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Summer Term 2020

Home Learning

I hope that you have all had a great week and enjoyed last week's learning. I very much enjoyed seeing you on the zoom calls and doing the space explorers quiz with you.

During next week's zoom call I would like you to talk about what you are proud of yourself for during your time in Year 5. This could be something you did whilst we were all still learning together in school or from your time of learning from home. It could be something you do as an extra-curricular activity such as learning a musical instrument or participating in sport. You may also wish to show something such as a piece of work, a medal or certificate that you have been awarded this year and are proud of.

I hope you have a great week and enjoy your learning.

Miss Roberts

Daily Essentials

Reading - Please continue to read each day, both aloud to an adult and to yourself. Try to read different genres and texts that challenge you. Regularly discuss what you are reading with an adult and ask questions. Look up words that you do not know in a dictionary http://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/ Visit the following website to find some new books that you would like to read https://authorfy.com/masterclasses/ (you have to subsribe but it is very quick and free to do so). Access free E-books here https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/
Times Tables (Quick recall up to 12x12, including related division facts, remainders, squared numbers) https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Spellings (see below for current spelling sheets and the Year 5/6 word list) http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/spookySpellings/index.html

https://spellingframe.co.uk/spelling-rule/5/Year-5-an

Week beginning 6th July 2020

Maths

This week's starter activities:

- Play the game 'Coconut Multiples'. You have to hit the numbers that are multiples of the given number. Select Multiples to 12. If you know all of your times tables choose mixed 2 to 12. Otherwise choose the ones that you know. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples

- Rounding decimals - follow the link to the BBC Bitezise lesson and watch the videos and complete the activities https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zm6g9mn

- Fractions of an amount - follow the link to the BBC Bitezise lesson and watch the videos and complete the activities https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zdrbcqt

- Follow the link to play different games on the Year 5 Measurement objectives. Scroll down to Year 5 and play the games. https://eng.mathgames.com/measurement

For your main lessons continue to access the White Rose website using the link below. Select Summer Term - Week 11. Lesson 1 is 'Regular and irregular polygons'. Remember - Watch the video, pause when instructed to, carry out the activity and then check your answers. If you got something wrong, can you work out why?

The worksheets and answers that accompany the lessons can be found at the bottom of this page under this week's lesson resources. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/

English

For this week's English work, I would like you to work through the next week's lessons on the Oak National Academy Website. The lessons include reading comprehensions, SPaG (spelling, punctuation and grammar) and writing. You will be doing the lessons from last week so please scroll down to Week 10 - 29th June and then select Lesson 1 - English - Reading Comprehension . Each day select the English lesson for that day from the days of the week tab. By the end of the week you will plan and write a newspaper report. Here is the link: https://classroom.thenational.academy/schedule-by-year/year-5

Grammar Revise the different types of adjectives. Read the information and do the activities - https://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/learning-activities/languages/words/adjective-detective/

Spellings - Practise your spellings using the following activities:

- create a story using some of your spelling words.

- write your words on a patio or a wall using chalk. Write them in different ways (as big as possible, as small as possible, joined up etc)

-order them from hardest to easiest and discuss why you did it in this way with a grown up

Topic

This week’s topic work is focused upon explorers from History. Each of the suggested explorers below have made important discoveries of new places around the world many years ago. There are a range of activities about these explorers on Purple Mash, but of course please feel free to learn about these explorers in the way which best suits you. I would like you to be able to explain at least one of these explorers most famous discoveries, journeys or achievements.

Christopher Columbus – Navigator and Explorer

Sir Francis Drake – English Naval Officer – A possible question to answer – Was Sir Francis Drake a hero or a villain?

Vasco De Gama – Portuguese Explorer

Bartolomeu Dias – Portuguese Explorer

Marco Polo – Italian merchant, explorer and writer

I hope you enjoy this week’s learning about explorers from history.

Science

This week you are going to continue the science topic 'Animals including humans'. This week you are going to choose a number of different animals to research. As part of your research find out how long the animals' gestation periods are, their average mass at birth, their average adult mass and their average life expectancy. Firstly record your research using a table. Then present your data in a line graph using 2graph on Purplemash (this is set as a 2do). Watch the tutorial video to learn how to present your data in a line graph. Once you have made your graphs, use them to compare the data and answer the following questions: Do animals with the longest life expectancy have the longest gestation periods? Do animals with the lowest average adult mass have the shortest gestation periods? Can you think of any questions of your own and then use your graphs to answer them?

Art

In this BBC Bitesize lesson you will learn the basics of exciting paintings. You will watch three video clips demonstrating different famous artists and their exciting paintings. There are then three activities for you to try at home. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zmkcsk7

French In this BBC Bitesize lesson you will revise talking about your hobbies and your school in French. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zmt74xs

Follow the Invasion Games Activities on the home learning sheet that can be found under this week's resources.

Values

This month our schoool value is 'Pride'. This week I would like you to reflect on your time in Year 5 and think about what you are proud of yourself for. Print off 'My Personal Report' (found under this week's resources) and fill in the boxes about what you have most enjoyed this year, what you have done well in and what you are going to try hard to improve. You can then add it to your school report. During next week's zoom call you can share what you are most proud of from your time in Year 5.

Week beginning 29th June 2020

Maths

This week's starter activities:

- Recognising and understanding percentages - follow the link to the BBC Bitezise lesson and watch the videos and complete the activities https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zhntwnb

- Write percentages as fractions and decimals- follow the link to the BBC Bitezise lesson and watch the videos and complete the activities https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zhntwnb https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zynhjsg

- 2D Shapes. What are the different types of triangles? Can you recall the features of different triangles? Have a go at playing this game - Triangle Shoot https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/geometry/shapeshoot/triangles_shoot.htm

- Follow the link to play different games on the Year 5 Time objectives. Scroll down to Year 5 and select the objective that you would like to revise. Then play the game. https://eng.mathgames.com/time

For your main lessons continue to access the White Rose website using the link below. Select Summer Term - Week 10. Lesson 1 is 'Measure with a protractor'. Remember - Watch the video, pause when instructed to, carry out the activity and then check your answers. If you got something wrong, can you work out why?

The worksheets and answers that accompany the lessons can be found at the bottom of this page under this week's lesson resources. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/

English

For this week's English work, I would like you to work through the next week's lessons on the Oak National Academy Website. The lessons include reading comprehensions, SPaG (spelling, punctuation and grammar) and writing. You will be doing the lessons from last week so please scroll down to Week 9 - 22nd June and then select Lesson 1 - English - Reading example text. Reading Comprehension . Each day select the English lesson for that day from the days of the week tab. By the end of the week you will write a biography. Here is the link: https://classroom.thenational.academy/schedule-by-year/year-5

Grammar Revise the different types of nouns. Read the information and do the activities - https://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/learning-activities/languages/words/naming-nouns/

Spellings Please find your new word lists and some activity sheets under this week's resources.

