Class 4 - Y5/6 Class News

P.e

Maths

English

Reading

science

Have a look at the below link. There are lots of ideas for different PE type activities that you could do at home; give one a go! There's a link to Joe Wicks or our Real PE units 

Real p.e username:  parent@grewelthor-3.com
password: grewelthor

https://www.harrogatessp.com/keeping-all-young-people-active/

Maths

For maths today we'll begin by ordering some decimals games. Play a few rounds on the following games: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/decimals/BalloonPopDecimals1.htm
For this game you need to fire the number from the cannon next to one which will make it make a whole E.G if you had 0.1, then you'd want to fire next to 0.9 ( I find this game strangely addictive)  https://www.mathplayground.com/number_bonds_decimals.html

This game is a bit harder and might be more for group 2 but give it a try. You'll have to know your fraction/decimal equivalents. When you click on the link, you'll need to choose your monster but I also want you to click on the button which says yes to including decimals. It looks like this below.
Once you play, it'll ask you to identify fractions or decimals which are either the same, larger or smaller than it. Remember the crocodile's mouth faces the bigger number so if it says 1/4 < ___ it means choose something bigger than a 1/4. 1/4 =0.25 so any decimal above that or for fractions you'll have to estimate or work them out. It gives you a choice out of highlighted orange squares. Try it anyway. https://www.mathplayground.com/monster_stroll_fractions.html


 

Group 1
Now you'll need to find page 3 in your packs. We're back to dividing. You have a page of amounts of money and need to work out the individual price. So in the case of the whistles. There were four of them totaling £5.40. So to find the price of one, we'd need to divide it by 4. 

 

Group 2 

Answers to yesterday's maths magic squares. 
 

 
It's been a while since you'll have done long division You'll also need page 3. Ignore the first questions and begin on Q8 (the buses) solve to 16. Remember you'll at first need to count up in that times table on the side. If there's an error it's usually always in the tables count up. Here's a picture of the method incase you've forgotten. None of the answers have decimals or remainders.  

 
English

Please do today's spellings in neat and joined handwriting

Today we're finished with apostrophe's... well almost. You'll only need to use one. 
Read this poem. It's called 'Ten Things in a Wizard's Pocket' 
A dark night.
Some words that nobody could ever spell.
A glass of water full to the top.
A large elephant.
A vest made from spider’s webs.
A handkerchief the size of a car park.
A bill from the wand shop.
A bucket full of stars and planets, to mix with the dark night.
A bag of magic mints you can suck for ever.
A snoring rabbit. 

Would you have been able to guess that the pocket belonged to a wizard going by the contents? Perhaps read it to your parent(s) and see if they can guess. 

I'd like you to think of a job, like a teacher, a baker, a rally driver, a train conductor and think of some of the likely (you can exaggerate) things they often use or do which could be in a pocket; it can be abstract.

So if I was doing a Teacher I might say 
A lump of bluetac 
2 green marking pens
A copy of Bea's 101 excuses book
A dictionary 
1000 impossible questions
A deafening whistle 
A dozen sore-throat sweets
A tissue box
A world of ideas 

Can you complete one? It might be nice if you could write on paper and decorate it with images around the side which have been mentioned. Or, If it's easier, type it out. 
You could send it in and If I get enough back, I'll make a booklet where you have to match the pockets to their owners. (Will need them by 8pm tonight) 

Reading 

Please read for 30 minutes or listen to any of the audio stories (see yesterday's page for weblinks) 

Science 

Do you know what the difference between a vertebrate and invertebrate is?

To be a vertebrate you need to have a backbone. So when it comes to sorting animals out, you can sort them into vertebrates and invertebrates. Can you think of any animals which would be an invertebrate? Perhaps a jellyfish or squid.

Most, if not all, insects are invertebrates. A lot have an 'exoskeleton' which means to have a skeleton on the outside not inside like us. 

Today we're going to be looking at this. 
Go onto this website https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zr4kd6f and have a go at the 4 activities. 

Afterwards I thought it might be quite nice to do a minibeast hunt around your garden. Insects like to live in a variety of places but usually out of the way of danger like birds and the sun. Gently rummage in the undergrowth of your garden and you'll soon see some insects; they like hiding under rocks and in wood. Some however need the nectar from flowers so you'll find those crawling up stems and flying around. See what you can find. 
Not a good idea to ravage your hotel though, tipping the guests onto the floor. I'd leave your guests alone and look elsewhere. 

I've got a downloadable sheet for ways of doing a hunt with techniques. 
  -Study a minibeast.pdf-  

I've got another one which you could print and use a record of your findings. 
  -Minibeast Recording-Sheet.pdf-  

That's it for today. 

Mr Breckon