Home Learning, Wednesday 17th June

Good morning everyone. It was lovely to speak to so many of you yesterday. Those of you who have requested worksheets, I will start to put something together for you at school today and let you know when they are ready to pick up. 

PE: Another 10 minute workout designed with kids in mind!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqyFLzPekz8

Reading: Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth, Chapter 8

Begin the video at 11 minutes and 20 seconds for chapter 8.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YbuXwPppys

1. Why does Ray think that having Prez for the Summer is a Dairy Farmers Holiday?
2. What examples does Sputnik give to Prez to explain why human architecture is not all that great?
3. Why did Sputnik chase the cow?
4. What does Sputnik say to the cows in order to get them to behave?
5. Why does Sputnik think that the cows are electric?
6. Who was Hadrian and why did he build a wall?

Mental Maths: TT Rockstars. Please remember to ONLY access your own account.

https://ttrockstars.com/

Maths: Further work on 'translation' . Today we will recap describing positions and coordinates.

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/describing-positions-and-coordinates

You will start with a quiz to test your knowledge. Then we will have a video lesson followed by a worksheet. We will end with a final quiz to test what you now know.

English: draft the opening  of a science fiction story

Yesterday we planned out a science fiction story. We looked at: the fact that it should:

• Take place in space or in the future
• Contain people who go on a journey
• Include aliens or species from different planets or worlds
• Have unusual fantasy settings
• Feature super weapons and tekkie gadgets

Look back over your plan. Today we will begin with the 'introduction' section.

Introduction:  Introduce the characters and the different world straight away. That will mean describing your location and characters. You may want to use the setting description from last week to help, or to think about how you began your Beamfleot piece.

Topic: IK: how the planets in our solar system rotate around the sun.

Our planets work together as they all revolve (or move) around the sun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8aBZZnv6y8

The earth rotates, which takes 24 hours (1day!) and it also revolves or orbits around the sun, which takes 365 days (1 year!).  The other planets also orbit the sun, but at different distances as they move around. 

The sun doesn’t move– the earth does. This orbiting impacts the seasons, as our planet moves closer and further way from the sun. This clip explains more deeply:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l64YwNl1wr0

I have attached a Powerpoint for you to look through. There are several  activities that you may be able to try which will help you to understand how all of this fits together.