Cromer Bubble’s Monday Blog, 1st February, 2021
Good Morning Cromer Bubble,
Welcome to another week of work in lockdown.
I hope you are all well and staying safe in these crazy times.
Please keep in touch, I love to hear from you. m.nordloh@gf.kwestacademy.com
This is a copy of the timetable we are using in class. I thought I would include it in case you wanted to follow the same timetable. You don’t have to, that’s one of the good things about lockdown (one of the very few good things about lockdown), you can do it in whatever order you would like.
Mathematics
Power Maths Login
www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0 and clicking on ‘Log in’. Your child’s username is his/her first name, plus the first letter of your surname – all lower case, no spaces. (For example, if the name was Sam Brown, your username would be samb). The password is his/her class name, all lower case (for example, cromer) and the School code is HCCT. When logging you go to ‘My Stuff’ and you will find your child’s text book and workbook.
Mathematics Year 5
Monday, 1st February
Power Maths (Unit 8 Lesson 8 – Fractions as Division)
Optional Oak Academy lesson Fractions and Division: https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/fractions-and-division-part-1-64u32d
Tuesday, 2nd February
Power Maths (Unit 8 End of Unit Check)
Optional Oak Academy Teacher-led Fractions and division: https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/fractions-and-division-part-2-6dgk4e
Wednesday, 3rd February
Power Maths Unit 9 Lesson 1 (Adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominator)
Optional Oak Academy Teacher-led recorded lesson (optional): https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/add-and-subtract-fractions-with-the-same-denominator-6nk3jc
Thursday, 4th February
Power Maths Unit 9 Lesson 2 (Adding and subtracting fractions)
Optional Oak Academy Teacher-led recorded lesson: https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/add-and-subtract-fractions-with-a-common-denominator-68vpae
Friday, 5th February
Power Maths Unit 9 Lesson 3 (Adding and subtracting fractions)
Optional Oak Academy Teacher-led recorded lesson : https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/add-and-subtract-fractions-with-a-common-denominator-improper-fractions-6cw62d
Mathematics Year 6
Monday 1st February
Unit 8 End of Unit Check (percentages)
A quick quiz on percentages:
https://www.educationquizzes.com/ks2/maths/percentages-year-6/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/quizzes/top-class-percentages
Tuesday 2nd February
Algebra, Unit 9, Lesson 1 ‘Finding A Rule (1)’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg56WDbQ3JQ
Wednesday 3rd February
Algebra, Unit 9, Lesson 2 ‘Finding A Rule (2)’
Thursday 4th February
Algebra, Unit 9, Lesson 3 ‘Using A Rule (1)’
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkkts4j
Friday 5th February
Algebra, Unit 9, Lesson 4 ‘Using A Rule (2)’
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkkts4j
English
This week, we are starting to look at discussion texts. Our model text is: Should Daleks be allowed to live on Earth?
Find all lessons from Monday to Friday on this PowerPoint: NEW PP-for-Literacy
Comprehension and Spelling
Year 5 Spelling:
alter
altar ascent assent bridal bridle cereal serial compliment |
complement
Year 6 Spelling:
interrupt
interfere
intercept
interject
intertwine
interim
internal
intersperse
interloper
interest
Year 6 Spelling:
Monday, 1st February
Reading Comprehension (Vocabulary in Context) lesson powerpoint: R2a Can show an understanding of the meaning of vocabulary in different contexts (1)
If you would like a copy of the PowerPoint, please email me (I can’t put the PowerPoint on here due to copyright reasons).
Tuesday, 2nd February
Reading Comprehension (Using skimming skills)
Quiz 1 (Vocabulary in Context): Test 1 (1)
Spelling Lesson
Practise writing your spelling words down using cursive script. Work towards these targets:
- Try to be consistent in the size and height of your letters, remembering that capital letters should be twice as big as lower case letters.
- Try to improve the shape of your letters.
- Keep your words on the line.
Wednesday, 3rd February
Spelling and Handwriting Practice – Practice writing your words in sentences using joined script (If you would like a challenge, maybe you can try using all the words to create a story ). Work towards these targets:
- Use the correct spellings
- Be consistent in the width and height of your letters, remembering that capital letters should be twice as big as lower case letters.
