Category: Music
Home Learning – Wednesday 15th May 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:
Year 5 are learning about fractions, decimals and percentages, please use the following link to support your learning: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/znjqtfr/articles/zrkw2fr#z26cjfr
Please use TTRS to practice your times tables: https://www.ttrockstars.com/login
Managing Information Online
Discuss the following questions with an adult or older sibling at home:
- If something is popular online, does it mean it must be true? Why/Why not?
- If something is popular online, does it mean it must be false?
- Why/Why not?
- Who creates the information we may see online?
- Can we think of any examples of inaccurate or untrue information being shared online?
- What reasons could someone have for sharing information that is inaccurate or untrue?
- What is the difference between mis-information and dis-information?
- If lots of people share inaccurate or untrue information, what could happen?
- How could we help to prevent the sharing of inaccurate or untrue information?
Music
Year 6 to practise their songs for their Leaver’s service at the Cathedral on the 13th June:
https://gloucester.anglican.org/schools/cls-protected-page/
Our Value – Trust:
Think about a time where you have been trusted, how did you feel? Think about a time when you trusted someone, why did you trust them? What qualities does a person need in order to be trusted? Create a poster or leaflet about how to be a trustworthy person.
Science – Electricity:
Think about every time you use electricity when you go home today. Write a diary every time you use electricity and bring it in to show the rest of the class tomorrow. How could we reduce the amount of electricity we use?
Thank you for your cooperation,
Miss Taylor and Miss Southam
Wednesday Home Learning 01.05.24
Home Learning – Wednesday 1st May 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.
Year 6 – please complete the reading comprehension called ‘Hollywood’ and return to school by Friday 3rd May to discuss in class.
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 will bring home an Arithmetic paper every day until their SATs, please complete a test each day to discuss and mark in Maths the following day.
Year 5 are learning about fractions, decimals and percentages, please use the following link to support your learning: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/znjqtfr/articles/zrkw2fr#z26cjfr
Please use TTRS to practice your times tables: https://www.ttrockstars.com/login
Managing Information Online
Discuss the following questions with an adult or older sibling at home:
- How do we know if a ‘fact’ is true?
- What is evidence?
- How do you know if evidence is valid?
Music
Year 5 to practise their songs for this evening’s Junior Choir performance at the Cathedral.
Year 6 to practise their songs for their Leaver’s service at the Cathedral on the 13th June:
https://gloucester.anglican.org/schools/cls-protected-page/
Thank you for your cooperation,
Miss Taylor and Miss Southam
Home Learning 28/02/2024
Home Learning – Wednesday 28th 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. Year 6 will be starting Ratio and Proportion on Friday after a week of SATs papers. Follow the link to explore ratio: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zsq7hyc
Year 5 are learning about coordinates, including translation and reflection: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zgthvcw
Please use TTRS to practice your times tables: https://www.ttrockstars.com/login
World Book Day Competition 21/02/24 – 05/03/24
Every child will be given a paper plate to create their favourite book character on. You should endeavour to use resources you have at home, which may be different materials, paints or crayons/colours etc. This competition will start today and the deadline is Tuesday 5th March, to allow us time to judge the winner and display them in the hall on World Book Day (Thursday 7th March). Prizes are on offer, one per phase, and will be presented in the assembly on WBD. Also, ahead of World Book Day we are asking children to take photos of themselves “wild reading” (reading in strange places!). These photos will be displayed alongside the paper plate characters in our school hall. So please send your photos to us on Class DoJo.
Internet Safety – Health and Wellbeing
As part of our internet safety lessons this term, we are exploring health and wellbeing when being online. As part of your home learning, you should write a diary of when you use technology this evening. You should log the device you are on, how long you are on it for and what you are doing on the device for that time. You could even ask a family member to do the same. Maybe even Miss Taylor and Miss Southam will have a go too!
Music
The children have spent the last 7 weeks learning the clarinet. Please join us next week for our Clarinet Performances in our school hall.
