18 May 2020: Home Learning
Hi everyone
We hope you all had a happy and healthy weekend and you’re ready to smash another week of home learning. If you haven’t checked out the quiz of the week yet take a look – it’s on the class news section of our website.
Here’s is your learning today. As always, if you need any help don’t hesitate to email your class teacher.
Year 5 Maths
Click on the link above to practice your multiplication skills.
Your learning today is about converting between seconds, minutes and hours.
Click on the following link for this lesson.
There is a short quiz and then a video lesson to watch. During the video there are some independent activities.
Year 6 Maths
Watch this video lesson on algebra. Remember to pause the video to work out your answers.
Y5,6 Reading
Complete this BBC Bitesize lesson.
Y5,6 Topic
Your learning today is geography based. Complete this BBC Bitesize lesson.
15 May 2020: Home Learning
It’s nearly the weekend. Yippee!
Don’t forget to check out Mr Catherall’s quiz of the week on the class news page later today.
Year 5 Maths
Your learning today is division.
Year 6 Maths
Here is a video lesson on fractions and percentages. Pause the video as you go and write the answers/ discuss with a grown up. Was your reasoning the same or different from Mr Lindsay’s?
Year 5/6 Reading
Watch this video to find out your learning for today.
You’ll need this link to The Book of Hope.
Year 5/6 Geography
Following yesterday’s learning on coastal erosion, your task for today is to create a fact sheet/poster on coastal erosion and the importance of preventing it.
Here are some points to think about:
- What is coastal erosion? How and why does it happen?
- What are the different types of sea defences? Why are they there and how do they work?
- Is coastal erosion a bad thing? Why?
- Any other useful information you find appropriate
14 May 2020: Home Learning
Good Morning.
Remember to make sure you are reading on a daily basis. Your teachers would love to publish some book reviews and recommendations on the class news page.
Year 5 Maths
Your learning today is division.
Year 6 Maths
Watch this video for answers to yesterday’s rectangle tangle.
Today’s lesson is a recap of our learning on fractions, decimals and percentages. Collect all four shield pieces by playing Forest of fractions and decimals on Guardians of Mathematica.
Year 5/6 reading
Find the answers from yesterday here.
Watch this video to find out your learning for today.
You’ll need to use this text.
Year 5/6 topic
Read the powepoint about coastal erosion and complete the tasks.
13 May 2020: Home Learning
Happy Wednesday!
We hope you are ready for another day of home learning.
Here are some spellings for you to have a go at. They all include the rule of doubling up for a short vowel sound:
accommodate
accompany
correspond
immediately
opportunity
exaggerate
occupy
appreciate
Here’s your learning for today…
Year 5 Maths
Your learning today is division.
Year 6 Maths
Here are the answers to yesterday’s ratio and proportion questions.
Today, your learning is about fractions. Here is an NRICH problem involving fractions, quadrilaterals and tringles.
The large rectangle above is divided into a series of smaller quadrilaterals and triangles. Each of the shapes is a fractional part of the large rectangle.
Can you untangle what fractional part is represented by each of the ten numbered shapes?
Need some support? Here is a link to the problem with some support and possible solutions.
Challenge: make a similar fraction problem and email it to your teacher to post on the class news.
Year 5/6 Reading
Today, we continue with the non-fiction focus. Complete this FirstNews comprehension.
Year 5/6 Living and learning
Your learning today is recognising the importance of money.
12 May 2020: Home Learning
Hello!
Hope you’re all well today and ready for another day of home learning.
Remember the importance of keeping fit and healthy as well as completing your home learning tasks. Are you eating enough fruit and vegetables? Are you keeping yourself hydrated with water? What type of exercise are you doing daily? It could be some skipping, riding your bike or you might still be a dedicated viewer of Jo Wicks.
Also, don’t forget to check out Mr Catherall’s quiz from last Friday if you haven’t already done so. He gets you doing some crazy stuff!
Here’s your learning for today…
Year 5 Maths
Your learning today is division.
