Mrs Moseley – Armstrong Class

Home Learning Update

Dear Parents/Carers,

As some children will be returning to school on June 2^nd, the way home learning is being provided will be changing due to most staff working with children in school.

Home learning projects will continue to be uploaded to the school website on a weekly basis and will now be for specific key stages, rather than year groups:  Key Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2), Lower Key Stage 2 (Years 3 and 4) and Upper Key Stage 2 (Years 5 and 6).

Instead of logging onto a specific class page to access the home learning, you will now need to go to the Children menu on the website  – Home Learning Projects and select the relevant key stage for your child.

We will continue to use the key stage email addresses, but these may not be answered from your child’s teacher.  The following teachers will respond to the emails:

Reception and Year 1 and 2 - Miss White

Year 3 and 4 - Mrs Palmer (Mr Staveley will continue to respond to any Nightingale emails)

Year 5 and 6 - Mr Staveley

It has been lovely to receive some of the children’s work, but we now ask that the home learning email addresses are no longer used for sending in children’s work. The named teachers will be available only for questions regarding the work set.

Key Stage 2 will no longer be setting weekly mymaths tasks, but please continue to use Times Tables Rockstars and Accelerated Reader.  There will also be no weekly spelling lists for classes. Please use the spelling tasks on each of the weekly projects to support practicing specific sounds and letter patterns alongside year group common exception words. 

Thank you for continuing to support you child/children with their home learning.

Many thanks

Spot the staff babies

It's half term so we thought you might like a fun activity to do.  In the first attached document you will see pictures of 29 of our staff as babies.  In the second document you will see the names of the staff.  Can you match the names to the correct staff pictures?  Look back here on Friday 29th May to check how many you got right.  Good luck!

Welcome to Y3 Armstrong

Scroll down to see all the amazing things our children have been doing.

Friday 22nd May 2020

Hello Armstrong class

I hope you have all had a good week.  Thank you so much for sending me pictures of your work that you have been doing, I have really enjoyed looking at them.  

Next week is half term!  It's time for you to have a break and rest, so, there will be no home learning or spellings for you to do.  There will be no Zoom during half term either. 

Enjoy half term and stay safe.

Mrs Moseley

17th May 2020

Hello Armstrong class.

How is everyone?  I can see from all of your fabulous pictures you have been sending me that you have been quite busy.  Keep up all your hard work everyone.  There are lots of interesting things to be getting on with this week.  Well done to all of you have been doing Accelerated Reader, Time Tables Rock Stars and My Maths as it is really important to keep up these skills.  When you are on the school website, click on the 'Coronavirus Support' tab, then 'Learning Support', you will see there are Maths and English areas where you can find lots of really useful resources - have a go!

I'm looking forward to our Zoom meeting again on Tuesday 19th May, it will be great to see all of you.  If you haven't yet been part of a Zoom meeting, please send an email to LKS2learning.sbp@educ.somerset.gov.uk  and I will send you the invitation.  I need to let you know that there will be NO Zoom meeting or Home Learning during half term.

Take care and stay safe everyone.

Mrs Moseley

                                                                                                                                                          8th May 2020

Zooming news!

After last week’s successful class Zoom meeting, I would like to offer you the opportunity to meet with me and your classmates each week using Zoom. The meetings will take place every Tuesday at 2pm.

The meetings will last for about 30 minutes.  There will be a different focus of each meeting.  This week will be on Somerset Day (which is on Monday). Can we ask you to make or draw us a dragon to share and show during our meeting? 

I already have many of your email addresses and will send an invitation out to you on Monday’s. If you haven’t emailed me already and you would like to join in with a meeting you need to ask your parents to send an email to LKS2learning.sbp@educ.somerset.gov.uk I will then send them an invitation to join in. Don’t forget that the same rules apply!

At the meeting you will need to know that:

· The meeting must not be recorded.

· You will need to think carefully about where you are when you join the meeting and what you are wearing so  that you are ready to meet with all of your classmates.

· Your parents need to be present in the room where you have the meeting.

· Teachers will lock the meeting once everyone has joined so that no-one can join who hasn’t been invited.

· Teachers will be able to remove or mute people who do not follow the rules.

