Weekly Learning – Year 5
Monday July 6th -  Friday July 10th

Nearly at the end of term, well done for continuing to complete the tasks set for you on here. It has been lovely to see your hard work in the books which have been handed in. Thank you. 

If you would like some maths challenges, have a look at the Maths Corner page which has links to a variety of sites with lots of different activities to do.

Please see below and attached the overview of the Year 5 tasks for the coming week. Maths and Literacy are broken down by day. For some of the tasks there are files below. 

Are you still keeping fit with Joe Wicks? He has been working so hard he is in need of a break! However, you can still find him,on the link, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6r99N3kXME

You might like some changes. Here are some more sites to try.

https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/activities

https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga

As well as the ‘Daily Tasks’ listed below, please ensure you complete…

-       5 Maths tasks

-       5 English tasks

-       At least 1 of the Viking tasks from the grid attached.

 Ongoing Daily Tasks:

-       Reading Time (30 minutes) and include the tasks which are in your homework books.  Please also use the BBC Bitesize site where you will find a Daily Book Club activity read by famous people with things to do which cover the reading objectives for Y5. This one is for Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief.    https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkmkd6f                         

-       Times Tables Rockstars (15 minutes)        www.ttrockstars.com     

-       Spelling List work (10 minutes) 

-       Handwriting(10 minutes) Use the Handwriting Resource file to practise letters and joins you may have a problem with. You can also use the time to copy a few lines from a book concentrating on letter formation, joins and the presentation of your handwriting. You can use 2Handwrite  on Purple Mash too. 

Maths

Overview 

• identify 3-D shapes, including cubes and other cuboids, from 2-D representations

Monday

Recap 2D shapes. What is an octagon? How many sides does a hexagon have? Name a 10 sided shape.How many angles does a pentagon have?  What type of angles would you find in a rectangle, an isosceles triangle, an equilaterial triangle? How many lines of symmetry does a square have? What does perpendicular mean? Can you name a shape with at least 1 perpendicular line in it? Can you name a shape with parallel lines in it?

What is the difference between a 2D and a 3D shape?

What is a polyhedron? A solid shape with many flat faces, typically more than six.  

What shape am I? a) My faces are made up of a square and four triangles. b) My faces are made up of rectangles and triangles.

There is a 2DO set for today on Purple Mash where you have to identify 3D shapes.

Tuesday and Wednesday

Watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywwc9W_7XUM&list=PL47Eq6-2EcXLwkwMHK9qQEyh2L-DXRBUu&index=34&t=0s

You are going to make your own 3D pet using a net (a 3d shape opened up into a flat shape) Try and visual a cube or cuboid opened up (you may have an empty box at home that you can do this with) What 2D shapes do you see? If you have a Toblerome package you will have a triangular prism. The shapes you will see will be triangles and rectangles. How would you draw this as a net

Exact measurement is important but squared paper will help. Use the attached paper to draw a net for a pet. You may want to practise on scrap paper first if you are going to use a more complicated net eg a prism, square based pyramid. If you are unsure, stick to a cube or cuboid. Think of how long the sides will be and remember which 2D shapes you need to include. Will they fit on the paper? Count the number of squares down and across to make sure. Include some tags. Cut out and decorate the plain side, to look like your pet, before scoring and sticking it together. Then make a fact file :

My polyhedron pet  Give it a name.

What is the mathematical name of your polyhedron?

How many faces does it have?

What shapes are its faces?

How many edges does it have?

How many vertices does it have?

Write in sentences. My polyhedron pet is a cube. It has....

You could send us some photos of your finished pet too!

Thursday

If you have finished making your 3D pet, have a go at the attached Matching Nets sheet.

Friday

Today is a challenge! If you have any building bricks at home, they will help you do this. You can download the isometric or dotty paper to help you draw the shapes from this page.  

https://nrich.maths.org/1148

Literacy

Monday

Have a look at this :The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken. Then complete activity one.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zd7dqp3 

Tuesday

Spelling. How well do you think you know the spellings you have looked at this year? If you can, ask an adult to test you on the words in the assessment attached by reading the word for you to spell in the sentences provided. If there any words you are unsure of, use these to learn this week.

Wednesday and Thursday

Use the information on the BBC Daily Bitesize programme called Writing a Comic Strip to write your own comic strip called 'The Adventures of Cheeseman'.  You can either use the comic strip template given in the website or, if you want to be more adventurous, you could design your own on paper.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zvmmkty

Friday

Today we're going to look at synonyms (words with similar meanings) and antonyms (words with opposite meanings).  Have  a go at all the activities on the BBC Daily Bitesize programme called 'Synonyms and Antonyms'.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6q48xs

The sheets you will need are given below.

History

What happened to the Vikings? 

During the 10th century, the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings continued to quarrel over areas of Britain. In AD 937, King Athelstan beat the Vikings, under Olaf, to become the first true "King of England," ruling a united England, Scotland and Wales. Many Viking raids followed and in AD 991, the then English king, Aethelred had to collect a big tax to pay off the Danes. It was called Danegeld. It only worked for a while and in AD 1013, the Viking army took control of Northumbria and East Anglia under the Viking king, Cnut, who later also became King of Denmark and Norway. Unfortunately for the Vikings, the empire collapsed and Edward the Confessor, an Anglo-Saxon, took control in AD 1035. As he didn't have any children, he named his relative, William of Normandy, as his successor. He later changed his mind and Earl Harold of Wessex was crowned instead. However, Harold's brother, Tostig, joined Hadrada, a Viking to fight against him but they lost at The Battle of Stamford Bridge in AD 1066. The victorious Harold then encountered William, Duke of Normandy, who had been set to inherit the crown but who had lost out and the Battle of Hastings took place later in AD 1066 beginning the era of The Normans and their rule in Britain.

Have a go at making a storyboard with pictures from the attached information about Stamford Bridge. There is also a fun code to break. Don't look at the answers until you have tried!

DT

Continue working on your long ship.

Science/PHSE

Please complete the work sent separately via Parent Mail.

Weekly Learning – Year 5
Monday 29th June - Friday July 3rd

Thank you for any completed work books which have been left at the office. Please continue to hand these in as we like to see what you have been trying at home.

If you would like some maths challenges, have a look at the Maths Corner page which has links to a variety of sites with lots of different activities to do.

Please see below and attached the overview of the Year 5 tasks for the coming week. Maths and Literacy are broken down by day. For some of the tasks there are files below. 

Are you still keeping fit with Joe Wicks? He has been working so hard he is in need of a break! However, you can still find him,on the link, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6r99N3kXME

You might like some changes. Here are some more sites to try.

https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/activities

https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga

As well as the ‘Daily Tasks’ listed below, please ensure you complete…

-       5 Maths tasks

-       5 English tasks

-       At least 1 of the Viking tasks from the grid attached.

