Well done to last week’s Class-Dojo stars:

Cannon: Lillian, Lucas, Magnus, Emiliana, Melvin, Mariah, Ame, Damara, Bianca, Richa, Leen, Oscar, William, Deen (Welcome to Dojo) and Pyman (Thank you Mrs Ancel for updating as well.) – I hope that I haven’t forgotten anyone.

London: Holly, Emily P (fabulous Science work), James, Sofia G and Niki.

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Good morning,

Another happy Monday is knocking on our door and there seems to be a small light at the end of the tunnel. Let’s begin the week with sharing what we are proud of and what kindness you have witnesses over the last couple of weeks. Like last week, we will add the new day’s activities in front of the previous day so that we don’t have to spend so much time scrolling down to find the day we are looking for. Here is our timetable for the week which can give you a bit of structure to avoid every day feeling like it is the same as all the others.

Remember to send us your work via Dojo or email (howardyear5@gmail.com) to receive huge amounts of Dojo-Points and – from what the flies on the walls have been whispering – there might be other rewards for great contributions once we are all back in school.

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Here are two extra activities for you to complete at any chosen time:

• 2020 Olympics – Great fun: Travel_to_Tokyo
  

• Garden/Nature Explorer:

KS2 home learning – garden visitors – garden flowers identification sheet

KS2 home learning – garden visitors – lifecycle cards

KS2 home learning – garden visitors – Lined Writing Paper

KS2 home learning – garden visitors – my garden design sheet

KS2 home learning – garden visitors – wildlife journal

KS2 home learning – garden visitors – writing task

KS2 home learning – garden visitors – Y 5 6 reading questions

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Science: Since many of you seemed to have enjoyed Science this week, here is a page with very fascinating Remote Lessons. If you are interested, have a look at the (the people from the STEM team ask for an adult to be present though).

• This week, maybe have a look at the Sound – sight and sound lesson.

• Tomorrow, you can even ask a real Scientist questions about it.

• https://www.stem.org.uk/remote-lessons/key-stage-2

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Homework: Since you have been working on school related tasks all week, we are going to give you informal rather than formal homework.

1. 1. Complete any school tasks from the week, you have not finished.

   2. Something I had wanted to do with you in school, but will now probably not happen as our time will be rather short. Please go through this “Geography/PSHE/Science-Lesson” on Sustainability and Plastics.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zrqj7nb

Please send me your leaflets for display in and around school.

1. 3. Log-on to a really exciting online tool, the school has subscribed to. It is called DigiMaps (for education)

https://digimapforschools.edina.ac.uk/login

Log-In: CR01DT

Password: dwests0986

• • • • Your task is to plan a walk you are going to undertake as a daily exercise.

      • Create a map for the local area.

      • Draw in the walk you have planned.

      • Pin in your home.

      • Measure the distance between the different parts of the walk.

      • Save your map in your class-folder on Digimaps under your first name and the date (e.g. Max-17052020)

      • When out and about, take photographs.

      • After your walk, upload the photos into the right place on your map in Digimaps. (Remember to save.)

      • Message your teacher on Dojo when your map is completed.

Alternatively, you can go for a walk first, take pictures and then do the map-work afterwards.

Here is my instruction video:

 

By Friday evening, I will have uploaded a video where I will talk you through all the steps slowly .

Have fun!

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[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#d1dfbe” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Friday:[/dropshadowbox]

Maths:

• • Mental Arithmetics:

    • Answers to yesterday

• • • New questions:

• • Main Task – Family Challenge day.

    • Get together with others from your family and solve these sweet little tasks: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zdkqmfr

      • Direct download: Su1-Wk4-L05-Family-Challenge-Friday-15th

    • If you send us your answers, we will print you a certificate.

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English:

• • SpaG Starter:

    • Here are the answers to yesterday’s SpaG Starter: 1. arrive, 2. decide, 3. none, 4. numbed, columnist, hammered, 5. sub-ma-rine, 6. sound, 7. sew,

    • 8. sinus, 9. recognition, recognisable, recogniser, 10. litter, 11. The new editor for the Evening Chronicle will be announced on Monday. 12. the newspaper included a sports section, an employment section, a lift-out TV guide and the general news section. 13. journalists’, paper’s, 14. long, boring, whole, (only 3, sorry), 15. had been working, 16. writes, 17. It is vital that you get all your facts right when you write for a newspaper. 18. present (progressive), 19. reluctantly, 20. whose

    • There is no SpaG starter for today.

  • Main Task:

• • • Since we have not done any creative writing, today will be the day.

    • Use these steps and prompt to create a recount from the perspective of one of the meerkats:

      • Use this document: Su1-Wk4-L05-CreativeWriting-CatchIt

      • Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c88QE6yGhfM

        • Question-Time (please answer):

          • Describe the landscape the meerkats are living in.

          • What could the vulture say to itself as it lands on the tree and sees the fruits?

          • Why do the meerkats all want to catch the fruit?

          • What sports is represented in the clip?

          • What could be the moral of the story?

          • A group of meerkats is called a “mob”. What collective noun do we use for these animals?

• • • • • Dialogue: Write down examples for possible dialogue

        • Write the story from the perspective of one of the meerkats.

Enjoy this task & remember to use …

• • language for effect, figurative language, speech, fronted adverbials, subordinations, expanded noun phrases … – Use your Y5 writing mat you were given at the first parents evening.

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Reading: Listen to chapter 18 (You can do it, bruvver) and please answer the following questions.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/12356852/street-child-chapter-18-you-can-do-it-br

• Questions in a document: StreetChild-chapter 18 -You can do it, bruvver
  

1. 1. 1. 1. What led the procession?

         2. How were the boats decorated?

         3. Which instruments were being played?

         4. What did the singing family do for money?

         5. How long did Jim have off work?

         6. How did the circus travel?

         7. What was unusual about the boy’s wave to the barges?

         8. What did Jim do to make sure he could be heard by the boy?

         9. Explain the word pageant.

         10. Explain why Grimy Nick’s voice was slurred.

         11. Explain why the children were laughing at Jim.

         12. Select the correct answers: Thinking about the workhouse made Jim realise that he could …

             1. work hard

             2. make friends

             3. escape

         13. What did Jim to prepare his escape? What might he have forgotten (or not done well enough)?

         14. What happened that made Jim’s wrist ache?

         15. Which words tell us that Jim did not enjoy stroking the dog?

         16. Put these items on order they happened in the chapter:

             1. Jim stroked the dog

             2. Jim cut the rope around his neck

             3. Grimy Nick got drunk

             4. Jim put the rope around the dogs neck

             5. Jim got some coals

         17. Why had Jim collected the large pieces of coal?

         18. Apart from the dog which other animals were said to be asleep?

         19. Which word tells us Jim thought the escape was taking a very long time?

         20. Where were Nick and the dog when Jim ran away?

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RE: Ramadan – I can identify the value/importance of Ramadan in Muslims’ lifes.

• Watch and read: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/religious-education-ks2-my-life-my-religion-ramadan-and-eid-ul-fitr/zdv7pg8

• Read through the PowerPointPresentation. t2-r-179-ramadan-information-powerpoint-_ver_14
  

• Choose the right level text, then read and complete the questions: t2-e-3469-ks2-ramadan-differentiated-reading-comprehension-activity_ver_5
  

  • hot/mild: 1star, if you often work with an adult;

  • hotter: 2stars, most of you;

  • hottest: 3stars, if you are a confident reader (Morpurgo, Wilson)

• Create a Ramadan lantern: t-re-357-ramadan-lantern-paper-craft

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Spanish: Today, we are going back to our new topic “My home”.

• First, watch the presentation and practise again saying the words. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctW0GEqhk2M

  • Test your knowledge and pronunciation with these flashcards: http://www.spanishtown.ca/spanishforkids/grade1/Lesson_8_Spanish.html

• Listen and speak through the following videos which I have recorded from language-angels.

  • ¿Dónde vives?       Habitaciones (rooms)       En mi casa hay … (In my house there are …)        Escuchad (Listen)           Leed (Read)           Adivinad (Guess)          frases difícil (longer sentences)…

• To practise, find somebody to role-play: Cards A and Cards B

  • Mi Casa – Lesson 2 – WS – Reading Pairs Worksheet A         Mi Casa – Lesson 2 – WS – Reading Pairs Worksheet B

  • Optional: Mi Casa – Lesson 2 – WS – Role Play Activity
    

• Then, log-in to “languageangels” and play the “Rooms Bingo” and “Listen and Spell”

  • • https://www.languageangels.com/schools/ -> log-in [username is your class name in lower case (cannon street / london bridge) and password is howard)

• If you are a very confident Spanish speaker, record a video describing where you live. Send it via Class-Dojo and I can share the video with the rest of the class on Class-Dojo.

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• Maths:

  • Mental Arithmetics:

    • Answers to yesterday

• • • New questions

• • Main Task – Revision: I can compare and order fractions less than one → … fractions with related denominators.

    • Watch the Thursday lesson (Summer Term Week 4 – 11^th May) slides → https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/

    • Visit and read through the BBC Website → https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/znk4kmn

    • All: Complete the activity 1 on the BBC website and this sorting task:

    • Most: Complete the above plus activity 2 from the BBC Website,

    • Some/Extension/Diving Deeper: … additionally, solve the following tasks

      • Visit the website https://whiterosemaths.com/national-numeracy-day/ and watch the video on ratio. Then create a learning poster (now sometimes called a knowledge organiser) explaining the topic ratio to us using clear, interesting examples as well.

