Mrs Gardner Landacre Class

School Closure- Weeks 12 and 13

Monday 29th June- Friday 10th July

I am really looking forward to welcoming many of you back to school over the next two weeks. As many of you will be in school, I will not be posting work daily to google classroom so for those of you at home I have added some home learning below. I will still be ringing home to keep in touch and hope to see a few more of you back from 13th July for some fun activities and leavers events!

Home Learning Websites (English, Maths, Topic)

https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/schedule The Oak Academy is an online school that has been set up to support children with lessons from home. Each day click on this link- choose your year group and work through the lesson for the day. You will need a pen and paper and a screen to watch the lessons on. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6vpnrd The BBC have also produced daily lessons. These are useful if you don't have access to a computer or there are lots of you trying to share one! You can use your computer or TV to watch the lessons and there are also radio programmes. You'll be able to watch Bitesize Daily on BBC Red Button from 9am- 11am (then on iPlayer) 

Writing

https://authorfy.com/10minutechallenges/  Bestselling authors and illustrators set 10 minute challenges for you to complete.

https://www.pobble365.com    Pobble is a great resource if you need a little inspiration for your writing.

Online Games

https://ttrockstars.com Carry on with ttrockstars for your multiplication fluency. 

https://spellingframe.co.uk You can either practise the spelling or take a test with those words. All words are read aloud and provided within a sentence for context.

Topic

In school we are continuing to study the Tudors. You could research a number of things linked to the Tudors such as

- How did the Tudors begin?

- Why did Henry VIII have six wives?

- What were Henry VIII's palaces like?

- What things changed whilst Henry VIII was in charge?

- What kind of punishments did they have in Tudor times?

- How did the reign of the Tudors end?

- What was the Spanish Armada?

Present your findings however you like!

Science

The science challenge for June is still running and there is also a new one for July (see below)

School closure Week 7

(18th May-22nd May)

Congratulations on absolutely smashing SATs week! I always knew you would! I hope you enjoyed the activities, I have certainly enjoyed looking at all your showstopper bakes and the other challenges you have completed! 

This week it is "back to normal" so in Maths we are revising percentages, in Literacy we are starting a new unit "A City of Silence" and with spellings we are recapping some key suffixes. 

We will also be doing some more work on our science topic of "Living Things and their habitats", moving onto looking at plants and the other categories of living things. As always, use google classroom for daily activities but there are some optional extras below. Have a lovely week- keep smiling :) 

Writing- 

• For more writing activities visit  https://authorfy.com/10minutechallenges/  where you can complete 10 minute writing challenges set by bestselling authors and illustrators.

Spelling- 

• Spelling- You could visit- https://spellingframe.co.uk/ and practise your Year 5/6 spelling words (rule 53-61)

Reading-

If you are running out of reading books at home, here are some online things you could try:

Log on to Purple Mash and click on Serial Mash for their ebook library = https://www.purplemash.com/sch/smi-ex36

EPIC Reading (using class code: ycj2562) = https://www.getepic.com/sign-in/educator

MyOn ebook library = https://readon.myon.co.uk/library/browse.html

Soundcloud children's stories = https://soundcloud.com/search?q=children%27s%20stories

Computing: 

Here are the links to the coding activities we enjoyed last week:

https://code.org/hourofcode/overview

Here is another website which is good for developing your coding skills:

https://www.tynker.com/dashboard/student/#/hour-of-code  
 

School closure week 6 

(11th May- 18th May)

School closure week 5 

Monday 4th May- Friday 8th May

Well done for continuing to work hard last week Landacre class. The amount of work that is being shared/sent to me is fantastic and you are all doing a superb job! 

Remember to continue to log on every day to google classroom for daily activities. This week we will be recapping decimals and their link with fractions in maths and continuing to work on our teaching sequence in literacy. Keep tuned in to our class book as we only have 3 sessions left!

If you complete all the work set on google classroom and want to do a bit extra, then there are some optional activities which you could complete below.

Writing- 

• For more writing activities visit  https://authorfy.com/10minutechallenges/  where you can complete 10 minute writing challenges set by bestselling authors and illustrators.

Spelling- 

• Spelling- You could visit- https://spellingframe.co.uk/ and practise your Year 5/6 spelling words (rule 53-61)

Reading-

If you are running out of reading books at home, here are some online things you could try:

Log on to Purple Mash and click on Serial Mash for their ebook library = https://www.purplemash.com/sch/smi-ex36

EPIC Reading (using class code: ycj2562) = https://www.getepic.com/sign-in/educator

MyOn ebook library = https://readon.myon.co.uk/library/browse.html

Soundcloud children's stories = https://soundcloud.com/search?q=children%27s%20stories

Topic

This week is VE Day which will be celebrated on Friday. You could celebrate this yourself at home by holding a themed day and join  in with the Nation's Toast. To do this at 3pm you should stand up and raise a glass of a drink of your choice while saying the following toast: "To those who gave so much, we thank you."

You might like to also bake some cakes and make some bunting to add to your celebrations!

Science and Engineering:

• Each week  I am setting a whole school science challenge. This is a fantastic opportunity for siblings to work together.  Please see the attachment below.

