Hello everyone, I hope you all had a good break and are ready for 2021! I will be posting work here by 5pm for the following day, to give parents time to do any preparations such as printing etc. if needed. You can complete the work on paper or type up and email it to me if you'd prefer. Feel free to ask any questions about any of the work that is uploaded. My direct email is below and I would be glad to help where I can. Please send me any work you do that you would like me to share with the rest of class. Stay safe and sensible.

 

Mr Lathia - slathia@manor.reading.sch.uk

Friday 22nd January

Hello, Just a reminder that we will be having our last Zoom meeting this Friday the 22nd of January before moving onto Google Classroom and the Google meet Video facility on there. Let me know if you are still struggling to get onto Google Classroom as we are using it from Monday 25th January for all our home learning. You can find helpful videos about logging on and how to use Google Classroom from the 'Our Classes' section on our school website.

Maths:

Today's maths session will be the last session on fractions. We will be coming back to it later in the year but this is it for now. This session will focus on converting improper fractions to mixed numbers. Remember an improper fraction is where the numerator (top number of the fraction) is greater than the denominator (the bottom number in the fraction). Follow the video and complete the questions in the link below. If you struggle with this just try and do all of questions 1 and 2. Good luck!

Reading:

English:

In this lesson, we will introduce new vocabulary, identify word pairs and synonyms and apply the vocabulary in sentences. 

P.S.H.E.

In PSHE this week, you will be looking at world issues and you will be writing about what your dream or ideal world would look like.

R.E:

Today’s lesson will continue on from the last lesson about stories that are special to you. In this lesson you will explore a traditional Sikh story to understand its meaning and importance to Sikhs. You will also be reflecting throughout the lesson how this story relates to you and your life.

Your Work:

Thursday 21st January

Hello people. Just want to remind you that our next Zoom Video call will be on the Friday 22nd January. It is important that you come along to this meeting as I want to make sure you are okay with logging onto Google Classroom. Please send me an email if you have a problem logging in before Friday and I will send you come new log in details.

Maths:

In today's session we are going to focus on fractions that are greater that 1. It is easier than you probably think to identify a fraction that is greater than 1. You did this last year so here is a refresher for you. Watch the video and answer the questions in the link below. Don't worry if there is something you cannot do, just leave it out and do as much as you can.

Reading:

In today's reading session, read the text and answer the questions in the link below it. I have also put the answers up for yesterdays reading session. Good luck!

English:

In this lesson, we will look at gathering evidence for a newspaper report.

Science:

Follow the link to learn about pollination for this week's science session. There are some extra activity ideas if you want to do some more work on the topic. Enjoy!

Wednesday 20th January

Hello everyone, I hope you are okay. Just a reminder that we will be meeting tomorrow at a later time of 2pm on Zoom. I will be sending your parents the link for this today. Can I also remind you that you should try logging into google classroom before Monday 25th January using the information provided by the school, and let me know if you have any problems. We have put together a video to show you how to log on, please find this in the link below.

Maths:

In today's session we will be furthering our learning on equivalent fractions that we started yesterday. Watch the video and answer the questions in the link below. Questions 6, 7, 8 are a little challenging so just try your best or leave them out. When you move on to the questions, you may want to have the video up so you can refer to it if you get stuck. Good Luck. 

English:

Today you will have a quick refresher about compound, simple and complex sentences. After this you will have to sort words into their word classes. You will also be learning some spelling rules that will help you during this unit of journalistic writing. Watch the video in the link below, where each spelling rule will be explained and you will be given short tasks to complete. Take notes during the video, as this will help you to spell certain words throughout this unit. Good luck!

Reading:

P.E.

In P.E this week, you will be doing a 'Joe Wicks' workout. Try and do this everyday if you can but make sure you do it at least twice. You can find different work-outs in the link below if you get bored of doing the same one. Good Luck and stay healthy!

Music:

In this lesson, you are going to explore percussion by using everyday objects and your body. Have fun!