 Ongoing Daily Tasks:

-       Reading Time (30 minutes) and include the tasks which are in your homework books.  Please also use the BBC Bitesize site where you will find a Daily Book Club activity read by famous people with things to do which cover the reading objectives for Y5. This one is for Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief.    https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkmkd6f                         

-       Times Tables Rockstars (15 minutes)        www.ttrockstars.com     

-       Spelling List work (10 minutes) 

-       Handwriting(10 minutes) Use the Handwriting Resource file to practise letters and joins you may have a problem with. You can also use the time to copy a few lines from a book concentrating on letter formation, joins and the presentation of your handwriting. You can use 2Handwrite  on Purple Mash too. 

Maths

Overview 

• multiply proper fractions and mixed numbers by whole numbers

Monday

Can you remember what a proper fraction and an improper fraction are? What does mixed numbers mean?

Proper fraction A fraction where the numerator (the top number) is less than the denominator (the bottom number). Example: 1/4 

Improper fraction is a fraction in which the numerator (top number) is greater than the denominator (the bottom number). Example: 11/3

Mixed number A whole number and a fraction combined into one "mixed" number. Example: 1½ 

How is multiplying fractions similar to adding fractions?

1/5  × 5 = 5/25

Is this right or wrong? Wrong!

This means five lots of one fifth, so the answer will be 6/5 or 11/5  If you multiply the numerator and the denominator by 5, you find an equivalent fraction. Instead,the denominator remains the same, whilst the numerator is multiplied by the whole number. 

Have a look at https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6ghscw and watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1aLze33udU   Start at 8 minutes.

Remember product = the answer when multiplying, also you can simplify a fraction if the numerator (top number) and denominator (bottom number) can both be divided by the same number eg Six twelfths can be simplified to one half.  Can you simplify first before you multiply to make your calculation easier?

Work through the questions at the end and the answers are attached for when you have had a go.

Tuesday

Play the multiplying race board game at https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6ghscw

Wednesday

Practise multiplying fractions by an integer. This is on https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6ghscw

but a copy and the answers are attached too.

Thursday

Have a go at these challenges https://eng.mathgames.com/skill/5.52-multiply-fractions-by-whole

numbers  Remember you are using multiplication to work out your answers and simplify if you need to.

Friday

Can you now multiply fractions by whole numbers? It's only the numerator that you multiply by the whole number, the denominator is multiplied by 1 so you don't need to do anything, it stays the same! 6 /8 x 5 =

6 x 5 =30/8  = 3 6/8 =3 3/4. You may have chosen to simplify first so 6/8 = 3/4.  3 x 5  =15/4  = 3 3/4. Same answer! 

We will now move on to multiplying mixed numbers by a whole number. eg 2 3/4 × 4.

There are several ways to solve this. Have a look at the explanation on

https://vimeo.com/420244296 then try the attached sheet. There are answers to check when you have finished.

If you find this difficult, stay with the multiplying you have already tried. There are some attached sheets.(Multiply whole numbers by fractions)  You decide which one(s) you want to do and you can check the answers when you have finished. 1 is the easiest if you are finding this difficult. 

Literacy

 This week we will be completing our work on The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes.

Monday

Carefully read this description of the highwayman from the poem. 

He’d a French cocked-hat on his forehead, a bunch of lace at his chin,
A coat of the claret velvet, and breeches of brown doe-skin;

They fitted with never a wrinkle: his boots were up to the thigh!
And he rode with a jewelled twinkle,

His pistol butts a-twinkle,
His rapier hilt a-twinkle, under the jewelled sky.

Use your glossary to remind yourself of the meanings of any unusual words, before drawing and labeling a picture / diagram of how you imagine the highwayman to look. You could use the highwayman picture to help you.  Remember to use a ruler to draw the pointer arrows for your labels.

Tuesday

Spelling Have ago at these activities which feature some of the statutory words you have learnt this year.

https://spellingframe.co.uk/spelling-rule/75/62-Random-selection-of-12-words-taken-from-years-5-and-6-word-list  Select the Spelling Tiles. If there are words which you find difficult to spell, use these as your spelling words for this week. Learn the amount appropriate for your group.

Wednesday

Use what you know about the main characters in the poem to write some descriptive words and phrases about each character.  Use the Characters in the Highwayman sheet to record your ideas. Try to find really interesting ways to describe the characters e.g. using similes, expanding before and after nouns, using powerful words.

Thursday

Now use your ideas from yesterday to write a short paragraph to describe each of the characters.  Remember your sentences need to be as interesting as possible and try to start each one in a different way.

Friday

Using all the things you have learnt about the story of the Highwayman in the poem, your final challenge is to design a 'Wanted!' poster for the highwayman.  You can use the template below or you can design one of your own.

History

Keep tackling the activities on the Viking grid (attached again in case you have mislaid it) 

The Vikings were great explorers and travellers. Viking ships reached Britain, France, Spain, Italy and North Africa.

Have a look at https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/ztyr9j6/articles/zw3qmp3 to find out about Viking trade and explore a Viking longship.

These are some of the Viking leaders and explorers

• Rollo: First ruler of Normandy. ...
• Erik the Red: Founded Greenland's First Norse Settlement. ...
• Olaf Tryggvason: Brought Christianity to Norway. ...
• Leif Eriksson: Beat Columbus to the New World by 500 years. ...
• Cnut the Great: England's Viking King. ...
• Harald Hardrada: The Last Great Viking Leader.

See if you can find out some more information about them.

DT

Using the plans you made two weeks ago and the knowledge from exploring the longship this week, have a go at making a Viking longship. Usually, we have modroc to make these at school but you can find things at home to help. This is just one way to do this, you may have a better way! The base can be made by cutting around the sealed end of a cereal box about 1/3rd of the way up or you can use the attached templates. Find a thin piece of wood or thick cardboard to make a sail post and fix it in place.Make the shields and oars from the rest of the cereal box and paint a sail from a piece of material or card. Design something fierce to go at the ends of the ship too! (template attached) If you can, paint your ship then make a small hole in the sides  to push through the oars. Stick the shields in place. This will take some time, so complete this over the next few weeks. If you can, send us some photos of your finished ships. There are some photos attached of ships made in school in the past which might give you some ideas.

French

Now we have learnt more words for food, you can have a go at these games using extra vocabulary. There are 5 topics to choose from under food. Bonne chance!

https://www.french-games.net/frenchgames

Weekly Learning – Year 5
Tuesday 2nd June -  Friday 5th June

We hope you had a good break last week and managed to do some fun things safely.

