Year 7 Archive 2020-21

P7 Parents please note:
Applications for post primary schools are online this year. www.eani.org.uk
The portal does not open until 1st March.

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SUMMER 2021

Thank You

Hi Y7 I hope some of you may check the site over the summer and pass this on. A very big thank you to you and your parents for the very kind and generous gifts they are all lovely. Thank you again for the amazing memories book you made for me I have enjoyed reading it already and will do many times in the future.
I will be thinking about you when you start your new schools in August and September.
Hope to see you sometime out and about.

Basketball and BBQ Friday

Friday was amazing. Mrs Collins organised a basketball tournament where we had to just a colour theme for our team and talk tactics. We had an exhausting and competitive morning and with very close matches right up to the final which went to extra time the winners were the blue team, red in second place and green in third.
This was followed by a delicious barbecue cooked by Mrs Burns; really tasty. Then lollies to follow.

Community Tribal Drummers

Mrs Reain kindly organized an in school activity where we learn about tribal drumming, did some plate spinning, decorated pebbles and plaited. We had great fun making plenty of noise.

Summer Cycling

Cycling proficiency is going well and only one major downpour so far; we are all doing well.

LCCC Tree Planting

LCCC bio diversity team Tracy and Steven arrived today with all the tools needed to plant about 60 trees in the Lagan Park area. Y7 were invited to plant at least 1 tree each and to put a personal label on it so in years to come they can see their tree grow into a beautiful woodland. We had the most amazing morning learning how to plant the saplings to ensure maximum growth. As a reward our tea break was some welcome ice lollies. We had a brilliant time; thank you to Mrs Burns for organising the whole activity. Here are the photos, blue sky, blue hoodies, greenery and yellow buttercups.

It's always good to learn some life skills and none better than some cookery. So we made delicious pizzas from scratch, no need for bought ones anymore or take aways. We learnt how to make the dough, knead it and leave it to prove to let the yeast and gluten get to work. A quick blast in the oven and they were the best we have tasted.. Look at the faces!!!!

10 Minute Talks

Summer term in Y7 means many things but top of the list is our 10 minute talks. No matter how chatty a person you are with your friends it's a whole different ball game when you have to stand in front of the class and speak for at least 10 minutes on a favourite subject. BUT... they have started and some excellent talks already. From boxing to bowls; from Portugal to Blackpool to the Philippines we have been truly entertained and educated. Our latest set of talks included making metal people from car parts, Holiday in Lanzarote and the world famous group BTS. Here are the relieved faces of those who can now sit back and enjoy the rest. Scroll on down to see the latest.

This week's talks have included a collie dog named Rex, farm machinery; tree cutting and replanting activities Dromara style; football teams such as : Manchester United, Liverpool and the famous footballer Ronaldo; Anime which is a Japanese cartoon; and Finn the labradoodle. All really enjoyable.

The latest round of 10 minute talks took us from sheep farming to Chelsea FC; from amazing art to Manchester City FC; from Disneyland, Paris to fantastic holidays in Europe. We are looking forward to the final 5 this week. Everyone has done really well, a lot of hard work and a few nerves conquered. So to our final round of talks and what a variety we had today; from caravan holidays to West Bromwich Albion; from cookery and Devon the dog to The Brexit Protocol, no that was a wind up it really was Oreo the dog.

Finally it was NSPCC number day and we had brilliant fun out on the MUGA doing all kinds of team games to score team points, followed by Who Wants to be a Mathionaire and here is the winning team so far between team games and mind games.

Titanic technology

As part of out studies about the Titanic we have been learning about Morse code. We were able to build circuits with our Hot Wire electronic kits to make a sender. We were able to send and receive and decode each other's messages. A lot of beeping going on.

The sun is shining and there is still frost in the mornings but we are all sunshine smiles because the hoodies have arrived!!!!!!!

Here we are modelling them and having fun in the sun. If it's anything like previous years the weather will now be roasting and we will wear our hoodies no matter how warm we get because .........

This will be my favourite part of the class page, I hope you enjoy seeing all your pictures here, keep them coming. This will stay at the top of the page from now on with daily updates underneath. Some more amazing videos have arrived and I am stunned at how well you have completed this challenge, unfortunately we cannot upload these to webpage but I will keep them for us all to enjoy when we return to school.

Take a look at the updated gallery which shows all the art work you sent in, I'm hoping for plenty more with the next returned pack. Taylor and Adam were really creative with the clay egg decorations, if anyone else has pictures please send them in, either of creations or of you or both.

ALL THE LATEST EASTER ART, HOPE THERE IS MORE TO COME FOR THE COMPETITION!

Work for Friday 19th March

Friday yipeeeeeeee, last remote learning day; all looking forward to being back together and making some good y7 memories over the next few months.

So today's timetable (apologies for the confusion on Thursday about Titanic advert, I had looked at my printed timetable forgetting I had set different work on Wednesday)
Spellings
Numeracy
Technology
Golden Time
ICT

Spellings
It would be great if someone could ask you 12 of these.

Numeracy
Please finish off any numeracy that hasn't been completed. Then you have a sheet labelled curves of pursuit. This would be easiest to do on squared paper to get a perfect square. Then follow the instructions and use a good sharp pencil and obviously a ruler for best effect.

Technology
This week I am challenging you to make a bird feeder, the most effective of which we will fill with seeds and hang up on the trees where we line up in school.

Design requirements:
A suitable shape to hold seeds
An opening for filling that can be closed over
At least 2 holes for feeding birds but that seed will not fall out of (so think a little ledge on edge of hole)
A perch bar
A means of hanging it from a branch
Will it be waterproof?

You can Google bird feeders to see what bought ones are like or just design your own much better one.

Suggested materials
Empty milk cartons (cleaned out)
empty juice cartons(cleaned out)
Kitchen roll tubes
plastic straws
lollipop sticks( a good excuse to eat one first)
wire coat hanger

I'm sure there could be more materials to use, this is just an idea of a few things.

Golden time, get yourselves outside if it's dry.

ICT
Free choice.

RETURNING TO SCHOOL. PLEASE BRING ALL WORK AND FOLDERS THAT HAVE BEEN SENT HOME ALONG WITH READING BOOKS, CLAY TOOLS, MASKING TAPE, UNUSED CLAY.

LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT WEEK NEXT WEEK WITH LOTS OF CHAT, ACTIVITY AND FRESH AIR. PLEASE BRING TRAINERS AS PE MAY BE HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY AND A COAT IN CASE IT IS COLD OR SHOWERY, WE WILL BE OUT.

Work for Thursday 18th March

Hello Y7, I hope you were able to get out and enjoy that gorgeous sunshine, it was amazing. If you didn't get all the work done for Wednesday you can always catch up today.

Today's timetable
Spellings
Mental Maths
Numeracy
WAU
Silent reading
Art

Spellings
Please revise all spellings

Mental Maths
You have a codeword in your pack, please complete this and don't forget to find the maths word hidden in the answers.

Numeracy
Black group
You have a sheet titled E10 which revises work we have done where you are given information and have to find both individual prices then pack prices and compare the value; good life skills.

Red group
Your sheet title is ordering equipment which again will be useful later in life whether it's in a class room, office or any work place; do working out on the back of the sheet.

WAU
OOOPs timetable change alert; I forgot about St Patrick ( how could I?) of course you can't complete the Titanic advert because you didn't start it yesterday so what I need you to do is to complete your St Patrick info page.

Silent reading

Art
This is really a bit of research for work we will do when we are back in school. Please look up Titanic poster images on google and note the following:
Colour
Image of ship
Font
Details given for poster
Company logo
Frame
Detail of sea
Position of ship
Position of name Titanic

Draw a rough draft of what you think your poster may look like and label what colour you will use for images, font, different parts of poster etc

If you have time to get ahead for tomorrow you may like to search out materials for the bird feeder in technology or do some admin of gathering all your work, workbooks and reading books (there are still some missing from earlier packs) to bring in on Monday.

Work for Wednesday 17th March

Happy St Patrick's Day everyone, if you were in school you would be getting a half day, well leaving at 2pm so maybe we should do the same remotely!!

As you will have heard we are all back next Monday so I have made a change to today's timetable. It will be great to see you all and I'm sure you are looking forward to lots of catching up with your friends.

Todays' timetable
Spellings
Mental Maths
Numeracy
RE/WAU
Silent Reading

Spellings
Write out or learn as usual.

Mental Maths
Speed chain sheet sections C and D

Numeracy
Calculator sheet 3
As you can see from the heading it's not the number answer that is wanted but the word you see when the calculator is upside down. Now that is alright if you have a real calculator but if it is on your phone, laptop or tablet it won't be so easy so if you link to this calculator page you will get a guide to what each number becomes upside down. If that doesn't help for all answers just write the number answer. The code buster should be straightforward.

RE/WAU
I am going to do the Titanic advert activity in school so today you have some St Patrick themed reseach and work to do using these links St Patrick explained and national geographic
Please use the information to create an info sheet perhaps with a large shamrock or maybe lots of small ones with the info either above, below or around them. The info must include the following;-
Who, when, where about him.
Birth/ death
Myths such as :shamrock; snakes; green being his colour; real colours associated; American traditions connected with food, rivers, leprechauns.
Anything else you can find.

You can finish this off tomorrow instead of Titanic activity in the morning.

Silent reading

Then it will be 2 pm so time for free time.

Work for Tuesday 16th March

.Good morning.
Hope you have all made a start to the Titanic work and are enjoying finding out more about this great ship.

Today's timetable
Spellings
Mental Maths
Numeracy
WAU/Literacy
Silent reading
Thinking Skills

Spellings
If there are any words that you don't know the meaning of please check a dictionary or online.

Mental Maths
Columns C and D of the multi check sheet.

Numeracy
Calculator worksheet 2
Today we are looking for 2 answers so that you understand calculator displays but that you also understand the real answer.
Here are a couple of examples of how to set the work out:

£18.95 x 4 = 75.8 ( calculator reading) £75.80 (real answer)

£158.40 divided by 6 =26.4(calculator reading) £ 26.40 (real answer)

£297.60 + £182.80= 480.4 ( calculator reading) £480.40 (real answer)

WAU/Literacy
Continue with your Titanic by numbers, remember bubble letters, full sentence facts, colour and a big bold interesting title.

Silent Reading
Please keep reading any of your school books as they will all need to be returned before Easter.

PE
More fitness with Joe Wicks

Thinking skills
Please carry on with the Ghost train activity making sure it is neatly presented, coloured and labelled.

If it's as warm as yesterday try to get outside for fresh air and if the sun is out a good dose of vitamin D

Work for Monday 15th March

Hi Y7 if you are looking at this on Friday you are not dreaming, this is work for Monday or at least a start to it.

Your new timetable is on the reverse of last week.

I hope you got the updated link for the Titanic cross section on time and could see the colours ok.

Today's timetable
Spellings
Mental Maths
Numeracy
WAU/Literacy
PE
Thinking Skills

Spellings
'ee' sound, please learn as you would normally, a copy of the lists is at the bottom of the page.

Mental Maths
Column A and B of check up

Numeracy
Calculator calculations
Worksheet 1
Using function buttons for adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing.
make sure the calculator screen is clear completely.
Some things to look out for when working out on a calculator.
1. A calculator doesn't show money to 2 decimal places for example £16 divided by 5 = 3.2 on a calculator but a real money answer would read £3.20
2. You need to put = at the end of a calculation or it will continue to the next sum you do.
3. To make sure the sum is complete clear the read out screen.
Please answer either on the sheet or dated and titled in your book.

WAU/literacy

Titanic by numbers mini project.
You are going to create either a single or double A3 sheet to illustrate and write about numbers associated with the Titanic. Use any of the sheets I have given you in the pack to find at least 12 facts that have a number in them.
Here is how I have started my sheet, all I would need to do is colour the bubble writing and the illustrations and write more facts. I didn't finish the lifeboat fact as I thought it would be good for you to research this Full sentences with plenty of information about the number and neat writing as this is for display.

I expect this activity to carry over until tomorrow at least, professional results please.

PE
Over to you to design yourself a circuit with 6 activities doing 3 repeats of the 6 so 18 bits of exercise. Think squats, press ups, shuttle runs, be creative with whatever you have.

Thinking Skills
Ghost Train sheet
Please read thoroughly before starting this task. As you can see from your time table this activity is for today and tomorrow so as it says on the sheet you need to
1 Draw the 8 scary things.
2 Describe the things in the order you will see them.
3 Draw a bird's eye plan and label it.
4 Draw a picture of the train and label it.

In case you have mislaid your spelling sheet for this week or sent it back by mistake here are the two groups.

Work for Friday 12th March

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Friday again, another week with plenty of work returned; thank you for all the amazing work you have completed. I have displayed your Easter egg designs and will take a picture tomorrow. Lots of good Roman numeral work; you are now centurians! If I didn't get to talk to to you on the phone today I will try tomorrow or next week.

So finish up Friday.
Today's timetable
Spellings
Mental Maths
Literacy
Numeracy finish up
WAU
Golden time
ICT

Spellings
If someone has time to test you on this week's spellings please ask them to ask you 15, if not write as many as you can remember in 5 minutes.

Mental Maths
Please finish up the speed chain sheet

Literacy
Please complete the curriculum crossword about space.

Numeracy
Please finish any algebra, mental maths or any other work you did not manage to get completed earlier in the week.

WAU
I hear some of you are really enjoying this topic so today you have a blank cross section of the ship, you need to colour each section and then colour a key to go with it. here is the cross section you need Here are some proper cross section images to examine; section 1, section 2, section 3; there are plenty more on line for you to explore and see the massive size of this liner.

Golden Time
Let's hope the sun decides to shine today and you can get out to play.

ICT
There are a number of 2dos to complete or if you prefer search for anything to do with the Titanic whether a video, or interview or image.

