Hello everyone, I have a couple of bits of information that is relevant for some of you but not everyone.
Provision for key worker children from 1st June
Mrs Maiden has sent a lot of information regarding the return to school for some children from 1st June. Some new key worker children will be returning to school from the 1st June and the following gives information regarding what this will look like. The classroom hasn’t changed significantly, we have ultimately made more room by moving furniture out and spread the tables out so we have more room. This is what it will look like:
Please also take a look at this PowerPoint with further information on.
Today I received a bunch of letters from the residents of the Cuttings. They loved receiving the letters you sent them a few weeks back and will love to have you as a pen-pal. I will send them in the post to you today so you should receive them soon.
Rocky ‘helped’ me out in school one day this week. Here are some pictures of him causing chaos around school. Don’t tell anyone but he had a little piddle in the central area, I trust you wont tell Mrs Maiden 🙂
It’s fair to say he found it all quite tiring…
Early Bird Maths
Videos on the year 4 Youtube page will help you solve questions 5 and 6. Here is the link:
We have played this game in class so many times, so I want you to play it with someone at home, this can be a younger/ older sibling or another family member if they are free. If you are playing with someone younger than you, Â you may need to help them generate their numbers.
Here is the link if you wanted to complete the online version.
The prefix in– can mean both ‘not’ and ‘in’/‘into’. In the words given here it means ‘not’. Before a root word starting with l, in– becomes il.
English
Should we feed the pigeons in the street? Write down your thoughts.
Other tasks to complete during the day
Mental Health Awareness Week
“Compass and its traded arm Positive Effect have teamed up to deliver free ‘Wellbeing Wake-up’ sessions for primary aged children, parents/carers and education staff via our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXumjginrAvOILD-1PkJF_g/
 These bitesize sessions will be based around the 5 ways to wellbeing; connect, be active, take notice, keep learning and give. Each video will include a short explanation for adults on why it is important to promote wellbeing, followed by a ‘wake up and shake up’ for children’s minds and bodies to become focused, finishing with a interactive activity that can be carried out with the child and adult at a convenient time.
Another ‘Wellbeing Wake -up’ video will be uploaded today – please check it out!
Sports Competition
As part of the Harrogate School Sports Partnership we still have the opportunity to compete against other children across the Partnership. This week we have the year 3/4 athletics intra sports festival. The following competitions are here if you want to get practising:Â Â https://www.harrogatessp.com/home-intra-inter-school-games-competitions/
These competitions are totally optional but for those who like a challenge or just want to have some fun then please have a go. To enter the athletics challenge please do the following:
Send an email with your three scores to me by Friday 22nd May
Be honest! Let the best person / team win.
From there, we will put the top scores forward to go against other Partnership schools and of course we will let you know how you get on.
Reading Plus
If you haven’t managed to give this a go yet, please try and log in this week.
I am very excited to say that our new home reading platform for KS2 is now up and running. Please read the attached letter which has all the information you need.
Real PE is a unique, child centred approach that is suitable for any year group through the Primary years. Jasmine – your real learning platform, provides 1000s of hours of fun activities and challenges that will help you to keep your children and family fit and healthy in the coming months. To login and explore, please enter the following details:
Please have a look through the subjects in the above link and complete as you like. There are many exciting activities to do on here, so have fun exploring them.
Just simply fold a piece of paper or card in half and then cut out a square on the fold. Open it back up and you should have a cut out square in the middle of your paper.
I want you to the use this to place over any picture you like! Your job is to draw everything you see in the viewfinder and nothing else. The picture you draw should fill the paper you are drawing it onto so you are getting all the little details.
Here are Ruby’s gorgeous hamsters, Buzz and Millie. They are very sociable and will come to the front of the cage when you call them, especially if food is involved! Probably a bit like you guys if I had food at the front of the class! 🙂
Early Bird Maths
Videos on the year 4 Youtube page will help you solve questions 5 and 6. Here is the link:
The prefix in– can mean both ‘not’ and ‘in’/‘into’. In the words given here it means ‘not’. Before a root word starting with l, in– becomes il.
English
It was not the pigeon’s fault.
Do you agree with the above statement?
I want you to write a persuasive argument giving reasons for your choice.
Structure
Opening statement – Introduce your point of view to the reader.
Arguments – state the point of view and evidence for each argument.
Conclusion – summarise the points, repeating your point of view.
