Good morning.  Here are today’s tasks:

*English – Unit from The Oak National Academy.  Using the link below, find Year 5 week beginning Monday 9th November.  Select Wednesday’s English lesson for Year 5.  It is called ‘To answer language questions – Part 1’.  Follow the instructions in the lesson to work through the teaching video and the related activity.

https://classroom.thenational.academy/schedule-by-year/year-5

*Maths – today we are looking at fractions and number sequences.  Take a look at the PowerPoint before having a go at the worksheets (choose either developing, expected or greater deapth).  Mark using the attached answer sheet.

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Year-5-Spring-Block-2-Step-4-RPS-Number-Sequences

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*Reading – make sure that you are reading for at least 10 minutes per day.

*Times Table practice – log onto TTRockstars and spend at least 20 minutes improving your quick recall of times tables.

*DT – In school, we are finalising our bomb shelter designs.  Take some time to finish off your design from last Wednesday.  Make sure that you include dimensions, materials used and joining methods.

Record your work in the book sent home from school.  Please send copies/photos of your work to the admin email address.

Have a good day,

Mrs Hollis

Good morning.  Here are today’s tasks:

*English – Unit from The Oak National Academy.  Using the link below, find Year 5 week beginning Monday 9th November.  Select Tuesday’s English lesson for Year 5.  It is called ‘To answer retrieval questions’.  Follow the instructions in the lesson to work through the teaching video and the related activity.

https://classroom.thenational.academy/schedule-by-year/year-5

*Maths – today we are looking at mixed number to improper fractions.  Take a look at the attached PowerPoint/video clip before trying out the questions on the worksheet.  Mark using the answer sheet.

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Y5-Spring-Block-2-WO3-Mixed-numbers-to-improper-fractions-2019

*Reading – make sure that you are reading for at least 10 minutes per day.

*Times Table practice – log onto TTRockstars and spend at least 20 minutes improving your quick recall of times tables.

*Science – continuing our forces topic.  In school, we are looking at upthrust.  Take a look at the PowerPoint to find out what upthrust is.  Can you try the Plasticine investigation?

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Water Resistance and Upthrust Teacher Notes

Record your work in the book sent home from school.  Please send copies/photos of your work to the admin email address.

Have a good day,

Mrs Hollis

Good morning.  Here are today’s tasks:

*English – Unit from The Oak National Academy.  Using the link below, find Year 5 week beginning Monday 9th November. Select Monday’s English lesson for Year 5.  It is called ‘To introduce the context and genre of a text’.  Follow the instructions in the lesson to work through the teaching video and the related activity.

https://classroom.thenational.academy/schedule-by-year/year-5

*Maths – today we are focusing on improper to mixed fractions.  Take a look at the teaching slides or video clip below and then complete the attached worksheet.  The answer sheet is included below.

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Y5-Spring-Block-2-WO2-Improper-to-mixed-numbers-2019

*History – Today, we are continuing to look at how Jewish people were treated during World War II by looking at the diary kept by Anne Frank.  Using the link below to find out more about her life and the secret annex where she and her family hid.

https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/

*Reading – make sure that you are reading for at least 10 minutes per day.

*Times Table practice – log onto TTRockstars and spend at least 20 minutes improving your quick recall of times tables.

*French – take a look at BBC Bitesize’s French section and choose an area to practise.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z39d7ty

*PE – find a way to get active today.  That could be an indoor workout or time in the back garden.

Record your work in the book sent home from school.  Please send copies/photos of your work to the admin email address.

Have a good day,

Mrs Hollis

Good morning.  Here are today’s tasks:

*English – Unit from The Oak National Academy.  Using the link below, find Year 5 week beginning Monday 2nd November.  Select Wednesday’s English lesson for Year 5.  It is called ‘To write the first paragraph of a persuasive letter’.  Follow the instructions in the lesson to work through the teaching video and the related activity.

https://classroom.thenational.academy/schedule-by-year/year-5

*Maths – today we are looking at strategies for mental calculations.  Take a look at the teaching slides and/or the video clip before having a go at the worksheet.  Mark using the attached answer sheet.

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*Reading – make sure that you are reading for at least 10 minutes per day.

*Times Table practice – log onto TTRockstars and spend at least 20 minutes improving your quick recall of times tables.

*DT – We are continuing our shelters topic in school today.  Last week, we looked at how different materials could be strengthened as well as their strength and water resistance.  This week, we are starting to design our own model bomb shelter.  Look at the sheet attached that has a picture of an Anderson Shelter in the middle of it.  Around the outside, can you draw and annotate 4 designs that improve on the one in the middle?  You could change the shape in one, the materials used in another etc.

shelter 4 x 4

Record your work in the book sent home from school.  Please send copies/photos of your work to the admin email address.

Have a good day,

Mrs Hollis

Good morning.  Here are today’s tasks:

*English – Unit from The Oak National Academy.  Using the link below, find Year 5 week beginning Monday 2nd November.  Select Tuesday’s English lesson for Year 5.  It is called ‘To practise and apply knowledge of homophones, including test’.  Follow the instructions in the lesson to work through the teaching video and the related activity.

https://classroom.thenational.academy/schedule-by-year/year-5

*Maths – today we are having another look at BIMAS.  Take a look at the attached PowerPoint before trying out the questions on the worksheet.  Mark using the answers at the back.

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*Reading – make sure that you are reading for at least 10 minutes per day.

*Times Table practice – log onto TTRockstars and spend at least 20 minutes improving your quick recall of times tables.

*Science – continuing our forces topic.  In school, we are looking at again at air resistance.  This week, we are planning and carrying out an investigation using spinners.  You can try this at home too using the resource below.

spinner investigation

Record your work in the book sent home from school.  Please send copies/photos of your work to the admin email address.

Have a good day,

Mrs Hollis

Good morning.  Here are today’s tasks:

*English – Unit from The Oak National Academy.  Using the link below, find Year 5 week beginning Monday 2nd November. Select Monday’s English lesson for Year 5.  It is called ‘To write the opening of a persuasive letter’.  Follow the instructions in the lesson to work through the teaching video and the related activity.

https://classroom.thenational.academy/schedule-by-year/year-5

*Maths – today we are focusing on the order of operations when calculating.  Take a look at the teaching slides or video clip below and then complete the attached worksheet.  The answer sheet is included below.

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*History – Today, as part of anti-bullying week, we are looking at how Jewish people were treated in Germany before and during World War II.  Using the cards below, put them into chronological order.  As you are doing this, think about what it would have been like for Jewish people living there at the time but also, what lessons we can learn from what happened.

timeline cards

*Reading – make sure that you are reading for at least 10 minutes per day.

*Times Table practice – log onto TTRockstars and spend at least 20 minutes improving your quick recall of times tables.

*French – take a look at BBC Bitesize’s French section and choose an area to practise.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z39d7ty

*PE – find a way to get active today.  That could be an indoor workout or time in the back garden.

Record your work in the book sent home from school.  Please send copies/photos of your work to the admin email address.

Have a good day,

Mrs Hollis