Author: Miss Beatson

22 April 2020: Home Learning

I hope you’ve enjoyed the sunshine alongside doing some learning. This week, one task each day will involve going onto the BBC Bitesize website to complete a lesson. If you have any problems then please let me know.

The answers to yesterday’s maths.

Today’s learning……..

Maths: multiplying fractions

Year 5 unit fraction x whole number

Year 6 mixed number x whole number

 

Reading: comprehension

Read the text about video games and answer the questions. The answers are at the bottom of the questions- don’t look until you’ve finished!

Writing: passive and active verbs

We have looked at identifying and using active and passive verbs last term. Complete this lesson by reading some tips, watching a video and completing an activity.

21 April 2020: Home Learning

I hope your first day back at ‘home school’ went OK.

Here are the answers to the maths fluency questions for Monday’s learning.

Year 5

Year 6

 

Maths learning: subtracting fractions

Remember, you need to make the fractions have the same denominator by finding a common multiple.

Year 5 fluency

Year 6 fluency

Y5/6 Challenge

Writing: verbs and modal verbs

The BBC Bitesize website has some daily lessons for you to follow in various subjects and topics. Today, I would like you to revise all your knowledge of verbs and modal verbs by following this online lesson.

Geography: rivers and mountain ranges

How did you get on with naming the rivers of the UK yesterday?

Test your river knowledge today with this online quiz.  How many can you get correct?

Can you use an atlas or an online map to locate the mountain ranges in the UK? Use this map to label each one.

Why don’t you make your own quiz and test your family on their river and mountain knowledge!

20th April 2020: Home Learning

Hello- I hope you’re all well. I’m really missing seeing you all and learning with you. Easter holidays have been very different but I hope you all managed to have some fun and enjoyed lots of chocolate! I have been running nearly every day (even though my half marathon has been cancelled) and I’ve been into Scholes Primary School to help look after some of the children who still need to go into school.

Home learning is starting again this week-each day at 9am. If you have any questions or would like to send me any pictures of your learning then email me at nataliebeatson@spherefederation.org

Today’s learning….

Today’s maths: adding fractions.

Remember that to add fractions you have to make the denominator the same. Think common multiples!

Year 5 learning

Year 6 learning

Year 5 and 6 maths challenge

 

Writing: homophones

Choose the correct homophone to put in each sentence.

draught/ draft

I am going to ______ a letter of apology.

Since Billy didn’t shut the door properly, his mum could feel a small ______.

wary/ weary

Finally, he looked down at his lap and let out a long ____ sigh.

The sailors watched the horizon anxiously, _____ of the approaching storm.

Can you speed write these words? How many times can you write each word in 1 minute?

Silly sentences

Write your own silly sentence for each of the homophones above.

Topic

This half term we would normally be starting a geography topic.

This week, we will recap on some of the knowledge we learnt in the last geography topic.

Today, can you name the rivers in the UK?

Complete this sheet and see if you can locate the rivers in the UK.

 

03 April 2020

You’ve made it to the end of the second week and it’s been lovely to hear from some of you throughout the week. Over the next two weeks, you will be able to choose from a selection of activities rather than completing different tasks set each day. This is because it is the Easter holidays, although it will probably feel slightly different to your normal Easter break. If you would like to send me any pictures of your learning or anything fun you’ve been getting up to, then it would be great to hear from you. Here is a reminder of my email address: nataliebeatson@spherefederation.org .

Have a look on the Newsround  website to find out ‘how to BOSS being stuck at home’.

Answers to yesterday’s learning:

Year 5 answers

Year 6 answers 

Maths task

Today’s learning is multiplication problems. The answers are at the bottom of the sheet so you can mark your answers.

Year 5

Year 6

Writing task:

Grammar revision all about pronouns. The answers are at the end of the document.

Reading task:

First News

Today, there are no set comprehension questions; I would simply like you to enjoy reading. However, if you like, you could complete one (or more) of the following tasks…

  1. Read the paper with someone in your house and discuss the articles you’ve read.
  2. Do the same as above but with a friend from school over the phone.
  3. Respond creatively to one of the articles you’ve read (a bit like a creative homework).
  4. Interview someone in your house, or someone over the phone, and write your own news article about what you find out.

 

02 April 2020

Good morning everyone- I hope you’re all OK. Did anyone manage to write their own poem for the Leeds United challenge? If so, please can you try and email it to me so I can have a read.

Answers to yesterday’s maths learning:

Answers to fluency task

Challenge:

Rosie has £300 in her bank account. Tommy has 100 times more than Rosie in his bank account.

How much more money does Tommy have than Rosie?

Tommy has £30,000. Tommy has £29,700 more than Rosie. 

Maths task:

Today’s learning is multiplication. 

Year 5 learning task

Year 6 learning task

Writing task:

Use this picture as a stimulus to write your own short story (under 200 words).

Reading task:

Read the poem by William Blake.

Complete the questions. Decide which level you want to have a go at: 1 star (easiest)to 3 star (hardest). The answers are available, so you can mark your own work afterwards.

