Hello all!This work is for the children who are not able to come in to school at the moment. I have attached the challenge sheet and work for English and Maths. Please can you try to complete these by Friday and send them to me so that I can print them off to put in your books. Thank you
Challenge planning sheet 17th May 2021
English – Persuasive argument
We have been working on persuasive arguments in class and have already completed a persuasive argument on residential visits. This time I would like you to plan and write a persuasive argument about whether you should wear school uniform.
Here are the planning sheets. You can either print them off or use the headings to complete the plan.
You can look at these examples to help you to complete this task.
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http://www.keystage2literacy.co.uk/school-uniform-debate.html
Remember to include all of the key features of persuasive writing. Use the success criteria below to check.
Balanced argument success criteria AV amended
English – Spelling skills
This is the spelling skills that we have already completed. Some of you may have already completed this task. If you are not sure please e mail me and I will let you know.
Year 5 spelling skills Unit 23
Year 6 spelling skills Unit 23
Maths – Angles
This week we have been looking at different angles and how to measure them. I would like you to watch the different information about angles below.
What is an angle? – BBC Bitesize
Then try to complete one of these sheets. If you have a protractor at home, you can measure the angles, if not then you can just complete the first part of the task.
Recognising and identifying angles H
Recognising and identifying angles M
Recognising and identifying angles L
Hello class 5
Here is the homework for Friday 7th May
Choose 2 of the tasks below to complete. You can complete them in your homework book or on HWB. Please can it be completed by Friday 14th May
English – Create a persuasive poster for the Tokyo Olympic games or to encourage people to eat healthily.
Try to include the persuasive features that we have been learning about such as
- rhetorical questions – Would you like to see the Olympic games at first hand?
- emotive language – This will be the most spectacular event ever!
- power of 3 – The competitors will be determined, dynamic and driven.
- alliteration – Watch wonderful winners
- facts and statistics – These Games will bring together athletes from
206 nations on the five continents. The programme
features 33 sports – 339 events
Maths – creating an equivalent chart of fractions decimals and percentages
o.5 = 50% = one half = 50 hundredths
Science – researching what an athlete eats in a day depending on what sport they compete in.
Here is the homework for Friday 30th April. I would like you to complete it by Wednesday 5th May.
We have been learning different skills in ICT this week and I would like you t practice these skills.
- Find information about a Welsh athlete then create a QR code to the information that you have found.
- Go on Scratch and go to the ideas tab. In here you will find tutorials. We have already tried the Animate a name task so I would like you to either choose the Make a chase game or Pong game to complete.
Good luck!
Remember your homework needs to be completed by next Wednesday!
Have a fabulous Bank holiday weekend.
If you need to contact me about your child’s work please ring the school on 01639 700228 or send me an email on Jonesc1931@hwbcymru.net
Week beginning 8th March
Happy Friday Everyone!
As today is the last day of online learning, please use it to complete any tasks that you need to complete. I am really proud of you all for the way that you have carried on working so hard at home and how you have adapted to this new way of learning and you should be very proud of yourselves. I want to say a huge thank you to your families at home who have supported you. We couldn’t have done this without you.
There will be no Teams meeting this morning but there will be one this afternoon at 2.50pm. We will be playing games and I will answer any questions you have about starting school on Monday.
Hello everyone! Happy Thursday!
I hope that you enjoyed completing the tasks yesterday. Today we will be looking at another famous Inventor.
Morning Mission – Scientist alphabet
I am giving you a difficult challenge for your morning mission today. I want you to see if you can find a Scientist or inventor for each letter of the alphabet. We have already talked about Isaac Newton and Leonardo da Vinci So you can put them by the letters for their first name or their surname.
9.30am – Teams meeting. Remember that you have a star on J2 stars for attending a meeting, for uploading work to Hwb, for excellent effort and for working really hard on different tasks.
English – Facts
Read the PowerPoint about Alexander Graham Bell and then find 10 facts to write about him. I will be really impressed if you have used another source to find different information.
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Maths – Mean
The last one we are going to learn is how to find the Mean of a set of data.
To find the mean of a set of numbers, you need to add all of the numbers together and divide them by how many numbers there are. Another word for mean is average. Look at the clip on BBC Bitesize to help you.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/z3qmpv4
Now see if you can complete one or more of the sheets below.
Topic – Telephone timeline
I have put a timeline below which shows the history of computing. I would like you to create a timeline showing the history of telephones in the same style.
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Happy Wednesday Class 5!
Well done for your work yesterday I am so pleased that you are still working hard. Some of you are completing so many tasks that I can’t keep up with you so a huge well done to you.
Morning Mission – Handwriting
Choose a book and write a page or two in your neatest handwriting. Try to make sure that your letters are the same size and your ascenders and descenders are the same.
9.30am – Teams meeting. Remember that you have a star on J2 stars for attending a meeting, for uploading work to Hwb, for excellent effort and for working really hard on different tasks.
Today we are going to learn about a famous Scientist and Inventor Leonardo da Vinci. He was famous for many different things and today you are going to learn about these. Read the PowerPoint below and complete the 3 challenges.
Lesson Presentation Leonardo da Vinci 2
Challenge 1 – creating your own version of the Mona Lisa
If you enjoyed finding out about Leonardo da Vinci, you might enjoy the Horrible Histories version of how he painted the Mona Lisa.
Challenge 2 – Creating your own flying machine.
Look at the designs that Leonardo da Vinci made and then create your own design.
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Challenge 3 – The Vitruvian man
Leonardo da Vinci was very interested in the human body and its proportions. He had a theory about the height and length of different parts of the body. Read the information in the PowerPoint then see if his theories work on you. You will need a measuring tape or ruler to complete this task.
Da Vinci Proportions Activity Sheet
Science Investigations – Eggs!
If reading about Leonardo da Vinci has inspired you to be a scientist, then try the different investigations with eggs.
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Teams meeting – 2.50pm
Bore da Class 5!
I hope that you had a great Monday yesterday. It was a beautiful day again so I went out for a walk after school. How about you?
Morning Mission
As we are learning about Science week I would like you to read the PowerPoint as part of your Morning Mission.
