DEADLINE for video entries is Friday the 12th of March. Record your videos now or you’ll miss out. Only 1 week to go!
Hi everyone. So this is your last chance to be in a video with global super star Ed Sheeran. If you’ve been thinking about it but haven’t got round to it yet, don’t miss out on this chance! Staff, Pupils, brothers and sisters and parents are all welcome to send a video in.
Make sure you watch all the videos on this post carefully so that you know exactly what to do to record and send your video to me.
Ask an adult to help you, and make sure you don’t move the camera around a lot. Keep it as still as possible please. Make sure you smile!
Also make sure the 4 BEEPS are clearly heard on the video you send me and you keep the music playing non stop from start to finish. The video you send me should be about 4 minutes and 40 seconds long.
09:30-10:00: We will go through today’s work, discuss any issues, check all your links work and that you are able to open the documents and videos. It is your responsibility, to look at the independent work and make sure you understand is expected of you.
Can you make sure that your camera is turned on at all times!!! This is a learning environment and you need to take it as seriously as you do, when you are in class. There should, also, be no personal discussions or spamming via the chat unless advised to do so!
10:00-11:00: Lesson 1 – Live Online: READING – Predict From Information Given
In today’s lesson we are going to start on a new book. We’ll be making predictions thinking about the genre, the name of the book and then by looking at the cover. Prediction, is another one of your reading skills, so it is important to be able to be confident in the skill of predicting.
What does prediction mean?
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11:00 – Assembly (epsassembly3)
***INDEPENDENT LEARNING*** ***LESSONS 2 & 3***
11:00-14:15: During this time, you are expected, to complete the work for all three subjects, independently and upload it to the blog.
*LESSON 2: MATHS – Mathletics and TTRS
Today your maths lesson will be to complete the activities set for you. There will be various tasks set as well as a deadline, which will be today at 14:15. It has been set at this time as this is not optional but compulsory – it is a lesson. Those of you that were finding multiplication difficult this week I suggest you spend at least 15 mins on TTRS. Your times table knowledge is something you will use throughout your life, even more so as an adult! So, it is important that you keep up the practice of your times tables.
*LESSON 3: MUSIC – The Brass Family of the Orchestra.
Hi Year 5, welcome back to Module 2 of your Jam-Bus Online Music lessons with me, Mr Spoerer. Well done to all of you who have been logging in and creating some amazing music for us all over the last module. Thank you for being part of it and well done if you received virtual Jam-Bus Certificates for your awesome work. I LOVED all of your various Adele performances of “Make you feel my Love.” It’s a beautiful song, and to you keyboard players, signers and singers, I’m proud of you. Well done for your bonus 1000 YUMU coins.
This Module we are going to be exploring “The Orchestra” which is truly the biggest most awe inspiring style of music because it involves so many people playing so many different types musical instruments.
The Orchestral Family.
The String section. The Woodwind section. The Brass Section. The Percussion Section.
WALT: How to learn the different “TIMBRES” or “sounds” of each instrument in the “Brass Section” of the Orchestra and be able to identify them just from hearing each instrument’s “Quality of Sound.” This is what Timbre means. It’s a french word that means exactly how an instrument sounds, and the different noises an instrument can make and how it makes that noise.
In this lesson we’ll focus on the Pitch, (high or low notes) of each instrument and the name of each pitch. The highest being Soprano, Mid to highAlto, Mid to LowTenor andlowest which is Bass. We’ll also explorethe use of the mouthpiece and “Lip buzz” that creates the timbre of the Brass Section.
We’ll also know the names of each instrument in the Brass Section.
The highest being the Soprano, Trumpet Mid to highAlto / Tenor French Horn, LowTenor Trombones andlowest bass sound, the Tuba.
Watch this video to learn the names and sounds of the “Brass section” of the Orchestra.
