Year 5 'Lockdown' Provision (Summer '20)
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School Closure Provision:
As we begin what would have been the Summer Term, we wanted to write and let you know some more information about how we intend to move forward with finding that all important balance of ‘home-learning’ and ‘being at home’.
We have spent some time working out how best to do this and the staff are now going to be updating the Class Pages on our school website with suggested tasks, activities, videos and/or links to learning every week. These will be available from the Monday morning and are for you to access and complete when, and as, it suits. We are conscious that many of you are trying to balance working from home with caring for your children and so have deliberately chosen not to propose a rigid timetable or expectations of when work should be done. This, hopefully, provides you with the flexibility to respond to your child/ren’s needs and wants, as well as fitting around your work, and will ensure that no-one feels pressured or anxious about how much or how little they are doing at home.
As we begin what would have been the Summer Term, we wanted to write and let you know some more information about how we intend to move forward with finding that all important balance of ‘home-learning’ and ‘being at home’.
We have spent some time working out how best to do this and the staff are now going to be updating the Class Pages on our school website with suggested tasks, activities, videos and/or links to learning every week. These will be available from the Monday morning and are for you to access and complete when, and as, it suits. We are conscious that many of you are trying to balance working from home with caring for your children and so have deliberately chosen not to propose a rigid timetable or expectations of when work should be done. This, hopefully, provides you with the flexibility to respond to your child/ren’s needs and wants, as well as fitting around your work, and will ensure that no-one feels pressured or anxious about how much or how little they are doing at home.
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06 & 13/06/2020
A message from Mrs Kermode & Mrs Bradburn Hello Year 5, We hope you’ve had a good week? We are so impressed with all the Sports Day activities you have all completed over the past week. Very well done. Thank you if you have managed to send some photos to us of your sporting endeavours and some of the work you have completed – we would love to see even more please! It has been fabulous to see your cheeky faces in your space outfits on Purple Mash and it certainly puts a big smile on ours. It’s been such a long time since we have seen you now but you are all doing an AMAZING job of keeping up with some school activities. Don’t forget to say hello via the Class Discussion Board and Blogs on Purple Mash. It’s always lovely to hear from you. Stay safe and keep working hard. Sending you and your families lots of love, Lots of love, Mrs Kermode and Mrs Bradburn xx Click here to read our Letter for the start of the Summer Term. |
Mrs Kermode
Mrs Bradburn
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Two extra extra-special messages this week, in video form - click on the videos below to watch...
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YEAR 5 MESSAGE
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STAFF MESSAGE
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Year 5 Discussion Board/Blog
For the Discussion board, click on this link to go to the new page set up specifically for you to comment, ask questions and keep in touch with each other and Mrs Bradburn & Mrs Kermode or you can access it directly from the menu bar at the top of the page, using the drop down menus.
Please remember our class rules and be respectful and use it in a positive way.
At this point, all comments will be checked and approved before appearing on the website.
For the Discussion board, click on this link to go to the new page set up specifically for you to comment, ask questions and keep in touch with each other and Mrs Bradburn & Mrs Kermode or you can access it directly from the menu bar at the top of the page, using the drop down menus.
Please remember our class rules and be respectful and use it in a positive way.
At this point, all comments will be checked and approved before appearing on the website.
Weeks Sixteen & Seventeen (06 & 13/07/2020)
End of term
Throughout the past 4 weeks, since welcoming children back into school, staff have continued to provide learning activities/opportunities for all children working at home, despite also working full time in class with those in school. Further to the letter on the home page of the website, from Mrs Gaughan, we just wanted to re-itterate that, as we move into the last two weeks of the Summer term, the level of work provided via the website will be reduced to reflect the increase in workload for all staff working in school - this includes (but is not limited to) assessments, children's reports and preparations for the full return of all children in September. We know that you will understand this and thank you for your on-going support.
Online Safety
The current situation means that we find ourselves all spending much more time accessing and/or using online platforms and resources in order to do our job, or to support our children with their 'home learning'. This creates additional worries around Online Safety and so we just wanted to point you in the right direction for guidance and advice when it comes to ensuring that both you, and your children, are as safe as can be.
The government has this week released information about keeping children safe online, which you can read here.
The supplementary guidance, specific to 'what you can do to stay safe online', can be read here.
We would also signpost you to our Online Safety page, which has a wealth of information on it. Click here.
Remember - You CAN do any of the activities from previous weeks as well, if you didn't get chance.
General
Don't forget that there are also some great resources, including daily lessons, on BBC Bitesize now - Click here - as well as on the new Oak National Academy website - Click here.
Maths
This week we are going to apply all your maths learning into an Escape the Room project. Good Luck!
ESCAPE THE ROOM Power point.
ESCAPE THE ROOM Clue cards.
TOP TIP – Don’t try to solve all the clues in one day. If you are struggling, ask an adult to help. (Even they may find it tricky – but they can click ahead in the power point to check you are on the right lines.)
English
To tie in with all our work in History on the Anglo Saxons, you are going to start reading a book called Viking Boy by Tony Bradman.
The blurb says:
Gunnar is the son of a Viking chieftain, living peacefully on the family steading – until they are raided by the Wolf Men, who raze (burn) his home to the ground. Gunnar swears as oath of vengeance against his enemy – but first he must run to save himself.
Murderous raiders, hand to hand battles to the death, a sea journey to the Land of Ice and Fire…Gunnar’s path has been foretold and, as boy becomes warrior, he finds he has a destiny greater than his own story.
Viking Boy is an exciting book that tells the story of a time when the Saxons and Vikings co-existed.
The focus of your English will be reading skills using VIPERS – Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Explanation, Retrieval and Summary.
There is one PowerPoint which contains the text of the first 9 chapters of the book. Each day is clearly marked Day 1, Day 2 etc. At the end of each day, you will have some comprehension questions to answer about what you have read. If you are finding it hard to read it all by yourself, take it in turns to read pages with someone at home or they could perhaps read to you instead – but do try to read as much as you can yourself.
The PowerPoint is also saved as a PDF in case you might find it easier to print off and read from the paper instead, ink and paper permitting. Or perhaps you already have your own copy of the book.
If you can, write out your answers in full sentences in a notebook, so that all your work is kept together.
If you don’t have much time, read the story and discuss the questions with someone at home or see if you can answer the questions in your head instead to get the practise anyway.
Enjoy the story! It’s a thrilling read and quickly draws you in to Gunnar’s life.
Spellings – In your pack was the year 5 & 6 word list. Break this down in to groups of 12 and practise a new set each week. Maybe phone a relative or friend, and get them to test you at the end of the week.
History
We have been so impressed by the History work you have produced so far. You are all to be commended for the amount of effort you are including in your work. We have been sent some fabulous and meticulous plans of Anglo Saxon settlements which have shown real understanding and outstanding attention to detail. Well done!
This week, through the PowerPoint you will be learning all about the daily life of an Anglo Saxon in a typical village. You will explore a little bit about their homes, their food, what they might have worn and what a particular village set-up might have been like, including looking at the inside of a typical house. Perhaps some of you have visited an Anglo Saxon house in a reconstructed village or town?
Your main task this week will be to write a job description for one of the Anglo Saxon jobs which you might find out about. You can either design your own job description on paper which you have at home or there is an Anglo Saxon Jobs template that you can download. Remember to use persuasive language please! You might want to think about what they might get paid and where they need to apply to as well.
E.g. You will be given accommodation in the Blacksmith’s forge and paid 28 scillingas a month. If you would like to apply for this position, please hand in your response to Chief Ecgberht by sundown on the second Thunor of the month. (Remember! They wouldn’t have email, phones or letters with stamps!)
You might need to do a little bit of research of your own as well. Here are a couple of web links to get you started:
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zxsbcdm/articles/zq2m6sg
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/znjqxnb
Finally, here are an extra couple of activities you might like to try at home. The first is an Anglo Saxon recipe for honey, oat and spice cakes which you might like to try and home. They are a bit like flapjacks! You might also like to try making this Anglo Saxon Roundhouse paper model.
Once again, we would like to see a photo of your finished designs so please email a copy of your final job description to the School Office: office@george-fentham.solihull.sch.uk
Music
From a news reporter about an 18th Century composer of classical music last week, to a poet commenting on a 20th Century piece of music this week... What a busy time-travelling life you are all having at the moment!
The piece you will be listening to this week is a tranquil, calm and famous piece of music called The Lark Ascending by the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams.
A Lark, or Skylark, is a popular bird that can be found all across Europe and beyond. It is not particularly beautiful to look at but is famous for its unusual and beautiful bird song. You will find a link to listen to its call within the PowerPoint.
You will need to listen to the piece a couple of times (the links are also included on the slides) – the haunting tune is played on a solo violin to represent the lark. Prompted by the questions on the PowerPoint, make some notes to help you write your own poem which you will then decorate (template here).
Note
If you manage to complete the tasks and would like to share your work, please email Mrs Kermode via the School Office. As ever, we would love to see what you produce!
End of term
Throughout the past 4 weeks, since welcoming children back into school, staff have continued to provide learning activities/opportunities for all children working at home, despite also working full time in class with those in school. Further to the letter on the home page of the website, from Mrs Gaughan, we just wanted to re-itterate that, as we move into the last two weeks of the Summer term, the level of work provided via the website will be reduced to reflect the increase in workload for all staff working in school - this includes (but is not limited to) assessments, children's reports and preparations for the full return of all children in September. We know that you will understand this and thank you for your on-going support.
Online Safety
The current situation means that we find ourselves all spending much more time accessing and/or using online platforms and resources in order to do our job, or to support our children with their 'home learning'. This creates additional worries around Online Safety and so we just wanted to point you in the right direction for guidance and advice when it comes to ensuring that both you, and your children, are as safe as can be.
The government has this week released information about keeping children safe online, which you can read here.
The supplementary guidance, specific to 'what you can do to stay safe online', can be read here.
We would also signpost you to our Online Safety page, which has a wealth of information on it. Click here.
Remember - You CAN do any of the activities from previous weeks as well, if you didn't get chance.
General
- Remember to keep up with your Reading, Times Tables (plus TT Rockstars).
- Keep an eye on Purple Mash; Mr Bass has added a class display board so we can show off some of your marvelous work.
- We would suggest that if you have a PowerPoint lesson provided, that you follow it using the full screen slideshow and pressing the forward arrow to go through it at your own pace. This is because there may be some answers to be revealed that will only work on the slideshow presentation.
- It might be an idea to try and keep all your work together in a notebook or folder. Try to complete any work to the best of your ability, with neat presentation and handwriting, just as you would in class.
Don't forget that there are also some great resources, including daily lessons, on BBC Bitesize now - Click here - as well as on the new Oak National Academy website - Click here.
Maths
This week we are going to apply all your maths learning into an Escape the Room project. Good Luck!
ESCAPE THE ROOM Power point.
ESCAPE THE ROOM Clue cards.
TOP TIP – Don’t try to solve all the clues in one day. If you are struggling, ask an adult to help. (Even they may find it tricky – but they can click ahead in the power point to check you are on the right lines.)
English
To tie in with all our work in History on the Anglo Saxons, you are going to start reading a book called Viking Boy by Tony Bradman.
The blurb says:
Gunnar is the son of a Viking chieftain, living peacefully on the family steading – until they are raided by the Wolf Men, who raze (burn) his home to the ground. Gunnar swears as oath of vengeance against his enemy – but first he must run to save himself.
Murderous raiders, hand to hand battles to the death, a sea journey to the Land of Ice and Fire…Gunnar’s path has been foretold and, as boy becomes warrior, he finds he has a destiny greater than his own story.
Viking Boy is an exciting book that tells the story of a time when the Saxons and Vikings co-existed.
The focus of your English will be reading skills using VIPERS – Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Explanation, Retrieval and Summary.
There is one PowerPoint which contains the text of the first 9 chapters of the book. Each day is clearly marked Day 1, Day 2 etc. At the end of each day, you will have some comprehension questions to answer about what you have read. If you are finding it hard to read it all by yourself, take it in turns to read pages with someone at home or they could perhaps read to you instead – but do try to read as much as you can yourself.
The PowerPoint is also saved as a PDF in case you might find it easier to print off and read from the paper instead, ink and paper permitting. Or perhaps you already have your own copy of the book.
If you can, write out your answers in full sentences in a notebook, so that all your work is kept together.
If you don’t have much time, read the story and discuss the questions with someone at home or see if you can answer the questions in your head instead to get the practise anyway.
Enjoy the story! It’s a thrilling read and quickly draws you in to Gunnar’s life.
Spellings – In your pack was the year 5 & 6 word list. Break this down in to groups of 12 and practise a new set each week. Maybe phone a relative or friend, and get them to test you at the end of the week.
History
We have been so impressed by the History work you have produced so far. You are all to be commended for the amount of effort you are including in your work. We have been sent some fabulous and meticulous plans of Anglo Saxon settlements which have shown real understanding and outstanding attention to detail. Well done!
This week, through the PowerPoint you will be learning all about the daily life of an Anglo Saxon in a typical village. You will explore a little bit about their homes, their food, what they might have worn and what a particular village set-up might have been like, including looking at the inside of a typical house. Perhaps some of you have visited an Anglo Saxon house in a reconstructed village or town?
Your main task this week will be to write a job description for one of the Anglo Saxon jobs which you might find out about. You can either design your own job description on paper which you have at home or there is an Anglo Saxon Jobs template that you can download. Remember to use persuasive language please! You might want to think about what they might get paid and where they need to apply to as well.
E.g. You will be given accommodation in the Blacksmith’s forge and paid 28 scillingas a month. If you would like to apply for this position, please hand in your response to Chief Ecgberht by sundown on the second Thunor of the month. (Remember! They wouldn’t have email, phones or letters with stamps!)
You might need to do a little bit of research of your own as well. Here are a couple of web links to get you started:
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zxsbcdm/articles/zq2m6sg
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/znjqxnb
Finally, here are an extra couple of activities you might like to try at home. The first is an Anglo Saxon recipe for honey, oat and spice cakes which you might like to try and home. They are a bit like flapjacks! You might also like to try making this Anglo Saxon Roundhouse paper model.
Once again, we would like to see a photo of your finished designs so please email a copy of your final job description to the School Office: office@george-fentham.solihull.sch.uk
Music
From a news reporter about an 18th Century composer of classical music last week, to a poet commenting on a 20th Century piece of music this week... What a busy time-travelling life you are all having at the moment!
The piece you will be listening to this week is a tranquil, calm and famous piece of music called The Lark Ascending by the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams.
A Lark, or Skylark, is a popular bird that can be found all across Europe and beyond. It is not particularly beautiful to look at but is famous for its unusual and beautiful bird song. You will find a link to listen to its call within the PowerPoint.
You will need to listen to the piece a couple of times (the links are also included on the slides) – the haunting tune is played on a solo violin to represent the lark. Prompted by the questions on the PowerPoint, make some notes to help you write your own poem which you will then decorate (template here).
Note
- It doesn’t have to be a long poem. 4 to 8 lines will be fine.
- It doesn’t have to rhyme.
If you manage to complete the tasks and would like to share your work, please email Mrs Kermode via the School Office. As ever, we would love to see what you produce!
PE
Local schools have started competing in a virtual games challenge and we would really like our school to get involved. On the main school Home Page you will find a link to PE Provision. (It’s right at the top) Click on and register for the School Games.
This week we want you to get involved with the South Solihull Sports Partnership ‘Olyp-mix.’ The CSW Virtual Olymp-Mix starts Monday 29th June for 2 weeks (ending on Friday, 10th July).
Watch the CSW SGO launch video here - https://youtu.be/s-RSVM64l70
Click on the link below to find out what you have to do. Don't forget to go to www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/CSWVirtualOlympics to enter your results.
This is your chance to compete against pupils from other local schools. It would be great to see you get involved. You don’t have to take photos, though you can if you want. Just click the survey monkey link on the last page to enter your results. To win you don’t have to get the highest scores – just the highest % of pupils entering. Come on George Fentham, you can do it!!!!
Local schools have started competing in a virtual games challenge and we would really like our school to get involved. On the main school Home Page you will find a link to PE Provision. (It’s right at the top) Click on and register for the School Games.
This week we want you to get involved with the South Solihull Sports Partnership ‘Olyp-mix.’ The CSW Virtual Olymp-Mix starts Monday 29th June for 2 weeks (ending on Friday, 10th July).
Watch the CSW SGO launch video here - https://youtu.be/s-RSVM64l70
Click on the link below to find out what you have to do. Don't forget to go to www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/CSWVirtualOlympics to enter your results.
This is your chance to compete against pupils from other local schools. It would be great to see you get involved. You don’t have to take photos, though you can if you want. Just click the survey monkey link on the last page to enter your results. To win you don’t have to get the highest scores – just the highest % of pupils entering. Come on George Fentham, you can do it!!!!
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End of term/Transition (wc 13/07/2020)
As the school year is coming to a close, we would like to say thank you for all your hard work. It has been an absolute pleasure teaching you and we are really looking forward to seeing your beautiful smiles in September. We have missed you and have, therefore, written you an 'End of Year Poem'. Click on the image to the right to read it! You are a wonderful group of children & you are going to make a fantastic Year 6. Stay safe and keep working hard. We are very proud of you all. Sending you and your families lots of love, End of year Quiz As this is our last week we would like to do something a little different. We would like you to make an End of Year Quiz. Think back over all the things you have learned this year. Right back in September we were learning about the Who let the Gods out, Narnia and Ancient Greece. We have also learned about Anti-bullying and Online Safety, Rivers, Rainforests, Spelling, Grammar, Simplifying Fractions, Decimal, Percentages, Forces, Space, Music notation and so much more!!! We would like you to put together some questions (and answers) using the knowledge you have gained. (12 questions minimum - 20 questions maximum) Remember to think carefully. Can you come up with a question that others might find tricky? Once you have got your questions together you have three options.
Hope you have fun doing this. We look forward to playing your quizzes. Instructions for Purple Mash Quiz. Log on to Purple Mash. In your 2dos you will find a 2Quiz template. If you click on it, it explains what to do as you go through. Once you’ve finished you can hand it in. You can also save it in your work area so that you can post it in our Year 5 blog. Use the instructions below if you have forgotten how to post or if you struggle to post it, let us know and we will post it for you. How to Post on our Year 5 Purple Mash Blog. Remember it does take a little while for us to approve your posts so it may not appear straight away. Good Luck! |
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Week Fifteen (wc 29/06/2020)
Online Safety
The current situation means that we find ourselves all spending much more time accessing and/or using online platforms and resources in order to do our job, or to support our children with their 'home learning'. This creates additional worries around Online Safety and so we just wanted to point you in the right direction for guidance and advice when it comes to ensuring that both you, and your children, are as safe as can be.
The government has this week released information about keeping children safe online, which you can read here.
The supplementary guidance, specific to 'what you can do to stay safe online', can be read here.
We would also signpost you to our Online Safety page, which has a wealth of information on it. Click here.
Remember - You CAN do any of the activities from previous weeks as well, if you didn't get chance.
General
Don't forget that there are also some great resources, including daily lessons, on BBC Bitesize now - Click here - as well as on the new Oak National Academy website - Click here.
Maths
This week is a little bit of revision on a topic that we covered in the Autumn, which many of you may have forgotten about so we felt it might be worth recapping – Angles. (Not Angels which some of you like to write and is something different entirely!).
You will need a protractor for these lessons if possible. If you don’t have one, try to use your skills in estimating to practise judging the sizes of angles by eye. It’s one of those everyday skills that you will use at some point in your life, so definitely worth still giving these lessons a go.
Lesson 1 – this recaps the types of angles i.e. acute, obtuse, reflex, right angle. Download the PowerPoint here and try the questions on the screen. You will then need to complete Activity 1 and Activity 2 (choose your level of challenge for this one). The answers are available on the sheets.
Lesson 2 – measuring angles in degrees. In this lesson you will be estimating the size of angles and comparing them. It is useful to be able to order angles from smallest to largest, or vice versa. Follow the PowerPoint through and then download the worksheet and the answers to check your work.
Lesson 3 – this recaps using and measuring with a protractor. Remember, this is the main equipment used to measure angles. Most protractors are 180 degree protractors but you can use the 360 degree (whole turn one) like we have in school. Use the PowerPoint to recap, then download the worksheet and answers to check your working out.
Lesson 4 – calculating angles on a straight line. Do you remember that the total of all the angles on a straight line is 180 degrees? So, if you were given an angle of 45 degrees, to calculate what the missing angle is you would need to take 45 degrees away from 180 degrees to leave you with an angle of 135 degrees. Follow the PowerPoint through, use the worksheets for your work and then check your answers.
