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July 2020

  • 21/07/20

    Chloe's Lockdown Poem

    Chloe, we love the way you used your experience of Lockdown to create this poem.   
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  • 21/07/20

    Adeline's Lockdown Poem

    Adeline, we love the way you used your experience of Lockdown to create this poem. 
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  • 21/07/20

    Olivia's Lockdown Poem

    Olivia, we love the way that you have used your experiences of Lockdown to create this poem.     
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  • 20/07/20

    Summer Challenges!

    We would like to say a massive thank you to all the children who completed and sent in daily challenge work.  To keep you busy and get you ready for Year 5, we have put together some Reading, Maths and Summer Fun challenges.  To find these challenges, follow this link. 
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  • 16/07/20

    Friday Challenge: 17th July

    Look at this diagram. How many different routes can you find from A to B? Calculate the value of each route. For example: 13.4 + 100 + 24 = 137.4 What is the route with the lowest value? What is the route with the highest value? EXTENSION: Can you design a diagram with slig...
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  • 16/07/20

    Olivia's Cat Characters

    Olivia, we love the additional characters that you have created for Varjak Paw.   
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  • 16/07/20

    Thursday Challenge: 16th July

    Consider and discuss this philosophical question: Could a robot replace a: teacher police officer fire fighter parent brother/sister farmer pilot judge librarian factory worker   Why? Why not?  
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  • 15/07/20

    Adeline's Tuesday Challenge

    Thanks for sharing this wonderful writing Adeline.  
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  • 14/07/20

    Wednesday Challenge: 15th July

    Learn to Tie Knots 1. Square Lashing This is useful for attaching sticks together to make mobiles, swords, frames, stars and so on. 2. Clove Hitch Use this knot to attach a rope to a fixed post to make a washing line or similar. Use this knot to start a square lashing or simply to at...
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  • 14/07/20

    Holby's Monday Challenge

    Wow! Holby, we love the way you have used sticks and modelling clay to create these 3D shapes.   
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  • 14/07/20

    Adeline's Cube

    Well done Adeline. We love the way you used sticks and modelling clay to create this cube. 
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  • 13/07/20

    Tuesday Challenge: 14th July

    Create a piece of writing inspired by this short film. 
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