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Year 5 Just To Keep You Going...19th May

English

Read the text on the next page which tells us about Michael Morpurgo and then answer these questions:

1. Where was Michael evacuated to? 2. Who is Allen Lane in relation to Michael Morpurgo?

3. What are the names of Michael’s three children?

7. Why do you think Morpurgo was given the title of Children’s Laureate? Use evidence from the text to support your answer. 8. Look at the first paragraph. What adjectives are used to describe Michael and what do they tell us about him? 9. Michael Morpurgo himself says that starting the Farms for City Children charity with his wife is still his greatest achievement. What do you think is Morpurgo’s greatest achievement and why?

Good morning, Year 5, and welcome to Summer Term and a brand new topic Five Explore…..!

We’ll be setting you a daily English and maths activity on these pages as well as a few ideas from the wider curriculum to keep you from missing us too much! Be

sure to check in again tomorrow for another update.

Complete Chapter 6

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Just To Keep You Going... Maths- Coordinates

Today we are going to be learning about coordinates and their position in the first quadrant.

A point on a grid has two numbers to identify its position. These numbers are known as coordinates. Coordinates are always written as the number of steps

across first, then the number of steps up or down. There are different phrases to help us remember the x coordinate first and then the y axis, see some examples

below:

An aeroplane goes along the runway before taking off.

X comes before y in the alphabet.

You go along the hallway before going up or down the stairs.

Grids have two axes . The horizontal axis is called the x-axis and the vertical

axis is called the y-axis . These axes can be used to find a point on a grid. Below is an image of a graph with its x and y axes labelled:

The vertical axis is the y axis.

The horizontal axis is the x axis.

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x

One way to remember which axis is which is 'x is a cross so

the x axis is across'.

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Coordinates are written as two numbers, separated by a comma and contained within round brackets. For example, (2,3), (5,7) and (4,4)

The first number refers to the x-coordinate.

The second number refers to the y-coordinate.

Look at the treasure map below:

The co-ordinates for a number of the items are written below, check to make sure that you agree! Remember to read the number on the x axis first and then the

number on the y axis!

Elephant: (7,5) Sailing boat: (8,5) Castle: (3,2) Octopus: (1,1)

Fish: (9,1) Tower: (3,3) Windmill: (6,2) Apple trees: (8,4)

In the examples above, you can see that the castle and the tower have the same x coordinate, they are both in line with 3 on the x axis- Tower: (3,3) and castle:

(3,2).

Also in the examples above, you can see that the elephant and the sailing boat have the same y coordinate, they are both in line with 5 on the y axis- Elephant:

(7,5) and sailing boat: (8,5).

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Just To Keep You Going... Sometimes we may be asked to find the missing coordinates of a 2D shape on a

grid. Look at the example below:

Coordinate A= (1,5)

Coordinate B= (5,5)

Coordinate C= (1,3)

We need to find the missing

coordinate which would make a

rectangle. Can you solve it?

The missing coordinate is (5,3).

Once we have found the missing coordinate we may be asked to find the perimeter and area of the shape. We can see that the rectangle on

the grid above has a length of 4cm (it is 4 squares long and each square is 1cm) and a width of 2cm (it is 2 squares wide and each square is 1cm). Remember the perimeter of a shape is the distance

around the outside. Therefore the perimeter is 2cm + 4cm + 2cm +4cm =12cm

The area of a shape is the amount of space inside it and to find the

area of a shape we need to multiply length by width. Therefore the area of the rectangle is 2cm x 4cm = 8cm2. Remember area is measured in

centimetres squared!

Fluency 5!

1) Draw an irregular quadrilateral.

2) Calculate the missing angle on the straight line.

3) Find the missing number in the sum below:

___ + 1.06 = 5.72

4) Define the face of a 3D shape.

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Today’s Maths Worksheet

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Today’s Maths Worksheet

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Just To Keep You Going... Topic Feedback

Clue 1 from the Shang dynasty in China shows an early form of writing on an ox bone, called an oracle bone Clue 2 shows the archaeological remains of an ancient settlement in the Indus valley at Mohenjo-daro. These were the first cities ever, when people stopped living exclusively in small villages. One of the larger Sumerian cities may have had as many as 80,000 residents. Clue 3 shows cereals crops being cultivated in the fertile soil of river valleys e.g. Nile , Tigris and Eu-phrates Clue 4 shows the commonality of a large river running through the country Clue 5 shows forms of written communication Clue 6 again shows that records were being kept in visual form with evidence of written symbols too – the oldest form of writing cuneiform was used for over 3,000 years! Clue 7 shows the commonality of significant monumental buildings often in the shape of a pyramid.

You don’t have to read this next bit, but I think it will help your understanding and I found it interesting! I have added bits in brackets to help

you understand it properly as it is a little complicated

What do we mean by civilization and what do the first civilizations have in common?

A civilization is a complex society that creates agricultural surpluses (farmers produce more food than they need), allowing for specialized labour (such as builders and craftsmen), social hierarchy (there is a chain of command with a boss), and the establishment of cities. The advent of civilization depended on the ability of some agricultural settlements to consistently produce surplus food (so not everyone had to farm their own as they could buy other farmers surplus), which allowed some people to specialize in non-agricultural work, which in turn allowed for trade with other communities, a bigger population, and different levels in society. The first civilizations appeared in locations where the geography was favourable to intensive agriculture (near a water source like a river). Governments emerged as rulers and gained control over larger areas and more resources (rivers, stone, woods and precious metals), often using writing and religion to maintain their power over larger areas and populations. Writing allowed for the recording of laws, better methods of record-keeping (which is why we know so much about the Egyptians—they recorded things as hieroglyphics), and the birth of literature, which fostered the spread of shared cultural practices among larger populations. Today, almost every city has a supermarket with a wide varie-ty of available foods. We take for granted the fact that people have different types of jobs and that governments exist. But, reliable food sources, specialized work, and governments did not ex-ist for most of human history! They are the result of historical processes that began with the first civilizations several thousand years ago.

Basically, we wouldn't live how we do today if those ancient groups hadn’t thought of it in the first place. Fascinating!

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Just To Keep You Going... Topic

Today we are going to take a brief look at each of the ancient civilisations that we were introduced to

yesterday —The Shang Dynasty, Ancient Sumer and Indus Valley.

Watch the introductory videos on each civilisation as well as reading any text on the pages provided. Then have a think about which of the civilisations interests you the most. Make notes if it helps, or just enjoy the videos.

Tomorrow, your task will be to research your chosen civilisation and compare it to that of the Ancient

Egyptians. I will provide links to more information about each civilisation and explain the task tomorrow, so don’t

worry about that today.

Indus Valley

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zxn3r82/articles/z9mpsbk

Fitness Challenge Try this with a bottle of water or squash...

Joke of the Day! Because it’s going to be a lovely, sunny week...

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Ancient Sumer/Mesopotamia

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/introducing-ancient-sumer/zmgnvk7

The Shang Dynasty

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z39j2hv/articles/z2ckrwx

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Yesterday’s Maths Answers

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Yesterday’s Maths Answers

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Yesterday’s English Answers