Brownhills teaching and learning from home newsletter edition 4 2020

It’s music week for our Blue Peter badge campaign.

Get your hands on this incredible looking music badge, designed by the one and only music-

sensation Ed Sheeran. Fill out the form at the back of the newsletter and send it to the address below. Don't forget to attach a picture of yourself enjoying music with your entry!

Send your application via post to:

Blue PeterBBC Bridge HouseMediaCityUKSalford, M50 2BH

Don't forget to put the correct postage on your envelope before posting!

When you attach a photo of yourself enjoying music, make sure there are no other people in the photo, and you are not wearing your school uniform.Do you want a Music badge but have no idea where to start? Don't have a musical instrument at home? Then why not try this Bring the Noise interactive tool! https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/bring-the-noise/eyfs-ks1-music-play-it-bring-the-noise/z4sq92p

It's a great way to learn about music and have fun doing it!

Riddle timeDid you guess last weeks riddle? Yes, it was a carpet!This week’s riddle. I have a little house in which I live all alone. It has no doors or windows, and if I

want to go out I must break through the wall. What am I?

Recipe time

Kids' spaghetti and meatballsPreparation timeLess than 30 minsCooking time10 to 30 minsServesServes 4IngredientsFor the meatballs

4 cream crackers 500g/1lb 2oz lean beef mince 1 tsp dried mixed herbs 1 free-range egg 1 tbsp olive oil

For the tomato sauce

1 tbsp olive oil

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2 onions, finely chopped1 small carrot, grated

1 garlic clove, crushed 1 x 400g tin chopped tomatoes 2 tbsp tomato purée 500g/1lb 2oz spaghetti, cooked according

to packet instructions salt and pepper

Method1. Put the cream crackers in a plastic bag.

Wrap the bag in a tea towel and bash with a rolling pin until crushed.

2. Put the mince in a large bowl, add the mixed herbs and crushed cream crackers. Tap the egg gently on the side of the bowl and crack the egg into the bowl. Mix the mince mixture together with your hands, wet hands are best for this job. Really get squished in so all the ingredients are mixed together.

3. To shape the meatballs take a spoonful of the mince mixture and place in the palm of your hands. Cup your other hand over the mince and roll to make perfectly round meatballs. Make 16 meatballs, put the meatballs on a large plate and chill in the fridge for 20 minutes.

4. Wash your hands before the next step, it is very important to always wash your hands after handling raw meat and fish.

5. To make the tomato sauce, heat a large pan and add the oil. Add the onion, carrots and garlic and fry for 6 minutes, or until soft but not browned. Add the tinned tomatoes and tomato purée. Season with salt and pepper and allow to simmer for 15 minutes on a low heat.

6. Heat a tablespoon of oil in another shallow pan, add the meatballs and cook

over a medium heat for a few minutes until browned on the outside. To keep your meatballs round when frying, hold the handle of the pan and shake the pan in a round action so that the meatballs never have a chance to settle and flatten and remain round.

7. When the meatballs are evenly browned and cooked through, add them to the tomato sauce and simmer for a further 5 minutes. Serve the meatball sauce with spaghetti.

Literacy

What is an exclamation mark and when should I use one?

Rules:

An exclamation mark is used instead of a full stop when the sentence written needs emphasising, or someone is shouting.

Sometimes, you use an exclamation mark at the end of a sentence.

It shows when you feel strongly about something or when you are surprised.

My birthday party was brilliant!

An exclamation mark can be used when someone is excited or shouting or if they are saying something that's strange or surprising.

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“I've just seen a flying pig!” exclaimed Mr Daly.

N.B: Do not use an exclamation mark unless you are certain it is necessary — and never use two or three of them in a row:

Example: This is a sensational result!!!

Read through this campfire story quietly to yourself. Re-write the story in your

book, replace some of the full stops with question marks, and add exclamation

marks for effect.

We all called him Frowning Frank because none of us ever saw him smile. He had a mangy old dog he called King that always used other people's gardens for a toilet.

Every morning and every evening, Frowning Frank would take King for a walk and let him do his business in someone's garden. I think King was Frank's only friend.

