Welcome to Red Kites Class Page 2023 - 2024
Welcome to Red Kites (Year 5).
Red Kites is taught by Miss Baker and by Mrs Cousins most Monday afternoons. During the week, the class is supported by three teaching assistants: Mrs Monaf and Mrs Nagel.
Maths Practice Games:
Power Maths Games
https://https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0&l=0
TT Rockstars
https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student
Recommended Reads for Year 5:
Literacy
For Literacy this week, I thought this would be a great opportunity to revise some important Year 5 grammar. Below is a link to the Oak academy website, there are 5 grammar lessons in total, each around 20 minutes long. One session also includes our spelling rule for this week which is silent letters so this should be really helpful! Try to complete 1 a day. As there are 5 sessions if you want to do more than one you can!
https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/grammar-practice-e855
Maths
In maths this week we are going to be adding and subtracting fractions. The first lesson looks at adding fractions together (also practising equivalent fractions!). Then, we will look at adding and subtracting fractions where the denominators are different. (This is where we will need to work out equivalent fractions to help us too!)
I will include WhiteRose video lessons for this, and some extra practise worksheets to help consolidate learning!
Spring Term 4 Coverage Information
Please follow the link below to gain access to everything we will be learning this term! Any questions, please let me know. Also, below are links to additonal maths support games. Do make sure to check them out and practice your times tables every day!
History
Over the next two days, research the history of the charity Dr. Banardos and the man behind how the charity began.
Below are some resources to get you started. Once you have conducted your research, create a fact file about the charity and Thomas Banardo.
Here are some research questions to get you started!
1. Where did Dr Barnardo live?
2. What job did he have?
3. Why did he set up his own school?
4. Who was Jim Jarvis? Why is he important?
5. Where were the children living?
6. Why did Barnado start his fund?
Where did he get the money from?
7. Who looked after the children in the homes?
8. What did the children think of Dr Banardo? Explain your answer.
9. What year was the first home opened?
10. What is the charity Banardos like today?
Art
Over the next two days, take some time collecting different flowers and plants from a walk or in your garden and create your own William Morris inspired art piece.
Please see below for inspiration:
This Week
14th March 2022
Hello Kites! I hope you are all well and had a lovely weekend. Wasn't it wonderful to finally get a bit of sunshine? Spring is most definitely here!
Please see below to find out more information about this week and what we will be up to:
New spellings are now up on Spelling Shed. You also now have your own spelling folders to take home on a Monday. Please ensure you bring your spelling folders back on a Friday so I can
prepare the next week of spellings for you.
Homework
You now have daily tasks to complete to help with your learning at home!
One page of spelling practice should be completed in your spelling folder and at least 10 minutes should be spent on the other three activities. TT Rockstar log ins have been sent home in case you need them!
Literacy
This week in Literacy we will be writing a recount from Jim's perspective, using expanded noun phrases, setting and character descriptions to add lots of detail to our writing.
Maths
This week in maths we are comparing and ordering fractions. We are using what we know about equivalent fractions and mixed numbers to help us gain a deeper understanding of fractions and their value. Please see below for extra support:
Friday 18th February Home Learning
Good morning Kites. I hope you all had a restful sleep and are safe and sound in your homes today! I hope you all have a wonderful half term break, well done for working so hard.
If you are looking for something to do today, please see below.
Maths
Today, take a look at the WhiteRose teaching video to continue our refresher on fractions.
The activity sheets are below for you to complete. If you want an extra challenge today I have included an equivalent fractions session for you to have a go at.
Literacy
Today we are going to use the weather as our inspiration to write our own stories!
Just like we did with our Marshmallow story, use a piece of paper to note down the following:
What can you hear today?
What can you see?
How do you feel?
As we are such amazing creative writers, today I want you to imagine you are a leaf in this storm.
The wind is very strong! If you were a leaf, where would the wind take you? Where would you end up? What would you see/experience/feel on the way?
Try to use interesting sentence starters, noun-verb pairings and maybe even a simile in your writing to make it even more interesting!
See below for an example opening:
Wind howling, I awoke with a fright. The contorted, twisted oak I had called home for so long groaned and whined as the wind pulled at its roots. All I had to do was hold on and I would be safe. Suddenly, an enormous gust of wind catapulted me into the air. Higher and higher I climbed until the giant old oak looked like a tiny ball of moss below me.
Maybe your leaf travels to a different country! The possibilities are endless so have fun and enjoy creating your own story today! I have included some alternative adjectives below to help you.
RE
Today we were going to continue exploring Islam. We have learnt about Ramadan and why this is important to Muslims.
If you want to, become a researcher and see how much you can find out about the third pillar of Islam, Zakat.
What is Zakat?
How is Zakat different to charity?
Why is Zakat important to Muslims?
Once you have researched Zakat, think about the question below. You could write a short argument to support your opinion:
It should be compulsory for everyone to donate 2.5% of their earnings to help those in need. Do you agree or disagree?
Tuesday 8th February 2022
Home Learning
Good morning Kites! Please see below for today's home learning. Any questions do let me know.
Have a great day!
Miss Digance
Maths
We are looking at dividing. We have been using the bus stop method and this week we are exploring how to divide numbers with remainders.
Go through the teaching video then have a go at the activities provided.
Literacy
Today we are carrying on with learning how to create a setting as an opening for a narrative.
Yesterday, you created some wonderful extended sentences using adjectives and prepositions to add lots of detail.
For example:
'Moonlight hit the ripples on the lake.' Could become, 'The silvery moonlight hit the ripples on the lake, reflecting little sparks of light like diamonds on the water'.
Today we are going to watch the clip again, and this time think about the things we might see and also hear. Start off by watching the video below and list the different sounds you can hear.
Now watch the clip again from yesterday and have a think about the order that you see and hear things.
What do you see first? The lake, mountains or trees? As you watch, make a list of the things you see in the order that you see them. This will help to order your setting description.
Your task today is to create your own setting as an opening to your narrative.
Using the example below and the starter sentences provided. Have a go at creating your own.
Make sure you use prepositions and expanded noun phrases to add detail!
Sentence starter (use this, then carry on the story)
Night was creeping in. The water on the lake was barely moving and the sky was a brilliant blue-violet colour...
Friday 4th February 2022
Home Learning
Geography
Today we are exploring how to use grid referencing on a map! Go through the PowerPoint slides then have a go at the activity sheets provided.
RE
Today in RE we are looking at the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, Ramadan.
Go through the teaching slides, watch the clip then write a short explanation text with the following title and subheadings:
Title: Ramadan
Subheading 1: What is Ramadan
Subheading 2: Why is Ramadan important to Muslims.
Have a go at including some causal conjunctions in your writing. Just like we did with our explanation text about circuits!
Use the fact sheets to help you with your explanation. I would expect about half a page of writing. But if you have more to write about please do!
Art
Today in Art we are learning how Alexander Calder made his mobile sculptures. Then we are having a go at designing our own!
You can choose what ever shape you would like to. Go through the slides and then have a go at designing one in the style of Alexander Calder!
Tuesday 25th January
Home Learning
Good morning Kites. Happy Tuesday! Please see below to access the home learning for the day.
Please do drop me a message on our class dojo if you have any questions.
Have a great day!
Miss Digance
Monday 24th January
Home Learning
Good morning Kites. We hope you had a lovely weekend!
Please see below to access learning and resources for the day. If you have any questions or issues, please do let me know.
Have a great day!
Miss Digance
Friday 14th January 2022 Home Learning
Good morning Kites! I hope you are well. I am so sorry but I managed to not click save when uploading yesterday's home learning! I have updated the learning to ensure you have not missed anything.
I do apologise for any inconvenience. If you have any questions or problems, please let me know.
Have a great day!
Miss Digance
Maths
Literacy
Today we are going to look at subordinate clauses and complex sentences. We are going to use this grammar skill when writing our biographies about Alexander Calder!
Please follow the link below for an online lesson on subordinate clauses.
https://teachers.thenational.academy/lessons/subordinate-clauses-c5hkgd
Art
In art today we are creating our own wire sculptures, inspired by Alexander Calder.
We are going to be using pipe cleaners. But you can use anything that is bendy to create your own at home!
Below is a YouTube tutorial that provides a helpful guide to creating your own wire sculpture. Have a go and see what you can create!
Wednesday 12th January
Good morning home Kites! I hope you had a great day yesterday. We miss you and look forward to you joining us again!
Please see below for today's learning. Don't forget to show off the work you have done by sending it to me!
Any questions or issues please let me know.
Have a great day!
Miss Digance
Literacy
Following on from our research on Alexander Calder yesterday, today I want you to explore his artwork for yourself and see which ones stand out to you the most.
Then, select one or two artworks of Calder that are your favourite and write a couple of paragraphs explaining why you like them.
Challenge:
Can you include expanded noun phrases in your writing to add more detail and elevate your sentences? Please see below for embedded noun phrase support.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/z3nfw6f
Tuesday 11th Home Learning
Maths
Today we are looking at multiplying numbers by 10! This will be a recap for you to brush up on your place value knowledge! Have a look at the PowerPoint then complete the worksheet.
Literacy
Today we are going to be researching Alexander Calder. This is so we can write a biography about him this week.
Using a computer if you have access, have a go at answering the following questions:
Who is he?
Early life:
Career:
Significance:
On a piece of paper, write out the headings and write the answers to each question underneath. Please send me what you discover! I would love to see it!
If you have any questions please do let me know.
Miss Digance
Monday 10th January Home Learning
For anyone who is having to stay at home at the moment, we miss you and look forward to you joining us again!
Please see below the learning for the day. You can complete this in any order you would like to. Please send me some pictures of any work you have completed, I would love to see what you get up to! Any questions at all please let me know.
Maths
Cube numbers:
Literacy
Grammar recap - exploring using verbs to show past and present tense in a sentence
Geography
Local area - rural and urban
Go through the slides then write a short paragraph describing the features of your local area. Do you live in a rural or urban area? How do you know?
Spring Term 2022
Welcome back Red Kites! We hope you had a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year!
I am so excited to see you all again and get started on some awesome learning this term. Please see below for all the information you need:
PE
At the start of this term, PE will be on a Tuesday only. We will have IG sports in the morning and swimming in the afternoon! We may add another PE session later this term, I will keep you updated with this.
Swimming information:
We will leave for swimming just after lunch every Tuesday until 5/4/22 at 12:50 and arrive back to school at 2:15.
As swimming is the same day as our other PE session, you can come in your PE kit and bring your swimwear with you too. Please ensure you have a towel and some extra socks in case yours get soggy!
Mrs Duery and I will be going with you, however, if any grown-ups would like to volunteer and come along to help as well please do let us know! We would really appreciate it!
Any questions at all please do not hesitate to drop me a message or email.
Curriculum coverage this term:
Maths
This term we are going to continue exploring multiplication and division. We are also going to start looking at area and perimeter. I will upload weekly support with this that will coincide with the lesson topic of the week.
Literacy
In Literacy, we are focussing on the incredible story, Street Child by Berlie Doherty.
This gripping adventure is based on the true story of an orphan growing up in Victorian London. This is the story that inspired Doctor Barnardo to set up his famous children's refuge!
Science
In science this term we will be learning about electricity! This topic will be sure to brighten up your day and be very illuminating. (All electricity puns welcome upon your return!)
Geography
Following on from our United Kingdom topic, this term we will be zoning in even further and learning all about our local area.
RE
This term in RE we are looking at the Muslim religion, and how Muslim people show their commitment to Allah.
ART
In art, we are focussing on the work of Alexander Calder, a fantastic American artist and sculptor. We are going to learn about him as a person, then recreate our own versions of his amazing masterpieces! Please see below for inspiration:
This Week 13/12/21
We made it! The last week until the Christmas holidays! Well done Kites!
New spellings are now on Spelling Shed! Remember to practice at home every day!
Literacy
This week we are going to be poets!
We will be exploring and creating our own festive poetry! Every day we will look at a different poem and have a go at creating our own. I really look forward to seeing what we write, as the Red Kites have such wonderful imaginations!
Maths
This week we will be continuing with our multiplication and division unit. We will be focussing on square and cube numbers.
What is a square number?
What is a cube number?
Check out the WhiteRose video sessions below and extra worksheets for practice!
Last week
Literacy/Geography
Last week we were able to showcase our understanding of using modal verbs in a sentence and we were able to recognize the physical features of a local city near us, Bath. It was so interesting to think about what the land would have been like before humans settled there, and why the physical features of Bath may have been the main reason humans chose to live and eventually build Bath as we know it today!
Maths
We now have a strong understanding of what prime and composite numbers are. We are also able to check to find out if a number is prime or not, by exploring how many factors that number has.
Mindfulness Moments
We decided last week that it is important to take time to reflect and relax, especially in the lead-up to Christmas! Mrs. Duery led some amazing mindfulness sessions last week that really helped ground us and help us feel calm. We also discussed tips to help us fall asleep!
This Week 6/12/21
New spellings are now up on Spelling Shed! Do make sure you practice your spellings on Spelling Shed every day.
Literacy
This week, our target is using modal verbs in our writing.
Modal verbs are verbs that indicate likelihood, ability, permission or obligation.
Words like: can/could, may/might, will/would, shall/should and must.
The sea monster should go away.
The sea monster might go away.
The sea monster will go away.
What do you notice about these modal verbs? How do they change the meaning of the sentence?
Check out the link below to learn more:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zps4pbk
Maths
This week we are continuing to explore multiples and factors of different numbers. We will also be exploring prime and composite numbers.
What is a prime number?
What is a composite number?
Try the link below to have extra practice!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zp778hv
Geography
This week we are focussing on the physical features of the UK. We are going to focus more on our local area by exploring the physical features of Bath.
