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5S - Thursday and Friday

We've had a busy week in Year 5 and have been enjoying the sunnier weather.

It's been assessment week and everyone has put good effort into their Reading, Writing and Maths assessments 

We all enjoyed sports day and everyone took part with great effort and enthusiasm. Well done to those children who received their sports day awards for excellent effort, participation and team spirit.

In Geography we have worked in pairs to create a collage of a Strato volcano complete with a cross section of inside Mount Vesuvius. It's been interesting to find out about the eruption in AD12 and the impact on the town of Pompeii in Italy.

We hope everyone had a lovely weekend.

Week Ending 26.5.22 - Happy Half Term

On Wednesday this week we enjoyed celebrating the Queen's Jubilee. We have painted our own Union Jack flags, created crowns and taken part in a range of Jubilee inspired games and activities such as bingo. We have also researched and created Powerpoint presentations about the commonwealth country of Wales.

This week we have also continued writing our Dragon Slayer stories in English, developed our arithmetic skills in Maths and learnt the Dance from the Heart routines in PE.

We hope everyone has a very happy and safe half term break 

Week Ending 20.5.22 

This week in English we have been writing our own version of the Literacy Shed film 'The Dragon Slayer' and have been working on using a range of descriptive words and phrases such as similes and metaphors. In Maths we've enjoyed using protractors to measure and investigate angles.

On Thursday it was Outdoor Learning Day. We created some fabulous artwork using the natural materials in our outdoor classroom. Our theme was 'Growing Together' and we enjoyed using our creativity to create our pieces - please see some pictures below.

Another fun and challenging swimming week too - we've been learning how to use sitting dives to collect weights and have taken part in relay races. 

Week Ending 13.5.22 

This week we've been learning lots more about the Arthurian legends in English and have been reading some different tales involving the characters of King Arthur, Sir Lancelot and the wizard Merlin. We've also created perspective drawing of Camelot and King Arthur's castle - please see some photos below.

In Music we have been learning about looping and remixing songs and have started to learn to play the melody from the song 'Somewhere over the rainbow' on the glockenspiel. In Geography it's been interesting to compare historical and modern maps of Lostock Hall  and notice all the land use changes. We've also been continuing to work on creating a presentation about a celebrated Briton in computing.

Year 5 Team 

Week Ending 6.5.22 

We've had a fun and very sporty week in Year 5 this week. We really enjoyed going to West View Leisure Centre for our climbing trip and some of us also learnt how to do somersalts in the water at swimming!

In Maths we have been learning about percentages and finding equivalent fractions and decimals. We've also started a new unit in English all about the Legend of King Arthur, and in PSHE we've learnt about different ways to stay healthy. We've also developed our collage skills in Art by creating artwork inspired by the famous painting 'A Bigger Splash' by David Hockney - see some photos below.

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Year 5 Team  

Week Ending 29.4.22 

Another busy and fun week in Year 5.

In Maths we have continued to investigate decimal numbers including ordering and rounding. In English we have written our own metaphor poems and performed a range of poems in groups. We've learnt about the local history of Lostock Hall railway station in History and learnt how to talk about the weather in French. We've also carried out an investigation into the absorbancy of different materials in Science - see photos below.

We're all really looking forward to our visit to the West View climbing centre next week... Please remember to come in wearing your school polo shirt, school jumper, tracksuit bottoms / leggings and trainers on Tuesday 3rd May everyone!

We hope everyone has a lovely bank holiday weekend.

Year 5 Team  

Week Ending 1.4.22 - Starting the Summer term 

We've had a great start to the Summer term in Year 5 and are looking forward to lots of fun and challenging learning and activities.

In Maths we've started our unit on decimals and in English we've been responding to a range of poems. We've had a yoga session in PE (see photos below) and in History we've been finding out about the history of our local area of Lostock Hall. In PSHE we've been thinking about road safety and have created posters for a local competition.

We hope everyone has a lovely weekend.

Year 5 Team  

Week Ending 1.4.22 - Happy Easter !

This week in Year 5 we've been busy being creative - we've made our own fresh salsa in DT using lots of vegetables, herbs and spices, and have enjoyed making our Easter cards using ribbon collage. 

In Maths we've been multiplying fractions and in English we've published our balanced discussions about zoos. We worked in pairs to create detailed diagrams of the life cycles of different Amazon animals in Science and have been developing our rugby and swimming skills in PE.

We hope everyone has a wonderful Easter holiday,

Year 5 Team  

Week Ending 25.3.22

Another busy week for Year 5 - we've been researching the topic 'Should we have Zoos?' in English and will be writing a balanced discussion about this next week. In Maths we've been developing our fluency skills and understanding of fractions. It's been fun to make our Mother's Day cards in Art and also creating animations based on the Amazon rainforest.  In RE we have created our own Holy Week plate art and learned about the importance of Easter for Christians.

Year 5 Team  

Week Ending 21.3.22 - Celebrating Diversity Week

This week we have thoroughly enjoyed our Celebrating Diversity multicultural week in school.

We have taken part in PSHE workshops, had an assembly from pupils and staff from Lostock Hall Academy, learnt a Hindu themed dance led by SRBC and reflected upon the diversity within our classes and the school as a whole. 

We hope everyone has a good weekend and enjoys the sunnier weather,

Year 5 Team  

Week Ending 11.3.22 

This week we have been writing a balanced discussion in English based on the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest. We have tried to use lots of language of debate such as: 'on the other hand,' 'nevertheless' and 'futhermore.' In Maths we have been investigating fractions and recapping our understanding of common denominators. We have enjoyed our swimming sessions and have learnt lots about life saving. We've also found out about different human and physical landmarks in South America such as the Angel Falls.

