Monday 8th February

 Good morning everyone! 

I hope that you had a good weekend! 

Here is an Open the Book assembly for you all to watch.

Here are your tasks for the day: 

Reading Task 

Login to Reading Plus and Complete 2 reading tasks 

Spelling Task 

Here are your new spellings. Complete Look, cover, write, check. 

English Task 

To finish the half term, we are going to begin by looking at some poetry and reflecting on our time in lockdown. 

To begin with, we are going to look at some art work created during this time. This art work is an outpouring of emotion as people look to reflect on what is happening in the world. Some have really positive messages of thanks and some are observations about how we have changed and behaved during this time. 

Look at the pictures here

Select 2 of your favourite ones and answer these questions about them in your books. 

WALT: Analyse art work as an expression of feeling

Maths Task 

Here is your fluent in 5

This week we are working on converting units of measure 

Begin by watching this video

Here is a worksheet

Here are the answers 

Here are some further challenges if you need them

WALT: Convert metric measures 

Geography 

This week we are going to be looking at how people control rivers using dams. 

When a dam is built, it is to control the flow of the river. This can be for a number of reasons. Have a look at this PowerPointt to begin with. Then watch this video which tells you about how dams create hydroelectricity. 

Now that you have thought about the reasons why dams are built, have a look at what happens when a dam is demolished in this video.

Now that you have seen the uses of the river and the power of the river, you are going to think about the positive and negative effects of building a dam. For this, you are going to need to think about the impact on the environment and people who live locally as well. 

Begin by choosing on of the dams in this fact file and read about them. 

Then I would like for you to complete this sheet to discuss the positives and negatives of building the dam. At the end, you need to decide whether you think building the dam was a good idea and why, giving reasons to justify your opinion. 

WALT: Understand the impact of dams 

CPSHE 

Today we are going to be thinking about action or pressure groups. These groups of people work together in order to make a difference or change to something in the wider community or to change opinions and attitudes about a particular issue.

Here are some examples of pressure or action groups

I would like for you to select one of these groups and conduct some research on them, using the internet. Make notes of the following questions: 

1. What is the aim of the group?  
2. What is their ‘mission statement’? [a statement of their overall aim and values]
3. What do they do?
4. Who or what do they help or support?

WALT: research the purpose of action groups