The 2nd week of May – 11th May 2020

May 11, 2020

Well done to last week’s Class-Dojo stars:

Cannon: Lillian, Lucas, Magnus, Emiliana, Melvin, Mariah, Ame, Damara, Bianca, Richa, Leen, Oscar, William, Deen (Welcome to Dojo) and Pyman (Thank you Mrs Ancel for updating as well.) – I hope that I haven’t forgotten anyone.

London: Holly, Emily P (fabulous Science work), James, Sofia G and Niki.

Good morning,

Another happy Monday is knocking on our door and there seems to be a small light at the end of the tunnel. Let’s begin the week with sharing what we are proud of and what kindness you have witnesses over the last couple of weeks. Like last week, we will add the new day’s activities in front of the previous day so that we don’t have to spend so much time scrolling down to find the day we are looking for. Here is our timetable for the week which can give you a bit of structure to avoid every day feeling like it is the same as all the others.

Remember to send us your work via Dojo or email (howardyear5@gmail.com) to receive huge amounts of Dojo-Points and – from what the flies on the walls have been whispering – there might be other rewards for great contributions once we are all back in school.

Here are two extra activities for you to complete at any chosen time:

KS2 home learning – garden visitors – garden flowers identification sheet

KS2 home learning – garden visitors – lifecycle cards

KS2 home learning – garden visitors – Lined Writing Paper

KS2 home learning – garden visitors – my garden design sheet

KS2 home learning – garden visitors – wildlife journal

KS2 home learning – garden visitors – writing task

KS2 home learning – garden visitors – Y 5 6 reading questions

Science: Since many of you seemed to have enjoyed Science this week, here is a page with very fascinating Remote Lessons. If you are interested, have a look at the (the people from the STEM team ask for an adult to be present though).

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Homework: Since you have been working on school related tasks all week, we are going to give you informal rather than formal homework.

    1. Complete any school tasks from the week, you have not finished.

    2. Something I had wanted to do with you in school, but will now probably not happen as our time will be rather short. Please go through this “Geography/PSHE/Science-Lesson” on Sustainability and Plastics.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zrqj7nb

Please send me your leaflets for display in and around school.

    1. Log-on to a really exciting online tool, the school has subscribed to. It is called DigiMaps (for education)

https://digimapforschools.edina.ac.uk/login

Log-In: CR01DT

Password: dwests0986

        • Your task is to plan a walk you are going to undertake as a daily exercise.

        • Create a map for the local area.

        • Draw in the walk you have planned.

        • Pin in your home.

        • Measure the distance between the different parts of the walk.

        • Save your map in your class-folder on Digimaps under your first name and the date (e.g. Max-17052020)

        • When out and about, take photographs.

        • After your walk, upload the photos into the right place on your map in Digimaps. (Remember to save.)

        • Message your teacher on Dojo when your map is completed.

Alternatively, you can go for a walk first, take pictures and then do the map-work afterwards.

Here is my instruction video:

 

By Friday evening, I will have uploaded a video where I will talk you through all the steps slowly .

Have fun!

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Maths:

    • Mental Arithmetics:

      • Answers to yesterday

      • New questions:

English:

    • SpaG Starter:

      • Here are the answers to yesterday’s SpaG Starter: 1. arrive, 2. decide, 3. none, 4. numbed, columnist, hammered, 5. sub-ma-rine, 6. sound, 7. sew,

      • 8. sinus, 9. recognition, recognisable, recogniser, 10. litter, 11. The new editor for the Evening Chronicle will be announced on Monday. 12. the newspaper included a sports section, an employment section, a lift-out TV guide and the general news section. 13. journalists’, paper’s, 14. long, boring, whole, (only 3, sorry), 15. had been working, 16. writes, 17. It is vital that you get all your facts right when you write for a newspaper. 18. present (progressive), 19. reluctantly, 20. whose

      • There is no SpaG starter for today.

    • Main Task:

      • Since we have not done any creative writing, today will be the day.

