HAZEL class (YEAR 5)
mr mordue
Summer 2
Welcome to our class page! Hopefully you will find our class page useful. On our class page we have details of our topics for this half term as well as other useful information about Hazel Class and websites that we use to help our learning. We love to share what we learn in school every day via Twitter, so please follow us @BishopCEPrimary to see what we get up to.
Mr Mordue
What will we be learning about this half term?
English - Film narrative (The Piano) / Novel study (Holes by Louis Sachar)
Maths - Geometry (Properties of shape/Position and Direction) / Measurement
RE - How does religion help people live through good and bad times?
Science - Amazing Changes
Geography - Where has my food come from?
DT - Biscuits
PE - Athletics / Quadkids
PSHE - What decisions can people make with money?
Computing - Digital Literacy using Purple Mash
Key information
Arrival/collection
Our arrival time each morning is 8.45am and we leave at 3.10pm. Parents with siblings are encouraged to drop off/pick up at the later time.
What to bring to school
The children should bring in a water bottle which they will take home each day as well as their packed lunch (if they do not receive a school lunch). These will be kept at/under their desk. They can also bring in their own hand gel if they wish. They do not need any other equipment such as pencil cases, stationary etc as they will have everything they need at their own desk.
PE days
Our PE days are Tuesday and Friday. On these days, the children should come into school wearing their PE kit. They do not need to bring in their normal school uniform to get changed into, they will just stay in their PE kit all day. As the vast majority of our PE needs to take place outdoors, they should wear their normal PE t-shirt and a tracksuit/appropriate sports clothing that is suitable for all weather.
Homework
The children will be asked to work on some Topic-based tasks which will be in a grid format on a sheet for them to take home. We encourage you to take photos of any finished tasks and tweet them to us @BishopCEPrimary or send a photo on Class Dojo. We will then be able to give verbal feedback and share the work as a class. Please see the link below for Topic Homework for Summer 2.
Spellings
Spellings will go home every Monday and there will be a Spelling Test every Friday on these words. Please see the link below for our spellings for this half term.
Reading
The children will take their Accelerated Reader book home (with their Reading Record book) every day. These should then come back into school every day also.
Times tables
https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student
Useful websites
Visit these websites for some games to practice your English skills.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zv48q6f
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html
Visit these websites for some games to practice your Maths skills.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/ordering-and-sequencing-numbers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z826n39
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy.html
https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student
This is a useful website to practice a range of different subject areas.
https://www.educationquizzes.com/ks2/
Archived Work - Summer 1 Week 1
Year 5 Home Learning
Week beginning Monday 20th April
Hello Year 5!
I hope you are all well and keeping safe. Below are some tasks for you to try to complete at home this week. Don’t forget – you have your exercise book that you were given to record your work in if needed. I hope you enjoy these tasks. Remember to look after yourselves and your families. Have a great week!
Mr Mordue
English
Visit the Literacy Shed website and watch the short animation, ‘Taking Flight’. Tell the story as a first person narrative from Tony’s point of view.
https://www.literacyshed.com/takingflight.html
Reading
Try to read every day! Also, you could visit Audible to listen to some great books for free.
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
We also now have access to Rising Stars Online Reading Planet. You can register your child for access to books and accompanying comprehension quizzes. Click the link below to register. There is also a 'Pupil User Guide' below to help.
Maths
Visit White Rose Maths and do the Year 5 daily lesson each day this week (Summer Term Week 1).
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/
Science
This half term our new topic is ‘Growing up and growing old’. Visit the website and then create a labelled diagram to show the life cycle of a human. You could include illustrations for each part of your diagram too.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zgssgk7/articles/z2msv4j
Topic
For our ‘Fantastic Places’ topic, I’d like you to visit the UNESCO World Heritage website and research one of the places on the list. Then, I’d like you to present this information as a report. You could do this any way you like – as a written report, as a slide show on the computer etc.
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/
PE
Try to do the Joe Wicks PE session every day this week – he goes live at 9am each day.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
Extras
Visit these websites for some great games to practice your SPAG and Mental Maths skills.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/ordering-and-sequencing-numbers
Archived Work - Summer 1 Week 2
Year 5 Home Learning
Week beginning Monday 27th April
Hello Year 5!
I hope you are all well and that you enjoyed last week’s Home Learning. Below are some new tasks for you to try to complete at home this week. Don’t forget – you have your exercise book that you were given to record your work in if needed. You can also put photos of your work either on our Twitter page @BishopCEPrimary or you can send them to me on Class Dojo. I really enjoyed seeing some your work in this way last week so it would be lovely for me to see how you're getting on this week too! Remember to look after yourselves and your families. Have another great week!
