Good morning. Today is the last day of your newspaper report. I hope you are putting all the skills you have learnt this week into finalising your report. Remember to check the success criteria.

Jake sent me a copy of his report that he finished yesterday, and I would like to share it with you. He has included some super alliteration in the title; his report is clear; and the quotes he has included are very naturalistic. Well done Jake.

jake sheldon newspaper

I have added a full arithmetic paper for those of you who want to keep practising your skills

year 6 full arithmetic

Year 5 full arithmetic

History 

Continue with your project focussing on an area of history that has changed over time eg transport, music, entertainment, fashion. See last week.

D and T

Some of you have already made incredible lighthouses. If not, start to design yours now. Others have added a base to put their lighthouse on. If you are really clever, you may be able to work out a way to light up your lighthouse.

RE

Find out about the Islam festival of Ramadan. Why is this posing difficulties during the Corona virus pandemic?

Ramadan

French

If you have completed last weeks On- Mange from espresso, make a pretend french cafe or make some food for the cafe to serve to your family. They are only allowed to order in French!

Watch the BBC Bitesize about  supermarket shopping in French and try to make a pizza like the children in the video

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/french-ks2-shopping-for-food/z7ynvk7

Science

How did you get on with the water bottle speedboat last week?  We had some great pictures of the boats in action – thank you.  Did you manage to answer the questions?  Newton’s third law of motion states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.  The action, is the bubbles rushing out of the back of the boat and pushing against the water.  The reaction, is the water behind, pushing against the boat with the same force, causing the boat to move forward.

This week, there is a choice of activity.  I had some lovely pictures that some of you took of the supermoon and heard how some of you tried to stay up to see the meteor shower.  I failed dismally to stay awake past midnight so only glimpsed one.  However, I know many of you really love the idea of space and enjoyed our topic in school.  BBC bitesize have a nice lesson with a clip with questions to complete.  It will be revision for many of you but that is no bad thing.

Follow the link if you fancy a bit of revision on the solar system. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zk7fy9q

If you prefer, there is another ‘making’ experiment which again illustrates Newton’s third law of motion: for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.  

Balloon – powered car

Materials

cardboard – a cereal box would work well

ruler

scissors

straws (or make some thin tubes out of some of the card)

tape

balloon

wooden skewers or pencils –  thin enough to fit inside the straw or cardboard tubes and move freely).

Plastic caps (from milk containers or bottles you could use CDs or lego wheels if you prefer).

Glue

Method

Cut a rectangle of card – this is the body of the car (what are the properties of a rectangle? Reminder – “sides and angles”).

Underneath, tape on the straws or cardboard tubes so that they are parallel to each other and to the short sides of the rectangle. Make sure the pencil or skewer is longer than the tube or straw).

Fit the balloon over another straw (or cardboard tube).  Tape it on securely making sure it is airtight.  Now tape the straw/tube with the balloon attached, lengthways on top of the car.

Slide a pencil or skewer through each of the 2 parallel straws/tubes.  These are the axles.

Poke each end of each axle through the centre of a plastic cap to make the wheels.  Make sure the wheel is firmly attached to the axle.

You are going to inflate the balloon and let it go. WHICH WAY WILL THE CAR MOVE? Clue – what is the action/reaction?

Inflate the balloon by blowing into its straw.  Pinch the straw, put the car on a smooth surface and let the straw go!

Questions to ponder

Did the car move in the direction you predicted?

How far does the car go before it stops?  Is it the same each time? Y6 – what is the mean distance the car travels?

Does it travel in a straight line?  What adjustments do you need to make?

What is the action and reaction that makes the car move? Clue – they are both to do with air.  Which air is moving?  What will  push against this moving air?

DRAW A LABELLED DIAGRAM OF YOUR CAR.  REMEMBER TO DRAW LINES TO EACH PART WITH A RULER AND TRY TO KEEP THE LINES HORIZONTAL.

Art

https://www.thenational.academy/year-6/foundation/texture-treasure-hunt-year-6-wk1-5/

Please continue with the White Rose maths home learning.

