Why are teddy bears never hungry?
They’re always stuffed!
Thursday 30th April
Hello! It’s the last day in April!
Maths
Yesterday we looked at different types of angles. Today we are going to look at some of the properties of angles.
Have a go at working out the missing angles in this picture.
English
Write a poem-
Think about the poem from yesterday and words and phrases you wrote down on Tuesday. Have a go at writing your own poem about nature and the outside. You might want to do a plan first.
will your poem rhyme?
could you you use a simile?
what adjectives are you going to use?
could you use some personification?
what pictures are your words going to create?
Topic
Our food comes from all around the world. Can you research and find out the food miles travelled by the ingredients of your evening meal?
Joke of the day
How do you stop an astronaut’s baby from crying?
You rocket!
Wednesday 29th April
Hello everybody!
Maths
Different types of angles
Label the different types of angle you can see in this picture. What type of angle is the most common?
Draw a picture with at least 2 right angles, 3 reflex angles, 4 obtuse angles and 5 acute angles.
English
Spellings
Can you create a crossword for your spellings today? Remember to write clues so that somebody will be able to solve it.
Poetry
Have a look at this poem by Elaine Greenwood and have a go at the tasks below.
Describe the rhyming pattern in the poem. Is it the same all the way through?
Find all the adjectives (describing words) in the poem.
Are there any similes in the poem?
What does the poet imagine that she is doing?
What is a tapestry?
Why do you think she has compared the scene to a tapestry?
Write down the definitions of these words in this poem
merge
dells
bracken
gorse
fringe
mass
lush
canvas
Draw a picture of the scene you think the poet has created
Tapestry- by Elaine Greenwood
If I could take a brush and paint the mountains and the moors,
I would splash the hillsides yellow and cover them in gorse.
I'd take the finest needle and the darkest thread of green
And sew a line of bracken along the landscape. In-between
I'd lay a purple carpet of wild heather in the dells
And fringe the edge of all the woods with their pretty lilac bells.
I'd merge the bracken with the heather, mix their colours like the sea,
A green and purple ocean on my own rich tapestry.
Then I'd take a ball of soft, white wool and stitch a mass of daisy chains
Around the lush green meadows and up the sides of winding lanes.
I would stencil on the marshes, just like pure white china cups,
Some fragile water lilies and by the ponds, sweet buttercups.
I'd mix orange, reds and yellows planting poppies wild and free
Onto nature's coloured canvas, my own rich tapestry.
Joke of the day
I tried to catch fog yesterday…
Mist!!!
Tuesday 28th April
Good morning- hope you are all well.
Maths
Area is the term used to define the amount of space taken up by a 2D shape or surface. We measure area in square units : cm² or m².
Area of a rectangle or square is calculated by multiplying the length of a shape by its width. In this case, we could work out the area of this square even if it wasn't on squared paper, just by working out 5cm x 5cm = 25cm² (the shape is not drawn to scale).
Count the squares to find the area of these rectangles
2. Calculate the area of these rectangles
3. a) What would the area of this shape if each square is 2cm in length.
b) What would the area of the shape be if each square is 5cm in length.
4. How many rectangles can you draw with an area of 24 cm. How will you know that you have got them all.
English
Spellings
Draw the word- emphasise each of the difficult parts of the spelling. How will you remember it?
Idea gathering
Later this week we are going to be writing a poem to describe the outside and gardens. If you can, sit outside or look out the window and write down anything you can see, smell, feel and hear. Collect descriptive words and phrases on a piece of paper- you will need these later in the week. Focus on capturing small details such as leaf patterns, the colours of the flowers growing and the sounds of the weather and the animals. Can you make any comparisons? You could also use the pictures below to give you some ideas.
Joke of the day
Why didn’t the orange win the race?
It ran out of juice.
Monday 27th April
Good morning - did you have a fun weekend?
Maths
Perimeter is: the distance around a two-dimensional shape.
