Yr 5 and 6
Welcome Yr 5 and 6
Remember to stay safe online and always let an adult know which websites you are using.
Week 12: Week beginning 13th July
This week I will continue to set work on Education City. To access this work and to try out all the fun activities on this site, you need to send an email to get your log in details. Email: year5.6@swbschool.net
Hello Yr 5 and 6. I hope you and your families are staying safe and well.
This is our final week of the SWB Home learning page for this school year. I hope you have enjoyed the activities.
Thank you to everyone who has logged on to all the online learning sites and who has shared work with me by emailing me at: yr5.6@swbschool.net
Next week marks the beginning of the official Summer Holidays. Enjoy yourselves, keep safe and happy. Yr 6, Good luck in your new secondary schools. Yr 5, we are looking forward to welcoming you all back on Thursday, 3rd September when you will be our new Yr 6!
Ellie, Shah and Helen say a fond farewell to all our Year 6's and have a special message for Year 5's.
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If you would like to share your work, please send it to year5.6@swbschool.net Who knows, you may become a star of the week!
There is no need to print work off. Just work from the screen and write your answers on a separate piece of paper.
This week’s theme is puzzles and mysteries. There will be many puzzles, mysteries and tests to solve. So get cracking……
Reading comprehension
Reading: This week’s Reading Comprehension is a Whodunnit mystery story. You need to read the evidence carefully and make deductions about who may have committed the crime. Read the evidence here. Write the evidence and make your deductions here. The only clue I will give you is: dates. There are three different levels. Either work your way up through the levels or choose a level and remember to challenge yourself. When you have deduced who committed the crime look to see if you were correct by checking on the answers here.
The Curse of Cogston House - click here
Reading comprehension
Read the short mystery story The Curse of Cogston House - click here
Complete the reading comprehension here.
Reading response
Pause on page 33 of the book (as asked) and predict what could happen at the end of the story.
Work through the Powerpoint
Writing Task
Watch this video. Use the vocabulary sheet here to help you to write your own mystery story based on the video. Work through the Powerpoint on tips to create suspense and tension in your story.
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Spelling Test
Grab a piece of paper and a pencil and start the spelling video for this week’s spelling test. This week, the test will feature many words taken from our Science topic this term, Plants and from our IPC topic this term, Religions of the World.
SPAG
Do these Spag assessment tests. Begin with the Yr 5 test here then complete the Yr 6 test here both have the answers at the end for you to mark your own work.
SPAG
Use your knowledge of SPAG to escape from the ESCAPE ROOM.
Work your way through the challenge card clues here and record the number you get for each question. Write down the numbers as you work them out. This is the code you would use to escape the Escape Room. Check your answers here. The correct code is given here, but don't look until you have tried to work out the code for yourself!
Extra Holiday Homework:
Year 5 English Summer Activity Book: Click here.
Year 6 English Summer Activity Book: Click here.
Year 5 English Summer Activity Book: Answers here.
Year 6 English Summer Activity Book: Answers here.
Mathematics
Do the new arithmetic paper, click here and then afterwards check your answers here. Try to beat your score from last week.
Keep your tables ticking over by doing an online tables test . We usually do 80 questions division and multiplication up to 12 times table. If you prefer, you can print off the test here and do it on paper here Remember to set a timer to record your time. Did you beat last week’s time and score?
Watch this video here
Maths - logic
In maths this week, we will be doing a whole host of puzzles involving sequencing, seeing links and logic.
Watch this video here and see how many of the ten logic puzzles you can solve. Think very carefully, don’t guess! They may not be as simple as they appear at first. If you need extra time to solve, pause the video!
Maths - number sequences
Take this Year 5 online quiz on number sequences. Click here:
Take this Year 6 online quiz on number sequences. Click here:
Maths - number sequences
Work out the rule for the number sequences shown on this sheet-click here and continue the pattern. The answers are at the end.
Leonardo Fibonnaci (Italian Mathematician) 1170-1240.
Maths -Number Sequences: Fibonacci
Look in more detail at the number sequence in the Fibonacci sequence. Watch this video-click here and look at the Powerpoint. Do the challenges here. Finally do the sheet here. The answers are at the end.
Maths
Work out the mathematical puzzles here and escape from THE ESCAPE ROOM!
Work out the answers to the challenge cards here. The answer to each will be a number. Record the number to find the code to escape the Escape Room. The answers to the challenge cards are here. The code solution is here.
Extra Holiday Homework:
Year 5 Maths Holiday Activity book click here.
Year 6 Maths Holiday Activity book click here.
Year 5 Maths Holiday Activity book answers here.
Year 6 Maths Holiday Activity book answers here.
Finally, go to Accelerated Maths Homework Book and do the diagnostic test on number patterns and sequences.
I have set more science work on the site Education City You will need to email me at yr5.6@swbschool.net for your log in details if you haven’t done so already. The activities are set in the Homework section. Your log in details will allow you to access lots of amazing activities in Education City so don’t delay, email today!
IPC
For the last six weeks we have been learning all about world religions. Test your knowledge of the main world religions by taking online quizzes here.
If you prefer, do the quizzes on paper. Scroll down for the questions followed by the answers. Do independent research to find any answers you don't know.
Buddhism – click here
Christianity – click here
Hinduism – click here
Islam – click here
Judaim- click here
Sikhism – click here
Art
Art
Let your mind roam free by doing some mindful colouring in on sheets based on the Fibonacci sequence here.
Watch the video by clicking here.
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Do this workout.
P.E.
If you are doing Joe Wicks every day, you will be getting fitter and fitter every day! Try this workout.
Practise the gym movements we did last week. Do repeats of each one 10 times. Put a timer on and see if you can get quicker and quicker at doing your circuit of movements. Can you beat your scores from last week?
Click here to watch the workout video.
P.E.
Get your whole family to join you in this Fun Family Fitness Workout. Click here.
Dance
If you haven’t already done so, Check out Orit’s wonderful video on the music and dance page where she dances Bollywood style.
Puzzle Corner
Have a go at guessing which is the odd one out. Look at the sheets by clicking here. The answers are at the end.
Puzzle Corner
Have a go at this interactive puzzle by clicking here. You have to place the four dominoes so that each side of the square they make has the same number of dots.
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