Year 5 Monday 30th November

Good morning Year 5! Welcome to all 5U and 5K pupils. Thank you for coming on to virtual school today. We would like you to log into virtual school every day to access the learning. It is crucial that we maintain a routine that is as close as possible to a normal school day during the next two weeks. New learning will be available each weekday. Don’t hesitate to ask if you need any support or just want to check-in. Remember to tweet your work @hillstoneps. Make sure you leave a comment every day so we know you’re here (each day’s comments section will be used to take a register). Most importantly, make sure to stay safe! Have a great day!

Fantastic news! You can now send your work to us for feedback by uploading it here. Additionally, if you have any questions that you’d prefer to ask your teacher privately, send them to year5@hillstone.org.uk

9:00-9:10

Let’s the start the day off with some early morning work! So, put your thinking hats on Year 5. Give it a go! – Make sure you have left a comment to let us know you’re here too!

Complete the spelling activities below.

9:10-10:00

Christmas is a wonderful time of year that is filled with joy. What are some of your favourite things about the celebration?

Unfortunately, not everyone is able to enjoy Christmas as we do. Christmas is often a sad time for the elderly. Why do you think this is the case?

Nearly half of the UK’s elderly feel that Christmas isn’t a special time for them anymore. They often don’t see or hear from anyone for days and days over the festive period because family members are too busy with preparations for Christmas or because they have forgotten about them. This year, many families will be staying away from elderly relatives to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

To do some thing about this, we had the idea to write special Christmas letters to the elderly. This will prove to them that they are still respected and valued and that the community hasn’t forgotten about them.

As we see on a daily basis, Newsround love to hear about what children are doing to help out in their communities. Why not kick start the project by sending a to Newsround to explain what we are going to do? This could inspire other children to help out the elderly in their communities too!

Take a look at the model of a persuasive letter. This letter was written for a very different purpose, but there are still lessons we can learn from it.

Read the letter bellow and then highlight or underline vocabulary and language features that may be useful when we come to write our own letters.

example-letter-1Download

When you’ve finished, listen to my analysis videos and see if there’s anything you need to add or make note of.

Statistics

Flow/Cohesion

Variety of reasons

Tone

We’re not writing our letters today! We have some more work to do tomorrow to help us prepare.

10:10-11:00

11:00-11:10

Listen again as I read a short piece of text entitled ‘The Lord Mayor’s Coach’. Then answer the questions that follow.

Below are the pages so you can refer to them yourself when answering the questions.

Grab a piece of fruit for snack and watch Newsround with us!

11:10-12:00

Today we will look at how to work out the area of rectangles. Watch the instructional video below to help you get started.

Now that you have a good understanding of what to do, try the questions below.

Y5-Autumn-Block-5-WO3-Area-of-rectangles-2019Download

Fantastic work so far. I would like you to have a go at the following questions next. Remember to tweet in your work as well.

Now try this question.

12:00-12:30

Read your AR book. When you are finished, you can take your quiz on Accelerated Reader. You can login here. Any problems, (for example, if you can’t remember your login details) just leave us a comment at the bottom of the page.

Click HERE to visit an online reading website. Select any story you would like to hear and click on ‘Youtube’ (so that you can view and listen to the story through Youtube). Don’t forget to let us know what stories you are reading/have read in the comments below!

13:30-13:40

Listen in again as I read the start of a new book called ‘Freckle Juice’ chp 1.

13:40 – 15:00

Topic Section

The Human Body

To explore the function of the kidneys

The kidneys are essentially washing machines for the blood. They process waste and toxins in the blood so it can be removed from the body in the form of urine.

The kidneys are a similar size to a computer mouse and they are located in the lower back. Put your hands where you think your kidneys are.

Kidneys need a great deal of blood (to supply oxygen and nutrients) in order to function. Blood flow to the kidneys is higher than it is to the heart, liver or brain!

The kidneys are capable of activating vitamin D.

Vitamin D is extremely important for several reasons:

Vitamin D helps our bones to absorb and store calcium. Why to you think this is important?

Additionally, vitamin D helps to support the immune system. Can you explain what the role of the immune system?

What happens if the kidneys stop working?

If your kidneys stop working, your body gradually fills with extra water and waste products. This makes you feel tired and weak because your body needs clean blood to function properly.

Additionally, feet and hands sometimes swell as a result of the excess water.

Your task

Your task this afternoon is to write a personal profile for a kidney that could be used on social media. You need to explain:

Where you are located and your size

What your job is

What would happen to the body if you decided to quit

You should also include a profile picture.

Remember to upload your work when it’s done!

15:00-15:30

Spend some time on TT Rock Stars.

188 Replies to “Year 5 Monday 30th November”

      3. You could do some extra reading, TTRS or continue on with the rest of the days work or just have an extra break.
        If you’ve checked all of your work and you’re happy with it, can you upload it unto the cloud for us?

  20. I’m sorry that I completely forgot to comment to say that I was here. Also, I really like the math lessons in particular as they are very interesting. And I needed to ask how to upload my work.

  22. I have been doing this paint by numbers I have three there all animals and I can bring one in on Wednesday to show you.I have finished two and nearly finished my last one Bye!♥️

    1. No we’re not writing the letter today.
      Mainly highlighting the features/ vocabulary and language from the sample letter that we liked and could use later.

  36. Hi I’m here
    I’m excited
    2 days left until school
    🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
    And Merry Christmas Mr.C and Mr.K
    🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅⛄⛄⛄⛄😍😍😍😊😊😊

          1. Hi Kaycee, that’s right. Sorry there was confusion with the dates! I thought the isolation period started from the 19th.

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