Welcome back and welcome to the beginning of the Summer term! I hope you had a lovely break. I would love to hear all of your stories from Easter so please do share them with me over in our Google Classroom 🙂
As before the Easter holidays, each day at 9:00am a Maths, English and a Topic piece of work will be set. When you choose to complete the work during the day depends on when suits your routines and depends on your families circumstances.
Miss Costello’s English and Maths Please log into Google Classroom to see today’s lessons.
Ms McCarthy’s English and Maths Please log in to Google Classroom to see today’s lessons.
Year 3 Topic Please log into our shared Year 3 Google Classroom to see today’s topic lesson.
TIP: If you are having trouble seeing images on a google document: check you are in a google chrome browser!
I am looking forward to when we can be back in the classroom together but, until then, I am hoping and wishing you and your families are well.
The Scouts have produced a list of 100 free activities, games and craft ideas. All the activities are designed to have a clear positive outcome, such as developing communication skills or learning how to solve problems. https://www.scouts.org.uk/the-great-indoors
Duolingo are a free online language learning program with more than 30 languages, designed to help ages 10 and up learn through “bite-sized” lessons. https://www.duolingo.com/
Audible is launching Audible Stories, which offers free educational, entertaining and immersive children’s and family audiobooks.
Try touring museums, parks and national icons from the comfort of your couch. Thanks to Google Arts & Culture, you can check out virtual tours of the largest temple complex on Earth, Yellowstone National Park, Champs-Élysées, the gardens of Versailles and more.
As part of our RE in the summer term, the children learn how early Christians Spread the Word about Jesus’s resurrection.
Key words are: risen resurrection Holy Spirit Ascension witnesses blessing Pentecost promise Good News
As part of this topic, we will think about ‘Why should we spread Good News’?
The children will read from the bible to find out how the women at the tomb were asked to tell the disciples that Jesus has come alive again. We will hear Jesus’s message that he would give them a special helper called the Holy Spirit and then find out about the effect of the arrival of the Holy Spirit on the disciples at Pentecost as they then went out to spread Jesus’s word on the streets of Jerusalem.
RE home learning
As part of their home learning, the children will think about how they can pass on the Good News that Jesus is alive in each and every one of us. Read John 14: 18-19 and Acts 2: 1-4 together and talk about how the Holy Spirit helps and guides us. On your child’s summer home learning grid, you will find a flower with the phrase ‘Jesus is alive in me’, with a space on a petal for a beautiful, named self-portrait.
Talk to your child about the different things that they do which show that the Holy Spirit is working through them. These things can include
reading the bible, maybe about the experience of Jesus and the disciples after the resurrection
telling other people about the life and message of Jesus
examples of how your child follows Jesus’ message to love other people through their actions and service
talking about your child’s prayer life and what they pray about
talking about ways in which your child contributes to the Common Good by giving time or money to charities so that they can do good works
Through a combination of images and writing, ask your child to fill in each petal with a different way in which they show that Jesus is alive in them. Please ensure that all handwriting is neat and joined correctly as the flowers will all contribute to a classroom display.
We are looking forward to seeing the finished flowers!
Autumn term
In the autumn term, we learn about the rite of baptism through the theme of Signs and Symbols.
We will be considering the big question Are signs and symbols important? Why? Please talk about this question with your child, looking for the signs and symbols that the children encounter on the way to and from school.
The children will learn to describe and sequence the baptism service and we will explore the different parts of the sacrament and their significance. We will focus on important symbols associated with baptism, such as the sign of the cross, white garment, font, candle, chrism and Easter candle.
Key words for the topic are: white garment, Easter candle, font, chrism, Good News
Please talk to your child about their own baptism artefacts and how they were used within their baptism. For their RE home learning, the children will design a baptism candle. Encourage your child to think about what signs and symbols they would like to include on their candle. It would be great if your child could write a key to go with their candle, that explains what each of their chosen symbols mean. Please ensure that your child takes pride in their candle as it would be lovely to make a display of them.
