Home Learning – January Lockdown

GREENSIDE FILM FACTORY

Spring Term 1 2021

 Home Learning Weekly Timetable

The Year of Colour!

“He loved colour and he let it show’ (Vincent Van Gogh by Jonathan Richman)

In Spring term 1 our Learning Experiences across our STAR Days (Mon – Weds) will begin by being inspired by the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh and will then move onto looking at photographic images that inspire awe & wonder from the World. These days will mainly focus on English, Maths and Science alongside a creative task.

Our Thursday Film Crew days will be exploring different Artists as all of our students from Y1 – Y6 have an opportunity to make their learning count towards gaining an Arts Mark accreditation through a broad range of creative art activities. 

Our Friday’s return to English and Maths through our Big Write and Messy Maths as well as Mr Yeat’s weekly quiz and a work out for the mind and body through our PE sessions. 

Each day we ask our young people to spend some time focusing on their own Well-being Experiences – this could involve a Meditation session, enjoying some yoga, joining in the Friday PE learning or some special time being off-screen and being happy in your own life.

Our aim is to recreate, as far as possible, the spirit of Greenside with creativity alongside our STAR Day English & Maths. Look out for unexpected challenges along the way and changes to join some competitions during the week.

We understand students learn in different ways and we have tried to create a Home Learning programme that will meet and support individual student needs.

Our Teachers are giving online feedback during the day and engaging with helpful comments and positivity to help us all stay connected.

Our Nursery & Reception Home Learning programme is delivered via Tapestry and both Christina Morra & Kimberley Buchanan are ready to help during the day.

We collect the pictures and videos of the learning taking place at home and share them with the whole school in a Sharing Film on Friday afternoons to celebrate all of the learning that has taken place and to connect us once more before the weekend. 

• Students are invited to join KBS as we consider the SMSC themes & adventures for the week ahead.

Class teacher weekly introduction 

• Each class teacher shares a film introducing the week ahead. 

• Class teachers share a screencast model introducing a new GPS concept with questions to answer, all embedded into an individual Google Slide. This task is directly linked to what is needed for the writing task to follow.
• The writing task is included in the same Google Slide for convenience and provides a high quality modelled example of the piece being produced for that day for inspiration. This highlights the key features that need to be added, including the GPS concept from the first session. 
• A success criteria, key questions and word mats will also be included to support the writing process. 
• Students write directly into their own Google Slide and the class teacher provides feedback as they do so or once they have handed in the work completed. 
• Students also have the option of writing on paper and posting a photo for their teacher to assess. 
• Themes for this Spring 1 half term are as below:

Same task across the whole school to support families with children in multiple year groups. 

• Week 1: Langlois Bridge

STAR Day Write – a narrative based on the picture

Big Write – Van Gogh’s Diary – write as Van Gogh describing why you decided to paint that particular picture. 

• Week 2: Starry Night

STAR Day Write – a narrative based on the picture

Big Write – Van Gogh’s Diary – write as Van Gogh describing why you decided to paint that particular picture. 

• Week 3: Under The Sea

STAR Day Write – a third person narrative based on the picture

Big Write – A view from … The Reef – first person account of what you can see when you went on a trip under the sea. 

• Week 4: Into The Wild

STAR Day Write – a third person narrative based on the picture

Big Write – A view from … The Savanah – first person account of what you can see when you went on a trip into the wild. 

• Week 5: Into The City

STAR Day Write – a third person narrative based on the picture

Big Write – A view from … The City – first person account of what you can see when you went on a trip into the city. 

• Week 6: Into Space

STAR Day Write – a third person narrative based on the picture

Big Write – A view from … The Moon – first person account of what you can see when you went on a trip into space. 

• Class Teachers provide feedback to the writing as the work comes through or once the student has handed it in. 
• All students will receive feedback on their writing. 
• The end of the feedback slot is 12:30pm.

• Students are provided with a Google Slide with images of pages from their class book embedded for them to read. 
• Questions linked to that page are then provided under each picture with a space indicated for the answer.
• Students also have the option of writing on paper and posting a photo for their teacher to assess.
• Question styles will be varied week to week to challenge different comprehension skills. 
• Class teachers are available to support via direct Google Classroom messages throughout. 

• A weekly creative task is set based on the same images used for the previous learning to ensure it is all linked. 
• This is intended to allow students to be creative, innovative and produce unique outcomes through a common theme. 
• Students share pictures with their class teachers. 
• These are included in the end of week sharing film. 

• A guided meditation to allow students and families to focus on their wellbeing

• Each class teacher records between 10 and 15 mins of them reading their class book. 
• This is purely a moment to share a text for pleasure together!

