Sorry to double up, but some people might miss the information otherwise.

Homework:

• Here is the main sheet: Sp2-Wk5-28032020    together with a template for the book-review: Book review template
• Have a browse through the Homelearning Packs from the Hamilton trust. https://www.hamilton-trust.org.uk/blog/learning-home-packs/

Good morning all,

While we have our little, spikey visitor around and are required to stay at home, which is for everyone’s best, let’s not pull each-other’s hair out, but establish a routine that is as close to normal life as possible.

To avoid a classblog littered with thousands of messages from us, we will try to keep things as clear and straight forward as possible. Firstly, we will upload a weekly timetable which you can follow as closely as you wish. Then, for each lesson, we will upload a short instruction/overview and then a task-sheet. This does not have to be printed, but can be answered on paper or on the notepad from class-dojo which can then be submitted to us.

Class-Dojo: This morning, we are inviting all parents up to Class-Dojo which makes communication easier and quicker, allows children to build up a portfolio and enables us to see what the children have done as they can upload documents, pictures and videos. Class-Dojo conforms with GDPR regulations and is perfectly safe (closed circle of participants in a class). It works as follows:

1. Download the ClassDojo app.
2. Open app and tap ‘Parent’ to create a parent account.
3. Enter name, email & create a password.
4. Tap ‘Add child (+)’ and use this code: … (we will text the code to you / class-dojo will send you  a link with instructions within the next 30mins)

Any questions, please just ask using Class-Dojo or our email address: howardyear5@gmail.com. Please only use this for relevant correspondences. We will endeavor to respond within 24 hours.

Daily PE routines are essential (we have not timetabled them – sorry). Here is the homelearning link of the programme that we are using. Just click on the link and log in. Then, on the top left-hand side is a menu called Dashboard, simply click on it and choose Real Play where another field/button called Home appears. After clicking on it, you may choose any theme/topic. We will leave this for you to explore and choose rather than dictating which one to do.

The website address is: home.jasmineactive.com 
Parent email: parent@howardprim-1.com
Password: howardprim

Please bare with us this morning, as we are trying to organise the day and week. By 1pm, today’s Math, English and Art should be up.

Kind regards,

The Year 5 team

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Since we are all gearing up for Year 6 – and the time will fly quicker than expected -, here is a link with a Grammar Glossary and examples:

SPAG-support-for-parents

https://www.theschoolrun.com/primary-grammar-glossary-for-parents

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Monday:

Math: Sp2-Wk5-MeasurePerimeter-SimpleShapes (Since so many were off last week, we are going a little bit backwards, but will speed up a lot from tomorrow.)

English: Sp2-Wk5-L01 PerseusMedusa-Read&StoryMap

Text: PerseusMedusa p1-20 PerseusMedusa p21-23 

Spellings: Sp2-Wk5-Spellings

Art: ART-Sp2-Wk5  

Booklet: Choose one of the writing tasks. Remember, you can send it to me via Class-Dojo. 

Remember to also enjoy the sunshine a little bit. Go for a walk, but keep 2m distance from others.

 

Tuesday:

Math: all in one document today -> Sp2-Wk5-Perimeter of complex shapes

English: Sp2-Wk5-L02 – CharacterProfilePerseus

Science: Choose a mammal and create a poster/overview of its life-cycle. Include a box with keywords.

SpaG: Parenthesis/Brackets with additional/non-essential information Sp2-Wk5-SpaG-Parenthesis

Booklet: Pick a short task and complete it to the best possible standard.

 

Wednesday:

Math: Unknown lengths of rectangles and compound shapes. Sp2-Wk5-L03-UnknownLengths-Instruction       Sp2-Wk5-L03-UnknownLengths-Tasks

English: Using the Myth of Perseus and Medusa, write a news report about how Perseus defeated Polydectes.