We hope everyone has a lovely weekend,

Year 5 Team  

Week Ending 25.2.22 - Welcome Back !

This week has been another busy week in year 5. On Tuesday some of us came in wearing our club uniforms for world thinking day - please see photos below.

In Maths, we have continued our work on Fractions, and using common denominators to compare different fractions. In English we have been adding a flashback section to a story called 'Hunted' by the children's author Pie Corbett. We have been learning life saving skills in swimming and created our own environmental posters in PSHE for a SRBC competition.

We hope everyone has a lovely weekend,

The Year 5 Team  

 World Thinking Day.                                                      

Today has been World Thinking Day. World Thinking Day is all about peace and respect  We will be taking part in activities such as setting a world record for the most people to say their promise at the same time, a promise is a vow that uniformed groups must learn and keep. On the 22.2.22 at 20:22pm the groups all over the country will make their promise.  

Written by Erin, Libby and Anaya. 

Week Ending 11.2.22 - Happy Half Term !

It’s the end of a busy and fun half term in Year 5. This week has been been Children's Mental Health Awareness week, and we have been reflecting on things that make us feel happy and calm such as our hobbies and sports, and also thinking about things that make us special and unique. 

In Maths, we have continued developing our understanding of fractions and have been converting between improper fractions and mixed numbers using multi-link cubes to help us. We have been practicing our French conversational skills and can now talk about our various pets. In Music, we have been creating our own graphic scores in small groups, adding musical scores to a film clip from the movie 'Avatar.' We have really enjoyed our swimming sessions in PE and creating Space themed routines in Dance.

We hope everyone has a happy and safe half term break,

The Year 5 Team  

Week Ending 4.2.22 

Another busy, challenging and fun week in year 5!

In English we've been using the Literacy Shed short movie 'Taking Flight' all about a boy who goes on an adventure with his grandad. In Maths we have been learning about fractions - we cut up apples to show different fractions of a whole.

It's been fun to do some Amazon rainforest painting and colour mixing this week in Art and we've learnt all about the Hindu festival of Colour, Holi, in RE. 

Have a nice weekend everyone and see you on Monday.  

Week Ending 28.1.22 

Well done year 5 for all of your efforts this week during our assessment week. 

In Science we have been learning about what causes night and day. We turned all the lights off in the classrooms and used a torch and a globe to demonstrate to earth moving on its axis. In Art we have used fabric collage to create artwork based on different Amazonian animals. We're learning how to talk about our pets in French - thank you to Mrs Phillipson for your expertise in French pronunciation!

We hope everyone has a lovely weekend  

Week Ending 21.1.22 

It's been another busy and fun week in Year 5.

In Geography, we used online maps to locate different physical and human features of the continent of South America, and learnt a song listing all of the countries and capital cities. It was fun to do some outdoor learning in Science - we used models to measure the scaled distances between the sun and the planets in our solar system on the playground. In PSHE we have been looking at dilemmas and thinking of ways to help and support our friends.

Have a great weekend everyone 

Science - Comparing the planets and the distance between them.

It is very difficult to understand the sheer scale of the planets and their distances. We attempted to create this on our playground! Please also watch the youtube video below for a mind blowing scale example!

Please watch the youtube video below for further scale planet size comparisons.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR5VJo5ifdE

Week ending 14.1.22 - Journey into Space

We have enjoyed finding our more about the mysterious creatures that live on the planet Pandora in English this week. We have used our research notes to write non - chronological reports about our chosen animal. In Science it's been interesting to learn about the heliocentric and geocentric models of our solar system and we have developed our sketching skills in art by creating drawings of the moon in our sketch books using different mediums. 

Joe - 'I've really enjoyed writing my report about the Hammerhead Titanothore

Arunvir - I like finding out more about Avatar and the planet of Pandora

Erin - ' I've really got the hang of the grid method for long multiplciation

Mia - ' It was fun to learn the song about the countries and capital cities of South America.'

Welcome Back and a Happy New Year!

We have had a great week in Year 5 this week and a really good start to 2022.

We have started a science fiction unit in English based on the film 'Avatar.' We have been investigating different words to do with the planet of Pandora, using dictionaries - please see some pictures below of us being word detectives.  In Maths we have been learning multiplication strategies, and we are finding out about Earth Sun and Moon in Science.

Our Pajama Day on Thursday was great fun and we loved watching the pantomime, 'Beauty and the Beast.' 

Hummy - 'I really enjoyed the panto especially the songs'

Kobi - 'It's really interesting to find out more about our solar system'

Anaya - 'I have learned how to talk about different emotions in French - Je suis content'

English - LO- To create a theatre poster for Beauty and the Beast.

Watch the trailer for the Disney's Beauty and the Beast-see link below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRlzmyveDHE

Look at the poster ideas below:

Use the template below or your own blank piece of paper to create your own version of the theatre poster for Beauty and the Beast.​​​​​​

Computing fun- Have a go at some of the classic video games below. Once you have had a good go of each choose one of the video games and review it on the sheets below at the bottom.

1) Dizzy - Try Fantasy World Dizzy

https://yolkfolk.com/play-online/

2) Wheels of Salvation

https://www.echalk.co.uk/amusements/Games/wheels/wheels.html

3) Line Rider

https://www.linerider.com/

Week Ending 17.12.21 - Festive Fun

It's been a busy and fun festive week in Year 5. We have enjoyed using Art Mache to create our own snowman sculptures (please see the photos below) and have also used collage skills and lots of sparkle to make our Christmas cards. Monday's party afternoon was lots of fun - we took part in lots of activities such as a Kahoot quiz, bingo game, talent show and Karaoke. We've also developed our writing skills this week by creating a playscript based on 'A Christmas Carol,' by Charles Dickens, and developed our Maths fluency skills with some festive puzzles and challenges.

