15 July 2020: Home Learning
Hey everyone
Thanks to those of you that got in touch yesterday – it’s great to hear from you!
Here’s your home learning for today…
Y5 Maths
Starter
Use the Topmarks website to play ‘Hit the button.’ Put your times table knowledge to the test.
Your learning for today is about describing positions and coordinates.
Y6 Maths
You are now ready to do battle in Guardians: Defenders of Mathematica. Play all four levels of Ruins of Ratio and Proportion.
Y5,6 Reading
Choose your favourite book at home. Create a short persuasive piece of writing as to why others should read this book.
Some areas to think about:
- Is this book fiction or non-fiction?
- What is the book about?
- Why did this book catch your attention?
- What age group is this book appropriate for?
Y5,6 Topic
Following on from yesterday, our friends at Hello Hip Hop return to help us develop our colouring skills in the graffiti style. Watch this video first. Then, use this document to have a go at colouring in the word ‘Scholes’. Remember to send your finished piece to your class teacher.
14 July 2020: Home Learning
Hi everyone
We hope you’re all OK. We’re almost at the end of the school year now – it’s certainly been one to remember. We’d love to hear your views about this year. Finish these sentences and send them, by email, to your class teacher:
- I feel I improved the most in…
- Something important that I learned this year was…
- My favourite subject this year has been…
- What I enjoyed learning the most this year was…
- Something I’m proud of accomplishing is…
- Something I’ve learned about myself is…
- Something I will miss is…
- I will never forget this year because…
Here’s your home learning for today…
Y5 Maths
Click on the link above for today’s starter. This game is about factors and multiples.
Your learning for today is about describing translations.
Y6 Maths
It’s the last week of year 6 so we had better finish our quest to save Mathematica. In order to prepare for your next battle on Wednesday, learn the mystical art of ratio and proportion in this bitesize lesson.
Y5,6 English
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zxsy6g8
Have a go at this BBC Bitesize lesson on analysing texts.
Y5,6 Art
Yesterday, we learnt about the famous graffiti artist Banksy. Today, we’re going to continue our art learning by developing our own style. Our friends at Hello Hip Hop have sent us a video to help us create effects on our graffiti. Watch this video and then have a go at one (or more) of your own. You could choose to write whatever as long as it is appropriate.
13 July 2020: Home learning
Good morning.
We hope you’ve all had a lovely weekend and that you got up to some nice things. Maybe send your class teacher an email this week before the summer holiday starts – tell us what you’ve been up to.
Here is your learning for today…
Year 5 Maths
Click on the link above for today’s starter. This game allows you to practice your rounding skills. Select the option that you feel confident with. If you would like a challenge – try out the decimal numbers.
Your learning for today is about translation. This first lesson goes over the learning you will have done in year 4.
Year 6 Maths
Before starting your main lesson, take 15 minutes to sharpen your times tables skills on Times Tables Rockstars.
This next lesson will teach you have to calculate and represent ratio.
Year 5/6 Reading
Today is our read for pleasure lesson. Choose a book, magazine, newspaper or perhaps an online article to read for your own pleasure. If you have recently read something that you have particularly enjoyed, you could write a book review to recommend it to others. Think about what information is useful to the reader in a review.
Year 5/6 Art
Your learning today is all about art. Graffiti is one of my favourite styles of art. It is controversial and, in some cases, illegal but I love the style of it. I also love how it often tackles issues in society. One famous graffiti artist is Banksy.
Today, I’d like you to read this information about Banksy and then have a go at creating your own piece of art – remember to link it to an issue in society.
Send your class teacher your finished masterpieces.
10 July 2020: Home Learning
Hey everyone
We hope you’ve had a great week. And, we hope you have a happy and healthy weekend, too – fingers crossed for a bit of sunshine!
Thanks to everyone who has been in touch this week – we really do love hearing how you’re doing.
Here’s your learning for today. As always, if you have any questions contact your class teacher.
Y5 Maths
Log on to TT Rockstars and test your multiplication skills.
Your learning for today is about multiplying decimals by 10, 100 and 1000.
Y6 Maths
Here are the answers to yesterday’s questions.
Your final challenge of the week is to take on all four levels of The Swamp of Statistics on Guardians: Defenders of Mathematica.
Y5,6 Reading
If you’ve been in my class, you know how much I love a good debate. I think it helps us engage with the world around us, articulate our thoughts and is a really valuable life skill. Also, to gain information, we often have to use our reading skills. Today, I’d like you to read this information and form your own opinion – you could even debate it with someone else.
Then, I’d like you to create a short poster or presentation (or anything else you can think of) to put forward your viewpoint.
Y5,6 Topic
We are going to familiarise ourselves further on one of our protective characteristics with this black lives matter lesson. This is a large global movement supporting the lives of black people.
Why are we doing this?
In Scholes (Elmet) Primary School, we know that racism is never ok and is not tolerated. Black lives matter supports our values, and it is important we are aware with current issues around the world. Complete this video lesson.
