Summer term Week 4: Week commencing 11th May 2020

 

Reading:

Everyone in the juniors should now have a login for Reading Plus. Please see the guide some of our Year 6 children have made if you are struggling to log on.Reading-Plus-Guide-for-Northcote-ParentsTask 1:   Reading speed and questioning: Make sure you keep reading daily on your Reading Plus.As the weather is still nice, make sure you are using some time to sit and read in sunshine. Although we cannot go out to different places, reading is able to transport us to wherever our imagination takes us.Task 2: Reading for pleasure: Create 5 questions for a reader, based on this extract from ‘The Confessions of Charlotte Doyle’. Remember to use your 5Ws to help. 

Not every thirteen-year-old girl is accused of murder, brought to trial, and found guilty. But I was just such a girl, and my story is

worth relating even if it did happen years ago. 

Writing

 

It was great to hear from some of you, telling me what you have been up to over the last few weeks and how you are feeling about starting high school in September. Keep them emails and tweets coming. So far, we’ve seen baking, craft, reading and dancing! 

Task 1: Your writing task this week is linked to your art task. We are going to be learning about an artist called Vincent Van Gogh. Research about the artist and answer these questions:When was he born?Where was he from?Where did he travel as a child?Where did he move to near the end of his life?When did he start to draw?When did he start to paint?When did he produce most of hi famous work?How many paintings did he do?What were his first paintings like? Why didn’t people like them?What inspired him to paint with brighter colours?Can you name some of his famous paintings?What is his type of paintings called? 

Task 2: Creative writing: Pobble 365 upload a new picture every day. Go on the link for one day this week and write a story about the image you can see. Make sure you tweet or email it to us so we can see what you’ve been doing – it also gives me a chance to enjoy some exciting new stories!https://www.pobble365.com/*Don’t forget all of the sentence types we have learnt, to help engage your reader:2A, 3 –ed, the more, the more, -ing openers, emotion openers, you could even use dialogue between characters in your story! 

If you have forgotten these, click on this school’s link, which has posters for each sentence type:http://www.kelsall.cheshire.sch.uk/serve_file/94451 

Here are some examples of writing from last week’s task:       

 

 

 

Maths: division

Normally each half term starts with revising our four operations.This week, our focus is: division.You should use either the bus stop or long division method. Mr Hayes set should be using long division! 

Task 1: division by 1 digit numbers with remainders (you can do these as a decimal or a fraction).

1. 782 ÷ 9 =2. 736 ÷ 6 =3. 4827 ÷ 6 =

 

Task 2:division by 2 digit numbers with remainders (you can do these as a decimal or a fraction

1. 736 ÷ 11 =2. 827 ÷ 12 =3. 236 ÷ 11 =4. 4827 ÷ 12 =5. 736 ÷ 13 =

Task 3:Question 1:Adam is making booklets.

 

Each booklet must have 34 sheets of paper.He has 2 packets of paper.There are 500 sheets of paper in each packet.How many complete booklets can Adam make from 2 packets of paper?Question 2:A farmer is packing eggs.Each box holds six eggs.

 

The farmer has 980 eggs to pack.How many boxes can the farmer fill using 980 eggs? 

Task 4: If you’re feeling creative, write some word problems of your own.At least one part of the question must contain a multiplication to attempt. We can then tweet these or put them on our class page for others to solve! 

ANSWERS: To be posted online with next weeks learning. 

Answers from last week’s learning:

Task 1: 

1. 782 x 9 = 70382. 736 x 36 = 264963. 4827 x 84 = 4054684. 62 x 5 = 3105. 28 x 78 = 21846. 52 x 67 = 34847. 7.3 x 5 = 36.58. 6 x 4.3 = 25.89. 3.5 x 34 = 11910. 39 x 6.1 = 237.9

Task 2: The missing numbers for BRONZE were:

1. 4

2. 33. 44. 95. 6The missing numbers for SILVER were:

1. 5

2. 23. 3 and 3 4. 6 and 25. 9 and 7The missing numbers for GOLD were:

1. 22

2. 94 3. 3, 9, 7 and 74. 7 and 8 at the top, 3 1 and 8 in the answer 5. 8740 at the top, 222 middle line and 336 on the bottom. 

Here are some examples of fantastic maths work last week.  

   

Science: The human body

This week our focus is: the impact of diet on the human bodyIt’s obvious, if you don’t look after a car and don’t put in the right petrol, it’s not going to work properly. What many people do not realise is that our body is the same and what it becomes depends on how we choose to treat it. 

Last week we looked at the components of a good diet. TASK: Write down a food diary for this week. Have you eaten a healthy diet this week? How do you know? 

