Area Weekly Learning Project ‘The Rainforest’

Monday 29th June 2020

Just a few examples of FANTASTIC home learning!

Lots of examples of information work on animals from our “Under the sea”

topic plus great project work on countries which are special to us from our

“Around the World” topic. More examples of fantastic art work and creative

Maths work as well as amazing efforts for our Home Sports Day. Well done

everyone!

We are missing you greatly in school and we

hope you are having fun learning from

home. Please email in any of your work you

would like us to look at!

Look out for a weekly celebration of learning

on our school website.

Stay safe and all the best from the Green

Area Team.

WEEKLY HOME LEARNING

Over the week, please try to complete at least 3 ‘starter’ and 3 ‘Main’ tasks for English and Maths and submit them to the Google Classroom.

Please complete a daily fitness task and at least 2 other challenges by Friday.

MAIN ENGLISH TASKS MAIN MATHS TASKS – Please make sure you self-mark your work before submitting it to the

Google Classroom Reading and

Handwriting

Read 5 times each

week so that you

can earn a Fiver.

Don’t forget to write

(or ask an adult to

write) the date and

the title of the book

you have been

reading in your

Home-School

Planner so you can

keep a record of the

wonderful reading

you are getting up

to!

Guided Reading

Have a read of the

Orangutan fact

sheet, which you will

find attached to this

document, and

answer the questions

on the guided

reading task sheet.

Handwriting

Choose a verse from

this week’s text focus

and copy it out in

your neatest writing.

Use a sharp pencil or

handwriting pen

rather than a biro

pen.

Join your

handwriting and

keep your letters a

consistent size.

Writing and Grammar tasks:

For this week’s learning we are going to be focusing on

the story ‘There’s a Rang-tan in my bedroom’ which was

written by the charity Greenpeace. Use the link below to

listen to an animated and read version of the story. You

will also find a copy of the story attached to this

document.

https://www.literacyshedblog.com/blog/category/rang-

tan

Task 1: Speaking and listening

Watch the animated clip of the link above. Have a

conversation with someone at home using the questions

below or think about the questions below

independently.

1. How does this video make you feel? Why?

2. What have you learned from the video?

3. How do your feelings towards the different

characters in the story change?

4. Does this story make you want to do

something? Why?

5. What age do you think this story is aimed at

and why?

Once you have had a reflective time thinking about the

questions above, you are now to record your own

version of the story. Think about your expression and

pace while you are reading. Remember that you can

draw emphasis to key parts of the story with your

expression.

Task 2: Pronouns

In this task you are going to be thinking like an animal.

Of course, we know the names of different man made

inventions and machines but a poor animal from the

rainforest will not. This means that they would use a

pronoun for the machine instead of its actual name (the

proper noun). Have a look at the examples on the work

sheet below and see if you can come up with some of

your own creative pronouns. This task will really help you

when you come to writing your own poem later in the

week.

Mr Balch’s Maths Group:

Main learning focus: Number properties Task 1: Square numbers

Square numbers are the answer from when you multiply 2 numbers by themselves. The square number

25 is made from 5 x 5 which is also shown as 52. On the number square below shade in all the square

numbers that you can find up to 100. Start with 1 x 1 and work up ( 2x2 etc.) until you won’t be able to

add your answer to the grid.

See how many you can memorise and ask someone at home to quiz you on it. Here is a clip we have

used in school that may help you memorise the square numbers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJXnJ2aOA0E

It often works best

when you are sat at

a table with both

feet firmly planted

on the ground.

Task 3: Poetry Planning

Watch the animated clip to remind you of the story. For

this task you will be planning your own poem and

choosing your own animal from the rain forest that has

come to live in your bedroom. You can keep it as an

orang-utan if you would like to.

Create a story map. Remember to include sentence

and phrase ideas to help you with the next task.

In the first section, think about all the things the creature

might do in your room. How does it travel? What sounds

does it make? What do they play with? What do they

look like?

After, plan a section that explains why your chosen

creature has come to hide in your bedroom. You could

use similar ideas to the ones in the story or you could

involve other natural disasters (e.g. forest fires).

Remember this is from the point of view of your creature

so they might not know the proper nouns for the

machines in the forest. They might call a digger a metal

monster. Think back to the pronouns in task 2.

Finally, plan what you are going to do to help this

creature that has sought shelter in your room.

