Friday 12th June, 2020

                     Buenos dias todos! 🙂

                The Star                       of the Week is…..

         Omari Wynter

..for being a supportive classmate and selflessly helping everyone’s learning and also for organising Year 5’s supreme effort against year 3 in the Times Table Rock Stars’ Tournament. Well done Omari! 🙂

“Quote of the Day” –  Handwriting Practice

Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) led an extraordinary life full of very difficult life lessons. Luckily for us, he thought about them a great deal and wrote about what those lessons taught him. This means we can share in his wisdom and hopefully learn from him.

“As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.”

Today’s Question: What does it mean to do something ‘unconsciously’? Click on the word if you’re not sure.

 

English – La Boite (The Box)

This is another great little animated film from France. Read the questions before you watch the film but don’t copy them out, just be sure to write sentence answers. In case you’ve forgotten the sentence stem:

I can tell that the man is …….. because he…

or 

I can tell that the man is……. by the way he…

Try using both today. I hope you like it! 🙂

  1. How can you tell that the man is scared? Give two ways.
  2. How can you tell that the mouse is suspicious of the box? Give one way.
  3. How can you tell that the man is pleased with himself? Give two ways.
  4. How can you tell that the man is compassionate. Give two ways.
  5. How can you tell that by the end of the film, the mouse is learning to trust the man?
  6. What do you think might happen in the sequel, if there was one? (There isn’t!) 🙂

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 7: Lesson 5 – Maths Challenge
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Thursday 11th June, 2020

Morning all! 🙂

“Quote of the Day” –  Handwriting Practice 

Greta Thunberg (2003 – ) is just 17 years old. In August 2018 when she was just 15 she started her school strike for the environment. She argued that there was no point in going to school if the governments of the world were not working to give us a future. Without a future, there is no point in learning. In just 2 years, she has gained massive support and become the leader of a global movement that is creating real change. Like Pope Francis, Greta Thunberg sees this as an issue of conscience and survival. Our conscience is the part of ourselves which tells us what is right and wrong.

“Young people must hold older generations accountable for the mess they have created.”

Today’s Question: Where does Greta Thunberg come from?

(watch the video or click on the photo to find the answer.)

 English – Floodland – Then – eight – 67-70

Click here to download a worksheet: Floodland WS 15 – Then 8 – 67-69

Vocabulary

  1.   firmly (adv)                   2. vain (adj)               3. to size (someone or something) up (v)

4. reel (n/v)                        5.  mainland (n)                6. pendant (n)

First, match these definitions with the words above

  1. to move from side to side or around as if about to fall, confused
  2. strongly, decisively
  3. caring too much about your own appearance or success
  4. the larger country that an island is close to
  5. a piece of jewellery hanging on a chain
  6. to look carefully and decide what you think about someone or something

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

  1. His head ________ed in shock.
  2. She held his hand ___________.
  3. a shallow, selfish, __________ young man
  4. The island lies 2 miles from the ____________.
  5. a valuable, gold ____________
  6. They quickly ________ed ____ the boat and decided not to get on it.

https://youtu.be/koFm3olY0SI

Questions p.67-70              Use evidence from the text to support your answers.

1. Look at the top of page 67. Find and copy one word which shows that Zoe didn’t say anything as she shook her head.

2. Read page 67 – 68. How did Sarah get the pendant?

3. Why do you think Sarah lied about where she got the pendant from? What impression do you get of her?

4. Look at the middle of page 68: ‘I think they’d sized us up pretty quickly’. What do you think William might mean by this?

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 7: Lesson 4 – Order and compare decimals
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Wednesday 10th June, 2020

Good morning year 5! 🙂

“Quote of the Day” –  Handwriting Practice 

Haile Selassie (1892-1975) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 – 1974. His family was descended from King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Although he was a man of very strong faith, he was controversial meaning people disagree about his ideas. During World War 2, Ethiopia was invaded by the Italians and Haile Selassie had to come to England. A lot of his time here was spent in Malvern (the hills you went to in year 4) and his daughters went to school there.