Lesson 5 – calculating angles around a point. This revises the fact that the total angles in a circle add up to 360 degrees. So remember, anything you are working out should add up to 360 degrees. Again, follow the PowerPoint, complete the work on the worksheets and check your answers.
If you would like any further practise, have a go at the following:
Measuring angles in degrees
Measuring angles in degrees answers
Measuring with a protractor
Measuring with a protractor answers
Calculating angles on a straight line
Calculating angles on a straight line answers
Calculating angles around a point
Calculating angles around a point answers
English
We are going to finish the story ‘Jazz Harper – Space Explorer’ ebook this week. Remember you can click the ‘Daily Reading Video’ link at the top of each worksheet to have the story read to you with a teacher or download and use the e-book independently.
Monday – Jazz Harper Space Explorer Lesson 7
Answers 7
Tuesday - Jazz Harper Space Explorer Lesson 8
Answers 8
Wednesday - Jazz Harper Space Explorer Lesson 9
Answers 9
Thursday - Jazz Harper Space Explorer Lesson 10
Answers 10
Friday – Design an alien.
We would like you to draw an alien and describe it.
Focus on your descriptive writing. Use a thesaurus to extend your vocabulary and use your senses to describe what it looks like, how it smells and what it feels like. Make sure you include a description of its personality and its habits (where it lives, what it likes to do and eat!)
You can click here to do your writing on a work sheet or complete the 2do on Purple Mash. Please remember that when you type it is very important to read your work through to check punctuation and typing errors.
Spellings – In your pack was the year 5 & 6 word list. Break this down in to groups of 12 and practise a new set each week. Maybe phone a relative or friend, and get them to test you at the end of the week.
Science
This week we are going to look at how a baby develops in more detail. This is called Foetal Development.
We will not be doing online research for this session, but will be using the information provided as this is a sensitive area when searching online and can throw up some inappropriate content.
Find all the information and your task for this week here - Foetal Development
Vocabulary
Prenatal, gestation, mammal, amphibian, fish, bird, reptile, invertebrates & arthropods embryo baby
History
This week you will be looking at Anglo Saxon Art. Many of the Anglo Saxon designs are very beautiful, detailed, intricate and surprisingly colourful. Some super examples were found in the hoard found at Sutton Hoo and you will see some pictures of these on the slides.
At the end of the PowerPoint, there are 2 activities.
We would LOVE to see a photo of your finished designs so please email a copy of your final product to the School Office: office@george-fentham.solihull.sch.uk
Jigsaw
During Summer 2 we would normally be covering an important PSHE unit about puberty. This would also link in with our Science work on Life Cycles. Whilst at home your children may have begun to notice that their bodies and emotions are starting to change. There are numerous resources within the Jigsaw scheme, that we would ordinarily have used with the children in school, however these are not appropriate for us to just post on here for use without careful support. If you haven’t already, and in order to support your child’s emotional wellbeing, it would be fantastic if you could please take some time to talk to your child about puberty in both girls and boys to prepare them for the amazing changes that are going on inside them.
Music
You will be turning into a news reporter this week! We will use the music of Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges), who is one of the first classical composers of African ancestry. Bologne is a composer from the Classical Period of music. It is particularly topical at the moment because of the Black Lives Matter movement which many of you might have heard about in the news.
Click on this link to take you to the BBC Ten Pieces at Home page.
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ten-pieces/ten-pieces-at-home/zjy3382
Scroll down to ‘This week: Create a news bulletin with the help of CBBC’s Newsround…’
It should be at the top of the page (with Week Nine underneath).
1. Watch the video introduced by Naomi Wilkinson from CBBC all about his life and achievements – very remarkable for the period of history he lived in.
2. Watch the second video with Newsround’s Hayley Hassall who will give you tips about writing and presenting a news story about Joseph Bologne’s life.
3. Have a go at writing your news report to either read aloud or include in a newspaper! Here are some links to other pages about Bologne if you want even more information.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevalier_de_Saint-Georges
www.artaria.com/pages/saint-georges-joseph-bologne-de-1745-1799
https://parkersymphony.org/the-black-mozart
4. There is a picture of him here if you would like to use it. Feel free to change the size to fit.
5. If you would like a newspaper template to work from, click here.
6.If you’ve finished, it would be great if you could record yourself doing your news report and email that, or your newspaper, to Mrs Kermode at the School Office: office@george-fentham.solihull.sch.uk
Online Safety
The current situation means that we find ourselves all spending much more time accessing and/or using online platforms and resources in order to do our job, or to support our children with their 'home learning'. This creates additional worries around Online Safety and so we just wanted to point you in the right direction for guidance and advice when it comes to ensuring that both you, and your children, are as safe as can be.
The government has this week released information about keeping children safe online, which you can read here.
The supplementary guidance, specific to 'what you can do to stay safe online', can be read here.
We would also signpost you to our Online Safety page, which has a wealth of information on it. Click here.
Remember - You CAN do any of the activities from previous weeks as well, if you didn't get chance.
General
- Remember to keep up with your Reading, Times Tables (plus TT Rockstars).
- Keep an eye on Purple Mash; Mr Bass has added a class display board so we can show off some of your marvelous work.
- We would suggest that if you have a PowerPoint lesson provided, that you follow it using the full screen slideshow and pressing the forward arrow to go through it at your own pace. This is because there may be some answers to be revealed that will only work on the slideshow presentation.
- It might be an idea to try and keep all your work together in a notebook or folder. Try to complete any work to the best of your ability, with neat presentation and handwriting, just as you would in class.
Don't forget that there are also some great resources, including daily lessons, on BBC Bitesize now - Click here - as well as on the new Oak National Academy website - Click here.
Maths
This week is a little bit of revision on a topic that we covered in the Autumn, which many of you may have forgotten about so we felt it might be worth recapping – Angles. (Not Angels which some of you like to write and is something different entirely!).
You will need a protractor for these lessons if possible. If you don’t have one, try to use your skills in estimating to practise judging the sizes of angles by eye. It’s one of those everyday skills that you will use at some point in your life, so definitely worth still giving these lessons a go.
Lesson 1 – this recaps the types of angles i.e. acute, obtuse, reflex, right angle. Download the PowerPoint here and try the questions on the screen. You will then need to complete Activity 1 and Activity 2 (choose your level of challenge for this one). The answers are available on the sheets.
Lesson 2 – measuring angles in degrees. In this lesson you will be estimating the size of angles and comparing them. It is useful to be able to order angles from smallest to largest, or vice versa. Follow the PowerPoint through and then download the worksheet and the answers to check your work.
Lesson 3 – this recaps using and measuring with a protractor. Remember, this is the main equipment used to measure angles. Most protractors are 180 degree protractors but you can use the 360 degree (whole turn one) like we have in school. Use the PowerPoint to recap, then download the worksheet and answers to check your working out.
Lesson 4 – calculating angles on a straight line. Do you remember that the total of all the angles on a straight line is 180 degrees? So, if you were given an angle of 45 degrees, to calculate what the missing angle is you would need to take 45 degrees away from 180 degrees to leave you with an angle of 135 degrees. Follow the PowerPoint through, use the worksheets for your work and then check your answers.
Lesson 5 – calculating angles around a point. This revises the fact that the total angles in a circle add up to 360 degrees. So remember, anything you are working out should add up to 360 degrees. Again, follow the PowerPoint, complete the work on the worksheets and check your answers.
If you would like any further practise, have a go at the following:
Measuring angles in degrees
Measuring angles in degrees answers
Measuring with a protractor
Measuring with a protractor answers
Calculating angles on a straight line
Calculating angles on a straight line answers
Calculating angles around a point
Calculating angles around a point answers
English
We are going to finish the story ‘Jazz Harper – Space Explorer’ ebook this week. Remember you can click the ‘Daily Reading Video’ link at the top of each worksheet to have the story read to you with a teacher or download and use the e-book independently.
Monday – Jazz Harper Space Explorer Lesson 7
Answers 7
Tuesday - Jazz Harper Space Explorer Lesson 8
Answers 8
Wednesday - Jazz Harper Space Explorer Lesson 9
Answers 9
Thursday - Jazz Harper Space Explorer Lesson 10
Answers 10
Friday – Design an alien.
We would like you to draw an alien and describe it.
Focus on your descriptive writing. Use a thesaurus to extend your vocabulary and use your senses to describe what it looks like, how it smells and what it feels like. Make sure you include a description of its personality and its habits (where it lives, what it likes to do and eat!)
You can click here to do your writing on a work sheet or complete the 2do on Purple Mash. Please remember that when you type it is very important to read your work through to check punctuation and typing errors.
Spellings – In your pack was the year 5 & 6 word list. Break this down in to groups of 12 and practise a new set each week. Maybe phone a relative or friend, and get them to test you at the end of the week.
Science
This week we are going to look at how a baby develops in more detail. This is called Foetal Development.
We will not be doing online research for this session, but will be using the information provided as this is a sensitive area when searching online and can throw up some inappropriate content.
Find all the information and your task for this week here - Foetal Development
Vocabulary
Prenatal, gestation, mammal, amphibian, fish, bird, reptile, invertebrates & arthropods embryo baby
History
This week you will be looking at Anglo Saxon Art. Many of the Anglo Saxon designs are very beautiful, detailed, intricate and surprisingly colourful. Some super examples were found in the hoard found at Sutton Hoo and you will see some pictures of these on the slides.
At the end of the PowerPoint, there are 2 activities.
- Print off the sheet (or use paper) to create a design for a brooch or belt buckle. It has squared paper so help you create some fine and detailed patterns.
- Make your brooch or belt buckle! There are some bits of equipment you will need for this.
We would LOVE to see a photo of your finished designs so please email a copy of your final product to the School Office: office@george-fentham.solihull.sch.uk
Jigsaw
During Summer 2 we would normally be covering an important PSHE unit about puberty. This would also link in with our Science work on Life Cycles. Whilst at home your children may have begun to notice that their bodies and emotions are starting to change. There are numerous resources within the Jigsaw scheme, that we would ordinarily have used with the children in school, however these are not appropriate for us to just post on here for use without careful support. If you haven’t already, and in order to support your child’s emotional wellbeing, it would be fantastic if you could please take some time to talk to your child about puberty in both girls and boys to prepare them for the amazing changes that are going on inside them.
Music
You will be turning into a news reporter this week! We will use the music of Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges), who is one of the first classical composers of African ancestry. Bologne is a composer from the Classical Period of music. It is particularly topical at the moment because of the Black Lives Matter movement which many of you might have heard about in the news.
Click on this link to take you to the BBC Ten Pieces at Home page.
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ten-pieces/ten-pieces-at-home/zjy3382
Scroll down to ‘This week: Create a news bulletin with the help of CBBC’s Newsround…’
It should be at the top of the page (with Week Nine underneath).
1. Watch the video introduced by Naomi Wilkinson from CBBC all about his life and achievements – very remarkable for the period of history he lived in.
2. Watch the second video with Newsround’s Hayley Hassall who will give you tips about writing and presenting a news story about Joseph Bologne’s life.
3. Have a go at writing your news report to either read aloud or include in a newspaper! Here are some links to other pages about Bologne if you want even more information.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevalier_de_Saint-Georges
www.artaria.com/pages/saint-georges-joseph-bologne-de-1745-1799
https://parkersymphony.org/the-black-mozart
4. There is a picture of him here if you would like to use it. Feel free to change the size to fit.
5. If you would like a newspaper template to work from, click here.
6.If you’ve finished, it would be great if you could record yourself doing your news report and email that, or your newspaper, to Mrs Kermode at the School Office: office@george-fentham.solihull.sch.uk
PE
Local schools have started competing in a virtual games challenge and we would really like our school to get involved. On the main school Home Page you will find a link to PE Provision. (It’s right at the top) Click on and register for the School Games.
This week we want you to get involved with the South Solihull Sports Partnership ‘Olyp-mix.’ The CSW Virtual Olymp-Mix starts Monday 29th June.
Watch the CSW SGO launch video here - https://youtu.be/s-RSVM64l70
Click on the link below to find out what you have to do. Don't forget to go to www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/CSWVirtualOlympics to enter your results.
This is your chance to compete against pupils from other local schools. It would be great to see you get involved. You don’t have to take photos, though you can if you want. Just click the survey monkey link on the last page to enter your results. To win you don’t have to get the highest scores – just the highest % of pupils entering. Come on George Fentham, you can do it!!!!
Local schools have started competing in a virtual games challenge and we would really like our school to get involved. On the main school Home Page you will find a link to PE Provision. (It’s right at the top) Click on and register for the School Games.
This week we want you to get involved with the South Solihull Sports Partnership ‘Olyp-mix.’ The CSW Virtual Olymp-Mix starts Monday 29th June.
Watch the CSW SGO launch video here - https://youtu.be/s-RSVM64l70
Click on the link below to find out what you have to do. Don't forget to go to www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/CSWVirtualOlympics to enter your results.
This is your chance to compete against pupils from other local schools. It would be great to see you get involved. You don’t have to take photos, though you can if you want. Just click the survey monkey link on the last page to enter your results. To win you don’t have to get the highest scores – just the highest % of pupils entering. Come on George Fentham, you can do it!!!!
Week Fourteen (wc 22/06/2020)
Online Safety
The current situation means that we find ourselves all spending much more time accessing and/or using online platforms and resources in order to do our job, or to support our children with their 'home learning'. This creates additional worries around Online Safety and so we just wanted to point you in the right direction for guidance and advice when it comes to ensuring that both you, and your children, are as safe as can be.
The government has this week released information about keeping children safe online, which you can read here.
The supplementary guidance, specific to 'what you can do to stay safe online', can be read here.
We would also signpost you to our Online Safety page, which has a wealth of information on it. Click here.
Remember - You CAN do any of the activities from previous weeks as well, if you didn't get chance.
General
Don't forget that there are also some great resources, including daily lessons, on BBC Bitesize now - Click here - as well as on the new Oak National Academy website - Click here.
PE
Local schools have started competing in a virtual games challenge and we would really like our school to get involved. On the main school Home Page you will find a link to PE Provision. (It’s right at the top) Click on and register for the School Games.
It is GEORGE FENTHAM VIRTUAL SPORTS DAY week. Make sure you click onto the main PE provision page to find out how to get involved. We are going to have a school competition and send out certificates to the class that completes the most challenges. So come on Year 5, let's win the George Fentham Virtual Sports Day!!!!
Maths
This week’s Maths follows on nicely from last week’s work on Area and Perimeter. You are going to be learning all about the new concept of Volume!
To help support you with this, as it can sometimes be a little tricky, you will be following the lessons provided by the Oak National Academy which have ready-made videos with a teacher who will explain the process in 5 different lessons.
Click on the following link to get up the Year 5 Maths page. You will need to scroll down to number 3. Volume
https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-year/year-5/subjects/maths/
There is a quiz at the start and end of the lessons and a teaching video in between, including an explanation of the work to do which you can complete on paper at home.
Lesson 1 – To read scales when measuring volume
Lesson 2 – To investigate and explain cubed numbers
Lesson 3 – To estimate the volume of objects
Lesson 4 – To describe volume in cubic units
Lesson 5 – To convert units of volume
If at any point you are feeling confident, and want to skip parts of the video, feel free to do this. There is also a brief explanation of volume and work from the Abacus book on the PowerPoint included here – you can just use the Abacus work if you like and skip the PowerPoint slides.
If you have managed to work through all of these and want to do some more, we have set some extra work for you underneath.
Remember!
Area = length x width (remember the little 2 after your answer e.g. cm2)
Volume = length x width x height (remember the little 3 after your answer e.g. cm3)
White Rose Maths Worksheets
You can print these off and write on them, or complete on paper at home
1 – What is volume
2 – Compare volume
3 – Estimate volume
4 – Estimate capacity
Answers
1 – What is volume
2 – Compare volume
3 – Estimate volume
4 – Estimate capacity
English
We are going to continue with our work on the ‘Jazz Harper – Space Explorer’ ebook this week. Remember you can click the ‘Daily Reading Video’ link at the top of each worksheet to have the story read to you with a teacher or down load and use the e-book independently.
Monday – Jazz Harper Space Explorer Lesson 3
Answers 3
Tuesday - Jazz Harper Space Explorer Lesson 4
Answers 4
Wednesday - Jazz Harper Space Explorer Lesson 5
Answers 5
Thursday - Jazz Harper Space Explorer Lesson 6
Answers 6
Friday – I want you to imagine you are Jazz or Elijah and write in character. Imagine you are writing to someone living on Earth, what would you tell them about your experiences of living on Mars? Make sure you include lots of description so they understand the things you could have seen and how you feel.
There is a 2do on Purple Mash for you to use or you can handwrite you response on paper.
Spellings – In your pack was the year 5 & 6 word list. Break this down in to groups of 12 and practise a new set each week. Maybe phone a relative or friend, and get them to test you at the end of the week.
Science
This week we will be looking at the gestation period in animals. This is the pre-natal stage and is how long it takes for the embryo to grow and develop from a tiny group of cells into a baby animal ready to be born.
Look at this table of how long the gestation period is for each animal and group them according to their animal family e.g. mammal, fish. Insect etc. If you are unsure use this animal classification diagram to help you.
You can choose how you want to present this information for your Life Cycles booklet.
Prenatal, gestation, mammal, amphibian, fish, bird, reptile, invertebrates & arthropods embryo baby
History
Following on from your fabulous work on Anglo Saxon place names, you will now learn about Anglo Saxon settlements and why people choose a particular place to settle. Town Planners might follow a similar way of thinking when designing new towns and cities today. There’s lots to consider!
Open the PowerPoint and follow it through on Slide Show so that you get the full screen experience. There are 4 Tasks to complete within the PowerPoint itself.
Your main activity is to plan your own settlement, thinking about, and including, all the things you have learnt about in the PowerPoint. You can either download the My Village sheet to work on or design your own settlement on paper.
We would really love to see what you come up with so, if you can, scan and email your finished work to Mrs Kermode via the School Office: 73office@george-fentham.solihull.sch.uk
Have fun and happy designing!
Jigsaw
During Summer 2 we would normally be covering an important PSHE unit about puberty. This would also link in with our Science work on Life Cycles. Whilst at home your children may have begun to notice that their bodies and emotions are starting to change. There are numerous resources within the Jigsaw scheme, that we would ordinarily have used with the children in school, however these are not appropriate for us to just post on here for use without careful support. If you haven’t already, and in order to support your child’s emotional wellbeing, it would be fantastic if you could please take some time to talk to your child about puberty in both girls and boys to prepare them for the amazing changes that are going on inside them.
Music
This week you will be listening to another piece of music from a very different time in History to the last one – the Medieval period.
You will be listening to a piece called Columba aspexit which means ‘The dove peered in’. A web link to the track is included on the slides but you could also listen to this audio recording of it by downloading it here.
There is a PowerPoint to go through with some information about the period of history and the type of music.
Your task is to draw or paint an abstract picture in response to the music which reflects its mood. You can download the worksheet for that here or complete your artwork on paper at home
Online Safety
The current situation means that we find ourselves all spending much more time accessing and/or using online platforms and resources in order to do our job, or to support our children with their 'home learning'. This creates additional worries around Online Safety and so we just wanted to point you in the right direction for guidance and advice when it comes to ensuring that both you, and your children, are as safe as can be.
The government has this week released information about keeping children safe online, which you can read here.
The supplementary guidance, specific to 'what you can do to stay safe online', can be read here.
We would also signpost you to our Online Safety page, which has a wealth of information on it. Click here.
Remember - You CAN do any of the activities from previous weeks as well, if you didn't get chance.
General
- Remember to keep up with your Reading, Times Tables (plus TT Rockstars).
- Keep an eye on Purple Mash; Mr Bass has added a class display board so we can show off some of your marvelous work.
- We would suggest that if you have a PowerPoint lesson provided, that you follow it using the full screen slideshow and pressing the forward arrow to go through it at your own pace. This is because there may be some answers to be revealed that will only work on the slideshow presentation.
- It might be an idea to try and keep all your work together in a notebook or folder. Try to complete any work to the best of your ability, with neat presentation and handwriting, just as you would in class.
Don't forget that there are also some great resources, including daily lessons, on BBC Bitesize now - Click here - as well as on the new Oak National Academy website - Click here.
PE
Local schools have started competing in a virtual games challenge and we would really like our school to get involved. On the main school Home Page you will find a link to PE Provision. (It’s right at the top) Click on and register for the School Games.