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• English:

  • SpaG Starter:

    • Here are the answers to yesterday’s SpaG Starter: 1. explanation, 2. fought, 3. picture, 4. whistle, wrestle, 5. ac-com-pa-ny, 6. bio, 7. I would chop some wood but I’ve hurt my hand. 8. depends on the dictionary, mine says “muscat” (type of grape), but it would be murmur, 9. watchmaker, wristwatch, 10. brass 11. Toys are important for children’s development and are found across all countries and cultures around the world. 12. Danish, 13. Electronic toys have become increasingly more popular over the years, although they haven’t replaced traditional toys entirely. 14. created, 15. Yes, 16. paid, 17. If you are travelling you should ensure that you insure your belongings in case they are lost or stolen. 18. future, 19. statement, 20. aren’t

• • • Here is today’s SpaG starter:

• • Main Task:Today, we are coming back to “Street Child”.

    • First, please listen again to chapter 13, 14 and 15.

    • Second, freeze-frame a scene from the chapters, e.g. when Jim is shovelling coal.

    • Third, ask a partner (parent, sibling …) to take a picture and then also ask you questions about how you are feeling, e.g.

      • What are you doing?

      • Why are you doing this?

      • How do you feel about what you are doing?

      • What would you rather want to do?

      • What are you planning on doing in the future?

      • … (Please also add your own questions.)

    • Fourth, please note your questions and answers.

    • Fifth, for presentation purposes, please …

      • either draw the scene and record questions and answers around it,

      • or use an electronic copy of the picture, place it into a wordprocessing document and write the questions and answers around it.

    • Optional: Research and then record 5-10 facts about child-labour in Victorian times.

      • https://victorianchildren.org/victorian-child-labor/

      • http://www.victorianweb.org/history/hist8.html

Please send us some pictures from your freeze framing. Thank you.

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• Reading: Listen to chapter 17 (The Monster weeps) and please answer the following questions.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/12356852/street-child-chapter-17-the-monster-weep

• • Questions in a document: StreetChild-chapter 17 -The Monster weeps
    

1. 1. 1. 1. Explain the meaning of the chapter title.

         2. For how long was Jim unable to move?

         3. Which word means to look with anger?

         4. Why did Jim get up when Nick called him?

         5. What was Jim planning after Nick tied the rope around his neck?

         6. How long ago had Jim been bitten by the dog?

         7. How did Jim let Nick know breakfast was ready?

         8. Which kind of figurative writing is “the coals rained down”?

         9. What was the difference between the way White Face tried to rescue Nick and the way Jim tried to rescue Nick?

         10. What does this tell us about how Jim was feeling?

         11. When Nick emerges from the coal he is in shock. Find 2 pieces of evidence to show this.

         12. What does whimper mean?

         13. What were the strange sounds coming from Nick?

         14. What were the white trails in Nicks face?

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History:

1. 1. Today’s work is a little slimmed down, since we haven’t had very many responses to the questionnaire task. If you have sent us questions last week, you can jump to task 2.

• • • • In order to get some first hand information about Croydon‘s past, I would like to send a questionaire to different people who will have knowledge of Croydon‘s long past. These are:

• • • • • a person from Croydon Library,

        • a person from the Bourne-Association (a history association with huge knowledge),

        • our former headteacher Mr Robinson and

        • residents of St. John‘s nursing home who have lived in Croydon all their life.

Therefore, I need you to write a list of up to 10 questions you would want me to pass on.

These questions should focus on getting information about what life was like, important events and places in Croydon, … essentially anything that could bring History alife for us. This is one of the methods Historians do their research.

1. 2. Please search the internet and create a factfile on Croydon Airport which was once a hugely important airport in London.

• • • • Possible content could be: When was it opened? How long was it open? What was the primary use of the airport? Which records or mayor achievements did the airport become famous for? Which famous people were associated with Croydon airport? Why did it close? What were the concepts for the future when it initially closed?

      • Include pictures, a glossary and a “Did you know?” box

      • links: e.g.
        https://www.historiccroydonairport.org.uk/history/

http://airportofcroydon.com/Airport%20History.html

https://simpleflying.com/croydon-international-airport/

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• Maths:

  • Mental Arithmetics:

    • Answers to yesterday

  • 

  • • New questions

• • Main Task – Revision: I can convert improper fractions and mixed numbers:

    • Watch the Wednesday lesson (Summer Term Week 4 – 11^th May) slides → https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/

    • Visit and read through the BBC Website → https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z4ypscw

    • All: Complete the activities 1 and 2

    • Some: Some (hopefully many) of you might decide to also complete this → Su1-Wk4-L03-Some-Year-5-Improper-Fractions-to-Mixed-Numbers-Worksheet
      

    • Extension / Diving Deeper: Solve the tasks from the attached worksheet → Su1-Wk4-L3-DivingDeeper-Mixed-Number-Improper-Fractions-conversions-extension
      

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• English:

  • SpaG Starter:

    • There was no SpaG Starter yesterday, so straight to today’s starter:

• • Main Task:

    • Based on yesterday’s BBC Daily lesson on “How to write a powerful speech” look now at “how to structure debate arguments”

      • https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z7pj7nb

    • All: Using the BBC website, complete the suggested activities 1 and 2

    • Some of you may choose to also complete activity 3.

Please send us notes or pictures from your points in activity 2.

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• Reading I: If you haven’t done so yet, please send us a recent book-review. Thank you.

  • You will find the templates in yesterday’s posting.

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• Reading II: Listen to chapter 16 (In Pain) and please answer the following questions.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/12356852/chapter-16-boy-i-n-pain

• Questions in a document:

1. 1. 1. 1. List the friends that Jim as so far made in the story.

         2. Explain the word “slumber”.

         3. Find 3 words that tell us that the dog was happy to receive the bone.

         4. How did Nick tell that the tide had turned?

         5. Which words were used to describe how the boats/little crafts were moving?

• • • • • Draw a picture illustrating that movement.

1. 1. 1. 6. How do we know that Grimy Nick considers Jim and the dog equal?

         7. Explain what this sentence tells us about Jim’s feelings: “He turned away fist clenched”.

         8. How does Jim’s mind try to make him feel better about the food he was given by Nick? Explain.

         9. Looking at all the events so far, describe what pattern you could spot in Jim’s life.

         10. Explain why Jim wished at times that he was Snipe.

         11. Describe what Jim thought of the men on the “Queen of the North”.

         12. Which words and actions indicate that Jim was not confident that his escape plan would work?

         13. Why did his escape not work?

         14. What advise would you have wanted to give him before he tried to make his escape?

         15. Predict what is going to happen next in the story.

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Music: Please visit and practise the 2^nd session on “Making Music” – Today’s teacher is Miss Foster (A true percussionist – How exciting!)

https://www.cma-online.co.uk/making-music (PW: makingmusic123)

Have a listen in to one of the best percussionist I have ever heard in a concert: Hamid Drake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIP4wyjE_F0

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Geography: What an exciting topic today – Coastal erosion and defence.

• Building on last week’s work, today we will look at the bigger picture, which means the balance or link between erosion and deposition as well as the dangers for the coast line that lay in these processes.

• Watch the following videos:

  • Coastal Erosion: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/z8tyr82

  • Longshore Drift: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zs9q6sg

• Complete the following task-sheet:Coastline L03 – Su1-Wk4

• Optional: Explore how we can protect our coasts from erosion!

  • Su1-Wk4-EROSION PROBLEMS
  • Create a sketch/drawing that shows and labels the types of sea-defence.

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• Maths:

  • Mental Arithmetics:

    • Answers to yesterday

• • • New questions

• • Main Task – Revision: I can identify equivalent fractions:

    • Watch the Tuesday (Summer Term Week 4 11^th May) slides → https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/

    • Visit and read through the BBC Website → https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zv798xs

    • Complete the activities 1 and 2 -> Su1-Wk4-L02-Activity1-HeadStart     Su1-Wk4-L02-Activity2-Twinkl
      

    • Extension: Solve the tasks on the attached worksheet. Focus on clear explanations, please.

Su1-Wk4-L02-Extension

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• English:

  • SpaG Starter: Since the main task is a bit longer, you will again be released from the Starter.
    

    Main Task:

    • Here is a little change to the original plan. I saw this awesome lesson on BBC for tomorrow and since we have been mainly looking at fiction writing, let’s move across to non-fiction.

• • • • https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/znvxt39

    • Using the BBC website, complete the suggested activities 1, 2 and 3.

    • Remember to send me screenshots or photos of your work.

 

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• Reading I: Quite some time has passed since we got our last book review. So, please can everybody complete a book review using one of the following templates:

  • insert .pdf Book review sheet
    

  • insert .doc BookReview-Template
    

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• Reading II: Listen to chapter 15 (Josh) and please answer the following questions.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/12356852/chapter-15-josh

• • Questions in a document: StreetChild-chapter 15 – Josh
    

1. 1. 1. 1. Find the simile and the start of chapter 15.