Mr Mordue
English
Open the PDF below; ‘The Robot’. Work through the activities in the slides. You could also continue the story of ‘The Robot’ using the story starter slide to get you started.
Reading
Try to read every day!
Audible has some great books to listen to for free.
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
We also now have access to Rising Stars Online Reading Planet. If you haven't had the chance yet, you can still register for free to access books and accompanying comprehension quizzes that I can assign to you. Click the link below to register.
Maths
Visit White Rose Maths and do the Year 5 daily lesson each day this week (Summer Term Week 2).
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/
Science
Visit the webpage below to revise the Year 5 topic; ‘The Solar System’. Try the different activities on the webpage to deepen your understanding of this topic.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zhk2mfr
Topic
This week for our ‘Fantastic Places’ topic, I’d like you to visit the UNESCO World Heritage website again but choose a different place on the list to last week. This week, I’d like you to create a persuasive page for a travel brochure for your chosen place. See the examples below for some ideas as to what you could include and how you might present your travel brochure page.
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/
PE
Try to do the Joe Wicks PE session every day this week – he goes live at 9am each day.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
Extras
Visit these websites for some great games to practice your SPAG and Mental Maths skills.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/ordering-and-sequencing-numbers
Archived Work - Summer 1 Week 3
VE Day 2020 Twitter Challenge!
This Friday 8th May is VE Day 2020 where the nation will be celebrating 75 years since the end of World War 2. To celebrate this, we thought the children might like to do some 'VE Day' activities this week at home. Please find a poster we've put together with a few suggested ideas. We'd love to see the children's efforts throughout the week so please tweet @BishopCEPrimary with photos of any VE Day activities you do this week. By including our twitter handle @BishopCEPrimary in your tweet, we will be able to retweet your photos onto our Twitter page. We hope to see your efforts! Thank you.
Year 5 Home Learning
Week beginning Monday 4th May
Hello Year 5!
I hope you are all continuing to stay safe and well. Hopefully you enjoyed last week’s Home Learning – it was fantastic to see some of your work on Class Dojo again! Keep up the great work! You can send me photos of your work on Class Dojo or tweet them @BishopCEPrimary. I really enjoy seeing what you've been up to! Below are some new tasks for you to try to complete at home this week. Don’t forget – you still have your exercise book that you were given to record your work in if needed. Remember to keep being kind and to look after yourselves and your families. Have another good week!
Mr Mordue
English
Open the PDF below; ‘The Golden Key’. Work through the activities in the slides. The main task is to continue the story of ‘The Golden Key’ using the story starter slide to get you started.
Reading
Keep trying to read every day! It’s great for relaxing and important to try to keep this up.
Audible has some great books to listen to for free.
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
We still have access to Rising Stars Online Reading Planet. You can register for free to access books and accompanying comprehension quizzes. Click the link below to register.
I thought you also might like to visit the webpage below which has some activities linked to the book we read in the Spring term; 'The London Eye Mystery'.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zmjjqp3
Maths
Visit White Rose Maths and do the Year 5 daily lesson each day this week (Summer Term Week 3).
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/
Science
Open the ‘Gravity’ slideshow below and read through the slides carefully. Then, read the Newton Fact Sheet before answering the questions on the Activity Sheet (just do these in your exercise book if you don’t have access to a printer). The Activity Sheet with one star is easier but if you want a challenge try the Activity Sheet with three stars. Answers to both sheets are also included for you to check your work at the end.
I’d then like you to research another famous scientist of your choice and create a fact file or a short biography of their life and their work e.g. Einstein, Galileo, Da Vinci, Hawking.
Topic
Visit the webpage below; ‘The World’. Work through the activities on the webpage to consolidate your knowledge of our globe and the continents.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zk3nscw
Visit the webpage below; 'Settlements'. Work through the activities on the webpage to learn about different kinds of settlements such as cities, towns and villages.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zh2nscw
Visit the webpage below; 'The importance of teamwork'. Watch the video clips and read through the activities. There is also a nice activity at the bottom of the webpage to get you to think about your strengths!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zdq3bdm
PE
Try to do the Joe Wicks PE session every day this week – he goes live at 9am each day.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
Extras
Visit these websites for some great games to practice your SPAG and Mental Maths skills.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/ordering-and-sequencing-numbers
Archived Work - Summer 1 Week 4
Weekly Twitter Challenge!
