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/