Topic

You are going to continue your 'Explorers Topic' by researching Space Explorers. Research different astronauts and the space missions that they were invloved in. Make notes about key facts and dates. Choose your own way to present your research such as making a poster or a Powerpoint presentation. Try to learn as many different facts and figures as you can ready for the fun quiz on next week's zoom call.

I have set some activities on Purplemash about Space Explorers that you may wish to complete. If you search 'Neil Armstrong' on Purple mash there are a number of different activities that you could also choose from.

Science

This week you are going to continue the science topic on 'Animals including humans'. This week you are going to research how long the gestation periods are for different animals. Gestation means the amount of time a fetus is growing inside the womb between conception and birth. Almost all mammals give birth to live young, but the gestation periods can vary a lot. Use websites, books, the provided sheets and watch the video on the link to find out about the gestation periods of different animals. https://www.britannica.com/video/195235/length-gestation-animals-opposums-elephants Then complete the activity sheet 'Animal Gestation Periods' and continue your research to find out the average number of babies each animal has per pregnancy and its average life span.

Art

In this BBC Bitesize lesson you will learn about how British painter LS Lowry used daily life in Salford and Manchester to inspire his paintings. You will learn some basic artistic techniques to create a work of art about where you live. You can create an artwork about your house and family, the people in your neighbourhood or an area or place in the city or town where you live. Let your imagination run wild! https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zbdhnrd

Follow the Invasion Games Activities on the home learning sheet that can be found under this week's resources.

Week beginning 22nd June 2020

Maths

This week's starter activities:

- Negative numbers on a number line - follow the link to the BBC Bitezise lesson and watch the videos and complete the activities https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z4kwjhv

- 2D Shapes. Can you recall the features of different quadrilaterals? Think about a parallelogram, rectangle, rhombus, square, trapezium and kite. Come up with your own way of remembering what each shape looks like and its key features.

- Follow the link to play different games on the Year 5 Geometry objectives. Scroll down to Year 5 and select the objective that you would like to revise. Then play the game. https://eng.mathgames.com/geometry

I know that some of you will have been very pleased that Premier League football matches returned last week. Follow this link to the BBC Bitezise website and watch the videos about calculating time in football. You will need to solve the problems involving time. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zbdwg7h

For your main lessons continue to access the White Rose website using the link below. Select Summer Term Week 9. As you have already done the first two lessons, you will follow the alternative plan instead of doing these. These videos can be accessed by clicking on the link 'Click here for an alternative plan' which is found under the question 'Already covered this content?'. Lesson 1 on the alternative plan is 'Read and interpret tables' and Lesson 2 is 'Two-way tables'. You will then do Week 9's lessons 3 and 4 (Multiply decimals by 10, 100 and 1000 and divide decimals by 10, 100, 1000. Remember - Watch the video, pause when instructed to, carry out the activity and then check your answers. If you got something wrong, can you work out why?

The worksheets and answers that accompany the lessons can be found at the bottom of this page under this week's lesson resources. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/

English

For this week's English work, I would like you to work through the next week's lessons on the Oak National Academy Website. The lessons include reading comprehensions, SPaG (spelling, punctuation and grammar) and writing. You will be doing the lessons from last week so please scroll down to Week 8 - 15th June and then select Lesson 1 - English - Reading Comprehension 1. Each day select the English lesson for that day from the days of the week tab. By the end of the week you will write a balanced argument Here is the link: https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-5#schedule

Grammar Watch the BBC Bitesize videos and do the activities on 'Fronted Adverbials' https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zjbny9q. Spellings Practise your spellings using the daily essential activities and others that you enjoy ready for next week's test.

Topic

You are going to begin your 'Explorers Topic' by researching Polar Explorers. These are people who have explored the Arctic and Antarctic. Can you find out who the first people were to reach the North and South Poles? What challenges did they face? You are then going to choose the famous Polar Explorer that you are most interested in and choose your own way of presenting what you have learnt about them. You may choose to write a non-chronological report, make a Powerpoint presentation or come up with your own way to present what you have learnt about this person and their journey to your family. When doing you research, record your findings in note form. Then write it in your own words, making it as exciting to the reader as you can.

I have set a number of activities on Purplemash about Polar Explorers that you may wish to complete.

Science

This week you are going to begin a new science topic on 'Animals including humans'. The focus for this topic is to be able to describe the changes as humans develop from birth to old age. This follows on from your previous work on animal life cycles. If you want to remind yourself about the life cycle of a human, have another look at the BBC Bitesize videos and activities from last week. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zjppf4j This week you will learn the stages of human development by reading through the slides on the 'Lesson Presentation - Human Timeline' and completing the activities. After reading the slide 'Types of Reproduction' complete the card sorting activity. You can then check your answers on the next slide. Complete the activity 'Stages of Human Growth and Devlopment' when told to on the presentation. There are 3 levels with 3* being the most difficult. There is also a wordsearch for you to do to help you to learn the vocabulary associated with this topic. You will find the resources at the bottom of this page.

Computing

This week you are going to continue with the computing topic on 'Modelling' that uses 2Design and Make from the Creative Tools area of Purple Mash. In this lesson you will design and make a model of your choice. You will then print the net of the model and cut, fold and stick it to make a 3D model.

Talk to a member of your family about the possibilities of 3D printing. Instead of ink, 3D printers can print with plastic, metal and even food! These printers require a file called an ‘.stl’ file. You can can save work as an ‘.stl’ file in 2Design and Make by clicking the button. This file can then be sent to a 3D printer. The printer prints many layers of plastic to build up the 3D model. You might wish to search for a video about how 3D printers work.

The 2design and make tool has been set as a 2 do.

Art

Follow the Oak Academy Art Lesson - Juan Miro and Automatic Drawing. In this lesson you will learn about automatic drawing and will create your own abstract artwork.

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/juan-miro-and-automatic-drawing

Follow the Striking and Fielding: Rounders Activities on the sheet that can be found under this week's resources.

Week beginning 15th June 2020

Maths

This week's starter activities:

- Play this bingo game to practise your times tables. On one day, choose multiplication and on another day, choose division. Select with o.t or with o.oh for an extra challenge https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=BingoMultiplicationv9

- Play this bingo game to practise multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=bingotimesordivide

- 3D Shapes. Can you recall the features of key 3D shapes? Chant: 'I am a cube, I have 6 faces, 8 vertices and 12 edges.' Chant the same for a cuboid, triangular-based pyramid, square-based pyramid, prism and cylinder, changing the words of the chant with the properties for those shapes. Make posters to display in your home 'classroom' to help you to remember these properties.

