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Headteacher: Mrs N Sansom
Cedar Avenue, Upminster, Essex. RM14 2LW Phone: 01708 225186
Web: www.branfil.com Email: [email protected]
15th May 2020
Dear parents and carers,
HOME LEARNING DURING CLOSURE PERIOD: Pack 4
I hope that your child is enjoying their learning at home. We
continue to offer you lots of choice across the whole
curriculum so you can plan your own timetable for your child
each week (please remember that there are examples
of timetables on the website, which you can adapt). You and your
child can choose what to learn and when to learn
it; you can choose between online resources and lessons, paper
based activities, creative practical work, fun
challenges etc. The most important thing is that your child is
enjoying their learning so they are motivated to want
to do more! I hope that sharing some of their learning with
their teacher, via their year group email, will encourage
their engagement through this time. Please email:
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected] and so on for all year groups.
The information in this pack is from your child’s year group
teachers outlining work that your child could complete
over the next week and the week following the half term holiday:
Monday 18th to Friday 22nd May and Monday 1st
to Friday 5th June.
Please remember that there are lots of additional resources on
the school website to support you during this time
(School Closure Home Learning tab on the left hand side of the
home screen). These include a variety of activities
and challenges that your child might like to do over the half
term holiday (creative projects, Lego challenge, drawing
ideas, indoor scavenger hunt, things to do indoors etc). There
is information about how to support your child with
reading, phonics and talking. You will also find resources to
support your child’s mental health: wellbeing challenge,
Thrive, ELSA reflection sheet, making worry dolls. If you need
support with planning your child’s home learning then
you will find parents’ guides, top tips, online safety
information, resources for children with special educational
needs and more. We continue to add resources that we feel will
be helpful – please let us know if you would like
us to include anything in particular to help you.
A new section on the home learning page of our website is for
videos. You will find a fabulous message from all of
our teachers, an assembly with Mr Fielder to introduce our
Branfil Value for May and story times with Mrs Bradbury
and myself. We hope you enjoy these alongside your child.
In order to stay connected to our school community, we strongly
encourage you to set up a family Twitter account
and follow Branfil (@BranfilPrimary). Staff are regularly
posting information and challenges; it is lovely to see
comments, photos and films of the children responding to the
tweets.
In line with usual school procedure, we will update you when
there is further news in relation to the school closure,
via text messages and email.
Thank you as always for your support and understanding during
this time.
Kind regards
Mrs Sansom, Headteacher
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]
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Headteacher: Mrs N Sansom
Cedar Avenue, Upminster, Essex. RM14 2LW Phone: 01708 225186
Web: www.branfil.com Email: [email protected]
MATHS White Rose Maths
www.whiterosemaths.com/homelearning
We will now be using White Rose for your daily maths lessons. We
use the White Rose Maths
scheme alongside Power Maths in school. The White Rose Maths
Team prepares a series of five
maths lessons for each year group from Reception to Year 6 each
week. Every lesson comes with
a short video showing you clearly and simply how to help your
child to complete the activity
successfully. Click on the link above and follow the four steps
below:
1. Click on the set of lessons for your child’s year group. 2.
Watch the video (either on your own or with your child). 3. Find a
calm space where your child can work for about 20-30 minutes. 4.
Use the video guidance to support your child as they work through a
lesson.
White Rose has set out a 12-week learning plan that means
children can:
make sure they understand the main concepts they need for their
work next year cover any new learning that they have not yet have
done in school.
The 12-week plan
The plan shows the work that children will cover, week by
week.
IMPORTANT UPDATE:
Although general feedback about the Bitesize activities has been
positive, we have decided to subscribe to White Rose Maths. This
means you will now be able to download the worksheets each week
from our school website
https://www.branfil.com/school-closure-home-learning/
http://www.whiterosemaths.com/homelearninghttps://www.branfil.com/school-closure-home-learning/https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/White-Rose-Maths-Summer-Term-Overview.pdf
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Headteacher: Mrs N Sansom
Cedar Avenue, Upminster, Essex. RM14 2LW Phone: 01708 225186
Web: www.branfil.com Email: [email protected]
We hope you will continue to enjoy the Daily White Rose lessons
as before but remember you can still use the link to Bitesize for
additional activities and games – you have plenty to choose
from!
