Angelina's Marble Maze!
Published 25/01/21, by Charlie Mackinnon
Angelina- we love this design for a marble maze!
If you want to see it in action, click on this link:
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Read MoreCharlie's Lego Maze!
Published 25/01/21, by Charlie MackinnonCharlie- we love your maze design!
Read MoreLena's Maze
Published 25/01/21, by Charlie MackinnonLena, we love your Lego maze!
Read MoreRafi's Maze
Published 25/01/21, by Charlie MackinnonRafi- what an amazing Logo maze.
If you want to see this maze in action, you can follow this link:
Read MoreSesha's Diary Entry
Published 25/01/21, by Charlie MackinnonSesha- we love this diary entry from the point of view of Samuel Pepys!
Read MoreCharlie's Wonderful Artwork!
Published 25/01/21, by Charlie MackinnonCharlie, we really love the way you aplied the paint.
Read MoreOscar's Incredible Painting!
Published 25/01/21, by Charlie MackinnonOscar- we love you use of colour and the way you applied the paint.
Read MoreEva's Great Fire of London Painting
Published 25/01/21, by Charlie MackinnonWhat a great painting Eva!
Read MoreAiyana's Diary Entry
Published 25/01/21, by Charlie MackinnonAiyana- we love this diary entry from the point of view of Samuel Pepys!
Read MoreThis Week's Learning
Published 25/01/21, by Charlie MackinnonTerm 3 Week 4
Read MoreMonday 25th January
Published 25/01/21, by Charlie MackinnonReading-
Remember to read at home for at least 20 minutes at home today. You can also have a go at the attached reading comprehension activity all about Deep Sea Explorers. Remember to pick a challenge levle that suits you.
Writing-
Revisit Friday’s blog post and remind yourself of our current writing activity.
St. Barnabas' CE (VA) Primary School - Friday 22nd January (st-barnabas.kent.sch.uk)
Take time to complete your diary entry from the point of view of Samuel Pepys. When your writing is complete, please send it in to my. I would like to read out some examples of your writing during this week's Beech Story Time.
Maths-
Today we are moving on to division. The first concept that we are going to explore is sharing. Watch this video all about sharing.
Spr2.3.2 - Make equal groups - sharing on Vimeo
Stop at 5:53 and complete the following challenge:
Whitney has 16 flowers.
She shares them equally between some vases. How many different ways can Whitney share her flowers to make equal groups?
Please send in pictures of your solutions to the class email address.
Now have a go at questions 1,2 and 4 on the worksheet.
Questions 3 and 5 are much trickier. So Mr M has made a video for you to watch in which he models how these questions can be worked out.
Number Fluency-
Make a multiple of 10 number-line. Use it to practise skip counting up to 120 and back.
P.E.-
Get active with this 8 minute workout from Jo Wicks:
Active 8 Minute Workout Featuring Eloise and Charlie | The Body Coach TV - YouTube
Pick an activity from the Sport, Exercise and Health section of the Wider Curriculum Home Learning Matrix.
Read MoreFriday Challenge!
Published 22/01/21, by Charlie MackinnonThis week’s Friday challenge is all about mazes! Here is a link to a site which has lots of different interactive mazes for you to try at home.
Play Mazes Online or Print Them (mathsisfun.com)
Now it’s time for the real challenge. Can you design and build your own marble maze?
Here is a quick video which shows how you could build a marble maze :
How To Make This Fun And Easy Marble Maze - Craft For Kid. - YouTube
You could build one using Lego or Duplo:
You could build one using cardboard and straws:
You could even think of another inventive way of building a marble maze!
When your maze is finished, take a picture or make a video of it in action and send it in to your class email address. We will announce the winners of the challenge in celebration assembly next Friday.
Good luck!