“No one should question the faith of others, for no human being can judge the ways of God.”

English – Floodland – Then – Eight – 63-66

Click here to download a worksheet: Floodland WS 14 – Then 8 – 63-66

Vocabulary

1. inaudible (adj)                     2. convince (v)                            3. reek (v/n)

4. extinguish (v)                       5. announcement (n)               6. pulpit (n)

First, match these definitions with the words above

  1. saying something that gives official information
  2. to put out a fire or light
  3. to make someone sure about something
  4. cannot be heard
  5. a very strong, usually bad smell
  6. a small raised platform used by speakers in a church

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

  1. the politician’s nonsensical and unpopular ________________
  2. “All the darkness in the world cannot _____________ the light from a single candle.” St. Francis of Assisi.
  3. Churchill eventually  ____________ed Britain that Hitler was dangerous.
  4. the silky, secret, ____________ voice of the snake
  5. the terrible ____________ of mouldy cheese
  6. a 600 year-old, carved-stone ______________

https://youtu.be/koFm3olY0SI

Questions p. 63-65             Use evidence from the text to support your answers.

1. Look at the top of page 64. Why doesn’t Munchkin see Zoe?

2. Read the middle of page 64. How can you tell that Zoe is nervous? Give one way.

3. Look at the bottom of page 64. Find and copy a group of words which means the same as ‘a deal’?

4. Who is Dooby expecting an attack from?

         5. Read to the bottom of page 65 and make a prediction. Why do you think seeing the                 compass pendant fills Zoe with fear?

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 7: Lesson 3 – Rounding decimals
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Tuesday 9th June, 2020

                           Hello Year 5! 🙂

 Time Tables Rock Stars Tournament

Well done Summer and Perez who helped year 5 win the last tournament with year 6. Mr Davis has  set up another tournament with year 3 this time and we’re already off to a very good start. Well done Omari, Wen and Umar M. Can we have some more to help them out? Especially girls, it’s all boys at the moment.

“Quote of the Day” –  Handwriting Practice

Oprah Winfrey (b. 1954) is an American media owner, talk show host, actress, producer and philanthropist. She had a very difficult childhood but managed to take control of her life and become one of the most powerful women in the world. Click on the picture to find out more about Oprah, including the interesting origin of her name.

 “Know what sparks the light in you so that you, in your own way, can illuminate the world.”

Well done Wen, Viona and Shahd for yesterday’s question. 🙂

Today’s question: What does a philanthropist do?

English – Floodland – Then – Seven – 58-62

Click here to download a worksheet: Floodland WS 13 – Then 7 – 58-62

Vocabulary

1. unsafe (adj)                      2. unkindly (adv)                3. eventually (adv)

4. salvation (n)                     5. scarper (v)                         6. pitiful (adj)

First, match these definitions with the words above

  1. to do something in a mean way
  2. to run away
  3. not safe
  4. making people feel sympathy
  5. being saved
  6. in the end, after much time or effort

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

  1. He snatched the food away ___________.
  2. The thief ___________ed when the alarm went off.
  3. an old, rotten, _________, wooden bridge
  4. two wet, dirty, underfed, __________ puppies
  5. “God is my _____________. I will trust him and will not be afraid.” Isaiah 12:2 
  6. _____________, Wisal completely went off doughnuts.

https://youtu.be/gVyRZL23MPk

Questions p. 58-62             Use evidence from the text to support your answers.

1. Look at the top of page 58. Why does William stop talking?

2. What is it that makes the derelict buildings unsafe?

3. Read the top of page 59. Why do you think William doesn’t answer Zoe’s question about Dooby?

4. Look at the bottom half of page 60. What does William recognise the name Lyca from?

5. Read the bottom of page 62. Who do you think Zoe can see behind the panel in the ceiling?

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 7: Lesson 2 – Understand thousandths
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Monday 8th June, 2020

 Good morning all! 🙂

  “Quote of the Day” –  Handwriting Practice 

St. Francis of Assisi (1181 – 1226) You can see from these dates that St. Francis had quite a short life but he managed to cram a lot into it. Before he became a friar (a monk who travels around) he was a soldier and even spent a year as a prisoner of war.

“Do not wish to be anything but what you are and be that perfectly.”

Today’s Question: What is St. Francis the patron saint of? (Click on the picture to find the answer)

Floodland – Then – Seven – 54 – 57

Before today’s reading we need to have a closer look at some stained glass windows. These windows are by one of England’s greatest artists: Edward Burne-Jones.  He was born in Birmingham and these windows are right here in the centre of town. They are among some of the most beautiful and famous stained glass windows in the world and we’re very lucky to have them.

Click here to download a worksheet: Floodland WS 12 – Then 7 – 54-57

Vocabulary

1.  compass (n)                    2. multi-coloured (adj)                  3. Stained glass (n)

4. litter (n/v)                         5. up the spout                                 6. lowlands (n)

First, match these definitions with the words above

  1. land that is low, not much higher than sea level
  2. a device for finding direction
  3. having many colours
  4. coloured glass often arranged into a picture
  5. broken or not working properly
  6. spread across a place messily

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

  1. flooded _____________ areas
  2. a small, silver, Victorian _____________
  3. Jumana’s  _______________, talking rabbit
  4. a _______________ window of St. Vincent
  5. Our projector was ___________________.
  6. Bits of paper ___________ed the classroom floor.

https://youtu.be/gVyRZL23MPk

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

1. Read the first paragraph of page 54 and have a go at summarising it into 1 sentence.

2. Look at the middle of page 55. Who do you think wrote the book of poems that William is reading?

3. Look at the top of page 56. Find and copy a phrase which shows that Zoe is miserable.

4. Read the top half of page 57. They are talking about the west of the country. Which part of the country are they in now?

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 7: Lesson 1 – Decimals as Fractions
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Friday 5th June, 2020

Good morning everyone!

“Quote of the Day” –  Handwriting Practice

Indira Ghandi (1917 – 1984) was prime minister of India during the 60s and 70s. She is no relation to Mahatma Ghandi but as the daughter of India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, she was very close to Mahatma Ghandi and his ideas influenced her greatly. She was famous for her strength and her concern for equality in Indian society.

“The power to question is the basis of all human progress.”

Today’s Question: The tiger with Indira Ghandi comes from which country? (click on the picture to find the answer.)

 English – Floodland – Then – Six (50 – 53)

Click here to download a worksheet: Floodland WS 11 – Then 6 – 50-53

Vocabulary

1. dart (v)                       2. anxious (adj)                   3. suspiciously (adv)

4. stranded (adj)                    5. betray (v)                  6. manipulate (v)

First, match these definitions with the words above

  1. do something in a way that makes you think something is wrong
  2. to move suddenly and quickly
  3. to control someone or something, often unfairly or dishonestly
  4. unable to leave somewhere
  5. worried, nervous
  6. not loyal in a way causes harm to people

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

  1. Shen watched him ________________.
  2. The boy _______ed into the woods.
  3. The clever cat ____________es its owner.
  4. Robinson Crusoe was ____________ on a desert island.
  5. An ___________ child
  6. Judas ___________ed Jesus.

https://youtu.be/eEgBKFxsgTQ

Questions p. 50-53       Use evidence from the text to support your answers.

