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Home Learning Resources

Hi Everyone,

Here is a roundup of some of the home learning resources that have been made available for free by celebrities whilst the schools are closed. They maybe a helpful starting point in building a daily routine, and there should be something there that most students would enjoy:

I hope you find these helpful,

Mrs. McCabe

English Home Learning: English Live on Facebook

Hi Everyone,

I thought I would share another resource that is available for free, this time through Facebook. An English teacher is running a live English lesson each day through her Facebook page at 11am. If you search for English with Holly, you should find her page. All the lessons that she has already given this week are still available to view. Lessons are suitable for KS3. I have posted below her scheduled lessons for this week and next week.

https://www.facebook.com/englishwithhollytutoring/

Good Luck!

Mrs. McCabe

Video Comprehension Task: How is Lego Made?

Watch the video and answer the questions in full sentences. You might need to pause the video as you watch to write the answers.

  1. What country is the Duplo factory in?
  2. What do Lego bricks start off as?
  3. What is the name of the machine where the plastic granules and the colour are mixed?
  4. How long does it take to mould and cool a brick?
  5. What is an interesting fact about Lego tyres?
  6. What is the name of the method where some Lego bricks get decorated?
  7. What is the place called where the robots put the Duplo figures or parts together?

If this is a bit too challenging for you, there are some sentence starters and clues provided in the file below:

how-is-lego-made-question-sheetDownload

Good Luck!

Mrs. McCabe

Boggle 23rd March

Good Morning,

At school, we run a weekly Boggle challenge, where students and staff compete to get the highest score. I thought it might be good to give it a try with everyone working at home this week. I’ll post the rules and this week’s board below. If you email me with your list of words by this Friday, I’ll mark them and let you know how you did next week:

emccabe@batchwood.herts.sch.uk

If you really enjoy the Boggle, then here is a free website that generates the boards for you:

http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/brad/boggle/braggle.htm

Good Luck!

Mrs. McCabe

Additional Home Learning Resources

Hi Everyone,

I thought I would let you know about a couple of free home learning resources that I have seen over the weekend, that I thought I would share with you all:

Online PE Lessons with Joe Wicks:

https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1

Joe is running an online PE lesson for half and hour every weekday morning at 9am from his YouTube channel until all the schools re-open. The class is suitable for children/young people of all ages.

Free audio books from Audible:

https://stories.audible.com/start-listen

Audible have made a library of audio books available for free whilst the schools are closed. There are a range of titles from pre-school, to teen fiction and some literary classics. You don’t need an account, or a login, you can stream directly from a laptop/desktop, a tablet or a phone.

I hope they’re helpful.

Mrs. McCabe

English Puzzles 20th March

Hi Everyone,

Here are a selection of crossword puzzles to complete with different challenge levels. Orange is the easiest, green is medium, and blue is the most challenging. In each, there are two versions. The first with the words you need underlined, and the second without. Can you challenge yourself, and try to complete the second one?

orange-crossword-717Download
green-crossword-717Download
blue-crossword-717Download

Good Luck!

Mrs. McCabe