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This week you will be looking at classical music. Follow the link below for the lesson.

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A melody is made up from notes. Pitch is how high or low a note sounds. A melody is made up of high and low pitched notes.

Melodies often repeat notes.

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This week your first task is to create your very own alien language to make objects move. Follow the link below.

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Introduction

In this project, you will train the computer to understand an alien language. You will use that to control an alien character so that it can understand what you tell it to do.

What you will make

What you will learn

Licence

This project is dual-licensed under both a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike License and an Apache License Version 2.0

We'd like to thank Dale from machinelearningforkids.co.uk for all his work on this project.

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In this project, you will train the computer to understand an alien language. You will use that to control an alien character so that it can understand what you tell it to do. This project is dual-licensed under both a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike License and an Apache License Version 2.0 We'd like to thank Dale from machinelearningforkids.co.uk for all his work on this project.

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Have a look at the link below and try to make your own game.

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Introduction

In this project you'll make your first game with Unity, a professional game development platform.

What you will make

You're going to build a simple video game with a robot, a ball, and a maze, and you'll learn the tools you can use to make the game bigger and more awesome!

What you will learn

What you will need

How to get Unity

Additional information for educators

If you need to print this project, please use the printer-friendly version.

Use the link in the footer to access the GitHub repository for this project, which contains all resources (including an example finished project) in the 'en/resources' folder.

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Summer Term 2 Week 7 - Art Draw a caricature of yourself along with a message to say goodbye to the Year 6's.  For help on how to draw one follow the link below.

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Summer Term 2 Week 7 - Art Draw a caricature of yourself along with a message to say goodbye to the Year 6's.  For help on how to draw one follow the link below.

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How To Draw A Caricature Using Easy Basic Shapes

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Animal gestation activity sheet

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Activity Sheet Animal Gestation Periods Table

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Power Point - Gestation Periods

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Learn all about the music of Louis Armstrong. Follow the link below.

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Music Tech Teacher, Music Technology Lessons, Lessons 18-20, Louis Armstrong

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Music Tech Teacher - Louis Armstrong Lesson. Our site includes quizzes, games, lessons, worksheets and other resources for teachers and students interested in using technology to enhance music education.

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Make yourself happy with this singing lesson on BBC Bitesize

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A melody is made up from notes. Pitch is how high or low a note sounds. A melody is made up of high and low pitched notes.

Melodies often repeat notes.

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Summer Term 2 Week 6 I.T. Hamster Party Cam

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Summer Term 2 Week 6 I.T. Hamster Party Cam

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Introduction

What you will make

Have you ever wondered what your pet hamsters get up to during the night? I suspect they are partying!

In this project, we are going to use a Raspberry Pi Camera Module and an Explorer HAT with a Raspberry Pi to take pictures and video of the hamsters, triggered by their movement.

Adding lights and music to the party is fun but it could keep you awake at night, and may become a little annoying to adults. Therefore, you might not want to keep your speaker turned on every night. It may also scare hamsters of a shy disposition, and as a hamster owner you have a duty to care for the wellbeing of your hamster. Check out the RSPCA Hamster Guide to learn more!

This project is based on Violet's entry for the Raspberry Pi poster competition in December 2013. It has been a pleasure to make this project idea a reality.

Hamsters are nocturnal, which means that they sleep in the daytime and come out at night. So when you are sleeping, your hamsters are up and about, and when you are up and about, your hamsters are sleeping! - Violet

What you will learn

This resource covers elements from the following strands of the Raspberry Pi Digital Making Curriculum:

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Have you ever wondered what your pet hamsters get up to during the night? I suspect they are partying! In this project, we are going to use a Raspberry Pi Camera Module and an Explorer HAT with a Raspberry Pi to take pictures and video of the hamsters, triggered by their movement.

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Summer Term 2 Week 6 I.T. Secret messages

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Summer Term 2 Week 6 I.T. Secret messages

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Introduction:

In this project, children will learn how to make an encryption program, to send and receive secret messages with a friend. This project introduces iteration (looping) over a text string.

Online Resources

This project uses Python 3. We recommend using trinket to write Python online. This project contains the following Trinkets:

There is also a trinket containing the finished project:

Offline Resources

This project can be completed offline if preferred.

You can find the completed project in the 'Volunteer Resources' section, which contains:

messages-finished/messages.py

messages-finished/friends.py

(All of the resources above are also downloadable as project and volunteer .zip files.)

Learning Objectives

Iteration (looping) over a string variable;

The find() method;

The modulus operator (%).

This project covers elements from the following strands of the Raspberry Pi Digital Making Curriculum:

Challenges

Use a Caesar cipher - encrypt and decrypt letters and words manually;

Variable keys - allowing the user to input a chosen key;

Encrypting and decrypting messages - encrypting and decrypting whole messages;

Friendship calculator - applying text iteration to a new problem.

Frequently Asked Questions

When searching using find() or if char in alphabet:, note that searches are case-sensitive. Children can use:

to make the input lower case before searching.

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PSHE Mindful Games

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Art - Colouring sheets of the rainforest

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What is the rainforest like worksheet and activities

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Activity - What is the rainforest like Reuben

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Watch this video to find our what the rainforest is really like

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15 rainforest facts | National Geographic Kids

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Join us here at Nat Geo Kids to discover 15 cool rainforest facts. Learn fascinating facts about the rainforest's trees, plants, people and more...

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New Horizon - Meditation & Sleep Stories

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Guided Meditation for Children | Your Secret Treehouse | Relaxation for Kids

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Summer Term 2 Week 5 - I.T Virtual Sports

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Summer Term 2 Week 5 - I.T Virtual Sports

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Let the games begin! Take your best shot this week, digital makers: we invite you to have some virtual fun with sports!

And remember to visit rpf.io/home on Wednesday at 2.00pm BST / 9.00am EDT / 7.30pm IST to catch our next live stream coding session with Mr. C and a special guest!

Let's kick off virtual sports week!

Get ready to bring your favourite sport to life indoors using code! We are your biggest fans, and we know you've got the skills to set a new personal record with your coding project this week.

Our team is here to cheer you on:

Penguin football!

You can create a fun football game in Scratch with Mr C and his sidekick Zac. How many penalties can you score? This project is based on our free 'Beat the goalie' project guide (available in 10 languages).

A race to the finish line!

Run, coders, run! Follow our free 'Sprint' project guide to make a Scratch game that's a race to the finish line. Who's gonna finish first? This project guide is available in 9 languages.

Coding down the slopes!

It's always snowing somewhere in the world! Why not go skiing with Scratch Cat using your digital making skills? Follow our free 'Scratch Cat goes skiing' project guide to create this game. This project guide is available in 11 languages.

Pass us your projects!

What makes being on a team great is that you can learn from each other, which is why we would love for you to share your project with us! And, of course, practice makes perfect, so if you see any areas of improvement for Digital Making at Home, send us your feedback.

On your marks... get set... go code!

Three cheers for our volunteer translators!

Digital Making at Home is a team effort, and part of our team are the amazing volunteer translators around the world who make sure that young people can access each week's projects in lots of different languages. Join us in sending a huge, huge thank you to them for their hard work and their enthusiasm!

PS We're able to create free resources for young digital makers across the world thanks to the donations of individuals and organisations that support our work! Find out today how you can join our team of supporters too.

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Do virtual sports with us! - Raspberry Pi

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Let the games begin! Take your best shot this week, digital makers: we invite you to have some virtual fun with sports! And remember to visit rpf.io/home on Wednesday at 2.00pm BST / 9.00am EDT / 7.30pm IST to catch our next live stream coding session with Mr. C and a special guest!

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Summer Term 2 Week 5  I.T. Create a 3d model 

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It's time to get into the best shape of our lives, and that's the three-dimensional kind of course! So dry off from your adventures last week out at sea and get ready to visit a new dimension with us this week with Digital Making at Home...let's make it 3D!

And remember that on Wednesday at 2.00pm BST / 9.00am EDT / 7.30pm IST, you can join Mr. C and a special guest for another live code-along session! When it's time, head to rpf.io/home.

We're creating in 3D this week!

This is the week to try your hand at 3D design, so you can start to create digital worlds or to 3D print fun objects to share with your family and friends. Imagine what your digital making skills can do in not just one or two, but THREE dimensions!

So what do you say, digital makers? Let's start designing in 3D - our team is ready:

Monkey in a birthday hat!

You may have heard of the 'Cat in the Hat', but what about a 'monkey in a birthday hat'? In his video, Mark is going to show you how to make a 3D model of a monkey wearing a party hat! This video is based on our free 'Party monkey' project guide (available in 12 languages).

Who wants a 3D keyring?!

You're a proud coder, so why not show it off with a 'coder' keyring! Get ready to 3D design with Mr. C and one of his sidekicks. This video is based on our free 'Coder keyring' project guide (available in 11 languages).

Make a 3D bug

This project is a throwback to April, when Mr C and Xavier made a 3D bug to celebrate Earth Day! If you didn't make one then, you've got a second chance this week. This video is based on our free '3D bug' project guide (available in 17 languages).

Want to do more 3D design?

Are you looking for more? How about making a cool 3D pendant that you could print on a 3D printer and wear as an accessory?

We've also got lots of other free project guides for 3D design using BlocksCAD, FreeCAD, and Blender software. Go take your pick!

Show us what 3D shape your projects take!

All of your projects we've seen so far have been out of this world, so we can't wait to see what you make in a new dimension! Don't forget to share what you create with us and also let us know if you have any feedback for what you want to see in Digital Making at Home!

P.S. All of our resources can be accessed for free whenever you want! With the help of the many gracious donations of individuals and organisations who support our work, we're able to produce content for you and your family to enjoy. Visit our donation page today to learn how you can support us too!

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Summer Term 2 Week 5 Changes in Old Age Worksheet

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Summer Term 2 Week 5 Changes in Old Age Worksheet

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Old Age - The Facts Reading Comprehension

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Have a go at creating your own music using the link below

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You're seeing this page because it looks like you're outside of the UK. If you're in the UK, please check your browser and try again. If that still doesn't work, there may be a problem with your internet connection.

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Create a tiger of the rainforest mask. Make it as colorful as you wish. The brighter the better

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Learn all about the water cycle. Watch the video below before completing the acitvities

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The Water Cycle | Educational Video for Kids

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Create a water cycle wheel using the sheet below

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Summer Term 2 Week 5           P.E at home challenges 

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There are lots of different ideas for physical exercise for you to do at home. How many can you complete?

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Handwriting practice

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Complete this worksheet with an adult on deforestation

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Summer Term 2 Week 4 The Amazon Rainforest Deforestation

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Summer Term 2 Week 4 The Amazon Rainforest Deforestation

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Climate 101: Deforestation | National Geographic

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Look at this link below and then create your very own rainforest collage

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Learn all about the structure of music using the link below

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Elvis Presley was an American singer, musician and actor. He released music in the 1950s - 1970s and was one of the most important artists of that time. People still call him 'The King of Rock and Roll' or simply 'The King'.
Elvis was a leading artist of rockabilly, a new sound that mixed country music with rhythm and blues. This would soon become known as 'Rock and Roll' and Elvis became the leading figure. He had lots of chart-topping records including: 'Hound Dog', 'Blue Suede Shoes' and 'All Shook Up'.

Elvis was both very popular and controversial. His hip-shaking dance moves had never been seen before. Many parents were shocked by his dancing and some TV shows would only film his head and shoulders!

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Try some of these coding activities with ICompute

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I would like you Talk (or write) about a time when you had to do something difficult and you got through it. Explore how you felt beforehand and how you overcame the challenge. Think about which character strengths you used to help you.

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Summer Term 2 Human Timeline - Baby worksheet

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Summer Term 2 Human Timeline - Baby worksheet

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Summer Term 2  Stage of Human Growth Worksheet.  use the ** sheets

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Activity Sheet Stages of Human Growth and Development

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Summer Term 2 Sexual and Asexual Reproduction Worksheet

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Summer Term 2 Sexual and Asexual Reproduction Worksheet

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Asexual and Sexual Reproduction Sorting Cards

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Have a look at these different art pieces and then try and create your own.

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We invited thousands of children across the world to get creative and connect with the rainforest, by inviting them to submit their very best artwork that they felt connects to the Spirit of the Rainforest. Their art was inspired by:

* the rainforest paintings by John Dyer and Nixiwaka Yawanawá

* tribal people and culture

* rainforest plants

* rainforest animals, birds and insects

* rainforest foods.

The top 24 winning entries were displayed on the top floor of the Link building in between the Biomes, with the top 300 displayed inside the Rainforest Biome itself.

View the gallery of children's artwork, take a virtual tour of the exhibition, or scroll down to see some of John Dyer's work.

Spirit of the Rainforest from The John Dyer Gallery on Vimeo.

About the residency

In 1989 British artist John Dyer explored the Amazon as a photographer for Thames TV. At that time an Amazonian Indian, Nixiwaka, was a small boy living with his tribe the Yawanawá in the Amazon Rainforest. 26 years later John and Nixiwaka met at the Eden Project. John Dyer's Amazon experience turned him into an artist and painter and John discovered that one of Nixiwaka's dreams is to paint.

Then in May 2015 we brought these two creatives together in a unique cultural exchange to create a new exhibition of paintings to inspire a new generation to connect to the rainforest.

They worked together in the largest captive rainforest on the planet at the Eden Project to produce a series of new paintings exploring the Spirit of the Rainforest from the Western and Amazonian cultural perspective.
Find out more on the John Dyer Gallery website

'The rainforest is a vital part of our lives and our future. We don't all realise this yet but the tribal people of the Amazon know it. By engaging children with the rainforest through art I hope it will build a lifelong concern and connection to the environment.'

Rare - Spiritual rebirth

'These paintings represent the spiritual rebirth of a person who experiences the Yawanawa initiation into becoming a Shamen.' John Dyer

Yuxi Yuve - The Water Spirit of the Amazon Rainforest

'These paintings depict the Spirit of Water who lives in the depths of the great rivers of the Rainforest. Yuxi Yuve is a beautiful woman with long flowing hair, down which water cascades, forging a link connecting the Spirit with all the rivers and everything that is supported in and by the water.' John Dyer

Vana - The Spirit of our Shadows

'These paintings represent the very powerful Vana spirits. They are the guardian angels that protect us from all evil and as such are seen as the Spirit of our own shadow.' John Dyer

The Creation of Uni (Ayahuasca)

'These paintings represent how mortality came to the world and was overcome through the creation of Ayahuasca.' John Dyer

Nawê

'This painting captures a vision that Nixiwaka Yawanawá had during a tribal ceremony in the Amazon. Nixiwaka described to me how the two most powerful animals of the rainforest appeared, the Boa Constrictor and the Jaguar. These two spirit animals then merged into one animal that was the combination of both spirits. This then transformed into a tribal spirit that connected and exploded its energy to every part of the rainforest.' John Dyer

Further details on the inspiration behind the paintings can be found on the John Dyer website.

The Spirit of the Rainforest project is organised in association with Survival International. Survival is the the global movement for tribal peoples' rights. It champions tribal peoples around the world, helping them defend their lives, protect their lands and determine their own futures. Nixiwaka has spent the past year working for Survival International as part of their educational and outreach programme.

Find out more on the Survival International website

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We invited thousands of children across the world to get creative and connect with the rainforest, by inviting them to submit their very best artwork that they felt connects to the Spirit of the Rainforest.

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Learn to be greatful for what you are.

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Learn all bout anti virus

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23 April - Learn how to use your voice to make music.

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Linking by thinking questions

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Learn all about music composition and then try creating your own

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Play your song to a friend or family member. Ask them to tell you what they think about it and ask them to be honest.

Listen carefully to things they say about the track, even if you disagree. Sometimes just watching their facial expressions whilst they listen is a good way to understand if certain parts are good or bad.

For example, you might think a three minute guitar solo in the middle of your track is a great idea - however, other people, who don't like guitar solos as much as you do, might get a little bit bored!

If you come to the conclusion that something's wrong with the song, that's not a problem. It's a good thing. Now you can take the time to fix it.

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Learn all about algorithms

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When you write an algorithm you need to include precise, step-by-step instructions.
Here are the instructions for making a smoothie:

Imagine if we missed out one of the steps or reversed the order. We could end up switching on the blender with nothing in it. Or there could just be milk in the blender and no fruit.

That wouldn't make a very tasty smoothie, would it? In fact, it wouldn't make a smoothie at all!

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When you write an algorithm you need to include precise, step-by-step instructions. Here are the instructions for making a smoothie: Imagine if we missed out one of the steps or reversed the order. We could end up switching on the blender with nothing in it.

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Summer Term 2 Week 2 - Cut and paste the different layers of the rainforest

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Summer Term 2 Week 2 - Cut and paste the different layers of the rainforest

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Summer Term 2 Week 2 - Learn all about the layers of the rainforest

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Summer Term 2 Week 2 - Learn all about the layers of the rainforest

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National Geographic Documentary - Secrets In the Amazon RainForest - Wild Amazon

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The Schools of King Edward VI in Birmingham

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Tropical rainforests occur in tropical climates around the world. The most famous rainforest being the Amazon, in Brazil. Rainforest is described as tall, hot and dense forest near the equator and is believed to be the oldest living ecosystems on Earth which gets maximum amount of rainfall. This type of habitat is very different, in comparison to many of the other habitats that you are used to being around. Here you will be able to develop your knowledge and understanding of the tropical rainforests and test yourself to see what you have understood.

Rainforests are found close to the equator which temperatures and rainfall are very high thoughou the year. Major areas of tropical rainforests are in South East Asia, West Africa and South and Central America. It might not surprise you to find out that there are no dry seasons in the rainforest. Typically, the rainforests receive between 175 and 200cm of rain every year!

Rainforests are vitally important to our planet, but they are under threat from humans though mining and being cut down and land being converted to faming land. Many organisations worldwide are working to try to conserve the rainforests.

Watch the video below to see how plants compete to survive in tropical rainforests.
Tree and Plant Life in the Jungle Follow these hyperlinks to learn more:-

1. WWF Tropical Rainforests

2. Animals of the Tropical Rainforests

3. Learn about the Amazon Rainforest

4. Fun facts about the Amazon

Geography Home Page Click here for KS2 Curriculum Dashboard (All Subjects)

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KS2 Geography - PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY - 4c Tropical Rainforests - The Schools of King Edward VI in Birmingham

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Facts about the Amazon Rainforest

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Rainforest Action Network - Fighting for People and Planet

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Rainforest Action Network preserves forests, protects the climate and upholds human rights by challenging corporate power and systemic injustice through frontline partnerships and strategic campaigns.

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The huge rainforest, which is over 24 times the size of the UK, is home to thousands of plants and wildlife species. According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the total known number of species in the rainforest includes: 427 mammals, 1300 birds, 378 reptiles, over 400 amphibians and between 2,500 - 3,000 freshwater fish. These numbers are nothing compared to the number of smaller life forms. In Brazil alone, more than 100,000 invertebrate species have been described by scientists. This abundance of wildlife is largely due to its warm, but liveable temperatures, plentiful of prey, and various ecosystems for wildlife to live in.

Running through the rainforest in the northern portion of South America is the Amazon river. Although it's disputed if the Amazon is the longest river in the world, it does carry more water than the world's next seven biggest rivers combined. Scientists think the river originates in the Andes Mountains of Peru. It travels from west to east through Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia and Brazil before emptying in the Atlantic Ocean. Although it's very hard to say precisely where the Amazon starts and ends, scientists believe it is at least 6,400 km (4,000 mi) long.

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South America: Rainforests, rivers and waterfalls

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Bladder and kidney diagram worksheet

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Large intestine diagram worksheet

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Small intestine Diagram worksheet

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How do animals and humans transport nutrients around the body?
Have a look through this power point to find out.

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Zentangle is like doodling with a purpose! These Chameleons are full of character and children can fill them in with different patterns and zentangle designs. We provide you with two different templates to make these stunning Chameleons!

Materials:

Zentangle is like doodling with purpose! These Chameleons are full of character and children can fill them in with different patterns and zentangle designs. We provide you with two different templates.

Materials:

STEP 1
Trace your chameleon with a thick sharpie marker. If you printed your template in full black ink you will skip this step.

STEP 2
Begin to look for areas that you want to separate for a pattern. Zentangle is all about sectioning out slices of your picture and then filling it with a pattern. I'm filling his belly with scale-like circles and making room for a heart. I'm making sure that my shape is completely filled with the pattern.

STEP 3

Adding more patterns, this time to the legs and tail. I'm choosing patterns that will complement the shape of my chameleon. For example, on the legs, I'm curving my triangles along the curve of a 3D leg. It gives your picture credibility if you can find areas where you can blend your pattern with your shape.

STEP 4
Almost done! Don't be afraid to leave white space, it will draw the viewers eye to that spot. I'm going to leave blank space around the chameleon's eye.

STEP 5:
Cut out the chameleon very carefully and set asside for later.

STEP 6:
Use watercolors to creat a vivid background for your chameleon. Start with a sheet of watercolor paper. Use bright colors and a wet brush to create long horizontal strokes across the page. Overlap slightly to blend the colors.

ALL DONE!

Once your background is dry, glue your chameleon to your sheet and hang up in your classroom for the world to enjoy!

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To support parents at home during school closures, we've put together as many of our primary maths resource as we can into free home learning packs and home learning resources for primary school pupils.
Third Space Learning exists to give schools and and teachers the means to help children learn and progress in KS1 and KS2 maths with interventions, teaching resources and maths packs.

Since the onset of Covid-19, and the coronavirus lockdown in the United Kingdom we've turned the experience and expertise we've acquired into providing free home learning packs for parents as well.

The following useful links are all to the free resources from the Third Space Maths Hub. We recommend you post a link to this page on your school website, or just pass it along to your parents so they can download them for themselves. All the resources are suitable for parents of pupils in Key Stage 1 or Key Stage 2 who've been following the KS1 or KS2 national curriculum.

The reason we have chosen these home learning resources is that we believe that parents will find them easy to manage - more practice and retrieval work than teaching - and they are appropriate for children at this stage of the year. Many of our resources follow week by week with the White Rose Maths scheme of work, so we know what stage your pupils are likely to be at in their maths learning.

Our team of teachers making new resources will be hard at work over the next few months creating and adapting resources for the whole school into maths packs and home learning packs that parents will find useful. Please email us hello@thirdspacelearning.com if there's anything you especially need help with.

How to find the home learning packs in the Maths Hub

Access to all our free maths resources is available to all teachers and school staff and parents; all you need is to register for a free Maths Hub account so you can receive our emails.

Please note, you will need to use Google Chrome, Edge or Safari.

If your school already pays for premium access to the Third Space Maths Hub, then, as part of our home learning support, we have now added the functionality for parents to download premium resources too.

All our home learning resources and home learning packs are available in the home learning category of the maths hub.

There are lots more blog posts and suggestions for maths activities for parents moving to online teaching and online learning from our Home Learning hub here including the following guides for helping with maths at home:

Here are your free home learning resource packs.

Code Crackers: Free maths retrieval practice for Year 3 to Year 6

For easy to use, quick, fun retrieval practice, our Code Crackers worksheets are a great way for pupils to recap knowledge on a range of topics from their maths lessons so far this year. The packs and topics created all follow the White Rose Maths scheme of work and like all our resources answers are provided so they should be easy for parents to use. They even include a special maths challenge at the end to keep children motivated to work on their maths skills the whole way through.

Year 6 Home Learning Pack - Maths Lessons

Year 5 Home Learning Pack - Maths Lessons

Year 4 Home Learning Pack - Maths Lessons

Year 3 Home Learning Pack - Maths Lessons

Fluent in Five: Free home learning packs for Arithmetic and Mental Maths

These home learning resources are specifically to help pupils keep up with their arithmetic and mental maths; our Fluent in Five scheme gives pupils between 4 and 6 questions a day to answer, as appropriate for their year group. One week Year 3 may be focusing on their subtraction skills, Year 2 on number bonds, and Year 6 on more complex place value questions. It follows a progression and is a fantastic start to a day's home learning.

Fluent in Five is available for all year groups, with answers included. The questions are presented on powerpoint slides for school whiteboard use but are very suitable to be shown on a tablet. For Years 2 and Year 6 there are SATs assessment type tests included.