For your main lessons continue to access the White Rose website using the link below. Select Summer Term Week 8. As you have already done this work last term, you are going to follow the alternative plan. The videos can be accessed by clicking on the link 'Click here for an alternative plan' which is found under the question 'Already covered this content?'. Lesson 1 is 'Multi-step addition and subtraction problems'. Try to do a lesson a day. Remember - Watch the video, pause when instructed to, carry out the activity and then check your answers. If you got something wrong, can you work out why?

The worksheets and answers that accompany the lessons can be found at the bottom of this page under this week's lesson resources. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/

English

For this week's English work, I would like you to work through the next week's lessons on the Oak National Academy Website. The lessons include reading comprehensions, SPaG (spelling, punctuation and grammar) and writing. You will be doing the lessons from last week so please scroll down to Week 7 - 8th June and then select Lesson 1 - English - Read example text: Reading Comprehension. Each day select the English lesson for that day from the days of the week tab.

By the end of the week you will write a non chronological report about your own mythical creature. Here is the link: https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-5#schedule

Grammar Watch the BBC Bitesize videos and do the activities on 'Using relative clauses' https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkcd7sg . Make sure you then use complex sentences in your writing this week. Spellings Practise your spellings using the daily essential activities and others that you enjoy.

Topic

This week you are going to learn all about King Henry VIII's favourite warship - the Mary Rose. This famous ship was built in 1510 but in 1545 disaster struck and the Mary Rose sank. The ship wreck was discovered and it was raised in 1982. The remains of the hull and an extensive collection of artefacts were found onboard the wreck and are now on display at the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth. This week you are going to learn all about the ship and the crew that worked on it. The objects found on board can tell us more about the lives of normal people, as alongside the guns and weapons they found personal items, such as clothing, bowls and tankards, even jewellery, musical instruments and nitcombs.

Read the information on the Mary Rose website to find out all about the ship's crew and their artefacts that were found. https://maryrose.org/meet-the-crew/ Your task is to choose one of the jobs and write a diary entry as a member of the crew who did that job. Include information about what you found out by studying their personal items and what you read about the job they did. Remember to include personal thoughts and write in the first person and the past tense.

For an additional fun task why not have a go at making your very own Mary Rose ship or one of the artefacts that was found inside it. Follow this link for ideas and templates https://maryrose.org/things-to-make-and-do/

Science

This week you are going to to learn about the life cycles of different animals. Watch the videos and do the activities on the BBC Bitesize website https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zjppf4j Then choose an animal and find out about its life cycle. Complete the 'Life Cycles Research' sheet that is found under this week's resources. Then play the 'Life Cycles Game' with your family.

Computing

This week you are going to continue with the computing topic on 'Modelling' that uses 2Design and Make from the Creative Tools area of Purple Mash. You will design the packaging for an item of your choice by adding points and reshaping a regular polygon. The design brief sheet and the 2design and make tool have been set as 2 dos. There is an instruction sheet for this week's activity under this week's resources.

Art

Follow the Oak Academy Art Lesson - The Circle Challenge. You will need paper, a pencil and 6-8 circular objects (different sizes) https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/the-circle-challenge/

Values

Consider each year of your life since you were born. How have you become more independent each year?

Draw a cartoon sketch for each year with a description of how you have become more independent. For example - being able to feed yoursef. Learning to ride a bike etc

Follow the Basketball Activities on the sheet that can be found under this week's resources.

Week beginning 8th June 2020

Maths

As a starter activity, play the 'Target Number Game' with your family. You will find the game sheets under this week's resources.

I would also like you to practise squared and cubed numbers this week. Remember that squared means that a number is multiplied by itself so 3 squared is 3 x 3 = 9 and cubed means it it multiplied by itself 3 times so 3 cubed is 3 x 3 x 3 = 27. There is a practise sheet under this week's resources for you to do a few questions off each day.

For your main lessons continue to access the White Rose website using the link below. Select Summer Term Week 7. As we have already done this work last term we are going to follow the alternative plan. The videos can be accessed by clicking on the link 'Click here for an alternative plan' which is found under the question 'Already covered this content?'. Lesson 1 is 'Add whole numbers with more than 4 digits'. Try to do a lesson a day. Remember - Watch the video, pause when instructed to, carry out the activity and then check your answers. If you got something wrong, can you work out why?

The worksheets and answers that accompany the lessons can be found at the bottom of this page under this week's lesson resources. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/

English

For this week's English work, I would like you to work through the next week's lessons on the Oak National Academy Website. The focus for this week is 'Story' and the lessons include reading comprehensions, SPaG (spelling, punctuation and grammar) and writing. You will be doing the lessons from last week so please scroll down to Week 6 - 1st June and then select Lesson 2 - English - Story: Reading Comprehension - To make comparisons within and across books. Each day select the English lesson for that day from the days of the week tab.

By the end of the week you will write an alternative ending to a story. Here's the link: https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-5#schedule

Grammar To support your work on story writing, watch the BBC Bitesize videos and do the activities on 'Synonyms and antonyms' https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6q48xs Spellings You will find your new spelling words under this week's resources. Follow the activity on the sheet and then practise your spellings using the daily essential activities or others that you enjoy.

Topic

This week you are going to learn all about Queen Elizabeth 1. Firstly, I would like you to research this famous Tudor Queen using the Internet and books. Then write about the life of Elizabeth 1 on the Purplemash activity 'Queen Elizabeth 1' that has been set as a 2do.

Science

This week you are going to learn about life cycles and metamorphosis as part of our topic on 'Living things and their habitats'. Begin by reading through the 'Lesson presentation - Matamorphosis'. Then complete the activity sheet 'Amphibians and insects' as directed on the lesson presentation. The lesson presentation, activity sheet and clue cards can be found under this week's resources. You will need to ask an adult to cut up the clue cards and put them around your 'classroom'. The activity sheet has 3 levels with 3* being the most difficult. When you have finished the activity sheet complete the Purplemash 2do activity 'Life Cycle of a Butterfly' to show what you have learned.

Computing

This week you are going to continue with the computing topic on 'Modelling' that uses 2Design and Make from the Creative Tools area of Purple Mash. (It is set as a 2do).

1. Watch the help video ‘Make a 3D model’ about the effect of moving points (press the play button in the top right corner and select this video).

2. In some templates, the points can only be moved within the pale blue boxes. This is to maintain the shape as a truck, pyramid, etc. In other templates, such as the house, there are no such restrictions.

3. If you struggle to work out which surface to draw on in the Net View, try drawing a dot on the surface and then check the 3D View. You can then use the Undo control in the top right to remove the dot.

