Home Learning Project Week 9Dear Parent and carer,Please see the information below for activities your child needs to do at home during the current school closure. We will ask the children to bring their work into school when we reopen so that we can celebrate their learning.Please also remember to share their lovely work on the email addresses you should have.

Can you become a Times Table Rock Hero?Spend 10 minutes per day playing TTRS. Choose any of the 4 game modes.

In the Arena mode, you can compete against children in your own class.In Festival mode, you compete against children from around the world.

Studio mode: Just like a rock star recording their next big album, children should play in the studio when they are ready to give their best performance. The questions can be anything up to 12x12. When you play in the studio the website will work out your times tables speed, or how long it takes you to answer each

question. Once you have played 10 games in studio the website will work out your average and you will be able to see whether you are a Rock Star, Rock Legend, or even a Rock God!Garage mode: We recommend that children play Garage by default as it is designed help them get faster. In this mode, class teachers will set which times tables children can focus on.The website will also work out which questions children struggle with so it will then ask those more often.

Additionally, children playing in the Garage will get 10 coins per correct answer rather than the 1 coin per answer in the other modes. This means more money to spend on their avatar!Maths

Writing Topic

Groovy Greeks!Reading

Don’t forget to read for 15 minutes every day and record what you

have read in your reading diaries to show off all your reading!

Day 1 Day 1 – Measuring in metres (m) and centimetres (cm)Try and find a tape measure at home and have a look how many cm are in 1 m. Look through the PowerPoint presentation, Monday- Metres and centimetres. Ask someone in your household to join in a game of throwing an object (gently if indoors) and measure the distance. Complete today’s learning.

Day 1 – setting descriptionTheseus had to go and defeat the Minotaur in a labyrinth. Imagine you are Theseus walking through the labyrinth in search of the Minotaur.What can you see?What can you smell?What can you hear?What can you touch?How are you feeling?

Day 1 – PSHERead this poem:

Day 1 – read and understand wordsRead the text linked on the blog – From Spawn to FrogWhat is this information text about?Are there any words that you do not understand? Write these down.Look up the following words:clumpssuppliesCan you RESCUE these words?Read it, Explore it (synonyms), Spell it,

Top Tip- If you don’t have a tape measure, an A4 piece of paper is roughly 30cm long. If you stick 3 and 1/3 pieces of paper together, you have made a metre ruler!

If you don’t have a ruler at home, make one! Fold an A4 piece of paper into 3. Put a dot at each fold, this is your marker for 10cm, 20cm and the end of the paper is 30cm. Then draw lines and fill in the numbers. You have a ruler!

Keep these as you’ll need them for the weeks learning on measuring. As long as you understand you start at 0 and look carefully at what you are measuring, we don’t mind if you use your home-made rulers; just get an adult to check your answers.

Write a setting description of the labyrinth using all of your senses.

Recap: How have you changed since you were a baby?What do babies need to live and grow?How do babies grow and get their nutrients while in the womb?

Check it, Understand it (look it up in the dictionary), Explain it (write a sentence with the word in)

Day 2 Day 2- We are continuing with measuring today. Have another look at the Metres and centimetres PowerPoint. Then complete your learning. Enjoy!

Day 2 – character descriptionHow would you describe the Minotaur?What does he look like?How does he act?The Minotaur is half man, half bull.

Day 2 – History Ancient Greece was made up of lots of city states.The two main city states were Athens and Sparta.Look at the sources on the blog. The

Day 2 – retrieval1.Where do you find frogspawn?2.How are the eggs protected? Find two ways.3.What does the embryo use for food while it grows?

What other creatures could you mix together to create a mythical creature?What would you call your creature?

Draw a picture of your creature and list adjectives, similes, verbs, to describe what they look like and how they act.

first page shows pictures from Athens and the second is Sparta.What are the main similarities and differences between the two city states?Wife Swap! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLyW5UYPYYs Look at the Sparta Vs Athens powerpoint on the blog.Complete the Sparta vs Athens document on the blog.If you don’t have a printer, create your own table. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmw9rNBgF2Q

4.What is frogs spawn?

Day 3 Day 3- Perimeter

Today we are looking at the perimeter of rectangles. Have a look at the Measuring perimeter PowerPoint. Make sure you understand what perimeter means before starting the worksheet.

Day 3 – character descriptionUsing your work from yesterday – can you write a paragraph to describe your mythical creature.Think about what they look like and how they act. Make sure you include commas in a list, expanded noun phrases and different ways to start your sentences.

Day 3 – HistoryLook at the PowerPoint about The Battle of Marathon on the blog. What happened in the battle?Who was fighting?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNAxqaoPLO0 Order the events on the document on the blog.

Day 3 – vocabulary1.From the first section, find and copy a word that tells you that the eggs are together and not separate.2.“The mass of cells in the egg is called an embryo.” In this sentence, the word “mass” is closest in meaning to which option? Choose one.A messThere are lots of cellsThere are not many cellsThere are lots of connected cells 3.The writer uses some less familiar words such as “cell” and “embryo”. Why do you think the writer uses these words?

Day 4 Day 4- Perimeter Day 4 – sequence a story Day 4 – History Day 4 – summarising

You might want to have another look at the Measuring perimeter PowerPoint to check your understanding. Today you will be working out the perimeter of different shapes. Can you complete the greater depth challenges?

Read Theseus and the Minotaur again.Can you write down the key events that happen in each part of the story?

Write bullet points to summarise each part of the story.

Ancient Greek soldiers were called ‘Hoplites’Follow this link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z87tn39/articles/zckr4wxScroll down to the image of a Greek Hoplite.Find out about the different parts of their armour and weapons.

Draw a picture of the solider or use the document on the blog. Label the weapons and armour.Can you give a sentence to describe each function?

1.Choose the best heading for the first three paragraphs.Jelly babiesCellsFrogspawn Pond creatures2.Write a blurb for this information text in no more than 20 words.

Day 5 Day 5- Perimeter

Today you will be using your knowledge to measure and find the perimeter of shapes. You can use your home-made ruler if you wish, but ask an adult to check your work.

As a challenge you could create a poster about your understanding of

Day 5 - spellingsListed below are your spellings for this week.You can start learning them at the beginning of the week, ready for a test at the end.To understand and use the prefix im- (meaning not)

immature

Day 5 – REOur RE topic is Sikhism.Guru Nanak was the first Sikh Guru.Can you research about his life and create a fact poster about him?When and where was he born?Early life.What was his first job?What happened when he disappeared?

Day 5 – applicationCreate your own poster of a life cycle of a frog.Draw pictures for each stage.Write a fact about each of the stages.

finding the perimeter of a shape.

immeasurableimpossibleimperfectimmortalimpoliteimpatientimproperCan you use them in a sentence?

When did he die?