St Bartholomew's CE Primary

Considerate, Co-operative, Confident

SUMMER TERM -WEEK 1-

Year 5 - Working At Home

From 20th April 2020

 

Your child will be set weekly activities for English, Maths, Topic and Spellings. These will be either set activities from the pack they brought home or online activities. I will update this on the year 5 class page and inform you by email, if you have provided your email address. Please keep checking as I will update this page as much as I can. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. You can contact me at: year5@st-bartholomews.lancs.sch.uk

Each morning from 9am - 10 am, Joe Wicks is streaming a live PE lesson. Please follow the link https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

Thanks,

Miss Kitchin :) 

Puzzle of the Day

 

Emily loves cats and she keeps some as pets.

All but two of them are completely black.

All but two of them are completely white.

All but two of them are completely ginger.

How many cats does she have?

 

The answer to yesterday's challenge was: the horse he rode was called Saturday.

Well done to Isla!

Email you answers to :

year5@st-bartholomews.lancs.sch.uk

Look here tomorrow, for the next riddle or challenge!

 

PE activities: 'PE with Joe Wicks' on Youtube is live every morning from 9am - 9.30am.

Go noodle! is also a fun free way to get your child active.

 

Send photographs of practical activities: Joe Wicks, Go Noodle!, cleaning the car,

baking etc to the following email and I will share them on the Year 5 page.

year5@st-bartholomews.lancs.sch.uk

English Activity

The children have been sent home with learning packs, which contain lots of independent writing and reading activities.

Additional to this, I will be setting a number of assignments on the following websites:

Education city https://www.educationcity.com/

Purple mash https://www.purplemash.com/sch/stbarts-ol12

Spelling shed https://www.spellingshed.com/en-gb

 Children are familiar with all of these sites.

The log in details are in their green booklet.

I will send notifications by email when assignments are live so that you know which websites to be looking at. 

 

Please see the Year 5 email to keep updated with activities that have been set each day.

 

 Week beginning Monday 20th April:

Spelling Rule: Words spelled with 'ie' after 'c'. This assignment is now live on Ed Shed!

English: Education City 'SPAG City (Relative Clause) activity.

Purple Mash 'George Misbehaves' (Verb Prefixes).

'The Ascent' writing activity (paper pack).

Choose 1 reading activity (paper-based pack) and read a book every day for at least 10 minutes.

Don't forget you can email pictures and other evidence to year5@st-bartholomews.lancs.sch.uk

 

 

Geography Activity

  • Locate the world’s countries, using maps and focus on North and South America.
  • Identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic Circle.
  • Use Google Earth to explore The Amazon Basin. https://www.google.co.uk/intl/en_uk/earth/

Research and answer the following questions:

  • What do you know already about the Amazon Basin region and what would you like to find out?
  • Where in the world is the Amazon Basin and in which countries is it located?
  • What is the physical geography like? (climate, soils, vegetation, rivers, biome).
  • What is the human geography like? (settlement size and character, farming types, extractive industries, transport links, natural resources, environmental impact).
  • How is the rainforest in the Amazon Basin changing? Why is the rainforest changing?
  • What happened, or is still happening, to cause these changes? Do the changes have positive or negative effects?
  • How does this region of South America compare and contrast with regions in the UK, Europe and/or North America?

Explore other rainforests in the world. There is a tropical rainforest map on the National Geographic website https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/rainforest-map/

Research more about rainforests:  https://www.3dgeography.co.uk/rainforests

Rainforests are one of the main biomes of the world. Others include tundra, desert, grassland, deciduous forest and coniferous forest. More information on a range of biomes or habitats can be found on the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z849q6f/articles/zvsp92p

 Investigate the various crops grown in the rainforests on the Living Rainforest website  https://livingrainforest.org/learning-resources

Investigate which animals live in the Amazon rainforest compared with other rainforests of the world. The Living Rainforest website https://livingrainforest.org/resources-categories/plant-animal-profiles

Follow the course of the Amazon River from source to mouth. Investigate the pattern of the tributaries, using for example, Google Earth https://www.google.co.uk/intl/en_uk/earth/ or Google Maps and switching between maps and satellite view. Explore the associated images and drop the Google yellow stick man onto the map to view significant places and features along the river, such as those in towns and ports. 

