Weekly Update from Mrs Rendell (13.07.2020)

Week beginning: 13.07.2020 

Hello Magnolia,

It is your final week of work before the Summer holidays! 

Make sure you work hard this week so you can truly enjoy your Summer break! 

You can find this weeks work and instructions by clicking on the ‘ School Closure’ star above, then ‘Weekly Tasks’ and then select ‘w/b 13.07.2020’.

Well done to Tomiwa, Mert, Isatou, Millie, Malaika, Emmanuel for completing their challenges on Big Maths! Keep it up you Maths superstars!

Malaika, brilliant work again on Lexia!

Kaylon, you were also a Lexia  superstar this  week! Well done!

Remember to try and do the activities for the July activity calendar below.

Please take pictures of the work you have done or any activities you have completed at home and send them to our class email address, magnolia@kafed.org.uk .

Happy working,

Mrs Rendell 

HOMEWORK FOR WHEN SCHOOL IS CLOSED

READING

• Continue reading for at least 20 min daily. This is your opportunity to read even more and improve rapidly. Read to yourself. Read to your siblings. Read to your parents. Read to your pets.
• Do your WOW book three times a week – use tasks in your WOW book.
• Read different eBooks on Oxford Owl website (www.oxfordowl.co.uk) Go through ‘My class login’ (username: elfrida magnolia  password: book)
• More eBooks to read:

https://www.digitallibrary.io/

www.getepic.com  ‎(sign up for free for 30 days!)

http://en.childrenslibrary.org/

WRITING

• Start a diary. Write a few sentences about your day every other day. What did you do? What film did you watch? What did you cook? Which toy did you play with? How did you feel about different activities you did? etc.
• Make a comic book with your favourite characters. Use paper or this online tool: http://readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/comic/index.html
• Use this http://www.pobble365.com  as a daily stimulus for talking and writing.  Activities under the photo - a new photo every day. This is great!
• More writing ideas can be found here:

www.literacyshed.com

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/writing

MATHS

• Use this website for daily lessons when learning at home:

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/

• Use these websites to practise basic maths skills:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zjxhfg8

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/category/22/most-popular

https://mathszone.co.uk/

• Play maths games on Oxford Owl website (www.oxfordowl.co.uk) Go through ‘My class login’ (username: elfrida magnolia  password: book)

• Year 2 Home Learning Pack (see below)
• Great maths games for all levels at www.sumdog.com (You can sign up for free!)

SCIENCE

• Become a better scientist; learn more about science from https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z6svr82

PE/STAYING FIT

• ‘5 MINUTE MOVE’ and ‘Cosmic Yoga’ on YouTube
• PE with Joe Wicks on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1/videos

• NHS 10 minute Disney shake up games - https://www.nhs.uk/10-minute-shake-up/shake-ups 

• NHS indoor activities for children - https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/activities/indoor-activities

HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY

• Lots of ideas can be found here https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/z3g4d2p

GRAMMAR, PUNCTUATION & SPELLINGS

• Continue learning your weekly spellings (lists below).
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zkxxsbk
• http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/literacy/
• Learn to spell all common exception words for Year 1 and Year 2 (lists below)
• Practise writing sentences using as many 100 high frequency words as you can (list below).

GENERAL

• Look at SATs papers from previous years and practise arithmetic, reasoning and reading.

                    https://www.satspapers.org.uk/

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/z3g4d2p
• https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resources/class-management/school-closure-home-learning-classroom-management-key-stage-1-year-1-year-2 (sign up for free)
• Year 2 practical ideas (see below)
• Non-screen activities - from Pobble (see below)

Weekly Update from Mrs Rendell (06.07.2020)

Week beginning: 06.07.2020 

Happy Monday! 

You can find this weeks work and instructions by clicking on the ‘ School Closure’ star above, then ‘Weekly Tasks’ and then select ‘w/b 06.07.2020’.

Well done to Isatou, Rayyan, Jenny, Malaika and Kaylon for completing their challenges on Big Maths! Keep it up you Maths superstars! 

Malaika, keep up the fantastic work that you have been doing on Lexia!

You are truly a Lexia superstar!

If anyone wants an extra challenge, why not try to do the daily activity calendar! I have uploaded July’s calendar below. Have fun! 

Remember to take pictures of the work you have done or any activities you have completed at home and send them to our class email address, magnolia@kafed.org.uk .

Your pictures could then be featured in our School Closure Gallery. 