1. Why is Zoe looking for Munchkin?

2. Read page 50. Why is Munchkin dangerous?

3. Look at the middle of page 51. Find and copy one word which means the same as ‘really’.

4. Look at the bottom half of page 51. How does Munchkin feel about ‘standing up to Dooby’?

5. Look at the middle of page 52. Why doesn’t anyone challenge Dooby?

6. Think back to the last chapter. How is Dooby ‘intending to betray’ Munchkin and Spat?

 

 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 5 – Maths Challenge
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Thursday 4th June, 2020

Morning all! 🙂

“Quote of the Day” –  Handwriting Practice 

Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) doesn’t need any introduction but here are a few reminders. Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years by the government of South Africa for his revolutionary anti-apartheid ideas. Apartheid was a racist way of running the country which separated races and made sure only white people had power. Once freed from prison, Nelson Mandela went on to become president of South Africa.

“I learned that courage is not the absence of fear but the triumph over it.”

Today’s Question: Which major award did Nelson Mandela receive in 1993?

Last Sunday was Pentecost Sunday so instead of our usual Floodland, we are going to do some writing about the Holy Spirit. Put all your answers and writing in your red books.

  1. What is the Hebrew word for the spirit of God? R_________
  2. What three words are used to help us understand the Spirit of God? E_________,  W_________, B_________.
  3. What does the spirit of God enable the prophets to do?
  4. What form does the Holy Spirit take when it descends on Jesus? It rests upon him like a __________.

Click on the dove above to read Acts 2:1-31 and the account of the Pentecost

           5. What unusual gift does the Holy Spirit give to the apostles?

Imagine you were present at the Pentecost. You could take the part of one of the apostles and imagine what it felt like to receive the Holy Spirit, or you could but an onlooker, and describe what you saw happen to the apostles  Write an account of the Pentecost. Aim for at least 100 words.

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 4 – Fractions as operators
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Wednesday 3rd June, 2020

Hullo Year Five!

“Quote of the Day” –  Handwriting Practice

Marie Curie (1867- 1934) was a Polish-French Chemist and Physicist who did pioneering research into radiation and made discoveries which still have an effect on all our lives. In 1903, she became the first woman to win the Nobel prize. She is also the only person to win a Nobel prize in two different subjects.

 “Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.”

Today’s Question: Where was Marie Curie born? Click on the photo above to find the answer.

English – Floodland – Then – Five – 45-49

For Floodland today we need to look at this nursery rhyme. It’s quite an old one so you might not have heard it before. Watch the video and then see if you can find where it is mentioned in the book.

Click here to download a worksheet:  Floodland WS 10 – Then 5 – 45-49

Vocabulary

  1. brazenly               2.    curfew               3. meekly

4. porch                   5. immortal             6. loopy

First, match these definitions with the words above

  • strange, unusual, silly
  • do something without making any effort to hide it
  • a covered entrance
  • do something in a quiet, gentle way without complaining
  • living or lasting forever
  • a rule that says no-one is allowed outside, usually at night

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

  • What a ____________ idea!
  • The  walked _____________ through the flower bed.
  • The _________-light
  • Three volunteers _____________ stepped forward.
  •  No-one is _______________.
  • A 9 o’clock ______________

https://youtu.be/iXZ2JiliuPw

Questions p. 45-49           Use evidence from the text to support your answers.

  1. Read page 45. What is it that makes the ruined buildings lethal to hang around?
  2.  Look at the top of page 46. How do people know when the curfew starts?
  3. Look at the middle of page 47. William tells Zoe a famous Bible story but changes the ending. Which story is it?
  4. Read the bottom of page 47. Why do you think Zoe smiles ‘uneasily’?
  5. Look at the bottom of page 48. What process is William describing ?
  6. How do the people react to William’s explanation about where the water is coming 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 6: Lesson 3 – Fractions of an amount
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Tuesday 2nd June, 2020

Good morning all!

“Quote of the Day” –  Handwriting Practice 

Toni Morrison (1931-2009) was an American writer and academic who became one of the most famous novelists of her generation and winner of countless awards and honorary degrees from universities all around the world. In 1993 she became a Nobel laureate when she won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Toni Morrison‘s real name was Chloe but when she became a Catholic at the age of 12, she chose the baptismal name of Anthony, after St. Anthony of Padua and this became the nickname Toni.