If you would like some maths challenges, have a look at the Maths Corner page which has links to a variety of sites with lots of different activities to do.

Please see below and attached the overview of the Year 5 tasks for the coming week. Maths and Literacy are broken down by day. For some of the tasks there are files below. 

Are you still working out with Joe Wicks? Do you enjoy it? Do you feel fitter? For those of you who haven't tried it, it's a live session  for children lasting 30 minutes everyday. Find it on the link below:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6r99N3kXME

Please check at home before using this.

As well as the ‘Daily Tasks’ listed below, please ensure you complete…

-       5 Maths tasks

-       5 English tasks

-       At least 1 of the Anglo-Saxon tasks from the grid attached.

 Ongoing Daily Tasks:

-       Reading Time (30 minutes) and include the tasks which are in your homework books.  Please also use the BBC Bitesize site where you will find a Daily Book Club activity read by famous people with things to do which cover the reading objectives for Y5. This one is for Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief.    https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkmkd6f                         

-       Times Tables Rockstars (15 minutes)        www.ttrockstars.com

-       Spelling List work (10 minutes) 

-       Handwriting(10 minutes) Use the attached Handwriting Resource file to practise letters and joins you may have a problem with. You can also use the time to copy a few lines from a book concentrating on letter formation, joins and the presentation of your handwriting.

Maths

Overview

• recognise the per cent symbol (%) and understand that per cent relates to ‘number of parts per hundred’, and write percentages as a fraction with denominator 100 and as a decimal.
• solve problems which require knowing percentage and decimal equivalents of 1/2, 1/4, 1/5, 2/5, 4/5 and those with a denominator of a multiple of 10 or 25

Monday

In-Set day 

Tuesday

The sign % stands for 'per cent' which means 'out of 100'.

40% means 40 out of 100

11% means 11 out of 100

Have a look at the attached Power Point and these links.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/znjqtfr/articles/z8ws3k7

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zww7tfr 

As % means out of a 100, any whole number percentage can be shown as a fraction with a denominator of 100. So 50% is 50/100 which is 1/2. 20% =20/100 which is 1/5.Practise changing fractions to percentages -

Wednesday

Percentages can also be converted to a decimal.

To change a percentage to a decimal, divide by 100. So to change 48% to a decimal: 48 ÷ 100 = 0.48 

And to change a decimal to a percentage, multiply by 100. Change 0.67 to a percentage: 0.67 x 100 = 67%

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/maths-ks2-decimal-dance-off-1-structure-of-fractions-decimals-and-percentages/z6x8qp3

In a test with 100 questions, Sami scored 60%. How can you show his score as a fraction?

There are 100 malteasers in a bag. 56 were eaten. How many are left? Write this as a fraction and as a decimal.

Lilly has a 100 square grid. She colours in 25% of them and says, “I have coloured in 1/4 ” Is she right? Explain why.

Try changing the percentages into decimals on the attached file and if you want a challenge do the one with fractions, decimals and percentages too.

Thursday

Today we're going to have a go at solving some problems involving percentages.  There are 3 different sets of questions called 'Spot the percentage' (see below), so choose the sheet you think is most suitable for you or, if you're keen, you could try all of them!  The answers are included but only look at these when you have finished!

Friday

Play the Percentages Park Game on the Topmarks website.  For this game you will need to design a park using given percentages - good luck!

http://flash.topmarks.co.uk/4767

For percentages on a football theme, try 'Maths of the Day - Pitch Percentages'.  Remember to have pencil and paper ready as there are problems for you to solve.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/znjqtfr/articles/zsgwq6f

Literacy

Monday

In-set day.

Tuesday

Spelling Below is a further list of words which you will need to have learnt before the end of Y6 (Statutory requirements) For the words you find difficult, can you find a mnemonic to help you remember it? eg 

Your new spellings are attached. Learn as many as are appropriate for your spelling group but if you want to do more, please do!

Wednesday

Over the next three days, we will be using our story plans from before half-term to write a really exciting story set in Anglo-Saxon times.

Before you begin writing, look again at your plan to remind yourself of your story idea.  Then have a look at the checklist below of features to include in your story.

You should aim to include lots of great descriptive language and details about life in Anglo-Saxon times.  Look at this part of a story, that will hopefully give you an idea of the sort of language your should be aiming for.

Crouching beside a wooden house with a thatched, straw roof, I spotted a young boy of about my own age.  He looked to be using a small knife with a bone handle to chop up some kind of plant.  A tunic made of a rough, woollen fabric was tied round his waist with a leather belt.  I noticed that his clothes were several sizes too big so had probably been passed down from an older brother.  On his feet were a pair of brown leather shoes, which looked very worn indeed.  As I crept nearer, I could smell the unmistakable odour of a body that had not been washed in several days.

Today you should work on the opening of your story.  How will you grab your reader's attention?  Remember, you need to make your reader want to read the rest of your story, so make the opening really good.

Here are some ideas for possible ways to start a story:

• Dialogue ("Where are we going?" asked Ben nervously.)
• Action (Pat quickly jumped up and rushed to the window.)
• Setting (Behind the old shed at the bottom of the garden ...)
• Character (Sam was a lively boy with a cheeky grin.)
• Mystery (There was a strange nose coming from the attic.)

Thursday

Today's job will be to write the bulk of your story.  Before you begin, remind yourself of the things you should be including by looking at the checklist.  You might want to tick off the features you've already managed to include.  Remember, for your writing to be interesting you need to use a range of different conjunctions (linking words).  There is a conjunctions word mat below to give you some ideas.

Friday

You should aim to finish your story today.  Make sure you end the story in a satisfying way and not with something line, 'The end' or 'It was all a dream.'  These are called cliches as they have been used so many times that they are just too boring!

Possible ways to end your story:

• Use dialogue - maybe a comment from one of the characters.
• Use a question.
• Tell the reader to remember to do something.
• Show how a character has changed.
• Link the ending back to the beginning.
• Use one word or an exclamation.
• Reflect on events and provide a moral.
• Allow the main character to think aloud.
• Look to the future.

Once your story is finished, remember to read it through carefully and try to edit and improve your work.

Things to check:

• Does your story make sense?
• Have you included all the features on the story checklist?
• Check spellings and punctuation.
• Try to improve some words and phrases.
• Check the tense is consistent e.g. all in the past tense

Finally, give yourself a pat on the back for a job well done and remember to share your story with someone!

History

Please continue to complete any tasks  you haven't done from the Anglo-Saxon grid. We will begin work on The Vikings next week.