• A task based on the theme of Spiritual, Moral, Social or Cultural ideas. 
• The task is the same for the whole school and can range from discussion to writing, dance or art. We continue to reflect on how we can make the world a better place.

• Class teachers share a screencast film introducing a new maths concept with questions to answer, all embedded into an individual Google Slide. This task is directly taken from class teachers’ gaps analysis of what the class need to still cover. 
• A success criteria and key questions are included to support the process. 
• Students write the answers directly into their own Google Slide and the class teacher provides feedback as they do so or once they have handed in the work completed. 
• Students also have the option of writing on paper and posting a photo for their teacher to assess. 
• Answers are shared on a later slide to allow students to self assess as well and then provide the opportunity to return to their work and try to identify their errors. 
• Class teachers are available to support via direct Google Classroom messages throughout. 

• A google forms arithmetic quiz is set covering the concepts the students have covered this far in their year group. 
• The form is set to share the results automatically so students have the opportunity to return to their work and try to identify their errors and re-submit. 
• Class teachers are available to support via direct Google Classroom messages throughout. 

• Class teachers provide the same sheet as students are used to receiving for homework. 
• This includes a Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check exercise and writing sentences including the new words. 
• Words are taken from the National Curriculum Spelling list for each year group. 
• Y1 students receive a phonics screen recording of their class teacher introducing a new sound or letter string that they follow along to and complete exercises on paper. 
• Class teachers are available to support via direct Google Classroom messages throughout. 

• Students research a concept provided via a Google Slide. This might include text, images, links to films, audio etc. 
• Questions are provided on a later slide for students to answer or there may be a creative talk or investigation required.
• Students are expected to share these as photos to their class teacher or by embedding them themselves into their google slide. 
• Class teachers are available to support via direct Google Classroom messages throughout. 

• A guided meditation to allow students and families to focus on their wellbeing

• Each class teacher records between 10 and 15 mins of them reading their class book. 
• Tune in for another moment to share a text for pleasure together! 

• A task based on the theme of Spiritual, Moral, Social or Cultural ideas. 
• The task is the same for the whole school and can range from discussion to writing, dance  or art.

• Students are provided with a ‘free writing’ experience based on the theme from the SMSC session that morning. 
• They are provided with a google slide of their own to write directly into or they can write on paper and share. 
• Class teachers are available to support via direct Google Classroom messages throughout. 

• Learning is set that is linked to concepts covered from earlier in the week. 
• This is an opportunity to reinforce the concept and/or look at it in a different way. 
• Class teachers are available to support via direct Google Classroom messages throughout. 

• Books are set by the class teacher for each individual student. 
• Students read a whole book and answer questions as they go. 
• Feedback is given immediately.
• Class teachers are available to support via direct Google Classroom messages throughout. 

• A weekly creative task, different from that set on the Monday, is set based on the same images used for the previous learning to ensure it is all linked. 
• This is intended to allow students to be creative, innovative and produce unique outcomes through a common theme. 
• Students share pictures with their class teachers. 
• These are included in the end of week sharing film. 

• A guided meditation to allow students and families to focus on their wellbeing.

• Each class teacher records between 10 and 15 mins of them reading their class book. 
• Our Wednesday moment to share a text for pleasure together. 

• Enjoy some yoga to keep your mind and body fit. 

• A writing task inspired by the theme of the week. 
• The task is a Google Slide and provides a high quality modelled example of the piece being produced for that day for inspiration. This highlights the key features that need to be added, including the GPS concept from earlier in the week. 
• A success criteria, key questions and word mats will also be included to support the writing process. 
• Students write directly into their own Google Slide and the class teacher provides feedback as they do so or once they have handed in the work completed. 
• Students also have the option of writing on paper and posting a photo for their teacher to assess. 

• Learning built around concepts from the week but focusing more on problem solving and reasoning. 
• Students are provided with 4 problems to apply the skills explored earlier in the week. 
• Answers are shared on a later slide to allow students to self assess as well and then provide the opportunity to return to their work and try to identify their errors. 
• Class teachers are available to support via direct Google Classroom messages throughout. 

• A google form quiz that allows students to explore an even broader range of concepts. E.g. capital cities, famous artists, historical leaders etc. 
• Students are given a key area the quiz will be based on and / or a google slide to revise first, the quiz is released with feedback given immediately. 

• A member of staff releases a work out for the week covering various exercise skills. 
• A dance-along video is also released as well as links to further exercise and mental well being websites for further exploration. 

• Each class teacher records between 10 and 15 mins of them reading their class book. 
• To end the week we have our final moment to share a text for pleasure together!