4. In the 3D View, the slider at the top will alter the width of the vehicle.

5. Select a vehicle template from the choice of vehicles: van, car, bus, train, truck cab and end. You should try adapting the points to make your vehicle shape unique.

6. Can you make a triple-decker bus or a monster truck? What about a train for giants or a racing car? Perhaps you can think of a different creative vehicle to design.

Values

You will have received an email with the newsletter about our new value for June which is 'Independence'. On the Newsletter it gives examples of tasks you could do to show independence. Choose one of these tasks or one that you have thought of yourself to do this week.

This week there is a fun fitness bingo game for you to play with your family. The bingo board, cards and adult guidance sheet can be foud under this week's resources.

Week beginning 1st June 2020

Maths

As starter activities, have a go at playing these games. Try playing one each day before you do your white rose maths' lesson.

In the game 'Number Patterns' you have to crack the code by working out the pattern to get in to the safe http://flash.topmarks.co.uk/4765 . In the game 'Decimals' you have to drag the decimals into the right order. http://flash.topmarks.co.uk/4022 . In the game 'Negative Numbers' you have to order the negative numbers http://flash.topmarks.co.uk/4022 In the game 'Coconut Multiples' you have to hit the numbers that are multiples of the given number. Select Multiples to 12. If you know all of your times tables choose mixed 2 to 12. Otherwise choose the ones that you know. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples In the game 'Measures' you have to measure the parcel's length and weight and then read the information in a table to select the right postage rate http://flash.topmarks.co.uk/4769

Continue to access the White Rose website using the link below. Select Summer Term Week 6 and start on Lesson 1 'Multiply unit and non-unit fractions by integers'. Try to do a lesson a day. Remember - Watch the video, pause when instructed to, carry out the activity and then check your answers. If you got something wrong, can you work out why?

The worksheets and answers that accompany the lessons can be found at the bottom of this page under this week's lesson resources. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/

English

For this week's English work, I would like you to work through the next week's lessons on the Oak National Academy Website. The focus for this week is 'Instructions' and the lessons include reading comprehensions, SPaG (spelling, punctuation and grammar) and writing. You will be doing the lessons from before half term so please scroll down to Week 5 - 18th May . Lesson 2 - English - Set of Instructions: Reading Comprehension - Language. Each day select the English lesson for that day from the days of the week tab.

By the end of the week you will plan and write your own set of instructions. Here's the link: https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-5#schedule

Grammar Revise using modal verbs by watching the BBC Bitesize videos and doing the activities https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/znd26v4 Spellings Practise your spellings using the daily essential activities or others that you enjoy. Ask an adult to test you on your words at the end of the week.

Topic

This week you are going to learn all about the clothes that they wore in Tudor Times. Firstly, I would like you to look at portraits of Tudors on the Internet. What types of clothes did they wear? Discuss with an adult what you notice and whether you think all people in Tudor times dressed like this. Why do you think this? Why are there no portraits of poor Tudors? Read the slides in the 'Tudor clothes information powerpoint' that is found under this week's resources. Then do the Purplemash activity 'Tudor Clothes' that have been set as a 2do. You will create a fact file about Tudor clothes using your research.

Science

This week you are going to continue learning about how plants reproduce as part of our topic on 'Living things and their habitats'. Begin by reading through the 'Lesson presentation - New Plants 2'. Then follow the instructions on the worksheet 'Taking Cuttings' that is found under this week's resources. After you have done the activity, complete the sheet to record what you have done. There are 3 levels with 3* being the most difficult.

Computing

This week I would like you to begin a new computing topic on 'Modelling' that uses 2Design and Make from the Creative Tools area of Purple Mash. (It is set as a 2do).

Firstly look at the different templates. We are starting with the house so select this and click ok.

Look at the four screen areas: - Points View (the default large view) - Painting Tools - Net View - 3D View

Explore using the zoom control for the main window and scroll around the image; this is useful for adding smaller details to the design.
Make 3D View the main view and see if you can spin the model in different directions by dragging the mouse or swiping. You could also try to alter the speed and stop the model moving temporarily by clicking without dragging.
Explore how the Net View relates to the 3D model by making the net the main view and using the Drawing tool to draw on one of the surfaces.
Next, add repeating patterns to the design by using the Pattern Fill tool. Create a brick or tile pattern. First clear the default pattern by usig the rubber button on the pattern fill tool, then make a pattern like these for bricks and tiles:
Now have a go at making your own building. Remember to save your work.

Values

This week I would like you to reflect on May's value of 'Self-belief'. I would like you to think about all the things that you CAN do, especially the things that you doubt yourself about and have to try hard to approach positively. Under this week's resources there is a sheet called 'I can' Statements. Complete the 10 sentences by thinking about all the things you can do.

This week I would like you to try to achieve the challege that you have been training for these past few weeks. It might be that you go for your 5km run or the 10 mile bike ride that you have been aiming for. Remember that it is supposed to be difficult because that is what a challenge is. Self-belief, determination and positive thinking will help you to get through it when it becomes difficult. Before you start your challenge, plan what you will do when it gets difficult and you feel like giving up. What positive thoughts will you tell yourself? How can you split the challenge up into smaller parts, such as each km, and praise yourself at each part? How can your family support you? How will you celebrate your achievement? I wish you lots of luck and I know that with postive thinking YOU CAN DO IT!

Week beginning 25th May 2020

Half Term Nature Project

This week I have put together a number of activities that I think you may enjoy doing to do with nature, wildlife and animals that are under threat. Chester Zoo are commited to protecting both endangered animals from around the world and wildlife in our localities. One of their campaigns is to educate people about sustainable palm oil. Wildlife Connections is another project by Chester Zoo to create safe spaces for our precious local wildlife. There website has lots of videos and activities that you can do and I have added some of these, and others that I think you may like, under this week's resources. Why not spend your time this week learning how you and your family can do your bit to help?

Topic

This week I would like you to study Tudor houses. Read the slides in 'The Tudor houses information powerpoint' that is found under this week's resources. Then make your own Tudor house out of cardboard boxes. Here is a video clip on how to do this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx3l8ebV0eY

Last week you set yourself a fitness challenge. Hopefully you have got off to a good start with your training and you are trying hard to stay positive and have self-belief. This week I would like you to keep working towards achieving your goal. Try to increase the distance, time or amount of repetitions that you do. You should aim to achieve your goal by the end of next week so keep working hard to make those strides to success!

Week beginning 18th May 2020

Maths

Continue to access the White Rose website using the link below. Select Summer Term Week 5 and start on Lesson 1 'Add and subtract fractions'. Try to do a lesson a day. Remember - Watch the video, pause when instructed to, carry out the activity and then check your answers. If you got something wrong, can you work out why?

