Quarry Mount Primary School

Spellings to learn for this week:

Miss Blackstone’s spelling group words: vicious, gracious, spacious, malicious, precious, conscious, delicious, suspicious, atrocious, ferocious

Mrs Lee’s spelling group words: press, compress, impress, suppress, express, venture, adventure, prevent, eventful, invent

Monday / Tuesday

Activity 1

Reading – Visit this webpage:

https://www.pobble365.com/homecoming/

Make sure you are on the correct picture; the title of the picture is ‘Homecoming’ and it shows two people walking into a ruined city.

Read the ‘Story Starter’ linking to the photograph and then answer the five ‘Question Time!’ questions in your book. 

Remember to write in full sentences and use “I think… because…”.

You will need to use a mixture of evidence from the story starter, the picture and your own imagination to answer them.

Activity 2

Writing –

Improve these sentences describing the ‘Homecoming’ picture from the Activity 1 Reading work.

He pulled the sledge through the snow. There was lightning in the sky. The air was cold.

Can you change the vocabulary to be more exciting? Include some adverbs? Add some parenthesis? Expanded noun phrases? Fronted adverbials?

Activity 3

Maths – Answer these questions:

1. Tell me all the factors of 16.

2. Tell me the multiples of 3 up to 30.

3. Show me the factors of 20.

4. What are 5 multiples of 7?

5. Write down all the factors of 24.

https://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/factor.html

Activity 4

Topic – Music

See ‘Activity 1 – Sing Along & Rhythm games’ in the KS2 Music Home Learning Activities pdf uploaded above these tasks.

Scroll up and click on the pdf document above these tasks.

Activity 5

Topic – Art

Draw an illuminated letter for the first letter of your name. We looked at illuminated letters as part of our Anglo-Saxon work.

This video gives more information and shows how to draw them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMi5g3OPO-Q

Wednesday / Thursday

Activity 1

Reading –

Read this text and answer the questions in your book.

Activity 2

Writing –  

Write a fact file about someone who is significant in Black History (which we learned about in Autumn 2). Choose from these people: Barack Obama, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King or Harriet Tubman.

Ensure you lay it out appropriately and you include these things -

Full name: ……………………………………

Date of birth: ……………………………………

Nationality: ……………………………………

Why he/she is significant in History: ……………………………………

3 interesting facts: ……………………………………

Activity 3

Maths –

Practice your times tables in your exercise book or online (hit the button/daily 10).

Log on to Timestable Rockstars – can you beat your high score?

Activity 4

Topic – Music

See ‘Activity 2 – Exploring rhythm and pulse’ in the KS2 Music Home Learning Activities pdf uploaded above these tasks.

Scroll up and click on the pdf document above these tasks.

Activity 5

P.E – Complete this workout circuit:

10 star jumps, 10 press ups, 10 sit ups and 30 seconds jogging on the spot.

Can you repeat the circuit three times?

Friday

Activity 1

Reading – log on to Oxford Reading Buddy. Choose a book to read at your appropriate reading level (i.e. white / lime / brown / grey / dark blue). Complete the comprehension questions linking to the book you read. If you are unsure of the answer, check back in the text! You should be scoring at least 7/10 on these tests.

Activity 2

Writing – Draw a table in your book and sort these words into nouns and pronouns.

Remember: nouns are naming words like ‘car’ while pronouns can replace a noun e.g. ‘it’ or ‘her’.

Activity 3

Maths – Square and cubed numbers

What do each of these calculations equal?

1) 2³

2) 5³

3) 3³

4) 4²

5) 8²

https://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/square-number.html

https://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/cube-number.html

Activity 4

Topic – Music

See ‘Activity 3 – Make your own percussion instrument’ in the KS2 Music Home Learning Activities pdf section.
Scroll up and click on the pdf document above these tasks.

Activity 5

Learn a new skill – Make a corner bookmark

Watch this video on how to make a corner bookmark:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajPnqLqvqqM

You will need: paper, colouring pens or pencils, a pair of scissors and a glue stick.  You can use a small or large square of paper, depending on how big you want your bookmark to be.

