Happy May – Week beginning on the 4th May 2020

May 4, 2020

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:

  • 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.

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 75th 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?

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.

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.

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

    • 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.

 

Maths:

  • Yesterday’s answers to Arithmetic Lesson Starter 2:

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:

  • 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?

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.

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

  1. 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:

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.)

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. 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?

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

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

    • 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:

 

 

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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

  • 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?

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. 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

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.

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

Su1-Wk3-Y5-6 TypicalMistakes

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

      • 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 …”?