Spelling more homophones

The teachers won the quiz!  That’s right, you heard it here first! The teachers won the quiz!!! Mrs Millington came 1st so she won a bag of treats!!!

It also means that the teachers don’t have to pay a forfeit!

Come on kids! We can’t let this happen again, this is our chance to make all of the teachers do something daft! Don’t let them win again!!!

We would like you to design a wanted poster for at least one of Robin’s Merry Men.

Your poster should, of course,  include a sketch of the character but the main part of the poster should be:

• a physical description of the character
• some reasons that they are “wanted”.  What have they done?  How have they helped Robin?
• appropriate vocabulary, your poster should sound ‘ye olde’ (old) through the old fashioned vocabulary you use

Remember!  This is a wanted poster for a criminal!  You are not on their side, you want them to be caught and arrested for their crimes so make them sound bad!

Birdwell Highwayman

Dick Turpin – Hero or Villain Recording Sheet

Sources of Evidence

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Answers:

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We are going to begin our new topic ‘Hero or Villain?’ by researching who Dick Turpin was.

Watch the following music video: Stand and Deliver by Adam and the Ants.  What impression do you get of highwaymen from this video?

The following websites will be useful:

Dick Turpin: Facts and Information About the Famous Highwayman

https://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Dick_Turpin

Our final topic for this year is named: 

Hero or Villain?

Just like with our Space topic, we are going to run this topic across all of Key Stage 2.  As we do not know what will happen with schooling in the coming weeks and months yet, we have designed this topic to run all of the way through the Summer holiday.

We are going to cover 8 Units, each with a different curricular focus.  Some units will be history heavy, some literacy and some sport or music!

Our units are:

• Stealing (our hearts!)
• Conquer and Divide
• World-Changers!
• Everyday Heroes
• Un-popular music
• History Hero ZERO!
• Champ to Cheat
• Be the Hero of Your Own Story…

The work that you add to the blog and the work that pupils who are in school contribute will be added to displays and boards all around school, ready for you to see in September.

Let’s get started with Unit 1:  Stealing (our hearts!)  We investigate 2 stories where the hero of the story is a thief!  Someone who should be a bad guy!  We are going to build up towards being able to control viewpoint in our writing, with plenty of reading comprehension, art and practical tasks along the way!

You can choose, on Thursday, which text you wish to work on.  “The Highwayman” by Alfred Noyes will be covered on the Year 5&6 blogs whilst Robin Hood will be the focus of the Year 3&4 blogs.  YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO THE TEXT ON YOUR BLOG, you can choose to do the work on either but bear in mind the Highwayman is a more difficult text.

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Can you get fat in space?

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As we have quite unusual circumstances in which to host today’s quiz, we are going to have a little challenge!  As none of the other teachers have seen the quiz, I thought that they should all join in…so you lot can beat them!

It’s…BEAT THE TEACHER!!! 

Some of the staff are going to join in from home.

What we want you guys to do is get a higher score than your teacher!

Remember, you need a device to view the quiz on (with Zoom downloaded and signed into) and a DIFFERENT device to put the answers onto (with kahoot! downloaded onto).

The quiz will begin at 1:30 but I will open up the Zoom link afterwards so we can see the friends in our class for a chat.

The Zoom Meeting ID is:

946 5718 5074

The password is:

quiz

PLEASE do not try to log in before 1:20 as the password WILL NOT work before then.

Have you ever wondered why it is cold in some parts of the world but hot in others? Or why it is warm and sunny or cold and snowy at certain times of the year? It’s all to do with seasons.

What are seasons?

Here is a video to help you understand why we have seasons. Can you use it to answer some of these question below? Use illustrations and diagrams to help you.

• What is the equator? Why are countries around the equator hotter?
• What are polar regions and why is it colder at the polar regions?
• Why do we have seasons? Why is it summer in some countries but winter in others?
• How many seasons do we have? Name them. Do all countries have the same seasons? Tricky – explain why!

https://www.literacyshed.com/the-sci—fi-shed.html

Click on the above link and scroll down until you get to the video called ‘Invasions’ from Clement-morin.com

This is a short film about an alien who visits earth.

