HOME LEARNING – Great Gorillas 08.06.20 This half term we will be starting our new topic ‘An Island Home’. We will be learning about the Isle of Struay that is a fictitious island based on the real Isle of Coll. Our work will be based on the Katie Morag stories written by Mairi Hedderwick. Ongoing daily activities Reading We would like your child to read daily. Please make sure that they read for at least 30 minutes a day. Ask your child questions to test their comprehension. Use the Canine Pal characters to help you do this. For support with reading, you can access resources on our school website. Click on the ‘Our Curriculum’ tab then click on ‘Reading Information’. World Book Online have made over 3,000 books available! For our Reception and Year 1 children there are 72 free eBooks matched to Read Write Inc. Phonics Storybooks can be found on the Oxford Owl website. Use the link - https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/ Login: Giants and Gorillas Password: Tankersley1

You can also access eBooks on Serial Mash that is found on the Purple Mash Learning Platform.

Times Tables Practise your times tables daily on TT Rock Stars. Check Purple Mash and MyMaths daily in case new tasks are added. There are resources available for this week’s maths learning at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary

Spelling Practise your weekly spellings daily. See separate spelling lists -Term 3b.

This week’s learning activities to complete with your child are outlined below. There may be some activities to complete from our Purple Mash Platform. This can be accessed from the link on our website or https://www.purplemash.com/login/ English Maths This half term we will be looking at some of the Katie There are resources available for this week’s maths Morag books written by Mairi Hedderwick. learning at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary On YouTube, watch a retelling of the story ‘Katie Morag Click on daily lessons. Scroll down and click on Y2. and the two Grandmothers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dp9j2f7io8 Complete the Grannie Island comprehension. There are some maths worksheets based on capacity to Write a character description of Grandma Mainland. complete below. Draw the items Grandma Mainland would pack in her Practical activity: suitcase. You could have a look at some of the containers that you Compare the two Grandmothers. have around your household and record how many millilitres Complete the Katie Morag comprehension. or litres they contain. You could order these from smallest to largest. Spelling - Practice spelling for week 1 on Term 3b. You could make a smoothie by combining different amounts You can get access to some free spelling resources by of liquids. You could practice using a measuring jug and visiting: https://www.sirlinkalot.org/spellathome/ or you reading the scale. can access some RWI spelling resources from www.oxfordowl.co.uk Click on the ‘My Class login’ and enter the login: Giants and Gorillas, password: Tankersley 1. Science Geography Have a go at planting some seeds. These could be seeds to Using an atlas locate the Isle of Coll (Struay) on a map. grow flowering plants. Use the 4 boxes on the worksheet Locate the countries of the UK and their capital cities. below to describe the process of planting seeds in a pot Write a description of what an island is. with compost and watering them. On YouTube watch the Cbeebies video: Katie Morag: The Make your own magic potion and list the ingredients and Island Tour of Struay on CBeebies and CBBC. their measurements in ml. Write a description of what your potion will do and draw a picture of the results. Reading RE Weekly virtual assemblies will be available for you to watch at home every Friday at 9am from the video channel: www.vimeo.com/channels/picturenews

Art/DT PE Label the parts of a car. Joe Wickes (the HiiT enthusiast that all teachers love to List and draw some of the vehicles that can be found on hate) is doing live daily workouts on his YouTube page. the Isle of Coll(Struay). Cosmic Yoga’s YouTube page has some great videos. Computing PSHE Use TT Rockstars to practise your times tables. In times like these, it is important to think about your Use the internet to carry out research. relationships with others and how we can all help each Use the Twitter page with your parent/carer other. to send us a message/photo to show us what Katie Morag was deceitful in the story ‘Katie Morag and the two Grandmothers’. Can you suggest how she could you’ve been up to! make things up to Grandma Mainland? @tankersleyspy2 FREE activities are also available on their Kid’s Zone page: https://www.1decision.co.uk/resources/kids-zone Picture News – See sheet below.

Grannie Island

Grannie Island lives on the other side of the bay. Her house is the last house at the end of the road. She drives a grey tractor and loves making soup. Her favourite soup is called broth. Every year, on show day, Grannie Island has won the silver trophy for her prize sheep, Alecina. Grannie Island works hard on the Isle of Struay.