We had a great response to our VE Day Challenge last week on Twitter. It was lovely for us to see. Thank you! We thought we'd now set a weekly Twitter challenge for you all to take part in. With the weather set to be fair this week (fingers crossed!) our challenge is to enjoy some outdoor nature activities. We'd love to see the children's efforts throughout the week so please tweet @BishopCEPrimary with photos of any nature activities you do this week. By including our twitter handle @BishopCEPrimary in your tweet, we will be able to retweet your photos onto our Twitter page. Please see the poster below for some suggestions. We hope to see your efforts! Thank you.
Week beginning Monday 11th May
Hello Year 5!
I hope you are all continuing to stay safe and well and that you had a nice time last week celebrating VE Day! I hope you enjoyed last week’s Home Learning – it was great to see some of your work on Class Dojo and Twitter again! Remember, you can send me photos of your work on Class Dojo or tweet them @BishopCEPrimary. Below are your tasks to try to complete at home this week. Don’t forget – you still have your exercise book that you were given to record your work in if needed.
Have another good week and take care of yourselves and your families.
Mr Mordue
English
Open the PDF below; ‘Jurassic’. Work through the activities in the slides. The main task is to continue the story of ‘Jurassic’ using the story starter slide to get you started. Also, you might want to do some research on dinosaurs and maybe create a fact file or a report on a dinosaur!
Reading
Keep trying to read every day! It’s great for relaxing and important to try to keep this up.
Audible has some great books to listen to for free.
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
We still have access to Rising Stars Online Reading Planet. You can register for free to access books and accompanying comprehension quizzes. Click the link below to register.
Maths
Visit White Rose Maths and do the Year 5 daily lesson each day this week (Summer Term Week 4). I have included all of the worksheets below as well as the answer sheets. Friday is always a White Rose Challenge Day so there are no worksheets for Friday.
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/
Science
Some ‘Living things’ revision this week in Science. Open the ‘Food Chains’ slideshow below and read through the slides carefully. Then, complete the task outlined in the slideshow.
As an optional extra, you might like to research a habitat of your choice (desert, ocean, woodland, polar etc) and create a report all about it – What lives there? What food chains are there? Where in the world do we find the habitat? Does it face any dangers?
Topic
Visit the webpage below; ‘Trade and Economic Activity’. Work through the activities on the webpage to consolidate your knowledge of trade and economic activity.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zm2c92p
Visit the webpage below; ‘Algorithms and debugging’. Work through the activities on the webpage to consolidate your knowledge of this aspect of Computing.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6rhnrd
PE
Try to do the Joe Wicks PE session every day this week – he goes live at 9am each day.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
Extras
Visit these websites for some great games to practice your SPAG and Mental Maths skills.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/ordering-and-sequencing-numbers
Archived Work - Summer 1 Week 5
Weekly Twitter Challenge!
It has been lovely to see your photos and responses to our Weekly Twitter Challenge over the past few weeks - thank you! This week, it is...'The Great BIR Bake Off!'. We'd love to see the children's efforts in the kitchen throughout the week so please tweet @BishopCEPrimary with photos. By including our twitter handle @BishopCEPrimary in your tweet, we will be able to retweet your photos onto our Twitter page. Please see the poster below for some suggestions. We hope to see your efforts! Thank you.
Week beginning Monday 18th May
Hello Year 5!
I hope you are all ok and continuing to stay safe and well. Hopefully you enjoyed last week’s Home Learning. It’s lovely for me to see some of your work on Class Dojo and Twitter. Remember, you can send me photos of your work on Class Dojo or tweet them @BishopCEPrimary. Below are this week’s Home Learning tasks. You still have your exercise book that you were given to record your work in if needed.
Take care of yourselves and your families and have another great week!
Mr Mordue
English
Open the PDF below; ‘Flying’. Work through the activities in the slides. The main task is to continue the descriptive writing using the first slide to get you started. Also, you might want to do some research on birds of prey and produce some writing about what you find out.
Reading
Keep trying to read every day! It’s great for relaxing and important to try to keep this up.
Audible has some great books to listen to for free.
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
We still have access to Rising Stars Online Reading Planet where you can use your log in details to access books and accompanying comprehension quizzes that I have assigned.
Also, you could try these activities based on the book ‘Percy Jackson and the Lightning Theif’ by Rick Riordan.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkmkd6f
Maths
Visit White Rose Maths and do the Year 5 daily lesson each day this week (Summer Term Week 5). I have included all of the worksheets below as well as the answer sheets. Friday is always a White Rose Challenge Day so there are no worksheets for Friday.