One evening, while we were playing in the street, Frank came walking down the road, calling loudly, 'King. King. Where are you. Here boy.' He shouted at us, 'Have any of you boys seen my dog.'We hadn't and we told him so. Frank just kept on frowning and yelling for his dog. About an hour later, he came back looking pretty depressed and headed for his home. He hadn't found King.Frank looked all around his yard, in the shed out back, under the house and in the

bushes in the back yard - no sign of King anywhere.

Finally, he went inside, took off his coat and shoes, and sat down in his chair. He knew he had to call the dog pound. Just as he picked up the phone, he heard a noise like scratching and whining upstairs. He said to himself, ‘What’s that?’ He put down the phone and quietly walked up the stairs in his socks so he could still hear the noise.

When he got to the top, the sound came from still higher up – it was coming from the attic. He climbed the stairs up to the attic door, making no sound in just his socks. He stood outside listening, but he didn't hear a thing. Then he opened the door, stepped in, and…

To watch

Keep up with the regularBlue Peter on the BBC every Thursday at 5.30pm CBBC channel 201.9.15am every day News round. 9.20am Horrible Histories 201.Try watching this week

BBC iPlayer Science in action

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006vd34

Recommended websites

BBC Bitesize

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Want to access learning and revision tools as well as support and advice from other students? BBC bite size has your child covered whether they're in primary school, secondary school, or aged 16

Ten Pieces

BBC's Ten Pieces encourages 7-14 year-olds getting creative with classical music

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ten-pieces

BookTrust

With character quizzes, illustration tutorials, and interactive games, the BookTrust makes story time fun for the whole family.

https://www.booktrust.org.uk/

It’s all about science

ExpeRimental is a series of short films that make it fun, easy and cheap to do science at home. Each activity is designed to be easy to do using only common household objects. Simply playing, watching closely, and asking questions is enough to light a spark of science learning at home

If you don’t have accesses to the internet follow these instructions below to make a lava lamp.

What do you need?

Large container for water, a bucket, plastic tub or even a mixing bowl. Or you can use the kitchen sink or even do the activity in the bath.

• Collection of objects to test whether they float or sink. For example: cutlery, cookie cutters, fruits and vegetables. It’s a good idea to have different sized versions of the same thing, like tomatoes. You could also test the same thing made from different materials, like a plastic spoon and a metal one. • Oranges or lemons or grapefruits • Tin foil (to illustrate density) • Can of soft drink and a can of diet version of same drink • A tall glass or empty, clear plastic bottle for the lava lamp • Some vegetable oil.

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• A few drops of food colouring • Water • An alka-seltzer tablet or a fizzy vitamin tablet.

Test whether things float or sink – Take one object at a time and ask your child/children to predict whether it will

sink or float. Demonstrate the idea of density – Loosely roll up some tin foil into a ball. Try it out in the water (it should float). Squeeze the ball up as tightly as

you can, giving it a real squashing as Olympia does in the video. Then ask your child or children what they think will happen and why. Try it out. If you’ve squashed it tight enough, the tin foil should now sink because even though you have the same amount of tin foil, you’ve decreased its volume and increased its density. Try out citrus fruits – See what happens to a citrus fruit when it has its skin on and then when it has been peeled. Try out cans of original and diet versions of a soft drink.

Make a lava lamp – Using the tall glass or empty bottle, fill it about a third full with water. Then top it up with vegetable oil. Add a few drops of food colouring. Wait for the colour to mix in with the water. Break an alka-seltzer or fizzy vitamin tablet into quarters. Drop a piece of the tablet into the glass and watch what happens. Add more pieces of tablet if you want more bubbles.

Before each activity: Before each activity: can you predict what will happen? Why do you predict that? (For example, can you predict what will happen when we squash the tin foil really tightly? Can you predict what will happen if we use metal spoon instead of a plastic one? Can you predict what will happen if we peel the fruit?) Why does the diet drink float while the non-diet one sinks? What do you think will happen when we pour the oil into the glass of water? Why? What do you think is in the bubbles that are rising up in the lava lamp? Why do you think they sink back down again?

The science

To understand why some things float and others sink, it’s helpful to know about the concept of density. You can think of density as how ‘compact’ something is, or how much mass of something you have in a given volume. Density is defined as mass divided by volume. Something that is more dense than water will sink, something that is less dense will float.