Year 5: Monday 4th March at 11am
Year 6: Tuesday 5th March at 11am
Thank you for your cooperation,
Miss Taylor and Miss Southam
Wednesday Home Learning 12/07/2023
Home Learning – Wednesday 12th July 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. You can still add your read for good books to track my read using the website below:
https://trackmyread.org/school/st-pauls-cofe-primary-school-912126
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
Jigsaw
After today’s move up morning and the secondary transition days at your new schools last week, how are you feeling about your new school year? New teachers? New class mates or tutor groups? Write down how you are feeling today about new beginnings and what you are looking forward to. If you are feeling nervous or anxious, think about the different techniques we have learned in school. These could be breathing techniques, talking to someone, listening to music, going for a walk or doing some exercise, just to name a few. Try some of the calming techniques for your home learning.
Music:
Year 6, don’t forget to practise the songs for the leaver’s service:
Thank you for your cooperation,
Miss Taylor and Miss Osmond
Wednesday Home Learning – 05/07/23
Home Learning – Wednesday 5th July 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. You can still add your read for good books to track my read using the website below:
https://trackmyread.org/school/st-pauls-cofe-primary-school-912126
Literacy:
Create two characters, one from a modern society and one from the past or future. You should make sure your characters are very different so that when they meet through a portal they seem alien to one another. Think about what they would say to each other. How would they introduce themselves, what interesting fact would they share and how would they feel? Draw the characters and describe them using adjectives. Then, create the dialogue these characters would have between each other. Don’t forget your inverted commas and correct punctuation. Remember to use interesting speech words (not just said)!
Art:
Research artist Emma Howell (who is actually from Gloucester). I have shared some of her art on this post to inspire you.
Can you create a colouring or painting like Emma? You could use materials or technology to create the artwork too. Be creative!
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
Jigsaw
It’s almost time for us to move on to new schools (year 6) and new classes (year 5). Look back at the year you have had and think about the following questions:
What are you most proud of from this year?
What have you learnt that has helped you this year?
What are you looking forward to next year?
What do you want to achieve next year?
You could present this as a drawing or just answer the questions in sentences.
Science
Light… where does it come from? When was electricity invented and who invented the lightbulb? Research into electricity and the lightbulb. You could create a poster, leaflet or fact file about electricity or the lightbulb.
Music:
Year 6, don’t forget to practise the songs for the leaver’s service:
Thank you for your cooperation,
Miss Taylor and Miss Osmond
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Wednesday 18th January – Home Learning
Home Learning – Wednesday 18th January 2023
This Wednesday afternoon we would like you to complete some of the following tasks.
If you complete a task, you can 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.
Literacy:
Persuasive Writing
This week we have been exploring persuasive writing and in particular a persuasive speech. Click the link below to learn about ways you can make your writing really persuasive:
Your task this afternoon is to create a poster or a leaflet explaining how to write using persuasive techniques.
If you want some extra learning on persuasive writing, use the Oak National Academy link below:
https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/school-uniform-persuasive-writing-4ef1
Maths:
Year 5: Exploring fractions: https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/fractions-intro/latest/fractions-intro_en.html
Use Oak National Academy to help with your fractions too: https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/fractions-ed51
Year 6: Practise reading scales, once you are happy with level one you can explorwe the higher levels!
https://www.transum.org/Maths/Activity/Reading_Scales/Default.asp?Level=1
Use Oak National Academy to help with your units of measure too: https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/measures-86db
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
Music:
Your child will come home with a charanga/YUMU login. This is where we can assign music homework. This week year 5 and year 6 will explore rhythm, tempo and pulse. Once you log into Charanga you will find an assignment which is called ‘Rhythm Grids.’ This is where children can explore tempo and rhythm and practice clapping different rhythms. For home learning, your child should familiarise themselves with these rhythm grids as we will use them a lot over this unit of music.
In addition to charanga, you can follow the link below which will take you to a bitesize lesson on pulse and rhythm:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zcbkcj6/articles/z2mqw6f
Any child who completes any of the suggested home learning activities above, will receive DoJo points!
Thank you for your cooperation,
Miss Taylor and Mrs Goode
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