Here are two videos I shared on Google Classroom if you would like to do wordsearches or crosswords or other worksheets on j2e5 using a new j2e tool called j2pdf.
Apr 222020
Apr 202020
Look at this great picture that children at school made with items they found.
Apr 202020
These are great for creative thinking. Use them to get your brain going in the morning or when you need to wake up your brain…
Make sure you use the phrases given.
These are from the Thinking Classroom website, provided free at this time. There are examples and teacher notes for each of the thinking starters to show how they could work.
Apr 202020
Chris still has a pile of Easter eggs left.
- He can put the eggs exactly into piles of 7.
- If he puts them in piles of 3, 4, 5 or 6, he has one left over.
- What is the smallest number of eggs that Chris could have?
- * What is the next smallest number of eggs that Chris could have?
- ** What is the next, next smallest number of eggs that Chris could have?
Apr 202020
I hope everyone is well and had a break over Easter. Thank you for everyone who had a go at some of the challenges on here before Easter. This term, I will try to put on some more challenges, but I will also put some lessons for each year group.
I hope you enjoy your home learning this term. Keep going.
Top tps:
- Tick things off your list as you do them,
- Short sessions
- Brain breaks in between – get up, exercise
- Drink water.
Quick links:
Thinking starters – great for getting your brain going
Daily search challenge
Y3 Bar charts in j2e5 Computing unit for Term 5
Y4 Mindmaps with Coggle Computing unit for Term 5
Y5 Creating a game piece by piece Computing unit for Term 5-
Y6 Creating a database Computing unit for Term 5 
Maths challenge W2 – leave your answers as a comment; Week1
Music activities from Mrs Shakespeare
How to do Google Classroom worksheets on j2e5
Typing.com
Zooniverse – people-powered research – take part in real scientific research on a range of projects- #DoGoodFromHome!
Apr 162020
Apr 032020
If you’re in Year 5, then watch Race across the world on BBC iPlayer to learn about South America.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000g6nt/race-across-the-world-series-2-episode-1
Mar 302020
- Open this LOGO file: Rainbow
- Look at the code carefully
- Can you put in the rest of the code to draw a rainbow?
- Save your work
Mar 262020
- Open this maze in j2code
- Add motion blocks: forward 75 and turn left/right 90
- Can you get the penguin through the maze?
- ** Can you also collect the fish on your way through the maze?
- Save your work
Mar 252020
Thank you to Henry for sharing his rainforest diagram – nice work!