TT Rockstars
https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student
You can now play against other children in your year group -
good luck and enjoy
the ‘battle’!
SUMDOG
https://www.sumdog.com/user/sign_in
Other Useful websites/links/resources:
Additional useful websites to help support home learning in
Maths -
(click on the document towards bottom of page)
http://www.branfil.com/curriculum/maths/
https://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/primary-books - additional books can
be purchased
Please complete the next 4 workouts in your timetables book.
Teacher Activities
Count how many sweets are in a packet. Share them fairly between
your family. Write
down what fraction each person received and how many sweets that
was. Write a
calculation to show how you could have worked this out without
actually sharing them.
Find some shapes to draw round. See how many ways you can split
each shape into
equally sized pieces. What fraction of the shape is each
piece?
Challenge -
https://nrich.maths.org/2421 Andy’s marbles
READING Continue to read every day
You can choose any text type of your choice (e.g. newspaper,
comic, book) from home, e-books
from the Havering library app or log on to Oxford Owl (see
Spelling section below for log in
details) and select your colour band to read 2 to 3 e-books each
week.
Ask your parents/carers to pose lots of questions to develop
your understanding of the story.
Respond to the books that you read in one or more of the
following ways:
find 5 new words in the book and then find the meaning of
them;
write an alternative opening/ending to the story;
write a character or setting description;
create a comic strip related to the book;
https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/studenthttps://www.sumdog.com/user/sign_inhttp://www.branfil.com/curriculum/maths/https://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/primary-bookshttps://nrich.maths.org/2421
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Headteacher: Mrs N Sansom
Cedar Avenue, Upminster, Essex. RM14 2LW Phone: 01708 225186
Web: www.branfil.com Email: [email protected]
First News
Each week we will be emailing a copy of First News to all
parents which children can either read
on their tablets/devices or you can print off for them to read.
There will also be a selection of
quizzes, puzzles and comprehensions in the same email which you
can download and use when
needed.
Teacher Activities:
Choose a book you have read recently. Place yourself in the
shoes of one of the characters you have just read about and write a
diary entry of a key moment from the story. Try to choose a moment
in the story in which the character has plenty of interaction and
emotion to share in a diary entry.
WRITING Continue to write regularly
Shorter Writing Tasks
Task 1:
“In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.” Andy
Warhol
Discuss the above quote and think about what it means to be
famous.
Would you like to be famous? What would you like to be famous
for?
Write an account of what you would like to be famous for and
why.
Task 2:
Write a story that describes one of the following: ‘How did the
elephant get his trunk? How did
the giraffe get his long neck? Why does a rabbit have long ears?
Why is a zebra stripy?’
Extended Writing Tasks
Task 1:
Ask someone to find you 4 or 5 unrelated objects. Look at them
carefully and then write a
character description based on the person who might own them.
Who are they? What are they
like?
Remember to:
Describe the character's appearance, actions/behaviour, speech
and personality
using a variety of interesting words
Use powerful verbs to show the character’s personality, feelings
and
actions/behaviour
Use adjectives and adverbs to develop your description
Include similes and metaphors to add detail and interest
Task 2:
Write an acrostic poem about a subject of your choice, e.g.
POETRY
Play with various words
Open your amazing mind
Everything is possible
Try different techniques
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Headteacher: Mrs N Sansom
Cedar Avenue, Upminster, Essex. RM14 2LW Phone: 01708 225186
Web: www.branfil.com Email: [email protected]
Read it with great expression
You will love your poem, I love mine!
Remember to:
Decide on a subject
Write your subject in capital letters vertically down the
page
Start each line with a letter from your subject
Use interesting words to describe the subject
Punctuation and Grammar
Sumdog – Adjectives that compare
Encourage your child to use these skills in their writing where
appropriate!
