Week beginning 6th July

Hi Australia and New Zealand Classes! We hope that those of you at home are all staying safe and that you are keeping busy. Here is your home learning for this next week – these are some ideas for learning – don’t worry, if you don’t get it all done. It has been lovely hearing from you all. We would love to keep hearing from you –so keep sharing your learning with us on the one drive. The accounts will now be monitored by both Miss Bees and Miss O’Farrell.Our class emails addresses are:NewZealand@lainesmeadprimary.co.ukAustralia@lainesmeadprimary.co.uk

Love From Miss Bees and Miss O’Farrell

This week we are looking at Lost Words

This book was written after several names of animals and plants were

removed from the dictionary, no longer deemed relevant for

today’s children

This book is filled with wonderful poetry which we

will look at this week

We cant wait to see what you come up with.

*AcornAdderBluebellBrambleConkerDandelionFernHeatherHeronIvy

KingfisherLarkMagpieNewtOtterRavenStarlingWeaselWillowWren

Task 1*Write a riddle based poem about a plant. You could do an Oak tree,

buttercup, tulip, lavender, sweet pea, daisy or what you want.

*E.g.Dancing in the sun, a lion’s mane of petals around my face.Am I simply a weed?I create a sea of yellow and white across grassSpeckled all over meadows, fields and gardens.Yellow face turned up to the sunWhat am I?

Task 2*Write a poem about a flower where you use a variety of words and synonyms to describe a

plants that are not its actual name. E.g.

Droopy- headed, upside down,Violet beauty

Top- hats,Fairy skirts,

tiny trumpets

Sapphire, navy, azure, sky

Remember• Your poem does not

have to rhyme!• Try to group your

stanzas so that you talk about related things in each one.

e.g. colour, synonyms, uses.

Task 3*Look at the structure of Kingfisher. Create a poem about a different bird following a similar

structure to the poem.

Line 1- synonyms of the birdLine 2- describe its appearanceLine 3- its habitatLine 4- describe its movementsLine 5- what it eatsLine 6- synonyms of the bird

e.g.Goliath, tall, deadly

Long necked, yellow beakedMarsh land, sky bird, water dweller

Still, silent, swift, fastFish, insects, reptiles

Predator, statue, stealthy

Task 4Chose two creatures that can have a conversation with each other, with one commenting on the other’s character and appearance. Decide how they will answer and write a short play.

*Task 5*Pick one of the poems you have read or written and learn it off by heart.

We want you to perform this to your family, you can record it and send us a video too!

RememberTry not to speak too fast- take your time

and breath.

RememberWhat is the pace of the poem? Do you need to speak slowly? When do

you need to pause?

RememberYou can put movements to your poem, you can

use your arms, hands or whole body. You do not

need to stand like a statue.

*These are just ideas, you do not have to do all of them.• Story Telling – Write a story that includes one of the lost words or is written

from their point of view.• Still Life Art – Go out into the natural world with paper and a pencil. Find a

quiet spot to sit in and draw what you can see.• Life Cycle – Research the life cycle of one of the plants. You could even try to

grow this plant yourself.• Lost Word Scavenger Hunt – How many of the lost words can you find in their

natural habitats? There are loads of great natural environments for you to explore in Swindon, e.g. Lawn Woods, Queen’s Park, Coate Water, Town Gardens, Lydiard Park…

• Fact File – Choose one the lost words and create a fact file all about them. You could present this as a PowerPoint, poster, leaflet…

Can you draw the bird your poem from Task 3?

Can you do a leaf rubbing? Put a leaf under some paper and scribble over it. What patterns can you make? Can you create a drawing out of the leaf rubbings?

*Plants come in many different shapes and sizes.

Go on a hunt for leaves, twigs and flowers.

Using clay or salt dough, roll it out flat and press the different natural objects to make an impression.

When it’s dry, you could paint the different flowers, leaves and twigs or you could paint the surrounding area and leave the impressions without colour.

You can make your own salt dough at home using just flour, salt and water. Click on the link to see how:

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/how-make-salt-dough-recipe