Today, we are catching up on the week’s work. If you have no catching up to do, which is a few of us, then you can make a start on the theme homework. This includes Clio (see above) who is already on chapter 6! Try to stay near your computers in the morning and Mrs. Devaney and I will be contacting as many of you as we can to help you with any issues you have getting to the homework.
Theme
Your task is to choose a European landmark and do some research on it. It could be a famous building like Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany, or a monument, like the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
Neuschwanstein Castle (Clio’s choice – she says old castles are full of mice)
The Arc de Triomphe
You could use one of the landmarks we looked at together, or you could choose your own. If you’re not sure about your choice, message me first before you start work on it.
You should include this information:
Where is your landmark located?
A picture of your landmark
The history of your landmark: when, why, how was it built? etc
Everybody try to work on teams today, both Maths and English. I’ve put it here on J2Homework just in case you need it. There will only be theme work tomorrow and no Teams group meetings tomorrow. Instead, Mrs. Devaney and I will be calling people who are struggling to work on Teams and giving them some help with it. See you later!
10:00 Group
Ihsan Adrian Jude Sura Sara Jaden Reham Rebecca Fatoumata Arman Taym Malikah Tommy Naomi Mohammed
12:30 Group
Sarah Jake Danayi Sebastian Eugenia Shiloh Glevene Arooj Issar Sidem Sofia Michael Aisha Corwyn Tendi
There was some excellent work done yesterday year 5! Today, during our Teams session we’re all going to do our Maths and English work using Teams, so that I can mark it. Have a go before class starts. If you haven’t already, make sure you finish Chapter 3 before class. We were especially impressed by Fatoumata who wrote the words not numbers on her English worksheet. 🙂
10:00 Group
Ihsan Adrian Jude Sura Sara Jaden Reham Rebecca Fatoumata Arman Taym Malikah Tommy Naomi Mohammed
12:30 Group
Sarah Jake Danayi Sebastian Eugenia Shiloh Glevene Arooj Issar Sidem Sofia Michael Aisha Corwyn Tendi
From today we will be using the White Rose Maths Sheets that go with the videos. You can find them in J2homework and on Teams.
English
For Chapter 4, we need to find out about the Shipping Forecast. This is a special weather report that goes out everyday especially for ships at sea. You can only hear it if you get up super early, at 5:20 on BBC Radio 4.
The Shipping Forecast uses this special map, which divides the sea around Britain into 31 areas. They all have very interesting names. After you’ve watched the video, you can find out more about them by clicking on the map and scrolling down.
Go to J2Homework and Teams for the English homework
Well done everyone who managed to get their work yesterday, and especially to Taym, Danayi and Corwyn, who managed to complete theirs on Teams. Today will be the same as yesterday. I will put Maths and English on J2Homework but I will also put the same English on Teams for those who want a challenge.
10:00 Group
Ihsan Adrian Jude Sura Sara Jaden Reham Rebecca Fatoumata Arman Taym Malikah Tommy Naomi Mohammed
12:30 Group
Sarah Jake Danayi Sebastian Eugenia Shiloh Glevene Arooj Issar Sidem Sofia Michael Aisha Corwyn Tendi
Go to JHomework where you’ll find a blank map for you to fill in. Choose 10 countries from the map of Europe above and have a go at labelling your own map.
I hope you all had a fab weekend and you’re ready for the online lessons this week. There are two today. The first at 10:00 and the second at 12:30. Check your email to find out which group you are in. See you soon! (If you have headphones, I recommend using them for the online lesson)
Just like last week, go to J2Homework for your Maths and English Work.
Well done everyone who managed to get some work done yesterday, which was most of us. If you didn’t see this video yesterday, please make sure you watch it now. It’s important that we all do our homework using the same programme and save it the same way, otherwise, I won’t be able to find your work.
Learning Timetable
Next week, Monday to Friday, Year 5 will have 3 slots per day for online classes:
1 – 10:00 to 10:25
2 – 12:30 to 12:55
3 – 2:00 to 2:25
We will start with 10 children per group and see how that works. I’ll be sending out an email later letting you know who is in each group.
Also, please make sure you are logged on to Teams this morning. From Monday, we will be using this for online lessons, so we need to get used to how it works. You can find it on your BGFL launch page or you may have it installed on your laptop:
Here are the points so far. Some of us have done some great work which should be up here but I can’t find it or read it properly because it’s in the wrong place, so please make sure you watch the video before you start and be sure to save your work. 🙂
Now head to J2Homework for the maths task or click on the links here:
I hope you all had a wonderful, blessed Christmas and New Year. I thought we should start with a bit of a dance. 🙂 There is also something about this video that will feature in our class English book this term. I wonder who will spot it when it comes up.