Work for Thursday 11th March

Hello Y7. Thank you to those of you who have sent back your work for assessment, your clay eggs (which are now in the kiln) and your art work which I will put on display in school. For those people who either didn't return work or reading books can you please do so ASAP especially reading books as we need them for future work. Please leave any work or books in the ks 2 reception hall, named and in a bag or folder. Thank you.
Good to catch up with some of you today and I hope to be able to speak to the rest of you over the next few days.

Today's timetable
Spellings
Mental Maths
Numeracy
Literacy/WAU
Silent reading
Art

Spellings
Please revise all week's spellings

Mental Maths
Division check up sheet sections DEF

Numeracy
More algebra replacing letters with numbers; black algebra worksheet 2 and red 2.
here are some instructions on how to tackle equations on these sheets(apologies to the red group who had some of these on Wednesday's sheet without a guide of how to complete.

Complete as much as you can in 45 minutes AND REMEMBER TO PUT A NAME AT THE TOP OF EACH PIECE OF WORK( A LOT OF NAMELESS WORK COMING IN)

Literacy/WAU
I hope you enjoyed the start of the Titanic topic; today is a comprehension sheet in your pack. Please answer in full sentences so I can give the work a level.

Silent reading
Reading books for 20 minutes.

Art
Continue and complete door hanger art making sure you colour it to as good a standard as you can.

Work for Wednesday 10th March

Good morning all, what wild weather it has been no chance of outdoor activities.

Today's timetable
Spellings
Mental Maths
Numeracy
Literacy/WAU
Silent reading
Art

Spellings
Please learn in the way you find that works for you.

Mental Maths
Division sheet check up sections A, Band C

Numeracy
We are now moving on to the sort of algebra where you have to replace letters with number values and work out the answer to the equation. Not as hard as it sounds. Here is a guide to how to tackle the first sheets for each group.

Black group algebra worksheet 1 and red group algebra homework red.
Blue group please continue your money, time or calendar workbooks and don't forget to keep up tables practice on Hit the Button,

Literacy/WAU
TITANIC LAUNCH
Well the launch of our new topic which I hope you will enjoy and when we get back to school there will be plenty of technology, science and art connected with this topic. We are going to start with a bit of background info from sheets in your pack and some video clips and still images from the web.
Please read the first sheet in the pack and watch these videos before completing the Titanic timeline activity sheet.
Titanic video 1 and video 2, video 3 one video shows a big flexible chute hanging off the side, if you think you know what it is message me on PM
Now complete the timeline activity and if you would like see what else you can find on the web either images or info.

Silent reading
Carry on with your reading book for 20 minutes.

Art
Door handle hanger. You have a template sheet, a piece of purple card and a couple of sheets of bubble writing examples. Your challenge is to design a label for your bedroom door with a name on one side and a message on the other all in inventive bubble writing.

Work for Tuesday 9th March

Hi Y7 I hope you got your new pack collected and have had a chance to look through it. I am looking forward to seeing your returned work and to getting all the clay eggs in the kiln this week.
I'm also planning to continue ringing to speak to you and your parents from Wednesday onwards so it may be the school number or a withheld one.
Anyway on to today's work.

Today's timetable
Spellings
Mental Maths
Numeracy
Thinking skills/literacy
Silent reading
PE
Thinking skills again.

Spellings
Please write out or learn in your preferred way.

Mental Maths
Check up 1 , please complete the whole sheet or as much as you can in 20 minutes.

Numeracy
Continuing simplifying equations in algebra, remember an equation is just a word for a number sentence. Please write both the question and answer either on the back of the page or in your exercise book.
Lots of curly x to draw!!

Thinking Skills /Literacy
Where's the detail?
If I included the answer page in your pack ( it's the one with a black heading, white writing and a man with a question mark for a face) please put it aside for when you have finished.

Draw out a large sized map on a sheet of A3 paper using a ruler and labelling neatly. Read the clues and name all roads, houses and features. Please colour building according to their use eg homes - school - church; river and draw a key on the page. If you have time and you would like a challenge please do the extension activity perhaps writing 5 more clues for your features.

Silent reading
School reading book or if you wish your own novel.

PE
Here is a session with Joe Wicks

Thinking Skills
How Observant Are You?
Answer the questions on the sheet and then make up at least 6 of your own and test them out on someone in your family. Read all instructions carefully.

As always for those of you that like some online work there are Purple mash 2 dos to be completed.

Work for Monday 8th March

Good morning Y7 I hope you had a good weekend and are ready for the next pack of work. It can be picked up from the hall this morning; I have sent you a wee treat to boost sugar levels and to say thank you for all the work you have completed already.

As you won't have your pack until late morning there is a shorter timetable, no problem there!!

Today's timetable
Spellings
Numeracy
Literacy
Silent reading
PE

Spellings
Learn as you normally would

Numeracy
We are going to do some preparation work for high school that I hope you will enjoy, it's algebra so in many examples it's letters not numbers.

You have a sheet called simplify 1 where you are going to learn how to simplify or shorten an equation.
An equation is just a number sentence.
Here is a video to explain how to simplify
You should also read the examples at the top of sheet 1

Please copy out the questions and give the simplified answer beside it.

To do an algebra x you simply draw a c back to back with another c, so it looks like a curly x

Silent reading
You have 1 book in this pack as some are quite long.

PE
Have a go at this with Oti

Literacy
You have a set of sheets called I See Things from a Different Angle.
You may remember we did activity with Newbridge School about pathetic fallacy which really means putting feelings into an object or animal.

So read my idea about a tv remote then choose something in the house or you pet and write about your day with your human family.
It doesn't need to be as long as mine but split it into morning, afternoon and evening with about half a page on each part.

Work for Friday 5th March

Congratulations we have all made it through this week's work and if you haven't got it all done please don't worry, it's just a small part of all the things we need to do.

Today I have said to finish up any work that you need to do and top of my list would be Easter egg art.
It says 10 x 10 grids for mental maths but some of you have completed these and sent them in already.

The main task today is the dreaded ADMIN!!!!! It does seem like a very long list of work to return BUT and I mean BUT DO NOT PANIC IF YOU HAVEN'T COMPLETED IT ALL , JUST SEND IN WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND I WILL BE VERY HAPPY. OK DEEP BREATH.
Work to be returned on Monday when you can pick up another pack, a treat included.
ALL READING BOOKS PLEASE(SOME OF YOU HAVE BOOKS FROM FIRST PACK SO YOU MIGHT HAVE 6 READING BOOKS) I NEED TO MARK THEM OFF AGAINST YOUR NAME.
Numeracy
All Roman numeral sheets
Mental Maths Test Sheet
Maths codeword
Mental maths division sheet
Distance chart work
Money Problems work
Division problems - black group
Problem selection - black group
Subtraction sheet - red group
Archery course - red group
Time/money/calendar work that is completed blue group

Literacy
DO NOT SEND SPELLING SHEET IT HAS NEXT 2 WEEKS' SPELLINGS; OR CURRICULUM CROSSWORDS OR COLLINS ENGLISH WORKBOOKS
Active/ passive work
Eddie's Errors
Thinking About Today
Our Excursion - black group
Sports Day - red group

Other work
Garden for a fusspot
Map Mayhem
Give it a name
Large Easter egg design
AND
small clay eggs in a cardboard box or lid lying flat as they are so fragile before they are fired,; tell your parent to set them on the floor in front of the bench in case they get knocked off. If you didn't get them done for Monday don't worry they will do the next time.

If possible when you are doing your admin please do not send back any sheets that have not been used, please recycle at home; the school bins are overflowing!!!

Today's timetable
Admin
Thinking Skills
Golden Time
ICT

Thinking Skills
If you have time and energy left after admin here is what I think could be an interesting activity:-
Redesign your house.
We have all spent so long in our houses that we really know them so here is the plan:-
Step 1
Draw a large plan of the ground floor of the house, only walls, door openings and a word where the windows are.
Step 2
Draw or label each room with what would be your dream home - maybe a mini football pitch, a games room, a gym a movie room, a music room, a make up bar, who knows. There is no limit to the spending.

Golden time outside I hope.

ICT
Your choice.
Thank you for another week of hard work. I hope to catch up on the phone with you all over the next 2 weeks.

World Book Day

As it is World Book Day there are some online activities that you may like to take part in instead of the regular timetable or maybe as well as!! follow world book day

Work for Thursday 4th March

Good morning everyone, I hope you have had fun creating artistic Easter egg designs. I hear there have been some problems with some 2dos on Purple Mash with wrong answers but don't worry I will take that into account.

Today's timetable
Spellings
Mental Maths
Numeracy
Literacy
Silent reading
ICT or art

Spellings
Please revise all week's spellings

Mental Maths
Speed chain sheet section B

Numeracy
Black Group
Problem selection sheet
Please read carefully and complete working out either on the back of the sheet or in exercise books. Pay attention to the way the answer is to be given and for question 9 write both your question and work out the answer.

Red group
Archery Course problems.
Read all questions carefully and look out for double step sums, either work out on the reverse of the sheet or exercise book.

Blue group
Calendar booklet

Literacy
Thinking About Today
The sheet you have is for a rough draft and I am looking for more than a few words so I suggest writing out full details on the back of the sheet or word process once you have noted down ideas, this work will be given a level, so do your best.

Silent Reading
Try to finish off any reading from current books as I need them returned on Monday( some of you still have books from the first pack)

ICT or art
You have the option of completing your egg design, with name on the back or carrying on with any ICT purple mash 2 dos or word process the literacy from this morning.

Work for Wednesday 3rd March

Hi Y7 nearly half way through the week, hope all is going well with your work. Thank you for the replies about calculators, there are still 16 of you who I don't know about so either a yes or a no on PM would be great.

Today's timetable
Spellings
Mental Maths
Numeracy
Literacy
Silent Reading
PE
Art

Spellings
Copy or learn as normal.

Mental Maths
Division sheet third column

Numeracy
Black and red groups - distance chart reading and questions. Here is a wee video to explain a little about how to read these charts

Questions 1 and 2 are quite straightforward but question 3 needs to be done in 2 steps that are then added together.
For example if I travel from Exeter to London and then on to Aberdeen.
First Exeter to London is 277 km then London to Aberdeen is 861 km so altogether it is 277 + 861 = 1138 km
Return journey- if I travel from Cardiff to Brighton then on to London that means I go there and back.
So Cardiff to Brighton is 296 and Brighton to London is 85 so 296 + 85 = 381 and because it is a return journey you double it, 381 x 2 = 762 km
Question 6 finding an average speed
For example It took 10 hours from Newcastle to Brighton which is 550 km so 550km divided by 10 is 55 km per hour

Red group try as far as this and black group see how many of the next questions up to 9 you can do, a bit of a challenge.

Blue group time booklet.

Literacy
All work in Collins workbooks

Workbook 6
P 56 - 57 Silent letters and P 58 - 59 one off spellings, please spend 45 minutes maximum on this activity.

Workbook 5
P 54 - 55 silent letters and P 56 - 57 Homophones, please spend 45 minutes maximum on this activity.

Workbook 4
P 54 - 55 Homophones and P 55 misspellings, please spend 45 minutes maximum on this activity.

Workbook 3
P 54 homophones.

Silent reading
Please spend 20 minutes reading

PE
Revisiting the PE lesson by Marcus Rashford to see if your skills have improved.

Art
Carry on with you large Easter egg designs. I have been very impressed with the clay egg pictures that some of you have sent either by email or PM

Work for Tuesday 2nd March

Good morning Y7 hope you were able to get your work finished in good time and get outside to enjoy such lovely weather.

CALCULATOR REMINDER PLEASE LET ME KNOW BY WEDNESDAY BY PURPLE MASH BLOG THAT YOU HAVE A CALCULATOR FOR THE NEXT PACK GOING OUT. THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY.

Today's timetable
Spellings
Mental Maths
Numeracy
Literacy
Silent reading
PE
Art

Spellings - write out or learn whichever wayyou find most effective.

Mental Maths
Division sheet column 2

Numeracy
Black group
Sort out the problem (sheet 2 at the top)
Here is an example to remind you how to go about some of the sums

Red group - subtraction sheet titled Assignment 2, please do any working out on the back of the sheet or in your numeracy book ( don't forget a name and if in your book a title)

Blue group continue money sheets, giving change.

Literacy
Eddie's errors
Follow the instructions at the top of the page the when you have found all 23 errors please detail on the backof the sheet 10 of the mistakes and what is wrong for example:-
1. Spart's Book shop- it is dearer to buy 2 books as they should cost £2 at the most.
Full sentences, well punctuated for getting a good level.

Silent Reading
Spend 20 minutes as usual.

PE
Have a go at this work out with Oti Mabuse

Art
Following last week's clay egg work this week you are going to design a large egg. You have a template in your pack. My advice would be to practise what you think the design will be on another sheet first. You have 2 sessions at least to complete this. Prizes for the best ones as is the Y7 tradition. Think patterns or Easter type images.

Work for Monday 1st March

.Good morning everyone, I hope you enjoyed all that spring sunshine, wasn't it amazing, let's hope it continues.
A little admin reminder before we start this week. Can you please make sure you put your name at the top of every worksheet you write on ( not just the front page of a stapled set of pages) it would really help when I'm marking as I sort all the work into subjects and activities; also if you do the work in an exercise book please put the worksheet name as a title so I can find the answer sheet to match. Thank you I would appreciate it.

Today's timetable
Spellings
Mental Maths
Numeracy
Literacy
Silent Reading
Thinking Skills

Spellings
Please copy the 'ur' sound spellings for today

Mental Maths
Mental Division Sheet first column please.

Numeracy
Black group - you have 2 sheets to complete today - sheet 1 division problems and in the same bundle sheet 5 Money problems. Please complete mentally questions 1 - 12 of sheet 1(do not do extension); then complete all of sheet 5 money problems.

Red group - Assignment 2 subtraction sheet, please complete the whole sheet, use the back for working out if you need to.

Blue group please continue with time, money or calendar sheet.