We will be thinking about the question, why did humans settle in Bath?
We will be linking this question with our literacy this week.
Science
We will continue exploring air resistance by conducting an experiment using parachutes!
Let's have another great week Kites!
Miss Digance
Last Week
We had such a lovely time at Downside School last Thursday! I was so impressed with how well we represented Kilmersdon and how much Spanish we knew! Well done Kites!
We finished all of our assessments. Phew! So now our timetable will be back to normal.
Maths
We looked at multiples and factors and explored this using concrete resources and arrays!
We understand what a multiple is, and how to find the factors of numbers.
RE
We looked deeper into the meaning behind Psalm 8. We talked about how Christians view themselves and their relationship with God. I was so impressed with the incredible discussion we had about our own points of view and the viewpoint of Christians.
Science
We explored air resistance and how this force is able to slow objects as they fall towards the ground. This also got us thinking about how gravity plays a part in this!
This Week 29/11/21
Notices:
New spellings now on Spelling Shed. Thank you for all your hard work and practice! It is paying off!
School Trip - Languages Day - Thursday 2nd December
We are so looking forward to having the opportunity to visit Downside School for our languages day! Please make sure attendance letters are signed and handed back to the school before Thursday.
Assessment Week:
This week we will be completing our autumn term assessments. These assessments will cover maths, reading and writing.
Therefore, the timetable will look a little bit different this week as this will be our focus.
Maths
We have completed our unit on tables and graphs. We are now moving on to multiplication and division.
Literacy
Towards the end of the week, we will begin writing our own narrative pieces, using what we have learned so far this term to help create wonderful stories!
Last Week
Literacy
Last week we all wrote wonderful newspaper articles, showcasing our ability to use direct speech in our writing. I was so impressed with everyone's articles, well-done Kites!
Maths
We completed our unit on interpreting tables and graphs. We now are able to read data from tables and line graphs. We can also draw our own line graphs!
Geography
We learnt about the difference between physical features and human features. We also used our atlases to find specific physical features around the United Kingdom!
Science
We learnt about friction. We discovered that the more bumpy or rough a surface is, the more force is required to move an object across it. This is because there is more friction acting on these two surfaces! We used Newton Meters to measure how much force was needed to move objects across different surfaces.
RE
We looked at a section in Psalms and discussed how Christians believe God created the wonderful world we live in. We use Psalms as our inspiration to write our own poetry about the wonders of the world.
This Week: 22/11/21
Spellings
New spellings now on Spelling Shed. Please see spelling document below in case spelling folders are forgotten to be taken home:
Literacy
This week we are continuing to write our newspaper reports including direct speech. After we have completed being fantastic journalists, we will become authors! We are going to create our own narrative based on the events of Hetty's Unicorn.
Maths
We will continue to practice confidently reading and interpreting tables. We will then move on to read and interpret graphs.
Extra practice at home:
Geography
This week we are recapping the capital cities of the United Kingdom. Can you remember what makes a capital city?
We will then explore the physical features of the UK, including mountains ranges, rivers and coastlines.
Science
This week in science we are learning to identify the effects of friction between two surfaces.
What is friction? How can the amount of friction differ from surface to surface?
Last Week:
Literacy
We learnt how to use inverted commas to show direct speech in our writing.
We now know the difference between direct and indirect speech! We will be continuing to write our newspaper articles this week.
Maths
We made a start on our graphs and tables units. We are able to read the information provided in tables and solve problems using our addition, subtraction and inverse operations!
Geography
We recapped the four countries of the UK and we then used atlases to locate the capital of each country. We talked about what makes a city a capital city and why.
We are amazing at using atlases to find information!
Science
We were scientists! We explored the effects of gravity by recreating meteorites and the creators they create when they impact the ground. We discovered that the heavier the object, the deeper the creator. The bigger the object, the wider the creator.
Interestingly, we discovered that the size of the object does not necessarily mean it will be heavier! We are now able to predict, conduct experiments and document our findings!
Dance
This week we learnt a new dance skill to incorporate into our routines, a canon! Kites were able to practice this skill, then use them in their own dances which were fantastic! Please see below the video that inspired our movements:
Last Week:
Literacy
We took time learning about the different poppies worn for Remembrance Day, why we wear poppies, and the significance of this date in history.
Red Kites created some beautiful circle books, showcasing what each poppy represents, and the poem 'In Flanders Fields' which inspired it all.
Maths
We worked really hard on our mental addition and subtraction and can now use inverse operations to check our answers!
Geography
We recapped the 4 countries of the United Kingdom then compared them to see what was similar and what was different!
Music
We are exploring rhythm through Samba music! We used different instruments and worked together to create our own beats and rhythms.
This Week:
Literacy
We are taking another look at inverted commas and direct speech. Our genre of writing this week is newspaper articles. We will be creating our own newspaper articles regarding the strange light seen in the forest (inspired by Hetty's Unicorn).
What is direct speech?
What are inverted commas?
Can you name the features of a newspaper?
Maths
We are finishing off our addition and subtraction unit and moving on to graphs and tables
Geography
We are looking at the capital cities of the United Kingdom and the surrounding seas. Can you use an atlas to find these?
Spellings
Our spelling rule for this week is:
This week's spellings have been updated on Spelling Shed. Spelling test results are now being written in your Home Contact Books so your grown-ups can see your progress.
Let's have another great week Kites!
Miss Digance
Week of November 8th, 2021
Literacy
Last week we started reading the wonderful story, Hetty's Unicorn. A magical tale filled with wonder and mystery. We read the story and explored Hetty's character through hot seating. Please see the link below to read the story.
This week we are going to write a diary entry as Hetty. Re-telling events from her point of view. Our grammar focus is using commas in our writing. We are able to use commas to add detail and to make sure the meaning of our sentences are clear. (We had lots of fun with this last week!)
Let's eat Grandma!
Let's eat, Grandma!
The magic of commas!
We are incorporating this story into our dance topic this term. We will be learning to use movement in different ways to retell the story!
Remembrance Day - Thursday 11th November 2021
From Wednesday onwards we will be remembering the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts.
We will be looking at the beautiful poem 'In Flanders Fields' and creating artwork based on this.
Maths
This term we are focussing on addition and subtraction. We have started by recapping using the written column method. Using our place value knowledge to ensure we exchange correctly.
We have also been exploring rounding numbers to estimate an answer to help us work towards mental arithmetic.
This week, we are looking at mental addition and subtraction, inverse operations and problem-solving.
Check out this video to see how using inverse operations can help with addition and subtraction:
BBC Bitesize Inverse Operations
If you want to have some extra practice, please see WhiteRose home learning lessons below, and some games to support your learning further!
Geography
Last week we were thinking about why we learn Geography at all! Why is it useful? We discovered Geography is so much more than we may have first thought! Now more than ever, we understand the importance of being amazing geographers!
This week we are learning about the countries of the United Kingdom and comparing characteristics of different major cities.
What makes a city? How many cities can you name? Do you know where and how to find them on a map?
Try this UK quiz to see how much you already know!
Science
This term we are looking forces! Starting things off with gravity!
Hello Kites and welcome to the Summer Term ! I hope that you have all had a great Easter with lots of time for fun and relaxation.
Important note: this term we will be having PE on Mondays and Fridays.
Maths
We will be learning about decimals and percentages this term.
Literacy
We will be working on 'Clockwork' by Philip Pullman.
Science
We will be studying Space.
Geography
We will be exploring the world, finding out about continents and geographical features.
Well done Kites, you did it! Home learning is done and next week you will all be back in the classroom. . It will be great to have you all back.
Don't forget your spelling test!
This is the same as yesterday for some reason-think of something else to draw today!
Literacy
I have included a reading comprehension for you today. You could also choose another activity from the Pobble activity list. I like the look of the activity where you have to draw a Wanted poster for your favourite villian from a book.
Thursday 4th March
Good morning Kites. As I explained yesterday, today's activities are linked to World Book Day. You can choose activities from the PDF below, or choose some activities from the Pobble PDF. In class today, we are going to be doing activity number 9 - writing a story with lots of different book characters in.
I have also included 4 a day, daily maths and daily literacy which includes your spelling attempt for today.
Here is your warm up:
Good morning Kites and welcome to your last day of zoom lessons! It will be so good to have you all back in the classroom next week . I have been so impressed by how you have all adapted to a different way of learning and it has been great to be able to see you and speak to you over zoom but it will be so much better to be able to speak to you without having to deal with internet connection issues! Thank you so much to your grown ups at home for making sure that you are signed on every morning and for helping you with your learning at home, I really appreciate all the support.
Today's zoom lessons are at the same time as usual and I will read some more of the class story at 2pm.
There will be work on here for Thursday and Friday which will be activity based. Tomorrow will be related to World Book Day.
Here's your warm up:
Literacy
Today you are going to be continuing the story of the 'Unwanted Visistors'. The answers that you came up with yesterday will help you with this. It would be great to here some of your ideas during your zoom session today and to see the pictures you drew of the trolls' home.
Don't forget to complete your daily literacy task which includes your spelling practise and sentence writing.
Good morning Kites, I hope that you are all OK this morning.
Here is your warm up:
Maths
Well done to everyone for your hard work on zoom yesterday. Today we are comparing and ordering fractions greater than 1. We will go through the Powermaths input during your zoom session and the text book pages are below. Green toolkits should also try the reasoning and problem solving question.
Good morning Kites. Welcome to March and the last week of zoom lessons . I hope that you have had a great weekend and enjoyed the sunshine- isn't it fabulous!
We will have zoom lessons on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week and I will put some activities for you to do on Thursday and Friday which will be linked to World Book Day on Thursday.
Here is your warm up for today:
Literacy
Today we will be going through your spellings for the week. Your spelling attempts are on your daily literacy tasks as well as an instruction for writing a sentence using one of your spelling words. You can also practise your spellings on Spelling Shed. 5-10 minutes practise a day should be enough to help you get all your spellings correct on Friday.
Maths
For the next 2 days we will be comparing and ordering fractions. We will go through the Powermaths input during your zoom session and the text book pages are below. I have also included the link to the relevant White Rose video and the worksheet to go with it. The video has been split into 2 parts. Green toolkits should also try the reasoning and problem solving question.
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/spring-week-5-number-fractions/
Good morning Kites and well done for another great week of home learning. You've worked really hard on our new topic of fractions and not been put off when you've found something tricky.
Today is spelling test day so ask someone at home to test you on your spelling words. Well done to Cooper, Cody, Harry and Evie who are in the top ten this week and to all of you who have been on Spelling Shed this week, keeping us at the top of the leader board.
Here is today's warm up:
Literacy
Today's literacy is a reading comprehension. Yellow toolkits annswer the first set of questions. Pink and green toolkits answer all the questions and remeber to use full sentences for your answers.
There is a daily literacy task for today as well.
Maths
There is no Powermaths today, instead I have included some sheets below which link to three of the topics that we have covered this week. You could choose the topic which you would like extra practise on, or try a couple of questions from each sheet. I have colour coded the sheets and the answers.
Good morning Kites, I hope that you are all well this morning.
Here is your warm up:
Literacy
Your tasks for today are below and we will talk about them during your zoom session today to get some ideas before you do your writing. Your daily literacy task is also below and includes your spelling attempt for today-your last one before your test tomorrow.
Maths
Today we will be looking at number sequences. We will go through the Powermaths input during your zoom session. There is a link to a video and worksheet which can be done together for more support. The worksheet can be completed as extra practise without the video. Green toolkits should do the problem solving and reasoning questions.
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/spring-week-5-number-fractions/
Good morning Kites and welcome to Wednesday. Zoom sessions are as normal this morning and I will be reading the class story at 2pm.
Don't forget to complete the daily maths and literacy sheets. The literacy sheet has your spelling practise for each day and an instruction for a sentence containing one of your spelling words.
Here is your warm up for the day:
Literacy
Today's task is to complete the worksheet below which will help with your understanding and use of modal verbs. Yellow toolkits, complete the first activity, pink toolkits complete the first two avtivities and green tollkits complete all the activities. I would like to hear some of your paragraphs from yesterday's work during the zoom session today.
Maths
Today is the opposite of yesterday-you will be converting mixed numbers to improper fractions. We will go through the Powermaths input during your zoom session. There is a link to a video and worksheet which can be done together for more support. The worksheet can be completed as extra practise without the video. Green toolkits should do the problem solving and reasoning questions.
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/spring-week-5-number-fractions/
Afternoon activities
Here are the activities that you can choose from in the afternoons. If you have enjoyed learning about Boudicca this week, Ramona has recommended the Horrible Histories episode about her. I have found the following link to the episode:
https://horriblehistoriestv.wixsite.com/horriblehistoriestv/series-6-episode-9
Good morning Kites, I hope you are all well. It was great to see you on zoom yesterday. Today's zoom sessions are at the usual time and I promise that they won't just be about fractions today! Well done for your work yesterday though, it was good to find out how much you remembered about fractions.
Here is your warm up for today:
Literacy
This week we are going to be working on modal verbs. During your zoom session, we will be watching a clip about a lynx and using this as the basis of your writing tasks. I will give you the tasks for today in your zoom session.
Here is today's daily literacy task which includes your spelling practise attempt.
Here is the clip that we watched in zoom today to help with your paragraph.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4CyYDD8Ps1Dv8xgtC78b4Nw/a-lifeline-for-the-iberian-lynx
I have also included a modal verb word mat below:
Maths
Today we will be converting improper fractions to mixed numbers. We will go through the Powermaths input during your zoom session. There is a link to a video and worksheet which can be done together for more support. The worksheet can be completed as extra practise without the video. Green toolkits should do the problem solving and reasoning questions.
