Miss Fury has recommended an excellent Science site with lots of free and exciting science videos and activities. To support you with our new Science topic, 'I'm A Teacher Get Me Out of Where?', check out the following the links below:
https://wowscience.co.uk/index/?_sft_category=animals https://wowscience.co.uk/index/?_sft_category=habitats https://wowscience.co.uk/index/?_sft_category=plants
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St. George’s Day, celebrated on the 23rd April each year, is a religious holiday celebrated by Christian churches to represent the Feast of Saint George. To mark this occasion, why not complete the activities below?
Life and parenting can be challenging in normal situations. The situation we find ourselves in currently is far from normal. We have put together a number of useful links and documents, as well as advice on how to deal with some difficult situations you might find ourselves in. Please take a look at the information below and do not hesitate to contact school if you would like any additional information regarding these topics or anything else you need advice and support about - if we cannot help, we will know who can.
Message for Team LG parents and children.
In relation to our summer topic, 'I'm a Teacher Get Me Out of Where?', we will be looking at the following habitats: the Mojave Desert, the Indonesia Rainforest, the Arctic. There has been a slight change in habitats to previous years in order to fit with both the Science and Geography Curriculum. This will allow us to engage in more cross-curricular activities linked to Science and Geography (as well as other) subjects. For more information and activities linked to this, please keep referring to our class blog. Thank you. Due to the very high level of trespassing on the tracks by young people in the local area, Network Rail in partnership with Learn Live are working to help raise awareness to students across the UK educating them about the dangers of the train tracks through interactive digital delivery.
Network Rail have asked us to share this safety video with teachers and parents during this difficult time, to help educate students before going back to school and help to protect them while being off school. Please take a look below at the link below. Primary school version: Age 7- 11 https://learnliveuk.com/network-rail-primary-school-safety-talk/ The Historical Association have a "Write your own historical fiction competition" so if you enjoy history and writing stories then this is for you! All of the details are explained on the website and it explains what the judges are looking for and the entry rules. If you are thinking of entering please have a look at the website. Mrs Allen and Miss Clementson would love to read your stories too so please send them to the school's email address: parkstreet@ecmtrust.co.uk
https://www.history.org.uk/primary/categories/530/news/3451/write-your-own-historical-fiction-competition-2020 I wanted to bring your attention to some new videos that the team at NCETM/maths hubs have been putting together to support children learn maths at home. They are all planned and delivered by mastery specialists. They will be adding to them each week with 5 new videos per age phase per week. They all take on the mastery approach to learning and use digital images and animations, alongside the teacher talking to the kids in a video.
Here’s the link to the main hub for them: https://www.ncetm.org.uk/resources/54454?utm_source=NCETM%20Newsletters&utm_campaign=4a4d6a8df7-primary-round-up-april-2020&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_13f8d631f4-4a4d6a8df7-222526285 To support with handwriting practice at home, please see the image below with the letter formation that we teach. I have also attached the handwriting sheets that we use in school. We tend to use the sheet with the code HW4, however some children may feel more comfortable using the other sheets in the pack.
We all know that it can sometimes be difficult to encourage handwriting practice but here are some things parents/carers could do with children to incorporate handwriting into daily activities:
1. Shopping Lists This is a great task that can be adapted depending on the age of your child. Younger children could draw the items, older children can write down the names or just add one or two items if they can’t manage the whole list. 2. To-do lists Ask your child to write down a daily “to do” list. This could include making breakfast, what they are going to do for daily learning and evening routines. This promotes independence and also makes them think about their own tasks. You could get them to write down all the things they have to do in the morning before they begin their school work and include pictures. For example get dressed, brush my teeth, have breakfast etc. They can then put this in their bedroom as a reminder! 3. Cards/postcards Ask your child to write a postcard to a friend and encourage them to write about something they have learnt over the past few weeks. Younger children who haven't yet learnt letter formation can draw pictures instead, this will still help them develop the fine motor skills needed for writing. 4. Journal Over the next couple of weeks, ask your child to create a journal or scrap book where they record their activities. They could take/draw pictures, and stick them in their journal while adding notes. It may be too much to write every day, depending on your child's age, but they could do it at the end of the week and write about the best things that happened. 5. Book or film review Have a look at book or film reviews online and suggest your child writes one of their own. Ask them to describe what the book or film was about, what they particularly liked about it and what they didn't like. Finally ask them to score the book or film out of 5. 6. Letters to the past. Why not get involved yourself? Write a short note to your child and encourage them to write back. It's also a good idea to keep the same note going back and forth, folding each time so that they have to open the message for added excitement. 7. Best ever menu Ask your child to write down a menu of all their favourite foods. What would be their dream lunch or dinner? Encourage them to write it down and decorate their menu. Alternatively, they could write a menu with what they are having for lunch or dinner that day. A message from Miss Clementson:
The Spring term is our History Term at Wombwell Park Street and each class loved their history topic. It was so inspiring to see such a passion for history throughout school and see how much was achieved. It's a shame that we had to cut the term short, however there are plenty of ways we can make sure History is still studied whilst we're not in school. With this in mind, here are some links for you to use for learning at home. There is a wealth of information on the internet to inspire young minds so please take time to visit each site and look at the different topics. The history overview is on the main history page of the website so you can see the objectives for each year group but please feel free to explore all topics and immerse yourself in the subject! All websites will need careful monitoring from parents due to some topic content and links to other sites so please be mindful of this. https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/history/ This site has a wealth of information about a range of topics. It shows key artefacts and uses good key vocabulary for each topic. There is also a quiz to take part in when you have read about your favourite topic. https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/shows/horrible-histories Horrible Histories is a fantastic way to learn about history with a bit of humour too! There are lots of different activities and links to watch clips and episodes of the show. There are songs and quizzes and it covers a wide range of historical topics. https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/category/discover/history/ National Geographic Kids covers a range of topics including Ancient Greece, the Titanic, the Vikings and famous people such as Rosa Parks. A brilliant site for learning about your favourite history topics. https://www.youtube.com/user/EnglishHeritageFilm This YouTube channel teaches about cooking in the past. Mrs Crocombe teaches you how to cook through videos and it would be lovely to try this as a family! The cucumber ice cream looks interesting! There are also other videos including links to English Heritage places to visit and fashion tutorials. https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/teaching-resources/ You may need to click on the correct key stage for learning activities and information on this site as some are aimed at Secondary school children. There are also some videos to watch and recipes to try. http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/history/index.html This website includes topics from the Celts right up to modern day history. There are many key questions and facts to learn and key vocabulary is explained well. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/ This site is split into sections so you can learn about World History or focus on different countries within the United Kingdom. You can learn about different era's and famous people. Clicking on British History will open a lot of topics. There are also daily history lessons with links to videos. The BBC website has lots of information although is down at the minute so I will add the key stage links separately when it is back up and running. Check out the files below for some 'PE From Home' activities. Each pack contains an explanation of how to use the pack as well as some top tips about keeping active. I have posted the files from EYFS right to KS2 as there may be some useful activities for your younger siblings too. Why not get the whole family involved if you can?
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