Year 5 Just To Keep You Going...22nd May

English

Map of Kensuke’s Kingdom

Use the evidence below which comes from Chapters 4, 5 and 6 to create your own map of the island. Include as much detail as you can. You can decide on the size and layout. You could draw, colour and label or you might decide to even make a 3D model of Kensuke’s island. Have fun!

I was on a beach, a broad white sweep of sand, with trees growing thick and lush behind me

right down to the beach.

I set off at a run, Stella Artois at my heels, and soon found myself in the cooling shade of the

forest. I discovered a narrow track going uphill, in the right direction, I thought. So I followed it,

only slowing to a walk when the hill became too steep. The forest was alive with creatures.

Birds cackled and screeched high above me, and always the howling wailed and wafted

through the trees, but more distantly now.

The island looked perhaps two or three miles in length, no more. It was shaped a bit like an

elongated peanut, but longer at one end than the other. There was a long swathe of brilliant

white beach on both sides of the island, and at the far end another hill, the slopes steeper and

more thickly wooded, but not so high as mine. With the exception of these twin peaks the en-

tire island seemed to be covered with forest. I remember thinking how wonderful it was, a

green jewel of an island framed in white, the sea all about it a silken shimmering blue.

I soon discovered that the track down through the trees was bereft of all edible vegetation. I

did see fruit of sorts, what looked to me like fruit, anyway. There were coconuts up there too,

but the trees were all impossible to climb. Some rose a hundred feet, some two hundred feet

from the forest floor – I had never seen such giant trees.

Again, I saw plenty of fruit, but always too high, and the trees were always too smooth, too

sheer to climb. I found plenty of coconuts on the ground, but always cracked open and empty

inside.

This end of the island appeared to be littered with massive boulders that lay like tumbled cliffs

all along the coast. I found a small cave at one end of the beach with a dry sandy floor.

I decided I would explore further along the beach, right to the end if I could, just so long as I

could keep my cave in view all the time. There were shells here, millions of them, golden and

pink thrown up in long lines all along the beach. Before long I came across what seemed at

some distance away like a flat wedge of rock protruding only very slightly from the sand. Stel-

la was scrabbling excitedly at the edge of it. It turned out not to be a rock at all, but a long

sheet of rusted metal – clearly all that was left of the side of a ship’s hull, now sunk deep in

the sand. I noticed then a fragment of clear glass lying in the sand nearby from a bottle per-

haps.

Good morning, Year 5, and welcome to Summer Term and a brand new topic Five Explore…..!

We’ll be setting you a daily English and maths activity on these pages as well as a few ideas from the wider curriculum to keep you from missing us too much! Be

sure to check in again tomorrow for another update.

Just To Keep You Going... And for the origami fans, here’s a whale for your island!

Time to

read…….

Use the coming week to catch up on any chapters you’ve missed. Try and read to the end of Chapter 8.

Just To Keep You Going... Maths- Translation

Translation is when a shape is moved a certain distance from its original position, the shape moves from one position to another without being rotated or flipped.

When a shape is translated, it slides from one place to another without turning-it can move up or down or side to side. The appearance of a shape after translation

does not change, it has just changed position.

Look at the image on the left, the right-angled triangle P has been translated

to

become the right-angled triangle Q. Just like when we were reflecting

shapes we need to label the vertices of both shapes to work out the transla-

tion. Let’s focus on point A, we can see that the translated

triangle has moved to the right. So starting at point A of the original

shape, we count how many squares Point A has moved to the right until we are in line with point A of the

translated shape-this is 3 squares to the right. Now, from this point, we

count how many squares it has moved down

until we reach point A of the translated triangle. This is 2 squares down.

Therefore the triangle has been translated 3 squares right and 2 squares down. We can now check that our translation is correct by checking that all our points

have moved 3 squares right and 2 squares down.

Now look at the image on the right, how do you know that shape B and shape C are not transla-

tions of shape A?

Hopefully you can see that shape B is smaller than shape A and shape C is a rotation of shape

A.

Remember the appearance of the original shape never changes in a translation, it simply

changes position. If you translate a shape and it is bigger or smaller, or a rotation of the original shape, then you’ve made a mistake somewhere!

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B

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Just To Keep You Going... Look at the image below, we need to translate the black triangle 2 squares right

and 3 squares up.