         2. Name three things Jim could see from the boat.

         3. Describe how Grimy Nick moved the Lily.

         4. Which word tells us Jim was enjoyed by the boat journey?

         5. What does “lay at anchor” mean? Explain.

         6. How long were they going to be loading coal for?

         7. How much coal was there to load?

         8. Which parts of Nick’s face weren’t covered in coal dust.

         9. What does Nick say Jim should do with the dog?

         10. What time did Jim and Nick start working?

         11. What was the name of the large ship?

         12. What were the men doing on the ship to enjoy themselves?

         13. What does the text tell us about the amount of freshwater on the Lily?

         14. What was the name of the boy that Jim had replaced?

         15. How does the reader know that Josh has been on the Lilly before?

         16. Why didn’t Jim trust Josh at first?

         17. Explain how Josh got Jim to like him.

         18. How many children did Josh have?

         19. What did Jim not like about living on the Lily?

         20. Explain the word “brazier”.

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Science: Why not have a Science afternoon?

→ Use this document for recording. Su1-Wk4-L01-ScienceAfternoonRecording

• Topic One: As part “Properties of Materials” we should be looking at electrical conductivity. Therefore, proceed as follows:

1. 1. Watch the following videos and create a learning poster explaining what electrical conductivity is.

• • • https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z2882hv/articles/zxv482p

    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6ugPfzc70Q

    • https://www.ducksters.com/science/physics/electrical_conductors_and_insulators.php

    • http://www.lovemyscience.com/electricialconductors-insulators.html

1. 2. At the bottom of that poster, please create two different tables and complete them.

   3. Table 1: Materials that are electrical conductors or electrical isolators.

• • • Group the following materials:

      • oil, plastic, steel, aluminium, wood, copper, glass, sea-water, silver, rubber, fabric,

Electrical conductor	Electrical insulator
…	…

1. 4. Table 2: Items I found in the household that are electrical conductors and electrical isolators.

• • • Go through your household and find at least 10 different items, which I would like you to group into the 2 categories.

Electrical conductor	Electrical insulator
Metal table leg …	Wooden chair …

• Topic Two: Watch the video which takes us toward next week’s subtopic “Reversible and irreversible change”

 

• • What do you think, has the temperature of a liquid an influence on how quickly sugar dissolves? → Investigate this matter.

    • Hypothesis: I think that …

    • Instruments: warm water (at different temperatures), stop-watch, thermometer, table spoon, sugar

    • Method:

      • Set up 4 different cups and fill them with warm water.

      • Cup one at 15°C, Cup two at 25°C, Cup three at 35°C and Cup four at 45°C (We don’t want you to burn your skin hence the lower temperature.)

      • Place a tea spoon full of sugar into each cup simultaneously (since we only have 2 arms, please use an assistant for the third and fourth cup).

      • Set the stop-watch and observe.

      • Read and record the time on the stop-watch for when the sugar has dissolved.

      • Repeat your experiment at least three times giving it a total of 4 rounds (calculate the average).

      • Draw your conclusion: Based on my data,

• • • Use the .doc from above for the recording.

    • Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmWYG7qh0QA and it also works with salt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCPeva73NDE

    • Go back to the Class-Blog to see whether I had the same result in my experiment. I will record it for you.

    • The scientific side got a little lost here, I fear, but we get the main idea.

Reuben’s experiment: SugarExperiment

 

• Topic Three: This takes us a little away from “Properties of Materials” and back to “Life-Cycles”, something that Mr Grundey’s children were learning in Science yesterday.

  • Task: Watch the videos and record how many different animals and plants can you find. You may have to do a little research about pond life and vegetation.

Animals	Plants (or parts)
… … …	… …

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If you loved your investigations and research, why not pick a few task from this brilliant resource:

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/blog/may4-star-wars-stem

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• Let’s start the day by sharing with your teacher (a) what you are proud of (can be linked to yourself or others) and (b) what kindness you have witnessed (this could also be something that you did to show huge amounts of kindness).

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• Maths:

  • Arithmetics Starter:

    • Solutions from Thursday

• • • New questions

• • Main Task: I can calculate the area of rectangles. The White-Rose website is linked with the new BBC Bitesize Daily Lessons.

    • • Visit https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zh9brj6 

      • Read through the text and watch the videos.

      • Complete the online activity and the sheet: Su1-Wk4-L01-Area
        

    • Challenge I: Area of compound shapes.

      • Draw 5 different compound shapes with an area of 45cm².

    • Challenge II: To which shapes of the attached document can you find the area? Write their area down. Su1-Wk4-L01-ExtensionToCalculate-perimeter-2019
      

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• English:

  • Starter:

    • Solutions to the SpaG Starter from Thursday: 1. umpire, 2. flavour, 3. onion, 4. wholemeal, healthier, 5. expand, 6, collision, collection, 7. has been, 8. saw, 9. most, 10. summary, 11. China and India are two of the world’s most populous countries and they are located on the Asian continent. 12. Karachi, Pakistan, and Mumbai, India, are two cities with over 12 million inhabitants. 13. Indonesia’s island of Java is the world’s populous island with over 130 million inhabitants. 14. has, 15. decided, 16. India, China, 17. isn’t, 18. Gordon doesn’t speak Mandarin. 19. busiest, 20. whose

• • • Today’s starter will look at the “Power of Pictures” again. Look at the following pictures and answer the questions.

• • • • ATTENTION: The questions are in the MS Word document together with the main task so that it is easier to answer and send us your work.
        

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. What is the picture telling us (message)?

            2. How have you found being at home?

            3. How are people helping each other during this difficult situation?

            4. What top 3 pieces of advice would you give to people who might be getting bored of being stuck at home?

• • Main-Task – I can use the 5 senses to describe a setting. → All tasks are in the .doc so you can answer them on the computer.

    • • • Su1-Week4-Lesson01 – Tasks

    • Look at the image and …

• • • • Warm-up: Note down words and phrases to describe the picture. Use all 5 senses (table).

      • Extend the description (see task sheet).

      • Question Time (see task sheet).

      • Up-levelling (see task sheet).

      • Extension (optional)

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• Spellings: See and practise based on the file. Su1-Wk4-Y5-6 TypicalMistakes
  

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• Reading: Listen to chapter 14 (The Waterman’s Arm) and please answer the following questions.

• https://www.spreaker.com/user/12356852/chapter-14-the-watermans-arms

• Questions in a document: StreetChild-chapter 14 – The Watermans Arms
  

1. 1. 1. 1. What is the dog’s name?

         2. Explain the meaning of the river was ‘breathing with secrets‘.

         3. What was the Lilly and why was it tied up?

         4. What is Grimy Nick’s attitude towards Jim? Find three pieces of evidence from the text that show us.

         5. Find out what mutton stew is?

         6. What did Nick mean when he said to Jim, “… you’re only a bundle of sticks”?

         7. What work was Jim expected to do?

         8. Explain what an alehouse is.

         9. Find three words to describe the Waterman’s Arms?

         10. How could you tell who the Watermen were?

         11. Why were the other children outside the Waterman’s Arms?

         12. What had happened to Grimy Nick’s previous boy?

         13. Why did the children give each other knowing looks?

         14. Explain how Jim felt towards the other children. Give evidence from the text.

         15. If you were Jim, how would you feel and what would you try to do? Explain why.

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• Art: Today, we will be travelling back into Tudor times Britain (1485-1603).

• • Britain was ruled by the Tudors for 118 years. Famous monarchs were Henry VII (1485 – 1509), Henry VIII (1509 – 1547), Edward VI (1547 – 1553), Jane Grey (1553 – 1553), Mary I (1553 – 1558) and Elisabeth I (1558 – 1603). Looking closer, one will realise how many historic building from that time in history still decorate the very unique face of Croydon. Amongst them stand …

    • Almshouses at the top of the High-Street (Hospital of the Holy Trinity; Whitgift Hospital) from 1599 and …

• Old Palace (15^th century).

• • Your task is to use your skills in perspective drawing to sketch these buildings on paper and keep them for your Sketch-book that currently resides in school. Have fun drawing!

 

Happy Mayweek number One,

Following today’s space related motto “May the … be with you” (Who know what is missing in that sentence?), we will tackle this strange week head on.

Remember to check the Class-blog and –Dojo on a daily basis. We will continue to publish lesson resources at around 9am every morning. Below is our time-table for the week, we use it to structure our week, so can you.

General notes:

• Music: Mr Regan has set up a fabulous, engaging range of activities for you. Simply visit:

  • https://www.cma-online.co.uk/making-music and use the password – makingmusic123

    • Well done to the visiting artist – Mr Regan junior.

• Maths: Continue to complete all Mathletics tasks and times-tables practises. (by Wednesday, we will upload a new resource to practise them).

• PE: Continue with your regular morning wake-up and shake-up. If you wish to, you can come up with your own instructions. Share them with us and we can share them with the rest of the year group or class.

• Reading:

  • Remember to complete your daily reading (about 30min). Use the bookreview template and submit your work via Class-Dojo or howardyear5@gmail.com

  • Listen to your “Street Child” podcast and answer the questions – best done in the WORD document that I send you daily.

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This week, we have decided to reverse the order of days on our blog. This means that you should always see the current day at the top so that you don‘t have to waste time having to scoll down. I hope that works better for all of us.

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Happy Friday to everyone.

This year, the May Bank-holiday was moved from Monday to Friday in order to celebrate the 75^th anniversary of VE-Day, which marked the end of the Second World War in 1945. To commemorate the day, please create a piece of Art-Work to celebrate victory of Good over Evil, Misguided, Tempted, Selfishness, Egocentric … Choose from …

• drawing,

• collage,

• sculpture,

• poem,

• story.

