Good Morning Elm Class, welcome back to Monday! Hope you all had a fantastic weekend and feel refreshed for the week!
Spellings: Today we are going back to practicing words with suffixes ‘cial and tial’.
Rule:
Use -cial after a vowel, like after the vowel ‘o’ in social, ‘e’ in special, ‘i’ in beneficial
Use -tial after a consonant, especially, after ‘n’ in substantial, essential, and ‘r’ in partial
See if you can use these rules to complete the activity I have attached to the post below, but remember there are some exceptions! Can you get an adult to check your answers or you could use the internet to check you have the correct spellings!
Arithmetic: This week we are going to continue to looking at multiplying fractions, but include mixed number fractions and multiplying these by larger numbers. All you have to remember is to change the mixed number fraction into an improper fraction first and then multiply the numerator (top of the fraction) by the whole number.
Definitions:
Mixed number: A whole number and a fraction combined into one mixed number for example:
2 1/3
Improper fraction: A fraction where the numerator (the top number) is greater than or equal to the denominator (the bottom number). … Example: 5/3 (five thirds) and 9/8 (nine eighths) are improper fractions.
Can you have a go at these questions below? You can leave your answer as an improper fraction, but if you are feeling really brave, can you convert your answer back to a mixed number?
1 2/3 x 24=
2 1/5 x 15=
2 2/9 x 45=
2 1/3 x 23=
Grammar: This week, we are going to focus on parenthesis. Parenthesis adds more detail to a sentence. The parenthesis clause can be taken out of the sentence and the original sentence would still make sense. Relative clauses, which we looked at last week are an example of parenthesis. Relative clauses start with the pronouns who, which, that or whose, whereas parenthesis can be anything, which adds more information in the sentence to the noun. Can you pick out the parenthesis in these sentences below?
Queen Victoria’s reign spanned over 64 years 1837-1901, she became queen when she was just 18 years old.
Chapter 13 pages 22-28 will give you more information about the planet Mars.
I walked through the park and sat down to eat my cheese and pickle sandwiches this was not my favourite filling but it would have to do.
English: – L.O: To practise taking notes.
Today, I would like you to have a look back at chapter 8, starting with a great description of the deadly yellow spotted lizard! Today you are going to take notes on the yellow-spotted lizard and then plan a non-chronological report about it. Think carefully about your non-chronological report and the audience which you would be writing for. Miss Stanley will upload today two stories which are actually non-chronological reports even though they don’t sound like it. What makes these different? Are they more engaging than normal non-chronological reports?
As an extra challenge you could plan to write your non-chronological reports in this way.
Below is a feature list for a normal non-chronological report- do the two books have all of the features? Why/ Why not?
Could you begin to plan out your non- chronological report, ready to write tomorrow?
Maths: L.O- I can compare and classify 2D shapes.
This week, our focus in Maths is shape, have a look at today’s activities suggested below, looking at the properties of 2D shapes.
Topic: Our weekly focus for this week is culture and tradition.
Suggested activities for the week:
• Learn some numbers/ greetings in Spanish. There are some great videos on YouTube for this and the free language learning app Duolingo has a course in Spanish (this app is excellent!).
• Mexican Spanish is slightly different to Spanish from mainland Spain, can you find out more about this?
• Research the traditional sports of Mexico and present these as a poster or try some yourself (unless they are dangerous!)
• Try some Mexican food. There are lots of Mexican dishes in our local supermarkets!
• Research the main religions in Mexico.
• Research the Mayans! What happened to them? Have they influenced any of modern Mexico?
• Research the clothing in Mexico and design your own traditional outfit.
• In England we have the monarchy and government. Is this the same as Mexico? Do they have any laws which are different?
• Is there anyone who is famous who was born in Mexico?
Thank you for your continued support,
Miss Coates.
Home Learning
Cedar class learning for 29 JUN 2020
English: LO: to create a scary word bank.
This week in English I would like you to try and write a scary short story! You challenge is to, by the end of the week, create a piece of writing which can scare someone at home (or me if you would like to email your work to me!). To create a scary story, one of the things we need to do is create a scary atmosphere (the feeling of the story and the place it is set). If we create the scary atmosphere at the start of the story, the reader is left feeling on edge and waiting for something spooky to happen. We want to keep the reader guessing what will happen for as long as possible; this is called ‘suspense’. We create a spooky atmosphere by using lots of adjectives so that the reader can really picture all the scary stuff we are thinking of as we write.
