Monday 25th January

 Morning everyone! 

I hope that you all had a restful weekend. 

Here are your Monday tasks. 

Reading 

For the next few weeks, use the non-fiction text that you have not read yet. 

Nature's Most Deadly: Read to page 5. As you read, find and note down any rhetorical questions that the author uses. Why do you think authors do this? Write a short explanation of your ideas. 

Foolish Fears: Read to page 7. While you are reading, I would like for you to think about superstitions. On pages 6 and 7, there are lots of superstitions listed. Make a list of the ones you have heard of and the ones that you haven't. Are there any on the list that you do? Tell me about any other superstitions you know or you do yourself! 

Spelling Task

Here are your spellings. Complete the look, cover, write, check activity to practise the spellings. 

English Task

Today you are going to be reading some blog posts to analyse the language and features of blogs. Begin by reading the extracts I have given you. Then use the question sheet at the end to answer questions about what you have read. 

If you read with Mrs Homer on a Monday use these texts

If you read with me on a Monday use these texts

If you read with me any other time, use these texts. For these, don't answer question 3! 

WALT: Analyse blog posts 

Maths Task

Here is your fluent in 5 

Today you are going to build on the work from yesterday and you're going to be looking at 2 step rules. 

Start by watching this video

Here is the worksheet

Here are the answers

Her are some further challenges

WALT: Use two step rules 

Geography 

Today you are going to be looking at erosion and deposition. This is how meanders are created in rivers. Have a look at this PowerPoint (The videos I mention below are in the PowerPoint too).

Begin by watching this video which explains erosion on the River Conwy 

Next watch this video which tells you how ox bow lakes are formed.

Then complete this sheet and show where the erosion and deposition are happening. Make sure you explain how and why erosion and deposition happen. Think about the speed of the water. 

WALT: Explore erosion and deposition 

CPSHE 

Today you are going to be thinking about jobs and taxes.

To start with I would like for you to list all the jobs that you might usually do in school e.g. book monitor, door monitor etc. 

Then think about these questions:  

• Are any of those jobs more important than any others? 
• Are any of the jobs harder work than the others?
• Do any of the jobs take more time than the others?
• Do any of the jobs require some training or briefing before they are performed?
• Do any of the jobs have greater responsibility than the others?
• If they were paid jobs would it be easy to determine how much each job was paid?
• Would it be fairer to pay each job the same? Why or why not?
• Are all jobs paid for at the same rate in the ’real world’? Why not?

Next I would like for you to look at some jobs from the 'real world'. 

I would like you to think about how much each of these workers should be paid. Who should be paid more and why? 

Order these jobs by which you think is the highest paid to lowest paid. To help you, think about the following ideas: 

• Qualifications and training
• Experience
• Skills required
• Level of responsibility

Write a sentence about why you decided on which job is the highest paid and another about why you decided which should be the lowest paid.

As well as earning different rates of money, people also pay different amounts of money in tax according to how much they earn. There are two types of basic tax:

1. PAYE – income tax which is paid according to how much a person earns
2. VAT – a fixed tax on goods and services (currently 20%)

The reason people pay tax to the government is so that the government can pay for public services such as schools and teachers. 

Write a list of all the public services that you can think of. 

Some that you may have thought of include: 

• Hospitals and health care
• Education
• Emergency services
• Defence
• Police
• Libraries
• Parks
• Roads

Sometimes, the government doesn't have enough money to pay for all of the services and cuts need to be made. 

Choose one of the services that you think is the most important. Prepare a paragraph explaining why you think that public service SHOULD NOT have its funding cut. Give as many reasons as you can think of and make it persuasive. 

WALT: Think about jobs and taxes