Butterflies and Dragonflies 

Wednesday 3rd February 2021 

Timings 

Activity 

9:00 – 9:30 

Please take part in the relevant speed sound lesson: 

Set 2 lessons (purple, 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. 

If you are in Read, Write Inc, Oxford Owl have made

available the e-books relevant to your RWI level.

You will need to create a login first so please visit: 

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/user/sign_up.html 

Once you have confirmed your login on your email

it will direct you to a page that says “Find a book”

Please click on that and then follow the instructions

below. 

Click on e-books and find your relevant book colour to

read. Please read the same book 3 times across 3 days. 

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

can read every word in the book. 

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

fluency and expression. 

3rd day – read the book again and answer the

comprehension questions at the end. 

If you are in guided reading, please read chapter 8 of 

The Hodgeheg by Dick King-Smith and answer the

questions in full sentences.  We look forward to reading

your answers. 

9:30 – 10:00 

Wellbeing 

Watch Miss Theobald telling us how she expresses

herself... 

Luke from Four Elms has another video for us.. 

10:00-10:20 

Class Zoom Meeting 

10:20-10:40 

Breaktime - have a healthy snack and play. 

10:40-11:40 

Maths  

To justify my reasoning (analysing) 

SC1: I can create test criteria. 

SC2: I can investigate the test criteria. 

SC3: I can write a conclusion giving reasons. 

Watch today’s tutorial:  

Part 1  

Please see below for the tasks which are explained

within the video: 

Task 1 at 8:53 – create a list of testing

criteria for the statement: when I subtract 9,

it is the same as subtracting 10 and adding 1  

Task 2 at end of the first video - complete these

calculations:  

Think: do they give the same answers?

Is subtracting 9 the same as subtracting 10 and

then adding one? 

Can you explain why? 

Watch part 2: 

Task 3 at 03:24 test this statement:

a 2 digit number – a 2 digit number = a 2 digit number.  

Test this criteria:  

• Numbers which have a big difference (far away from each other on a number line) 

• Numbers which have a small difference (close together on a number line) 

• Numbers with different amounts of ones 

Task 4 at 11:07 – investigate this statement:

when I subtract an even number from an even number,

I get an odd number. 

Resource: use the Numicon manipulatives file (EDIT: 

THIS RESOURCE WAS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE 

WEBSITE. PLEASE DRAW THE NUMICON INSTEAD).

Task 5 at the end of the video – complete one

challenge using this link:  

https://nrich.maths.org/4725 

Optional extension – open maths extension on the

class page. 

11:30 – 11:45 

Spelling 

**PLEASE ONLY SPEND 10/15 MINUTES PRACTISING

YOUR SPELLINGS** 

Please try and find some of your spellings in the

wordsearch attached to our class page 😊 

11:45-12:45 

Lunchtime and playtime 

12:45-1:45pm 

Experience 

Geography

LO: To know where the UK and

Australia are in the world (remembering)

SC1: I can list the continents

SC2: I can list the oceans

SC3: To locate oceans and continents on a map

SC4: To state which continents surround the UK and

Australia

Watch the video tutorial:

Please see below the tasks which are explained

within the video:

Task 1 – Record what a continent is.

Pause the video at 1:36

Task 2 – Draw a table labelled with the word

“Continents” Pause the video at 2:30

Then watch the video -

Record the continents you learn about from the

YouTube video above in your table.

Task 3 – Record what an ocean is.

Pause the video at: 9:29

Task 4 – Draw a table labelled with the word “Oceans”

Pause the video  at: 10:15

Then watch the video:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z849q6f/articles/zmqwscw

Record the oceans you learn about from the BBC

bitesize video above in your table.

Task 5 – Play the game “hunt for the continents

and oceans.” Play the game once to search for them.

Repeat the game again and see if you can remember

where they were on the map.

RESOURCE:

https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3287?c=98ZKA

Task 6 – Look at the map and record which

continent and ocean the UK is in. Pause video at: 14:54

RESOURCE – Map of the world

Task 7 – Look at the map and record which continent

and ocean Australia are in. Pause the video at: 17:45

1:45- 2:45pm 

English

English

LO: To know the features of an informal letter

(remembering)

SC1: I can list the features of an informal letter

SC2: I can identify the features of an informal letter

Watch the video tutorial:

Please see below the tasks which are explained

within the video:

Task 1 – Verbally recap your learning from yesterday.

Pause the video at: 1:04

Task 2 - Record the features of an informal letter.

Pause the video at: 2:30

RESOURCE:

Video link:

Task 3 – Identify the features of an informal letter.

Pause the video at: 8:01

RESOURCE – Example letter

Task 4 – Apply your Geography knowledge

by writing a section of your letter informing

your new friend about:

• The continents the UK and Australia are in
• The Oceans the UK and Australia are in

Pause the video at: 10:31

Task 5 – Either verbally or written –

Complete today’s reflection. Pause the video at: 13:02

3:00-3:15pm 

Story time 

Story time with Miss Robinson: