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“Quote of the Day” – Handwriting Practice

William Blake (1757 – 1827) was an artist and poet who has had an great impact on British culture. He was a very strong Christian and a completely original person. He questioned everything and found his own unique way of writing and painting. This meant that during his lifetime he was very misunderstood and when he died he was very poor. Many of his poems were prophecies or visions of the future, that is partly why he is important to Floodlands.

Blake believed that the imagination was God’s greatest gift to us and today’s quote is about using the power of the imagination to understand how everything in the world, and in time, is connected through and by God.

“To see the world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wild flower, to hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in a hour.”

William Blake: Elohim (God) creating Adam

Blake’s poem seems to be about a tiger, but really it’s about God the Creator. Blake is reminding us that God, who made the tiger, also made the _________?

Jerusalem

This poem by Blake was put to music 100 years ago in 1916, that was 100 years after Blake wrote it and  it has become Britain’s unofficial national anthem.

Today’s Question: What is the last line of the poem?

English – Floodland

Click on the picture to find out more about Brother Elmer. How far did he fly? Which famous Greek Myth was he trying the re-create?

Writing

Re-read everything we know about William. Start with page 21-23. then re-read pages 36 – 37. He is a very mysterious character and we don’t know much about him. Write down as many questions as you can think of to find out all about his past and present. 

Now write a passage in the first person that answers all your questions. Write down William’s words as if he were talking to you. 

Think about how Marcus Sedgwick has created the character of William. Does he always make sense? Does he say things that are sometimes unclear? What can you add to your paragraph to make the reader unsure about William.

If anyone wants a super challenge: Their name for the sea is Udan-Adan. Where does this come from?

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 4: Lesson 4 – Compare and order fractions less than one.

Click on the picture below to take you to the White Rose page.  Click on ‘Summer Term – Week 4’ then – Lesson 4 – Compare and order fractions less than one

Worksheets:

21-5-20 – Compare and order fractions less than 1 – A

21-5-20 – Compare and Order Fractions Less than 1-B

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Greetings every one!

“Quote of the Day” – Handwriting Practice

Jane Goodall (1934 – ) is the world’s leading expert on chimpanzees. A person who studies chimpanzees is called a primatologist. When she started studying in the 1950s it was a subject dominated by men. Now, thanks to Jane Goodall‘s courage and success around half of all primatologists are women. All her life she has campaigned for the animal welfare and the environment and has started several organisations to carry out this important work including Roots & Shoots which has over 4500 groups on over 70 countries. 

“I don’t care two hoots about civilization, I just want to wander in the wild.”

Today’s Question:  In which country did Jane Goodall study chimpanzees? Click on the picture to find out.

English

Click here to download a worksheet: Floodland WS 7 – Then 3 – 35-39

Floodland – Then – 3 – page 35 – 39

Vocabulary

1. trail off (v)           2. on the brink            3. on the blink

4. stubborn (adj)       5. legible (adj)

First, match these definitions with the words above

• broken or not working
• on the edge of something
• neat enough to read
• determined to do what you want, sometimes good, usually bad
• to become less in amount or loudness

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

• The TV is _______________.
• The building swayed ______________ of collapsing.
• her interesting, ____________ handwriting
• A ___________, spoilt, selfish little girl
• The sound _______ed ______ as the car drove away.

https://youtu.be/RBOkKgPTImo

Questions p. 35 – 39  Use evidence from the text to support your answers.

1. Read from the middle of page 35. How does Zoe feel about the ‘strange carvings’?
2. Read page 36-37. What impression do you get of William?
3. “Dooby was right. the old man was crazy after all.” Do you agree with Zoe? Why/ Why not?
4. Look at the bottom of page 37. “Her parents had grown up in a different world, but a world that was already in trouble. Even then the sea level was rising. ” Why do you think her parents go quiet after they talk about this time?
5. Read the bottom of p38 and p39. Why does Zoe feel stupid?

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 4: Lesson 3 – Converting improper fractions to mixed numbers and vice versa.

Click on the picture below to take you to the White Rose page.  Click on ‘Summer Term – Week 4’ then Lesson 3 – Converting improper fractions to mixed numbers and vice versa.

Click here for the worksheet: 20-5-20 – Improper Fractions to Mixed Numbers

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Good morning Everyone! 🙂

I hope you had a fabulous weekend and managed to get outside?

“Quote of the Day” – Handwriting Practice

Bertrand Russell (1872 – 1970) or Lord Russell was one of the greatest Englishmen in history. He was a mathematician, scientist, philosopher, and activist. He spent his life fighting governments and leaders and trying to make them do the right thing. In the 1960s there was a terrible fear that the world would be destroyed by nuclear war. Bertrand Russell got together with Albert Einstein and called for world leaders to behave more responsibly and save civilization. In 1961, when he was 89, he was arrested for protesting against nuclear weapons and put in prison for 7 days. He never stopped fighting for what was right and we owe him a lot.

“Teachers are, more than any other group, the guardians of civilization.”

The long division that you will be doing in year 6 was invented by Bertrand Russell! 🙂

These fans are part of a giant vacuum cleaner invented by a Canadian company to help clean the air of greenhouse gases. Click on the picture to find the answer to today’s question.

Today’s question: Which country is almost entirely powered by green energy?