As you are watching, think about what he sees as he travels to different places on Earth and write a log for each of the main events.  This might take you a couple days to produce.

For an extra challenge, think how he might describe unfamiliar objects as he might not know the names of these objects.

Look at the examples below for ideas:

Ever wondered how it or why it changes from day to night? Why not find out!

Here is a video & powerpoint to help

Day & Night

• Can you explain how the Earth moves in our solar system? Use diagrams to help.
• How long does it take the Earth to orbit the Sun? How long does it take the Earth to rotate once?
• How do we get day and night? Why is it day time in some countries but night time in others?
• There are different time zones in the world. Can you mark the different time zones on a map?

The astronauts in the ISS get to see the Earth from a completely different viewpoint to the rest of us.  Here are some pictures of locations around the Earth, taken from the ground and then from space.  can you match the location to the 2 photographs?

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Why not try this tasty science experiment using Oreo biscuits to create the moon phases.

I hope you have managed to catch a glimpse of the moon! Let’s find out more about moons!

Can you create a poster/leaflet all about the moon?

You could include some of the following information:

Use diagrams and illustrations to help you explain your findings.

Here is a link to help you explain the phases of the moon. Why not try this out yourselves!

https://www.stem.org.uk/elibrary/resource/29939

A couple of days ago, you looked at why astronauts need space suits and the different jobs they need to do.  Space suits:

• hold in air and keep out the vacuum of space, so astronauts are able to breathe!!!
• pressure, the suits compress the astronaut as space is a vacuum and without the suits pressing down on the astronaut, they would expand and explode!
• Keep in warmth (space is VERY cold) as well as reflect harmful direct sunlight!!!
• protect astronauts from damage (they are made of very tough materials as a ripped spacesuit means certain death!)
• communication, the suits contain cameras, microphones and instruments that measure  data about the astronaut
• tethers, there are lots of loops and straps for ensuring the astronauts are fastened to the spacecraft and not drifting off into space!
• drinking and going to the loo!  that’s right, astronauts wear nappies…spacewalks can take over 12 hours and the astronauts are only human after all!

Challenge:

What would you construct an emergency spacesuit from at home?  You are only allowed to use materials and items you can find in your house!  Now, BEFORE YOU GO AND TIP THE GOLDFISH DOWN THE SINK FOR THE BOWL, you do not HAVE to make this spacesuit!  Lots of your parents are busy enough managing homeschool and work without you cutting up the duvet and pinching bits from the dish washer!  There are lots of ways you could do this task:

• design the spacesuit on paper and label the different materials (and explain why you selected them)
• make a mini space suit for a teddy bear or pet
• take photos of items around home and explain why they would be perfect for a space suit
• lay items out into the shape of a person to show what your suit could look like
• make a table, with a colum, that explain what a space suit must do, a column for the item you would use and a column for why it is a good choice
• go nuts…yes your teachers have noticed that some of your parents are absolutely bonkers and seem even keener to dismantle the house for crazy school projects than you do… so go on, let them go for it and make you a space suit!!!

I can’t wait to see the results of this one!  Mrs Rees and I are trying to make a display in school so all of your writing, art, diagrams and photos will get used!

I have seen this ace idea for an activity that is easy to do at home.  You could do this activity two ways, as a sewing task or by making a viewing telescope.

Sewing:

This would be a great way of adding extra information to the back, such as; the number of stars in the constellation, where in the sky you find it, which galaxy it belongs to, the name of the stars, is the constellation used for anything such as navigation.  Maybe you think it looks like something else and could ‘join the dots in a different way and give it your own name!

here are some printable cards:

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Telescope:

This is a nice, fun activity.  make sure you use thick card or black paper for the constellation card to completely block the light.  Can you use your telescope to help you locate the constellation in the sky?

Here are some printable templates:

printable-constellation-sewing-cards

Today’s lesson is to research information about spacesuits and find an interesting way to present your information.

• What is the job of a spacesuit?
• What are the different parts of a spacesuit?
• How have spacesuits changed over time?
• How do astronauts put on their spacesuits?