Literacy
All groups are using Collins English workbooks
Book 6 P 50 - 53 (spend 45 minutes maximum)
Continuing from last week - homophones, for P 52 and 53 use a dictionary and good luck with challenge 3 it looks tricky.

Book 5 P 34 - 37 (spend 45 minutes maximum)
2 sets comprehension firstly playscripts, in challenge 3 it talks about stage directions - these are words in brackets in sloping font that tell the actor what to do or how to talk - then using words in context which really means a word can have different meanings even if has the same spelling like train which can be a form of transport or can be to teach someone a skill.

Book 4 P 40 -41 Comprehension - predicting events, this means thinking about the order things happen.

Book 3 P 36 - 37 Comprehension predicting events, this means thinking about the order things happen in and also trying to guess what might happen next.

Silent reading
Either your reading book or maybe a Purple mash chapter from your 2 dos.

Thinking Skills
Pencil Olympics
You can read and complete this on your own and to give yourself a challenge, time your self or if you have a printer that can photocopy do a second sheet and challenge your brother or sister or and adult to a race when they have time.

Hope the sun is out still so you can get out for some exercise and fresh air.

Work for Friday 26th February

Friday again and the end of February.

First of all a message for your parents.

I know I normally talk to Y7 directly on the page but I would just like to say a huge thank you to yourselves for all the support you are giving your children both in every day learning and for getting together all the work returned for assessment. I really appreciate all that you and your children are doing.

Now back to you Y7, thank you for all the amazing work you have completed over the last two weeks, well maybe numeracy can't be described as amazing but the amount you have done certainly is.

However the poems, the castles, the views from your window and your art work is really fantastic. I have put any returned work up on display and will take my camera in tomorrow so I can post images on the gallery, superb work that really inspired me.

CALCULATOR ALERT, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS REPLIED ON PM ABOUT HAVING A CALCULATOR. WE WILL NEED THESE FOR THE NEXT PACK SO LET ME KNOW BY NEXT THURSDAY PLEASE.

So back to today, I think you deserve a lighter day after all your work this week.

Today's timetable
Spellings
Mental Maths
Numeracy
Technology
Golden Time

Spellings
I suggest for a change that you look over the spellings for 2 minutes then write down as many as you can remember.

Mental Maths
You have a maths codeword in your pack to complete.

Numeracy
Please finish any Roman Numerals sheets you have left in the remaining time for numeracy eg up until 10.30. A little apology for Thursday's speed chain for the black group; I did explain about square roots but forgot to explain what n meant in the chain so look at the picture at the end of the page and see if that makes sense.

Technology
Packaging worksheet
As you can see from the sheet you have to design and make packaging for any product you choose. Some of you were very inventive with your creme egg carrying buggies so I am expecting the same amount of genius with this activity!!

Golden Time
If it is as nice as Thursday I suggest you get some fresh air and time away from worksheets or computers. My golden time may be grass cutting.

ICT
I have set a number of Purple Mash activities for you to choose from, please do whichever ones appeal to you and don't stress if you don't get them all done, I know some of you share i pads or computers.

Thank you again for all the work and look out later tomorrow when I hope to have pictures displaying your work.

Work for Thursday 25th February

Hi Y7. Firstly thank you for returning your work for marking and assessment, I am looking forward to seeing what you have been able to do. If you weren't able to pick your new pack up on Monday don't worry I have left it in the KS2 entrance hall and if anyone needs to leave in any work that can be left there as well, as long as it is named and in a folder.

Purple Mash 2 do alert. I have put a number of new 2 dos which are really for ICT on Friday but I know some of you just love a 2 do so go ahead if you have finished other work BUT please do not stress about getting them all done they are for you to pick and choose from; especially if you are sharing a computer at home.

I also left a message on the shared blog asking if you have a calculator on your phone or tablet or even a real calculator, would you message me on PM, it's for future work in case we are still remote learning.

Right to work.
Today's timetable
Spellings
Mental Maths
Numeracy
Literacy
Silent Reading
Thinking Skills

Spellings
Revision for test tomorrow please.

Mental Maths
Test 3 of the sheet from yesterday
Speed chain sheet section A ( if your sheet has a symbol that looks like a tick with an extended line over a number it means square root. A reminder square root is like a square number in reverse, eg square root of 25 is 5 square root of 81 is 9) Here is a wee video to explain square roots

Numeracy
Roman numerals
Today you should be working from sheet 5 Give the Answer in Roman Numerals.
If you have to complete any of the other sheets please do them first.
Spend 45 minutes on this activity.
As you can see you need to work out the sum first then change the answer to Roman Numerals.

If you are working from time, money or calendar booklets please continue with the next page of whichever one you are using this week.

Literacy
Expressions sheet. This can be done neatly in pen on the sheet. A lot of these sayings aren't maybe ones we would use today so I suggest that you write the word that you think is correct after the brackets then sometime when an adult has time you could test them and see if you agree, maybe when you are having family time after work. An example would be - use your head, in other words think about it or keep your chin up which means be confident and don't worry - 2 good pieces of advice. We will go over this sheet in school if you have found it difficult.

Silent Reading
Please spend 20 minutes reading you school book or if you prefer I have set some new chapters on PM to dip into.

Thinking Skills
Give It a Name and a Logo
This sheet has a lot of reading but it's only to inspire you. Read all the descriptions then choose one shop or business or even make up your own and:
1 design a shop header( like you would see on the shop front)
2 A logo ( think letters, like McDonalds or a tick like Nike or a football team emblem)

Use 2 A4 sheets and make your wording, big, bubbled and colourful, use the colours in the logo too.
If you have time you could make an advert by recording a voice over for the name and logo. If you run out of time today it can be completed instead of ICT tomorrow or you could always do a publisher word art version of your hand drawn one. Use your initiative.
Pictures please if possible.

Work for Wednesday 24th February

Good morning Y7.
Thank you for the feed back you have given me about substitute rolling pins, very inventive.
Sorry about the Map Mayhem sheet being slightly short but mayhem does mean chaos, I'm sure you all were able to get it sorted, that's your thinking skills taken care of.

A MESSAGE FOR LATER IN THE WEEK, RE TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGE, KEEP ANY RECYCLABLE PACKAGING OR CARD IT MAY COME IN HANDY.

Today's timetable
Spellings
Mental Maths
Numeracy
Literacy
Silent Reading
PE
ART ( in capitals because it's exciting!!!)

Spellings
Learn today's spellings however it suits you.

Mental Maths
Homework sheet 22 Mental arithmetic 2 Test 2, on the sheet

Numeracy
Roman Numerals
I hear these are quite popular!
Please complete the next 2 sheets of the bundle or as much as you can in 45 minutes, again this can be done neatly in pencil on the sheets.

Literacy
Collins English workbooks for everyone, all neatly in pen and joined writing please.
Workbook 6
P 38 -39 and P48 -49
Comparing texts comprehension, for challenge 3 can I remind you that:
persuasive means you are using words to make someone want a product by making it sound good.
descriptive means you are describing something as it looks.
recount is when you are telling something in the order it happened.
reporting is like a news item or report would do giving information.
P48 -49 ( if you have time left in the 45 minute session)
Homophones - these are words that sound the same but have different meanings and are spelled differently. Please use a ruler to underline if asked.

Workbook 5
P42 - 43
Summarising Ideas
To summarise is to make something shorter or explain briefly.
Read it all carefully
P44 - 45 ( if you have time in the session)
Facts and Opinions
A fact is something that is true and an opinion is what some thinks or feels.

Workbook 4
P 30 - 33 ( complete what you can in 45 minutes)
Comprehension of Folk Tales
Lots to read so read carefully.

Workbook 3
P 30 - 31
Comprehension of traditional tales. In challenge 2 question 2 if you don't have a thesaurus just think of words to describe how a princess and a troll would look.

Silent Reading
If it's a nice sunny day find a warm spot inside at a window and enjoy your book.

PE
Complete the second half of Joe Wicks session from yesterday or if it's dry get outside with a ball or without one and deep breathe some fresh air.

ART
Clay at last !!! You are going to make Easter tree decorations which when they are fired and painted you can hang on a branch or twig, inside the house or outside or from a window handle.
You need:
The clay
The clay tool
A paper towel or piece of paper to roll on
A rolling pin or substitute - I though a tin of beans , someone suggested wrapping a rolling pin in cling film and another the inside of a pinata bat!!!
The Mini Egg template sheet.

When you have collected all your materials and equipment here are the steps:
Step 1 Mark with a pen or pencil as in the photo where the threading hole will be.

Step 2 Cut out the templates neatly.
Step 3 Take your clay and using the heel of your hand knock back the clay to get rid of any air, like we did in class.
Step 4 Place it on kitchen roll or paper, stand up and using you rolling tool roll evenly to an even thickness of half a cm deep.
Step 5 Using your template wisely see how many you can draw round then cut out, use a pencil point to make the hole for hanging the decoration.
Step 5 Put your initials on one side
Step 6 Use the clay tool or perhaps something you have at home to make imprints on the other side, maybe stripes or zigzags or chequer board, whatever you like.
Step 7 Place these on a flat surface carefully to allow to dry. They will be fragile until fired in school so take care of them.

I look forward to seeing the finished eggs and even a picture of you at work would be good for the gallery.

Work for Tuesday 23rd February

Good morning everyone, I hope you got your work pack collected and enjoyed the wee treat inside.

I have left a comment on the shared blog on Purple Mash regarding replacement rolling pins for tomorrow's clay activity, please post your thoughts!!

Today's timetable
Spellings
Mental Maths
Numeracy
Literacy
Silent Reading
PE
WAU

Spellings
Please copy out or choose your own method of learning.

Mental Maths
You have a stapled set of worksheets for mental maths, the top one should say Homework sheet 22 Mental arithmetic 2.
Please complete test 1 today on the sheet.

Numeracy
Roman Numerals. This is a topic in maths that most people love. Our number system is called the Arabic system where we use numbers but the Roman system uses letters. I have put together a set of sheets, the first of which gives you the rules but if you find it easier to listen to an example here is a video link

Once you have either watched the link or read the instruction sheet or both please complete the first 2 sheets in the pack on the worksheet.

Literacy
In the literacy bundle you used yesterday the next sheets are proof reading sheets, either Our Excursion black group or Sports Day red group.
Our Excursion: follow instructions as to what is needed to correct the passage then list the words that have been used incorrectly in 2, finally spot and record the nouns and verbs.
Sports Day: follow the instructions about correcting punctuation then find and record incorrectly used words and finally find the compound verbs following the examples.

Silent Reading
Find a quiet corner and spend 20 minutes reading.

PE
Another session today, maybe longer but you could do 15 minutes today and 15 tomorrow not outside as the weather looks like it's going to be wet and windy, Joe Wicks

WAU
Map Mayhem
This sheet is with art and technology sheets, I'm sorry if the first letter of each line has been cut off like my copy, but we'll cope.
In case the left side of the map locations are missing on yours too here is what I reckon they are:-
Brown Boulder
Juile Quicksand
Flapping flag
Phil's lighthouse
Dusty Dunes
Someone's cave

I see the last bit of the story is also missing so be inventive and make it up putting in the remaining places that are missing, writingthe final bits of the story on the sheet. We will call it using your initiative!!
Please use colour to make you map and key more interesting.

DON'T FORGET TO SEND ME A MESSAGE ON PM SHARED BLOG WITH YOU IDEAS FOR REPLACEMEMT ROLLING PINS.

Work for Monday 22nd February

Hi Y7 and welcome back to online school!! I hope you had a good half term in spite of the weather some days.

The packs are ready to be picked up this morning and because you won't be ready to work until half way through the day the timetable is shorter.

Your pack has a timetable for the next 2 weeks; a set of numeracy pages, literacy pages and then a variety of pages for thinking skills and art. You will be glad to see some clay; put it away somewhere cool until Wednesday when we will be using it.

This week's timetable is the side with 'er' spellings.

Today's timetable
Spellings
Literacy
Silent reading
PE
WAU

Spellings
Copy each spelling 3 times as normal

Literacy
Active or passive; 2 sheets active or passive and sentence flipping.
As you can see from the examples on the first sheet active is when the subject of the sentence is doing something and passive is when the subject is having something done to it. All work in a literacy book please.
DO NOT CUT OUT SHEET just write the sentences under 2 headings.
Second sheet please write the flipped sentence only, look at the example first so you know what to do.

Silent Reading
You have 2 new reading books in your pack, you may choose what to start on, spend 20 minutes.

PE
We are doing 3 shorter sessions this week instead of 2 normal.

Today's workout is with Welsh rugby union player Gareth Thomas

WAU
A Garden for a Fusspot worksheet
Please read the whole sheet before you start to plan, I have looked at the scale and it seems wrong as a 1m bench would be hard to draw so I am going to say the arrowed line would represent 3 metres so 1cm equals 1 m.
Pay attention to the direction of North as this will give you a hint as to where the sun will be shining from.
Please rule neatly in pencil and for a better finish add some colour and a key to these colours.

Work for Friday 12th February

Well done you have made it to half term, thank you to both you and your parents for all the hard work you have done, since Christmas, at home. I will try ringing again today to catch up with those of you I haven't been able to speak to yet.

Before we look at today's timetable you could do some admin; all the work that needs to be sent back for marking when you collect the new pack after half term, Monday 22nd February

To be returned please:-(all named please)
Numeracy
Pyramid challenge sheet
Brackets work
Ratio (black group)
Fractions (red group)
Tins, trays and boxes
Problem work
10 x 10 grids

Literacy
FINISHED READING BOOKS
Semi colons and colons
Proof reading punctuation
Volcano poem
Brackets and hyphens
Book review

Other
Gold/silver weaving
Newbridge geography lesson - From my window
Newbridge history - castle building
Converse trainers
Cardboard buggy instructions

Any other work that you had from the first pack that needs to be marked.

PLEASE DO NOT SEND THE COLLINS WORKBOOKS, CROSSWORD BOOKS OR ANY STAPLED WORKBOOKS THAT ARE NOT FINISHED.

