Rowan Class

Rowan Class - where do I start!  Your engagement with home learning has been absolutely incredible and I have really enjoyed receiving pictures and emails of your brilliant learning. It has been so hard to choose just two good workers but I'm sure you will agree with me when you see the work completed. When you read this blog can you also give a big thank you to your family at home who are helping you at home, I really appreciate it.  Missing you all and looking forward to seeing you very soon, take care,  Miss Robertshaw Aaron Aaron had fun carrying out his science activity.  He even tested the activity using different liquids to see if it worked.  Aaron thinks that Sprite didn't work as well because of the carbonation (bubbles) within the liquid. Email to Aaron: I love your science experiment that you have been working on.  Why do you think that Sprite did not work as well?  Email response from Aaron: I think ,because Sprite has di...

I'm excited to see the results for today's fun science activity...enjoy! Here's a great example of what your lava lamp should look like..

Good Morning Rowan Class I hope that you are all OK and keeping busy!  For those of you whose parents have Facebook, Chester Zoo are hosting a virtual tour from 10am today.  They will be streaming live all day from the zoo showing the different animals and their feeding times.   If you get chance to watch then let me know which your favourite animals were.

English In English, when we were writing our own Native American folk tales, we talked about Aesop's Fables and stories that had a moral.  What do you think is the moral to this story ? French Mrs Sundaram has sent me the following work for you to continue learning French.  If you email your comments or questions to rowan@poplarsfarm.bradford.sch.uk then Mrs Sundaram will respond to you.  Topic – Place - shops Click on the link below and do the activities  https://www.french-games.net/frenchlessons?topic=Place%20-%20shops&level=primary Work through:           Lessons o    Introduction o    Full tutorial §   Introduction (speaking and listening ) §   Yes or No? §   Either/Or? §   What is it?           Games           Tests This is a picture of what the activity should look like: Computing ...

Hi Rowan Class,  Hope that you are all well?  For those of you who like me are learning all about blogs I thought I'd point out the search option.  As I add more posts, you will find it harder to scroll through old posts.  If you use the search option (at the top right hand side of the blog) you will be able to add in keywords e.g: science and it will bring up these posts for you.   Hope this helps.

To carry out today's science you will need an adult to help you!  Hopefully these are things that you will have in your cupboards so you can try it...let me know how you get on.

Maths We have been looking at decimals in class.  Can you add these decimal numbers together using column addition?  Remember the decimal point NEVER moves! English Read the first part of the poem ‘Skimbleshanks’. How easy is it to read?  What tricky words did you find?  Can you practise reading so that you can find the rhythm of the poem?  Skimbleshanks – Part 1 by T S Eliot There's a whisper down the line at 11.39 When the Night Mail's ready to depart, Saying "Skimble where is Skimble has he gone to hunt the thimble? We must find him or the train can't start."  All the guards and all the porters and the stationmaster's daughters They are searching high and low, Saying "Skimble where is Skimble for unless he's very nimble Then the Night Mail just can't go." At 11.42 then the signal's nearly due And the passengers are frantic to a man -  Then Skimble will appear and he'll saunter to the rear: He's ...

I have come across some fantastic activities for science that can be completed using everyday household items.  Let me know how you get on with these activities.   Check the blog everyday for a new activity. 

This is Ella's story board that she sent me this morning.  This is a good example of a story board as it has the story and creative pictures to help bring the story to life.  Well done Ella! 

Maths Use your existing strategies you have been taught to find the answers to these questions.  English 1. Read ‘Hunted’   What do you like about the story?  Is there anything that you dislike?  What patterns did you notice?  Are there any puzzles? Hunted  He was running and running, crashing through the branches and tripping over the tree roots. The mice and the shrews were rushing out of his way, the heavy footfalls warning them, scuttling under cover amongst the dead leaves and moss of the forest floor. A badger, lolloping slowly along the edge of the trees, turned sharply to hide in the ditch at the far end of the meadow adjoining the wood. And an owl, swooping and soaring low over the bracken, wheeled around and screeched a warning to the other animals, “Skee-at, skee-at.”    The man’s breath was coming in short sharps bursts. He was bending over as he ran, almost crouching and keeping his head down, clut...

Rowan Class, I have been amazed by your response to work over the last few days.  From Maths, English, filming yourself reading aloud, photos of you exercising and your creative Lego challenges.  You have certainly put a smile on my face over the past few days and I look forward to seeing more of your fantastic work.   Look after yourselves and your family and I shall see you very soon.  Miss Robertshaw

A massive well done to those of you who have been logged on to read theory ( www.readtheory.org ) in addition to your work from the blog.   For those of you that have not been on yet and a needing a reminder of your password, please email me at  rowan@poplarsfarm.bradford.sch.uk and I shall forward this to you.

Hi Rowan,  I have come across this web page that are offering free audio stories from the fabulous author David Walliams.  I know that you have all enjoyed reading his books and they always make us smile.  This website will allow you to sit back, relax and enjoy listening to his stories...enjoy! David Walliams audio books

Maths Using formal methods for subtraction, can you complete these sums?  English  Read the story aloud, using good expression to read what is said. What five words could describe the shepherds?  What five words could describe the woman?  Which of the characters do you admire the most? Ouch! By Kevin Crossley-Holland  Five shepherds fell asleep under a tree. And in their sleep they sighed and stretched and tossed and turned and tied their legs into a knot. When they woke up, they didn't know which leg belonged to who. “I'm hungry,” said one shepherd.  “And I'm thirsty,” said another.  All five of them were thirsty and hungry, but they were unable to stand up.   “What's wrong with you, men?” shouted a woman on her way to the well:The sun's up and you're still on your backs.'   “We can't stand up,” said the shepherds. “We don't know which leg belongs to who.”   “What's it worth?” asked the woman....

Rowan class, Follow the link below for daily PE lessons to keep us active. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz0go1pTda8&t=14s

Maths Using the mental strategies that we have learnt in school can you solve the following problems?  English Read the story 'Butterflies' by Kevin Crossley-Holland aloud making the surprise in the story clear? Can you now add actions as you read?  Butterflies by Kevin Crossley-Holland  The girl sat on the sofa with her homework book on her knee. 'Butterfly Poem' she wrote at the top of the page. She could hear the thump thump-a-thump of the pop music in the flat upstairs. Then a boy shoved the evening newspaper through the letter-box—and then the telephone rang …   How difficult it was to concentrate.   But after a while the girl caught a few colourful words and set them down on her white page. Then some more. And the more words she caught, the easier they became to catch, the best words in the world.   Next morning, the girl got ready to go to school. She opened her homework book and flicked to the page headed 'Butterfly...

Rowan Class - unleash your creativeness with this challenge. I would love you to email me pictures of your final products!

The Oxford Owl website is a fantastic reading resource for any children you may have at home.  Free access to a range of texts for all reading abilities, including audio books.  I strongly recommend that you sign up for a free account so that your child can continue to develop their reading whilst at home. Please follow this link:  https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/