iSingPop

 Hi everyone 

Here is your iSingPop assembly for today on respect! 

Watch and enjoy!

Don't forget that the password is spring

Fluent in 5

 Hi everyone! 

Sorry about the Fluent in 5 this morning. I can't find where I put the correct one. So to save you some time, play Times Tables Rocks stars for 15 minutes. 

Sorry again! 

Mr Hayden

Thursday 4th February

 Good morning everyone! 

Wellbeing Task - Express yourself! 

For your wellbeing task today, I would like for you to think about the following: What is happiness to you? 

Express yourself again in any way that you would like. It could be drawing, writing, a collage, a series oh photographs, a poster anything you want. Just show what happiness means to you. This is a bit of a personal one so you can share it if you like but it's okay if you don't want to. 

What's happiness to me? Oh, thanks for asking! To me, it would look something like this: 

Reading Task

I would like for you to login to Reading Plus and complete 2 more of the reading challenges. 

Spelling Task 

Use each of your spellings in a sentence. 

English task

This morning you are going to begin writing your reports using your planning and work from the last two days. We are going to use the sandwich model of report writing. Have a look at the sandwich model and PEDAL here

Today, I would like you to write the introduction and the first paragraph only! 

Remember that you are focusing only on these two paragraphs so make them as good as possible. 

Here is an example so that you can see how to complete this task. 

Your success criteria for today are: 

• I have used standard English vocabulary 
• I have used technical terms in my report 
• I have used formal expressions 
• I have used an introductory sentence and have expanded on my main point with facts and evidence. 
• I have an introduction and a conclusion to my report 
• I have controlled my writing to write formally during the report and informally when writing speech. 

WALT: Write a formal report 

Maths task 

Here is your fluent in 5

Today you are going to continue to find pairs of values. 

Watch the video

Here is your worksheet

Here are the answers

Here are some further challenges if you need them 

WALT: Find pairs of values 

Science 

Today you are going to build on your work on evolution from last week. This week we are thinking about human evolution. 

Begin by reading through this PowerPoint which gives you lots of information about human evolution and what scientists think about it. See if you can spot links to our first topic in science this year where we spoke about classifying living things. 

Then complete this worksheet which compares different stages of human evolution. Look for the similarities and differences between the different stages of human evolution. 

WALT: Make observations about human evolution

Wednesday 3rd February

 Morning everyone! 

Here are your tasks for the day: 

Wellbeing Task 

Today's wellbeing task is your PE for the day. Get those endorphins (happy hormones) going! 

Reading

Here are 2 more mini reading comprehension sheets. 

Here is the first one

Here are the answers

This is your second sheet

Here are the answers for that one

Spelling task 

Complete this sheet here to practise your spellings 

English task 

Today you are going to plan some informal speech for your report. Have another look at the report about cats killing birds. In paragraph 3, you can see that someone has been interviewed and the speech has been written down here. Notice that there is a change in the tone. This is informal writing. Your challenge during this piece of work is going to be to write formally during your report writing, and informally during your speech writing. 

To make sure that we get this right, I would like for you to imagine that you are interviewing someone about your subject matter. Think of 3 questions you could ask them. Write the questions down and underneath, write what the response would be from the person that you are interviewing. Don't forget speech marks! 

Here is an example of how it could look: example

Now plan your own questions and speech to include in your report. 

WALT: Plan interview questions with informal responses 

Maths Task 

Here is your fluent in 5

Today you are going to be finding pairs of values. 

Begin by watching this video

The worksheet is here

The answers are here

If you need some further challenges, you can find them here. 

WALT: Find pairs of values 

Art 

Today we are going to be looking at adding details to buildings such as roofs, doors and windows using 2 point perspective. 

Follow the slides on this PowerPoint to help you. 

WALT: Add details to buildings using 2 point perspective 

PE

Complete this Joe Wicks workout

Then stretch it off with this yoga video

Tuesday 2nd February

 Morning everyone! 

Here are your tasks for the day: 

Wellbeing Week

Express yourself! 

Choose an afternoon lesson (computing or French) that you could maybe do another time. Use this time to express yourself in some way. Make something that you enjoy and express yourself! It could be: 

Making music

Drawing/painting

Making something crafty 

Sing/dance

Creating a game on Kodu or other computer software 

Anything! Be imaginative and send in a picture/video of what you do. 

Reading: 

Login to Reading Plus and complete 2 more of the reading challenges. This should take you 30 minutes and you should be building up your combos! Remember, I can see how you're getting on so do your best! 

Spelling 

Play spelling shed for 15 minutes. 

English Task. 

Having read through and identified features of a formal report, today we are going to begin planning our own report. You can do this on anything that you find interesting. We will discuss ideas during the Zoom meeting. But some you might think about are: 

Homework should be banned. 

Arsenal are having a good season. 

Cats make the best pets.

To help you to plan your report, I would like for you to think about bubble planning.