Today's timetable
Spellings
Newbridge geography
Technology
Golden Time
ICT

Spellings
Have a look over this week's lists then write the answer to these clues.
Pink
1 A story about yourself
2 Hobby of taking pictures
3 A bird
4 Another name for a chemist
5 Scared of spiders
6 Scared of small spaces
7 Someone scientific
8 A ruler in Egypt

Black
1 Very funny
2 This month
3 Rude
4 Having enough
5 A bird
6 A ghost
7 Makes your voice louder
8 A punctuation mark
9 A globe
10 Harder in texture

Red/Blue
1 Take a picture
2 A sea mammal
3 A diagram in maths
4 If you are a boy you are one
5 Ring me on this
6 Sentences can be written in a p--------
7 Not a whole sentence
8 Funny

WAU
Newbridge geography - please complete this mini project, I hope you enjoyed taking a proper look at your surroundings.

Technology
Plan, design and make a streamlined 4 wheeled buggy that has an open paper or cardboard crate that could carry an egg. The crate must be made from a paper or card open net of a cube and be attached securely to your base. Use any extra card or cut offs from your base to customize the buggy. Decorate with a logo like formula 1!!

Materials in you T and A folder
Cardboard
4 wheels
2 dowel rods
thick and thin art straws
masking tape
paper
you may use anything else you have at home.

Please write a set of short clear instructions ( no more than 10 steps)

ICT
Word process book review then it is your choice what you do, either PM activities or just long golden time.

I hope you all have a great half term, that you get out for some fresh air, that you eat nice things and that you have some quality time with your family. You all deserve a rest.

Work for Thursday 11th February

Hello Y7, I was able to speak to some of you and your parents today and it was great to catch up and make sure you are coping with the work OK, we all hope to get back together at the start of March. I will catch up with the rest of you tomorrow or Friday.

Today's timetable
Spellings
Mental Maths
Numeracy
Literacy
Silent Reading
Art

Spellings
Please revise all this week's spellings in whatever way you find best. One of my quizzes is coming up on Friday.

Mental Maths
MM booklet, final page of booklet before Friday test.

Numeracy
Today you are going to catch up or finish off any numeracy sheets from this pack which may include, ratio, fractions, problems, brackets, tins, trays and boxes( depending on your group) You will find most of these sheets in the bundle with brackets at the front; you may have an extra sheet or 2 with inverse operations which simply means opposite. Eg addition is the opposite of subtraction and multiplication is the opposite of division. If you have finished the other work and have time you could try some of these. Black group also has a missing numbers sheet in case you want an extra challenge!!! NO NUMERACY ON FRIDAY THIS WEEK.

Literacy
Book review; you may choose to write a review of either your reading book or any novel you have read or are reading at the moment.
You have 3 sheets in your folder:
1 with 2 examples of book reviews
1 with thought bubbles to note down your thoughts and ideas( like a planning sheet)
1 to write your review on or you may word process this.

Here is a video to help you when you have read the 2 examples of how to go about writing the review, remember it is not a blurb like you would find on the back of a book. How to write a review

Silent Reading
20 minutes to get some quality time with a good book.

Art
Please complete you metallic and black weaving making sure there are no gaps in the weaving and if you have pritt or selotape that the loose ends of metallic are secured on the wrong side of your work, please put your name on it and if you can, email a picture for the website.

Work for Wednesday 10th February

Hello Y7, I'm sure you were hoping for more snow but sure you had plenty to keep you happy indoors. Remember if you want to ask me a question the quickest way to get an answer is to post a comment on the shared blog.

Today's timetable
Spellings
Mental Maths
Numeracy
Literacy
Silent Reading
Newbridge lesson

Spellings
Please copy all spellings three times.

Mental Maths
MM booklet

Numeracy
Variety of problems
Depending on your group black (left) or red (right) you should find sheets that look like this in you pack. Please complete them in an exercise book. They are revision of earlier work this week and this year.

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Blue group please complete another page from you calendar booklet.

Literacy
As it is the last week before half term you are going to test your self on Progress test 1, please spend 45 minutes only on the test. If you do not understand any question please leave it and we will catch up in school.
Workbook 6 P 40 - 43
Workbook 5 P 46 - 49
Workbook 4 P 44 - 47
Workbook 3 P 42 - 45

If you have time please start this crossword from your booklet Up in the Air, you can finish it tomorrow in catch up time.

Silent reading 20 minutes

PE
Please click on the link here for a bite size workout Andy's Wild Workout

WAU
Newbridge Geography lesson. This is a lesson about what you can see from your window, it will make you think.

This activity is to be completed from inside your house, choose the best window for a variety of things to see, as this is quite a detailed activity I think this will stretch over 3 sessions, today, tomorrow and Friday and will replace some other lesson.
The picture below give some detail about the types of geography then tell you what to record, you have blank sheets in your T and A folder.

Here is the sort of work you should be recording. As I said at least 2 lessons work to do it properly.

Work for Tuesday 9th February

PHONE CALL UPDATES
Y7 I will be ringing you between Wednesday and Friday this week to give you feed back on the work you returned and to answer any questions you have about your work, so have a think about anything you may want to ask.

Today's Timetable
Spellings
Mental Maths
Numeracy
Literacy
PE
WAU

Spellings
Please copy each spelling 3 times as usual

Mental Maths
MM booklet
Any maths activity 2 do on Purple Mash yet to be completed.

Numeracy
Continue with the second page of Tins, trays and boxes.

Literacy
Today we are working from the Collins workbooks completing activities about comprehension.
Collins English Workbook 6
P26 -29 Formal and Informal Writing, please complete neatly in pen, in full sentences when required.

Collins English Workbook 5
P30 - 32 Comparing texts and poetry, pl.ease complete in pen neatly and using full sentences when required

Collins English Workbook 4
P26 - 28 Structure in non- fiction 1 and 2, please complete neatly in pen using full sentences if required.

Collins English workbook 3P32 - 33,please write neatly.
Silent reading
Either read your reading book or for a change take a look at new 2 dos on Purple mash where I have set some book chapters to dip into, you don't need to do the activity that goes with it.

PE
Click on the link to join Marcus Rashford for a PE lesson with a difference.

WAU
Where am I on the Map booklet or pages I have photocopied for you.

Follow the instructions on the Treasure Hunt page then use the clues on the Treasure Island page to complete the map.

Work for Monday 8th February

New week, new work.
Before the daily timetable 2 things:
1 I have been really impressed by the earthquake reports you have sent back along with powerpoint hard copies, some very impressive journalism, look out BBC and Sky news you have some reporters for the future. If you have not sent this or your glossary in please include it the next set of work after half term.
2 If you didn't return your first set of reading books the week before last please leave into school in the KS2 entrance hall by Thursday 11th February at the latest; in a bag and named so I can send a new set home after half term.

Spelling lists in case you sent them back or mislaid them.

In order left to right pink black red/blue

Today's timetable
Spellings
Mental Maths
Numeracy
Literacy
Silent reading
Art

Spellings
Please copy the list for this week.
Mental Maths
MM booklet (this could be the last week in your book)
Speed chains

Black group top picture, red group second picture

Numeracy
We are all going to work at the sheet in your pack with the title, tins,trays and boxes.

In supermarkets we often buy multi packs of drinks or crisps that then have individual packets or cans inside the outer wrapper. These sleeves of cans which are wrapped in plastic come in boxes to the supermarket.

Today's task is to work out how many individual tins in a sleeve and how many individual tins in a box. Look at the example below to see how to work it out. Questions 1 and 2 for today.

I hope that makes sense, just set it out clearly in a book rather than on the worksheet.

Literacy
Brackets and hyphens in Literacy.
You have a sheet in your pack. Please read the examples and complete in a literacy book. Here is a link to explain their use Brackets and hyphens
When you complete the worksheet the extension activity is to write 3 sentences using brackets and 3 sentences using hyphens.

Silent reading
20 minutes of one of your new books.

Art
Silver or gold and black weaving.
I have included in you T and A pack a folded piece of black paper and either silver or gold paper.
You will also need scissors and if you have it pritt stick.
Follow these picture instructions carefully.

Picture 1 Rule a 2.5 cm frame around the sides that are open(not the folded side)
Picture 2 draw wavy lines about 2 cm apart from frame to fold.
Picture 3 cut along from fold to frame
Picture 4 Open up the black paper and put the rulings and any words face down( not like I did!!!)
Picture 5 On the white side of your metallic paper rule 1 cm wide parallel lines with paper landscape) Then cut strips.
Picture 6 With clean side of black paper facing upwards start to weave making sure there are no gaps as in picture. If you have glue stick the strips on the reverse side.
Good luck!!

Well Y7 I have started to mark all your fantastic work from the first 3 weeks. You are amazing and a big thank you to your parents for marking not only mental maths but some of the written numeracy, that was so kind.
I took pictures of the art work that was sent in and it will be at the top of this page as well as displayed in school.

I will remind you again next week that if you haven't returned the first set of reading books that you should have finished they need to be returned to school in a named folder or bag before more books are sent out in the pack after half term.

Right, on to today.

Today's timetable
Spellings
Mental Maths
Numeracy
Technology
Golden time
ICT

Spellings
If an adult has time please get them to test you on 15, if not have a quick glance over them in 2 minutes then write as many as you can remember.

Mental Maths
Friday test from your booklet.

Numeracy
Black group please continue your ratio sheets, work for 40 minutes and see what you can get completed, no need to do all the sheets. Ratio sheet 3 is a little different but I would like you to try this without my help, just follow the example at the top of the page.
Red group
Please continue the fraction sheets, again please work for 40 minutes

Technology
Paper and straw rockets
You should have the following in your T and A folder;
template sheet of rockets
thin art straws
thick art straws ( keep 2 of these for next week)
masking tape

You need to cut and colour the rocket templates and then work out how you can attach the straws so that you can blow through a straw but the air will get trapped to make the rocket launch. I have included a picture of finished rockets but not how you attach the straw. A Little hint would be one straw is hidden inside the other, also each rocket has 2 outer sides so the straws are sandwiched between the templates!! GOOD LUCK Pictures would be great of you and the completed challenge.

Golden Time - your choice, my choice would be something outside away from a screen.

Ict
Please either word process and add images for your volcano poems, I'm sure they are great and can be displayed when we return. There are plenty of 2 dos on Purple mash as usual.
Have a great weekend after a hard week's work, both you and your parents.

Work for Thursday 4th February

Good morning Y7. First of all thank you for all the completed work you have returned, I will be marking this and recording what has come back on a spreadsheet before returning to you when we return to school again. I love the art work some of you have done and will get it photographed and posted here. A big thank you to the people who put my work and Mrs Reain's in separate folders, bonus point!!!! Anyway if you were not able to return all completed work or your reading books this time you can send it in after half term.

Today's timetable
Spellings
Mental Maths
Numeracy
Literacy
Silent Reading
Art

Spellings
Please revise this week's spelling lists by writing each once.

Mental Maths
Please complete No 1 and No 2 of the 10 x 10 multiplication grids and record your time.

Numeracy (40 minutes)
Black group
Ratio Sheet 1 and 2 if you have time.
Either do on the back of the sheet or in your numeracy book.
Here is my guide to how to tackle these:-

Red group
Fraction worksheets( complete on the sheet)
Sheet 1 You have a choice.
Work out the fractions of each amount then tick the one that is the most.
Sheet 2 Fractions of a number Worksheet 1 where you find fractions such as 3/10 of 70, you divide 70 by 10 then multiply by 3 so the answer is 21

Blue group
Time booklet, the next 4 pages please.

Literacy
Volcano Poem

WILF
A 4 verse poem with 4 lines in each verse.
It doesn't need to rhyme.
I suggest you have a theme for each verse perhaps colours, noises, actions, comparing to creature or mythical human.
For the colours and actions look at the clips I have included below.
For the comparing to creatures think about maybe:-
An angry dragon beneath the earth breathing fire and smoke etc
A blacksmith of the underworld hammering at his anvil over a fire.
A sleeping giant who comes to life and is angry with the people above,
Vulcan who was the god of fire throwing lava bombs and flames.
A giant snake like a river flowing down the mountain.

I'm sure you will be very creative, you always are.

Watch this video clip of an eruption and this one clip two

Make sure the poem has a comma at the end of each line and at the end of the verse a new line before the next verse. You will be word processing this tomorrow.

Art
Please complete the converse trainers making sure they are all coloured as well as the bubble words.

Work for Wednesday 3rd February

Hello Y7, first of all some queries to answer, the proof reading sheet was one where you have to put in punctuation marks and change some words, I hope you all found it.

Today's timetable
PE ( it shouldn't be on for another day but if you are feeling energetic follow Joe Wicks)
Spellings
Mental Maths
Numeracy
Literacy
Silent Reading
WAU

Spellings
Copy out today's spellings three times each

Mental Maths
MM booklet

Numeracy
You are going to finish the bracket worksheets ( we will leave inverse operations for another day)
Black group

Day three sheet where you have brackets in different places with the same numbers, then A1 brackets extension sheet sections B and C, you may use a calculator if you wish.

Red group
Day three sheet where you have brackets in different places with the same numbers, then A1 brackets extrension sheet section A

Blue group
Continue with your money workbook, next 4 pages.

Literacy
We are all going to use Collins workbooks to complete comprehension activities.

English workbook 6 P34 - 37
English workbook 5 P40 - 41
English workbook 4 P42 - 43
English workbook 3 P 24- 25
Please complete neatly in pen and joined writing.

Silent reading
Carry on reading non fiction books for 20 minutes.

Newbridge History lesson
You are going to build a virtual castle keeping to a strict budget set by the owners of the castle.
This lesson has a video with it which I will link, then a set of pictures of the various parts of the castle and underneath I will put the cost as the pictures do not show the price clearly.
You then have a table of costs to complete which you can write out either in a book or on a piece of paper. This activity can be carried through to tomorrow afternoon if you don't get it completed.

Here is the video link Castle building
When you have watched it take a look at the following instructions and pictures and the price list to complete the activity.