Choose the correct ending for each sentence

on the mainland. Grannie Island lives across the bay. near Katie Moray.

the last house. Grannie lives in the first house. the middle house.

grey tractor. Grannie drives a red tractor. green tractor.

lentil. Grannie’s favourite soup is potato. broth.

gold trophy Alecina wins a silver trophy. bronze trophy.

Tick the correct box for each sentence.

True Untrue Can’t tell

Alecina is a prize sheep.

Grannie Island is lazy.

Grannie Island drives a tractor.

Grannie Island likes to dance.

Grannie loves to make soup.

Grannie makes tomato soup.

Grannie lives in a cottage.

Write a character description of Grandma Mainland.

Remember to:

• use full stops and capital letters

• describe the characters appearance and personality.

• use adjectives and similes to describe the character.

Grandma Mainland’s Suitcase

Grandma Mainland liked to visit the Isle of Struay. What would she pack inside her suitcase? Draw and label the items she might take.

Katie Morag

Katie Morag lives with Mr and Mrs McColl, her little brother Liam, baby sister Flora Ann and her two cats, Mr Mistake and Fabbydoo. Katie Morag often gets fed up with Liam, and like all brothers and sisters, they squabble but she is very fond of him really. Katie Morag adores her cats. Mr Mistake and Fabbydoo spend most of their time sleeping and stretching on Katie Morag's bed during the day, but at night they prowl the island. Fabbydoo is a fat, ginger cat. Mr Mistake is small and white. He is blind in one eye. They are the best of friends and Fabbydoo looks out for Mr Mistake.

Choose the correct ending to each sentence: small white cat. Liam is Katie Morag’s little brother. little sister.

Mary Jane. Katie Morag’s little sister is Betty Ann. Flora Ann.

fat, ginger cat. Fabbydoo is a blind cat. small, white cat.

Katie Morag’s bed. The cats like to stretch on the couch. the door mat. Tick the correct box for each sentence.

True Untrue Can’t tell Liam is Katie Morag’s brother.

Fabbydoo is a fat, ginger cat.

Katie Morag loves dogs.

Mr Mistake is blind.

Mr Mistake is a black cat.

Katie Morag loves her cats.

The cats catch mice at night.

Choose from the words below to fill in the missing words in the story.

stretch lives prowl best fond Fabbydoo

Katie Morag ______with Mr and Mrs McColl.

She is very ______of her brother Liam. Mr

Mistake and Fabbydoo like to ______on Katie’s bed but at night they ______the island. They are the ______of friends and ______looks out for Mr Mistake. What is an island? ______

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Draw and describe the process of planting seeds. How do we plant seeds? 1. 2.

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3. 4.

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Can you label the different parts of a car?

There are many different types of transport on the Isle of Coll (Struay). Can you draw and list some of them below: Tractor (Grannie Island drives a tractor)

How much water is there in each jug?

Circle the appropriate unit to measure how much liquid is used in a:

Shower ml or litres

Medicine spoon ml or litres

Bucket ml or litres

Cup ml or litres

The Wizard can use any 2 ingredients. His potion needs to measure exactly 10ml.

Which ingredients could he use? Is there more than 1 combination? Yes / No

Explain

The Witch has to use more than 2 ingredients. Her potion also needs to measure 10ml. She can only use each ingredient once. Which ingredients could she chose?

Is there more than 1 combination? Yes / No

Explain

Challenge

The Wizard has mixed some potions, but he has forgotten to write down the recipes. Work out which ingredients are in each bottle.

The Wizard is now using larger capacities to make a bigger potion.

1000 ml

9 0 0 m l 800ml 700ml 600ml 500ml 400ml 300ml 200ml 100ml

Write the < > or = symbol to compare the volume.

Which jug contains the most? a or b

How much more does jug b contain than jug a?

Explain

Challenge

a. = ml b. = ml

How many times could you pour the water from jug a. into jug b so that it held the same volume?

Explain

L.O. To compare different capacities and solve capacity word problems

Put < > or = signs in the boxes below to complete the number sentences:

1. 500ml 1 litre

2. 200ml 50ml

3. 2000ml 2 litres

4. 10ml + 20ml 40ml – 6ml

Answer the word problems below:

5. Tom bought a 500ml bottle of lemonade. He drank 200ml. What volume of lemonade is in the bottle now?

6. Sarah bought a 300ml bottle of water. She drank 100ml and then spilt another 50ml. How much water is in the bottle now?

7. Scarlett bought a 1 litre bottle of juice. She split the bottle equally between 5 children. How much juice would each child get?