Here are our Success Criteria: Sp2-Wk5-L03-5 – Newspaper-Article SC

Stuck with ideas? Use my poor example: Sp2-Wk5-L03-4 MedusaNewspaperReport

RE: Choose a religious key-figure and create a bank of 5-10 quotes that could motivate and help people during difficult times. http://www.atschool.co.uk/keystage2-ks2/re.asp

Music: Using the BBC bitesize website, create a learning poster with musical keywords. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zwxhfg8

Challenge: Since Ludwig van Beethoven would celebrate his 250th birthday this year, create a factfile about this musical genius.

• • • https://www.classicsforkids.com/composers/composer_profile.php?id=7   https://kids.kiddle.co/Ludwig_van_Beethoven   https://www.biography.com/musician/ludwig-van-beethoven         SHARE THEM ON CLASS-DOJO WITH THE OTHERS!!!

Booklet: Pick a short task and complete it to the best possible standard.

READING: https://greece.mrdonn.org/odyssey.html  What else can you find out about Odysseus?

 

Thursday:

Maths: Today, we are looking at the area of rectangles. Sp2-Wk5-L04-Area of Rectangles

English: Continue with your news report on the Myth of Perseus and Medusa (see yesterday’s ideas and notes). Share it on Class-Dojo or howardyear5@gmail.com

READING: Read/Explore the Myth of “Jason and the Golden Fleece”. Then create a flipbook about the myth. (How to make a flipbook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un-BdBSOGKY )

• • •  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peFwikd2-bw   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFvGuf6mGy8
      
    • What to be an explorer? Check out this documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D57rVeKXFnM

Geography: Here is a fabulous way of practising your map-skills and combining maps with aerial pictures. Have fun.

• • • GEOGRAPHY MAPSKILLS

History: Create an acrostic or alphabet list of key words about Ancient Greece/Greeks. The letters could be within the words, they don’t have to be at the beginning like my example as that can prove tricky. Please do not copy my example. Upload your work on Class-Dojo.

Friday:

• Maths: Calculating the area of compound shapes. Sp2-Wk5-L05-AreaCompoundShapes-Instruction   Sp2-Wk5-L05-AreaCompoundShapes
• English: For next week, we would like us all to look at modern twists for Greek Myths. Has anyone read Percy Jackson? Here is the tasksheet for you as .pdf and .doc (if you want to work from it straight away). Sp2-Wk5-WritingPromptModernMyth Sp2-Wk5-WritingPromptModernMyth
  
• ICT: Create an animation in Scratch. The-Break-Dancer-Coding-Expert -> Can you adapt it and make it more complex? Share it on class-dojo.
• Spanish: I can name fruits and vegetables in Spanish (log-on to language angels and play a few games to practise the words)
  • Please visit https://www.languageangels.com/schools/  -> log-in (username is your class name in lower case and password is howard) and then complete a range of activities starting with Las frutas. (Further activities and topics will gradually be released.)

Homework:

• Here is the main sheet: Sp2-Wk5-28032020    together with a template for the book-review: Book review template
• Have a browse through the Homelearning Packs from the Hamilton trust. https://www.hamilton-trust.org.uk/blog/learning-home-packs/

Dear all,

As you will be aware, today, the decision was made to close the schools from next week, which means that Friday will be our last school day before the Easter Holidays.

 

Today the children present in Year 5 received a home learning pack in anticipation of the closure. Over the next two days, the children who attend school, will have normal lessons as much as possible. Parallel to that, we will prepare the class blogs to replace the classroom from next week. This means the following:

• Maths: From Monday, we intend to teach via the blog. This means, we will upload the slides as .pdf, .ppt or videos as well as the worksheets (.doc / .odt) so that they can be completed on the sheet and returned to school when we next see each other.
• Spelling and English will be set on a regular basis (1x to 3x per week) depending on our commitments elsewhere.
• Science: The children will gradually be set different projects (e.g. create a biography of a chosen Scientist). Details will be released on a weekly basis.
• Art: Examples or videos will be uploaded weekly together with a range of suggested activities.
• Spanish: Please visit https://www.languageangels.com/schools/ as often as possible, log-in (username is your class name in lower case and password is howard) and then complete a range of activities starting with Las frutas. (Further activities and topics will gradually be released.)
• PE: Together with your parent, explore ways of doing PE inside and during short stays outside (remember to keep a distance of 2m+). Have a look at: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2020/mar/17/how-to-make-a-home-gym-from-household-items-while-self-isolating
• ICT, History and Geography: Any resources will be uploaded weekly together with suggestions for further studies/activities.