Use this for more music work. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and find the video called “BBC Philharmonic’s Whistle-Stop Tour of the Orchestra” and complete the linked Ten Pieces worksheet.” (Click link on the left for worksheet PDF)
On the BBC Website You can watch the Orchestra playing all the instruments and fill in worksheet provided on what you can hear. Please take a photo of your completed sheets and post to the blog so i can see your great pictures. 500 bonus YUMU coins for anyone who completes it.
Happy musical discovery guys. Enjoy.
Here is the video showcasing all the sounds of the instruments in the Orchestra. CLICK HERE
14:15 – 15:15: Live Session – AFTERNOON CATCH UP
Discuss EMW answers.
Will discuss today’s work – was it easy/just right for you/difficult/challenging?
Our daily dose of ‘quiz time’, finishing off the day by continuing to read The BFG.
09:30-10:00: We will go through today’s work, discuss any issues, check all your links work and that you are able to open the documents and videos. It is your responsibility, to look at the independent work and make sure you understand is expected of you. Lastly, looking at today’s non screen activity task and kindness task.
Can I remind you all, that no one should be in their pyjamas or in bed! Everybody should also make sure that they have eaten their breakfast before the register is taken. This is a learning environment and you need to take it as seriously as you do, when you are in class. There should, also, be no personal discussions or spamming via the chat unless advised to do so!
10:00-11:00: Lesson 1 – Live Online: MATHS – Multiply 4 Digits by 2 Digits
Today, you will be building on your multiplication understanding by multiplying 4 digit numbers by 2 digits numbers. Today, the focus will still be on tens of thousands, thousands, hundreds, tens and ones. You will continue to partition into ones, tens, hundreds, thousands and maybe tens of thousands. The formal written method is the focus today. As always your times table knowledge will help you with your calculations!!!
Remember when it comes to multiplying in the tens column, you are multiplying tens by tens e.g. 34 x 22, the tens that you would multiply are 30 x 20.
*LESSON 3: SPELLING – Homophones and Near Homophones
Today spelling lesson, is the last in the series of homophones and near homophones. As always you are to write the definition of the word, followed by putting the word in a sentence (that makes sense!).
09:30-10:00: We will go through today’s work, discuss any issues, check all your links work and that you are able to open the documents and videos. It is your responsibility, to look at the independent work and make sure you understand is expected of you. Lastly, looking at today’s non screen activity task and kindness task.
Can I remind you all, that no one should be in their pyjamas or in bed! Everybody should also make sure that they have eaten their breakfast before the register is taken. This is a learning environment and you need to take it as seriously as you do, when you are in class. There should, also, be no personal discussions or spamming via the chat unless advised to do so!
10:00-11:00: Lesson 1 – Live Online: RE – Understand The Significance Of Going On A Pilgrimage For Believers
We are starting a new topic within RE, Pilgrimage. Today’s lesson is an introduction to pilgrimage. Without giving too much away, we will be looking at what pilgrimage is and the reason for it.
Today, you will be building on your multiplication by multiplying 4 digit numbers by 2 digits numbers. Yesterday, you focused on the thousands,hundreds, tens and ones. Today, the focus will be on tens of thousands, thousands, hundreds, tens and ones. You will continue to partition into ones, tens, hundreds, thousands and maybe tens of thousands. Due to the increase of the amount of digits, that you are multiplying, the area model will be used as well as the formal written method. As always your times table knowledge will help you with your calculations!!!
Remember when it comes to multiplying in the tens column, you are multiplying tens by tens e.g. 34 x 22, the tens that you would multiply are 30 x 20.
Remember to use your perseverance and resilience skills if you’re finding it tricky!
*LESSON 3: Literacy – Analyse A Film Clip And Generate Vocabulary
Building on the sentence work you did yesterday, in this lesson, you will watch and analyse the opening clip to a film version of Oliver Twist. You will generate nouns and adjectives to describe the setting and characters and verbs and adverbs to describe the action. You will then use your new vocabulary to write sentences. Be sure to add any new vocabulary that you like into your ‘new vocabulary’ list/book.
09:30-10:00: We will go through today’s work, discuss any issues, check all your links work and that you are able to open the documents and videos. It is your responsibility, to look at the independent work and make sure you understand is expected of you. Lastly, looking at today’s non screen activity task and kindness task.
