Year 1 & 2 - Wednesday 29th April

Welcome to Wednesday everybody - I hope you are well.

Geography - The World's 5 Oceans

As part of our project "At The Seaside" we look at the oceans of the world and how they cover over two thirds of our planet.

Finding and naming these oceans is an important part of the National Curriculum. Transferring information from a map to a blank map is a key skill and helps children learn the names of the oceans.



See if you can transfer the ocean names to a blank map. (You can also add the 7 continents as well if you wish - they are also part of the Key Stage 1 curriculum).




I will add these resources to our class page too. If you right click on the images on the classes page and select "Open in new tab" you can then print off just the image if you currenty have the capacity to do so:

http://www.downhallprimary.com/our-classes/year-1-2

This of course are the cold facts, but as we mentioned before, we want to "plant the seed," bring these places to life.

This site has some introductory information and a cool video:

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/geography/general-geography/ocean-facts/

This website mentions the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of our planet. It is interesting to note that more people have walked on the moon (12) than have descended to the bottom of the Trench (4).

This website has some nice pictures which help bring the ocean to life and make them feel discernibly different:

https://www.kids-world-travel-guide.com/ocean-facts-for-kids.html

Interestingly, this website's introduction states that the Arctic Ocean is larger than the Southern Ocean. This is not true (it gets it right on the linked pages further down). This is a valuable lesson to double check facts when on the internet and always question what you read!

Maths - Sorting Shapes II

As a follow up to yesterday's activities, you can try sorting shapes using this website:

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/83/sort-shapes-venn

Scroll down a bit and click on play game and then again on play to get started.

From here you have to choose 2 criteria to sort by:




As a starting point I recommend Is it a quadrilateral? and Does it have 1 or more lines of symmetry? Then click and drag the shapes into the right area and then after 10 shapes you can click on "Check" to see how you did.



If a shape can go in neither of the sets it goes outside (the universal set).

Try other combinations of criteria (don't forget your right angles Year 2's!)

Have a happy day!
Key Stage 1 Team