We would like say thank you for the ongoing support, gifts and kind comments, and to wish everyone a very happy and safe holiday and a very Merry Christmas. We look forward to seeing you all in the new year.

Santa Dash Dancing

Year 5 have enjoyed dancing to some Christmas tunes this afternoon in our fab Santa hats!

Mental Maths Homework

Please continue with your monster Multiplication on Purple Mash.

https://www.purplemash.com/#tab/home/games

Mental Maths homework Y5- TT Rockstars Battle 5B vs 5S

Login to TT Rockstars and spend about 30minutes answering a range of x table questions. 

https://play.ttrockstars.com/ttrs/online/tournaments?t=battle-of-the-bands

Week Ending Friday, 19th November

This week has been another fun, challenging and enjoyable week in Year 5.

In Science we have been learning about evaporation. We put a solution of water and coffee granules in a holder and we put a candle underneath, we even saw the water evaporate!

In swimming we have been doing lengths up to 25 metres back stroke and front crawl. Last week Friday we all walked in a circle and when our swimming teacher blew the whistle we did a float star and the circle dragged us, it was that powerful!

In Maths we have been learning about square numbers such as 1x1 equals 1. We have used lots of counters to help us represent our square numbers.

In English we have been learning about The Caravan by Pie Corbett.  We have written our own story it was really fun. Harry used the setting of an abandoned skate park and Kobi described an abandoned car dealership.

This week has been really fun!

By Kobi and Harry 

Mental Maths Homework!

Year 5B Boys vs Girls TTRockstars

Year 5S Boys vs Girls TTRockstars

Log on between now and Tuesday 9th November to battle against each other!

Mental Maths - Homework

TT Rockstars 5B Vs 5S battle!

From 3:30pm Friday 22nd October to 9:30am Monday 1st November!

Try to spend a little bit of time on TT Rockstars over the half-term

Let the battle commence!

Year 5 Mental Maths - Friday 15th October - Wednesday 20th October.

Please practice the times tables set for your group on  TT Rockstars.

https://ttrockstars.com/

Year 5 Mental Maths Homework - 01.10.21-TT Rockstars battle! 5S Vs 5B

Please work on your times tables by taking part in the TTRockstars Battle:

https://play.ttrockstars.com/ttrs/online/tournaments?t=battle-of-the-bands

You can try a range of different times tables!

Year 5 Mental Maths Homework - 24.09.21

Please practise your times tables using the Hit the Button website:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

You can try a range of different times tables!

Hello Year 5 children and families,

We just wanted to say a huge thank you for all of your hard work and support this year.

We are so proud of you all and are looking forward to seeing you in September in Year 6.

Sending very best wishes,

The Year 5 Team.

Sampler Day - 5th July

Meet The Teacher

For children isolating, please complete the tasks below:

Thursday 10th June - Foundation - RE- An introduction to Judaism.

Watch the youtube clip below, read through the powerpoint presentation and then answer the questions about Judaism on the worksheet.

Friday 10th June - Maths - Vertical multiplication revision - 3 digit by 1 digit

Watch the youtube clip below for help if you need and then answer the question worksheet.

Friday 10th June Foundation - Fun Friday Skills - Ball skills - Simple hand control - Drops and Zaps

Please see the youtube video for help below!

Year 5 - Parliament workshop and live zoom with MP Nigel Evans

Year 5 had a wonderful online introduction into how Parliament works and a special

Q and A session with our local MP - Nigel Evans. Well done to all the children in 5B and 5S for some very intriguing questions!

We've had a fun and busy week in year 5. We've enjoyed learning about different thermal insulators in Science. earthquakes around the world in Geography and started our new topic on advertisements and persuasive writing in English. We've also planted some sunflower seeds and are hoping to grow some giant sunflowers this summer. Well done to everyone who has been watering our sunflower seedlings!

Year 5 Update - 23.4.21

Mental Maths homework this week is related to your times tables. Please logon to your Times Tables Rockstars - we have set up a battle between the Year 5 classes. 

Year 5 Geography - Volcano experiment

Thank you to Jayden in 5B for bringing in this experiment kit!

It was rather windy outside so apologies for the wind noise.

Hello Year 5, welcome back to the start of the Summer term! 

We're looking forward to lots of fun learning this term, including all about myths and legends in English, volcanoes and earthquakes in Geography and creating our own artwork inspired by the artist David Hockney.

Here's to a fun, challenging and enjoyable term! 

The Year 5 Team.

Hello Year 5 children and families, 

We would like to say a huge thank you for all of your hard work and support during the remote learning period.

We have loved seeing all of your wonderful home learning and we are so looking forward to welcoming you back into school on Monday ! 

You have done so well during this period and we are so proud of you all.

The Year 5 Team

Virtual Steps Challenge

Friday 26th February to Thursday 4th March

30 Minutes maximum per day.

Take a look at the PowerPoint below to take part in the whole school Virtual Steps Challenge.

https://youtu.be/9gorJc6ht8M

Record your daily scores and see how many steps you can climb in a week.

Move on up!

Year 5 Home Learning Tasks

Reading Plus - Please carry out your Reading Plus activities (approx 20-30mins). Also, please ensure that you are regularly reading your home reading book / wider reading. Please continue to record daily reading in your home diary as normal.

Spellings - Please learning and practice this week's spellings (see below - approx 10-15 minutes daily). Tasks can include 1) Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check (LSCWC) 2) Write your spellings into a sentence. 3) Ask someone at home to test you. 4) Thursday there will be a spelling wordsearch for you to complete.