      • Use these steps and prompt to create a recount from the perspective of one of the meerkats:

        • Use this document: Su1-Wk4-L05-CreativeWriting-CatchIt

        • Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c88QE6yGhfM

          • Question-Time (please answer):

            • Describe the landscape the meerkats are living in.

            • What could the vulture say to itself as it lands on the tree and sees the fruits?

            • Why do the meerkats all want to catch the fruit?

            • What sports is represented in the clip?

            • What could be the moral of the story?

            • A group of meerkats is called a “mob”. What collective noun do we use for these animals?

          • Dialogue: Write down examples for possible dialogue

          • Write the story from the perspective of one of the meerkats.

Enjoy this task & remember to use …

    • language for effect, figurative language, speech, fronted adverbials, subordinations, expanded noun phrases … – Use your Y5 writing mat you were given at the first parents evening.

Reading: Listen to chapter 18 (You can do it, bruvver) and please answer the following questions.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/12356852/street-child-chapter-18-you-can-do-it-br

        1. What led the procession?

        2. How were the boats decorated?

        3. Which instruments were being played?

        4. What did the singing family do for money?

        5. How long did Jim have off work?

        6. How did the circus travel?

        7. What was unusual about the boy’s wave to the barges?

        8. What did Jim do to make sure he could be heard by the boy?

        9. Explain the word pageant.

        10. Explain why Grimy Nick’s voice was slurred.

        11. Explain why the children were laughing at Jim.

        12. Select the correct answers: Thinking about the workhouse made Jim realise that he could …

          1. work hard

          2. make friends

          3. escape

        13. What did Jim to prepare his escape? What might he have forgotten (or not done well enough)?

        14. What happened that made Jim’s wrist ache?

        15. Which words tell us that Jim did not enjoy stroking the dog?

        16. Put these items on order they happened in the chapter:

          1. Jim stroked the dog

          2. Jim cut the rope around his neck

          3. Grimy Nick got drunk

          4. Jim put the rope around the dogs neck

          5. Jim got some coals

        17. Why had Jim collected the large pieces of coal?

        18. Apart from the dog which other animals were said to be asleep?

        19. Which word tells us Jim thought the escape was taking a very long time?

        20. Where were Nick and the dog when Jim ran away?

RE: Ramadan – I can identify the value/importance of Ramadan in Muslims’ lifes.

Spanish: Today, we are going back to our new topic “My home”.

  • First, watch the presentation and practise again saying the words. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctW0GEqhk2M

  • Listen and speak through the following videos which I have recorded from language-angels.

    • ¿Dónde vives?       Habitaciones (rooms)       En mi casa hay … (In my house there are …)        Escuchad (Listen)           Leed (Read)           Adivinad (Guess)          frases difícil (longer sentences)…

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  • Maths:

    • Mental Arithmetics:

      • Answers to yesterday

      • New questions

    • Main Task – Revision: I can compare and order fractions less than one → … fractions with related denominators.

  • English:

    • SpaG Starter:

      • Here are the answers to yesterday’s SpaG Starter: 1. explanation, 2. fought, 3. picture, 4. whistle, wrestle, 5. ac-com-pa-ny, 6. bio, 7. I would chop some wood but I’ve hurt my hand. 8. depends on the dictionary, mine says “muscat” (type of grape), but it would be murmur, 9. watchmaker, wristwatch, 10. brass 11. Toys are important for children’s development and are found across all countries and cultures around the world. 12. Danish, 13. Electronic toys have become increasingly more popular over the years, although they haven’t replaced traditional toys entirely. 14. created, 15. Yes, 16. paid, 17. If you are travelling you should ensure that you insure your belongings in case they are lost or stolen. 18. future, 19. statement, 20. aren’t

      • Here is today’s SpaG starter:

    • Main Task:Today, we are coming back to “Street Child”.

      • First, please listen again to chapter 13, 14 and 15.

      • Second, freeze-frame a scene from the chapters, e.g. when Jim is shovelling coal.

      • Third, ask a partner (parent, sibling …) to take a picture and then also ask you questions about how you are feeling, e.g.

        • What are you doing?

        • Why are you doing this?

        • How do you feel about what you are doing?

        • What would you rather want to do?