Can I remind you all, that no one should be in their pyjamas or in bed! Everybody should also make sure that they have eaten their breakfast before the register is taken. This is a learning environment and you need to take it as seriously as you do, when you are in class. There should, also, be no personal discussions or spamming via the chat unless advised to do so!
10:00-11:00: Lesson 1 – Live Online: LITERACY – Explore Word Class
In our live lesson today, we will be exploring word class. We will focus on identifying nouns, adjectives, adverbs and verbs in sentences. We will then explore what prepositions are and identify these in sentences. This is something that we have been doing over and over, so I expect a lot of interaction during this lesson!
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***INDEPENDENT LEARNING*** ***LESSONS 2 & 3***
11:00-14:15: During this time, you are expected, to complete the work for all three subjects, independently and upload it to the blog.
*LESSON 2: MATHS – Multiply 3 Digits by 2 Digits
Today, you will be building on the multiplication work you did yesterday multiplying 3 digit numbers by 2 digits numbers. Yesterday, you focused on the tens and ones. Today, the focus will be on hundreds, tens and ones. You will using the formal written method to work out the calculations. As always your times table knowledge will help you with your calculations.
Remember to use your perseverance and resilience skills if you’re finding it tricky!
*LESSON 3: PSHE – It’s OK to disagree.
Disagree sometimes seems like a dirty word…but is it? Shouldn’t it be fine to have a different opinion to someone else, even if they’re your friend?
Watch this short video that talks about a few scenarios and then offers some advice and description before completing this worksheet where you’re showing how you can avoid or resolve conflict when disagreeing.
14:15 – 15:15: Live Session – AFTERNOON CATCH UP
Will discuss today’s work – was it easy/just right for you/difficult/challenging?
You will share your non screen time activities and see how many of you were able to complete the kindness task.
Our daily dose of ‘quiz time’, finishing off the day by continuing to read The BFG.
Welcome back. I hope you all had a wonderful half term and you managed to rest, have fun and spend time with your families. I also hope you enjoyed pancake day!!! Well as they say, all good things must come to an end and today you are back to learning.
Here is today’s schedule:
09:15-09:25: Say good morning to your class mates. EMW.
09:25-09:30: Register.
09:30-10:00: We will go through today’s work, discuss any issues, check all your links work and that you are able to open the documents and videos. It is your responsibility, to look at the independent work and make sure you understand is expected of you. Lastly, looking at today’s non screen activity task and kindness task.
Can I remind you all, that no one should be in their pyjamas or in bed! Everybody should also make sure that they have eaten their breakfast before the register is taken. This is a learning environment and you need to take it as seriously as you do, when you are in class. There should, also, be no personal discussions or spamming via the chat unless advised to do so!
10:00-11:00: Lesson 1 – Live Online: MATHS – Multiply 2 Digits by 2 Digits
Today, you will be continuing with multiplication and specifically multiplying 2 digits by 2 digits. You will use the area model strategy but the focus will be on using the formal written method to work out the calculations. As always your timestable knowledge will help you when it comes to multiplying.
Area model or the formal written method. Which is your favourite strategy?
Remember to use your perseverance and resilience skills if you’re finding it tricky!
11:30 – Assembly (epsassembly3)
***INDEPENDENT LEARNING*** ***LESSONS 2 & 3***
11:00-14:15: During this time, you are expected, to complete the work for all three subjects, independently and upload it to the blog.
*LESSON 2: LITERACY – Understand The Historical Context Of Oliver Twist
Today you are starting a new module on Oak Academy. The lessons will be given by Miss Lee and your lesson today is an introduction to Oliver Twist. The lesson will include information about the author, the period of time the story was written and how this effects the way the story is presented as well as the settings of the story and the characters.
Do you think that Oliver Twist could have been written in 2021?
*LESSON 3 –SPELLINGS -Homphones and Near Homphones
Today, you will be continuing with homophones and near homophones. The spellings from our last spelling lesson will take place this week (stationary, weary, fete etc).
