Category: Design/Technology

Home Learning – Wednesday 7th February 2024

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Home Learning – Wednesday 7th February 2024


This Wednesday afternoon we would like you to complete some of the following tasks.
When you complete a task from the list below, you should upload it to your portfolio on your dojo account or you can bring in anything completed on paper into school tomorrow.

Reading:
Can I remind parents and children that we expect three signatures a week from parents in your child’s reading record to show that children have read at home either to a parent, a sibling or independently.

Book Review
If you have read a good book recently and you’d like to recommend it to others, write a book review which we can share with the rest of Westgate.

Maths:
To support your child’s learning please use the following links
Y5: Please continue to practise your understanding of fractions. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhdwxnb/year/zhgppg8
Y6: This week, we will be learning about measure, reading measurements and converting measure. To consolidate your understanding use the following link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z4nsgk7/year/zncsscw
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z9sfr82
Please use TTRS to practice your times tables: https://www.ttrockstars.com/login
You can also use arithmequiz 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 to practice a variety of arithmetic style questions to improve your fluency. Please focus on adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions.
https://www.candomaths.org/arithmequiz1.html
https://www.candomaths.org/arithmequiz2.html
https://www.candomaths.org/arithmequiz3.html

During half term…

Tuesday 13th February – Shrove’s Tuesday.
Write instructions on how to make a pancake. Take photos of your pancakes and upload them to your portfolio.

Wednesday 14th February – Valentine’s Day.
Write a Valentine’s Day card or poem and share it with someone you love. Create a Valentine’s Day drawing.

Spend time with your family this half term, if you do anything interesting that you’d like to share with us you could write a diary entry, vlog it, write a letter or take photos (get creative). You can then upload it to your portfolio. Thank you for your cooperation,
Miss Taylor and Miss Southam

Christmas Extravaganza Enterprise!

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Next week we have our Christmas Extravaganza! You are welcome to join us in the hall to explore the stalls, cakes, tea, santa’s grotto and much more!

In preparation for this, the children have taken part in an enterprise. We were set a budget to buy resources and then make something to be sold at the fayre. The children have worked so hard creating the products and signs to tell people what we have for sale.

Next week we will look at the money we have made and use subtraction to find out our profit.

Please come and support us in raising the most money through our sales! We look forward to seeing you at such an exciting event 🙂

Home Learning – Wednesday 18th October

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Home Learning – Wednesday 18th October
This Wednesday afternoon we would like you to complete some of the following tasks.
When you complete a task from the list below, you should upload it to your portfolio on your dojo account or you can bring in anything completed on paper into school tomorrow.

Reading:
Can I remind parents and children that we expect three signatures a week from parents in your child’s reading record to show that children have read at home either to a parent, a sibling or independently. Also, we have our reading café this morning where you can come and join your child to listen to them read and listen to our class reader.

Spelling:
Your child will come home with a spelling sheet. It will have one of the year 5/6 statutory words and will encourage children to think about the word in lots of different ways.

Maths:
Y6:
Multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000 https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z36tyrd/articles/zd9cydm
Common multiples and common factors https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zfq7hyc https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z6j2tfr/articles/z72r97h#:~:text=Key%20points%201%20A%20common%20factor%20is%20a,For%20larger%20values%2C%20expressing%20numbers%20as%20a%20
Y5:
Addition and Subtraction
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zy2mn39/year/zhgppg8

Please use TTRS to practice your times tables: https://www.ttrockstars.com/login
You can also use arithmequiz 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 to practice a variety of arithmetic style questions to improve your fluency.
https://www.candomaths.org/arithmequiz1.html
https://www.candomaths.org/arithmequiz2.html
https://www.candomaths.org/arithmequiz3.html

Science:
This week we have been learning about the digestive system. Create a leaflet explaining to Eastgate phase how their digestive system works (as they are year 1 and 2 you may need to use diagrams and explain tricky words)

Internet Safety – Online Relationships
The children have been thinking about creating their own app which could create a positive online community – please discuss this at home.

D.T. – Diet, Nutrition and Hygiene.
This week we have learned about where food comes from and the seasonality of different crops. Research a crop and explore how it gets from farm to fork (from growing in another country to your plate at home).

Value – Generosity
It’s almost time for harvest where we donate and give food to those less fortunate than us. Don’t forget to bring in a food donation for harvest. You could write about the importance of harvest and how you feel when you donate food to others.
Also, don’t forget to practise our harvest song and research how different countries celebrate harvest. https://youtu.be/K5uhNJJ0y8A

Thank you for your cooperation,

Miss Taylor and Miss Southam

Home Learning – 11th October

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Home Learning – Wednesday 11th October
This Wednesday afternoon we would like you to complete some of the following tasks.
When you complete a task from the list below, you should upload it to your portfolio on your dojo account or you can bring in anything completed on paper into school tomorrow.