- Improve the shape of your letters.
- Keep your words on the line.
Reading for pleasure
Read a book of your choice or a book from Epic! Follow the instructions for mobile or laptop/desktop devices and explore the site or read a book that I assigned to you.
Thursday, 4th February
Spelling practice – Do the homophone match-up worksheet: Homophones Match Up (year 5) Do Mr. Whoops Juggling Muddle
Reading Comprehension (Vocabulary in Context) Quiz 2 :Test 2 (1)
Friday, 5th February
Reading Comprehension work (Vocabulary in Context)
Quiz 3: Test 3 (1)
Spelling test – ask someone to test you on your word list.
Afternoon Lessons
Monday, 1st February
PE: Home PE Battleships Level 2 and Blast Off! More great fun!
Music (Signed Performance): Create a signed song.
Objectives:
- Compose and perform melodic signed song.
- Create signed movements that communicate meaning and emotion of verses and chorus.
In previous weeks, we have studied how performers sign songs rhythmically with hands, bodies and expressions in order to communicate a message. This week, you will choose a song of your own and create signed movements of your own to effectively convey the message of the song.
You can perform the song to an adult or sibling. Alternatively, ask an adult to film it and send it to me!
Tuesday, 2nd February
Computing: Touch Typing
Children will continue to brush up on their touch typing skills – this will be invaluable to them as they move forward in their education. Typing at speed will really set them up well for all those assignments they’ll need to write in secondary school!
Go to this website: https://www.typingclub.com/
It’s an absolutely brilliant way of learning to touch type by having fun. Many of you have tried it before and you love it so – enjoy!
RE: In this lesson, we will explore how we should treat people and reflect on our own views. We will also consider how Christians and non-religious people think we should treat people. Read through the lesson and complete the tasks on this worksheet. You will also need the story of the Good Samaritan during the lesson:
RE Good Samaritan differentiated reading
Wednesday, 3rd February
Science: Human Circulatory System – Functions
Today we are going to look again at the human circulatory system. But this time, we are going to focus on the functions of the heart, the blood vessels and blood by investigating how the different parts of the circulatory system work.
Follow the lesson powerpoint and the activities on it.
Lesson Presentation Circulatory System – Functions
Reading Comp. Easy Level Reading Comp. Med & Hard Level Reading Comprehension Question Sheet
Who Wants to be a Millionaire – Circulatory System Template
Thursday, 4th February
Topic: Our key question this week is: How is global warming affecting Arctic life and the environment there?
In this lesson, you will find the answer to this question and will create an impact report. There will be a focus on key vocabulary too.
There is one lesson presentation with tasks included on it. There are two videos to watch.
Friday, 5th February
Art (Who was Piet Mondrian? )
Piet Mondrian (1872–1944) was a Dutch artist who remains well known for his abstract paintings, many of which use squares and rectangles. In 1917, he was part of a group of four Dutch artists called ‘De Stijl’ who all worked in an abstract style and reduced their paintings to straight lines, plane surfaces, rectangles and primary colours combined with black, grey and white. Mondrian’s designs have been used as inspiration for fashion, including six cocktail dresses designed by the famous designer Yves St Laurent, in 1965
Watch youtube clip for a quick summary of Mondrian’s style. Then go through Tate presentation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSCmWnIoRpI
https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/who-is/who-piet-mondrian
POP tasks
Give an example of how Mondrian’s use of media and materials has led to his art being used by a fashion designer.
Why did Mondrian use strips of transparent paper? What other materials did Mondrian use and how did he use them?
Why is Mondrian’s painting Composition C with Red, Yellow and Blue typical of his style?
Describe how Mondrian thought about his choice and location of colour.
What important effects did Mondrian try to create with his artwork?
Which two features did Mondrian continually explore with his designs?
What changes did he make to the lines he used within his designs?
I hope you get on well with this week’s work. If you have any problems, please email me m.nordloh@gf.kwestacademy.com and I will do what I can to help.
Please keep in touch and send me photos of your work.
Take care and stay safe.