete, there is no pressure for you to do them all. Continue to have fun, stay safe, be kind and help around the house! Mr Baldwin, Miss Sandoe and the rest of the Year 5 team.

Welcome from everyone at Wynstream. We wanted to let you know that we are missing you but hope that you are staying safe during these difficult times. We are going to use the ClassDojo system to set you tasks which you can respond to and post so we can keep in contact with what you are doing. You will receive an activation email from ClassDojo, if you have more than 1 child at school you will receive an email for each child to connect to their class. Please check your junk box too as it may be in there. This Youtube clip shows you how to log into your account if you get stuck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjS1U8wiH7A&feature=youtu.be ClassDojo are offering parents the opportunity to award Dojo points to their children from home but we are NOT expecting you to take up this offer as it involves a payment.You can look at your child’s portfolio, upload learning, see how many points they have and message your child’s class teacher without payment so please don’t pay for the extras! We look forward to seeing what you have been doing. Take care from All the Wynstream family.

Hi Year 6! We still miss you greatly and are keeping up to date with your Mathletics/ Read Theory etc. We hope that you had a lovely Easter and are looking after all your family members at home. Dear Parents and Carers Here are some suggestions from your child’s teacher of activities to help you keep your children occupied during the day. Please remember that they are indeed only suggestions and we do not want you to feel pressured in any way to turn your home into a home school. Do what works for you and your family and let us worry about getting your children quickly back up to speed when everything returns to normal. If you do only one thing, it would be best to keep your child reading. Reading to them, listening to them read and talking about what’s been read will be hugely beneficial. Beyond that, do what is easy, stress free and comfortable for you and your family. Writing We had been studying Brave Irene before the Easter and writing our own overcoming obstacle narratives. Now you could look at a different text type: A biography. A biography tells you facts about a person’s life (usually a famous person). You could: • Have a look at some of the biographies here: https://www.literacywagoll.com/biographies.html • Highlight the layout features used by the writers that you can see are important to biographies e.g. sub-headings/sections. Highlight the grammatical techniques e.g relative clauses: Usain Bolt, who is a famous athlete. • Choose a person who you are interested in the life of to research online. Find out the key information about them such as their birth date, personal life and decide what your sections will be for writing a biography on them. • Write a biography for your chosen person in the same style as the ones you have looked at in your yellow book. Maybe create a plan before you write to make sure you’re clear about how you want to lay it all out AND decide how you could publish it- record it as a video? Spelling If you want to practise: They are on Readiwriter to practise and you could get someone at home to test you on Friday achieve belief believe brief chief field fiend fiery friend grief lie mischief pie piece pier relief review shield Reading We encourage you to read every day for 20 minutes to an adult at home. • You could log onto your Read theory ( www.readtheory.org ) and continue working on your levels. It’s a brilliant way to access comprehension. • In the absence of reading books, you could access books similar to the ones you bring home www.oxfordowl.co.uk Science - Light You could: • Work out which things in your house are sources of light. A source of light is anything that makes light, whether natural and artificial. Natural light sources include the Sun and stars. Artificial light sources include lamp posts and televisions. Many objects simply reflect light from a light source. Organise the light in your house into Natural Light, Man-made light and Not a light source. Maths You could: • Log on to www.mathletics.com and complete the activities set. Those of you who have finished them all we’ve reset you new ones. • Log onto www.ttrockstars.com and see if you can improve your times tables • Use a mug (it holds usually 350ml of liquid) see if you can estimate the volume of different containers in your house and then check if you’re right by using a mug to measure. See if you can remember how to convert between ml and L(hint: 1 L=1000ml). • Alongside the usual maths activities we gave set you, White Rose have created online lessons for home learning. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/ There is year 6 work on there but other year groups too if year 6 is a bit tricky without a teacher to help out. Each lesson has a video and an activity and there are currently 2 weeks worth of activities to have a go at (parents, the answers are there too so you can go through their work when their done or go through the activity together then check the answers together too).