Year 6 Maths
Here are the answers to yesterday’s arithmetic paper.
Today, your learning is about ratio and proportion. Here is a link to the White Rose Maths website. Watch the video in week 2 lesson two ratio and proportion.
After watching the video, answer these questions in your exercise book.
Year 5/6 Reading
Watch this video to find out your learning for today.
You will also need to read this text.
Year 5/6 Living and Learning
This week’s living and learning statement is ‘I recognise the importance of money’.
In preparation for our living and learning lesson tomorrow, your task is to:
- Create a poster, spider diagram, list or any other choice you can think of, that shows what you know about the importance of money.
Here’s some ideas to think about:
- What activities can you do without money? What can’t you do if you don’t have money?
- What do you do with money? Do you save it, or spend it immediately? Why?
- How do people make money? Ask your parents/carers at home to help you.
- Could you live without money? Explain your thoughts.
Tomorrow, we will discuss some of these ideas in a video lesson – good luck!
11 May 2020: Home Learning
Good morning all!
I hope you’re all well and that you had a lovely weekend.
Remember you can contact your teacher using their email address at any time. You might have a question about your learning or you might be worried about something. Please get in touch and we will help as much as you can.
Here’s a little reminder our email addresses:
sarahhogarth@spherefederation.org
marklindsay@spherefederation.org
olliecatherall@spherefederation.org
benfreeman@spherefederation.org
Here’s your learning for today…
Year 5 Maths
Your learning for today is multiplication.
Year 6 Maths
You may recall that this week was supposed to be our SATs week. Don’t worry you can recreate that magical feeling from the comfort of your own home. Sharpen your pencil, set your timer to 30 minutes and take the 2019 arithmetic paper. Scroll through the questions and use your exercise book to write down your answers and working out. You don’t have to wait weeks to find out how well you did; the answers will be revealed tomorrow.
Year 5/6 Reading
For your learning today, complete this BBC Bitesize lesson.
Year 5/6 Geogrpahy
Your learning today is about trade and economic activity.
There is a link to BBC Bitesize below. Have a go at the quiz tasks 1 and 2.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zfcnf4j
08 May 2020: Home Learning
Happy Friday, everyone!
Keep your trick shot challenges coming in! There has definitely been more from 56M – come on 56S and 56OB!
Later today, at 3pm, the quiz of the week will return to the class news section. Check that out for a bit of fun with your family.
Today marks the 75th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe. We call it Victory in Europe Day or VE Day for short. In 1945, there were three whole days of celebrations including parades, street parties, a service of thanksgiving and a concert in central London! As you can imagine, people were extremely relieved and thrilled that the war was over and, from then on, the 8th of May each year was a public holiday.
Your three tasks today are optional; feel free to do none, one, two or all of them.
In order to find out all about VE Day, you might want to read this PowerPoint or watch this clip about VE Day celebrations.
Task One
– Can you include any information you’ve just read?
Task Two
The Royal Mint has released a special £2 coin to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day. This Newsround article explains more about this.
Once you’ve read the information, have a go at designing your own £2 coin to mark this occasion.
Task Three
Music was an important part of the celebrations. Today, you can make your own musical instruments using clean junk or bits and bobs from around your house. Check out this website for inspiration. Can you make a guitar, drum or even a xylophone?
As always we’d love to hear about what you’ve been up to so please email your class teacher.
07 May 2020: Home Learning
Hey everyone
I hope you’re all well and are staying happy and healthy. Thanks to the people who are regularly in touch – it’s great to hear from you. Don’t forget you can email your class teacher for help, or even just to say hello.
Also, don’t forget to regularly check out the class news section of the website. Here, you’ll find lots of things that will hopefully keep you entertained. Last Friday, for example, I made a quiz of the week for you to have a go at with your families. I’ll do this again this week – it will go live at 3pm every Friday.
One last thing before we get started. Tomorrow, May 08, is a bank holiday. We have this bank holiday to celebrate VE day. With this in mind, because some families might just want to enjoy the day together, your home learning will be optional. There will be three tasks, based on VE day, and you can choose to do none, some, or all of them.