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/
Science
Some ‘Plants’ revision this week in Science. Go through the slideshow to learn more about pollination and seed dispersal. There are some video links included in the slideshow to watch too. Then, visit the webpage below and try the activities.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/znghnrd
Topic
Visit the webpage below; ‘King Henry VIII’. Work through the activities on the webpage to consolidate your knowledge of this famous monarch.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zdj8wty
Visit the webpage below; ‘Painting, collage and printmaking’. Work through the activities on the webpage to consolidate your knowledge of these different art techniques and then try some out for yourself.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zbdhnrd
PE
Try to do the Joe Wicks PE session every day this week – he goes live at 9am each day.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
Extras
Visit these websites for some great games to practice your SPAG and Mental Maths skills.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/ordering-and-sequencing-numbers
Archived Work - May Half Term
May Half Term
Last week we had an amazing response to our Twitter challenge...The Great BIR Bake Off. Thank you so much for your photos - we have some very talented bakers! There were some incredible entries - from cakes and cookies to doughnuts and sausage rolls! We hope you had fun baking at home last week and that you enjoyed seeing the photos on Twitter as much as we did.
This week, as it is half term, we are taking a break from our usual Home Learning. Instead, we would love you to have a go at our '7 days of kindness' challenge. See below for a grid of 'kindness' activities we have put together for you to try at home during half term this week. We have also included below some ideas for the mindfulness activity which is suggested on Wednesday.
As always, we would love to see the children's efforts at completing the activities throughout the week, so please tweet @BishopCEPrimary with any photos. By including our twitter handle @BishopCEPrimary in your tweet, we will be able to retweet your photos onto our Twitter page. We hope to see your efforts!
We have also included below a link to a new story called 'While We Can't Hug' by Eoin McLaughlin and Polly Dunbar. We are all finding it difficult to be away from loved ones at the moment, so hopefully this will be a nice story for you to all share at home this week.
Our regular Home Learning will recommence from Monday 1st June.
Thank you for your continued support. Stay safe, take care of one another and have a lovely half term.
BIR staff
#7daysofkindness
Mindfulness ideas
'While We Can't Hug' by Eoin McLaughlin and Polly Dunbar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PnnFrPaRgY
Archived Work - Summer 2 Week 1
Weekly Twitter Challenge!
It's time to dig out your Lego box for our Twitter challenge this week... The BIR Lego Challenge! Lego is such a great resource for creativity, fine motor skills and using your imagination! We would love to see the children's efforts at using Lego throughout the week so please tweet @BishopCEPrimary with photos. By including our twitter handle @BishopCEPrimary in your tweet, we will be able to retweet your photos onto our Twitter page. Please see the poster below for some suggestions. Thank you.
Week beginning Monday 1st June
Hello Year 5,
I hope you all had a lovely half term in the sunshine! Below are this week’s Home Learning tasks for the first week of Summer 2. Remember, you can send me photos of your work on Class Dojo or tweet them @BishopCEPrimary. I really enjoy seeing what you are up to at home so please feel free to get in touch.
Take care, be kind and have a good week!
Mr Mordue
English
Open the PDF below; ‘Lost and Found’. Work through the activities in the slides. The main task is to continue the story using the first slide to get you started. You could then do some research on the lost underwater city of Atlantis. Produce some writing about what you find out such as a report, an information leaflet or a fact sheet. You could even present your work on Atlantis as a double-page spread in your exercise book.
Reading
Keep trying to read every day! It’s great for relaxing and important to try to keep this up.
Audible has some great books to listen to for free.
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
We still have access to Rising Stars Online Reading Planet where you can use your log in details to access books and accompanying comprehension quizzes that I have assigned.
Also, you could try these activities based on the book ‘To Be A Cat’ by Matt Haig.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zn8bgwx
Maths
Visit White Rose Maths and watch the Year 5 daily video each day this week (Summer Term Week 6). I have included all of the worksheets below as well as the answer sheets. Friday is always a White Rose Challenge Day so there are no worksheets for Friday.
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/
Science
Some ‘Adaptations’ revision this week in Science. Go through the slideshow to learn more about how animals and plants are adapted to their environment. There are some video links included in the slideshow to watch. Then, read the task instructions on the final slide and use the worksheet to complete the task.
