Ysgol Porth y Felin - Blwyddyn 3, 4, 5 a 6 1/6/20 - Wythnos 5

Focus Task 1 – Spider Safari!

We have a Science based task for you to start with this week. It follows on from ‘Bug Safari’

(included as one of the Choosing Board activities from week 4)….

1. Go on a ‘Spider Safari’ around your home! Carefully explore where you live looking for spiders. If you find one draw

what it looks like. You could also try and identify what type of spider it is. A free spider ID guide can be downloaded

from: https://www.opalexplorenature.org/sites/default/files/7/file/Spiders-in-your-home.pdf

What do you notice? Things to talk about …

How many types of spider did you find?

Which type of spider was most common?

Where do spiders like to live (their habitats)?

What do spiders eat?

Can you find spiders anywhere else, e.g. balcony, shed, garage, garden?

Did you find any baby spiders? Or spider’s eggs? Do the babies look like the adults?

2. Try this outdoors…. Where can you find the greatest numbers of living things? Tie 4 sticks or rulers together with rubber bands or string to make a frame (quadrat). Choose a piece of ground and put

down the frame. Identify how many different living things you can find inside the frame and record what they are. Now

choose another piece of ground and repeat the above. If you cannot go outdoors, you could count how many different

living things you can spot inside – what about ants, flies, people, or plants?

What do you notice? Things to talk about …

Where did you find the most/least living things?

What types of plants and animals did you find?

What was the most interesting thing you found? How do the plants and animals survive in the cold?

3. Spider Webs

….See if you can find a spider’s web. Maybe you could draw a very careful diagram of it. You could also draw and label a

detailed diagram of the spider that made the web. Can you work out the species of the spider from the shape of the

web? More help is available for identifying the spider in this link: https://www.uksafari.com/spiders.htm

FURTHER INFORMATION: Spider web silk can be 5 times stronger than steel but 1000 times thinner a human hair! There

are over 650 different species of spider in the UK and the shape and structure of their webs can help identify the spider

that lives there. Find out more by clicking this link: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/spider-

webs.html?gclid=CjwKCAjw7LX0BRBiEiwA__gNw_RssPOiQMtdivQMEnEH7JfxSwA8MSVU1mXi_IaZL0XRyrpyvBa5jhoCA0QQ

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You could….

- Make a table and/or graph to show the different spiders or living things you have discovered.

- Make an advert for a perfect home (habitat) for a spider. What must it include? What would every potential ‘property’

need to meet a spider’s needs? You could even make a 3D model of your design…..use your imagination!

- Learn all about spider webs! You could learn about angles and protractors….

https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/protractor-using.html How to use a protractor

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/470/Angle-Alien-Attack Angle Alien Attack Game

https://nrich.maths.org/1235 Estimating Angles on NRICH

- Read about different spiders we can find in our home:

https://www.opalexplorenature.org/sites/default/files/7/file/Spiders-in-your-home.pdf You could research a different

spider and write an informative report (similar to the way information is presented in an encyclopedia entry) about your

chosen spider or create a factual poster.

- Practice your timetables…We found 3 spiders…how many legs are there altogether? There are 30 legs altogether….how

many ladybirds are there?

- Ask a Biologist, https://wowscience.co.uk/resource/ask-a-biologist/

*Remember to add your work (or Science Selfie!) to your Class Dojo Portfolio to show your teacher.

Focus Task 2 – A Picture Paints a Thousand Words

Let’s write a story! There are lots of places to find ideas to write a story such as from books, songs,

listening to stories and many more things. My favourite way is by looking at a picture and

imagining the ‘story’ behind it.

Take a look at these pictures and choose one...

Then watch this...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy7XEMeBROQ

Imagine that you jump into the picture too and have a look around you. Behind, to the side, above...what do you see?

What can you smell?

What do things feel like?

What sounds can you hear?

What is happening now? What has just happened? What will happen next?

Are you part of the story, or are you watching from a safe distance?

Write or draw as many ideas to help you with your story as you like. Anything you think of, write/draw it so that you

remember all your ideas.

Ask someone in your house to question you about your story – remember Who? What? Where? When? Why? How?

You could:

Draw a story map with the characters, setting and events in order like this...

