Trotwood Virtual School
15 June 2020
Maths
Let’s explore the weight of things.
Here Ms Balderson shows you how to use scales and bags to compare weights.
It is your turn now to compare some the weights of objects or ingredients in the kitchen.
Can you have a go at writing down the weights?
What is the heaviest thing you found?
Send in your findings.
English
Here is the story being told by Ms Balsderson.
Can you now make a list for the picnic that you would like to take to the moon? Pay attention especially to the initial sounds to help you write your list.
You could then set up your picnic or just prepare the ingredients for the acting out of the story tomorrow.
Trotwood Virtual School
16 June 2020
Maths
Measuring liquid amounts.
Why not make a drink out of the juice and fruits you have?
Join Ms Jamois in making a fruity drink to share out equally between four picnic guests.
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Now it is your turn.
Decide what you will use as a measure to make sure you give the same amount to each guest and then compare what those amounts look like in different shaped glasses.
Send us your juicy pictures
English
Acting out Whatever Next with Ms Jamois here.
Please send in videos of your acting out of the story.
Trotwood Virtual School
17 June 2020
Maths
Today Ms Balderson will be fitting things into a box. How many things do you think she may be able to fit into her box?
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Can you have a go at making lots of objects fit into a box?
You could start by measuring your box so you can choose which objects may fit.
On the side of your box you could write a numeral to show us how many objects are inside.
English
What’s in the box?
Today Ms Balderson has some interesting supplies for astronauts in her box.
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It is your turn now to find 5 things to put into your space box.
Can you make a space poster showing the food astronauts like to eat?
Can you write the initial sounds and even have a go at writing the words?
Send in your posters so we can share them.
Trotwood Virtual School
18 June 2020
Maths
Ms Livett is going to go through some sharing with you today.
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To make some dough of your own have a go at making some using the recipe here from the imagination tree.
English
English today is a space rhyme time.
Here is a song to add to our rhyme books.
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How about having a go at making up your own songs like Ms Balderson did. You have a go at making up a song about the moon or the stars and send us what you came up with.
Trotwood Virtual School
19 June 2020
Maths
There are many ways of measuring time. How do you measure time passing?
Here you will have the chance to make a calendar from an old cereal packet so you can measure each day passing.
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We’d love to see where you put your calendars.
English
Mr Paul’s phonics session is here.
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We also have a mini surprise name game here.
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Contact
Please do contact us with any questions, ideas and contributions. We would love to know how you are getting on at home. trotwood.charlesdickens@gmail.com
Humanities
Whatever Next has inspired Ms Balderson to sing two space inspired songs.
Come and sing along here to the cat and the fiddle and zoom zoom zoom.
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Can you send in a space song for our collection?
Art & Music
Art
In our creative section this week we will be looking at transient or non permanent art using wild flowers and leaves.
This arrangement of flowers has been done in a circular way using a plate as a guide but you could use any other shaped base.
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Your turn now.
Send in your flower arrangements
Music
Today we have a very short sing along with 10,000 soldiers.
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Science
Nature detectives strike again.
Learn how to identify three more common wild flowers: plantain, oxeye daisy and herb robert.
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For those of you who may have missed nature detectives 2 identifying: clover, forget-me-not and vetch. Here it is.
Send in your pictures of what you have managed to find.
Active
Yoga
This week we have an ocean animal yoga theme. Please click here to see the video.
Thank-you everyone for sending in your yoga photos and videos. Please enjoy the yoga celebration video. Click here to watch the video.
Fine Motor Activity
For our fine motor activity we have Ms Wright showing different ways to experience threading.
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Show us what you have managed to thread.
French
French Rhyme time again.
Learn two songs about the moon and the stars.
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Please email in your favourite french songs so we can have a rhyme time next week with your favourites.
Wellbeing
Our wellbeing activity this week is all about nurture.
See how bees, seals, orangutan, humans andclownfish look after their young.
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Can you draw a picture and label someone or something you have nurtured or looked after?