· Parents need to read Zoom’s terms and conditions, so they are sure of what Zoom is all about.

Hopefully see you there!

Mrs Moseley

Hi Armstrong class,                                                                                                                         10.5.20

I hope you have all been safe and well during this past week.  We had some fantastic weather this last week, I hope you managed to enjoy the sun.  

I've uploaded week 8's Learning Project for you.  It's all about food, I hope you enjoy it.  I can see that lots of you have been on TTRockstars again this week, well done all of you who have had a go.  When you go on TTRockstars this week I need you to go 'battle' at the top of the page.  Miss Anderson has challenged the whole of Key Stage 2 to a times tables battle - that includes Upper Key Stage 2 too!  Let's show them what Year 3 can do!

I'm really looking forward to our Zoom meeting on Tuesday, don't forget to draw or make a dragon for Somerset Day, if you are not sure what I mean, look at 'Zooming News!

See you on Tuesday at 2pm.

Mrs Moseley

Week 8 of Home Learning.  Week beginning 11th May 2020

Hello Armstrong class,

How have you been during this past week?  The weather has not been quite so sunny with lots of rain.  I hope you are all keeping well and managing to keep yourself busy during this lock down.  There are lots of interesting things planned for you to do again this week.  This week's learning is all about VE day since it is the 75th anniversary of VE day on the 8th May.  You will find what VE day is and how people celebrated.  You could also go on the the 'Parent' tab on the website then click into 'Coronavirus Support', then click onto the blue flower called Learning Support - here you will find lots more activities for you to enjoy.  

I am really looking forward to the Zoom meeting on Tuesday of this week, if you haven't yet let me know you want to join the meeting, there is still time, email me on LKS2learning.sbp@educ.somerset.gov.uk to send me your email address and I will send you the notification.  Please continue to send me emails of your work, I really enjoy seeing what you have been up to.

Stay safe, 

Mrs Moseley

Hello Armstrong class,

I hope you are all well and continuing to stay safe at home.  I am missing you all.

Exciting news!

We are offering you the opportunity to meet with your teacher and your classmates using Zoom. The meetings will take place next week on:

Monday 11am – Reception classes

Monday 2pm – Year one classes

Tuesday 11am – Year two classes

Tuesday 2pm – Year three classes

Wednesday 11am – Year four classes

Wednesday 2pm – Year five classes

Thursday 11am – Year six classes

The meetings will last for a maximum of 30 minutes, the focus of the meeting will be to say hello and share what you’ve been learning at home.

If you would like to join in with a meeting you need to ask your parents to send an email to   I will then send them an invitation to LKS2learning.sbp@educ.somerset.gov.uk  to join in. I would like to know if you want to join the meeting by Monday 4th May. I will then send you your invitation.

On Tuesday 5th May you will need to click on the link in the email I send you so that you can join the meeting at 2pm. At the meeting you will need to know that;

• The meeting must not be recorded.
• You will need to think carefully about where you are when you join the meeting and what you are wearing so that you are ready to meet with all of your classmates.
• Your parents need to be present in the room where you have the meeting.
• Teachers will lock the meeting once everyone has joined so that no-one can join who hasn’t been invited.
• Teachers will be able to remove or mute people who do not follow the rules.
• Parents need to read Zoom’s terms and conditions, so they are sure of what Zoom is all about.

Hopefully see you there!

Hello to all in Armstrong class,

How have you all been since last week?  Actually, I know how some of you have been because you have been emailing me about how you are getting and sending me images of all the amazing work.  I am really enjoying seeing what you have been up to.  Please keep sending me your work, or just send me an email to let me know how you are.  For those of you who have not yet sent me an email, here it is.

LKS2learning.sbp@educ.somerset.gov.uk

A really big thank you to the following children who have sent in their work - Lily (amazing family song), Luke, Emilia, Tegan, Daisy, Tobi, Oliver and Elizabeth.  Keep going with all of the online tasks in My Maths, Accelerated Reader and TTRockstars.

Scroll down for this week's Learning Project and to see all of your work.

Take care and stay safe.

Mrs Moseley.

