Literacy

Reading: This week in Literacy we are finishing the book, The Sleeping Sword by Michael Morpurgo. If you have missed previous chapters, please go to week 6/7/8 (at the bottom of the page) to catch up. Here are the final chapters of the story. When you have finished, go to Accelerated Reader and take a quiz. The number is: 204937 EN

Reading comprehension

Complete this Comprehension to learn more about National Refugee Week. There are three different levels. Pick your level or start at level one and work your way up the levels. Remember to challenge yourself!

Reading -inference

Read this refugee story and then answer the questions afterwards. The answers can all be inferred by using evidence in the text.

Spelling

Grab a piece of paper and a pencil and start the spelling video for this week’s spelling test. This week, we will be focusing on words with the ‘shun’ sound at the end. If you would like to review these words, look at the spelling activities from Week 8. (see link at the bottom of the page).

SPAG- spelling

Next week in the spelling test, I will be including many words which start with a common prefix such as: dis, de, mis, re. Watch this powerpoint to help you revise the meaning of the different prefixes and identify and spell words with that prefix.

Spag- grammar

This week, we are revising the tricky area of using apostrophes to show possession either in the plural or singular. Remember: the key information is who is the owner? The apostrophe goes straight after the owner. So if only one cat has a tail, we would write: The cat’s tail. Whereas, if seven cats all had tails, we would write: The cats’ tails.

First, watch this video which gives a general overview of when to use an apostrophe.

Spag-Grammar

Next, watch this video which goes into a little more detail about singular and plural possessives.

Spag - worksheets

Complete:

sheet one on showing possession

sheet two on apostrophes for plural nouns

sheet three on apostrophes for singular nouns

and sheet four on possessive apostrophes.

Maths

In maths this week, we will be looking at timetables. This will involve reviewing 24hr clock and methods for working out the duration of time as well as applying our knowledge to read timetables and to work out the time in different time zones.

Look at this Powerpoint to revise how to convert to 24hr clock. Next complete this worksheet which involves converting from and to 24hr clock. There are three levels of difficulty. Either start off simple and work your way through the levels or pick your level. Remember to challenge yourself.

Maths

Being able to work out duration of time is an important skill. Some of you are able to do this mentally by holding an image of a timeline in your head and ‘jumping on’ in whole minutes and hours to find a total. This method can also be written out too. However, in class, we learned how to work out duration of time by converting times to 24hr clock and treating the calculation as a column subtraction. Refresh yourself on the method by watching this video.

Maths

Have a go at these Sats Questions on reading timetables. Mark your own work afterwards using the answer sheet.

Work out what time it is in different areas of the world on these sheets.

Science

This half term we have been looking at flowering plants. Here is the work covered so far: Week 6: Parts of a plant and their function; Week 7: The Life Cycle of a flowering plant and how it reproduces; Week8: How a plant feeds and photosynthesis. If you missed any of the previous weeks check them out now by clicking a link at the bottom of this page.

This week, we are looking at how different plants have adapted to fit the habitat in which they grow.

This video will give you an overview of what adaptations different plants have which help them to survive in a particular habitat.

Science

After you have watched the video, look at this Powerpoint and then use the knowledge you have gained to fill in this sheet.

Watch this video on making observations about desert plants before doing this sheet where you label and describe the different adaptations that a plant that grows in the desert has.

Art

As part of our Science topic, we have been studying flowers. Last week’s homework page had step-by-step instructions on how to draw a hibiscus or a lily plant. If you missed this, just click on the link for Week 8 below. This week, I would like you to choose a flower and then use a close up photograph of the flower to do your own detailed drawing of it. You can choose between: hosta bamboo hibiscus cactus grevillea allium

or water lily

Art and Craft

Try making your own model of a flower by cutting and folding this paper model.

P.E.

If you are doing Joe Wicks every day, you will be getting fitter and fitter every day! Try this workout.

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 filling a five by five grid with different coloured squares by clicking on this Nrich Maths page. Scroll down for the interactive puzzle. You are not allowed to repeat a colour in any row, column or diagonal. I have had a go and I haven't succeeded yet! See if you can do better than me by solving the puzzle!