Squirrels
Hi everyone!
I hope you all had a lovely Easter. Please don't forget to get in touch with me at iholman@barnham.org if you have any questions about the work being set for Squirrel Class on Google Classroom.
Best wishes
Mr Holman
Thursday 2nd April Hello everyone, I hope you all have a good Easter and hope to see you all soon. Here are the key pieces of work that I have been posting daily on the Google Classroom, in case you had missed it and wanted to catch up over the next couple of weeks. Please email me at iholman@barnham.org if you are still not able to access the Google Classromm and I will telephone you to help you to log in. Best wishes Mr Holman
Tuesday 31st March Hi. I hope everyone is now accessing the work set daily on Google Classroom. If you are still unable to log in, pleased do not hesitate to email me at iholman@barnham.org Here is today's work just in case.
Wednesday 25th March. Work for today. More details and useful video tutorials have been added to the Google Classroom pages. Please email me at iholman@barnham.org if you are having difficulties logging and I will do what I can to help. Best wishes Mr Holman.
In case any of you have had problems accessing Google Classroom, here is the work set so far. I have also uploaded some links to portrait drawing and to Joe Wicks' website for PE and Art on Google Classroom but these can be found easily by using your search engine. I hope you are all keeping well.
Hi Squirrels!
I hope you are all keeping well and hope you managed to enjoy some sunshine over the weekend. From Monday I will be regularly uploading work on Google Classroom. I can be contacted on the Google Classroom homepage or via my email address: iholman@barnham.org
Very best wishes
Mr Holman
Friday 20th March: pages from the class text ‘Ice Trap’ to support writing tasks.
Thursday 19th March
Attached are teaching slides for Squirrel Class today
Literacy - We will be completing our posters and will then present our findings to the class.
Maths - We will be practising our time-tables using 'Beat the Wall' and 'Table Mountain' and will also complete some mental maths challenges
Art/ Science -We will be completing a carousel of activities on our project on the importance of bees.
Reading: Please spend 15 minutes reading your reading book and talk about what is happening. Look at the VIPERS attachment to help you ask and answer questions on your story.
Times Tables -Please spend 15 minutes practising your times tables on TTRockstars. These tables are set to match your child's ability.
Spellings - Please spend 15 minutes practising this week's spellings. These are taken from the Year 5 spelling lists in the National Curriculum.
Wednesday 18th March
Attached are teaching slides for Squirrel Class today
Literacy - We will be writing a captain's log entry from then point of view of Shackleon reflecting on his decision to take five drew members on the James Caird and head for South Georgia, leaving the rest of the crew behind.
Maths - We will be solving problems involving finding the lowest common denominators in order to add more than two fractions.
History - We will be creating posters to present the research we carried out in yuesterday's lesson.
Reading: Please spend 15 minutes reading your reading book and talk about what is happening. Look at the VIPERS attachment to help you ask and answer questions on your story.
Times Tables -Please spend 15 minutes practising your times tables on TTRockstars. These tables are set to match your child's ability.
Spellings - Please spend 15 minutes practising this week's spellings. These are taken from the Year 5 spelling lists in the National Curriculum.
Kind regards,
Mr Holman
Tuesday 17th March
Attached are teaching slides for Squirrel Class today
Literacy - We will be creating a 'conscience alley' to explore whether or not Shackleton should stay or leave Elephant Island. We will list the reasons for staying and the reasons for staying. We will then each write a paragraph to explain our personal opinions.
Maths - The children will be continuing work on finding the lowest common denominators in order to add more than two fractions.
History - The children will be researching artifacts used on Shackleton's voyage by finding out what they are, where, when and why they were used. They will be using information from the Scott Polar Research Institute website.
Reading: Please spend 15 minutes reading your reading book and talk about what is happening. Look at the VIPERS attachment to help you ask and answer questions on your story.
Times Tables -Please spend 15 minutes practising your times tables on TTRockstars. These tables are set to match your child's ability.
Spellings - Please spend 15 minutes practising this week's spellings. These are taken from the Year 5 spelling lists in the National Curriculum.
Kind regards,
Mr Holman
Monday 16th March
Attached are teaching slides for Squirrel Class today
Literacy - The children will be reading and discussing Shackleton's plans to take the lifeboats to sea. We will be planning a letter from the point of view of Shackleton to his wife to explore his worries and fears as he tries to protect his crew.
Maths - The children will be completing work on finding the lowest common denominators in order to add more than two fractions.
PE - The children will be practising their hockey skills.
PSHE - We have a visit from a nurse who will be discussing the importance of health and hygiene and will be demonstrating how to ensure hands are washed thoroughly.
Reading: Please spend 15 minutes reading your reading book and talk about what is happening. Look at the VIPERS attachment to help you ask and answer questions on your story.
Times Tables -Please spend 15 minutes practising your times tables on TTRockstars. These tables are set to match your child's ability.
Spellings - Please spend 15 minutes practising this week's spellings. These are taken from the Year 5 spelling lists in the National Curriculum.
Kind regards,
Mr Holman