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Welcome to Barn Owls

 

Miss Jones and Mrs Laurence-Wing

Monday 29th June 2020

 

Happy Monday, Barn Owls!

 

I hope you all had a great week and managed to enjoy some of the lovely sunshine that we had!

 

It was fantastic to be able to chat to some of you on the phone last week and hear what you've been up to and how your home learning is going. I'm really looking forward to talking to more of you this week! 

 

Thank you very much for the emails showing me your learning - I absolutely love seeing them so please do keep sending them to me! smiley

 

As always, there are lots of different activities up on the website this week for you to do. I'm looking forward to seeing how you get on!

 

Enjoy your week, Barn Owls! Stay safe and look after yourselves and your families. 

 

Miss Jones

ATTENTION BARN OWLS!

 

Follow the link below to find out how to download hundreds of fantastic online books to your computer or tablet!

IMPORTANT:

Home Learning materials have now moved to the main 'Class pages' page, where you will find a new page called Home Learning (click on the owl). You can click on the link below and it'll take you to the new pages. 

 

Also, all of the previous resources from Summer 1 will stay on this page in the folders below.

 

Remember to still email me with all your photos and messages about your fantastic activities and learning that you have been doing.

 

For instructions of how children can communicate with their teacher at Year5@gatcombepark.portsmouth.sch.uk please see the link below.

03/06/20

Today, Mr Baker made our school fox very cross by waking him up from a lovely snooze in the pond area. We have at least 4 fox cubs in the family too but they were too quick for the camera!

Picture 1

Other home learning lessons and resources

  • Classroom Secrets A great home learning pack for Year 5 containing lots of resources for maths, literacy and reading, as well as practical learning ideas.
  • DuoLingo Free interactive games for practising Spanish.
  • World Geography Games This a free online platform with interactive activities on continents, capitals, flags, regions, islands, rivers... the list is endless!
  • Art Inspiration This website has some really creative ideas for long or short art projects, which can be adapted for different art materials and supplies. It includes video tutorials, free downloadable resources and lots of helpful tips.
  • Music Lab Music Lab is an accessible and fun way to learn music, through hands-on experiments about tempo, rhythm, chords and lots more. It includes a Song Maker, which is a great tool for children to make and share their own song.

Online "Field Trips"

  • Techniquest Daily Demos Techniquest, the UK's longest-established science centre, is hosting brilliant daily demos that children can get involved with at home using everyday items.
  • Edinburgh Zoo Live Webcams Watch livestreams of different animals around the zoo, including penguins, koalas, tigers and pandas!
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium Live Cams From frolicking sea otters to glowing jellyfish, the live webcams at Monterey Bay are sure to amaze you! When the live cams aren’t running (they operate during specific hours), there are pre-recorded videos to fill in.
  • The British Museum Virtual Tour This virtual tour lets you zoom through centuries and continents to learn about amazing artefacts from all over the world. There are also online exhibitions at the British Museum that you can use to stroll through the museum itself, Google street view-style. The museum's closure site has a full list of its online resources, and there's enough material to keep you interested for days on end!
  • Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Virtual Tours This website allows visitors to take self-guided, room-by-room tours of select exhibits and areas within the museum from a desktop or mobile device. Visitors can also access collections and research areas at the museum's satellite support and research stations, as well as past exhibits no longer on display.
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York’s Met Museum has an entire section of its website dedicated to young ones called MetKids. The online-only experience features a time machine, where you can search by time period, idea or location to uncover objects and artwork from the museum’s rooms. The “Big Ideas” search tool allows children to look into topics like inventions, fashion and battles, and see all the relevant artefacts. There are also videos, as well as an interactive map of the museum that allows you to check out various exhibitions around the building.
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