If you do not have any glue, think of your own design for the bookmark that you can do with just pens and pencils (so it does not need anything sticking on to it). Like these ones for example:

Spellings to learn for this week:

Miss Blackstone’s spelling group words: accidentally, amateur, ancient, bargain, muscle, queue, recognise, twelfth, harass

Mrs Lee’s spelling group words: scope, telescope, microscope, horoscope, periscope, inspect, inspector, respect, perspective, spectacles

Monday / Tuesday

Activity 1

Reading – Visit this webpage:

https://www.pobble365.com/jurassic/

Make sure you are on the correct picture; the title of the picture is ‘Jurassic’ and it has a large Tyrannosaurus Rex in the middle.

Read the ‘Story Starter’ linking to the photograph and then answer the seven ‘Question Time!’ questions in your book. 

Remember to write in full sentences and use “I think… because…”.

You will need to use a mixture of evidence from the story starter, the picture and your own imagination to answer them.

Activity 2

Writing – Improve these sentences describing the ‘Jurassic’ picture from the Activity 1 Reading work.

The dinosaur ran towards the boy. It roared. He was scared. He got into the jeep.

Can you change the verbs to be more exciting? Include some adverbs? Add some parenthesis? Expanded noun phrases? Fronted adverbials?

Activity 3

Maths – Answer these questions about the table below:

1. If I get on the 7.30 train from Scarborough, what time do I reach Leeds?

2. If I arrive in York at 1.40, what time did I set off from Scarborough?

3. When does the 10.00 train from Malton get to York?

4. I leave Seamer at 12.06, what time to do I get to Leeds?

5. My train gets to Leeds at 2.05, so what time did I get the train from York?

Activity 4

Topic – PSHE

Look at the Powerpoint ‘Introduction to First Aid and Getting Help’

(I have uploaded it as a pdf document below these tasks, scroll down to access it).

Look at slide 9 and 10. If you were the first aider in these situations, what hazards (dangers) would you need to be aware of? Discuss with someone in your family.

Use the PSHE Staying Safe worksheet provided (uploaded as a pdf below) to identify the hazards and explain to someone in your home why it could be a danger to you as the first aider.  

Activity 5

P.E – Have some fun!

Play hide and seek (or hide a cuddly toy) with someone in your household. If they catch you or find the cuddly toy in under 2 minutes, you should do a P.E forfeit e.g. 10 star jumps, 10 press ups, 10 sit ups or 10 seconds jogging on the spot.

Wednesday / Thursday

Activity 1

Reading – read independently for 20 mins.

Now, draw your favourite part of the story and write a paragraph to explain why you liked that part.

Use the writing frames:

My favourite part of the story was… because…

I also liked the part when / where…

Activity 2

Writing – Write a story to match this picture. Balloon Race!

Below is the beginning of the story, your job is to continue it and decide what happens in the exciting hot air balloon race.

“After all the months of preparation and excitement, the big day had finally arrived. All at once, the hot air balloons took off into the air, leaving the cheering crowd far below, gasping at the magnificent sight.

A difficult journey lay ahead, and not all of the balloons would make it, but they had to try – the prize of £1,000,000 for the first crew to make it around the world would keep them going…”

Now, it’s your turn!

Activity 3

Maths –

Log on to Mathletics and complete at least 4 of your set tasks.

Activity 4

Topic – PSHE

Role play an imaginary emergency telephone call with someone in your family. One person should be the caller, the other person should be the emergency service operator. Remember, you will need to say which emergency service you require: fire, police or ambulance? You will also need to be able to say: your name, where you are (your address), what has happened and how many people are hurt.

You could video this and send it to your teacher.

Write down your name, full address and phone number. Keep it somewhere safe in your house in case you ever need to make a real emergency phone call.

Activity 5

PE - Complete a Joe Wicks Youtube work outs for kids. For example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMpSKmcdXBI

Friday

Activity 1

Reading – log on to Oxford Reading Buddy. Choose a book to read at your appropriate reading level (i.e. white / lime / brown / grey / dark blue). Complete the comprehension questions linking to the book you read. If you are unsure of the answer, check back in the text! You should be scoring at least 7/10 on these tests.

Activity 2

Writing – Write an acrostic poem about yourself using your first name OR about the season Spring.

