Hi, everyone. I hope you are all well and that you have seen Mrs Rowe’s post about the picnic next week. I will be attending and am looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible! Here are the activities for Thursday. Remember that Mrs Gwyther will also be posting an art task for the afternoon.

Maths

Start by watching the video about 3D shapes and their faces, edges and vertices: BBC Bitesize 3D shapes

Have a read of the problem below and see if you can make any of the shapes. You may not have straws but could use toothpicks, lollipop sticks or strips of card. To fix the pieces together, you could use playdough, blue-tack or sellotape. Alternatively you could use any construction equipment that you have.

If having the resources to do this is a problem, don’t worry. See if you can complete some of this sheet instead. It is quite tricky so try your best and use real life objects if you can to test out whether or not the shape will roll or stack: 3D Shapes Properties Table Activity Sheet

Barbara Hepworth was a British artist who is famous for creating sculptures using carving. Many of her sculptures have interesting shapes and represent the relationships between people and nature. Below are some examples of her art. What shapes can you spot? If you can’t name some of them, then try describing them. Why has she chosen these shapes do you think?

English

Last week, when I was teaching the reception children, I came across a story called, ‘The Colour Monster’ by Anna Llenas. I thought to myself that Room 5 would probably really like it too. Have a listen to the story and try to answer the questions at the end of the video: The Colour Monster

Have fun either drawing a colour monster to represent your mood today – or the mood you would like to have today – or make your own monster. If you want to see how to make one, watch the following video from about 7:20 mins: make a colour monster demo

When you have drawn or made your colour monster, I would like you to write some sentences to describe it. I want you to think about using some really good adjectives to describe the colour you have chosen and to try to use different words for the colour. We call these synonyms. So, if you choose the colour red, can you think of other words that mean the same or very similar to ‘red’? (For example: crimson, maroon, scarlet, ruby) You may have come across some new words for different colours when reading ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ and ‘The Day the Crayons Came Home’.

Maybe jot down three alternative words for your colour before you start your writing. Also, think about the emotion that this colour represents. Why have you chosen this colour? What other feelings does this colour represent? Maybe you could extend your writing by describing other colours too. Use some of the ideas in the book to help you if you are struggling. Today is a great opportunity for using connectives, especially ‘because’ and ‘when’ so try hard to get them in your writing.

Have a super day. x