The Year Five Newsletter 8/6/20Hello Year 5, we hope you and your families are staying safe and doing your best to keep yourselves occupied during this unusual time we are all in!

Thank you again for the commitment that you have all shown to learning new things and keeping active. All of us in Year 5 are very proud of you for knowing how important it is to keep working hard.

As before, please continue to check Purple Mash for weekly tasks and use Serial Mash to continue your reading. It is vital to use it if you can as we can also help you over it by marking and giving feedback on your work if you have found something difficult. If you have been having trouble accessing Purple Mash visit: https://www.purplemash.com/sch/shaftesbury-e7 and enter your username and password (this is the same details you use during computing lessons). Remember, make sure the school selection is Shaftesbury Primary school. Do not forget to also look at the school’s website for updates on home learning. You can visit: https://www.shaftesburyprimaryschool.co.uk/page/?title=School+Closures&pid=101 alternatively when on the Shaftesbury website visit- Parents- School Closure.

EnglishPlease continue to read a book at least once a day and try to discuss it with your family members.

In year 5, we study the novel My Name is Mina by British author David Almond. The main character is a nine-year-old girl called Mina. The book is written in the form of Mina's diary. In this part of the text, Mina starts keeping a diary for the first time, and thinks about what she wants to write in it.

Read this extract from the story:

Task 1 - Comprehension:Answer these questions in full sentences about what you have just read:

1. Is it daytime or night-time in this extract? How can you tell?2. Just by looking at the first few lines, what are your first impressions of Mina’s character?3. Why do you think the fourth line is written differently to the rest of the text?4. What does Mina mean by “clean white space”?5. What do you think a page “like a sky with a single bird in it” would look like?6. Why does Mina say “My mind is not straight lines”? 7. Write down one adjective to describe Mina’s personality. Explain your choice.8. Find definitions to the words: infinitum, meander, a shoal and a menagerie.

Task 2 – Writing:Create a mind map about Mina’s character. Draw a picture of what you think Mina might look like in the middle of your page. Around her, draw arrows and write your own ideas about what her personality might be like.

Think about:

What is her personal information? (height, colour of hair, birthday etc.)

What are her hobbies? What makes her unique?

Who does she live with? Who are her family members? Does she have siblings?

Does she have friends? Do you think she enjoys school?

MathsTime:

Convert the times in 24 hour to 12 hour clock:

1. 22:15 = 10:15

2. 13:00 =

3. 19:45 =

4. 17:20 =

5. 23:00 =

6. 14:50 =

7. 18:22 =

8. 21:30 =

9. 15:50 =

10. 20:03 =

Convert the time in words to 24 hour clock.

1. Seven o’clock in the evening = 19:002. Quarter to ten in the morning = 3. 20 minutes past two in the afternoon =4. Quarter past ten in the evening =5. Midnight = 6. Midday =7. Half past eleven in the evening =8. Quarter to eight in the morning =9. Ten past seven in the morning =10. Twelve minutes past four in the afternoon =

Time Word Problems

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ScienceResearch amphibians and reptiles. I’m sure you already know some information on amphibians after looking at their life cycles. Can you find out some of the similarities and differences between them?

Have a look at these two videos:

Reptiles - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DefLKnKyQfA

Amphibians - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI8GPsf6TAc

Magpie any information you find out about them and present your findings in a table or Venn diagram showing the similarities and differences.

TopicR.E

Research the story of Jesus and the three temptations in the desert.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zvxtgwx/revision/8

1. How many days did Jesus fast?

2. What did Jesus have to prove?

3. What did Jesus do to help fight temptation?

4. When Jesus was able to fight temptations, what did this show?

5. List some things that people might be tempted by.

ArtFrida Kahlo was a Mexican painter, known for her vibrant artwork and famous self-portraits.

Create your own self-portrait using lots of colour! If you have pastels, use them for a better effect.

P.EHow many of these can you do in 20 minutes?

10 jumping jacks

15 circles with a hula hoop

15-30 seconds in plank position

Crab walk

Run for 30 seconds

Hop on one foot

Hop on the other

Run up and down stairs

Pull ups

MusicSongs can make you feel different emotions. These feelings come from how a song is composed, the instruments used and how the performers play them.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zcbkcj6/articles/zc7m7p3

Think about some of your favorite songs and how they make you feel. Write a list of songs that you like and dislike. Next to the song title, write 3 different emotions that you feel when you hear them.

e.g. Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: active, happy and pumped.