Have a great week,

Mrs Rendell 

Weekly Update from Mrs Rendell (29.06.2020)

Week beginning: 29.06.2020 

Hello Magnolia 

I hope you all enjoyed the sunshine and heat last week!

You can find this weeks work and instructions by clicking on the ‘ School Closure’ star above, then ‘Weekly Tasks’ and then select ‘w/b 29.06.2020’.

Well done to Mert, Isatou, Malaika, Emmanuel and Kaylon for completing their challenges on Big Maths! Keep up the good work!

Kaylon, you are our Lexia superstar again this week! Congratulations!

Remember to take pictures of the work you have done or any activities you have completed at home and send them to our class email address, magnolia@kafed.org.uk .

Your pictures could then be featured in our School Closure Gallery 

Please check out our gallery by clicking on the ‘School Closure’ star above, then ‘Gallery’.

Happy working,

Mrs Rendell

Weekly Update from Mrs Rendell (22.06.2020)

Week beginning: 22.06.2020 

Happy Monday Magnolia Class!

You can find this weeks work and instructions by clicking on the ‘ School Closure’ star above, then ‘Weekly Tasks’ and then select ‘w/b 22.06.2020’.

Well done to Isatou, Jenny, Malaika, Emmanuel and Kaylon for completing their challenges on Big Maths! Great work!

This week let's make sure that even more of complete your challenges!

Malaika, you are our Lexia superstar again this week! 2 weeks in a row!

Keep up the great work Malaika 

Well done to Rayyan for completing his work tasks this week and thank-you for emailing me pictures of the work you have done!

I look forward to seeing the work that the class will complete this week.

Remember to take pictures of the work you have done or any activities you have completed at home and send them to our class email address, magnolia@kafed.org.uk .

Your pictures could then be featured in our School Closure Gallery 

Mrs Rendell 

Weekly Update from Mrs Rendell (15.06.2020)

Week beginning: 15.06.2020 

Hi Magnolia ,

I hope you had a lovely weekend!

As of this week the work we set will be different.

REQUIRED WORK

If you scroll down the page you will find this week’s activities which include: Reading, Writing, Maths and Topic work. I have outlined what these activities include and how they can be completed below.

Reading:

There are 2 Reading tasks below which can be completed on 2 different days.

Writing:

The writing task below can be completed over 4 days or all in 1 day. The choice is yours.

Here is my suggestion:

• Monday – Read the task. Discuss the questions on page 2 and then begin to plan using the Writing Frame on page 3.
• Tuesday – Start or continue with planning using Writing Frame.
• Wednesday – Use the plan and write the short story. Make sure you say the sentences ALOUD before writing them.
• Thursday – Check your writing. Make sure the sentences make sense! Use page 5 of the writing task to help check your work.

Maths:

I suggest that your child completes 1 page of the Maths activities below (there are 4) per day and then on one day complete the 8 arithmetic questions below and their Big Maths Challenges.

Here is my suggestion:

• Monday – Page 1 of Maths tasks.
• Tuesday – Page 2 of Maths tasks.
• Wednesday – Page 3 of Maths tasks.
• Thursday – Page 4 of Maths tasks.
• Friday – Arithmetic questions and Big Maths Challenges.

Topic:

In Year 2, the home learning topic this half-term is Under the Sea. The topic learning grid can be found below. Please aim to complete 2 of the tasks on the topic grid per week.

Please take pictures of the work you have completed and send them to our class email address, magnolia@kafed.org.uk 

EXTRAS

• Once the required tasks have been completed for the day, please use your login to do some Maths, Grammar and Spelling practice on Big Maths, Lexia, Purple Mash or SumDog.

• As always make sure you read everyday!

• Please continue with the June activity calendar challenge. I know children have been really enjoying these tasks. As it is something different everyday it can help to bring excitement for the children and make the days less repetitive and boring.

Remember to take pictures of the activities you have completed and send them to our class email address, magnolia@kafed.org.uk .

Well done to Tomiwa, Isatou, Joey, Teedra, Malaika & Emmanuel for completing their challenges on Big Maths! Great work guys!

Let’s beat that and have even more this week!

Fantastic work from Malaika! You are our Lexia superstar this week. Well done for completing over 5 hours of Lexia this week, I am very impressed 

Happy working!

