Mr Applegate

Good Morning Year 5

Wow! It is the start of a new month and Friday has come around again which means another week of home learning has been completed. It may not always be easy but we are all so proud of all of the effort you are all putting in.

We are so so proud of each and every one of you and hope that you all enjoy your weekend. You deserve it! 

Some of the teachers have created a worship for this week which you can access by clicking here.

Year 5 Team 

Helpful Reminders

Marvellous Maths

Today we will be moving onto adding decimals but this time we will be crossing the whole.  You can access the video for today’s work by clicking here. We are working on Summer term – Week 1 (w/c 20 April) Lesson 4 – adding decimals crossing the whole. Don’t forget you can also email us if you need any help and you don’t need to print this off, you can just use a pencil and paper, just try your best.

Below are the answers for the White Rose worksheet and the challenges.

Cracking Comprehension

Remember on Fridays we are going to be completing a Reading Comprehension job. On the word document below there is a poem for you to enjoy and then some questions for you to answer relating to what you have just read.

Terrific Topic

Topic today requires you to be a detective. We will be looking again at human and physical features. Can you work out what features are shown in the pictures? Let us know how well you do!

Optional Daily Time Fillers

As well as the learning tasks we upload each day, there are a few ‘extras’ that you could have a go at, if you get time and would like to. 

• Maths Challenges Page – Remember to look at the Maths Challenges page that Miss Goddard is creating each day by clicking here
• TT Rockstars – Practise your times tables 
• Numbots – Use your TT Rockstars login and work through the easier levels to get to the trickier ones.
• Spelling Shed – Practise your spellings for this week (remember you can email in for your username and password).
• Reading – Read a book, newspaper, online article or comic for 20 minutes or log onto the Scholastic website to do some reading comprehension work (click here). 
• Spellings – Complete your Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check each day. 

The End!

Maths

Let’s continue this week with Thursday’s Success in 7: Success in 7 week 2

When you’re finished, remember to check your answers before marking – it is really important you continue to practise your estimation skills too!

Here are today’s answers – please note the answer for Q7 should read 23,366 (we made a little error) : 4. Thursday answers Success in Seven

Today, we would like you to use Summer Term Week 2 Lesson 4 – Problem Solving. Watch the video and pause it if to have a think about each solution before you are shown. Try your best and remember, they are not meant to be easy – they are challenging questions but today’s video will again help you with each question that is on the sheet. If yesterday’s work was frustratingly difficult for you, try the subtracting decimal sheet below instead (highlighted in orange)

Here is the website: https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-6/

Here’s what today’s activity looks like:

If you found yesterday’s problem solving page too tricky why not have a go at this task today instead of following the White Rose programme: Subtracting-decimals-with-a-different-number-of-decimal-places-2020

Answers Subtracting-decimals-with-a-different-number-of-decimal-places-2020

 

English

We hope you are feeling creative today. We need you to use your imagination and write the next chapter in Bibo’s life. Follow the PowerPoint to explore some ideas before you begin writing. We will continue writing it from Bibo’s point of view. You can take two days to complete today’s writing if you need to.

Music

In Music this week we are going to use an activity from BBC Bitesize. You need to click on this link

It will take you through to the BBC website. There you will learn techniques to develop singing with confidence. There are videos, interactive games and a range of activities.

Today’s lesson includes:

• a video about melody and pitch
• a video to help you understand how to sing with expression
• three practise activities

You can choose 1 of the practise activities or have a go at all 3! Have fun and remember if you feel brave, you could always send a recording of your singing. We’d love to hear it!

Ongoing Daily Activities

As well as the learning tasks we upload each day, there are a few ‘extras’ that you could have a go at, if you get time.

TTRockstars – Play 5 garage games + 5 studio games. Mrs Chapman will be online at 11am today in the Year 6 Arena area provided the website is running properly. Her TT Rockstar name is Zander Madden and will play games in the Wembley Stadium area.

Miss Goddard’s extra challenge can be found if you click here.

Reading – Read for at least 20 minutes every day. Remember you all have logins for the Scholastic reading site.

Weekly spellings – Practise these everyday in your spelling booklets – you can find this week’s set here: Week 2 – Main Spelling List        Week 2 – Less Tricky Spelling List

Daily physical activity which you enjoy. Challenge yourself! Remember Joe Wicks is still there to keep us moving.

 

Competition Reminder – closing date 4th May

Jae Malone, the author of ‘Silver Linings’ unfortunately could not visit us last month because of the Covid situation. However, she is incredibly keen to make sure we keep our imaginations fired and let our love of writing stories grow. Therefore, she has sent some fun ideas on how to create short stories. With these writing prompts you may be able to come up with a brand new story idea that no one else has ever thought of. You don’t have to write stories down, you may picture them in your mind or be a storyteller to members of your family.

 Grid – Haunting things                           Grid One – People and Creatures                              Seaside Columns

As well as these fun story creating ideas, she has set us an exciting challenge. If you would like to win a signed set of Jae Malone’s trilogy, then why not enter her creative writing competition?

All you have to do is send your completed Indiana story from last term. If you have already sent us uploaded photos of your completed story or sent it as a Word document, then all you have to do is ask us to submit it to Jae’s competition. If you didn’t send us your completed story, you have until 4th May to complete your story and send it to us. Remember to use the year6@stmarksce.org.uk address for your entries.

Bye for now!