It is GEORGE FENTHAM VIRTUAL SPORTS DAY week. Make sure you click onto the main PE provision page to find out how to get involved. We are going to have a school competition and send out certificates to the class that completes the most challenges. So come on Year 5, let's win the George Fentham Virtual Sports Day!!!!
Maths
This week’s Maths follows on nicely from last week’s work on Area and Perimeter. You are going to be learning all about the new concept of Volume!
To help support you with this, as it can sometimes be a little tricky, you will be following the lessons provided by the Oak National Academy which have ready-made videos with a teacher who will explain the process in 5 different lessons.
Click on the following link to get up the Year 5 Maths page. You will need to scroll down to number 3. Volume
https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-year/year-5/subjects/maths/
There is a quiz at the start and end of the lessons and a teaching video in between, including an explanation of the work to do which you can complete on paper at home.
Lesson 1 – To read scales when measuring volume
Lesson 2 – To investigate and explain cubed numbers
Lesson 3 – To estimate the volume of objects
Lesson 4 – To describe volume in cubic units
Lesson 5 – To convert units of volume
If at any point you are feeling confident, and want to skip parts of the video, feel free to do this. There is also a brief explanation of volume and work from the Abacus book on the PowerPoint included here – you can just use the Abacus work if you like and skip the PowerPoint slides.
If you have managed to work through all of these and want to do some more, we have set some extra work for you underneath.
Remember!
Area = length x width (remember the little 2 after your answer e.g. cm2)
Volume = length x width x height (remember the little 3 after your answer e.g. cm3)
White Rose Maths Worksheets
You can print these off and write on them, or complete on paper at home
1 – What is volume
2 – Compare volume
3 – Estimate volume
4 – Estimate capacity
Answers
1 – What is volume
2 – Compare volume
3 – Estimate volume
4 – Estimate capacity
English
We are going to continue with our work on the ‘Jazz Harper – Space Explorer’ ebook this week. Remember you can click the ‘Daily Reading Video’ link at the top of each worksheet to have the story read to you with a teacher or down load and use the e-book independently.
Monday – Jazz Harper Space Explorer Lesson 3
Answers 3
Tuesday - Jazz Harper Space Explorer Lesson 4
Answers 4
Wednesday - Jazz Harper Space Explorer Lesson 5
Answers 5
Thursday - Jazz Harper Space Explorer Lesson 6
Answers 6
Friday – I want you to imagine you are Jazz or Elijah and write in character. Imagine you are writing to someone living on Earth, what would you tell them about your experiences of living on Mars? Make sure you include lots of description so they understand the things you could have seen and how you feel.
There is a 2do on Purple Mash for you to use or you can handwrite you response on paper.
Spellings – In your pack was the year 5 & 6 word list. Break this down in to groups of 12 and practise a new set each week. Maybe phone a relative or friend, and get them to test you at the end of the week.
Science
This week we will be looking at the gestation period in animals. This is the pre-natal stage and is how long it takes for the embryo to grow and develop from a tiny group of cells into a baby animal ready to be born.
Look at this table of how long the gestation period is for each animal and group them according to their animal family e.g. mammal, fish. Insect etc. If you are unsure use this animal classification diagram to help you.
You can choose how you want to present this information for your Life Cycles booklet.
- Find the average gestation period for each animal type and present your results in a graph with a summary explain what you have found out.
- Create a poster explaining how long the gestation periods are for different animal families.
Prenatal, gestation, mammal, amphibian, fish, bird, reptile, invertebrates & arthropods embryo baby
History
Following on from your fabulous work on Anglo Saxon place names, you will now learn about Anglo Saxon settlements and why people choose a particular place to settle. Town Planners might follow a similar way of thinking when designing new towns and cities today. There’s lots to consider!
Open the PowerPoint and follow it through on Slide Show so that you get the full screen experience. There are 4 Tasks to complete within the PowerPoint itself.
Your main activity is to plan your own settlement, thinking about, and including, all the things you have learnt about in the PowerPoint. You can either download the My Village sheet to work on or design your own settlement on paper.
We would really love to see what you come up with so, if you can, scan and email your finished work to Mrs Kermode via the School Office: 73office@george-fentham.solihull.sch.uk
Have fun and happy designing!
Jigsaw
During Summer 2 we would normally be covering an important PSHE unit about puberty. This would also link in with our Science work on Life Cycles. Whilst at home your children may have begun to notice that their bodies and emotions are starting to change. There are numerous resources within the Jigsaw scheme, that we would ordinarily have used with the children in school, however these are not appropriate for us to just post on here for use without careful support. If you haven’t already, and in order to support your child’s emotional wellbeing, it would be fantastic if you could please take some time to talk to your child about puberty in both girls and boys to prepare them for the amazing changes that are going on inside them.
Music
This week you will be listening to another piece of music from a very different time in History to the last one – the Medieval period.
You will be listening to a piece called Columba aspexit which means ‘The dove peered in’. A web link to the track is included on the slides but you could also listen to this audio recording of it by downloading it here.
There is a PowerPoint to go through with some information about the period of history and the type of music.
Your task is to draw or paint an abstract picture in response to the music which reflects its mood. You can download the worksheet for that here or complete your artwork on paper at home
Week Thirteen (wc 15/06/2020)
Online Safety
The current situation means that we find ourselves all spending much more time accessing and/or using online platforms and resources in order to do our job, or to support our children with their 'home learning'. This creates additional worries around Online Safety and so we just wanted to point you in the right direction for guidance and advice when it comes to ensuring that both you, and your children, are as safe as can be.
The government has this week released information about keeping children safe online, which you can read here.
The supplementary guidance, specific to 'what you can do to stay safe online', can be read here.
We would also signpost you to our Online Safety page, which has a wealth of information on it. Click here.
Remember - You CAN do any of the activities from previous weeks as well, if you didn't get chance.
General
Don't forget that there are also some great resources, including daily lessons, on BBC Bitesize now - Click here - as well as on the new Oak National Academy website - Click here.
Maths
Please keep up with any times tables activities that you have been set on Purple Mash. You have been set some new speed table 2Dos.
This week’s Maths is all to do with revision of Area and Perimeter. Before you read on, can you remember what the difference is between the Perimeter of a shape and the Area of a shape?
Lesson 1: Measuring Perimeter
Remember! This is the length of a shape, all the way around its outside edges.
If you need to, watch these two videos for a reminder of Perimeter using regular and composite shapes. You can stop these at any point if you are confident.
Perimeters of squares and rectangles https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/area-and-perimeter/activities/2
Please ignore the tasks at the end of the video. You will be doing the work below!
Composite Shapes https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/area-and-perimeter-e13019/activities/2
Please ignore the tasks at the end of the video. You will be doing the work below!
There is also a very good video about composite shapes in Lesson 3 of the White Rose Maths home learning page.
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Triangles and Rectangles
1) Tackle the Fluency questions on the Practice Sheets then check your answers which are included at the end. You choose your level of challenge. The shapes are presented on a 1cm x 1cm grid but measurements may vary dependent on printer settings.
You could print off and then try measuring with a ruler, rounding up or down to the nearest whole number to make is easier. E.g. 4cm 2mm becomes 4cm.
2) Now try the Problem Solving questions, checking your answers at the end.
Circles
Please find your separate work here.
Lesson 2: Calculating Perimeter
Watch the videos again if you need a reminder. Then have a go at calculating perimeters.
Triangles and Rectangles
1) Complete the Fluency questions first. Check your answers which are included at the end. Choose your level of challenge.
2) Tackle the Problem Solving questions and check your answers.
Circles
Please find your separate work here.
Lesson 3: Area of Rectangles
Today you will look at Area and how this differs from Perimeter. For a reminder, have a look at these videos. If you don’t want to start at the beginning, you can skip to about 7mins 30 seconds.
Area of rectangles
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/area-part-1-estimating/activities/2
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/area-part-2-calculating/activities/2
Please ignore the tasks at the end of the videos. You will be doing the work below!
Triangles and Rectangles
1) Complete the Fluency questions first. Check your answers which are included at the end. Choose your level of challenge.
2) Tackle the Problem Solving questions and check your answers.
Circles
Please find your separate work here.
Lesson 4: Area of Composite Shapes - Fluency
Follow the PowerPoint through.
Task 1 – All groups
You will need to print the relevant worksheet off below.
Circles
Triangles
Rectangles
Task 2 – Triangles and Rectangles
1) Complete the Fluency questions. Check your answers which are included at the end. Choose your level of challenge.
Circles
Please find your separate work here.
Lesson 5: Area of Composite Shapes – Problem Solving
Follow the PowerPoint through. It starts off with some fluency questions to practise what you learnt in Lesson 4.
Triangles and Rectangles
1) Complete the Fluency questions. Check your answers which are included at the end. Choose your level of challenge.
Circles
Please find your separate work here.
English
Monday & Tuesday – Spelling.
At the beginning of lockdown you were given the year 5&6 Statutory spellings to learn a few each week. By now you should have completed them. Click MR WHOOPS WORKSHEETS to download some worksheets where you can practice proof-reading to spot for these spelling mistakes. Make sure you put the correct spelling at the end so that Mr Whoops knows how to spell the incorrect word properly. (It may take a few days to complete these sheets.)
If spelling is something you find tricky use these MR WHOOPS 2 worksheets.
Wednesday – Handwriting.
We’ve been doing a lot more writing now that we are back in school and realised how strange it felt writing instead of typing on a computer. This is probably the same for you so we’d like you to practice your handwriting. Use HANDWRITING PRACTICE to help you.
Thursday & Friday – Reading
We are going to read a book linked to our Space theme from Autumn Term called Jazz Harper Space Explorer. We hope you enjoy it as we will continue with it next week.
You can click the ‘Daily Reading Video’ link at the top of each worksheet to have the story read to you with a teacher or down load and use the e-book independently.
JAZZ HARPER SPACE EXPLORER e book
LESSON 1
ANSWERS 1
LESSON 2
ANSWERS 2
Spellings – In your pack was the year 5 & 6 word list. Break this down in to groups of 12 and practise a new set each week. Maybe phone a relative or friend, and get them to test you at the end of the week.
Science
We are going to continue our work on lifecycles by focusing on the lifecycle of humans. You might have lots of questions about the human lifecycle and this is a good opportunity to talk to your parents.
Look at the HUMAN TIMELINE POWERPOINT and think about how humans change at each stage of their lifecycle. You then have a HUMAN TIMELINE WORKSHEET to complete ordering and naming the stages of the Human lifecycle.
Vocabulary
male, female, prenatal, infancy, childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, late adulthood, old age
PE
Local schools have started competing in a virtual games challenge and we would really like our school to get involved. On the main school Home Page you will find a link to PE Provision. (It’s right at the top) Click on and register for the School Games.
This week’s virtual games challenge is BASKETBALL and we would really like you to get involved. This link BASKETBALL CHALLENGE shows you what to do and how to enter. You will also find this information on the PE Provision during COVID 19 page at the top of the main school home page.
Come on you can do it! We’d love to see your name on the weekly championship table!!!
History
Hello, fellow Historians! You are becoming so knowledgeable now about the Anglo Saxons. This week you will be examining place names and exploring which place names on maps in use today can be linked to Anglo Saxon times.
You will need to use the following PowerPoint. There is one task within the PowerPoint that you can do as you work your way through. It doesn’t require any paper – just your thinking caps!
Your work is on these differentiated worksheets which you can download here. You will also need the vocabulary list to help you with these tasks.
Jigsaw
During Summer 2 we would normally be covering an important PSHE unit about puberty. This would also link in with our Science work on Life Cycles. Whilst at home your children may have begun to notice that their bodies and emotions are starting to change. There are numerous resources within the Jigsaw scheme, that we would ordinarily have used with the children in school, however these are not appropriate for us to just post on here for use without careful support. If you haven’t already, and in order to support your child’s emotional wellbeing, it would be fantastic if you could please take some time to talk to your child about puberty in both girls and boys to prepare them for the amazing changes that are going on inside them.
Music
This week you will be listening to a dramatic piece of music from the film, Gladiator. There is a link to the actual piece of music to listen to within the PowerPoint. Listen to the track all the way through first, closing your eyes and thinking about what the music makes you imagine, what you feel, the instruments used, how these change, the mood of the piece and whether this alters too.
There are 2 Tasks to go with the music.
We can’t wait to see what you come up with!
Online Safety
The current situation means that we find ourselves all spending much more time accessing and/or using online platforms and resources in order to do our job, or to support our children with their 'home learning'. This creates additional worries around Online Safety and so we just wanted to point you in the right direction for guidance and advice when it comes to ensuring that both you, and your children, are as safe as can be.
The government has this week released information about keeping children safe online, which you can read here.
The supplementary guidance, specific to 'what you can do to stay safe online', can be read here.
We would also signpost you to our Online Safety page, which has a wealth of information on it. Click here.
Remember - You CAN do any of the activities from previous weeks as well, if you didn't get chance.
General
- Remember to keep up with your Reading, Times Tables (plus TT Rockstars).
- Keep an eye on Purple Mash; Mr Bass has added a class display board so we can show off some of your marvelous work.
- We would suggest that if you have a PowerPoint lesson provided, that you follow it using the full screen slideshow and pressing the forward arrow to go through it at your own pace. This is because there may be some answers to be revealed that will only work on the slideshow presentation.
- It might be an idea to try and keep all your work together in a notebook or folder. Try to complete any work to the best of your ability, with neat presentation and handwriting, just as you would in class.
Don't forget that there are also some great resources, including daily lessons, on BBC Bitesize now - Click here - as well as on the new Oak National Academy website - Click here.
Maths
Please keep up with any times tables activities that you have been set on Purple Mash. You have been set some new speed table 2Dos.
This week’s Maths is all to do with revision of Area and Perimeter. Before you read on, can you remember what the difference is between the Perimeter of a shape and the Area of a shape?
Lesson 1: Measuring Perimeter
Remember! This is the length of a shape, all the way around its outside edges.
If you need to, watch these two videos for a reminder of Perimeter using regular and composite shapes. You can stop these at any point if you are confident.
Perimeters of squares and rectangles https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/area-and-perimeter/activities/2
Please ignore the tasks at the end of the video. You will be doing the work below!
Composite Shapes https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/area-and-perimeter-e13019/activities/2
Please ignore the tasks at the end of the video. You will be doing the work below!
There is also a very good video about composite shapes in Lesson 3 of the White Rose Maths home learning page.
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Triangles and Rectangles
1) Tackle the Fluency questions on the Practice Sheets then check your answers which are included at the end. You choose your level of challenge. The shapes are presented on a 1cm x 1cm grid but measurements may vary dependent on printer settings.
You could print off and then try measuring with a ruler, rounding up or down to the nearest whole number to make is easier. E.g. 4cm 2mm becomes 4cm.
2) Now try the Problem Solving questions, checking your answers at the end.
Circles
Please find your separate work here.
Lesson 2: Calculating Perimeter
Watch the videos again if you need a reminder. Then have a go at calculating perimeters.
Triangles and Rectangles
1) Complete the Fluency questions first. Check your answers which are included at the end. Choose your level of challenge.
2) Tackle the Problem Solving questions and check your answers.
Circles
Please find your separate work here.
Lesson 3: Area of Rectangles
Today you will look at Area and how this differs from Perimeter. For a reminder, have a look at these videos. If you don’t want to start at the beginning, you can skip to about 7mins 30 seconds.
Area of rectangles
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/area-part-1-estimating/activities/2
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/area-part-2-calculating/activities/2
Please ignore the tasks at the end of the videos. You will be doing the work below!
Triangles and Rectangles
1) Complete the Fluency questions first. Check your answers which are included at the end. Choose your level of challenge.
2) Tackle the Problem Solving questions and check your answers.
Circles
Please find your separate work here.
Lesson 4: Area of Composite Shapes - Fluency
Follow the PowerPoint through.
Task 1 – All groups
You will need to print the relevant worksheet off below.
Circles
Triangles
Rectangles
Task 2 – Triangles and Rectangles
1) Complete the Fluency questions. Check your answers which are included at the end. Choose your level of challenge.
Circles
Please find your separate work here.
Lesson 5: Area of Composite Shapes – Problem Solving
Follow the PowerPoint through. It starts off with some fluency questions to practise what you learnt in Lesson 4.
Triangles and Rectangles
1) Complete the Fluency questions. Check your answers which are included at the end. Choose your level of challenge.
Circles
Please find your separate work here.
English
Monday & Tuesday – Spelling.
At the beginning of lockdown you were given the year 5&6 Statutory spellings to learn a few each week. By now you should have completed them. Click MR WHOOPS WORKSHEETS to download some worksheets where you can practice proof-reading to spot for these spelling mistakes. Make sure you put the correct spelling at the end so that Mr Whoops knows how to spell the incorrect word properly. (It may take a few days to complete these sheets.)
If spelling is something you find tricky use these MR WHOOPS 2 worksheets.
Wednesday – Handwriting.
We’ve been doing a lot more writing now that we are back in school and realised how strange it felt writing instead of typing on a computer. This is probably the same for you so we’d like you to practice your handwriting. Use HANDWRITING PRACTICE to help you.
Thursday & Friday – Reading
We are going to read a book linked to our Space theme from Autumn Term called Jazz Harper Space Explorer. We hope you enjoy it as we will continue with it next week.
You can click the ‘Daily Reading Video’ link at the top of each worksheet to have the story read to you with a teacher or down load and use the e-book independently.
JAZZ HARPER SPACE EXPLORER e book
LESSON 1
ANSWERS 1
LESSON 2
ANSWERS 2
Spellings – In your pack was the year 5 & 6 word list. Break this down in to groups of 12 and practise a new set each week. Maybe phone a relative or friend, and get them to test you at the end of the week.
Science
We are going to continue our work on lifecycles by focusing on the lifecycle of humans. You might have lots of questions about the human lifecycle and this is a good opportunity to talk to your parents.
Look at the HUMAN TIMELINE POWERPOINT and think about how humans change at each stage of their lifecycle. You then have a HUMAN TIMELINE WORKSHEET to complete ordering and naming the stages of the Human lifecycle.
Vocabulary
male, female, prenatal, infancy, childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, late adulthood, old age
PE
Local schools have started competing in a virtual games challenge and we would really like our school to get involved. On the main school Home Page you will find a link to PE Provision. (It’s right at the top) Click on and register for the School Games.
This week’s virtual games challenge is BASKETBALL and we would really like you to get involved. This link BASKETBALL CHALLENGE shows you what to do and how to enter. You will also find this information on the PE Provision during COVID 19 page at the top of the main school home page.
Come on you can do it! We’d love to see your name on the weekly championship table!!!
History
Hello, fellow Historians! You are becoming so knowledgeable now about the Anglo Saxons. This week you will be examining place names and exploring which place names on maps in use today can be linked to Anglo Saxon times.
You will need to use the following PowerPoint. There is one task within the PowerPoint that you can do as you work your way through. It doesn’t require any paper – just your thinking caps!
Your work is on these differentiated worksheets which you can download here. You will also need the vocabulary list to help you with these tasks.
Jigsaw
During Summer 2 we would normally be covering an important PSHE unit about puberty. This would also link in with our Science work on Life Cycles. Whilst at home your children may have begun to notice that their bodies and emotions are starting to change. There are numerous resources within the Jigsaw scheme, that we would ordinarily have used with the children in school, however these are not appropriate for us to just post on here for use without careful support. If you haven’t already, and in order to support your child’s emotional wellbeing, it would be fantastic if you could please take some time to talk to your child about puberty in both girls and boys to prepare them for the amazing changes that are going on inside them.
Music
This week you will be listening to a dramatic piece of music from the film, Gladiator. There is a link to the actual piece of music to listen to within the PowerPoint. Listen to the track all the way through first, closing your eyes and thinking about what the music makes you imagine, what you feel, the instruments used, how these change, the mood of the piece and whether this alters too.
There are 2 Tasks to go with the music.
- Make rough notes on a piece of paper using the questions on Slide 3. If there are other things that you think of as you’re listening, do jot these down as well. It will all help to inform what you do in Task 2.
- Use your ideas from Task 1 to present your work in one of these formats: a map, a diary or a story. Email your finished work to Mrs Kermode via the school office email address please.
We can’t wait to see what you come up with!
Week Twelve (wc 08/06/2020)
Online Safety
The current situation means that we find ourselves all spending much more time accessing and/or using online platforms and resources in order to do our job, or to support our children with their 'home learning'. This creates additional worries around Online Safety and so we just wanted to point you in the right direction for guidance and advice when it comes to ensuring that both you, and your children, are as safe as can be.
The government has this week released information about keeping children safe online, which you can read here.