The worksheets and answers that accompany the lessons can be found at the bottom of this page under this week's lesson resources. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/

English

For this week's English work, I would like you to work through the next week's lessons on the Oak National Academy Website. The focus for this week is 'Diary Entries' and the lessons include reading comprehensions, SPaG (spelling, punctuation and grammar) and writing. You will need to make sure you have a pen and paper handy for each lesson and listen carefully to the instructions. Remember when the teacher asks you to pause and carry out the independent practice, pause immediately and press 'Next Activity' at the bottom right of the screen. This will take you to the activity and questions. When completed, return to the video for the answers. Sometimes there are quizzes and often there is a writing activity. We will be doing last week's lessons so please scroll down to Week 4 - 11th May . Lesson 4 - English Diary Entry: Reading Comprehension - Inference. Each day select the English lesson for that day from the days of the week tab.

By the end of the week you should have written your own diary entry. Here's the link: https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-5#schedule

Topic

Last week you researched King Henry VIII. Did you find it interesting to learn about this famous king and his legacy? What was the most fascinating fact that you learnt? What was the most shocking thing you discovered about him? Can you remember who is 6 wives were and what happened to each one of them? This week BBC bitesize have a lesson all about King Henry VIII. The 'Horrible Histories' song may help you to remember his wives. Why not test your knowledge by doing the activity and the quiz about King Henry VIII? https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zdj8wty

This week you are going to learn all about the food that was eaten in Tudor Times. Read the slides in the 'Tudor food information powerpoint'. There are then two activities on Purplemash that have been set as 2dos. One is to create a menu that is suitable for a Tudor king. The other is to create a fact file about Tudor food using your research. You can choose one or both of the activities to do.

Science

This week you are going to be starting a new topic on 'Living things and their habitats'. You are going to learn all about how plants reproduce and the names of the different parts of a flower. Begin by reading through the 'Lesson presentation New Plants'. Then folllow the link to the BBC bitesize lesson 'How plants reporoduce'. Watch the videos and complete the activities. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/znghnrd Next find three different types of flowers either in your garden, when you are out walking (you may wish to photograph them) or on the Internet. Do a scientific drawing of each flower and label the different parts on the worksheet 'Find and label the parts of a flower' that is found under this week's resources. Finally, test yourself on what you have learnt and see if you can correctly label the parts of the flower using the purplemash activity 'Life cycle of a plant' that is set as a 2do.

Art

Click on the link below to find the lesson 'Optical Illusions: Using shading to show form'. In this lesson you will look at the artist 'Bridget Riley' and how she used optical illusions in her paintings. You will then draw your own picture that creates an optical illusion. You will need A4 paper, coloured pencils and a black felt marker. https://www.thenational.academy/year-5/foundation/optical-illusions-and-using-shading-to-show-form-year-5-wk3-5

PE and Values

This week I would like you to set yourself a physical challenge. A challenge should be something that is difficult for you to do and requires you to keep trying or practising to achieve it. As you know, our new value is Self-Belief. To achieve a challenge you need to be able to stay positive and to believe in yourself - this is self-belief. You will also need to show other values such as resilience, determination and positivity.

First of all you will need to choose your challenge. You should ensure that you choose something that you want to achieve as you will need to put time and effort into doing it. Remember a challenge is not something that you can do easily; it should be something that will take practise and hardwork. Here are some example challenges that you may want to choose from or you may want to come up with your own. You may need to adapt these to your own fitness and ability.

To run 5km.
To cycle 10 miles in under 1 hour.
To do 20 'Keepie-ups' with a football. Keep the ball from touching the floor using only your foot, knee or head.
To do 500 skips a day, for a week, with a skipping rope.
Jump on the trampoline continuously for 30 minutes each day

There is a fitness diary that you can find under this week's resources. Use this to record how you are getting on with your challenge. Record how you stay positive and have self-belief when it becomes difficult and you feel like giving up. How can you push away the negative thoughts and replace them with positive ones? What things can you tell yourself so that you don't give up? How can your family help you to believe in yourself and help you to keep going?

Week beginning 11th May 2020

Maths

This week I would like you to continue to access the White Rose website using the link below. Select Summer Term Week 4 and start on Lesson 1 'Area of rectangles'. Try to do a lesson a day. Remember - Watch the video, pause when instructed to, carry out the activity and then check your answers. If you got something wrong, can you work out why?

The worksheets that accompany the lessons can no longer be accessed via the website as in previous weeks. You can now find them in the folders 'Y5 - Week 4 -Worksheets' and 'Y5 -Week 4 - Answers' at the bottom of this page under this week's lesson resources. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/

English

For this week's English work, I would like you to work through the next week's lessons on the Oak National Academy Website. The focus for this week is 'Persuasive Writing' and the lessons include reading comprehensions, SPaG (spelling, punctuation and grammar) and writing. You will need to make sure you have a pen and paper handy for each lesson and listen carefully to the instructions. We will be doing last week's lessons so please scroll down to Week 3 - 4th May . Lesson 1 - English Persuasive Letter: Reading Comprehension - Inference. Each day select the English lesson for that day from the days of the week tab. https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-5#schedule

Spelling

Please find your new spellings at the bottom of the page under this week's resources. I have set some spelling activities as 2dos on purple mash. I have also added a link at the top of the page, under the Spellings Daily Essentials, to the Spelling Frame website. The games and activities for Spelling Rules 38, 39, 40 and 47 may have your words (depending on which spelling group you are in).

Topic

Last week you found out how Henry Tudor's victory at the Battle of Bosworth led to him being crowned King Henry VII, the first Tudor monarch. This week we would like you to research the Tudor monarch that succeeded him, King Henry VIII. Use the Internet, books and the PowerPoint 'Henry VIII and his 6 wives' that is under this week's resources to research the following questions:

How old was Henry VIII when he became the King of England and how long did he reign for?
What was his personality and what type of king was he?
What were his hobbies?
Who were his wives and children?
What is his legacy?

Your task is to make your own PowerPoint to present your research about King Henry VIII.

Science

This week you are going to learn about water resistance as part of your science topic on Forces. Read the slides and complete the activities on the Water Resistance Lesson Presentation that is found under this week's resources.

You will need the following resources to complete the activities: modelling clay (recipes to make your own can be found on the Internet if you do not have any), 3 identical tall beakers or glasses of water (to replace measuring cylinders), junk modelling materials, a large water tray (or you could use the bath), a battery-powered fan (or an alternative method of blowing your boat, maybe a pump) and a stopwatch.

Ask other members of your family to make a boat as well. You can then compare designs and see whose boat was the best at minimising the effects of water resistance. Complete the sheet 'Boat Race Activity Sheet'. There are 3 levels of sheet with 3* being the most challenging.