Your homework will “fly in” tomorrow. Today, just enjoy celebrating the “together-ness”, care and love.

 

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Well done for yesterday‘s efforts as the activity in both classes increased hugely. Thank you and let‘s keep it up.

Maths:

• Yesterday’s answers to Arithmetic Lesson Starter 3:

Hot                                                              Hotter                                                       Hottest                                        Mild

• Arithmetic Starter:

                         

• White-Rose Summer 1 Week 3 Lesson 4 → Perimeter (of complex/compound shapes).

• Watch the presentation (https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/) and complete the tasks.

• Extension: How many different …

  • Mild/Hot: … simple 2D shapes with a perimeter of 36cm can you draw?

  • Hotter/Hottest: … compound shapes with a perimeter of 68cm can you draw?

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English:

• Starter:

  • Check yesterday’s answers: 1. separate, 2. auther, 3. No, 4. all have f-sounds 5. complicated, 6. unknown, uneven, 7. Dad has, 8. were, 9. petition, 10. pharmacies, 11. Famous novelists from English speaking countries include Charles Dickens, Mark Twain and Miles Franklin. 12. “What‘s your favourite novel?“ he asked. 13. The author‘s husband was the illustrator of her stories. 14. novel, world, Mary, Shelley, Frankenstein, 15. no (reported speech), 16. written, 17. foreword, 18. I don‘t like to read. 19. statement, 20. “he had a bee in his bonnet“

• • Complete today‘s starter:

• • Main task: I can use clues from a text to explore a character – Shrimp.

    • Listen to chapter 12 again.

    • Then, create a character profile (Gingerbread character or own drawing) for Shrimps with external features on the outside and personality on the inside. Think about the clues he gives us through talking about a brother and his mother.

• • • Extension: Write a character description for Shrimp.

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Reading: Listen to chapter 13 (The Lily) and please answer the following questions. https://www.spreaker.com/user/12356852/chapter13-the-lily

• Questions in a document:  StreetChild-chapter 13 – The Lily

  • • • • What figurative language is “alleys threaded between wharves“?

        • Who is Angel Gabriel and explain what Nick is trying to say when he says to the man, „You‘d think the worst of the Angel Gabriel, you would.“

        • Explain the word “tide“ and what causes it.

        • In the text it is mentioned that there was sewage in the river. What does this tell us about London‘s environment in Victorian times?

        • How does Jim feel? Give at least 2 ideas/pieces of evidence from the text.

        • What clues in the text tell us that Jim‘s new job is physically very difficult?

        • Create a list of words that you are not sure what they mean, look them up in a dictionary and write down their meaning.

        • Explain how Jim‘s old and new life merge in his dream.

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History: Today, you will have two different tasks.

1. Compare the three maps of Croydon and create a Venn-diagram with differences and similarities between 1890, 1950 and 2020.

For better resolution, use the .pdf documents. Croydon 2020 Croydon 1950 Croydon 1890

1. • Remember how to create a Venn-Diagram, the overlapping areas are similarities, either between 2 different points in time or between all three. This document contains a template you can use. Venn-Diagram-Template
2. I would like to send a questionaire to different people who will have knowledge of Croydon‘s past. These are:

• • a person from Croydon Library,

  • a person from the Bourne-Association (a history association with huge knowledge),

  • our former headteacher Mr Robinson &

  • residents of St. John‘s nursing home who have lived in Croydon all their life.

Therefore, I need you to write a list of up to 10 questions you would want me to pass on.

Thank you very much for your help, without it, learning would be less interesting and exciting.

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Have a wonderful Wednesday. A special mentioning of all the busy bees working incredibly hard in Year 5.

• London: James, Holly, Emily & Sophia G. – The others, I am looking forward to seeing more work from you.

• Cannon: Lillian, Richa, Leen, Emiliana, Damara, Mollie, Vihasini, Ame, Bianca, Oscar, Lucas, Magnus, Diego, Melvin and George.

 

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Maths:

• Yesterday’s answers to Arithmetic Lesson Starter 2:

• • Arithmetic Starter:

                   

• Main task: White-Rose Summer 1 Week 3 Lesson 3 → Divide with remainder.

• Watch the presentation (https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/) and complete the tasks.

• Extension-Challenge: See the questions on the worksheet. Su1-Wk3-L03-MultiplicationExtension-ReasoningDD
  

English:

• Starter:

  • Check yesterday’s answers: 1. eyesight, 2. froaz, 3. caught, 4. On my way to the netball courts, I tripped on a gnarled tree root and skinned my knee. 5. antonym, 6. election, decision, explosion, 7. It has, 8. pain, 9. fewest, 10. berries, 11. Fred Hollows was a well-known ophthalmologist who came from New Zealand. 12. The Fred Hollows Foundation, established in 1992, helps to restore sight to people across Australia, Asia and Africa. 13. people‘s, 14. is provided, 15. tirelessly, briefly, 16. provided, 17. Mary, herself, she, 18. Yes, 19. researched, 20. its

  • Complete today’s starter:
    

• Commas:

  • We use commas in … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGOJcljY8wk

    • Su1-Wk3-L03 Commas-Punctuation-Poster_ver_2    Su1-Wk3-L03-Using-Commas-Powerpoint_ver_2

• • Listen and sing → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv4rD6OyssM , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEB0kzgxJ44 and . Which one do you prefer?

  • Watch → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjv5Vp7tHsU

  • Complete the attached tasks. Then check your work. Su1-Wk3-L03-Using-Commas-to-Clarify-Meaning-Application-Activity-Sheet_ver_2
    

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• Reading: Listen to chapter 12 (Shrimps) and please answer the following questions. https://www.spreaker.com/user/12356852/street-child-chapter-12-shrimps

• Questions in a document: StreetChild-chapter 12 – Shrimp

  • • • • Explain why they had to watch out for the police.

        • Describe how Jim – in a very effective way – attracts buyers and convinces them to buy shrimps.

        • Describe Betsy‘s plan for Jim.

        • How do you think Jim felt when he caused trouble for the doctor?

        • Explain the link between the title of the chapter and its content.

        • Describe how the day and night turned from heaven into hell.

        • Who and what might Grimy Nick be?

        • Predict what is going to happen next. Which clues in the text are helpful?

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Music: Log-in to Mr Regan’s music lesson/instruction. Send me a quick message on how you enjoyed it, what you found tricky and any extension you thought of or could come up with.

• • https://www.cma-online.co.uk/making-music and use the password – makingmusic123

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Geography: Continuing with our learning about coasts, let‘s …

1. Watch last week‘s video again: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zc2pvcw

2. Read the text and answer the questions. Coastline L02 – Su1-Wk3

3. Optional for great Geography Fun: Create a mini-model of „Durdle Door“ and label it. → https://www.3dgeography.co.uk/coastal-geography

• • Include a glossary with explanations of (alphabetic order): erosion, deposition, tide, wave, current, longshore drift, hydraulic action, corrosion, attrition, abrasion, arch, stack, stump, spit, lagoon, cove, fjord, salt-marsh → https://www.3dgeography.co.uk/coast-words & https://www.3dgeography.co.uk/coast-diagram

4. Research a coastal section of your choice and present your findings as:

• • a poster with fabulous facts,

  • a mini-model with labels,

  • a Computer-Presentation (e.g. PowerPoint),

  • a “Horrible Geography“-style documentation/video about the location.

Choices:

• • Tintagle Castle (Cornwall), White Cliffs of Dover, Beachy-Head and Seven-Sisters, Marloes-Beach (Pembrookshire), Abbott‘s Cliff (Folkestone, Kent), Dunnottar Castle (Scotland), Lannacombe Bay (Devon), Old Harry Rocks, Col Huw Beach (Wales), The Needles (Isles of Wight), …

What to include: pin on a map of the UK (e.g. ScreenShot on Google Maps), picture, sketch/model with label, key reasons why it is a “must-see-location“, a remarkable fact, … (Whatever else you think is of interest for the Geographer.) – Spend a maximum of 15min on it.

Links:

• • https://www.countryfile.com/go-outdoors/days-out/britains-best-coastal-caves-arches-and-stacks/

  • https://www.countryliving.com/uk/wildlife/countryside/g105/dramatic-uk-coastal-views/?slide=1

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_on_the_British_coastline

Next week, we will be looking at how our beaches can be looked after.

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Maths:

• Yesterday’s answers to Arithmetic Lesson Starter 1:

• Arithmetic Starter:

  • Mild

• • Hot

• • Hotter

• • Hottest

• Main-Learning: White-Rose Summer 1 Week 3 Lesson 2 → Multiplying 4– by 2-digit numbers

• Extension-Challenge: Try the Day 20 and 19 Problems of the day → https://whiterosemaths.com/resources/classroom-resources/problems/

Day-19-Thursday-26th-March-2020-1        Day-20-Friday-27th-March-2020 (Please ignore the dates on the document.)

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Today, please … ! THANK YOU.

Reading: Listen to chapter 11 (The Spitting Crow; https://www.spreaker.com/user/12356852/street-child-chapter-11-the-spitting-cro ) and please answer the following questions.

Questions in a document: StreetChild-chapter 11 – The Spitting Crow

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. Explain why Jim can’t stay with Rosie.