 School closure week 4 

Monday 27th April- Friday 1st May

Welcome back to another week of home schooling! This week on LBQ we will be continuing to look at fractions and we will also be doing some recapping of key prefixes. It is fantastic to see you all continuing to log on to google classroom every day and completing the work I am setting. I am getting more and more sent to me (which you can do via email or google classroom) and I am really enjoying looking at it all. You are making me a very proud teacher! :) 

Remember to log on to google classroom each day for specific set activities. We are also nearly at the end of our class book! You should be able to see all the previous videos on the page if you have missed any.

If you want to do any extra work, then there are some optional activities which you could complete below.

Writing- 

• For more writing activities visit  https://authorfy.com/10minutechallenges/  where you can complete 10 minute writing challenges set by bestselling authors and illustrators.

Spelling- 

• Spelling- You could visit- https://spellingframe.co.uk/ and practise your Year 5/6 spelling words (rule 53-61)

Reading-

If you are running out of reading books at home, here are some online things you could try:

Log on to Purple Mash and click on Serial Mash for their ebook library = https://www.purplemash.com/sch/smi-ex36

EPIC Reading (using class code: ycj2562) = https://www.getepic.com/sign-in/educator

MyOn ebook library = https://readon.myon.co.uk/library/browse.html

Soundcloud children's stories = https://soundcloud.com/search?q=children%27s%20stories

Maths-

• Maths - Carry on with ttrockstars for your multiplication fluency.  I will go on this week and set some rockslams up!
• For a maths lesson using our scheme visit-  https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning  choose your year group and complete a lesson a day. Or scroll to the bottom and look at the Power Maths textbooks- click on resources and you can print off worksheets to complete each day using the textbooks to help you.  
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Science and Engineering:

• Each week  I am setting a whole school science challenge. This is a fantastic opportunity for siblings to work together.  Please see the attachment below.

If you are looking for alternative options, you might like to try;

The Oak Academy is an online school that has been set up to support children with lessons from home. Each day click on this link- https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/schedule choose your year group and work through the days lessons. You will need a pen and paper and a screen to watch the lessons on. 

The BBC have also produced daily lessons. These are useful if you don't have access to a computer or there are lots of you trying to share one! You can use your computer or TV to watch the lessons and there are also radio programmes. You'll be able to watch Bitesize Daily on BBC Red Button from 9am- 11am (then on iPlayer) https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6vpnrd

School Closure- Week 3

Monday 20th April- Friday 25th April

I hope you are all ready to learn this week and managed to have a good weekend. It was lovely to speak to some of you last week and hear about all the great stuff you are doing at home. I am still very impressed by those of you who are logging on to google classroom every day and following the instructions I have been leaving there each day. It has also been lovely to get back in to our class book too!

If you log on to google classroom, there are activities set each day. If you want to do any extra work, then there are some optional activities which you could complete below.

Writing- 

• For more writing activities visit  https://authorfy.com/10minutechallenges/  where you can complete 10 minute writing challenges set by bestselling authors and illustrators.

Spelling- 

• Spelling- You could visit- https://spellingframe.co.uk/ and practise your Year 5/6 spelling words (rule 53-61)

Reading-

• Read lots at home- this is the most important thing that you can do!

Maths-

• Maths - Carry on with ttrockstars for your multiplication fluency.  I will go on this week and set some rockslams up!
• For a maths lesson using our scheme visit-  https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning  choose your year group and complete a lesson a day. Or scroll to the bottom and look at the Power Maths textbooks- click on resources and you can print off worksheets to complete each day using the textbooks to help you.  

Science and Engineering:

• Each week  I am setting a whole school science challenge. This is a fantastic opportunity for siblings to work together.  Please see the attachment below. 
• Dyson have created lots of engineering challenges for children to complete during lockdown that include video tutorials:
  https://www.dezeen.com/2020/04/07/dyson-children-coronavirus-lockdown/
  Challenge cards- https://www.jamesdysonfoundation.co.uk/resources/challenge-cards.html
  Video links to help with each project- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpBQHVUlKs3qD7-u1bm164Qs3WJ0ZVU6X

PE- Mrs  Holland has set you a football game to try online- https://plprimarystars.com/for-families/play-game   

If you are looking for alternative options, you might like to try;

The Oak Academy is an online school that has been set up to support children with lessons from home. Each day click on this link- https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/schedule choose your year group and work through the days lessons. You will need a pen and paper and a screen to watch the lessons on. 

The BBC have also produced daily lessons. These are useful if you don't have access to a computer or there are lots of you trying to share one! You can use your computer or TV to watch the lessons and there are also radio programmes. You'll be able to watch Bitesize Daily on BBC Red Button from 9am- 11am (then on iPlayer) https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6vpnrd

• Mrs Gardner’s Science Challenge Week 1.pptx

15.4.20 - 24.4.20

Hi Landacre class! 

Well done to those of you who are logging on daily to complete home learning through google classroom and LBQ. You are all doing a fantastic job and I am so impressed! Please log on to the main google classroom page each day where there will be a list of things you could do. Don't feel you have to complete all of the activities every day (the things I post are just a guide) but it is good to keep your skills ticking over and it will make the transition back to school a lot easier!