English - Please see daily tasks below.

Mental Maths - each day please spend 15 minutes practising your times tables or the Mental Maths that is set on Monday.

Maths - Please see daily tasks below. In addition, please use Times Tables Rockstars for times tables work and Education City for a range of  Year 5 Maths games.

At the beginning of each week you will also have some Mental Maths tasks (this will start WB 11.01.21)

Foundation subjects - Please see daily tasks below. In addition, please use Purple Mash and Brain Pop to support science and other foundation subject tasks.

IDL - -https://appuk.idlsgroup.com/#/login If you attend IDL club please complete at least one lesson from the Literacy section and one lesson from the Maths section at least twice a week.

Remote Learning Update

Thanks to everyone for all the fantastic work you have been sending.

Please see the tabs below for your home learning tasks for the forthcoming weeks. We hope that the tabs will make it easier for you to navigate across the different subjects. 

After reviewing our remote learning provision, we would would like to ask that that all completed work (from the previous week) is submitted by Monday before 12pm, many thanks 

Completed home learning tasks or work can be submitted to teachers using the Year 5 email address below or through your child’s own Purple Mash account. Please write your child's full name and class in the subject bar of the email when submitting work. For any other enquiries or communication, parents should follow the normal procedure and email the school business manager, many thanks. 

                            year5@lostockhallcps.co.uk

Year 5 "Zoom" catch-up sessions 

We are holding ongoing "Zoom" sessions for class 5B and 5S on Mondays and Fridays. We will send you all an email on Purple Mash with the details and invite codes to join the meetings. You only need to try and join the meeting a minute or so before the scheduled time and the teacher will allow you to join the meeting from a virtual waiting room. It will give us all a chance to have a quick catch-up.

Please read the Zoom agreement rules below before joining the meetings.

5B- 10am

5S- 11am

If you are unfamiliar with Zoom please see the Lostock Hall CPS Zoom Guide to help you below:

Monday 8th February Spellings – Write out your spellings 3 times and ask an adult or use a dictionary to ensure that you understand the meanings of the words. On the 3^rd time writing your spellings do Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check. (so this means:

1. Look at your 1^st word.
2. Say the word out loud.
3. Cover up the word.
4. Write down the word.
5. Check to see if you got it correct – change if you need to.
6. Repeat for each word on your spelling list.

Monday 8^th February - English – Read and Response / Performance Poetry

Firstly, please watch Mrs Stewart introducing today’s task – see link below.

Now please carefully read the poem below, ‘Superheroes I could have been.’

Think about what do you like about the poem? Is there anything that you dislike about it? Can you spot any patterns? Which is your favourite idea for a superhero?

Activity – Please read the 'Top tips for reading a poem' guide below and watch the Michael Rosen video clip – see link below.

Next, have a go at preparing a performance of the poem. Can you add actions? Can you make the jokes really clear? Finally, have a go at performing your poem for a family member. If you film your performance please send it to us via the Year 5 email address - we'd love to see them. 

Monday 8th February -Mental Maths - Work through your mental maths questions. Just spend 15 minutes on it, if you need more time you can always do some more tomorrow. If you would like to you can also log in to TT Rockstars.

Monday 8th February - Maths - Multiply 2 digit by 1 digit

Please watch the video below and answer the worksheets attached below. Remember to pause the video for the "get ready" questions or at any other point where required:

Monday 8^th February – Foundation – Geography

Today we will be looking at some of the landmarks in the continent of South America.

Firstly, please read through the presentation below giving more information about this continent.

Activity – Please have a go at the matching activity below – you might want to cut the cards out and match the names and information, or instead write out the words and phrases. Then, try to match the places with the given photographs – the answers are at the end of the document if you get stuck.

Extension – using an online atlas, have a go at you marking these landmarks onto the blank map of South America - see below.

Tuesday 9th February -Spellings – Have a go at creating some sentences for your spellings. Please make sure that you create quality sentences; in some cases, you may use more than one spelling word in a sentence! Double-check that everything has been spelt correctly and makes sense.

Tuesday 9th February – English – Grammar – Relative Clauses

A relative clause can be used to give additional information about a noun.

They are introduced by a relative pronoun like 'that', 'which', 'who', 'whose', 'where' and 'when'. For example: I took an umbrella which was purple and spotty.

In this example, the relative clause is ‘which was purple and spotty’. It provides more information about the man. The relative pronoun, ‘which’, is used to connect these clauses in the sentence.

Activity - Please click on the link below. Watch the video and have a go at completing the activity and quiz on relative clauses:

Extension – complete the relative clauses activity – see below.

Tuesday 9th February -Mental Maths – finish going through your mental maths questions from yesterday and then spend time practising your times tables. Use TT Rockstars or you can even write the times tables that you are practising out on paper.

Tuesday 9th February - Maths - Multiply 3 digit by 1 digit

Please watch the video below and answer the worksheets attached below. Remember to pause the video for the "get ready" questions or at any other point where required:

Tuesday, 9^th February – Foundation – Music

Please watch the video about the Festival of Holi – see link below. 

Now watch video about synesthesia

Can you see the similarities between the way the musician sees colour and the visuals of the children throwing paint in the Holi video?

Activity – Firstly, please watch Mrs Stewart introducing this task – see link below.

Can you think of a song / piece of music / type of music to correspond to the different colours on the grid – see worksheet below.

Wednesday 10th February -spelling – Spelling shed.

Well done to all of you who completed the assignment for last week's Ed Shed lesson.

