Lime Home Learning
Spring 2 – What was the impact of the railways in Britain?
Recommended Books | Websites | Places to Visit |
Adventures on Trains Series by M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman (also Reading Passport books)
Epic Adventures: Explore the World in 12 Amazing Train Journeys by Sam Sedgman
National Railway Museum Kids’ Handbook by William Potter
Great British Railways: 50 Things to See and Do by Vicki Pipe and Geoff Marshall
See Reading Passport list below for more recommendations that are not linked to our topic! | Spelling Ways to practise your spellings
Maths Times Tables Rockstars
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zd2f7nb/articles/zn2y7nb Guardians of Mathematica
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button Hit the Buttons – times tables and number facts
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/117/telling-the-time-in-words Practise telling the time
History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyay-n23JNA An interesting video about the positives and negatives of the railways being built.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z94r3j6#zyjsn9q How have our railways developed and changed? | The Watercress Line
Our very own heritage railway in Hampshire. This used to be part of a much longer line stretching to Winchester. You can visit the stations at Alresford, Ropley and Alton.
STEAM: The Museum of the Great Western Railway https://www.steam-museum.org.uk
This is a little further afield in Swindon and offers a look at the history of the Great Western Railway. Even if you can’t go, the website has lots of information, including ‘object of the month’ articles.
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Year 3, 4 and 5 Spelling Lists
Spelling Homework – Week Beginning 18th March
Spelling Rule: The suffix -ly
Why do we have this rule? The suffix –ly is added to an adjective to form an adverb, it is added straight to most root words, but there are some exceptions.
Year 4 word list:
sadly, completely, usually, finally, comically, kindly, angrily, happily, easily, magically
Year 5 word list:
occasionally, accidentally, frequently, ferociously, completely, greedily, wearily, clumsily, incredibly, probably
REMEMBER – part 1 of your spelling homework is to be using the focus words to practise the rule for the week. Part 2 is working on your word list words.
Spelling Homework – Week Beginning 11th March
Spelling Rule: Words with endings that sound like ‘shus’ spelt -cious or -tious
Why do we have this rule? Not many common words end like this, so we need to know the words that do. If the root word ends in -ce, the ‘shus’ sound is usually spelt -cious e.g. vice – vicious.
Year 4 and 5 word list:
vicious, precious, delicious, cautious, infectious, conscious, malicious, suspicious, ambitious, nutritious
Exception: anxious
REMEMBER – part 1 of your spelling homework is to be using the focus words to practise the rule for the week. Part 2 is working on your word list words.
Spelling Homework – Week Beginning 4th March
Spelling Rule: words ending in –ibly and -ible
Why do we have this rule? The –ible and –ibly ending is common if a complete root word can’t be heard before it.
Year 4 word list:
possible, possibly, horrible, horribly, terrible, terribly, visible, visibly, sensible, sensibly
Year 5 word list:
visible, visibly, incredible, incredibly, responsible, responsibly, sensible, sensibly, forcible, forcibly
REMEMBER – part 1 of your spelling homework is to be using the focus words to practise the rule for the week. Part 2 is working on your word list words.
Spelling Homework – Week Beginning 26th February
Spelling Rule: words ending in -able and -ably (related to –ation) and where the root words ends in e or ce/ge
Why do we have this rule? –able and –ably are used if there is a related word ending in –ation, and usually (but not always) used if a complete root word can be heard before it. When the root word ends in e, drop the e and add the suffix. When the root word ends in ce/ge, the e must be kept
For most words, the suffix -able or -ably can be added e.g. reliable, reliably
Year 4 word list:
dependable, enjoyable, reliable, perishable, breakable, fashionable,
adorable, operable, valuable, loveable
Exception: likeable
Year 5 word list:
comfortable, understandable, reliably, perishable, breakable
applicable, considerably, adorable, valuable, loveable
Exception: likeable
REMEMBER – part 1 of your spelling homework is to be using the focus words to practise the rule for the week. Part 2 is working on your word list words.