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9.30am – Teams meeting. Remember that you have a star on J2 stars for attending a meeting, for uploading work to Hwb, for excellent effort and for working really hard on different tasks. We will be playing Spaceman during the meeting so get your thinking caps on.
English – Famous Scientists and inventors
For your English task today I would like you to choose a Scientist or inventor and create a fact file about them. You could choose the Scientists that have already been mentioned this week – Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein or choose one of your own. Maybe look at the Scientist and inventors facts cards or the BBC teach on scientists to help you decide.
Science KS2: Scientists and Scientific Method – BBC Teach
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Maths – Mode and range
Well done for working out the range yesterday. Today I would like you to complete the sheet finding both the mode and the range.
If you have a dice at home. You could roll it 10 times and then find the mode, range and median of the set of 10 numbers if this is easier for you.
Topic – Science
As we have been learning about gravity, I thought that we could do an investigation on gravity. The first sheet tells you what you need to do then choose one of the star sheets to complete the recording sheets. You can print out the sheet to complete it or write it straight on to Hwb.
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Teams meeting – 2.50pm
This week we will be celebrating the fact that it is British Science week. We will carry on with our topic on Space travel but we will be doing lots of different Science tasks.
Morning Mission – Recount
Write about your weekend. Hopefully you will have had chance to go outdoors as the weather has been lovely but whatever you have done, see how much you can write. Try to challenge yourself!
9.30am – Teams meeting. Remember that you have a star on J2 stars for attending a meeting, for uploading work to Hwb, for excellent effort and for working really hard on different tasks.
English – Spelling skills
Please complete the spelling skills tasks below. Remember that as it is a spelling task it is really important that you check your spelling.
Year 5 spelling skills Unit 17
L.O. To spell words ending in ost or oll.
Year 6 spelling skills Unit 17
L.O. To spell homophones and near homophones.
Maths – Range
We are carrying on with our work using data this week. We have learned how to find the mode and the median and today you will be learning how to find the range.
BBC Bitesize Averages. Mean, Median, Mode and Range – BBC Bitesize
The range is the difference between the highest and lowest numbers. For example in the numbers
10 12 14 15 17 19 21 23 24 32
You find the range by subtracting the smallest number from the biggest number
32 – 10 = 22
Try the sheets below.
Topic – Science
We have already learned that Isaac Newton was a Scientist when we looked at forces. He was famous for making the law of gravity. Today we are going to learn about him and why his Scientific work is so important. Firstly look at the PowerPoint and read the fact sheet about Isaac Newton.
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Then complete one of the sheets below.
Newton and gravity question 1 star
Newton and gravity question 3 stars
Then there is a paper investigation to try.
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Teams meeting – 2.50pm
Week beginning 1st March
Excellent work this week! I said that I would put up pictures of your work so please look at the gallery below.
Happy Friday! Well done for completing another week of online learning and a huge well done for your excellent work this week.
Morning Mission – For the last day of our Welsh week I would like to see who can come to our Teams meeting with the most Welsh things. You could :
- dress in red or wear a Welsh sports shirt
- dress in welsh costume
- bring daffodils
- bring welshcakes or bara brith
- Bring a welsh dragon or teddy
- Draw a welsh picture
- Have a Welsh flag
Pob lwc! Good luck!
English/Topic – Poster/PowerPoint
I would like you to use the time today to complete your Welsh persuasive poster and your Welsh PowerPoint that you started yesterday. Try to include as much detail as possible in your PowerPoint and make sure that you include all of the different headings on different pages.
Maths – Times Tables
Do you remember that I told you that your times tables are really important as they help you with lots of maths topics, so today I would like you to use the time to practise them. You could:
- See how quickly you can write out a tricky times table
- Ask someone at home to give you a times tables test
- Look at the patterns in times tables and find tricks that will make them easier to remember.
For the rest of the day
For the rest of the day I would like you to use the time to finish any tasks then do something that you enjoy doing such as playing a board game with your family, going for a walk, creating some artwork or doing a sports session.
Have a lovely afternoon!
Teams Meeting – 2.50pm We will be having achievement assembly today
Bore da dosbarth 5! Sut wyt ti heddiw?
I hope you had a great day yesterday and that you managed to complete the different tasks. I enjoyed playing Spaceman I hope that you did too.
Morning Mission – If you need to use this time to carry on with your poster for Wales then please do this. Otherwise use this time to read some of your reading page and write what pages you have read in your reading record book.
9.30am – Teams meeting. Remember that you have a star on J2 stars for attending a meeting, for uploading work to Hwb, for excellent effort and for working really hard on different tasks. Today we will be playing a game so please have paper and a pen or pencil ready.
English – Poetry
Well done for completing the work on similes and metaphors. I am really impressed with your work. Now we are going to use these sentences to write a poem. I would like you to create a poem of your own like the poem we have been looking at “Pride in our valley”. You can either use the sheet below and fill in the gaps with sentences of your own or you can create your own poem using repeated lines.
Pride-in-our-Valleys create my own poem
Maths – Median
Yesterday we looked at how to find the mode of a set of data, today we will be looking at how to find the median of a set of data/numbers.
First read the information below about how to find the median.
Then try to complete the following worksheets
If you are feeling confident with this work, then choose a set of data from your rugby players, such as their ages and find the median.
Topic – Wales
Task 1 – Complete your poster to persuade people to visit Wales.
Task 2 – Create a PowerPoint showing people the different places and attractions that they can visit in Wales. Make sure that you make people want to visit by making it look interesting or exciting. I would like a page on each of these:
- Places
- National parks
- Mountains
- Castles
- Beaches
- Special attractions
Please take your time to complete this as you have tomorrow to do this as well so try to include lots of information and please try to use your own words.
Teams meeting – 2.50pm
Bore da! Sut wyt ti ?
Great work yesterday! I hope that you now feel confident to identify similes and metaphors. We will be working on this again today. I hope that you are enjoying the different games that we have been playing. I liked the drawing challenge maybe we will do this again. Please let me know what you .
Morning Mission – Daffodils
Think about the work that we did on daffodils yesterday and use this to create a daffodil picture. Look at the pictures below for inspiration.
9.30am – Teams meeting. Remember that you have a star on J2 stars for attending a meeting, for uploading work to Hwb, for excellent effort and for working really hard on different tasks. Today we will be playing a game so please have paper and a pen or pencil ready.
