Lower Key Stage 2
If you would like to email your child's class teacher then you can use the phase email address below.
The teachers will not be able to pick up their emails during the school day, so any urgent messages should be sent to the Office.
Dear Parents and Carers,
As many of you may now be self-isolating and with school being closed, we have put together activities and websites you may use to continue your child’s learning. Obviously, at the forefront of our minds is their safety so if they are ill please allow your child to rest.
While this is a tricky situation, let us think about the unseen benefits too. Use this as a time to play games, learn life skills such as cooking, tidying sorting and taking time to reflect with each other.
We would be expecting the children to only work for about 2.5 hours during the day with lots of opportunities for exercise and play.
Please check our top tips for online safety and ensure you are with your child as they access any on line material.
Below is some home learning and suggested timings to help you to manage the children's day!
Autumn poetry
What engineers!
Year 3/4 have worked on pointillism - the technique of using dots to convey form and volume
The Egg Drop Challenge, exploring inertia
Creative writing, using the story of Varjak Paw, by SF Said
Varjak wandered into the garden, his head bent low after his argument with Julius. As he entered, the sight that met him was not at all what he had expected, many clouds almost a platoon of them hovered over the garden, dull and grim looking. Cautiously, Varjak strolled past the winding, contorted trees that reached out as if to entice him to come closer.
A spidery tangle of weeds and thorns had invaded the once fresh, lush grass. Everything was cloaked in mist from head to toe and Varjak shuddered, maybe I should turn back, he thought but no, that would only make things worse.
Several lingering shadows crept up on Varjak whispering in mysterious voices, there was a wild overgrown feel to the place which made it easy for Varjak to imagine many beady eyes scrutinising him and many huge ears listening to him. A menacing, forbidding wall surrounded the Contessa’s garden. Had it always been like this or just since the Contessa had died Varjak wondered. He tried to picture the rundown garden in its loveliness but it was impossible.
The muggy, humid air was intense and engulfed Varjak while the colourless, rainy sky peered down pitifully at the Contessa’s garden. It was an odd day, it was raining ever so slightly but humid and muggy, overcast and gloomy. Carpets upon carpets of decay were spread all over the garden.
For the first time ever Varjak hung around on the thought that this was all his fault like what Julius had told him, surely not, even he wouldn’t be capable of such damage.
What might the garden look like? Another idea...
Raft-building, linked to the book they are reading about exploring the Amazon
We have learnt about the effect of the Holy Spirit's coming on the disciples of Jesus and responded to it in words and images
The Holy Spirit touched them with wind and fire. They began to talk different languages and they spread the good news of the Lord to all the people there.
I believe that many people are filled with the Holy Spirit. That means they can spread love and peace in the world and bring happiness and joy to all they meet.
Effective use of shading techniques
Friends are always important, but now more than ever we need to take the time to think about friendship, what it is and how we can maintain our friendships
Experiment to recreate the water cycle, using a plastic bag, water and a heat source
Water cycle explanations
The story of Danny the raindrop
Danny starts his life out as a tiny water droplet in a lake, river or the sea. He then is evaporated by the sun into the sky where he cools down and turns into condensation. For some time he stays as a cloud until the wind begins to blow. As the wind blows him across the sky he turns into precipitation, this means he can be either rain, hail, sleet or snow. Once he has fallen to the ground he finds his way back to the lake, river or sea again. He does this by either running downhill along the soil; this is called surface run-off. Or he can go deep underground as ground water, however this takes much longer.
Method for paper strengthening experiment
In my experiment I used the same base for the base of all the bridges in my experiments. I used one penny coins to test the strength of the bridges that I have designed.
Experiment 1 - I used only one sheet of paper folded once in the middle. This bridge was very weak and could only hold 1 penny coin.
Experiment 2 - I used only one sheet of paper folded twice, once in the middle and again in the middle . This bridge was a bit stronger and could hold 5 penny coins.
Experiment 3 - I used only one sheet of paper folded three times, once in the middle and again in the middle and once more in the middle . This bridge was a lot stronger than the first and could hold 8 penny coins.
Experiment 4 - I used a different design, placing a sheet of paper on a sheet of paper that was folded like a concertina with 4 panels. This bridge was stronger than the previous three and could hold 15 penny coins.
Experiment 5 - I used the concertina design again. I placed a sheet of paper on a sheet of paper that was folded like a concertina with 8 panels. This bridge was stronger than all the previous bridges and could hold 70 penny coins.
Experiment 6 - I modified the concertina design by adding another 8 panel concertina over the other concertina and then placed a sheet of paper on top. This was definitely the strongest design and could hold 121 penny coins. It would have held even more penny coins but unfortunately I had no more 1penny coins!
Paper strengthening - load-bearing structure
Take a look at some of the work we have been doing this week!