SPELLING Oxford owl – Extra Practice Zone
Year 4 – Playing with plurals
Year 4 – Word endings
Continue to practise spelling the red and orange words that are
in your log book.
Sumdog There are 15 words for you to practice online.
SCIENCE Animals including humans
Watch these videos about digestion
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z27kng8/articles/z2rxb82
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z27kng8/articles/z9wk7p3
Have a go at this cut and stick activity for the digestive
system
https://content.twinkl.co.uk/resource/a7/19/t2-s-1198-digestive-system-cut-and-stick-
activity_ver_3.pdf?__token__=exp=1589196682~acl=%2Fresource%2Fa7%2F19%2Ft2-s-
1198-digestive-system-cut-and-stick-
activity_ver_3.pdf%2A~hmac=799e3a951049b65ec2576a0cc195ece25cdeee683f3e7e41
06abd24f7ee1b4b3
Write a detailed explanation of what happens at each stage of
digestion. Use the
following sub-headings to organise your writing.
Introduction
Mouth to stomach
Small Intestine
Large intestine to anus
Conclusion (Summarise the journey)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00grfls
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/teaching-wiki/digestive-system
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z27kng8/articles/z2rxb82https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z27kng8/articles/z9wk7p3https://content.twinkl.co.uk/resource/a7/19/t2-s-1198-digestive-system-cut-and-stick-activity_ver_3.pdf?__token__=exp=1589196682~acl=%2Fresource%2Fa7%2F19%2Ft2-s-1198-digestive-system-cut-and-stick-activity_ver_3.pdf%2A~hmac=799e3a951049b65ec2576a0cc195ece25cdeee683f3e7e4106abd24f7ee1b4b3https://content.twinkl.co.uk/resource/a7/19/t2-s-1198-digestive-system-cut-and-stick-activity_ver_3.pdf?__token__=exp=1589196682~acl=%2Fresource%2Fa7%2F19%2Ft2-s-1198-digestive-system-cut-and-stick-activity_ver_3.pdf%2A~hmac=799e3a951049b65ec2576a0cc195ece25cdeee683f3e7e4106abd24f7ee1b4b3https://content.twinkl.co.uk/resource/a7/19/t2-s-1198-digestive-system-cut-and-stick-activity_ver_3.pdf?__token__=exp=1589196682~acl=%2Fresource%2Fa7%2F19%2Ft2-s-1198-digestive-system-cut-and-stick-activity_ver_3.pdf%2A~hmac=799e3a951049b65ec2576a0cc195ece25cdeee683f3e7e4106abd24f7ee1b4b3https://content.twinkl.co.uk/resource/a7/19/t2-s-1198-digestive-system-cut-and-stick-activity_ver_3.pdf?__token__=exp=1589196682~acl=%2Fresource%2Fa7%2F19%2Ft2-s-1198-digestive-system-cut-and-stick-activity_ver_3.pdf%2A~hmac=799e3a951049b65ec2576a0cc195ece25cdeee683f3e7e4106abd24f7ee1b4b3https://content.twinkl.co.uk/resource/a7/19/t2-s-1198-digestive-system-cut-and-stick-activity_ver_3.pdf?__token__=exp=1589196682~acl=%2Fresource%2Fa7%2F19%2Ft2-s-1198-digestive-system-cut-and-stick-activity_ver_3.pdf%2A~hmac=799e3a951049b65ec2576a0cc195ece25cdeee683f3e7e4106abd24f7ee1b4b3https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00grflshttps://www.twinkl.co.uk/teaching-wiki/digestive-system
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Headteacher: Mrs N Sansom
Cedar Avenue, Upminster, Essex. RM14 2LW Phone: 01708 225186
Web: www.branfil.com Email: [email protected]
Art Rainforest inspired art work
Collage can be used to create a 3-D effect to pictures. There
are many ways to make collages.
The simplest is by tearing different coloured papers and
overlapping them to form a picture. Any
materials can be used really i.e fabrics or natural
materials.