Here are the costs all in gold pieces
Walls 50
Stone walls 150
Buttressed stone walls 200
Square tower 75 per tower
Round tower 100 per tower
Keep 100
Stone keep 100
Motte 75
Standard Gate lodge 50
Drawbridge 75
Portcullis 150
Barbican 100
Moat 100
Murder hole 100
Crennelations 100
Weapons
Bows and arrows 100 for 100
swords 150 for 209
Shields 150 for 10
Hot oil 75

I look forward to seeing both your plan and the costs!!

Work for Tuesday 2nd February

Hello Y7, make sure you and your parents take a look at the information at the top of the page which is about applying for your high school places

Hope all the work I set yesterday was ok, thank you for all the work you and your parents are doing both from the web page and if you have time from Purple Mash.

Today's timetable
Spellings
Mental maths
Numeracy
Literacy
Silent reading
PE
WAU

Spellings
Please copy out today's list words.

Mental Maths
Mental maths booklet.

Numeracy
Red and Black groups
Please complete day two and day three pages from brackets worksheets.
For example the first page has two equations or number sentences that will give a different answer depending on where the brackets are put, for example:
(6 x 2 )+ 4 = 12 + 4 = 16
or
6 x (2 + 4 ) = 6 x 6 = 36
If you complete this in the 45 minutes allowed, try the next page where you have an equation with an answer and you need to place the brackets to make the correct answer.
For example
6 + 4 x 5 = 50 should look like this ( 6 + 4 ) x 5 = 50 10 x 5= 50

Blue group
Please look at your calendar booklet.
The first page is March 2011
Look at the calendar and answer the questions

Literacy
Both Black and red groups have proof reading sheets which we have done in school before.
Follow the instructions at the top of the page placing punctuation marks, capital letters etc on the sheet. If you have time please either type or copy out correctly.

Silent reading
Continue your non fiction reading book for 20 minutes.

PE
Throwing and catching.
If you have a ball of any size please use it, carefully if indoors!!
If you don't an apple or orange would do, just don't do the bouncing activities!!!
1 throw and catch 30 times catching with both hands, throw with one catch with two.
2. Throw with one and catch with one 30 times
3 Throw from left hand to right hand 30 times.
4 Bounce ball with one and catch with 2 30 times
5 Bounce ball with 1 and catch with 1 30 times.
Repeat whole sequence twice.

WAU
You will have your Where am I on the map booklet( some were nameless so I just photocopied the pages you will need rather than send home the wrong booklet)
Please look at the pages with 4 figure grid references P19
Read the instructions and draw your ships on the blank grid on the next page
Find someone in the house who has time to be your opponent.
Remember the grid reference is given by the number at the bottom left of the square look at this example

So the number 3 four figure grid reference would be 1844 and the number 4 figure would be 1944

Work for Monday 1st February

Good morning Y7, I hope you all had a great weekend and that you are ready to go with your new work packs. Thank you for leaving all your completed work back to school, we look forward to marking it and if it is art, displaying it.

First of all we are going to do some ADMIN.
Please take all the work out of your new work pack and sort the photocopied pages into subject groups like this:-
Numeracy
Brackets stapled sheets
Pyramid sheet
10 x 10 grid sheet
Fractions sheets(red)
Ratio (black)
calendar (blue)

Literacy
3 semi colon/colon sheets
Proof reading story sheet
Brackets and hyphens

Today's timetable ( see a picture of this week's timetable at the bottom of today's page - it wouldn't let me add the week number at the top of the copy you have in your folder)
Spellings 'able'
Mental maths
Numeracy
Literacy
Silent reading
PE
Art

Spellings
Copy today's spelling list ( in case you have mislaid your copy see images at the bottom of today's work)

Mental Maths booklet

Numeracy
Pyramid challenge sheet - follow the instructions on the sheet and spend 20 minutes working through the blank pyramids

Brackets work (spend 40 minutes)
Day one - work out the sum in the brackets first as the example shows.
If you get this finished in the time go on to Day two and follow the example at the top of the page.

Literacy
Semi colon worksheet 1
Semi colons are used instead of commas when you want to split a sentence into 2 parts like this
I like pizza; Jim likes fish and chips.
or
I ride my horse; my sister plays netball.

Please complete this neatly in pen and joined writing in a literacy exercise book.

If you have time please complete the ea words in you crossword booklet

Silent Reading
Non fiction books from your new pack

PE
Step challenge
Find a space either in the house or in the garden and see how many steps you can pace out in 15 minutes, make a circuit round the garden if you can or if you joined in with Joe Wicks this morning consider your PE done.
Art
You have a sheet in your T and A folder of a sheet of converse trainers, please us.e felt tips or colouring pencils to carefully design some unique trainers, this activity can be carried on on Thursday.

Images of spellings in the order pic 1 pink pic 2 black pic 3 red/blue
Image of this week's timetable

Work for Friday 29th January

Good morning Y7, I hope someone will be able to collect your new pack today and leave off the work detailed on yesterday's page.

Today's timetable
Spellings
Mental maths
Numeracy
Technology
Silent reading
ICT

Spellings
Please ask someone to test 15 of this week's spellings if they have time.

Mental Maths
Please complete you Friday test as usual then mark from the link pages at the top of class page.

Numeracy
Please complete the discount sheets from Thursday.

If you want a bit more numeracy there are always 2 dos on purple mash.

Technology
Building a shelter when a house has been destroyed by an earthquake.
You may choose your materials from what you have about the house but I would like a building that has the following if possible:-
4 walls
A sloping roof
At least 1 window that is weather proof
A door
That it is stable enough to withstand after shocks(you can try this by shaking the table after making it and mend or
improve)

Silent reading
GOLDEN TIME I THINK YOU DESERVE A BIG HELPING OF THIS, ANYTHING NOT RELATED TO SCHOOL WORK.

ICT
Please complete the earthquake slideshow if you need to or check Purple mash for more 2 dos, I will put some more up as I know how much you love them.

PLEASE LEAVE THE NEW WORK PACK UNTIL MONDAY UNLESS YOU WANT TO USE YOUR ADMIN SKILLS LIKE WE DO IN SCHOOL AND GET THE PAGES IN ORDER FOR DIFFERENT SUBJECTS.
Have a great weekend.

Work for Thursday 28th January

Hello Y7 hope you enjoyed the snow at the weekend and got out to enjoy yourselves.

Firstly a reminder that new work packs will be ready for collection on Friday from 11 - 12 from the hall,; you have two folders one of general worksheets and one with technology and art materials.
Please return your current folder with these books and work inside( all work named please)
Both reading books ; fiction and non fiction DO NOT RETURN ANY OTHER BOOKS SUCH AS COLLINS WORKBOOKS, or stapled booklets we have made unless specified. YOU WILL NEED THEM.
Work for Mrs Collins:
Numeracy
Teams/runners etc (red/ black group)
Deposit and repayment (black group)
Discount sheets that have been completed( keep incomplete ones for next pack)

Literacy
Earthquake glossary (if not already emailed or posted on Purple Mash)
Earthquake news report ( if not already posted on Purple Mash)
Richter/ Mercali Scale illustration and writing diagram

Technology
Marble run evaluation (if not already sent in or emailed)
Bridge evaluation and table of results
Left brain table of results and findings

Art
Pop art wavy line art
Volcano art

Work for Mrs Reain
Both your numeracy and your literacy exercise books where you have completed work( classwork books will be in your new pack to complete work over the next 2 weeks)
Numeracy
Lines booklet
Any mental maths multiplication sheets
Literacy
Volcano true or false sheets
Earthquake comprehension

Today's time table
Spellings
Mental maths
Numeracy
Literacy
Silent reading
Art

Spellings
Revise this week's spellings by writing out once each.

Mental maths
MM booklet
Grids
ADDITION FOR ALL GROUPS

Black Across 15 17 12 13 14 16
Down 23 34 45 57 66 81

Red Across 9 11 12 13 15 16
Down 15 12 37 23 14 19

Blue Across 5 6 3 4 8 9
Down 9 7 6 10 12 5

Numeracy
Red and black groups
Today you are going to look at discounts where depending on how much money you spend you may get some money off to encourage you to spend more than you had intended, this is how shops can make money!!!
You should have at least 2 if not 3 sheets depending on your group, like these.

Read all the information, then total the separate bills and if they give a discount for spending £20 plus then if you spend between £20 and £29.99 you subtract £2 from your bill and so on .

Please complete 40 minutes of work as these sheets are for Friday as well.

Literacy
Phonic work
Please complete the 'ee' page of your crossword booklet.

Earthquake report completion.
If you can access a computer please type up the script or write neatly if you haven't already.
If you can please create a slideshow backdrop to go with the report, if you can't get on a computer please do a story board drawing of what image you would put in and what captions you would include.
Here are my suggestions( at least 4 slides but more may be needed)
Slide 1 News station logo
Slide 2 A picture of a current news story with a title and brief description
Slide 3 onwards use your script to determine what picture is on the slide, my thoughts - a demolished building- a cracked road- rescue workers.
Last slide studio again or weather forecast.
When you have completed this read the script along with slide show and video if you can ( not compulsory)

Silent reading
Hopefully finish your reading books

ART
Complete the volcano art work to include in your returned work.

Wednesday 27th January

Good morning Year 7!
Today's tasks are below
Spellings / phonics - copy out Wednesday's spellings from your sheet ( posted on Monday if you've misplaced them )

There is a clear rule to tell you whether to use ous or us:
If the word is an adjective, the spelling is ous: poisonous, dangerous

If the word is a noun, the spelling is us: cactus, octopus

Some examples of adjectives and nouns are pictured below

RULE BREAKERS ( it wouldn't be English without them)
1. The adjective bogus e.g a bogus policeman
2.Minus , which can be an adjective e.g. a minus number
3. Versus(meaning against) e.g. It's our team versus yours

Can you use your new found knowledge to answer the questions in the following quiz?
Click here to test your understanding

Numeracy
Mental maths booklet .
I had included another speed test on the timetable for today but they are quite long so I'm going to reserve it for next week instead. Use today to catch up if you haven't finished the first three.

Last page in your lines booklet today! Please draw the lines and write the question and answer in your numeracy book with today's date at the top. WALT : Identifying types of lines
The only new thing on this page is naming the intersection points of lines. Have a look at this video explaining it here

Literacy/ WAU
You have a Ring of Fire Mini Booklet in your pack. Get it out and follow the instructions to make it.
It should look like the pictures below.
Watch this video to help you complete the booklet or you can carry out your own research. Add some colour to the cover picture and the map to make the Ring of Fire stand out.
And today wouldn't be complete without a song so I'll just leave this here . You're welcome! 😎

Tuesday 26th January

Good morning year 7! I hope you are all keeping well.
Today's tasks are below
Spellings / phonics - before you copy your spellings into your book, can you look at the words below and decide which one is spelt correctly. Then check the spelling. How many did you get right?

Pink 1.ridiculous 1. adventerous 1. perilus 1. vigerous 1. miraculous
2. ridiculus 2. adventurous 2. perilouse 2. vigorous 2. miraculuous
3. ridiculuous 3. adventurus 3. perilous 3. vigorus 3. miraculus

Black 1.precious 1. delicius 1.suspicious 1. anxshous 1. vivius
2. presious 2. delicious 2. suspicius 2. anxius 2. vicious
3. precius 3. deliceous 3. suspiceious 3. anxious 3. vishous

Red your sound this week is "j"
1. briddge 1. chardge 1. magic 1. hudge 1. denger
2. bridje 2. charge 2. majic 2. huje 2. danger
3. bridge 3. charje 3. madgick 3. huge 3. danjer

Now copy out Tuesday's spellings into your successful spelling book. In case you have a different sheet to the group you are in or cannot find the sheet in your pack I have included pictures of the lists on Monday's page.

Mental maths
Continue with the next week in your mental maths booklet. Answers are posted via a link at the top of the year 7 page.
This week's speed test is division .It's the third sheet in your pack and the first question is 22 divided by 11.
Those of you with times tables booklets continue with the next 4 pages.

Answers to last Wednesday's speed test are below

Numeracy
We are continuing with our work on Types of Lines today and tomorrow. Today's page is pictured below. I have added an example of the type of question on today's sheet with answers. Please do read these before beginning today's written activity.

Time Booklet - if you have a Time booklet please continue to work your way through this. Remember to write both the analogue and digital versions under each clock.
Have a go on this game first
And this one

Literacy

Today's literacy is an earthquake comprehension. Please watch the videos below and then answer the 5 questions in the BBC Bitesize quiz

What is an earthquake?
Can you answer the questions in this quiz ?

Read the passage about earthquakes and seismographs and answer the questions which follow.You can write the answers on the sheet but don't forget to stick it into your book to be handed in on Friday.

Last week we tried to name all the countries in Europe (I still haven't scored 100% but I'm working on it)
This week I'd like you to have a go at naming all the capital cities of Europe.
Click here for interactive game
and here for the best song ever!!! I'm not even sorry 😜

I hope you have a good day!

Work for Monday 25th January

New week, new work, new timetable.
I know you have a copy of this week's timetable but I have changed or added a couple of lessons so I am posting a copy of how it should look.

Thank you for all the work that is being done on Purple Mash, I can hardly keep up with posting new 2 dos, don't worry if you can't get on a computer to do all these, even 6 tasks would be great so I can see you are using it.

Today's timetable

Spellings
Mental Maths
Numeracy
Literacy
Silent reading
PE
Art

Spellings
Sound 'ous' for Pink and Black groups and 'soft g' for red and blue.
Please copy out the spellings from the list in your folders as we would in school.

Mental Maths
MM booklets
Speed chains

Below are the spelling lists for this week pink, black and red/blue

Numeracy
Black Group Maths workbook 6
Please spend 45 minutes maximum completing Progress test 1 P28 - 31

Black/Red Group Maths workbook 5
Please spend 45 minutes maximum on P 30 long multiplication. Here is an example to remind you how to do it.

Red group Maths workbook 4
Please complete P24 -25 Negative numbers, spend a maximum of 45 minutes.

Blue group
Please complete the next 4 pages of your time booklet and play a tables game on Hit the Button.

Literacy
Earthquake news report.
Please complete the news report by adding an introduction at the beginning and a conclusion at the end like this:-

Start in the Tv studio with the presenter giving 3 different news headlines and a sentence about each.
Then hand over to the on the spot reporter which is you, give the name of the reporter, the location and what they are reporting on.
Complete and redraft anything in the report.
The conclusion. Have the reporter say some words to the studio for handover.
Tv studio, write some sentences for the presenter perhaps about future programmes or the weather or the sports side of the news.
Finish as a news report on Tv would.
Make sure this is all written or typed up, named and dated and put in your folder for marking.

Silent reading
This week it is your fiction book.

PE
Follow the images from Newbridge College and either download or write out your own record card.

Art
As you are looking at volcanoes in WAU I thought we could do a bit of art work using either felt tips, crayons, pencils or even coloured paper to make some images of our own which can be sent in to school to make a display.
I really like the last one where you can use lots of volcano related words for the cone.

Work for Friday 22nd January

Hello Y7, can you believe what day it is again? Thank you for getting in touch on the Y7 2020 2021 shared blog on PM, good to be able to answer your questions or even just say hello. A MESSAGE FOR PARENTS, MRS REAIN AND MYSELF HAVE BEEN RINGING TO CHECK HOW YOU ARE AND IT HAS BEEN GREAT TO CATCH UP, IF YOU HAVE YET TO RECEIVE A CALL WE WILL TRY AGAIN TODAY, IT WILL BE A WITHHELD NUMBER.

Today's timetable
Spellings
Mental Maths
Numeracy
Technology
Silent reading
ICT

Spellings
Same as last week, have a look over the spellings then see if you can write the word from my clue.
Pink group
1 Opposite of noisy
2 Crash into something
3 Take a large step
4A punctuation mark like a take away
5 Make something look bigger
6 A snake
7 Not enough water in you
8 It lives off another creature
9 keeping clean
10 When you write a poem it could...
Black group
1. A large reptile
2 speaking 2 languages
3 Keeping clean
4 It drinks blood
5 Lives off another creature
6 How tall you are
7 Join things together
8 Use a keyboard
9 Cut in 2
10 A technical picture
Red/Blue group
1 Steer a car
2 not noisy
3 Wave to someone
4 An eight legged creature
5 Opposite of low
6 The sun does this
7 We do this in sums
8 Which way shall I go?
9 answer someone
10 How big something is

Mental maths
MM booklets, finish the rest of the week before you do the Friday test.

Numeracy all groups spend no more than 45 minutes please and if it's a school worksheet either write on the back or in your homework books.
Black group
Continuing deposit and repayment but today we are going to look at 2 methods of paying and working out which is cheaper A or B. Here is an example.

Red group/ Book 5 workbook
Please complete progress test 1 P36 - 39,leave out Roman numerals and do any sums in HTU vertical way not going across.

Red group/ Book4 workbook

Please complete progress test P42-45 leave out Roman numerals

Blue group
Money booklet
Please complete at least first 4 pages, use real money if you can and count the coins that have a larger number first.

Technology
Today we are giving the cardboard a break and carrying out an activity which you can test on as many people in your house as you can persuade.
There are some objects to collect and a table of results to draw and when you finish a short evaluation of what you have found. The table of results and evaluation should be put in your folder to return for marking. EXTRA MARKS WILL BE GIVEN IF YOU EXTEND YOUR WORK AND THINK OF THREE MORE TASKS YOU COULD TEST AND RECORD.

Silent reading
Have a break from school books and grab your favourite novel, comic or catalogue.
ICT

Please continue the earthquake news style report from Thursday, either finish the draft making sure you have covered all the points I set out then type this up either on word or hand write. Please put your name and date on the work.
If you still want to do more after this there are some more 2 dos on PM I know how much you enjoy these challenges and I love seeing them.
Just remembered to post the answers to grids, please mark them yourself as we would in class, mum and dad have enough to do.

I hope you have a good weekend and get outside to play or go for a family walk or whatever.
Thank you for working so hard.

Work for Thursday 21st January

Purple Mash update!!!!! I have successfully opened a y7 2020 2021 shared blog where you can leave any questions about any work from the web page or purple mash, it is quicker than an email if you need a speedy answer. So good to chat to some of you today and look forward to catching up with more of you over the next 2 days. Let us know what you like and anything you would like more of.

Right to work.
Today's timetable
Spellings
Mental maths
Grids
Numeracy
Literacy
PE
Art

Spellings
Please write out or spell aloud the list for today.

Mental Maths
MM booklet Thursday page.

Grids
Why not challenge a brother or sister or a parent if they have 2 minutes.
Black group grid 1
Across 17 15 19 14 13 12
Down 2 4 5 7 10 3

Red group grid 1
Across 7 9 6 8 4 5
Down 6 7 9 4 8 3

Blue group grid 1
Across 6 4 5 10 7
Down 2 3 5 10 4

Black group grid 2
Across 19 14 13 17 15 12
Down 6 4 2 5 8 10

Red group grid 2
Across 9 6 4 7 8 5
Down 7 8 4 9 5 3

Blue group grid 2
Across 7 4 6 5 10
Down 3 2 4 5 10

Numeracy
All groups please spend no more than 45 minutes on your activity

Black group deposit and repayment sheets
Please look at the first sheet in stapled sheets, cash price/ deposit and repayment. You are going to calculate how much money you would save by paying cash rather than paying a little at a time. Here is an example problem to help you.

Please try to complete the first sheet, but if your're keen do the next one as well.

Red group (book 5 group)
Teams and runners
You have a sheet at the front of stapled sheets about runners, teams and crisps, here is an example of how to set it out.

Some people needed some advice about a question from Monday's workbook, Zoomas and Popsies, here is a simple way to calculate.

(Blue group numeracy
You have a booklet about telling the time, please complete the first 4 pages.

Literacy
Spend 1 hour on literacy.
Please complete the Richter Scale illustration, sorry for any confusion with the weekly timetable where I had said Mercali scale, if you did this instead of Richter it's fine, either will do. It should have 2 pages divided in to 6 squares each with 2 introductory squares then 9 squares giving magnitude, an illustration of what you would see and a sentence to explain. Please put this in poly pocket or cardboard folder to return for marking.

If you finish that please use the internet to research news reports about earthquakes as you are going to be a reporter from the scene for this activity that will be completed over 3 lessons.
Stage 1 research
Stage 2 Write a news report, do a rough draft today for typing or rewriting in ICT on Friday. ( I have put a 2do link on Purple Mash which even though it is like a newspaper report will give you some ideas of what to include in your news report. The news report can be word processed or hand written)
Stage 3 Powerpoint for a backdrop of your report(next week)
Look at the pictures below then use you reporter skills to compile a new report like this:

* Introduce yourself and the Tv station you report for.
*Say where you are ( check which countries would have had a lot of quakes)
*Say when the quake happened.
* Say what magnitude it was on the Richter scale.
*Describe what you can see around you, people, buildings,cars, sounds, maybe after shocks.
This should be at least 10 sentences.
*Interview an eye witness or rescue worker ( at least 3 sentences)
* Recap what happened and hand back to the studio, maybe mention when your next report will be.

Silent reading 20 minutes.

PE
Design your own mini work out circuit.

It must include:
Running fast between two end points
A step challenge
A jumping challenge, on the spot
A throw and catch
A challenge to strengthen stomach muscles
A challenge to strengthen biceps( think baked bean tins)

Repeat each activity 3 times in a sequence, or make your siblings join in, would love some photos.

Art
If you have time after this busy day please finish your wavy pop art images, if not don't worry you have done enough.

Work for Wednesday 20th January

Good morning year 7. I hope you all have located suitable exercise books for your written work. If not , please use your own paper and file it in the poly pocket to be returned to school for marking.
Answers for yesterday's mental maths speed test are below.
Y7 AN EXTRA MESSAGE FOR YOU, IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS OR QUESTIONS THE QUICKEST WAY TO LET ME KNOW IS OVER PURPLEMASH AS IT COMES THROUGH STRAIGHTAWAY, SOMETIMES AN EMAIL CAN TAKE A DAY TO GET TO ME, CHECK YOUR ALERTS FOR REPLIES. From Mrs Collins

Wednesday Timetable

Spellings - see timetable
Mental Maths - New wave booklet and either sheet 2 (110x 6 20 x 9) or tables booklets x2 x3 x4 x5
Numeracy
Literacy
Silent Reading
WAU

Numeracy

Continue with the work you started yesterday
Walt : recognise parallel, perpendicular and intersecting lines and intersections
Parallel lines
Really cheesy song about lines
Complete this quiz before continuing with the written activities. You are asked if the lines are parallel, perpendicular or intersecting.
Black group C Q 1-3
Red group B q 1 and 2
If you are finding these questions difficult then please complete the worksheet below instead

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Literacy/WAU
Use the blank world map in your Natural Disasters booklet to plot the location of 10 of the most dangerous active volcanoes in the world. There is no definitive list of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world so there will be some cross over between your list and the video below. Stick the sheet into your literacy book .
Dangerous Volcanoes

Volcanoes - True or False?
Read the instructions on the sheet to complete a booklet like the one below. You will need to do your own research for some of the facts to find out if they are true or false. I recommend writing T or F in the corner of each one before you put them into the pocket.

Oak Academy Virtual library
Every week a popular children's author or illustrator will provide you with free books, exclusive videos and their top three recommended reads. This week it's Jacqueline Wilson with Tracey Beaker.

Can you name the countries of Europe? Challenge your parents to see who gets the highest score

Remember to do as much as you can each day year 7 but please try not to worry if you don't get everything completed. Concentrate on reading, spellings, numeracy and literacy activities.

Work for Tuesday 19th January

Good morning Year 7. I trust you all have your new home packs.
A couple of you didn't have your mental maths booklets in your folders under your desk . I am assuming you have these at home. If this is not the case, please email me and I'll organise another copy for you asap.

Before Christmas I sent home both numeracy and literacy homework books ( 2 of each). Use one of each to record your work for the next two weeks.Put the date and a title at the top of each piece of written work. These can be returned to school for marking when you collect the second pack on Friday 29th January.

I have posted links to the New Wave answer books to mark as you go along otherwise we will go through them when we return to school.

Tuesday Timetable
Spellings - see timetable
Mental Maths
Numeracy
Literacy
Silent Reading
WAU
PE

Mental maths
Complete Tuesday's questions for the next week in your booklet. I have also included a speed test multiplying sheet for today. This is useful to keep your tables quick and accurate. Time yourself completing this and record the time. Answers to follow .

Those who don't have the speed tests have differentiated times tables booklets. Please begin with the first one and complete 2 pages each day. For some of you it's x2 and for others it's x and dividing by 6.

Numeracy
Cut out your copy of this poster and stick it into your maths facts book. Learn them.
I have added two links to help you recap these types of lines before completing today's written work

What are parallel and perpendicular lines?

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Classwork

In one of your numeracy homework books, write the date and the following
Walt : recognise parallel, perpendicular and intersecting lines and intersections

Black group A q 1-3 and B 1 and 2
Red group _ A q 1 and 2
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Literacy
Natural Disasters Booklet
What are volcanoes?

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Kilauea - The World's Most Active Volcano
Mount St. Helens: May 18, 1980
Spectacular Timelapse as Mexico's Popocatepetl Volcano Erupts Again on 9th January 2021

Read the passage "Volcanoes of the World" and answer the comprehension questions in your literacy book.

Q6 to compare Mount Hood and Mount Fuji you might want to make 2 columns. List the things that are different and the things which are the same.

Mount Hood Mount Fuji
is dormant is active

WAU - Today we are going to learn about the structure of the earth's interior and then make a visual aid to help us to remember what the various layers are called.
Layers of the Earth video
Your blank template is in your booklet. Use the colours in the picture to help you to complete it. Follow the instructions on the page to put it together and stick in into your book on a page following today's comprehension questions.

Reading - all reading groups have a non - fiction reading book for this week. Please read through this in your own time and then continue with your own reading if/when you finish it.
It might be an idea to use your weekly timetable to keep a record of your work as you complete it. Tick it off / cross it out or put as asterisk beside it if you still need to do it.
Remember year 7 to do what you can , I know you don’t all have someone at home with you full time so focus on numeracy , literacy , spellings and keep reading .
Have a good day !

Work for Monday 18th January

Hello Y7, I hope you all managed to get work packs picked up and left me some work to assess. I'm really enjoying your feed back on Purple Mash 2 dos and really pleased at the amount of tasks some of you have done. Especially pleased with submitted earthquake glossaries Amy D, Jack, Carter, India, Taylor, Sophie and Adam Y. THANK YOU.

Monday Timetable
Spellings
Mental Maths
Numeracy
Literacy
Silent Reading
Art

Spellings
You have your spelling lists for this week in your work pack, but if you didn't get it collected or somehow have the wrong list here they are.

Please copy three times in homework book (please do all literacy in one book so these can be returned next time)

Mental Maths
Complete Monday in you MM booklet.

Speed chains
Please complete or just write answer to section A of either set of chains.

Numeracy
Everyone today is doing basic work from Collins workbooks except Book 6 who also have an extension activity (see below work)

Maths workbook 6
P 60-61 Revision of percentages
These are quite straightforward so please do some or all of these more tricky ones, remember for odd ones like 55% work out 10% then times by 5 and then work 5% and add on before calculating.

Maths workbook 5
P34 - 35 Division word problems, read carefully and write the sums.

Maths workbook 4
P40 Challenge 1 and 2 Multiplication problems, write the sum please.

Maths workbook 3
P92 2 D shapes
Challenge 1 and 2 question 1
Remember quadrilaterals have four sides
A rectangle has two pairs of equal sides
A hexagon has 6 sides
A pentagon has 5 sides

Everyone please ask a parent to mark your work and you do any corrections needed.