Here is an example one using the season Winter:

Wet weather turns to snow

Inside it is warm and snug

No need to leave the sofa

Time to enjoy some hot chocolate

Every year it seems to get colder

Remember to wear your hat and scarf

Activity 3

Maths – Roman Numerals

Convert these numbers into Roman Numerals:

28

150

570

2300

1525

If you need a reminder on how to convert numbers to Roman Numerals, visit this webpage:

https://www.mathsisfun.com/roman-numerals.html

Activity 4

Topic – PSHE

Watch this Youtube video from St. Johns Ambulance which shows ‘How to make a sling:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwfBGkBXkFA

Now, have a go at putting a sling on someone in your family! You probably won’t have a triangular piece of material but you could fold a scarf or fold a piece of square material in half to make a triangle and use this.    

Take a photo of your sling and send it via email.

Activity 5

Topic – Computing

Have a play around on Scratch games
https://scratch.mit.edu/explore/projects/games/
Explore creative computer programming.

Spellings to learn for this week:

Miss Blackstone’s spelling group words: sincere, interfere, sphere, adhere, severe, preserve, atmosphere, mere, hemisphere, austere

Mrs Lee’s spelling group words: instruct, structure, construction, instruction, instructor, unit, union, united, universe, university

Monday / Tuesday

Activity 1

Reading – Read this text and then answer the questions in your large blue book.

https://cdn.oxfordowl.co.uk/2020/03/13/08/49/07/41ba3a3d-d6de-47c6-98c2-e0a85cc13b04/BondSATsSkills_Comprehension9-10_Unit9.pdf

For the ‘tick’ questions, simply write down the answer that you would have ticked. The answers are at the bottom BUT you shouldn’t look at these until you finish, it is important to see how many questions you got right on your own!

Activity 2

Writing – Follow this creative writing prompt.

“Imagine that you are given the power to make any one of your dreams come true. Which dream would you choose? Write about the dream that is most important to you and why you would most want it to come true.”

Activity 3

Maths –   Log on to Mathletics and complete at least 4 of your set tasks.

Activity 4

Topic – Science

DO NOT OPEN THE BOTTLE!
Fun experiment (pressure and forces)

Take an empty plastic bottle (any size and type will do). Ask an adult to punch a hole in the side of the bottle with a pair of scissors or skewer. Cover the hole in the bottle with your finger and fill the bottle with tap water. Screw the cap back on tightly and remove your finger from the hole. The water will not leak out.

However, if you pick the bottle up and squeeze it even just a little bit, the water will pour out! You can also make the bottle “pour” by loosening and tightening the cap but remember to do it over the sink/bath or outside!

The science bit: When the cap is on the bottle, the air pressure in the bottle is equal to the pressure outside the bottle. When the pressure is the same, there is nothing to force the water to leave the bottle. When you loosen or remove the cap, the water squirts out because the weight of the water has a greater pressure than the pressure outside of the bottle. Even when the cap is on tightly, picking up the bottle will squeeze it just enough to FORCE the water to squirt out.

Activity 5

P.E – Get active with Kids Bop on Youtube.

Have fun dancing along with some of the Kids Bop dance along songs. Can you remember a full routine?

Here are links to some of the songs that I think you will enjoy and there are lots more that you can search for on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohga4SS1xOc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0Xn4kd8xqY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40uEcTuqIvM

Wednesday / Thursday

Activity 1

Reading –  Go to this webpage:
https://www.pobble365.com/about-to-hatch/

Answer the “Question time!” questions that link to the picture. Remember to write in full sentences and use “I think… because…”. You will need to use a mixture of evidence from the picture and your own imagination to answer them.

Activity 2

Writing – Dictionary challenge

Use a physical or online dictionary to find the definitions for your spelling words (at the top of the page). If you already know a word, use it in a sentence rather than writing a definition. Do this for all 10 words.

For example, if I don’t know the meaning of the word sincere, I need to use a dictionary to look up the meaning and then write down the definition. If I do know the definition, I use that word in a sentence instead.

Activity 3

Maths – Answer these word problems:

1. Devlin buys 89 marbles and shares them between 5 friends. How many marbles do they have each?

2. A car travels at 55 miles per hour (mph).

a) How many miles will it travel in 8 hours?

b) How many miles will it travel in 16 hours?

3. A business man owns 7 shops. Each shop contains 358 t-shirts. How many t-shirt does the business man have in total?

4. Kyle and Hayley get £12 a week pocket money each. How much pocket money will they have in 5 weeks?

5. Tina had a cupboard in her bedroom on which she kept her books. There were 15 books on each of 8 shelves. How many books does she have altogether?

