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If you want to do some work then have a go at The Easter Maths and English Activity Booklets and also the twinkl booklets. There are also lots of colouring sheets – remember to be ’mindful’ and colour carefully- there are lots more on ‘twinkl’, which has a lot of free resources. www.twinkl.co.uk/offer code CVDTWINKLHELPS. You could send them to your Grandmas and Grandpas or put them in your window to show your neighbours. wwf.org.uk #LearnToLoveNature has lots of challenges to do around your house and garden, such as scavenger hunts. Have a lovely, safe weekend - remember children, to keep washing and anti-baccing and be kind to Mum and Dad! Lifting flaps shows cute-as-can-be animals receiving enthusiastic “hugaboos” from their grown-up counterparts. “If you were a little kangaroo... You would get a Continue reading »

I am going to post the Learning Intentions for this week, followed by extra explanation! Unlike last week I will post my daily blog on top of each post, rather than at the bottom of it (it seemed logical to me, but my husband says it makes more sense!).

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Maths Word Problem: The house numbers in my street are 15, 17, 19, 21, but the last one has fallen off - what should it be? Convinced that he's ""special,"" Crawford the raven is disgruntled with his ordinary appearance. After making several funny, futile attempts to change, the frustrated bird entreats a woman with Continue reading » Thank you so much for all the lovely photos and updates - please keep sending them in, it's great to hear from you - Go, Team Willow!!

Phonics/spelling. Use the spelling words to encourage discussion about the definitions. ‘I’m thinking of a word that means a very large house.’‘I am thinking of a word that means to take away.’ Etc.… The Wolf’s Story’: see sheet- Read the sentences and put in an adverb to make it more interesting. An adverb tells you more about a verb a doing word). You might like to dosome bird watching from the comfort of your sitting room: there are lots of resources on www.rspb.org.uk

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See twinkl.com Year 2 Great Fire of London for Samuel Pepys Diary, reading comprehension or Smartboard notepad PowerPoint. What is a diary? Remember ‘The diary of the killer Cat’ by Anne Fine and the Science Week diaries we did. Highlight your favourite words and phrases. Write a diary entry, for the first day as if you were Samuel Pepys. Sunday, 2 nd September, 1666 Explain that after the fire many people paid money to fire-fighting companies. These people would put a sign (plaque) on the outside of their house to show with which company they were insured. There is one in the high street in Canterbury. – The Sun Alliance. I have included in the homework folders: Snappy/Mad Maths worksheets;Spring Activity Booklets for Maths and English;an Easter Revision Booklet;Abacus Maths Workbook; Handwriting Booklets;mini books to make;'The Wolf's Story' and some colouring! You can dip into them as much as you like. They should also have three reading books- do try to read as much as possible - it is the key to everything! This one is bound to drive you all crazy, so apologies in advance...but we must all wash our hands!!

Maths Word Problem: Dylan has 52 picture cards. Ryan has 55 cards. Who has more cards? How many more? It has been a very emotional week! Brilliantto see so many Willows and chat to our lovely, supportive Mums and Dads.

You can also access BBC Ten Pieces online ( ten pieces of classical musicwe should know before we leave primary school): the children have been listening to them in my singing assembly and are especially knowledgeable about the first Ten Pieces. Maths Word Problems: Owen goes on a ferry. He sleeps for 4 hours of the journey and is awake for 5 hours. How long is the journey? Have a lovely break and eat lots of Hot Cross Buns and Easter Eggs! (Remember why you are eating them!)

Along withthe jaunty verse (actually the lyrics of a well-known hymn) as sunny as this paper-over-board book's bright yellow cover, Wilhelm (the Dinofours series) introduces a downy, Continue reading »In this polar bear version of King Lear, Anook is the Cordelia figure, exiled from her royal father's home when her sisters' scheming leaves her nothing to offer as a tribute other than Continue reading » I learned how to subtract a two digit number from a two digit number, using a number line and a hundred square.' If you google BBC Magic Grandad - Samuel Pepys, you can watch the video we would have watched in class. You'll never guess what he did with his cheese! It will help you, when you write his diary. Franklin's family lives in, well, a pigsty. As a meticulously neat piglet, Franklin finds his family's slovenly ways a great embarrassment, and he dares not encourage visitors. At school, his Continue reading » The Wolf’s story’: Commas in lists. Add commas to these lists – remember to put ‘and’, (or ‘or’)’between the last two things in a list.