            2. Which solution was found?

            3. List at least 2 pros and contras of the solution they found for Jim’s stay.

            4. Explain how the following sentence describes life at the time: “Anywhere would be better than this. […] Drowning would be better than this.” (91)

            5. Do you believe Rosie when she says that she lost her job because of her bad cooking? Explain and use evidence from the text.

            6. Give your opinion about Rosie‘s story of Emily, Lizzie and the lady from the country side. Guess what you think has happened to the girls. Which evidence from the text did you use?

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English:

• Starter:

  • Check yesterday’s answers: 1. machine, 2. equipment, 3. cute, 4. The songwriter hurried to finish the lyrics to go with the rhythm. 5. driven, 6. misbehave, untangle, 7. who has, 8. patience, 9. sum, 10. hippopotamus, 11. Gina Frost’s secretary was always very busy scheduling her appointments. 12. “Your next client is her, Mrs Frost,” she announced over the intercom. 13. It wasn’t uncommon for the employees to work through their lunch breaks. 14. you, 15. No, 16. took, 17. there, 18. She dislikes her job. 19. question, 20. new client, she, she

• • Solve the next set of tasks (answer on a Dojo or a word-processing document, you will receive the correct answers tomorrow).

• Street-Child: Complete the attached activities about Street-Child, they link chapter 3, 10 and 11 (So it would make sense to listen to them again.) – Complete the Reading task first and then come to this part of the lesson.

Su1-Wk3-L02-MainTask

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Science: Properties of materials – Temperature and insulation.

• Today, we are getting practical and I hope your grown-ups are on board as well.

Your task is to design a portable cup that can keep Mr Jalloh (he loves fresh ice-coffee) and Mr Grundey (he loves warm green tea). This means that the cup has to be equally able to (a) keep a drink ice-cold as well as (b) blazing hot.

All these instructions are also in the following document: Su1-Wk2-Temperature challenge

• • Start by watching https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zkntsbk, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg8kXf_HKtU, https://youtu.be/l81M7Xhwzk0 and (most importantly) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaUz_SqOXnI

  • Now, plan and set-up your experiment.

    • Use 3-4 identical cups (hopefully you have some in the house) and wrap them in 4 different materials (e.g. tin-foil, cardboard, paper, clingfilm).

    • Predict which cup will retain the heat the best.

      • I predict that the cup that is wrapped in … will retain the heat best (maybe you can add a reason.)

  • Next, conduct your experiment and record your data.

    • Boil the water and pour it into the cups.

    • Measure the temperature at the beginning and record it in a table.

    • Measure again after 3min, 6min, 9min, 12min and 15min (I am following https://study.com/academy/lesson/which-material-is-the-best-heat-insulator-science-experiment.html.)

• • Using the data, conclude what the experiment has taught you.

    • Comparing the measured temperature, I noticed that the drop in temperature is the lowest when using …

    • The temperature drop is the largest when using … to wrap the cup.

  • Finish by giving Mr Jalloh and Grundey a clear advice on which material their cup should ideally be made of (or using it to enclose the cup).

    • In my design for Mr Jalloh‘s and Mr Grundey‘s cup, I would use … as the insulating material (in the middle layer of the cup) because …

  • Finally, visit the following websites and read through them to secure your learning:

    • http://www.lovemyscience.com/insulators.html

    • https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z2gjtv4/revision/3

    • The practical impact of our findings help us improve our buildings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTr-XBz1Ls0 (What made you wonder when watching the video?)

 

 

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Maths: From this week, we will also give you a mental arithmetic

• Arithmetic Starter:

  • Mild
    

• • Hot

• • Hotter

• • Hottest

• Main-Learning: White-Rose Summer 1 Week 3 Lesson 1 → Multiplying 2- by 2-digit numbers

• • This week, we will go even a bit further back with our revision. Watch the presentation (https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/) and complete the tasks.

• Extension-Challenge: Solve the attached questions on a piece of paper – Medal Maths (5) – Explain your method.
  Su1-Wk3-L01-MultiplicationExtension-ReasoningDD

• It is Star Wars Day! Describe the position of the Star Wars Characters (in order from left to right: Luke, Darth Vader, Storm Trooper, Princess Leia).

Easy?!                         What about the co-ordinates of the characters in this grid?

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English: SpaG-Starter-Activity

• • Check Friday’s answers (130): 1. junior, 2. wastage, 3. calendar, 4. giraffe, 5. wilful, 6. tall, 7. quay key, 8. you’ve, 9. incredible, 10. off, 11. that, 12. Is asked, 13. he it, 14. over, 15. ‘You’re very welcome, I was pleased I picked it up before a car ran over it,’ the man replied. OR ‘You’re very welcome, I was pleased I picked it up before a car ran over it’, the man replied..

  • Solve Day 131 (answer on a Dojo or a word-processing document, you will receive the correct answers tomorrow).

• The Power of Pictures

1. 1. Describe the picture.
      

   2. Explain what you think the artist wanted to tell the audience.

   3. Explain what is so clever about the picture and how it is linked to the current week.

• Story starters

• • Complete the tasks from the sheet in the .document. Su1-Wk3-L01-MainTask
    

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Reading: Listen to chapter 10 (Lame Betsy) and please answer the following questions.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/12356852/chapter-10-lame-betsy

Questions in a document: StreetChild-chapter 10 – Lame Betsy

1. Explain how the author creates suspense at the beginning of this chapter.

2. Explain how you think he felt when he found out that Judd and Rosie lost their job.

3. Explain what a “knocker-upper” is who came past the window at half past five in the morning.

4. Explain why the personal pronoun “he” is written in capitals, “God bless you, child. I hope He takes care of you.” (82)

5. Explain how we know from the book that territory was important for Street sellers in Victorian times.

6. Explain how hugging Rosie was a key moment for Jim and his emotions.

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Spellings: Complete the tasks from the attached .pdf (double consonants), please.

Su1-Wk3-Y5-6 TypicalMistakes

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Art: Re-Watch the video on perspective drawing and drawing of historic buildings.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oytc8TOC4Dg&list=PLnifj-hFGWC_EoBXThetrDpqyqhNMEDo6

• Create your own sketch of our wonderful school building.
  

  • Is there anything that you would add to make it look more appealing?

    • Extension I: Look at what we have found! Fancy having a go? Maybe, you could even pick a building that you come past during your walk. Take a photo and then get drawing when you are back inside.

• • • Extension II: Over the weekend, we have been practising our … Oops – just have a look for yourself. https://www.jimfield.me/draw
      

      • Can you make your own one?
        

      • Can you invent your own “Oi …”?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good morning and happy Monday,

We are now nearing the end of April. Just in the previous weeks, please make sure you check the Class-Blog on a daily basis (lesson resources will be published at around 9am every morning). Below is our time-table for the week. Please make sure you use it to structure your day.

General tips and activities:

• • To fill gaps, help on rainy days or just simply enjoy the freedom to do what you personally are interested in, have a look at …

    • Cartoon-Character drawing: http://www.robbiddulph.com/draw-with-rob

    • Visit Collins’ Word of the Day and expand your vocabulary: Do you know what a “volute”, a “berimbau”, a “bubble car”, a “notaphily” or a “fiacre” are?

      • https://www.collinsdictionary.com/word-of-the-day

 

• Continue with Mathletics – Most children have a good range of tasks right across the board outstanding. Please complete them.

If your times-tables are a bit rusty, make sure you practise them.

• PE: Use the vast amount of Youtube resources for a morning wake-up and shake-up.

• Reading:

  • Every day, you should read your own book for about 30min. Use the bookreview template and submit your work via Class-Dojo or howardyear5@gmail.com      ->  BookReview-Template (.doc)    -> Book review sheet  (.pdf)

  • Listen to your “Street Child” podcast and answer the questions – best done in the WORD document that I send you daily.

 

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Maths: White-Rose Summer 1 Week 2 Lesson 1 → Adding decimals with same amounts of decimal places

• Watch the presentation (https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/) and complete the tasks (everyone should be able to complete that).

• Then, you may choose to move on to the challenge: Solve the attached questions. -> Su1-Wk2-Decimal-Place-Value-Riddle-Challenge-Cards
  

English:

• Starter:

  • Check Friday’s answers from the Screen-Shot.

• • Solve Day 126 (answer on a Dojo or a word-processing document, you will receive the correct answers tomorrow).

• The Power of Pictures.  -> all tasks in a document: Su1-W2-Lesson01 – PowerOfPictures
  

1. 1. Describe the picture.
      

   2. Explain what you think the artist wanted to tell the audience.

   3. Write a “Thank you” card to somebody who – without being constantly in the spotlight – helps enormously during the current Corona pandemia (e.g. your postman, delivery driver, shop-keeper …).

   4. Create your own powerful picture that best describes/expresses your current situation and/or feelings.

Reading: Listen to chapter 5 (Behind Bars) that was kindly read by Emiliana, please answer the following questions.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/12356852/chapter-5-behind-bars-street-child

Questions in a document: StreetChild-chapter 5 – Behind Bars

1. Explain the word “Pauper”.

2. In your opinion, what does the sentence mean, “Speedy despatch, paupers get.” when talking about what happened to Jim’s mum after she died.

3. Describe a typical day for Jim in the workhouse.

4. In your opinion, should Jim run away from the workhouse? Create a for and against list.

Spellings: Complete the tasks from the attached .pdf, please. Su1-Wk2-Spellings

Art: Re-Watch the video on perspective drawing and drawing of historic buildings.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oytc8TOC4Dg&list=PLnifj-hFGWC_EoBXThetrDpqyqhNMEDo6

• Create your own sketch of this famous Croydon landmark – This is Croydon Minster.