Art

Click on the link below to find the lesson 'How can we use visual texture to add interest to our artwork?'. In this lesson you will look at how Vincent Van Gogh used visual texture. You will then explore mark-making to enhance your own work. You will need A4 paper, a pencil (graded if you have them), an eraser, your work from last week's art lesson. https://www.thenational.academy/year-5/foundation/how-can-we-use-visual-texture-to-add-interest-to-our-artwork-year-5-wk2-5

Values

Our new value is Self-Belief. With all that is going on at the moment it is more important than ever to stay positive and believe in yourself! Your teachers know what super strengths and talents you have and it is important to recognise that and use them to help yourself and others. It's also important to think of ways in which we can develop ourselves further. Access the powerpoint called 'Self-Belief' at the bottom of the page and follow the activities through.

Remember how important it is to keep fit and stay active. How did you and your family get on with your fitness challenges last week? This week your challenge is to do a different fitness routine, that raises your heart rate, for 30 minutes each day. Here is a list of suggestions that you could pick from: do a Joe Wicks workout , repeat your own fitness challenges from last week, go for a run with your family, copy dance routines from music videos, skip with a rope, hoola hoop, do your own circuits class, make an obstacle course, follow the BBC Supermovers routines using the link https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-collection/zr4ky9q

Week beginning 4th May 2020

Maths

Revise 'Multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000' Watch the BBC bitesize video (follow the link below) . Play bingo against your family using the Topmarks website (follow the link below). You may also want to complete the activity sheets that are found on the BBC bitezise lesson page. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zvv6t39 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=bingotimesordivide

This week I would like you to access the White Rose website using the link below. Select Summer Term Week 3 and start on Lesson 1 'Multiply 2-Digit numbers'. Try to do a lesson a day. Remember - Watch the video, pause when instructed to, carry out the activity then check your answers. If you got something wrong can you work out why? https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/

English

For this week's English work, I would like you to work through the next week's lessons on the Oak National Academy Website. These lessons follow on from last week's lessons which were on setting descriptions. The focus for this week is 'Character description' and the lessons include reading comprehensions, SPaG (spelling, punctuation and grammar) and writing. The videos have teachers that guide you through the lessons and quizzes to assess prior knowledge. You will need to make sure you have a pen and paper handy for each lesson and listen carefully to the instructions. One tip - When you have finished a section of the lesson please press on 'Next Activity' at the bottom right of the page. We will be doing last week's lessons so please scroll down to week 2- 27th April. Lesson 1 - English is Character Description: Reading Comprehension - Fact Retrieval. Each day select the English lesson for that day from the days of the week tab. https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-5#schedule

Spelling

Please continue to practise your spellings ready for a test on ten of these words from your family at the end of the week. There is also a spelling test on words ending in 'able' that features as part of Friday's English lesson.

Topic

This week we are starting our new topic on 'The Tudors'. The Tudor family ruled England from 1485 to 1603 and this time is known as The Tudor Period. During this time, there were five Tudor monarchs. Can you find out who they were and how long each one reigned for?

This week we would like you to learn about the 'War of the Roses' and how this ended at the 'Battle of Bosworth' and resulted in Henry Tudor being crowned King Henry VII. Read through the slides on the PowerPoint 'Introducing the Tudors' (see bottom of the page).

On the slide 'The Tudor Rose' you will read how Henry created a new symbol for his house which shows a red and white rose joined together. For your task, make your own Tudor Rose in a creative way. Here are some examples that you may want to look at. https://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/ideas/kids/how-to-make-tudor-rose-paper-art https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/tudor-rose-collage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2HC14qXjdk

Additional Topic

On Friday 8th May 2020 it is the 75th anniversary of VE Day. Do you remember from our WW2 Topic what this stands for? Read about this year's 75th Anniversary of VE Day using the PowerPoint below. Then write a newspaper report about VE Day on Purplemash. This activity has been set as a 2Do. You could then celebrate VE Day with your family by decorating your garden and having a special picnic . See below for a bunting template.

Science

This week in science I would like you to learn about gravity using the PowerPoint below. Once you have read the slides, read the 'Newton Fact Sheet' that is also found under this week's resources. Use this information to write about Isaac Newton on Purplemash (set as a 2Do).

Art

Click on the link below to find the lesson 'Texture Treasure Hunt'. In this lesson you will create a frottage patchwork from rubbings of textured objects which you find around your home. You will need a pencil and paper. Coloured pencils and a black marker pen are also optional. https://www.thenational.academy/year-5/foundation/texture-treasure-hunt-year-5-wk1-5

Values

Our value is 'Curiosity'. I hope you enjoyed answering one of the key questions from last week. Please save your answers to share when you return to school. Here are your next challenges to choose from:

Question 1: What is a rainbow?

Question 2: Why do we have dreams?

Think of 10 fitness challenges that you would like to set yourself to do for one minute each day. These may include things such as laps of the garden, burpees, hoola hooping, star jumps, jumps over a rope, squat jumps, speed bounces. Each day this week complete your challenges and record how many you did in 1 minute. Why not get the whole family to join in? Try to beat your own personal best.

Week Commencing 27th April 2020

Maths

Revise prime numbers and square numbers by watching the videos and completing the activity and worksheet. You may want to watch one video each day (Mon-Wed) before doing your main lesson on whiterose and then do the interactive activity on Thursday and the worksheet on Friday. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zvv6t39

Ask a grown up to test you on prime numbers, square numbers and maybe even some cubed numbers! You could play popcorn like you did a few weeks ago or play 'What's my rule'. This is when you, or the adult you are playing with, chooses a rule (keep it a secret), this could be prime numbers, square numbers, multiples of 7, factors of 100 etc. The other person then asks random numbers that are less than 100. If they fit the rule the person say 'yes' and if they don't they say 'no'. Record the numbers in a table to try to work out the rule.

Access the following web page. Select Summer Term week 2 and do one lesson per day (the first one is 'Adding Decimals with the same number of decimal places'). For each day there is a tutorial video to watch before carryng out an activity sheet to test your understanding. After you have finished each lesson, check the answers provided so that you can self-assess how you've done. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/

Have a go at these problem solving challenges https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zfcnscw

English

For this week's English work, I would like you to work through the setting description lessons from the Oak National Academy. These lessons include reading comprehensions, grammar lessons and writing and there are videos which help you through these lessons and quizzes to assess prior knowledge. These lessons started last week so please scroll down to week 1- 20th April. Lesson 1 - English is Setting Descriptions: Reading Comprehension - Fact Retrieval. Each day select the English lesson for that day from the days of the week tab https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-5#schedule

In addition to this, look at the videos and activities on BBC Bitesize on alliteration https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zf3492p and similes and metaphors https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkygrj6

Topic

Watch the following video to learn about Grid References:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0du8v4EE_Y (4-figure Grid References)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXuo_ocVMVU (6-figure Grid References)

Have a go at the attached sheet at the foot of this page and answer the questions.