Task 4: Poetry

Now it is your turn to write a poem based on the plan

that you created in the last task. Have a listen to the clip

from the start of the week and read the WAGOLL. These

will help you shape your poetic ideas to a similar style.

You do not have to have a rhyming poem if you would

prefer not to.

Use the challenges below to push you to greatness in

your writing:

Mild Spicy Hot

Use a range of

pronouns to

refer to your

creature

Use alliteration

Use one of the

tricky words

from this week’s

spellings

Use a

metaphor/simile

Use rhyming

words to end

every other

sentence.

You can submit a written version or a performed version

of your poem.

Task 5: Up-levelling a letter to the Prime Minister

Task 2: Cube numbers

You completed a cube number task during the ‘Under the Sea’ week. Let’s see what you remember!

Have a go at the tasks below:

Calculate:

73= 103= 93= 123 =

Task 3: Lowest common multiple

Think back to task 1 from last week! We were looking at multiples which are numbers that belong to a

times table. When you are looking for the lowest common multiple, you are looking for the smallest

multiple possible that belongs to 2 numbers in question. Have a look at my example below:

Complete this table for this task

First number Second number LCM

4 3

2 5

10 6

9 5

3 9

6 9

As in the example, you write

the first 5 multiples for each

number then you can easily

identify the lowest common

multiple. With larger numbers

you may need to go a little

further than 5 multiples for

each.

For this week’s editing task, Green area would like you to

have a look at the text below and up-level it. The text is

a letter to the Prime Minister explaining the dangers that

the rainforest is facing. Use the chilli challenge table

below to help focus your editing skills.

Mild Spicy Hot

Use a range of

ISPACE openers

Extend ideas

with

ISAWAWABUB

or relative

clauses

Use a range of

punctuation

Complete the

letter

Task 4: Problem solving and reasoning with square and cube numbers

Task 4 is a chance for you to apply what you have covered over task 1 and 2. Have a go at the

challenges below. Remember with reasoning challenges you will sometimes need to explain how you

know something with a combination of words and numbers.

Task 5: Problem solving and reasoning with multiples, factors and prime numbers

Task 5 is a chance for you to apply what you have covered over the past 2 weeks of maths home

learning. Have a go at the challenges below. Remember with reasoning challenges you will sometimes

need to explain how you know something with a combination of words and numbers.

Mr Walker’s and Miss Paine’s Maths Groups- Logic puzzles Task 1: Chicken-Grain-Fox problem. See task sheet at bottom of page for explanation.

Task 2: Matchstick puzzles. See task sheet at bottom. You may want to use real sticks or similar to help

you solve these problems.

Task 3: https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/broken-calculator.html This problem will involve you

remembering back to BIDMAS from a few weeks ago in some cases to help solve as efficiently as

possible.

Task 4: https://www.mathsisfun.com/puzzles/cards-in-a-square.html

Solution for this one is on the hyperlink on the website. Think systematically as you work- be ready to

explain how you tried to solve this.

Task 5: (Hot): (See further down the home learning sheet for resources)This is a logic problem which

requires patience! Remember that you are looking for three key bits of information in each statement-

their age, who their mum or dad might be and who they might be married to if appropriate. All other

information is there to try and distract you! Be systematic and think about how you will record your

workings as you go.

SPELLING TASKS (10-15 minutes each) NUMBER/MULTIPLICATION STARTER TASKS

(10-15 minutes each) Keep practicing your spellings using the Spelling Frame

site the address is listed below. You can use any of the

KS2 practice links (year 3 and 4 and year 5 and 6)

https://spellingframe.co.uk/spelling-rule/5/Year-5-and-6

Spelling task:

Practice the words on the poster below and also see if

you can work out the definition for each word without a

dictionary. You can use a dictionary to check

afterwards.

a) Times tables are a very important part of maths

and Times Table Rockstars is a really fun way to

practice them. You can even challenge

members of the Green Area team.

b) Work with your family on being able to tell the

time accurately to the nearest five minutes and

be able to calculate time intervals in minutes

and hours & minutes.

c) Help your parents check that the you were

charged the correct amount on your shopping

list. With your parent’s permission, go through

the receipt from your recent shop. Did they get

the right change?

Please make sure you are using the links to the Year 5/6

Maths Ideas under the School Closure Learning section of

the school website. The puzzle/ investigation problems will

be especially useful to keep your brains mathematically

creative!

