Wednesday 24^th February

Butterflies and Dragonflies

Timings

Activity

9:00 – 9:15

Could

Daily Teams Meeting

9:15 – 10:00

Must

Reading

Please take part in the relevant speed sound lesson:

Set 2 lessons (pink and orange groups)

Set 3 lessons (yellow, blue and grey groups)

Please email your teacher to find out which group your child is

in if you are not sure.

Then, read a book to practise your reading. Use the Oxford Owl

e-books or the books on the website under: classes,

key stage 1 reading.

Read each book 3 times over 3 days as follows:

1^st day – read to decode the words and make sure you can read ev

ery word in the book.

2^nd day – read the book again and try to read with fluency

and expression.

3^rd day – read the book again and answer the comprehension

questions at the end.

If you are in guided reading, please read chapter 3 of

‘The Worst Witch’ by Jill Murphy and answer the questions in full

sentences.  We look forward to reading your answers.

10:00-10:15

Should

Mental Arithmetic

Doubles

Doubles are when we add the same number to itself, for

example 4 + 4

Then practise your doubles on hit the button:

Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practice for 5-11 year olds (topmarks.co.uk)

Click ‘doubles’ and practise doubles 5-15.

Then practise doubles 10-20.

If this is too easy, have a go at doubles to 50 or doubles from 50-100.

10:15-10:30

Could

Watch Mrs Smith’s wellbeing session:

10:30-10:45

Breaktime - have a healthy snack and play.

10:45-11:45

Must

Maths

L.O. To use different strategies to check answers (analysing)

SC1: I can list different strategies.

SC2: I can choose different strategies to use.

SC3: I can justify why I chose that strategy for a particular calculation.

Watch today’s video tutorial:

Task 1 at 1:09: calculate 38 + 43 and then

use the inverse to check your answer.

Task 2 at 4:58: use the inverse to check if this calculation is correct

51 + 23 = 74

Task 3 at 6:33: calculate 75 + 25 and then use

your known facts to check your answer.

Task 4 at 9:26: calculate 54 – 28 and then use a

different method to check your answer.

Task 5 at the end of the video: choose a challenge:

If you would like more support with this, please watch this

support video:

If you would like to have a go at the optional extension, please watch:

Then have a look at the slides on the class page.

Resource: maths optional extension

11:45 – 12:45

Must

Geography

LO: To know the human features of Sydney

(remembering/understanding)

SC1: I can state the human features of Australia

SC2: I can state the human features of Sydney

SC3: I can describe the key features of Sydney

Watch the video tutorial and complete the tasks set:

Task 1 at 0:56: Recap your prior knowledge of what human

and physical features are.

Task 2 at 1:47: Complete a bubble map of the human geographical

features of Australia from what you learn in the video.

Task 3 at 6:59: Using the websites to research complete a bubble

map of the human geographical features of Sydney.

RESOURCES : Website addresses:

https://kids.kiddle.co/Sydney

https://www.sydney.com/sydney-life/things-to-do/sydneys-most-iconic-landmarks/

https://www.tripsavvy.com/sydney-landmarks-4123601

Task 4 at 10:41: Complete your reflection.

For additional support please watch this video:

Optional extension: Write a paragraph about your

favourite human feature of Sydney you have researched.

What about it makes it your favourite and why would you like to visit it.

Use some of your persuasive techniques to convince your teacher

why they might like to visit it too.

12:45-1:45

Lunchtime and playtime

1:45 – 3:00

Could

Optional afternoon activities

Please see this video to view the different challenges you

could take part in this week:

Week 1 challenges - YouTube

It is up to you how many of these challenges you do, if any.

You could do all 5 challenges (1 each day) or you could select

something that really interests you and do that every afternoon

for the week. It’s totally up to you!

Resource: challenges week 1

3:00-3:15

Should

Story time

Watch story time with Mrs Clarke: