Wishing you all a 

Merry Christmas

and a

Happy new year! 

Love from 

The Himalayas team 

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Home learning

  Friday 17.12.21

 If you are isolating and are well enough, here is some work for you to complete.

Friday 17.12.21

Spelling	Ask a grown up to test you on this week’s spellings
Reading	Christmas comprehension The history of Christmas traditions
Maths	The 3,4,8 times tables- Christmas Roll and draw game Crack-er the code Snow throw game
English	Christmas description   Think of a list of adjectives and similes to describe the picture above. Imagine you were there, what would you be able to see, hear, smell and taste? Use your list to help you write a paragraph to describe the setting.
Christmas	Christmas film- Get comfy and enjoy watching a Christmas film. Did you enjoy the film? Would you recommend it to a friend? Complete a film review to explain your thoughts. Film review

Home learning

  Thursday 16.12.21

 If you are isolating and are well enough, here is some work for you to complete.

Spelling	Write sentences including this weeks spellings. Challenge- Can you include adjectives and conjunctions?
Reading	Read the next section of your book in the comfiest spot that you can find.
Maths	The 3,4,8 times tables Worksheet Answers
English	Edit your portal story- Make sure you have included everything from the toolkit.   Remember to include: Prepositions Commas in a list Expanded noun phrases Similes Openers
French	Video of colours: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkpuztDwwp8 Activity: Colours worksheet Colour by numbers   Game: https://www.educandy.com/site/html5/bin/main.php?activity=matchup&quizid=37225

Home learning

 Wednesday 15.12.21

 If you are isolating and are well enough, here is some work for you to complete.

Spelling	Practise this week’s spellings using the missing vowels to help you.
Reading	Read the next section of your book. Think carefully about your expression, trying to bring the characters to life.
Maths	The 8 times tables Video Worksheet Answers Percy Parker video
English	Use your boxing up plan to continue writing your own portal story.   Complete your story. Remember to include: Prepositions Commas in a list Expanded noun phrases Similes Openers
R.E	Use Kiddle to search for information about the Christmas story. Can you answer the following questions? Are all versions of the Christmas story the same? What are the differences and similarities?

Home learning

Tuesday 14.12.21

 If you are isolating and are well enough, here is some work for you to complete.

Spelling	Use the pyramid strategy to practise your spellings.
Reading	Read the next section of your book. If you were the main character, would you do the same things or would you do something differently.
Maths	The 4 times tables Video Worksheet Answers Percy Parker video
English	Use the boxing up to plan your own portal story using the image of the Christmas tree.   Boxing up plan Complete your story. Remember to include: Prepositions Commas in a list Expanded noun phrases Similes Openers
R.E	Research the Christmas story. Can you create your own storyboard to retell the Christmas story? Blank storyboard

Home learning

If you are not in school and are well enough have a look at today's learning. 

Please send any completed learning back to the school email address carltonprimary@selby.ac.uk  so that I can see how you did and set more learning for tomorrow :) 

Spelling	Create your own sentences using this week’s spellings. Challenge yourself- Can you include a conjunction and some adjectives?
Reading	Read the next section of your book. Think carefully about the main character- Why do you think they behave as they do?
Maths	Addition and subtraction consolidation Have a look at the problems, can you help the Egyptian Pharaoh? Worksheet
English	Have a look at the boxing up grid for our portal story ‘Elf road’ Plan your own version of the story. Imagine your character enters a portal through the door in the hall- What will they get up to? Plan your ideas in the boxing up grid. Boxing up grid
Topic Art	Remind yourself of what we leant last lesson- drawing circles. Have a go at drawing some more perfect circles. When you are confident, draw yourself 4 circles of different sizes. Today we are going to look at creating form. Practise adding curved lines to make your circles look 3D

Week 6 homework

  This week's spellings can be found on the links below:

Week 6

MyMaths

Click here to log on and complete this week's MyMaths homework. 

 This learning is only for children who are not currently in school. 

Friday 03.12.21

Spelling	Ask a grown up to test you on this week’s spellings. (These can be found further down the blog)
Reading	Read a section from a book. Based on what you have read so far, would you recommend the book to a friend? Explain why.
Maths	Comparing mass White Rose video Worksheet Answers
English	Take a look at the second section of the portal story that we are learning. Elf road section 2 Continue with your story map to help you remember the text. Keep practising it until you can remember most of it without looking at the words.
Topic Art	Today we are going to practice drawing circles. This might sound easy but drawing a perfect circle is rather tricky. Watch this video and have a go and drawing some circles until you manage to draw a perfect circle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_Eia4V_4wE   When you have mastered this draw yourself a nice sized circle (look at my picture if you’re not sure how big) Then use curved lines to split your circle into sections. Look at my example. We are going to fill each section using different techniques Hatching Cross hatching Use these techniques to fill each section of your circle. Experiment by changing the distance between your lines.

Home learning

This learning is only for children who are not currently in school. 

Thursday 

02.12.21

Spelling	Write some sentences including this week’s spellings (These can be found further down the blog). Challenge yourself- Can you include a conjunction (when, because or although)
Reading	Read a section from a book. Can you summarise the main points from what you have read?
Maths	Measuring mass White Rose video Worksheet Answers
English	Look at the first section of the portal story that we are learning. Elf road section 1  Draw your own story map pictures to help you remember it. Keep practising it until you can remember most of it without looking at the words.
Computing	Think about when we took photographs of the outdoor areas at school. Write some step-by-step instructions to help a friend edit a photo. This could be: How to crop a photo. How to change the contrast of a photo. How to add text to a photo.