Category: Extra Curricular

Home Learning Wednesday 20th March

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Home Learning – Wednesday 20th March 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. Year 6 are learning about percentages, please use the following link to support your learning:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/znjqtfr
Year 5 are going to be learning about measure and conversions, please use the following link to support your learning: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z4nsgk7

Please use TTRS to practice your times tables: https://www.ttrockstars.com/login

Easter
How does the Easter story show us compassion? How does Jesus show his love for his disciples and his people through the Easter story? You could create a story map, write some ideas on a mind map or create a poster to explain how the Easter story shows compassion.

Easter Break Ideas
You could complete some of the following ideas over the two week break, if you do, please send us a photo on DoJo!

  • Make an Easter Card or Picture
  • Organise and take part in an Easter egg hunt
  • Write a prayer about Easter
  • Write a poem or song about Easter
  • Take a photo of Spring (this could be anything that you think represents Spring).

Thank you for your cooperation,
Miss Taylor and Miss Southam

Home Learning – Wednesday 6th March 2024

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Home Learning – Wednesday 6th March 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. Year 6 are learning about ratio and proportion. Follow the link to explore ratio: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zsq7hyc
Year 5 are learning about measure and conversions, please use the following link to support your learning: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z4nsgk7

Please use TTRS to practice your times tables: https://www.ttrockstars.com/login

Internet Safety – Health and Wellbeing
Please use the questions below to spark conversations at home surrounding internet safety, health and well-being:

  • How much time do you spend online in one day? In a week?
  • What is a healthy ‘digital’ balance?
  • Do you think that people can be pressured into behaving differently online than offline?
  • How can you balance your online life?
  • Can your online experience ever stop being ‘fun and enjoyable’?

History
What is the digital revolution? How has it impacted the way we live today? Complete some research and present it however you choose to inform the rest of Westgate about the Digital Revolution.

World Book Day
Tomorrow is World Book Day, which you are welcome to come to school dressed as a book character or in your pyjamas. We will focus on a book called Flooded and spend time discussing books we enjoy. You could create a poster about your favourite book or the character you are coming to school as.

Thank you for your cooperation,
Miss Taylor and Miss Southam

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 Fair

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As part of our enterprise learning from Spring term last year, the children have continued this by creating items to sell at our Christmas fair. We had a budget of £40 and we made snowmen on a stick which we sold for 50p each. We made over 200 snowmen and decided to make some vegan to cater for all customers. One of our classmates also made snowmen hamma bead decorations to sell on the day. We had a great evening and made a total of £30 profit which is amazing! Well done Westgate Water!

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 25th October

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For this week’s learning, we will be recapping some of our learning this term as well as looking towards to our new learning after half term ‘Who are we?’

Please create a timeline of your life, start with date of birth and maybe some important milestones, maybe when you began to walk, talk, first birthday, holiday, celebrations, first day if nursery or school, finishing your timeline up until today. It can include photos and pictures. Feel free to bring it in to school or take photos and upload onto Class Dojo.

As it is Half term, feel free to complete our half term challenge – select as many or as little of the challenges to finish. Bring in evidence or take photos and share with your child’s Key Worker.

Next, do not forget to read your school books and possibly more! Read and share books from home together or visit the local library to borrow free books.

Have a happy and safe half term break, we look forward to seeing you all back on Monday 6th November.