Wednesday 6th May
Date: 6th May 2020 @ 9:11am
Hello Team
This week is hedgehog awareness week 
During this week people learn lots about, and try to help our spiky friends who are coming out of hibernation. The reason why this is so important is because the numbers of hedgehogs are declining (going down). If you’d like to find out some top tips on how you can help these adorable animals (from hedgehog ladders to holes in the fence), please click on the link below.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/48191799
If you decide to do this and you get some hedgehog 
visitors, please let me know. Once I can move into my new house, I’d love to make my garden hedgehog friendly 
Shout Outs
Spellodrome
Phoebe and Daisy 
Well done for learning your spellings girls.
Mathletics
Suraya and Charlie Storey
Excellent effort with completing your tasks.
Parents/Carers
The range of activities below are ideas which your child can be getting on with throughout the week. Please pick and choose what best suits the needs and time of your family. You do not need to do everything.
Furthermore, please don’t feel you can’t set your child off on a task and leave them to it. This is actually an important skill as it develops independent learning. In class I have a sigh on the wall which says:
3 Before Me
(If the children ask me a question I’ll reply, ‘Have you done three before me?’)
- Use your brain (have a good think)
- Use a resource (a book, number square etc)
- Ask your buddy (they could ask someone at home)
If they haven’t been able to figure out the answer after trying these three strategies, they can then ask me.
Also, there work doesn’t have to be perfect.
Weekly activities
- 5 A Day
- Maths No Problem
Textbook B: Chapter 12: Multiplication
- Lesson 6 – Chapter Consolidation
Workbook B: Chapter 12
- Mind Workout
- Review 12
Textbook B: Chapter 13: Division
- Lesson 1
- Lesson 2
- Spellodrome
- Mathletics – I’ve set you enough tasks to last the week.
- Discussion – I’ve set a topic for discussion. The children can also share anything they like here.
- Read Write Inc Spelling (see below for details).
- English homework – set on Tuesday and Thursday.
- Creative task – give yourself some rainbow locks!
- Storytime – Storytime with Nick
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDe74j1F52zQ51fqNpKV07E71knNl8HFn
A new story is added on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 2pm.
Read Write In
To help children with learning to read at home during school closure, Read Write Inc are streaming phonics, reading and spelling lessons every weekday. Each lesson is 10 – 15 minutes long and available for 24hours on
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ
Don't worry if you miss a lesson. Once each set has been shown, they replay one a day from each set.
Daisy, Kobe, Isaac, Harry T, Leo and Esme please focus on the Set 2 Sounds. Everybody else, please focus on the Set 3 Sounds.
Speed Sounds Set 2
- Set 2 Speed Sounds and Word Time 10.00 am
- Set 2 Spelling 10.15am
Speed Sounds Set 3
- Set 3 Speed Sounds and Word Time 10.30 am
- Set 3 Spelling 10.45 am
The link below is a phonics guide for parents/carers and also offers free ebooks and resources for your child.
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/reading-schemes-oxford-levels/read-write-inc-phonics-guide/
Joke of the Day
What do you call a dog on the beach?
A hotdog!
Take care,
Ms H XXX
