Learning Project WEEK 12 - Transitionweek beginning 13th July 2020

Year 5

Weekly Reading Tasks Weekly Spelling Tasks

Monday – Choose a story to read/watch from storyline summer camp Monday – How many Common Exception words from the Year 5/6 spelling list here how many can you spell?

Tuesday - Ask your child to create a true or false quiz about a book that they have recently read. Test out the quiz on somebody else.

Tuesday - Choose from the selection of spelling frame activities

Wednesday - Character profile. Ask your child to create a profile about a famous book character e.g. Harry Potter, Matilda Wormwood or Percy Jackson.

Wednesday - Create a word search using a list of common exception words

Thursday - Visit Ducksters and encourage your child to choose a person that interests them to read about. Can they record 10 facts they discovered?

Thursday - Can your child list a word that corresponds with the start of the following letters T R A N S I T I O N OR S U M M E R

Friday - Chester-le-Street library are running their fun reading challenge over the summer. Look at the website to join in and find out more information. Start today by reading a book of your choice that you have at home.

Friday - Can your child use a thesaurus to improve any word choices from Thursday’s writing task. There’s an online version here.

Weekly Writing Tasks Weekly Maths Tasks

Monday - You received a letter telling you about your new teacher, now it’s your turn to write a letter to tell your teacher all about you! You could maybe tell them something you have been doing over lockdown or maybe what your hobbies are. You could add it to the shared drive or email your new Year 6 teacher.

Monday - Have a look at these different videos about percentages on BBC Bitesize and then complete the activities. Video and Activity 1., Video and Activity 2. & Video and Activity 3.

Tuesday - Thinking about moving into Year 6, is there anything you would like to know about Year 6? Write some questions and email them to Mrs Dawson and Mrs Penney so they can answer them for you to help you feel prepared for September.

Tuesday – Get your child to get a selection of the same type of toy, sweets, etc. Ask themto split them into groups and find the percentage these groups make up. Eg. if they had 20 toy cars (this would be 100%) and split them up into different colours what percentage are blue and what percentage are green? If there were 10 green cars this would be 50%.

Wednesday - What a different kind of school year this has been - 2020 the year of the lockdown! Make a poster to show all the wonderful things you have done during

Wednesday - Get your child to practise finding percentages by playing this online game that also incorporates other maths skills.

‘lockdown’ and your time spent at home. Put this poster somewhere safe and keep it as a memory of this unique time.

Thursday - This year has been like no other - why not make it into a story! Write a story about your Year 5 school year and all that has happened within it including things you have done at home.

Thursday - Encourage your child to have a go at solving this problem. 400,000 peoplevisited Alton Towers over the course of a week. 25% of the people visited on Sunday. 30% of the people visited on Saturday. How many people visited Alton Towers throughout the rest of the week? Can your child come up with their own problem that is similar to this one?

Friday - The summer holidays are upon us. Although they may be different this year it is still a time to enjoy seeing family and friends. Write a wish list/bucket list of things you hope to do over the Summer, this could be play at the park or visit a friend you haven’t been able to play with in a long time.

Friday - Complete Understanding Percentages classroom secrets

Learning Project - to be done throughout the week

This week’s learning project focuses on supporting your child with transitioning to their new class. It will give them the opportunity to reflect on their time in their current class, discuss their favourite memories and achievements whilst also considering their hopes and dreams for the next academic year.

Monday - Over the last year, you will have created many school memories that they will cherish forever - some of these memories will have been created at home too during your home-school learning. Capture these memories in a fun way by creating a ‘Memory Jar’. Using coloured paper, write down your favourite memories. You can use different colours to show different categories of memory e.g. blue for friendship, yellow for teachers, red for favourite lessons, green for home learning. Use a jam jar or a plastic bottle to collect your memories; you could even personalise their jar with decoration.

Tuesday - Every child is unique and special. Over the course of the last year, you will have achieved so much. Whether that’s learning your times tables, swimming without armbands or having the confidence to put your hand up in class and offer an answer. An achievement is something that has been accomplished through great effort, skill, perseverance or courage, mind map all of your achievements this year, both in school and outside of school. Can you identify your greatest achievement? Write about this special achievement. How did you accomplish this? What barriers did you face? Who helped you? You could record this as a story featuring yourself as the main character, a newspaper report or even write a rap!

Wednesday- Ending the academic year can be a time that is full of mixed emotions for many children. However, whilst many aspects of school life change, many remain the same too. Think about all of the similarities and differences between your current class and the new class that you will be going into - if you emailed your teacher they may have replied to answer some of your questions about your new class. Following this, record the similarities and differences using the table below. A new year is also a great time to make new friends. Can you create a poster that illustrates top tips for making friends and showing kindness? You could speak to family members or your own friends to gather some ideas first.

Thursday - Art can be a great tool for self-exploration and self-expression. Create a piece of artwork which represents your personality and highlights your individual qualities. This could be a picture or something more abstract using materials available at home. You may find listening to your favourite music encourages your own expression. Once completed, think about - what did you want to represent in this piece? How did you try to show off your personality through your artwork?

Friday - Setting goals is an excellent way for you to try and achieve things that you might not think is possible. Goal setting will also help you to improve your confidence and self-esteem when you see that you can achieve the target you’ve set. Create a ‘Wheel of Fortune’ (see below). Use the headings: Learning, Friendships, Physical Challenge, Wellbeing and Family. Under each heading, write a goal thinking carefully about how long it will take to achieve each goal, who or what can help you and any difficulties you may have to overcome.

Here are some ideas to help you with your learning project this week.

Well done to everybody for all of your hard work this year both at school and at home. You should all be very proud of yourselves, we are certainly very proud of you! We hope you have a wonderful Summer and can’t wait to see you all again in September. Take care and stay safe.

Additional learning resources parents may wish to engage with

● Tips and resources to support transition from Mentally Healthy Schools can be found here.

● Childline wants to help bring out the best in your child through some easy-to-do activities.

● The BBC Bitesize website has lots of helpful videos to support transition for both parents/carers and children.

● Parentkind provides handy hints to help prepare your child for their new class.

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