        • What are you planning on doing in the future?

        • … (Please also add your own questions.)

      • Fourth, please note your questions and answers.

      • Fifth, for presentation purposes, please …

        • either draw the scene and record questions and answers around it,

        • or use an electronic copy of the picture, place it into a wordprocessing document and write the questions and answers around it.

      • Optional: Research and then record 5-10 facts about child-labour in Victorian times.

Please send us some pictures from your freeze framing. Thank you.

  • Reading: Listen to chapter 17 (The Monster weeps) and please answer the following questions.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/12356852/street-child-chapter-17-the-monster-weep

        1. Explain the meaning of the chapter title.

        2. For how long was Jim unable to move?

        3. Which word means to look with anger?

        4. Why did Jim get up when Nick called him?

        5. What was Jim planning after Nick tied the rope around his neck?

        6. How long ago had Jim been bitten by the dog?

        7. How did Jim let Nick know breakfast was ready?

        8. Which kind of figurative writing is “the coals rained down”?

        9. What was the difference between the way White Face tried to rescue Nick and the way Jim tried to rescue Nick?

        10. What does this tell us about how Jim was feeling?

        11. When Nick emerges from the coal he is in shock. Find 2 pieces of evidence to show this.

        12. What does whimper mean?

        13. What were the strange sounds coming from Nick?

        14. What were the white trails in Nicks face?

History:

    1. Today’s work is a little slimmed down, since we haven’t had very many responses to the questionnaire task. If you have sent us questions last week, you can jump to task 2.

        • In order to get some first hand information about Croydon‘s past, I would like to send a questionaire to different people who will have knowledge of Croydon‘s long past. These are:

          • a person from Croydon Library,

          • a person from the Bourne-Association (a history association with huge knowledge),

          • our former headteacher Mr Robinson and

          • residents of St. John‘s nursing home who have lived in Croydon all their life.

Therefore, I need you to write a list of up to 10 questions you would want me to pass on.

These questions should focus on getting information about what life was like, important events and places in Croydon, … essentially anything that could bring History alife for us. This is one of the methods Historians do their research.

    1. Please search the internet and create a factfile on Croydon Airport which was once a hugely important airport in London.

        • Possible content could be: When was it opened? How long was it open? What was the primary use of the airport? Which records or mayor achievements did the airport become famous for? Which famous people were associated with Croydon airport? Why did it close? What were the concepts for the future when it initially closed?

        • Include pictures, a glossary and a “Did you know?” box

        • links: e.g.
          https://www.historiccroydonairport.org.uk/history/

http://airportofcroydon.com/Airport%20History.html

https://simpleflying.com/croydon-international-airport/

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  • Maths:

    • Mental Arithmetics:

      • Answers to yesterday

      • New questions

  • English:

    • SpaG Starter:

      • There was no SpaG Starter yesterday, so straight to today’s starter:

    • Main Task:

      • Based on yesterday’s BBC Daily lesson on “How to write a powerful speech” look now at “how to structure debate arguments”

      • All: Using the BBC website, complete the suggested activities 1 and 2

      • Some of you may choose to also complete activity 3.

Please send us notes or pictures from your points in activity 2.

  • Reading I: If you haven’t done so yet, please send us a recent book-review. Thank you.

    • You will find the templates in yesterday’s posting.

  • Reading II: Listen to chapter 16 (In Pain) and please answer the following questions.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/12356852/chapter-16-boy-i-n-pain

  • Questions in a document:

        1. List the friends that Jim as so far made in the story.

        2. Explain the word “slumber”.

        3. Find 3 words that tell us that the dog was happy to receive the bone.

        4. How did Nick tell that the tide had turned?

        5. Which words were used to describe how the boats/little crafts were moving?

          • Draw a picture illustrating that movement.