Christianity-The Anglo-Saxons were pagans when they came to Britain, but, as time passed, they gradually converted to Christianity. Many of the customs we have in England today come from pagan festivals. Pagans worshiped lots of different gods. Each pagan god controlled a particular part of everyday life: the family, growing crops, love, healing, wisdom, metalworking, the weather, war, day and night and so on. Over time the Anglo-Saxon beliefs changed and many were converted to Christianity.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zxsbcdm/articles/zs3gcdm

These are the days of the week in Anglo-Saxon times. Four of these are named after early Saxon Gods. 

Monandæg 

Tiwesdæg 
Wodnesdæg 
Ðunresdæg 
Frigedæg 
Sæternesdæg 
Sunnandæg 

Find out which days these are and then look for what the other days are named after. One day is named after a Roman god

RE

Please finish the work set before half-term

What things, either in school or in the local community, would you like to help towards changing? What do you feel strongly about? This could be to raise money for a charity in which you have an interest or for a local project such as a foodbank or conservation project.

Decide on what you would like to change and make a poster, leaflet, a Powerpoint or any other way to explain what you are interested in, why you want to help, any ways you might be able to contribute and how this might change things. How strongly do you feel about this? Why is it special to you? 

French

Have a look at the Power Point called French Shops. Then look at the word bank which will show you what you can buy in these shops. Use the dialogue to compose a conversation between a shopkeeper and yourself. Choose one shop at a time. eg 

La Boulangerie

Bonjour Madamoiselle. Qu’est-ce que vous désirez?

Bonjour ! Je voudrais des croissants s’il vous plaît.

Voilà! C’est tout?

Non. Aussi une baguette s’il vous plaît. C’est combien ?

Ça fait  cinq euros s’il vous plaît.

Merci! Au revoir!

Bien, à demain !  

Science

Why does an apple tree produce apples? Each pip in an apple is a seed that will reproduce a new tree.

How does a tree produce apples? The apple tree produces many small flowers which need to be pollinated. Once pollinated they are fertile. Flower petals drop off and an apple (fruit) grows.

The process is explained below:

Pollination video BBC

Plant reproduction BBC

Life cycle of plants BBC

Use the videos and information above to design a poster that describes how a plant reproduces through pollination.

Ely St. John’s Primary School

 Weekly Learning – Year 5

Monday 18th May -  Friday 22nd May

Well done for all the hard work that has been going on since the closure, both in school and at home. Remember the week after this is half term and time for a break for you and all those who may have been helping you. Enjoy the time off and keep safe in what you do. 

If you would like some maths challenges, have a look at the Maths Corner page which has links to a variety of sites with lots of different activities to do.

Please see below and attached the overview of the Year 5 tasks for the coming week. Maths and Literacy are broken down by day. For some of the tasks there are files below. 

Are you starting your days with a workout from Joe Wicks? Do you enjoy it? For those of you who haven't tried it, it's a live session  for children lasting 30 minutes everyday. Find it on the link below:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6r99N3kXME

Please check at home before using this.

As well as the ‘Daily Tasks’ listed below, please ensure you complete…

-       5 Maths tasks

-       5 English tasks

-       At least 1 of the Anglo-Saxon tasks from the grid attached.

 Ongoing Daily Tasks:

-       Reading Time (30 minutes) and include the tasks which are in your homework books.                             

-       Times Tables Rockstars (15 minutes)        www.ttrockstars.com

-       Spelling List work (10 minutes) 

 Maths Learning:

To solve problems using units of measurement.

 Literacy Learning:

- Draw on research to develop a character and setting.

- Map the stages in stories and plan the use of paragraphs

History

The Anglo- Saxons were skilled crafts people -metal work, wood work, weaving, farming, bread making, dyeing, carving, story telling  were among the things they were good at.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zxsbcdm/articles/zwjq2hv

You may have already had a go at doing some Anglo-Saxon craft work from the grid of activities and you have also worked on story telling in literacy. Now look at Ely Museum website and try some of the activities there. You can make a brooch, solve some riddles and play a game. If you haven't already done so, there is a template to make a helmet too.

 http://www.elymuseum.org.uk/uncategorised/museumfromhome-anglo-saxons/

RE

You were asked to investigate someone who had helped others like Mother Teresa; Nelson Mandela; Anne Franck.

Remember the definition of sainthood - a very good, kind, generous and caring person, an extraordinary teacher who is outstandingly holy. Does the definition of sainthood work for the person you chose?

What motivated them? What did they do that was so special? Was it a sense of injustice? 

What things, either in school or in the local community, would you like to help towards changing? What do you feel strongly about? This could be to raise money for a charity in which you have an interest or for a local project such as a foodbank or conservation project.

Decide on what you would like to change and make a poster, leaflet, a Powerpoint or any other way to explain what you are interested in, why you want to help, any ways you might be able to contribute and how this might change things. How strongly do you feel about this? Why is it special to you? You can continue to work on this the week after half term as well.

French

Have a look at the Power Point French food and drink.  La nourriture - food and  Les boissons  -drinks. There are some new words to add to the vocabulary already learnt.

When asking for things, it's usual to begin with a phrase like je voudrais = I would like and  s’il vous plaît = please

Vous desirez? This means "what would you like?"

You have already learnt J'aime and Je n'aime pas - I like/ don't like, here are 2 more phrases -J’adore, je déteste. I think you will know what they mean!

Have a go at the games. Manque means missing. Answer in French!

Science

This week we are going to skip back to plants again. They have very varied life cycles. Normally when we think of a plant growing we often think of a seed germinating but plants can reproduce asexually through vegetative propagation. This big phrase just means a plant can grow from a bit of itself. Not all plants can do this and most animals certainly don't.

 If you take a ‘cutting’ from the root, stem or leaf a plant can re-grow itself.

I would like you to find a dandelion around your local area or garden. If you can, try to pull up the plant with about 5cm of the root (it should have a milky sap when snapped). As an experiment place it in a small pot of water. Keep the green top above water.  All you have to do now is watch and note what happens over the next week or more. Keep the water topped up!

As an alternative, if you are lucky enough to have mint growing in your garden you can cut a new end piece of stem and try the same thing.

Remember this is an experiment so it might not work - hopefully you will see new growth.

The video below is a normal dandelion growing and releasing seed. You have to take the plant from the ground and see if it will grow new roots.

Dandelion Growing

Ely St. John’s Primary School

 Weekly Learning – Year 5

Monday 11th May -  Friday 15th May

We hope you are enjoying  the curriculum work you find on here each week. Thank you for completing the challenges on Purple Mash too, we can see how hard you have been working, keep it up! If you would like some maths challenges, have a look at the Maths Corner page which has links to a variety of sites with lots of different activities to do.

Please see below and attached the overview of the Year 5 tasks for the coming week. Maths and Literacy are broken down by day. For some of the tasks there are files below. 