The science continued …so they float to the top of both liquids, taking some water with them. When they reach the top of the oil, the bubbles burst, releasing the gas so that the water sinks back down through the oil.

Warning

Alka-seltzer tablets contain sodium bicarbonate, aspirin and citric acid. They

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should not be eaten by children. The lava lamp contents should not be drunk.

A note from the Music departmentFree musicals to watch

During these unprecedented times, the theatre community has come together to provide viewers from around the world the opportunity to stream select theatre productions for free. Check out this updating list of musicals, plays, and operas that are now streaming!

http://www.filmedonstage.com/news/76-free-musicals-and-plays-you-can-now-stream-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak-updating-daily

Recommend PE themed TV shows from Mr Morgan

Born to Run – Jamaican Sprinting documentary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2Yba1Tqeu4

From the English department

What is Project 200?

Project 200 is a writing challenge made to get your creative writing skills flowing!

How does it work?

You will be writing 200 words in 25 minutes. You will have a task, a key word to use as well as a list of techniques which you need to use at least two of.

If needed:

Use a dictionary if there are any definitions you are unsure of.

You can also email the English Department.

French from Mrs Wakelin

Why not try this week

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Visiting the famous Louvre museum in Paris https://www.youvisit.com/tour/louvremuseumWrite about which paintings you liked.

Researching a famous French landmark and create a presentation about it.

Research French fast food restaurants. What would you order?

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British Values: VE History project

Hello Brownhills students! As you may be aware Friday 8th May is VE Day.

VE Day- or 'Victory in Europe Day' - marks the day towards the end of World War Two (WWII) when fighting against Nazi Germany in Europe came to an end.

On 8 May 1945, Prime Minister Winston Churchill made an announcement on the radio at 3pm that the war in Europe had come to an end, following Germany's surrender the day before. May 8th 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of VE day.

Why not use some of your time taking part in the history departments VE Day competition. You need to create a piece of work to commemorate this important date! You could make a cake or create a set of VE day party decorations.

Other ideas are on the schools website! The History department looks forwards to seeing your completion entries!.

Mrs Ashman’s Documentary of the week:

Watch Inside the body of Henry VIII (my favorite Henry VIII documentary)

You could then make a timeline of his life. On it include details of:

● what injuries or illnesses he got, ● when he got them ● how they may have changed his

personality

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/

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Mrs Ashman’s Historical challenge:

Why not pick a day this week and find out what happened on that day in History. You may be surprised at what has happened on this day in the past!

https://www.onthisday.com/

Did you want the solution for milkman's containers ( in newsletter 3) ; here it is:

Fill 5 litre container Pour from 5 litre into 3Litre

container until it is full. The 5litre container now contains

2 Litres of milk. Pour all milk from 3 litre container

into the 8 litre container. Pour the 2 litres of milk from the 5

litre container into the 3 litre container. It now has space for just 1 litre left.

Fill the 5 litre container and then pour from that and fill the 3 litre container.

You now have 4 litres left in the 5 litre container.

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A note from Mrs Best

It would be great to hear from you. Why not email a picture of your Blue Peter entries, kitchen creations you listening to

your audible reads or a piece of work you are really proud of. st-best-l@brownhills.walsall.sch.uk

Please ensure you have parental consent.

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Music from Mr Pierce

Here’s a little suggestion from the Music department about how you can get creative for a Blue Peter Badge (sorry parents & carers!)

Music A to Z from Mr Pierce

Music A-Z:

Composer: Beethoven, Ludwig Van

This dramatic German composer is one of the most famous composers ever lived.• What are the names of some of his pieces? • What era did he compose in?• How long did he live? • What couldn’t he do when he wrote his

final symphony?

Piece of Music: Boléro - Ravel

This piece of music was written as a ballet by the French composer Ravel but has become famous for a different reason. • What instruments can be heard in the

piece?• Which era of music was this piece written

in?• Can you name another famous ballet and

the composer?• Which Olympians made this piece of music

so famous?

Feature: Basso Continuo

This is the group of instruments that play the baseline and chord progressions in Baroque music.• Which instruments would you find in a

basso continuo?• When was the Baroque era?• What are some other features of Baroque

music?

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