SCHOOL CLOSURE DAILY LEARNING: Message for Parents

Here are your tasks for today. Doing these daily tasks will help the children to keep focused and keep their brains sharp.Mornings tend to be the most productive learning time of the day for children so, setting up a routine from the beginning will hopefully reduce any resistance. If the daily routines and some maths and english tasks are completed in the mornings too, then the lighter topic work could be completed after lunch also freeing up afternoon time for exercise and fun.The daily maths, english and topic activities will be posted on Kingfishers web page.Much of the work uploaded online will be in worksheet format. You will not need to print out worksheets unless you want to. The children can work directly from screen into their books.On returning to school, the teachers will review the work the children have completed and plan for their next steps in learning.

DAILY ROUTINE TASKSSUBJECT ACTIVITY Suggested

TIMEGROOVY GROOVERS

Starships 5 minutes

PE Joe Wicks will be hosting a free fun workout aimed at kids LIVE on his YouTube channel. At 9am every morning click on the link below for fantastic active start to each day. There is no equipment needed just tune in and enjoy!

Joe Wicks Daily 9am Workout

30 minutes

READING Use bug club to read a book at your level. Answer the bug club questions and talk to parents about the book you are reading.

20 minutes

SPELLINGS You have your own spelling lists (Common Exception Words) glued into your SCHOOL CLOSURE LEARNING BOOK.Try to practice one word a day. Start with the ones you didn’t quite get right and then revise the other ones.Remember that there are many fun ways to practice spellings including speed writing, rainbow writing etc.Also try to write the spellings in sentences to help you build up your sentences structure and understanding of each word.

10 minutes

PHONICS This week we will look at the ‘o’ sound that after a ‘w’ or ‘qu’.

These are words like want, wash, watch, quarrel, quantity, quality etc.

To help you learn and spell these words there are some fun games to play here. Try to play a different one each day.'O' Sound Games

MATHS Position & DirectionLearning Intent: To understand turns.

Today we are going to look at turns. Can you remember in which direction a clock hand moves? We call this clockwise. Circle your arms in this direction. Now what about if you circled your hands the other way? We call this anticlockwise.

On your position & direction resource sheet you will see some turns that look like this:

Remember your compass point to help you with turns. Starting at North and turning clockwise like a clock.

Turn to East and you have completed a quarter turn.

From North if you turn to South you have competed a half turn.

From North if you turn to East you have completed a three-quarter

turn.

Finally if you make a complete rotation from North to North you have completed a full turn.

Have a go at practicing these turns using the animal worksheet. Follow the instructions and turn the animals in the direction and amount it asks for. For example:

See if you can complete both worksheets.

Challenge – these are optional.Get someone to shout out a turn. Then use your body to practice turning in the correct direction and amount. Here’s a few to practice:

1. Make a three quarter anti clockwise turn.2. Make a full turn clockwise.3. Make a quarter turn clockwise.4. Make a three quarter turn clockwise and then a quarter turn anti-clockwise.

ENGLISH ReportsLearning Intent - To understand and write titles.

Yesterday we identified lots of key features of reports. Today we will focus on titles. You have got a series of pictures below. You need to write a suitable title to what you think the report would be about based on the picture. Try to make your titles interesting and not just one word.

Remember – Titles should not be full sentences just a few key words put together eg: All About Me, The Deserts of the World etc.

Challenge – these are optional.

Complete the matching title activity below:

TOPIC COMPUTING – to search the internet effectively to find answers.

Today you are going to be effectively searching for information on the internet.

First turn on safesearch:Click on settings

Then click on search settings:

Finally click the box to enable safesearch

Now to the challenge:

Below is a dinosaur worksheet with questions.You need to use the internet browser to try and find the answers to the questions. Good luck.

If you are unsure how to search click on the link:

Effective Internet Searching

Here are a few pointers:

Can you think of a question you would like to find out?Write it and the answer below after searching for the answer!