Activity 4

Topic – Science

MAKE CONRFLOUR SLIME (liquids and solids)

You will need: a large bowl, 200ml water, 200-300g cornflour, aprons and table cover

Method:

1. Put the cornflour into a bowl.

2. Pour in the water, mixing slowly.

3. Put your hands in and experiment with it – squeeze it, punch it, slap it.

Question time:

1) Is the cornflour a liquid or solid? How is it different to water?

2) What happens as you add the water?

3) How does the slime feel to touch? Is it a solid or liquid?

4) Take a picture of your experiment. You could also write up your results and findings.

The science bit: Cornflour is made up of lots of tiny (<0.01mm) starch particles which are very attracted to water, so the water gets in amongst them very quickly. The water acts as a lubricant, so when you move it slowly, the particles have time to move past each other and they can flow like a liquid. However, if you apply a rapid force it causes the particles to move slightly causing the particles that are almost touching to jam together and the water that was between them moves sideways slightly into the gaps. Now, instead of having lots of lubricated individual particles, you have a solid structure of lumps touching each other which can't flow.

Activity 5

Topic – D.T 

Imagine that you've crash landed on a new planet (your house or garden). Create a den out of anything that you can use. Take a photo of what you come up with. Make sure you ask your parent or guardians permission before moving things around!

Friday

Activity 1

Reading – log on to Oxford Reading Buddy and read a book you haven’t read yet at your appropriate reading level i.e. White, Lime, Brown, Grey or Dark Blue. When you have finished the book, take the quiz. Remember that you can look back in the book while doing the quiz (but make sure you return to the quiz by pressing the side arrow on the right, do not press back as that will close the quiz and you will need to start again). Take a photo of the score you got.

Activity 2

Writing –  Go to this webpage:
https://www.pobble365.com/the-never-ending-tunnel/

Read the “Story Starter!” that links to the picture.

Finish the story using your own ideas about where the path leads to. Make sure to use capital letters, full stops and commas in your work. You could challenge yourself to include parenthesis.

Activity 3

Maths – Make a poster to explain how you would find the common factors for 12 and 15. Include the key vocabulary: multiples, factors and factor pairs.

If you need to remind yourself what factors are, visit this webpage:

https://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/factor.html

Activity 4

Topic – Science

Revisiting Rocks!

Draw a Venn diagram to compare two of the main types of rocks: igneous and sedimentary.

What is similar about them and what is different? Remember that similarities go in the middle of a Venn diagram.

Include some examples of each type of rock too.

Draw pictures of an example of each.

Activity 5

V.E Day tasks

Today (Friday 8^th May) is VE Day - or 'Victory in Europe Day'. It marks the day in World War Two (WW2) when fighting against Nazi Germany in Europe came to an end.

At 11am, you can join in with the two-minute national silence to remember the declaration of victory and the end of the Second World War in Europe.

Watch this short video which explains what VE Day and VJ Day were, and the events that led to the end of the war:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/history-ks2-ve-day/z7xtmfr

Now, design a medal for British soldiers who served in the Second World War. Try to think about what the medal should say and what colours it should include.

Here is a medal from World War One and a blank medal to help you.

Spellings to learn for this week:

Miss Blackstone’s spelling group words: nearby, everywhere, nowhere, inside, outside, upstairs, downstairs, underneath, behind, somewhere

Mrs Lee’s spelling group words: enough, young, touch, double, country, trouble, courage, rough, tough, cousin

Monday / Tuesday

Activity 1

Reading – log on to Oxford Reading Buddy and (with help from an adult or older sibling if needed) read ‘The Solar System’ or 'Team X' OR you can choose any other Space-themed book you like the look of (e.g. Space Hunt, Revenge of the X-bots or Fur From Home). Answer the quiz questions linking to the book you chose. Take a photo of the score you get.

Activity 2

Writing – Think back to when we wrote our instructions in Autumn 2. Write a set of instructions for “how to annoy your teacher” or “how to have fun during lockdown” or any food recipe that you would like to write. Remember you need to include: a ‘how to’ title, ingredients, equipment, method, numbered steps, time conjunctions and commas.

For example:

How to make marmite on toast:

Ingredients:

- bread

- butter

- marmite

Equipment:

- plate

- toaster

- knife

Method:

1) First, get all of your ingredients out.