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/spring-week-3-number-multiplication-and-division-2/
Good morning Kites and welcome back! I hope you all had a great half term, relaxing and having fun with your families. I have been on some lovely walks ranging from freezing cold to very wet and muddy as the week went on. I've done a lot of reading as well which has been lovely.
I am looking forward to seeing you all on zoom again this morning to find out what you've been up to. The morning zoom sessions will be the same as last term, the first one at 9:15 and the second at 11:00. The afternoon sessions will be slightly different as I will be reading a story for the first 10 minutes of the session. I'm going to carry on with the story that we started before Christmas-'The Night Bus Hero' by Onjali Q. Rauf. I will start reading at 2pm and will then stay on to answer any questions and to go through the days Barvember questions.
Here's your daily warm up:
Literacy
Today we will go through the spellings for both groups during your zoom session. This term I will also be giving you a daily literacy task which includes your daily spelling practise and some grammar questions.
Maths
Today we are starting work on fractions. We are going to recap on equivalent fractions before looking at the work in the Powermaths book. I have also included links to a video and worksheet which recaps on fractions for anyone who would like to refresh their fractions knowledge. There are also 2 videos about equivalent fractions and the worksheets that link with them. One of them is a recap and links with the worksheet that we will work on during zoom. The other one links with the year 5 work in the Powermaths book. There are problem solving and reasoning questions for green toolkits to do.
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/spring-week-3-number-multiplication-and-division-2/
Afternoon activities
The document below includes a range of activities for you to choose from when you have finished your maths and literacy tasks. You do not have to complete them all. Some of the activities may take longer than one afternoon to complete, so don't rush them-take your time and do your best. Don't forget to send me pictures on your class dojo portfolio.
We made it Kites!! it's friday and the end of term! Well done to all of you for doing such a good job. A massive thank you to your grown ups too for all their help with your learning and setting up of zoom accounts, class dojo portfolios and so on. This certificate is for all of you.
Today's zoom will be from 9:30-10:00 and this week will be just for anyone who has any questions or wants to go through the Barvember from yesterday and today.
Don't forget your spelling test today. This week's top scorers on Spelling Shed are Cooper, Aithin, Evie, Harry and Ramona.
Here's your arty warm up for the day:
Don't forget that today's afternoon activity is to play a board game or watch a film with the people at home.
One last thing:
Good morning Kites, I hope you are all ok. Today is the last day to practise your spellings and I can see that some of you have been practising on Spelling Shed. When I last looked we were top of the league, with Aithin in the top spot and Cooper close behind. Today's afternoon activity is to make a playlist of your favourite songs and find somewhere relaxing to sit and listen to them. Either that, or you could build an interasting reading den to sit in to read your book. I would love to know which songs are on your playlists and to see your reading dens. You can put them on your portfolios on the class dojo page.
Here's your warm up for the day:
Literacy
Today you are going to write your own account of your ideas about the 'Afterwards' picture. Your first paragraph will be about what happened three months ago and so will be in the past tense. Your second paragraph will be about what is happening now, what you can see in the picture and so will be in the present tense. Green toolkits, your challenge is to write a third paragraph about what might happen next and that paragraph will be in the future tense.
Send me a photograph of your finished story on the class dojo page.
Maths
We have come to the end of another unit! Today we will go through the End of Unit check during the zoom session-you will need your whiteboards to write your answers on. There are more tasks in your Powermaths book on page 39 for you to have a go at. You should all be able to answer question 1. Pink toolkits have a go at question 2 and green toolkits try question 2 and the Power Play.
Good morning Kites and welcome to Wednesday- it's going to be another chilly day, so wrap up warm!
I'm afraid I haven't had any luck downloading the videos of me sending semaphore messages to the class dojo page or on to the class page, so I'm going to try and play them during the zoom sessions tomorrow morning. If you have the semaphore sheet printed-have it ready to help you. Be warned, I hadn't had much practise so it might be difficult to work out!
Talking of things that are hard to work out, here is your warm up for the day. Make up your own mind as to what it means.
Literacy
Your literacy task for today is a drawing task. Choose one of the items in the picture and draw what you think it would have looked like 3 months before. In preparation for your task tomorrow you could describe in detail what the item looked like 3 months before, what happened to make it look like it does in the picture and maybe think about what is going to happen to it next.
Maths
Today you are going to use your knowledge of division with remainders to solve problems. We will have a look at some examples during your zoom session and then you can do the work in your Powermaths book on page 36. There are some extra tasks below for anyone who would like some more practise.
Good morning Kites, I hope that you are all wrapped up warm and ready for today. I am wearing so many layers when I take Sandie out for a walk in the mornings at the moment, I have to get up 10 minutes earlier to get dressed!
Here's your warm up picture for the day:
Literacy
Over the next few days, we are going to be looking at the picture below, which is called Afterwards. Today we will be thinking about answers to the questions on the second sheet of the document below. Your task is to then write your own answers to the questions in your exercise books.
Maths
Today we have another lesson on division with remainders. We will go through the text book pages during the zoom session and then you can do the work in your Powermaths book on page 33. I have included another task for anyone who would like some more practise.
Good morning Kites, it's Monday and it's the last Monday of term .
Your zoom sessions will be at 9:15 or 11 this morning as usual and I will be available at 2pm on zoom to answer any questions about today's learning. Thius week there is one document for your afternoon activities which is below the literacy and maths work for today. Here's your warm up for the day:
Spellings
I will go through the sepellings during your zoom sessions this morning to check your understanding of the words. You can then complete your first attempt on the attempt sheet and do the activity. You can also write sentences with 5 of your spelling words in your exercise book.
Maths
Today we will be looking at division with remainders. We will go through the text book pages during the zoom session and then you can do the work in your Powermaths book on page 30. I have included a link for a White Rose video which you can do alongside the worksheet below for more support. You can also do the worksheet on its own of you would like more practise. Green toolkits, have a go at the reasoning and problem-solving questions.
We've made it to another Friday Kites!! Well done to all of you for keeping going and joining in with the zoom sessions. I know that some of you have had internet problems but that hasn't stopped you trying to join in-thank you.
Today's zoom session will be at 9.30am for anyone who wants to join. I can answer any questions you have about your learning, listen to some of your work and we should have time to play a couple of games too.
Today is spelling test day so ask your grown ups to test you and make sure you get the homophones the right way round group a! We are still top of the league on Spelling Shed and I see that Aithin and Cooper have been battling for the top spot this week with Evie and Harry also in the top 10!
Here's your warm up for the day:
I can't imagine that any of you would throw your duvets on the floor, so you'll have to imagine what it might look like!
Literacy
Today you are going to write your story about Paddypaws that we started planning yesterday on zoom. Remember to think about tenses, pronouns and trying to include subordinate clauses. Also, think about how to make the opening to your story as interesting as you can.
Bea has let me know about a Virtual Zoo Day at Chester Zoo which is happening today. The webpage link is below and includes previous days that they have done. Thank you for the info Bea. I've just watched Virtual Zoo day 7 which has one of my favourites-a Red Panda.
Maths
You won't be doing any work in your Powermaths books today. I have included some sheets below which will give you some extra practise with multiplying by a 2 digit number. If you feel that you've got the hang of it, then have a go at the missing number tasks to challenge yourselves. I've included the answers for you to check how you get on.
Good morning Kites, how are you all?
Today is your last chance to practise your spellings before your test tomorrow. For group a, you need to make sure you know the meanings of the words as well as the spellings. Well done to those of you that have been able to go on Spelling Shed. We are still top of the league and I can see that there's a bit of a battle going on for the top spot this week .
Here is your warm up for today:
Literacy
Today and tomorrow, you are going to plan and write a story called Paddypaws and the Cat-Burglar.
(Cat-burglar is how we describe a thief or burglar who climbs walls and rooftops to enter buildings)
In your story, Paddypaws, your cat, is going to help get a cat-burglar caught and arrested by the police. I wonder how this happens? Maybe Paddypaws can talk to you or has some secret way of communicating. Or maybe the Cat-Burglar trips over Paddypaws’ tail! See what ideas you can think of and choose the best one.
During today’s zoom session, we will come up with some ideas together that you might want to use for your story.
Maths
You worked really well in maths on zoom yesterday and you all seem to have got the hang of dividing using short division. Today you will do be doing the same thing, looking at what happens when you have to exchange. The Powermaths lesson starts on page 27. There isn't a White Rose video for today, although you could watch the one for yesterday if you haven't already. I have included some extra tasks below if you would like some more practise or a challenge.
Good morning Kites and welcome to Wednesday. I hope that you are all ok. Thank you to everyone who has connected to the class dojo page and to those of you that have sent me some photos of your work. I know from zoom that you are all working as hard as you can and it's great to see what you've been up to. I'm not expecting to see work from you every day but maybe some literacy and maths and a piece of topic work/art at least once a week would be possible. If you set up a portfolio, I think you should be able to see each others work as well.
Remember to practise your spellings and keep reading every day and if you can, try one of the activities that were posted on Monday for something different to do.
Here is your warm up for the day:
Literacy
During your zoom session, we will be looking at prepositions. Your task after the zoom session is to do a piece of writing about the picture we looked at yesterday ‘In the Light of the Moon’ by Catherine Hyde. Yellow toolkits, you are going to write 5 sentences. Each sentence needs to include a prepositional phrase, for example ‘on the roof’. Pink and green toolkits, you are going to write a paragraph using the picture as a starter. The cat can move from the roof, but remember to include some interesting prepositional phrases and keep your paragraph in the same tense. I know that you can challenge yourselves to include some subordinate clauses too.
Maths
Today we are going to be looking at how to divide a 4 digit number by a 1 digit number. If you have been doing the arithmetic practise sheets, you'll be an expert!
The textbook pages are below as well as a link to the White Rose video webpage, a sheet to go with the video and some reasoning and problem solving questions.
Good morning Kites, I hope that you are all ok. Here is today's warm up activity. What could you create using just 30 dots? Maybe you could create something and give it to someone else to do at home. Or, you could send me a copy via the class dojo page if your grown ups have sent back permission and I could have a go.
As well as the activities below, remember to practise your spellings everyday and to keep reading. Let's see how many bookmarks we can get Mrs Dando to write when you're all back at school!
Literacy
We are going to be watching a video of Rachel Rooney reading her poem ‘The Language of Cat’ today and then answering some questions about the poem during your zoom session. Your task for today to do after your zoom session is below.
Maths
Today we will be multiplying 4 digits by 2 digits. We will go through the input for the Powermaths lesson during the zoom session. There is a White Rose video to go with this topic and a sheet which can be done alongside the video for extra support or on it's own as some extra practise.
I have also included some resoning and problem solving questions.
Good morning Kites and welcome to February! I hope that you have had a great weekend. I went for a walk on Sunday which started off just being a bit cold and grey and ended up as a walk in what I would call a blizzard! I t turned out to be a very long walk but luckily I had plenty of coffee and chocolate biscuits to keep me going .
Zoom sessions are the same as normal this week. I feel as though I haven't seen some of you for a while now after Thursday's internet debacle! Fingers crossed all goes smoothly this week!
Thank you to your grown ups who have sent back permission to use the class dojo page -once this has all been set up, you will be able to send me examples of the work that you have been doing which will be lovely.
I've found something new for you to do everyday as a warm up if you fancy it. It's called Rob Gander's Great Big Page -a-day Exercise Book. The idea is to do one of these activities a day and then display it in your window as part of The Great Big Art Exhibition 2021.
Easy-Draw the first thing that comes to mind.
Medium-Draw the third thing that comes to mind.
Hard- Defy expectation, draw the illogical, obscure or unimaginable.
It would be great to see what you come up with through the class dojo page. I think some of your grown ups might like to try it too!
Spellings
I will go through the spellings during your zoom session this morning. There are attempt sheets and activities below and you can also write 5 interesting sentences using your spelling words in your exercise books. Some of you have some more homophones, so make sure you use the correct one for your sentence.
Maths
We are moving on to multiplying 3 digits by 2 digits today. No more challenging than last week when you were multiplying 2 digits by 2 digits, there’s just another number to multiply!
I have included the link to the White Rose video-Multiplying a 3 digit number by a 2 digit number and there is a worksheet below which can be completed as you watch the video, or on it’s own. The video and worksheet can be used as extra support or the worksheet could be done as an extension task.
I have also included some reasoning and problem solving questions.
Last (possibly afternoon) session each day this week - these continue from last week so you may need to do that work first (scroll down the class page to find it).
History
This week Mr Barber is going to teach you about how the Romans conquered Britain. You will need paper and a pencil.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/how-did-the-romans-conquer-britain-6gwk6d
Art
Scratch
This week you have two options:
Good morning Kites and well done for another great week of learning. Apologies again for yesterday's technical hitch and well done for carrying on with the work that was set. This morning's zoom session is between 9.30 and 10.30 and I will be reading 'Unfortunately the Milk' from 9.30-9.45. I can then answer any questions from the week and have a look at any work that you have done if you would like to share it.
Don't forget your spelling test today. Well done to Cooper, Harry and Evie who are in the top ten of the school this week.
Maths
There is no Powermaths work today. Instead I have put two different tasks for you to choose from, depending on which of this week’s lessons you feel you need some more practise on, although there is nothing stopping you doing both tasks if you would like to. The tasks are colour coded for you.
Sorry Kites, we have no Internet connection at school at the moment so I won't be able to do the 11am zoom session. Also apologies to my first group- I promise I didn't cut you off!