The supplementary guidance, specific to 'what you can do to stay safe online', can be read here.
We would also signpost you to our Online Safety page, which has a wealth of information on it. Click here.
Remember - You CAN do any of the activities from previous weeks as well, if you didn't get chance.
General
Don't forget that there are also some great resources, including daily lessons, on BBC Bitesize now - Click here - as well as on the new Oak National Academy website - Click here.
Maths
This week we are going to continue our work on Transformations. This combines our knowledge of coordinates and shape. Our focus this week will be reflections. We use the FL in reflection to remind us that it simply means flip the shape over to a new position.
Remember the x axis goes across and the y axis has a very long tail that goes all the way down.
The golden rule is always go across before you go up or down.
For our work on translation we are going to use a new site called Oak National Academy.
Go to www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-5/maths#subjects
Complete the following lesson by watching the video. After the video are slides with work to complete. You can either print the slide off or record your work on a piece of paper.
Lesson 6 To identify & describe reflections
Lesson 7 To describe reflections using coordinates
Lesson 8 To reflect shapes along axes
Lesson 9 Reason about reflections
Lesson 10 Make links between reflections & translations.
English
This week you will be reading a story called The Firebird, a traditional tale. Each day there will be a short video to watch – to find this you need to open your Daily Reading Sheet for the day, and click on Daily Reading Video for Chapter….
You can either listen to the chapter all the way through first, then answer the questions or pause it as you go. There are During the Video sections, After the Video sections and Deeper Reading sections. Finally, there will be a Related Activity to go with each daily task (which is included separately for each day below).
You will find all the links here:
Lesson 1 Daily Reading Sheet
Lesson 1 Vasily’s Thoughts activity
Lesson 2 Daily Reading Sheet
Lesson 2 Character Profile activity
Lesson 3 Daily Reading Sheet
Lesson 3 Mythical Creatures activity
Lesson 4 Daily Reading Sheet
Lesson 4 Interviewing Ivan activity
Lesson 5 Daily Reading Sheet
Lesson 5 Book Review activity
Spellings – In your pack was the year 5 & 6 word list. Break this down in to groups of 12 and practise a new set each week. Maybe phone a relative or friend, and get them to test you at the end of the week.
Science
We are going to continue our life cycles booklet. This week’s page is the life cycle of Mammals. Humans are mammals but we are going to look at their lifecycle separately. For this week, focus on a different mammal of your choice.
You may be able to spend some time watching elephants, tigers, giraffes, monkeys or apes on a virtual safari as lots of Zoos and Wildlife Parks are offering free virtual tours on line.
Try:
www.chesterzoo.org/virtual-zoo-2/
www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/webcams/panda-cam/
www.marwell.org.uk/zoo/keep-in-touch/webcams
Recap lifecycles using the POWERPOINT and research a mammal. The website below should help:
www.dkfindout.com/uk/animals-and-nature/mammals/
Finally create a new page for your leaflet. Include a labelled illustration of the lifecycle of a mammal and write a paragraph about it.
Vocabulary
male, female, live birth, young, gestation, adolescence, adult, infancy, egg.
RE
This week we would like you to think about PEACE. What does it mean to you? Have you found lock down life more peaceful than before or has it been more stressful?
Read the PowerPoint presentation – Symbols of peace.
Talk to the adults around you about what peace means to them?
Then design your own symbol of peace. Use this work sheet.
PE
Local schools have started competing in a virtual games challenge and we would really like our school to get involved. On the main school Home Page you will find a link to PE Provision. (It’s right at the top) Click on and register for the School Games. This week is a dance challenge and we know we have some wonderful dancers out there and it would be smashing to see you have a go. (You may even win!) Next week is basketball so if dance is not your thing - get practicing!
History
Now you’re experts at everything Anglo Saxon, including writing, you will find out about one of Mrs Kermode’s favourite topics – Crime and Punishment!! The Anglo Saxons had a very different way of dealing with crimes and you will find out about the types of crimes that were committed and what the punishments were for them. Brace yourself… They’re not all very pleasant!
Use the PowerPoint. There are tasks to complete as you go along. There is a Weregild activity sheet which you will need during the slides and some Case Study tasks to complete on the PowerPoint itself before having a go at some yourself at home.
Activity 1 - you can either print off the sheets for Activity 1 here or discuss at home.
Activity 2 - these are questions to complete to check your understanding. Again, you can either print off the questions here or use what’s on the screen and write on a piece of paper.
Finally, read the story of Robin Hood which is included on the slides at the end of the PowerPoint.
Have fun and think about whether we should bring back any of these punishments to school!
Jigsaw
During Summer 2 we would normally be covering an important PSHE unit about puberty. This would also link in with our Science work on Life Cycles. Whilst at home your children may have begun to notice that their bodies and emotions are starting to change. There are numerous resources within the Jigsaw scheme, that we would ordinarily have used with the children in school, however these are not appropriate for us to just post on here for use without careful support. If you haven’t already, and in order to support your child’s emotional wellbeing, it would be fantastic if you could please take some time to talk to your child about puberty in both girls and boys to prepare them for the amazing changes that are going on inside them.
Music
This week to link in with our English work, we would like you to listen to a piece called The Firebird by a famous Russian composer called Igor Stravinsky.
What does the music make you think of? Even though it’s called The Firebird, perhaps it makes you think of something different?
What images does it conjure up in your mind?
Does it make you think of a particular colour or place?
What instruments can you hear?
What is the tempo of the piece? (fast or slow, or does it change?)
What is the mood or atmosphere of the piece? Does this change?
What is it that makes the mood change? Could it be the combination of instruments and timbres (sounds)?
Open the PowerPoint and you will find a link to an introductory video with Claudia Winkleman about the piece, some brief information about the composer and music, and a link to a full orchestral performance. The work is on this Music Appreciation Sheet – you will need to listen to the piece again. There is also an extension task for those of you who want to do a little more.
It’s a beautiful, dramatic piece of music which should make you think of lots of wonderful things! Be as imaginative as you can with your art work and, if you can, email a picture to Mrs Kermode via the school office or via her Purple Mash email (go to Tools, 2Email, Compose a New Message and you will need to attach your picture to your message).
Online Safety
The current situation means that we find ourselves all spending much more time accessing and/or using online platforms and resources in order to do our job, or to support our children with their 'home learning'. This creates additional worries around Online Safety and so we just wanted to point you in the right direction for guidance and advice when it comes to ensuring that both you, and your children, are as safe as can be.
The government has this week released information about keeping children safe online, which you can read here.
The supplementary guidance, specific to 'what you can do to stay safe online', can be read here.
We would also signpost you to our Online Safety page, which has a wealth of information on it. Click here.
Remember - You CAN do any of the activities from previous weeks as well, if you didn't get chance.
General
- Remember to keep up with your Reading, Times Tables (plus TT Rockstars).
- Keep an eye on Purple Mash; Mr Bass has added a class display board so we can show off some of your marvelous work.
- We would suggest that if you have a PowerPoint lesson provided, that you follow it using the full screen slideshow and pressing the forward arrow to go through it at your own pace. This is because there may be some answers to be revealed that will only work on the slideshow presentation.
- It might be an idea to try and keep all your work together in a notebook or folder. Try to complete any work to the best of your ability, with neat presentation and handwriting, just as you would in class.
Don't forget that there are also some great resources, including daily lessons, on BBC Bitesize now - Click here - as well as on the new Oak National Academy website - Click here.
Maths
This week we are going to continue our work on Transformations. This combines our knowledge of coordinates and shape. Our focus this week will be reflections. We use the FL in reflection to remind us that it simply means flip the shape over to a new position.
Remember the x axis goes across and the y axis has a very long tail that goes all the way down.
The golden rule is always go across before you go up or down.
For our work on translation we are going to use a new site called Oak National Academy.
Go to www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-5/maths#subjects
Complete the following lesson by watching the video. After the video are slides with work to complete. You can either print the slide off or record your work on a piece of paper.
Lesson 6 To identify & describe reflections
Lesson 7 To describe reflections using coordinates
Lesson 8 To reflect shapes along axes
Lesson 9 Reason about reflections
Lesson 10 Make links between reflections & translations.
English
This week you will be reading a story called The Firebird, a traditional tale. Each day there will be a short video to watch – to find this you need to open your Daily Reading Sheet for the day, and click on Daily Reading Video for Chapter….
You can either listen to the chapter all the way through first, then answer the questions or pause it as you go. There are During the Video sections, After the Video sections and Deeper Reading sections. Finally, there will be a Related Activity to go with each daily task (which is included separately for each day below).
You will find all the links here:
Lesson 1 Daily Reading Sheet
Lesson 1 Vasily’s Thoughts activity
Lesson 2 Daily Reading Sheet
Lesson 2 Character Profile activity
Lesson 3 Daily Reading Sheet
Lesson 3 Mythical Creatures activity
Lesson 4 Daily Reading Sheet
Lesson 4 Interviewing Ivan activity
Lesson 5 Daily Reading Sheet
Lesson 5 Book Review activity
Spellings – In your pack was the year 5 & 6 word list. Break this down in to groups of 12 and practise a new set each week. Maybe phone a relative or friend, and get them to test you at the end of the week.
Science
We are going to continue our life cycles booklet. This week’s page is the life cycle of Mammals. Humans are mammals but we are going to look at their lifecycle separately. For this week, focus on a different mammal of your choice.
You may be able to spend some time watching elephants, tigers, giraffes, monkeys or apes on a virtual safari as lots of Zoos and Wildlife Parks are offering free virtual tours on line.
Try:
www.chesterzoo.org/virtual-zoo-2/
www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/webcams/panda-cam/
www.marwell.org.uk/zoo/keep-in-touch/webcams
Recap lifecycles using the POWERPOINT and research a mammal. The website below should help:
www.dkfindout.com/uk/animals-and-nature/mammals/
Finally create a new page for your leaflet. Include a labelled illustration of the lifecycle of a mammal and write a paragraph about it.
Vocabulary
male, female, live birth, young, gestation, adolescence, adult, infancy, egg.
RE
This week we would like you to think about PEACE. What does it mean to you? Have you found lock down life more peaceful than before or has it been more stressful?
Read the PowerPoint presentation – Symbols of peace.
Talk to the adults around you about what peace means to them?
Then design your own symbol of peace. Use this work sheet.
PE
Local schools have started competing in a virtual games challenge and we would really like our school to get involved. On the main school Home Page you will find a link to PE Provision. (It’s right at the top) Click on and register for the School Games. This week is a dance challenge and we know we have some wonderful dancers out there and it would be smashing to see you have a go. (You may even win!) Next week is basketball so if dance is not your thing - get practicing!
History
Now you’re experts at everything Anglo Saxon, including writing, you will find out about one of Mrs Kermode’s favourite topics – Crime and Punishment!! The Anglo Saxons had a very different way of dealing with crimes and you will find out about the types of crimes that were committed and what the punishments were for them. Brace yourself… They’re not all very pleasant!
Use the PowerPoint. There are tasks to complete as you go along. There is a Weregild activity sheet which you will need during the slides and some Case Study tasks to complete on the PowerPoint itself before having a go at some yourself at home.
Activity 1 - you can either print off the sheets for Activity 1 here or discuss at home.
Activity 2 - these are questions to complete to check your understanding. Again, you can either print off the questions here or use what’s on the screen and write on a piece of paper.
Finally, read the story of Robin Hood which is included on the slides at the end of the PowerPoint.
Have fun and think about whether we should bring back any of these punishments to school!
Jigsaw
During Summer 2 we would normally be covering an important PSHE unit about puberty. This would also link in with our Science work on Life Cycles. Whilst at home your children may have begun to notice that their bodies and emotions are starting to change. There are numerous resources within the Jigsaw scheme, that we would ordinarily have used with the children in school, however these are not appropriate for us to just post on here for use without careful support. If you haven’t already, and in order to support your child’s emotional wellbeing, it would be fantastic if you could please take some time to talk to your child about puberty in both girls and boys to prepare them for the amazing changes that are going on inside them.
Music
This week to link in with our English work, we would like you to listen to a piece called The Firebird by a famous Russian composer called Igor Stravinsky.
What does the music make you think of? Even though it’s called The Firebird, perhaps it makes you think of something different?
What images does it conjure up in your mind?
Does it make you think of a particular colour or place?
What instruments can you hear?
What is the tempo of the piece? (fast or slow, or does it change?)
What is the mood or atmosphere of the piece? Does this change?
What is it that makes the mood change? Could it be the combination of instruments and timbres (sounds)?
Open the PowerPoint and you will find a link to an introductory video with Claudia Winkleman about the piece, some brief information about the composer and music, and a link to a full orchestral performance. The work is on this Music Appreciation Sheet – you will need to listen to the piece again. There is also an extension task for those of you who want to do a little more.
It’s a beautiful, dramatic piece of music which should make you think of lots of wonderful things! Be as imaginative as you can with your art work and, if you can, email a picture to Mrs Kermode via the school office or via her Purple Mash email (go to Tools, 2Email, Compose a New Message and you will need to attach your picture to your message).
Week Eleven (wc 01/06/2020)
Online Safety
The current situation means that we find ourselves all spending much more time accessing and/or using online platforms and resources in order to do our job, or to support our children with their 'home learning'. This creates additional worries around Online Safety and so we just wanted to point you in the right direction for guidance and advice when it comes to ensuring that both you, and your children, are as safe as can be.
The government has this week released information about keeping children safe online, which you can read here.
The supplementary guidance, specific to 'what you can do to stay safe online', can be read here.
We would also signpost you to our Online Safety page, which has a wealth of information on it. Click here.
Remember - You CAN do any of the activities from previous weeks as well, if you didn't get chance.
General
Don't forget that there are also some great resources, including daily lessons, on BBC Bitesize now - Click here - as well as on the new Oak National Academy website - Click here.
Maths
This week we are going to look at Transformations. This combines our knowledge of coordinates and shape. Our focus this week will be Translations. We use the SL in translation to remind me that it simply means Slide the shape to a new position.
Remember the x axis goes across and the y axis has a very long tail that goes all the way down.
The golden rule is always go across before you go up or down (or along the hall and up the stairs!)
If you are feeling rusty with coordinates do this work first – Coordinate Recap.
For our work on translation we are going to use a new site called Oak National Academy.
Go to www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-5/maths#subjects
Complete the following lessons by watching the video. After the video are slides with work to complete. You can either print the slide off or record your work on a piece of paper.
Lesson 1 An introduction to translations.
Lesson 2 Describing translations
Lesson 3 Describing position and coordinates
Lesson 4 Describing position after translation.
Lesson 5 Describing position after translation
If you have whizzed through these, try this challenge: Translation challenge cards.
English
We’re going to catch up with a bit of news comprehension this week using First News as our guide.
Remember, when doing comprehension you need to become a detective and look for clues! Always try and answer in a full sentence where you can, using evidence from the text to support your answers.
Use the PDF file. You will find one news story to focus on each day, with a combination of multiple choice and full sentence answers. If you can, print off the file and write on the Question pages but, if you can’t, complete the work on paper or in a notebook at home.
Day 1 – VE Day
Day 2 – 3 short news stories
Day 3 – Helping Hedgehogs
Day 4 – World News
Day 5 – Complete the Helping Hedgehogs crossword.
Further challenge work – Have a go at Football Returns which requires some longer answers and some creative writing too.
Spellings – In your pack was the year 5 & 6 word list. Break this down in to groups of 12 and practise a new set each week. Maybe phone a relative or friend, and get them to test you at the end of the week.
Science
We are going to continue our life cycles booklet. This week’s page is the life cycle of a bird.
You may be able to spend some time bird watching and seeing what garden birds are up to at this time of year. Can you even build a simple bird feeder? There are lots of ideas online.
Recap lifecycles using the POWERPOINT and research a bird, the websites below should help:
www.birdspot.co.uk/identifying-birds/the-life-cycle-of-a-bird
www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/magpie/life-cycle/
www.dkfindout.com/uk/animals-and-nature/birds/
Finally create a new page for your leaflet. Include a labelled illustration of the lifecycle of a bird and write a paragraph about it.
Vocabulary
Bird, egg, hard shell, nest, fledgling, chick, mother, father, regurgitate, care, wings, hatch
RE
This week we would like you to think about PEACE. What does it mean to you? Have you found lock down life more peaceful than before or has it been more stressful?
Read the PowerPoint presentation – Symbols of peace.
Talk to the adults around you about what peace means to them?
Then design your own symbol of peace. Use this work sheet.
History
This week you are going to have a go at writing like an Anglo Saxon!
There is a PowerPoint which will teach you all about how the Anglo Saxons used to write and what their alphabet was called. There is a task to complete on page 6 of the PowerPoint (which you can download if you like) and then 4 fun activities at the end.
Activity 1 – Try to write your name using the Anglo Saxon alphabet. You can do this on paper and print off a copy of the alphabet here to help you or there is a copy on the slides.
Activity 2 – Translate 5 secret messages from the slides using the alphabet on paper or, if you wish, you can print the worksheet off here.
Activity 3 – Write a secret message for someone at home to decode! You can print off the worksheet here or complete on paper.
Activity 4 – As an extra challenge, have a go at decoding the Viking Gods and Goddesses. There are two sheets of these and the answers are included. Again, download those here if you would like or complete on paper.
Music
Buongiorno! This week, we would like you to learn some Italian!
In Music, a lot of instructions are often written in Italian and this song from Out of the Ark, will teach you some of those words. Without these instructions, it is not easy to know how to perform a piece of music e.g. fast or slow (tempo), loud or soft (dynamics) etc.
1) Click on the link to take you to the Out of the Ark page.
www.outoftheark.co.uk/ootam-at-home/?utm_source=homepage&utm_campaign=ootamathomead1&utm_medium=homead
2) Scroll down until you find a red banner with the title Sing In Every Subject.
3) Click on this and scroll down until you find Music Italiano (it is currently number 9 in the list as you go down).
4) Listen to the song through first.
5) Play it again and try and sing along, as many times as you like!
Challenge:
Here is a glossary of all the Italian terms found in the song:
Miss out ‘Fine’ as that just means ‘The end’.
Buona Fortuna!!
Online Safety
The current situation means that we find ourselves all spending much more time accessing and/or using online platforms and resources in order to do our job, or to support our children with their 'home learning'. This creates additional worries around Online Safety and so we just wanted to point you in the right direction for guidance and advice when it comes to ensuring that both you, and your children, are as safe as can be.
The government has this week released information about keeping children safe online, which you can read here.
The supplementary guidance, specific to 'what you can do to stay safe online', can be read here.
We would also signpost you to our Online Safety page, which has a wealth of information on it. Click here.
Remember - You CAN do any of the activities from previous weeks as well, if you didn't get chance.
General
- Remember to keep up with your Reading, Times Tables and Spellings. If you are having trouble with TT Rockstars there are lots of other ways to practice. Purple Mash has a section on times table games and Hit the Button helps you improve your speed and use the inverse to solve the related division sum.
- Keep an eye on Purple Mash: Have a go at uploading your game or playing friend’s games. 🙂
- We would suggest that if you have a PowerPoint lesson provided, that you follow it using the full screen slideshow and pressing the forward arrow to go through it at your own pace. This is because there may be some answers to be revealed that will only work on the slideshow presentation.
- It might be an idea to try and keep all your work together in a notebook or folder. Try to complete any work to the best of your ability, with neat presentation and handwriting, just as you would in class.
- Keep active - go to the main PE page and log into the school games. This week’s challenge is all about tennis and we know we have some tennis superstars in our class! We are competing against other schools so give it your best shot.
Don't forget that there are also some great resources, including daily lessons, on BBC Bitesize now - Click here - as well as on the new Oak National Academy website - Click here.
Maths
This week we are going to look at Transformations. This combines our knowledge of coordinates and shape. Our focus this week will be Translations. We use the SL in translation to remind me that it simply means Slide the shape to a new position.
Remember the x axis goes across and the y axis has a very long tail that goes all the way down.
The golden rule is always go across before you go up or down (or along the hall and up the stairs!)
If you are feeling rusty with coordinates do this work first – Coordinate Recap.
For our work on translation we are going to use a new site called Oak National Academy.
Go to www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-5/maths#subjects
Complete the following lessons by watching the video. After the video are slides with work to complete. You can either print the slide off or record your work on a piece of paper.
Lesson 1 An introduction to translations.
Lesson 2 Describing translations
Lesson 3 Describing position and coordinates
Lesson 4 Describing position after translation.
Lesson 5 Describing position after translation
If you have whizzed through these, try this challenge: Translation challenge cards.
English
We’re going to catch up with a bit of news comprehension this week using First News as our guide.
Remember, when doing comprehension you need to become a detective and look for clues! Always try and answer in a full sentence where you can, using evidence from the text to support your answers.
Use the PDF file. You will find one news story to focus on each day, with a combination of multiple choice and full sentence answers. If you can, print off the file and write on the Question pages but, if you can’t, complete the work on paper or in a notebook at home.
Day 1 – VE Day
Day 2 – 3 short news stories
Day 3 – Helping Hedgehogs
Day 4 – World News
Day 5 – Complete the Helping Hedgehogs crossword.
Further challenge work – Have a go at Football Returns which requires some longer answers and some creative writing too.
Spellings – In your pack was the year 5 & 6 word list. Break this down in to groups of 12 and practise a new set each week. Maybe phone a relative or friend, and get them to test you at the end of the week.
Science
We are going to continue our life cycles booklet. This week’s page is the life cycle of a bird.
You may be able to spend some time bird watching and seeing what garden birds are up to at this time of year. Can you even build a simple bird feeder? There are lots of ideas online.
Recap lifecycles using the POWERPOINT and research a bird, the websites below should help:
www.birdspot.co.uk/identifying-birds/the-life-cycle-of-a-bird
www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/magpie/life-cycle/
www.dkfindout.com/uk/animals-and-nature/birds/
Finally create a new page for your leaflet. Include a labelled illustration of the lifecycle of a bird and write a paragraph about it.
Vocabulary
Bird, egg, hard shell, nest, fledgling, chick, mother, father, regurgitate, care, wings, hatch
RE
This week we would like you to think about PEACE. What does it mean to you? Have you found lock down life more peaceful than before or has it been more stressful?
Read the PowerPoint presentation – Symbols of peace.
Talk to the adults around you about what peace means to them?
Then design your own symbol of peace. Use this work sheet.
History
This week you are going to have a go at writing like an Anglo Saxon!
There is a PowerPoint which will teach you all about how the Anglo Saxons used to write and what their alphabet was called. There is a task to complete on page 6 of the PowerPoint (which you can download if you like) and then 4 fun activities at the end.
Activity 1 – Try to write your name using the Anglo Saxon alphabet. You can do this on paper and print off a copy of the alphabet here to help you or there is a copy on the slides.
Activity 2 – Translate 5 secret messages from the slides using the alphabet on paper or, if you wish, you can print the worksheet off here.
Activity 3 – Write a secret message for someone at home to decode! You can print off the worksheet here or complete on paper.
Activity 4 – As an extra challenge, have a go at decoding the Viking Gods and Goddesses. There are two sheets of these and the answers are included. Again, download those here if you would like or complete on paper.
Music
Buongiorno! This week, we would like you to learn some Italian!
In Music, a lot of instructions are often written in Italian and this song from Out of the Ark, will teach you some of those words. Without these instructions, it is not easy to know how to perform a piece of music e.g. fast or slow (tempo), loud or soft (dynamics) etc.
1) Click on the link to take you to the Out of the Ark page.
www.outoftheark.co.uk/ootam-at-home/?utm_source=homepage&utm_campaign=ootamathomead1&utm_medium=homead
2) Scroll down until you find a red banner with the title Sing In Every Subject.
3) Click on this and scroll down until you find Music Italiano (it is currently number 9 in the list as you go down).
4) Listen to the song through first.
5) Play it again and try and sing along, as many times as you like!
Challenge:
Here is a glossary of all the Italian terms found in the song:
- Forte – loud
- Piano – soft
- Crescendo – getting louder
- Diminuendo – getting softer
- Largo – slow
- Andante – at walking pace
- Allegro – lively, fast
- Presto – very quick
- Legato – smooth
- Staccato – detached
- Sforzando – suddenly loud
- Rallentando – getting slower
- Fine – the end!
Miss out ‘Fine’ as that just means ‘The end’.
Buona Fortuna!!
Week Ten - Half Term (25/05/2020)
It has been an incredibly hard couple of months for everyone, in whatever capacity, therefore we are not setting any directed work or activities for you over what would have been the half term break. This is a conscious decision to enable you, your parents and the staff to stop, take a break, relax, regroup and refresh before we begin again at the start of June, in whatever format that may take, based on the latest Government guidance.
If you would like to carry on and complete some activities during this time, please scroll back and do some of the activities set previously if you didn't manage them at the time, or you can use some of the wonderful online resources that we signposted for you right at the start of this period - these links are all at the bottom of this page. There is also educational provision being offered through:
- JIGSAW PSHE: A link to the 'Calm Me' audio file that we would use within the classroom to support the children with Mindfulness.
- BBC Bitesize: A range of different resources, lessons and activities aimed at specific age ranges.
- Department for Education recommended online provision list.
- Oak National Academy: An online portal providing virtual lessons (DfE recommended).
- Robin Hood Academy: An academy in our region providing a range of online learning resources and projects.
From Monday, 1st June we will resume posting online resources to support you, and your child/ren, with 'Home Learning', however the format this takes will begin to evolve from that point onwards, to reflect our increasing 'in-school' provision.
Have a good week.
It has been an incredibly hard couple of months for everyone, in whatever capacity, therefore we are not setting any directed work or activities for you over what would have been the half term break. This is a conscious decision to enable you, your parents and the staff to stop, take a break, relax, regroup and refresh before we begin again at the start of June, in whatever format that may take, based on the latest Government guidance.
If you would like to carry on and complete some activities during this time, please scroll back and do some of the activities set previously if you didn't manage them at the time, or you can use some of the wonderful online resources that we signposted for you right at the start of this period - these links are all at the bottom of this page. There is also educational provision being offered through:
- JIGSAW PSHE: A link to the 'Calm Me' audio file that we would use within the classroom to support the children with Mindfulness.
- BBC Bitesize: A range of different resources, lessons and activities aimed at specific age ranges.
- Department for Education recommended online provision list.
- Oak National Academy: An online portal providing virtual lessons (DfE recommended).
- Robin Hood Academy: An academy in our region providing a range of online learning resources and projects.
From Monday, 1st June we will resume posting online resources to support you, and your child/ren, with 'Home Learning', however the format this takes will begin to evolve from that point onwards, to reflect our increasing 'in-school' provision.
Have a good week.
Week Nine (wc 18/05/2020)
Online Safety
The current situation means that we find ourselves all spending much more time accessing and/or using online platforms and resources in order to do our job, or to support our children with their 'home learning'. This creates additional worries around Online Safety and so we just wanted to point you in the right direction for guidance and advice when it comes to ensuring that both you, and your children, are as safe as can be.
The government has this week released information about keeping children safe online, which you can read here.
The supplementary guidance, specific to 'what you can do to stay safe online', can be read here.
We would also signpost you to our Online Safety page, which has a wealth of information on it. Click here.
Remember - You CAN do any of the activities from previous weeks as well, if you didn't get chance.
General
Maths
Well done for keeping up with your Maths work so far. This week we will be continuing with work on decimals and ending off the week learning about negative numbers. All lessons have a PowerPoint to go with them and the work activities are shown on each PowerPoint. You should be able to print this off or be able to complete the work on paper at home. The answers are included on the slides at the end.
Lesson 1 – Ordering and comparing decimals. This is revision work and will take you through some fluency and then problem solving questions on the PowerPoint. You will have both types of questions to do for your work which you can download by clicking here.
Lesson 2 – Revision of multiplying decimals by 10, 100 and 1000. Follow through the PowerPoint, remembering that when you multiply a number all the digits move to the left either one, two or three spaces (depending on whether you are multiplying by 10, 100 or 100). This lesson is all fluency work, testing your understanding, which you can either copy from the PowerPoint or download here (this also includes all extension tasks).
Lesson 3 – Problem solving using multiplying by 10, 100 and 1000. The PowerPoint will take you through some sample problem solving and reasoning questions, recapping your fluency work from yesterday. Then you can download the work here, which includes an Extension task for Triangles/Rectangles and there is a separate Circle Extension task.
For Lessons 4 and 5 (negative numbers) you might like to download this Negative Numberline and -20 to 20 Thermometer.
Lesson 4 – This is the first lesson this year on negative numbers so don’t worry if you are not so confident with this topic. Follow through the examples on the PowerPoint anyway and there are some links to videos which may also help you. We will make sure that we go over this topic whenever we go back to school but still have a go if you can.
This time your work is all fluency work and is on the PowerPoint – two pages from the Abacus text book which you can complete on paper at home – but you can also download the Abacus pages here to write on if you’d rather.
Lesson 5 – Problem solving with negative numbers. Open the PowerPoint and work through the examples, taking as much time as you need before moving on. Have to hand the printed off thermometer and numberline if you want the extra support. Download and complete the work in this document, then check your answers against the PowerPoint.
English
This week is a bit of a mix and match, so you can choose to complete the work in any order.
Reading for pleasure: (There are 2Dos for these on Purple Mash, but you can do them in any format. Hand drawn cartoons might suit some of you artists better.)
Spend some time reading, then read some more!!! If you have run out of books some good sites to visit are:
www.youtube.com/user/artificedesign (Michael Rosen, Chocolate cake is a favourite!)
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen (Books for children are free whilst schools are closed.)
www.booktrust.org.uk/ (The recommendations section will help you discover lots of new books and authors)
www.youtube.com/channel/UCe01xn13M8q2dsIw0mvW9lg (Cressida Cowell)
1) Make an A to Z list: choose authors, book titles or characters. Highlight the ones which are those you have read. Remember to include books from a range of reading including those you loved (and still love) from when you were little.
E.g. A- Janet & Allan Ahlberg
B- Malorie Blackman
2) Create a carton comic strip ‘mash-up’. Take a character form one book and imagine what would happen if they arrived in a different story. E.g When the Gruffalo met Lord Voldemort.
Punctuation and grammar: We will be focusing on Parenthesis. Download the Parenthesis Home Learning Booklet here.
What is parenthesis?What is parenthesis? Parenthesis is a word, phrase or sentence that is put in writing as extra information or an afterthought. If the parenthesis is taken away, the passage would still be complete without it.
When to use a parenthesisParentheses are when the writer wants to include incidental or extra information. These may be:
"My friend Chloe (who is three months older than me) is coming to my house tonight."
"My friend Chloe - who is three months older than me - is coming to my house tonight."
"My friend Chloe, who is three months older than me, is coming to my house tonight."
Sometimes, a parenthesis might be a complete sentence, not just a word or a phrase. When this happens, the capital letter and full stop are both put inside the brackets. The passage of writing still needs to make sense if you take the parenthesis away.
"Today we went on a trip to York. (I had never been to York before.)"
Finding Parenthesis tricky? Practise Pronouns instead. Download the Pronoun Home Learning Booklet here.
Pronouns are words that can be used instead of a noun.
Examples of pronouns are: he, she, it, they. Pronouns are used so we don't have to repeat words.
What is a personal pronoun?Personal pronouns can be used instead of a person, place or thing. There are 12 personal pronouns for a person or group and they are: I, you, he, she, it, we, they, me, him, her, us and them.
There are 3 personal pronouns for thing. They are: they, them, it.
If the noun is plural then the pronoun replacing it is also plural.
For example:
Sally gave Tim a lift to work because Tim needed to repair his bike. Tim was slow getting ready and Sally and Tim we're late.
Their names are repeated making it frustrating to read.
Sally gave Tim a lift to work because he needed to repair his bike. He was slow getting ready and they we're late.
By replacing the repeated names with pronouns, it's much easier to read and still makes sense.
What is a possessive pronoun?Possessive pronouns help to identify who owns something. Examples are: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs, whose. Others need a noun to go with them. Examples are: my, your, his, her, its, our, their, whose.
Possessive pronouns help to stop repetition of a noun. For example:
Matt parked Matt's car in Matt's parking space. He walked into Matt's school.
It doesn't read well at all does it? This can be made much better by using possessive pronouns.
Matt parked his car in his parking space. He walked into his school.
You can see how this sentence reads better with the repetition removed from it.
Spellings – In your pack was the year 5 & 6 word list. Break this down in to groups of 12 and practise a new set each week. Maybe phone a relative or friend, and get them to test you at the end of the week.
History
This week you will be learning all about the Anglo Saxon religions and gods. Now you’re all becoming experts about the Anglo Saxons, we can start looking a little more in depth at their culture and lives. You will learn some of the names of the Anglo Saxon gods and think about the differences between the Christian and Pagan religions.
Open the PowerPoint and follow the slides through on slide show so that you can make use of the interactive features.
Then download the Word Document to find your worksheet and extension task to fill in (or complete on paper if you don’t have a printer).
Science
We are continuing our lifecycles booklet, this week we will focus on Amphibians. That is frogs, toads, newts and salamanders
Watch these videos to help you learn.
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zgssgk7/articles/z9xb39q
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/the-life-cycles-of-different-organisms/zvh8qp3
https://learning-center.homesciencetools.com/article/life-cycle-frog/
www.ducksters.com/animals/amphibians.php
www.dkfindout.com/uk/animals-and-nature/amphibians/
Finally create a new page for your leaflet. Include a labelled illustration of the lifecycle of your amphibian and write about it. Use zoological drawings for your illustrations.
If you are finding this tricky use this worksheet. (The frog section)
https://d43fweuh3sg51.cloudfront.net/media/assets/wgbh/tdc02/tdc02_doc_stagecards/tdc02_doc_stagecards.pdf
Vocabulary
metamorphosis, offspring, young, adult, eggs, larva, froglet, gills, male, female, mate, aquatic, terrestrial.
Music
It’s absolutely brilliant to see so many of you have logged into Charanga Music with your login details and completed some of the tasks. Clearly some of you have been learning your musical tables a lot – very well done!!!
Remember, if you haven’t done this yet, all your login information is to be found in an email from Mrs Kermode which you will find when you log in to Purple Mash and go to 2Email. Remember you can always email Mrs Kermode if you want to let her know what you’ve done, have any questions or just want to say Hi!
This week, log in to Charanga again.
SOMETHING FOR FUN – Design a new National Book Token
See link for full details.
http://newsletters.booktokens.co.uk/q/1mJMwUE25saOlsf4PecG/wv
Online Safety
The current situation means that we find ourselves all spending much more time accessing and/or using online platforms and resources in order to do our job, or to support our children with their 'home learning'. This creates additional worries around Online Safety and so we just wanted to point you in the right direction for guidance and advice when it comes to ensuring that both you, and your children, are as safe as can be.
The government has this week released information about keeping children safe online, which you can read here.
The supplementary guidance, specific to 'what you can do to stay safe online', can be read here.
We would also signpost you to our Online Safety page, which has a wealth of information on it. Click here.
Remember - You CAN do any of the activities from previous weeks as well, if you didn't get chance.
General
- Remember to keep up with your Reading, Times Tables and Spellings. If you are having trouble with TT Rockstars there are lots of other ways to practice. Purple Mash has a section on times table games and Hit the Button helps you improve your speed and use the inverse to solve the related division sum.
- Keep an eye on Purple Mash: Have a go at uploading your game or playing friend’s games. 🙂
- We would suggest that if you have a PowerPoint lesson provided, that you follow it using the full screen slideshow and pressing the forward arrow to go through it at your own pace. This is because there may be some answers to be revealed that will only work on the slideshow presentation.
- It might be an idea to try and keep all your work together in a notebook or folder. Try to complete any work to the best of your ability, with neat presentation and handwriting, just as you would in class.
- Keep active, find something fun to do each day. Try the DDMix for schools/ Diverse dance mix. Darcey Bussell and friends do a live Dance class on Facebook every weekday @ 1.30pm.
Maths
Well done for keeping up with your Maths work so far. This week we will be continuing with work on decimals and ending off the week learning about negative numbers. All lessons have a PowerPoint to go with them and the work activities are shown on each PowerPoint. You should be able to print this off or be able to complete the work on paper at home. The answers are included on the slides at the end.
Lesson 1 – Ordering and comparing decimals. This is revision work and will take you through some fluency and then problem solving questions on the PowerPoint. You will have both types of questions to do for your work which you can download by clicking here.
Lesson 2 – Revision of multiplying decimals by 10, 100 and 1000. Follow through the PowerPoint, remembering that when you multiply a number all the digits move to the left either one, two or three spaces (depending on whether you are multiplying by 10, 100 or 100). This lesson is all fluency work, testing your understanding, which you can either copy from the PowerPoint or download here (this also includes all extension tasks).
Lesson 3 – Problem solving using multiplying by 10, 100 and 1000. The PowerPoint will take you through some sample problem solving and reasoning questions, recapping your fluency work from yesterday. Then you can download the work here, which includes an Extension task for Triangles/Rectangles and there is a separate Circle Extension task.
For Lessons 4 and 5 (negative numbers) you might like to download this Negative Numberline and -20 to 20 Thermometer.
Lesson 4 – This is the first lesson this year on negative numbers so don’t worry if you are not so confident with this topic. Follow through the examples on the PowerPoint anyway and there are some links to videos which may also help you. We will make sure that we go over this topic whenever we go back to school but still have a go if you can.
This time your work is all fluency work and is on the PowerPoint – two pages from the Abacus text book which you can complete on paper at home – but you can also download the Abacus pages here to write on if you’d rather.
Lesson 5 – Problem solving with negative numbers. Open the PowerPoint and work through the examples, taking as much time as you need before moving on. Have to hand the printed off thermometer and numberline if you want the extra support. Download and complete the work in this document, then check your answers against the PowerPoint.
English
This week is a bit of a mix and match, so you can choose to complete the work in any order.
Reading for pleasure: (There are 2Dos for these on Purple Mash, but you can do them in any format. Hand drawn cartoons might suit some of you artists better.)
Spend some time reading, then read some more!!! If you have run out of books some good sites to visit are:
www.youtube.com/user/artificedesign (Michael Rosen, Chocolate cake is a favourite!)
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen (Books for children are free whilst schools are closed.)
www.booktrust.org.uk/ (The recommendations section will help you discover lots of new books and authors)
www.youtube.com/channel/UCe01xn13M8q2dsIw0mvW9lg (Cressida Cowell)
1) Make an A to Z list: choose authors, book titles or characters. Highlight the ones which are those you have read. Remember to include books from a range of reading including those you loved (and still love) from when you were little.
E.g. A- Janet & Allan Ahlberg
B- Malorie Blackman
2) Create a carton comic strip ‘mash-up’. Take a character form one book and imagine what would happen if they arrived in a different story. E.g When the Gruffalo met Lord Voldemort.
Punctuation and grammar: We will be focusing on Parenthesis. Download the Parenthesis Home Learning Booklet here.
What is parenthesis?What is parenthesis? Parenthesis is a word, phrase or sentence that is put in writing as extra information or an afterthought. If the parenthesis is taken away, the passage would still be complete without it.
When to use a parenthesisParentheses are when the writer wants to include incidental or extra information. These may be:
- Passing comment
- A minor example or addition
- A brief explanation
"My friend Chloe (who is three months older than me) is coming to my house tonight."
"My friend Chloe - who is three months older than me - is coming to my house tonight."
"My friend Chloe, who is three months older than me, is coming to my house tonight."
Sometimes, a parenthesis might be a complete sentence, not just a word or a phrase. When this happens, the capital letter and full stop are both put inside the brackets. The passage of writing still needs to make sense if you take the parenthesis away.
"Today we went on a trip to York. (I had never been to York before.)"
Finding Parenthesis tricky? Practise Pronouns instead. Download the Pronoun Home Learning Booklet here.
Pronouns are words that can be used instead of a noun.
Examples of pronouns are: he, she, it, they. Pronouns are used so we don't have to repeat words.
What is a personal pronoun?Personal pronouns can be used instead of a person, place or thing. There are 12 personal pronouns for a person or group and they are: I, you, he, she, it, we, they, me, him, her, us and them.
There are 3 personal pronouns for thing. They are: they, them, it.
If the noun is plural then the pronoun replacing it is also plural.
For example:
Sally gave Tim a lift to work because Tim needed to repair his bike. Tim was slow getting ready and Sally and Tim we're late.
Their names are repeated making it frustrating to read.
Sally gave Tim a lift to work because he needed to repair his bike. He was slow getting ready and they we're late.
By replacing the repeated names with pronouns, it's much easier to read and still makes sense.
What is a possessive pronoun?Possessive pronouns help to identify who owns something. Examples are: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs, whose. Others need a noun to go with them. Examples are: my, your, his, her, its, our, their, whose.
Possessive pronouns help to stop repetition of a noun. For example:
Matt parked Matt's car in Matt's parking space. He walked into Matt's school.
It doesn't read well at all does it? This can be made much better by using possessive pronouns.
Matt parked his car in his parking space. He walked into his school.
You can see how this sentence reads better with the repetition removed from it.
Spellings – In your pack was the year 5 & 6 word list. Break this down in to groups of 12 and practise a new set each week. Maybe phone a relative or friend, and get them to test you at the end of the week.
History
This week you will be learning all about the Anglo Saxon religions and gods. Now you’re all becoming experts about the Anglo Saxons, we can start looking a little more in depth at their culture and lives. You will learn some of the names of the Anglo Saxon gods and think about the differences between the Christian and Pagan religions.
Open the PowerPoint and follow the slides through on slide show so that you can make use of the interactive features.
Then download the Word Document to find your worksheet and extension task to fill in (or complete on paper if you don’t have a printer).
Science
We are continuing our lifecycles booklet, this week we will focus on Amphibians. That is frogs, toads, newts and salamanders
Watch these videos to help you learn.
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zgssgk7/articles/z9xb39q
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/the-life-cycles-of-different-organisms/zvh8qp3
https://learning-center.homesciencetools.com/article/life-cycle-frog/
www.ducksters.com/animals/amphibians.php
www.dkfindout.com/uk/animals-and-nature/amphibians/
Finally create a new page for your leaflet. Include a labelled illustration of the lifecycle of your amphibian and write about it. Use zoological drawings for your illustrations.
If you are finding this tricky use this worksheet. (The frog section)
https://d43fweuh3sg51.cloudfront.net/media/assets/wgbh/tdc02/tdc02_doc_stagecards/tdc02_doc_stagecards.pdf
Vocabulary
metamorphosis, offspring, young, adult, eggs, larva, froglet, gills, male, female, mate, aquatic, terrestrial.
Music
It’s absolutely brilliant to see so many of you have logged into Charanga Music with your login details and completed some of the tasks. Clearly some of you have been learning your musical tables a lot – very well done!!!
Remember, if you haven’t done this yet, all your login information is to be found in an email from Mrs Kermode which you will find when you log in to Purple Mash and go to 2Email. Remember you can always email Mrs Kermode if you want to let her know what you’ve done, have any questions or just want to say Hi!
This week, log in to Charanga again.
- Practise your timestables songs again, choosing the ones you find the most difficult to remember.
- You will find 3 new listening tasks this week. All you need to do is click on the activity ‘Listen out for the Instruments….’ choosing which ever one you’d like to start with. Once the window opens for that, click on the right hand side of the window screen box and it will open up the activity.
SOMETHING FOR FUN – Design a new National Book Token
See link for full details.
http://newsletters.booktokens.co.uk/q/1mJMwUE25saOlsf4PecG/wv
Week Eight (wc 11/05/2020)
Online Safety
The current situation means that we find ourselves all spending much more time accessing and/or using online platforms and resources in order to do our job, or to support our children with their 'home learning'. This creates additional worries around Online Safety and so we just wanted to point you in the right direction for guidance and advice when it comes to ensuring that both you, and your children, are as safe as can be.
The government has this week released information about keeping children safe online, which you can read here.
The supplementary guidance, specific to 'what you can do to stay safe online', can be read here.
We would also signpost you to our Online Safety page, which has a wealth of information on it. Click here.
Remember - You CAN do any of the activities from previous weeks as well, if you didn't get chance.
General
Maths
We will continue with White Rose Maths (even though we do things in a slightly different order). Each day has a video to watch to help you understand the concept. Then a worksheet to do. It helps if you print the worksheet out as there are lots of visual aids to help you. At the end (with an adult) check your work against the answers.
When you log in to White Rose Maths Home Learning, it is NOT the work that matches this week's date! (Our scheme does them in a slightly different order.)
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/
Week 1
Lesson 4 – Understanding thousandths
Lesson 5 – Thousandths as decimals
Then complete this worksheet – Thousandths as Decimals.
Check your answers here- Thousandths as Decimals Answers
Circles and anyone finding this tricky try:
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Week 2
Lesson 2- Hundredths
Lesson 3 – Hundredths as decimals
Lesson 4 – Hundredths on a place value grid
English
The English this week will have a reading focus. There is one PowerPoint for the whole week.
Lesson 1 – Read the poem and answer the focused questions to the side. Then write your own verse in the same style create a new Verse 3.
Lesson 2 – Reading questions based on a work of art. Then write a diary entry as the character in the picture.
Lesson 3 – Answer the questions about the photograph. Use the Bingo grid to write a short description of the picture.
Lesson 4 – Read The Mystery of the Colour Thief by Ewa Jozefkowicz and answer the questions.
There is a challenge question for Lesson 4, if you would like to do it, to write your own character description of a mysterious figure.
Spellings – In your pack was the year 5 & 6 word list. Break this down in to groups of 12 and practise a new set each week. Maybe phone a relative or friend, and get them to test you at the end of the week.
History
We hope that you enjoyed being an archaeologist for the week! What interesting things did you find out about your family from rummaging around in your rubbish?!
This week, to continue with that theme, you will be looking at some Anglo Saxon artefacts and determining what they might tell you about the life of an Anglo Saxon, in particular focussing on some beautiful objects found at a famous site called Sutton Hoo – a site of great historical importance which is now looked after by The National Trust.
Click here for the PowerPoint and follow it through from the beginning. There are a couple of web links in the PowerPoint to point you in the direction of some interesting videos as well, including one about the excavation of the site at Sutton Hoo.
Your independent work is a Worksheet to print off (if you can) about exploring the Sutton Hoo treasure. You will find pictures of all the artefacts needed for this work included in the PowerPoint. There is also a nice extension task which involves drawing (this is on the worksheet too).
Have fun exploring!
Music
As it states above, please can you all log on to Purple Mash and check your emails in 2Email. There should be a message from Mrs Kermode there with details about how to log in to the Yumu section of Charanga Musical School. Your unique username and password should be included in your email.
Once you’ve logged in to the site, you will find a couple of tasks set for your music this week. The hand in dates are on the right hand side.
Task 1 – This is called Turning the Tables and what do you think it’s all about…..? Learning your times tables!!! For each times table there is a song to go with it e.g. Flamboyant Fours.
Click on the list on the right hand side to choose which times table you want. It should load on to the screen and you can choose whether to sing with ‘vocal’ or ‘backing’ only. To begin with, you will use the version with vocal so that you can learn the song.
Press the triangle at the bottom to play the song and follow it through.
Task 2 – Following on from the super percussion work you did on Purple Mash, you will find an activity called Entry of the Gladiators Percussion in your Yumu activities list. You might have heard this piece if you’ve been to a circus!
Online Safety
The current situation means that we find ourselves all spending much more time accessing and/or using online platforms and resources in order to do our job, or to support our children with their 'home learning'. This creates additional worries around Online Safety and so we just wanted to point you in the right direction for guidance and advice when it comes to ensuring that both you, and your children, are as safe as can be.
The government has this week released information about keeping children safe online, which you can read here.
The supplementary guidance, specific to 'what you can do to stay safe online', can be read here.
We would also signpost you to our Online Safety page, which has a wealth of information on it. Click here.
Remember - You CAN do any of the activities from previous weeks as well, if you didn't get chance.
General
- Remember to keep up with your Reading, Times Tables and Spellings. If you are having trouble with TT Rockstars there are lots of other ways to practice (see your Music for this week).
- Purple Mash has a section on times table games and Hit the Button helps you improve your speed and use the inverse to solve the related division sum.
- Keep up your fabulous work on Purple Mash!
- We would suggest that if you have a PowerPoint lesson provided, that you follow it using the full screen slideshow and pressing the forward arrow to go through it at your own pace. This is because there may be some answers to be revealed that will only work on the slideshow presentation.
- It might be an idea to try and keep all your work together in a notebook or folder. Try to complete any work to the best of your ability, with neat presentation and handwriting, just as you would in class.
- Keep active, find something fun to do each day. On the school website there is a link to the School Games activities. Have a go and let us know what you think.
Maths
We will continue with White Rose Maths (even though we do things in a slightly different order). Each day has a video to watch to help you understand the concept. Then a worksheet to do. It helps if you print the worksheet out as there are lots of visual aids to help you. At the end (with an adult) check your work against the answers.
When you log in to White Rose Maths Home Learning, it is NOT the work that matches this week's date! (Our scheme does them in a slightly different order.)
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/
Week 1
Lesson 4 – Understanding thousandths
Lesson 5 – Thousandths as decimals
Then complete this worksheet – Thousandths as Decimals.
Check your answers here- Thousandths as Decimals Answers
Circles and anyone finding this tricky try:
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Week 2
Lesson 2- Hundredths
Lesson 3 – Hundredths as decimals
Lesson 4 – Hundredths on a place value grid
English
The English this week will have a reading focus. There is one PowerPoint for the whole week.
Lesson 1 – Read the poem and answer the focused questions to the side. Then write your own verse in the same style create a new Verse 3.
Lesson 2 – Reading questions based on a work of art. Then write a diary entry as the character in the picture.
Lesson 3 – Answer the questions about the photograph. Use the Bingo grid to write a short description of the picture.
Lesson 4 – Read The Mystery of the Colour Thief by Ewa Jozefkowicz and answer the questions.
There is a challenge question for Lesson 4, if you would like to do it, to write your own character description of a mysterious figure.
Spellings – In your pack was the year 5 & 6 word list. Break this down in to groups of 12 and practise a new set each week. Maybe phone a relative or friend, and get them to test you at the end of the week.
History
We hope that you enjoyed being an archaeologist for the week! What interesting things did you find out about your family from rummaging around in your rubbish?!
This week, to continue with that theme, you will be looking at some Anglo Saxon artefacts and determining what they might tell you about the life of an Anglo Saxon, in particular focussing on some beautiful objects found at a famous site called Sutton Hoo – a site of great historical importance which is now looked after by The National Trust.
Click here for the PowerPoint and follow it through from the beginning. There are a couple of web links in the PowerPoint to point you in the direction of some interesting videos as well, including one about the excavation of the site at Sutton Hoo.
Your independent work is a Worksheet to print off (if you can) about exploring the Sutton Hoo treasure. You will find pictures of all the artefacts needed for this work included in the PowerPoint. There is also a nice extension task which involves drawing (this is on the worksheet too).
Have fun exploring!
Music
As it states above, please can you all log on to Purple Mash and check your emails in 2Email. There should be a message from Mrs Kermode there with details about how to log in to the Yumu section of Charanga Musical School. Your unique username and password should be included in your email.
Once you’ve logged in to the site, you will find a couple of tasks set for your music this week. The hand in dates are on the right hand side.
Task 1 – This is called Turning the Tables and what do you think it’s all about…..? Learning your times tables!!! For each times table there is a song to go with it e.g. Flamboyant Fours.
Click on the list on the right hand side to choose which times table you want. It should load on to the screen and you can choose whether to sing with ‘vocal’ or ‘backing’ only. To begin with, you will use the version with vocal so that you can learn the song.
Press the triangle at the bottom to play the song and follow it through.
Task 2 – Following on from the super percussion work you did on Purple Mash, you will find an activity called Entry of the Gladiators Percussion in your Yumu activities list. You might have heard this piece if you’ve been to a circus!
- Click on it to open it, then click again on the right hand side of the rectangle screen where it says Entry of the Gladiators by Julius Fucik. The screen will then load with a picture of the composer, his nationality and date of birth.
- Firstly, click on the Example Box on the left to hear an example of how someone has put some percussion instruments to the piece of music. Again, do this by clicking the triangle button at the bottom left.
- If you want to change the volume, click on the speaker sign in the very bottom left hand corner and you can alter the volume of the backing or instrument volume.
- To change which bar of music you are in, you will need to click on the Back or Next buttons in the bottom middle.
- Once you’ve heard it all the way through, click on Menu at the bottom to go back to the starting page and now click on New Blank Page. Now you can start to put your own combination of sounds in to the grid! Think carefully about what you remember about the style of the music (quite energetic!). The main beats in each bar (beats 1 and 3) are also important, so you might want to consider having a drum or loud sounding instrument on these beats to emphasise them more.
- It should save automatically once you leave the screen and you should be able to come back to it by clicking on Last save on this device at any time.
- Once you’re happy with what you’ve created, go to the bar on the right and click on Click here to complete this lesson! and you’re done.
- Have fun!
Computing
We are going to continue making our games. Open Purple Mash and go to the 2DIY 3D icon in Tools.
1. Scroll down to videos and watch 'Levels’ and ‘Adding Instructions.’
2. Open your game that you made last week. Add the instructions and Game title. (Make sure you use capitals and accurate spelling so that users can read it easily!)
3. Add a harder second level maze with an 8 coin maximum and 5 baddy maximum. Remember to save your work regularly as you go along. Save in your work file, overwrite your game as you improve it.
4. You can preview your game at any stage to see what it looks like in 3D by clicking the button. You can ‘walk around’ using the arrow keys. Then, click the Stop button to go back to the 2D view.
Challenge task – Edit your coins. Click on a coin in your maze and you will get a screen like the on in Image 1 below:
You can use the image finder to change your coin for a more suitable icon eg Cake and add a sound.
Use the button, in Image 2 below, to add the same actions to all your coins.
5. Once you have saved your work in your area, see if you can upload it to our Year 5 blog for others to play. You will need to go to the green + button. Write your game title in title. In summary write a little welcome note for your friends, encouraging them to play the game. In the content box you need to click the work picker icon (See image 3 below). Then select your game from your file. Save it and once I've approved it, it will go on our blog. Good luck.
We are going to continue making our games. Open Purple Mash and go to the 2DIY 3D icon in Tools.
1. Scroll down to videos and watch 'Levels’ and ‘Adding Instructions.’
2. Open your game that you made last week. Add the instructions and Game title. (Make sure you use capitals and accurate spelling so that users can read it easily!)
3. Add a harder second level maze with an 8 coin maximum and 5 baddy maximum. Remember to save your work regularly as you go along. Save in your work file, overwrite your game as you improve it.
4. You can preview your game at any stage to see what it looks like in 3D by clicking the button. You can ‘walk around’ using the arrow keys. Then, click the Stop button to go back to the 2D view.
Challenge task – Edit your coins. Click on a coin in your maze and you will get a screen like the on in Image 1 below:
You can use the image finder to change your coin for a more suitable icon eg Cake and add a sound.
Use the button, in Image 2 below, to add the same actions to all your coins.
5. Once you have saved your work in your area, see if you can upload it to our Year 5 blog for others to play. You will need to go to the green + button. Write your game title in title. In summary write a little welcome note for your friends, encouraging them to play the game. In the content box you need to click the work picker icon (See image 3 below). Then select your game from your file. Save it and once I've approved it, it will go on our blog. Good luck.
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Week Seven (wc 04/05/2020)
Online Safety
The current situation means that we find ourselves all spending much more time accessing and/or using online platforms and resources in order to do our job, or to support our children with their 'home learning'. This creates additional worries around Online Safety and so we just wanted to point you in the right direction for guidance and advice when it comes to ensuring that both you, and your children, are as safe as can be.
The government has this week released information about keeping children safe online, which you can read here.
The supplementary guidance, specific to 'what you can do to stay safe online', can be read here.
We would also signpost you to our Online Safety page, which has a wealth of information on it. Click here.
Remember - You CAN do any of the activities from previous weeks as well, if you didn't get chance.
General
Maths
We have found some White Rose Maths that matches what we would be doing next in school. Each day has a video to watch to help you understand the concept. Then a worksheet to do. It helps if you print the worksheet out as there are lots of visual aids to support you. At the end (with an adult) check your work against the answers.
When you log in to White Rose Maths Home Learning, it is Week 2, NOT the work that matches this week's date!
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/
Week 2
Lesson 1 – Rounding decimals
Lesson 2 – Order and compare decimals
Lesson 3 – Understand percentages
Lesson 4 – Percentages as fractions & decimals
Lesson 5 – Equivalent FDP (Fractions, Decimals & Percentages)
Take this quiz on the PowerPoint link to check your understanding – Converting fractions to decimals quiz
Circles and anyone finding this tricky try:
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Week 1
Lesson 1 – Recognise tenths and hundredths
Lesson 2- Tenths as decimals
Lesson 3 – Tenths on a place value grid
Lesson 4 – Tenths on a number line
Lesson 5 – Dividing 1 digit by 10.
Also try this worksheet to challenge your understanding - Converting tenths and hundredths into fractions
English
Spellings – In your pack was the year 5 & 6 word list. Break this down in to groups of 12 and practise a new set each week. Maybe phone a relative or friend, and get them to test you at the end of the week.
This week you are going to be looking at some poetry and having a go at writing some of your own. All the work, questions and tasks are included on a Word Document for you to follow through, day by day. If you can print off the pages, that’s great. If not, look at the document on your computer screen and use some paper of your own at home to complete the work. We know it’s tricky and not everyone has the same computer set-ups.
Day 1 – The Magic Box by Kit Wright. Write your own poem in the same style. We have looked at this already in school so hopefully you should find this enjoyable.
Day 2 – Song of the Whale by Kit Wright. Watch the YouTube video first (the link is in the word document), then read the poem. Answer the questions that are included on the word document. There is a challenge question if you fancy having a go.
Day 3 – Re-read Song of the Whale. Make a list of endangered animals. Choose one to research using books or the internet, and make notes.
Day 4 – Write your own endangered animal poem in the style of Song of the Whale using the notes you made the day before.
Day 5 – Read the poem Superheroes I Could Have Been. Watch the PowerPoint about Relative Clauses and Relative Pronouns to revise them. Complete the work all about relative pronouns and clauses (Superheroes 1 – 3) then draw one of the Superheroes from the poem.
Science
We are now moving on to look at animal lifecycles. Watch these videos to help you learn.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zgssgk7/articles/z9xb39q
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/the-life-cycles-of-different-organisms/zvh8qp3
We are going to continue our life cycles booklet. This week’s page is Insect Lifecycles.
You can focus on butterflies or choose a different insect of your own. Research your insect. Use these resources to help:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/life-cycle-of-an-ant/zfttscw
https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/video/animals-and-nature/from-chrysalis-to-butterfly-video/
https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/animals-and-nature/insects/damselfly-life-cycle/
http://www.uksafari.com/creepycrawlies.htm
http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/thezone/insects/instant/index.htm
Finally create a new page for your leaflet. Include a labelled illustration of the lifecycle of your insect and write about it. Look up zoological drawings to get some ideas for your illustrations.
If you are finding this tricky use this worksheet. (Save the frog for next week)
https://d43fweuh3sg51.cloudfront.net/media/assets/wgbh/tdc02/tdc02_doc_stagecards/tdc02_doc_stagecards.pdf
Vocabulary
metamorphosis, offspring, young, adult, eggs larva, chrysalis, male, female, mate
History
We hope that you managed to complete the work last week on how the Anglo Saxons came to settle in Britain and where in Europe they travelled from.
This week, you will be considering what archaeologists do and why they dig for evidence.
Follow the PowerPoint through and then you have 2 main tasks to complete.
Tasks
1) The first one might be a bit ‘messy’ but it should help you to understand the role of a Historian and how important it is to ask questions about what we actually know from evidence and artefacts.
2) For the second task, you will either need to print off the Word Document template or design your own on paper at home if you can’t.
Extension Work
If you’ve completed all of that and would like to do some more, have a look on the PowerPoint at some research which you can do about varieties of soil and how these are good at preserving different types of materials over time – or not! There is an extension sheet that you can print off to write your research on if you can or, again, complete on a piece of paper.
Computing
We are going to start making our games. Open Purple Mash and go to the 2DIY 3D icon in Tools.
1. Scroll down to videos and watch 'Making your Game’ and ‘Customizing the Game’.class. 2. Open 2DIY 3D and make sure you are using the ‘My Game’ mode (NOT My Simple Game) to have access to the full functionality of 2DIY 3D.
3. Make an easy maze with a 5 coin maximum and 3 baddy maximum. Remember to save your work regularly as you go along. Save in your work file.
4. You can preview your game at any stage to see what it looks like in 3D by clicking the
play button. You can ‘walk around’ using the arrow keys. Then, click the Stop button to go back to the 2D view.
5. Choose a theme for your maze, experiment with the technique of adding a sky, ground, ceiling and walls and customizing the baddies.
(Don’t worry too much about the title or instructions at this stage, we will add next week.)
Music/Art Cooking (VE Day 2020)
We hope you enjoyed revising your note names last week and that you had a chance to learn the song Together. Hopefully it wasn’t too catchy!!
