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Hadirkum

Year 5!

Today’s Question: What language do most Eritreans Speak? (Click on the flag for the answer)

“Quote of the Day” –  Handwriting Practice

C. S. Lewis (1898 – 1963) was a Christian writer best known for the Narnia stories. He became a Christian after reading one of Chesterton‘s books and after many conversations with his friend J. R. R. Tolkien, (author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings) who was Catholic. Together they were part of a writer’s club called the Inklings. For over 16 years they regularly met up, read each other their writings, and swapped comments and ideas. They encouraged each other a lot, so without Tolkien, we might never have had Lewis and without Lewis we might never have had Tolkien.

Music: ‘Jupiter – The Bringer of Jollity’ from ‘The Planets’ by Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

English – Floodland – After-One – 103-105

Click here to download a worksheet: Floodland WS 24 – After 1 – 103-105

Vocabulary

1.     peer (v / n)                    2.     interrupt (v)                     3. immediately (adv)

4.    blankly   (adv)              5.  the shallows  (n)                6. shrink back (v)

First, match these definitions with the words above

1. look closely or with difficulty
2. straight away, right now
3. move back because of fear
4. to stop someone speaking by saying something
5. without expression
6. a shallow area of water
7. someone the same age as you and with a similar kind of life

Next, complete and add these examples to your vocabulary list (you could have a go at expanding them).

1. _________ pressure
2. Two bright eyes ________ed out of the fog.
3. “Don’t ____________, please!”
4. They saw his claw-like finger nails and ________  _______. *
5. The fish sun-bathed in ____  ____________.
6. The statue stared __________ up at the sky.
7. “Tell me! ______________!”

https://youtu.be/3MNdDdovaAk

Questions p. 103-105              Use evidence from the text to support your answers.

1. Read page 103. What impression do you get of the two ladies? Give two impressions.
2. Look at the top of page 104. Find and copy one word which shows that Zoe’s voice has no expression.
3. Read page 104. As Zoe’s mind slowly starts working again. What makes her remember Munchkin?
4. Look at the bottom of page 104. How can you tell that friendship is a rare or new experience for Zoe?
5. Read the middle of page 105. How long ago did the last rescue ship come from Norwich?

Maths

These 5-a-day come in 4 levels of difficulty. Click on the word for that level of question. Platinum are the most challenging.

Bronze / Silver / Gold / Platinum

Answers:

Bronze / Silver / Gold / Platinum

Summer Term Week 10: Lesson 3 – Calculating angles on a straight line

Click on the picture below to take you to the White Rose page.  Click on ‘Summer Term – Week 10’ then – Lesson 3 – Calculating angles on a straight line

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 Mwa Shibukeni

Year 5!

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Congratulations Mlubrhan!

Mlubrhan is this week’s Star of the Week for smashing 2 minutes off his running record last week. I wonder how much faster he can go!

“Quote of the Day” –  Handwriting Practice

Bill Gates (1955 -)started the company Microsoft in 1975 and since then it has changed the way we all live and work. Unlike the rich people behind Amazon, Apple, Starbucks and may other big companies, Bill Gates tries to give something back to the world. In 2006, Bill Gates quit his job at Microsoft so that he could spend more time working with the charity, which he runs with his wife. Bill Gates and his wife Melinda have been working on trying to find a cure for malaria, a disease which kills thousands of people each day.

Today’s Question: What’s the name of Bill Gate’s charity? (Click on the photo to find the answer)

“I am not in competition with anyone but myself; my goal is to improve myself continuously.”

English – Floodland – Then Thirteen – 96-99

Click here to download a worksheet: Floodland WS 23 – Then 13 – 96-99

Vocabulary

1.    well up (v)                      2. peer (v / n)                   3. ache (v / n)

4.   gingerly (adv)                 5. bale out (v)                 6. vaguely (adv)

First, match these definitions with the words above

1. do something in a way that’s not clear
2. carefully, cautiously because scared
3. literally: to empty the water out of a boat / metaphorically: leave a dangerous situation
4. look carefully or with difficulty
5. emotion beginning to rise
6. continuous dull pain

Next, complete and add these examples to your vocabulary list (you could have a go at expanding them).

1. She opened the door ____________.
2. He pointed ____________ towards the west
3. we ________ed into the darkness.
4. a really bad, pounding head_______
5. She _______ed ___ when she held the baby
6. “Keep _____ing us _____. Or we’ll sink!”
7. We strapped on our parachutes and _______ed ______ of the plane.

https://youtu.be/kNHidRzEsOo

Questions p. 96-99             Use evidence from the text to support your answers.

1. Read the top half of page 96. Find and copy a group of words which show that it’s beginning to get dark.
2. Look at the top of page 97. Find and copy one word that means the same as ‘carefully, with a little fear’
3. Read the top half of page 98. How can you tell that Munchkin trusts Zoe?
4. Look at the bottom of page 97. Find and copy one word which shows that Munchkin doesn’t know what ‘baling out’ is.
5. Look at page 99. Do you think Zoe has seen a torch before? Why? Why not?

Maths

These 5-a-day come in 4 levels of difficulty. Click on the word for that level of question. Platinum are the most challenging.

Bronze / Silver / Gold / Platinum

Answers:

Bronze / Silver / Gold / Platinum

Summer Term Week 10: Lesson 1 – Measure with a protractor

Click on the picture below to take you to the White Rose page.  Click on ‘Summer Term – Week 10’ then – Lesson 1 – Measure with a protractor

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 Good

Morning

Year 5! 🙂

“Quote of the Day” –  Handwriting Practice

G K Chesterton (1875 – 1936) was a writer, poet and philosopher. Chesterton was a great thinker and a genius at seeing what was true and what was not. Whenever he saw something that was wrong, he spoke out against it. For example, he was one of the first to understand how evil and dangerous Hitler was. Chesterton became a Catholic in 1922. It is a very strange thing about England that Chesterton is much more famous in America than he is here. There have even been calls for him to be made a saint. I’m not sure he would like that idea. Chesterton had a very big influence on C S Lewis and J R R Tolkien.

Music: ‘Nimrod’ by Edward Elgar, England’s most famous composer.

Can you think of something that is ‘right’ but people aren’t doing it? Or something that was very wrong, but lots of people did it anyway? This quote is telling us to listen to our conscience and do what is right, no matter what people say.

 English – Floodland – Then-Twelve – 90-92

Click here to download a worksheet: Floodland WS 21 – Then 12 – 90-92

Vocabulary

1. gunwale  (n)                           2. stern (n / adj)                         3. vaguely (adj / adv)

4. motionless (adj)                    5. compass (n)                           6. salvation (n)

First, match these definitions with the words above

1. without moving
2. something or someone that saves
3. the upper edge of a boat or ship
4. the back of a boat or ship / serious or strict
5. in a way that is not clear
6. an instrument for finding direction with a needle that always points north

Next, complete and add these examples to your vocabulary list (you could have a go at expanding them).

1. a ___________ flag, hanging in the still air
2. ‘The Lord is my light and my ____________, whom shall I fear.’ -Psalm 27:1
3. The waves washed over the __________s of the boat.
4. The _________ of the boat sat low in the water.
5. He pointed ____________ out to sea.
6. her mother’s silver ___________
7. The teacher looked ________ly over his glass

https://youtu.be/25PiCgS3YDs

Questions p. 90-92             

1. Look at the top of page 90. What does Zoe do while Dooby is fighting?

2. What distracts Dooby and Spat as they’re fighting?

3. Look at the middle of page 91. Find and copy one word which shows that Dooby doesn’t move.

4. Read the bottom of page 91. What does Munchkin say to try and make Zoe feel better about William?

5. Look at page 92. What did William say they would find ‘to the west of the sea’?

Maths

These 5-a-day come in 4 levels of difficulty. Click on the word for that level of question. Platinum are the most challenging.

Bronze / Silver / Gold / Platinum

Answers:

Bronze / Silver / Gold / Platinum

Summer Term Week 9: Lesson 4 – Divide decimals by 10, 100 and 1000

Click on the picture below to take you to the White Rose page.  Click on ‘Summer Term – Week 9’ then – Lesson 4 – 10, 100, 1000

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God Morgon

Year 5!

“Quote of the Day” – Handwriting Practice

In today’s quote, Greta Thunberg is commenting on how social media and our digital devices can change the way we live, and not in a good way. She is saying that the the real world where real things happen; important things, is not on our screens. It is easy to forget this sometimes. Think about yesterday’s quote from Confucius. Do you think he would agree with Greta? Is liking something on social media the same as actually doing something?

Music: ‘Future Strings’ by Seckou Keita – a virtuoso Kora player from Senegal

English – Five

1. What do you think the film will be about. Use evidence to support your answer.

Maths

These 5-a-day come in 4 levels of difficulty. Click on the word for that level of question. Platinum are the most challenging.

Bronze / Silver / Gold / Platinum

Answers:

Bronze / Silver / Gold / Platinum

Summer Term Week 9: Lesson 3 – Multiply decimals by 10, 100 and 1000

Click on the picture below to take you to the White Rose page.  Click on ‘Summer Term – Week 9’ then – Lesson 3 – Multiply decimals by 10, 100 and 1000

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                         Assalamualaikum

السلام علیكم

Year 5!

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Well done Rozette! Here is year 5’s 4th entry, looks like a perfect margherita 🙂 and congratulations to…

Shahd Ahmed

who is this week’s Star of the Week for taking control and staying on top of her online learning.

“Quote of the Day” – Handwriting Practice

Malala Yousafzai (1997 – )is an education activist from Pakistan. When Malala was 11 years old, she began writing a blog for the BBC about what her life was like under the Taliban. As a result, she became famous around the world and the Taliban felt threatened by this. In 2012, the Taliban tried to kill her, but she survived a gun-shot wound and was flown to Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Birmingham, where she made a full recovery.  In 2014, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. She was just 17 years old and the youngest person to win it.

