St Nicolas
Church of England Primary School, Abingdon
Year 5 (Class 11)
Welcome to Class 11
May Half Term Activities
Check out the document below for some fun activities you could try over the May Half Term.
Monday 20th April 2020
Dear all,
We hope you have had a restful Easter. We have updated the list of websites and links below. We will continue to set additional things for children on Purple Mash and you should have received a Times Table Rock Stars log in with your learning pack.
There are a couple of additions to the website list which we just wanted to draw your attention to:
- Jane Considine's Super Sentence Stacking is a fantastic resource. Each day, there will be a live webinar introducing a short animated film (at 9.45am) and then setting out a writing activity (at 10.30am). At the end of each day, Jane will select from submissions and put these together to make a story. There are two weeks of sessions already on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/user/Devouefrenchbulldogs/playlists - and we thoroughly recommend Jane’s sessions.
- The BBC have put together daily lessons for literacy, maths and topic which begins today. These have been designed for each year group. Visit https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons to access these.
Have a wonderful week and stay safe!
Miss Dunwoody and Miss Earl
Jigsaw PHSE: Jigsaw PSHE have provided these free materials to help support children and families during lockdown. Below are two links to stories with activities. The stories are suitable for children 5 +.
Friday 27th March 2020
Dear all,
We hope you are all well.
Here are our top five recommendations from the list below, particularly if you have completed the literacy and numeracy work in the packs sent home. In addition to this, work is being regularly set on Purple Mash: https://www.purplemash.com/sch/StNicolasOX14
1. Twinkl
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/offer
Twinkl are offering free access to parents, including their own home learning packs and a suggested daily timetable. Use the code: UKTWINKLHELPS.
2. Joe Wicks YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/thebodycoachtv
Watch Joe Wicks live every day at 9am and keep active. Suitable for all the family.
3. Top Marks
A range of maths and literacy games to support learning.
4. White Rose Maths
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/
Helpful videos to teach children and downloadable worksheets and answers sheets.
5. Pobble365
Fantastic resource for writing stimulus. A new image daily and writing ideas. Well worth a look.
Please see below for a comprehensive list of useful websites and links to support learning at home.
Miss Dunwoody and Miss Earl
Here are some additional learning packs from Twinkl. For additional resources see the twinkl link above.
Updated Monday 20th April 2020.
Please find below a list of helpful websites that can be used to support your child's learning at home.
BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons
From the 20th April, the BBC have daily lessons for literacy, maths and topic.
The Training Space – Super Sentence Stackers (Youtube)
https://www.youtube.com/user/Devouefrenchbulldogs/playlists
Starting Mon 23rd March, Jane Considine will be delivering a series of English sessions via webinars for pupils, parents and teachers every weekday until the schools re-open. At 9.45am, she will announce the focus film of the day (a short animation). There will be a live webinar outlining the daily task at 10.30am. You can send these into Jane (by 2pm) and she will choose some to turn into a story (these will be announced at 3.30pm). You can access previous sessions via Youtube as well as watching live.
Top Marks - Maths
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/multiplication-and-division
A range of maths games to support mental calculation and mathematical concepts.
Top Marks - English
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar
A range of English games to support spelling, grammar, punctuation and reading.
Trinity Learning
https://trinitylearningabingdon.wordpress.com/2020/03/24/experience-easter-at-home/
Most children will have visited Trinity Church in Year 3 for the Easter Experience. For those of you that would like to recreate the experience at home, Trinity Learning have produced an Easter Experience at home script that you can use.
National Association of Teachers of Religious Education (NATRE)
https://www.natre.org.uk/about-natre/free-resources-for-you-and-your-pupils/key-stage-2/
Free Key Stage 2 Home Learning Resources
White Rose Maths
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/
Home learning for Year 5. Really helpful video to teach children and downloadable worksheets and answer sheets for each lesson. We use a lot of White Rose in school.
SingUp
https://www.singup.org/home-schooling
Access to free singing content.
Instilling Inspiration
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3hQnkM4M1bQeW5g99wv3Og/
Educational videos, including those to keep you active.
K7 Maths
https://www.k7maths.com/contents/2109
Free home schooling plans for all subjects.
PurpleMash
https://www.purplemash.com/sch/StNicolasOX14
Please see your child's homework book for their login.
Pobble365
A new image daily and writing ideas. Well worth a look.
Classroom Secrets
https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/free-home-learning-packs/
Free home learning packs for each year group.
https://kids.classroomsecrets.co.uk/
Free online games and activities.
Blockly
https://blockly.games
Learn computer programming skills - fun and free.
Scratch
https://scratch.mit.edu/explore/projects/games/
Creative computer programming
Ted Ed
https://ed.ted.com
All sorts of engaging educational videos
National Geographic Kids
https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/
Activities and quizzes for kids.
Duolingo
https://www.duolingo.com
Learn languages for free. Web or app.
Mystery Science
https://mysteryscience.com
Free science lessons
The Kids Should See This
https://thekidshouldseethis.com
Wide range of cool educational videos
Crash Course Kids
https://m.youtube.com/user/crashcoursekids
As above for a younger audience
Crest Awards
https://www.crestawards.org
Science awards you can complete from home.
Paw Print Badges
https://www.pawprintbadges.co.uk
Free challenge packs and other downloads. Many activities can be completed indoors. Badges cost but are optional.
Tinkercad
https://www.tinkercad.com
All kinds of making.
Prodigy Maths
https://www.prodigygame.com
Is in U.S. grades, but good for UK Primary age.
Nature Detectives
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2020/03/nature-detectives/
A lot of these can be done in a garden, or if you can get to a remote forest location!
British Council
https://www.britishcouncil.org/school-resources/find
Resources for English language learning
Oxford Owl for Home
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/
Lots of free resources for Primary age.
Geography Games
https://world-geography-games.com/world.html
Geography gaming!
Joe Wicks YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/thebodycoachtv
Keep active with Joe Wicks - A range of active activities and live streamed PE lessons at 9am each weekday morning.
Blue Peter Badges
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/joinin/about-blue-peter-badges
If you have a stamp and a nearby post box.
BBC Super Movers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers
Fun curriculum linked resources to get your class moving while they learn.
Red Ted Art
https://www.redtedart.com
Easy arts and crafts for little ones
The Imagination Tree
https://theimaginationtree.com
Creative art and craft activities.
Abingdon Partnership of Schools
https://abingdon-partnership.co.uk/english/
A selection of English activities
Toy Theater
https://toytheater.com/
Educational online games
DK Find Out
https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/…
Activities and quizzes
Twinkl
https://www.twinkl.co.uk
This is more for printouts, and usually at a fee, but they are offering a month of free access to parents in the event of school closures. Twinkl School Closure free access code: UKTWINKLHELPS use it at www.twinkl.co.uk/offer
Miss T Earl - Class Teacher
Term 3 and 4
Frozen Kingdom
This term our topic is Frozen Kingdom.
In Literacy, we are going to be using the book Shackleton's Journey by William Grill to learn about Shackleton's expedition to the Antarctic and finding out about the Titanic.
In Science, we will be looking at how animals are adapted to their environment and materials and their properties.
In Geography, we will be looking at the different polar regions and the characteristics of their extreme climates.
In Music and Art, we will look at the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis); we will create art work using chalk and oil pastels and a soundscape to depict the Northern Lights. We will also be learning about the significance of sea shanties and creating our own to accompany tasks in the classroom. We will also look at different colour tones to create abstract iceberg art. In Design and Technology, we will be making igloos out of different materials and exploring how these are constructed.