Monday 29th June - Friday 3rd July Learning Project – Famous & Significant People

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Weekly English Tasks Weekly Phonics + Spelling Tasks

Re-read your favourite story out loud. Remember to use expression. Now can you Choose some letters that can make words you can sound out. Write the letters in create a new book cover for your favourite story? chalk on the ground outside or on paper inside the house. Choose a word to spell by jumping from letter to letter. Maybe someone in your house could give you some words to try spelling out too!

Benjamin Zephaniah is a famous poet from Birmingham. Click on the hyper link to http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/sentenceSub/index.html listen to his poem ‘Royal Tea’ here. What did you like about the poem? What did Have some fun with this sentence substitution game. Use the Phase 3 sentences. you dislike about the poem?

Click on this BBC Bitesize hyperlink here to find out about 1 famous or significant Look at the spellings list for this week (attached) and have a go at the activity. person. Choose from the following: Samuel Pepys https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z7d7gwx/articles/zhgxcqt Queen Elizabeth I https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zkrkscw/articles/zkh7bdm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7YB6Ab3CRk Watch and join in with this fun phonics lesson. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zkrkscw/articles/zfdkhbk Isambard Kingdom Brunel Find out about Mary Seacole or here. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zd4dy9q/articles/znj32sg Kind’, ‘past’, ‘improve’, ‘many’ and ‘people’ are some of the words we need to be Christopher Columbus able to spell in Year 1 and Year 2. Can you use these to write sentences about Mary https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhpchbk/articles/znchkmn Seacole or Florence Nightingale? Mary Seacole https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zns9nrd/articles/zjsxcqt Weekly Maths Tasks Florence Nightingale https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zns9nrd/articles/znsct39 Complete the Maths Challenges Days 1-5.

You could also find out about a significant person by or using books you have at Choose a number between 1 and 10 and use counting objects to see how many home. ways you could make the number by adding 2 sets of objects together.

Complete the English Challenges Days 1-5. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=PostSortingcalculationsv2 or click on the There is some spelling or phonics practice as well as reading, handwriting practice hyperlink to practise totalling amounts on this game then post the letter in the and sentence writing. correct post box to show your answer. Challenge Extra There are lots of different levels of challenge for you to choose from Look at the picture of Buckingham Palace attached. Can you write a description of so you can go as tricky as you like! it? Think carefully about the describing words you might want to use. What do you remember about was Queen Elizabeth I? Go to Complete the assigned Mathletics activities to revise what we know about addition https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zkrkscw/articles/zkh7bdm and recap with and number facts: the short video. Try the quick quiz question that follows then write or draw what you  Adding in any order know or have learned about this royal.  Addition facts

Visit the Literacy Shed at https://www.literacyshed.com/the-clock-tower.html and Don’t forget to practise your times tables on TT Rockstars! watch the video. Now have a go at the word search attached. Contact Mrs Robson or Miss Cantrell using [email protected] if you are having difficulty logging on.

Can you write a letter, postcard or email to Mrs Robson or Miss Cantrell? You may Look at this pattern: want to describe what you have been doing at home. You might want to tell us 2 4 6 about the things that you like about school. Don’t forget you can always share your What are we counting in? How far can you continue the pattern? writing with us by e mailing [email protected] Now try the same with this pattern! 10 20 30

Learning Project - to be done throughout the week

The project this week aims to provide opportunities learn more about famous or significant people. Learning may focus on past or present inventors, explorers or scientists and how they influence society today.

● How Important is Mary Seacole? Mary Seacole was a Jamaican-born nurse who is remembered for helping soldiers during the . Take a look at this video at https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zns9nrd/articles/zjsxcqt about her life. Now can you design an award for Mary Seacole to celebrate her important work?

● Keep them Clean!- Mary Seacole visited Florence Nightingale, another important nurse, during the Crimean War. Florence Nightingale was known for highlighting the importance of hygiene when caring for the sick, particularly handwashing. Can you create handwashing posters for the home?

● Intriguing Inventions- Challenge yourself to invent something new. Perhaps a new gadget for the home to keep the family entertained, or something that would help a doctor or a nurse. Don’t forget to draw label your design.

● The Queen: Then and Now- What was life like for Queen Elizabeth I? Follow this hyperlink: This video to recap what you have learned about this monarch. How is life different for the current queen, Queen Elizabeth II? Draw some pictures to show the similarities and differences between the 2 Queens.

● A Seriously Significant Somebody- Who is important to you? What makes them so important? Can you draw or paint a portrait of your significant somebody using a photograph or digital image to help you?

● Try some Mindful Walking or some Mindful Listening (attached)

STEM Learning Opportunities #sciencefromhome

Beulah Henry 1912 – 1970 ● Beulah was a famous American inventor who invented over 100 new products. She made several umbrella inventions from clip on covers to special umbrella bags. ● If you were going to design an umbrella what would it look like and what materials would you use? ● Try making a model umbrella using junk materials you might find at home. Additional learning resources parents may wish to engage with

● Click on this hyper link Mastery Mathematics Learning Packs and you will find learning packs with different activities and lessons. There are also notes on how to do these activities with your children. ● Go to https://www.talk4writing.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Y1-Unit.pdf and take a look at this excellent resource to support your child’s speaking and listening, reading and writing skills. Spelling Practice

Buckingham Palace Writing Challenge

Look at the picture of Buckingham Palace attached. Can you write a description of it? Think carefully about the describing words you might want to use. The Clock Tower English Challenge

Mindful Walking and Mindful Listening