English – Similes and metaphors
I would like you to create similes for the following words. Remember that similes compare words by using like a/as … as a in the sentence
e.g The daffodil is as yellow as the sunniest spring day.
- daffodil
- dragon
- mountain
- sheep
- grass
- river
- trees
- sky
- sea
- clouds
You might find it helpful to look at the poem that you highlighted yesterday for ideas.
Then I would like you to create metaphors for the same words. Remember metaphors compare things by saying something is/are something else. e.g The daffodil is a dancing lady waving from side to side.
Maths – data handling
I hope that you all managed to find the data or statistics for the different rugby players. Now we are going to use this data to complete different tasks.
Task 1 – finding the mode
Practise this by finding the mode in each set of numbers.
- 10 14 15 10 12 14 10
- 25 23 21 21 23 25 25
- 30 31 31 30 33 33 33
- 54 45 23 23 54 33 54
- 66 65 66 65 66 66 65 65
Now you are going to use the data that you found yesterday to find the mode. To find the mode you need to choose one set of data such as the players ages. Then you count how many of each age the same there are. The age that appears the most is the mode. E.G. If most of the players are 28 then the mode is 28. Do this for the other categories such as height/weight/caps
Topic – Wales poster
I would like you to imagine that you work for the tourist board and that you have been asked to design a poster that will encourage people to visit Wales for their holidays. Think about why people would come to Wales and the different things that they could do. Make your poster colourful and eye catching.
UK breaks and family holiday destinations | Visit Wales
Teams meeting 2.50pm
Bore da! Good morning! Sut wyt ti heddiw? How are you today?
Da iawn for your work yesterday. I can see that everyone has been working hard on the first day of our Welsh week.
Morning Mission – Welsh alphabet
Create an alphabet using different welsh words that you know. Can you think of a welsh word for each letter? Are there any letters that you can’t find words for? What letters are they?
9.30am – Teams meeting. Remember that you have a star on J2 stars for attending a meeting, for uploading work to Hwb, for excellent effort and for working really hard on different tasks. Today we will be playing a game you do not need to bring anything.
English – Poetry
Firstly, I would like you to look at the BBC Bite size page on similes and metaphors. We have worked on this a lot in class but it will give you the chance to remind yourself of the difference between the two.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkygrj6
Then I would like you to read the similes and metaphor class poem that was created by Class 5 in 2019.
Either
- Print off the sheet and use highlighters to highlight the similes and metaphors. or
- Make a list of the similes and metaphors that you can see in the poem.
Maths – Data handling
I loved watching the rugby game between Wales and England and I was thrilled that Wales won, so I decided that we would have a rugby themed maths lesson today. On the sheet below I have the main squad that played in that game but their data or statistics are missing. Statistics is the information about their age, height, weight and how many caps they have. I would like you to find that information. The website below might help you.
Rugby data for maths task sheet
If you complete this you could choose other players that I haven’t included and find information about them. Maybe make some Top Trump rugby cards.
Topic – Daffodils
As daffodils are the flower for Wales we are going to find information about them.
Task 1 – Find out how many different varieties of daffodils there are
Task 2 – Look at the picture of a daffodil and label the different parts of the flower.
Task 3 – Drawing a picture of a daffodil.
Look at the YouTube video showing you how to draw a daffodil and then try to create one of your own.
If you would like to create a 3D model of a daffodil then you can create one of your own or use the template below.
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Teams meeting – 2.50pm
Bore da dosbarth 5!
This week we will be celebrating all things Welsh and all of the activities that we do will be linked to Wales.
Morning Mission – Welsh weather
Can you remember that vocabulary that we use when we are doing the welsh weather chart every day? Write what the weather is like today. What it was like yesterday and what it will be like tomorrow. Use the dictionary below to help you.
9.30am – Teams meeting. Remember that you have a star on J2 stars for attending a meeting, for uploading work to Hwb, for excellent effort and for working really hard on different tasks. If you would like to celebrate St. David’s day today then come to the meeting dressed in something welsh or something red.
English – The story of St. David
Do you know how St. David became the patron saint of Wales? Do you know what he did in his life? Read the story of St. David on the PowerPoint below.
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Then choose one of the activities below to complete.
- Create a PowerPoint of your own about the life of St. David.
- Write the story of St. David.
- Create a fact file about the life of ST. David.
Maths – Planning a St. David’s day party
When you plan a party you need to think about how much things cost and how many people would be coming to the party. Can you complete the activity below and find out how much the party would cost?
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Topic
- Firstly create a map of Wales and map the different places that were named in the story of St. David on to the map. For example St. Davids in West Wales.wl-g-11-black-and-white-map-of-wales-colouring-activity_ver_1
- Either colour in a mindfulness colouring of a dragon or create your own drawing/painting/model of a dragon or a Welsh flag.
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Teams meeting 2.50pm
Here is the welsh sheet to help you with the describing game.
Week beginning 22nd February
Good morning! Bore da!
Well done for completing another week of online learning. I am so proud of you and you should be really proud of yourselves.
Morning Mission – For your morning mission I would like you to read as many pages of your book as you can. Find a quiet place to read and enjoy reading the story. Then find someone to tell them what happens in your story.
Teams meeting – 9.30am
English – List poem
Read the poem below which is a list poem.
In my back garden…
A large open space for me to explore,
A blanket of green stretching as far as the eye can see,
The smell of freshly cut grass lingering in the air,
Beautiful flowers standing tall amongst the bushes,
Rustling of the branches from the trees in the wind,
The splish-splash of the raindrops as they plummet to the ground.
The songs of the birds at the dawn of a new day,
Buzzing of the busy bee as he collects his nectar,
Creepy crawlies scurrying in and out of their homes,
Croaking frogs jumping beneath the tall, thick grass,
Butterflies fluttering up high, as high as the stars in the sky.
Massive puddles appear after the rain has fallen,
Thick oozing mud dripping off my shoes,
Footprints appearing as I continue my adventure,
All in my back garden…
This is a list poem where every line forms a list of different things that you would see in the garden. List poems often use the 5 senses – what you can see, smell , taste, touch and hear. I would like you to use the structure of this poem to create your own poem about Mars. Think about what you would see, hear, taste, smell and touch and try to use similes and metaphors in your poem.