​​​​​​Your Work:

Tuesday 19th January

Hello everyone. Just reminding you that our next Zoom Video call will be on Wednesday 19th at 12pm. I hope to see you all there. Can you also try and log onto Google classroom as we will be using it from Monday 25th January 2021. If you have any problems then email me and I will reset your password and send you your new details. Good luck.

Maths:

This session will focus on equivalent fractions. You learned about these last year so lets see how much you can remember. Watch the video and try your best to answer the questions below in the link.

 

English:

Today you will be learning some spelling rules that will help you during this unit of journalistic writing. Watch the video in the link below, where each spelling rule will be explained and you will be given short tasks to complete. Take notes during the video, as this will help you to spell certain words throughout this unit. Good luck!

Reading:

Art:

Today, you will use your packaging collage from last week to upscale a section from the image you created. Don't worry if you didn't complete last week's lesson, you can just google an image to upscale instead. Follow the steps on each slide to complete your masterpiece! Have fun!

Your Work:

January 18th 2020

 

Hello everyone, I hope you had a good weekend and are refreshed, ready for another day of learning. Just a reminder that we will only be meeting on Monday, Wednesday and Friday this week at 12pm on Zoom. I will be emailing your parents with the new link for this. I hope to see you all there. 

Maths:

Over the next couple of weeks we will focussing on fractions. I was going to leave this unit until we got back to school but as we don't know when we are returning we can't forget about it. I think most of you will be okay, I will go in small steps and if you struggle with anything then just send me a message to let me know. Watch the video and complete the questions in the link below it. Questions 7 and 8 are a challenge. Do your best and do not worry if you can't do a question, just go onto the next one. Good luck!

Reading:

Just read the text and answer the questions in link below.

English:

You are going to be starting a new writing unit today - Journalistic Writing. This will be based on Spiderman, which we know lots of you love! Each day, there will be a different feature of journalistic writing to focus on so at the end of the unit when you write your final piece, you have all the key features needed to write an amazing piece of writing. As always, don't throw any of your work away, keep it so you can refer back to it in other lessons. Follow the link below and watch the video which will tell you what to do. We hope you enjoy this writing unit!

Geography:

 

January 15th 2021

Hello everyone. I hope you are all okay and well. It was nice to see so many of you on the zoom call. Hopefully you will be a little better at using 'there, their and they're now. Remember we will be meeting online again today at 12. See you there.

Maths:

Today in maths you will progress on to learning how to do simple division which have remainders. Like always when learning something new, you will have to persevere and concentrate extra hard. Just do your best that's all I can ask. Leave out any questions you cannot do and make a note of them so you can tell me about them in the zoom call. Watch the video and answer the questions in the link below. You may need to watch the video a couple of times if you find it tricky. Also pause the video at points to give yourself time to do some calculations, this may help your understanding. Question 7 and 8 are a challenge so only do them if you can. Good luck Kingfisher!

Reading:

English:

 

This is your final lesson for the persuasive writing unit. Today, you will complete your persuasive advert for a healthy snack, that you have designed. Remember to use the work that you have been learning over the last two weeks to help you write your advert. Here is a reminder of some of the features you have learnt:

 

Scientific vocabulary

Comparatives

Superlatives

Subordinating conjunctions

Prepositions

Rhyme, alliteration and puns

Slogans

 

Follow the link below and remember to send me a photo of your work as I would love to see your healthy snack advert!

First News:

Science:

Today in science you will be exploring asexual and sexual plant reproduction and the life cycle of plants. follow the link and follow the instructions. There are some videos and activities for you to do and also some extra ideas for you if you want to do more at home. Just do what you can and enjoy!

Your Work:

January 14th 2021

Maths:

Today's maths session will focus on new learning and we will be dividing 4-digits by 1-digit numbers. It will be similar to the last session but with a couple of extra steps. Stick with it, children often need a few tries at division before they nail it so persevere. Just do your best and do not stress about it. Watch the video and complete the questions in the link below.

Reading:

Follow the instructions on the link for the reading text and questions for the day. Do the questions you can and try to write in full sentences.