Literacy/WAU
Richter Scale info sheet design.
You need 2 A4 sheets of blank paper, each sheet divided equally into 6 main sections as I have.
Please then look at the images describing the magnitude, the effects and the illustrations in the pictures below and complete in detail and neatly your sheets, these will be returned next time for assessing. These images are below art instructions.

Silent reading, you now have your new reading books, please read the non fiction book this week.

Art
Please find a piece of blank paper, take a look at these pop art images which use a central image and then have wavy lines radiating from this. You may copy but I would prefer to see you own ideas. This activity can be carried on in Thursday's art time.

Friday 15th January

Hello everyone. First of all I would just like to send a short message to the boys and girls in our class who have heard the disappointing news that AQE will not be happening. I know you and your parents will be very unhappy about this but I just want to say that you have worked hard,as has the whole class, over this year and we will continue to work hard and succeed no matter where we go next year. We are proud of you all.

IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR RETURN AND COLLECTION OF WORK ON FRIDAY.
PLEASE RETURN YOU CURRENT READING BOOK ALONG WITH MARBLE RUN EVALUATION, BOTH NAMED.
NEW PACKS CAN BE COLLECTED FROM THE ASSEMBLY HALL BETWEEN 11 AND 12. INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT THE WORK IN THE PACKS WILL STILL BE POSTED ON THIS PAGE EVERY DAY.

Thank you for all the work you are continuing to complete on Purple Mash, all scores recorded; if you haven't completed the 2dos yet please do, if you are having any problems accessing them please e mail the school.

The school register will be filled in in accordance with the Dept of Education guidelines to show pupils are engaging with remote work.

Ok on with today's work
Timetable:-
Spellings
Mental maths
Numeracy
Technology
Silent reading
ICT

Spelling test: same form as yesterday I will give 10 clues for each group to lead you to one of the spellings as an answer (take a quick look over )before you start.

Black group
il/ir
1. Not happening in an ordered way
2. Not thinking straight
3.Not able to read
4. Untidy writing
5. Against the law
dis
6. Not content
7. Not listen to a person
8. Not bothered about a subject
9. Unhappy with the outcome
10. Opposite of 'come on you can do it'

Red/Blue group
re
1. Come in to view again
2. Taken away
3. Get better
4. Do it again
5. Use plastic again
dis
6.Say the opposite
7. Not to be trusted
8. Find
9. Not permitted
10. Do something o make a person sad

Mental Maths booklet Friday test.

Numeracy
Maths work book 6
P 46 - 47 BODMAS
We haven't covered all of bracket rules so far so here are the extra rules:
BODMAS tells us the order to do the line of sums.
B Do bracket work first
O If there are any squarenumbers or cube numbers do them next
D Division if it comes first
M Multiplication if it comes first
A Addition
S subtraction
Ok give them a go, we will revisit when back in school

Maths workbook 5
P 18 - 19 Negative numbers
Challenge 1 remember larger - numbers are lower or colder.
Challenge 2 Remember if you are finding the difference between -2C and 5C you add so the difference is 7C
Draw a number line if it helps.
Challenge 3 if you want the difference between -4C and -12C you take the numbers away so the difference is 8C

Maths workbook 4
P38 Multiplication Practice
Remember to carry to tens column and always do a HTU sum not sideways.

Maths work book 3
Do these 2 tests in your homework book

Then workbook P102 Bar charts
As these are a little more difficult I suggest you get a parent to help you fill in the missing numbers in the spaces at the side. Again do this in Challenge 2, work out what each square is worth.

Technology
Today's challenge is to build a bridge to span a 30 cm gap
Suggested materials
cereal box strips
rolled and taped scrap paper or newspaper
straws
tape
string or wool
kitchen roll tubes
The challenge is to see what weight your bridge can hold, I would test the bridge with a toy car first to make sure it will hold that.
Record your results in a table giving name of object and weight. Try at least 5. Under your table of results write a brief evaluation like you did last week for me to grade.
Here are some images of what abridge might look like but yours may be different.

Silent reading as usual. Maybe you will have your new reading books ready to open.
ICT
Please complete you earthquake glossary and either email, keep for next pack collection time or if on Purple mash save it for me to see.
Complete any word processing of literacy from Thursday.
Please complete any 2 dos that have been set or set as a redo. You may like to do more on loginator or the multiplication races or perhaps a few Hit the Button activities.
Nearly forgot grid answers from yesterday!!!!

FINALLY FOR THIS WEEK HAVE A RELAXING WEEKEND READY TO GO NEXT WEEK, GET OUT IN THE FRESH AIR FOR A WALK OR A KICK ABOUT .

Copy both these tests into your numeracy homework book and complete.
Workbook P32 challenges 1 and 2.

Literacy ALL WORK NEATLY IN PEN PLEASE

English workbook 6
P82 -83 Proof reading. For challenge 3 you may word process this and either print and stick into your book or email to me for marking.

English workbook 5
P 22 -23 Synonyms and Antonyms. Complete all 3 challenges. For challenge 3 question 2 use the 3 words on each line to write a sentence
eg The young girl in the film Snow White was pretty and beautiful while the witch was ugly.
Word process and stick in if you want or email it to me for marking.

English workbook 4
P 82 -83 Proof reading In challenge 3 if you want to word process and email me the work for marking or print out and stick in your book.

English workbook 3
P 18 -19 Spelling tricky words. Complete all 3 challenges.

Silent reading
Spend 20 minutes reading either your reading book to finish it or a novel or go online to the library site Mrs Reain suggested.

PE
If you joined Joe this morning that's fine but if not here are some reps to do to get all those muscles in form. Do each activity 3 times in a sequence, for 1 minute each rep or the number of reps it says.

Obviously you don't have a rope to climb or maybe no skipping rope, but for step ups use the bottom step of your stairs and replace those you can't do with extra ones of the other reps. Make a hoop shape from a jumper.

ICT
Earthquake glossary.
You completed research of earthquake related words last week. Choose at least 6 if not 8 and either using the 2 do on purple mash or word process or hand write the following:-
Title in bold
Words in bold and underlined
Detailed definition
Picture if relevant
Here is my example:-
Richter Scale : this is a numbered set of definitions invented by Charles F Richter in 1935 that tell how strong the quake is and what you might see or experience.
Please either save in Purple mash or email to school.
You may work on this tomorrow in ICT if you need to as well.

Wednesday 13th January

Good morning Year 7! I hope you are all well. Don't forget to check out what's happening over on the year 7 blog on purplemash when you get a chance.

Spellings
Have a look at the words below
This video explains the rules for adding prefixes to words. Its very visual and I think it will help you to remember this week's spellings

Which prefix would you use with these root words? Read them and add in a suitable prefix. You don't need to write them out.

Black group
_____understand, _____similar, ______spell, _____appoint, _____courage, ______guide, _____satisfy, _____demeanour

Blue and red groups
_____popular, _____wind, ______like, _____honest, _____cover, ___agree, _____allow, ___popular

I hope you are remembering to write out and learn your spellings each day. Ask someone to call them out for you before you start your written work. D

Tables
If there are any tables which you are still unsure of please use Hit the button for 10/15 minutes each day to improve your recall. Tables are a vital part of school life across many subjects. You will always use them. Use this time to learn the ones you've always found especially difficult. There are lots of games Coconut multiples, Daily 10 you can play online until you get your homelearning pack on Friday.

Numeracy

Books 4-6 are completing work on rounding today.
Have a look at BBC Bitesize for rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000
Mental maths
Use this game to get you started before beginning your written work. Try to move as far as you can through the various levels of difficulty

Year 6 maths workbook
P 16-17

Year 5 maths workbook
P 14-15

Year 4 maths workbook
P22-23

Year 3 maths workbook
P 16-17 Challenge 1 and 2
Spend 10 minutes on Hit the Button revising 2 and 3 times tables

Number words game Select 1-100, Extend to 1-1000
The file below can be downloaded or printed to help you with writing numbers as words.

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Reading - Please return your current reading book to school when collecting your home learning pack on Friday. Attach a note/piece of paper with your name on it, so we can tick you off our list. Unfortunately lots of textbooks were not returned at the end of lockdown last year and we simply cannot afford to replace reading books as well. You will find one non-fiction and one fiction reading book in your new pack. These have been noted and will need to be returned before new books can be given out in the second pack.
In the meantime I hope you are all enjoying reading some books of your own choosing. Don't forget about downloading ebooks from the library online.
Library link
Video to guide you through the process is here

PE - fitness exercises Lesson 2
Learn about the Wonders of the World while keeping fit

Enjoy the rest of your week Year 7 and take care!

Literacy
All groups are completing written work on homophones today
Recap of homophones here
Are you a homophone master??? Try this online quiz before completing your workbook. Scroll down and click on the 'Take Quiz' button

Year 6 English workbook
P48-49 and 50-51 These pages are especially useful for those of you in this group sitting the AQE. After completing this written work , spend 10 minutes reading over all the homophones again. Make sure you understand the meaning of both words. Learn these by heart!

Year 5 English workbook
P56-57

Year 4 English workbook
P54-55
This one is worth watching just for the dancing 😂
Year 3 English workbook
P54-55
This game is good fun .
Note to parents Twinkl Go is currently free for the month of January so if you don't have an account already it's worth signing up to it . There are lots of fun online games to help reinforce both numeracy and literacy concepts.

Tuesday 12th January

Good morning Year 7! I hope you are all well .
Your spellings this week are all examples of words with a prefix. Below are some more examples of prefixes and what they mean with examples.
Click here for a video
This link will take you to a game to test your understanding of the meaning of prefixes.
You completed work in your Literacy book yesterday on prefixes. Here are a few more resources if you want to use them.
Worksheet 1

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I would suggest completing these worksheets to the right orally with an adult as a form of revision esp for those sitting the AQE

Numeracy
Mental Maths Games - Hit the button Square Numbers, Daily 10 Digit Values, Who wants to be a hundredaire
Today's numeracy topic for all groups is Place Value
What is place value? Scroll down the page, you will be able to drag numbers into a table to make a given number

Have a go at the quiz at the bottom of the page too

Year 6 maths workbook
P 12-13

Year 5 maths workbook
P 12-13

Year 4 maths workbook
P16-17

Year 3 maths workbook
P 12-13
Spend 10 minutes on Hit the Button revising 2 and 3 times tables
Place value game here

These signs are used in books 4-7. Click here to recap how to use them .

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Literacy
All groups are doing a comprehension activity today.
Year 6 English workbook
P24-25 Prose Genres Complete challenges 1-3
Year 5 English workbook
P24-25 Text Types

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Year 4 English workbook
P24-25 Fiction Genres 2 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Year 3 English workbook
P24-25 Fact Retrieval 1 The Roman Empire

WAU Following on from yesterday's lesson on Earthquakes, I'd like you to read the following powerpoint and then complete the quiz .
I have included a download of an interactive visual aid which you can complete .

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Reading - we had been reading "Under the Hawthorne Tree" in school. If any of you would like to continue with the story at home, you can download an app which lets you download e books to your tablet, phone , laptop. There are currently ,or there were on Monday when I checked, 41 copies of Under the Hawthorne tree available to download as an ebook.
Library link
Video to guide you through the process is here
This app may prove especially useful for the readers who may be running out of books to read at home. All the Harry Potter books are available, as are books by popular children's authors such as Jacqueline Wilson and Michael Morpugo.

PE - here is an online dance tutorial you may like to try out ( in the privacy of your own room :) )
or some fitness exercises if you're not a dancer!!
This one is my personal favourite

I hope you're all getting on ok.

Work for Monday 11th January

Well Y7 I hope you managed to complete the work for Thursday and Friday, a lot of you seem to have really enjoyed all the Purple Mash activities and have even left good evaluations of how the activity went.

I am looking forward to seeing any marble runs and to reading and marking your evaluations.

A note for you and your parents: when you are collecting your work packs on Friday 15 January can you please leave your current reading book along with any written work that is asked for, make sure you put your name on any work and a slip of paper inside the reading book so we can mark your name off.

Timetable
PE with Joe Wicks
Spellings
Numeracy
Literacy
Silent Reading
WAU
Art

PE
As far as I know Joe Wicks is starting his lockdown sessions on you tube at 9 am so why not join in?

Spellings
Here are the spelling lists for this week, please copy them and write 3 times each spelling in whatever book you have. They will be tested later in the week.
Black group
misunderstand dissatisfied irregular
misapprehension dissimilar irrelevant
misconstrue disrespect irrational
misdemeanour disservice illogical
misspelt disappointment illiterate
misbehaviour discourage illegal
misguided disinterest illegible

Red and Blue group( blue group 1st 5 each day)
unpopular disagree react
undressed dishonest reappear
unlikely displease removed
unusual discover recover
unwound disallow recycle
unlined dislike rewrite

Mental maths
Either hit the button game on www.topmarks.co.uk or see Purple mash times table races.

Numeracy
Year 6 maths workbook
P 34 -35 A warm up/ revision of prime, square and cube numbers
P40 - 41 Long and short division problems, most of challenge s 1 and 2 should be fine, if you are having difficulty with long division please leave those for a later date. I suggest you do working out in homework book. Remember to date your work.

Year 5 maths workbook
P 21 Number properties
P32 challenge 1 short division, make sure you write the sums out in the L shape and carry remainders.

Year 4 maths workbook
P26 -27Addition practice, these are to keep your skills sharp, be accurate and neat.

Year 3 maths workbook
P 22 - 23 Challenge 2
Hit The button 2 and 3 times table practice.

Literacy
Year 6 English workbook
P12-15 Revision of prefixes and suffixes, this will tie in with your spelling this week. (Extension: to improve your word processing skills please type out either of challenge 3)

Year 5 English workbook
P14 - 17 Revision of prefixes and suffixes, this will be linked to your spellings this week. (Extension: to improve your word processing skills please type sentences in challenge 3 P17)

Year 4 English workbook
P12 -13 Prefixes. There are some difficult ones here but you will be fine. (Extension: to improve your word processing skills please type sentences in challenge 2)

Year 3 English workbook
P16 - 17 root words. (Extension: to improve your word processing skills please type paragraph on P17)

Silent reading
Please read your school reading book to get it finished before Friday when we will send out a new book. If you have already finished it please find a book at home to read for 20 minutes.