If I was writing a scary story about an underground tunnel, here is a bad example of me trying to create a scary atmosphere:
Bob went into the tunnel, as he went further in he saw loads of scary stuff and screamed because the stuff was so scary. Bob even saw a crocodile!
There is no suspense here and it’s tricky to imagine what the ‘scary stuff’ is! Here is a better example:
Bob slowly crawled through the rusty iron bars and into the dark, damp tunnel. As he crawled, the smell of wet mud and old rain water crept lazily up his nose. Finally, he struggled upright and nervously turned his torch on. The dim, yellow beam cut through the dark like a blunt knife and Bob gasped in horror as he saw it.
I’m hoping that after reading that you are left wondering what it is that Bob saw? Could you picture in your mind what Bob was seeing, feeling and smelling as he went into the tunnel?
Go through my paragraph again and underline any adjectives, adverbs, adverbials, similes or metaphors you can see. Then, I would like you to create a word bank of as many scary adjectives you can think of; this will help you when you write your own story.
Maths: LO: to define ‘shape’.
This week we will be looking at shape in our maths sessions. I would like you to begin the week by creating another definition poster on shape. What does shape mean? What different shapes can you think of? What is the difference between 2D and 3D shapes? Are there any other words associated with shape (see below for some to help you)? Write what these words are and what they mean. Why is it important for us to be able to understand shape? How can we use our knowledge of shape in our lives, or in our jobs? What are angles, and how do they fit in with shapes? What kinds of angle are there?
Related words: 2D, 3D, vertex, corner, edge, side, acute angle, obtuse angle, right angle, symmetry.
Maple Class home learning for Monday 29th June 2020
Spellings – this week we are going to practise some of our phonic skills on Purple Mash for spelling work. Visit Purple Mash-English-SPaG-Phonics-Phase5-Cloze and pick two different sets of sounds to explore.
English – this week we are going to look at jokes. Today, complete some research on jokes. Do you know any jokes? Do you have a joke book at home to read? Can you ask someone else to share a joke with you. What makes a joke funny?
Maths – this week we will be exploring shape. Today revise your 2d shape knowledge by going to Purple Mash – Maths – geometry – shape – properties of shape – 2d shape pairs game. How long does it take you to match the shape to its name? Can you play again and go quicker?
Theme – this week we will be learning all about some of the culture, traditions and language in Mexico. Below is a suggested list of activities to choose from, maybe pick one a day to explore.
– which language do they speak in Mexico?
– How would you say “hello”, “goodbye” and “thank you” in Mexico?
– How would you count to 10 in Mexico?
– Can you explore writing in Mexico?
– How would you write your name in Mexico?
– What is the national sport of Mexico? Can you research and practise some of the actions?
– What food is traditionally eaten in Mexico?
– Do people in Mexico have any traditional good luck symbols?
Thank you, Mrs Keeler.
Rowan Class Home Learning Week beginning 29th June
Rowan Learning Week Beginning 29th June
Spellings: ie and ei
Last week we learn the rule ‘i before e except after c when the sound is ee’ and you were challenged to look out for words that don’t fit the rule. This week we are looking at the second part of the rhyme which might help explain some of the exceptions: when the sound is ay, go the other way. This means that the e goes before the i when making a long ay sound: neighbour, sleigh, weight, eight.
– Suggested Year 4 words: (ay sounds = ei) reign, eight, weight, neighbour, sleigh, (ee sounds = ie) chief, thieves, believe, grief, achieve.
– Suggested Year 5 words: straight, foreign, neighbourhood, weight, height, leisure, sufficient.
– As always, you will find a word bank for this on letterjoin in the word animator, where you can practise joining the words as well as printing a wordearch or spelling sheet.
Arithmetic: Finding percentages of amounts.
– Year 4 should be able to use their knowledge of fractions to find 50% (1/2), 25% (1/4) and 10% (1/10). E.g. Find 50% of 26, 450, 32 or 528. Find 25% of 32, 20, 48 or 62. Find 10% of 300, 50, 460 or 34.
– Year 5 should also be able to find 20% (1/5) and 75% (3/4). E.g. find 75% of 32, 20, 48 or 62. Find 20% of 35, 300, 60 or 425.
Mexico Theme: Culture & Language
Research Suggestions
– Find out how to play La Gallinita Ciega (Blind Hen)
– Can you find some traditional Mexican foods or recipes?
– Research the origins of the pinata.
– Who were the Aztecs? What can you find out about them?
– We learnt about the Ancient Maya in the Autumn Term. What can you remember? How are they connected to Mexico?
– Research the history of chocolate. How does it trace back to Mexico?