“If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.”

English – Floodland – Then – Four – 40-44

Click here to download a worksheet: Floodland WS 8 – Then 4 – 40-44

Vocabulary

1.  oars                  2.  brought up short             3. living on borrowed time

4. limpet              5. precarious                           6. harbour

First, match these definitions with the words above

  1. to stop doing something because you’re surprised
  2. a pole with a flat end used when rowing a boat
  3. a place on the coast where ships can shelter
  4. not safe, not secure
  5. when something lasts longer than expected
  6. a shellfish that attaches itself to rocks

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

  1. Mr Ledger was ______________________ by the spider on the whiteboard
  2. a pair of wooden ____________
  3. Sydney _______________ bridge
  4. Sophie balanced _____________ly on the ledge.
  5. Norwich was _________________________.
  6. clinging like a ____________

https://youtu.be/9EA6B2EBaPw

Questions p. 40-44             Use evidence from the text to support your answers.

1. Look at page 40. How does Dooby think Zoe can be useful to him? What does he want from her?

2. Where did Zoe find the oars?

3. Look at the bottom of page 41.. Read from ‘You’ve got brains..’ to ‘I’ll say that for them…’ What does Dooby mean when he says they’re ‘living on borrowed time’? What does he think is going to happen?

4. What’s going to happen to Spat and Munchkin and why?

5. Read to the bottom of page 43. Zoe finds herself almost liking Dooby even though he’s horrible. How do you think that happens?

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 2 – Multiply mixed numbers by integers
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Monday 1st June, 2020

 Welcome back year 5! 🙂

 “Quote of the Day”

Handwriting Practice 

Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī (1207 – 1273)or simply Rumi as he is known in Western culture was a poet, Islamic scholar, faqih and Sufi mystic who became one of the most famous and influential writer’s in the Islamic world and beyond. He has been described as the best-selling poet in the US, although the Western world only knows and understands a tiny fraction of his work.

The burial place of Rumi in Turkey

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

 Spelling Test – 4

 English – Floodland

Here is cover of Floodland. What is Zoe looking at in the distance? How do you think she feels? Does the cover show an event that takes place in the story?

Watch the videos below about Ely cathedral. One of them, you’ve seen before.

 

The pictures below are all famous English cathedrals or churches. 

The photographer has chosen certain weather a light to change how we feel when we look at the building. Think of an adjective; an emotion that goes with each one. What makes each picture feel that way?

Now re-read pages 12 and 19-20. Imagine you are Zoe in her boat and you’ve just woken up to the sight of Ely Cathedral on the horizon ‘floating on the sea’. Have a go at drawing what you see.

Ely Cathedral Poem

From your boat you can see the water lapping at the ground and at the buildings around the cathedral. You can see the ancient stones rising out of the waves and into the sky and in the centre, there’s the steeple of the Cathedral above everything and aiming for heaven. Think of adjectives or participle adjectives to describe each of the nouns below.

waves                         stone                        steeple

watching waves, dark waves, hungry waves, cunning waves, heartless waves, cold waves, waiting waves, patient waves, tireless waves, thirsty waves, whispering waves

Try to come up with at least 10 words to describe each noun. Remember that you are Zoe looking up at the cathedral, how do you feel about the water? How do you feel about the cathedral?

_________ waves, _________ waves, _________waves ……………..

Finally try some personification to tell us what the waves are doing. You’ll need a verb or verb phrase.

Watching waves, dark waves, thirsty waves waiting for me

Personification:

In case you’ve forgotten, personification is when we describe something as is it is a person or give it human things to do. Watching, waiting and being thirsty are human things but here they are used to describe the waves.

Now try the stone and the steeple. Zoe has been in her boat on the sea all night; she’s sick of the water but how does she feel about the cathedral?

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 – Multiply unit and non-unit fractions by integers
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