Happy Epiphany and a happy 2021 Year 5!
It’s 2021!! 2020 has finished and we can soon look forward to life getting back to normal. We just have a few more months of being super careful with our hand washing and social distancing to keep everyone safe. Many of you will know that yesterday was the feast of the Epiphany. This is very relevant for year 5, as you acted it out so wonderfully in the nativity play – the Epiphany was when the Magi visited the baby Jesus.
We are changing the way we are working this time. All the work you need to do will be on J2Homework. You can find it on your BGFL page. It looks like this:
In here, you’ll find two pieces of work for today – one for Maths and one for English. Next week, there will be theme work everyday as well but we are going to start off slowly. The due date for both pieces of work is tomorrow, but make sure you do them today because there will be more work for tomorrow. 🙂
Both pieces of homework today have two pages. To get to the second page you will need to go to the top right hand corner and click on the page turner which looks like this:
Maths
English
Our book this term is The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd. Some of you have probably heard of the London Eye, or you might have even been on it!? To begin, here is a video of the London Eye being lifted into position in 1999 ready for the millennium celebrations.
Now have a look at your English work in J2Homework.
Finally for today, as we are not in the school building, we are going to keep our table groups the same for a while longer. Points will go out for online work and there will be weekly prizes for the winning teams. Have fun, and see you tomorrow, make sure you email me if you have any questions. 🙂
Pope John Paul II (1920 – 2005) or St. John the Great as he is known by many since his canonisation, was pope for 27 years, from 1978 until his death in 2005. Karol Józef Wojtyła was the first non-Italian pope since the 16th century. As pope, he spoke out against apartheid, the mafia, the Gulf war and the Iraq war. Wherever he saw injustice, he stood against it. Pope John Paul II also helped to bring down communism in Eastern Europe and worked tirelessly to build bridges with Islam, Judaism and the Eastern Orthodox Church.
When we talk about people coming to a country, we use the word immigration. Like the last map, the numbers here represent thousands so, in 2004, 28,000 people from France immigrated to the UK from France.
In 2004, 28,000 immigrated to the UK from France.
Use the map to make 3 more sentences like the one above.
When we use the word ‘immigrate’, we often turn it into a noun: immigrant
In 2004, there were 28,000 immigrants from France.
Use the map to write 3 more sentences like this one. The UK, and the rest of the world has changed a lot since 2004. However, can you think of some reason why people might want to leave these countries and come to the UK?
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.
Vocabulary (have a go at these before you listen, then finish them properly after you listen)
shove (v.) 2. squeal (v./n.) 3. appreciation (n.)
revolting (adj.) 5. beam (v.) 6. hardly (adv.)
First, match up these definitions with the words above:
only a very little
a high-pitched cry
to push
disgusting
to give a big, wide smile
to show that you like something and are grateful for it
Next, complete these examples using the vocabulary words:
The piglets ________ed as they ran around the barn.
She’s so tired, she can ________ keep her eyes open.
He ________ed as he collected his prize from the head teacher.
That smells ____________! I think it’s gone off.
They showed their ____________ by giving her a bunch of flowers.
When people started _______ing in the line the security guards closed the gates.
Questions – Read them carefully before you listen.
Read / listen to the first paragraph again. What does it tell you about AJ – What sort of person is he?
How do you say ‘green’ in French?
Describe in your own words the misunderstanding that happens in the supermarket.
‘I put my legs and arms in the air and do the insect wriggle. It seems the only thing I can do.’ Does this seem like AJ to you? Why do you think he does it?
Last week we learnt a little about the Irish Potato Famine (1845-1949) which forced millions of Irish people to leave their country and emigrate to other countries.
There are some important words we need to learn to talk about this subject. The subject is migration. Migration (n.) is the movement of people from one country to another. The verb for leaving your country to go to another, is ’emigrate’.
How many Irish people emigrated from Ireland to Canada?
Emigration – Leaving
This map shows the number of people who emigrated from the UK in 2004. The numbers represent thousands, so the 58 for Spain means 58,000 people emigrated from the UK to Spain.
Look at the title of this map. What do you notice? What’s the word for someone who leaves their country to live in a another country?
The numbers on the map are in thousands, so 71,000 people emigrated from the UK to Australia in 2004.
Use the sentence above to write 3 more sentences, writing the numbers in words. For example:
Six thousand people emigrated from the UK to Germany.
4. Do you think you might like to emigrate when you are older? Where would you emigrate to and why?
5. Why do you think people might emigrate from the UK to these countries?
Before you watch, jot down 5 questions about John Archer that you would like answered. Think of the Nelson Mandela biography and all the details of his life that the biography covered.
Look closely at the picture above. One of your questions might be answered there. Now, listen carefully and write down any answers you hear to your questions.
