Upper School Home Learning 22nd February 2021
Possible Timetable – Upper School (Year 5/6)
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Session 1 |
Maths Y5 (live - Teams) English Y6(Live - Teams) |
Maths Y5 (live - Teams) English Y6(Live - Teams) |
Maths Y5 (live - Teams) English Y6(Live - Teams) |
Maths Y5 (live - Teams) English Y6(Live - Teams) |
Maths Y5 (live - Teams) English Y6(Live - Teams) |
Session 2 |
Maths Y6 (live - Teams) English Y5(Live - Teams) |
Maths Y6 (live - Teams) English Y5(Live - Teams) |
Maths Y6 (live - Teams) English Y5(Live - Teams) |
Maths Y6 (live - Teams) English Y5(Live - Teams) |
Maths Y6 (live - Teams) English Y5(Live - Teams) |
Session 3 |
Bugclub / Read Theory |
PE |
Computing
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French Reading |
PE Spelling shed / games |
Session 4 |
Topic (live-Teams) |
DT (Pre-recorded on Tapestry) |
Science (live –Teams) |
RE (Live – Teams) |
PSHE (live-Teams) |
Session 5 |
Story time – Pre-recorded on Tapestry |
Story time – Pre-recorded on Tapestry |
Story time – Pre-recorded on Tapestry |
Story time – Pre-recorded on Tapestry |
Story time – Pre-recorded on Tapestry |
The time for the live Team session are set according to the timetable (see newsletter) all other sessions you can do at a convenient time for you. (the above is a suggestions)
The teachers have release time on a Tuesday afternoon therefore the session is pre-recorded.
English Reading You MUST make sure that you are reading every day! Make sure you create a Home Reading Thread on Tapestry and update it each day to show us what you are reading. Throughout the week, you need to also complete either: 1 activity on ReadTheory and 1 activity on BugClub; 2 activities on ReadTheory; or, 2 activities on BugClub.
Writing |
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Friday |
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Can I read and respond to poetry? You need to example poems from Tapestry available to you for this lesson. We are going to be reading and discussing each of these poems in this session in preparation for the writing our own poem based on a river. |
Can I find the shape of a poem? Can I word collect ideas? You need a copy of ‘The River’ by Valerie Bloom available to you for this lesson. We are going to be exploring the shapes of this poem and we are going to be collecting ideas for our own poems. You need to think about how a river moves, what an aerial photograph of a river looks like, and what sounds the river makes. |
Can I write effective sentences for a poem? You are going to need your word collecting from the previous lesson and we are focusing on the metaphors for a river constantly moving. Can you use your word collecting to create some rhyming pairs? Use your word collecting and rhyming pairs to write the first verse of your poem with a metaphor to describe the river as constantly moving.
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Can I write effective sentences for a poem? You are going to need your word collecting and the first verse of your poem. You are going to write the second verse of your poem opening with a metaphor to describe how and where the river is moving. Can you extend your metaphor with some noun phrases to describe the appearance of your metaphor? Write the next verse of your poem. Remember line 2 and 4 are going to need to rhyme. |
Can I write effective sentences for a poem? You will need your poem and the word collecting related to the river as a collector of treasure. Can you use your word collecting to create some rhyming pairs to describe how the river collects its treasure? Write the next verse of your poem, remembering that lines 2 and 4 are going to rhyme. |
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Spelling Rule: Homophones and near homophones – Part 4 There are three activities uploaded onto Tapestry for you to complete and there are games on Spelling Shed for you to play as well.
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Maths |
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Year 5 (see resources on Tapestry)
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Can I understand numbers up to two decimal places? Use a place value grid to make numbers with up to two decimal places. Read and write decimal numbers and understand the value of each digit.
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Can I recognise decimals as fractions? (1) Explore the relationship between decimals and fractions. Start with a fraction (including concrete and pictorial representations of fractions) convert it into a decimal and as you progress.
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Can I recognise decimals as fractions? (2) Concentrate on more complex decimals numbers (e.g. 0.96, 0.03, 0.27) and numbers greater than 1 (e.g. 1.2, 2.7, 4.01). Represent them as fractions and as decimals. |
Can I understand thousandths? Build on previous learning of tenths and hundredths and apply this to understanding thousandths. Develop understanding of thousandths through use of concrete and pictorial representations. |
Can I recognise thousandths as decimals? Build on understanding of decimals and explore the link between tenths, hundredths and thousandths. Represent decimals in different ways and explore connections such as 100/1000 is the same as 1/10. |
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Year 6
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Can I understand numbers up to two decimal places? Use a place value grid to make numbers with up to two decimal places. Read and write decimal numbers and understand the value of each digit.
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Can I understand thousandths? Build on previous learning of tenths and hundredths and apply this to understanding thousandths. Develop understanding of thousandths through use of concrete and pictorial representations.
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Can I understand numbers up to three decimal places? Children recap their understanding of numbers with up to 3 decimal places. They look at the value of each place value column and describe its value in words and digits.
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Can I multiply by 10, 100 and 1,000? Children multiply numbers with up to three decimal places by 10, 100 and 1,000. They discover that digits move to the left when they are multiplying and use zero as a place value holder. The decimal point does not move |
Can I divide by 10, 100 and 1,000? Once children understand how to multiply decimals by 10, 100 and 1,000, they can apply this knowledge to division. It is important that children continue to understand the importance of 0 as a place holder. |
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Topic
Can I analyse how we use rivers? Before the live lesson, you need to have chosen a river that you are going to base your documentary on. Bring the name and location of your chosen river to the lesson. We are going to be exploring the different uses of rivers in this lesson using the Power Point that is uploaded on Tapestry. After the lesson, you need to research how your river is used and why it is used in those ways. You also need to start collating materials that you are going to be referring to in your documentary. |
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RE Can I explain sacrifice using theological terms? We are going to be exploring the meaning of sacrifice and the difference between a religious sacrifice and a secular sacrifice. You will need both of the resources for this lesson available to you during the live lesson.
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PE See online Resources – Spring Term Home PE (G) Choose from the 10 activities in Pack E Try as many as you can and record your times and scores on your PE Active Planner to put on Tapestry to share with your teacher.
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Computing Can I find out what a text adventure is and plan a story adventure? Familarise yourself with text adventures by looking at Adventure in the Woods (see link) https://www.purplemash.com/app/code/examples/Example_2CAS_Adventure_in_the_woods Then open the ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’2Do 2Do and plan your own using 2Connect.
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Science Can I explain gravity and resistance? Can I identify balanced and unbalanced forces? For this lesson, you need the photograph pack that has been uploaded onto Tapestry. We are going to exploring and explaining the force of gravity in the context of a meteorite landing, and identifying the balanced and unbalanced forces in the photographs. |
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PHSE Can I describe what a marriage and a civil partnership is? Complete the True and False statement on Worksheet 1 and check against the Answers. Have a discussion with a family member or family friend about their experiences of a wedding or civil partnership ceremony.
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MFL Can I ask and answer questions in French? Work through the Power Point called Day 8 – Pets that has been uploaded onto Tapestry. Make sure you listen to the audio to hear the correct pronunciation and repeat the vocabulary to your screen. Once you have finished revising the vocabulary using the Power Point, work through the activities on National Oak Academy https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/saying-that-it-is-or-isnt-a-certain-pet-c4v6ct
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DT Can I evaluate existing products? You need the pictures that have been uploaded onto Tapestry for this lesson. You need to choose one to evaluate by thinking about: what materials have been used, what colours and patterns you can see, who the target audience might be, and how it appeals to the target audience.
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If you require any additional support please contact your teacher via Tapestry |