PICK AND MIX – FOUNDATION SUBJECT TASKS PE

For this week’s PE task, we are

encouraging you to go on a YOGA

adventure through a rainforest using the

link below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIBz

0IdOFiQ

Yoga is a great way to keep fit and can

also be a very calming practice.

Art 1:

Have a look at the picture from this week’s text.

Create your own illustration to go along side your

poem.

Art 2:

For this art task we would like you to create a self-portrait of yourself where your face is

spliced together with an animal from the rainforest. Use the images below to inspire your

artwork for this task.

Geography:

There are many rain forests around the world. For your geography task this week, Green Area would

like you to choose a rain forest (or you can just research rainforests in general) and then to create a

fact file poster all about that rain forest.

Think about including answers to the questions below:

How big is it?

What animals live there?

Are there any endangered animals living there?

What problems/challenges does it face?

Is the rain forest used by man for products?

You may want to use this link for some interesting facts.

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/geography/physical-geography/15-cool-things-

about-rainforests/

RE:

Many people of the

world feel that they

have a responsibility to

defend and protect the

wildlife and environment

of planet Earth. Design

and create a poster that

would encourage other

people to care about

the rainforest. This about

all the rainforest provides

for animals and the

world. It is often said that

the rainforests are the

lungs of the planet!

Science:

For Science this week, we would like you to select an animal that lives in the rainforest and for you to complete a detailed bit of research into that animal. You could use this

link: https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/category/discover/animals/ to help you with suggestions.

You must to include:

Scientific vocabulary (such as: omnivore, carnivore, mammal etc.)

3 interesting facts

Details about the habitat

Highlight one key feature of the animal that makes it unique. (e.g. A zebra has stripes that are designed to disorient an attacker)

A hand drawn illustration of the animal.

Extra Opportunities The following web links are additional opportunities but only if your child needs more work after focusing on the tasks above. https://www.thenational.academy/

This website provides video lessons in different subject areas. You can choose to select one subject in particular or follow a schedule set up for each week.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary

The BBC has recently been updating the content on this website to include daily lessons.

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/

This website gives the children a range of tasks to further develop their Maths skills on a daily basis.

Guided Reading task sheet:

Writing Task 2:

Writing task 4: WAGOLL

There’s a toucan in my bedroom and it is making such a noise.

It has eaten my headphones, raided my sweets and poked holes in my cuddly toys.

There’s a toucan in my bedroom and it really loves to screech.

It has stolen all my socks and hidden them out of reach.

There’s a toucan in my bedroom and I don’t want him to stay.

So I told this pesky toucan that he had to go away.

Oh toucan in my bedroom, just before you go.

Why were you in my bedroom?

I’d really like to know…

There are humans in my forest and I don’t know why they came.

They have burnt down so many trees with their bright and orange flames.

There are metal monsters in my forest and they growl like roaring thunder.

They eat the earth, frighten my friends and leave full of natural plunder.

There are humans in my forest and I don’t know what to do.

I feel like I am in danger so I thought I’d stay with you.

Oh toucan in my bedroom I know what to do.

I’ll fight to protect your forests because I want to help you.

Oh toucan in my bedroom I promise you my friend.

I will tell everyone that we need to act!

Oh toucan in my bedroom on me you can depend!

Writing task 5:

Mr Balch’s Group Task 4:

Mr Balch’s Group Task 5:

Mr Balch’s Maths group Answers:

Answers for task 3:

First number Second number LCM

4 3 12

2 5 10

10 6 30

9 5 45

3 9 9

6 9 18

Answers for task 4:

Task 5 Answers:

Task 1

Task 2

Task 2- Mild

Task 2- Spicy

Task 2- Hot

Task 5 (Hot)

Notice how the different shaped boxes match up to male or female and boxes with circles between them show who is married to each other.

Task 1 Answers

1. Take the chicken across.

2. Come back with nothing.

3. Take the fox across.

4. Bring the chicken back.

5. Take the grain across.

6. Bring nothing back.

7. Take the chicken across.

Or

1. Take the chicken across.

2. Come back with nothing.

3. Take the grain across.

4. Bring the chicken back.

5. Take the fox across.

6. Bring nothing back.

7. Take the chicken across.

Task 2 Answers

Task 2- Mild Answers

Task 2 Spicy Answers

Task 2 Hot Answers

Task 5 Answers

Note: On the answer sheet here there is an error and it should say “Jim” rather than “Jason”