4 years ago
Posted on 30th Jun 2020 by Mr Hylton

Ideas for home – 30.6.20

Comparing and ordering decimals

How do you compare decimals?

To compare decimals start by setting up a table with the decimal point in the same place for each number. Fill in any blank spaces with a 0.

Starting from the left and working right, compare digits until one number wins. In this case 8 > 0 and therefore 0.58 > 0.508.

Worksheet link

Comparing and Ordering Decimals Differentiated Worksheets

4 years ago
Posted on 29th Jun 2020 by Mr Hylton

Ideas for home – 29.6.20

Water Chimes!💧

Set up a sound/science experiment with water and a handful of glasses.

The Science

The more water in the bottle, the lower the sound will be when played. This is because the sound vibrations you can hear come from the bottle, as you add water it takes on a greater vibrating mass. If there is less water in the bottle there is less weight that vibrates and the pitch is higher.

Water Bottle Chimes Awe and Wonder Science Activity

4 years ago
Posted on 26th Jun 2020 by Mr Hylton

Ideas for home – 26.6.20

Sealife LIVE – Sharks 🦈

We’re paying another visit to SeaLife Aquarium London where Charlotte and Andre are giving us a tour and answer questions about the Shark tank! Watch the video then use our resources for more shark themed learning.

https://www.facebook.com/SEALIFELondonAquarium/videos/346943612936875/

4 years ago
Posted on 25th Jun 2020 by Mr Hylton

Ideas for home – 25.6.20

Food Chains! ⛓

Pupils are provided with images of a variety of plants and animals and will have to place them into different columns to decide if they are a Producer, a Consumer or a Decomposer.

The resource comes with two variations of the Producers, Consumers and Decomposers worksheet: One with just producers and consumers, and one with all three, to provide differentiated difficulty levels tailored to classes of varying ability.

What are producers, consumers and decomposers in the food chain?

In the natural world, a producer is any kind of green plant that uses photosynthesis to create its own food, such as an Oak tree, which produces seeds eaten by a variety of animals, or Consumers.

Consumers have to eat producers or other consumers in their habitat to survive until they die and are consumed by decomposers: any organism that feeds on dead organisms or waste from living ones, including fungus and insects.

Adding and subtracting fractions

Adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominator is super easy! Simply add/subtract the numerators (the top number) together to get your new numerator. Simplify the fraction if needed.

Example:

What is the total of 2/8 + 4/8?

Here, you want to start off by adding the 2 and the 4. That gives you 6. So, your new fraction is 6/8.

4 years ago
Posted on 24th Jun 2020 by Mr Hylton

Ideas for home – 24.6.20

Symmetry – Shading

This worksheet is the perfect resource for visual learners, to help them to learn how to recognise symmetrical shapes as well as draw and colour their own. This task requires a great deal of focus and care to perfectly recreate the shapes on the left side of the sheet on the right. Perfect for young Maths students.

Use this PowerPoint to help explain the idea of symmetry to your child.

Symmetry Colouring Activity Worksheet

Reading Scales in Litres and Millilitres 💧

Use these differentiated worksheets to help your children develop their understanding of how to read scales to measure in litres and millilitres.

4 years ago
Posted on 23rd Jun 2020 by Mr Hylton

Ideas for home – 23.6.20

Gooey Gelatine Snot Slime Craft Instructions

Who doesn’t love to play with gooey, slippery, squishy slime? You’ll have great fun making and playing with this snot-like monster slime! Gooey Gelatine Snot Slime Craft Instructions

Walk Through a Forest Activity 🌲

Why not take your children on a woodland walk? Encourage them to look closely at plants and trees and find the different types of wildlife that grow in the forest. This worksheet will help them to think about the appropriate clothing and footwear for a walk in the woods and give them ideas about what to look for.

4 years ago
Posted on 22nd Jun 2020 by Mr Hylton

Ideas for home – 22.6.20

Roman Numerals – Colouring 🖍

Colouring by numbers is a fun way for you to assess your children’s colour and number recognition skills, while they practise their fine motor skills. This set features 3 different Roman themed images (with varying difficulty), each with its own key containing the colours to use and their corresponding numbers.

Differentiated Roman Numeral Colour by Numbers

Soap – Experiment 🧪

Teach your children about the importance of handwashing with soap, with this superb experiment. Children will be fascinated to carry out the experiment (using only simple household items) and will be astonished when they see for themselves what a difference the soap makes. Children can fill out the record sheet to comment on what they observed throughout the experiment and will be able to draw observational pictures or add photographs. Use this experiment to focus on good hygiene and remind children about regular hand washing during times of illness.

Why Soap Works Experiment KS1

4 years ago
Posted on 19th Jun 2020 by Mr Hylton

Ideas for home – 19.6.20 👀⛪

Recognising Fractions (tenths) 👀

Differentiated Tenths worksheets based on identifying tenths of different shapes.

Stained Glass Fractions ⛪

Use this set of differentiated worksheets for children to practise representing fractions by shading stained glass windows of different shapes, divided into equal parts.

Tulips Stained Glass Window Panel Stained Glass Flower Red | Etsy

4 years ago
Posted on 18th Jun 2020 by Mr Hylton

Ideas for home – 18.6.20 🔎⏲

Escape the library – Interactive PPT 🔎

Apply learning and challenge reasoning and problem-solving skills with this fun World Book Day-themed group activity. Students are ‘locked’ in a library and must solve a range of maths, punctuation and grammar puzzles hidden in the room in order to find the eight-digit passcode to escape the library. It’s a great, interactive activity to engage and motivate students! Activities are based on the year 3 national curriculum objectives.

Time Conversion – Maths ⏲

Use these differentiated worksheets to help your children develop their understanding of how to convert between seconds and minutes. There are questions for your children to answer to show they can convert units of time.

How to convert Seconds to Minutes?

There are 60 seconds in one minute. To convert seconds to minutes, this can be easily done by dividing the number of seconds by 60.

For example: How many minutes are in 300 seconds?

300 / 60 = 5 minutes

To convert minutes to seconds you can do the opposite using multiplication.

For example: How many seconds are in 5 minutes?

5 x 60 = 300 seconds

4 years ago
Posted on 17th Jun 2020 by Mr Hylton

Ideas for home – 17.6.20 🐘🦒🦁

Carnival of the animals 🐘🦒🦁

This fantastic animal-themed dance workout is a great way for children to develop their dance skills at home. Children will listen to the Carnival of the Animals music, and will improvise movements inspired by the featured animals.

Fathers Day Paper Trophy Craft 🏆

Help children create a thoughtful and personal gift this Father’s Day with this fantastic 3D Father’s Day Trophy Activity.

To make this 3D paper trophy template, students need to simply cut and fold the template according to the simple instructions. Once their trophies are finished, your students can then take them home and present them to their fathers and father figures on the big day.