Please remain calm (which is easier said than done), make the best of your time and most of all, use the many learning opportunities. We can’t wait to read some books that we can share with you later.

Remember that you are creating History.

 

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First of all, here are a few general resources you could use in the mean-time or as a supplement:

My_Activity_Book_Yrs_5_7

My_Activity_Book_Yrs_7_11

Maths-Classroom-Secrets

SpaG-ClassroomSecrets

The-Break-Dancer-Coding-Expert

The-Log-Cabin-Year-5-Non-Text-Guided-Reading-Pack

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Welcome to Shakespeare Week.

Which Shakespeare story is your favourite?

Please find the homework under the following link: Sp2-Wk3-13032020

Remember that PE days are Monday and Tuesday (swimming).

Parents Evenings are scheduled for 17th March,

 

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• Link percentages, decimals and fractions.
• Measure and calculate the perimeter of rectilinear and compound shapes.

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• First, we need to finish improving the Newspaper Report based on Theseus and the Minotaur.
• Then, we will be planning and writing a Newspaper Report based on Pandora’s box.

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• We will use secondary resources to describe and explain the Life-Cycles of birds.

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• Art: We will continue exploring and developing Greek patterns and start planning our paste resist design.
• Spanish: I can name fruits in Spanish (incl. expressing likes and dislikes).
• History: I can describe key aspects of life in Ancient Greece – the importance of Greek city states.
• ICT: I can apply my knowledge of programming to create a simple Scratch

A late message from here. First, please find the homework under the following link: Sp2-Wk2-06032020

Remember that PE days are Monday and Tuesday (swimming).

Parents Evenings are scheduled for the 12th and 17th March,

 

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• Identify decimals as thousandths.
• Round decimals.
• Order and compare decimals.
• Understand percentages and link them with decimals and fractions – part I.

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• First, we need to complete our character profile for the key characters in Pandora’s box.
• Then, we will be identifying features of a Newspaper Report, evaluate Newspaper Reports and finally up-level an existing, but mediocre Newspaper Report.

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• We will reactivate our knowledge of Life-Cycles (particularly mammals) when going on a hunt for signs of life-cycles in the school grounds.

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• Art: We will continue exploring and developing Greek patterns and link them to pottery, before planning our paste resist design.
• Spanish: I can name fruits in Spanish.
• History: I can describe key aspects of life in Ancient Greece – Greek God’s and their relevance for everyday life (Mt. Olympus has got talent).
• ICT: I can apply my knowledge of programming to create a simple Scratch programme.

Well done for all your hard work in the first week back. Now, in such wonderful weather, one has no chance but to enjoy doing their homework. Should the wind have blown it away, here is a copy:

Sp2-Wk1-28022020

Please note some important messages:

• Swimming starts on Tuesday,
• PE days are now Monday and Thursday,
• World Book Day will be celebrated on Thursday,

• • Have fun creating your characters for World Book Day

• Parents Evenings are scheduled for the 12th and 17th March,

 

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• We will secure our knowledge of decimals by first identifying their place-value, then linking them to fractions, converting between them and then venturing into the thousandths before re-activating our rounding skills to round decimals up to two decimal places.

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• After finishing our travel brochure of Whitby, we will start our new, exciting topic of Greek Myths.
• There, we will read, act out and orally retell Pandora’s Box before exploring the key characters through interviews and developing a character profile.