2) Next, put 2 slices of bread into the toaster.

etc.

Activity 3

Maths –  Practice your times tables in your exercise book or online (hit the button/daily 10).

Log on to Timestable Rockstars – can you beat your high score?

Activity 4

P.E – Gymnastics

Use these different gymnastic movements to create your own sequences.

• roll
• jump
• balance
• travel

Think how you will move from one movement to the next. Think about how you can improve your sequence using good presentation.

There is an example of a gymnastic sequence on the link below if you feel like a challenge!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FudfJp8BEh0

Wednesday / Thursday

Activity 1

Reading –  Choose a story book you haven’t read before on Oxford Reading Buddy to read independently. Stop half-way through the book and write a prediction about how you think the story will end. Use the writing frame “I predict… because…” and make sure you give a clear reason for your prediction, based on what has happened so far in the story.

Activity 2

Writing – Return to your instructions from yesterday. Edit and improve them by checking for missing punctuation and ensuring it all makes sense.  Have you used your best handwriting? Are all the capital letters tall and clear? Are your other letters all the same height? Have you used cursive letters loops? Rewrite your work as neatly as possible.

Activity 3

Maths – Answer these word problems.

1) 150 boys and 130 girls go on a school trip.  They travel on 5 coaches.  How many children are there on each coach?

2) Mrs Marsh has 492 chickens. She keeps them in 4 identical chicken sheds.  How many chickens are in each shed?

3) A lady has 2048 chocolates and shares them among 8 people. How many chocolates do they each get?

4) Mrs Jones wins £4548 on the lottery one week.  She shares the winnings equally between her 6 children.  How much money do they get each?

5) Joe had 459 lego bricks.  He wants to pack the bricks away into boxes. Each boxes holds 8 bricks. How many boxes will he need?

Activity 4

P.E – Games

Sock challenges!

You will need:

• Pair of socks rolled into a ball (or you can use an actual ball - if you have one at home).  
• Watch/clock to time 30 seconds.
• Empty box or container
• Toilet rolls

Challenge 1:

How times can you throw the ball and catch it in 30 seconds?

Try it three times – can you beat your score each time?

Can you do the same amount if you only use one hand to throw and catch?

Challenge 2:

Place the empty box/container on the floor. Step back 7 steps. Can you throw the sock ball into the box/container? If you manage this easily you can move further back from the box or make your box smaller. How many times can you throw the sock ball into the box in 1 minute? Remember to only count the ones that land in the box.

Challenge 3:

Make a tower out of three or four toilet rolls. Step back 7/8 steps. Use the sock ball to try knock down the toilet roll tower! If it is too easy take 2 or 3 steps back before you throw again. The link for a video of challenge 3 is below:

https://youtu.be/JfSl3G0p4u0

Friday

Activity 1

Reading – Go to  https://www.pobble365.com/the-tunnel

Answer the “Question time!” questions that link to the picture. Remember to write in full sentences and use “I think… because…”

Activity 2

Writing –  Choose 10 words from the Year 5/6 common exception list in your home learning pack. Practice them using spelling games like: quickwrite, wrong hand, silly sentence, rainbow writing, pyramid words.

Then, write 5 sentences that contain all 10 words. That would mean that each of the 5 sentences contains 2 of the 10 words. 
Here is my example sentence using 2 words I chose from the Year 5/6 common exception list:
Please could you accompany me to my accomodation?
 

Activity 3

Maths – Log on to Mathletics and complete at least 4 of your set tasks.

Activity 4

P.E – Circuits

Design and plan your own fitness circuit with 5 stations. It is up to you how long you want each station to last.

You could include:

• Sock ladder -  https://youtu.be/BA4XN3Pynig
• Star jumps - https://youtu.be/JNrkzkckZN4
• Plank hold - https://youtu.be/_BHLZZgKkw8
• Running on the spot
• Sit ups

I have included the links of some of the activities to help you.

Challenge!

Can you complete your circuit every day for 3 days in a row?

Spellings to learn for this week:

Miss Blackstone’s spelling group words: yesterday, tomorrow, later, lately, immediately, earlier, eventually, recently, previously, finally

Mrs Lee’s spelling group words: woman, wonder, month, govern, brother, another, shovel, above, Monday, discover

Monday / Tuesday

Activity 1

Reading – log on to oxford reading buddy and (with help from an adult or older sibling if needed) read the dark blue book Beowulf, Grendel and the Dragon and answer the quiz questions at the end. Take a photo of the score you got.