Are you starting your days with a workout from Joe Wicks? Do you enjoy it? For those of you who haven't tried it, it's a live session  for children lasting 30 minutes everyday. Find it on the link below:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6r99N3kXME

Please check at home before using this.

As well as the ‘Daily Tasks’ listed below, please ensure you complete…

-       5 Maths tasks

-       5 English tasks

-       At least 1 of the Anglo-Saxon tasks from the grid attached.

 Ongoing Daily Tasks:

-       Reading Time (30 minutes) and include the tasks which are in your homework books.                             

-       Times Tables Rockstars (15 minutes)        www.ttrockstars.com

-       Spelling List work (10 minutes) 

For those of you who are enjoying the Gareth Metcalfe lessons, here is the link again. Click here

Maths overview

• convert between different units of metric measure (for example, kilometre and metre; centimetre and metre; centimetre and millimetre; gram and kilogram; litre and millilitre)

 Monday

What units of measurement do we know?  How are they related to each other?  How can we convert from one unit to another?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/z8jmpv4

What does ‘kilo’ mean when used at the start of a word?

kilo means thousand.                       

What does ‘centi’ mean when used at the start of a word?

centi means 

What does ‘milli’ mean when used at the start of a word?

milli means

thousandth     0.001     eg  millimetre

1 Kilometre/gram = 1,000 metres/grams

1 metre/litre = 100 centimetres/litres

1cm/litre/gram = 10 millimetre/litre/gram

What do you notice?

You need to multiply and divide by different multiples of 10 to convert between the different measurements. eg to change 10m into cms multiply by 100. 10m =1,000cm  (10  x 100)

To change 650g into kg divide by 1,000. 650g =  0.65kg (650 divided by 1,000)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhtgKHYZti0

Have a go at converting the measurements in the attached document. You choose which ones you want to do and when you have finished you can check your answers.

Tuesday

What measurements for length do we know?  How do these relate to each other?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zwkwmp3

There is a short challenge set for you in Purple Mash for today

Measure lengths around your house and garden and record these in different ways e.g. Use a ruler or a tape measure if you have one and measure the length of different items around your home and garden. Then convert these. Eg If something measures 3.4m,  how many centimetres is this or can you work out how many millimetres this is?

Wednesday

What measurements for capacity do we know?  How do these relate to each other?

Have a look at the Measures Power Point to make sure you understand this.

Ask permission before you do this! Find some empty containers around your house and garden eg a mug, plant container(without holes in the bottom!) bowl etc. Fill with water and if you have a measuring jug, pour the amount into the measuring jug and record the measurement. Then record these in different ways. If you aren't able to do this, or as well as doing this, try the attached sheet, Litres and Millilitres

 Thursday

What measurements for mass do we know?  How do these relate to each other?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zbvgkqt   

If you have any scales at home either in the bathroom or in the kitchen, find a variety of things to weigh, including people! Then convert these to different units. Remember 1kg = 1,000g.

Have a go at the attached converting grams to kilograms sheets. Choose which one, or ones, you do.

Friday

Have a go at these games.

http://flash.topmarks.co.uk/4769

 http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/measurement/MeasurementMeters.htm

There is also Millionaire Powerpoint attached to try.

Literacy

 Overview for the week

• To use descriptive language to create a vivid picture of a character (Grendel)
• To make notes and develop ideas about Anglo-Saxon houses

Monday

We are going to use the work you did last week to write a really vivid description of your Grendel monster.  Hopefully, you have made him/it as hideous as possible! Use all the great descriptive phrases you've come up with to write a paragraph (or two) describing your monster.  This should include, not just what it looks like, but also how it moves, what it smells like, the things it does, how people react to it etc.

Before you begin writing, look at the Grendel description success criteria to remind yourself of the things that you should be including.

You can either choose to write your description in your book or you could use Purple Mash if you would rather. In the 2Publish section you will find 'my character is'.  This would be a good place to record your work if you want.

Top tip - the 'fairytale' drop down tab has lots of monsters that could be turned into Grendel. 

Tuesday

Spelling - we have looked at a range of suffixes which go on the end of a root word, so this week we will concentrate on prefixes. These are found at the beginning of a word and you will have found out about some of these in Year 4. Have a look at the Power Point and try the activity. Then have a go at the attached activity. Your new spellings are also attached. Learn the ones for your group and see if someone in the family can test you or use Look, Say, Cover, Write Check.

Wednesday

Finish writing your Grendel description. 

When you have finished, use the success criteria list to make sure you have included all the key features.  Spend time editing your writing too. 

Editing jobs

1. Read your description through.  Does it make sense?

2. Add in anything you have omitted from the success criteria list.

3. Check all punctuation is correct.  Especially be careful to make sure commas are used correctly.

4. Check some spellings that you are unsure of (either with a spellchecker or dictionary)

5. Try to improve some word choices or phrases.

Thursday

We are now going to be doing some research about Anglo-Saxon houses, which we will be able to use in some story-writing later on. We are going to make notes about Anglo-Saxon houses.  Remember notes do not need to be complete sentences but should have the key information. So you probably don't need to include word like 'the' or 'and'.

You will need to decide how you are going to record your research notes e.g. Will you use a spider diagram? (perhaps with a picture of an Anglo-Saxon house in the middle) 

Start your research by watching these videos:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/znjqxnb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czj54OYl2Ow

You could also use this website to help you:

http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/saxons/houses.htm

Friday

Use today to finish your research notes about Anglo-Saxon houses.  If you think you've already finished, you could always do a Reading Journal Activity.

History

Continue researching Anglo-Saxon houses.

See the attached PowerPoint of the reconstructed Anglo-Saxon houses at West Stow.

RE

St Etheldreda was a local woman who became a saint because of the influence religion had on her life.

Your task is to find out about St. Eheldreda. 

Who was she? When did she live? What did she do? How did she die? Why was she a saint? What motivated her? Include details about her family, why she was made a saint, her work and achievements  and the connection to Ely. These links will give you some information.

https://www.elycathedral.org/history-heritage/the-story-of-ely-cathedral

https://www.elydiocese.org/about/history/all-about-st-etheldreda.php

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelthryth

Decide how you want to present your research. Will it be a spider diagram or a table? Maybe if you are feeling creative, you could draw St. Etheldreda but remember to find out how she would have been dressed and put your information around her. Maybe you like making fact files? The choice is yours!

PSHCE

Think about how you can not only be kind to others, but also be kind to yourself. See below for lots of 'kindness' activities to have a go at over the coming weeks.

Science

This week we are going to think about the life cycle of some of the living things that are commonly found in wild areas or farm land. Use the life-cycle resource sheets below to draw out the stages of the life of a frog. After this, draw the life cycles of the dragon fly and chicken. 