Maths – Self assessment
I know that some of you have been worried about topics in maths that you are finding difficult so I would like you to make a list of the different maths that you are struggling with and upload the list to HWB so that I can see who needs help in the different topics. Please try and think of the topics as this will be really helpful for me.
If you would like to do another maths task today then choose a times table that you find difficult and find someone at home who can give you a times table test.
Topic – Safe landing
When they designed the rocket to send the Perseverance Mars Rover to Mars, they had to think about how it was going to land safely without getting damaged. The parachute had to carry the weight and with air resistance land safely.
Challenge – I would like you to imagine that an egg is the rover and you need to design and create a parachute and container to help it to land safely to ground from a height just like the Perseverance rover. Think about the materials you use and how you are going to protect your egg.
Some of the pictures below might give you ideas as to how to create your design. Good luck!
Teams meeting – 2.50pm this will be our achievement assembly.
Good morning class 5. Bore da!
Thank you for your hard work this week and well done for persevering just like the Perseverance Mars Rover.
Morning mission – Use a dictionary to find out what the definition of Perseverance is then use the word in a sentence. As an extra task see how many words you can make out of the work perseverance – for example ran and see and spear
9.30am – Teams meeting. I have arranged a meeting so you will just need to click join when the meeting is about to start. Remember that you have a star on J2 stars for attending a meeting, for uploading work to Hwb, for excellent effort and for working really hard on different tasks.
English – space poems
If you haven’t completed the tasks from yesterday then please do that today. If you have completed the second sheet from yesterday then you could try creating your own poem. This poem is an easy one to try and you can make it as long as you like but it is nice if it makes the shape of a rocket. Give it a go!
Astronaut
Brave astronaut
Brave astronaut walking
Brave astronaut walking carefully
Brave astronaut walking carefully on the moon
Brave astronaut walking carefully on the moon
with determination and perseverance.
Astronaut
Maths – Addition and subtraction check up
I have put 3 levels of maths assessments below. Try the one that you are confident to do then check your work using the answer sheets. Please don’t worry if you get stuck!
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Year-5-Addition-and-Subtraction_v2
Here are the answer sheets for you to check your work once you have completed it.
Year-4-Addition-and-Subtraction-Answers
Year-5-Addition-and-Subtraction-Answers
Year-6-Four-Operations-Answers_v2
Topic – Mars comprehension
As we have been finding out about the Perseverance Rover on Mars we will be finding out about Mars. There are 3 levels so choose the one to challenge yourself.
Teams meeting 2.50pm
Have a lovely day!
Good morning Class 5!
I am really sorry about our Teams meeting yesterday afternoon. I had problems with the WIFI and I know that this caused problems for you.
Morning Mission – Read a few pages of your reading books then create a new cover for your book . Think about what happens in the book and use this to create your book design.
9.30am Teams meeting
English – Space poems
Today we will be doing some work on poems.
Task 1 – to read the poem and answer the different questions.
Task 2 – To read a poem about the moon and then create your own poem following the same format.
Look at the sheets below to find the two tasks
Maths – Assessment
I would like you to complete as much as you can of this I can Maths assessment. It starts off easy and gets more and more difficult. If you come across a question that you are really stuck on, miss it out and carry on. See how many of the sums you can answer. We have done this before so I want to see if you have improved. Try to work on your own today please.
Topic – Forces
As we have been looking at the Perseverance Rover this week I wanted us to look at the Science behind space flight and this starts with us looking at forces. Firstly look at the PowerPoint below to find out about the different types of forces.
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Then see what you can remember by completing the sheets on forces below.
After this maybe you would like to try and complete a paper helicopter investigation.
Paper Helicopter Investigation
2.50pm Teams meeting
Good morning Class 5!
It was lovely to see lots of you yesterday during our Teams meeting. We have now changed the meetings to see if it helps the children who have brothers or sisters who are coming to school. Our morning meeting will stay at 9.30am but our afternoon meeting will change to 2.50pm so hopefully this should give you enough time to join the meeting and then get to school. We will try this and see if it makes a difference but please let me know if you are still finding it difficult to join.
Morning Mission – How quickly can you write your times tables.
Give yourself a time limit such as 15 minutes and see how many of your times table you can write.
9.30am – Teams meeting.
English – Spelling skills
Complete the spelling skills activities below. Remember that you need to be extra careful with your spelling in this task!
Year 5 Spelling skills Unit 15
L.O. To spell words ending in ough.
Year 6 Spelling skills Unit 16
L.O. To spell different connectives.
Maths – Revision
Complete the maths sheets revising the four operations. If you have completed this work then you can complete some of the maths problems on the sheet below.
End-of-Strand Assessment addition and subtraction
Topic- Perseverance Mars Rover
I would like you to look at the information that I gave you about Perseverance yesterday.
Firstly I would like you to make an observational drawings of the Perseverance Rover. Include as much detail as possible in your drawing so please take your time.
Then I would like you to read the PowerPoint about Mars below.
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I want you to create your own PowerPoint about Mars and include the latest information about the Perseverance Mars Rover and its landing on Mars last week.
2.50pm – Teams meeting
Good morning class 5 and a huge welcome back to a new half term!
I hope that you all had a lovely week off and that you had chance to relax with your families. We are back to our distance learning this week so remember just try your best and please let me know if you are having any difficulties with the work.
Morning Mission – Read a few pages of your reading book and then see how many adjectives you can find in one minute. Do the same for verbs and for nouns.
9.30am – Teams meeting. I have arranged a meeting so you will just need to click join when the meeting is about to start. Remember that you have a star on J2 stars for attending a meeting, for uploading work to Hwb, for excellent effort and for working really hard on different tasks.
During the meetings I take a class register to see who is accessing the school work. It is important to let me know if you are not able to attend a meeting as the attendance is recorded and passed on. I know most people inform me straight away if they can’t attend the meetings so thank you for doing this.
English – Holiday recount.