Spring term
During the spring term, our first RE topic is based around the theme of Books.
Key words for the topic are:
Scripture, lectern, Gospel, Bible, New Testament, Old Testament, genre, thurible, missal, Church, parish family
In particular, discuss the meaning of the words thurible and missal. When you visit church together, see if you can find the church thurible or missal to talk about with your child.
We will be considering the big question Why do we need books?
The children will read Matthew’s gospel (Matthew 3; 13-17) to find out about the Baptism of Jesus.
RE home learning
Let’s enjoy reading the bible: Share stories from the bible with your child. Talk about stories that are particularly important to you. What stories are important to your child? Create a poster about this story that can be shared in class.
It is nearly time when we are going to go for the Easter break.
I am not setting any formal work over the holiday but suggest the following:
Do as much or as little of the following as appropriate.
The following is taken from the most recent post on the Year 5 Google Classroom (Google Class Assignment also contains some attachments and links to images to inspire etc)…
-1) Read ( If you can’t get to a library , use Curriculum Visions ( they also have a selection of fiction books too)).
2) Yesterday I gave information on how to access books on dissolving and changing materials (see yesterday’s post for details) – these books cover a lot of the National Curriculum for year 5 so it is worth being familiar with it . Also, there are lots of videos and experiments ( follow any safety guidelines) for you to try at home which are linked to these books when you open them up on Curriculum Visions.
3) Here is a link to a great website that Mrs Butterworth found
There are some great pictures that might inspire you to do your own art work or creative writing.
After the holiday, I will post anything you want to share with the class (within reason!).
EASTER
As Catholics, Easter is the most important time of the Year in the Church’s Calendar. I suggest that you and your family use some time to contenplate the true meaning of Christmas.
Here are some things that you may wish to do with your family.
Many churches have their own youtube feeds so that you can share Mass even though, at present, we are not allowed to attend. I suggest you find the website of a local Catholic church and check it out for this facility.
The Way of the Cross (revisit Jesus’s journey to Calvary )
Over the next two weeks, I would like you to research and collect information about a country which you can compare to The UK. This can be any country of your choice. I would like you to spend time thinking about how you are going to present this information, whether on a poster, a fact file, maybe even a video. You can choose how you would like to show off all your information. As you have two weeks to complete this, I am hoping that would will be able to show lots of facts and information off. Take pride in your learning and presentation.
Once everyone has submitted, I shall add them to one section of the classroom. You will then be able to look at other’s learning to find out interesting facts about other countries.
Alongside your daily home learning tasks I would encourge you to try and stay active!
You may also want to take this opportunity to become Master Chefs.
Imoves
Imoves is available to access from home. No login is required and no password. sign up using the link:. http://join.theimovement.com/
Change for life
Change for Life website has activities for Early Years, KS1&KS2. It has fun food facts, recipes to make and activities for inside and outside for all the family. https://www.nhs.uk/change4life
Please log on to Google Classroom to see the work for today. Remember that you will need to go into designated groups to find the work (Mrs May or Mr Sallis). You will find your English and Maths work under your respective teachers and any other subject work under the Y6 classroom folder.
Today your subjects will be English, Maths and Science. Your new RE homework task is available too. Continue to read daily and use additional resources to practise skills of other key areas.
Remember that you can use the stream to ask questions.
Please log on to Google Classroom to see the work for today. Remember that you will need to go into designated groups to find the work (Mrs May or Mr Sallis). You will find your English and Maths work under your respective teachers and any other subject work under the Y6 classroom folder.
Mr Sallis and I will be setting daily maths and English tasks and I will set you an additional task based on another area of the curriculum.
Today your subjects will be English, Maths and Geography. Continue to read daily and use additional resources to practise skills of other key areas.
Remember that you can use the stream to ask questions.
Those of you who were absent last week need to accept invites to new groups.
