Tuesday History

 Today we will learn about the ancient Greeks at war. Follow this link and complete the activities. Make a fact file on ancient Greek warfare and tell me three interesting facts you learnt by commenting below. You can email your fact files to me at debeauvoirprimaryschool@gmail.com 

Tuesday English

 In this lesson, you will be looking at how to use apostrophes in contractions. Begin by watching the video and then complete the activites. Don't forget to comment below. 

Tuesday maths

Today we will revisit column addition. Watch this video and complete all the activites on the page. Remember to comment below, to tell me how you got on. 

Once you've finshed that, see how you do with these questions. 

Tuesday Reading

Tuesday's reading is the same as Monday. As you read, see if you can make predictions about what will happen in your reading. 

This is one of my favourite stories from when I was a child. Can you predict what it might be about? Remember you must also explain why you are making that prediction. 

Tuesday Morning Starter

 Is this true or false?

As many of you realised, yesterday's morning starter was true. 

Tuesday

Good morning Year 5, 
Thank you for all your hard work yesterday, in particular Kieara, Ayaan, Charlie and Hisham who all either commented or emailed me work. Today is the last day of working from home and I can't wait to see you all tomorrow. 

Monday Computing

On monday afternoons, we always have computing. An important aspect of computing is debugging, something which we have done already in a number of programmes. Watch this video to find out more about it and why it is important. 

Monday Art

I did a lot of these with year 6 last year, they're a really nice way of drawing as he takes you through step by step and you normally end up with something you're happy with. Follow this video tutorial to draw your own Sonic the Hedgehog. Please email them to me at debeauvoirprimaryschool@gmail.com 

Monday English

Time to learn the difference between synonyms and antonyms. Watch this video to find out what they are and complete the activities. Then see if you can come up with some of your own. You can give me some examples in the comment section below. 

Monday Maths

In today's maths, we will be looking at rounding numbers. Watch this video to remind yourself how to do it and complete the activities. Let me know how you did? 

Time to complete the table. 

Monday Reading

Once you have done your morning starter, get your reading book out and make some predictions based on what you are reading. Here are the sentence stems to help you. Let me know what book you are reading this morning. 

Monday Morning Starter

We've done work on estimating answers before, remember you need to round the numbers before adding them. Let me know whether you think this is true or false? 

Monday

Good morning Year 5, 
I hope you all had a lovely weekend.

Reading Stars

Well done to Hisham, Ayaan, Kirsty, Arwa, Rushane and Mustafa, I can see you all logged on to Reading Plus this week. 

Friday spellings

On Fridays, we always give out our spelling homework to practice over the weekend. Click on this link to learn how to spell words with "cious" and "tious" endings. Once you've done that, see if you can put the words in a sentence. Please include some in the comment section below. 

Friday English

Adverbs help us to decribe the action in our writing. Click on this link to find out more about them and test your knowledge. Let me know how you do in the comment sections below. 

Now you know what they are and how to use them, write some sentences that include adverbs. See if you can move the adverb around in your sentence.

For example: 
The boy ran quickly to fetch his football. 
Quickly, the boy ran to fetch his football. 
See how many you can come up with ! 

Friday History

In celebration of Black History Month, we learnt abour four incredible women who worked at NASA. When we were studying them, we learnt a little about the space race between the USA and USSR. I thought it would be nice to learn a bit more about it. This 15 minute lesson is written by the same man who does the Horrible History TV show. Click on this link, listen carefully and complete the quiz at the end. Let me know how you got on and any interesting facts you learnt. 

Friday Maths

 Today, we will be looking at multiplying and dividing numbers by 0, 1, 10 and 100. Watch this video, and do the activities. Let me know what how you did? 

Once you've done that, have a go at these questions. 

Friday Reading

Well done on completing your morning starter. Today's big picture is about the sun, read the text and then answer the questions at the end. You can leave your answers in the comment section or email me at debeauvoirprimaryschool@gmail.com. 

1. What gases is the sun mainly made from?
2. How long does it take energy to reach Earth from the Sun? 
3. How Far away is the Sun from the Earth? 

4. What type of star is the Sun now?
5. List four layers of the sun from the centre to the outside. 
6. What keeps our solar system of planets orbiting the sun?

Friday Morning Starter

 Recently, we looked at timetables, let us know how you get on with this true or false question. 

Yesterday's morning starter was true, you should have got the same answer for both column additions.