English

Click here to download a worksheet: Floodland – WS 5 – Then 2 – 28-32

Floodland –    Then- 2  –  page 28-32

Vocabulary

1. separate (v / adj)                  2. scrawny (adj)                   3. improvise (v)

4. pike (n)                                     5.  civilization (n)                6. curfew (n)

First, match these definitions with the words above

• a rule that no-one is allowed outside after a certain time, usually at night
• a kind of spear
• human society with all the beliefs, cultures, arts and technologies which we make use and share.
• to make something up on the spot
• split / divide / apart
• unhealthily thin
• a kind of large fish which lives in lakes and rivers

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

• The Nazi ___________ in Paris was from 9pm until 5am.
• A rusty, medieval __________
• We have learnt a lot from Greek ____________.
• The pianist ____________d a jazzy tune.
• “____________ yourselves into groups of 3.”
• The dirty, ___________, stray dog
• He caught a __________ in the lake.

https://youtu.be/gSYfG3dPRFs

Questions p. 28 – 32  Use evidence from the text to support your answers.

1. Look at the top of page 29. Find and copy one word which shows that the girls don’t have much to eat.

2. Look at the bottom half of page 29. Find and copy a group of words (7) which shows that Zoe wanted to hit Sarah.

3. Read the bottom of p.30 and the top of page 29. Why does Zoe control her anger?

4. Read the middle of page 30. How can Zoe tell that the girls have a strange kind of love for Dooby?

5. ‘If civilization was starting to leave Norwich, it had left here a long time before.’ p 31 Society has fallen into chaos and people have forgotten how to behave to one another. Write down one example of this from this chapter ‘Then – 2’.

6. What impression do you get of Molly and Sarah?

7. Look at the bottom of page 32. Find and copy one word which shows no one is allowed out at night.

Spelling Test

Don’t forget you can use the recording to mark your sentence sheet.

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 4: Lesson 1 – Area of a Rectangle

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Area of Rectangles Video Tutorial

Click here for worksheets:  18-5-20 – Area of Rectangles

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Good morning Year 5! 🙂

“Quote of the Day” – Handwriting Practice

Amelia Earhart (1897 – 1937) was an American female aviator and author. In 1928 Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She took off from Newfoundland in Canada and landed in Southampton in England. Amelia Earhart was a tomboy and her adventures helped to show men that women could do anything they could do.  Click on the picture to find out about more about Amelia Earhart. 

“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.”

Well done if you had a go at yesterday’s question, it was tricky. Angela Merkel’s advice was:  “Always be more than you appear” = modesty, and “Never appear to be more than you are.” = honesty                                                                                                  

Q: What happened to Amelia Earhart in July 1937July?

Before you start your English you might want to have a look at this: An interview with Katherine Rundell about her new book.

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/52651310

English – Floodland – Then 1 (19-23)

Click here to download a worksheet: Floodland – WS 4 – Then 1(19-23)

Vocabulary

1. snigger (v)                         2. primitive (adj)                    3. magnificent (adj)

4. underfed (adj)                 5.  dim (adj)                               6. nave (n)

First, match these definitions with the words above

• very good, beautiful or wonderful
• to laugh at someone in a silly and maybe unkind way
• simple, not developed and maybe very ancient
• the long, central part of a church with an aisle between seats
• without much light
• without enough food

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

• a ____________ cathedral
• a mean, ___________ing boy
• ____________ humans lived in caves.
• Everyone sat in the __________.
• a _________, damp room
• the poor, __________ dog

https://youtu.be/tSap8FUQaaA

Questions p. 18 – 23

1. Look at page 19. How can you tell that everyone is scared of Dooby?

2. Look at page the middle of page 20. Describe the cathedral in your own words.

3. Look at page 21. Why can’t they grow food on their island?

4. Look at the bottom of page 21. Who’s sitting in the dim corner of the nave?

5. Look at the top of page 22. Why does Dooby Swear loudly?

6. What impression do you get of Dooby? Use evidence from the text 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

Decimals – Summer Term Week 3: Lesson 4 – Calculate perimeter

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Click here for the answers.

Good Morning Year 5! 🙂

Look what’s happening outside! These ox-eye daisies are by the roadside in Hockley.

Well done everyone who got yesterday’s question. The answer was ‘Vatican City‘ 🙂

“Quote of the Day” – Handwriting Practice

Today we are hearing from German Chancellor Angela Merkel again because this is very wise advice but it’s quite a difficult quote.

“Always be more than you appear and never appear to be more than you are.”

Have a look at the ‘qualities’ below. Click on them to read a dictionary definition. Angela Merkel is talking about two of these qualities. Today’s question: Which two qualities do you think she is talking about?

kindness               honesty                 courage 

              modesty               compassion 

Ely Cathedral

Copy these into your red book and fill in the dates as you hear them.

The Cathedral has it’s origins in:

The present building dates back to:

It was given cathedral status in:

Q: How many people visit each year?

         Q: Where do you think the person who made this video comes from?

 English – Floodland – Then 1

Click here to download a worksheet:   Floodland WS 3 – Then 1

Vocabulary

1. dumbly (adv)                2. uneasy (adj)                      3. masonry (n)

4. reinforce (v)                   5. aisle (n)                               6. infernal (adj)

First, match these definitions with the words above

• bricks and stone parts of a building
• a narrow space between rows of seats
• worried, uncomfortable, a little scared
• without speaking
• very bad or unpleasant
• to make something stronger

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

• falling ____________
• an __________ seat
• an ___________ feeling
• She stared ___________ into space.
• Stop that ___________ noise!
• My jeans are ____________ed with double stitching.

https://youtu.be/tSap8FUQaaA

Questions p. 15 – 19

1. What do you Marcus Sedgwick is telling us by giving the people animal names?

2. What do you think scragging might mean? Why do you think that?

3. What’s the name of Zoe’s boat?

4. Why do the boy’s struggle to believe she’s come from Norwich?

5. What impression do you get of the boys? Use evidence for the text 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

Decimals – Summer Term Week 3: Lesson 3 – Divide with remainders

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