Hello Welbeck,

I hope that you are all well and are keeping safe. 

It has been lovely to see photographs that you had taken during our science and geography weeks. I know lots of you have really enjoyed the themed weeks. This week we are going to have a French week. I will be adding lots of exciting activities for you to try over the week.

I will also be updating Purple Mash regularly. Please continue to use Times Tables Rockstars, Active Learn and Purple Mash this week. If you are having any problems let me know but please remember to  not put any pressure on yourselves and do what you can.

Keep being amazing- I am missing you all so much!

Miss Tomlinson 

Writing Challenge

Write a story about this picture. Try and include lots of the features that you have been taught in grammar. 

I would love to read your stories once they are complete. 

Spellings

y5- deflate, deform, decode, decompose, defuse, recycle, rebuild, rewrite, replace, revisit

y6- immense, vast, gigantic, gargantuan, mammoth, miniature, miniscule, insignificant, microscopic, petite

Word of the Week

beguiling

adjective

adjective: beguiling

1. charming or enchanting, often in a deceptive way.

   "a beguiling mixture of English, French, and Italian"

Can you write five sentences with this word?

Reading Challenge

Before half term you were all sent your log in details for the website Active Learn. Each child has an account where they can access books at their current book band level. Please use this website to choose a book and read it this week (some texts may be long and therefore will not be expected to be read fully this week).

Let me know which book you decided to read. Can you write a book review about it?

If you are needing your log in details resent please let me know.

White Rose Maths

White Rose Hub have created a home learning section which includes 5 maths lessons. The children can watch the 5 minute video explaining the task and then complete the work sheet. They are providing 5 lessons per week which follows the curriculum.

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-6/

Oak National Academy

Similar to White Rose Maths, Oak National Academy have designed an online classroom where they are uploading a range of lessons each week tailored towards the year 5 and 6 curriculum. These include 5 English and Maths lessons and a range of foundation subjects including Science, History and Modern Foreign Languages.  This may be a resource that you would like to use at home throughout the next couple of weeks. 

https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-5/#subjects

https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-6/#subjects

Writing Opportunities

Grimm & Co are in the process of launching a range of writing activities for children to take part in during the home learning period. These writing sessions will range from short-burst weekly writing exercises to longer writing projects. They will also be providing activities and step-by-step instructions as well as videos to help the children complete the tasks.  They will be adding different activities each week. The website below will take you directly to their website.

https://grimmandco.co.uk/activities/ 

Natural Curriculum

This website is aimed at Year 5 children, giving them daily grammar activities to complete based on animals. There is a video for each activity for the children to watch and a range of activities to complete. This may also be a good website for Year 6 children to use to recap on previous learning. 

https://www.naturalcurriculum.co.uk/year5/

There is also a Home Learning section of the website that is specific for different year groups. Each year group is given an animal of focus and are asked to watch a video before completing a written task. 

https://www.naturalcurriculum.co.uk/school-closure-home-learning/year-5/lambs/

https://www.naturalcurriculum.co.uk/school-closure-home-learning/year-6/chickens/

R.E. Resources

Natre is a website where you will find free resources and activities to complete during this home learning period. It covers a range of aspects relating to Religious Education and has lots of fun activities for the children to do. 

https://www.natre.org.uk/about-natre/free-resources-for-you-and-your-pupils/key-stage-2/