Please select Y3/Y4 of this excellent grammar resource to use with your children.  They will need something to write with and some paper.  It will be updated each week.

Hi Armstrong class. 

I am missing all of you and I hope you are all well.

Good news!!  We have an email address where you can send me messages about the learning you have been doing this week.  Perhaps you have a question or just want to show me something?  Use this email address to get in touch!  I am going to ask you to send me an email of something you have completed that you are proud of this week.  Each week I'll be asking you to send me a piece of your work based on the Learning Project I am asking you to do.  Can't wait to see all your work!

Here is the email address.  Please put your class teacher's name in the subject.

LKS2learning.sbp@educ.somerset.gov.uk

If your parents are happy for it to be put up on this page, please ask them to give permission and hopefully we can have a collection of the work you have been doing.

Look forward to hearing from you.

Mrs Moseley

Listen to Lily's family song, it is just amazing.  I really love your picture of Dumbledore too. 

Thank you for sending it in.

Hi Armstrong class,

If we were in school, the holidays would be over and we would be starting the summer term already!  There is still lots of learning to do even though we cannot meet and learn together.  I have uploaded our week 5 Learning Project and the weekly spellings but I would just like to direct parents to some other useful learning activities.  If you go to the school website then click on the Coronavirus Support tab, then click on the blue Learning Support flower you will see lots more links for you to explore.  It's worth scrolling down too as the page is quite long!  

I hope you have a good week and I'm looking forward to seeing lots of your work.  I would like to post your work on the class web page, so don't forget to send me a piece of work you are proud of.

Remember to stay safe and keep your distance.

Mrs Moseley

Week 4 of Home Learning

I hope you are all keeping well and finding fun things to do during this lock down!  Here are a few fun things to do during this Easter week if you choose to.  Remember to have a break though!  I certainly am!  I really enjoyed finding the activities for you to do this week, especially the creative activities where you can have fun with the family.  I'm going to have a go at the origami. 

Well done to the following children for keeping up with quizzing on Accelerate Reader, Tegan, Tobi, Luke, Emmie, Daisy, Emilia and Maria.  Keep up your good work. 

Stay safe everyone.

Week 3 of Home Learning

Hello to everyone in Armstrong class.  I hope you are all keeping well and staying safe during this very unusual time we are going through.  Thank goodness the weather has been kind to us and those of you who are able to, can get out into the garden and enjoy the sunshine.  Please keep going with the online learning we are giving you.  I can see those who have been logging into My Maths, Accelerated Reader and TT Rockstars.  Keep going!!

Week 2 of Home Learning

Week 2 of Home Learning already.  Well done those children who are logging into AR.  Luke, you could choose books at the next level now as I can see you are doing really well.  If children have forgotten or misplace passwords to TT Rockstars, AR or My Maths, please don't worry, just email homelearning.sbp@educ.somerset.gov.uk asking for the details, the message will get to me and I'll be able to get a message back to you!

Spellings week beginning 23rd March 2020

Get onto TT Rockstars here. 

You have your username and password for this.  Look in your homework book. 

I will check every week to see who has been practising their times tables.

Get onto My Maths here.

I'll mark your work every week. 

You can check your scores by logging in again and clicking on the 'scores' tab.  You will see my comments on this page.  You even have the chance to do your homework again!

User name: mrs moseley

Password:   Armstrong

These are Oxford Owl books which you can quiz on!

Remember to check the author's name is the same!

Get onto Accelerated Reader here.  You have got your log in for this one too.  In case you forget, it is the first letter of your first name, then the first four letters of your surname.  

The children have been using software called ‘Scratch.’  They had to program the character to perform a sequence of moves and interact with other characters.  They all did a fantastic job helping and supporting each other to achieve the learning objective.

The children have been listening to some of Bob Marley's Reggae music.  The played xylophones and recorders to accompany the music.  We have some budding musicians in class!

Thank you to all the parents who came to look in their child’s book.  The children thoroughly enjoyed showing off their work.

What fantastic team work in Year 3!

The children worked together to build a Lego Mindstorm robot.  They had to follow the Lego instructions very carefully, which was much trickier than they thought.  However, they did an amazing job and managed to program their robot through software on a tablet.  Great work Year 3. 

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