Create a treasure hunt for children to complete while staying at your campsite. Provide clues and grid references to support the activity. You may wish to provide two levels of difficulty to really challenge the children.

Extra challenge: write down as many counties in the United Kingdom as you can think of.

Science

Follow the BBC science lesson on 'How forces affect my speed?' This Live Lesson explores different forces including air resistance and friction.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/live-lessons/terrific-scientific-forces-live-lesson/z7nbkmn

Values

Click on this link to find a collection of clips that explore materials, science and discovery. Select a question that you are curious about and watch the video. https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/curious-cat-ks1-ks2/zhptgwx

Present what you have found out in a PowerPoint presentation.

Design Technology

A few weeks ago I gave you a set of 'Spring Challenges' to complete. One of the challenges was to build an outside or inside den. Did you manage to make one? This week I would like you to design and make a den using house hold items (this could be an improved version of last times). The first thing to do is to look for places around your house and garden where it could go. This may be under a large table, under a rotary washing line, near to fences or trees, using large boxes etc. You may want to search the Internet to see some different ideas for homemade dens. Think about what will go over the top to make a roof or walls. Old sheets, curtains, wind breakers are a few useful ideas. Think about how you may fix, secure and fasten things. You may want to use string, ropes, pegs, wood clamps. Draw and label plans for a few of your different den ideas. Select your favourite design and get building. Remember that you may have to change and adapt your ideas if things don't work out as you planned. This is all part of the process of designing and making. When your den is finished, take a moment to evaluate it. What went well? What did you have to change? What would you do differently next time? How could you have made it even better? I can't wait to hear about your creations and I'll tell you all about mine!

Here is a link to a children's DIY television series which gives children the dens of their dreams. You get to watch expert designers and builders from the 'Dengineers' team create extraordinary structures. You may pick up a few tips! https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/design-and-technology-ks2-dengineers/z4rtrj6

Week Commencing 20th April 2020

MathsYour

Revise fractions using Topmarks Daily 10 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10

Complete the St' George's Day multiplication and division mosaics (found at the bottom of the page under this week's resources.)

Access the following web page. Select Summer Term week 1 and do one lesson per day (the first one is 'Adding Decimals within 1'). For each day there is a tutorial video to watch before carryng out an activity sheet to test your understanding. After you have finished each lesson, check the answers provided so that you can self-assess how you've done. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/

Complete the St. George's Day Maths Mystery Game (see this week's resources)

English

Reading Comprehension - Read the information sheet about St. George's Day and answer the comprehension questions. There are 3 different levels in the document. The first one (*) is the easist with the final one (***) being the most difficult. Complete the one that you choose and then self check using the provided answers. (see this week's resources).

Spelling and Grammar - Complete the Saint George's Quest for the Beast activities (see below documents) and self check with the provided answers.

Writing - Open up the document 'Adverbials Tricky Grammar'. Ask an adult to read through the teacher's notes and provide guidance. Then look at the picture and plan your story, using adverbials to answer the questions.

Next, write a first draft of your story. Make sure that you use paragraphs to structure your writing and that each one begins with adverbial that links the events. Look back to the story prompt sheet that you used to write the ending to 'The Firework Maker's Daughter' and try to include the same key features.

The next day, redraft your story. Firstly, check that your spelling and punctuation is accurate and you have not omitted any words. Then check that it is consistently written in the same tense and it all makes sense to the reader. Maybe ask someone in your house to listen to you read it. Finally, try to improve your writing by using more interesting vocabulary and a wider range of punctuation.

Finally, produce a final draft of the story that is well presented. This could be hand written using your best hand writing pen or typed and printed.

Topic

Choose a location for a campsite for your tour of the UK. Create a brochure to advertise the campsite to visitors. It must have access to a river and some information and facts about the river itself. You will need to research these key facts using books and the Internet. You may wish to use a template from Purple Mash to help.

Extra challenge: In school last week we had fun learning capital cities whilst working out with Joe Wicks. How many capital cities of countries in Europe can you name? How many more can you learn?

Computing

Go on Purple Mash and read the 2Animate guide. Then use 2Animate to make your own animated story of 'St. George and the Dragon'. You may want to use the provided puppets or come up with your own creative way of making the characters for your animation.

Values

Last week we introduced our new value of 'Curiosity'. Here are this week's questions for you to choose from and find out the answer to. Alternatively, you could think of your own question that you are curious about and find out the answer to this.

Question 1: Why do caterpillars eat so much?

Question 2: What are stars made from?

Other Activities

Keep up your daily fitness routine. What are you enjoying doing most: is it Joe Wicks' Daily PE, playing basketball, skipping, riding your bike, learning dance routines or something else?
Play games with your family. I have included a Saint George's Day boardgame that you may want to play,
Try to spend lots of time outside getting plenty of fresh air. We planted seeds in school last week, have you planted anything yet? Have any of your seeds started to grow?
Last week the children in school did some lovely pictures of the blossom tree that is outside Year 4. They used different media to colour them (watercolour paints, pastels, pencil crayons and tissue paper). Could you draw something from nature that is in your garden?

Week Commencing 13th April 2020

Maths

Practise multples and factors using this online game https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/multiples-and-factors You could also play 'popcorn' with your family. Start by choosing a number eg. 7. One person then says random numbers. If it is a multiple of 7 you pop up (stand up) if it is not a multiple of 7 you pop down.

Visit the NRICH website and have a go at some of the problems that they have designed for 7-11 year olds https://nrich.maths.org/14580

Please access the following web page. Select Week 2 and do one lesson per day (the first one is 'Rounding Decimals' ). For each day there is a tutorial video to watch before carryng out an activity sheet to test your understanding. After you have finished each lesson, check the answers provided so that you can self-assess how you've done.

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/

English

Grammar - See the below folder 'Y5 Grammar Tarsias. Open the page 'Teacher notes' and read how to complete the activity. Begin by printing the activity sheet 'Tarsia Puzzle 1'. Work your way through the puzzles as suggested in the teacher notes. Once you have completed all of the puzzles you can self-check using the teacher answer sheet.

Reading comprehension - Open the the folder 'Robin Hood and the Potter' that is found below under this week's resources at the bottom of the page. Read the story and then answer the comprehension questions. Once you are finished you can self-check using the the provided answer sheet. As an extension write your own story using the provided planning sheets.

Writing - Write another page for the diary that you started last week. Write about what you and your family did during the Easter weekend. How did you adapt or change any family traditions that you usually do during this celebration?

Choose another writing task from the document 'Year 5 Writing' that you have used in previous weeks.