Here are some features that i’d like you to include in your argument:
Be creative and have fun!
Other tasks to complete during the day
Mental Health Awareness Week
“Compass and its traded arm Positive Effect have teamed up to deliver free ‘Wellbeing Wake-up’ sessions for primary aged children, parents/carers and education staff via our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXumjginrAvOILD-1PkJF_g/
 These bitesize sessions will be based around the 5 ways to wellbeing; connect, be active, take notice, keep learning and give. Each video will include a short explanation for adults on why it is important to promote wellbeing, followed by a ‘wake up and shake up’ for children’s minds and bodies to become focused, finishing with a interactive activity that can be carried out with the child and adult at a convenient time.
Another ‘Wellbeing Wake -up’ video will be uploaded today – please check it out!
Sports Competition
As part of the Harrogate School Sports Partnership we still have the opportunity to compete against other children across the Partnership. This week we have the year 3/4 athletics intra sports festival. The following competitions are here if you want to get practising:Â Â https://www.harrogatessp.com/home-intra-inter-school-games-competitions/
These competitions are totally optional but for those who like a challenge or just want to have some fun then please have a go. To enter the athletics challenge please do the following:
Send an email with your three scores to me by Friday 22nd May
Be honest! Let the best person / team win.
From there, we will put the top scores forward to go against other Partnership schools and of course we will let you know how you get on.
Reading Plus
If you haven’t managed to give this a go yet, please try and log in this week.
I am very excited to say that our new home reading platform for KS2 is now up and running. Please read the attached letter which has all the information you need.
Real PE is a unique, child centred approach that is suitable for any year group through the Primary years. Jasmine – your real learning platform, provides 1000s of hours of fun activities and challenges that will help you to keep your children and family fit and healthy in the coming months. To login and explore, please enter the following details:
Please have a look through the subjects in the above link and complete as you like. There are many exciting activities to do on here, so have fun exploring them.
Just simply fold a piece of paper or card in half and then cut out a square on the fold. Open it back up and you should have a cut out square in the middle of your paper.
I want you to the use this to place over any picture you like! Your job is to draw everything you see in the viewfinder and nothing else. The picture you draw should fill the paper you are drawing it onto so you are getting all the little details.
It is looking like a lovely day outside, if you can, try and get outside to enjoy it! You can take your learning outside with you or once you have finished it you should try and enjoy the lovely weather. Please get in touch if you need any support with anything. s.butterworth@meadowsideacademy.org
Early Bird Maths
Please use the following video to check your answers or to give you support if you need it for the first 4 questions.Â
Here are two challenges that are going to make you think about the place value of the digits that make up a number.
Make up an example
Challenge 1
Create four digit numbers where the digit sum is four and the tens digit is one.
For example: 1210
1+2+1+0= 4
1 is in the tens column
How many possible numbers are there?
How do you know you have got them all?
What is the largest/ smallest number possible?
Challenge 2
Create six digit numbers where the digit sum is five and the thousands digit is two.
How many numbers are there?
How do you know you have got them all?
What is the largest/ smallest number possible?
Word Power
Adding the prefix ‘il’ and ‘in’.
The prefix in– can mean both ‘not’ and ‘in’/‘into’. In the words given here it means ‘not’. Before a root word starting with l, in– becomes il.
English
You need to write to the locals in the town, warning them about the extreme behaviour of the pigeons and the hidden rockets that lie in the buildings. Your job is to create a newspaper report warning everyone! You can add key bits of information, interviews of key witnesses and pictures. Remember to use headings and sub headings to organise your writing.
Here is a template you can use or take ideas from to help you get started:
“Compass and its traded arm Positive Effect have teamed up to deliver free ‘Wellbeing Wake-up’ sessions for primary aged children, parents/carers and education staff via our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXumjginrAvOILD-1PkJF_g/
 These bitesize sessions will be based around the 5 ways to wellbeing; connect, be active, take notice, keep learning and give. Each video will include a short explanation for adults on why it is important to promote wellbeing, followed by a ‘wake up and shake up’ for children’s minds and bodies to become focused, finishing with a interactive activity that can be carried out with the child and adult at a convenient time.
The first ‘Wellbeing Wake -up’ video will be uploaded today – please check it out!