I will try and be on zoom from 1.30 this afternoon for anyone from the second group who can join me. If not, carry on with the work below and the literacy is to either rewrite the poem below with your own ideas for how to use the octopus to help you, or you can write a commentary for the octopus clip we have been watching this week.
If this afternoon isn't possible I will be on zoom tomorrow morning at 9.30 to read the story and answer any questions. 🐙😁🙄
Good morning Kites and a happy Thursday to you all! Today's zoom sessions will be the last teaching sessions of the week and tomorrow I will be on zoom from 9.30-10.30am. I've decided that I'll read some more of 'Fortunately the Milk' for the first 15 minutes of the session because you've been working so hard this week, we haven't had any time for the story in your zoom sessions. I can then answer any questions that you might have about the week's learning and hear or look at any work that you would like to share with me.
Spellings
Today is your last chance to practise your spellings before your test tomorrow. Well done to everyone who has been on Spelling Shed this week- we are back at the top of the school league table again today .
Literacy
Today you have a choice of tasks that I will explain during your zoom session. The poem below links to one of the tasks.
Maths
Another lesson on multiplying 2 digits today. The pages from the text book are below as well as a link to a White Rose video and the sheet to go with it.I have also included some extra reasoning and problem solving questions for any of you who would like to try them if you would like an extra challenge.
Welcome to Wednesday Kites and well done for all your hard work so far this week. I am always on zoom between 2-2:30 on Monday-Thursday if you have any questions about your work or if you want to share any work with me that you have done.
Don't forget to have a look at the other topic tasks and activities that were listed on Monday.
Literacy
We are going to continue to work on tenses today. We will go through some questions together and then I will ask you to complete a task after the zoom session. It would be great to hear some of your work in tomorrow’s zoom session.
Yellow toolkits I would like 5 sentences all written in the past tense .Pink and green toolkits, I would like a paragraph about the octopus in either the past tense or the present tense. Make sure that all your verbs are in the correct tense. Your extra challenge is to include subordinate clauses in some of your sentences.
I have included the clip below for you to watch again. My favourite part is when the fish spits the stone out in shock when it sees the octopus!
Maths
More multiplying 2 digits today. The pages from the text book that we will go through in the zoom session are below.
Good morning Kites, I hope you are all ok today.
Your zoom sessions today will cover your literacy work and the next lesson in your Powermaths book. We will also go through the answers to yesterday's 4 a day and hopefully there will be time to hear about the next adventure in Fortunately the Milk.
Don't forget to keep practising your spellings.
Literacy
We are going to be working on using tenses correctly this week with the help of an octopus! Today we will be watching a fascinating clip about an unusual octopus and thinking of interesting ways to describe it. We will then look at some sentences that are not using the correct tense and correct them together. You can then complete the worksheet below after the zoom session. Yellow toolkits complete challenge 1, pink toolkits complete challenge 1 and 1. Pink toolkits complete all the challenges.
Maths
Today we will be multiplying 2 digit numbers and revisiting area. The pages from the text book are below as well as a link to a White Rose video and the sheet to go with it.https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/week-1-number-multiplication-division/ I have also included some extra reasoning and problem solving questions for any of you who would like to try them if you would like an extra challenge.
Good morning Kites and welcome to Monday. I hope that you have all had a great weekend and had the chance to play in the snow while it lasted!
In this morning's zoom sessions, we will go through your spellings, your first lesson in your Powermaths practise book B and we'll go over the answers for Friday's 4 a day. As always I will then be on zoom at 2pm for any questions about today's tasks or if you want to check anything that you have done.
Spellings
Your attempt sheets and activities are below. Keep practising on Spelling Shed if you can. Kites are second on the league table at the moment, with four of you in the top ten. Group a - your spellings are homophones and near homophones this week, so you will have to make sure that you are clear on the meaning of all the words before your test on Friday.
Maths
We are starting a new topic today and will be looking at multiplication and division with 2,3- and 4-digit numbers. I will go through the input during your zoom session and I have also put the pages from the textbook that we will go through below for you to check back on if you need to. There is a White rose video that links with this lesson called Multiply 4 digits by 1 digit if you would like some more support and there is a worksheet to go with this if you would like to do it. I have also included some extra reasoning and problem solving questions for any of you who would like to try them if you would like an extra challenge.
Last (possibly afternoon) session each day this week - these continue from last week so you may need to do that work first (scroll down the class page to find it).
History
This week Mr Barber is going to be teaching you about what Britain was like before the Romans. You will need a pencil and some paper.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/what-was-britain-like-before-the-romans-crvkgt
Art
https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/what-is/pop-art
I have watched it quite a few times as I can’t believe how clever it is! Your challenge for this week is to see if you can recreate this sculpture or make a 3d sculpture which you then decorate in Pop Art style with clear lines and bold colours.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eifgrsBP1VI
Use the link below for two more ‘Draw with Rob’ pictures to complete.
Computing
This week's Scratch activity are...
Ping you have done before but I know it was enjoyed by many – also, with your advanced skills now you should be able to make a much better game!
Scratch weblink: https://scratch.mit.edu/
Once you have logged in go to Create, then tutorials and find the one above. If you need a reminder about registering or logging in, then look at the information given the first week Scratch was put on the class page.
Cooking
For anyone who likes cooking and whose grown ups are happy for them to do it, here is a recipe for some tasty looking cookies. You can let me know how tasty they were during our zoom sessions.
Well done Kites for another great week of online learning. It has been great to be able to see you and talk to you on a daily basis and to check how you are all getting on. Thank you to your adults at home as well for supporting you with your learning.
There aren't any zoom teaching sessions today, although I will be on zoom between 9:30 and 10:30am to answer any questions and look at or hear any work that you have done this week. You can join this session at anytime before 10:30am.
Don't forget to get someone to test you on your spellings today. Well done to Cooper, Evie, harry and Bea who are all in the school top 10 this week.
Have a great weekend
Maths
Today’s maths is a challenge for you to check your understanding of area and perimeter. The work involves a series of tasks which become more challenging throughout the task. See how much of the task you can complete. The answers are below.
Good morning Kites, I hope that you are all ok and not too fed up of this miserable weather!
Maths
We will go through the End of Unit Check sheet below during our zoom session. You can then have a go at the activities in your Powermaths book on page 161.
Good morning Kites and welcome to what looks like a wet and windy day! Never mind, I've got plenty to keep you busy and hopefully it will be more pleasant later on. Don't forget to do the afternoon activities as well. We're really enjoying the art activities in school. At the moment we are working on our Andy Warhol style pictures.
Maths
We will go through the input for the Powermaths lesson during the zoom session. There is also a video on the White Rose website which links with the additional sheet below. The video for today is Area of Irregular Shapes. The sheet could be done as an extra task on its own or it could be done alongside the video to help with your understanding. The work in your Powermaths book starts on page 158.
Good morning Kites and welcome to Tuesday's learning. I will go through the input for the Powermaths work and the literacy work during your zoom sessions this morning.
At the moment, the zoom sessions are the best way to help you with your learning and have daily contact while you are not at school. It is therefore important that you get the most out of these sessions, by attending regularly and by making sure that you are listening and joining in as much as possible and also allowing others to do the same. We need to fit a lot into quite a short space of time, so it is important to stay focused on the learning. I understand that it is a lot to get used to and you have adapted really well.
Spellings
Keep practising your spellings. I can see that some of you have already been pratising on Spelling Shed. 5-10 minutes pratise a day is enough to help you learn and this could also include writing sentences in your exercise books.
We will go through the input for the Powermaths lesson during the zoom session. There is also a video on the White Rose website https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/week-12-measurement-perimeter-area/ which links with the additional sheet below. The video for today is Area of Compound Shapes. The sheet could be done as an extra task on its own or it could be done alongside the video to help with your understanding. The work in your Powermaths book starts on page 155.
Good morning Kites. I hope that you have all had a good weekend and that you are ready for another week of online learning. This week will be the same as last week-I will go through the maths and literacy work for the day during your zoom session in the morning. I will also go through the answers to the 4 a day from the previous day and read the next instalment of 'Fortunately the Milk. In the afternoon's between 2pm and 2:30pm I will be available on zoom for anypne who needs help with any learning from that day. This morning, I will try and go through your spellings for the week as well. Your spellings are on Spelling Shed for you to practise and I have included some activities below which you can also use for your daily practise.
Choose one activity to complete each day this week. Over the week, I am expecting you to have completed at least 4 activities from those listed.
This week's Scratch activity is...
Weblink below for Scratch:
Once you have logged in go to Create, then tutorials and find the one above. If you need a reminder about registering or logging in , then look at last week's Scratch post.
Click on the link below to find out about reflection.
Link:https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/what-is-reflection-and-how-can-we-use-it-6mt3gd
Complete either or both of the drawings below, just click on the link.
Draw a Steam Train:
Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd6ztILveYk&feature=emb_logo
Draw an Octopus:
Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkLlDBjFipk&feature=emb_logo
Have a go at posting your drawings on your class dojo page.
Lesson 1. Who was Siddhartha Gautama?
Click on the link to start learning about Siddhartha Gautama. He is the first individual to have achieved enlightenment through the practice of meditation. He became known as Buddha, which means ‘the enlightened one’. You will just need a piece of paper and a pen/pencil.
PE
Keep up with Joe in his PE sessions on Monday , Wednesday and Friday. If you're feeling energetic, you could do last week's sessions as well!
Good morning Kites and well done for your first full week of learning on zoom. I have been really impressed by the way that you have coped with working from home and learning via zoom. I have really enjoyed being able to speak to you and see you on a daily basis.
Today's zoom session is from 9:30-10:30am and will be a chance for you to ask me any questions and share some of the work that you have been doing. I'd love to hear some more of your ideas for your stories that you started planning yesterday. We won't be doing any Powermaths today but I will put the usual maths activities up, plus some more work on area to keep you going.
Don't forget to get someone to give you a spelling test today. I can see that some of you have been practising on Spelling Shed, so there should be some good scores.
Literacy
Today you are going to write your story based on your plan from yesterday. Remember that your story needs to start in the library and end up with the boy at home with his library book. What happens in between is entirely up to you!
Have a great weekend!!
Good morning Kites, I hope that you are all ok this morning. Thank you for helping me by having recognisable names for our zoom meetings.
This morning we will be doing some work on area before you do the work in your Powermaths books and we will be sharing ideas for a piece of writing you will do tomorrow. We will also go through the answers for yesterday's 4 a day.
Maths
There is also a video on the White Rose website which links with the additional sheet below. The video for today is Area of Rectangles. The sheet could be done as an extra task on its own or it could be done alongside the video to help with your understanding.
Literacy
Below are some templates for your storyboards. We will think of some ideas during your zoom sessions this morning and then you can either use one of the templates or do your own plan in your exercise book. Yellow- 2 boxes, Pink- 3 boxes, Green- 4 boxes.
Good morning Kites and welcome to Wednesday. I am looking forward to seeing you all on zoom throughout the day. Can I please ask that you keep your names on your devices the same every day and to make sure that they are names which I can recognise as belonging to someone from our class. I will not be able to let people in to the zoom meeting whose names I do not recognise as I would not be ensuring that you are safe online.
Remember to keep practising your spellings on Spelling Shed-apparently we are top of the school at the moment! All that practise will lead to great spelling test results on Friday .
Maths
Another lesson on calculating perimeter today. We will go through some examples in our zoom sessions and then you can work in your Powermaths books. You should all be able to do at least the first 2 questions. There isn't a video or additional sheet to go with today's lesson.
Good morning Kites, I hope you are all ok this morning. Well done for another great day on zoom. I think I am starting to get the hang of it now! It was nice to be able to speak to some of you in the afternoon as well. Remember that I am on zoom between 2 and 2.30- Monday to Thursday, to answer any questions that you might have about that day's learning.
Keep practising your spellings and choose an activity from the afternoon selection posted yesterday when you have finished your maths and literacy tasks.
Maths
We will be carrying on the work in your Powermaths books, looking at some questrions on zoom first. You should all be able to do the first 2 questions. I have also included the White Rose sheet and a link to the video for today's lesson.
Literacy
Adrift reading comprehension. We will read the text during the zoom session and answer some questions about what we have read. You can then answer the questions after our zoom session. Yellow toolkits-answer the first section of questions. Pink and green toolkits answer all the questions.
Good morning Kites. I hope that you have all had a good weekend and that you are ready for another week of zoom learning! I have been practising on zoom with my Dad over the weekend, so hopefully I have got the hang of it a little better!
Like last week, I will go through maths with you every day in our zoom sessions and today we will go through spellings as well. I will then read some more of our class book, Fortunately the Milk by Neil Gaiman.
I will include all the sheets that you will need for today, however if you are not able to print them you should be able to write any answers straight into your exercise books.
Spellings
Your new spellings will be on Spelling Shed from today and I will go through the spellings during our zoom session. You can then do your spelling practise and write some interesting sentences using your spelling words. Try to aim for writing 5 different sentences. You could also ask a grown up to test you on last week's spellings if you haven't already done that.
Maths
Today we will start using your Powermaths books. I will go through the input with you on zoom and then you can do the work in your books. Everyone should be able to do the first 2 questions. Pink and green, do as many as you can and try the reflect question.
There is also a video on the White Rose website which links with the additional sheet below. The video for today is Measure Perimeter. The sheet could be done as an extra task on its own or it could be done alongside the video to help with your understanding. The answers for today's work are below for you to check your work.
Choose one activity to complete each day this week. Over the week, I am expecting you to have completed at least 4 activities from those listed.
Click on the link below to learn the first of our Roman songs plus some information about Roman life. Click on the Music PDF below to have your own copy of the lyrics.
