HOME LEARNING TASKS

WEEK BEGINNING: 20/04/20

Today is a great day to learn something new.Mathsa)

1.13+ 1

5=2

7+ 1

2=3

9+ 6

10=¿

2.621

−17= 3

4− 5

11=1

3−1

8=¿

b) add or subtract the fractions to solve the pyramid

c) answer the questions; remember to show your working out

1. Two parcels weigh 5 23 Kg and 43

4 . What is their combined weight?

2. A full bottle of lemonade holds 2 12 litre. Anne fills a glass to the top

with lemonade from the full bottle. The glass holds 78

litre. How

much lemonade is left in the bottle?

English

Look at the sheets below for Q1 & 2

1-Complete‘Look at the picture’

2-Read the text then answer the questions in your book.

3- Complete the grammar questions below. Copy them into your book, then answer them.

a) Circle the determiner in each of the sentences below:

1. Whose pencil case is it?2. Please take off your

shoes.3. Harry took an easy

exam.4. Ron came last in every

Ongoing: Daily morning

prayerRemember to start your day with Our Morning prayer

Reading Try and read every day and record your reading in your journal/Home Learning book Spelling

Practise the following and then use them in a sentence:

loaves prickly obey independent famous stationary

race.b) Underline the relative clause in this sentence;Jack met Laura, who is now his best friend, last May.c) The sentence below is missing a semi-colon. Copy the sentence and put it in the correct place.Mary is in hospital she is having an operation.

stationery

Times tables See below and complete the questions.

Exercise PE with Joe on YouTube – every day if you can!!

Remember to Shine on-linePost a positive comment/poem/ prayer on the school blog – let us know how you are.

Religion: Jesus the Messiah.Watch the following clips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv5ajWNrnt4 - Maundy (Holy) Thursday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SigoALSS1R8 - Good Friday

Bible references: Matthew 26:17-30, Mark 14:12-26, Luke 22:7-20 Think about what happened on Maundy Thursday:

a) Why did Jesus want to wash his disciples’ feet? What did Jesus want to teach his disciples about living a Christian life?

Think about what happened on Good Friday:b) What can we say about our beliefs about Jesus and what

happened on Good Friday? How do these beliefs help us live our lives today?

History : TitanicUse the information from your research project to:

Create a timeline about the journey of the Titanic. Remember to illustrate your work.

Wellbeing Make a poster to thank your postman/postwoman and any delivery drivers that bring food and other items to your house, then display it in your window, where they'll see it.

Times tables – 7 x (practise your 7 times table if you are not sure and answer these questions in your book)

David says “Because 7 is odd, all multiples of 7 will be odd.”

Find all the number facts you can for the triangle below

Is David correct? Explain your reasoning. Sarah says “I know my 7 times table so I can work out 7 x 80 without using a written

method.”Explain why Sarah can do this.

Fill in the gaps (write the number sentences into your book) 7 x _______ = 427 x _______ = 4207 x _______ = 4200 560 ÷ 7 = ___

350 ÷ ___= 7Q1: Look at the

picture…

Q2

Perfect Picture!Draw a dragon’s egg? How big do you think it would be compared to a hen’s egg? What colour would it be?

Finish this story…

When the dragon had hatched, crawling out of its shell onto her bed, Zoya knew that her life would never be the same again.

She had brought the dragon far away from her village; away from the people who would hurt it and take it away from her. As she held it in her hands, feeling its claws affectionately digging into her fingers through her gloves, Zoya knew that exactly what she had to do. What they had to do. Together.

The dragon gazed at her. She could see the flames burning within its eyes. It was totally dependent on her, as a new-born child is to its mother. And yet, strangely, she felt

Answer the following questions…use your inference skills…

Where do you think Zoya got the dragon egg?

How did she get it to hatch? Why has Zoya left home? Did she tell anyone about the

dragon? What do you think she is

planning to do with the dragon?

Where is she taking it? Are there other dragons like

it? How will she feed it? What is causing the shadow in

the snow behind her?

Sentence challengeBased on the text…

1. write a sentence that uses an apostrophe for omission2. write a sentence that uses an apostrophe for possession3. write THREE DIFFERENT sentences to describe the dragon; use a

metaphor, simile, adverb.

Mother of Dragons

Comprehension Text: page 1

Comprehension text: page 2

Finish this story…

When the dragon had hatched, crawling out of its shell onto her bed, Zoya knew that her life would never be the same again.

She had brought the dragon far away from her village; away from the people who would hurt it and take it away from her. As she held it in her hands, feeling its claws affectionately digging into her fingers through her gloves, Zoya knew that exactly what she had to do. What they had to do. Together.

The dragon gazed at her. She could see the flames burning within its eyes. It was totally dependent on her, as a new-born child is to its mother. And yet, strangely, she felt

Katherine Johnson Comprehension questions

1.      Look at the first paragraph. What was Katherine Johnson’s profession?

2.      According to this text, what effect did segregation laws have?

3.      Look at the first paragraph.Find and copy the phrase that shows Katherine was good at her job.

4.      According to the text, why were people employed as ‘computers’?5.      NASA employed lots of women…

What does the word employed mean in this sentence?  Tick one.

volunteered

paid for their work

interviewed

educated

6.       Women were rarely considered for these top jobs…’ (a)  Explain what this sentence means. (b)  What does this suggest about what some people thought about women in the past?

7.      Which two countries were competing to be the first to explore space in the Space Race?

8.      Look at the paragraph beginning: “Lots of the way things worked at NASA…’ what does this paragraph suggest about Katherine’s beliefs?

.      9.  Look at the second page of the text. Find and copy one word which means the same as ‘many’.

10. Katherine Johnson was a good role model for women at the time. Explain two ways that this statement is true, giving evidence from the text to support your answer.

The Matchgirls comprehension questions

1.      Look at the first paragraph. Where did poor women and children work

2.      According to this text, what were the conditions like for these women and children?

3.      Look at the second paragraph. In what way did a group of matchgirls take a risk and why?

4.      Find and copy three different ways that the women and children suffered working as match girls? 5.    Read the third paragraph, find and copy a word that means the same as ‘shocked’

6.       This plan ‘BACKFIRED’ (a)  Explain what this phrase means. (b)  What does this suggest about the factory owners?

7.      According to the text why did the match workers walk out on strike?

8.      a) what was the role of the Union of Women Match Workers?

b) why do you think it was important for the match workers to belong to the union?

.      9.  Read the last paragraph. Why were the names of the striking workers not recorded?

10. What do you think the phrase ‘blazed a trail’ means?