Things to do:
– Design and make your own pinata.
– Ask your parents if they can get some Mexican foods to try.
– Learn Spanish here.
– Make a model of an Aztec temple – you can download one way of doing this below, using your knowledge of square numbers from Maths.
– Download instructions for playing an Aztec ball game in the garden with your family.
– Make an Aztec headdress. 
English: Narrative
For the next two weeks, we are going to be looking at story-writing based on the Maya myth from Mexico of the hero twins. If you are unable to access the download of the story or the video, then you should be able to do all the activities below but just base them on a different story – pick a short story or book that you have at home.
Monday: Read the story of the Hero Twins (see downloads below). You can also watch an animation of the story, which goes into more detail, here.
– Once you have read it, you could try: answering the comprehension questions below; acting it out; writing a book review or practise reading it aloud with expression. Could you perform the story to someone else in your family?
Tuesday: Story-Mapping
– A story map is a series of simple pictures to help you remember the main points of a story.
– Miss Brown has drawn a story map for the 1st twins to remind you how to do this.
– Can you draw a story of map of the 2nd Hero Twins adventure?
– Once you have drawn your map, test it out by trying to retell the story to someone using only your story map (and without reading from the original story). 
Wednesday: Fronted adverbials
– Adverbials describe where, when or how a verb happened.
– Can you use your story map to tell someone the story, focussing on using different fronted adverbials?
– Time Adverbials: One sunny/dark/rainy day/night … Long ago … Suddenly … After a while … In the morning/evening … Later … Before … After … While … Without warning …
– Place Adverbials: In … At .. Around the corner … Nearby …
– Manner Adverbials: Nervously … Hastily … With a shaking hand … Thinking carefully, …
Thursday: Describing settings 1
– What do you think it was like in the Underworld? Can you draw a picture of it? What would you see? What would you hear? What would you feel? What would you smell? What would you touch?
– Can you create some expanded noun phrases to describe the Underworld? Take a noun (e.g. river) and add adjectives in front of it (fiery, blood-red) to create a noun phrase (the fiery, blood-red river).
– Can you think of some similes to add to your description? A simile compares something to something else using the words as or like (as sharp as a sword, hot as an oven). Year 5 could use these to add relative clauses to their noun phrases (e.g. the fiery blood-red river, which was bubbling like a volcano) – don’t forget the commas between clauses!
Friday: Describing settings 2
– Today you are going to use all the words and phrases you collected yesterday to write a description of the Underworld. Can you write one really good paragraph that will make me feel like I am there when I read it? You don’t need to write the whole story – just the section when the hero twins arrive in the Underworld.
– This will be your first sentence: The hero twins accepted the invitation and descended into the Underworld. …
– If you need some help, try some of these sentence openings: It was … All around they could see … The boys felt … As they approached the _________ bench, they …
Maths: Revisiting Shape
The activities are organised into days so that those of you attending school don’t repeat anything. However, if you are home, please feel free to do these in any order – especially if you have brothers and sisters who are also learning about shape so you can work together on similar topics.
Monday: 2D Shapes
– How many 2D shapes can you name?
– Can you describe their properties?
– Go on a shape hunt around the house or garden: can you find examples of each type of shape?
– Play the yes/no game: think of a shape and your partner has to ask you yes/no questions until they can work out what it is.
– You could go outside and try and make each shape: e.g. laying out skipping ropes or collecting sticks to make the shapes from.
– Key vocabulary to try and use: pentagon, hexagon, quadrilateral (any shape with 4 straight sides), equilateral triangle (all sides & angles the same size), isosceles triangle (two sides & angles the same), scalene triangle (all sides & angles different)
– Year 5 should also recognise the different types of quadrilaterals: square, rectangle, trapezium, parallelogram, rhombus & kite.
Tuesday: 3D Shapes
– How many 3D shapes can you name?
– Can you describe their properties?
– Can you find boxes for different 3D shapes? If so, you can take them apart and see the net that makes the shape. You could also try and build your own 3D shapes by drawing the net.
– You can try making 3D shapes using spaghetti & marshmallows or with sticks or straws & playdough.
– Play the yes/no game: think of a shape and your partner has to ask you yes/no questions until they can work out what it is.
– Key Vocabulary: sphere, hemisphere, cone, cuboid, cylinder, cube, prism (e.g. triangular prism or hexagonal prism), pyramid (e.g. square-based pyramid), face, edge, vertex (plural = vertices) 
Wednesday: Angles
– We used angles a few weeks ago when we were giving directions. They are used to measure turns and are measured in degrees. A whole turn is 360, a half turn 180 and a right angle is 90 degrees.
