What am I learning?

Read and write coordinates

How can I make sure I am successful?

• Use the grid reference lines with numbers to locate fruit

• Use fruit to identify grid locations

Activity description/steps:

1. Using the Grid Reference table and the numbers on the 'y' and 'x' axis.

2. Complete section A, locate the fruit and matching numbers on the grid reference.

3. Complete section B, What fruits are located at the following grid reference points.

Extras for early finishers

Make your own coordinates and ask a family member to complete the task

What am I learning?

• To recognise and identify where numbers fit into the place value system

How can I make sure I am successful?

*I can find numbers in and around my home or street

* I can write these numbers down and identify which place value ‘house’ each number belongs in

Activity description/steps:

1. Find a selection of numbers around your house! These might be on the microwave, on the clock, on the letterbox, or serial numbers on toys or cereal boxes.

2. Write some of these numbers down in a list. Break the numbers up into their correct numbers in the place value house system and write these down. Use the picture as a guide!

3. Read the numbers to a family member ensuring you state the whole number eg, three thousand, four hundred and twenty (3,420)

4. Play with and mix up the numbers. Find the biggest number you can make, and the smallest number you can make. Write these down in their correct columns and share with a teacher on class dojo!

Extras for early finishers

Make up any number you like and play a game of Place Value Hangman with a family member. Make sure that they identify which column a number should go in before they suggest their number..otherwise it is a fail!

What am I learning?

*to listen to a story and understand what I have heard

How can I make sure I am successful?

I can answer the questions

I can listen to and follow a story

Activity description/steps:

1. Where does the story take place?

2. Who are the characters in this story

3. What did the little old lady use for the Gingerbread’s nose?

4. Why did the Gingerbread man say don’t eat me?

5. Who was the first character he met in the woods?

6. What was the problem that happened in the story?

7. How was the problem solved in the end?

8. If you could change the ending what would it be?

Extras for early finishers

Illustrate your version of the ending

Resources:

Paper

Pen or pencil

Coloured pencils\

What am I learning?

*to write a piece of biographical writing about a hero

How can I make sure I am successful?

*I will research the person's early life, their achievements, their career and what they are doing now

*I will plan my writing using a brainstorm about each of those sections

*I will draw a picture of my hero

*I will write an introduction, 3 paragraphs about this person, and an ending

Activity description/steps:

1. Choose someone that inspires you. They might be a sports star, a musician, a politician or even a family member!

List of Inspirational People

2. Using a piece of paper make a research planning page similar to the one you can see here Biographical Writing Planner

3. Using Kiddle to research and write notes about the hero you have chosen.
   Research: early life information (where they were born etc), their important achievements, career highlights and what they are up to now!

4. Use your research and planning to create a page of writing about this hero.

5. Remember to have 1 main idea per paragraph. Use your full stops and capital letters. Write an informative piece of writing..tell us all about this hero! If you are choosing a family member you might need to

Extras for early finishers

Type up your biographical hero writing and share it with your teacher! You can do this using class dojo or by sharing a google doc to their email. Use Canva to make your work look amazing.

Youtube/Drive/PDF links:

List of Inspirational People

Kiddle

What am I learning?

*to make Gingerbread men

How can I make sure I am successful?

I can follow the instructions and make a gingerbread biscuit

Activity description/steps:

Now have a go at making these scrumptious gingerbread men and let us know how it went!

Extras for early finishers

Decorate your gingerbread men and find out whose gingerbread man looks the best. Ask some family members to judge

Resources:

You will definitely need an apron or some old clothing

Try out this word find

What am I learning?

• To understand and recognise the differences singing voice types

How can I make sure I am successful?

*I can recognise the difference between a bass voice and a soprano voice

* I can research a famous singer that has bass voice, a tenor voice and a soprano voice

Activity description/steps:

Everybody has a different singing voice! Some people can sing high, some people can sing low, and some people can do both! There are different categories:

Bass , Tenor - most males , Alto ,Soprano - most females.

Have fun experimenting with this fun singing application Blob Opera and ask yourself the following questions

1. What do you notice about the soprano voices? Do they sound high or low?

2. What do you notice about the bass voices? Do they sound high or low?

Research task

1. Using Kiddle find a famous example of a bass singer, a tenor singer and a soprano singer! Type in questions like “who is a famous tenor singer?”

2. Draw pictures of these singers - your best work! Write facts about these singers around your picture and send a photo of this to your teacher on class dojo.

Extras for early finishers

Using this great youtube video you can find out the category your singing voice falls into! We would love to know what your voice type is, so use this test and tell your teacher!

What is my voice type?

Youtube/Drive/PDF links:

Blob Opera

Kiddle

What is my voice type?