You could also visit the webpage below to learn even more.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zjtny9q
Topic
Visit the webpage below; ‘Natural resources’. Work through the videos and activities on the webpage to consolidate your knowledge of how natural resources are used.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zmjf382
Visit the webpage below; ‘What makes a good computer game?’ Work through the videos and activities on the webpage to learn more about gaming and how to be a computer game designer!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zk7f382
PE
Try to do the Joe Wicks PE session every day this week – he goes live at 9am each day.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
Extras
Visit these websites for some great games to practice your SPAG and Mental Maths skills.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/ordering-and-sequencing-numbers
Archived Work - Summer 2 Week 2
Weekly Twitter Challenge!
This week we would love to see you taking part in your favourite hobbies! Maybe you have started a new hobby during lockdown that you would like to share? Maybe you have really been practising a particular hobby recently? We would love to see the children's hobbies at home throughout the week so please tweet @BishopCEPrimary with photos. By including our twitter handle @BishopCEPrimary in your tweet, we will be able to retweet your photos onto our Twitter page. Thank you.
Week beginning Monday 8th June
Hello Year 5,
I hope you all had a good week last week and enjoyed the Home Learning tasks. Below are this week’s tasks. Remember, you can send me photos of your work on Class Dojo or tweet them @BishopCEPrimary.
Take care, continue to be kind and have another great week!
Mr Mordue
English
Open the PDF below; ‘The Bear Necessities’. Work through the activities in the slides. The main task is to continue the story using the first slide to get you started. You could then do some research on polar bears. Produce some writing about what you find out such as a report or a fact sheet. You could even present your work on polar bears as a double-page spread in your exercise book.
Reading
Keep trying to read every day! It’s great for relaxing and important to try to keep this up.
Audible has some great books to listen to for free.
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
We still have access to Rising Stars Online Reading Planet where you can use your log in details to access books and accompanying comprehension quizzes that I have assigned.
Also, you could try these activities based on the book ‘Tell Me No Lies’ by Malorie Blackman.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zntr47h
Maths
Visit White Rose Maths and watch the Year 5 daily video each day this week (Summer Term Week 7). I have included all of the worksheets below as well as the answer sheets. Friday is always a White Rose Challenge Day so there are no worksheets for Friday.
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/
Science
We are looking at ‘classification keys’ this week in Science. Go through the slideshow to learn more about classification keys. Then, read the instructions in the slideshow and use the worksheets to complete the tasks.
Topic
Visit the webpage below; ‘Fossil fuels and renewable energy’. Work through the videos and activities on the webpage to consolidate your knowledge of different types of fuel and energy. Then, complete the tasks using the worksheets included below.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z4d48xs
Visit the webpage below; ‘Introduction to Islam’. Work through the videos and activities on the webpage to learn more about this religion. Then, answer the questions on the worksheet included below.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkvgcqt
PE
Try to do the Joe Wicks PE session every day this week – he goes live at 9am each day.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
Extras
Visit these websites for some games to practice your English skills.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zv48q6f
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html
Visit these websites for some games to practice your Maths skills.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/ordering-and-sequencing-numbers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z826n39
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy.html
This is a useful website to practice a range of different subject areas.
https://www.educationquizzes.com/ks2/
Archived Work - Summer 2 Week 3
Weekly Twitter Challenge!
This week we would love to see you developing your 'life skills'. These life skills are really important and show that you can look after yourself and others. We would love to see your efforts at home throughout the week so please tweet @BishopCEPrimary with photos. By including our twitter handle @BishopCEPrimary in your tweet, we will be able to retweet your photos onto our Twitter page. Thank you.
Week beginning Monday 15th June
Hello Year 5,
I hope you all had a great week last week and enjoyed the Home Learning tasks. Below are this week’s tasks. Remember, you can send me photos of your work on Class Dojo or tweet them @BishopCEPrimary. Keep up the good work!
I hope you have another enjoyable week - take care.
Mr Mordue
*MEET THE BUNNIES!*
Some exciting news from the Mordue household that I wanted to share with you…we now have two bunnies! They are so cute and adorable that I thought you might like to see them (see the picture below). The brown and white bunny is Pablo and the grey and white bunny is Albie. They are eight week old mini-lops. They are brothers and best of friends (at the minute!)
English
Open the PDF below; ‘The Climb’. Work through the activities in the slides.
The main task is on the slide named ‘Sentence challenge’…
Imagine you are the climber on the mountain. Write a description of your climb using adjectives to describe what you can see and how you feel. Do you reach the summit?
Then, I would like you to read the newspaper report below, which is about a man who climbed the 14 highest mountains in the world in 189 days – amazing! Answer the questions after reading the newspaper report. Answers are also included on the final sheet.