You will need a piece of paper and a pencil for this lesson. If you would like to take part in the practical investigation you will need: a light source (e.g. lamp, torch or phone light), a piece of paper, a piece of cardboard and a piece of something transparent (e.g. clear plastic). If you do not have these items you can still complete the lesson by just watching the teacher’s demonstration.
Watch the lesson clip at https://teachers.thenational.academy/lessons/how-did-the-roman-empire-become-so-powerful-74u62t. Mr Barber will teach you about how the Romans became so powerful during this 30 minute video. You will need your exercise book and a pencil because Mr Barber will ask you questions during the clip and you will need to pause the video and write the answers. You can then complete the task below to check how much you have learnt.
There are also a number of clips and tasks about Roman Britain on the BBC Bitesize website at https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zccgsk7 . These clips are much shorter.
Every week, there will be a scratch activity for you to complete.
Weblink below:
Hopefully, you can still remember your details from the last lockdown. If not, then reset your password or register again. You will need to check with an adult and give their email address when you register. They will then receive an email to confirm your user account.
Go to the webpage using the link above, then along the top, you will see:
Once you have logged in, go to Create …
and then tutorials ….
and try (you may need to scroll down the page):
Complete drawing 69: Rock Monster using the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZYFnxpAvkQ&feature=youtu.be
Use this link to access an old, PE with Joe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX05HHni9Wk
Or use this link to access the Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9am sessions.
Good morning Kites. It was so lovely to be able to see and speak to you yesterday. I'm looking forward to seeing you again this morning. If you are in the first group we will start at 9:15 and I have sent an email out to parents and carers about this. Tomorrow I will do maths and literacy sessions again and there will be an assembly in the afternoon. Next Friday I will just do one zoom session on Friday morning for any questions from the week.
Here's your work for today. Please don't worry if you aren't able to print out every sheet, you can write your answers in your red book and write a date and title so that you remember what work you were doing.
Good morning Kites and welcome to our third go at home learning!
This time is going to be different as we will be able to be in contact every day via zoom. Your parents and carers should have received an email with the timings for your group. We will do a lesson every morning on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday which will give us a chance to look at the maths and literacy work for that day. You will then have the rest of the day to finish the work and if you have any questions or problems with the work, you can join a zoom session that afternoon between 2-2:30. On Fridays, there will be a chance to join a zoom session between 9.30-10.30 to chat about anything to do with the learning for that week.
There will be work posted every day, including 4 a day and arithmetic practise. If you are in group 2 or 3, we will go through the answers for the 4 a day during the zoom session that day. If you are in group 1, we will go through the answers the following morning. The arithmetic questions are separated into yellow, pink and green but you can do as many of the sheets as you like- it’s all good practise. You can check your answers for these on a calculator.
We will use your Powermaths books for maths work starting next week, to give everyone a chance to pick up their packs from school. The maths for today and tomorrow will be from White Rose. It would be better not to complete the sheets until your zoom session.
Your packs should contain your pencil case, your Powermaths book, a red exercise book and a reading book with the VIPERS sheets.
The exercise book is for you to do all your work in. The reading book is for you to read at home just in case you don’t have books to read at the moment. I will ask you sometimes to answer some of the VIPERS questions about whatever you are reading and to write your answers in your book. Remember to get someone to sign your home contact book while you are at home and Mrs Dando can count up all your signatures when you come back to school!
Your spellings are on Spelling Shed and will be every week while you are at home. You might want to wait and do your test on Monday next week as you have started later this week.
That seems like a lot of information to take in -sorry! I also apologise if I have left anything out. I will be posting every morning, so I might have to update information if I have forgotten something or anything changes.
I am looking forward to seeing you all on zoom this morning. Don’t forget that you can join me on zoom in the afternoon between 2-2:30 if you have any questions about your work from the morning. Your parents can contact the school office if they have any questions or if there is anything that I can help with.
Start by looking at the presentation pdf and then choose either activity task to complete - I suggest you do the easy task where the tiger is drawn for you!
Tuesday 8th December
Good morning for the last time online! I am looking forward to being able to say good morning to you in person tomorrow.
Here's your work for today.
Carry on with the literacy and practising your spellings.
Monday 7th December
Good morning and welcome to the last couple of days at home. We will be very pleased to see you back in the classroom.
Sorry you couldn't open the end of unit check on Friday. I hope you got my email with it attached. I'm going to start you off on the next maths topic today which means you'll be ahead of the rest of the class when you come back. If you haven't had a chance to do the end of unit check, do that today and then have a go at today's lesson if you get time.
Friday 4th December
Hello and welcome to Friday. Today would be PE, so you could do Miss Sims' challenge from last week, or some other form of exercise.
Carry on with the wizards work for literacy and get someone to give you a spelling test.
Thursday 3rd December
Good morning stay at home Kites and welcome to Thursday. Kites in class are going to be starting assessments today (which I'm afraid you will have to do when you get back!), so I am going to give you something different to do for literacy. There are quite a lot of tasks to do, so don't worry if you don't get it all done before you come back to school. I've put the whole document on but work through it at your own pace.
Other tasks for today:
Wednesday 2nd December
Good morning at home Kites, it was lovely to see you and speak to you yesterday, even if it was just on screen. I'm glad that you are getting on so well with the work. Well done .
Other tasks for today include:
Tuesday 1st December
Good morning Kites at home and welcome to December!
Here is your work for today.
Monday 30th November
Good morning to those of you are working from home this week. I hope you had a good weekend. We are really sorry not to have you back in class today but we are looking forward to seeing you soon.
This week's work is going to be very similar to what we will be doing in class so that you can pick up easily when you come back to school.
I will catch up with you, hopefully on Tuesday to see how you are getting on and to answer any questions you have.
Literacy
Before you start, see how many features of instruction writing you can remember. Your task today is to read through the 'How to fix a puncture on a monster truck' instructions and see if you can find all the features of a good set of instructions.
Science
In science this week we will be carrying on with classification and grouping organisms. Todays session is a recap of what we were doing at the beginning of term. I have included some slides for you to look through before you have a go at the worksheet.
Friday 27th November
Good morning Kites and welcome to what for most of you is the last day of home learning. I have been so impressed at how well you have all done with your learning and it has been great to speak to you and your grown ups and to see all the great work you have done.
I am really looking forward to seeing you back in the classroom on Monday .
Your literacy task is to finish off your story or poem. If you want an art task to do, you could draw an illustration for your writing.
Don't forget to get someone to test you on your spellings today. There should be some great scores having seen how many of you have been practising.
Thursday 26th November
Good morning Kites, it's frosty this morning so you could have a look outside to see if you can see any frost patterns on cars, or frosty cobwebs in hedges.
It has been lovely to catch up with some of you over the last couple of days and find out how you've been getting on. I will be making some more calls today.
Your literacy task today is to write a poem or story about a dream where you can talk to elephants. Maybe the elephant will have some ideas about what humans could do to help save elephants and other endangered animals. Perhaps you have an adventure with the elephant. I shall look forward to reading all the fantastic ideas that you come up with.
Wednesday 25th November
Good morning Kites and welcome to what looks like a wet Wednesday!
I will be in contact with you again either today or tomorrow to see how you are getting on and whether you need any help with anything.
Your literacy task for today is to copy down six of your favourite lines from two of the elephant poems. My challenge for you is to do this in your very neatest joined up handwriting. It would be great to see a photo of your writing if you are able to send in a photo. The other part of today's task is to write 10 similes using elephants. You could either describe something 'like' or 'as' an elephant, or you could describe an elephant using similes. For example: The magnificent elephant walked passed the other animals like a member of a royal family.
Tuesday 24th November
Good morning Kites, how are you all this morning?
Today's maths is looking at hundredths as decimals. I have put a PowerPoint with some slides from Powermaths which should help if you need it.
Monday 23rd November
Good morning Kites. I hope that you have had a good weekend and that you are ready for another few days of home learning.
The literacy work on elephants continues this week with a look at some more poetry. I am also going to put some spelling, punctuation and grammar activities up.
This week's spellings are on Spelling Shed for you ready for a spelling test on Friday. I will put the spelling words up below for anyone who isn't able to access Spelling Shed.
Keep reading at home and getting an adult to sign your home contact book.
If you have any questions, please contact the school office and I can contact you by phone or email.
Friday 20th November
Good morning Kites here we are at the last day of your first week of home learning. Well done to all of you for everything you have been doing at home. It was lovely to speak to some of you and your parents yesterday and I know that Mrs Hillier enjoyed her phone calls too.
Today's literacy task is to either write a list of facts about elephants or to create a poster which explains the dangers that elephants are facing.
Today would also be your spelling test, so get someone at home to test you. I can see that a lot of you have been practising on Spelling Shed this week, well done.
You would also have had PE today, so if you can, see if you can do some form of exercise.
Thursday 19th November
Good morning Kites, it's a chilly start to day 4 of home learning!
Today, myself or Mrs Hillier will be contacting you by phone to see how you are getting on at home.
Your literacy task today is to use modal verbs in a paragraph about saving elephants. For an extra challenge, you could try and include some adverbs of frequency and possibility too so that you have a variety of sentence openers in your paragraph.
Wednesday 18th November
Good morning Kites. It's day 3 of your home learning and your literacy task is to find out information about elephants. As an extra task and thinking about what we learned about Carl Linnaeus, can you find out how the elephant is classified?
Tuesday 17th November
Good morning Kites, I hope that you are all ok and that you have been able to make a start on the work that has been set for the next two weeks.
This week is Anti-Bullying Week and I have found a reading comprehension activity for you to do. We did some activities on Anti-Bullying last term and had some great discussions. You could wear odd socks one day this week to show your support for Anti-Bullying week and you could design your own pair of odd socks.
Yellow toolkits- one star
Pink toolkits-two star
Green tookits-three star
There is a maths, English and 4 a day activity for each day that you are at home, you can also have a go at any of the home learning activities. Remember to keep up with your reading at home and record it in your home contact books so that Mrs Dando has lots of ticks to catch up with when we are back at school!
Your spellings are on Spelling Shed for you to practise and you could get someone to test you on Friday.
Home Learning Term 2!
While the children are learning in school, we are obliged to provide home learning for the children to supplement their learning in school and, most importantly, to start a conversation at home about what your children are learning about. In order to do this, and practise key skills, we ask that, every week, you are reading with or alongside your child as much as possible, practising spellings to secure understanding of patterns and to help them implement them in everyday life and practising core Maths skills, whether that be times tables, number bonds or simply asking your child to ‘teach’ you what they’ve been learning about this week. Keep your eyes open for more information on TT Rockstars over the next few weeks!
In addition to this, we are providing you with some opportunities to explore our Term 2 topic- Anglo-Saxons and Vikings- and other areas of learning through a series of open-ended tasks. These are not compulsory and do not have to be brought into school to share- you could take a photo and send it to the school e-mail address- but as always would be welcomed and celebrated by friends and staff throughout the term. It would be nice if we could put some photographs of your home learning up on our web pages to show children across the school as well! More details can be found on the website for many tasks on the task list.
Some tasks to try at home include:
Anglo-Saxons and Vikings
- Try making some Anglo-Saxon cakes.
- Have a go at building some of your own ‘wattle and daub’ walling by weaving some sticks together and sticking mud and leaves to it to firm it up.
- Try writing a ‘day in the life’ account of an Anglo-Saxon or a Viking, perhaps as a diary or a letter to another person.
- Draw or print out a picture of yourself and a Viking child. Write about the similarities and differences between you both. Include information about their day, school, family, toys, pets, work.
- Draw or paint a picture of a Viking God.
The Iron Man
- Create your own ‘Iron Man’ using recyclable materials from home.
- The Iron Man eats metal. What different types of metal do you know about? Create a meal for the Iron Man using different metals.
- Imagine if the Iron Man came to school! What would he do? How would you look after him. Write a diary entry telling us about your crazy day.
Black History Month
- Find out about a significant figure in black history, in the UK or overseas, and share your findings with your class.
Living Things and their Habitats
- Have a look around your surroundings; what animals and plants can you see and what are their habitats
- Discuss, draw or write about the different habitats around your local area.
Keep a look out on the class pages for excellent home learning and extra details!
Week commencing 3rd November
We have got straight back to work this week after what I hope was a relaxing half term for you all.
Maths-we have now finished the addition and subtraction unit and will be looking at statistics for the next couple of weeks, including a recap on the work covered in year 4 as this was when school was closed.
Literacy-we are reading The Iron Man by Ted Hughes and using this as the inspiration for our writing as well as looking at the story in more detail in our guided reading sessions. We will also be using the illustrations in the book to inspire some art work using mark making and charcoal.
Science-we are learning about classification this term.
Homework
Homework this term will be given on a Wednesday and will need to be back in school by the following Monday. This homework will either be grammar or maths based. If there any problems with doing this work at home, please let me know in the home contact book and I can find time during the school day for it to be done.
The homework is in addition to spelling practice, reading at home and times tables practice.
Please also let me know if your child is not able to access Spelling Shed or Times Tables Rockstars at home so that alternative arrangements can be made.
Black History Month
We have been learning about Rosa Parks this week and will be writing a newspaper article about her story. We will also be learning about Harriet Tubman, Mary Seacole and Martin Luther King over the next two weeks.
Week commencing 28th September
This week sees the launch of the Bath Literacy Festival and the childen's Reading is Magic Festival. This event features activities for all ages and we will be joining in with some of them as a class this week. The event is free to everyone and just requires an adult to sign up via email if you'd like to have a look at what else is available.
Week commencing 21st September
This week we have been spending time practising different techniques using water colours in preparation for art work which also incorporates zentangles. These are still a work in progress, so photos will follow soon.
We have been thinking about similarities and differences and the fact that as a class, we are all equal even though we are all different. The children all produced a piece of art which represented them as an individual which when put together represents how they are all equal members of the class.
Welcome to Red Kites class page.
Welcome back to school Red Kites, it has been great to see you all and I have been really impressed at how well you have all settled back in to being in the classroom and also how well you have adapted to the changes that have been put in place to make sure that you are all safe.
Parents: You will all be receiving a more detailed email later this week but here's a brief summary of what a typical week will look like in year 5.
PE will be on Fridays and the children can wear PE kit to school for that day. The lesson will be outside, so as the weather changes, warmer clothes will be needed.
Spellings. Children will not be bringing spelling sheets home but will be given time during their morning activities to practise. They can also practice at home on the Spelling Shed website. If this is not possible please let me know and I can make other arrangements.
Home link books The children need to bring these into school everyday and should be used to record reading at home. Every signature from an adult in the home link book goes towards our Jack and Jill reading scheme. The books can also be used for messages such as different home time arrangements. The book will also have the children's spellings written in every week.
Week commencing 14th September
At the beginning of this week, the children will be doing some assessments. These are going to be end of year 4 assessments and will only be used to assess whether there are any areas of year 4 learning which will need to be incorporated into this year's curriculum.
Welcome to a new week, Kites. I hope you've had a lovely weekend and avoided most of the rain showers. As I mentioned on Friday, we had managed to take second place in the Spelling Shed Class Leader Board but the lead is a narrow one. Well done to all of you who have made that happen and keep it up.
Below are some activities for the next couple of days but please feel free to pick and choose what you would like to complete. This has been a long time out of school and you have done amazingly well to keep up your efforts throughout with some fantastic support from your adults at home. I'm very impressed and proud of you all - well done.
Design and Technology
Please find below a set of templates for you to make a 'Desk Buddy'. There are a range of characters to choose from including superheroes and characters from Star Wars. I have also included a set which are black and white so that you can colour them in yourselves.
They work best if they are printed out or backed onto a piece of thin card and may be a little tricky to begin with but, as long as you follow the instructions, you should get the hang of it.
Some of the children in school made them last week and enjoyed it and I hope you do too.
Well done to all of you that have been playing the Spelling Shed games. We have moved into second place although the gap between us and third place (Eagles) has been closing! Keep it up.
A special mention to Thomas F for being in third place overall - well done, Thomas!
Good morning, Kites, and welcome to Friday and the weekend. We've had some lovely weather over the last couple of days but I fear there is rain approaching. So as well as sun cream, you need to pack a raincoat too!
Below are some activities for today. Please see the note about maths activities from next week.
A quick note about next week's maths - we will be moving onto angles and from Wednesday 1st July you will need a protractor for your work in the practice book.
Usually we would have enough in school to share between the classes but unfortunately we do not have enough to lend everyone at the same time. They will come in handy in the future as you will need one for secondary school.
There are two types - we would be using the 360 degree (full circle) type at school but the 180 degree (semi-circle) type would work too although it is not so easy to work out reflex angles with.
Today, you can either continue with your retelling of 'La Luna' if you have not yet finished and are enjoying it or you could have a go at writing your own haiku. Take a look at the PDF below for an explanation of what a haiku is and some examples.
Good afternoon, Kites. Apologies - I thought I'd written this message yesterday (whoops). I hope you are all well and thank you for any emails that you have sent. We are at the midway point of our working week and it is exceptionally warm so go easy on yourselves with regards to working. Take plenty of breaks and keep cool.
Today and tomorrow, you have a couple of choices for your writing activity:
1. Carry on with the retelling of 'La Luna'.
If you have finished, you could edit and improve a section of it.
2. Write a letter as if you were the little boy from La Luna.
You could write to a friend and tell them all about your first trip to the moon. How did it start? What happened? How did you feel? What is going to happen next?
If you haven't done any writing yet this week, don't worry! Go back to Monday's activities and watch 'La Luna' and try to retell the story focusing on detailed description and interesting openings to your sentences.
Start with the lesson presentation pdf. I would suggest you spread this over at least two days. It can be broken into at least three parts:
This week, we are going to look at different features of a coastline and how they are formed.
Good morning, Kites, and welcome to a new week. I hope you've had a great weekend and have been able to get out and about as much as possible. It looks like this week could be a warm one so keep hydrated and cool!
This week, your writing activity is to retell this short film, 'La Luna'. As you watch the film, write some notes to remind you of the main parts of the story. You could also note down brief descriptions of the characters.
I would suggest writing it over a few days rather than trying to write it all in one go.
Things to think about:
I think it's a lovely little film, I hope you enjoy it too.
This week, you will have the opportunity to investigate irreversible changes. As ever, I would like you to complete the investigations with an adult. Below, there are some activity sheets (please choose the level you are comfortable with) and a presentation PDF that details what the investigations involve.
Good morning, Kites. Thanks for all of your emails and updates this week and please keep them coming in. Thanks also for those of you completing the Spelling Shed practice - we are still in third place but with a bit of a push we can close the gap on Golden Eagles!
It is spelling test day so, if you can, find someone to check how well you have learned this week's spellings.
Other than that, please have a great weekend - stay safe and take care.
Yesterday's maths answer page had some mistakes - apologies for this and thanks to those that brought it to my attention.
Question 2: The answer should have been £7.81
£4.67 + £7.52 (£4.67 + £2.85) = £12.19
£20 - £12.19 = £7.81
Question 3: By my calculations, this was out by 0.001 and should have been 14.981L.
Florence has typed out the recipe for making Anzac biscuits that she made last week. If you have some time, why not try baking them for yourselves? If you click on the photo, it will enlarge.
Many thanks, Florence!
Today, you have the option of carrying on and finishing your Rhi-swano-zeb-tah information report or having a go at an acrostic poem. Please see the PDF below.
Toby and his mum have kindly sent me a link to a YouTube webinar all about manta rays that a relative of theirs has been a part of. As well as this, they have provided us with a link to the Manta Trust website that has a range of activities. If you have an interest in sea creatures, this would definitely be worth a look. Many thanks, Toby!
Welcome to midweek, Kites. I hope you are all well and staying safe and happy. Below are some activities - pick and choose as ever but make sure you listen to your adult as they are your educator as I can't be there in person!
If anyone would like any help, guidance or just a chat I am here and available - just let me know.
Well done all of you.
Below, you will find the Literacy PDF for your Rh-swano-zeb-tah activities. If you have downloaded this previously, there is no need to do so again. Follow the activities dated Wednesday 17th and Thursday 18th if you are up to date. If not, you can start from the beginning or pick and choose the activities that you would like to do.
Moving on from our Rivers project, I thought we could learn a little about how things can be changed by weathering and erosion and then move onto looking at some features of Coasts next week.
The activities do require some items and for one of them water needs to be frozen in a bottle. This may be best to set up and then return to it the following day. If you can, complete the activity sheet with your observations. The pictures that you need for biological weathering are in the gallery below. I have also put a link to the video clip mentioned in the presentation below.
Hi Kites,
I hope you've had a great weekend that's involved lots of fun and quite a lot of relaxing too. Remember to just do a little learning every day and remember that the activities I have posted are suggestions. If you are finding something too tricky then leave it and please do not worry.
Even for two days, there are a lot of activities. With the key worker children in school, we do not get through all the work posted - we manage the maths and parts of the literacy and topic work. We also tend to do some Art as most of the children in school enjoy it.
Choose what you want to do and what you feel able to do and do not worry about the other activities. You can always come back to them at a later date if you wish.
Don't forget, you could always have a change and do some of the BBC work or Oak Academy work instead. The links are on the main Class Pages page.
Please contact me via the school office email if you need any help, if you want to show me your home learning or tell me what you have been up to over the last week.
I hope you are all well - great job, Kites, and keep it up!
Mr Phillips
We are carrying on with our Rhi-swano-zeb-tah information writing for the next few days. Either reopen the PDF from last week and find the pages dated Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th or download the PDF below.
This week, you will be using different processes to separate mixtures. To complete the activities, you will need some simple equipment and materials. This investigation needs to be completed with an adult as you will need to use heat to complete one of the processes.
The recording sheets have 3 different levels - please choose the one that you are most confident completing.
Good morning, Kites. Please find below Friday's activities. Well done to everyone who is accessing the Spelling Shed - keep it up. We currently sit in third place overall out of all the classes but I'm sure we can move up the leader board! Remember - today is spelling test day if you can find an adult or sibling to test you.
Thank you for any emails and photos you have sent me this week and please do keep them coming.
I thought we could take a break from our Rhi-swano-zeb-tah information writing today and look at another type of poetry. If you still have parts of the previous Literacy activities to complete then please feel free to continue with them.
Below is this week's board move and reading activity list. If you haven't been playing along, you can just join in from here. Either choose an activity to complete based on your current reading book or roll a die to choose a random activity. If you want to print out your own version of the board game, I've put the PDF below too.
Today you will be looking at Ancient Greek gods and goddesses.
Start by looking at the lesson presentation PDF and then do one of the follow up activity pdfs.
Hi Kites! I've posted some activities for the next couple of days - I hope you find some things that you enjoy and find interesting. I think I'll be trying to build a dam with my children today, which could be interesting. Feel free to look back through the class page and try any of the previous activities - you don't have to keep up! I hope you're all keeping well and looking after yourselves. If you need me, please get in touch as I'd be only too pleased to give you a call and have a catch up or offer any advice.
Please find below the Literacy activities for the next couple of days. There is a PDF just of the information text that may be helpful to have open when answering the comprehension questions - this should save you going backwards and forwards on the larger PDF.
If you haven't started this activity, it would be best to start at the beginning. I've posted some links and a Youtube video on Monday to help with the first couple of days activities so it would be worth having a look at those.
For this activity, read through the lesson presentation and view the videos alongside it. If you can, talk through some of the points.
For the activity, read through the PDF with the 3 case studies of the dams and try to decide what the positives and negatives are for each one. Record your ideas on the 'Debating Dams' PDF.
If you would like to take this further, you could try:
Good morning, Kites, and welcome to a new week. Please find below some suggested activities. We have been completing the same activities as these at school and we certainly aren't able to do all of them within a week. Our aim on the Class Pages is to provide more than enough to keep you stimulated and occupied! Please don't worry if you aren't doing it all - pick and choose as well as having plenty of breaks. If you're having a tough day then leave it and have another look on a new day - or just leave it entirely. As ever, I am available through the office email (sch.204@educ.somerset.gov.uk) for any help or support. If you would prefer to have a chat then let me know and we can arrange that as well.
Below you will find a PDF that covers all of your Literacy activities for the next two weeks. I have dated each of the activities to help you to plan how much you complete each day but it is only a suggestion. If you would like to do more or less, that is up to you and your adults.
There is a mix of reading, writing and grammar activities and the sequence ends with you writing your own information report on a creature of your creation.
I will post the PDF again each time I update our class page and then on Friday I will put a poetry activity up so that you can either choose to complete that or continue with this project.
Below you will find the activity presentation all about dissolving. The activities should be completed with an adult. If you do not have all of the different materials, do not worry. You could perhaps substitute them for another material.
Please only do as much or as little as you would like. It is always a good idea to think about the results of an investigation but this could be done through talking about it. If you would like, you could record the whole investigation as we would do in class using the activity booklet to help you to organise your planning, results and conclusion.
I have also included a fun activity from YouTube that you may like to do that involves dissolving.
Welcome to Friday and the gateway to the weekend. I hope you are all well and have had a good week. Thanks to everyone who has been in touch and sent pictures of themselves and their work. Below, you will find some activities for today - do what you can and do not worry about anything that you are not able to do. Please ask your adult to get in touch if you are having any real difficulties or are worried about anything and I can either email with advice or can give you or your adult a call.
Remember, today is spellings test day if you can find someone to test you.
Other than that, I hope you all have a great weekend and enjoy yourselves as much as you can.
Welcome to Wednesday, Kites. Thanks to anyone who has already emailed - it's been lovely getting an update on some of the things you have been up to over half term. As ever, below are some activities that you could try. Pick and choose and only do what you can: it's hot; don't let any of these activities get you bothered as well!
Word Classes are the different groups of words that we use each time we speak or write. They include verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs and more. The activity below asks you to find different types of word class. If you are unsure about their meaning then use the helper mat and the links provided to revise your understanding.
There are 3 levels so please choose the one that you are most comfortable with.
This is when a strong tide pushes up the river against the current and creates a wave. Tidal bores are rare – they don’t occur on every river (there are 8 in the UK and only around 60 in the world).
Good Morning, Kites. I hope you've had a great week and had plenty of time to get outside and do some lovely things with your family. As ever, the activities I have posted are suggestions. If you are finding something too tricky then leave it - please do not worry. Even for two days, there are a lot of activities. Choose what you want to do and what you feel able to do and do not worry about the other activities. You can always come back to them at a later date - they are not going anywhere! As ever, you can contact me via the school office email and I look forward to hearing about what you have been up to over the last week.
Don't forget that some of you have the Talk for Writing Unit: The Game to finish from before half term. If you do, then please continue with that and ignore the writing and grammar work I post on the class page this week.
Try one, some or all of the activities relating to the picture above.
For your science activity this week, I would like you to investigate materials that are good insulators. The task involves designing your own lunchbox. The investigation may well be possible for you to complete at home as lots of the items could be in your house. Have a look at what you need with an adult to see whether it is possible.
The Activity and Recording sheets are differentiated so choose the ones that you are most comfortable completing.
Good morning, Kites, and well done for reaching your half term break. Thank you for all of your hard work over the last eight weeks as well as the photos and emails that have kept me updated on all of your news and achievements. I would also like to thank all of your adults for the support they have given both you and me with the activities the KS2 team have been posting on our Class Pages.