Try and recreate one of these rainforest scenes as a collage or
even make up your own one.
Geography Amazing America
We are now using Oddizzi which is a great Geography website
which you all have logins for.
https://www.oddizzi.com
Username and Password for each Year 4 class:
Username: 4Birch, 4Larch, 4Rowan
Password: 4Birchclass, 4Larchclass, 4Rowanclass
Click on the tab Explore the world, then Places, then select
North America. Use this to help you
research about North America.
Play the North America quiz on Oddizzi. How many questions can
you get right?
Choose a popular state in America and create a fact file.
How many stars are on the American flag? Why are there that many
stars?
Can you name some famous food restaurants/chains that originate
from America.
Research some interesting and significant facts about Niagara
Falls.
Music Go to http://www.charanga.com
In the Charanga YUMA (middle) box put username and password
Username: Branfil4
Password: year4
Work through the different sections. Some sections involve
xylophone playing and this can be
done on a keyboard, piano whatever you might have. Enjoy!
https://www.oddizzi.com/http://www.charanga.com/
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Headteacher: Mrs N Sansom
Cedar Avenue, Upminster, Essex. RM14 2LW Phone: 01708 225186
Web: www.branfil.com Email: [email protected]
P.E.
https://www.youthsporttrust.org/free-home-learning-resources-primary
There are lots of 60 second challenges on this website.
Have a go at these:
Speed bounce
The Plank
Tap up tennis
Joe Wicks’ Daily P.E.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0kdTyVEX-wKPwxH6Eil7i2F3lTkdqaud
Other activities:
Try some of the Just dance videos. At the end of the day, try
some yoga to relax your mind and body.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X655B4ISakg
R.E. Faith Through the Arts
Activities
Islamic art shows how shape, pattern and calligraphy and the
shapes of flowers
and leaves (representing God’s creation) are used.
Look at the pictures of different Islamic prayer mats then have
a go at designing
your own one.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/art/art_1.shtml
This is a special month for Muslims as it is Ramadan. It ends
with the festival of Eid al Fitr. This year (2020) Eid al-Fitr is
expected to be celebrated on the evening of Saturday 23rd May 2020.
However the exact date is subject to the sighting of moon.
See if you can find out how Muslims celebrate this festival.
If you could choose a festival to celebrate, which one would you
choose and how
would you celebrate it?
https://www.youthsporttrust.org/free-home-learning-resources-primaryhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0kdTyVEX-wKPwxH6Eil7i2F3lTkdqaudhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X655B4ISakghttp://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/art/art_1.shtml
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Headteacher: Mrs N Sansom
Cedar Avenue, Upminster, Essex. RM14 2LW Phone: 01708 225186
Web: www.branfil.com Email: [email protected]
PSHE Time to Talk
Would you rather be a master at painting or an amazing dancer?
Would you rather live on the Moon or live on Mars? Would you rather
meet your favourite celebrity or be in a movie? Would you rather
only be able to whisper or have an incredibly loud voice? Would you
rather have butterfly wings or a horse tail?
Additional
Online
Learning
Resources
with
Celebrities
Maths for ages 4-12 with Carol Vorderman:
https://www.themathsfactor.com English with David Walliams
https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/ Cooking with Jamie
Oliver
https://www.jamieoliver.com/features/category/get-kids-cooking
Music with Myleene Klass
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQh2wgJ5tOrixYBn6jFXsXQ Dance with
Darcey Bussel
https://twitter.com/diversedancemix/status/1241098264373592065
History with Dan Snow (free for 30-days) https://tv.historyhit.com
Home Economics with Theo Michaels (Mon/Wed/Fri)
https://www.instagram.com/theocooks
https://www.themathsfactor.com/https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/https://www.jamieoliver.com/features/category/get-kids-cookinghttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQh2wgJ5tOrixYBn6jFXsXQhttps://twitter.com/diversedancemix/status/1241098264373592065https://tv.historyhit.com/https://www.instagram.com/theocooks
