Monday 6th July

Maths

1. Start by carefully reading through the Learning Reminders.

2. Tackle the questions on the Practice Sheet. There might be a choice of either Mild (easier) or Hot (harder)! Check the answers.

English

1. Make predictions

• Look at the Front Cover. What do you think this story could be about? What could the Night Shimmy be? What might they do?
• Read the First Page. Write down four things that you know about Eric? What can you guess about him? Does he remind you of anyone? What might he do with the Night Shimmy?

2. Listen to the story

• Listen to the Night Shimmy by Gwen Strauss being read by Ruth Merttens: See below.
• What do you like about the story? Is there anything that you dislike about it? What did it remind you of? Anything that you have read or seen or anyone that you know? What questions would you like to ask the author?

3.  Investigate artwork

• Look closely at Images 1-4.
• Read the Artwork Questions. Think about your answers and then write them in clear sentences.

Science 

Vibrations in the air (sound wave) is caused by the vibrations of objects and travels into our ears. Look at the structure of the ear below. When the vibrations in the air enter the ear, they cause the eardrum to vibrate, which in turns passes the vibrations to the small bones inside the ear. The vibrations then cause the fluid inside the cochlear to move the small hairs inside, which send messages to the brain. These are interpreted as sounds.

Many animals with exceptional hearing have big ears. For example, bats, which rely on sound to help navigate in the dark, have extremely large ears on their small heads. Many animals move their ears to collect sounds and some have large ears to help collect the sounds like an ear trumpet.