– Acute angles are smaller than 90 degrees, obtuse angles between 90 and 180 and reflex angles are greater than 180 degrees.
– Play a Simon Says game with angles: e.g. turn one right angle clockwise, turn 180 degrees anti-clockwise, show me an acute angle.
– Look at the 2D shapes you have drawn or collected over the course of this of this week. Can you find examples of each type of angle?
– Create an obstacle course in our garden – can you direct your family around the course telling them how many degrees to turn each time they need to change direction?
Thursday for Year 4: Symmetry
– Can you draw a picture with a vertical line of symmetry? Can you draw a picture with a horizontal line of symmetry?
– Look for things around your house that are symmetrical.
– How many lines of symmetry does each of these shapes have: square, rectangle, equilateral triangle, scale triangle, trapezium, kite? A good way of testing this out is to cut each shape out of paper – you should be able to fold it exactly in half along any line of symmetry.
– Paint a symmetrical butterfly: paint half of a sheet of paper with one wing of a butterfly and a body down the centre fold, fold it over and press down, when you open it up you should have a symmetrical butterfly.
– If you have access to a camera & printer, you can get someone to take a photo of you, then cut it in half. Stick it on a piece of paper and try to draw the other half. 
Thursday for Year 5: Angle Sums
– Today you are going to take your angle knowledge a bit further.
– You will be using these facts to help you: The angles in a triangle always add up to 180 degrees. The angles in a quadrilateral always add up to 360 degrees. You should already know what the angles in a right angle and along a straight line are (check yesterday’s learning again if you’ve forgotten).
– Can you use this knowledge to solve these problems? If you want to print a copy – see the downloads below. 
Friday: Area & Perimeter
– Perimeter is the distance around the edge of a shape. You can find the area by adding up the length of all the sides (it is measured in metres or centimetres).
– Area is the space inside a shape (it is measured in square units, e.g. cm2).
– Can you find the area of your bedroom or your garden?
– Which room in your house has the largest area? Which has the smallest?
-A puzzle: If a rectangular box has a perimeter of 24cm, what different dimensions could it be? What is the largest area it could enclose? What is the smallest area it could enclose? (Try using a piece of string cut to 24cm long or square paper to explore this puzzle).
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Friday 26th June 2020 Elm Class learning
Welcome to Friday! Sharing Assembly day! I would love to see all of the fabulous you have been doing!
Spellings: Can you get someone to test you on 10 of the cious and tious words we have been practicing the last two weeks? Are there any you still need to practice? Can you note these down to continue to practice them?
Arithmetic: Can you have a go at the next arithmetic test? I have uploaded the test and the answers, so you can check back your working out.
Grammar: I have attached some test style activities on relative clauses to this post. Using the knowledge you have built up over the week, can you have a go at the activities?
English: L.O. To use evidence to predict events in the book.
Do you think the warden is looking for something in particular?
What would be the best thing for Stanley to find in a hole? Why?
Imagine Stanley has found something valuable in the hole. Write the next part of the book which shows what he decides to do with it. Think carefully about Stanley’s character. This could just be a few paragraphs which leaves a cliff-hanger or you could write the next (mini) chapter.
Maths: L.O- I can draw a line graph.
Today I would like you to have a go at constructing your own line graph. A line graph is used to show a continuous set of data, which changes over a period of time. Can you construct your own line graph today? You could show the changes in temperature over the week you have collected using a line graph or the change in rainfall over each day.
When constructing a line graph, you need to think first about the units that will go along your y axis, which scale with you use- will it go up in 1’s, 5’s 10’s? Look carefully at your data and decide which scale is most appropriate. Again, remember to label your axis and give your graph a title. To plot a line graph, mark each measurement with a cross and join the crosses up with a straight line.
Topic: It is our final day on the festivals in Mexico, I would love to see your amazing work and what you have found out!
· Research different Mexican festivals! Find out where they happen and why.
· Find a festival which interests you (some are listed below) and study the history of it. Is there a traditional story behind the celebration? Is it similar to any festivals we have in the UK?
· Consider the religions of Mexico. What are the main religions? Do they celebrate the same things that we do?
· Lots of festivals have traditional songs. Can you find any and have a listen? Do you enjoy them? How is the music made? Does it sounds like music we have at our festivals in the UK? Why/why not?
· You could look up some of the foods associated with the festivals and try to recreate them.
· Festivals you could consider:
o Day of the Dead
o Carnaval
o Cinco de Mayo
o Independence day
o Las Posadas.