Other things you can always do, if you want some extra work are below:

Maths –  Please continue practising your times tables on TTRockstarz- remember you can always ‘rockslam’ your friends (and teachers ).

Spelling - Follow the links for lots of online games: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zt62mnb OR https://spellingframe.co.uk/ - select your year group and practise some of the prefix/suffix sections.

Reading- Please make sure you keep reading at home each week- there is also a range of audio books you can listen to online and ebooks available (look on the parents’ home learning tab).  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC9XXoFSuEuhuA5a-yTklZcyjk8Bv3i-b. I am now posting a chapter a day of our class book online too!

Science- Our next science topic is living things and their habitats. You could start your own mini project on your favourite animal and produce a leaflet, poster, powerpoint or website all about it. Include information like the animals characteristics, its life cycle, how it is adapted to its environment etc. I will be giving you more guidance on this over the next few weeks. 

Art- Take part in the Beaford Arts photography collaboration -‘North Devon Here and Now’.

The details and instructions can be found here: https://beaford.org/

Also don't forget to send me your toilet roll challenge!!

Keep smiling!

Mrs Gardner

27.3.20

Hi Landacre Class

Well done for completing the first week of home schooling for many of you! I am so impressed by the number of you logging in to google classroom and completing work daily- you are doing a brilliant job and it is a great way to keep your skills going. If you ever want to do more work than I set, remember if you look on the home learning section of the school website, there are links to lots of different activities for each subject (especially some good ones for Art and PE).

Remember it is now the holidays, so try to enjoy the break and do some of the things that you maybe don't normally have time for- cooking, reading, playing board games and maybe even sorting out your bedroom! 

I will be phoning you the week after the holidays to check that everything is ok and that you are managing to do some schoolwork but until then, keep in touch with each other using google classroom and keep smiling :) 

Welcome back

We have been straight back into learning, discussing our new text “A wizard of Earthsea” and freezeframing key moments as well as experimenting with rays of light in science.

It’s Christmas! We have had a lovely week, finishing off our Maths and literacy units as well as making Christmas cards and enjoying Christmas film and pj party. 

Homework

I am not setting revision book homework over the holidays as I am hoping all the children can have a restful break and enjoy some family time. However, just to keep them ticking over it would be good to do a little bit on TTRockstars, Mathsframe or ks2 Bitesize and please encourage them to keep reading! Our next topic is Attenborough so if you can find time to watch one of his many documentaries that would be great too. 

HAPPY CHRISTMAS from Mrs Gardner and Mrs Davey

6.12.19

Homework- As the children have worked so hard all week, I have not set them homework from their revision books. Instead I would like them to relax and READ as reading is the paper we are currently finding the hardest (and also because there is nothing like curling up and reading a good book when the weather is miserable!)

28.11.19

This week we had a very exciting visit from a policeman and his police dogs! 

31.10.19

What a week! We have been so busy and had so much fun! Look through our gallery to see us making Stone Age natural paints, painting our “caves”, dressed in our Halloween costumes and making our own shadow theatres. 

18.10.19

Homework 

Maths pages 8&9 Order of operations 

Grammar pages 6&7 Verbs and adverbs 

(Stretch grammar pages 12 &13 Modal verbs)

17.10.19

The tablets have arrived! Our samba skills are developing too 😊

11.10.19

Homework

Maths- pages 10 and 11 Factors and Multiples

Grammar- pages 80 and 81 Suffixes ‘able’ and ‘ible’

(Stretch grammar books 82 and 83 same title) 

10.10.19

This week we have been working really hard on our non-fiction texts. We have edited them with a partner, presented them in interesting ways and then shared them with Miss Shinn’s class.

Homework 4.10.19

Maths pages 24 and 25 (times tables)

Grammar pages 42 and 43 (commas)

(Stretch Grammar book is pages 56 and 57 also linked to commas)

4.10.19

This week we pretended to be predators of the peppered moth in Science! We had to grab as many “moths” as we could with our “beaks” in a minute. We found generally that it was easier to prey on those “moths” who did not blend into their background although we are also not sure that all our results are reliable for a number of reasons so will be continuing with this next week.

26.9.19 Homework

Maths pages 12 & 13 Addition

Grammar pages 50 & 51 Single dashes and hyphens

(Stretch grammar pages 78 & 79 Prefixes that require a hyphen)

26.9.19

This week in class we have been studying volcanoes and their impact on our planet. This led us to look at this song in whole class reading and analyse the lyrics. Have you ever thought about what the song is really about?

Homework 20.9.19

Maths pages 6&7 

Grammar 15 and 36 (stretch grammar books pages 66 and 67) 

19.09.19

This week we have been thinking about how long ago our Earth was created relative to the dinosaur era and the evolution of humans- it is so hard to imagine! We used a roll of toilet paper and each sheet was worth 12.5 million years! 

Homework 13.9.19

Maths book- pages 4 and 5 place value

Grammar book- pages 4 and 5 nouns and adjectives

(Those with the stretch grammar book also need to complete pages 4 and 5)