Here are some examples of the science task from last week: 

  

 

Humanities – Geography: America

Carrying on with our focus of America, we are still finding lots of information about the country.Task: Have a look on the internet or in an atlas if you have one. See if you can match the countries of North America to the ones on the blank map below:

 

Here are some examples of last week’s Geography task:

     

 

Art: Drawing

 

One of focuses this half-term is about the artist Vincent Van Gogh.Task 1: If you have any kind of colours at home, try and recreate his ‘Starry Night’ image. You could map it out like the template below or watch this video to help you:

 

PECommunicating, Collaborating

and Competing.Our focus is communicating, collaborating and competing/comparing performances against previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve your personal best. Task:1. Create a different workout/circuit (joe wick’s) style for your family to complete. Plan a workout/circuit. 2. In one minute, do as many ‘Take stops’ as you can. In addition to this, teach a member of your family to master this skill. Evaluate your performance and your family member’s performance, suggesting ways to improve performance. Record how many you and your family member get each day and see if you can improve daily. I’ve put a link here if you need help with these:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vkFlgOi4diQ3. Create a fun game that you can play at home during lockdown. You need to use items that are available around the house e.g. toilet roll, rolled up socks, baskets, paper cups etc. Share videos of your game, including rules, on the school twitter page for other children to watch and play at home.Task 3:In addition to our PE tasks, you can also still access:– Joe Wicks : https://m.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1– Oti Mabuse Dance Class: https://m.youtube.com/user/mosetsanagape 

Computing

 

This week’s focus is: Coding

Task 4: Use your coding skills to learn about how changing numbers looks on a game. Click on the Code Bot’s speech bubble to talk you through the steps.http://www.crunchzilla.com/code-monster

Spanish

 

This week’s focus is: greetings and daily routinesTask: open   https://rockalingua.com/songs/greetings-and-daily-routines   This will help you recap on what we have learnt in school. Here are the lyrics to help you:spanish lyrics

 

PSHE

This week’s focus: What am I looking forward to?It’s so important that we take time to focus on what we are grateful for, as well as what we look forward to. Like Carl and Eliie in the film ‘Up’, I have started making my own ‘Paradise Falls’ jar. This is things that I really want to do when lockdown is over.Task: What would you put in your ‘Paradise Falls’ jar?

You could even make and decorate one to put your ideas into – I’ve used an old candle jar for mine.

Task 2: What’s going on?Since 1945 the end of World War Two in Europe has been marked by Victory in Europe Day, better known as VE Day. On 8th May 1945, Prime Minister Winston Churchill made an announcement on the radio at 3pm that the war in Europe had come to an end, following Germany’s surrender the day before. This year, the 8th May 2020 will mark 75 years since the first VE Day! Until the current Covid-19 crisis struck, there had been plans to stage celebratory events and street parties in many places. Sadly, this has all had to be cancelled but many have chosen to celebrate virtually! Holding video parties, decorating our homes or baking to celebrate whilst we are all in lockdown!Can you write a diary entry from a person celebrating VE day? You may need to do some research to help you. 

 

Religious Education

We have a chance to enter a competition that we can complete at home. I hope you had chance to sketch some of the art pieces last week.  This week we are going to look at some poems.  Look at these examples.  The first one is about Jesus on the cross.  Can you attempt to write your own poem  using these titles or create a poem of your own about God or Jesus?Stuart, age 11.

 

Hope In The Darkness

I walk to see my hero die,

As tears gather in our collective eyes.

A broken Jesus holding a cross,

All hope in me was lost.

Whipped and beaten in thunder and lightning

I felt like a thousand angels lost their wings

Weak and trembling he got tied by his wrists

As he screamed in pain in the dark mist

He turned his head to see a weak and blonde man

He was a murderer and when caught,ran.

He did crimes and didn’t care,

The punishment for this sinner was totally fair.

After that he turned to the right,

A guilty man full of fright.

Although his actions were sick and gross,

He was truly sorry and that’s what matters most.

Beside him two men. One evil one great,

They thought that forgiveness in them was way too late.

They were all going to their eternal rest,

Just then Jesus showed the hope in the darkness.

 

Jenny, age 10.

 

Where Is God?

“Where is God on this planet?

Making people frantic,

I don’t know his appearance,

So how am I meant to find him?

Muslims believe God can’t be drawn

But if I was God that would make me forlorn,

the Hindu God has four faces,

Who all care for different cases.

God is the guard of heaven,

God is the guard of hell,

He protects the living

And watches over the dead.

Lots of people think God is brave,

But if he is so courageous

Why is he cowering away?

I’ve looked in the Church

I’ve looked in the Mosque,

I’ve looked everywhere but now I am lost!

Not physically, but mentally.

Maybe God is lost as well.”

 

 

Music

 

Using the video below to help you learn this song.To gain 1 credit:

Get someone to film you or take pictures of you singing a rainbow (you could do this with a family member for support). 

Send it to louise.waller@elevate-ebp.co.uk and don’t forget to tag us @NorthcoteSch on Twitter! 

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