Home Learning, Tuesday 12th May

Congratulations to Danika for winning Charlie N's Percy Jackson prize! I hope that you all got your reports ok too.

Here is your learning for today:

PE: Carry on with a PE challenge from Mrs Horrigan.

Times Tables for your mental starter.

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

Maths: White Rose Maths, Week 2, Lesson 4 - Percentages as fractions and decimals

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/

Reading: There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom Chapters 23 & 24

1. What do the other children call Bradley?
2. What topic do Carla and Bradley discuss?
3. According to Carla, how does a monster stop being a monster?
4. Why does Bradley want to talk about monsters, do you think?
5. Do you think Carla is good at her job? Explain your answer giving at least two reasons.
6. Why do you think Jeff was mean to the girls?

English: As we have just celebrated VE day I have attached a reading comprehension about Armed Forces Day. It is differentiated three ways. One star is the easiest and three stars the hardest. Choose which set of questions you feel most challenging.

Topic: Look back at all of the topic work we have done this term about 'The Circle of Life'. Also have a flick back to the knowledge harvest that you did at the start of the topic. I would now like you to think about what you have learned and prepare a mind map showing your newfound depth of knowledge about the subjects covered. Here are some of our lessons to help:

IK: the different animal groups.

ME: Who studies living things?

IK: the life cycles of birds.

IK: the life cycles of reptiles.

IK: the life cycles of amphibians.

IK: the life cycles of bees.

IALT compare life cycles of different animals.

IK: about mammal reproduction.

IALT: compare gestation periods of different animals.

IK: the reproductive parts of a plant.

IK: the processes of pollination and seed dispersal

IK: the life cycles of flowering plants.