Year 6 Arithmetic Worksheets

Year 5 Arithmetic Worksheets

Year 4 Arithmetic Worksheets

Year 3 Arithmetic Worksheets

Year 2 Arithmetic Worksheets

Year 1 Arithmetic Worksheets

Rapid Reasoning: Free home learning packs for reasoning and problem solving questions in maths

Alongside Fluent in Five, Rapid Reasoning provides 3 or 4 daily problem solving tasks. These will work particularly well for home learning maths packs as a modelled answer is provided each week, giving pupils and parents a little more guidance on how to tackle the problems.

Year 6 Reasoning Worksheets

Year 5 Reasoning Worksheets

Year 4 Reasoning Worksheets

Year 3 Reasoning Worksheets

Free times tables home learning packs

If you're looking to support regular times tables practice, we have a times table grid resource pack with instructions for some fun games and activities which pupils and parents can do together and we have some quick fire times tables tests which are a useful way to track children's progress.

Free place value games and activities maths packs

Help a child to understand the concept of place value and what the value of each digit is depending on its position in a number is one of the most useful maths skills you can teach. We've got some KS1 and KS2 place value games here and a very handy worksheet that teachers or parents can use to work through them at home.

Free maths worksheets and tests

We've put together a series of maths worksheets and maths tests with both arithmetic and reasoning questions - that you can use as a regular practice or one off assessment for pupils.

Free home learning resources for Year 6 pupils

Maths Reasoning Questions Year 6

We've got several collections of reasoning and problem solving questions on the most common types of questions for SATs

Year 6 Maths Pack of Worked Examples

For some tricker problem solving challenges for your Year 6 pupils, this resource contains a series of SATs style arithmetic and reasoning questions which have been answered incorrectly.

This resource encourages pupils to find and explain errors, not just focus on finding the correct answer. Detailed mark schemes with explanations of misconceptions are provided, making them ideal for encouraging mathematical discussion between pupils and parents, or alternatively, making it possible for pupils to mark themselves.

SATs Practice Papers

To help your Year 6 pupils prepare and build their confidence ahead of SATs, this set contains two complete practice packs of free SATs papers, each with two reasoning papers and one arithmetic paper. Detailed mark schemes are also included.

These SATs packs are perfect for helping children practise their maths skills, even if they won't be taking SATs.

SATs in Minutes Video Organisers

To provide pupils with examples of SATs problem solving methods which they can work through independently, these organisers each contain links to 20 worked examples videos of SATs questions from reasoning papers from 2016.
We hope you'll find these home learning packs and home learning resources useful. Please do keep an eye on the Third Space Maths Hub as more maths resource packs will be added in the coming weeks.
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To support parents at home during school closures, we've put together as many of our primary maths resource as we can into free home learning packs and home learning resources for primary school pupils. Third Space Learning exists to give schools and and teachers the means to help children learn and progress in KS1 and KS2 maths with interventions, teaching resources and maths packs.

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Part game, part tool, Incredibox is above all an audio and visual experience that has quickly become a hit with people of all ages. More than 80 million players worldwide have already enjoyed it. The right mix of music, graphics, animation and interactivity makes Incredibox ideal for everyone. And because it makes learning fun and entertaining, Incredibox is now being used by schools all over the world.

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Choose from a range of activities to help you learn the spelling of your chosen words.

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Choose from a range of activities to help you learn the spelling of your chosen words. Choose to practice spelling the words on your list or take a test with them. If you choose to take a test, your scores will be recorded and sent to your teacher (if you are logged in) or they can be downloaded and printed.

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Scratch Maths Quiz Selection

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7-11 years

Concepts / Approaches:

Debugging, Collaborating, Selection, Programming

Curriculum Links:

Maths

Pupils create a maths quiz in Scratch and learn about selection which, in this activity, allows the flow of the program to be altered depending on the player's answers to questions. Initially pupils will use an 'If... then...' selection command, before moving on to using an 'If...then... else...' command.

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We're all scrabbling around in the dark trying to work out the best way to cope with school closures and Easter holidays in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. If your children are at home with you and you're concerned with them keeping up with their school work, we have some fun ways to embed learning activities that won't even feel like learning!

Baking

Baking provides a wealth of learning opportunities...and produces some delicious results too. Working through a simple recipe with your child will help develop measuring skills (Maths), following instructions (English) and can help them understand reversible and irreversible changes (Science).

Practical tip: Ask your child questions as you work through the recipe, such as 'What do we need to do next?', 'How does our mixture look different now to before we added the flour/butter/sugar?', 'How much more flour do we need than sugar?' As an added challenge, try doubling or halving the recipe too!

Planting

Planting seeds and watching them sprout and grow is always a rewarding activity to do with your children. And you don't need a garden either; a few simple supplies are all you need to get you started. Pop some multi-purpose compost in a plant pot, plastic cup or old yogurt pot, sprinkle the seeds in and cover with compost.

