Weekly Lesson Plan Summer 2 Week 1 - Home Learning

Hello all,

I hope that you all had a great half term. The weather was fantastic wasn’t it?

As it is a new half term, our topic has now changed. I think you all did extremely well on the last topic and worked so hard. Let’s see if we can continue with this greatness for our next project. The topic has changed to Gods and Mortals, all about Greek myths. Another project that I’m sure you will all enjoy!

Phoenix Class Learning Project Week 1 – Gods and Mortals

Weekly Maths Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day) Weekly Reading Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day)

• Continue working on Times Tables Rockstars • Read a chapter from your home reading book • BBC Bitesize maths daily challenge on Friday • https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/books/free-ebooks/ • Find 10 examples of parallel lines (they can is a site that you can access for free ebooks if you never join up) either in the house, on a walk are now running out of reading material. or online • Keep noting down any unfamiliar words from the • Find 10 examples of perpendicular lines (lines chapter and explore the meaning of these words by that are joined at right angles to each other) using a dictionary • Make a list of as many 2D shapes as you can • Write your own book review if you finish a book and their properties e.g. sides, symmetry, • Write a synopsis (summary) of a finished book. This vertices must include all the main points of the story. • Do a shape walk and find as many of the • https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkttpg8 A shapes on your list as you can in the real reading lesson from 22nd May that helps you to world. summarise a story. Complete the three activities.

Weekly SPAG Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day) Weekly Writing Tasks (research, plan and write)

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zrr8j • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hymEqo7TePY hv Subordinating conjunctions. Adding extra • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeWJD0mFLo information to your sentences using k up to 2:17 only subordinating conjunctions • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pk9_bCt87U • https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zk2c up to 1:59 only 92p A clip to help you understand the These are clips that give the story of the birth of Zeus. Make difference between there, their and they’re a list of similarities and differences between the three • Create a poster that shows you which there, stories their or they’re to use • Research the other Greek Gods of Aphrodite, • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEgtjrAc Apollo, Ares, Eirene, Pluto, Poseidon, Hestia, Hera, RIo Explanation again of there, their and Demeter and Hebe they’re with a small quiz at the end. • Make mini fact files or Trump cards on these Gods using subheadings such as appearance, behaviour, special power, etc. • Write a short description of your favourite God. Remember to write about their personality as well as their appearance. • Look at different images of your favourite God and either add a picture to your description or draw your own representation.

Learning Project – Gods and Mortals – to be done throughout the week

Art – Start to create your own 3D head of a Greek God. Use whatever is available to you to create your head. Some of you may have visited the Ashmolean in Oxford and seen the Greek head statues there. If not, or you want to refresh your memory, then google – Ashmolean Greek Head Statues.

History – Order events and dates from ancient Greek history on a timeline. Place and date significant events and people such as the first Olympic Games, the first Persian war and the Battle of Marathon, the Peloponnesian Wars, the reign and death of Alexander the Great, the discovery of displacement by Archimedes, the invasion of the Romans and the end of the city states, Athens and Macedon.

Geography – Investigate maps of ancient Greece online, https://www.google.com/search?q=ancient+greece+maps&safe=strict&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKE wjAjLmo1tbpAhWEoFwKHcpMCpYQ_AUoAXoECBMQAw&biw=1366&bih=657 noting how the country was once divided into a collection of smaller city-states. Make a simple sketch map to show the states of ancient Greece including important geographical features such as islands, seas and mountains. Investigate the story of the war between the two states of Sparta and Athens, highlighting their differences and explaining the reasons for the war.

Additional learning resources you may wish to use

Classroom Secrets Kids – we have organised online learning through Classroom Secrets Kids. Parents and children can access a variety of activities on the website appropriate for their age group. A letter with a user name and password was sent you before Easter.

Twinkl – to access these resources click on the link and sign up using your own email address and creating your own password. Use the offer code UKTWINKLHELPS.

BBC Bitesize – daily lessons for each year group in all subjects. Some are used in your SPaG work above.

Oak Academy - https://www.thenational.academy/ Choose the appropriate year group to access English, Maths and Foundation Subjects.

Keeping in touch – I would like you to share with me one piece of work every week so that I can offer feedback and encouragement remotely. Please share with me via email. This week I would like you to share your description of your favourite Greek God. I will not be able to look at anything sent by post.

You can email me via: [email protected] and from a parents email address please. I look forward to hearing from you!

If you should require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me