This Friday (May the 8th) is a very special day in history as it is the 75th Anniversary of V.E. day or Victory in Europe day. That means it is 75 years since the guns fell silent at the end of World War 2 in Europe. Years of destruction had come to an end and millions of people took to the streets and pubs to celebrate peace, remember their loved ones and to hope for the future.
Victory in Europe Day celebrates the Allied Forces accepting the Nazi’s unconditional surrender from World War 2. The final document was signed on 8 May, 1945. Today, countries throughout the world celebrate V.E. Day annually, on either the 8th or 9th of May.
1) Open up PowerPoint 1 to learn all about VE Day.
2) Then, you are going to look at PowerPoint 2 all about a particular song called We’ll Meet Again and learn to sing it.
3) You will need this MP3 file for the music to sing along to with PowerPoint 2.
4) Afterwards, if you would like to do something creative, have a go at making a Spitfire Glider, doing some VE Day colouring or trying your hand at some cooking by choosing a recipe from this Wartime Recipe Booklet. Have fun!
Online Safety
The current situation means that we find ourselves all spending much more time accessing and/or using online platforms and resources in order to do our job, or to support our children with their 'home learning'. This creates additional worries around Online Safety and so we just wanted to point you in the right direction for guidance and advice when it comes to ensuring that both you, and your children, are as safe as can be.
The government has this week released information about keeping children safe online, which you can read here.
The supplementary guidance, specific to 'what you can do to stay safe online', can be read here.
We would also signpost you to our Online Safety page, which has a wealth of information on it. Click here.
Remember - You CAN do any of the activities from previous weeks as well, if you didn't get chance.
General
- Remember to keep up with your Reading, Times Tables and Spellings. If you are having trouble with TT Rockstars there are lots of other ways to practice. Purple Mash has a section on times table games and Hit the Button helps you improve your speed and use the inverse to solve the related division sum.
- Keep an eye on Purple Mash: Your story starts are fab! Thank you!
- We would suggest that if you have a PowerPoint lesson provided, that you follow it using the full screen slideshow and pressing the forward arrow to go through it at your own pace. This is because there may be some answers to be revealed that will only work on the slideshow presentation.
- It might be an idea to try and keep all your work together in a notebook or folder. Try to complete any work to the best of your ability, with neat presentation and handwriting, just as you would in class.
- Keep active, find something fun to do each day. On the school website there is a link to the School Games activities. Have a go and let us know what you think.
Maths
We have found some White Rose Maths that matches what we would be doing next in school. Each day has a video to watch to help you understand the concept. Then a worksheet to do. It helps if you print the worksheet out as there are lots of visual aids to support you. At the end (with an adult) check your work against the answers.
When you log in to White Rose Maths Home Learning, it is Week 2, NOT the work that matches this week's date!
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/
Week 2
Lesson 1 – Rounding decimals
Lesson 2 – Order and compare decimals
Lesson 3 – Understand percentages
Lesson 4 – Percentages as fractions & decimals
Lesson 5 – Equivalent FDP (Fractions, Decimals & Percentages)
Take this quiz on the PowerPoint link to check your understanding – Converting fractions to decimals quiz
Circles and anyone finding this tricky try:
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Week 1
Lesson 1 – Recognise tenths and hundredths
Lesson 2- Tenths as decimals
Lesson 3 – Tenths on a place value grid
Lesson 4 – Tenths on a number line
Lesson 5 – Dividing 1 digit by 10.
Also try this worksheet to challenge your understanding - Converting tenths and hundredths into fractions
English
Spellings – In your pack was the year 5 & 6 word list. Break this down in to groups of 12 and practise a new set each week. Maybe phone a relative or friend, and get them to test you at the end of the week.
This week you are going to be looking at some poetry and having a go at writing some of your own. All the work, questions and tasks are included on a Word Document for you to follow through, day by day. If you can print off the pages, that’s great. If not, look at the document on your computer screen and use some paper of your own at home to complete the work. We know it’s tricky and not everyone has the same computer set-ups.
Day 1 – The Magic Box by Kit Wright. Write your own poem in the same style. We have looked at this already in school so hopefully you should find this enjoyable.
Day 2 – Song of the Whale by Kit Wright. Watch the YouTube video first (the link is in the word document), then read the poem. Answer the questions that are included on the word document. There is a challenge question if you fancy having a go.
Day 3 – Re-read Song of the Whale. Make a list of endangered animals. Choose one to research using books or the internet, and make notes.
Day 4 – Write your own endangered animal poem in the style of Song of the Whale using the notes you made the day before.
Day 5 – Read the poem Superheroes I Could Have Been. Watch the PowerPoint about Relative Clauses and Relative Pronouns to revise them. Complete the work all about relative pronouns and clauses (Superheroes 1 – 3) then draw one of the Superheroes from the poem.
Science
We are now moving on to look at animal lifecycles. Watch these videos to help you learn.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zgssgk7/articles/z9xb39q
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/the-life-cycles-of-different-organisms/zvh8qp3
We are going to continue our life cycles booklet. This week’s page is Insect Lifecycles.
You can focus on butterflies or choose a different insect of your own. Research your insect. Use these resources to help:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/life-cycle-of-an-ant/zfttscw
https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/video/animals-and-nature/from-chrysalis-to-butterfly-video/
https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/animals-and-nature/insects/damselfly-life-cycle/
http://www.uksafari.com/creepycrawlies.htm
http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/thezone/insects/instant/index.htm
Finally create a new page for your leaflet. Include a labelled illustration of the lifecycle of your insect and write about it. Look up zoological drawings to get some ideas for your illustrations.
If you are finding this tricky use this worksheet. (Save the frog for next week)
https://d43fweuh3sg51.cloudfront.net/media/assets/wgbh/tdc02/tdc02_doc_stagecards/tdc02_doc_stagecards.pdf
Vocabulary
metamorphosis, offspring, young, adult, eggs larva, chrysalis, male, female, mate
History
We hope that you managed to complete the work last week on how the Anglo Saxons came to settle in Britain and where in Europe they travelled from.
This week, you will be considering what archaeologists do and why they dig for evidence.
Follow the PowerPoint through and then you have 2 main tasks to complete.
Tasks
1) The first one might be a bit ‘messy’ but it should help you to understand the role of a Historian and how important it is to ask questions about what we actually know from evidence and artefacts.
2) For the second task, you will either need to print off the Word Document template or design your own on paper at home if you can’t.
Extension Work
If you’ve completed all of that and would like to do some more, have a look on the PowerPoint at some research which you can do about varieties of soil and how these are good at preserving different types of materials over time – or not! There is an extension sheet that you can print off to write your research on if you can or, again, complete on a piece of paper.
Computing
We are going to start making our games. Open Purple Mash and go to the 2DIY 3D icon in Tools.
1. Scroll down to videos and watch 'Making your Game’ and ‘Customizing the Game’.class. 2. Open 2DIY 3D and make sure you are using the ‘My Game’ mode (NOT My Simple Game) to have access to the full functionality of 2DIY 3D.
3. Make an easy maze with a 5 coin maximum and 3 baddy maximum. Remember to save your work regularly as you go along. Save in your work file.
4. You can preview your game at any stage to see what it looks like in 3D by clicking the
play button. You can ‘walk around’ using the arrow keys. Then, click the Stop button to go back to the 2D view.
5. Choose a theme for your maze, experiment with the technique of adding a sky, ground, ceiling and walls and customizing the baddies.
(Don’t worry too much about the title or instructions at this stage, we will add next week.)
Music/Art Cooking (VE Day 2020)
We hope you enjoyed revising your note names last week and that you had a chance to learn the song Together. Hopefully it wasn’t too catchy!!
This Friday (May the 8th) is a very special day in history as it is the 75th Anniversary of V.E. day or Victory in Europe day. That means it is 75 years since the guns fell silent at the end of World War 2 in Europe. Years of destruction had come to an end and millions of people took to the streets and pubs to celebrate peace, remember their loved ones and to hope for the future.
Victory in Europe Day celebrates the Allied Forces accepting the Nazi’s unconditional surrender from World War 2. The final document was signed on 8 May, 1945. Today, countries throughout the world celebrate V.E. Day annually, on either the 8th or 9th of May.
1) Open up PowerPoint 1 to learn all about VE Day.
2) Then, you are going to look at PowerPoint 2 all about a particular song called We’ll Meet Again and learn to sing it.
3) You will need this MP3 file for the music to sing along to with PowerPoint 2.
4) Afterwards, if you would like to do something creative, have a go at making a Spitfire Glider, doing some VE Day colouring or trying your hand at some cooking by choosing a recipe from this Wartime Recipe Booklet. Have fun!
Week Six (wc 27/04/2020)
General
Maths
We hope you found the activities on shapes last week ok and that the PowerPoints all worked. Do come back to us if you’re having problems of any kind or would like some support.
All Extension work is optional, but it is often putting your learning into another context so is helpful in testing your understanding. Remember! If you are asked to explain your answers in a problem solving context, you need to prove or justify your thinking by demonstrating why an answer is right or wrong.
A bit of a mixed bag this week! Remember to choose the level of challenge that is appropriate for you.
Lesson 1 Metric and Imperial measures. This lesson should help with general life skills and being able to understand different units of measurement. Open up the PowerPoint and follow it through. You will find the Abacus Textbook and Extension work on the slides. All answers are also on a slide.
Lesson 2 Multiplying fractions by whole numbers. Work through the PowerPoint. Remember that you only multiply the whole number by the top number of the fraction (the numerator). You will then end up with an improper fraction (a larger number on the top) which you will have to convert into a mixed number (a whole number and a fraction). The work is included in the PowerPoint again and is a page from the Abacus Textbook, followed by Extension work (including the Mastery Checkpoint which you often do in class). All answers are on a slide.
**There is separate Circle work to print off if you need it.**
Lessons 3 and 4 are really revision of written methods of multiplication which we have looked at a few times so far this year.
Lesson 3 Using a written method of multiplication to multiply a number by a 1 digit number. The most important thing to remember with long multiplication (just like with the column method of addition) is that you need to line up your digits carefully and work out your calculations from right to left. Follow the PowerPoint through. There is a video link included in case you need help with the method. The work will again be a page or two of the Abacus Textbook followed by some Problem Solving Extension work to check your understanding. If you are finding multiplying 3 digits by 1 digit too tricky, why not take off the Hundreds number and make it a 2 digit number instead. E.g. 324 x 5 becomes 24 x 5.
**There is separate Circle work to print off if you need it.**
Lesson 4 Using a written method of multiplication to multiply a given number by a 2 digit number. The method for this is exactly the same as multiplying by a 1 digit number. This time though, remember to add your place holder ‘Zero the Hero’ to hold the empty place on your second row of numbers. If you don’t, your digits won’t line up properly and you won’t get the right answer! If you can’t remember how to use this method, click on the link in the PowerPoint to watch a video which should jog your memory. Again, have a go at the Abacus Textbook work first, before working through some Problem Solving questions on the slides and then doing some of your own. **There is separate Circle work to print off if you need it.**
English
Spellings – In your pack was the year 5 & 6 word list. Break this down in to groups of 12 and practise a new set each week. Maybe phone a relative or friend, and get them to test you at the end of the week.
Last week we read the story about Sabryna & the River Spirit (Open up the e book from last week and re read if you have forgotten the story). This was a quest story where Sabryna had to go on a journey to save something precious-the river. This week we are going to write our own quest story to save something precious. You too will have to defeat a ferocious and angry spirit. In your story, we need you to focus on descriptive language. You can use speech to add character and move the plot on, but it should be limited.
Lesson 1 - Plan your story. Use these worksheets: 1) Story Plan 2) Success Criteria – There are a lot as you will cover many things across the week. If you find writing tricky, focus on the green SC.
Remember all good authors take inspiration from what is happening around them, things they have seen and things they have read. You can ‘magpie’ ideas if you twist them to make them your own. You can handwrite your story or use Purple Mash to type it as you go along (we’ve set a 2DO). It is up to you.
Lesson 2 – Write the introduction to your story.
Focus on description of your main character and setting the scene. What is precious to them? What has taken it? Remember to show, not tell. Write up to your character setting of their quest. SC Focus - Use a colon before a descriptive list. Use expanded noun phrases. Use adventurous vocabulary.
Lesson 3 – Write the middle of your story.
This is the journey part of the story. Describe two places that your character must pass through. What problems do they face? Who gives help and encouragement? SC Focus- This is a good place to show off your time and place adverbials at the beginning and end of paragraphs to move your story on. E.g As the sun set, Karla marched into the forest not knowing if she would ever return home.
It was almost noon when she awoke, her feet throbbing from trampling through the trees all night.
It is also a good time to use relative clauses.
Lesson 4 – Write the end of your story.
Who is the angry spirit? Why have they got your precious item? How does your character save what is precious? Focus on the emotions and bringing your story to a happy ending. SC Focus – Use speech between the main character and the spirit to bring your story to a resolution.
Lesson 5 - Review and edit your story. Use a different colour pen. If you have typed up your story in Purple Mash, use a different colour font to show where you have made improvements.
Use the success criteria worksheet to identify what you have done well and make improvements. If you have missed any SC out, think about how you could improve your work to add them in.
Science
We are going to continue our life cycles booklet. This week’s page is Asexual Reproduction in Plants.
Asexual reproduction is just a fancy name for plants that only need one parent. They don’t need a male plant and a female plant to make new plants. They usually use bulbs, tubers or runners. People can also take cuttings to make a new plant. It is worth pointing out that many plants that do reproduce asexually can also reproduce sexually. Research plants like potatoes, strawberries and daffodils.
Research how this works using the PowerPoint. You might be able to find out more online.
Finally create a new page for your leaflet. Include a labeled illustration of the lifecycle of a plant that uses asexual reproduction and write a paragraph about it.
If you are finding this tricky, cut and stick the pictures from the pages on the PowerPoint.
Vocabulary
Corm, bulb, runner, stolon, spores, cutting, fern, moss, tubers, asexual, non-flowering, propagation, artificial, natural
History
Well done if you completed the Anglo Saxon timeline last week! We are now going to move on to looking at how the Anglo Saxons arrived in Britain. Follow the PowerPoint through first. Then your tasks will be to:
1) Download the blank map template and mark on the routes the different settlers took from Europe and where they landed in Britain. Remember to put the date on please. Use an online map or atlas at home to also write on what these European countries are called now. Make sure you create a key and choose a different colour for each tribe. The colour you use for where they set off in Europe should be the same colour you choose for where they settled in Britain.
2) Download and complete the Invaders and Settlers Passport, using the information that you have learnt about earlier in the lesson. Feel free to colour it in or add extra pictures of your own!
Computing
If we were in school, we would begin a unit called Game Creator. We know how wonderful you are on the computer so thought you would be clever enough to have a go at home.
1 – Log in to Purple Mash. Click on Tools. Then scroll down to the Quiz and Game Creator section. Click the 2DIY3D icon. At the bottom there are some Show Case Games made by other year 5 pupils, click them and play them. We are going to make a game like this. Start to think about what your maze game could be about. Decide which one you like best.
2 – Open your 2do section in Purple Mash. You should have a game review to complete about your favourite showcase game. Complete it and save it so we can see your hard work.
Music
1) This week, test yourself on what you can remember about the names of notes in the Treble Clef. Can you remember from our class music:
Please log on to the website Classics for Kids using the link. www.classicsforkids.com/games.html
It should take you to the Games page. Click on Play Note Names and make sure the word Treble is selected in the top left-hand corner. Then you should be able to play the game and have a go at spelling some words like we have in class!
If you want a challenge, either print off some blank music manuscript paper (with the 5 lines) or draw some lines of your own to make a stave. Practise drawing your treble cleffs and drawing notes accurately on the stave. You could even spell some words for somebody in your house to guess!
2) We would like you to learn a new assembly song this week. Use the link to get up the webpage for Out of the Ark.
www.outoftheark.co.uk/ootam-at-home/?utm_source=homepage&utm_campaign=ootamathome2&utm_medium=banner
Click on the red banner which says Week One. Find the song Together (second one down) and have a listen through first. Then see if you can go back to the beginning and join in. You might even want to rope in your family and have a sing-song. Why not try getting a saucepan and a wooden spoon and seeing if you can tap the pulse too? Be warned – it is very catchy!!!
General
- Remember to keep up with your Reading, Times Tables (plus TT Rockstars) and Spellings.
- Keep an eye on Purple Mash: add a blog, a joke and look out for new 2Dos. There have been some really funny jokes so far to make us all smile. Thank you!
- We would suggest that if you have a PowerPoint lesson provided, that you follow it using the full screen slideshow and pressing the forward arrow to go through it at your own pace. This is because there may be some answers to be revealed that will only work on the slideshow presentation.
- It might be an idea to try and keep all your work together in a notebook or folder. Try to complete any work to the best of your ability, with neat presentation and handwriting, just as you would in class.
- Keep active and find something fun to do each day. E.g. This week Mrs Bradburn and family have been trying to put their t-shirts on upside down. It is harder than it looks!! https://youtu.be/guhsenHTU9U Mrs Kermode has been trying to think up lots of reasons for using up the left-over Easter eggs and this week made an Easter Egg (Coconut) Shy with her younger son using recycled materials (Click here to see the picture)!
Maths
We hope you found the activities on shapes last week ok and that the PowerPoints all worked. Do come back to us if you’re having problems of any kind or would like some support.
All Extension work is optional, but it is often putting your learning into another context so is helpful in testing your understanding. Remember! If you are asked to explain your answers in a problem solving context, you need to prove or justify your thinking by demonstrating why an answer is right or wrong.
A bit of a mixed bag this week! Remember to choose the level of challenge that is appropriate for you.
Lesson 1 Metric and Imperial measures. This lesson should help with general life skills and being able to understand different units of measurement. Open up the PowerPoint and follow it through. You will find the Abacus Textbook and Extension work on the slides. All answers are also on a slide.
Lesson 2 Multiplying fractions by whole numbers. Work through the PowerPoint. Remember that you only multiply the whole number by the top number of the fraction (the numerator). You will then end up with an improper fraction (a larger number on the top) which you will have to convert into a mixed number (a whole number and a fraction). The work is included in the PowerPoint again and is a page from the Abacus Textbook, followed by Extension work (including the Mastery Checkpoint which you often do in class). All answers are on a slide.
**There is separate Circle work to print off if you need it.**
Lessons 3 and 4 are really revision of written methods of multiplication which we have looked at a few times so far this year.
Lesson 3 Using a written method of multiplication to multiply a number by a 1 digit number. The most important thing to remember with long multiplication (just like with the column method of addition) is that you need to line up your digits carefully and work out your calculations from right to left. Follow the PowerPoint through. There is a video link included in case you need help with the method. The work will again be a page or two of the Abacus Textbook followed by some Problem Solving Extension work to check your understanding. If you are finding multiplying 3 digits by 1 digit too tricky, why not take off the Hundreds number and make it a 2 digit number instead. E.g. 324 x 5 becomes 24 x 5.
**There is separate Circle work to print off if you need it.**
Lesson 4 Using a written method of multiplication to multiply a given number by a 2 digit number. The method for this is exactly the same as multiplying by a 1 digit number. This time though, remember to add your place holder ‘Zero the Hero’ to hold the empty place on your second row of numbers. If you don’t, your digits won’t line up properly and you won’t get the right answer! If you can’t remember how to use this method, click on the link in the PowerPoint to watch a video which should jog your memory. Again, have a go at the Abacus Textbook work first, before working through some Problem Solving questions on the slides and then doing some of your own. **There is separate Circle work to print off if you need it.**
English
Spellings – In your pack was the year 5 & 6 word list. Break this down in to groups of 12 and practise a new set each week. Maybe phone a relative or friend, and get them to test you at the end of the week.
Last week we read the story about Sabryna & the River Spirit (Open up the e book from last week and re read if you have forgotten the story). This was a quest story where Sabryna had to go on a journey to save something precious-the river. This week we are going to write our own quest story to save something precious. You too will have to defeat a ferocious and angry spirit. In your story, we need you to focus on descriptive language. You can use speech to add character and move the plot on, but it should be limited.
Lesson 1 - Plan your story. Use these worksheets: 1) Story Plan 2) Success Criteria – There are a lot as you will cover many things across the week. If you find writing tricky, focus on the green SC.
Remember all good authors take inspiration from what is happening around them, things they have seen and things they have read. You can ‘magpie’ ideas if you twist them to make them your own. You can handwrite your story or use Purple Mash to type it as you go along (we’ve set a 2DO). It is up to you.
Lesson 2 – Write the introduction to your story.
