Year 5: Home Learning - Week 2

20.04.20Welcome to your second week of home learning from the Year 5 teachers!

Thank you all for continuing to make contact through Class Dojo. We really do want to keep in touch, hear all that you’ve been doing and offer our help if needed.

It was lovely to receive so many emails through your Purple Mash accounts too. When making an attachment to the emails, you can now send photos as well as attach a word document, a PowerPoint or a PDF file. A step

by step guide of how to attach a photo can be found at the end of this letter.

Daily

● Read for at least 20 minutes daily - independently or with an adult. Remember to make a note of what you are reading/ how much you have read in your Reading Record books.

● Use TT Rockstars and Spelling Shed daily for at least 20 minutes – use your login card to access these every day. We will be updating the assignment on Spelling Shed every Monday so that you can practise different spellings each week. If you want some further challenge with your times tables, here is a link to a self-generating torture square website. At school, we set it to ‘Type 10 by 10’ and ‘Difficulty 2’. http://www.maths-starters.co.uk/tables_torture.html

● Choose words from the Y5 spelling list (found in your Reading Record Books) to practise each day (aim for 5 words per week).

Weekly This week, there is still one main activity for English, maths, science and project. Remember, you and your grown-ups can decide when you do these; you might like to do a little every day, or have some days when you do lots. The challenges are there if you would like to spend more time on any of this week’s topics.There is no need to print the sheets – you can complete the activity or record your answers on some paper and take a photo to send to your teacher, or type it on a word document. Please continue to send in your work to your class teacher, via the Purple mash email.

EnglishOur English for the next few weeks is looking at and writing Non-Chronological Reports.This week, we would like you to examine some examples of Non-Chronological reports.Using the following website, look at these reports: Thomas Edison, Twisted Tornadoes, Castle Defences, Polar Bears and Giant Pandas.https://www.literacywagoll.com/non-chronological-report.html1. Make a table to show the similarities and differences between these reports.2. List the features of non -chronological reports, saying what features they usually contain, for example:

title and introductory paragraph.3. Talk about when a non- chronological report might be used. Where would you find examples of them?

Why and when are they important?English Challenge: Look at your Purple Mash ‘2Dos’ and complete the English activities.

You may also find this website useful: https://www.theschoolrun.com/what-is-a-non-chronological-report

MathsWatch a lesson on percentages - ‘Percentages as fractions and decimals’ (Week 2: Lesson 4) and complete the activity sheet provided alongside - click on ‘Get the Activity’ and then mark it using ‘Get the Answers’.https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/ Create sets of cards that show equivalent percentages, fractions and decimals. Use these cards to play Snap or Pairs with someone in your family.

Maths Challenge: Complete the ‘Maths Challenge Activity Sheet’ and then mark it using the ‘Maths Challenge ANSWER Sheet’ both at the bottom of this document.

ScienceOur science topic is ‘Comparing different life cycles and describing the differences’. Watch the following clip which introduces the term ‘life cycles.’https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/the-life-cycles-of-different-organisms/zvh8qp3How many different life cycles did you see? Were there any words that you needed to clarify?Create a life cycle for both an amphibian and an insect. Choose animals that you might find in your local environment such as the school grounds or a local park.Comparing these two life cycles, write about how they are the same and different from each other. What do you think are the reasons for these differences? How long are the stages of development?An additional useful clip:https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/life-cycle-of-an-ant/zfttscwScience Challenge: Create a glossary of terms to accompany your life cycles.

Project Our new Summer Term project is called ‘What On Earth?’During the coming weeks, we will be following the journey of 3 plastic bottles: one to landfill, one to the ocean and one to a recycling centre, and will be questioning the impact of each on the environment.To start our project work this week, we hope you will become experts at locating continents, countries, and oceans. Using maps, atlases and researching online, how can you find out the following information?Think about how you could present your findings. Maybe as a factfile, a spider diagram or a PowerPoint presentation?

What do we mean by the word ‘continent’? Which continent has…· the highest population?· the lowest population?· the least rainfall per year?· the most rainfall per year?

How could we define a country? Which country…

· produces the most oil each year?· makes the most plastic each year?· throws away the most plastic each year?· recycles the most plastic?

What makes an Ocean different from a sea? Which Ocean…· covers the most area?· covers the least area?· is the deepest?· has the most plastic rubbish in?· has the most species of marine life in?

Project ChallengeLook at the world map below. Can you label the continents and Oceans?How can the squares help you approximate the percentage of land and sea covering our planet?

Can you label:

- the 7 continents. - the five Oceans. - the longest river. - the three largest oil producing countries. - the UK.

The smallest continent is:

The biggest continent is:The three largest oil producing countries are:123 Approximately % of the world is land.

Approximately % of the world is water.

Percentages – Maths Challenge Activity Sheet1.

a) Give each person’s journey as a fraction, percentage and as a decimal.b) Which person has completed the greatest proportion of their journey? Give the remainder of their

journey as a fraction, percentage and as a decimal.

2. Three children are describing a different percentage. Give two possible percentages that each child could be describing.

3. Can you crack this World War II code?World War II code masters used fractions to code their information.They would encrypt their messages using decimals and percentages to confuse their enemies. Can you crack the code?

A = 1/5 B = 5/5 C = 1/10 D = 2/3 E = 1/3 F = 8/10 G = 7/8H = 2/4 I = 3/5 J = 5/6 K = 5/9 L = 4/6 M = 4/9 N = 6/100 = 5/12 P = 5/10 Q = 1/12 R = 3/4 S = 9/10 T = 4/10 U = 3/10V = 1/4 W = 3/7 X = 8/11 Y = 7/12 Z = 6/7

1 2 3

4 5 6 1 7 6 8 3 4

2 9 10 3

8 3 1 11 8 12 3 13

Use this cypher to crack the code…

Percentages - Maths Challenge ANSWER Sheet

1. a) Samir: 136200 =

68100 = 68% = 0.68

Emily: 280400 =

70100 = 70% = 0.7

Harry: 180300 =

60100 = 60% = 0.6

b) Emily has completed the greatest proportion of the journey. She has 120400 =

30100 = 30% = 0.3

of her journey remaining.

2. a) Keeva is thinking of a percentage between 60% - 80%. b) Dilek is thinking of a percentage between 30% - 35%. c) Adam is thinking of a percentage between 4% - 7%.

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1 T 2 H 3 E

4 S 5 P 6 I 1 T 7 F 6 I 8 R 3 E 4 S

2 H 9 A 10 V 3 E

8 R 3 E 1 T 11 U 8 R 12 N 3 E 13 D

Emailing Photos Using Purple Mash 2Email

1. Open 2email

2. Compose new email

3. Add teachers name to field and click on attach picture

4. Click on 2nd icon - clipart

5. Click on choose file

6. You should then get the option to choose a file from your device, if you are using a tablet or phone it will give you the option ‘get photo’ and you can choose from your camera roll