Mrs Rendell 

Weekly Update from Mrs Rendell (08.06.2020)

Week beginning: 08.06.2020 

Hi Magnolia  ,

I hope you are well and have been completing the June activity calendar challenge. Remember to take pictures of the activities you have completed and send them to our class email address, magnolia@kafed.org.uk .

The work set will be different next week, but this week you still need to complete the following:

• Year 2 daily lessons on BBC Bitesize - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons. Everyday they have 3 new lessons – 1 Maths, 1 English and 1 Topic. Each lesson has a video and then there are activities beneath the video on the webpage. Choose 1 activity to do for each lesson.

Also, from Monday to Friday you can watch Year 2 Bitesize Daily on BBC Red Button from 9am to 10am, and again on BBC iPlayer.

If you are not doing the daily BBC Bitesize lessons, then make sure you are doing 3 of the tasks from our “HOMEWORK FOR WHEN SCHOOL IS CLOSED” list, every day.

• Use your login to do some Maths, Grammar and Spelling practice on Big Maths, Lexia, Purple Mash or SumDog.
• Read everyday!

Well done to Isatou, Millie, Jenny and Emmanuel for completing their challenges on Big Maths!

Keep up the great work you Maths Superstars!

Extra congratulations to Millie who is KS1 Mathematician of the week, this week!

Have a great week Magnolia!

Mrs Rendell 

Weekly Update from Mrs Rendell (01.06.2020)

Week beginning: 01.06.2020 

Hello Magnolia,

I hope you all enjoyed your half-term and the sunshine! 

It is the 1^st June today; we are in a new month and halfway through 2020!!

I have a challenge for you this month…

Below you will find a June activity calendar. Each day there is an activity that you can do, so everyday complete the activity for that date.

You can keep track of it by writing it down, or if possible your parents could print the calendar and you can cross off each day. Take pictures of you completing the activities and send them to our class email address, magnolia@kafed.org.uk.

Today’s activity is to learn a cool cat fact for “Adopt a Cat Month”. Why not record yourself saying your cat fact and email it to me? I can’t wait to see all the activities you get up to!

Now, for this week’s work:

• Year 2 daily lessons on BBC Bitesize - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons. Everyday they have 3 new lessons – 1 Maths, 1 English and 1 Topic. Each lesson has a video and then there are activities beneath the video on the webpage. Choose 1 activity to do for each lesson.

Also, from Monday to Friday you can watch Year 2 Bitesize Daily on BBC Red Button from 9am to 10am, and again on BBC iPlayer.

If you are not doing the daily BBC Bitesize lessons, then make sure you are doing 3 of the tasks from our “HOMEWORK FOR WHEN SCHOOL IS CLOSED” list, every day.

• Use your login to do some Maths, Grammar and Spelling practice on Big Maths, Lexia, Purple Mash or SumDog.
• Read everyday!

I look forward to seeing all the activities you get up to this month!

Don't forget to email me your June calendar activities, your work or any fun things you get up to. Send it to magnolia@kafed.org.uk .

Happy working!

Mrs Rendell 

Weekly Update from Mrs Rendell (18.05.2020)

Week beginning: 18.05.2020 

Happy Monday Magnolia,

I hope you are all well! 

Tomorrow (Tuesday 18^th May), was meant to be our School Sports Day which I know you all would have loved! Since we are still learning from home, Elfrida have decided that we are going to have a Stay at Home Sport’s Day! You can participate in activities and games at home with your families instead.  All of the activities are available on our school website (https://www.elfridaprimary.org.uk/lockdown-sports-day/) and are linked below.

So take part in the challenges and have fun as a family! 

Parents/carers, there is also an editable certificate that you can print for your child/ren.

And don’t forget to take pictures and post them on our Twitter page @ElfridaSchool using the hashtag #StayAtHomeSportsDay

As normal, this week’s work:

• Year 2 daily lessons on BBC Bitesize - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons. Everyday they have 3 new lessons – 1 Maths, 1 English and 1 Topic. Each lesson has a video and then there are activities beneath the video on the webpage. Choose 1 activity to do for the lesson.

Remember from Monday to Friday, you can also watch Year 2 Bitesize Daily on BBC Red Button from 9am to 10am, and again on BBC iPlayer.

If you are not doing the daily BBC Bitesize lessons, then make sure you are doing 3 of the tasks from our “HOMEWORK FOR WHEN SCHOOL IS CLOSED” list, every day.

• Use your login to do some Maths, Grammar and Spelling practice on Big Maths, Lexia, Purple Mash or SumDog.
• Read everyday!