Topic

Access the 'Identifying the key features of mountains' powerpoint at the bottom of this page. Read carefully through and enjoy the wonderful pictures of the mountains. Complete the activity where you have to label the mountain environment. Carry out the extension work and create your own factfile about a mountain in the UK of your choice.

Values

Our new value is 'Curiosity'. Over the next few weeks we will post two questions per week. Youshould choose one and find the answer to it. Alternatively, you could think of your own question that you are curious about and find out the answer to this.

Question 1: Why do leaves change colour?

Question 2: Why do aeroplanes have wings?

Continue to do Joe Wicks' daily PE Lesson at 9am each weekday morning. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

Practise your times tables, maths and English in an active way using the 'Supermovers' videos https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-collection/zr4ky9q

Enjoy being outside when you go your daily exercise. Have you been for a bike ride yet?

Easter

Continue to do the Easter activities that I set last week. If you have completed these, have a look at the spring challenges that are attached with this week's resources. How many can you do while you are at home?

Week Commencing 6th April 2020

Maths

Times Tables - Play some of the games from the 'Times Tables Games' document (found at the bottom of the page under 'Documents to support home learning week commencing 6th April)

Practise counting forwards and backwards in different steps from a given number (this could be generated by throwing a dice). The steps may include: 100s, 1000s, 10,000s, tenths, hundredths, thousandths or in fractions such as thirds. Use a creative way to practise counting such as you and a parent or older sibling saying a number each time you a throw/ kick a ball to each other.

Please access the following web page. Select Week 1 and do one lesson per day (the first one is 'Decimals up to 2DP ). For each day there is a tutorial video to watch before carryng out an activity sheet to test your understanding. After you have finished each lesson, check the answers provided so that you can self-assess how you've done.

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/

There is also a document at the bottom of the page called 'Year 5 Spring themed maths activity booklet' that has fun maths activities for you to complete over the next two weeks.

English

Grammar and Punctuation - Complete the grammar and punctuation challenge cards (document found at the bottom of the page). When they are completed you can self-check using the provided answers. Complete your own home learning tasks for any areas you found difficult or got wrong.

Writing Open the PDF 'Year 5 Writing' that you used for last week's writing task (see below) . Choose another of the writing tasks to complete.

- Begin your own diary to record the things that you are doing while you are at home. Record your personal thoughts and feelings, you could use emotive language fo this. Think about how you can structure your writing into paragraphs. Consistently use the first person and past tense. Use adjectives and adverbs effectively to make your writing exciting. Think about how you could use punctuation marks such brackets, dashes and commas to add parethesis to your sentences. Maybe you could include some rhetorical questions.

This writing could become an interesting record of history for your family in years to come so make it great!

- Open and read through the PowerPoint 'The Easter Story'

- Complete the Purple Mash '2Do' activity 'Easter Story'.

Easter Activities

Make an Easter card for your family using different craft materials.
You may wish to also design an online Easter card so that you can email it to family members who you are unable to visit. https://www.greetingsisland.com/cards/holidays/easter (Remember not to click on any adds on the website). Your card can be emailed without being saving and without creating an account.
Follow a recipe to make an Easter treat for your family. You could use one of the recipes at the bottom of the page or find your own.
Make an Easter basket using the template found below.
Research Easter Traditions and complete the Purple Mash '2do' activities 'Easter Research' and 'Easter'.
Hide Easter eggs (these could be cut out from paper or real ones) around your house or garden. Write clues for your family members to do an Easter Egg 'treasure hunt'. Alternatively, you could create a map (see below for a blank treasure map) and mark where the eggs are hidden. Rember to use symbols and a key to mark things on your map.
Fitness - Design and record your own Easter themed workout. After you have tested it out you could get all of your family to join in. You may wish to take inspiration from the Joe Wicks' workouts and circuits that we have done previously in school. You may want to incorporate some equipment or obstacles (check with an adult first that these are safe).

Week Commencing 30th March 2020

Maths

The following website has lots of great home learning for Year 5 Maths. It is free to access the materials but an adult will need to register and it is currently taking a few days to get the activation details emailed back http://www.themathsfactor.com/

Revise telling the time and converting between 12 hour and 24 hour times. https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/116/telling-the-time https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=matchingpairstimev3
Complete the time, shape and angles 'To Dos' set on Purple Mash

English

Grammar and Punctuation - Complete the Purple Mash To Do 'George Misbehaves' on verb prefixes.

Writing - Open the PDF 'Year 5 Writing' (see below) . Choose one of the writing tasks to complete.

Topic

During your tour you are to visit at least one place along the UK coastline. Complete the Purple Mash 'Holiday Brochure' To Do activity to persuade people to come and visit your chosen coastal town.

The 'Topic places to visit planning sheet' can also be found below so you can record the places you visit (as you are now working on your own, you can plan your own places as these may be different to what you originally decided as a group).

Science

Our new science topic is 'Forces'. Open up the PowerPoint 'Forces 1' below and read through the information.

Use the following website to learn more about forces https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvpp34j/resources/1

There are lots of fun activities to try out on this website https://www.stem.org.uk/resources/community/collection/12696/year-5-forces

Have a go at the 'Forces Crossword' and 'Paper Helicopter Investigation' that can be found below.

Art

Have another look at the 'Salvador Dali' PowerPoint below. Use the Internet to look at other examples of his artwork. Choose your favourite picture and have a go at sketching it yourself.

- Joe Wicks is doing a live 30 minutes workout each weekday morning 9am - 9:30am. Join in each day using the following link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

- Choose a favourite song and choreograph your own dance routine. Perform it to the rest of your family and then teach it to them so that they can join in too!

Week Commencing 23rd March 2020

Maths

Daily Arithmetic https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
Revise the properties of 2D and 3D shapes, fractions (changing between improper fractions and mixed numbers and equivelent fractions) and calculating the area and volume of shapes.

English

Grammar and Punctuation - Revise using inverted commas to punctuate speech. Write sentences that include correctly punctuated speech.
Writing - Write an alternative ending to 'The Firework Maker's Daughter' . Write about the firework display that Lila and Lalchand could create to win the competition.

Topic

Continue your research about UK counties, cities, mountains, hills, rivers and physical and human landmarks for your 'Tour of Britain.'
Create a leaflet for a human landmark and a tour guide for a city or town that you will pass through on your tour. You may want to do this on Purplemash.

Continue to do the 'roll in the new month' exercises that you brought home at the start of March. Record your daily exercise on your calendar.
If possible, try to exercise outside each day, playing games, doing exercises or sports that you enjoy. Can you master a new skill?
Here is a link to one of the Joe Wicks keep fit videos that you can do at home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqLNxJe4L2I
Take time to relax your mind using the 'Peace Out Guided Relaxation' videos. Here is a link to one of the videos : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXmq5idN23E