Welcome to your final week as a Year 5 pupil. Well done on continuing to develop your skills up until the end of the school year. Miss Myler and I have been really impressed by your perseverance and hard work throughout these strange times; it has been super to see so many of you blogging your work too. Please remember that you can contact us via email or on PurpleMash if you have any questions.
Maths: This week, we will continue to focus on fractions skills with some open-ended investigations. There is also a problem solving challenge on Thursday which you may want to do with a partner. Perhaps you could be a computing whizz like Libby and Poppy and complete the work over video-chat together? Maybe you want to work through the problems with your parents or an older sibling?
Revision week 4
Science: I’d like you to find a few containers in your house. For example, an egg cup, a glass, a bowl and a saucepan. Fill each with the same amount of salt water (Add a teaspoon for each 100ml and mix in). Which container will evaporate the fastest and why? Keep checking on your containers throughout the week. What do you notice? Which shape would be the best for a bird bath so that the water doesn’t evaporate quickly?
Literacy:
Create your own game (this could be based on a current game and adapt its rules or be really creative and think of a new game from scratch). Perhaps you will design a board game rather than a sporting game. Â Extension: Write a set of instructions including the players, their roles and the equipment that you would need to play them.
English – The Game
Guided Reading:
Set as 2dos on PM
Spellings:
Set on PM and uploaded to the spellings page on the Y5 Newdale page.
Art:
Research “aluxes” in Maya culture. We have been looking at these mischievous beings in school and I would like you to create one of your own. You could draw your aluxes, junk model it using your recycling or create it out of clay or playdough.
DT:
Watch an episode of the dengineers from CBBC on BBC iPlayer. Create a moodboard of your ideal den. Then draw out your initial design. You could even have a go at creating your den out of objects you can find around your home.
Topic – https://www.snowdonia.gov.wales/home# Use the Snowdonia tourist board website to create a poster persuading people to visit the area. Remember to include information about where to stay, what to do and how the land is looked after for future generations. You might want to research local food and beautiful towns to visit in the area. You could use Google Earth to explore the area and even see the view from the top of Mt. Snowdon!