Sports Competition
As part of the Harrogate School Sports Partnership we still have the opportunity to compete against other children across the Partnership. This week we have the year 3/4 athletics intra sports festival. The following competitions are here if you want to get practising:Â Â https://www.harrogatessp.com/home-intra-inter-school-games-competitions/
These competitions are totally optional but for those who like a challenge or just want to have some fun then please have a go. To enter the athletics challenge please do the following:
Send an email with your three scores to me by Friday 22nd May
Be honest! Let the best person / team win.
From there, we will put the top scores forward to go against other Partnership schools and of course we will let you know how you get on.
Reading Plus
If you haven’t managed to give this a go yet, please try and log in this week.
I am very excited to say that our new home reading platform for KS2 is now up and running. Please read the attached letter which has all the information you need.
Real PE is a unique, child centred approach that is suitable for any year group through the Primary years. Jasmine – your real learning platform, provides 1000s of hours of fun activities and challenges that will help you to keep your children and family fit and healthy in the coming months. To login and explore, please enter the following details:
Please have a look through the subjects in the above link and complete as you like. There are many exciting activities to do on here, so have fun exploring them.
Just simply fold a piece of paper or card in half and then cut out a square on the fold. Open it back up and you should have a cut out square in the middle of your paper.
I want you to the use this to place over any picture you like! Your job is to draw everything you see in the viewfinder and nothing else. The picture you draw should fill the paper you are drawing it onto so you are getting all the little details.
William had a keen helper yesterday, Lucy seems to be enjoying home learning along with William!
🙂
We will be ringing round you all over the next few days and we are looking forward to checking in with you. I hope you all have a nice day and please get in touch if you need support with anything.
s.butterworth@meadowsideacademy.org
Early Bird Maths
Videos on the year 4 Youtube page will help you solve questions 5 and 6. Here is the link:
Here is a useful poster to show negative and positive integers (numbers) on a horizontal line.
Challenge 1
Challenge 2
You may have to redraw this picture (I’m sure you may like to do this) or explain in your reasoning where something would be.
Word Power
Adding the prefix ‘il’ and ‘in’.
The prefix in– can mean both ‘not’ and ‘in’/‘into’. In the words given here it means ‘not’. Before a root word starting with l, in– becomes il.
English
One of my favourite online videos is Pigeon Impossible…
I want you to watch the above video and then pull out the key parts of the video and put them into a comic strip to re-tell the story of Pigeon Impossible.
I have attached a comic strip template for you below, or you can create your own template based on this format if you like! Add colour, captions and be creative with it!
It is so important that we take time to talk to each other, now more than ever! There are so many resources on this website that are useful to get us talking. Kindness is the theme for this week and I would like you to take a look at the list of random acts of kindness that you can make (even from home) on the following link:
Please send them in as I would love to share them if you’re happy to!
Sports Competition
As part of the Harrogate School Sports Partnership we still have the opportunity to compete against other children across the Partnership. This week we have the year 3/4 athletics intra sports festival. The following competitions are here if you want to get practising:Â Â https://www.harrogatessp.com/home-intra-inter-school-games-competitions/
These competitions are totally optional but for those who like a challenge or just want to have some fun then please have a go. To enter the athletics challenge please do the following:
Send an email with your three scores to me by Friday 22nd May
Be honest! Let the best person / team win.
From there, we will put the top scores forward to go against other Partnership schools and of course we will let you know how you get on.
Reading Plus
If you haven’t managed to give this a go yet, please try and log in this week.
I am very excited to say that our new home reading platform for KS2 is now up and running. Please read the attached letter which has all the information you need.
Real PE is a unique, child centred approach that is suitable for any year group through the Primary years. Jasmine – your real learning platform, provides 1000s of hours of fun activities and challenges that will help you to keep your children and family fit and healthy in the coming months. To login and explore, please enter the following details:
Please have a look through the subjects in the above link and complete as you like. There are many exciting activities to do on here, so have fun exploring them.
Happy Monday everyone! I hope you’ve had a nice weekend and ready for what is the last week of this half term! Next week there will be no home learning for you. Please get in touch throughout the week if you have any questions or would like support with anything. Have a nice day!
Early Bird Maths
Please use the following video to check your answers or to give you support if you need it for the first 4 questions.Â
Videos on the year 4 Youtube page will help you solve questions 5 and 6. Here is the link:
In maths this week we are going to complete a range of number and place value challenges to consolidate your learning in this area. These activities will not build on from the previous day. Have fun with them!
The above symbols represent the number 123 because there is 1 hundred, 2 tens and 3 ones.
