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April 14, 2020

Year 6 – Wednesday, Easter Week 2

Hello Super Year 6!

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Good morning everyone!

We hope you have been enjoying the activities we have posted so far. Feel free to email us any photos of what you have been up to!

Enjoy today’s fun activities – remember they are only for those that want to complete them. Otherwise, enjoy your day with your family doing whatever you choose to do!

Mrs Silvester, Miss Pettitt and Mrs Chapman

Riddles

Have a go at solving these riddles! You can email us your answers to year6@stmarksce.org.uk

What can go up a chimney down, but can’t go down a chimney up?
What gets wetter the more it dries?
A cowboy rode into town on Friday. He stayed in town for three days and rode out on Friday. How was that possible?
What has a face and two hands, but no arms or legs?
What has to be broken before you can use it?

Answers will be posted tomorrow!

The End!

April 14, 2020

Year 5 Wednesday 15th April

Good Morning Year 5!

Wasn’t yesterday another glorious day! There’s nothing I like more than to look at the bright blue skies overhead when the sun is shining! I hope you are managing to get out daily for a walk or bike ride like I am.

Mrs Poole and Miss Fowler added some suggested activities to do this week. There are so many wonderful ideas that Miss Thomas and myself are going to try! I have attached my shadow drawing today which I made into a colourful picture. I used crayon as my medium and I have to admit, once I got into it, I thoroughly enjoyed colouring my creation. It’s something I haven’t had the opportunity to do in quite a while and I found it very relaxing. It took me a while to find the right object and then I had the challenge of making sure the sun was behind my object whilst I drew round the shadows! I think it may have worked better early in the morning or late in the afternoon rather than at midday. Why might this be? What happens to shadows throughout the day?

Remember, there are no expectations for you to complete any of the activities this week but if you do, please take a picture and email them into Miss Thomas and myself using the year 5 email. We love looking at your wonderful creations. You could always email your artwork for the video montage that will be put together on the school website too.

Keep smiling year 5 :) We are missing you lots.

Mrs Stone

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Suggested Easter Activities

Un – ITV creates – Can you design the ITV logo which could possibly be shown on tv? (More details here: https://www.itv.com/itvcreates/articles/itv-kids-create )

Deux – Time capsule – Can you complete the document below to reflect on in years to come?

Trois – Den/Fort building – Can you make a den or fort and have a picnic inside?

Quatre – Pebble/Stone art – Can you decorate a pebble or stone? Perhaps you could leave it outside to make people smile when they’re completing their daily exercise.

Cinq – Postcard – Can you create a postcard to send to a loved one or a friend that you miss?

Six – Bird feeder – Can you recycle an old milk carton to turn it into a bird feeder or bath?

Sept – Shadow drawing – Can you use the lovely sunshine to create a shadow drawing?

Huit – Boris – Can you make your own Boris the robot out of recycling?

Neuf – Animation – Can you use lego or play dough to create an animation (taking lots of photographs as you change their position slightly to make it look like it’s moving)?

Dix – Drawing – Can you draw using one of Rob Biddulph’s drawing masterclasses? (http://www.robbiddulph.com/draw-with-rob)

Onze – Juggle – Can you learn to juggle? Perhaps using Easter eggs (If there are any left! Although maybe start with socks so that they don’t crack all over the floor!) https://www.wikihow.com/Juggle

Douze – Virtual museum tour – Can you tour the National History Museum virtually? Yes you can! – https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/virtual-museum.html

The End!

April 14, 2020

Year 4 – Wednesday 15th April

Good Morning Year 4!

I hope you are having a good week and are able to enjoy different activities while you have been at home. I wonder what sort of things you have been up to! I have been doing all sorts of different things including enjoying walks in my village, playing some games and planting seeds ready to grow in my allotment.

I have been trying to find out about different historic events which have happened this week. Interestingly, this week in April seems to have been very quiet in times gone by. However, you might want to think back to your Year 3 learning today. The RMS Titanic sank in the early hours of 15th April 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean. Have a think back to some of the interesting things you learnt last year – if you have time, you might want to create a quiz for your family about the Titanic or make a model of the ship.

Whatever you are up to today, I hope that you have a good day.

from

Mrs Tunnicliffe

April 14, 2020

Year 3 – Wednesday 15th April

Good Morning Year 3

Good morning lovely Year 3’s.