English:

In today's lesson you are going to focus on using complex sentences. You will be learning how to use subordinating conjunctions and choosing the most appropriate ones for your writing. You will then use these alongside the scientific vocabulary, comparatives and superlatives that you have learnt. If you have any notes or work from this week and last week, put them in front of you to help you write your complex sentences. I know it sounds difficult but just do your best.

Art:

In Art this week, you are going to need to collect some eye-catching, colourful packaging such as sweet wrappers, biscuit wrappers, cereal boxes etc. Follow the steps on the slides. Keep your work ready for next weeks lesson! Please email us your masterpieces as we would love to see them!

Your Work:

Remember to keep sending in your work so I can share what you are doing. Also, send in other things, apart from home learning, you've been doing that your proud of so I can celebrate what you've done.

January 13th 2021

Maths:

Moving on from Dividing 2-digits by 1-digit, we are now going to move onto Dividing 3-digits by 1-digit. I think you will be okay with tackling this, like always, just do your best and remember you can ask me questions about it in the Zoom Call. Watch the Video and complete the questions in the link below. Good luck.

Reading:

Here is the reading lesson for today. Read the text and answer the questions as best you can. Try and answer in full sentences if you can so you get some handwriting practice as well. 

English:

In this session, you will build on the work you've done on vocabulary and focus on alliteration, rhyme, adjectives and slogans. You will then write your own slogan for your healthy snack. Keep them safe because I will get you to share your ideas in the zoom call. Just do your best and remember to make your slogan catchy. Follow the link below for the session. Good luck!

P.E.

Every week, as part of PE, I will be putting up some challenges to help keep you active and fit. Try these tasks everyday and get into some sort of routine doing them. I will change these challenges every week. See if you can challenge someone at home and give yourself some real competition. What was your personal best? See if you can improve everyday with practice! There is a video attached to the challenges to show you how to do each one, just click the link on the page that's above each challenge. The challenges are fairly simple so you all of you will be able to do them. Good luck and stay fit.

This term in PSHE, we are looking at your goals for this year and for your future. Today, you need to select a realistic goal that you would like to achieve and begin to think of steps you need to take so that you can reach your goal. Think about strengths that you need to be able to help you reach your goal too!

January 12th 2021

 

Well done to everyone who logged onto the zoom call. Remember we are meeting again today at 12pm.

 

Maths:

Today's maths session will be on 'dividing 2-digits by 1-digit' again, but this time the session will be a little more difficult to push your learning on. Do not stress if you don't understand something, just do your best, that's all I can ask. Remember I will be available online on 'Zoom' if you need any questions answering. Watch the video and answer the questions in the link below, Good Luck!

English

In today's lesson you are going to learn more root words that you can apply the suffixes 'er', 'est' and 'test' to the end of words. You will need to know and understand the following key vocabulary:

Suffix - a group of letters at the end of a word that changes its meaning.

Root word - most basic version of a word.

Adjective - an adjective describes a noun. 

Reading:

Here you just need to read the text and answer the questions. If you struggle to read it, get someone at home to read it for you can see if you can answer the questions. Remember, just do you best and don't stress.

R.E.

This term's R.E. is on Sikhism. This lesson focusses on what you remember from last term. Again, just do your best and use google if you need to jog your memory.

Music:

January 11th 2021

Remember we are meeting today at 12pm on Zoom. Your parents should have the 'Zoom Meeting ID' and the 'Passcode' so you can join. It will be good to see you all there.

Maths:

This week we will be dividing numbers. I know some of you worry about this but please don't, we will go at a nice steady pace. Remember you can ask me questions on the Zoom Call at 12pm if you get stuck. Try your best in doing the lesson, it should just be a little refresher of what you did last year. The questions are in a link below the video. Good luck.

English:

In today's lesson you will exploring unhealthy and healthy snacks. There is a warm up writing task which revisits using superlatives, such as greatest and fastest. You will then begin to think about your healthy snack. When you are doing this, think of the purpose of the snack and the audience.

Purpose: To design a healthy snack

Audience: Will it be for yourself? Your parent? Your teacher? Or someone else?

