Welcome to the Year 5 Blog
Well done to our TT Rockstars: Luke, Abriel, Sam M, Amelia, Scarlett, Tristan, Daniel, Maya and Alfie C. You have been playing on-line this week and practising even during the ‘holidays’.
NEW STATUS! Special mention to Chloe T for ‘Unsigned Act’, Izaaq for ‘Rock Star’ and Daniel for ‘Rock Legend’.
Well done to Huseyin, Ana, Fares, Daniel and Navtej who have all been reading more of the books and completing the quizzes on Fiction Express.
We would like to wish Tristan, Maya, Aroush , Sam, Jake, Emily, Chantelle and Abbie who have all celebrated their birthdays since the school closure started.
The first ‘Teachers v Year 5 Pupils’ took place this morning.
The winners were ‘The Teachers’!
Another chance to beat the teachers will be on Monday 20th April at 10:00-10:30 am.
Great work Lucas on your Mexican cooking project. A brilliant example of some of the work you have been completing.
Are you watching any films over the Easter Holiday? Click on the link below for a range of activities linked to films that you may have access to at home…
We are aware that this
will be a very different Easter holiday for many.
We have created a range of ideas and activities that you can get involved in.
Reading – READ, READ, READ! One of the most important life skills and links to so many areas of your learning. Read books at home. Read Fiction Express. Read magazines. We would love to hear about what you have been enjoying reading and some recommendations.
Maths – TT ROCKSTARS!! We know we say it all the time, but play, play and play some more. Challenge your teachers. Challenge your friends. Improve your ‘Rock Status’. Look out for live challenges with the teachers too. (The first one will be Tuesday 14th April at 10am)
Creative Curriculum –
This work could be completed in your exercise books or on the computer (as a powerpoint or even a video presentation)
Ancient Mayan Sites
Can you research some more information about the Mayans. Your challenge is to find out as much as you can about the main ancient Mayan sites such as Chichen Itza, Tulum and Coba.
This website is a good starting point http://www.mayankids.com/mmkplaces/mapregion.htm
Your challenge is to then create a travel guide for tourists on a visit to Mayan Mexico. Considerations to make: clear accurate information with the location of attractions, best way to get the attractions, how much seeing the attractions costs, what the must see and must do things are etc…
Disappearance
Why did the Mayans disappear? Use your research skills to try and find reasons why the Mayans disappeared. When you have completed your research write a short discussion text explaining the possible reasons for their disappearance.
Some useful websites include:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxwxTgFVUDE&t=25s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTCSTUfRTMA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3odJDGKPPTU
Review
Write a review about your learning of the Mayans for year 4. What have you learnt? What was the best part of the topic? (e.g. Learning about the sacrifices, learning about the gods, map work, Mayan myths?)
More Activities – (You
do not need to complete all of these activities!)
Have a look at the ‘100 Things to do at Home’. Which ones will you try and
complete??
Have a look at the ‘Home Learning Grid’. Which ones will you try and complete??
During this holiday, it is also important that you do some of the things that
you enjoy and we look forward to hearing all about it when we are back at school.
Yours Sincerely
Mr Scott, Mr Tooby and Miss Bates
Have a look at the above website to see what Winnie the Dog has been up to with Mrs Cheshire over the last couple of weeks. Winnie would love to see what you have been doing. Email your teacher with a photo and brief description and they will forward it onto Winnie.
New chapters have been released today (Friday 3rd April) on Fiction Express.
The final chapter is now available to read for ‘Takeover’, ‘Ghostwriter’ and ‘The Cape of Bad Hope’. Did you vote for what should happen at the end of chapter 4?
Now read the final chapter and complete the quiz.
You can also interact with the author in the book forum.
Some children have also been reading different books that are on Fiction Express.
Chantelle has read ‘Spycase’, ‘Spychaser’ and ‘Mystery Box’
Jacob M has read ‘Pants on Fire’ and ‘Cool like Zelda’
Luke has read ‘Banana Boy Slides Again’
Lexi C-W has read ‘Stormwolf’
Ana – who has been a star – has read ‘Takeover’, ‘Being Super’, ‘Pants on Fire’, ‘The Golden Amulet’, ‘Gran is a Werewolf’, ‘Banana Boy’ and ‘Zero to Hero’
What did you think about these books?
Write a book review and email it in – we can add it to the blog!
Well done to our TT Rockstars. You have played lots of games in the last week. Stars this week are: Fares, Tristan, Daniel, Aleksander, Lilly, Sam, Scarlett, Isabella, Harvey, Antony and Cayden. This week – Challenge your teachers to a ‘Rock Slam’. Will you beat them?
Well done to our readers on Fiction Express. Remember you can read lots of different books on-line and have a got at answering the quizzes too! Our reading stars are: Ana, Robert, Navtej, Daniel, Chloe T, Chantelle, Luke, Antony and Chloe K
New chapters have been released today on Fiction Express.
Chapter 4 is now available to read for ‘Takeover’, ‘Ghostwriter’ and ‘The Cape of Bad Hope’. Did you vote for what should happen at the end of chapter 3?
Read, complete the quiz and then vote for what you think should happen in the final chapter. You can also interact with the author in the book forum.
Voting closes on 31st March.
Maths: Click on the links below for some extra Maths questions.
Have a go at answering these in your books.
You can then check the answers by clicking on the ‘Mark Scheme’ tab.
https://hueagok.exampro.net/
https://4ccb7299.exampro.net/