Encourage your child to take responsibility for making sure the plant has enough water and sunlight, and challenge them to record what happens to the seed each day. They could take photos, measure the height to record in a graph, draw pictures or write updates.

Practical tip: These plant seeds germinate and reach maturity quickly: mung beans (2-5 days), cress (3-7 days), lima beans (4-7 days), sprouting seeds (4-12 days), radishes (7-14 days), pumpkin (7-21 days), nasturtium (14-21 days). Lettuce, basil, chives, mint and parsley are also relatively easy to grow.

Encourage your child's interests

One of the best parts about educating your child at home is that you can harness their natural enthusiasm for a given subject. Are they crazy about LEGO? Challenge them to find out when LEGO was invented, by who and how it became so popular. Do they love singing and dancing? Challenge them to write and perform their own songs, or even create a music video. Are they crazy about science? Challenge them to put together a demonstration or presentation about their favourite scientist.

While your children are out of school, use this time to get them enthusiastic about learning. If they love what they're doing, they might not even realise they are learning! They can make models, draw pictures, create presentations, write stories...anything at all to show what they know!

Practical tip: A sure-fire way to get children engaged in a project is to give them the role of the 'teacher'. If they feel like experts in a particular field showing off their knowledge to others, it's more likely to keep them on track. In these times of social distancing, arrange a video call with a friend or another home learning family so they can share their knowledge.

Keeping Active

Being less able to go outside and play with other children may mean that your child is less active than normal but there are lots of ways you can incorporate exercise into your new home learning routine.

YouTube is an endless source of great exercise and dance videos for your children. Try these to start with - there are plenty more!

Dance 'n Beats has a wide selection of fun dance routines for younger children to enjoy.

Just Dance has a more challenging selection of videos for older children.

Cosmic Kids Yoga has a fun range of videos to guide your child through yoga sessions.

Jump Start Jonny has some fab free high-energy workouts on his website, plus a few on YouTube too.

Practical tip: Make sure children warm up and warm down before and after each workout session. Walking on the spot, arm swings or circles, jumping jacks, side hops and lunges are all good options.

Computer Coding

This may sound complicated but there are lots of free websites out there for children to help them understand how coding works. One of our favourites is Scratch. Children can program their own interactive stories, games and animations, whilst learning a bunch of key skills along the way.

If you're interested in practical computing and want to get your children doing something a bit more hands-on, you can't go far wrong ordering a BBC micro:bit. These cheap, compact, programmable devices include LED lights, buttons and sensors, all of which can be programmed with Scratch, or via the micro:bit online programming app. The website has loads of brilliant programming projects for children, too.

Practical tip: The main Scratch site is designed for children aged between 8 and 16 but there is also an easier version called ScratchJr for children between the ages of 5 and 7.

Writing Stories

Engaging your child in creativity by planning and writing a story is a great way to embed some learning in a relaxed way. Ask children to pick a main character, a setting and a special object (such as a magic key, a treasure map, a broken lamp or a buried time capsule) and let their imaginations run riot!

Once they have finished their stories, there are lots of ways to present them to the world too. They could stick with the good old traditional pen and paper method, or try creating an eBook. Book Creator is a great free app for this. Children can create their own books, adding photos, images, drawing pictures, writing text, inserting videos or even recording their own voice! They can then publish their books once they've finished.

Practical tip: When challenging children to write a story, use the 'Somebody Wanted But Then So' model for their basic plan which they can then flesh out. For example, SOMEBODY (a space ranger) WANTED (to save the world from an evil alien lord) BUT (their space ship broke down) SO (they hitched a ride with a friendly alien) THEN (they made it just in time to destroy the evil alien lord).

Reading Stories

Daily reading is a key part of your child's education and something that you should continue to do if they are home learning. Both reading to your child and having your child read to you is something that should be done on a regular basis. If you've not got a vast library of books to choose from at home, check out Epic - it has access to 35,000 children's books, learning videos, quizzes and more. You can try it free for 30 days.

You could encourage your child to act out the story once it is finished, or create a puppet show (shadow puppets are great for this) to retell the story they have just read.

And if your child isn't a fan of fiction, non-fiction books are just as valuable. Challenge them to recount what they have found out by creating an information poster or a multimedia presentation.

Practical tip: Every time you read with your child, ask them questions about what they have read. Use this free Reading Question Matrix for a variety of questions that develop into deeper questioning the further into the matrix you go.

Making Models

Model making can be a fun way to engage children in a topic or subject. You could use or modelling clay to make a model of the solar system or to show the different animals and plants in a habitat or food chain. Or you can use recycled objects, such as boxes, food packaging, bubble wrap, newspaper or anything else to make a medieval castle, a space ship, a dinosaur or a Tudor galleon.

Practical tip: Encourage children to test different ways of joining materials before heading straight into their model. Is it better to join cardboard tubes with glue or masking tape? Is it better to join a plastic cup to a cardboard base with staples or glue? Doing this from the get-go might well avoid some difficulties later!