09 July 2020: Home Learning
Hi everyone
We hope you’re all OK and are managing to stay happy and healthy. It was a big day for Y5 yesterday as they found out which class they’ll be in next year – commiserations if you’re in Mrs Hogarth’s class again (it won’t be that bad!).
And Y6, thanks so much for the amazing response to sending in baby pictures. It’s going to be quite a big video so it will take some time for me to put it all together and edit it properly. I will make sure you have it before the end of next week!
Here’s your learning for today…
Y5 Maths
Click on the link above for today’s starter.
Your learning today is about subtracting decimals with different decimal places.
Y6 Maths
Now that you’re an expert on statistics and percentages, answer these White Rose questions. If, like me, you don’t own a protractor then skip the second part of question 7.
Y5,6 Reading
Learning about the world around is really important – and it can be really interesting, too. For your learning today, complete this First News comprehension.
Y5,6 Topic
Let’s continue with our fantastic Spanish learning. Learn how to say where you live in this video lesson .
08 July 2020: Home Learning
Year 5 Maths
Starter
Use the Topmarks website to play ‘Hit the button.’ Put your times table knowledge to the test.
Your learning for today is about subtracting decimals.
Year 6 Maths
Our lesson on finding an average will be very meaningful. Wait. Here’s a better one. Don’t let anyone call you average. It’s just mean.
Year 5/6 Reading
As this would have been our ‘sports week’ at school if all was normal, I thought we could use this as our learning platform. Choose a sport that you are particularly fond of and find an article about this sport. This could be something in the news, an online article about a team or player, the rules of the sport or anything else you can think of. Once you have your chosen piece of sporting information, create a RIC for other pupils to answer. As a challenge, see If you can create more questions after your RIC. Send your results into your class teacher – we look forward to using them next week!
Year 5/6 Living & Learning
Your lesson today is a Living & Learning lesson. You will be focusing on one of our 8Rs for learning – Mr Catherall thinks it might be the most important one! Do you agree? Watch this video and follow the instructions. You can access the website and resources you need here. Enjoy!
07 July 2020 : Whole school home learning (Let’s get sporty!)
Whole school sporting activities
07 July 2020: Home Learning
Happy Tuesday!
We hope you’re all feeling happy and healthy this morning. Keep an eye out for the Virtual School Games Sports Day. There are some exciting activities planned.
Your learning for today…
Year 5 Maths
Click on the link above for today’s starter.
Your learning for today is about adding decimals with a different number of decimal places.
Year 6 Maths
Today, you will recap your knowledge of finding a percentage of an amount.
Challenge: Use the internet to make a list of items that you’d need for a summer garden party. This might include a trampoline, slip and slide, BBQ or even a garden den. Now, reduce each item by either 10%, 15% or even 25%.
Year 5/6 Reading
Have a go at this BBC Bitesize lesson to improve your knowledge of how to understand texts and unfamiliar words.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zr8cf82
Year 5/6 Science
Your learning today is all about science – specifically, insulators and conductors. Watch this video lesson to find out more.
06 July 2020: Home Learning
Good morning!
We hope you’ve had a lovely weekend. The weather hasn’t been too great recently, however remember that it is still important to get outside for some fresh air and get some exercise. Hopefully we will have some sunshine soon.
Year 6 – please remember to email Mr Catherall today with your photos for the leavers video.
Your learning for today is…
Year 5 Maths
I hope you are ready for your Maths learning this week. We will be continuing to look decimals and percentages this week.
Click on the link above for today’s starter.
Your learning for today is about adding decimals using the formal method.
Year 6 Maths
This week is statistics. Have your pen and paper at the ready and watch Mr Lindsay’s video about graphs and circles.
Year 5/6 Reading
Today is our read for pleasure lesson. Choose a book, magazine, newspaper or perhaps an online article to read for your own pleasure.
Year 5/6 DT
Your learning today is design technology. Complete this video lesson from BBC Bitesize.
03 July 2020: Home Learning
Happy Friday everyone. Don’t forget to get in touch with your class teacher and let them know how you are getting on.
Year 5 maths
Log on to TT Rockstars and test your multiplication skills.
Your learning for today is about writing percentages as fractions and decimals.
Year 6 maths
Before you take on the Deadly Sea of Shapes, here’s some tips to help you on your journey.
Interior angles of a triangle total 180 degrees.
Interior angles of a quadrilateral total 360 degrees.
Angles in a straight line total 180 degrees.
The radius in a circle is half the size of the diameter.
Good luck.
Year 5/6 reading
Your learning today is about understanding what you’ve read. Complete this First News comprehension.
Year 5/6 topic
Today we are going to recap our knowledge on map scales. Watch Mr. Freeman’s video and follow along with the tasks set.
Why are we doing this?
We have learnt how to use scale, map coordinates, six figure grid references and more during our geography topic this year. It is important to regularly refresh our minds with this knowledge, as accurate map reading can be a vital skill in the real world!