FACT OF THE DAY1. It takes light 8 minutes and 20 seconds to travel from the Sun to the

Earth. 2. Rainforests cover about 6% of the Earth’s land surface!

Research Questions What do you know about sustainable palm oil? Why is it important? Think back to our Chester Zoo visits.https://www.chesterzoo.org/what-you-can-do/our-campaigns/sustainable-palm-oil/. Maths

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2. Keep practising telling the time Can you answer some of these time questions?

How many seconds are in 1 minute? How many minutes are in 1 hour? How many hours are in 1 day? How many days are in 1 week?

Arithmetic practice:Can you work out the answers to these questions either mentally or using written methods?*Remember we have looked at these types of questions in class.

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Reasoning Questions:

Q8. Try this question, look for the key word.

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Literacy – Grammar practise 1. Circle the noun in the sentence below.The talented dancer moved gracefully

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Comprehension – Enjoy some time reading and ask at home for help if you need it.

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Spelling activity:

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Read these words carefully. Then cover them and try to spell them. Once you have spelt all the words, check to see how many of them you have got correct.Apostrophes for contractions

1. can’t2. didn’t3. hasn’t4. couldn’t 5. isn’t6. wouldn’t 7. shouldn’t8. wasn’t 9. hadn’t 10. should’ve

Spelling challenge: Can you think of any more contractions? Write down as many as you can in 5 minutes.

Weekly short writing task

Look at this picture and think about some of these questions.

What causes the weather to change in the story? What about in reality?

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Can you think of different types of weather and match them up with different feelings that Emily experiences? For example, it is sunny when she is happy.

What is your favourite type of weather and why? Do Emily’s powers work without the umbrella? Do Emily’s parents have similar powers do you think? What problems/benefits are there to Emily’s powers?

Write a short story about Emily, who she is, where she is, where she goes, what problems she runs into and how they are resolved.

Story starter! You could start your story like this, or any other way you want…

Ever since she was little, Emily could control the weather. Whenever she felt sad it started to rain…

Weekly ScienceEveryday MaterialsKey Vocabulary: rough/smooth, flat/bumpy, sharp/blunt, wood, metal, plastic, glass, rock, materials, propertiesDiscuss the meaning of the words above.Establish that the word ‘material’ does not mean that objects are made from cloth/fabric (material) but that the word 'material' refers to the matter from which a thing is made. Encourage the children to use the word 'material' when discussing the objects, and the terms wood, plastic, glass and metal.What useful properties do those materials have to make them the best for the job?TASK 1Using a camera or by sketching, can you find a material and record it. You may choose to give them a time limit to this challenge. For example, you could say: You have 5 minutes to find 3 objects made of metal and sketch them.

TASK 2Write down 4 labels and place them on the floor ('wood', 'plastic', 'metal' and 'glass'). In your homes, can you find at least 1 object that matches with the material?CHALLENGE

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Are some objects made from more than one material? Are some materials useful? Manmade? Natural?ConclusionWhat would tables be like if they were made of jelly? Or the chairs were chocolate? Why are certain materials used to make these items?

Reading Why not check out Michelle Obama reading stories on PBS Kids Youtube Channel. She is reading a new story every week. Click the link to go to their page.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrNnk0wFBnCS1awGjq_ijGQ

P.E1. P.E. with Joe Wicks on YouTube – this will definitely keep you fit and healthy, keep it up!

Wellbeing TaskWrite a list of 5 things that you are grateful for.1)2)3)4)5)

Whole School TaskWeekly whole school activities:Week 2:

Write a letter to someone you can't be with. I want you to write about all the things you are going to do together when you are finally able to visit

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them. It would be fantastic if you could actual send this person a letter or an email!

Remember your first paragraph should state why you’re writing (the fact that you miss them and have been thinking about them etc.)

You 2nd paragraph/section could talk about fond memories that you have of them and things that you have been doing recently and more importantly things that you want to do with them when you can next meet up

You final paragraph/section should mention what you want the recipient to do. E.g. write a letter back, log in online so you can catch up etc.

As well as the work which is above, you can ‘dip’ into the websites below.

There are video lessons on this website for all ages and subjects >https://www.thenational.academy

On the BBC website, there are lots of lessons across all subjects. This is in the form of videos, animations, practice activities, quizzes and games >https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/znbnscw

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