Here is an example for one of the topics above: 

My bubble planner

Write the title of your report in the middle of the page. Around it draw 3 large bubbles. Write the topic of your paragraphs at the top of each bubble. Underneath, write what the introductory sentence might be. Then write your notes about that topic in the bubble to help you with your writing. You can use the internet to research anything that you might find useful. 

WALT: Plan a formal report 

Maths Task 

Here is your Fluent in 5

Today you are solving 2 step problems using algebra. 

Begin by watching this video

Your worksheet is here

Your answers are here

You have some further challenges here if you need them 

Computing 

Today you are going to be using a spreadsheet to plan a party. You have a budget of £60! 

Begin by looking at this PowerPoint presentation. 

Then use this spreadsheet (Don't forget to download it!)

The instructions are here

Remember to copy and paste the food/drink and the amount into the cells in your list! Then think carefully about the calculations that you need to complete to work out the total for that food item, the overall total and how much of your budget is left. 

WALT: Use spreadsheets to solve problems 

Alternative

If you cannot download the spreadsheet, there is another lesson here for you: 

How to lay out a web page: 

Oak Academy

Begin by watching the video. 

After the video there are 2 ways to complete the activity: 

1) Use a google account to create a web page online You must have permission to use a Google account with an email address so make sure that you ask someone at home! 

2) Design your webpage on paper. There is an example in the lesson that you can follow. 

WALT: Design a webpage 

French 

Here is a video from Mrs Gifford. 

Here is the vocabulary list

Here is the worksheet

Here are the answers so that you can check when you are done! 

Reading Plus

 Hi everyone! 

A quick update. I've had a couple of emails to say that the vocabulary section lasts about 5 minutes - that's interesting because I thought that it was meant to be more than that. 

When you have finished, have a go at 1 more of the reading exercises like you completed on Friday. 

I'll be doing this exercise with the children in class this afternoon so I can see for myself what is going on. 

Monday 1st February

 Good morning everyone! 

I hope that you had a good weekend! 

This week is mental health awareness week. Mr Staley has made this assembly for you

Here are your tasks for today: 

Reading 

We are going to use Reading Plus again today. Today's task is to use the vocabulary section for 20 minutes. 

Click lessons at the top and then the Vocabulary option that you can see above. 

Spelling Task

Here are your spellings. Complete rainbow words using these spellings

English Task 

Remind yourself of the features of formal reports

Having looked at features of blog and report writing, today we are going to begin by analysing a more formal report. Start by looking at this example of a report. It is about cats and bird populations. 

You can see that there are subheadings for each paragraph. There is also a main point at the beginning of every paragraph. This main point is then expanded on with evidence and facts to back it up. Notice that there aren't any opinions in this report. It is all facts. Have a look again at the features of a report.  

Task: 

Read the report and highlight all the different features that you can see. Pay close attention to the first sentences that introduce the paragraph and the sentences that follow which contain lots of facts, evidence and quotes from other people. 

Also notice the difference between the formal vocabulary of the report and the informal language of the person speaking. 

Practise writing a formal report paragraph with a strong opening sentence followed by further information to back up your main point. The topic of this paragraph is...Home learning. I will discuss with you on the Zoom meeting how this might look. 

Maths Task

Begin with your fluent in 5

Today we are going to be looking at solving simple one step equations using formula. 

Watch this video carefully. 

Then your worksheet is here 

The answers are here 

You have some further challenges here if you need them. 

Geography 

Today you are going to be thinking about how people use waterways and the impact on the local environment. 

Follow the activities on this PowerPoint

Then there is a sheet here for you to use. 

You need to think about the effects that people can have on the river. For example: 

Fisherman: Positive effects - can control fish populations, can report any problems to the local council, as they are by the river bank, they can help people if they get in trouble on the river, they can keep an eye out for local crime, they might clear up any litter that they see. 

Negative effects - they may over fish and fish stocks will decline, they may drop litter and spoil the countryside, they may get in the way of other river users, discarded fishing line my endanger local birds

Long term effects - Fish stocks may be protected or decline, the local environment could continue to improve as fishermen/women report issues to the local council 

CPSHE 

This week is mental health week. We are going to have a well being task for you to do every day but today we are going to focus on mental health and what is physical and what is mental health.

Although physical and mental health are different, for example breaking your leg (physical health) and feeling sad or worried (mental health), they are very closely related. 

Here is a good video that explains the link between physical and mental health. 

If we are feeling low, sad, stressed or angry about something, it can affect our physical health too. We might lose sleep, stop eating, lose weight or sweat more than usual. This is also true for our physical health! If we are feeling ill, say we have had a cold for more than a week, it can affect our mood, we can feel fed up, sad or angry. So you can see that physical and mental health are very closely related. 

I would like for you to think about signs of positive and negative mental health. Use these gingerbread people and write or draw signs of positive and negative health (both physical and mental). Do as much as you can in and around the gingerbread person.