The Primary Shakespeare Company
PLOTS & MAGIC (Week 4)
DAY 1
1 Watch Part 4 - Plots & Magic
2 Online Quiz
3 Literacy Reading
Comprehension
4 Maths - Map Work - Coordinates and Compass Directions
DAY 2
1 Literacy Creative Writing
exercise: Odes/Insults
2 Science Activity Plant life, seed dispersal
3 Maths Activity :
Island Weather - Statistics
DAY 3
1 Rewatch Plots & Magic
2 Literacy Grammar Exercise & Punctuation Exercise
3 Science Plant Life -seed dispersal investigation
DAY 4
1 Literacy Update character list
2 Literacy Extras - Wordsearch and Crossword
3 Science How to make a rainbow
4 Art - Silhouette Paper Cuts
DAY 5
1 Literacy Retelling the next part of the story
2 Maths Challenges Map work
3 Music The Harpy!
4 Do the weekly challenge and send your entry into us!
Part 4 of our tale, plots are developing, love is in the air and magic is everywhere........
Next, take the quiz...
DAY 1
WEEK 4 SPECIAL CHALLENGE
This challenge is on the to-do list for day 5 - but we thought we'd give you a look now. Hugh Bonneville has set you a 2nd challenge, watch his message and see what you can do.....
Send your lyrics to The Primary Shakespeare Company at
tempestonline2020@mail.com
If you send us video, you give us permission to show it on our website. The competition will be open until the end of May 2020, the winners will get to see their film on our site AND will win £50 of book tokens for themselves and £100 for their class! AMAZING.
DAY 1 LITERACY
Click on the picture below to download your literacy activity for today - there's one for year/grade 3&4 and one for year/grade 5/6.
DAY 1 MATHS - Map Work
Coordinates and Compass Directions
DAILY TEMPEST DANCE WARM UP
In the first video, Luke will teach you all the elements you need to do the warm up. When you're ready, watch the second video and away you go! If you want to film yourself doing the warm up you can send it to us and we might even add you to the video! If you send us video, you give us consent to use it on our site.
DAY 2
DAY 2 LITERACY - ODES/INSULTS
There are 4 things you're going to need for todays literacy activity :
1 The Task Instructions
2 The Odes Planning Template
3 The Insults Planning Template
4 The Writing Template
DAY 2 MATHS
Todays maths exercise is all about Island weather statistics...
DAY 2 SCIENCE
HOW TO USE PDF WORKSHEETS
Quick video tutorial on using PDF worksheets!
EASIER
HARDER
EXTRA ACTIVITIES
Physical challenges and magic! One video from Jo and another from Tim - see what you can do!
Seed dispersal - watch the video, then complete the tasks....
Part 1
Part 2
MEDIUM
DAY 3
Ok, so it's time to revisit the story, press the button to go back up to the video of Plots and Magic to remind yourself of what happens.
DAY 3 LITERACY
Today we've got punctuation and a grammar exercise, click on the picture to download.
DAY 3 SCIENCE
Investigating how seeds disperse....
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF CALIBAN
EXTRA ACTIVITY -
DAY 4
DAY 4 ART - SILHOUETTES
CROSSWORD
WORDSEARCH
Here's another crossword for you - if you're keeping up with the story, this should be easy! Click to download.
See how quickly you can complete the word search. Click to download.
DAY 4 SCIENCE
How to make a rainbow
DAY 4 LITERACY
DAY 5
DAY 5 MUSIC
DAY 5 EXTRA MUSIC
Olly's exercise on singing a sea shanty......
NOW FOR THE SPECIAL CHALLENGE!
Send your lyrics to The Primary Shakespeare Company at
tempestonline2020@mail.com
If you send us video, you give us permission to show it on our website. Please get an adult to send them to us and confirm it's OK to show them.The competition will be open until the end of May 2020, the winners will win £50 of book tokens for themselves and £100 for their class! AMAZING.
Each week one of our celebrity patrons will task you with a special challenge. This competition is open to everyone in the whole world! If you send us a video entry, you grant permission for us to use it on our website. You can see the prize listed below the video. Hugh Bonneville has issued his second challenge. Watch his video, it's a tricky task, and we can't wait to see your work. The address to send it into is below the video. GOOD LUCK!
WELL DONE - YOU'VE COMPLETED WEEK 4
Check in again on Monday for the next episode of the story, and loads more activities! Stay safe and we'll see you soon.
Paper cutting and collage scenes from the play
DAY 5 LITERACY
DAY 5 MATHS
It's your turn again. How would you tell the next part of the story. You've seen our version and read the script. It's time for you to get going on your very own version, using everything that you've learnt so far this week.
Here's an Nrich challenge you could do - download and have a go.
A full music lesson, THE HARPY! Created by composer Rachel Leach.
You need to add to your CHARACTER LIST from last week. Which new characters have entered the story since then?
Here's a amazing song from Klaus about Prospero. Check it out below......
I AM PROSPERO!
Download a PDF of the instructions here....
DAY 4 ART EXTRAS - COSTUME
COMPETITION CLOSING DATE EXTENDED TO 26 JUN
COMPETITION CLOSING DATE EXTENDED TO 26 JUN
COMPETITION CLOSING DATE EXTENDED TO 26 JUN
Welcome! Here's Part 4 of the story with a week's worth of activities. The activities are designed by expert teachers and fulfil the objectives relevant to this terms learning. We think there are about 2-3 hours of stuff per day on the curriculum + the extra activities and challenges. Below is a suggestion of how to structure the week - but it is only a suggestion! If you send us any work or videos/photos, you give us consent to use it on the website.
If you want to see a grid of all the objectives you'll be fulfilling, you can download it here