Friday 17th July Year 5 Learning Pack- Please complete the shaded tasks first Don’t forget this is your final learning pack set by the teachers! Give it your all!

English

Final Spelling Test Day! Please email your results to Miss Strudwick today. She will collate

the scores and then share them with your class teacher.

Reading – read to an adult today. At the beginning of each new paragraph tell the

adult why the author has started a new paragraph.

Make sure you are ready for the library services Summer Reading Challenge.

Remember, reading is the most important skill – books can take you anywhere!

Writing – Reflecting on the past and looking towards the future. Instructions are

attached.

Maths

• Investigation: Prison Cells

Activity:

• Today’s activity is a summer challenge! In the separate maths pack I have

attached 20 different challenges. Between now and September, I would like

you to complete as many of these as possible! Today, I would like you to

spend half an hour doing some of the challenges- each one should last at least

15 minutes. Remember to tick them off on the bingo sheet.

• Then I would like you to plan when you will do the rest- put these on your

calendar or create a document that you can print out to help you organise

your time.

Science

• Task 1- Review your favourite exercise/ activity/ investigation from Science this

year. Send this as a paragraph of writing to your teacher or the Year 5 email team

(Miss Strudwick/ Mr Lindley

• Task 2- What is a scientist? Do you remember at the beginning of the year you were

asked to draw a scientist? We then investigated different scientists and found out

a few of their discoveries. Now is your chance to repeat this exercise, but this time

you will be fact finding and drawing a scientist that you choose. Attached are some

ideas of some of the areas you could research.

• Task 3- Produce a labelled drawing of your chosen scientist- make sure the facts

you choose to label it with are relevant.

• Task 4- Send this through to the Year 5 email team to see your work on the

internet.

PATHS Task 1: Create a nature spiral with found natural objects- some examples are given. Send pictures!

Task 2: 100 things to do outdoors. Complete as many of these as possible throughout the holidays,

you can tick them off as you go. My favourite is jumping on the bed- but make sure you check with

an adult first!

Monday and Tuesday next week are a little different. You will be given the

opportunity to choose from a selection of packs designed by you and your classmates!

You will receive a link to these on Sunday evening. You will then be able to look at all

your classmate’s hard work. We will then ask you to review the pack you choose and

send your review back to us.

English Activity:

Task One

This school year has been a very unusual one full of challenges for us all, but also hopefully

full of positive events too.

Think about your answers to the following questions before writing a paragraph about how

you have found this incredibly different Year 5.

• What is something that has happened to you this school year that you think you will

remember for the rest of your life?

• What is something you accomplished this year that you are proud of?

• What was the nicest thing someone in our class did for you this year?

• What was the most challenging part of this year for you?

• If you could change one thing that happened this year, what would it be?

• What are two things you did this year to help your classmates?

• What is the most important thing you learned this year?

• What is something that was hard for you at the start of the year but is easy now?

• In what area or subject do you feel you made your biggest improvements?

• What is your favourite part of the day? Why? – Yes you can say play time!

• What is something you taught your teacher or classmates this year?

• Of the books you read this year, which was your favourite? Why?

• What was the best piece of and maths that you did this year? Why do you think it is

your best?

• Choose three adjectives that best describe this school year?

• What advice would you give to students who will be in 5B or 5C next year?

Use your answers to write a paragraph about your Year 5.

Task Two -This may be something to complete (or finish) during the Summer holiday

Whilst Mrs Chalke and I are sad to have to say goodbye to you all, we realise just how

exciting this time is for you, and how important it is for you to look to the future.

We have met with your ‘new’ teachers for Year 6 and explained what a delightful year group

you are and how much we will miss you. Now, it’s your turn to impress them with a letter to

introduce yourself.

There are some tips below to help you.

SWJS

Hall Lane

South Wootton

Kings Lynn

PE30 3JZ

Date

Dear Miss Bland or Miss Hayes,

Possible start

My name is ….. and I will be in your class next year…

………………………………………………………………

Yours sincerely

Your name

Think about what your ‘new’ teacher would like - and need - to know about you and the

questions you would like to ask.

Possible ideas could be to write about:

• Your hobbies, clubs and other ways you enjoy spending your time

• Your family

• Your friends

• Your favourite subjects, colour, film, book

• Lessons you find more challenging

• Things that help you to learn well

• Your hopes for the future – in Year 6 and beyond

• What you are looking forward to in Year 6

• You could make them smile with a good (family friendly) joke

Make sure you ask at least two questions before finishing your letter.

Finally, attach your letter, or a photograph of the letter, to your new teacher’s email. These

are listed below. If you are unable to email a copy why not write your letter and post it in the

school letter box or put it in our 5B and 5C boxes and we will pass the letter on for you.

These boxes will be outside on the grass until Monday 20th July. Charlotte.Hayes@southwootton-jun.norfolk.sch.uk or Johanna.Bland@southwootton-jun.norfolk.sch.uk

Maths Investigation:

Maths Activity: Summer Maths Bingo Challenge

Pick at least two activities to do today from the Summer Maths Bingo challenge pack.