Here is your learning for today…
Y5 Maths
Your learning today is multiplication.
Check out this video.
Then, if you’re up for it, give these challenges a go.
Y6 Maths
Answers for yesterday can be found on this page of maths is fun.
Starter: spend 15 minutes on Times Tables Rockstars.
Here is another video lesson. Make sure you pause as the answers are on the next slide.
Y5,6 Reading
As this is our last reading lesson of the week, I’d like you to do something a little different – but really important!
Your learning today is to just enjoy reading. You can read whatever you want, wherever you want for as long as you want. You could choose to read a book, a magazine, something online, a comic…whatever you like. You could even read more than one thing!
I would like you though to email your class teacher. In your email, you should put the following information…
- What you read
- Where you read it – go extreme (in a tree, maybe?!)
- What you liked about it
Y5,6 Topic
Your geography themed learning today is about mountains and tourism.
Check out this video.
06 May 2020: Home Learning
Good morning and happy Wednesday. Your learning for today is below, however don’t forget to enjoy a book when you get chance. This might be one that you’ve got from school, or you might have that favourite book that you haven’t read for ages. Find a quiet spot and enjoy a good read!
Whist you are getting on with your work today, have a think about which of the 8 R’s you are using. Have you had to be resilient? Are you reflecting on what you are learning? Are you taking safe risks?
Here is your learning for today…
Year 5 Maths
Your learning today is multiplication.
Challenges
Year 6 Maths
Welcome to the polygon party.
Watch the short video about identifying polygons and then play the fill in the gaps quiz.
Write five of your own questions about identifying polygons.
The interior angles of an equilateral triangle total 180 degrees.
The interior angles of a square total 360 degrees.
(n-2) x 180
n stands for the number of sides. We can use this equation to calculate the interior angles of any regular polygon.
E.g. triangle = (3 -2) x 180 = 180
Square = (4-2) x180 = 360
Work out the interior angle totals for a pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, nonagon and decagon.
Year 5/6 Reading
Today, we’re going to take a break from our ‘Hobbit’ themed reading learning. Instead, I’d like you to complete this BBC Bitesize lesson (https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zfx6t39). This is the English lesson from 01 May – The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd.
Year 5/6 Art
Today, we are going to use our artistic talents! I am always amazed at optical illusions (where your eyes deceive your brain) and I find them fascinating. I thought we could all have a go at making our own!
Why are we doing this?
During this school year, we have been learning about different skills that can be used in paintings, drawings and sketches to improve our artistic abilities. Skills such as shading and colour choice are vital when improving form. This task is a great way to improve our skills and create an exciting optical illusion!
Look at this lesson from Oak National Academy and have a go at making your own.
I would love to see some of your finished pieces – don’t worry if you go wrong, I’m currently on my 3rd attempt! Please email myself (Mr Freeman), or any of your class teachers with your finished illusions.
05 May 2020: Home Learning
Good morning everyone.
We hope you had a good night’s sleep last night and that you’re ready for your learning today.
Here are some spellings for you to have a go at. We will be looking at words that contain the ‘ough’ letter string. Remember the strategies that we use in class to help you learn the words – you could do some silly sentences, word doodling or speed writing!
thorough
although
sought
brought
ought
plough
though
thought
Here is your learning for today…
Year 5 Maths
Your learning today is multiplication
Year 6 Maths
Your learning today is quadrilaterals.
Challenge: find different quadrilaterals in your home. Take a picture and label them.
Year 5/6 Reading
Watch this video ( Hobbit Inference Lesson).
Again, using this word document (The Hobbit Opening extract ) might make reading the text easier for some of you.
Year 5/6 Topic – Geography
BBC bitesize lesson
Watch all 3 videos, have a go at the video tasks. For activity two, name the seven continents of the world.
This is a year 6 task, but it is designed for both year 5 and 6 to do, as our topic lessons are spread across two years. (Basically year 5 and 6 do it, not just year 6)