Well done to the 7 children who completed their challenges on Big Maths last week!

Remember this should be done weekly so let’s have more people complete their challenges this week.

Have a great week and enjoy Stay at Home Sports Day tomorrow!

Mrs Rendell 

Weekly Update from Mrs Rendell (11.05.2020)

Week beginning: 11.05.2020 

Hi Magnolia,

I hope you enjoyed the sunshine this weekend and that you are ready to work this week!

This week’s work:

• Year 2 daily lessons on BBC Bitesize - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons. Everyday they have 3 new lessons – 1 Maths, 1 English and 1 Topic. Each lesson has a video and then there are activities beneath the video on the webpage. Choose 1 activity to do for the lesson.

Remember from Monday to Friday, you can also watch Year 2 Bitesize Daily on BBC Red Button from 9am to 10am, and again on BBC iPlayer.

If you are not doing the daily BBC Bitesize lessons, then make sure you are doing 3 of the tasks from our “HOMEWORK FOR WHEN SCHOOL IS CLOSED” list, every day.

• Use your login to do some Maths, Grammar and Spelling practice on Big Maths, Lexia, Purple Mash or SumDog.
• Read everyday! You can read books on:

- www.oxfordowl.co.uk. Go through ‘My class login’ (username: elfrida magnolia  password: book)

- https://www.digitallibrary.io/

- www.getepic.com  ‎(sign up for free for 30 days!)

- http://en.childrenslibrary.org/

Well done to the 6 children who completed their challenges on Big Maths last week!

Remember this should be done weekly so let’s have more people complete their challenges this week. Let’s try and get Magnolia class to the top of the Elfrida Big Maths leader board!

Have a great week!

Mrs Rendell 

Weekly Update from Mrs Rendell (04.05.2020)

Week beginning: 04.05.2020 

Happy Monday Magnolia class,

I hope you are all doing well and that you got my letter! 

Remember you should be doing work everyday! School may be closed but learning never stops!

This week’s work:

• Year 2 daily lessons on BBC Bitesize - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons. Everyday they have 3 new lessons – 1 Maths, 1 English and 1 Topic. Each lesson has a video and then there are tasks beneath the video on the we bpage. Be sure to do these daily lessons.

From Monday to Friday, you can also watch Year 2 Bitesize Daily on BBC Red Button from 9am to 10am, and again on BBC iPlayer.

• Use your login to do some Maths, Grammar and Spelling practice on Big Maths, Lexia, Purple Mash or SumDog.
• Read everyday! If you are running low on books at home try reading books on the websites below:

- www.oxfordowl.co.uk. Go through ‘My class login’ (username: elfrida magnolia  password: book)

- https://www.digitallibrary.io/

- www.getepic.com  ‎(sign up for free for 30 days!)

- http://en.childrenslibrary.org/

Happy working 

Mrs Rendell

Weekly Update from Mrs Rendell (27.04.2020)

Week beginning: 27.04.2020 

Hello Magnolia class,

Well done to those of you who completed lots of work last week!

I was very impressed with the children that completed their weekly challenges on Big Maths!

Great job you guys! 

This week, you should continue doing the Year 2 daily lessons on BBC Bitesize - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons. Everyday they have 3 new lessons – 1 Maths, 1 English and 1 Topic. Each lesson has a video and then some tasks. This would be a great way to keep learning! Try at least 1 of the lessons each day.

Make sure you do some of the ‘2Do’ activities on Purple Mash this week. 

Keep reading!

Mrs Rendell

Weekly Update from Mrs Rendell (22.04.2020)

Week beginning: 20.04.2020 

Hello Magnolia class ,

I hope that you all enjoyed your Easter holidays and are ready to get back to work!

Well done to those of you who have been completing work online!

 At the moment, our Lexia Superstar is Malaika! Well done! 

This week, I would really like you and your parents to do the Year 2 daily lessons on BBC Bitesize - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons. Everyday they will have 3 new lessons – 1 Maths, 1 English and 1 Topic. Each lesson has a video and then some tasks. This would be a great way to keep learning!

Also, everyone should complete some of the ‘2Do’ activities on Purple Mash this week. I would love to see the work you do and have a chat with you about it on the website.

Remember, we may be at home but we should still be doing some learning and reading everyday! Make sure you do the BBC Bitesize lessons, Purple Mash activities and remember there are lots of different activity ideas that you can do at home, below.

Happy working,

Mrs Rendell