WAU
This term we are going to study the topic Angry Earth which will include earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, hurricanes, floods etc.
We are going to start with earthquakes so to introduce you to the technical words and terms please watch and read these;-
BBC Bitesize Ks2 Geography

Watch it twice and note down at least 6 technical words which you will need later in the week.
Newsdesk on myschool page, go to newsbank and select earth science, open earthquakes and tsunamis and read and listen to the information. Take extra notes to add to your work. You will be making a glossary later this week.

Art
If you have some time left after this busy day you are going to learn how to draw a street or a house in perspective. This might be all you are seeing at the moment from your remote classroom!

Go to BBCbitesize ks2 art drawing - 2 class clips and click on the second one of a house, follow the instruction on screen and if you are pleased with your picture take a photo and e mail it in.

Friday 8th January

Good morning Y7, my goodness Friday has come round really quickly!
I hope you managed to complete yesterday's work ok, I look forward to seeing your Purple Mash work later.

Your parents will be getting a letter about work packs but for now and next week all work will be on this page. Also if I want you to send in any work which needs to be marked I will put a note at the end of that piece of work. Work from both maths and English Collins workbooks does not need to be sent in, I will check these books when you return to school.

Today's timetable
Numeracy
Technology
Silent reading
ICT

Numeracy
Year 6 maths workbook (Please put the date at the top of each piece of work)
Mental maths warm up P20 -21, I'm going to call this activity TAKE TWENTY. How many of the questions in the challenges can you do in your head in 20 minutes. Timers ready.
Main written activity P14 Negative numbers. Please check your answers and record your score.

Year 5 maths workbook(Please put the date at the top of each piece of work)
Getting brains back to work P24 - 25 please write all sums in Th H T U sum( use one of your numeracy homework books for any work you do outside this books) Complete all 3 challenges if possible. Please check and record your score.

Year 4 maths workbook (Please put the date at the top of each piece of work)
P12-13 Sequences.
A tip for challenge 2 is find the difference between the numbers in the sequence to work out the rule, for example 16,20,24 _ _ the difference is 4 each time so add 4 is the rule.
In Qu3 in challenge 2 is to draw the grid out and complete all the missing numbers.
In Challenge 3 leave out Qu 2

Year3 maths workbook
P16 Challenge 1, writing numbers in figures and words. (Please put the date at the top of each piece of work)
P22 Challenge 1 putting numbers in order.

When you finish these have a go at the Hit the Button game you played yesterday again at www.topmarks.co.uk make number bonds.

Technology
Today's challenge is to make a cardboard marble run. The challenge is to see if you can make a maze for a marble or other sphere(like a malteser) travel as slowly as possible from one end to the other. Here are some ideas of what it could look like depending on the materials you have at home.

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As you can see they are 3 very different designs, picture 1 is on a flat piece of card propped up where the other 2 are more 3D in design.
Materials you could use:-
Empty cereal box
Lid of a shoebox or shoe box
Toilet or kitchen roll tubes
Extra strips of card or paper
Selotape or masking tape
Drinking straws
Paper or plastic cup
A marble, small ball or spherical sweet.

The run should have lots of chutes, (open slides) a covered tunnel, a start flag (like Formula 1 races) and a finishing banner.
You have an hour and a half to collect your materials, make the run and be ready to test. You may try the run out along the way and maybe add speeds ramps to slow the marble down or more corners to make a bigger zigzag.

When you are ready to test get a stop watch and piece of paper to record your times. Allow yourself 5 goes to find a technique to help it slow down.

Evaluation
When you have finished I need you to write a short evaluation which you can either email to school or put in a safe place to return next Friday for me to mark and grade. This can be hand written or word processed, remember name and date please.

The evaluation needs:-
A title
2 sentences about what the challenge was.
A short paragraph(2-3 sentences) about the difficulties in making.
2 sentences about how well it worked, or didn't.
Conclusion and results, about success or not and a table of results.

Please take a photo if you can and send it in.
ALTERNATIVE ACTIVITY
If you do not have the materials please don't worry you could do me a very detailed plan with lots of notes around it explaining how you would make it, add plenty of colour and illustrations.

ICT
Today you are continuing the 2dos from Purple Mash, please make sure you save your work and if possible put a comment so I can see how you liked the activity. I will be recording all the results of your activities and will share them with you when we are back at school. I am so glad to see how busy some of you have been on Purple Mash so in case you have run out of activities I have added a few more; these include serial mash where those of you who love books can get a sample of a chapter, design a vehicle and a different maths game.

I hope you get some time for Golden time or as it will probably be called 'fresh air' or of course a bit of silent reading from whatever book you like for 20 minutes.
Here are the answers to the grids from Thursday.

From top left we have the black grids then top right and bottom right the red grids and bottom left and middle blue grids.
I look forward to seeing your Purple Mash work and anything else that you send.
I hope you all have a good weekend.

Thursday 7th January

Good morning Year 7, welcome back to school even if it is a remote school. I will miss my usual routine of register, dinners etc but we now have our online routine.

I am looking forward to seeing or hearing about your work either through Purple Mash comments or if you prefer please email via the school email whether it is a picture or copy of the work you have completed or a query you or your parent may have.

Thursday timetable

Mental maths grids
Numeracy
Literacy
Silent reading
ICT

Grid challenge
Draw 2 grids to fit 6 by 6 numbers, copy the numbers for your group into each grid, find a stopwatch on your phone or ask a parent to time you. When you finish each grid record your times. THESE ARE BOTH MULTIPLICATION GRIDS!!
BLACK GROUP Across 12 11 15 20 13 17
Down 5 10 2 4 3 6

RED GROUP Across 7 4 8 6 5 3
Down 2 5 4 3 10 6

BLUE GROUP Across 4 6 3 2 7 8
Down 2 5 3 10

Second grid
BLACK GROUP Across 10 15 11 12 17 13
Down 2 4 3 5 10 6

RED GROUP Across 4 7 6 5 3 10
Down 5 4 2 3 6 10

BLUE GROUP Across 2 5 6 7 3 4
Down 2 5 3 10

NUMERACY
As we are working from different workbooks please only read what it says for your book number, each day I will start with y6 workbook, please work for an hour maximum on the activity that is set and use either spaces in the book to do working out or use whatever exercise books you have at home. Everyone please ask a parent to remove the answer pages at the back before you start.

Year 6 maths workbook
Please use a pencil and ruler and keep it neat.
Starter test p4-11, please complete as much as you can in one hour.
Some questions to look out for - Qu 3- we will do Roman numerals later in the term
Qu 5 and 55 improper means a larger number on top remember how to change it, you multiply the whole number by the bottom number of the fraction and add the top number so 1 and three quarters would be 7 over 4 and 6 and a half would be 13 over 2.
If you complete this and have time find a website about Roman numerals to see how they work.
ASK A PARENT TO MARK YOUR WORK AND RECORD YOUR MARK.

Year 5 maths workbook
Please use a ruler and pencil and keep it neat.
Starter test p4-11, please complete as much as you can in one hour.
Some questions to look out for - Qu 6 change 2 l in ml remember 1l is 1000 ml.
If you complete this and have time find a website about Roman numerals to see how they work.
ASK A PARENT TO MARK YOU WORK AND RECORD YOUR MARK.

Year 4 maths workbook
Please use a ruler and pencil and keep it neat.
Starter test p 4-11, please complete as much as you canin one hour.
Some questions to look out for- Qu 10, remember inverse means the opposite for example 7 + 3 = 10 so
10 - 7 = 3 or 10 - 3 =7.
Qu 11 Do a TU sum
Qu 12 write out a division sum in an L shape.
If you have time have a look at a website about Roman numerals.
ASK YOU PARENT TO MARK YOU WORK AND RECORD YOUR MARK.

Year 3 maths workbook
Please use a ruler and a pencil and keep it neat.
Starter test p4-5 please try Qu 1-8 and spend no more than 30 minutes altogether.
ASK A PARENT TO MARK YOUR WORK AND RECORD YOUR MARK.
When you finish go online to this website topmarks.co.uk and choose Hit the Button make number bonds to 20 and have 2 or 3 games.

LITERACY
We will start back to spellings from Monday so we can get a full week. You have spelling revision activities in your Purple Mash activities in ICT later today.
Y6 English workbook
Spend 45 minutes to an hour completing the starter test p 4-11. Please write neatly in pen in joined writing.
When you finish ask a parent to mark your work, or check it yourself then find a quiet place and have 20 minutes of silent reading from whatever book you choose.

Y5 English workbook
Spend 45 minutes to an hour completing the starter test p 4-11. Please write neatly in pen and joined writing.
Qu 12 Remember some common prefixes are un- dis- mis- re- im-
Qu 13 a suffix could be -ment -less -ly -er
Qu 15 a preposition tells you where
Qu16 an adverb tells you how someting is done
When you finish ask a parent to mark your work or check it yourself. Silent reading: find a quiet place and have 20 minutes reading whatever book you want.

Y4 English workbook
Spend 45 minutes completing the starter test p4-11. Please write neatly in pen in joined writing.
Qu 10 a suffix could be -ly -er -ful
When you have finished ask a parent to mark your work or check it yourself. Silent reading: find a quiet placeand spend 20 minutes reading whatever you like.

Y3 English workbook
Spend 30 minutes working on the starter test from p4-11, please write neatly in pen. Then have a break and find a quiet place to read a book for 20 minutes. Ask a parent to check you work.

ICT
This week as planned we are going to complete a variety of tasks and activities on Purple Mash, I have set a range of 2 dos for you to try today and tomorrow, here are my suggestions of the order to do them to get a variety of techniques;-
Today; typing skills -Vowel keys, high frequency words, mental maths - monster multiplication WAU-European capital cities, map symbols, literacy - spelling quizzes
Friday ; typing skills - colours, WAU - world continents, literacy - spelling activities, circus tricks.
I have set different activities for different groups so your alerts may be a little different to these lists.
Please complete as many as you can over the two afternoons and post your results and comments so I can see how you got on.

If the snow has arrived overnight I hope you can get out for some fresh air and enjoy it.

Looking forward to technology Friday already!!!

December 2020

Santa's Sleighs

Santa will be relieved to know that there is a selection of sleighs available from the Y7 collection!!

We have converted plain shoe boxes into the most amazing sleighs and here are the results.

Presents at the ready

We have selected and wrapped and decorated our gifts for parents and friends, in a very professional way. No peeking!!!

Christmas greetings under way

Three talented artists putting the finishing touches to a Christmas message, watch the website next week.

Christmas Technology

You know when Christmas is coming in Y7 because the sleigh making starts. Here we are at the paint stage, watch out for the finished articles next week.

Our festive Friday

Our photographer was too busy with duck supervision to take more photos!

As well as all the basics we are enjoying plenty of other activities one of which is virtual lessons from Newbridge Integrated College in Banbridge.

This week it was science and we learnt about cells, their make up and the names for each part. After a bit of written work we got to create our own cells using either lego or k'nex and here are the colourful results. Ask your child to show you the cell membrane, cytoplasm, mitochondria and nucleus. Our last photo shows someone getting creative with their break!!!

Art and technology activities

Firstly take a look at our painted pumpkins, looking good.

November 2020

Virtual high school lessons.
Newbridge Integrated College in Loughbrickland have made a series of lessons to replace their open days this year and over the next 3 months we will get to meet some high school teachers and be in their virtual classroom.
Our first lesson was technology where we learnt about plastics both thermo and thermo setting. Then we got to use wet and dry paper to smooth our plastic photo frames which we can bring home. Here we are at the smoothing and then the finishing stage.

New month, new activities.

We have all settled back into the routine of work after Hallowe'en with plenty of numeracy and literacy.

To add to out thinking and processing skills we have started technology on a Friday, which is a good replacement for swimming at the moment.
Today's challenge was to make a cardboard hovercraft. Here we are making them. We then used a hairdryer to recreate the effect of air being forced down to make the craft hover above the ground. All worked well.

October 2020

Hallowe'en

Continuing the Hallowe'en theme we celebrated an early finish for half term with our hamper draw to raise money for school funds and we had 5 lucky winners. One won twice but shared her second bag with the rest of the class, how kind to share the sugar rush. We then had our usual golden time out in the sunshine followed by a mega sugar eating marathon, sorry parents if we return home a little bit hyper.

With only 2 weeks to go before Hallowe'en we have created some fantastic clay pumpkins all ready to be fired, be afraid, very afraid, look at those faces.

We have now completed our Picasso faces in clay, they have been created, fired and painted and we are now ready to show them off. Here are the results so far (more to come).

Welcome to all the pupils and parents of year 7. We are now nearly 2 weeks in to the autumn term and learning new ways of doing things both with work and routines in school. We have been working mainly on literacy and numeracy but everyone needs a break from that at least once a week; so here are some photos of us making a start on Andy Warhol type cartoon repeats. The finished masterpieces will be photographed and posted soon.

Picasso in pastel

We have been recreating faces in the style of Picasso a famous Spanish artist and here are the results.

Andy Warhol inspired cartoon images

A couple of weeks ago we posted photos of ourselves at the first stages of our Andy Warhol repeat cartoons. We learnt how to draw the cartoon accurately then trace it, found out how to transfer the traced image to paper and finally use a rotation of 5 colours to imitate the process Andy Warhol used. Here are the brilliant results. Why not look up the real images on the internet and see if ours as as good as his.

SUMMER 2021

Thank You

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​December 2020

Santa's Sleighs

Presents at the ready

Christmas greetings under way

Christmas Technology

Our festive Friday

Art and technology activities

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Picasso in pastel

Andy Warhol inspired cartoon images

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