 

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Here is some News-Reading: FIRSTNEWS – 27th April

Maths: White-Rose Summer 1 Week 2 Lesson 2 → Subtracting decimals with same amounts of decimal places

• Watch the presentation (https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/) and complete the tasks.

• Extension-Challenge: See the questions on the worksheet. Su1-Wk2-L02-Extension-NextStep
  

English:

• Starter:

  • Check yesterday’s answers from the Screen-Shot.

• • Solve Day 127 (answer on a Dojo or a word-processing document, you will receive the correct answers tomorrow).

• Story-Starters → Complete the Writing task in this document. Save your answers and send them to your teacher.

Su1-Week2-Lesson02 – StoryStarter

Reading: Listen to chapter 6 and please answer the following questions. https://www.spreaker.com/user/12356852/chapter-6-tip

Questions in a document: StreetChild-chapter 6 – Tip

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. Explain why – in your opinion – Jim followed and eventually talked to the boy with the wild hair, but not the other boys.

            2. Describe and characterise school/teaching in the past – according to the book.

            3. Compare it to today’s teaching and learning (find differences and similarities).

            4. Explain why Jim felt like is described in the following sentence: “He was bleak inside himself, lonely and bewildered and afraid.” (p. 54)

            5. In your opinion, can you write without being able to read? Explain your opinion.

            6. How do schools and fairness link in the past? Discuss and express your opinion giving clear reasons.

            7. Research what “Music-therapy” is and how this is linked to the text/chapter.

Science: Properties of materials.

• Our Science Teaching Points (or Learning objectives) are:

  • • Compare and group together everyday materials on the basis of their properties, including their hardness, solubility, transparency, conductivity (electrical and thermal), and response to magnets

    • Understand that some materials will dissolve in liquid to form a solution, and describe how to recover a substance from a solution

    • Use knowledge of solids, liquids and gases to decide how mixtures might be separated, including through filtering, sieving and evaporating

    • Give reasons, based on evidence from comparative and fair tests, for the particular uses of everyday materials, including metals, wood and plastic

    • Demonstrate that dissolving, mixing and changes of state are reversible changes

    • Explain that some changes result in the formation of new materials, and that this kind of change is not usually reversible, including changes associated with burning and the action of acid on bicarbonate of soda.

• Task 1: Create a fact-file about a chosen Scientist relevant for the topic:

  • • Antoine Lavoisier (1743 – 1794)

    • Dmitri Mendeleyev (1834 – 1907)

    • Sir Humphry Davy (1778 – 1829)

    • John Dalton (1766 – 1844)

    • Marie Curie (1967-1934)

    • Royal Society of Chemistry – ‘The 175 Faces of Chemistry’ provides information on contemporary chemists and chemists of the past – http://www.rsc.org/diversity/175-faces/

• Task 2: On plain paper, create a title page for our topic: “Properties and changes of Materials”. Include facts about materials, pictures of different materials, what different materials are used for etc.

• Task: 3: Go on a Materials-Hunt and find 5 (or more) different items in your home. To each record what material it is mainly made of, describe the material, record strengths and weaknesses → use the table and document to record: Su1-Wk2-Science-Materials-Introduction
  

• Task: 4: Discuss and record your answer. (record on the above .doc sheet)
  

  • • What is positive, negative and fascinating about a chocolate door handle.

 

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Maths: White-Rose Summer 1 Week 2 Lesson 3 → Subtracting decimals with different amounts of decimal places

• Watch the presentation (https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/) and complete the tasks.

• Extension-Challenge → Decimals in the wider context (e.g. linked with fractions):

  • Decimals in a wider context – Hot      Decimals in a wider context – Hotter       Decimals in a wider context – Hottest

English:

• Starter:

  • Check yesterday’s answers from the Screen-Shot (day 127).

• • Solve Day 128 (answer on a Dojo or a word-processing document, you will receive the correct answers tomorrow).

• SpaG – Using the correct tenses in writing. This task is best done within the document.  Su1-Wk2-L03-Correct the tenses
  

Reading I –> Home-reading task:

• • Create a set of top-trumps from a range of heroes and villains from the stories you have read. (at least 5 heroes and 5 villains)

Reading II: Listen to chapter 7 (https://www.spreaker.com/user/12356852/street-child-chapter-7-the-wild-things) and please answer the following questions.

Questions in a document: StreetChild-chapter 7 – The Wild Thing

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. What time of the year is it in chapter 7. Give 3 pieces of evidence from the book.

            2. What escalates in this chapter and what is your opinion about what is happening?

            3. Explain how the chapter marks a turning point.

            4. Write a letter to the teacher Mr Barrack sharing your opinion on his behaviour as a teacher. Can you convince him to change?

Geography: Today, we are travelling back to Room 13 and the children’s stay in Whitby.

1. From memory, recount 5 aspects of the book that could be interesting/relevant for a geographer (e.g. Fylingdale Early Warning Station).

• • Use these awesome maps for clues: Whitby Aerial Whitby OS Yorkshire OS

2. Watch the video and note 10 key facts. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zc2pvcw

3. Read the text and answer the questions. Coastline L01 – Su1-Wk2

4. Read https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/earth/coasts/

5. Create a mind-map/Concept map of “Coast”. Include sketches, the keywords (beach, dune, tide, cliff, cave, arches, salt marsh, stack, spit) and explain the meaning of the keywords.

 

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Maths: White-Rose Summer 1 Week 2 Lesson 4 → Subtracting decimals with different amounts of decimal places (Sorry, I made a mistake, yesterday during lesson 3 you were meant to add, but if you have done the subtraction, which is lesson 4, please do lesson 3, if not, then nothing changes.)

• Watch the presentation (https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/) and complete the tasks.

• Extension: Decimals-Fractions-Percentages-Challenge → Complete the following questions … Su1-Wk2-L04-Decimals Extension
  

English:

• Starter:

  • Check yesterday’s answers from the Screen-Shot (day 128).

• • Solve Day 129 (answer on a Dojo or a word-processing document, you will receive the correct answers tomorrow).

• English work linked to “Street Child”. We will…

  • Task 1: Describe the pictures. Include the activities, feelings of everyone on the picture, sentences that might have been said etc.

• • Task 2: Imagine you were one of the children in the workhouse, describe your day in great detail.

    • You might have to research a little bit more about life in workhouses.

  • Task: 3: Draw a picture of Jim in the workhouse during one of his activities. Include a caption.

Reading: Please listen to chapter 8 (The Carpet Beaters, https://www.spreaker.com/user/12356852/chapter-8-the-carpet-beaters) and answer the following questions.

Questions in a document: StreetChild-chapter 8 – The Carpet Beaters

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. Explain how Mr Sissons finances (pays for) the workhouse (e.g. to feed and cloth everyone)?

            2. Describe the “great escape”.

            3. Explain the link between the title of the chapter and its content.

            4. Explain why Tip didn’t join Jim during the “great escape”.

            5. Explain the role of pure luck during Jim’s escape.

            6. Explain the power/effect of the short ending sentence, “He was free.”

History: Today, we are going to dive deeper into our topic “Local History”. So far, we have only looked at some pictures etc. of Croydon landmarks. Now, I would like you to do the following:

 

1. Use the picture prompts to write down 5-10 things you know about Croydon’s past.

2. List 5 or more important locations (buildings or sights) in Croydon (e.g. Surrey Street Market or Lloyd Park).

3. Then, looking at your list, pick one and create a factfile on it ready to be shared with the other children in class.

4. Eventually, create a list of famous people who are connected to Croydon (e.g. through having been to school) or have actually come from Croydon.

5. To each person, write a sentence or two about their link/connection to Croydon. If you write it on Dojo, I can share it with the others.

Optional: Browse the website https://www.francisfrith.com/uk/croydon/photos and pick the picture you found most interesting. Take a screenshot, paste it into a new document and write a note explaining why you chose that picture.

Thank you & have fun.

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Maths: White-Rose Summer 1 Week 2 Lesson 5 –Complete as many of the challenges as a family as possible.

• Su1-Wk2-L05-FamilyChallenges

• Clue: For challenge 5 remember that in an equilateral triangle all angles are equal not just the sides. Also remember, that in a triangle all angles add to 180° while in a rectangle they add to 360°.

• Next step: Ensure that there are no outstanding tasks in Mathletics left, please.

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English:

• Starter: Check yesterday’s answers from the Screen-Shot (day 129).

• • Solve Day 130 (answer on a Dojo or a word-processing document, you will receive the correct answers tomorrow).

• English work linked to “Street Child”. Today, I would like you to …

• • Task 1: Read through the attached Twinkl presentation about Workhouses in Victorian time.  Su1-Wk2-L05-Twinkl-workhouses-powerpoint
    

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  • Task 2: Read the attached 3 diary entries and highlight in purple what marks good Year 5 writing and in light green what you think needs improving.