Remember that when you return this completed pack in September you will get a small

mystery prize and be in with a chance of winning a prize draw for a bigger prize (this might

be chocolate- I haven’t decided yet).

Science: What does a Scientist Look Like?

• Task 1- Review your favourite exercise/

activity/ investigation from Science this year. Send

this as a paragraph of writing to your teacher or

the Year 5 email team (Miss Strudwick/ Mr Lindley

• Task 2- What is a scientist? Do you remember at the beginning of the year you were

asked to draw a scientist? We then investigated different female scientists and

found out a few of their discoveries. Now is your chance to repeat this exercise, but

this time you will be fact finding and drawing a scientist that you choose- male or

female. Attached are some ideas of some of the individuals you could research.

• Task 3- Produce a labelled picture of your chosen scientist- an example is attached.

• Task 3- Send this through to the Year 5 email team to see your work on the internet

1. Maria Sibylla Merian, Entomologist and Artist (1647–1717)

Why she’s wonderful: Love butterflies? So did Maria Sibylla Merian—so much that she was

one of the first to truly understand and illustrate metamorphosis. Her beautiful full-color

illustrations (unusual at the time) showed the world how magnificent these creatures are. In

1699, at the age of 52, Maria traveled from Europe to Dutch Suriname in South America. For

two years, she explored the jungles and created some of her best-known work.

2. Caroline Herschel, Astronomer (1750–1848)

Why she’s wonderful: Though she aided her brother, William, in discovering the

planet Uranus, Caroline was much more than just her brother’s assistant. Throughout

her long career, she discovered eight comets, received the Gold Medal from the

Royal Astronomical Society, and was one of the first women scientists invited to join

the Royal Society.

3. Mary Anning, Palaeontologist (1799–1847)

Why she’s wonderful: Most kids dream of digging for dinosaur bones, but imagine finding

one before the world really even knew dinosaurs existed! Mary excavated the first

complete ichthyosaur skeleton and the most complete plesiosaur at the time. She also

discovered the first pterosaur. These discoveries led to the understanding of the age of

dinosaurs and the concept of extinction.

4. Ada Lovelace, Mathematician (1815–1852)

Why she’s wonderful: Her father was the poet Lord Byron, and her marriage

made her the Countess of Lovelace, but Ada’s passion was mathematics. She

and Charles Babbage worked together to create what many consider the first

computer, the Analytical Engine. She’s widely regarded as the first computer

programmer.

5. Elizabeth Blackwell, Doctor (1821–1910)

Why she’s wonderful: In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to earn a medical

degree in the US. She was instrumental in opening up the field of medicine for women, mentoring

many women who went on to careers in the field. Dr. Blackwell also focused on providing better

health care for women and children.

6. Mary Eliza Mahoney, Nurse (1845–1926)

Why she’s wonderful: Mary Eliza Mahoney was one of the first black registered nurses in the

US and fought to ensure that she and other black female nurses received the respect they

deserved. She was one of the original members of what later became the American Nurses

Association.

Lise Meitner, Physicist (1878–1968)

Why she’s wonderful: Lise worked with two other scientists to make one of the most

important scientific discoveries of the 20th century: nuclear fission. This opened up the whole

new world of nuclear physics. Lise has an element on the period table named after her,

meitnerium (109).

8. Bessie Coleman, Aviator (1892–1926)

Why she’s wonderful: Bessie was the first woman of African American and Native

American descent to earn a pilot’s license. She was an exhibition aviator, inspiring women

and men of all kinds to dream of flying their own planes one day.

Other women scientists like Bessie Coleman: Amelia Earhart (1897–1939) was the first

woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Jackie Cochran (1906–1980) was a racing pilot

who helped form women’s flying service organizations in World War II.

9. Alice Ball, Chemist (1892–1916)

Why she’s wonderful: Alice was the first woman and African-American to earn a master’s degree

from the College of Hawaii (now the University of Hawaii at Mānoa). She developed an injectable

treatment for leprosy that became the standard for more than two decades.

10. Rachel Carson, Marine Biologist and Conservationist (1907–1964)

Why she’s wonderful: Rachel loved the sea and used her poetic talents to write a

trilogy of beautiful books extolling its wonders. Over time, though, she became

convinced of the dangers of pesticides like DDT. She sparked the conservation

movement (and eventually the formation of the Environmental Protection Agency) with

her most famous work, Silent Spring.

11. Rosalind Franklin, Chemist (1920–1958)

Why she’s wonderful: Rosalind was one of the most overlooked women scientists in history. Her

X-ray diffraction images of DNA enabled Watson and Crick to make their discovery of the

double-helix shape. They received the Nobel Prize, and she remained in the shadows. Rosalind

also made important contributions to the studies of RNA and viruses.