Activity 2

Writing – Use the Spring 1 text map of our setting description of Narnia (see ‘Year 5 previous text maps’ on the Year 5 class page) to write your own setting description  for one of the following: a farm, a haunted house, a jungle / rainforest, a zoo, outer space, the beach.

Activity 3

Maths – Log on to Mathletics and complete at least 4 of your set tasks.

Activity 4

Topic – History.  Choose your favourite history topic that you have done so far in school (Year 5 have done: Nelson Mandela / Black History Month, Anglo-Saxons and Public park use in the early 19th Century). Create a poster that includes all the information that you learned during this topic.

Activity 5

Have some fun! Teach yourself a new card game e.g. Crazy Eights (it’s a bit like Uno!), Go Fish or Snap. There are some card games you can play on your own too if everyone is busy, such as Solitaire. You could watch an online tutorial on how to play.

Wednesday / Thursday

Activity 1

Reading – read a book of your choice (either one you own or on Oxford Reading Buddy). Now, write a summary of the book. A summary is where you write the main events in a story in only a few sentences. It must use all the key information from the story and should answer the questions: who, what, where, when, why and how. For example, if I was writing a summary of Beowulf and Grendel, I would answer the who, what, where, when, why and how questions, then use these answers to write sentences.

Who? Beowulf, Grendel, King Hrothgar

What? Beowulf kills Grendel for attacking the villagers

Where? The local mead hall

When? After many nights of horror

Why? So he can be a hero

How? By ripping Grendel’s arm off

Summary: Beowulf wants to be a hero so he comes to help King Hrothgar. He travels to the local mead hall to defeat the evil Grendel who has been attacking the villagers for many nights. He murders Grendel by ripping off his arm.

Now it’s you turn!

Activity 2

Writing – Return to your setting description from yesterday. Edit and improve it as much as you can. Have you included parenthesis? Expanded noun phrases? A variety of conjunctions? Checked for spelling errors? Improved vocabulary?

Now, read your setting description to someone in your family and see if they can imagine your setting in their mind.

Activity 3

Maths – Answer these place value puzzles. Remember that the word ‘sum’ means ‘total’. So you must add the numbers to get the sum of the digits. You will not always get the right answer the first time so keep trying.

For the first question, you might do this:

1a) 2755

2 + 7 + 5 + 5 = 19

So I have found a 4 digit number that has a sum of 19. But is it the largest number I could have made? No. I could have 7552 instead using the same digits.

9910

9 + 9 + 1 + 0 = 19

So I have found another 4 digit number that has a sum of 19. But is it the largest number I could have made? You decide when you have your turn!

1) In a 4-digit number, the sum of the digits is 19.

a) What is the largest number you can make?

b) What is the smallest number you can make?

2) In a 5-digit number, the sum of the digits is 22.

a) What is the largest number you can make?

b) What is the smallest number you can make?

3) In a 6-digit number, the sum of the digits is 31.

a) What is the largest number you can make?

b) What is the smallest number you can make?

Activity 4

Topic – History.  Now it’s time to do your additional research about the topic you made the poster for on Monday. There might be some things that you may have forgotten, or things that you might want to find out more about.

Here are some useful websites to help you with your research:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/

https://www.historyforkids.net/

https://www.history.org.uk/primary/resource/3620/primary-topic-websites

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/category/discover/history/

Remember to write down any information you find out! Try and find at least 3 new facts about the topic you have chosen that you didn’t learn in class.

Activity 5

PE – Complete this home work-out for kids. Ensure that you have a drink of water with you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hdR8Mlib3M

Friday

Activity 1

Reading – Design a new front cover for your favourite book. You could use one we have read in class e.g. Beowulf, Journey to Jo’Berg or The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.

Activity 2

Writing –  Answer these grammar questions in your book, do not look at the answers until you have finished. Where it asks you to add a missing word or underline, just write the answer on the lines in your books. e.g.

https://cdn.oxfordowl.co.uk/2020/03/16/13/06/46/aed3cc4a-2001-4d3c-9eef-2d64d2f3fab7/AtHomeWith_Grammar7-9.pdf

Activity 3

Maths – play nrich countdown with someone in your family (or on your own if you are feeling confident). Use the back of your Maths book for any working out you need to do.  https://nrich.maths.org/6499

Activity 4

Topic – History. Now it’s time to present your research on your chosen topic. It can be done in any way you choose.