Complete a story mountain to plan your story

Tell the story out loud before you write it

Remember to add your work to your Class Dojo Portfolio to show your teachers!

Year 3 and 4 ideas: Year 5 and 6 ideas:

Remember to think of a beginning, middle

and end.

Use plenty of adjectives (describing words).

Include similes and metaphors to add

interest.

Read your work to check that it makes sense.

Use Year 3 and 4 ideas.

Include time connectives e.g. eventually,

meanwhile…

Choose to set your story in the past, present

or future.

Is your story in the 1st or 3rd person?

Remember your ‘WOW words’!

Weekly Choosing Board

MAGNETIC COINS

Where have you

seen this writing?

Can you find out

what the whole

sentence says? Can

you find out who

said it?

Sir Isaac Newton

famously once said

“If I have seen

further it is by

standing on the

shoulders of giants”

meaning that he

made his

discoveries by

building on the

work of other

scientists. He was a

very influential

mathematician,

physicist and

astronomer who’s

work on the laws of

motion and gravity

shaped all our lives.

His words are now

around the edge of

£2 coins. You could

try using a fridge

magnet to find out

which coins are

magnetic. How will

you record your

results? How will

you explain your

results? This

website has more

information:

www.royalmint.co

m/stories/collect/w

hy-are-some-uk-

coins-magnetic/

TIME LAPSE PHOTOS

Time lapse

photography is a

great way to

observe changes

over a longer

period condensed

into a shorter

film. Apps can be

downloaded onto

smartphones or

tablets for this

purpose. You

could take

pictures of:

- A piece of fruit

or a vegetable

decaying

- A plant growing -

- Growing a

vegetable scrap –

carrot tops or

celery are great

for this. This

website has all

the advice you

need:

https://foodrevol

ution.org/blog/re

duce-food-waste-

regrow-from-

scraps/

I SPY WITH MY

LITTLE EYE

What do you

think has been

magnified in this

photograph? Look

very carefully at

the shapes you

can see and the

similarities and

differences

between them.

It’s pollen! You

can find out more

about pollen by

clicking the link

below.

https://kids.britan

nica.com/kids/arti

cle/pollen/353649

You could use a

hand lens or a

microscope to

look at some

other things very

closely, but don’t

worry if you can’t

as you can use

this great website

instead.

https://www.x-wow.com/akpan-microscope

MOTIVATE ME!

You can find

quotes

everywhere,

motivating you to

be positive, kind,

hardworking or

happy. There are

lots of ideas in the

Bible too.

Or

Can you find your

favourite quote

from the Bible?

Make it into a

poster to display

it in your room.

PWY YDW I?

If you have the game, great!

If not, put ‘Guess Who’ in your

search engine and you will see lots of images of people to play the game

with. Cwestiynau

posib/Questions to use: Oes gen

ti wallt du/brown/melyn/

coch?

Oes gen ti lygaid

glas/brown/gwyrdd/llwyd?

Oes gen ti sbectol?

Oes gen ti farf?

Oes gen ti het?

Atebion/Answers:

Oes, mae gen i lygaid brown.

Nagoes, does gen i ddim llygaid

brown. Follow the same

pattern for all the answers.

Mwynhewch!!!!

Iechyd a Lles / Health and Wellbeing

HIIT Training

6 exercises, 20 seconds

each with 10 seconds rest

after each exercise.

1.Jumping jacks

2. Push ups (on your knees

if you find it difficult)

3. Crunches

4. Burpees

5. High knees

6. Jog on the spot

Not sure how to perform a certain exercise? Type in the exercise on YouTube.

Keepy Up Challenge

You will need a ball.

Go on:

https://www.youtub

e.com/watch?v=GcCv

9MeGqS0 for some

tips.

Record your top score each day. Are you improving daily? You can do this!

Mindful Hearing

Sit up tall.

Close your eyes.

Notice the sounds

that are around

you.

Relax, nothing to

do, just let the

sounds appear.

5 minutes every day.

Healthy Eating

Plan a healthy

breakfast for every

day of the week. Can

you follow the plan?

Need help? Follow this link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zrffr82/articles/zppvv4j

Yoga

10 yoga poses.

Go on:

https://www.y

outube.com/w

atch?v=ho9utt

OZdOQ&t=454

s

Can you

complete the

10 poses? Pob

lwc!