Can you write some of your own questions for the poem?

 

 

 

01 April 2020

Happy Wednesday! I hope you’re all managing to stay as active as possible. Maybe you’ve been doing PE lessons with Joe Wicks or going for a walk. I’ve been enjoying Oti Mabuse’s dance classes on Youtube – it has really helped to motivate me and put me in a good mood!

Answers to yesterday’s learning tasks:

Investigate

Are all multiples of 8 multiples of 4?  Yes

Are all multiples of 4 multiples of 8? No

Challenge:

Annie is double her sister’s age.

They are both older than 20 but younger than 50.

Their ages are both multiples of 7.

What are their ages?    Annie is 42 and her sister is 21

Answers to the history task:

  1.  Bowl used for cooking or holding food.
  2. Bone/antler comb for personal grooming.
  3. Gaming piece- possible made from whalebone. It would have been used in a board game as a counter.
  4. Silver bracelets- the rings were mainly used as jewellery but some were used as a form of payment. 

Today’s learning is multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000.

Remember, if we’re multiplying by 10, 100 or 1000 the digits move to the left. If we’re dividing by 10, 100 or 1000 the digits move to the right.

Complete the fluency questions.

Challenge:

Rosie has £300 in her bank account. Tommy has 100 times more than Rosie in his bank account.

How much more money does Tommy have than Rosie?

Writing task:

Leeds United Primary Stars are setting youngsters a poetry challenge all about ambition. The website has all the information you need to have a go at writing your own poem. You can enter your poem and send it to plprimarystars@premierleague.com or share on Twitter @PLCommunities with the hashtag #PLPrimaryStars.

Art task:

I’ve found some tutorials on You tube that show you different mindfulness doodles/drawings you can have a go at. When I had a go, it made me feel calm and relaxed. Here is the start of my doodling….

Zen doodle

3D hole

Doodle patterns

31 March 2020: Home learning

Good morning!

Thank you to those of you who emailed me your posters – it was great to hear from you and see what you’ve been up to.

Answers to yesterday’s learning: 

Factors of 18: 1,18,2,9,3,6

Factors of 14: 1,14,2,7

Factors of 16: 1,16,2,8,4

Factors of 30: 1,30,2,15,3,10,5,6

Factors of 25: 1,25,5

Factors of 42: 1,42,2,21,3,14,6,7

Factors of 48: 1,48,2,3,4,6,8,12,16,24,48

Factors of 60: 1,60,2,30,3,4,5,6,10,12,15,20

6 is a factor of 24= true

12 and 7 are factors of 72= false

3 is a factor of 27= true

1,3 and 8 are factors of 48= true

8 is a factor of 54= false

2,6 and 8 are factors of 42= false

Today’s learning is multiples. 

A multiple is the product result of one number multiplied by another number.

Multiples of 3: 3,6,9,12, 15, 18 etc.

Warm up: Ninja multiples

Task:

Investigate

Are all multiples of 8 multiples of 4?

Are all multiples of 4 multiples of 8?

Common multiples:

A common multiple is a number that is a multiple of two or more numbers. The common multiples of 3 and 4 are  12, 24, 36

  • Write the common multiples of 4 and 6
  • Write the common multiples of 2 and 3

Challenge:

Annie is double her sister’s age.

They are both older than 20 but younger than 50.

Their ages are both multiples of 7.

What are their ages?

Reading task

Read the article from this week’s First News and answer the RIC questions.

History task:

Look at the images of the Viking artefacts. Answer the questions for each artefact.

 

 

 

30 March 2020: Home learning

Hello- I hope you’ve all had a good weekend and you’re all ready for week 2 of home learning! I’ve started to learn a bit of Spanish using the Duolingo app, just for ten minutes a day- you should give it a go!

Year 5 and 6 maths task

Your learning today is factors.

  • A factor is a number that divides into another number exactly and without leaving a remainder.

  • Most numbers have an even number of factors; however, a square number has an odd number of factors.

  • A prime number has only two factors – the number itself and 1.List the factors for the following numbers:18, 14, 16, 30, 25, 42, 48, 60

Are these statements true or false?

6 is a factor of 24                                   12 and 7 are factors of 72

3 is a factor of 27                                   1, 3 and 8 are factors of 48

8 is a factor of 54                                  2, 6 and 8 are factors of 42

Challenge:   ‘sweets in a box’ problem

Reading task: inference

Look at this picture and answer the inference questions.

History/writing task

Watch the videos and create a fact sheet about the Vikings and how they lived.  It would be great if you could take a photo and email it to me on nataliebeatson@spherefederation.org

 

 

Home Learning- emails

Email teachers if you’re unsure about some aspect of the home learning. The email addresses follow the same pattern in Key Stage 1 and 2:
joebloggs@spherefederation.org

In my case, this means the email to use is:

nataliebeatson@spherefederation.org

I’ll aim to reply on the same day and no later than the following morning. To keep this manageable, please restrict emails to one per day, per child.

Thank you