Year 5

Hello and welcome back!

I hope everyone had a lovely holiday and a happy New Year. Unfortunately, due to the announcement made on Monday night, we are having to return to online learning. There will be a daily zoom session for year 5 at 9am, focused on different areas of the curriculum. I hope to see everyone there to share your fantastic learning and news. We will also be sending out a weekly learning menu, along with the resources needed. These tasks and resources will also be available for you on this page.

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If there are any issues or you need to speak to me about anything, please don't hesitate to email me.

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Thank you for all your support and patience during this challenging time.

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Week 2 (11th January 2021)

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Maths - This week we are learning about multiplying 2/3/4 digits by 2-digit numbers. It is Week 2 on the White Rose Home Learning. Each lesson has a video here:

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

And then a worksheet attached. Have a go at what you can and don’t worry! Feel free to email any questions.

You can use Maths Bot: https://mathsbot.com/questionGenerator to practice topics we have already covered.

There are also some videos/activities here which might help: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z4chnrd  

TT Rockstars: https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student

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Reading/Writing - Use the OXFORD OWL website to find a book to read: https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/login/

Username - year5wna20

Password - Password123

Test your reading of the book on AR: https://ukhosted8.renlearn.co.uk/6705537

There is a booklet attached with some activities to go with our class read, Chester’s Fairground which we will read during Zoom.

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This week in writing we are going to use the video of the ‘Wishgranter’ for our writing.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zON0wDD7VJY

• Retell the story from various points of view:

The Wishgranter

The Money wisher

Either of the love wishers

• Write diary entries for the various characters

• Discuss what you would wish for and why. 

• Write an explanation about how wishes are granted.

• Create thought bubbles for the people making the wishes.

• Write dialogue for the two characters at the end.

• Explain what is needed in a Wishgranter's toolbox.

• Create a persuasive film review and trailer.

SPaG – Using Brackets to indicate parenthesis – Take a look at the PPTs and complete the mini test.

Take a look at this website which has lots of reading and writing opportunities -  https://coronavirusandschools.org.uk/reading-writing/

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Topic - PSHE:  Understanding the effects and risks of alcohol and tobacco -  https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zrffr82/articles/zg982nb

RE:  Interview a believer about what worship means to them or use videos to gain the information. Present the interview/research in the form of an article for a Magazine.

Art:  Design your own pattern for the side of a ride in the style of Fred Fowle.

DT – At a fairground it isn’t always the rides that attract people, it is the games/activities they also have on offer.

Can you think of games that incorporate magnets, electrical circuits or control programs? – some examples could be: Steady Hand – steer a metal hoop around a piece of twisted metal without the two touching and a buzzer sounding Magnetic fishing game – catch fish with a magnetic fishing rod Electronic Quiz – join a question to the correct answer, using a wire, to light a bulb.

Think of other games that could be adapted to have a magnetic or electrical component or computer program, e.g. Pin the tail on the donkey, if it’s in the right place a buzzer sounds; or Magnetic Battleships, put metal discs on a grid where some of the squares have magnets under them. Extend the thinking to fairground games where you could use magnets or electrical components e.g. Hook a duck by catching it with a magnetic rod; the coconut shy, hit a coconut and hear a buzzer sound.

Your task is to design a game with one or more of these components for a fairground. You could draw your design and describe how it works, or you can use a computer program to create it digitally – The options and creativity is limitless so I want to see some really unique ideas!

PE:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyCLoPd4VxBuPuwfVuS-OBtK_kZqJCX-b

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Community Learning - Can you complete a Mile a Day? https://thedailymile.co.uk/

Can you design or design and make a Scarecrow for our allotment?

Can you find out how to make compost? If you have a place at home you could set up a composting station.

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Extra - Why not try these daily challenges -  https://www.morningchallenge.co.uk/morning-challenge

Try our ‘Home Learning Twelve Challenge’ – Use the sheet attached to complete the tasks – how many can you do? Will you get bronze, silver or gold!?

Visit purple mash and complete some task related activities and check out the school website on the Year 5 Home Learning page to practise your spellings. Why don’t you upload any activities or work you do to our blog on PurpleMash – I would love to see all your fantastic work.

Spellings:

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-happiness
-hardness
-madness
-nastiness
-silliness
-tidiness
-childishness
-willingness
-carelessness
-foolishness

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Extension - Can you find out what each word means and put them words in to sentences?