Well done for all of your fabulous hard work!
Miss Coates.
Skylarks suggested learning Friday 26th June
Maths – Put your temperature data from yesterday into a line graph. Use the example to help you. If you didn’t manage to collect temperatures, there is a garden log book you can use with data about rainfall for your graph.
English – Use your artwork from yesterday and the quotes around the edge to write a postcard describing what the new city is like. You can choose who you write it from.
Afternoon – Finish off your Mexican festival learning! I would love to see what you have done!
Maple Class home learning for Friday 26th June 2020
Spelling – can you recall all the spelling rules we’ve looked at this week? Pick some of the words and practise spelling them out loud, or writing them down. Can you ask a grown up to test you on some of the words? How many can you remember?
English – write a riddle and share on the sharing assembly post or email it to Mrs Keeler.
Maths – complete the “counting fruit” activity.
Theme – this week we will be learning all about festivals in Mexico. Complete some research about Mexican festivals of your own, or have a look at the following:
- ‘Cinco de Mayo’ when is it? What does it mean? How do Mexicans celebrate?
- When is Mexico Independence Day? How do Mexicans celebrate?
- When is the Mexican festival Day of the Dead? How long does it last? How do Mexicans celebrate and remember their loved ones?
- What is “Semana Santa”? What time of year does it occur?
- What is “Las Posadas”? What do children eat during this festival? What do they do?
- Who is celebrated during the “Festival de Mexico”? What time of year does it happen?
- What are the main holidays celebrated in Mexico?
- What is the biggest celebration in Mexico?
- Which religious festivals are celebrated in Mexico?
Thank you, Mrs Keeler
Owls learning 26th June 2020
Oak Class Friday 26th June
It’s Feel Good Friday!
I hope you have all had a great week!
Phonics: Use the letters p and l to make the blend pl. Use the pl blend to make the words plum, plot and plank. Say the words, sound them out, write the words, read the words. Use the words in a sentence. Can you write your sentence down? Now read it to someone you know.
Maths: Use the Carroll Diagram to try and draw shapes in the correct places.
LiteracyCan you read and perform your poem to someone in your house. Learning something off by heart helps it stay longer in your memory!
Topic: Mexico. Las Posadas is Christmas in Mexico which starts on 16th December for 9 nights. The celebration starts with a candlelit parade through the street to remember the journey of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem.
Can you use a candle to make your own wax candle picture. Draw a picture or pattern using a wax candle then use watercolour paints to wash over it and your picture will appear!
Have a great day and a lovely weekend!
Take Care
Mrs Tx
Kestrels Home Learning Friday 26th June
Cedar class learning for 26 JUN 2020
Spelling: Can you remember the spelling rule you have been learning this week? Get someone at home to test your memory of it, and then get them to pick out 10 words from your word list and see if you can spell them correctly!
Arithmetic: This week we looked at column addition and subtraction. Get someone to give you 5 addition and 5 subtraction questions and check that you can solve them using this method.
English: LO: to write a newspaper report.
To finish off our week on newspaper articles, I would like you to create a full newspaper report on one of the festivals you have been considering as part of your topic work. Pretend you had been at one of the festivals and write your article telling the reader about what happened there. Don’t forget to include a headline, a detailed article, a picture and a caption for it. Feel free to email me with any of your reports, I would love to see them!
Maths: LO: to create a line graph.
To finish off our week on data handling, I would like you to create a line graph of some data. Here is an example of a line graph showing how the height of a person changes as they get older. Look at the data. Something is wrong on the line graph, what is wrong? Make a suggestion of what it should look like?
Create your own line graph of something you can measure over time at home. You could measure your heart rate before, during and after some exercise (or even just after standing up and sitting down repeatedly for a minute).
Oak Class Thursday 25th June
Phonics: Use the letters g and l to blend to make the words glitter and glue. Can you write a word using glue and cover it with glitter! Use the words in a sentence. Say the sentence, write it down and read the sentence to someone in your house.
Maths: Use the website https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/data-handling Find the shape sorting Carroll diagram and see if you can sort the shapes correctly. What else can you sort in a similar way?
Literacy: I have seen a few lovely poems that have been written and already performed! If you can write your poem and read it out to today, Tomorrow I would love to see some of them being shared on sharing assembly!
Topic: Mexican festivals. Mexico has a festival on 16th September to celebrate their independence. Houses and cars are decorated with flags and fireworks are set off to remember this special day. Can you have a go at making your own firework picture or sparkler. You could use a bit more glitter too!
Have a fun day in the sun too!
Mrs T