Be honest, hands up if you still have chocolate left over from Easter? Well done! And, hands up if you don’t? Good effort! I applaud you all. Me, I’m still feeling a little unwell from all the chocolate I’ve eaten and I’m more than old enough to know better!

It’s been a funny old time being at home each day hasn’t it? I’ve enjoyed being able to spend more time with my little girl and we’ve spent a lot of time out in the garden in the sunshine. We’ve made a lot of mess painting our garden fence and had a great time painting rainbows for our windows and for our neighbours to put in theirs. We’ve felt like a real community each Thursday evening when we’ve all clapped and cheered for our brave doctors, nurses and key workers and thought together about how fortunate we are to have such love and support around us.

I know that I speak for all of the year 3 grown- ups when I say how much I’ve missed teaching you. It’s been so good to be able to help you with your learning at home and I’ve really enjoyed reading stories for you to listen to. It’s a small way that we can still be together. I’m so proud of all the effort that you are putting into your work and have loved reading the emails you’ve been sending in, thank you.

So, your challenge for today, if you choose to accept it, is to complete my quiz. You’ll need to use your film knowledge to answer the questions. Some are about film characters, a few are about movie songs and for some you’ll need to know the name of the film. You could compete against other people in your family, divide yourself up into teams or even keep a record of your score to compare against a friend’s. The answer to each question is on the next page. So have fun!

As we progress through the next few days and weeks, unsure of what quite to expect, please do one thing for me. Remember just how much everyone at St. Mark’s care about you- your friends and classmates, your teachers and all the other grown-ups in school. There is always someone thinking of you fondly, looking forward to seeing you again and excited about welcoming you back to school when we’re allowed to.

I wish you all a day full of sunny smiles and happy thoughts.
Warmest wishes to you and your families,
Mrs Brackenridge

Powerpoint link here: Mrs Brackenridge’s Film Quiz
PDF version here: Mrs Brackenridge’s Film Quiz

Share your work!

We’d love to share a piece of artwork your child has done. It can be of anything – a rainbow for the NHS, a piece of home learning, a poster, a drawing, a painting, a design, anything! Just make sure you only send in a photo of the work, not the child or anything on the photo that may identify them (e.g. full name). Simply email it to posters@stmarksce.org.uk and we’ll do the rest! We’ll make a video montage of it, and share it on our website. We would love to have as many entries as possible. Closing date is Sunday 19th April!

Reminders for your parents this week – Do as much or as little as you would like

The Easter activities are included in Tuesday 14th April Post. These are aimed to provide some down time or entertainment over the break. They are completely optional and can be used as you wish as a family – if you prefer some of the activities on different year groups, please do use these. This also applies to the additional daily activities that are included. You can do as much or as little as you like.

We are still regularly checking our emails over the Easter break, so please do not hesitate to email us with any questions, concerns, to share your work with us, or just to say hello. Our email address is: year3@stmarksce.org.uk

As stated on our website ‘The National Geographic’ are releasing a free children’s magazine online each day for the next three months. If you would like to access this resource, please click here.

Take a look here for some HeartSmart videos you may like to share as a family.

Don’t forget our competition – There will be a prize on our return to school!

Video Resources – Story Time with Mrs Brackenridge

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Have a super evening!

April 14, 2020

Year 2 – Wednesday 15th April

Good morning Year 2

Hello Year 2,

We hope you are all well and are enjoying time with your families! What is one thing that you are proud of this week? Maybe its that you have been a great team player at home this week, or perhaps its because you have shown lots of resilience at this challenging time. Whatever it is, you should feel really great about yourself, and know that you are doing a great job!

Perhaps you would like to try one of the activities that we shared in yesterdays post, or maybe you have some other activities that you are going to do. Either way we would love to hear about it via our Year 2 email address at year2@stmarksce.org.uk.

Have a lovely day,

The Year 2 Team

Helpful Reminders:

The Easter activities included in Tuesday’s post aim to provide entertainment over the break, but are optional and can be used as you wish.This also applies to the ongoing daily activities that are included. You can do as much or as little as you like.

We will be regularly checking our emails over the Easter break, so please do not hesitate to email us with any questions, concerns, to share your work with us, or just to say hello. Our email address is: year2@stmarksce.org.uk

The Year 2 Team have recorded a selection of children’s stories that are available for you to listen to and enjoy using the links below in the ‘Video Resources’ section. The password is the same for all of the videos, and will have been sent to you via email and text.

Remember to have a good break over the next two weeks and take some time to relax. Enjoy!