Year 5

This week focus on summer week 1 (we are a week behind!). The focus is on adding and subtracting decimals. There is a Friday challenge which looks fun Q 1-5 are suitable for you.

Squares If you are finding the year 5 too difficult, focus on year 4 summer week 1. This is only a little easier and will help you consolidate your understanding.

Year 6 

This week focus on  Year 6 summer week 1 (we are a week behind!). The focus is on angles.There is a Friday challenge which looks fun Q 1-6 are suitable for you but attempt more if you can.

 Friday Arithmetic paper

Keep your skills sharp with a half arithmetic paper – 15 minutes

Y5-Arithmetic-Half-Test-6a

year 6 half arithmetic paper

Home Learning

Thank you for all your e-mails, photos and examples of work you have sent us this week. We have really enjoyed hearing about your lockdown experiences. Many of you are doing all sorts of extra-curricular activities: gardening, cycling, cooking, arts and crafts, navigation skills, how to wire a plug and even how to do the washing.

Some of you have said you are struggling to complete all of the suggestions on the website- many of them are  optional. If you are filling your days with the exciting activities you or  your parents have found, you do not need to do all the things we have suggested. However, the English ( including reading and spellings) and maths are mandatory ( you have to do it!). It is important that you keep your skills sharp in maths and English; you have all come such a long way this year and we want to ensure you do not fall behind.

We are very proud of you and understand how hard it is learning at home without your friends and teachers around you. It is difficult sometimes sharing one lap top between members of the family, and being dependent on the internet and printers working. We also understand that some sites are hard to access; this may be because of the increased traffic. Leave it for a few minutes and try again. In spite of all these problems, you are all doing your very best best – thank you children and parents. 

English

This week’s English continues to focus on The Lighthouse film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HfBbSUORvo

At the end of this week, you will produce a newspaper report based on the events in the film. During this week you will develop skills needed to write your report.

Day 1

Read the short newspaper article about  ‘Up Close with a Giant Whale Shark’. Answer the questions about the newspaper text. The answers are given at the end. Read through them with an adult WHEN you have finished.

newspaper comprehension shark

Day 2,3,4,5

week 2 day 2,3,4,5

Spelling

Did you get somebody to test you on your spellings?  More importantly, did you find some other words that fit the rule?  I hope so.  This week, we will continue looking at the same rule.  You are given the root word and you have to put it into the past tense or  progressive tense.  Have a go – answers are at the bottom so scroll down if you get stuck.

Example               –               nod       nodded (past)       nodding (progressive)

Try these and learn them      mud  (past tense – quite tricky this one)

bud  (progressive)

stop  (past and progressive)

stir    (past and progressive)

Some of you may prefer these spellings

Awful       straw       clawing       drawing       sawing       sawed       raw

ASK SOMEONE TO SAY SOME SENTENCES WITH ONE OF THE WORDS IN IT.  WRITE THE SENTENCES, MAKE SURE YOU PUNCTUATE CORRECTLY.

WORDS FOR FIRST SET OF SPELLINGS –

MUDDIED       BUDDING       STOPPING       STOPPED       STIRRED       STIRRING

Thank you for your pieces  of writing you have shared with us this week . Focusing on a paragraph at a time and specific success criteria has helped you produce some quality work – well done. Today  is the final piece written in the third person but again focusing on different sentence starters .

Don’t forget to catch up with Shrewsbury  Bookfest  which you can watch live at 10:00am or catch up later in the day.

Enjoy

I know lots of you love doing Scratch. Mrs Bernasconi recommended some great activities for you to try.

.Scratch activities

Some parents were struggling to find the full and half arithmetic papers from Twinkl so I am attempting to add these to the website! Half arithmetic papers take 15 minutes and full arithmetic should take 30 minutes. Answers are on the back page.  I hope these help

Y5-Arithmetic full test

Y5-Arithmetic-Half-Test

Year 6 full arithmetic

year 6 half arithmetic

I am attempting to attach Day 2,3,4,5 English as a word document. I hope it works!

Day 2, 3,4,5 English The Lighthouse