Our winners for last week - 

                             Group 1 - Lauren H 

                             Group 2 - Tommy B

                             Group 3 - Millie D 

Super star spellers, fabulous effort  

Let's see who can win this week, good luck! https://www.spellingshed.com/en-gb/

Wednesday 10th February – English – Grammar – Relative Clauses

Today we will be continuing our learning about relative clauses and relative pronouns. We will be relating our learning to the poem we read on Monday, 'Super Heroes I could have been.'

Activity - Have a go at completing the sentences below using relative clauses and relative pronouns.

Wednesday 10th February -Mental Maths – TT Rockstars or have a go at practising your times tables on “Hit the Button” Please see:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Wednesday 10th February - Maths - Multiply 4 digit by 1 digit

Please watch the video below and answer the worksheets attached below. Remember to pause the video for the "get ready" questions or at any other point where required:

Wednesday, 10th February - Foundation - French

Today we will be learning  how to ask 'Où habites-tu?' (where do you live?) and reply with 'J'habite a…' (I live in...) 

Please go to the 'Language Angels' website: website: https://www.languageangels.com/schools/ 

Login username - Lostoc3035

Password - lahome

Click on 'Home School,'

Click on 'dashboard' then 'Intermediate level challenge'

Unit 3 Je me presente

Activity - Please complete lesson 4.

Thursday 11th February -Spellings – carry out the wordsearch below linked to your spelling group.

Thursday 11th February – English.

Today you will be inventing your own superhero !

Firstly, think about your Superhero's name - does it describe what they can do, like The Flash, The Human Torch or Elasti-Girl? Or is it a name that tells you how amazing they are, like Captain Marvel or Mister Fantastic?

Now think about how did your hero get their powers? Were they bitten by a radioactive creature like Spider-Man? Were they caught in an unusual explosion like The Hulk? Do they have an expensive suit of armour that can do incredible things like Iron Man? Are they from another world or land where everyone has amazing abilities like Superman, Thor or Wonder Woman? Have they trained so hard that even though they have no powers, they are still great at fighting crime, like Batman? Did they get their powers through magic, like Doctor Strange, Scarlett Witch or Shazam? Were they born with their powers, like the X-Men?

Activity - Please use the writing frame below to note down your planning ideas for your new superhero.

Thursday 11th February -Mental Maths – Log in to Education City and have a go at Play Live. You can play against other children in our school or even test yourself against children from other schools. Please though if you do have a go of a game please finish it! It is not fair to quit out of a game part-way through!

https://go.educationcity.com/content_select/index/7/2/9/5#/

Or if you wish you can do more on Times Table Rockstars!

Thursday 10th February - Maths - Grid method multiplication 2 digit by 2 digit

Please watch the video below and answer the worksheets attached below. Remember to pause the video for the "get ready" questions or at any other point where required:

Thursday 11^th February – Foundation – Science – Earth and Space

Lo: To understand how we get day and night. To understand and label the different phases of the moon

Please follow the link below to Espresso for Day, Night and Seasons and BrainPop for Moon Phases . Please see your Purple mash email for Espresso and Brainpop login details in case you have forgotten.

1. Espresso

https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/video/item1048823/grade2/module1027260/index.html?source=search-all-all-all-all&source-keywords=day%20and%20night

or go to

https://www.discoveryeducation.co.uk/

and login using the username and password I sent you.

Once you have watched the video about day and night, write in your own words using a diagram to explain how we get day and night?

2. Brainpop

https://www.brainpop.com/science/space/moonphases/

or go to:

https://www.brainpop.com/

login with the username and password I sent you and search for Moon

phases

Watch the video about the moon phases and then answer the quiz questions. Use the cut and stick worksheet to cut out the moons and stick them in the correct positions around the Earth.

Extension- Research and find 10 pieces of information about the Moon, Earth and Solar System that most people may not know..e.g.

Did you know that our Sun burns through 600 million tons of hydrogen gas every……second!!!

Friday 12th February - Zoom Call

5B 11:30am

5S - 2pm

Friday 12th February -spellings – Test day! Ask someone at home to test you on your spellings.

Friday, 12th February - English

Today, please use your planning and notes from yesterday to write a description of your new superhero. Please logon to Purple Mash – we have set a ‘2Do’ for you to complete this work on, (or alternatively you might want to use the writing frame below.) Try to use some relative clauses in your sentences, eg 'SuperBoy lives in Caperton, which is a tiny village in the north of Scotland.' 

Can you add a picture of your new superhero. Don't forget to include a new costume!

Friday 12th February -Mental Maths – Please ask a parent to test you on some similar questions to the mental maths ones set on Monday. Put in some TTRockstars battle time and see if you can climb the leader board!!

Friday 12th February - Maths - 2 digit by 2 digit Vertical multiplication

Please watch the video below and answer the worksheets attached below. Remember to pause the video for the "get ready" questions or at any other point where required:

Friday 12^th February – Foundation-PE- Fitness Friday and Gymnastics

Kids workout 6- Remember plenty of space, have a drink available and pause the video for a break if you need.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNFYZ2n90RI&t=2s

Gymnastics balances, partner work and sequences-This is a further development from last week where you can build-upon your balances with a partner (or you can do on your own).

To create a sequence with balances and if possible a sequence and counter-balance with a partner.

Please include within your sequence:

1. Low height balance/low height counter-balance.
2. Medium height balance/medium height counter-balance.
3. High height balance/ high height counter-balance.
4. A balance with only 2 parts of your body touching the floor.
5. A balance with only 1 part of your body touching the floor.