I would like you to write a recount about the week of half term. You can write it in the form of a diary or a recount. I want you to include lots of information in your writing and remember to divide it in to paragraphs. Think about:
- Using correct punctuation
- Starting each sentence differently
- Using different connectives
- Using interesting vocabulary
- Including lots of detail in your writing
Maths – Four operations revision
Before we start a new topic in Maths, I would like you to revise work on the four operations – addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. I have two levels below so try to challenge yourself. You might need two days to complete these tasks.
My Maths Revision Booklet 2 stars
My Maths Revision Booklet 3 stars
Topic – Research
Last week the Mars Perseverance Rover landed safely on Mars after a journey from Earth that took almost seven months.
Perseverance Rover’s First Image from Mars: This is the first image NASA’s Perseverance rover sent back after touching down on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021. The view, from one of Perseverance’s Hazard Cameras, is partially obscured by a dust cover. Credit: NASA/JPL-
Either
- Create a fact file or Power Point about the Perseverance Rover
or
- Create a Newspaper report of the Rover’s landing on Mars. newspaper
Use the resources below to help you to complete the task.
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-53129281
Teams meeting 3pm
Week beginning 8th February 2021
Happy Friday Everyone!
A huge well done for completing this half term of online learning. I know that it is not the same as coming in to school and sometimes it can be really difficult for you to work at home. So I want to tell you all how proud I am of you all! I have been so impressed with the amount of work that you have done and the quality of your work. I also want to say a huge thankyou to your families at home who have worked so hard to support you with your learning. We couldn’t do this kind of learning without you!
9.30am – Teams meeting. I have arranged a meeting so you will just need to click join when the meeting is about to start. Remember that you have a star on J2 stars for attending a meeting, for uploading work to Hwb, for excellent effort and for working really hard on different tasks. We will play a different game today, You don’t need to bring anything to the meeting but remember to check with your families at home as we will be playing a scavenger hunt.
Today is a Catch up day. I won’t be setting any extra work today. I would like you to finish any tasks that you need to complete.
Teams meeting – 3pm Achievement assembly
I hope that you all have a lovely half term holiday. Relax and enjoy every minute! I will speak to you again in the Teams meeting on Monday 22nd February at 9.30am.
Happy Thursday Everyone!
Great work yesterday completing the different tasks. I was really pleased with the way that you joined in with our Welsh Guess who on the Teams meetings and well done to everyone who took part.
Here is your work for the day.
Morning Mission – Read a part of your reading book and then write a paragraph explaining what the story is about.
9.30am – Teams meeting. I have arranged a meeting so you will just need to click join when the meeting is about to start. Remember that you have a star on J2 stars for attending a meeting, for uploading work to Hwb, for excellent effort and for working really hard on different tasks. We will play a different game today, You don’t need to bring anything to the meeting.
English – Synonyms
Today we are going to be looking at synonyms. These are words that mean the same for example synonyms for said could be shouted, whispered or cried. Look at the PowerPoint below and try to complete the different tasks in the PowerPoint.
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Then once you have complete the tasks in here, you can try this sentence sheet. You will need to use a thesaurus. A good thesaurus to use online is Word Hippo.
Maths – Revision
Complete the maths tasks that you have been working on this week.
If you have completed these you can create addition or subtraction problems by either rolling a dice 5 or 6 times and making a number, then doing the same to make another number which you can then add together. Or if you don’t have a dice at home you could just create random numbers to make different sums. Try to complete 10 sums.
Topic – Chinese new year
Complete your work from yesterday on Chinese New Year then you could try some crafts such as making a Chinese lantern.
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Or you could make a Chinese dragon puppet.
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Or you could create some dragon art work.
Teams meeting – 3pm
Happy Wednesday everyone!
Well done for your hard work so far this week! I really enjoyed the Zoom in Zoom out game that we did during our Teams meeting. You all made great guesses!
Morning Mission – Target 100! How many different ways can you make number 100? Give yourself a time limit such as 5 or 10 minutes then see how many different ways you can reach the target number.
9.30am – Teams meeting. I have arranged a meeting so you will just need to click join when the meeting is about to start. Remember that you have a star on J2 stars for attending a meeting, for uploading work to Hwb, for excellent effort and for working really hard on different tasks.
Here is the describing mat for our Welsh game later
English – Science fiction story
Today I would like you to complete your Science fiction story. Think about using interesting vocabulary and different sentence structures. You can use short sentences for dramatic effect.
He stopped. He looked around. What was that?
Look at the story checklist and see if you have included the different features.
Maths – Revision
Complete the place value workbook that you have already been working on this week.
If you have completed these activities I have included a space themed maths activity below.
Space themed addition and subtraction problems
Space themed activity answer sheet
Topic
Complete your Internet safety PowerPoint or poster
Find out about Chinese New Year. You can create a fact file or PowerPoint about Chinese New year or you can write the story about how the order of animals in the calendar came to be or you could create a Chinese dragon or you could creating a drawing of the Chinese zodiac. See the ideas below.
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Teams meeting – 3pm
Good morning Class 5! Bore Da dosbarth 5!
Hope that you all had a good day yesterday. I was quite excited to see snow again. It was so lovely last time it snowed.
Keep working hard and remember that I am very proud of you all for your hard work.
Here is the work for today.
Morning Mission – Space boggle
Look at the words on the sheet below and see how many other words you can find. For example in the word space you can find words such as pace/ace/cap/sea/spa/sap/pea/caps/peas. Give it a go!
T2-T-242-Space-Boggle-Activity-Sheet (1)
English – Story writing
I would like you to create a Science fiction story using one of the story starters below as the beginning of your story. We can carry on with this tomorrow so take your time use interesting vocabulary and think about using a variety of different sentences. Try to include the different features included in the story checklist.
Creative Writing Story Starters Science Fiction Presentation
Science Fiction Story Word Mat
Science Fiction Story Checklist
Maths – Place value
Please carry on with the work that you started yesterday. You have been working really well so keep up the excellent work!
Topic – Safer Internet day 2021
What is Safer Internet Day?
Safer Internet Day is an event, organised by the UK Safer Internet Centre, which aims to promote safe, responsible and positive use of internet technology. The main goal of Safer Internet Day is to raise awareness and start a conversation about internet safety. Its aim is to make a safer and better internet for everyone, especially children and young people. Safer Internet Day is celebrated every year on a Tuesday in mid-February.