Below are different websites to help you.

Tim Peake (the first British astronaut to visit the ISS in 2015) explains how spacesuits keep astronauts alive outside the space station.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zdrrd2p/articles/zyq4wxs

Information about the different types of spacesuits used:

https://www.spacekids.co.uk/spacesuits/

Watch the following video about how astronauts put on space suits:

https://www.sciencekids.co.nz/videos/astronauts/spacesuits.html

This week, you will be learning about the phases of the moon.  Your first task is to observe the moon each night.  Record the shape of the moon on the grid below.  Do this for a full month (or more).  What do you notice?  (If you can’t see the moon due to it being cloudy, just draw a cloud picture in the appropriate place.

I wonder who will manage to keep up their record for the full month?

Moonwatch – download recording sheet

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When a rocket or shuttle is launched into space, it burns an incredible amount of fuel!  Take a look at this infographic:

Look at how small the part that actually holds the astronauts is!  Before the year 2000, to launch anything into space, NASA spent $18,500 PER KILOGRAM!!! 

So as you can imagine, they only send things that are vital and reduce weight as much as possible.  Therefore, the astronauts are only allowed a few special possessions.  My challenge for you is, tell me what special items you would take for a year in space and explain why.

Do you believe in aliens?

Think about the planet that you researched.  What would an alien be like if it could survive on that planet?  What would it be called?  Below are some ideas for creatures that could live on Mars or Jupiter, but these are just ideas.  You might design something completely different.

Draw, paint or make a model of your alien and describe it, explaining why it has those particular features.

I can’t wait to see what you come up with!

Our Key Worker group, in the school hall, are looked after by Mr. Mathieson.  Just like you at home, they are attempting the Space topic challenges set by Mrs Rees and I on the blogs.  I thought you may like to see what your friends have done so far and then you could share what you’ve done at home on the same challenges!!!

Make sure you post everything or email it to me so I can make sure my blog is better than Mrs Rees’s and Mr Mathieson’s!!!!! 😜 (‘cos I’ve already told them it will be!!!!)

We are going to TRY to host a quiz for you all on Zoom, this Friday at 1:30pm.  To play, you will need:

• A device to use Zoom on.  

This can be a laptop, a smart TV, a tablet or a phone but the bigger screens work best.  You mustfirst download Zoom onto the device and register yourself for a free account.  I will be admitting people to the group on Friday and will obviously not admit anyone who we don’t recognise so please use your child’s name as their username so we can admit them easily.

• Our Zoom meeting ID

Type this number into Zoom to access the meeting on Friday afternoon:

471 482 8743

Use the password 

quiz

• A device to use Kahoot on.

You will need a different device to answer the questions on.  You need to download the free Kahoot app.  When the quiz starts, there will be a pin number on the screen that you type into your app to join the game.

If this goes anything like the quizzes we have done for Years 3 & 4 and the one I tried on the staff, all sorts will go wrong!  However it works out, it will be lovely to see you guys and for you all to see each other.  I will start the Zoom broadcast a little early to help people logging on and try and solve any issues.

Bear with me, it will only be the second time I’ve used Zoom so I won’t be very slick!  Good luck and have fun!

Descriptive Writing – Pandora

https://www.literacyshed.com/the-sci—fi-shed.html

Click on the above link and scroll down until you get to the video called ‘Pandora‘.

This is a short ‘documentary’ about Pandora, the planet from the film Avatar.

Imagine that you are an astronaut who has landed on this planet.  Write a detailed description of the planet and its inhabitants.  

Be as creative and descriptive as possible, using ambitious vocabulary and using varied sentence structures and punctuation.

Imagine being able to travel into space.

• Can you name all of the planets and their order?  Do you have a way of remembering this?
• Which planet would you like to visit?  Why?
• Find information about your chosen planet.  Think about the size of it, the colour of it, how far it is away from the sun or earth, what the atmosphere is like, whether it has any moons etc.
• Think about how to present your information.  You could paint, draw, make a model, write a fact file, produce a PowerPoint, make a video – it’s up to you.
• Remember to share your work on the blog or email me: t.rees@birdwellprimary.org.uk   I would love to see which planet you selected and how you chose to present your information.