Have a watch again of the young girl carrying out a range of balances. Have a go at some of these on your own and then create a sequence of moving from one balance to another. You could also incorporate your own movements in-between the balances e.g. side-steps, strides, hops etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UDbNd5PKlM

For partnered work, please have a watch of the primary school children in the video below. Now, I know that you do not have equipment at home but just concentrate on the balances that are floor based. There are some nice ideas within here. With your partner, create a small sequence of these movements and balances. If you wish to record a small video or take some still images and send them to the year5@lostockhallcps.co.uk e-mail address, then that would be brilliant.

Thank you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_oyMCR2nDk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPczZ7W_HqA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CNpfz2vd14

Week Beginning Monday 1st February.

Hello Year 5 children and families, we hope you have all had a good weekend 

This week is Children’s Mental Health Week. The theme is ‘Express Yourself’ and this week's PSHE will be based on this theme.  

Please log onto the website below for lots of free resources to support this week. There will also be a live assembly via this link at 9am on Monday 1 February. The assembly will feature pupils and well-known faces discussing the theme of Children’s Mental Health, as well as ways that children and young people can get involved at home. 

https://www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk

Monday 1st February -Spellings – Write out your spellings 3 times and ask an adult or use a dictionary to ensure that you understand the meanings of the words. On the 3^rd time writing your spellings do Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check. (so this means:

1. Look at your 1^st word.
2. Say the word out loud.
3. Cover up the word.
4. Write down the word.
5. Check to see if you got it correct – change if you need to.
6. Repeat for each word on your spelling list.

Monday, 1^st February, - English

This week in English we will be continuing to look at narrative writing. Today and tomorrow we will be focussing on flashback stories.

Flashbacks are used in story writing as a plot device. They are usually used after something important has happened in the story. Flashbacks take the reader back in time.

Firstly, please watch Mrs Stewart introducing today’s task - see link below.

Activity – can you think of a flashback idea for each of the given story scenarios please see task below.

Monday 1st February -Mental Maths - Work through your mental maths questions. Just spend 15 minutes on it, if you need more time you can always do some more tomorrow. If you would like to you can also log in to TT Rockstars.

Monday 1st February - Maths - Recap area counting squares

Please watch the video below and answer the worksheets attached below. Remember to pause the video for the "get ready" questions or at any other point where required:

Monday, 1st February – Foundation - PSHE

This week is Children’s Mental Health week. The theme of the week is 'Express Yourself' and the aim of the week is to encourage children to express themselves in a variety of ways and sharing their feelings, thoughts and ideas.

Today we will be focussing on expressing our favourite things with a chosen family member.

Activity – please choose a family member and work through these questions together – see sheet below.

While you are completing this activity, remember that respecting other people’s opinions is really important. Enjoy the differences and practise your skills of being polite and kind.

Extra Challenge – We are all unique and special. Please have a go at completing the ‘Celebrating Me’ activity – see below.

Tuesday 2nd February -Spellings – Have a go at creating some sentences for your spellings. Please make sure that you create quality sentences; in some cases, you may use more than one spelling word in a sentence! Double-check that everything has been spelt correctly and makes sense.

Tuesday, 2^nd February – English

Please carefully read the flashback story below. This story has been adapted from a short story called ’Hunted’ by Pie Corbett. Can you identify the flashback part of the story?

Activity – have a go at adding your own flashback paragraph to this short story. Please use the writing frame below, or you might want to use the '2Publish' tool on Purple Mash or hand write it on paper.

Tuesday 2nd February - Mental Maths – finish going through your mental maths questions from yesterday and then spend time practising your times tables. Use TT Rockstars or you can even write the times tables that you are practising out on paper.

Tuesday 2nd February - Maths - Area of Rectangles

Please watch the video below and answer the worksheets attached below. Remember to pause the video for the "get ready" questions or at any other point where required:

Tuesday 2^nd February – Foundation -  Art

This week in Art we will be doing a cross curricular lesson with a geography theme, based on one of the main regions of South America – the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil. We will be creating artwork based on some of the animals which live in the rainforest.

Firstly, please watch the video about the rainforest animals  - see link below.

Activity - have a go at creating a vibrant and colourful picture of a rainforest animal– please see some examples below. You might want to use felt tips, paint, pencil crayons or create a collage using different materials such as fabric or coloured paper .

Wednesday 3rd February - Spelling - Ed Shed.

A huge well done to all those children who completed last week's Ed Shed challenge. I have had a look and there are some fabulous scores. 

Please complete this weeks spelling assignment task on your Ed shed account. 

Don't forget if you have forgotten your log in details, these are in the email via purple mash. Website: https://play.edshed.com/en-gb/login  

Wednesday 3^rd February – English

Please read the story 'Eric' by Shaun Tan - please see text below.

What do you like about the story? Is there anything that you dislike about it? Does it remind you of anything that has happened to you? Does it remind you of any books that you have read?

Activity -  Think about what may have been left in the pantry - note down at least 5 ideas and try to give reasons why Eric may have left these items.

Extra challenge: Can you find out some more about the author Shaun Tan and create a fact file? You could start at this website: http://www.shauntan.net/books.html

Wednesday Mental Maths – TT Rockstars or have a go at practising your times tables on “Hit the Button” Please see:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Wednesday 3rd February - Maths - Area of Compound Shapes

Please watch the video below and answer the worksheets attached below. Remember to pause the video for the "get ready" questions or at any other point where required:

Wednesday 3rd February – Foundation - RE

Today we will be continuing our work on Hinduism and learning about the festival of Holi.

Firstly, please log on to the following page and read the information: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zh86n39/articles/z4qqy9q

Now carefully read the presentation – see below.

Activity  - Please complete the activity below.

Thursday 4th February- Spellings – carry out the wordsearch below linked to your spelling group.