I would like you to look at the internet safety PowerPoint below, then I would like you to either Create your own PowerPoint encouraging children to stay safe online or design a poster to put up in school to help children understand about internet safety.
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Teams meeting – 3pm
Good morning! Bore da! Welcome to another week of online learning 🙂
This is the last week before the half term holidays and I just want to say again how pleased and proud I feel that you are all working so hard at home. It shows me that you are becoming more confident with your independent learning.
Morning Mission – My weekend
I would like you to draw or write about what happened over the weekend. Did you manage to go outside somewhere? Did you play a game? Did you watch an interesting TV programme?
9.30am – Teams meeting. I have arranged a meeting so you will just need to click join when the meeting is about to start. Remember that you have a star on J2 stars for attending a meeting, for uploading work to Hwb, for excellent effort and for working really hard on different tasks. We will be having a game of bingo again today so remember to bring paper and a pen or pencil! We will be choosing 6 numbers between 1 and 50.
English – Letter writing
Well done for you work on letter writing last week! Today I want you to write a letter to apply to be an astronaut. It will be a formal letter so you will need to remember the features that a formal letter has. Look back at last week’s work if you need to be reminded. Make sure that you check your grammar and punctuation. Choose one of the different sheets below to help you to start your letter. You can write it straight on to Hwb if you would like.
T2-S-779-Tim-Peake-Apply-to-Be-an-Astronaut
t2-t-845-man-on-the-moon-activity-sheet_ver_2
Maths – Place value revision
This week I want to go over some of the topics that we have covered this term. This should help you to remember them. The first tasks are on place value. I have different workbooks for both year groups. Try to complete as much of the workbook as you can. you can continue this tomorrow if you would like. The answer books are below, so when you complete the tasks you can check your answers.
Year 5 Maths Number and Place Value Workbook
Year 5 Maths Number and Place Value Workbook Answers
Year 6 place value revision Questions
Topic – Mission x train like an astronaut/Challenges
As we discussed on Friday, I will be putting up a challenge sheet for the week or putting up a Topic task every day. It is your choice which one you would like to do.
I have joined the Mission x train like an astronaut challenge for our class as we have been learning about what it takes to be an astronaut. The first thing that we shall be doing is improving our fitness – this includes me too! Being physically active is an important way to keep your muscles strong and your heart and lungs healthy. The first tasks is the Base station walk back. You will perform a walk, progressing to 1600 m (1 mi) to improve lung,heart, and other muscle endurance. You will also record observations about improvements in this walk-back physical endurance experience using your lungs, heart, and other muscles in your Mission Journal. Whether you are doing this in your garden or in a park nearby, try to complete the task using the sheets below.
Mission Journal Student Logbook (for students)
If you would rather complete the challenges for this week. See the challenge sheet below.
challenge planning sheet 8th February
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Teams meeting – 3pm
Week beginning 1st February 2021
Happy Friday Class 5!
I hope that you have all had a good week. I feel that we have worked really hard this week and I am so pleased to see the work that you have completed. Give yourselves a big pat on the back!
Morning Mission – If you were going to have your own space agency you would need a logo. Can you create a logo for your space agency. Look at the logos below for inspiration.
9.30am – Teams meeting. I have arranged a meeting so you will just need to click join when the meeting is about to start. Remember that you have a star on J2 stars for attending a meeting, for uploading work to Hwb, for excellent effort and for working really hard on different tasks.
English – Comprehension
I would like you to read the letter then answer the different questions.
Comprehension – reading and understanding a letter
Maths – Reading and interpreting line graphs
This is the last day for our work on line graphs and I am really impressed with the work that you have completed. Try the tasks below and remember to challenge yourself.
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3 stars Interpreting Line Graphs
Topic
This afternoon I would like you to complete any tasks that you need to finish. Have a look to see if you have missed any acitivities.
Then I would like you to choose something creative to do. You could:
- Compose a song or rap
- Make a drawing or model of the ISS
- Complete an exercise class
- Go for a walk looking for different objects on your way.
Teams meeting 3pm – Achievement assembly. Please try to be there.
Good morning Class 5 Happy Thursday to you all!
Well done for your excellent work yesterday. I hope that you all feel confident to write a letter to a friend. Maybe you could write to someone you haven’t seen in a while. I am sure that it would be a lovely surprise for them to receive a letter from you.
Here is the work for the day.
Morning Mission – How many words can you make out of the name Neil Armstrong? Try to find as many as you can.
9.30am – Teams meeting. I have arranged a meeting so you will just need to click join when the meeting is about to start. Remember that you have a star on J2 stars for attending a meeting, for uploading work to Hwb, for excellent effort and for working really hard on different tasks. We will be having a game of bingo again today so remember to bring paper and a pen or pencil! This time we will be choosing numbers between 1 and 50.
English – Formal letters
Now we are going to look at formal letters. You write formal letters if you want to make a complaint, it you are applying for a job or other official reasons. It is different from a informal letter as it is written to someone you either don’t know or that you don’t know well whereas an informal letter is to a friend or member of your family. Look at the information below. Watch the clip and complete Activity 1.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6hvgwx
Then I would like you to look at the examples of formal letters below. Can you see the different features that they have mentioned in the clip?
#Y6-Letter-Writing-Formal-Example-Text-Powerpoint
#Y5 Letter Writing Formal Example Text PowerPoint
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Can you use highlighters or coloured pencils to highlight the key features like you did with the informal letter?
Maths – Line graphs
1 star reading and interpreting line graphs
2 star reading and completing line graphs
3 star reading line graphs and using decimals
Topic – Time Peake letter writing
I would like you to use your skills in letter writing to complete the task below. You will imagine that you are on the International space station and that you are writing a letter home. Think about what you would be doing and how you would feel. Include this in your writing.
A Letter Home Home Learning Tasks
Teams meeting 3pm
Good morning! Bore da!
I hope that you are all okay. We have reached the middle of the week so well done for your work so far this week. I know that it is getting harder to work from home and I appreciate it is not the same as working in school, so I want to say a huge well done to you all for your fantastic effort.
Morning Mission – I would like you to choose a couple of pages from your reading book and either write them out in your neatest handwriting or
find different types of words such as nouns, verbs, adverbs and adjectives.