        1. How do we know that Grimy Nick considers Jim and the dog equal?

        2. Explain what this sentence tells us about Jim’s feelings: “He turned away fist clenched”.

        3. How does Jim’s mind try to make him feel better about the food he was given by Nick? Explain.

        4. Looking at all the events so far, describe what pattern you could spot in Jim’s life.

        5. Explain why Jim wished at times that he was Snipe.

        6. Describe what Jim thought of the men on the “Queen of the North”.

        7. Which words and actions indicate that Jim was not confident that his escape plan would work?

        8. Why did his escape not work?

        9. What advise would you have wanted to give him before he tried to make his escape?

        10. Predict what is going to happen next in the story.

Music: Please visit and practise the 2nd session on “Making Music” – Today’s teacher is Miss Foster (A true percussionist – How exciting!)

https://www.cma-online.co.uk/making-music (PW: makingmusic123)

Have a listen in to one of the best percussionist I have ever heard in a concert: Hamid Drake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIP4wyjE_F0

Geography: What an exciting topic today – Coastal erosion and defence.

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  • Maths:

    • Mental Arithmetics:

      • Answers to yesterday

      • New questions

Su1-Wk4-L02-Extension

  • English:

    • SpaG Starter: Since the main task is a bit longer, you will again be released from the Starter.

      Main Task:

      • Here is a little change to the original plan. I saw this awesome lesson on BBC for tomorrow and since we have been mainly looking at fiction writing, let’s move across to non-fiction.

 

  • Reading I: Quite some time has passed since we got our last book review. So, please can everybody complete a book review using one of the following templates:

  • Reading II: Listen to chapter 15 (Josh) and please answer the following questions.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/12356852/chapter-15-josh

        1. Find the simile and the start of chapter 15.

        2. Name three things Jim could see from the boat.

        3. Describe how Grimy Nick moved the Lily.

        4. Which word tells us Jim was enjoyed by the boat journey?

        5. What does “lay at anchor” mean? Explain.

        6. How long were they going to be loading coal for?

        7. How much coal was there to load?

        8. Which parts of Nick’s face weren’t covered in coal dust.

        9. What does Nick say Jim should do with the dog?

        10. What time did Jim and Nick start working?

        11. What was the name of the large ship?

        12. What were the men doing on the ship to enjoy themselves?

        13. What does the text tell us about the amount of freshwater on the Lily?

        14. What was the name of the boy that Jim had replaced?

        15. How does the reader know that Josh has been on the Lilly before?

        16. Why didn’t Jim trust Josh at first?

        17. Explain how Josh got Jim to like him.

        18. How many children did Josh have?

        19. What did Jim not like about living on the Lily?

        20. Explain the word “brazier”.

Science: Why not have a Science afternoon?

World Science Day Bunting (teacher made)

→ Use this document for recording. Su1-Wk4-L01-ScienceAfternoonRecording

  • Topic One: As part “Properties of Materials” we should be looking at electrical conductivity. Therefore, proceed as follows:

    1. Watch the following videos and create a learning poster explaining what electrical conductivity is.

    1. At the bottom of that poster, please create two different tables and complete them.

    2. Table 1: Materials that are electrical conductors or electrical isolators.

      • Group the following materials:

        • oil, plastic, steel, aluminium, wood, copper, glass, sea-water, silver, rubber, fabric,

Electrical conductor

Electrical insulator

…

…

    1. Table 2: Items I found in the household that are electrical conductors and electrical isolators.

      • Go through your household and find at least 10 different items, which I would like you to group into the 2 categories.

Electrical conductor

Electrical insulator

Metal table leg

…

Wooden chair

…

  • Topic Two: Watch the video which takes us toward next week’s subtopic “Reversible and irreversible change”

 

    • What do you think, has the temperature of a liquid an influence on how quickly sugar dissolves? → Investigate this matter.

      • Hypothesis: I think that …

      • Instruments: warm water (at different temperatures), stop-watch, thermometer, table spoon, sugar

      • Method:

        • Set up 4 different cups and fill them with warm water.

        • Cup one at 15°C, Cup two at 25°C, Cup three at 35°C and Cup four at 45°C (We don’t want you to burn your skin hence the lower temperature.)

        • Place a tea spoon full of sugar into each cup simultaneously (since we only have 2 arms, please use an assistant for the third and fourth cup).

        • Set the stop-watch and observe.