Thursday 4^th February – English - Modal Verbs

Please firstly watch Mrs Stewart introducing this activity - see link below.

 Activity - have a go at the modal verb task below. Use the grammar guide below to help you

Thursday 4th February - Mental Maths – Log in to Education City and have a go at Play Live. You can play against other children in our school or even test yourself against children from other schools. Please though if you do have a go of a game please finish it! It is not fair to quit out of a game part-way through!

https://go.educationcity.com/content_select/index/7/2/9/5#/

Or if you wish you can do more on Times Table Rockstars!

Thursday 4th February - Maths - Area of irregular shapes

Please watch the video below and answer the worksheets attached below. Remember to pause the video for the "get ready" questions or at any other point where required:

Thursday 4^th February – Foundation-Computing – Creating the Scenerey/backgrounds for your computer game!

Today you will be creating the background scene for your computer game. We will be using Purple Mash and the program is called:

2DIY 

Please watch Mr Benson’s little introduction to 2DIY below and then watch the main video within the 2DIY program.

Don’t worry too much about the coins and baddies today. Just have an experiment with the program and creating 3 levels and their backgrounds.

Here is a sample map of a level I started:

Friday Zoom

Mr Benson 5B - 1130am

Mrs Stewart 5S - 2.00pm

Friday 5th February - spellings – Test day! Ask someone at home to test you on your spellings.

Friday, 5^th February - English

Please read 'Eric's Thoughts' based on the short story 'Eric' we read on Wednesday – see below. What are some of the differences between the two sets of answers?

Activity – Please write a list of the modal verbs that have been used in the 'Eric’s thoughts' text. Can you place them in the correct catagories using the grid below? Use the guides from yesterday’s lesson to help you

Extra Challenge - Look at the 'Endpapers' drawings below. These are Shaun Tan’s drawings that he puts at the start and finish of his books. Could you draw a sketch in the same style?

Friday Mental Maths – Please ask a parent to test you on some similar questions to the mental maths ones set on Monday. Put in some TTRockstars battle time and see if you can climb the leader board!!

Friday 5^th February – Maths Challenges!!

There are 3 different levels of maths challenge questions today.

Group 1 – Normal

Group 2 – Hard

Group 3 – Hardest!

Extension - if you are thirsty for more!!

Have a go at the challenges linked to your group. If you wish you could try all 4!!

Friday 5^th February – Foundation-PE- Fitness Friday and Gymnastics

Kids workout 5- Remember plenty of space, have a drink available and pause the video for a break if you need.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o4enAQlAn0&t=5s

Gymnastics balances and partner work -To create a sequence with balances and if possible a sequence and counter-balance with a partner.

Have a watch of the young girl carrying out a range of balances. Have a go at some of these on your own and then create a sequence of moving from one balance to another. You could also incorporate your own movements in-between the balances e.g. side-steps, strides, hops etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UDbNd5PKlM

For partnered work, please have a watch of the primary school children in the video below. Now, I know that you do not have equipment at home but just concentrate on the balances that are floor based. There are some nice ideas within here. With your partner, create a small sequence of these movements and balances. If you wish to record a small video or take some still images and send them to the year5@lostockhallcps.co.uk e-mail address, then that would be brilliant.

Thank you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CNpfz2vd14

Year 5 "Zoom" catch-up sessions 

We are holding ongoing "Zoom" sessions for class 5B and 5S on Mondays and Fridays. We will send you all an email on Purple Mash with the details and invite codes to join the meetings. You only need to try and join the meeting a minute or so before the scheduled time and the teacher will allow you to join the meeting from a virtual waiting room. It will give us all a chance to have a quick catch-up.

Please read the Zoom agreement rules below before joining the meetings.

If you are unfamiliar with Zoom please see the Lostock Hall CPS Zoom Guide to help you below:

Monday 25th January - Spellings – Write out your spellings 3 times and ask an adult or use a dictionary to ensure that you understand the meanings of the words. On the 3^rd time writing your spellings do Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check. (so this means:

1. Look at your 1^st word.
2. Say the word out loud.
3. Cover up the word.
4. Write down the word.
5. Check to see if you got it correct – change if you need to.
6. Repeat for each word on your spelling list.

Monday, 25^th January - English

This week we will be looking at narrative writing in English.

Firstly, please watch Mrs Stewart introducing today's task - see link below.

Now, please carefully look at the pictures taken from stills from an Literacy Shed film called ‘Taking Flight.’ Please see below.

Activity – can you think of at least three questions for each picture from the story using the sheet below.

Monday 25th January -Mental Maths - Work through your mental maths questions. Just spend 15 minutes on it, if you need more time you can always do some more tomorrow. If you would like to you can also log in to TT Rockstars.

Monday 25th January - Maths - Measure Perimeter

Please watch the video below and answer the worksheets attached below. Remember to pause the video for the "get ready" questions or at any other point where required:

Monday 25^th January – Foundation – Geography

Today we will continuing our unit on South America, and identifying the countries in this continent.

Firstly please watch the short video about this fascinating continent - see link below.

Activity – now please have a go at labelling the countries of South America on the blank map – see below. Please try to shade each country a different colour.

Now can you locate and label some of the capital cities of some of the countries in South America.

You could use an online atlas to help you or Google Maps.

Tuesday 26th January- Spellings – Have a go at creating some sentences for your spellings. Please make sure that you create quality sentences; in some cases, you may use more than one spelling word in a sentence! Double-check that everything has been spelt correctly and makes sense.

Tuesday 26^th January - English

Today we will be watching the first part of a short adventure story film called ‘Taking Flight,’   'Taking Flight' is inspired by the life and heritage of Antonio Pasin, inventor of the Radio Flyer wagon.