Reading:

Today's Reading task is a news debate. Read through the article and then at the end decide who you think is the biggest hero. Remember to give three reasons why you chose them and three reasons why you didn't choose the other people. We will talk about this in our zoom meet so be ready to feedback your responses.

Geography:

Watch the video from the link and complete the worksheet as you go. You will need to label the diagram and add notes about each layer of the Earth. Feel free to colour it in after if you wish. Email them into me so I can share them with the rest of the class.

Your Work:

January 8th 2021

English:

In today's English lesson you will be focussing on the important vocabulary associated with meals. Follow the video below and make a list of words that you learn so you can use them next Friday in your healthy snack advert. Also, try and find out what these words mean and see if you can use them in a sentence:

 

wholesome         hearty       sumptuous

Maths:

Today the new learning will be Multiplying 4-digits by 1-digit. Watch the video and try your best to complete the questions using the provided link below. If you find his difficult just do what you can to answer questions 1-3. Question 9 is a challenge so have a go if you are feeling confident. Good Luck and do not worry. I will be speaking to you next week so you can tell me what you found difficult then. I have also attached the answers below for the 'Multiplying 3-digits by 1-digit' work.

P.S.H.E.

This terms PSHE is on 'Dream and Goals'. Miss Thompson and Mrs Harris have answered these questions, what would your answers be? Follow the link below and send in your answers to me if you can because I would love to read them. 

Use these pictures and text, in the links above, to generate conversations with people at home about an issue currently happening around the world today.

Your Work:

January 7th 2021

English

In today's English lesson, you will look at building on your scientific vocabulary to describe your healthy snack. Try and be adventurous as you can. Use a thesaurus if you have one. An online thesaurus is also just as good. 

This is lesson 3 on multiplication where we will be looking at multiplying 3-digits by 1-digit. Again there may be new things you may not have seen but do not panic and just do what you can. From next week I am hoping to hold video calls everyday so we will have an opportunity to go through again together. Complete the questions below after watching the video. Leave question 2 out and if you struggle with this then do not worry about doing questions 7 and 8 although it's always good to have a go! I have also put the answers up for yesterday's session.

If you struggle with this comprehension then scan the text and try and find: 

 

An adjective.

A verb.

A word with three of the same letter in it. For example, 'extremely' has 3 letter 'e' in it.

A statistic.

A sub-heading.

An you might find in the supermarket.

An item you can eat.

Today's P.E. lesson is all about getting active. Complete the 10-1 circuit and then reflect on what you found easy/difficult and why? Design your own 10-1 workout and time a family member to see how long they take to complete it. Who will be the champion in your house? Send me in your 10-1 workout plan or a photo of someone doing the one you've created. Good Luck!

Your Work:

January 6th 2021

For English there are two short sessions with two short tasks so I have put two together. The sessions are on suffixes and prepositions which we have covered in class previously. Follow the two links below for the sessions.

If you get really really stuck then you can use a calculator but don't give up easily. I will post the answers for this tomorrow so you or someone at home can mark your work.

If you struggle with this comprehension then find as many Proper nouns in the text as you can and write them out. How many can you find? Remember a proper noun will always start with a capital letter and is usually the name of a person, place, or object, as for example Iceland, Patrick, or Jupitar. Good luck!

Art: Little Inventors

Follow The link below for this weeks art session. Enjoy!

January 5th 2021

For English we are going to be looking at Persuasive Writing with a focus on Healthy Eating. Please follow the link and watch the video and complete the appropriate tasks.

For Science this week, you should watch the video on 'Why do plants grow?' using the link below and complete the quiz at the end of it to see how much you remembered. Make a note of how many points you get. Good luck!

This will get you thinking about multiplication again. If you struggle, just do what you can. You may also use a calculator to help you with your times tables if you need it. Good luck and do not stress about anything you cannot do. I will post the answers to this on the following day so you or someone at home can mark them.

If you struggle with this comprehension then find 8 words from the text that you do not recognise and write out the meaning of them words to increase your vocabulary knowledge. Just do whatever you can and do not panic about it. I will post the answers for this on the following day.