Getting Arty

There are a wealth of Art activities you can do with your child at home that don't require too much equipment (or mess!). Here are our top 5 fuss-free Art activities:

Rock painting: grab some small rocks or pebbles next time you go out for a walk and paint them as animals to create pet rocks!

Photo cut-outs: Print off any picture and cut it in half using zigzag lines. Stick onto a plain sheet of paper and challenge your child to complete the picture.

Copy the masters: Challenge children to replicate the art of artists. Check out the art of Piet Mondrian or Kandinsky for younger artists.

Still life: plop an apple, a vase, a glass or a flower in front of them and challenge children to draw what they see. As an extra challenge, ask them to paint it using just one colour, such as using different shades of red.

Squiggle art: draw a small squiggle on a sheet of paper using curvy or straight lines. Challenge your child to then turn the squiggle into a drawing. You might be surprised at the masterpieces that can be developed from these simple squiggles!

Practical tip: If you're looking for more arty inspiration, Pinterest is an excellent port of call for children's art activities.

Other fun home learning challenges:

Treasure hunts: Hide a variety of challenges or calculations around the house. Children have to find and solve each one to get a prize.

Sorting objects: Gather a variety of household objects and challenge your child to sort them into groups. How many different ways can you sort them? What criteria can you use? Can you think of anything else that would fit into each group?

Make a board game: Challenge your child to make their own board game, such as their own version of snakes and ladders, or a quiz game using a subject they are very familiar with.

Create puzzles: Ask your child to create a Maths puzzle or secret code to email to a friend. Can they crack the code?

Turn the tables: Invite your child to be the teacher and teach you something you don't know!

Click here for a handy video showing how you can download PlanBee's FREE home learning packs, and annotate PDFs online - very helpful for if you run out of printer paper!

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Make sure you are looking after yourselves during this time, and be aware when you are online.

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Using PSHE and Citizenship best practice to help you develop the qualities and attributes children need to be healthy, independent and active participants in society. Our fully planned and resourced whole-school PSHE scheme of work includes units on British Values, Global Citizenship, Personal Safety, Health, RSE, Mental Wellbeing and more, supporting your school to deliver outstanding SMSC provision. Our PSHE planning and resources are fully in line with the PSHE Association Programme of Study and fulfil the statutory requirements for Relationships and Health Education.

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Teacher Guides | PSHE Resources | PSHE Scheme of Work

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Using PSHE and Citizenship best practice to help you develop the qualities and attributes children need to be healthy, independent and active participants in society. Our fully planned and resourced whole-school PSHE scheme of work includes units on British Values, Global Citizenship, Personal Safety, Health, RSE, Mental Wellbeing and more, supporting your school to deliver outstanding SMSC provision.

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How to stay safe online.

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Life Online and PSHE education | PSHE Association

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Your PSHE curriculum needs to remain both relevant and fit for purpose by preparing children and young people to manage various aspects of their lives online

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Great PE/active sessions can be found here.

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Yoga For The Classroom - Yoga With Adriene

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Lots of resources for all curriculum subjects

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Lots of resources for all curriculum subjects

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Home Learning Packs \x26 Activities | TTS

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Download our brilliant, completely FREE home learning packs covering KS1, KS2 and Early Years, designed by educational experts to support home learning during school closures.

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Don't forget to look after yourselves, here are lots of activities to keep active and your mind positive.

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25 Fun Mindfulness Activities for Children & Teens (+Tips!)

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Fun mindfulness activities for kids to teach them about mindfulness. Enjoy!

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David Attenborough Geography Daily Lessons  

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David Attenborough Geography Daily Lessons  

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Use BBC Bitesize to help with your homework, revision and learning from KS1 to GCSE. Find free videos, step-by-step guides, activities and quizzes.

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Geometry and position workbook

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Statistics workbook

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White Rose Flashback 4 Multiplication and division

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Colour by number

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Colour by number

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Maths practise for all areas of maths! Multiplication, division and number facts.

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Hit the Button is an interactive maths game with quick fire questions on number bonds, times tables, doubling and halving, multiples, division facts and square numbers. The games, which are against the clock, challenge and develop mental maths skills. An untimed, practise mode is available in our Hit the Button app along with lots more extra features.

The activities can be matched to appropriate mathematical ability. Regular use of Hit the Button can help students to sharpen their recall of vital number facts in a fun way and learning multiplication tables need not be boring.

AGE

6-11 Years

SUBJECTS

Maths Times Tables Division Number Bonds Doubles Halves Square Numbers

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Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds

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Quick fire questions on number bonds, doubles, halves, times tables, division facts and square numbers against the clock. Superb!

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Use TT rockstars login

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Online teaching

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The Maths Factor : Homepage - make Carol Vorderman your child’s online maths tutor

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Unlock your child’s maths confidence with Carol Vorderman’s maths site for 4-11 year olds. Kids can watch her maths videos, play games practise and even make their own medals with the 30 Day Challenge!

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For those really whizzy mathematicians!

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10 minute maths