Firstly, please watch the first part of the film up to 2 minutes – see link below. Now re watch the film, again up to 2 minutes and think about the questions you asked yesterday about the stills from the film.

Activity - Pause the video at 2 minutes – can you write a prediction (one or two paragraphs) about what you think might happen next in the story to the boy and his grandad. The title of the film might give you a clue, as well as the fact that this is an adventure story. Also, think about what has happened so far in the film – do you think there is anything special about the wagon that the boy is being pulled in?

Once you have written your prediction, watch the rest of the film – was your prediction correct?

Tuesday 26th January-Mental Maths – finish going through your mental maths questions from yesterday and then spend time practising your times tables. Use TT Rockstars or you can even write the times tables that you are practising out on paper.

Tuesday 26th January - Maths - Recap perimeter on a grid.

Please watch the video below and answer the worksheets attached below. Remember to pause the video for the "get ready" questions or at any other point where required:

Tuesday 26th – Foundation – Music

Today we will be linking our Music to our Geography topic – South America.

Please watch and listen to the song about the countries and capital cities of the continent of South America – see link below.

Now play the song again - Can you clap the beat of the song and have a go at rapping / singing the song. Now test your self – can you remember any of the capital cities of some of the countries of South America?

Wednesday 27th January- Spelling – Today is the start of our new spelling challenges on the Spelling Shed!  This is part of the  EdShed website. Please see your 2email account on Purple mash for a message, which includes your log in details for your EdShed account. 

Please follow this link, which will take you to EdShed https://www.edshed.com/en-gb/login

Enter your log in details. It should take you to the page below where you should be able to access the assignment set. This will be available from Wednesday morning. Let's see who can earn some points/coins. 

Wednesday 27^th January – English

Today we will be looking at writing dialogue to help to develop characters in stories. We will be using these skills tomorrow to write part of an adventure story, using the ‘Taking Flight’ film as a stimulus.

Firstly, please carefully read the presentation about writing dialogue and the use of inverted commas.

Activity – have a go at writing some of your own dialogue between two characters during an adventurous situation – see worksheet below 'using dialogue to create tension.'

Wednesday 27th January- Mental Maths

TT Rockstars or have a go at practising your times tables on “Hit the Button” Please see:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Wednesday 27th January - Maths - Perimeter of Rectangles

Please watch the video below and answer the worksheets attached below. Remember to pause the video for the "get ready" questions or at any other point where required:

Wednesday, 27th January - Foundation - French

Today we will be learning how to say 'I am called' in French and ask someone else their name. We will also be learning how to say our age.

Please go to the 'Language Angels' website: website: https://www.languageangels.com/schools/ 

Login username - Lostoc3035

Password - lahome

Click on 'Home School,'

Click on 'dashboard' then 'Intermediate level challenge'

Unit 3 Je me presente

Activity - Please complete lessons 2 and 3.

Thursday 28th January - Spellings – carry out the wordsearch below linked to your spelling group.

Thursday 28^th January - English

Today please watch the whole of the Literacy Shed film – Taking Flight – see link below.

Now please watch Mrs Stewart introducing the task – see link below, 'Taking Flight Adventures.'.

Activity – Please write in role as the boy when he goes on the adventure to the crocodile infested river with his grandad (the radio flyer)  One way to start your narrative writing could be:

– I was travelling on the radio flyer when…   Please see writing frame below: Writing a Story.

Remember to write in the first person and use pronouns such as ‘I’ ‘we’ ‘our’

Also, try to include some dialogue (speech) between the grandad and his grandson.

Thursday 28th January- Mental Maths – Log in to Education City and have a go at Play Live. You can play against other children in our school or even test yourself against children from other schools. Please though if you do have a go of a game please finish it! It is not fair to quit out of a game part-way through!

https://go.educationcity.com/content_select/index/7/2/9/5#/

Or if you wish you can do more on Times Table Rockstars!

Thursday 28th January - Maths - Perimeter of Rectilinear Shapes.

Please watch the video below and answer the worksheets attached below. Remember to pause the video for the "get ready" questions or at any other point where required:

Thursday 28^th January – Foundation – PE -Virtual Sports Day

Today you are going to have a go at doing your own sports day style activities. Obviously it is going to be dependant on the space you have at home. Just have a go at what you can but please make sure you keep yourself safe!

There are 5 events to have a go of so it is known as a Pentathalon Event. The five events are:

1. Standing Long jump
2. Speed bounce
3. Chest Push
4. Vertical jump
5. Shuttle Run (10 x 10m)

Please see the guidance below to help you with the events and how you could set them up.

Please record your results on the score card below:

Friday 29^th January – English

Please complete the space themed comprehension questions about astronaut Buzz Aldrin – see below.

Extension -  Please logon to Education City and have a go at the following task:

English – Year 5 – Activities – Tales from Brazil

Friday 29th January -Mental Maths – Please ask a parent to test you on some similar questions to the mental maths ones set on Monday. Put in some TTRockstars battle time and see if you can climb the leader board!!

Friday 29th January - Maths - Calculating Perimeter

Please watch the video below and answer the worksheets attached below. Remember to pause the video for the "get ready" questions or at any other point where required:

Friday 29^th January – Science – Earth and Space

LO: To compare the sizes of the planets in the Solar System

Please visit the website below and watch the video and then answer the quiz questions and the worksheet:

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/how-do-the-planets-in-the-solar-system-differ-69k6ar

The worksheet information is all attached below if you would like to print it out. Or you could just answer on your own piece of paper.

WB - 18 01 21  - TT Rockstars Challenge

                      Year 5 vs year 6

Do the best that you can! Starts today and finishes next Monday!