9.30am – Teams meeting. I have arranged a meeting so you will just need to click join when the meeting is about to start. Remember that you have a star on J2 stars for attending a meeting, for uploading work to Hwb, for excellent effort and for working really hard on different tasks. We will be having a game of bingo today so remember to bring paper and a pen or pencil!
English – Informal letter writing
After our work looking at what is included in an informal letter, I would like you to write a letter to a friend. You need to include:
- Your address
- A greeting – Dear…
- An introduction where you are asking how your friend is and what they have been doing. (1st paragraph)
- Interesting information about the things that you have been doing at home. (2nd paragraph)
- Talk about the things that you would like to do once lock down is over. (3rd paragraph.
- Any other information. (4th paragraph)
- Sign 0ff – lots of love/stay safe
- Your name
Good luck!
Maths – data handling
Well done for your excellent work yesterday. We are going to carry on by looking at different graphs and charts. There are 3 levels that you can choose from. Remember to challenge yourselves!
3 stars reading and drawing a line graph
Topic – Training to be an astronaut
To be an astronaut you need to be fit and healthy. Today you are going to be doing a little test to check your heart rate. Then if you would like you can create a graph to show the different data that you have collected.
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Teams meeting 3pm
Good Morning! Bore da!
Sut wyt ti heddiw? How are you today?
I am sorry for the mix up with the Teams meetings yesterday I had technical difficulties and I know that this caused problems for some of you. Thank you for being patient when you had to wait for the meeting.
Thank you for your hard work yesterday try and keep it up this week.
Morning Mission – Fruit alphabet.
We did this morning mission before and you were fab at it see how many different fruits you can find for the different letters.
9.30am – Teams meeting. I have arranged a meeting so you will just need to click join when the meeting is about to start. Remember that you have a star on J2 stars for attending a meeting, for uploading work to Hwb, for excellent effort and for working really hard on different tasks.
English – Letter writing
This week we are going to look at how to write different letters. We are starting today by looking at informal letters. Firstly, have a look at the information below explaining about the different types of letters.
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I hope now that you have read these that you will understand the difference between a formal letter and an informal letter. Now I would like you to look at the letter below which shows you the different features of a letter.
Informal Letter Exemplar Annotated
Task – I want you to look at the letter below and use highlighters or coloured pencils to highlight the different features of the letter like the one above. Remember to create a key to show what your colours mean.
Maths – Line graphs and bar charts
Well done for your excellent work yesterday. We are going to carry on today looking at graphs. I have put different levels of work with 1,2 or 3 stars to do the task that you think will challenge you. Try to do more than one sheet if you can.
Bar charts and pictograms 1 star
Drawing and reading line graphs 2 stars
Topic – Space suits
Research as much information as you can about the space suits that astronauts were in space. Information such as what materials they are made for and what different features they have on them. Then present the information in a fact file. Try to include pictures and interesting facts to make your fact file more readable.
After that I would like you to design your own space suit. You can use the sheet below to complete the task if you like.
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Teams meeting 3pm
Welcome to a new week of online learning. Good morning to you all!
Well done for your fantastic work last week. You are all doing brilliantly and you should feel very proud. I loved the poems that you read to me last week so I have chosen one for you to read that Joseph read out to us.
Morning Mission – If you could get in a space rocket and travel anywhere, where would you go and why?
English – Spelling skills.
L.O. To spell words with hyphens and apostrophes
Year 6 spelling skills Unit 15
L.O. To spell words with silent letters.
Try to do the focus and extra tasks then once you have done these try the extension task. I will talk through this in the morning.
Maths – Data handling.
First of all remind yourself of the different types of graphs and charts by reading the PowerPoint below.
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Today we are going to be looking at line graphs and we will be reading and interpreting the different line graphs answering questions about the graphs.
PowerPoint – Read and Interpret Line Graphs
Read this carefully as it will help you to complete the following tasks. There are 3 pages, see how many you can do.
Horizontal Format – Read and Interpret Line Graphs
Then check that you have completed the work correctly.
Answers – Read and Interpret Line Graphs
Topic – Learning about life on the International Space Station (ISS)
This week we are learning about what it is like on the ISS.
Life on the ISS Home Learning Tasks
Week beginning 25th January 2021
Happy Friday everyone!
I can’t believe that another week of online learning is over. You should feel very proud of yourselves for your hard work this week. I know that it can be difficult working at home and I am amazed when I see the excellent work that you are producing. Keep up the good work. I put up the pictures by Mia and Joseph yesterday and today I am going to show you the model that Connor made of the Apollo 11 using Lego. It is fabulous.
Morning Mission – What if you worked for the The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and you weren’t an astronaut. Can you think of the different jobs you could do for NASA? Make a list of the different jobs. You might need to do some research first.
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English – Diary writing
To finish off this week’s work on diary writing, I would like you to write a diary of your own about a day where you had the best time. It could be a day in school or a birthday or a time that you went on a visit or trip. I would like you to use the key features of a diary in your work. I have put an example of a diary for you to look at below and some sheets if you want to use them, but you can write it straight on to Hwb if you want.
Maths – Negative number problems
You have worked well to complete the tasks on negative numbers this week. Now see if you can solve the different number problems. There are different levels of tasks to try to challenge yourselves.
Negative number word problems 1 star
Negative number word problems 2 stars
Negative number word problems 3 stars
I am including the answers so that you can check your work once you have finished.
Negative number word problems answers 1 star answers
Negative number word problems answers 2 star answers
Negative number word problems answers 3 star answers
Topic – Completing tasks/Challenges
For your topic work this afternoon I would like you to complete any of the tasks that you haven’t finished. You could write a piece of work in your best handwriting, or record your rap or song or complete any artwork. If you want extra tasks I have put the challenges below, you will see that one of the challenges is the song and rap challenge that I gave you yesterday.
Challenge planning sheet 25th January 2021
Teams meeting – 3pm This will be our achievement assembly to please try to attend.
Have a lovely weekend and stay safe.
Bore da dosbarth 5!
Hope that you are all having a lovely week. I am so impressed by the artwork that I have seen this week including this wonderful painting by Mia and the fabulous cartoon drawing of an astronaut that Joseph has created. Please send me your artwork or upload it to Hwb and I can share it with the class on this page.