Here are some ideas:

• Powerpoint presentation
• Poster
• Non-chronologial Report
• Create a timeline
• Create a board game that includes the information
• Write a poem
• Create a scrap book

You can also access this website for many other interesting ways to present your information!

https://minds-in-bloom.com/72-creative-ways-for-students-to-show/

Activity 5

Complete 3 of the ‘100 activities to do indoors’ from your home learning pack that  you have not tried yet. Take a photo of yourself doing it.

Mrs Lee’s spelling group:

1. library
2. February
3. dictionary
4. boundary
5. salary
6. summary
7. primary
8. secondary
9. ordinary
10. necessary

Miss Blackstone’s spelling group:

1. though
2. although
3. dough
4. doughnut
5. through
6. cough
7. trough
8. rough
9. tough
10. enough

Spellings to learn for this week:

Miss Blackstone’s spelling group words: blacken, brighten, flatten, lengthen, mistaken, straighten, shorten, thicken, tighten, toughen

Mrs Lee’s spelling group words: address, busy, business, heart, fruit, breathe, strange, complete, extreme, forwards

Monday / Tuesday

Activity 1

Reading – log on to oxford reading buddy. Choose a book to read at your appropriate reading level (i.e. white / lime / brown / grey / dark blue). Complete the comprehension questions linking to the book you read. If you are unsure of the answer, check back in the text! You should be scoring at least 7/10 on these tests. Take a photo of your results.

Activity 2

Writing – Use the text map of our newspaper report about Beowulf and Grendel (see ‘Year 5 previous text maps’ on the Year 5 class page) to write your own newspaper report about how Aslan and the children defeated the White Witch in Narnia. Don’t worry if you have forgotten some parts of the text map but ensure that your writing still makes sense and follows the key structure.

Activity 3

Maths – Log on to Times table Rockstars – can you beat your high score? How fast can you go?

Remember we are aiming to become Rock Heroes!

Activity 4

Topic – Science – Draw the life cycle of an amphibian. Write a sentence to explain what is happening at each stage of the cycle.

Activity 5

PE – Get active using Just Dance videos on youtube (or any dancing game you may own). Make sure that the songs you dance to are age appropriate, check with an adult if you’re unsure.

Make sure you have enough safe space to dance in!

Here are some links to some songs you can dance along to:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCzgc_RelBA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfY4yI1fMkY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkjUgVdAPlE

You could choreograph your own dance routine to the song of your choice.

Wednesday / Thursday

Activity 1

Reading – read a book of your choice (either one you own or on Oxford Reading Buddy). Now, write a book review using these sentence frames.

Title: __________________

Author: __________________

Illustrator: __________________

The main event of the book was…

I would rate the book ___ / 10

My favourite part of the book was…

My least favourite part of the book was…

I would recommend this book to… because…

My drawing of my favourite part of the book:

Activity 2

Writing – Return to your newspaper report from yesterday. Edit and improve it as much as you can. Have you included parenthesis? Expanded noun phrases? A variety of conjunctions? Checked for spelling errors?

Now, read your newspaper report to someone in your family like you are the presenter of a news show.

You could watch Newsround to see how a newsreader talks: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround

Activity 3

Maths –

Log on to Mathletics and complete at least 4 of your set tasks.

Activity 4

Topic – Art – Draw a landscape of your choice, like the ones we created based on John Constable’s ‘Judges Walk’. Remember it must have a horizon line, a foreground and a background.

Some ideas: a beach, a forest scene, a jungle, a farm.

Activity 5

PE – Complete this home work-out for kids. Ensure that you have a drink of water with you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8o8wMgAT-Y

Friday

Activity 1

Reading – Go on this website https://www.poetry4kids.com/poems/

Read 5 of the poems (many are quite short!). Choose your favourite one to copy into your home learning book to share with your classmates in future.

Activity 2

Writing – Write your own poem about space. Think about our work with James Nash and the many space poems we read in class. Here are some wonderful poems written by children your age which you could use for inspiration:

http://www.sciencerhymes.com.au/your-space-poems-2017.html

Remember that poems do not need to rhyme! You can choose if your poem rhymes or not.