Watch the video of the frog life cycle first and remember to label your drawings. There is a word bank to help you.

Ely St. John’s Primary School

 Weekly Learning – Year 5

Monday 4th May -  Thursday 7th May

Hello everyone - we hope you are all well and keeping active!

Hopefully there are lots of play scripts completed and read out last week. This week we start a new writing focus about a Saxon myth and in maths will continue  to think about prime numbers and square numbers.

Please see below and attached the overview of the Year 5 tasks for the coming week. Maths and Literacy is broken down by day. For some of the tasks there are files below. 

Remember there is a shared blog on mash for learning questions.

You might like to start your days with a workout from Joe Wicks. It's a live session  for children lasting 30 minutes everyday. Find it on the link below:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6r99N3kXME

Please check at home before using this.

As well as the ‘Daily Tasks’ listed below, please ensure you complete…

-       5 Maths tasks

-       5 English tasks

-       At least 1 of the Anglo-Saxon tasks from the grid attached.

 Ongoing Daily Tasks:

-       Reading Time (30 minutes) and include the tasks which are in your homework books.                             

-       Times Tables Rockstars (15 minutes)        www.ttrockstars.com

-       Spelling List work (10 minutes) 

Something new to try

• . Gareth Metcalfe is a great maths adviser and teacher and has developed these home lessons. Click here

Maths overview

• identify multiples and factors, including finding all factor pairs of a number, and common factors of two numbers
• know and use the vocabulary of prime numbers, prime factors and composite (non-prime) numbers
• establish whether a number to 100 is prime and recall prime numbers up to 19

English - Traditional Stories

 Key Learning:

- to identify powerful words in a text that vividly describe scene and characters - including similes.

- evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader

This week we are going to learn about a traditional Anglo-Saxon story. The Saxons had a great imagination and the story of Beowulf has even been made into a Hollywood film. This week you will unpick the text as well as watching a video version.

Other Curriculum

History

Friday May 8th is a special holiday to commemorate the 75th anniversary of VE Day, which marked the end of WW11 in Europe. If you are interested, there is a website which will give you ideas of how you can celebrate safely and at home and there are some activities for children to do  which you will find under the Get Involved tab and in the VE Day Toolkit. You might like to have a go at Dan Snow's VE Day Challenge too. If you are doing something special at home, please take some photos!

 https://ve-vjday75.gov.uk/

French

Here are some more words to add to the vocabulary for fruit you learnt last week. Have a go at the matching the pictures and words document attached below. Use your own knowledge to work out the rest.

Le poisson  - fish

Les cuisses de grenouilles - frogs legs

Les legumes - vegetables

Les escargots - snails

Le fromage - cheese

Les pates - pasta

Le poulet - chicken

Le pain -bread

Le riz - rice

RE

Some people that we know or think about do very special and kind things. Investigate people either alive today or from the less distant past who have helped others due to their belief or conviction. e.g. Mother Teresa; Nelson Mandela; Anne Franck. Make a fact file.

Science

Habitat Lesson online

The above link is a lovely lesson that explores micro-habitats in gardens.

So far, you have looked at plants in your local area or garden. This lesson will help you to learn about the mini-beasts lurking around us. These creatures depend on the plants you have found so far. Can you think why? Next week we will explore the life-cycle of some of creatures that we might find in our gardens or in nature. Looking at the bigger picture, we can start to group the living things we see into broad groups. Plants/insects/mammals/amphibians/birds. Remember that we are only seeing a snap shot of the life cycle of these living things and at this time of year there will be a lot of change. The way things change is something we will want to observe and know more about. 

Art

To celebrate VE Day (Friday 8th May), have a go at designing your own special bunting to mark the occasion.  There is a blank template you can use below, or you could make your own. You can be really creative with your design and the materials you use. When you've finished, remember to hang up your bunting for all to see.

Ely St. John’s Primary School

       Weekly Learning – Year 5               

Monday 27th April -  Friday 1st May

Please see below and attached the overview of the Year 5 tasks for the coming week. Maths and Literacy is broken down by day. For some of the tasks there are files below. 

 You might like to start your days with a workout from Joe Wicks. It's a live session  for children lasting 30 minutes everyday. Find it on the link below:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6r99N3kXME

Please check at home before using this.

As well as the ‘Daily Tasks’ listed below, please ensure you complete…

-       5 Maths tasks

-       5 English tasks

-       At least 1 of the Anglo-Saxon tasks from the grid attached.

 Ongoing Daily Tasks:

-       Reading Time (30 minutes) and include the tasks which are in your homework books.                             

-       Times Tables Rockstars (15 minutes)        www.ttrockstars.com

-       Spelling List work (10 minutes) 

Maths overview

• identify multiples and factors, including finding all factor pairs of a number, and common factors of two numbers
• know and use the vocabulary of prime numbers, prime factors and composite (non-prime) numbers
• establish whether a number to 100 is prime and recall prime numbers up to 19

 Monday

Identify multiples and factors, including finding all factor pairs of a number

Some of this is revision of work we have already covered.

Multiples are all the numbers in the times tables,so the multiples of 2 are 2, 4 ,6, 8 etc. It is the product (result) of one number multiplied by another number. 

6 is a multiple of 3 because 3 x 2 = 6

Factors are numbers that divide exactly into another number.

The factors of 12, for example, are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 12.

Factors can be shown in pairs. The factors of 12 can be shown as:

1 and 12   1 x 12 = 12

2 and 6     2 x 6 = 12

3 and 4     3 x 4 = 12

Each pair multiplies to make 12.

Have a look at Dick and Dom to help you understand this

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?a=activity02

Then go through  PPT Factor Bugs which you have seen before.

Common factors

Which numbers have the same factor? eg the factors of 8 are 1, 2, 4 and 8. The factors of 12 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 12. Because 1, 2 and 4 are factors of both 8 and 12 we call these common factors.

Now make your own factor bugs and write any common factors you notice e.g. The common factors of 32 and 40 are 1, 2, 4 and 8. 

 Tuesday

Identify multiples and factors, including finding all factor pairs of a number

Have a go at the attached Multiples and Factors sheet. Do as many as you can in your homework book. 

Wednesday

Identify multiples and factors, including finding all factor pairs of a number

Play Factoroids which has been saved as a To Do task on Purple Mash. Choose your own level to begin with and see if you can complete all of them. 

Thursday

 Have a go playing the game called 'Factors and Multiples' on the nrich website.

https://nrich.maths.org/factorsandmultiples

This is really a game for 2 people, but don't worry if you can't find another person to play against.  You can just try to beat your own record for the longest chain of factors and multiples that you can make.