The short clip ‘Amazon’s ‘Invisible Flying Rivers’’ on the BBC Futures website https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20130326-amazons-invisible-flying-rivers shows how the Amazon River accounts for one fifth of the world’s river flow as it travels from the heart of South America to the Atlantic Ocean.

  • What are the houses like?
  • How do children travel to school? 
  • Research different farming types from subsistence to commercial concerns – what/where is the market for the produce?
  • Compare trade and other links from this region with other cities/countries – world trade.
  • Investigate the impact of the extractive industries (mining/logging) and transport links on the natural environment.
  • Research the reduction in forested areas (deforestation) and its impact on global climate change.

Create a fact-file or a presentation, using Powerpoint, to present your research.

 

Don't forget you can email pictures and other evidence to year5@st-bartholomews.lancs.sch.uk

 

Music Activities

The children can access online music lessons using Charanga: 

https://charanga.com/site/log-in/ 

The log in details are in their green booklet.

Year 5 Work

Joshua's History Powerpoint

Joshua on Charanga

Sophie's work on Inventions

Katie has been busy baking, dancing and painting

Archie's History work on Inventors

Maths Activity

The children have been sent home with packs and within these are lots of different maths activities. 

Additional to this, I will be setting a number of assignments on the following websites:

Education city https://www.educationcity.com/

Purple mash https://www.purplemash.com/sch/stbarts-ol12

Times table rockstars https://ttrockstars.com/

Maths shed https://www.mathshed.com/en-gb

Top Marks https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

 Children are familiar with all of these sites.

The log in details are in their green booklet.

I will send notifications by email when assignments are live so that you know which websites to be looking at. 

 

 

 

Week beginning Monday 20th April:

Maths warm up: Daily TT Rockstars practice or 'Hit the Button'

Maths: Education City timestables activities 9x table song

Complete 'Multi-Step Problem' activities on Education City.

Purple Mash 'Clock One' activity.

Paper-based Multi-Step Problems activities.

Negative Numbers on Maths Shed.

You can then complete an activity of your choice.

Don't forget you can email pictures and other evidence to year5@st-bartholomews.lancs.sch.uk

 

Science Activity

Who is David Attenborough and what does he do or study?

Watch the clip ‘Attenborough’s Wonderful World’ from the BBC website https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00mfyxq the many different animals that David Attenborough has reported on throughout his long career.

Research the famous scientist David Attenborough and his work.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/search?filter=bitesize&scope=bitesize&suggid=urn%3Abbc%3Aisite%3Acurated-d-f%3Adavid-attenborough&q=David%20Attenborough

Create a poster about the life of David Attenborough

There are many David Attenborough Box Sets on BBC iPlayer.

 

Don't forget you can email pictures and other evidence to year5@st-bartholomews.lancs.sch.uk

 

DT Activity

  • Can you design:
  • A waistcoat for an explorer with pockets to carry tools.
  • An apron to carry garden implements.
  • A belt with pouches or loops to carry equipment.
  • A hanging holder with pockets for storing items in a tent.

Create a drawing of your design.

 

Art Activity

 Create a still life drawing of houseplants using a range of pencils, pens, felt tips, crayons, paints. Use different techniques from drawing lines to using dots to create effect. 

Look at the work of Henri Rousseau for inspiration.

Luke making brownies and a cake.

Alfie has planted vegetable in his garden, as well as making a homemade watering can out of a bottle. He has also been helping his dad clean out the rabbits.

Isla enjoying a walk with her family and has drawn a beautiful picture of what she thinks her pony would look like as a human.