Do the activity below based on your maths group.
Yellow, Orange , Green and Red:
Roshni and Darren are using sequence-generating rules. Roshni’s rule is: ‘Start at 4, and then add on 5, and another 5, and another 5, and so on.’ Darren’s rule is: ‘Write out the numbers that are multiples of 5, starting with 5, and then subtract 1 from each number.’ Roshni and Darren notice that the first few numbers in the sequences generated by each of their rules are the same. They think that all the numbers in the sequences generated by each of their rules will be the same. Do you agree? Explain your decision.

Blue:
Roshni and Darren are using sequence-generating rules. Roshni’s rule is: ‘Start at 5, and then add on 9, and another 9, and another 9, and so on.’ Darren’s rule is: ‘Write out the numbers that are multiples of 3, starting with 3, and then subtract 1 from each number.’ What might Roshni and Darren notice about the numbers in the sequences generated by each of these rules? Explain your reasoning.

Solve this riddle: ​If two’s company, and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?

1. ​Place your water bottle in the freezer. Lay it flat on its side rather than upright. (For some reason, it freezes better this way). 
2. Cool the water for about two to two and a half hours. At the two hour mark, take out the bottle and test it. If you can slam it on the counter and nothing forms, the water isn’t cool enough yet.
3. When you get one that hardens, it is ready to go, but you’ll have to work quickly!
4. Turn a bowl upside with a towel underneath (to catch the spills) and place a large ice cube on the bowl.
5. ​Carefully pour the water slowly onto the ice cube. The water will create a column of frozen ice!

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In about 20 seconds, the water will get too warm for this trick to work. But you can repeat it with all of the water bottles you have!

​I don't care what anyone says, you're never too old for play dough! 

You will need:

• 8 tbsp plain flour
• 2 tbsp table salt
• 60ml warm water
• food colouring (optional)
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil

Method
1. Mix the flour and salt in a large bowl. In a separate bowl mix together the water, a few drops of food colouring and the oil.
2. Pour the coloured water into the flour mix and bring together with a spoon.
3. Dust a work surface with a little flour and turn out the dough. Knead together for a few minutes to form a smooth, pliable dough. If you want a more intense colour you can work in a few extra drops of food colouring.
4. Store in a plastic sandwich bag (squeeze out the air) in the fridge to keep it fresh. You can make a batch of colours.
Voila!

​Your secret (and very silly) challenge this week is: to stick some spider/cockroach/insect silhouettes in a lamp shade and wait for the fun to begin!

Of course, if you live with someone who is very nervous about critters, maybe DO NOT play this prank on them. Read the room. Feel the vibe. Don't blame me if it goes wrong!

Look at this wonderful work that was sent to me by Mariam. It brings me back to our 'Meet the Ancestors' topic from autumn. Informative yet entertaining. I love it! 

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How you doin'? 😎

From this week, White Rose Maths do not have the sheets available anymore on their website. However, the videos are longer and there is extra practise. Alternatively, you can visit https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons and find a correlating video.
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Keep going and remember why we started. We're heading towards the last push now 🌈

Miss Donnelly xxx

DISCLAIMER: The band says the word 'ain't' a lot in this song. We all know that is not standard English. SSSH! Don't tell Kerry! She ain't going to be happy!  😏 I'm bad 😜

Blue:
True or false?

• The sum of two fractions is always greater than their product.
• If I divide a fraction by a whole number, the quotient is always smaller than the dividend

Explain your reasoning.

​Have you ever eaten a packet of crisps and wondered what to do with the wrapper?
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Try this!

How to:
Ask an adult for help using an oven.

1. Preheat the oven to 250 degrees Celsius.
2. Eat your crisps.
3. Clean your crisp packet using water and washing up liquid.
4. Dry the crisp packet.
5. Cover the bottom of the baking tray with foil.
6. Put the crisp packet on the foil and put the baking tray in the oven.
7. Leave the crisp packet for two to three minutes.
8. Ask an adult to take the baking tray out of the oven - make sure they use an oven glove!

You could make your tiny crisp packet into a keyring! Punch a hole in the corner of the crisp packet and add it to a key chain.

Your secret challenge this week is to tell someone all the things you like/love about them. 🥰

Got an eye for detail? Look out for Westminster Abbey, the Tower of London and the original St Paul’s Cathedral among the houses along the Thames. Regent’s Park appears as an enclosed space near Paddington – it was a private royal hunting park at the time. You can spot the old London Bridge too: covered with buildings, this was the only river crossing until 1750.
You’ll also see some sort-of-familiar names – like Hakeney, Higat, Chelsey and Elinge – alongside some that haven’t changed in 400 years, such as Islington, Fulham, Acton and Paddington.

Using your previous knowledge of how shadows are formed, I would like you to make your own shadow puppet and shadow puppet theatre. Let me know how it goes :)