Focus on description of your main character and setting the scene. What is precious to them? What has taken it? Remember to show, not tell. Write up to your character setting of their quest. SC Focus - Use a colon before a descriptive list. Use expanded noun phrases. Use adventurous vocabulary.
Lesson 3 – Write the middle of your story.
This is the journey part of the story. Describe two places that your character must pass through. What problems do they face? Who gives help and encouragement? SC Focus- This is a good place to show off your time and place adverbials at the beginning and end of paragraphs to move your story on. E.g As the sun set, Karla marched into the forest not knowing if she would ever return home.
It was almost noon when she awoke, her feet throbbing from trampling through the trees all night.
It is also a good time to use relative clauses.
Lesson 4 – Write the end of your story.
Who is the angry spirit? Why have they got your precious item? How does your character save what is precious? Focus on the emotions and bringing your story to a happy ending. SC Focus – Use speech between the main character and the spirit to bring your story to a resolution.
Lesson 5 - Review and edit your story. Use a different colour pen. If you have typed up your story in Purple Mash, use a different colour font to show where you have made improvements.
Use the success criteria worksheet to identify what you have done well and make improvements. If you have missed any SC out, think about how you could improve your work to add them in.
Science
We are going to continue our life cycles booklet. This week’s page is Asexual Reproduction in Plants.
Asexual reproduction is just a fancy name for plants that only need one parent. They don’t need a male plant and a female plant to make new plants. They usually use bulbs, tubers or runners. People can also take cuttings to make a new plant. It is worth pointing out that many plants that do reproduce asexually can also reproduce sexually. Research plants like potatoes, strawberries and daffodils.
Research how this works using the PowerPoint. You might be able to find out more online.
Finally create a new page for your leaflet. Include a labeled illustration of the lifecycle of a plant that uses asexual reproduction and write a paragraph about it.
If you are finding this tricky, cut and stick the pictures from the pages on the PowerPoint.
Vocabulary
Corm, bulb, runner, stolon, spores, cutting, fern, moss, tubers, asexual, non-flowering, propagation, artificial, natural
History
Well done if you completed the Anglo Saxon timeline last week! We are now going to move on to looking at how the Anglo Saxons arrived in Britain. Follow the PowerPoint through first. Then your tasks will be to:
1) Download the blank map template and mark on the routes the different settlers took from Europe and where they landed in Britain. Remember to put the date on please. Use an online map or atlas at home to also write on what these European countries are called now. Make sure you create a key and choose a different colour for each tribe. The colour you use for where they set off in Europe should be the same colour you choose for where they settled in Britain.
2) Download and complete the Invaders and Settlers Passport, using the information that you have learnt about earlier in the lesson. Feel free to colour it in or add extra pictures of your own!
Computing
If we were in school, we would begin a unit called Game Creator. We know how wonderful you are on the computer so thought you would be clever enough to have a go at home.
1 – Log in to Purple Mash. Click on Tools. Then scroll down to the Quiz and Game Creator section. Click the 2DIY3D icon. At the bottom there are some Show Case Games made by other year 5 pupils, click them and play them. We are going to make a game like this. Start to think about what your maze game could be about. Decide which one you like best.
2 – Open your 2do section in Purple Mash. You should have a game review to complete about your favourite showcase game. Complete it and save it so we can see your hard work.
Music
1) This week, test yourself on what you can remember about the names of notes in the Treble Clef. Can you remember from our class music:
- How many lines make up a musical stave?
- What is the rhyme for the notes on the lines? (There may be a couple you remember!)
- What part of our body do the space notes spell?
- What do we draw right at the beginning of our stave to indicate that we are reading treble notes?
Please log on to the website Classics for Kids using the link. www.classicsforkids.com/games.html
It should take you to the Games page. Click on Play Note Names and make sure the word Treble is selected in the top left-hand corner. Then you should be able to play the game and have a go at spelling some words like we have in class!
If you want a challenge, either print off some blank music manuscript paper (with the 5 lines) or draw some lines of your own to make a stave. Practise drawing your treble cleffs and drawing notes accurately on the stave. You could even spell some words for somebody in your house to guess!
2) We would like you to learn a new assembly song this week. Use the link to get up the webpage for Out of the Ark.
www.outoftheark.co.uk/ootam-at-home/?utm_source=homepage&utm_campaign=ootamathome2&utm_medium=banner
Click on the red banner which says Week One. Find the song Together (second one down) and have a listen through first. Then see if you can go back to the beginning and join in. You might even want to rope in your family and have a sing-song. Why not try getting a saucepan and a wooden spoon and seeing if you can tap the pulse too? Be warned – it is very catchy!!!
Week Five (wc 20/04/2020)
General
Maths
Polygons and Quadrilaterals.
This is going back to a unit we needed to complete just before the Easter holidays. It’s an important one because we haven’t touched on angles or shapes since the Autumn term. Make sure you take the time to recap and revise anything that is at the start of each PowerPoint as this knowledge will empower you in your new learning.
Lesson 1 - Abacus Textbook work on Polygons. Just use the work on the PowerPoint for this.
Lesson 2 – 3 differentiated sheets to consolidate Polygons. You choose the right level of challenge for you or do them all. It’s up to you! Click here for the Problem Solving & Reasoning sheet and click here for the Fluency sheet.
Lesson 3 – Drawing Quadrilaterials. Download the Isometric and Square Dotted paper for this lesson if you are able to. Make sure you choose the correct paper for drawing different shapes. If it doesn’t work easily on one sheet, try the other type.
Lesson 4 - 3 differentiated sheets to consolidate Quadrilaterals. Again, choose the right level of challenge for you or have a go from start to finish. Click here for the Problem Solving & Reasoning sheet and click here for the Fluency sheet.
English
Spellings – In your pack was the year 5 & 6 word list. Break this down in to groups of 12 and practise a new set each week. Maybe phone a relative or friend, and get them to test you at the end of the week.
Reading & Writing – We will base our work for the next two weeks on an e-book called Sabryna & the River Spirit. This week will focus on Reading. Please download the e book (click here) and worksheets to accompany each lesson.
Lesson 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tk0KyeQc9g&feature=youtu.be Worksheet 1
Lesson 2 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW3DyYEX9R0 Worksheet 2
Lesson 3 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ5or_PeKSE Worksheet 3
Lesson 4 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FFf_SadBxE Worksheet 4
Lesson 5 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKNTXGkUPIQ Worksheet 5
Alternatively you can find these resources on the Twinkle Home Learning Hub for ages 9-11, under Guided Reading for the week beginning Monday 13th April.
Science
Over the next few weeks we are going to create a booklet about 'LIFE CYCLES', adding a new page each week. Imagine you have been commissioned to create an inspirational and informative collection of scientific illustrations on the theme of animal and plant life cycles. Use your art skills as you create accurate and eye catching illustrations that tell the life cycle story. This week: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering plants.
1) Watch this clip to learn about botanical illustrations. https://youtu.be/awirRBMXaeg
Research the parts of a flowering plant and its lifecycle. Using:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zgssgk7/articles/zyv3jty
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zgssgk7/articles/zqbcxfr
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zs9c87h
https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/animals-and-nature/plants/
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/plants/flowers.htm
2) If you can find a flower in your garden, dissect it and see if you can identify the male and female structures.
3) Finally create the first page in your leaflet. Include a labelled illustration of a flowering plant and write a paragraph about the lifecycle of a flowering plant.
Use this work sheet if you are finding this tricky.-life cycle of a flowering plant support.
Key Vocabulary: stamen, stigma, carpel, pollination, germination, flowering, sexual reproduction, life cycle, seed, pollen, anther, filament, style, ovary, botanical illustration, dissection
History
This term we are going to be learning all about the Anglo Saxons. Perhaps you know a lot about them already? There are lots of experts in our class!
This week, use the PowerPoint provided to recap some of your learning of timelines from the Autumn. You will then need to download the blank timeline document to create your own Anglo Saxon timeline. Write on the dates clearly and draw your own pictures to go with them, making sure your picture reflects what is happening during that date. Then colour them in neatly.
When you’ve finished, you might like to have a look at this detailed timeline of Anglo Saxon significant events to give you a more detailed overview.
http://historylines.e2bn.org/category/anglo-saxon-and-viking/significant-events-anglo-saxon-and-viking/
Music
As a fun diversion in the day, why not try joining in with Ollie Tunmer and his Body Beats body percussion sessions which are live daily. Body percussion is a great way of using parts of your body to make different sounds. They are great fun and will keep up your musical skills. Maybe you’ll find some unusual ones of your own! https://www.youtube.com/user/OllieTunmer
General
- Remember to keep up with your Reading, Times Tables and Spellings.
- Keep an eye on Purple Mash: add a blog, joke and look out for new 2Dos.
- We would suggest that if you have a PowerPoint lesson provided, that you follow it using the full screen slideshow and pressing the forward arrow to go through it at your own pace. This is because there may be some answers to be revealed that will only work on the slideshow presentation.
- It might be an idea to try and keep all your work together in a notebook or folder. Try to complete any work to the best of your ability, with neat presentation and handwriting, just as you would in class.
- Keep active, find something fun to do each day eg: dinner-time disco, learn to juggle or toilet roll keepy-uppy!
Maths
Polygons and Quadrilaterals.
This is going back to a unit we needed to complete just before the Easter holidays. It’s an important one because we haven’t touched on angles or shapes since the Autumn term. Make sure you take the time to recap and revise anything that is at the start of each PowerPoint as this knowledge will empower you in your new learning.
Lesson 1 - Abacus Textbook work on Polygons. Just use the work on the PowerPoint for this.
Lesson 2 – 3 differentiated sheets to consolidate Polygons. You choose the right level of challenge for you or do them all. It’s up to you! Click here for the Problem Solving & Reasoning sheet and click here for the Fluency sheet.
Lesson 3 – Drawing Quadrilaterials. Download the Isometric and Square Dotted paper for this lesson if you are able to. Make sure you choose the correct paper for drawing different shapes. If it doesn’t work easily on one sheet, try the other type.
Lesson 4 - 3 differentiated sheets to consolidate Quadrilaterals. Again, choose the right level of challenge for you or have a go from start to finish. Click here for the Problem Solving & Reasoning sheet and click here for the Fluency sheet.
English
Spellings – In your pack was the year 5 & 6 word list. Break this down in to groups of 12 and practise a new set each week. Maybe phone a relative or friend, and get them to test you at the end of the week.
Reading & Writing – We will base our work for the next two weeks on an e-book called Sabryna & the River Spirit. This week will focus on Reading. Please download the e book (click here) and worksheets to accompany each lesson.
Lesson 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tk0KyeQc9g&feature=youtu.be Worksheet 1
Lesson 2 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW3DyYEX9R0 Worksheet 2
Lesson 3 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ5or_PeKSE Worksheet 3
Lesson 4 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FFf_SadBxE Worksheet 4
Lesson 5 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKNTXGkUPIQ Worksheet 5
Alternatively you can find these resources on the Twinkle Home Learning Hub for ages 9-11, under Guided Reading for the week beginning Monday 13th April.
Science
Over the next few weeks we are going to create a booklet about 'LIFE CYCLES', adding a new page each week. Imagine you have been commissioned to create an inspirational and informative collection of scientific illustrations on the theme of animal and plant life cycles. Use your art skills as you create accurate and eye catching illustrations that tell the life cycle story. This week: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering plants.
1) Watch this clip to learn about botanical illustrations. https://youtu.be/awirRBMXaeg
Research the parts of a flowering plant and its lifecycle. Using:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zgssgk7/articles/zyv3jty
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zgssgk7/articles/zqbcxfr
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zs9c87h
https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/animals-and-nature/plants/
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/plants/flowers.htm
2) If you can find a flower in your garden, dissect it and see if you can identify the male and female structures.
3) Finally create the first page in your leaflet. Include a labelled illustration of a flowering plant and write a paragraph about the lifecycle of a flowering plant.
Use this work sheet if you are finding this tricky.-life cycle of a flowering plant support.
Key Vocabulary: stamen, stigma, carpel, pollination, germination, flowering, sexual reproduction, life cycle, seed, pollen, anther, filament, style, ovary, botanical illustration, dissection
History
This term we are going to be learning all about the Anglo Saxons. Perhaps you know a lot about them already? There are lots of experts in our class!
This week, use the PowerPoint provided to recap some of your learning of timelines from the Autumn. You will then need to download the blank timeline document to create your own Anglo Saxon timeline. Write on the dates clearly and draw your own pictures to go with them, making sure your picture reflects what is happening during that date. Then colour them in neatly.
When you’ve finished, you might like to have a look at this detailed timeline of Anglo Saxon significant events to give you a more detailed overview.
http://historylines.e2bn.org/category/anglo-saxon-and-viking/significant-events-anglo-saxon-and-viking/
Music
As a fun diversion in the day, why not try joining in with Ollie Tunmer and his Body Beats body percussion sessions which are live daily. Body percussion is a great way of using parts of your body to make different sounds. They are great fun and will keep up your musical skills. Maybe you’ll find some unusual ones of your own! https://www.youtube.com/user/OllieTunmer
Weeks Three & Four (wc 06 & 13/04/2020)
These would, in ordinary circumstances, have been the Easter holiday and therefore our suggestion is that whatever amount of work you have chosen to do with your child/ren at home these past two weeks you allow them to enjoy the 'holiday'.
We have set up a blog on Purple Mash for you all to use. Please click on the following link to open an instruction document that will guide you through how to access it. We thought this would enable us all to communicate whilst away from school. Happy Easter!
These would, in ordinary circumstances, have been the Easter holiday and therefore our suggestion is that whatever amount of work you have chosen to do with your child/ren at home these past two weeks you allow them to enjoy the 'holiday'.
We have set up a blog on Purple Mash for you all to use. Please click on the following link to open an instruction document that will guide you through how to access it. We thought this would enable us all to communicate whilst away from school. Happy Easter!
Weeks One and Two (wc 23 & 30/03/2020)
Links to the resources provided in the Year 5 School Closure Pack (in case you missed it).
Click on the relevant link and it will open in a new window, where you can download and/or print.
- Year 5 Letter to parents. - Year 5 Curriculum Map.
- Flooding Activity. - A Hung Parliament Reading Comprehension.
- Easter SPAG Mystery Game. - The Mystery of the eggsplosive Easter egg (SPAG game).
- Rosa Parks Reading Comprehension. - William Shakespeare Reading Comprehension.
- SPAG activity mats. - Composer Factfile.
- Uplevelling Sentences 1 - Uplevelling Sentences 2 - Uplevelling Sentences 3
- Activity Passport. - Chemical Creations. - French Counting to 30.
- Greetings Prompts. - Multiplication Word Problems. - Angles on a straight line.
- Addition & Subtraction. - Calculating angles around a point. - Decimals up to 2 DP.
- Dividing by 10/100/1000. - Fluency: Add more than 4 digits. - Fluency: Area of rectangles.
- Fluency: Multiply 4 digits by 1 digit. - Fluency: Multiply 4 digits by 2 digits. - Fluency: Subtract 4 digits+
- Fractions of an amount. - Measuring with a protractor 1. - Measuring with a protractor 2.
- Multiply by 10/100/1000. - Multiply & Divide by 10/100/1000. - Problem Solving: Add 4 digits+
- Problem Solving: Area of rectangles. - Problem Solving: Properties of shapes. - Subtract 4 digits+.
- Problem Solving: Multiply 4 digit by 1. - Problem Solving: Multiply 4 digit by 2.
Links to the resources provided in the Year 5 School Closure Pack (in case you missed it).
Click on the relevant link and it will open in a new window, where you can download and/or print.
- Year 5 Letter to parents. - Year 5 Curriculum Map.
- Flooding Activity. - A Hung Parliament Reading Comprehension.
- Easter SPAG Mystery Game. - The Mystery of the eggsplosive Easter egg (SPAG game).
- Rosa Parks Reading Comprehension. - William Shakespeare Reading Comprehension.
- SPAG activity mats. - Composer Factfile.
- Uplevelling Sentences 1 - Uplevelling Sentences 2 - Uplevelling Sentences 3
- Activity Passport. - Chemical Creations. - French Counting to 30.
- Greetings Prompts. - Multiplication Word Problems. - Angles on a straight line.
- Addition & Subtraction. - Calculating angles around a point. - Decimals up to 2 DP.
- Dividing by 10/100/1000. - Fluency: Add more than 4 digits. - Fluency: Area of rectangles.
- Fluency: Multiply 4 digits by 1 digit. - Fluency: Multiply 4 digits by 2 digits. - Fluency: Subtract 4 digits+
- Fractions of an amount. - Measuring with a protractor 1. - Measuring with a protractor 2.
- Multiply by 10/100/1000. - Multiply & Divide by 10/100/1000. - Problem Solving: Add 4 digits+
- Problem Solving: Area of rectangles. - Problem Solving: Properties of shapes. - Subtract 4 digits+.
- Problem Solving: Multiply 4 digit by 1. - Problem Solving: Multiply 4 digit by 2.
Year 5 Discussion Board/Blog (Archived from Lockdown 2020)
This is our Discussion board, a place for you to ask questions and keep in touch with each other and Mrs Kermode & Mrs Bradburn.
Please remember our class rules and be respectful and use it in a positive way.
If we find that children/parents are not using the Discussion Board appropriately we will remove it.
This is our Discussion board, a place for you to ask questions and keep in touch with each other and Mrs Kermode & Mrs Bradburn.
Please remember our class rules and be respectful and use it in a positive way.
If we find that children/parents are not using the Discussion Board appropriately we will remove it.
Links to KS2 specific activities/games
Suggested Reading List - Year 5 (Also look on the Year 6 page for more challenging texts)
KS2 Reluctant Readers
A range of educational resources - www.topmarks.co.uk
A range of activities, covering different topics - www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/zbr9wmn
A range of activities, covering different topics - www.crickweb.co.uk/Key-Stage-2.html
Maths Skills - https://uk.ixl.com/math/year-5
English Skills - https://uk.ixl.com/ela/year-5
Maths problem solving - https://nrich.maths.org/
Writing stimulus - https://www.literacyshed.com/home.html
Science based ideas -https://stemactivitiesforkids.com/best-stem-challenges-ever/
French support -https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t2-l-687-food-opinions-spontaneous-speak-powerpoint
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tp2-l-145-planit-french-year-4-holidays-and-hobbies-unit-pack-french-francais
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tp2-l-109-planit-year-3-french-time-lesson-pack
Educational Companies offering free access to their resources:
A list of educational companies offering free access to their software - https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/135609/list-of-education-companies-offering-free-subscriptions/
Twinkl- https://www.twinkl.co.uk/blog/how-to-utilise-twinkl-during-the-coronavirus-shutdown-a-guide-for-schools
TTS Home Learning Activity Booklets - https://www.tts-group.co.uk/home+learning+activities.html
Classroom Secrets - https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/home-online-learning/
Teacher’s Pet - https://tpet.co.uk/latest-resources/
Tutortastic - www.tutortastic.co.uk/blog/homelearning
The Body Coach (Daily PE Workouts) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
12 Museums/Art Galleries Virtual Tours A set of museums that are offering their virtual tours for free, allowing you/your children to visit without leaving home - https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours
As well as the structured/guided learning provided, or downloaded, there are many things you could do with, or get your child to do. Click on the link below for some ideas.
https://parentzone.org.uk/article/10-ways-safely-entertain-your-kids-home?utm_source=Parent+Zone+Newsletter&utm_campaign=d7c5afa46e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_03_13_05_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1ee27d9000-d7c5afa46e-179516521
A list of educational companies offering free access to their software - https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/135609/list-of-education-companies-offering-free-subscriptions/
Twinkl- https://www.twinkl.co.uk/blog/how-to-utilise-twinkl-during-the-coronavirus-shutdown-a-guide-for-schools
TTS Home Learning Activity Booklets - https://www.tts-group.co.uk/home+learning+activities.html
Classroom Secrets - https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/home-online-learning/
Teacher’s Pet - https://tpet.co.uk/latest-resources/
Tutortastic - www.tutortastic.co.uk/blog/homelearning
The Body Coach (Daily PE Workouts) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
12 Museums/Art Galleries Virtual Tours A set of museums that are offering their virtual tours for free, allowing you/your children to visit without leaving home - https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours
As well as the structured/guided learning provided, or downloaded, there are many things you could do with, or get your child to do. Click on the link below for some ideas.
https://parentzone.org.uk/article/10-ways-safely-entertain-your-kids-home?utm_source=Parent+Zone+Newsletter&utm_campaign=d7c5afa46e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_03_13_05_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1ee27d9000-d7c5afa46e-179516521