Friday

 Today we are going to be working on prime numbers and composite numbers.  A prime number is any number greater than 1 that can only be divided equally by itself and 1.  So, for example, the number 7 is a prime number because it is greater than 1 and can only be divided equally by 7 and 1.  A composite number is just the name given to any number that is not a prime number e.g. 10 would be a composite number because it can be divided equally by 10, 5, 2 and 1.

Your challenge is to find as many prime numbers as you can up to 100.  Use an interactive 100 square to help you.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/paint-the-squares

Can you find a way to make sure you haven't missed any of the prime numbers?

When you have finished, or if you get a bit stuck, have a look at the Sieve of Eratosthene clip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V08g_lkKj6Q

 For an extra challenge, you could try to find prime numbers greater than 100!

English - Playscript writing

Monday

 This week we shall be using the storyboard you created last week of the story of St. George and the Dragon to write our own play.  Begin by reminding yourself of all the key features of playscripts that we looked at just before the Easter holiday (see list of features below).  Also look at the playscript success criteria.  This will be used at the end of the week to make sure you've included all the key features.  It is a good idea to keep referring to these checklists throughout the week.

Once you are happy that you can remember all the features, write the cast for your play.  This is the list of characters who will be appearing in your play, followed by a brief description of each character.

An example:

Cast

George - a brave knight, who has travelled the world and fought many battles

King - a kind man, who has ruled his kingdom for many years

Notice the use of the relative pronoun 'who'.  This is a really good chance for you to practice using relative clauses. 

The next thing to think about with our playscript is writing a scene setting.  This should be at the beginning of each scene you write and should give your reader a brief description of where your scene is taking place and what is happening.

An example:

Scene 1 - Inside the king's palace

Sitting on a splendid, golden throne, which is covered with precious stones, the king is discussing the problem of the dragon with his chief servant.

Did you spot the relative clause? (which is covered with precious stones). Try to include some relative clauses when you write your scene settings.

Tuesday

Spelling Adding suffixes – ence, ency 

How do you know if you should add ance/ancy or ence/ency? The attached document may help you decide or try the link to Spellzone. Remember that like most spelling rules there are exceptions which just have to be learnt.

Please learn the appropriate words for your spelling group from the attached list - first 6 words Group 1 etc. Can you use these words to write some sentences in your homework book? Can you find someone at home to test you on these words? If not use Look,Say, Cover, Write, Check.

https://www.spellzone.com/unit33/page5.cfm

Wednesday

Now you're ready to write the main part of your play.  Remember to include quality dialogue. By this we mean making sure that your characters are mostly speaking in whole sentences.  This will mean that you can make the dialogue really interesting by expanding nouns, using relative clauses and by using lots of different sentence starters.   

An example:

King: (pacing up and down)  The ferocious dragon, with his razor-sharp teeth and scorching breath, has become a terrifying problem for our desperate village.  Whatever can be done about it?

Servant: (scratching his head)  I think .... I may have the answer to the problem, your majesty.

Thursday

 Continue writing your playscript.  Remember to keep referring to the list of key features and the success criteria.

Friday

 You need to finish your playscript today.  When you have finished, use the success criteria list to make sure you have included all the key features.  Spend time editing your writing too.  Don't worry if you haven't got a purple pen to use for this, as any colour will work just as well.

Editing jobs

1. Read your play through.  Does it make sense?

2. Add in anything you have omitted from the success criteria list.

3. Check all punctuation is correct.  Especially be careful to make sure any questions have a question mark.

4. Check some spellings that you are unsure of (either with a spellchecker or dictionary)

5. Try to improve some word choices or phrases.

Other curriculum

History

Either print the attached Anglo-Saxon passport or make your own. Pretend you are an Anglo-Saxon. Find a suitable name and make up a family. Use the headings to build up a picture of your imaginary person. Don't guess, find out the answers. There are many resources available on the internet. BBC Bitesize might have the answers.

You might like these Horrible Histories clips too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH8JcBKb1W4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcIRDP_SzCQ

French

This week we will concentrate on french names for fruit. Some are obvious (remember the le/le/l'/les too) like une banane, une orange. Here are some more which aren't.

la pomme -apple 

le citron - lemon

les fraises -strawberries

les cerises - cherries

le raisin - grapes

l'ananas -pineapple

la poire - pear

les prunes - plums

Have a go at playing these games which are for fruit only. We will use others on this site when we have learnt some more vocabulary. 

https://www.french-games.net/frenchgames

RE

Thinking about the qualities of saints which you researched last week, use the attached Saints Postcard to answer the question and then design your own postcard for a chosen person. Remember to say what qualities this person has and what they do to earn this title!

Science

This week I'd like you to plot a graph of the weeds you found in your garden or the walk you took around your street. The identification sheet is attached below. Plot a bar graph using the weblink and save it to your PC. If you prefer create a bar chart in purple mash. 

Create a Graph Website

                   Weekly Learning – Year 5               

      Monday 30th March -  Friday 3rd April

Please see below and attached the overview of the Year 5 tasks for the coming week –

You might like to start your days with a workout from Joe Wicks. It's a live session  for children lasting 30 minutes everyday. Find it on the link below:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6r99N3kXME

Please check at home before using this.

As well as the ‘Daily Tasks’ listed below, please ensure you complete…

-       5 Maths tasks

-       5 English tasks

-       2 of the ‘Curriculum’ tasks from the grid given in your homework books.

Ongoing Daily Tasks:

-       Reading Time (30 minutes)                                

-       Times Tables Rockstars (15 minutes)        www.ttrockstars.com

-       Spelling List work (10 minutes)     

Maths overview

• calculate and compare the area of rectangles (including squares) using standard units, square centimetres (cm²) and square metres (m²) and estimate the area of irregular shapes.

 Monday

Area = Length x width

Always write your answer ending in: cm²/m²

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zjbg87h/articles/zwqt6fr

On Purple Mash in your 2Dos, you will find an activity for working out areas. 

Tuesday

 Irregular shapes

To estimate the area of an irregular shape on a grid, you must count the full squares and then estimate how much of each partly-covered square is included in the shape to establish an overall estimated area. Think is the square half covered or bigger/smaller? If only a very tiny part is covered, don't count it in and if a tiny part is missing, count that as a full square.

Try the attached activities for Tuesday.

 Record the answers in your homework book (You could draw the shape too) Count each square as 1cm x 1cm.

Wednesday

Have a go at finding the area of rectangles by doing the sheet called Y5 Wednesday- Area of rectangles.

Thursday

We are now moving on to finding the area of shapes made up of different rectangles (sometimes called compound shapes).  Look carefully at the Power Point called Y5 Thursday - Area of rectangles and compound shapes.  This will show you how to split compound shapes into rectangles in order to work out the area.  Then have a go at the sheet (Y5 Thursday - Area of rectangles and compound shapes).  There are 3 levels - please choose which sheet best suits you

Friday

Have a go at the Y5 Friday - Golf Course Area Challenge.