Challenge 1:
Can you identify the following numbers and complete the calculations:
Challenge 2:
Following the same rules, create your own symbols to represent 1, 10, 100 and 1000. Then create 3 or 4 calculations for a family friend to complete when they have the free time to do so (this might be later in the day or evening).
Word Power
Adding the prefix ‘il’ and ‘in’.
The prefix in– can mean both ‘not’ and ‘in’/‘into’. In the words given here it means ‘not’. Before a root word starting with l, in– becomes il.
English
Twitter Challenge
We all know that celebrities like to write informally on social media platforms so I want you to re-write these tweets today correcting the spelling, punctuation or grammar!
280 character challenge
When sending a tweet, you have 280 characters (letters/ punctuation) to use. Imagine you are Christiano Ronaldo or a member of Little Mix and write a tweet to go with their picture, can you use exactly 280 characters?
It is so important that we take time to talk to each other, now more than ever! There are so many resources on this website that are useful to get us talking. Kindness is the theme for this week and I would like you to take a look at the list of random acts of kindness that you can make (even from home) on the following link:
Please send them in as I would love to share them if you’re happy to!
Reading Plus
If you haven’t managed to give this a go yet, please try and log in this week.
I am very excited to say that our new home reading platform for KS2 is now up and running. Please read the attached letter which has all the information you need.
Real PE is a unique, child centred approach that is suitable for any year group through the Primary years. Jasmine – your real learning platform, provides 1000s of hours of fun activities and challenges that will help you to keep your children and family fit and healthy in the coming months. To login and explore, please enter the following details:
Please have a look through the subjects in the above link and complete as you like. There are many exciting activities to do on here, so have fun exploring them.
Good morning everyone! Please drop me an email if you have questions about anything! s.butterworth@meadowsideacademy.org
Early Bird Maths
Maths
I have added 4 challenges for you to choose from today to consolidate our learning on fractions. Read them carefully and try to be as clear as you can with your reasoning:
Word Power
Adding the prefix ‘im’ and ‘ir’:
English
Free Write day – use the following link to write creatively in whatever form you like!
If you haven’t managed to give this a go yet, please try and log in this week.
I am very excited to say that our new home reading platform for KS2 is now up and running. Please read the attached letter which has all the information you need.
Real PE is a unique, child centred approach that is suitable for any year group through the Primary years. Jasmine – your real learning platform, provides 1000s of hours of fun activities and challenges that will help you to keep your children and family fit and healthy in the coming months. To login and explore, please enter the following details:
Please have a look through the subjects in the above link and complete as you like. There are many exciting activities to do on here, so have fun exploring them.
Most of us have played this game before but have you ever made your own version?
All you need it a cereal box and some felt tips and it can replicated for any area – even Knaresborough. Put in all the landmarks that you know for your area and have fun playing the game with you family. You might even need to make your own money!
Here is my email if you would like to get in touch with me today. Have a nice day everyone.
s.butterworth@meadowsideacademy.org
Early Bird Maths
Maths
Watch the following link to help you understand how to add decimals:
I would recommend starting with choosing two items and add those together first then progress onto these questions if you are confident enough to do so.
Word Power
Adding the prefix ‘im’ and ‘ir’:
English – 2 day writing task (Please proof read, check for spelling errors and also check against the success criteria)
I would like you to write a letter to Mr and Mrs Twit asking them to sort themselves by being nicer to each other, think about their cleanliness and to show how much they actually love each other!!
Success criteria:
Capital letters and full stops
Subordinating conjunctions
Joined handwriting
Use your box up plan from yesterday to help you create a letter using the following structure:
I’d love to read some of these so please send them in! Once complete, please check your writing against the success criteria.Â
I have also attached a word bank to help the children check some key spellings:
Other tasks to complete throughout the day
Reading Plus
I am very excited to say that our new home reading platform for KS2 is now up and running. Please read the attached letter which has all the information you need.
Real PE is a unique, child centred approach that is suitable for any year group through the Primary years. Jasmine – your real learning platform, provides 1000s of hours of fun activities and challenges that will help you to keep your children and family fit and healthy in the coming months. To login and explore, please enter the following details:
Please have a look through the subjects in the above link and complete as you like. There are many exciting activities to do on here, so have fun exploring them.