        • Read and record the time on the stop-watch for when the sugar has dissolved.

        • Repeat your experiment at least three times giving it a total of 4 rounds (calculate the average).

        • Draw your conclusion: Based on my data,

Reuben’s experiment: SugarExperiment

 

  • Topic Three: This takes us a little away from “Properties of Materials” and back to “Life-Cycles”, something that Mr Grundey’s children were learning in Science yesterday.

    • Task: Watch the videos and record how many different animals and plants can you find. You may have to do a little research about pond life and vegetation.

Animals

Plants (or parts)

  1. …

  2. …

  3. …

  1. …

  2. …

If you loved your investigations and research, why not pick a few task from this brilliant resource:

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/blog/may4-star-wars-stem

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  • Let’s start the day by sharing with your teacher (a) what you are proud of (can be linked to yourself or others) and (b) what kindness you have witnessed (this could also be something that you did to show huge amounts of kindness).

  • Maths:

    • Arithmetics Starter:

      • Solutions from Thursday

      • New questions

  • English:

    • Starter:

      • Solutions to the SpaG Starter from Thursday: 1. umpire, 2. flavour, 3. onion, 4. wholemeal, healthier, 5. expand, 6, collision, collection, 7. has been, 8. saw, 9. most, 10. summary, 11. China and India are two of the world’s most populous countries and they are located on the Asian continent. 12. Karachi, Pakistan, and Mumbai, India, are two cities with over 12 million inhabitants. 13. Indonesia’s island of Java is the world’s populous island with over 130 million inhabitants. 14. has, 15. decided, 16. India, China, 17. isn’t, 18. Gordon doesn’t speak Mandarin. 19. busiest, 20. whose

      • Today’s starter will look at the “Power of Pictures” again. Look at the following pictures and answer the questions.

        • ATTENTION: The questions are in the MS Word document together with the main task so that it is easier to answer and send us your work.

          1. What is the picture telling us (message)?

          2. How have you found being at home?

          3. How are people helping each other during this difficult situation?

          4. What top 3 pieces of advice would you give to people who might be getting bored of being stuck at home?

    • Main-Task – I can use the 5 senses to describe a setting. → All tasks are in the .doc so you can answer them on the computer.

        • Warm-up: Note down words and phrases to describe the picture. Use all 5 senses (table).

        • Extend the description (see task sheet).

        • Question Time (see task sheet).

        • Up-levelling (see task sheet).

        • Extension (optional)

        1. What is the dog’s name?

        2. Explain the meaning of the river was ‘breathing with secrets‘.

        3. What was the Lilly and why was it tied up?

        4. What is Grimy Nick’s attitude towards Jim? Find three pieces of evidence from the text that show us.

        5. Find out what mutton stew is?

        6. What did Nick mean when he said to Jim, “… you’re only a bundle of sticks”?

        7. What work was Jim expected to do?

        8. Explain what an alehouse is.

        9. Find three words to describe the Waterman’s Arms?

        10. How could you tell who the Watermen were?

        11. Why were the other children outside the Waterman’s Arms?

        12. What had happened to Grimy Nick’s previous boy?

        13. Why did the children give each other knowing looks?

        14. Explain how Jim felt towards the other children. Give evidence from the text.

        15. If you were Jim, how would you feel and what would you try to do? Explain why.

  • Art: Today, we will be travelling back into Tudor times Britain (1485-1603).

    • Britain was ruled by the Tudors for 118 years. Famous monarchs were Henry VII (1485 – 1509), Henry VIII (1509 – 1547), Edward VI (1547 – 1553), Jane Grey (1553 – 1553), Mary I (1553 – 1558) and Elisabeth I (1558 – 1603). Looking closer, one will realise how many historic building from that time in history still decorate the very unique face of Croydon. Amongst them stand …

      • Almshouses at the top of the High-Street (Hospital of the Holy Trinity; Whitgift Hospital) from 1599 and …

  • Old Palace (15th century).

    • Your task is to use your skills in perspective drawing to sketch these buildings on paper and keep them for your Sketch-book that currently resides in school. Have fun drawing!