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Tuesday 31st March  Home learning Mulberry Class Mental maths Work out these quick calculations either in your head, or by drawing it to help work out the answers. Maths-   Money Notice (below) that you can look at an amount of money, and work out how much there is, then write the amount using the £ symbol e.g. £2.04 1) Try Challenge 1: OR Challenge 2: Literacy/Reading Poetry: 1) Look at the pictures of the animals and choose one animal .  Make a list of all the features of that animal e.g. Lion – fur, nose, ears, whiskers, teeth, paws 2) Take each feature in turn and brainstorm as many words as can think of e.g.   Fur is soft, golden, thick Paws are large, powerful, dangerous. Ears are upright, listening, alert. (keep this work for tomorrow) Afternoon activity Science - reflections What surfaces can give a clear reflection?    (...

Monday 30th March  Home learning Mulberry Class Morning Mulberry Class, hope you managed to get outside to get some fresh air this weekend. I will be blogging another set of activities to do this week. These activities are guidelines of ideas, so please do any of them that you are able to. I've tried to keep the tasks to the routine of a normal Monday. We are starting some work on poetry this week, so today I have given you some poetry to read and think about. If you are able to get out into a garden, then have a look at what wildlife you can see outside too. Mrs Morris Mental maths Go online to use sumdog:      www.sumdog.com   (see your log in details on sheet in learning pack)  Maths- Multiplication and division Think about what multiplication and division you have learnt, in lessons in school this past term, and how you can use these skills to answer these questions: Literacy/Reading Poetry: 1) ...

Friday 27th March  Home learning Mulberry Class Well done everyone for logging into this Mulberry blog and trying the activities. Remember, that family and outside time are very important to do to.  If you have any comments that you want to add to Mulberry Class, then complete the 'comments section' at the bottom of the days blog. Have a good weekend Mrs Morris Mental maths Go online to use sumdog:    www.sumdog.com    (see your log in details on sheet in learning pack)  There are new challenges to achieve over today and this weekend to help you get rewards. Maths - Multiplication Look at the different blocks of grids (on sheet called ‘Multiplying’, in learning pack sent home)  These are arrays and each is a multiplication. Write the multiplication and match the grids that show the same multiplication. Then answer the times table questions underneath (on the sheet). Literacy/Reading Practise spellings: ...

Thursday 26th March  Home learning Mulberry Class Please also look out for Miss BB's youtube posts of her reading stories which your children could watch. She has already created posts of her reading 'Oi frog' and 'Giraffes can't dance'. You will find them on the East Harling Primary school website/ click on Classes/ click on  'Beech classes blog'. If you get a chance, allow your children to watch Miss BB telling the stories to help your child have a calm time during their day!!! Mental maths Practise your 5 and 8 times tables OR Practise your times tables on  https://www.topmarks.co.uk /maths-games/daily10 Choose Level 3/ multiplication / x5 tables OR x8 tables Maths – Symmetry Use a mirror to see reflections of items around your home. Create symmetrical patterns by moving the mirror closer to the object.  Draw a picture of a symmetrical object like a butterfly or a face, or symmetrical shapes like a square, rectangle,...

Wednesday 25th March  Home learning Mulberry Class Thank you to all of you that are logging onto the Mulberry class blog and trying these activities with your children. I have included some websites with games you could play today too! Mental maths Challenge yourselves by completing the ‘Daily 10’, just like we normally do in school: https://www.topmarks.co.uk /maths-games/daily10 Choose Level 3/ addition / 2 digit numbers/ 10 secs  OR Practise your addition and subtraction to 20 and 100  Maths – Weight 1) Look through your store cupboard and find foods that have their weight on the packet such as flour, tinned food and cereal. Make a list of different weights of foods in g or kg. Which are heavier or lighter? How much heavier is one item than another - use their weight and some maths to work it out?  e.g. Flour is 2.5kg or 2500g       Can of soup is 400 g       So the flour is heavier. 2500 - 400 = 210...

Tuesday 24th March  Home learning Mulberry Class Morning Mulberry Class, hope you tried all of yesterdays work. Today we will focus on addition and describing your robot hero using similes. In the afternoon, imagine you are with your class on a normal Tuesday afternoon, as I have made some suggestions for a science task. The school have posted ideas for exploring your 5 senses whilst learning in the outdoors. You will find the link for these on the home page of the 'East Harling Primary School website ' - click on the green wording that says ' learning outside activities' Mental maths Practise your 3 and 4 times tables Maths – Addition Write out any additions to 20 or 100 e.g. 1 + 19 = 20       17 + 3 = 20       20 + 80 = 100       40 + 60 = 100       34 + 66 = 100 OR Try these examples: Literacy/Reading Write similes to de...

Home learning for Mulberry Class Monday 23rd March Mental maths Go online to use sumdog  www.sumdog.com   (see your log in details on sheet in learning pack)  There are new challenges to help you get rewards. Maths- Place Value Use your knowledge of place value (hundreds, tens and ones) to work out these numbers (see sheet in learning pack called ‘Place value’) Can you create a three digit number and write it in words?  E.g. 631 is six hundred and thirty one Literacy/Reading The Iron Man is a fantasy or science-fiction story.  Do you know of any other fantasy or science fiction stories?  The Iron Man is the her o of the story.  Design your own robot hero (see ‘my robot hero’ sheet in your learning pack) Afternoon activity Topic – Go outside and create a Stone age home using stones, mud, twigs etc OR Draw a picture of a Neolithic scene  with a person, their home, fire, a ploughed field and ani...