Don't forget to continue (or start) the Air Miles Reading Challenge. Some people have emailed to say that they have made it all of the way around the world - an excellent achievement!
As it is Friday, don't forget to ask someone in your house to test you on your spellings if they can. Spellings will resume from the 1st June.
Take care and stay safe.
Mr Phillips
Don't forget to complete the weekly maths Challenge. Each challenge question gets a bit more difficult, so see how many you and your family can do together!
Challenges 1 - 5 are suitable for year 5.
We have been working through our Talk For Writing unit, The Game, this week. Below is an idea of what you could do today. Please don't feel that it all has to be finished - just do what you can. You can carry on with this activity after the half term break.
It's now your turn to be an author (pg17) (Make this a finished piece of writing so go back to it - ask someone to read it to you and then, check, edit and improve it - or send it to me and I'll give you my comments - what you've done well and a couple of next steps.); and I enjoyed.
If the unit is not finished by the end of the week, it does not matter, you can continue with it after half term. Let me know how you are getting on.
This doesn't relate to our new topic but it is quite fun! I found that it was less effective when the food colouring was watered down but still worked.
Look at the Ancient Greece Pottery pdf and then use some of the supporting templates, plans and photos to help if you wish. If you do not have access to a flower pot, then you could make a 2D version using cardboard or paper - the photos below show some examples.
Good morning, Kites. Please find below your activities for the next two days. Please remember: only do what you can.
If you had a look at our page on Monday then you will know that we are completing a Talk For Writing project for all of our Literacy this week.
Today and tomorrow, the suggestion is to work through the sections below. If you are yet to begin this, make a start on Monday and Tuesday's activity suggestions.
Re-read the story; Likes, Dislikes, Puzzles $ Surprises; Now for Some Grammar; and Write Away!
Welcome; Stimulus - The World of Jumanji; Get Plotting! including summarising your predictions; What Do Words Mean?; and The Sentence Challenge
Look at the information in the numbered pdfs and then choose one or two of the activities to do.
This week, we will be exploring how rivers can change through erosion and deposition.
Good morning, Kites. I hope you had a great weekend and were able to get outside as much as you could. Welcome to the final stretch before a well-deserved rest over half term. As ever, thanks for all of your emails and photos. They help me and, I'm sure, your classmates stay in touch with the things that you are doing away from school whether it's related to school designed activities or something that may be a little more exciting such as the arrival of a brand new puppy (see Friday's gallery for more info).
We are leaving our Fractions topic to one side for the time being and beginning our Summer Term Power Maths Book (5C). This week, we will be focusing on methods for adding and subtracting decimals.
If you haven't collected your new Practice Book yet, they are available to collect from school and are waiting for you in a container outside of the school office. Any problems, please email me via the school office (sch.204@educ.somerset.gov.uk).
Keep using the games in Spelling Shed to help you practise your new list of words. If you wish to do more, complete the pdf for your wordlist below. Remember, we will remind you to ask someone to give you a spelling test on these words on Friday!
This week, I have decided to do Literacy home learning differently so I have posted below a 'Talk For Writing' unit called 'The Game' which combines all areas of literacy (more like we would do in school). How you complete the unit is up to you - you could do lots over a couple of days or break it up so you do a little bit each day.
My suggestion would be:
Welcome; Stimulus - The World of Jumanji; Get Plotting! including summarising your predictions; What Do Words Mean?; and The Sentence Challenge
Re-read the story; Likes, Dislikes, Puzzles $ Surprises; Now for Some Grammar; and Write Away!
It's now your turn to be an author (pg17) (Make this a finished piece of writing so go back to it - ask someone to read it to you and then, check, edit and improve it - or send it to me and I'll give you my comments - what you've done well and a couple of next steps.); and I enjoyed.
If the unit is not finished by the end of the week, it does not matter, you can continue with it after half term. Let me know how you are getting on.
If you have been playing Bookopoly along at home with us, we have rolled a '1' today and have landed on Character Crescent. Either roll to find your activity or choose from the list.
Because a lot of our Electricity topic is practical, we have decided to move onto a new Science topic - Materials.
Below there is a lesson presentation along with differentiated tasks to complete as best you can with what you have at home.
Children's author and illustrator Rob Biddulph is attempting to break the world record for the largest online art lesson,supported by HarperCollins and global talent investor Entrepreneur First.
The challenge will see Biddulph teach participants to draw a blue whale, via his YouTube channel. To successfully break the world record, 10,000 unique users will need to join the lesson for half an hour.
The challenge was inspired by Biddulph's lockdown drawing video series #DrawWithRob, which has attracted over three million households.
Watch the YouTube video below which explains his plan and the need to register.
Welcome to Friday's activities. Thank you for all of your emails and photos this week - keep them coming in. Enjoy your weekend and take care.
Please find below a PDF showing you some examples of a type of poem called a clerihew. There are examples of clerihew poems based on superheroes. Try to write your own superhero clerihew poem or poems or, if you don't want to write about superheroes, why not try sports people or singers that you like.
Please find below a link to download the reading comprehension. Unfortunately, it was too large a file for our website to host. After you have clicked on the link, the file should appear in your 'download' folder.
NB: There appears to be a slight technical hitch with this - if it doesn't work (or just instead) read and tick off the next part of your Round the World Reading Challenge - Mr Phillips.
If you are playing along at home, we rolled a 3 today that landed us on Review Row. Either choose your preferred activity from list or generate a random task by rolling your own die.
Please find below some activities for the next two days or more. Well done to all of you during this strange time, regardless of how much of the set activities you have completed. As long as you are looking after yourselves, staying active and using your brains in any way, shape or form then you are doing fantastically well under the circumstances.
Look at the picture above and think about the following questions. If you can, talk about your possible answers with someone else.
Now draw your own version of this person. Around the outside of your drawing, write answers to the questions above along with any other information you think might be important to build up an understanding of the character.
If you're playing along at home, we have just rolled a '5', which landed us on Prediction Park. Either choose the activity from the list that you would most like to do or roll your own die to generate your activity.
Grammar Activity
Please find below some revision activities for using modal verbs. There is an information PDF and also a Questions PDF with answers provided on the page after the questions.
Below you will find the next lesson for your Topic learning on Rivers. There is an Information PDF as well as an Activity PDF.
The activity is based on the labelling of the different features of a river (3 levels of difficulty).
I have also included some pictures of the different features in a gallery below the documents.
If you would like to take your learning further or in a different direction, you could try one of the following:
Good morning, Kites, and welcome to another week. I hope you have enjoyed your Bank Holiday weekend and have made the most of the great weather yet again. Thank you to everyone who has been in touch last week, it's so nice to read and, in some cases, see what you have been doing recently. Please keep emailing and let me know if there is anything I might be able to help you with.
This week, I have found a new reading activity. Bookopoly is a board game where you move a counter around a board and land on different reading activities (which are similar to your reading journal activities) that you can complete based on the book you are currently reading.
You can play however you like but I would recommend playing the game over a number of days and complete at least 10 minutes worth of reading before you do so; then, you can also tick off another step on your reading challenge journey around the world.
You can play this independently or with brothers, sisters or other family members by printing out the board, questions and Chance cards.
Alternatively, you can play along with the Class Page game. Below you will see pictures of the Bookopoly board with a virtual counter. Today, I started our game on 'Go' and we rolled a '2' and have landed on 'Setting Square'. You can either roll a die of your own to choose the activity from the list or just choose whichever you would like to complete.
New spellings are waiting for you on Spelling Shed! They should appear as the second button on
your home screen. You will probably see that last week's spellings are still there. This is because I make them available for two weeks in case you haven't had enough time to complete your practice the first week. If you have had enough time, then move onto the new ones. If you have any problems or if there is any confusion then please contact me via the school office email (sch.204@educ.somerset.gov.uk).
Below are Monday and Tuesday's writing activities. Either choose one, some or all of the activities and have a go at completing them.
Today, you will be finding out about volts and amps. Unfortunately, this would have been a bit more 'hands-on' if we had been in school, however, there are still things that you can look at and explore in your own home.
Below is the lesson presentation and a BBC Bitesize video clip about volts and amps. As well as this, I have included a table where you can look at different electrical items around your home to find out the required voltage. Please make sure you take great care whilst doing this and make sure your adult is happy for you to examine these appliances before you begin.
Finally, there is a link to a website where you can create your own circuits with different components and see how it is important that your circuit is complete. You can also explore what happens when you add more cells. It's not the same as building your own circuits but it is quite good fun.
As today is a Bank Holiday, all your work is either related to VE Day or "fun" activities that you could try. Don't worry if you don't do any of these as today is not a school day - enjoy yourself with your family!
Your 'Draw-With-Rob' this week can be entered into a competition - why not have a go?
Morning, Kites. Please find below your activities for the next two days (or more if you want to pace yourself). I've included all of the self-portraits I've received so far - well done everyone who has had a go. I'll post other photos in our Friday Gallery so keep sending them into the school office email address.
Use the information in the pdfs below (the powerpoint is the same as the pdf with the same title but allows you to have a go at the questions before it gives you the answer) or complete your own research to find out about Greece today. If you have been to Greece then use this knowledge.
Task: Design and make your own information page(s), powerpoint etc about Greece or complete one or two of the activities below. This is also your writing for the day so make sure the information is clear and some of it is written in sentences and/or paragraphs. It is a good opportunity to use sub-headings, lists and bullet points in your writing.
Learn about Morse Code and then try deciphering or writing messages in one of the activities below.
As a challenge you could use a torch or a buzzer to send a message for someone else in your family to decode. Maybe, you could video your message and email it to me so others could try and work it out? (Keep it simple and please send the answer!)
If you have time, try a VE day activity - do the one(s) that interest you.
May the 4th be with you, young Kites. Please find below activities to provide some home learning opportunities until Wednesday's update. Again, a reminder to only complete what you can. At school, we understand that lots of your adults are extremely busy trying to do their normal jobs as well as assist you with your learning. Where you can, try to be as independent as possible but remember, if you are stuck or do not understand something and your adults are busy - don't worry! Leave it and possibly come back to it at another point or don't - it is not a problem either way.
I'm looking forward to seeing any self-portraits in the 'Draw With Rob' style. I have already received a few, which are brilliant, and will be posting the ones I receive over the next few days.
Challenge 1 - see below
Challenge 2 - 47p
Challenge 3 - 11 cards
Challenge 4 - 2 jugs and 6 buckets, 6 jugs and 3 buckets, or 10 jugs
Challenge 5 - 120 degrees
Challenge 6 - Circle = 32, Triangle = 38 and Pentagon = 25
Challenge 7 - 5, 10, 5 (multiple other answers though)
On Friday, I posted a writing activity based on Greg James and Chris Smith's Kid Normal series of books (see post below). As this was quite a big piece of writing, you can have some extra time to complete it. If you have already chosen and completed one of the suggested activities then try a different one. If you have finished your story, why not try to complete some checking, correcting and editing? I would really like to see any of your pictures or writing so, if you can, send them over to me via the school office email (sch.204@educ.somerset.gov.uk).
As Friday 8th May is the 75th anniversary of VE Day, today's reading is on that topic. Find out why it is an important date in British History. This week, I will include at least one VE Day activity every time I put up work.
Choose one of the reading comprehensions below and then complete either the 1, 2 or 3 star reading and questions. (By now, I'm sure you know which star is right for you - 1 is the easiest and 3 is the most challenging.)
Below you will find some learning challenges related to circuits. Firstly, look through the Lesson Presentation and see what you remember from your previous learning.
At the end of the presentation you will find the Challenge questions - can you remember what each of the electrical components are called and can you draw the related symbols? Although there are only 7 pictures, there are 9 answer spaces - this could be rather confusing! For two of the components, there are two possible symbols.
The answers are on the final page of the lesson presentation.
After that, you could try the Drawing and Interpreting Circuits Activity Sheet. There are different levels so choose according to how confident you feel. To help, you can either use the information in the lesson presentation or I have included a Scientific Circuit Symbols Mat that has diagrams and labels for each of the components.
Finally, I have put a link to two BBC Bitesize circuits pages which have a couple of videos and some interactive challenges.
Welcome to May, Kites. Please find below Friday's activities. Thanks for all of the updates, photos and work that you have sent in.
Well done to all of you who have been earning those air miles especially if you have managed to get to New York or even further - keep it up!
Also, congratulations to those of you racking up the points on Spelling Shed - it's great to see the adjustments you have been able to make to your avatars with the earned points.
As it is Friday, please feel free to reward yourselves with a spelling test. I'd be interested to hear your scores!
I hope you have a great weekend - stay safe and take care.
For your writing activity this week, watch the video from the authors of Kid Normal, Greg James and Chris Smith, who explain how you can write your own superhero story. Alternatively, you could watch the video and do one or some of the following:
Because this could be quite a big piece of writing, this will be your writing activity for Monday and Tuesday as well.
This activity doesn't relate to any of our topics but I had a go at it this week with my son and daughter and found it quite fun. The alka-seltzer mentioned in the video can be replaced with any sort of effervescent tablets - we used the dissolvable Vitamin C tablets.
Use the weblink below to create your self-portrait. Maybe you could add your friends around you drawing them in the same 'Draw with Rob' style.
Wednesday 29th April
Good morning, Kites. Thank you for all of your emails, photos and videos - please keep them coming. Well done with all of your efforts so far and please remember: only do what you can.