09:15-09:25: Say good morning to your class mates. EMW.
09:25-09:30: Register.
09:30-10:00: We will go through your non screen activities, discuss any issues and you’ll write down the methods for making the play dough and the science experiments you will be carrying out. It is your responsibility, to make sure that you have written down your activities and the methods as I will not be posting anything other than this.
Can I remind you all, that no one should be in their pyjamas or in bed! Everybody should also make sure that they have eaten their breakfast before the register is taken. This is a learning environment and you need to take it as seriously as you do, when you are in class. There should, also, be no personal discussions or spamming via the chat unless advised to do so!
14:15 – 15:15: Live Session – AFTERNOON CATCH UP
Will discuss today’s work – How did you enjoy non screen day? What was your favourite activity?
09:15-09:25: Say good morning to your class mates. EMW.
09:25-09:30: Register.
09:30-10:00: We will go through today’s work, discuss any issues, check all your links work and that you are able to open the documents and videos. It is your responsibility, to look at the independent work and make sure you understand is expected of you. Lastly, looking at today’s non screen activity task and kindness task.
Can I remind you all, that no one should be in their pyjamas or in bed! Everybody should also make sure that they have eaten their breakfast before the register is taken. This is a learning environment and you need to take it as seriously as you do, when you are in class. There should, also, be no personal discussions or spamming via the chat unless advised to do so!
10:00-11:00: Lesson 1 – Live Online: MATHS – Multiply 2 digits by an Area Model
Today, you will learning another strategy to help you, specifically when multiplying 2 digits by 2 digits. It is a bit like a multiplication grid, so it makes this another visual strategy. You may find that this is a concept that you may find challenging and that is okay but as always when it comes to your independent activity, do your best and try to push through.
What is your favourite strategy to complete multiplication calculations?
Remember to use your perseverance and resilience skills if you’re finding it tricky!
11:30:This is also an opportunity, for any of you who found Friday’s work challenging, to join Miss Warby’s room (epsvenus2)
***INDEPENDENT LEARNING*** ***LESSONS 2 & 3***
11:00-14:15: During this time, you are expected, to complete the work for all three subjects, independently and upload it to the blog.
*LESSON 2: LITERACY – Write An Alternative Ending to a Story
Today, you will be reading the rest of The Viewer and discussing its ending. It is quite a complex and mature ending to understand. There are many questions that have been left unanswered and you have the chance to answer them. It is up to you to write an alternative ending to The Viewer. This is your opportunity to be the author and dictate how The Viewer ends!!! You will need to show off all the skills you have learnt during this unit: interesting adjectives, verbs (phrases), adverbs, non-finite clauses and of course, show not tells, to make it a successful piece of write. Can you, use the questions at the end of the lesson, to help guide your writing?
What is going to happen to Tristan in your story? Can you write two endings?
*LESSON 3 –MUSIC: The Venus Music Awards!
Hello Venus! This week I want to celebrate everyone who has been logging onto YUMU and joining in with the music activities I have been giving you. See below for the Jam-Bus Music Awards!
If you didn’t get a certificate today, it’s not too late! All you have to do it go back to lesson 1 & 2 where I have clearly explained how to log on and get busy. Ask an adult who lives with you for some help. I’d love to see the whole class involved.
14:15 – 15:15: Live Session – AFTERNOON CATCH UP
Will discuss today’s work – was it easy/just right for you/difficult/challenging?
You will share your non screen time activities and see how many of you were able to complete the kindness task.
Dojo Points
Our daily dose of ‘quiz time’, finishing off the day by continuing to read The BFG.
09:15-09:25: Say good morning to your class mates.
EMW – a little brain teaser for you.
09:25-09:30: Register.
09:30-10:00: We will go through today’s work and discuss any issues. You will, check all your links work and that you are able to open the documents and videos. It is your responsibility, to look at the independent work and make sure you understand is expected of you. Lastly, looking at today’s non screen activity task and kindness task.