We’re going to start our last half term with a two-week topic about Surviving in Space. All of KS2 are going to work on this topic together.  The children who are gradually returning to school will be joining in the same work with us that you are doing at home.  So, it will be fun to share what is happening at school and at home.

Each day, I will post a new activity linked to this.  There will be plenty of variety, including research, creative writing, art work, D & T and science.  I thought we’d start with something current.

Nasa Astronauts make history with Space X launch.

Many of you may have watched this live on Saturday.  Here is a short clip for you to watch again or for those who didn’t see it.

Can you find out the answers to these questions?  Find an interesting way to present your information including pictures.  I’m really missing seeing your work so please remember to share your work on the blog or email me if you just want me to see it: t.rees@birdwellprimary.org.uk

1. Why was this an historic event?
2. This was actually the second attempt at lift-off.  Why didn’t the first attempt happen on Wednesday?
3. Where are they travelling to?
4. Name the two astronauts.
5. How are their space suits different to other space suits in the past?
6. What is the Crew Dragon?
7. How will they return back to Earth?
8. Any extra information that you can find out.

Take a look at this BBc bitesize page on prepositions.  I’ll have a follow up activity on identifying and using prepositions tomorrow.

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Answers:

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Hi kids.  Mr. Mathieson and I are not able to meet up this week so quiz 3 will take place next Friday, with 2 major changes.

We are going to swap to Zoom for our quiz rather than YouTube (so I need to get practicing using it!)  The advantage will be that we will be able to see you guys, as well as you, seeing us!!!

The other change will be that the quiz will move into school-time.  Mr. Mathieson and I will be hosting the Friday quiz on a Friday afternoon for you guys at home.  We are also learning how to host some live lessons for you guys over Zoom as well so watch this space…

We hope you are all enjoying the beautiful weather and staying safe, Mr. Mathieson and Mr. Swallow

A big that you to Charlie for recommending this site and to Oliver for inspiring us with his nature report.  There are some lovely activities to get you guys outdoors and enjoying the half-term sunshine!

https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/30-days-wild-individuals-pack

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The link for tonight’s quiz will appear here at around 5:30 with the quiz starting at 6:00 p.m. Click the link to be taken to the page:

Click me after 5:30

Hopefully we shall be able to read comments you add to the YouTube But please only add one or two as we don’t want to slow the feed down.

Hopefully, this week the feed will run quicker as we’ve changed the set up quite a bit. We have found that pressing “refresh” once you have joined can bring your browser up to the correct point.

Good luck, let us know how you get on.

Thanks for all the feedback we received about the last quiz, both good and bad.  It seems as though the main issue was caused by the delay between us broadcasting the video and everyone receiving it. This delay sometimes got so long that by the time people were seeing the question on screen, the time to answer had already ended.

We have been looking at ways of improving this. The next quiz will be broadcast in much lower resolution and we will be taking a much more basic approach to sharing the quiz screen with you. This should reduce the amount of information we are trying to broadcast and therefore improve the speed.  We are also going to extend the answer time to 90 seconds for all of the questions to give everyone time to answer, even if they do experience some amount of delay. As soon as everyone has answered, Kahoot moves on anyway so this shouldn’t feel too different.

I am also trying to make it possible for comments to be viewable on the YouTube feed so we can read aloud messages from you all but please only send one or two at most as we don’t want to slow the feed down.

Our next quiz will have sections on; Children’s Literature, Movies, Video Games and The World!  If you would like a particular category adding in future quizzes, let us know and we’ll do our best.  I will send you out a new link on Friday morning and the link will be on here again.  Hopefully, more of you will get to participate this time.  Mr Mathieson and I are not experienced at all with being YouTubers (as you kids call it) and unfortunately are learning how to use all the technology as we go. This has obviously led to the frustrations for some of you so far. I can only apologise for the mistakes I made in the set up last week that spoiled the experience for some of you, I can’t guarantee that something similar won’t go wrong this week but we shall try our best to improve on the mistakes each go.

Good luck and (hopefully) enjoy the quiz!!!