 

Interested? Click the link to read: http://myths.e2bn.org/mythsandlegends/textonly562-pandoras-box.html

 

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• We will reactivate our knowledge of Life-Cycles particularly the different stages of development to contrast them between animals and plants.

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• Art: We will continue exploring and developing Greek patterns and link them to pottery.

• Spanish: I can name fruits in Spanish.
• Geography will pause for some time and History will return.
  • History: I can describe key aspects of life in Ancient Greece – Greek God’s and their relevance for everyday life (Mt. Olympus has got talent).
• ICT: I can apply my knowledge of programming to create a simple Scratch programme.

We are now (hopefully) leaving the grey, dull and energy-sucking time of the year behind us and sailing strongly towards the rejuvenating, happy time of the year. Sorry for the late post, but first of all, here is a copy of the homework:

Sp1-Wk6-14022020

Please note some important messages:

• PE will this half-term take place on Mondays and Thursdays,
• Parents Evenings are scheduled for the 12th and 17th March,

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• We will multiply different types of fractions by integers.
• We will also be finding fractions of an amount.
• We will also then sum up and revise our fraction learning/knowledge in the context of problem-solving before moving on to decimals.

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Based on our work on our old class-novel “Room 13” we will be …

• Identifying the features of a good persuasive text/travel brochure. (BEWARE THE TRAVEL BUG!)
• Identify and use persuasive language in our own sentence writing.
• Taking and organising condensed notes to plan a travel brochure.
• Writing, reflecting on and editing a travel brochure.
• SPaG: Using Parenthesis.
• Have a look at this comprehensive and very appealing travel brochure: https://issuu.com/discoveryorkshirecoast/docs/discover_yorkshire_coast_holiday_guide_2020

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• Summarise and test our knowledge of forces.

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• Art: I can explore and develop Greek patterns.

• Spanish: I can use Spanish to talk about and describe pets (last sessions).
• Geography will pause for some time and History return.
• ICT: I can apply my knowledge of programming to create a simple Scratch programme.

Our last week before February half-term, we will be spending finishing off the warning dreams and the topic forces, but first of all, here is a copy of the homework:

Sp1-Wk5-07022020

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• Subtracting fractions and mixed numbers with the same and related denominators.
• Multiplying unit and non-unit fractions as well as mixed numbers.

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With the help of our class-novel “Room 13” we will be …

• Using Success Criteria and feedback to write, edit and improve our writing/narration.
• Identifying the features of a good biography.
• Boxing up to identify key information from a biography.
• Uplevelling a mediocre biography.
• SPaG: Using Parenthesis.
• Have a look at the video: https://www.literacyshed.com/draculas-whitby.html#

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• Exploring the effects of levers to translate force.

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• Spanish: I can use Spanish to talk about pets.
• Geography: I can use 4- and 6-digit grid-references.
• ICT: I can apply my knowledge of programming to create a simple Scratch programme.
• PSHE: Connor and Faye will be back for a last time teaching us how to keep fit and healthy.

We are looking at an exciting week ahead with Ranger Ross in on Thursday.

Last week’s homework:

Sp1-Wk3-24012020

Next week, we will work through the following things:

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• Ordering fractions with related denominators.
• Converting between improper and mixed-number fractions.
• Ordering and comparing fractions with related denominators beyond one.
• Adding fractions with related denominators.

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With the help of our class-novel “Room 13” we will be …

• Using a range of narrative and language devices to improve an innovated warning dream.
• Using a storymap to orally innovate a warning dream.
• Using a range of narrative and language devices to innovate a warning dream.
• Using Success Criteria and feedback to edit and improve our writing/narration.
• SPaG: Using hyphons.

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• Exploring the influence of an object’s mass onto the depth it will immerge into water (gravity, up-thrust).

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• Spanish: I can use Spanish to talk about my pets.
• Geography: I can use my Geography glasses (incl. OS smybols and maps) to compare two locations.
• ICT: I can apply my knowledge of programming to create a simple Scratch programme.

We will also be sharing our Myths from last week.