Can I remind you all, that no one should be in their pyjamas or in bed! Everybody should also make sure that they have eaten their breakfast before the register is taken. This is a learning environment and you need to take it as seriously as you do, when you are in class. There should, also, be no personal discussions or spamming via the chat unless advised to do so!
10:00-11:00: Lesson 1 – Live Online: LITERACY – Identify Features of a Diary Entry.
Yesterday, we were generating vocabulary that can be used when writing a diary entry. We generated, adjectives, verbs and adverbs, to describe what Tristan was feeling, before and after viewing the images, through the peculiar, metal Viewer. Today, we will be concentrating on the features of a diary. It is important, that you know these all of the features, as you want your writing to be authentic as possible.
Here is a example of a diary entry.Can you spot the features we spoke about in the lesson?
11:30:This is also an opportunity, for any of you who found Friday’s work challenging, to join Miss Warby’s room (epsvenus2)
***INDEPENDENT LEARNING*** ***LESSONS 2 & 3***
11:00-14:15: During this time, you are expected, to complete the work for all three subjects, independently and upload it to the blog.
*LESSON 2: MATHS – Multiply 3 Digits by 1 Digit
Today, you will be building on the work you did yesterday, by multiplying 3 digits by 1 digit. You will, be looking at the hundreds, tens and ones columns.
Will you be able to apply the strategies used yesterday to today’s work?
Remember to use your perseverance and resilience skills if you’re finding it tricky!
*LESSON 3 – THEMATIC: Viking Longships
Reading, will be the focus of today’s thematic lesson. You will, be reading about Viking Longships – who used them, what they were made of etc. Your comprehension skills will then be tested, as you will have questions to answer based on what you have read. There are two separate readings. You will, also come across new vocabulary, whilst reading. Be sure, to add them to your list of new vocabulary words you have learnt over the past 6 weeks.
09:30-10:00: Together, we’ll go through today’s work and discuss any issues. Once that’s clear, you will check to make sure all your links work and you are able to open the documents and videos, as well as looking at the independent work and making sure you understand is expected of you. We will also look at today’s non screen activity task and set today’s kindness task.
Can I remind you all, that no one should be in their pyjamas or in bed! Everybody should also make sure that they have eaten their breakfast before the register is taken. This is a learning environment and you need to take it as seriously as you do, when you are in class. There should, also, be no personal discussions or spamming via the chat unless advised to do so!
10:00-11:00: Lesson 1 – Live Online: Literacy – To Generate Vocabulary For a Diary Entry
This week your big write will be to write a diary entry. In this lesson, we will be generating vocabulary to use when writing a diary entry. We will be focusing on how to generate adjectives for key nouns, and then moving this on to adding verbs and adverbs to describe what a character might be doing at a certain point of the story.
Click here for word banks to help you with your writing Word Banks
11:00: Rainbow Assembly (epsassembly3)
11:30:This is also an opportunity, for any of you who found Friday’s work challenging, to join Miss Warby’s room (epsvenus2)
***INDEPENDENT LEARNING*** ***LESSONS 2 & 3***
11:00-14:15: During this time, you are expected, to complete the work for all three subjects, independently and upload it to the blog.
*LESSON 2: MATHS – Multiply 2 Digits by 1 Digit
This week, the focus will be multiplication. Your Mathletics work, should have somewhat prepared you for the week. One of the four fundamental operations, multiplication is easily described as repeated addition. Today, you will be multiplying 2 digit numbers by a 1 digit number.
Remember to use your perseverance, resilience skills if you’re finding it tricky!
*LESSON 3 – PSHE: Develop Strategies to Resolve Conflict
Today, you will be learning ways, on how to resolve conflict, this in itself is a life skill, for both adults and children. Conflict, is something that everyone will come into contact with, at some point in their life. You may have already experienced a conflicting situation. If you did: How did you deal with it? Do you think that you could have dealt with the situation differently? If, you haven’t experienced a conflicting situation (and even if you have), this lesson will equip you with the correct tools needed to resolve conflicts.