Year 5 learning from home
Week beginning 18th January
We are going to be starting to look at a Greek Myth this week (links to our topic work) and to continue to work on our spelling and grammar. In maths we are looking at the properties of 2D shapes and continuing to look at our Ancient Greek topic.
The Oak Academy lessons have green circles near the bottom of the screen.
Some lessons include a worksheet and an end of lesson quiz – these can be found by clicking the appropriate green circle.
English Learning:
The focus of our English learning will be The Legend of Hercules. There is a link below for each day to the Oak Academy English Unit on this text. There will also be links to grammar sessions.
Monday 18th January
To explore word class (thenational.academy)
Lesson (Please click on the link above)
Today’s focus: Word classes (nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs to start with and maybe moving on to pronouns, etc)
Tuesday 19th January
The Legend of Hercules
Lesson: The lesson will be available via Teams. It might be live or it will be pre-recorded. Check your calendar on Tuesday to access both the lesson and the work that goes with it.
Today’s focus: To be able to make connections between stories and films.
Wednesday 20th January
The Legend of Hercules
Lesson: The lesson will be available via Teams. It might be live or it will be pre-recorded. Check your calendar on Wednesday to access both the lesson and the work that goes with it.
Today’s focus: To be able to answer questions about a text.
Thursday 21st January
The Legend of Hercules
Lesson: The lesson will be available via Teams. It will be pre-recorded. Check your calendar on Thursday to access both the lesson and the work that goes with it. You will be creating ‘role on the wall’ for Hercules (as we did earlier in the year for Will in Treason).
Today’s focus: To be able to understand a character.
Friday 22nd January
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zkbkf4j/articles/zbm8scw
Today we would like you to begin the Crystal Explorers game on the BBC website. Click on the link above and choose your character. You can play the game or accept the challenge. It will allow you to practise your grammar and spelling skills. Good luck!
Reading skills to practise during the week:
We are continuing to look at the Lost Myth of Mathos and introducing some writing and other activities based around the chapters you have already read. See below for the chapter and activity that will be available each day. They have been set as 2Dos.
Monday – Chapter 1 This chapter describes a torrential storm. Write down the sights and sounds that you would experience and remember to use metaphors and similes. Use these ideas to write a poem about the storm.
Tuesday – Chapter 2 Imagine that you have just taken a ride on a magical animal. Was it as fast as a racing car? What did you see on your travels? Write about your experience.
Wednesday – Chapter 3 In this chapter we meet the Kraken. Imagine that you have just seen a mythical creature. Write a detailed description of what you saw.
Thursday – Chapter 4 Mathos and Sariena are on their way to defeat the Chrysaor. Will their plan work? What problems might the encounter? Write the next part of the story.
Friday – Chapter 5 We have got to know Mathos and Sariena well during the story. Use the template to compare the two characters.
If you have time you could also practise your spellings which are in the back of your contact books. You could choose 5-10 words that you cannot spell yet and learn how to spell them. You could write the words in a pyramid shape or do vowels in one colour and consonants in another.
Maths Learning:
This week we will be focusing on
Monday 18th January
Lesson 1 (Please click on the link above)
Today’s focus: properties of 2d shapes, right angles and perpendicular lines
Tuesday 19th January
Lesson 2 (Please click on the link above)
Today’s focus: parallel lines and lines of symmetry
Wednesday 20th January
Regular and irregular polygons
Lesson: The lesson will be available via Teams. It might be live or it will be pre-recorded. Check your calendar on Tuesday to access both the lesson and the work that goes with it.
Today’s focus: sorting and identifying regular and irregular polygons according to their properties
Thursday 21st January
2D and 3D Shapes: To Identify the Properties of Quadrilaterals (thenational.academy)
Lesson 5 (Please click on the link above)
Today’s focus: quadrilaterals and parallel lines
Friday 22nd January
Consolidating learning
Recognise and describe 2-D shapes – Home Learning with BBC Bitesize – BBC Bitesize
Today’s focus: applying knowledge of 2D shapes.
Maths key skills to practise during the week
- This week we would like you to practice your 4 operations using School is Great.
SIG :: Home (schoolisgreat.co.uk)
Remember you can pick the level you want to start on and then try and work your way up to the next level. See how high you can get
- We have also set another battle on TT Rockstars
H3 v H4 may the best class win
Other Activities:
Let’s Keep Active
Keep up with your Joe Wicks workouts again on the Body Coach TV and Super Movers too https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/just-for-fun-collection/z7tymfr
Weekly challenge
Have a go at these two workouts on YouTube
Pairs
You need a pack of cards and a timer.
- Place the cards face down and begin at a marker away from the cards.
- Run from your marker to the cards.
- Players can turn over two cards at a time
- If they match the player can taken them back to the start marker and go again
- If the cards do not match the player must turn them back face and run back to the start marker.
How quickly can you find the pairs? Can you beat your time?
Music
Understanding basic notation (thenational.academy)
Lesson 2
In this lesson you will be exploring some basic notes and reading some rhythms, again this will all be great practice for our violin lessons.
Art/DT
For Art this week we would like you to look at creating an Ancient Greek temple. It may be a 3D model or a sketch. Below are some examples using paper strips, straws and lego.
You could also follow this step by step guide to drawing a column
History
- Create a timeline of the key events from the Ancient Greek period. You could do your own research or use document 1
- Look at the Oak academy lesson (link below) that tells you all about how Ancient Greek society was organised. Make sure you complete the quiz at the end of the lesson.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/how-was-ancient-greece-organised-6mv3jr
Computing
We will set a 2Do for you on Purple Mash based around designing a box to sell the computer game that you designed last week. Your logins are inside your contact books.
Remember to look at our class blog and the Hemstalls Reading Blog as well. We can send each other messages on here, show each other what we have been doing and just say hello.
PSHE
We have set you a 2Do on Purple Mash ‘Your identity’
You need to write about what makes you ‘you’, think about your appearance, family members and interests and hobbies.
Let’s be scientific!
Continuing our Science learning about forces we would like you to complete the Oak Academy lesson 1
