Castle Acre Primary School
Monday 1st March
Morning.
Spellings
Please find the spellings attached below and complete your look,cover,write and check. make sure you understand the meaning of each word.
Gryffindor and Ravenclaw : Year 3/4 Rule 5 prefixes ir, inter, auto , anti
Slytherin : Year 2 Rule 17 words - al all
https://spellingframe.co.uk/
Maths
Oral/Mental
Focus: Place value
You will need a pencil and a piece of paper
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
Year 2 :choose level 2 or 3 and click on digit value.
Remember to challenge yourself when setting the timer.
Year 3 : choose level 3, 4 or 5
Click on digit value. Remember to challenge yourself when setting the timer.
Year 2 and 3
Today we are learning about symmetry. Can you remember what the term symmetry or symmetrical means? Write down a definition of the word symmetry. What is the word that has the opposite meaning to the word symmetry?
Before you watch the videos look at the ppt with Mrs Wallbank on class dojo which shows that symmetry is all around us. Perhaps you can find things around your house or in the garden that are symmetrical. Draw them or photograph them and post them on your dojo portfolio.
Year 2
You will need a piece of paper and a pencil.
Click on the link below to learn all about lines of symmetry, then complete the Maths Challenge for all. There is also a 1 ,2 or 3 Star Challenge as well.
https://vimeo.com/508430942
Year 3
You will need a piece of paper and a pencil
Click on the link below to learn all about lines of symmetry in 2D shapes.
Complete the tasks as you watch the video. The worksheet with the tasks is also attached below.
Extension: This is quite a tricky challenge.
Systematically explore the range of symmetric designs that can be created by shading whole squares of the grid below. There are some blank grids attached . How many different ways can you find? Remember there are horizontal lines ,vertical lines and also diagonal lines of symmetry! Here are 3 examples . Apparently there are 64 different ways!!
You can find this investigation also if you click on the link below.
https://nrich.maths.org/1886
PE
We are trying some of these challenges at school today as well. Take some photos and post them on dojo ,we would love to see them. You can play independently or with other people in your household. Keep your scores to see who the winner is.
English
Today is the beginning of World Book Week and each day there will be a book related challenge for you to do.
Today's challenge is to design a poster to advertise your favourite book. Tell your friends why they should read it! Then ...
Watch the Girl and Robot film here https://www.literacyshed.com/girlandrobot.html
Starter: write 4 questions in your book that you would like to ask about the film? Eg What is the girl’s name? Why is she… What does she… etc
We are going to be working this week towards writing a diary entry. Diary entries are where we tell how we felt and what happened in a particular day. We use ‘I’ because we are describing something personal that happened to us. This week we are going to imagine we the girl in the film.
Challenge: write how the girl felt at 5 different points of the story. Download the sheet below as a prompt.
PSHE
Where does our money come from?
Thinking about the letters we have been writing to different people to find out about the jobs they do, do you think they get paid for doing these jobs?
Think about the types of money we have. How many different British coins and notes are there? Can you name/recognise them? You may like to check by downloading the British Money poster.
Are you given money? Maybe you have been given some money for a birthday or Christmas? You might be given pocket money, money for helping with different activities at home? Do you help when shopping maybe by handing the money over or by checking the change? (You may have to remember pre-covid!)
Please download the purse or wallet or draw your own. In or around the purse or wallet, write your ideas of where money comes from ie birthday money etc Please also write a sentence about why you think a vet, a police officer or a football coach needs to be paid.