St Mary’s CE Primary School

Junior Home Learning Guidance for

Year 5Week Commencing Monday 13th July 2020

A few reminders…1) Home learning will appear on a weekly basis, with a day-by-day slide outlining suggested learning activities.

2) Remember: all logins, passwords and usernames are in your child’s GREEN READING RECORD

3) Your child has brought home a new exercise book for any recording they may need to complete.

4) We urge you and your child to try and complete work that is set in order to minimise disruption to your child’s education at this difficult time.

5) Please regularly visit https://www.stmaryscecrompton.oldham.sch.uk/ and look at the TWITTER link for updates. Your child’s class pages can be found under the drop-down from the ‘learning’ tab. Updates and PowerPoints will appear there for reference.

6) All spelling lists are on the class pages for reference and use.

7) Children should aim to produce best quality work for each task, focusing on their spelling, punctuation, grammar and presentation, as if they were in school.

Education City • https://go.educationcity.com/

• To log onto the website, most of you will use your Purple Mash username and password. Some of you will have been sent an email with your password onif it is different to your Purple Mash one.

• You can then explore the activities or complete any work that has been set.

• As this is new to everyone, let me know if there are any technical problems.

Our Science topic is ‘What is the Circle of Life?’

You will learn about the life cycles of different

animals.

• See the following slide for our Knowledge Mat• Can you remember and explain the key vocabulary ?• Can you talk about your sticky knowledge ?

Our Geography topic is ’What makes an island an island?’

You will learn about physical and human features of the

UK and coasts.

• See the following slide for our Knowledge Mat• Can you remember and explain the key vocabulary ?• Can you talk about your sticky knowledge ?

What makes an island an island? (The United Kingdom and Coasts)

Subject Specific Vocabulary Exciting Book

coast The place where the land meets the sea.

The UK has around 8,000 miles of coastline (excluding all the islands).

The farthest distance to the coast from anywhere in the UK is 70 miles.

The population of the UK is around 66 million.

Bishop Rock, off the Scilly Isles, is the smallest UK island.

island A piece of land surrounded by water.

county A division of the country which has its own local government.

region A large official area into which a country is divided.

beach An area of sand or pebbles along a coast.

Sticky Knowledge

tourism An industry that drives people to travel for recreation and leisure.

Name and locate geographical regions of UK and their identifying human and physical characteristics, key topographical features (including hills, mountains, coasts and rivers), and land-use patterns; and understand how some of these aspects have changed over time

Describe and understand key aspects of human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links.

erosion The wearing away of the land by water, wind or ice.

economy The system of how money is made and used in a region or country.

cliff A vertical or steep natural wall of rock.

trade The buying and selling of goods.

Interesting Facts

Geographical Regions

Essential Daily Activities• Exercisehttps://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYogahttps://www.youthsporttrust.org/free-home-learning-resources-primaryhttps://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1/videos?app=desktop

• 30 Minutes ReadingRecord in your green reading book. Write down new vocabulary.

• Practise Weekly Spellings

Daily activities you could do if you have

time or want extra learning.• Times Tables Practice• Education City activitieshttps://go.educationcity.com/

• Research the Fact of the Day• Purple Mash Class Blog- look at work or add a

post.• Purple Mash activities• Newsroundhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/news/watch_newsround

• BBC Bitesize lessons BBC Lessons

Hello Year 5,

Are you ready for your final week in Year 5?

This week, there are some booklets for you to complete and some ICT activities. You can work through these at your own pace during the week. If you want more activities, look at the ‘Daily Activities’ slide or complete some lessons from https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/zhgppg8/year-5-and-p6-lessonsEnjoy your learning.

Mrs. Corless

Monday 13th JulyEnglish1) Purple Mash 2Do: Write a story of your choice. Use font size 1 or 2. Check spellings and punctuation.MathsBegin theY5 Summer Maths booklet (to work on through the week).ICTComplete the 2Do animation activity.Fact of the DayRead the Fact of the Day and have a go at the suggested activities.

Do some activities from the ‘Daily Activities’ (Slides 8/9)

Tuesday 14th JulyMathsContinue with Summer maths booklet.EnglishDownload the Summer English activity booklet. Begin some of the activities.

Y5-Y6 transitionBegin the booklet about moving to Year 6.

Fact of the DayRead the Fact of the Day and have a go at the suggested activities.

Do some activities from the ‘Daily Activities’ (Slides 8/9)

Wednesday 15th JulyMathsContinue with Summer maths booklet.

EnglishComplete some activities from the English Summer booklet.

MemoriesRecord your best memories of Year 5. Present it however you want and share your memories on the Class BlogSee the next slides or my video for some reminders.

Fact of the DayRead the Fact of the Day and have a go at the suggested activities.

Do some activities from the ‘Daily Activities’ (Slides 8/9)

Thursday 16th JulyMaths Continue with Summer maths booklet.

EnglishChoose a picture from https://www.pobble365.com/Complete the related activities. Write a short story or description.Y5-Y6 transitionComplete the booklet about moving to Year 6.

Fact of the DayRead the Fact of the Day and have a go at the suggested activities.

Do some activities from the ‘Daily Activities’ (Slides 8/9)

Friday 17th JulyMathsComplete some activities from the Summer booklet or have a go at the maths challenges on https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zknp7yc

EnglishComplete some activities from the Summer booklet.

Read a book https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-school/oxford-owl-ebook-collection

This afternoonHave some fun! Do something you enjoy.

Well done, Year 5.

You have all been amazing, both in school before lockdown and when completing your home learning over the last few months. You’ve worked so hard and should be very proud of yourselves. I have really enjoyed being your teacher and will miss you next year.Have a fantastic summer. See you when you’re in Year 6!

Mrs. Corless