English

Monday

Adverbs for degrees of possibility - Remember adverbs describe verbs.  They show 'how' the action is carried out e.g. The small boy scraped his knee and cried loudly. Many adverbs end with 'ly' but not all so be careful e.g. The train arrived late.  The girl can run fast.

In your 2Do box on Purple Mash there is a game called 'Dan's screen'.  This is all about adverbs which show degrees of possibility e.g. certainly, never, perhaps, always.  When you have finished the game, have a go at the Monday- Adverbs to show possibility sheet.  The answers are included, so no peeking until you've finished!!

Tuesday

Spellings. In your 2Do box on Purple Mash, there is a Spelling Quiz based on the Statutory words you have learnt this term. Have a go.

Please continue to learn words from this list which are in the Tuesday Statutory words attachment. Copy the words for your group into your spelling book. Continue to use Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check to help you remember these words. Please write a sentence for each in your homework book to show you understand the meanings.

Wednesday

 Playscripts

Read the file Y5 Wednesday - playscript features.  Use this file to create your own list of playscript features.  Write this into your books.  Use bullet points to organise your list.  Compare your list with the sheet of features (Y5 Features of playscripts) and add any features you've forgotten onto your own list.

Thursday

Playscripts

Look at the Power point called  Y5 Thursday- playscript writing. It will go through lots of the features of playscripts you looked at yesterday.  At the end there is a writing task for you to do.  You will need to write the next scene in your books, remembering to set your play out carefully and include all the features.  Don't try to finish this all in one go as we'll work on this tomorrow as well.

Friday

Playscripts 

Finish writing your playscript scene.  Remember to keep referring to your list of features to make sure you haven't forgotten anything.  When you have finished, 'purple pen' your work. Don't worry if you haven't got a purple pen as you can use any colour.  The important thing is to read through what you've written to check that it makes sense, check spellings and try to improve some of the words or phrases you've written. 

Other curriculum

Science

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zcvv4wx/articles/z9brcwx

 Reversible and irreversible changes.

A change is called irreversible if it cannot be changed back again.

In an irreversible change, new materials are always formed.

Have a go at the attached sheet.

PE

If you want to compose your own Bollywood dance and maybe record it, use the links below and attached. Perhaps you can share it with your family and friends however you communicate with each other from a distance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJztXj2GPfk

Please check at home before using this.

History

For those of you who were interested in our WW11 topic last term, each week there is a live lesson from a WW11 secret bunker on Wednesdays at 1 pm.. These are also saved on You tube.

 Western Approaches HQ - Battle of the Atlantic experience.

 https://www.facebook.com/events/682955445790269/

Please check at home before using this.

PSHE

Have a go at making a rainbow to add to a rainbow trail (see the file below).

Ely St. John’s Primary School

                   Weekly Learning – Year 5               

Monday 23^rd – Friday 27^th March

Please see below and attached the overview of the Year 5 tasks for the coming week –

Monday 23^rd – Friday 27^th March.

You might like to start your days with a workout from Joe Wicks. It's a live session for children lasting 30 minutes and starts Monday 23rd March

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6r99N3kXME

Please check at home before using this.

As well as the ‘Daily Tasks’ listed below, please ensure you complete…

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-       5 Maths tasks

-       5 English tasks

-       2 of the ‘Curriculum’ tasks from the grid given in your homework books.

Ongoing Daily Tasks:

-       Reading Time (30 minutes)                                

-       Times Tables Rockstars (15 minutes)        www.ttrockstars.com

-       Spelling List work (10 minutes)     

Maths overview

• measure and calculate the perimeter of composite rectilinear shapes in centimetres and metres

 Monday

Perimeter is the distance around the outside of a shape.

Look at PPT file Calculating Perimeters.  Try the activities on the slides. Record in your homework books.

BBC guide to perimeter

Tuesday

Find some objects at home and carefully measure then work out the perimeter of these. Try and find some which aren't simple squares and rectangles if you can. Draw the shapes and record in your homework books. Show how you worked out the perimeter eg 5cm + 5cm + 6cm + 6cm.

Wednesday

 In Purple Mash find Class, 2021 and the file called Yr 5  Perimeter.https://www.purplemash.com/#docs/Class/2021/ 

Have a go at the quiz and save into your own folder.

Thursday

Play Perim-Bots Game - http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/me3us/flash/lessonLauncher.html?lesson=lessons/12/m3_12_00_x.swf

 Have a go at working out the perimeter of compound rectangular shapes (shapes made up of several rectangles).  Do the sheet called 'Compound Perimeter'. 

Friday

Have a go at the Farmer's Goat Problem and the Perimeter Challenges.

English

Monday

Modal verbs - Modal verbs are placed before the main verb in a sentence and show how certain or possible something is e.g. We might play football today.  The main verb is 'play' and the modal verb is 'might'.  They are words like: should, could, would, ought, will, may

Look at the power point called 'Y5 Modal Verbs' and work through the activities.  

Tuesday

Please ask someone in your house to test you on the personal spellings you learnt last week and then use your best handwriting to make sentences containing these words. Do this in your homework book and remember to join your handwriting!

New spellings  Homophones - words that sound the same but are spelt differently. They have different meanings too.

Have a go at the Homophone work below and copy the new words in the homophone list into your spelling books( as appropriate for your group. Group 1 copy the first 6 pairs Group 2 the the first 8 pairs and Group 3 copy all the pairs of homophones.) Please learn these words.

There is a homophone quiz on Purple Mash. Search in your Purple Mash login 'spelling' and scroll down to the spring term 1- week 5 quiz. You can also try any of the other tests.

Purple mash Spring Term Homophone Quiz

Wednesday

Play the Mixed Modals Game

http://eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/New_Snakes_%20Ladders/Mixed_Modals.html

Using the template, write a letter using lots of different modal verbs.  This is also a chance for you to practise your neatest joined up handwriting. 

Purple Mash has a good modal verb activity. In your search box type 'Anna and the trampoline'.

Thursday

Play the Modal Verb Catapult Game  

www.eslgamesplus.com/modal-verbs-can-could-might-must-should-would-catapult/

Choose one of the activities to do from the Reading Journal Activities sheet stuck into your Home Learning Book.

Friday 

Relative clauses - remember a relative clause is a type of subordinate clause which comes after the noun and gives you more information about the noun

e.g. The boy, who was eating a banana, forgot to comb his hair.

Look a the power point called 'Y5 Relative Clauses' and work through the activities.  Remember to record all your work as neatly as possible in your book.

An Easter Activity to end with...

Easter from the BBC