Example: the perimeter of this rectangle is 3+7+3+7 = 20
Have a go at the pentominoes challenge below.
Once you have all 12 pentominoes you can cut them out and they fit together in a rectangle- a bit like a jigsaw puzzle.
English
Spellings
mountainous
famous
jealous
tremendous
humorous
glamorous
courageous
sufficient
suggest
symbol
system
temperature
Find out the definitions of each of these words and write it down in your own words.
SPaG
The simple past tense- refers to something that has already happened. Have a look at these passages and rewrite them in the simple past tense.
Example: I walk to the shops. (present) I walked to the shops. (past)
Jane and Betty go to the fair. Jane walks quickly past the roller coaster- she is too scared to go on. Betty loves roller coasters, so she persuades Jane to go with her. Jane doesn’t want Betty to know she is afraid, so she agrees.
Lisa wants to visit her grandma in Aberdeen, but she can’t afford the train fare. She asks her dad to lend her the money. On the day she goes, she gets stuck in traffic. She has to get out of her mum’s car and run. As she gets to the station, she sees the train leaving.
Joke of the day
Why did the student eat his homework?
because the teacher told him it was a piece of cake!
Friday 24th April
Happy Friday- I hope you have a lovely weekend in the sun!
Maths
To solve these problems you might have to try some numbers first to see if they work and change them if they don’t.
Remember:
A multiple is a number that is in that times table eg. 16 is a multiple of 4
A square number is the number you get when you multiply a number by itself eg. 25 is a square number because 5x5 =25
A cube number is the number you get when you multiply a number by itself and then by itself again. eg 27 is a cube number because 3x3x3=27
Can you you create your own problem in a similar style?
English
Spellings
Get somebody in your home to test you on your spellings.
Reading
I have recorded a video of me reading the first 2 chapters of Cosmic. Have a watch and see if you can answer the questions. I have added a picture of page 3 so that you can answer the first question.
What phrases on Page 3 show dishonesty?
What impression do you get of the main character in the opening paragraphs?
Why does everyone think the main character is older than he is?
Why can’t the main character believe that everyone is napping?
What does the main character love about space?
Predict, at the end of the two chapters, how he might try to get back to Earth.
Explain why the main character hates the phrase ‘you should know better, a big lad like you’.
Where did the main character say he was going?
Summarise how you think the main character may have ended up in space.
Summarise the impressions you get of the main character.
Joke of the day
What did the left eye say to the right eye?
Between us, something smells!
Thursday 23rd April
Good morning!
Here’s some work for today :)
Maths
Look at this bus time table and answer the questions below
What time does the bus leave from Coniston?
What time does the bus arrive at Beverley Bus Station?
How long does it take to get from Long Riston to Routh?
How long does it take to get from Hedon to Beverley Bus Station?
What is the shortest amount of time between 2 stops?
What is the longest amount of the time between 2 stops?
The next bus leaves half an hour later. What time will it arrive at each of the bus stops?
The last bus leaves 12 hours later. What time will it arrive at each of the bus stops? Use the 24 hour clock.
English
Our new topic is ‘The allotment’ which is all about growing and farming around the world.
This book- The Land of Neverbelieve- is about an imaginary island discovered by an explorer called Norman Messenger. On the page below he describes some of the trees that are found on the island. Read through the descriptions of the trees and make sure you know what all the words mean.
Then have a go at creating your own tree. Draw it and describe it in the same way that Norman Messenger has. It would be great to see some of your ideas. If you want to, you could email it to the office so I could see it.
Topic work
Plan a ‘rainbow garden’ using a different fruit or vegetable for each colour in the rainbow. List the names and colours of each plant or vegetable and how they can be used.
Daisies
Hello everyone. I was in school today and noticed that the field is covered in daisies! Perhaps because there is nobody here to make daisy chains or to play football on them! Have a look. Can you count them? :)
Joke of the day
Did you hear the joke about the little mountain?
It's hill-arious!
Wednesday 22nd April
Hello! Hope you have a good Wednesday!
