Bridge

Home-Learning Project

15th June 2020

MON TUE WED THUR FRI

Story Sequencing

Use different stills of the film and

think about what has happened –

Write a recount of events

Think about different stories

that have a moral

What is the moral of this story?

Can you think of other books

or films where there is a moral

to the story?

Recap how we punctuate speech

Can you write the speech for the film,

thinking about the interaction between

the bear and the elk?

What about the other animal

characters?

What would they be saying to each

other?

Draw a character and write what they

are saying using speech marks.

Think about different sentence

types

– statement

- Question

- - exclamation

- And command

What are the differences?

Try and write a sentence about the

story using each sentence function.

Past and Present Tense

Can you change the sentences

from past tense to present tense?

Can you change the sentences

from present tense to past tense?

Can you think of some good verbs

and put them into past and present

tense?

Stem Engineering Challenge Plan

Draw a plan of your bridge.

Your challenge is to make a long

bridge using nothing but

newspaper and Sellotape.

The bridge has to be free standing

Research and plan out your ideas.

You might want to test a few mini

models

Stem Engineering Challenge

Build your bridge

You could use Lego, bricks or

go outside to build your bridge

instead.

Remember to send a photo on

class Dojo.

Dersingham Bake Off Challenge

Biscuit Challenge

Thinking about friendship in these

troubled times, can you bake something

to share with your family or give to a

neighbour?

Post up a picture on our school padlet.

Physical Exercise / Outdoor

education

50 things to do before you are 11 ¾

How many of these activities can

you complete in the next few

weeks.

Why not start crossing them off ? Do

not forget to send a photo on dojo

Golden Time

Finish any activities from the week

or go for a nice long walk.

Play a board game

Relax and read a book or listen to

an audio story

Bridge https://www.dersingham.norfolk.sch.uk/year-1-hargreaves-haven/

THIS GRID CONTAINS THE ACTIVITIES FOR THE WEEK:The following slides are designed as an unfolding narrative that you can share and work through, discussing

ideas and inspiring imagination. It is meant to make learning enjoyable and fun.

• Watch the film to 0:21

• What has happened?

• What might happen next?

• Do you have any ideas about how the characters could solve their problem?

• Continue to watch the film, pausing at 1:24 – what has happened now?

• What would you do if you were in this situation?

• Watch to the end – which characters worked well together and why?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X_AfRk9F9w

• The 5Ws

• Who was involved in the story?

• Where did it happen?

• When did it take place?

• What happened in the story?

• Why did things happen the way they did?

• Story Retelling

• Using screenshots of the film can you order the events?

• Write one or two sentences for each picture.

• Remember to use a capital letter at the start of each sentence.

• Use finger spaces between words.

• Use a full stop or exclamation mark at the end of your sentence. Find out more about punctuation at.

• HTTPS://WWW.BBC.CO.UK/BITESIZE/TOPICS/Z8X6CJ6

Monday afternoon

Bridges are everywhere; over roads, rivers and canals, spanning estuaries and joining islands to the mainland.

Sometimes bridges have to span great distances.

Can you find out what the longest single span suspension bridge is? Send me the answer on Dojo…

The problem – build a bridge that will cross a valley. Look at some of the bridges on the following pages for inspiration!

You can use newspaper and sellotape to build your structure. Or you may like to use Lego, bricks or other construction materials. Can you go outside to build…? Read the following pages then draw out your design.

Engineers are challenged to

make structures which are

strong, light and efficient.

They use triangulation, suspension techniques and arches to achieve this.

Can you research different bridges?

I have included some information.

What happens when you bend one piece of card and use it as an arch? How does this affect the strength of your bridge?

This is the oldest and simplest type of bridges. Originally people used a long piece of stone or tree trunk to cross small streams. It’s possible that bridges made of stone slabs found in south west England are the oldest in the world. We don’t know exactly when they were built but they are still standing.

As weight is placed on the beam the compression force shortens the upper part. This tension causes the lower part to lengthen. The beam bends and if the pressure is too great it will break.

weight

Many of the beam bridges that you see above roads are made of steel or concrete to make sure that they are strong enough to hold the weight. The size of the beam, and especially its height, controls the span of the bridge. Its possible to put more weight on the beam by increasing its thickness or height. A framework or truss is used to build high bridges and this structure spreads the tension and the compression.

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A beam bridge can be one span (one beam) or multi spans (many beams)

Arch Bridges

Locking stone

This type of bridge was invented by the Romans. They realised that a wedge shaped stone called voussoirscould carry heavy loads if built in the shape of an arch.

A wooden framework has to be built to support the stones while building the arch bridge. After putting the locking stone in place the wooden frame is removed and the arch should stand by itself.

Arch bridgesOriginally Arch bridges were built using materials such as stones and bricks that can withstand compression. But many modern bridges are built using concrete or steel. Strong support is needed on each side of the arch to stop it from spreading out.

Stone bridges

Steel

Concrete

Research and Design

Start planning your ideas:• Sketching ideas or printing pictures of different kinds of

bridges• Record what you should think about when building your

bridge. Look at the following slide for some ideas.• Try out a few miniature models – you could use paper straws to help think of

ideas.• You will build your bridge tomorrow.

Strong enough

Triangle supports

Rolled tubesframe

beamSimple bridge-don’t like this!

I like this

Better

cantilever

Make this higher?

Strengthen frame

Layered paper to make road

Open and close

Good idea!

• Recap the film and the story that you wrote yesterday.

• This kind of story is called a fable – the characters are usually depicted as animals and there is a moral to the story.

• What do they think that means?

• What is the moral of ‘The Bridge’

• How many other books or films can you think of that have a moral?