Spelling Homework – Week Beginning 19th February
Spelling Rule: The /i/ sound spelt y other than at the end of words
Why do we have this rule? We need to learn when a y is used to spell the /i/ sound within words.
Year 4 word list:
mystic, dynasty, synagogue, synonym, gymnastics, myth, pyramid, Egypt, oxygen, crystal,
Year 5 word list:
symbol, rhythm, sympathetic, typical, mysterious, gymnasium, mythological, symbolic, hyphen, hygiene
REMEMBER – part 1 of your spelling homework is to be using the focus words to practise the rule for the week. Part 2 is working on your word list words.
Star Times Tables
How to remember how many days in each month
Below are links to various websites to support learning at home:
Spring 1 – Is living in Australia like being on holiday?
Recommended Books | Websites | Places to Visit |
Birrarung Wilam by Aunty Joy Murphy, Andrew Kelly and Lisa Kennedy
Expedition Diaries: Australian Outback by Simon Chapman
Where on Earth? Australia by Shallini Vallepur
Your Passport to Australia by A.M. Reynolds
See Reading Passport list below for more recommendations that are not linked to our topic! | Spelling Ways to practise your spellings
Maths https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/multiples-and-factors A game to practise finding factors and multiples
Times Tables Rockstars
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zd2f7nb/articles/zn2y7nb Guardians of Mathematica
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button Hit the Buttons – times tables and number facts
Geography https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/geography/countries/facts-about-australia/ All about Australia
https://www.australia.com/en-gb/gday-the-short-film.html A short film to introduce the wonders of Australia. | Australia! https://www.australia.com/en-gb
It’s a bit tricky to get to Australia! But the website above is the link to Australia’s official website. Here you can explore some of the amazing human and physical geography of this incredible continent!
Science – Living Things and Their Habitats
This is an excellent topic to enable you to get out and about in beautiful Hampshire and discover some of the habitats that surround us and find out what lives there! |
Autumn 2 – Why do many cultures have mythical beasts in their stories?
Recommended Books | Websites | Places to Visit |
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by JK Rowling
The Book of Mythical Beasts and Magical Creatures by DK and Stephen Krensky
Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell
Fantastic Beasts: The Wonder of Nature: Amazing Animals and the Magical Creatures of Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts by The Natural History Museum
See Reading Passport list below for more recommendations that are not linked to our topic! | Spelling Ways to practise your spellings
Maths https://www.topmarks.co.uk/symmetry/symmetry-matching A game to help you with symmetry
Times Tables Rockstars
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zd2f7nb/articles/zn2y7nb Guardians of Mathematica
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button Hit the Buttons – times tables and number facts
| Fantastic Beasts Exhibition https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/highlights-fantastic-beasts-wonder-of-nature.html
The Natural History Museum ran an exhibition last year all about Fantastic Beasts! Unfortunately, it is no longer running, but you can access some of the highlights using the above link. There is also a linked book from this exhibition in the recommended books list.
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Autumn 1 – Does describing the Vikings as vicious raiders portray them accurately?
Recommended Books | Websites | Places to Visit |
Viking Boy by Tony Bradman
Riddle of the Runes by Janina Ramirez and David Wyatt
There’s a Viking in My Bed by Jeremy Strong
The Vikings: Raiders, Traders and Adventurers! by Marcia Williams
Viking Voyages by Jack Tite
See Reading Passport list below for more recommendations that are not linked to our topic! | Spelling Ways to practise your spellings
Maths https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/rocket-rounding Rounding game
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/shapes/2d-shape-reveal Supporting recognising the properties of shapes, including quadrilaterals
Times Tables Rockstars
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zd2f7nb/articles/zn2y7nb Guardians of Mathematica
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button Hit the Buttons – times tables and number facts
History https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z8q487h#zrmyvwx What happened to the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings?
https://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/vikings.html Information about the Vikings
| 878AD - Winchester
This is a relatively new museum in Winchester (Brooks Centre). It is more focused on the Anglo-Saxons, but you can find out more about the Vikings in the Discovery Tour: Viking Age. The information about the Anglo-Saxons will help to give a deeper context about the Viking conflict.
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