12. Katherine Johnson, Mathematician (1918–)

Why she’s wonderful: Anyone who’s seen Hidden Figures knows that Katherine’s manual

mathematical calculations were essential to the space program. She calculated (without

computers!) trajectories, launch windows, and flight paths for programs from Project

Mercury to the space shuttle. And she did it all while dealing with racism and misogyny.

Raye Montague, Naval Engineer (1935–2018)

Why she’s wonderful: Raye joined the Navy as a typist while studying computer programming at

night. In the 1970s, she became the first person to generate a naval ship design using a computer

program. Raye later went on to become the first female program director of ships in the US

Navy.

Patricia Bath, Ophthalmologist and Inventor (1942– )

Why she’s wonderful: Patricia won a National Science Foundation scholarship in high school,

going on to become the first female member of the Jules Stein Eye Institute. She holds five

patents, including those for a groundbreaking laser technology used to treat cataracts.

Mae Jemison, Astronaut (1956– )

Why she’s wonderful: Sally Ride was the first female astronaut in space in 1983, which

encouraged Mae to shoot for the stars as well. In 1992, she became the first African

American woman to go to space aboard the shuttle Endeavor. She holds a medical degree, is

a college professor, and founded a company to work with space-age technology.

Zaha Hadid, Architect (1950–2016)

Why she’s wonderful: Zaha was an Iraqi-British architect known for her incorporation of

stunning curves into her designs. She was the first woman to receive the Pritzker

Architecture Prize and is the first and only woman to receive the Royal Gold Medal from

the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein changed the world of science with his brilliant work in theoretical physics. His

theories, equations and ideas became the stuff of legend and his image is known around the world.

Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton developed the theory of universal gravitation as well as his famous three laws

of motion, forever leaving his mark on physics, astronomy and mathematics.

Galileo Galilei

Italian scientist Galileo developed

telescopes and used them to make

revolutionary observations about our

solar system, discovering new

objects like the moons that orbit

Jupiter.

Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin introduced the idea of

natural selection to the world, backing up

his theories on evolution with substantial

observational data recorded on his long

sea voyages.

Johannes Kepler

Johannes Kepler was a famous

German astronomer and

mathematician who made a number

of scientific breakthroughs including

his three laws of planetary motion.

Louis Pasteur

French chemist and microbiologist Louis

Pasteur created a new level of

understanding regarding microorganisms,

the causes of disease and disease

prevention.

Ernest Rutherford

Often referred to as the father of

nuclear physics, New Zealand born

chemist Ernest Rutherford won a

Nobel Prize in chemistry, developed

a new model of the atom and

mentored other scientists.

Jane

Goodall

Jane Goodall is known for her life long

study of the behaviour of chimpanzees in

social situations as well as being a

tireless animal rights advocate and

humanitarian.

Michael Faraday

What British physicist and chemist

Michael Faraday lacked in formal

education he more than made up for

with brilliant experimental

techniques and revolutionary

electromagnetism ideas.

Edwin Hubble

Edwin Hubble was a major contributor in

the field of astrophysics, helping open

our eyes to the idea of other galaxies. He

was honored by NASA who named the

Hubble Space Telescope after him.

Pierre & Marie Curie

The husband and wife combination of

Pierre & Marie Curie contributed

much to science through both their

own individual work and their

combined research efforts in the

field of radioactivity.

James Maxwell

Scottish physicist James Maxwell

brought together the ideas of

electromagnetic fields, describing their

nature in publications such as ‘A Dynamic

Theory of the Electromagnetic Field’.

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist

Stephen Hawking is famous for his

work on black holes. He also wrote

books such as ‘A Brief History of

Time', enabling a wide audience to

appreciate his ideas.

Aristotle

Aristotle's famous work covered many

subjects. He wrote about philosophy,

politics, logic and music as well as

developing many new and influential

scientific ideas.

Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla contributed to physics

and engineering with a range of

futuristic inventions, dramatic

demonstrations and the development

of alternating current electricity.

Nicolaus Copernicus

At a time when astronomers believed the

Earth was at the centre of the Universe,

Nicolaus Copernicus developed a radical

new theory, kick starting modern

astronomy in the process.

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci was more than

just an incredible artist. Read about

his studies of the human body, his

fascination with flight and his many

futuristic designs and sketches.

Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell studied the human

voice, experimented with sound and is

credited with the invention of the first

practical telephone among other

scientific achievements.

Science example:

My Chosen Scientist: ________Jane Goodall__________________

*I’m sure you can make yours MUCH better than mine!*

Remember to put your completed poster on display somewhere so it can inspire you!

My chosen Scientist: ____________________________________________________

PATHS:

PATHS Task 1:Examples

Maths Answers:

Investigation 1: Prison Cells

Cell 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Guard

1

U U U U U U U U U U

2 L L L L L

3 L U L

4 U U

5 L U

6 L

7 L

8 L

9 U

10 L

L= locked U= unlocked.

Cells 1, 4, and 9 remain unlocked when all the guards have gone home because they are square

numbers with an odd numbers f visits.