Chestnut Class Home Learning Grid – Week Three Summer 2020

Keep a healthy body, healthy mind by reading, writing, doing some maths and exercise each day.
Reading Write Maths Exercise
Reading Reviews Pick a picture: pick a genre OK, so now you can exercise more than
I am putting together a wish list of Characters Another area which we needed to cover in once a day! Walk and cycle. Run and skip.
books for the school. If you have Who are these people? Describe their looks, school was data handling. Hop and jump. The world’s your gym.
read a book you know we don’t what they wear, what they might say, do or https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebr
have (fiction or non-fiction) please be and any unusual habits. a Online resources:
write a review and post it on You could do a short narrative, a police I have added some Picture Maths activities Jump Start Jonny
Edmodo and I can add the title to report giving an accurate description of the below if you prefer a challenge, Joe Wicks
our wish list. ‘perp’, a news story/article about this Yoga for Tweens
character’s unusual habit, pet or life
changing event.
History – a six week project Science/Technology
Last week of this topic – well done to everyone who picked an amazing theme to Garbage Gurus
explore. You have now seen how all the different era’s of British history fit
More and more local councils are introducing food recycling schemes. The activity on the
together – useful knowledge for KS3. You have honed your research and writing
PDF looks at the science behind the schemes and gets students to consider how recycling
up skills (with no plagiarism) as well as becoming totally independent learners!
food – and reducing food waste – contribute to sustainability. Your challenge is to find out
Plus you have evaluated and selected appropriate ways of sharing your work.
about food waste, find out how you already avoid food waste in your own home, think of
Who knew I could sneak so much into one topic? These are transferable skills -
other ways to reduce food waste in homes and answer the dilemmas posed on page 7.
ones you can use in high school and beyond.
ART and Design MFL – Modern Foreign Languages Outdoor Learning PHSE
We have been making cards: my Rohan shared the Charlie Waller
daughter paints peoples’ favourite Prepare for high school by using BBC’s Mrs Kelly will continue posting ideas for Memorial Trust’s pack for wellbeing. Just
birds, I’ve painted cockatoos and Bitesize for KS3 to learn French, German or learning outside the class room on the school before half term seemed a good time to
Artemis does dragons! Spanish. website. share it on Edmodo and our blog..
Create cards to send family and Try some – you can post your results on Also try the Childline Calm Zone for heaps
friends. Plus, you can enter this Click on the language for the link. Edmodo Miss Yates can then share on of activities to keep you calm starting with
National Book Token Competition. Twitter. calming breathing.
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