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English: LO: to create a new type of poem.

Yesterday we explored haiku poems and created our own poem following the syllable pattern of 5,7,5. How easy did you find this? It can be hard to create a meaningful poem with a limit on how many syllables you have on each line, and how many lines you can have. Today, I would like you to create your own style of poem, and write a poem using your style.

For example: I will create a poem using a syllable pattern of 8, 12, 3, 6. This means I can have 4 lines and they can all be a bit longer! I will call this type of poem a flerm poem.

Here are 2 flerm poems I created myself:

The weather is really horrid,

I want to be able to sit in my garden,

When it rains,

I cannot BBQ.

I really like Nandos chicken,

But I haven’t had any in such a long time.

When I can,

I will buy lots of it.

Perform your poem to someone at home!

Maths: LO: to calculate change.

Last term we looked into working out how change works. Today I would like you to revisit this. I would like you to work on how to calculate amounts of change as if you were buying something in a shop using a bank note. For example, if you had a £2 coin and went into a shop to purchase a 90p can of drink, how much change should the person on the till give you?

If you are in Y4 or fancy a challenge: create a list of items (you could see some of the prices on items around the house) and work out how much change you would get from a large note such as a £20 note. To do this you will need to use your addition and subtraction skills.

For example how much change will I get from a £10 note for the following?:

£1.10 newspaper,

90p Boost bar,

£2.50 coffee.

I need to add the items together first: £1.10 + 90p + £2.50 = £4.50

Then, £10 – £ 4.50 = £ 5.50 in change.

If you have some play money or change at home, you could create a shop and sell things to people in your home!

English: LO: to create a haiku poem.

Haiku poems follow a syllable pattern of 5,7,5. So the first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables, and the third line has 5 syllables. They are very short!

As long as a poem follows this pattern, it is a haiku. However, some haiku poems make more sense than others!

For example:

Haikus are easy,

But sometimes they don’t make sense,

Refrigerator.

The above is a haiku! But, it doesn’t make much sense… Can you write a haiku poem on something you can see around the house?

Maths: LO: to calculate multiples of money.

Yesterday in maths you used your superpowers to multiply money! If you found this tricky, you could use today to keep practising this. If you managed it, then try the following:

Your superpower has backfired and is no longer working as it should! Now, instead of doubling money you can halve it! Think of an amount of money (or get some coins and count out an amount of money), then use your superpower to halve that amount and work out how much money you now have. Make sure you use an even number or it won’t halve correctly.

For example – if I counted out £1.20 and then used my superpower, I would start by halving the £1 to get 50p, then halve 20p to get 10p. I now have 60p!

Using real money or drawing out some coins works well for this and will help you if you are finding it tricky. You could always make some money of your own and practise with this. Some board games also have money (Monopoly); you could use this instead. If you find this too easy you could always further downgrade your superpower so that you can split money into thirds or even quarters! Some money may not split equally and you might have remainders! You could use your rounding skills to calculate the total to the nearest pence if you want to challenge yourself even more.