The Book of Hopes
Please find below a link to 'The Book of Hopes'. This is a completely free book for all children and families and includes short stories, poems, essays and pictures. It has contributions from more than 110 children’s writers and illustrators, including Lauren Child, Anthony Horowitz, Greg James and Chris Smith, Michael Morpurgo, Liz Pichon, Axel Scheffler, Francesca Simon, Jacqueline Wilson – and Katherine herself.
The collection, published by Bloomsbury, is dedicated to the doctors, nurses, carers, porters, cleaners and everyone currently working in hospitals.
Geography - Rivers
Please find below lesson 2 of our Rivers topic. Again, if you do not have an atlas at home then there are plenty of online atlases or other resources such as Google Earth that you can use to find the answers.
As well as the lesson activities, if you want to complete any more research on rivers then you could:
In the pdf below (Ancient Greece Geography) everyone should be able to do the first two question pages. For page one you will need access to a dictionary or the internet to find definitions so you may not be able to do this. The final question page is an extension.
Challenge 1 - star = 10, heart = 17, triangle = 0
Challenge 2 - A pencil costs 8p
Challenge 3 - Amir’s number is 538, Donna’s number is 853
Challenge 4 - Perimeter = 64 cm
Challenge 5 - The length is 480 cm
Challenge 6 - The height of the last tower is 23.9 cm
Challenge 7 - The fraction shaded is ⅝
Monday 27th April
Good morning, Kites. Please find below your activities for today and tomorrow. I just wanted to remind everyone that there is no expectation that all of the activities I set should be completed. Please do what you can and do not worry if there are things that you find difficult or do not understand. It is important that you get the balance right between completing some home learning and doing lots of other things as well!
500 Words Competition
Apologies as I forgot to mention this last week but I wanted to congratulate Evie and Rosa for making it through to the next round of the 500 words competition. This means that they have now made it through to the final 5000. Well done, girls!
Literacy
Please find below Monday's Literacy activities. Choose one, some or all of the activities to complete.
Science and Reading
Today's science is a reading comprehension on electricity. If you would like to test your existing knowledge of electricity then download the PowerPoint (it is available as a PDF but unfortunately the answers are highlighted on there - sorry!). If you would like to complete some more home learning on our new topic then you could complete a mini biography on one of the scientists listed below who all made discoveries about electricity using the biography sheet as a template or create your own.
Friday 24th April
Good morning and welcome to Friday's activities. I hope you are all well and a big thank you to everyone who has emailed with updates and photos - I have included lots of them below in our Friday Gallery.
Well done to everyone who has been practising their spellings using Spelling Shed - I can see those points climbing up. If you haven't tried it yet, all you need is a login and password that you can get by emailing the school office. Just email sch.204@educ.somerset.gov.uk and ask for your details.
So on that note, it is Friday so treat yourselves to a spelling test!
Spanish - Numbers
Please find below a link to a BBC Bitesize Spanish clip showing a Spanish game similar to Granny's footsteps. You might like to use it to revise your Spanish numbers to 10.
Puffin Books Podcast
Below is a link to the Puffin Books podcast episode "Under The Sea". It contains lots of facts about sea creatures and can be quite funny at times (and very silly too).
Wednesday 22nd April
Happy Wednesday, Kites. Please find below your next set of activities including some learning based on one of our new topics - Rivers. We will also be learning about Ancient Greece for our History topic so to start us off there is a Greek myth for you to read.
Today you are going to be looking at two different poems and then having a go at writing your own verses for the poems along with some other fun activities. Please click on the link below.
Today, as our topic would now be Ancient Greece, I thought you might enjoy reading and listening to a Greek Myth and then following this with a DT activity rather than comprehension questions!
First read the story, then listen to the BBC audio clip if you have time. Consider the similarities and differences. Which do you prefer? Then, look at the DT pdf and have a go at making .....
Geography - Rivers Lesson 1
Below you will find a PDF with information about the water cycle and rivers. As well as this, there is a worksheet to find out about some UK rivers including their source, major towns that they run through and where the mouth of each river is. It asks for you to use an atlas although this may be tricky if you do not have an atlas at home. Google Earth is a fantastic app and quite possibly better than a lot of atlases for this task.
I have also included a link to a clip from BBC Bitesize about the River Thames.
I've included the documents that you will need for the reading challenge. The passport shows where you will travel to every time that you read and earn your reading miles. Everytime you reach a new destination, you can reward yourself with a certificate and send someone a postcard from where you've got to. You can draw your own picture on the postcard and either send it to someone in your house, or post it to someone who doesn't live with you but please check with your grown ups first. If you aren't able to print the resources out, then you could make your own. It would be great to see how you are all getting on.
Monday 20th April
Good morning, Kites, and welcome back. I really hope you had a great Easter holidays and were able to spend much of it outside enjoying the (mostly) sunny weather. I wanted to take this opportunity to say a great big 'well done' for all of your efforts over the past few weeks - I am proud of all of you and am looking forward to hearing from lots of you again over the next few weeks so please keep sending examples of the work and other activities you have been up to (sch.204@educ.somerset.gov.uk).
Below you will find Monday and Tuesday's learning activities. Please remember: there is no pressure on you to complete everything and it is quite alright for parts not to be completed - whether this is because it is a bit too tricky or that you didn't have an opportunity to do it. Whatever you can do will help you to continue your learning during this time so just do what you can!
Literacy Task - The Magic Tree
Below is a PDF with the a number of activities linked to the picture entitled 'The Magic Tree'. Please complete either one, some or all of the related tasks.
Keep using the games in Spelling Shed to help you practise your new lists of words. If you wish to do more, complete the pdf for your wordlist below.
Science: Light - Shadow Puppets
For your final activity for our topic on 'Light', I would like you to create your own shadow puppet theatre. You can be as creative as you like. You could create your own shadow puppets (alternatively, use any toys you have), make props, write a short script and even a stage or theatre from a cardboard box. You could even involve your family as either puppeteers or audience members. The most important thing you will need is a source of light and some sort of screen to project the shadows onto. You could use a sheet for this or even plain paper should work. It would be great to see what you come up with!
ICT - Scratch Coding
I thought it would be good to complete some coding as most of us are online at the moment. To do this, you will need to register and this requires an email address so you must make sure you complete this step with an adult who is happy to provide their email.
Each week, I will choose one of the tutorials from the 'Ideas' section and post some instructions to go along with it (these are available on the Scratch website itself when you click on the tutorial itself). Feel free to explore Scratch at your own pace.
Friday 3rd April
Greetings Kites! Please find below Friday's learning tasks. This will be my last post for the next two weeks although I'd like to think that there are lots of things I've posted recently that you might not have tried yet. Please keep sending your work into the school office email (sch.204@educ.somerset.gov.uk) as I'm really enjoying keeping up to date with all of the things you are doing, regardless of whether they're pieces that I've set.
Well done, everyone, and stay safe!
Spellings
Today is test day! Find someone to test you and, if you like, send your scores into me via the school office.
TASK: Please design and make a poster to 'advertise' Easter
Think about impact, colours used, interesting ways of presenting the information as well as making it informative.
Good Luck! I look forward to seeing them! Mrs Wood
PSHE - What Makes Me, Me?
Below is a link to a short BBC Bitesize video exploring what makes someone who they are. Mrs Wood would welcome any ideas that you would like to share with her in whatever way you would like to record them - written and photographed, drawn, typed or even in the form of a PowerPoint!
Wednesday 1st April
I hope you're all keeping well and staying safe. Thanks to everyone who has been sending me their work - it's great to see that you're all keeping so busy. Please find below some new home learning activities. Remember - only do what you can.
Writing Task - Hidden Treasure
For your writing task, please watch the short film below then look at the writing activity on the PDF document.
Find the section for the reading sheet you have chosen.
Red Panda
If you have more time, you could research a different mammal species. How is the animal adapted to its environment? Draw a labelled diagram/picture/poster to show these adaptations. How does the animal find food? How does it hide from or defend itself against predators? Does it have a tail and, if so, how is it used?
Human Heart
If you have more time, you could draw and colour a diagram of the heart inside the human body. Label the different parts of the heart, and include labelled images of veins and arteries to show where the blood is flowing from and to.
Optical Illusions:
Try them with other members of your family. Do you share the same opinions?
Monday 30th March
Hello again, Kites, and welcome to Week 2 of your home learning activities. Please find below some maths, writing, reading, spelling and science tasks. Remember - do what you can! There is no pressure to complete everything.
Science - Spectacular Spectrum
Below you will find some activities relating to light and more specifically the spectrum of colours that light is made up of. This follows on from last week's work on refraction. As you probably don't have a prism at home, I have posted some YouTube videos to help you to understand what is happening along with an explanation of how a rainbow is formed.
I have also included instructions for creating your own fabric rainbow, which feels very appropriate as lots of people have been putting rainbows up in their windows to show their support for the wonderful job the NHS are doing right now.
This competition closes on the 24th April 2020. For more information or to register and upload entries use this link:
https://crackingideas.com/competitions/Wallace+&+Gromit+Cracking+Ideas+Competition
Friday 27th March
Hello Kites and welcome to Friday's activities!
A few points:
Rob Biddulph, an author-illustrator, is posting draw - a- long videos every Tuesday and Thursday. Using the weblink below, scroll down the page and watch video clip 1: Gregosaurus. Then, draw your own version/s of a Gregosaurus. You could also try some of Draw-with-Rob's other videos. I look forward to seeing your drawings.
History/Writing Activity - Wednesday 25th March
Using the information that you learnt on our school trip to Sevington, could you write a short diary entry for a typical Victorian school day? You could include details about what you practised, what you played at break time along with who got punished and how they were punished! Also, could you include your thoughts and feelings about how boys and girls are treated differently and whether you're envious of any of their learning?
Monday 23rd March and Tuesday 24th March
Hello again!
The following pieces of work are for the dates above. I will be aiming to post (along with all KS2 colleagues) for Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays if all goes to plan.
A quick note about maths: this work is optional and you should not worry if you are not understanding parts of it or all of it (adults included). On each PowerPoint I have included the 'Discover' section which is the same as that which appears in the text books we have been using in school. For each Discover question, there is an answer provided. On the slide after the answer slides, there are notes directly from the Teachers' Guide. This may help any adults who are working alongside you.
After that, is the 'Think Together' section. Again, I have included the Teachers' Notes and the answers. Finally, there are the set questions for working in your Practice Book and the final slide has all of the answers for self-marking.
All we are asking for is for you to have a go and please do not worry if you do not understand any of the learning - just start again from the next topic each time. For any children who do not have this practice book, try the Think Together questions. Although there are not as many to work through, they will provide you with some opportunities to explore your understanding of the topic.
If you have a different Practice Book, keep working your way through it at your own pace.
Monday 23rd March - Science: Refraction
Below are two practical science investigations that carry on our work on 'Light'. There are 3 levels starting at one star and moving up to three star. One star would be the easiest of the three and contain the most support. Take this into consideration when deciding which to tackle. All three levels are based on the same idea so the results you achieve should be the same.
Hi Kites,
Apologies for later than expected posting of the day's maths. As has already been mentioned, anything posted on our class page is optional. I have tried to include some of the teachers' guide to help you and/or your adults. If you have a look, have a go and are completely muddled - do not worry. There will be other bits and pieces available over the coming weeks so hopefully you will find something that is manageable and appropriate for you.
If you are working from a different practice book then please see what you can do as well.
Friday 20th March
We would like you to contact a local residential home for elderly people who may not be able to see their families at the moment. We would like you to choose one of the following activities to do :
If you are sending a letter, please use the school's address, not your own address. Below are some suggested local residential homes, but you are welcome to choose any others.
Manor Farm Residential Home
Church Street
Radstock
Bath BA3 3QG
Whitehaven Care Home
Fosseway
Midsomer Norton
Radstock BA3 4AU
Combe Lea
Greenacres
Midsomer Norton
Radstock BA3 2RD
Beechcroft Residential Home
Midsomer Norton
Radstock BA3 2QE
Clare Hall Nursing Home
Ston Easton
Radstock BA3 4DE
Kites started their new Science topic on Light this week. We demonstrated how light travels in straight lines using wool with the children acting as the light source, object and person's eyes.
We would like to complete some investigations but need torches for this and unfortunately do not have enough. If your child could bring in a torch at the beginning of next week that would enable us to complete some practical science lessons and build on their existing understanding of this area.
As well as this, it would be fantastic if the children could bring in any empty cereal boxes next week for this project - all will be revealed nearer the time!
Welcome back to Spring Term 2020!
We hope you've had a great break and enjoyed lots of time with family and friends. We have a packed Spring Term planned which includes a mini-topic on the Mayan civilisation as well as our larger history topic covering aspects of Victorian life. In Science, we will be studying Light and we will be continuing our Design and Technology project on toys that use cam mechanisms. In Literacy we will be completing lots of cross-curricular writing and including features such as direct and indirect speech, relative clauses and subordinate conjunctions to extend our sentences. We will also be covering lots of topics in Maths that will include formal written methods for multiplication and division; adding, subtracting and multiplying fractions; finding common denominators as well as understanding area and perimeter in greater depth. A busy term, then!
In a couple of weeks' time, on Wednesday 27th November, Kites will be performing The Match Girl's Christmas to parents and carers. The performance will begin at 6pm and children will need to arrive 20 minutes before this.
Below you will find a downloadable copy of the script along with song words and MP3s of the songs.
Literacy:
Understanding and using determiners and different types of clause
Maths:
Reading and writing Roman Numerals to 10,000
Rounding numbers to the nearest 10,100,1000 and 10,000
This term we will be reading the novel 'Holes' by Louis Sachar and completing a good number of writing and comprehension tasks based on it. Our first piece of writing will be a detailed description of the setting. Examples of Kites' brilliant writing will follow!