Su1-Wk2-L05-WoW-Writing Examples

• • • Sources:https://wowwriting.wordpress.com/2016/10/15/year-5-diary-entries-written-through-the-eyes-of-jim-jarvis/ (30/4/2020),https://inmylifeliverpool.wordpress.com/2018/01/09/the-diary-of-jim-jarvis/ (30/4/2020),http://year5and6grove.blogspot.com/2014/09/street-child-diary-entry.html (30/4/2020)

 

• • Task 3: Imagine to be Jim and write a diary entry for one of the following stages in the story …
    

1. 1. 1. the day the family got evicted from their house (chapter 2&3),

      2. the day that Jim’s mum collapsed and they both got taken to the Workhouse (chapter 4&5),

      3. the day leading up to and including the “great escape” (chapter 7&8) OR

      4. the day that he spent searching for Rosie (for this, you will have to do the Reading task with today’s podcast first, chapter 9).

Please, add an illustration at the end of your work.

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Reading: Please listen to chapter 9 (https://www.spreaker.com/user/12356852/street-child-chapter-9-the-jaw-of-the-ir) and answer the following questions.

Questions in a document: StreetChild-chapter 9 – The Jaw of the Iron Dog

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. Give Jim 3 useful pieces of advice on how to find his sisters.

            2. Explain the link between the title of the chapter and its content.

            3. Explain what effect the chapter title has on the reader.

            4. Create an illustration for this chapter.

            5. Explain the meaning of, “he had looked through a window into his memory”. (73)

            6. Predict what you think has happened to Jim’s sisters Emily and Lizzie. (Which clues does the text give you?)

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Spanish: Today, we are going to move on to the next topic, which is “My home”.

• First, watch the presentation and practise saying the words. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctW0GEqhk2M

  • Thanks to our Canadian friends, here are some flashcards with audio: http://www.spanishtown.ca/spanishforkids/grade1/Lesson_8_Spanish.html

  • This is another cracking one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZgYF0cO2iQ

• Then, log-in to “languageangels” and use the vocabulary sheet to play “Rooms (What is missing)” – also practise the speaking part.

Mi Casa – L01 – Core Vocabulary Sheet

Mi Casa – L01 – Vocabulary – Flashcards

House Vocabulary In Spanish

https://www.languageangels.com/schools/ -> log-in [username is your class name in lower case (cannon street / london bridge) and password is howard)

• After that, choose one task-sheet (hot, hotter or hottest) and complete them. Don’t print, just write it onto class-dojo.

Mi Casa – L01 – Writing Exercise (hot)     Mi Casa – L01 – Writing Exercise (hotter)     Mi Casa – L01 – Writing Exercise (hottest)

• Finally, create a learning poster (use the attached vocabulary sheet and flashcards) and record yourself using the words (on class-dojo and then send it to us).

  • Here are some animated flashcards: https://quizlet.com/122781227/spanish-la-casa-vocabulary-flash-cards/

• • This link can be used to secure for everyone who feels very confident. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=hQdsi4T686w&feature=emb_logo

• If you are a very confident Spanish speaker, create a presentation with the key vocabulary, pictures and audio (record yourself saying the phrases) so that we can share them with the rest of the class on the blog and Dojo.

 

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This week, it was decided to spare you having to complete a separate piece of homework. Instead, we would love for you to ensure that you have completed all learning/lesson tasks from the past two weeks.

• Then, we would like you to pick a walk – should you go out for some fresh air – and document it with 3-5 pictures. Arrange the pictures in the correct order and describe your little trip for fresh air and exercise.

• For everyone who is “stuck inside”, please document and annotate your daily routine/activities with 3-5 pictures.

• Next weekend, I will set you up on a new Geography mapping system (which I hope we can purchase for school) where you will do this documenting online while creating your own map. A video of instructions will be posted during the course of next week. If successful, I will ask the other children in school to follow your example.

Here is a range of activities you should complete over the weekend and return to us by Wednesday, 29th April 2020.

Maths:

• Complete the tasks set on Mathletics.

• Complete the little counting challenge. If the numbers are too difficult, you are allowed to choose easier starting points if your parents agree.

English: Write a diary entry for one day of the weekend. Make it exciting even though it might not be the most exciting weekend.

History: Since everything that you are doing at the moment is in some way “homework”, please treat this as a dive into the link between Ancient Greece and today. Many of our Sciences are based on discoveries and thoughts of outstanding Scientists and Philosophers from the era we have looked at. Therefore, please create a factfile on a personality of your choice. Once I receive them, they will be shared on Dojo and the blog so that everyone of you can learn more from the others. Choose from:

Pythagoras, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Hippocrates, Aristarchus, Euclid, Archimedes, Eratosthenes,

Extension: Create an overview with images of other key inventions by Ancient Greeks.

Links:

https://www.thoughtco.com/ancient-greek-scientists-inventions-and-discoveries-120966

https://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_greece/science_and_technology.php

https://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_greek_philosophers.php

https://www.historyforkids.net/ancient-greek-science.html

https://www.historyforkids.net/greek-philosophy.html

https://www.thefamouspeople.com/greek-scientists.php

http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/greece/famous.htm

Good morning and welcome back after the Easter break, which probably didn’t feel like a real break.

Anyway, we hope you all had an enjoyable time – as much as possible. Thank you so much for your commitment last half-term, the past and the coming weeks will surely go down in history.

To keep things as “normal” as possible, we would like to continue in the same pattern as before the holidays, which means that we will release the lessons on a daily basis. Task sheets will be sent in .doc form so that you can fill them in on the computer and then return them to us via Class-Dojo. However, we will take the feedback on board and reduce the workload to make it more realistic and achievable.

Please make sure you check the Class-Blog on a daily basis (lesson resources will be published at around 9am). This half-term, we would like to make more use of projects so that we have a huge treasure-chest of work to update our displays while you are at home and/or straight after the end of the lockdown that we are currently in.

Below is our time-table for the week. Please make sure you use it to structure your day as organisation is important, it helps keeping focussed and prevents boredom as well as feeling lost in the unknown. Just in general, please remember …

• PE: There is so much around on Youtube to follow, Joe Wicks, Wake-and-Shake, Cosmic Kids Yoga …

• Mathletics – Most children have a good range of tasks right across the board outstanding. Please complete them.

  • If your times-tables are a bit rusty, make sure you practise them.

• Reading: Make sure that you write your bookreview once you have finished reading your own book. Send it to your teacher via Class-Dojo.

  • Book Review Template: BookReview-Template

Our class-novel is “Street Child” (Berlie Doherty). Every day, we will read a chapter to you and give you 3-5 tasks linked to the text. Complete the tasks and send us the answers please.

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Maths: Using the link https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/ , comkplete the Summer 1, Week 1, Lesson 1 “Adding decimals within 1” activities. → Complete the tasks on a piece of paper or write the answers into a MS WORD document.

English:

• Starter: Day 121 from the Screen-Shot (answer on a Dojo or a word-processing document, you will receive the correct answers tomorrow).

• Main task: The Power of Pictures.

1. 1. Describe the picture.
      

1. 2. Explain what the artist is trying to tell the audience.

   3. Create your own powerful picture about a topic of your choice (e.g. current affairs, schools, environment, yourself, space …)

 

Reading: Before listening to the first chapter, please answer the following questions.

1. 1. Why is the story called „Street Child“?

   2. Predict what could happen in the story (characters, events …).

Use this link to get to our Street Child Podcast. Here you can play it as often as you want/need to.  https://www.spreaker.com/episode/25796542

Afterwards, answer the following questions.

1. 3. Describe the relationship between Barney and Jim.

   4. Give at least 3 examples for informal language in the text.

   5. Describe and explain how meeting Jim has changed Barney‘s life.

Spellings: Practise the spellings shown in the .pdf document.

Art: Watch the video on perspective drawing and drawing of historic buildings.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oytc8TOC4Dg&list=PLnifj-hFGWC_EoBXThetrDpqyqhNMEDo6

• Try to re-create the picture.

• Next step: Create your own sketch of this famous Croydon landmark.

 

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Maths: Go through the information for Summer 1, Week 1, Lesson two (Subtracting decimals within 1) on White-Rose and complete the related tasks (on paper).       https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/

Here are some Maths teasers/extensions refering to your previous learning in Maths. Have fun and check your answers on page 2 afterwards.

Year_5_Spr_1_Multiplication_and_Division_Maths_Code_Crackers

English:

• Check and correct yesterday‘s answers.

• Complete today‘s SpaG tasks. (The answers will arrive tomorrow.)

• Complete the Writing task in this document. Save your answers and send them to your teacher.   Summer1-Week1-Lesson02 – StoryStarter

 

Reading: Listen to our podcast (chapter 1 – The Shilling Pie, https://www.spreaker.com/user/12356852/chapter-1-the-shilling-pie) and answer the questions. Here as a .doc: StreetChild-chapter 1 – The Shilling Pie

1. Describe what life was like when Jim was living with his mum (past and present).

2. Record at least 3 examples of figurative language (personification, metaphor, alliteration, simile …).

3. Describe how Jim feels about his life, give evidence from the text.

4. If you where Jim, how would you feel, what would you fear and what would you do to change things (if you can)?

 

Science: Before we would like to move on to the next topic, we would like you to research and create a fact-file on two animals that are in huge discussion at the moment, the bat (“ambassador of darkness“ from Friends) and the pangolin (the World‘s most trafficked/smuggled animal).

(When back in school, we will revisit the comparison on life-cycles.)

Please include for each:

• Which category of animal do they belong to?

• What makes them unique?

• What is their importance in nature?

• What threats are they under and why?

• Why are they important and what makes them worth-while protecting?