You could then do some research on mountains. Produce some writing about what you find out such as a report or a fact sheet. You could even present your work on mountains as a double-page spread in your exercise book.
Reading
Keep trying to read every day! It’s great for relaxing and important to try to keep this up.
Audible has some great books to listen to for free.
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
We still have access to Rising Stars Online Reading Planet where you can use your log in details to access books and accompanying comprehension quizzes that I have assigned.
You might like to read JK Rowling’s new online book ‘The Ickabog’. She is releasing chapters throughout the next few weeks on the website below.
https://www.theickabog.com/home/
Also, you could try these activities based on the book ‘You’re a Bad Man, Mr Gum’ by Andy Stanton.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zknnf4j
Maths
Visit White Rose Maths and watch the Year 5 daily video each day this week (Summer Term Week 8). I have included all of the worksheets below as well as the answer sheets. Friday is always a White Rose Challenge Day so there are no worksheets for Friday.
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/
Science
We are looking at ‘fossilisation’ this week in Science. Go through the slideshow to learn more about the process of how fossils are formed. Then, read the instructions in the slideshow and use the worksheet to complete the task.
Topic
Visit the webpage below; ‘The Alps’. Work through the videos and activities on the webpage to learn about this mountain range. Then, complete the task using the worksheet included below.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6kts4j
Visit the webpage below; ‘Exciting paintings’. Work through the videos and activities on the webpage and have a go at producing your own art inspired by some of the artists mentioned.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zmkcsk7
PE
Try to do the Joe Wicks PE session every day this week – he goes live at 9am each day.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
Another great activity to do is yoga. It is relaxing, calming and really stretches your muscles! Visit ‘Cosmic Kids Yoga’ for some yoga sessions you could try at home.
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
Extras
Visit these websites for some games to practice your English skills.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zv48q6f
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html
Visit these websites for some games to practice your Maths skills.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/ordering-and-sequencing-numbers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z826n39
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy.html
This is a useful website to practice a range of different subject areas.
https://www.educationquizzes.com/ks2/
Archived Work - Summer 2 Week 4
Weekly Twitter Challenge!
This week we have some recipe related challenges! Put together by Pobble, all of the tasks have a 'recipe' theme. How many can you do this week? We would love to see your efforts at home throughout the week so please tweet @BishopCEPrimary with photos, using the hashtag #BIRrecipechallenge. By including our twitter handle @BishopCEPrimary in your tweet, we will be able to retweet your photos onto our Twitter page. Thank you.
Week beginning Monday 22nd June
Hello Year 5,
I hope you all had another good week last week. Well done on your Home Learning tasks!
It was lovely to get to speak to most of you last week on the phone. It sounds like you are all doing really well. Hope you enjoyed our little chat.
Below are this week’s tasks. Remember, you can send me photos of your work on Class Dojo or tweet them @BishopCEPrimary. Keep it up and have a great week!
Mr Mordue
*BUNNIES UPDATE*
I thought you might like an update on how Pablo and Albie are doing. They are both doing really well. Joe and Kate are doing a great job of looking after them; feeding them, cleaning their hutch and playing with them. They are still small but seem to be growing a little each day. They love eating hay and rabbit food pellets and they have started to do little bunny hops in their outdoor area (apparently this means they are happy which is good!). Here is a photo:
English
Open the PDF below; ‘Volcano. Work through the activities in the slides.
The main task is to write your own description or short story about the volcanic eruption, using the photograph and story starter.
Then, I would like you to read the text below; ‘Volcanoes of the World’. Answer the questions, using the information in the text. Answer sheet also included.
You could then do some research on volcanoes. Produce some writing about what you find out such as a report or a fact sheet. You could even present your work on volcanoes as a double-page spread in your exercise book.
Reading
Keep trying to read every day! It’s great for relaxing and important to try to keep this up.
Audible has some great books to listen to for free.
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
We still have access to Rising Stars Online Reading Planet where you can use your log in details to access books and accompanying comprehension quizzes that I have assigned.
You might like to read JK Rowling’s new online book ‘The Ickabog’. She is releasing chapters throughout the next few weeks on the website below.
https://www.theickabog.com/home/
Also, you could try these activities based on the book ‘The Wolves of Willoughby Chase’ by Joan Aiken.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zd7dqp3
Maths
Visit White Rose Maths and watch the Year 5 daily video each day this week (Summer Term Week 9). I have included all of the worksheets below as well as the answer sheets. Friday is always a White Rose Challenge Day so there are no worksheets for Friday.