• Investigate further at:

• HTTPS://WWW.CARE.COM/C/STORIES/4048/THE-22-BEST-MORAL-STORIES-FOR-KIDS/EN-AU/

Tuesdayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X_AfRk9F9w

The Ant and the Grasshopper

Reading Comprehension Questions

1. The first line of the story is:

‘In a field one summer’s day, a grasshopper was relaxing, eating as much grass as he

could.’

Choose another word that you could use instead of ‘eating’.

2. Why wouldn’t the ant play with the grasshopper?

3. Who had the most food in the winter? Why?

4. The moral of the story is ‘ Work hard today to be prepared for tomorrow.’ What else can we learn from the story?

5. The ant refused to share his food with the grasshopper at the end of the story. Was this

the right thing to do? Why?

Other stories with a moral

The tortoise and the hare

The wolf in sheep’s clothing

The lion and the mouse

Do you know these stories?

What is the moral for each of those stories?

What lessons can be learned from the characters fortunes/misfortunes?

Read the morals below. What do you

think they mean?

One person’s trash is another person’s treasure.

Never judge a book by it’s cover.

Too many hands spoil the broth.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Be careful what you wish for.

The meaning of the moralThe Bee-Keeper and the

Bees

The Bundle of Sticks The Golden Touch

(King Midas)

The Hare and the

Tortoise

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While a beekeeper was away, someone stolethe honey. When the bees returned, they started stinging the beekeeperthinking it was him who had taken it. He called them ungrateful because they let someone steal the honey and then attacked the person who looked after them.

An old man hadservants bring in a bundle of sticks. He told his sons to break the bundle and none could. He then asked them to untie the bundle, each take a stick and break it. They did that easily.

Midas loved gold so much, he asked a fairy to grant his wish that everything he touched turned to gold. He was happy until he touched his daughterand she turned to gold.

This is about a hare and a tortoise that race. The hare is so fast he is smug, makes mistakes and the slower tortoise wins.

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Tuesday

Afternoon

It is now time to build your

bridge.

Remember you are only able

to use newspaper and

sellotape.

You could use Lego, bricks or

head outside to build your

bridge instead.

• Watch the film again

• If the animals could speak what would they be saying?

• Try and think of high quality vocabulary

• Continue to watch the film, pausing at 1:24 – what has happened now?

• Draw a picture of each of the characters and write down what they may be saying. Remember to use speech marks round your dialogue. Find out more about using speech marks at:

• HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=D1HWAT6494W

• HTTPS://WWW.BBC.CO.UK/BITESIZ

E/TOPICS/ZVWWXNB/ARTICLES/ZTCP97H

Wednesday

Wednesday afternoon

Wednesday afternoon

Kindness Cookies.

Listen to the story about what it means to be kind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAo4-2UzgPo

Think about what it is to be kind, especially in these difficult times.

Kindness can be shown in many different ways.

Can you bake heart cookies to share with your family, or perhaps you

could share them with a neighbour?

Find a biscuit recipe on the next page.

Now can you draw a heart and cut it out, then write words and phrases

describing what it means to be kind?

Dersingham Bake off challenge

Ingredients

200g unsalted butter,

softened

200g golden caster sugar

1 large egg

½ tsp vanilla extract

400g plain flour, plus extra for

dusting

Method

Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and line a baking sheet with baking parchment. Put the butter in a bowl and beat it until soft and creamy. Beat in the sugar, then the egg and vanilla, and finally the flour to make a dough. If the dough feels a bit sticky, add a little bit more flour and knead it in.

Pull pieces off the dough and roll them out to about the thickness of two £1 coins on a floured surface. The easiest way to do this with small children is to roll the mixture out on a baking mat. Cut out shapes using a heart shaped biscuit cutter. Place the biscuits onto the baking sheet and bake for 8-10 mins or until the edges are just brown. Leave to cool for 5 mins, then serve. Will keep for three days in a biscuit tin.

Thursday –Find out about statement, question, command and

exclamation sentences.

Find out about statement sentences:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z97r2nb

Find out how to write a question:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zrqqtfr/articles/z2xdng8

Find out how to write an exclamation:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zrqqtfr/articles/zqbjy4j

Find out about command sentences, they use imperative verbs:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zrqqtfr/articles/z8strwx

Thursday –Identify and explain specific sentence functions.

Are the sentences a statement, a question, an exclamation or

a command?

Statement, question, exclamation or

command?

How silly they looked on that bridge

Excuse me Elk and bear, please may I pass you so that I can

cross the bridge

Go back or move out of the way

The simple solution would have been to work as team and

help one another

Can you punctuate the sentences correctly?

Your turn

What might the rabbit have said to the elk?

Can you think of a statement, question, exclamation and a command?

What would the elk’s response to each of rabbit’s sentences?

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Thinking about the past or

present tense, can you look

at these sentences and

decide if they are written

about the past or in the

present. Find out more at:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bite

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Friday

Your turn -

Can you re-write the sentences below so

they are in the present tense.

1) The animals were arguing on the bridge.

2) I saw the bear throwing the raccoon back to the

riverbank.

3) The rabbit was gnawing through the rope of the bridge.

4) At the end, the raccoon was politely helping the rabbit

to pass.

Your turn -

Can you re-write the sentences below so

they are in past tense.1) She is crossing the bridge.2) They are arguing loudly.3) The cheery rabbit is asking to get past the elk.4) At the side of the bridge, the raccoon is untying therope.5) Before they know it, the elk and the bear are falling intothe water.

Your turn

Think about all the things that the bear is

doing

Can you make a list of all the verbs you

can using the past and present tense?

A verb mat has been included with your

pack to give you a few extra ideas.

Write your verbs once in the present tense,

(did you add ‘ing’ or do something

different?) Then write your verb in the past

tense, (did you add ‘ed’ or do something

different?)

For an extra challenge, can you write a

sentence using your verbs?