Wednesday 1st April 2020

Buenos díás. 

Happy April!

It was great to see a few more of you engaging with the Purple Mash blog yesterday, we really like hearing from you. 

English

here have been some great haikus shared on Purple Mash.

Here are a few of them:

Sakura by Johnny
Blossom is pretty
As pretty as the blue moon
on a cloudless night

By Sam 
An ocean voyage
As waves break over the bow
The sea welcomes me

By Sabine
I am black and white
I eat bamboo shoots each day
I live in China 
 
Round, square wrist pocket
I have two hands and a face
How time passes by 
 
Today we are going to try writing shape poems.
Here are some different examples of shape poems for you to get an idea of what they look like. 

Find something in your room at home and write a poem about it, making the words into its shape.
REMEMBER: You don’t need to include rhyme in a poem.

When you’ve finished, take a photo and send it in. We would love to see what you all come up with. 

Maths

How did you get on with finding fractions of amounts?
Today we’re moving onto adding fractions, remember the denominator stays the same.
At the bottom of the questions, I have put an example of how you can use a bar model to help you solve each question.
​The red questions today are tricky, you will need to use your knowledge of inverse operations and equivalent fractions to help you answer them. 

DT Project

​Today, we thought we would show you a way you can reuse items at home and give them a new life.

Over the next few days it would be great if you could make a bird feeder like this one. (You might need an adult to help you.)

It’s a brilliant way of helping the environment because not only are you giving a second life to a milk bottle, you are also encouraging wildlife in your area.

If you have a balcony or a garden, you could hang it out there and if you don’t maybe you could try hanging it from the window.

Birds don’t need lots of food, but some of the things they like are: seeds, raisins, small bits of fruit, peanuts and grated cheese.

As with everything else, send us in photos when you finish them. We can create a gallery of the different bird feeders!

Don't forget...

• You should be reading for at least 20 minutes a day. This can be your book or something in Serial Mash. You can also listen to books, David Walliams has made some parts of his books free to listen to: https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/. 
• Log into Purple Mash and say hello to us on the blog. We really do love seeing your comments and finding out what you are up to.
• Send in photos of all the extra curricular things you are getting up to at home. 

Take care, stay safe and don’t forget to keep washing your hands!!

Hasta luego,

Ruth and Emily