Maths
We are going to look at time and timetables over the next few days.
Have a go at answering these questions.
How many minutes are there in an hour?
How many seconds are there in a minute?
How many hours are there in a day?
How many days are there in a year?
Which months have 30 days?
Which months have 31 days?
Which month is left over? Why?
Convert these times into the 24 hour clock
1:30 pm
6:45 pm
5:15 am
11:20 pm
9:35 pm
8:25 am
7:40 pm
4:10 pm
Convert these times into the 12 hour clock
03:45
21:55
22:00
14:15
06:05
12:20
23:40
11:30
Write down these times in analogue form eg. 7:45 =quarter to eight
6:15
3:20
4:55
7:30
11:00
14:05
22:35
9:25
English
Spellings
Write a sentence with each of your spellings in.
Writing
Subordinate clauses
Write a paragraph about the picture below. Try to include 8 subordinate clauses and underline them to indicate where you have used them.
Joke of the day
Did you hear about the football pitch NASA built on the moon?
They used ASTRO -turf!!!
Tuesday 21st April
Good morning everyone! I hope you are all well and enjoying the sunshine!
Maths
The word percent means out of 100. If somebody gets 65 questions correct out of 100, they got 65% correct and 35% incorrect.
Have a go at one section from the pages below. There is an explanation on the left side of the first page.
English
Spellings
Have a go at drawing the words. Emphasise the parts of the word that you might easily forget.
Standard English
These 4 passages are not written in standard English. Have a go at rewriting them in standard English.
1.He’d wrote us a letter and leaved it on the table. I should of waited until Veronica come back, but I couldn’t contain myself - I haven’t got no patience. I read that he done a terrible thing.
2. I were hungry and I known there were pizza in the kitchen. When I opened the fridge, there wasn’t none left. I knew it was Peter what’d ate it all.
3. I offered to make me parents dinner yesterday. My friend Toby come round to give us a hand. My dad said the food were tasty so I think I did good. My mum weren’t happy when she seen the mess we had maked in the kitchen though.
4. “Can I lend one of them pens?” Lou asked.
“Sorry I ain’t got none spare,” Tim replied.
“ I drawn a really good picture, but I seen yours and it’s so colourful.” Lou looked annoyed.
“Well, you should of buyed some of your own,” Tim said unsympathetically.
Joke of the day
What is it called when a cat wins a dog show?
A CAT-HAS-TROPHY!
Monday 20th April
Hello everyone- I hope you all had a good time over the last 2 weeks and everyone kept busy!
I practised a lot of piano, did some knitting and completed a puzzle- what do you think?
Maths
Before the holiday we looked at rounding decimals.
Here is a video on rounding decimals.It is lesson 1 on week 2. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/
Look at the nutrition information for a food or drink that you have in your home. Can you round the numbers to the nearest whole number?
eg. PROTEIN 5.8g rounds to 6g
Extension- If these numbers were already rounded to the nearest tenth- what could the original value have been?
eg. PROTEIN 5.8g could have been 5.82g before being rounded
English
Spellings
Your spellings for this week are
inactive
incorrect
impatient
impossible
immoral
immature
inequality
signature
sincerely
soldier
stomach
What does the prefix im- or in- do to the root word?
Can you think of a rule for adding im- or in- to a word? When do you use im- / When do you use in-?
What do these words mean?
Reading
We are going to be looking at the story Cosmic by Frank Cottrell-Boyce.
Look at these different versions of the front cover and answer the questions.
Which front cover appeals to you the most and why?
What do you think the book will be about?
What things can you see on the front cover?
What sort of story will it be? Who might enjoy it?
Think of the title Cosmic. What might it tell you about the story?
Make some predictions about what might happen in the story.
Look at the author Frank Cottrell-Boyce. Do you know any of his other stories? Which ones can you name?
What questions do you have about the book?
Joke of the day
What happened to the Easter Bunny when he misbehaved at school?
He was eggspelled!