Music: ‘Yad e Nabi Ka Gulshan’ by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948 – 1997) -some of the most beautiful and exuberant worship music on the planet.

Today’s Question: What did Malala Yousafzai do on July 12th 2013? (click on the picture to find out)

Spelling Test – Week 3 Spelling List – ‘ough’

English – Floodland – Then – Eleven – 83-86

Click here to download a Worksheet: Floodland WS 19 – Then 11 – 82-86

Vocabulary

1. efficiently (adv)                     2. rant (v/n)                         3. pikestaff (n)

4. literally (adv)                         5. bluntness (n)                  6. parapet (n)

First, match these definitions with the words above.

1. a low wall along the edge of a roof
2. a medieval weapon with a spear tip and axe blade
3. using the real meaning not a metaphorical one
4. insensitive without thinking about someone’s feelings
5. in a way that is fast and also high quality
6. to speak angrily, often in a confused way

Next, complete and add these examples to your vocabulary list (you could have a go at expanding them).

1. a medieval castle _____________
2. The rusty, vicious-looking _____________
3. The water was ____________ freezing.
4. ___________ might hurt people
5. Year 5 works ______________.
6. “Stop _________ing and talk sense please!”

https://youtu.be/18zI04eGtC4

Questions p.              Use evidence from the text to support your answers.

1. Look at the top of page 83. What is it that amazes Zoe?
2. Read the bottom of page 83. Why does Zoe hate herself?
3. Look at the middle of page 84. If Gloucester is west of Ely, then Ely is ________ of Gloucester.
4. Read the middle of page 85. What is that horrifies Zoe?
5. Look at page 86. ‘Zoe hated him for his stupidity’ Does she really? What do you think this means? How is she really feeling?

Maths

These 5-a-day come in 4 levels of difficulty. Click on the word for that level of question. Platinum are the most challenging.

Bronze / Silver / Gold / Platinum

Answers:

Bronze / Silver / Gold / Platinum

Summer Term Week 9: Lesson 1 – Subtracting decimals with the same number of decimal places

Click on the picture below to take you to the White Rose page.  Click on ‘Summer Term – Week 9’ then – Lesson 1 – Subtracting decimals with the same number of decimal places

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Maidin Mhaith

Year 5 🙂

“Quote of the Day” –  Handwriting Practice

Archbishop Desmond Tutu (1931 – ) has been a fearless and uncompromising activist for human rights for nearly half a century. Like Pope Francis he has never been quiet on important issues. In the 1980s he became famous around the world for his fight against apartheid. Archbishop Desmond Tutu played a very important role in Nelson Mandela‘s government and helped to build a new South Africa without segregation.

Music: ‘Air on G’ by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) (If I remember correctly, this is Abigail‘s favourite?)

Today’s Question: What did Archbishop Desmond Tutu win in 1984? (Click on the photo to find out)

English – Floodland – Then-Ten – 78-82

Click here to download a worksheet: Floodland WS 18 – Then 10 – 78-82

Vocabulary

1. frustrating (adj)                       2. sane (adj)                             3. nonsense (n)

4. Golgonooza (n)                        5. ridiculous (adj)                  6. tense (v)

First, match these definitions with the words above

1. an idea that is silly, ridiculous, unreasonable, not sensible
2. annoying, stopping you from doing what you want or need to do
3. healthy and sensible of mind
4. not sensible, stupid, laughable
5. to become nervous or worried
6. a mythical ‘city of imagination’ invented by William Blake

Next, complete and add these examples to your vocabulary list (you could have a go at expanding them).

1. The earth is flat! -That’s complete ______________!
2. The internet stopped working while I was writing an email – really _____________!
3. Encouraging green renewable energy is a very __________ idea.
4. The earth is flat! How _______________!
5. When we saw the snake, we all _________d
6. the imaginary city of _________________

https://youtu.be/MyfSLY84eHw

Questions p.  78-82            Use evidence from the text to support your answers.

1. Read page 78. Which tribe is going to attack in a few days?
2. Look at the bottom of page 79. What is frustrating for Zoe about talking to William?
3. Read the middle of page 80. Where did William get the name ‘Golgonooza’ from?
4. “What’s the point in surviving if you forget how to be human? said William. Do you agree with William? Partly? Completely? Why? Why not?
5. “Stories walk the truth into existing.” What do you think William means by this? What do we learn from stories?

Maths

These 5-a-day come in 4 levels of difficulty. Click on the word for that level of question. Platinum are the most challenging.

Bronze / Silver / Gold / Platinum

Answers:

Bronze / Silver / Gold / Platinum

Summer Term Week 6: Lesson 1 – Adding decimals with a different number of decimal places

Click on the picture below to take you to the White Rose page.  Click on ‘Summer Term – Week 6’ then – Lesson 1 – Adding decimals with a different number of decimal places

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