Here are the tasks for today.
Morning Mission – Choose a page or two in your reading book and write it in your neatest handwriting.
9.30am – Teams meeting. I have arranged a meeting so you will just need to click join when the meeting is about to start. Remember that you have a star on J2 stars for attending a meeting, for uploading work to Hwb, for excellent effort and for working really hard on different tasks.
English – Sentences
Look at the spelling skills task from Monday and find the list of key words. I would like you to write a sentence for each key word underlining the word that you have added. Remember that this is a spelling activity so please check your spelling.
English – Diary writing
If you haven’t finished this task from yesterday, then please complete this first. If you have then I would like you to write another diary extract for Tim Peake. I would like you to imagine that you are Tim Peake arriving at the International Space station for the first time. Think about how he felt and what it was like being in a space craft and travelling that far in to space.
Remember to use the features of diary writing. Date at the top of the page, write in first person as if you were Tim Peake and write about the experiences that Tim had during this time.
Maths – Negative numbers
Well done for the different tasks that you have completed on this topic. Keep up the good work.
1 and 2 star-negative-numbers-and-temperature-activity-sheet_ver_3 There are answers at the end of this sheet try not to look until you have completed the task.
Negative numbers 3 star page 61
Negative numbers 3 star page 62
Topic – please complete any of the tasks that you have had so far this week such as the fact files on Gustav Holst and the instruments that he used in “The planets” piece of music.
Topic – Creating a song or rap
I would like you to look at the Storybots songs about the different planets. They are good fun and easy to learn then I would like you either to learn one of the songs and record yourself performing the song or create a song or rap of your own. Have fun and enjoy.
Teams meeting 3pm
Have a lovely day
Good morning all!
I hope that you all had a great day yesterday and that you enjoyed listening to “The planets” by Gustav Holst. I really liked the different pieces of music and how they changed when it moved to the next planet. We are going to carry on with our work on this today but we will be finding out about the composer.
Morning mission – What can you tell me about number 45?
Write as many facts as you can about the number. If you complete this then choose a different number of your own.
9.30am – Teams meeting. I have arranged a meeting so you will just need to click join when the meeting is about to start. Remember that you have a star on J2 stars for attending a meeting, for uploading work to Hwb, for excellent effort and for working really hard on different tasks.
English – Diary writing
I would like you to imagine that you are Tim Peake going through your training in readiness for a mission to the International Space station (ISS). Firstly look at the information about the training that he had to do. Then look at the task sheets below.
Lesson Presentation What Makes a Good Diary
Checklist What Makes a Good Diary
Training Fact File Activity Sheet What Makes a Good Diary
Diary Writing Activity Sheet What Makes a Good Diary
Maths – Negative numbers
You did a great job yesterday completing the different tasks. Try these ones today.
Topic 1 – Fact file Gustav Holst
I would like you to find information about the composer Gustave Holst and create a detailed fact file. Include key details about his life and as many interesting facts as you can find.
Topic 2 – Art
Sometimes people listen to music and it inspires them with the art that they create. I would like you to listen to “The Planets” by Gustav Holst and create a drawing or painting that represents the music. There is no wrong answer in this task! You could make lots of patterns or fill you picture with colours or you could create a picture that has all of the different planets in it. Be brave with your artwork! I would love to see the finished results in our Teams meeting.
Teams meeting – 3pm
Good morning bore da Class 5
Thank you to the children who have already uploaded your work yesterday. I have gone through your Hwb accounts and marked the tasks that you have completed. I am really proud of the children who tried the harder tasks in Maths as the last task was very difficult, in fact I meant to leave that task off as it was so difficult so a huge well done! Keep working hard and remember to email me if you need any help.
Morning Mission – visit BBC weather and find out what the temperature is for where you live. You will just need to type in your post code. Then see if you can find somewhere where the temperature is a negative number.
9.30am – Teams meeting. I have arranged a meeting so you will just need to click join when the meeting is about to start. Remember that you have a star on J2 stars for attending a meeting, for uploading work to Hwb, for excellent effort and for working really hard on different tasks.
English – Tim Peake comprehension
Choose one of the comprehension tasks and read the information and answer the questions. Remember to answer in full sentences including as much detail as you can.
Time Peake comprehension 1 star
Tim Peake comprehension 2 stars
Tim Peake comprehension 3 stars
Maths – Negative numbers
Think about what you learned yesterday and complete the different negative numbers tasks. I have put up 3 levels so please try and challenge yourself with the task that you choose.
Topic – Gustav Holst
Gustav Holst was a British composer best known for his orchestral suite ‘The Planets’. A suite is a group of individual pieces. There are seven pieces in ‘The Planets’ and ‘Mars, the Bringer of War’ is the first one.
In ancient Roman religion Mars was the god of war. Gustav Holst composed this piece in anticipation of the outbreak of World War One. It’s a march but an unusual one. Normally a march has 4 beats in a bar so you can say “left, right, left, right” but Mars has 5 beats in a bar; tricky to march to!
Listen out for: The opening two harps, strings playing with the wood of the bow, timpani using very hard-headed sticks and the gong. There’s also a solo from the euphonium.
Firstly listen to the clip below.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ten-pieces/KS2-gustav-holst-mars-from-the-planets/zf6hsrd
While you are listening to the music write a list of the different instruments that you can hear or see in the video. How many can you identify?
Then I would like you to find out about the different instruments write the name of the instrument and any fact you can find out about the instruments. For example:
Gong
A gong is an East and Southeast Asian musical percussion instrument that takes the form of a flat, circular metal disc which is hit with a mallet. Gongs are made mainly from bronze or brass but there are many other alloys in use.
During the Teams meeting in the afternoon, I will be asking you what you thought about the music, if you liked it and why.
For the children who are looking for extra tasks to complete, here is the challenge sheet that I promised you.
Challenge planning sheet 25th January 2021
Teams meeting 3pm
Good morning, Bore da!
I hope that you all had a lovely weekend and that you had a chance to go outside in the snow. I loved going for a walk in the snow and in my garden we enjoyed making a family of snowmen. During our Teams meeting maybe you can tell me what you do in the snow.