Year 5
During the day, we recommend that you focus on these activities. We have added some suggested times to give you an idea about how long each activity should take. Teachers will be updating this page daily to support children to continue their learning at home. Further information for each of the daily activities can be found below.
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Activity
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Spellings |
English |
Times Tables |
Maths |
Reading |
Active Time |
Optional Fun Activities |
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Timings |
15-30 mins |
30-60 mins |
15-30 mins |
30-60 mins |
30 mins |
30 -60 mins |
N/A |
Class Dojo
Class Dojo is a place where teachers, parents and students can communicate. It allows parents and children to ask the teachers questions if they are confused about something and for teachers to send out messages to the whole class with ideas and support. There are still several parents from both Sycamore and Walnut that have not yet signed up to this service. I do not want you to feel pressured but it will allow you to contact us easily if you need anything or have any questions.
The login details can be found in your child's new learning at home book. If you are having trouble logging on please contact the school and we will help you get started.
Unfortunately you will need to do this for each child as each class has a separate dojo. Please do not feel this means you have to follow the work we are providing. Class Dojo is purely a way to keep in touch and for you to see any work your child has shared with us. It is not a social media site and so you will not get bombarded with messages and adverts.
Friday 22nd May
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Spelling
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Get someone to test you on this week’s spelling rule. Let Mrs Tucker and Mrs Grattan know your scores, so they can give you Dojo points. |
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Vocabulary |
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English
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SPaG Starter
Answers from yesterday’s SPaG starter.
As the wind howled through the gnarly, old trees, the little girl ran as fast as her stumpy legs could carry her. Running quickly, her long, red cloak billowed noisily and she wore a scornful expression on her gaunt, skeletal face. Either side of her slight frame, her stick-like arms moved like pistons to try and make her go even faster.
Identify all of the determiners in the passage below. Remember, a determiner introduces a noun, so spot the noun first if you are unsure (it could come before an adjective which describes a noun).
The snake coiled itself around a branch of an ancient tree and hissed viciously as three tropical-looking birds flew past. Out of nowhere, some monkeys started howling in the distance. There are many strange noises in this rainforest. |
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About to Hatch…
The mysterious objects, most of them spherical in shape, lay there on the beach, motionless, immovable despite the tide’s best efforts to eradicate them from the shoreline. Then, a crack began to appear on the surface…
From drawing your creature and making notes yesterday, you are going to write a short description about it today. Use the toolkit below as guidance about what features to include and remember to use powerful vocabulary.
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Times Tables
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You have been set an individual challenge as well as a ‘boys Vs girls’ battle on TTRockstars this week. We will be mentioning the top scorers and people who play the most later today and also the winner of the boys Vs girls battle. |
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Maths |
Starter:
Hint: work backwards (do the inverse) |
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Maths Investigation- Reach 100
Open the document ‘Maths Investigation 22.05.20’ to read the full instructions on the maths investigation for today.
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Reading
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Please see the ‘Generic Reading to do at home’ link on the ‘Home Learning March 2020’ page on the school website to choose a book for your daily reading.
Reading Challenge: this week we would like you to find the most unusual place you can to read a book. Remember to upload your pictures onto Dojo, we can decide which place is the most unusual. We will be giving Dojo points for reading and participating in the challenge.
Keep up-to-date with reading our book The Secret Garden on Dojo. It is a challenging text and worth 13 points on AR.
You only have until 3pm today to reach your target for this term. |
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Active Time
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Moovlee
There are so many workouts - yoga, meditation and active workouts. Here are a couple of good ones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i0tUVNHfLA and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toi50kBcLM8.
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Afternoon Activities
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Well-being and Mindfulness
Balloon game
Games and puzzles are a great way to distract yourself, lift your mood or settle your mind. When you need to feel calm, playing games that help you work through your feelings or give you a different focus can be very helpful.
Playing this online game when you have a worry could really help.
childline.org.uk/toolbox/games/balloon/
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Supporting Your Child with Maths
If you are unsure of how to help your child to calculate the answers to their Maths questions, please take a look at our calculation policy for Year 5 below.