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/
Science
Visit the webpage below; ‘Reversible and irreversible changes’. Work through the videos and activities on the webpage to consolidate your knowledge.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z4vc86f
Visit the webpage below; ‘The Circulatory System’. Work through the videos and activities on the webpage to consolidate your knowledge.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zdcgp4j
Topic
Linked to this week’s English theme of ‘Volcanoes’, read the information in the slideshow below. Then, read the worksheet and complete the task by finding the location of the world’s most dangerous volcanoes and labelling them on the world map. You could then try some of the extra challenges at the bottom of the worksheet.
Visit the webpage below; ‘The Lake District’. Work through the videos and activities on the webpage and have a go at producing your own short newspaper or magazine article to give information and to persuade people to visit the area.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6jqcmn
PE
Try to do the Joe Wicks PE sessions this week – he goes live at 9am every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday now.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
Another great activity to do is yoga. It is relaxing, calming and really stretches your muscles! Visit ‘Cosmic Kids Yoga’ for some yoga sessions you could try at home.
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
Extras
Visit these websites for some games to practice your English skills.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zv48q6f
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html
Visit these websites for some games to practice your Maths skills.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/ordering-and-sequencing-numbers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z826n39
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy.html
https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student
This is a useful website to practice a range of different subject areas.
https://www.educationquizzes.com/ks2/
Archived Work - Summer 2 Week 5
Weekly Twitter Challenge!
One of the highlights of our school year is our Sports Day. Unfortunately, this year, we are of course unable to run our usual Sports Day. However, we had some exciting news recently when County Durham School Games announced that they are running a Virtual School Games this week! The Virtual Games consist of five challenges which are all easy to practise and complete at home, with very little equipment needed. The idea is to practise these challenges at home this week. Then, on Friday 3rd July, have a go and then enter your best score using the Virtual Games website. Can you beat you own personal best by Friday? You can also earn points for our school by taking part in each challenge. Maybe BIR can get the gold!
More information, including details of all of the challenges and how to submit results and photographs, can be found on the Virtual School Games website: https://durhamcls-ssp.co.uk/vsg20/
We would also love to see you practising and taking part in these challenges this week, so please tweet @BishopCEPrimary with your photographs, using the hashtag #CDVSG20. If including children's names in tweets, we ask that you use initials rather than full names for online safety. We would love to see you get involved with this! Good luck and most importantly...have fun!
Week beginning Monday 29th June
Hello Year 5,
I hope you all had another good week. Well done on your Home Learning tasks!
It was great to see some of you on our Zoom catch up on Friday! Thanks for joining in – hope you enjoyed seeing everyone one and catching up!
Below are this week’s Home Learning tasks. Remember, you can send me photos of your work on Class Dojo or tweet them @BishopCEPrimary. Keep it up and have a great week!
Mr Mordue
*BUNNIES UPDATE*
I thought you might like another update on Pablo and Albie. They are still doing really well and their little personalities are really starting to come through! Pablo is very curious and moves around a lot whereas Albie seems more shy and quiet – but he loves to snuggle into Pablo…very cute! Albie has also started to rest his ear on Pablo's head! Here is a photo from this week:
English
Open the PDF below; ‘The Predator’. Work through the activities in the slides.
The main task is to continue the description of the predator, using the story starter slide to help.
Then, I would like you to read one of the texts below about another member of the ‘big cat’ family; ‘Tigers’. The texts/questions get harder (1 star = easier, 2 stars = medium, 3 stars = harder). You can choose which text to do but I think you are all easily capable of the 3 star text! Answer the questions, using the information in the text. Answer sheet also included.
You could then do some research on leopards or big cats. Produce some writing about what you find out such as a report, a fact sheet, a double-page spread, a PowerPoint or an information leaflet. I have included a slideshow about leopards below which might help.
Reading
Keep trying to read every day! It’s great for relaxing and important to try to keep this up.
Audible has some great books to listen to for free.
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
We still have access to Rising Stars Online Reading Planet where you can use your log in details to access books and accompanying comprehension quizzes that I have assigned.
You might like to read JK Rowling’s new online book ‘The Ickabog’. She is releasing chapters throughout the next few weeks on the website below.
https://www.theickabog.com/home/
Also, you could try these activities based on the book ‘The Parent Agency’ by David Baddiel.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zc7dbqt
Maths
This week is slightly different as I would like us to cover some statistics/data handling in Maths. Instead of going to White Rose, use the video links below. I have included all of the worksheets and answer sheets below that match up to these videos.