The first thing we need to do is label the vertices of our original triangle (drawn in black). Then we need to choose a point to

translate (it doesn’t matter which one)! Let’s start with point B. From point B, we need to

count 2 squares right, point B is now on the coordinate (6,5), we then need to move 3 squares up. We label the final position

with a B (written in red). Now we repeat the same process for point A and point C. Once all vertices are translated we join them up by drawing a straight line with a ruler. The translated vertices (A, B, C) are written in red and the translated shape is drawn in

green.

Now have a go at translating this shape on the left! You need to translate it 1 square

right and 3 squares down.

We have labelled the vertices of the shape to help you!

Remember the original appearance of the shape should not change during

translation!

Find the answers at the bottom of this page.

A C

B

A C

B

Fluency 5!

1) How many faces does a hexagonal prism have?

2) How many vertices does a tetrahedron have?

3) What do angles on a straight line add up to?

4) What is the size of each angle in an equilateral triangle?

5) How many right angles are there in a full turn?

Translation Answers

A=(5,4) B=(7,4) C=(7,0) D=(2,0) E=(2,2) F=(5,2)

A B

C D

E F

Today’s Maths Worksheet

Today’s Maths Worksheet

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Just To Keep You Going...

Fitness Challenge How many

crunches can you do in 2

minutes? See if you can beat

your score!

Joke of the Day!

Music Answers for Task 2

Yesterday’s Maths Answers

Yesterday’s Maths Answers

Yesterday’s English Answers

PEGGY SUE (Chpt 1)

‘Do you think he did the right thing? Give a reason for your answer.

Possible answers:

Yes, dad was following his dreams.

No, it was too dangerous for his whole family.

Make a list of some ‘feelings’ words from this chapter. Eg creeping misery,

happy, terrible silence, saying nothing, steaming angry, eyes filled with fierce tears, eyes bright again and filled with laughter, full of doom and gloom, scared, shared our terror, we were proud of her, tearfully

WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE

(Chpt 2)

Write 5 super similes to describe Michael’s expe-riences at sea at the beginning of the voyage. Eg. Michael’s clothes clung to him like a second skin.

They were as busy as bees on board the Peggy Sue.

Stella was like a sentry as she stood watch at the bow.

The waves rose up like formidable mountains.

The sun was like a cosy blanket as it shone down on the deck.

Stella smelled like a wet, soggy blanket.

What would your perfect lesson to be learned at sea be? Own answers here. SHIP’S LOG (Chpt 3)

Which day sounds most exciting to you? Own answers here

How do Michael’s feelings change during the chapter?

Initially Michael is worried as it’s so rough and then becomes more excited as they see new places. Just before Australia Michael says he is the happiest he has ever been. At the end of the chapter he is worried about mum and how rough the sea is.

GIBBONS & GHOSTS (Chpt 4)

Do you think Stella is an important char-acter? Why?

She is very important to Michael and he is de-lighted when he sees her on the beach. She is Michael’s one and only companion.

How do you think Michael feels as he waits to be rescued?

He is fearful and worried that it may never hap-pen and he is also frustrated waiting for a ship.

Would you be fearful or overjoyed by find-ing the food and water? Why?

Possible answers:

You may feel fearful as you don’t know who else is on the island but you may be really overjoyed as you are so hungry and thirsty.

Yesterday’s English Answers

I, KENSUKE (Chpt 5)

Why does Michael feel betrayed by Stella?

Stella was reluctant to leave Kensuke when Mi-chael called her.

How does Michael feel about his first meet-ing with Kensuke?

He felt scared because he did not know who Kensuke was or what he wanted. He was also angry because he had put out his fire. He was confused because he did not know what Kensuke was saying or why he had put out his fire.

Do you think Michael was right to accept Kensuke’s terms? Why? What would you have done?

Possible answer: He was right because he relied on him to provide him with food and water.

ABUNAI! (Chpt 6)

Can you think of 5 ways to help Michael keep his spirit up when he starts to feel lonely and homesick on the island?

Own answers here

Gallery…... Louis’ Egyptian mask

Jake

Yoyo’s knitted cat

Ollie G

Sketch of Kensuke &

topic work

Heather’s

tomatoes

and sunflowers

Eliza A

Gallery…... Travel emails

Eliz

James Hughes

Jake

Gallery…... Travel emails

Art and Newspapers by Mariyam Keira

Freddie B

George

Gallery…... Travel emails

Freddie C

Evie M

Fred N

Nicole

Congrats to Nicole

for receiving her

Brownie Gold

Award!