Good Morning,
Here we are at Friday again. I hope you have had a great week and that you enjoy your weekend.
Below are some learning activities for today.
English
| Learning Objective/Focus: | Write a Winter Senses poem | |
| Main input | If weather allows, go for a walk, looking, listening and so on. Remember all the things you’ve seen and heard, even things you have smelt! | |
| Activities MUST | Write a poem about Winter. Try to include alliteration, a simile and interesting vocabulary. | |
| SHOULD | Write a Winter poem including things from your walk. Think about the different senses – can you include something about each sense? Include a range of adjectives and adverbs. | |
| COULD | Write a rhyming poem about Winter. | |
| Extension Activity Ideas | Illustrate your best copy and send it to us for display. |
Maths
| Learning Objective/Focus: | Revision of money | |
| Main input | Ask a grown up for a mixture of coins, about 20 coins in total, or empty your piggy bank. Talk through the different coins which could be within the mixture E.g. 1p, 2p, 5p etc | |
| Activities MUST | Remove 3 coins and find their total. Keep a record each time. Do this 5 times. Try removing 4 coins and total. Write your amount in 2 ways E.g. 67p £0.67 | |
| SHOULD | Challenge yourself to find the total of 6 random coins, then 7 and so on. | |
| COULD | Find the total of a range of coins and round each total to the nearest 10p. Then explore rounding each total to the nearest pound. | |
| Extension Activity Ideas | Invent a board game involving money. |
Foundation Subjects
| Subject | Art | |
| Learning Objective/Focus: | Observational drawing | |
| Main input | Discuss observational drawing of a dining room chair. What can you see? What details are there? What will you need to include? Where will you start? | |
| Activities MUST | Draw the chair from the side. Remember to sketch what you can see. | |
| SHOULD | Look at straight and curved lines. Look at proportion, shape and shading. Ensure that your drawing includes these features. | |
| COULD | Do a second drawing by changing the angle of your sketch E.g draw the chair from the back. | |
| Extension Activity Ideas | Design a throne for a King or Queen. |
Have fun and enjoy your weekend.