Here are Miles’ ‘naughty’ dogs, called Arnold and Bear. They dug a hole in the lawn and had to have a bath. This was the outcome…
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Here is my email in case you need to get in touch with me today. Have a nice day everyone.
s.butterworth@meadowsideacademy.org
Early Bird Maths
You may find the following video useful for question number 3:
For number 6, you will have to do the inverse which will be 9480 divided by 5, to solve that you will need to do long division:
Maths
LO: To order and compare decimals
Last week you used the following symbols to compare fractions:
Remember:
< less than
> more than
= equal to
Today you are going to use the same symbols to compare decimals. Here is an example below.
Remember the tenths are worth more than the hundredths.
 o.35 ‘is less than’ 0.53
A simple way to look at this, is to compare 0.5 and 0.05. Below you can see how much each decimal is worth and you can clearly see that 0.5 has more shaded in meaning this is worth more.
Use < > or = to complete each number sentence:
3.12Â Â Â Â 3.21
4.45Â Â Â Â 4. 76
1.01Â Â Â Â Â 1.10
7.23Â Â Â Â Â 2.77
8.8Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 8.08
Word Power
Adding the prefix ‘im’ and ‘ir’. Create your own spelling scribble using the following words: impossible, impatient, irregular, irrelevant, irresponsible, immature, immortal.
English – 2 day writing task (Please proof read, check for spelling errors and also check against the success criteria)
I would like you to write a letter to Mr and Mrs Twit asking them to sort themselves by being nicer to each other, think about their cleanliness and to show how much they actually love each other!!
Success criteria:
Capital letters and full stops
Subordinating conjunctions
Joined handwriting
Use your box up plan from yesterday to help you create a letter using the following structure:
I’d love to read some of these so please send them in! Once complete, please check your writing against the success criteria.Â
I have also attached a word bank to help the children check some key spellings:
Other tasks to complete throughout the day
Reading Plus
I am very excited to say that our new home reading platform for KS2 is now up and running. Please read the attached letter which has all the information you need.
Real PE is a unique, child centred approach that is suitable for any year group through the Primary years. Jasmine – your real learning platform, provides 1000s of hours of fun activities and challenges that will help you to keep your children and family fit and healthy in the coming months. To login and explore, please enter the following details:
Please have a look through the subjects in the above link and complete as you like. There are many exciting activities to do on here, so have fun exploring them.
Here is a picture of Daniel’s guinea pig, fudge, returning from Africa by the looks of it! 🙂
Here is my email if you need to get in touch with me today. Have a nice day everyone.
s.butterworth@meadowsideacademy.org
Early Bird Maths
You may find the following video useful for question number 3:
For number 6, you will have to do the inverse which will be 875 divided by 5, to solve that you will need to do long division:
Maths
LO: To round decimals to one decimal place
When rounding decimals the same rules apply as to when we round whole numbers. Here is a rounding rap that I hope you enjoy, for those rappers out there why not join in!
Round these decimals to the nearest whole number, the first one is done for you:
3.2 to the nearest whole number is: 3
4.4
8.1
7.7
9.6
4.5
Explain how you know you are correct.
List all the decimals (with one decimal place) rounded to the following numbers:
3
7
9
1
Explain how you know you have got them all.
Word Power
Adding the prefix ‘im’ and ‘ir’:
English
LO: To plan my writing
I want you to use the following box up plan to help you plan to write a letter to the Twits. They are stuck in their ways so much and I don’t think it’s healthy for either of them! Last week you spent a lot of time in English discussing and sharing your opinions on what they are like and how the negativity could affect each other. This will be the format for your letter, so try and get down in note form all of your ideas today; ready to write it tomorrow.
I have also attached a word bank to help the children check some key spellings:
Other tasks to complete throughout the day
Reading Plus
I am very excited to say that our new home reading platform for KS2 is now up and running. Please read the attached letter which has all the information you need.
Real PE is a unique, child centred approach that is suitable for any year group through the Primary years. Jasmine – your real learning platform, provides 1000s of hours of fun activities and challenges that will help you to keep your children and family fit and healthy in the coming months. To login and explore, please enter the following details:
Please have a look through the subjects in the above link and complete as you like. There are many exciting activities to do on here, so have fun exploring them.
I thought it would be good fun to find out what some of our pets do that really make us giggle. My lovely chicken, Gloria, always gets up to mischief in the garden and sometimes in the house! Can you email some photos in with a brief outline of what they do so we can all share and have a good giggle.