Lesson 1: Read and interpret line graphs
Lesson 2: Draw line graphs
Lesson 3: Use line graphs to solve problems
Lesson 4: Read and interpret tables
Lesson 5: Two-way tables
Science
Visit the webpage below; ‘Features of sound’. Work through the videos and activities on the webpage to consolidate your knowledge. Worksheet included below for Activity 1.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z7sgn9q
Topic
Geography
Visit the webpage below; ‘Florida’. Work through the videos and activities on the webpage. Worksheet included below for Activity 2.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zyqm8hv
History
Visit the webpage below; ‘The Kingdom of Benin’. Work through the videos and activities on the webpage. Worksheet included below for Activity 2.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zcdtjsg
PE
Try to do the Joe Wicks PE sessions this week – he goes live at 9am every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday now.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
Another great activity to do is yoga. It is relaxing, calming and really stretches your muscles! Visit ‘Cosmic Kids Yoga’ for some yoga sessions you could try at home.
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
Extras
Visit these websites for some games to practice your English skills.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zv48q6f
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html
Visit these websites for some games to practice your Maths skills.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/ordering-and-sequencing-numbers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z826n39
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy.html
https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student
This is a useful website to practice a range of different subject areas.
https://www.educationquizzes.com/ks2/
Archived Work - Summer 2 Week 6
Weekly Twitter Challenge!
Time to get creative this week! How many of these creative tasks can you try at home this week? We would love to see how many you can get ticked off so please tweet any photographs to us @BishopCEPrimary using the hashtag #BIRgetcreative. Have fun!
Week beginning Monday 6th July
Hello Year 5,
I hope you all had another great week.
Below are this week’s Home Learning tasks. Remember, you can send me photos of your work on Class Dojo or tweet them @BishopCEPrimary. Keep it up and have another good week!
Mr Mordue
*BUNNIES UPDATE*
Pablo and Albie are really settling in now. They are both really friendly and have started to run around our feet - even nibbling our toes sometimes! Here is another photo:
English
Open the PDF below; ‘Upside down’. Work through the activities in the slides.
The main task is to either:
- Continue the story of the snowboarder
- Write a diary entry for the snowboarder
- Write a set of instructions about how to snowboard down a mountain
Then, I would like you to read one of the texts below about a famous snowboarder called Shaun White. The texts/questions get harder (1 star = easier, 2 stars = medium, 3 stars = harder). You can choose which text to do but I think you are all easily capable of the 3 star text! Answer the questions, using the information in the text. Answer sheet also included.
You could then do some research on snowboarding, winter sports or the Winter Olympics. Produce some writing about what you find out such as a report, a fact sheet, a double-page spread, a PowerPoint or an information leaflet. I have included a slideshow about the history of the Winter Olympics below which might help.
Reading
Keep trying to read every day! It’s great for relaxing and important to try to keep this up.
Audible has some great books to listen to for free.
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
We still have access to Rising Stars Online Reading Planet where you can use your log in details to access books and accompanying comprehension quizzes that I have assigned.
You might like to read JK Rowling’s new online book ‘The Ickabog’. She is releasing chapters throughout the next few weeks on the website below.
https://www.theickabog.com/home/
Also, you could try these activities based on the book ‘Macbeth Retold’ by Marcia Williams.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z9c9ydm
Maths
We are back to using the White Rose Maths website this week. Follow the link to access the videos (Summer Week 11). Worksheets/answer sheets are included below. Friday is the Challenge Day so there are no worksheets for this.
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/
Science
Visit the webpage below; ‘Digestive system and teeth’. Work through the videos and activities on the webpage to consolidate your knowledge. Worksheet included below for Activity 1.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z3nhjsg
Topic
Geography: Visit the webpage below; ‘The Galapagos Islands’. Work through the videos and activities on the webpage. Worksheet included below for Activity 2.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zgrdg7h
Computing: Visit the webpage below, which is all about staying safe online. Work through the videos and activities on the webpage to consolidate your knowledge of this very important topic.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zpxp7yc
PE
Try to do the Joe Wicks PE sessions this week – he goes live at 9am every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday now.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
Another great activity to do is yoga. It is relaxing, calming and really stretches your muscles! Visit ‘Cosmic Kids Yoga’ for some yoga sessions you could try at home.
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
Extras
Visit these websites for some games to practice your English skills.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zv48q6f
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html
Visit these websites for some games to practice your Maths skills.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/ordering-and-sequencing-numbers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z826n39
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy.html
https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student
This is a useful website to practice a range of different subject areas.