• What are the closest UK relatives (this is obviously easier with the bats as we have our own species)?

Links you could use:

• https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/animals-and-nature/bats/

• https://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/bat.html

• https://www.scienceforkidsclub.com/bat-facts.html

• https://www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/fun-facts-about-bats

• How do you build a bat box? Could you build one or shall we build one in school? Let us know.

• https://onekindplanet.org/animal/pangolin/

• https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/mammals/facts-about-pangolins/

• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/group/pangolins/

• https://www.pangolins.org/2012/02/18/25-facts-about-pangolins/

• https://www.livescience.com/57200-facts-about-pangolins.html

• Watch: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b3gg0t

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What an exciting day, it is Earth Day! In the absense of being able to travel, check out the following link which allows you to take virtual tours of many absolutely amazing places on our planet. It is utterly amazing. https://www.airpano.com/

Maths: Please go through the information for Summer 1, Week 1, Lesson Three (Complements to 1) on White-Rose and complete the related tasks (on paper).       https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/

English:

• Check and correct yesterday‘s answers.

• Complete today‘s SpaG tasks. (The answers will arrive tomorrow.)

• Our focus for today – and we will revisit this over the next weeks – are the tenses as they have to be consistent and accurate in our writing. First, please watch (and sing) the following explanation of what verbs are.
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=yF-q1eS0rEI&feature=emb_logo
• Then, please listen to the next, genius videos/explanations.
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=33&v=sKJTw4t2dVM&feature=emb_logo
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=143&v=54prMaPn5Ls&feature=emb_logo (a little challenging)
• After that, create a learning-poster or mindmap of the tenses in English. Include the past tenses, present and future in their simple, continuous and perfect form. Please send us your posters. Use these for help (Twinkl-present-tenses-posters Twinkl-verb-tenses-posters ).
• Remember to use your own wording and sentences as copying something is not helping with memorising/learning.

Reading: Well done to the people who found a copy of “Street Child” in their house or have purchased it. You can read it on Amazon Kindle. I believe it might even be free as Mr Jalloh said. Here is our link (https://www.spreaker.com/user/12356852/chapter-2-stick-man ) and here are our questions (StreetChild-chapter 2 – The Stick Man):

1. Describe Mr Stick.

2. Explain what Mr Spink means when she calls the family “lie-a-beds”.

3. Describe Emily’s character and explain her role in the family or in the situation we find the family in.

4. Explain the meaning of the word “denial”.

5. Describe how you think the children feel.

6. Explain how believable mum’s statement “I’ll find us a home,” […] “Don‘t worry.“

Music: Remember to check in and practise your best singing voices just like we do every day. It keeps up the spirit, gives you a great feeling, improves your voice and can hugely help with the learning/memorising things.

https://www.outoftheark.co.uk/ootam-at-home/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=OOTA%20%20Home%20Week%205&utm_content=OOTA%20%20Home%20Week%205+Version+A+CID_9d1f4bb5634f7e7a14d5d14279e1ae3f&utm_source=Email%20newsletter&utm_term=VIEW%20WEEK%205%20%20HOME

I truly love the Tuesday song, we used to sing it in assemblies in my previous school. So inspiring and gripping. Let‘s sing it when we are back in the real/physical classroom!

Geography: On the topic of singing, have you heard that song? It’s been stuck in my ears for days now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6DSMZ8b3LE

Geography: On Wednesday (today), is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2020/

• Here are some exciting, surprising and shocking facts. Link: Earthweek reading

• Please visit the NatGeo website and explore key facts about our planet and its unique wildlife/nature.
  • https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/kids-club/cool-kids/general-kids-club/earth-day/

  • Also visit the sections with information about homelearning and family activities.

    • https://www.nationalgeographic.com/family/at-home-education-resources#get-inspired

    • https://www.nationalgeographic.com/family/at-home-education-resources#get-smart

  • Then choose an activity and document it as a poster, diary entry, collage, photograph etc. – you choose.

• Challenge: Can you create your own logo for Earth Day? (black-and-white or colour)

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Maths: Go through the information for Summer 1, Week 1, Lesson four (Adding decimals across 1) on White-Rose and complete the related tasks (on paper).  https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/

• Complete any “teasers and extensions” that I had uploaded on Tuesday.  Year_5_Spr_1_Multiplication_and_Division_Maths_Code_Crackers
  
• If your timestables need some work, please download and solve (on paper – no need for printing):
  • Ultimate-Times-Tables-Tests-Year-3
  • Ultimate-Times-Tables-Tests-Year-4
  • Ultimate-Times-Tables-Tests-Year-5
    

English:

• First, check yesterday’s answers. (1. burst, 2. shuttle, 3. holiday, 4. expert, 5. nosily thirstily, 6. bicycle, 7. thir/sty, 8. Yes, 9. affecting both sides, 10. well, 11. enthusiasm, 12. Andy Murray, Wimbledon, 13. the net, 14. I you, 15. Where can they be?’ he asked.)

• Then, complete today’s starter.

• Main Task: I have changed my mind regarding today’s and tomorrow’s English.

  • First of all, recap the work on tenses from yesterday.

  • Then, choose one of the “Changing Tense” sheets (*, ** or ***) and complete it on Dojo or a sheet of paper. US2-T-2548998-Changing-Tense-Activity-Sheets_ver_3

  • After that, let’s make a big step away from Grammar. Since it will be the anniversary of William Shakespeare’s baptism on Sunday (in those days births were not registered, the exact date is not certain, but historians seems to agree it was the 23^rd April in 1564), I would like you to do three things.

    • Firstly, create a timeline of key events in Shakespeare’s life.

    • Secondly, write a list of 5-10 key pieces of writing by him.

    • Thirdly, compile a list of 5-10 key quotes from Shakespeare’s work/writing.

  • Links:

    https://williamshakespearefacts.com/timeline/

    https://williamshakespearefacts.com/quotes/

    https://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/resources/life/timeline/

    https://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/quotes/

    http://www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/timeline.html

    http://www.shakespeare-online.com/quotes/

 

Reading: Listen to the podcast chapter 3 “Rosie and Judd”, then answer the questions. Link: https://www.spreaker.com/user/12356852/street-child-chapter-3-rosie-judd-1    Here is the MS Word document with the questions: StreetChild-chapter 3 – Rosie and Judd

1. Explain the word “Slums“.

2. In the chapter, the family notices a finch (bird) that is trapped in a tiny cage. How does the life of the finch compare with the life of Jim‘s family?

3. Describe the relationship between Mum and Rosie.

4. Research what a workhouse was in Victorian times. How would you describe the life of the people inside such a workhouse?

5. For what reasons are they hiding Emily and Lizzie in the house/mansion?

6. Describe and explain how you think the girls felt when mum and Jim left without them?

History: Today, you are going to look at the last, but possibly one of the most important aspects of the influence that Ancient Greeks had onto modern life. It is something called Democracy.

• Read through and watch: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z87tn39/articles/z8q8wmn

• Then read through the PowerPoint: Democracy_Ancient-Greece-Short
  

  • Optional: Read through https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-greece/ancient-greece-democracy

• Eventually, create a mind-map of what Democracy is. Include interesting facts from Ancient Greek time.

Homework: -> I moved it to a separate blog post.

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Maths: We have something slightly different for you today, following White-Rose we would like you to complete the attached challenges. Everyone should try challenge 1-5, but you may wish to go beyond.

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• If you found the Math difficult this week, visit Year 4’s Summer 1 Week 1 lessons: https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/

• If fractions are a bug-bear, check out Year 3’s learning on equivalent fractions from Week 1 up to now. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/

Also:

• • Have you completed and sent the “teasers and extensions” from this week?

  • Have you completed on of the timestables challenges in yesterday’s Maths section?

 

Reading: Listen to chapter 4 (The Workhouse, https://www.spreaker.com/user/12356852/chapter-4-the-workhouse) and answer the following questions (StreetChild-chapter 4 -The Workhouse):

1. Explain why you think mum said to Jim, “God help you, Jim.” as they were separated.

2. Describe how you think Jim felt when mum collapsed on the pavement. Use 2 pieces of evidence from the text.

3. Give 3 pieces of advice to Jim on what to do next.

4. Explain the word “empathy” and give an example of when you showed empathy.

5. Share your opinion on the police men’s behaviour. Explain.

6. Use a dictionary to explain the words (a) “infirmary” and (b) “sluice”.

7. Draw a picture that could be used as an illustration for this chapter.

English:

• First, check yesterday’s answers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Then, complete today’s starter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Now, complete the Reading task for today and then revisit all previous chapters (listen or read again).

• Main Task: Write a letter to Jim telling him what you would advise him to do next.

  • Should he break out? Who could he ask for help? How could mum be saved (if at all)? Is there a way of being reunited with his sisters? …

Spanish

Practise the colours using the following link:

• • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsRKoZGaoEM

Revise the fruits and vegetables using the following link:

• • https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=105&v=8H30WwuU6rQ&feature=emb_logo

Comprehension:

Listen and watch the videos at least 3-times. While watching, record any information you gathered from the video. (certainly, you can stop and go)

• • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_a1mfo8Sic

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m8aqvYWuBU

Complete any Spanish activity/game to fruits and vegetables on Language Angels that you haven’t yet completed. Please visit https://www.languageangels.com/schools/  -> log-in [username is your class name in lower case (cannon street / london bridge) and password is howard)