Activity 3

Maths – Answer these place value questions in your Maths book:

1) Write 1 million in digits.

2) Write down the number that is 1 more than 1 million.

3) Write down the number that is 10 more than 1 million.

4) Write down the number that is 100 more than 1 million.

5) Write the number 2,405,602 in words.

6) Write one million, three hundred and eleven thousand, five hundred and eighty in numbers.

7) Write 14,849 in words.

8) Write forty nine thousand and fifty nine in numbers.

Have an adult or older sibling check your answers.

Activity 4

Topic – Make a poster of simple French vocabulary, including: numbers to 1 to 20, days of the week and months of the year.

Numbers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsEz58BblMY

Days of the week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpwf5N0rfVE

Months of the year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_u2SigckNQ

Activity 5

Complete 3 of the ‘100 activities to do indoors’ from your home learning pack. Take a photo of yourself doing it.

Spellings to learn for this week:

Miss Blackstone’s spelling group words: amplify, solidify, signify, falsify, glorify, notify, testify, purify, classify, intensify

Mrs Lee’s spelling group words: chef, chalet, machine, brochure, crochet, ricochet, parachute, moustache, champagne, chute

Monday / Tuesday

Activity 1

Reading – choose a book to read independently for 20 mins and describe one of the characters actions and why they may have acted that way.

Activity 2

Writing – Pretend you are Edmund from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Write a diary entry from the day he met the White Witch. Think about what he would say when he entered the wardrobe & found out Narnia is real, and then how he would feel about meeting the witch.

Activity 3

Maths – Complete the arithmetic test in your home learning pack. Give yourself 25 minutes on a timer. Mark your work using the answer sheet and think about where you could improve for next time. Write yourself some practice questions in your home learning book.

Activity 4

Topic – Research online and make a Fact File about Neil Armstrong.

Activity 5

PE - design your own PE circuit to complete and repeat it twice:

Your circuit should contain 5 different exercises e.g. 10 jumping jacks, 10 press ups, 20 seconds jogging on the spot etc.

Wednesday / Thursday

Activity 1

Reading – read independently for 20 mins. Then, draw your favourite part of the story and write a paragraph to explain why you liked that part.

Activity 2

Writing – Practise the Space story model text (the text map is on the website if you have misplaced your physical copy). Now, innovate the text into your own ‘losing tale’ set in Space. Ensure that you follow the text map so that your story has the appropriate structure. Do not worry if you have forgotten a few small parts of the text map, but make sure your story still makes sense.
(All previous text maps can be accessed by clicking the "Year 5 previous text maps pdf" link beneath this post, alternatively there are pictures of them if you scroll down through the class gallery)

Activity 3

Maths –

Log on to Mathletics and complete at least 4 of your set tasks.

Activity 4

Topic – Science – Earth and Space.

Draw and label the different phases of the moon cycle.

Activity 5

PE - Complete one (or more!) of Joe Wicks youtube work outs for kids. For example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhHY8mOQ5eo

Friday

Activity 1

Reading – log on to oxford reading buddy. Choose a book to read at your appropriate reading level (i.e. white / lime / brown / grey / dark blue). Complete the comprehension questions linking to the book you read. If you are unsure of the answer, check back in the text! You should be scoring at least 7/10 on these tests.

Activity 2

Writing – Return to your space story from yesterday. Take some time to edit and improve your work. Double check your use of key punctuation like commas and inverted commas. Use an online dictionary and thesaurus to correct your spellings and improve your vocabulary use.

Activity 3

Maths – Complete the Maths mystery booklet from your homework pack. Remember: once you have solved a clue, you can cross out the names which do not fit. For example, “the person is not male” means that the culprit was a woman, so you can cross out all the men.

Activity 4

Topic – Art – Create a picture inspired by Peter Thorpe’s space art.

http://www.peterthorpe.net/rockets.html

Activity 5

PSHE – Think about our mental health and wellbeing topic. Make a poster about feelings and why it is important to react in an appropriate manner.  You could think of some scenarios like the ones we looked at in class and encourage people to respond in an appropriate fashion. Scenario example: Your younger sibling has broken your games console while playing with it (even though you told them not to go on it anymore). How could you react? How should you react?