Week 5 (1st - 5th February)
This week is Children's Mental Health Week!
Activities can be found in the home learning, PHSE Mental Health and Wellbeing folder, or click the link below.
https://www.ingol.lancsngfl.ac.uk/childrens-mental-health-week-1st-7th-february/
The topics this week for your country are:
- Traditions
- Religion
- Culture
- Language
Throughout the week you can use the links below for further learning. Please also try to read a few pages of a book of your choice each day.
Daily 10 mental maths questions: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
TT Rock stars: https://ttrockstars.com
EdShed: https://www.edshed.com
Espresso Coding: https://online.espresso.co.uk/espresso/login/Authn/UserPassword
OUR SCHOOL account Pupil Log in is:
User name: student18754
Password: ingolbee
Click on Block coding in the top menu and click on the level (levels match year groups e.g. Y6 - level6)
Sketching/ drawing
Watch the video below before you begin (BBC Bitesize Link). Divide your page into 8 sections to practice the techniques. Can you think of a shading technique of your own?
Watch video introducing Newton and his theory of gravity.
Try this by dropping a piece of play doh (or something similar like a pebble), and observing what happens.
Q what is happening?
Would a Feather fall in the same way?
Would a piece of paper fall the same way?
What would be the same/ different?
How could you test your theories at home?
Think of ways to design a fair test at home that will answer your questions. remember you will need to think about the forces that are acting on the object that is falling, along with what would impact on those forces.
some ideas could be: size, weight or surface area.
Monday 1st February
Reading:
CGP Comprehension, pg. 18-19, Tracking Baskin Sharks.
Grammar:
CGP Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling, pg.21, Co-ordinating Conjunctions.
The Conjunctions match up game click the link below
https://wordwall.net/resource/44156/english/conjunctions-match-up-game
Learning Link:
What are co-ordinating Conjunctions? https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/z9wvqhv
Maths:
CGP Targeted Question Book, pg. 28, Equivalent fractions.
Now text your skills on the interactive game below
https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/fractions-intro/latest/fractions-intro_en.html
Learning Link:
Great online tool to visualise fractions https://www.geogebra.org/m/MSFCTyph
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/representing-equivalent-fractions-cgtke
Tuesday 2nd February
Reading:
Writing:
The children in the comprehension text wanted to own a restaurant when they grew up. Write me a paragraph about what you would like to do when you grow up and why you think you would be successful. Think about your qualities and also what you might have to do to achieve your goal.
Maths:
CGP 10 Minute Workout Book, pg.8-9, Autumn Workout 4.
CGP Targeted Question Book, pg. 29, Ordering Fractions.
For interactive ordering fractions games click below
https://www.softschools.com/math/fractions/games/ordering_fractions/
https://www.transum.org/Software/sw/Starter_of_the_day/Students/Fraction_line/sort.asp
Learning Links:
Wednesday 3rd February
Reading:
Grammar:
CGP Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling, pg. 22 and 23, Subordinating conjunctions and conjunctions for cohesion.
Handwriting Book, pg. 8, Marvellous Modal Verbs.
Subordinating Conjunctions online game link below
https://wordwall.net/resource/3379578/english/subordinating-conjunctions
Learning Links:
Maths:
CGP Targeted Question Book, pg. 30-31, Adding and subtracting fractions.
Adding fractions fruit splat game link below.
https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math/fractions/addition-game/
Learning Link:
Thursday 4th February
Reading:
Writing:
In the Reading comprehension today, Amber took her Pet Mouse to school for 'show and tell'. What special thing would you take to school and what would you tell people about it? Why is it special? Where did you get it from?
Maths:
CGP Targeted Question Book, pg.32-33, multiplying with Fractions.
Multiplying Fractions by whole numbers game below
https://nir.mathgames.com/skill/KS2.52-multiply-fractions-by-whole-numbers
Learning Links:
Friday 5th February
Reading:
CGP Comprehension Book, pg. 20-21, A Letter from E.B. White.
Grammar:
CGP Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Book, pg.24-25, Prepositions.
Online games below
https://www.turtlediary.com/game/use-correct-prepositions.html
https://www.mes-games.com/prepositions1.php
Maths:
CGP Mental Workout, pg.4, Exercise 4.
CGP Targeted Maths Book, pg. 34-35, Writing Decimals as Fractions.
Learning Links: