Coronavirus Closure - Week 10 (15.06.20)

Week 10 - Home Learning – Larch Class Blog

Hi Larch Class!

I hope you are all keeping well and had a good week, managing to get out and get some fresh air, despite the rain!

Last week’s ‘Star of the Week’ certificate was awarded to Ellie for confidently reading and interpreting timetables presented in a 24-hour format. Each week, myself and the teachers who have returned to school (Mrs Murdy, Mr Rose and Miss Moffett) will discuss who should be awarded ‘Star of the Week’ so it could be any of the students in school or any of you who are yet to return. Keep up the hard week and next week, it could be you!

This week for Home Learning, you have English, Maths and Science work to complete. Remember, if you need help with ANY of your Home Learning tasks or have ANY queries, just send me an email using your school360 email account. I do enjoy hearing from you and I am always here to help! My email address is: jacqueline.oconnell1@school360.co.uk (don’t forget the ‘1’!).

As always, I have explained below each of your tasks for this week and then the resources you need are either in your work packs or attached at the bottom of the page.

Have a great week and take care,

Mrs O’Connell

Work to submit this week:

This week, I would like you to submit your description of Alnwick during WW2 by Monday 22nd June.  I will then provide each of you with some personal feedback. Please send your work to me where possible, using your School360 email address.

English: - These tasks are for the children in Rowan and Larch that are not currently attending school.

Reading Activities:

To complete the reading activities, you will need your Home Learning booklet as you will be reading Chapter Two of Goodnight Mister Tom and then completing activities based on this. At the bottom of the blog, there are two reading PowerPoints that will take you through step-by-step what you need to do.

Writing Activities:

You are going to pretend to be an evacuee during WW2 who has been sent to Alnwick Castle. You are going to write a description of what Alnwick was like at this time. At the bottom of the blog, there are two PowerPoints that again take you through what you need to do. All of the sheets you need are included in your Home Learning booklet, including photos of Alnwick from this time.

– Please email this task to Mrs O’Connell by 22.06.20.

Year 5s who have access to Reading Plus, please remember that you should be completing 5 activities on it per week.

Year 5 Spelling Tasks:

Year 5 have been set up with an online spelling programme, where your spellings are broken up into syllables and there are lots of games for you to practise before you complete your test online. You have each been given a username and password (in your new packs). You can practise by playing the games as many times as you want. Remember, you MUST take the test before Monday 22nd June.

Year 6 (not returning to school) Spelling Tasks:

Please look up the definitions of the following words and then write a sentence using each word, correctly and in context:

Harass

Hindrance

Identity

Immediately

Interfere

Interrupt

Language

Leisure

It would be great if someone could then test you on your spellings each week. Remember to keep a record of your scores and challenge yourself to do the best you can!

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Maths - These tasks are for the children in Rowan and Larch that are not currently attending school.

This week, we will be learning how to read and interpret ‘Line Graphs’.

Lesson 1 – Preparing to read and interpret line graphs

Lesson 2 – Reading and interpreting line graphs

I would like you to work your way through the two PowerPoints attached, carefully reading the information on the slides and answering the interactive questions.

Once you have completed the warm-up and interactive questions, you’ll be ready to complete the independent activities in each PowerPoint. Please record your answers to the independent activity for lesson 1 (slides 16/17) on a piece of paper. This task is not in your maths pack. Please also make sure that you choose the correct independent task, there is one for those of you in Bees and one for those of you in Beetles. For the independent activity identified in lesson 2, this can be found on pages 5 and 6 in your new maths work pack.

In addition to your two lessons on line graphs, I would also like you to complete:

- Pages 7 & 8 in maths work pack (Year 5 Statistics) to assess your new knowledge and understanding of line graphs and two-way tables.

- Big Maths: Skills Check 8

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Science – This task is for the children in Rowan and Larch that are not currently attending school.

This week we are starting our new science unit looking at home diet and exercise affect our bodies. To start we are going to investigate the circulatory system- our hearts and lungs. Work through the PowerPoint and then complete the first 2 pages of your Science sheets from your home learning pack.