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I hope you all had fun trying to guess who the poets were today.
Here is the answer sheet to check your score.
Answers – The Masked Reader Quiz
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Friday 5th March, 2021
It is the last day of home learning. I am really looking forward to seeing you all next week.
Today it is English, Maths and P.E.
English
It is Friday today so it is spelling test day. Please test yourself on the spellings for this week.
Maths
First, make a poster about the number 18.
Then try the mental maths test. Remember you will need someone to read the questions to you.
P.E.
It is Friday so it is P.E. today. Try the Cosmic Kids Yoga session.
The Masked Reader Answer Sheet
We hope you enjoy watching the video. Here is a little sheet to help you record your answers.
The Masked Reader!
PPS Presents… the Masked Reader!
To celebrate World Book Day we have made a silly video challenge for you!
Various members of staff have recorded a fun poem, each with a silly disguise – can you guess who they are?
Each member of the Pontesbury team who took part is listed below (and one member appears twice) – can you guess which video belongs to which member of staff?
Mrs Giles Mrs Travi Mr Boffey Mrs Smout
Miss Gwilliam Mrs Hilditch Mr Langford Miss Roberts
Mrs Pope Mrs Howland Mrs Gwyther Mrs Andrew
Mrs Butler Mrs Davies (Year 3) Mrs Davies (Reception) Miss Claydon
Good luck everybody
Mrs Hilditch
Thursday 4th March, 2021
It is World Book Day!
Please have a look at the activities Mrs Smout has put on and try some of them.
Some of you might like to do a World Book Day word search. I have put one below about authors and one about books.
KS2 World Book Day Authors Word Search
KS2 World Book Day Word Search
Also, some of you might want to make a bookmark with a difference. Look at the one I have put below.
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It would be lovely if during our Show and Tell session today at 2pm, you could talk about one of your favourite books.
World Book Day!
Today, is officially World Book Day! We invite you to celebrate books and authors and encourage you to find pleasure in reading today. Reading takeover begins!
Share a story live events have a World Book Day special for you at 10.30am. Live event
Some ideas to help you celebrate:
- Make a reading den
- Dress up as your favourite character
- Design a bookmark or some bunting around the theme of your favourite book
- Make some cookies or a cake inspired by a story you know
- Recreate the front cover of your favourite book (display it in your window for our book hunt)
- Make your own story book with illustrations or non-fiction book with lots of facts
- Act out your favourite story or story scene.
Play the Guess Who? Game. For 2 or more players. One person thinks of a character and describes them, revealing one clue at a time and others have to guess who! Eg I skipped though a wood…I went to see my Grandma…I wear a red cape…I was nearly eaten by a wolf!
The authors and illustrators of the £1 books have some fantastic activities and challenges for you in their masterclasses. Choose the one you would like to take! Author Masterclasses
Whether you are a Paddington fan or a Harry Potter fan, there is an activity pack for everyone here on the World Book Day Website
There are lots of great book related quizzes here: Caboodle
The Virtual Book fair continues to run all week.
Read, read, read!
Have fun with books, today!
Rapid Testing Kits
You may have heard reports in the news that households of school age children and staff who work on school settings are now eligible for rapid lateral flow test kits to enable them to perform tests at home. Primary aged children are not required to be tested at this point, this is just for the adults in the household.
Test kits need to be collected from a special collection point in London Road, Shrewsbury. They can also be ordered online if you are unable to drive. The school have not been provided with test kits for distribution to parents.
Please see this Government post below for the latest information:
Wednesday 3rd March, 2021
Today it is English, Maths and Science.
Science
Today, your challenge is to make a musical instrument.
Look at the PowerPoint below.
Lesson Presentation Making Music
Use your knowledge and understanding of sound to answer the questions and then have fun designing and creating your own musical instrument.
Activity Sheet Sound Q and A Word Mat
Once you have made your musical instrument test it out.
Maths
Today, we are looking at completing symmetrical patterns using lines of symmetry.
Watch the PowerPoint and then complete one of the worksheets below,
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BusyAnt_y4_Two lines of symmetry
English
A non-chronological report is based on facts.
Today, we are looking at the difference between a fact and an opinion.
Please watch the clip about whether statements are facts or opinions and then do the quiz.
Tuesday 2nd March, 2021
Today it is English, Maths and History
Maths
Today, we are reflecting 2-D shapes along a line of symmetry. Draw the reflection of each half shape on the worksheet below.
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Some of you might like to do the challenge below.
Your challenge is to find out how many symmetrical patterns can be created by shading some of the squares on the grid below.
I could colour in three squares to make this symmetrical pattern.
How many ways can you find?
History
Today, we are looking at lesson 5: What was the heptarchy?
Look at the PowerPoint below.
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Read through the lesson and then complete the sentences on page 22.
English
Today we are looking at how to plan out a non-chronological report. Watch the PowerPoint below about how to plan a non-chronological report using a spidergram.
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Read the information about tigers on page 7 of the reading comprehension worksheet below.
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Use a spidergram to show how the author may have planned out the report on tigers.
World Book Day – Thursday 4th March
This week we will be joining in with the World Book Day celebrations on Thursday. There are a few activities going on throughout this week that you may want to access and join in with from home.
Our first is our Virtual Book Fair that we launched last week. You can find a range of titles for each year group and you are also able to email Louise to request any particular books that are not listed as she may be able to supply them too. Each sale will help to provide free books to school and also helps to support local independent bookshops. There is also a section called ‘Donate a book to school’ where each class teacher has put together a wishlist for their classroom should anyone wish to donate a book.
The second thing we would like to challenge everyone to take part in is a book hunt. Throughout this week we would like you to choose one of your favourite books and make some sort of picture or model to represent that book. It could be a picture of something from the book, a model you have made from Lego or recycled materials, one of your teddies dressed at a character, however creative you’d like to be. When you have made your picture or model we would like you to display them in your window on Thursday so if any children from our school community are out for a walk they can look out for and spot as many book pictures as they can. (If you struggle to make something you could just put your favourite book in your window for others to spot.) We’d love to see a photo of whatever you create and do let us know how many book windows you spot!
Bournville BookFest for Schools has some wonderful activities taking place all week. Here’s author and illustrator Nick Sharrat to explain more.
Check out this link to see the programme for the week, a new video will be added each day at 9am. Year 3 – Look out for Steven Butler and Seven Lenton on Wednesday the author and illustrator of The Nothing to See Here Hotel – one of our favourites so far this year. You will also see videos from Michael Rosen and Benjamin Zephaniah, Katherine Rundell, Tom Palmer and the Children’s Laureate Cressida Cowell.
Here’s a special resource pack for Parents and children at home BookFest-Resource-Pack-Parents
The World Book Day Website itself also has lots of links and resources. There are the ‘Share a story Live events’ Share a story
Books That Make you LOL on Wednesday 3rd March at 10:30am suitable age 7+
Words and Picture: Bringing Books to Life on Thursday 4th March at 10:30 am age 4+
Books and the Real World on Friday 5th March at 10:30am age 9+
Share a story corner with video links for a range of picture books for younger children
Watch masterclasses from the World Book Day £1 book authors in the Author and Illustrator Academy
Take a look inside the World Book Day books here All children will receive their World Book Day token on Monday 8th March.
You may also like to visit the virtual libraries below. These are wonderful resources created by @eenalol on twitter and author of ‘A little but a lot blog’ alittlebutalot.com. Each contain links to you tube videos of the authors reading either their full books or a chapter or two to entice you. If you find a book you like the sound of it may be in our book fair.
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