Reading:
Can I remind parents and children that we expect three signatures a week from parents in your child’s reading record to show that children have read at home either to a parent, a sibling or independently.

Spelling:
Your child will come home with a spelling sheet. It will have one of the year 5/6 statutory words and will encourage children to think about the word in lots of different ways.

Maths:
Y6:
Identifying digits in decimals up to 3 d.p. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zsjqtfr/articles/zsbd7p3
Multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000 https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z36tyrd/articles/zd9cydm
Common multiples and common factors https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zfq7hyc https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z6j2tfr/articles/z72r97h#:~:text=Key%20points%201%20A%20common%20factor%20is%20a,For%20larger%20values%2C%20expressing%20numbers%20as%20a%20

Y5:
Addition and Subtraction
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zy2mn39/year/zhgppg8

Please use TTRS to practice your times tables: https://www.ttrockstars.com/login
You can also use arithmequiz 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 to practice a variety of arithmetic style questions to improve your fluency.
https://www.candomaths.org/arithmequiz1.html
https://www.candomaths.org/arithmequiz2.html
https://www.candomaths.org/arithmequiz3.html

Internet Safety – Online Relationships
Create a poster or leaflet which advises children on what they can do to try to make sure that they avoid as much harmful online behaviour as possible.

D.T. – Diet, Nutrition and Hygiene.
This week we have looked at calories and how much exercise we need to do in order to burn the same energy. Look at some different foods in your house, how many calories are there per 100g? Can you find the food item with the highest and lowest calories in your home?

Value – Generosity
It’s almost time for harvest where we donate and give food to those less fortunate than us. Don’t forget to bring in a food donation for harvest. You could write about the importance of harvest and how you feel when you donate food to others.
Also, don’t forget to practise our harvest song and research how different countries celebrate harvest. https://youtu.be/K5uhNJJ0y8A

Thank you for your cooperation,

Miss Taylor and Miss Southam

Home Learning – Wednesday 4th October

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Home Learning – Wednesday 4th October

This Wednesday afternoon we would like you to complete some of the following tasks.

If you complete a task, you should upload it to your portfolio on your dojo account or you can bring in anything completed on paper into school tomorrow.

Reading:
Can I remind parents and children that we expect three signatures a week from parents in your child’s reading record to show that children have read at home either to a parent, a sibling or independently.

Spelling:
Your child will come home with a spelling sheet. It will have one of the year 5/6 statutory words and will encourage children to think about the word in lots of different ways.

Maths:
Rounding:

Use the link below to recap rounding: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zh8dmp3

Complete the times table colouring you will be given by your teacher.

Please use TTRS to practice your times tables: https://www.ttrockstars.com/login
You can also use arithmequiz 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 to practice a variety of arithmetic style questions to improve your fluency.
https://www.candomaths.org/arithmequiz1.html
https://www.candomaths.org/arithmequiz2.html
https://www.candomaths.org/arithmequiz3.html

Internet Safety – Online Relationships
Design your own emoji that doesn’t already exist. How will you ensure it’s not misinterpreted and that it gives the meaning you desire. Give an example of how someone would use it in a text or a social media post.

D.T. – Diet, Nutrition and Hygiene.
This week we have looked at different diets and how not everyone needs the same nutrition if they have a different lifestyle or job. Continue this work at home by creating breakfast, lunch, tea, snacks and drinks for either a celebrity or an occupation of your choice.

Value – Generosity
How can someone show generosity without expecting the same in return? Think back to Monday’s assembly and sometimes it’s the act of giving that makes us feel good rather than receiving. Write about a time that you’ve been generous and it made you feel happy.

Thank you for your cooperation,

Miss Taylor and Miss Southam

Home Learning – Wednesday 20th September

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Home Learning – Wednesday 20th September 2023

This Wednesday afternoon we would like you to complete some of the following tasks.

If you complete a task, you should upload it to your portfolio on your dojo account or you can bring in anything completed on paper into school tomorrow.

Reading:
Can I remind parents and children that we expect three signatures a week from parents in your child’s reading record to show that children have read at home either to a parent, a sibling or independently.

Spelling:
Your child will come home with a spelling sheet. It will have one of the year 5/6 statutory words and will encourage children to think about the word in lots of different ways.

Maths:
Y6 – Consolidate your knowledge of integers and decimals using the Oak National Academy lessons: https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/integers-decimals-fc14 or use Bitesize for some extra revision: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zsjqtfr/articles/zsbd7p3

Y5 – Consolidate your knowledge of large numbers https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/reasoning-with-large-whole-numbers-2bf7

Complete the times table colouring you will be given by your teacher.

Please use TTRS to practice your times tables: https://www.ttrockstars.com/login
You can also use arithmequiz 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 to practice a variety of arithmetic style questions to improve your fluency.
https://www.candomaths.org/arithmequiz1.html
https://www.candomaths.org/arithmequiz2.html
https://www.candomaths.org/arithmequiz3.html

Internet Safety – Online Relationships
Create a poster explaining the impact of sharing inappropriate images and the avenues of support someone could go through if they are worried about what they have seen or shared online.

D.T. – Diet, Nutrition and Hygiene.
This week we will be making different sandwiches. Design a sandwich and label it with the different food groups. Do you have any carbohydrates, protein, fats or fibre?

Value – Generosity
How can someone show generosity? Create a poster with tips on how to be generous.

Thank you for your cooperation,

Miss Taylor and Miss Southam

Home Learning – Wednesday 13th September

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Home Learning – Wednesday 13th September 2023

This Wednesday afternoon we would like you to complete some of the following tasks.

If you complete a task, you should upload it to your portfolio on your dojo account or you can bring in anything completed on paper into school tomorrow.

Reading:
Can I remind parents and children that we expect three signatures a week from parents in your child’s reading record to show that children have read at home either to a parent, a sibling or independently.

Maths:
Please use TTRS to practice your times tables: https://www.ttrockstars.com/login
You can also use arithmequiz 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 to practice a variety of arithmetic style questions to improve your fluency.
https://www.candomaths.org/arithmequiz1.html
https://www.candomaths.org/arithmequiz2.html
https://www.candomaths.org/arithmequiz3.html

Internet Safety – Online Relationships
This term Westgate Phase are learning about relationships online. This week we have been exploring respect for others as well as self-respect online. Create a DO’S/DON’TS list for supporting friends online – e.g. DO listen to their feelings, DON’T make it worse by being mean to whoever upset them.

D.T. – Diet, Nutrition and Hygiene.
This week in D.T. we have learnt about the eat-well plate and balanced diets. Think about the meals you have had so far this week. Can you identify which food groups each food is in? What carbohydrates, proteins, fibres and fats have you eaten this week so far? Make a list of the foods you have eaten and put them into the different food groups.

Geography – Natural Resources
This week we have been learning about where natural resources occur in the world and what this means for that country’s economic growth, Saudi Arabia and oil for example. A lot of the resources we learnt about were from South America and the Middle East. Research what natural resources come from countries in Europe.

Science – Animals, including Humans.
This week we are learning about body parts and how humans have evolved over time. Imagine we are in the year 4023… Will humans be taller? Will our hands be bigger or smaller? Why? Think about how technology is advancing and draw a picture of what humans might be like in 2000 years time.

Thank you for your cooperation,

Miss Taylor and Miss Southam

Group 4 Algorithms

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Computing is a subject that is changing quickly as new technologies develop. However, the under lying principles do not change. One of these is the use of algorithms.

Initially, group 4 had no idea as to what an algorithm is but quickly realised it is an instruction.

Technically, it is a set of instructions for solving a problem or accomplishing a task. We use them in our everyday life from following a recipe to make a cake to traffic lights. Algorithms are everywhere!

In groups, the children created their own map. It had to have a start and an end which the groups then made an algorithm for in order to move around the map. Creating the maps was great fun and having squares on the paper made it easier to create the algorithm. When writing the algorithm we realised that the maths vocabulary came in handy – clockwise, anti-clockwise, left, right, 90 degree turn.

AN EGGXTRAORDINARY EXPERIMENT

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This week we began with an Eggxtraordinary experiment – to support our science studies.

The pupils spent some time exploring the properties of materials, with the brief that they needed to protect an important package: an egg in full flight.

Pupils were provided with a selection of materials, with different properties and then considered which samples would be best at protecting a raw egg, from a fall. The pupils made their hypothesis and of course we had to give it a go.

Fair testing procedures were applied and the result were analysed. Ask them all about it and take a look at the pictures and video shown above.

CAN YOU NAME THE PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS?

WHY DO WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT PACKAGING IS BEST FOR PARCELS?

Take a look at the video below, too (which the pupils watched), to find out more about materials and their properties.