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Tasks for this week...
​2nd November 2020

Key Hero Text

Captain Sir Tom Moore
​Tomorrow will be a good day
Picture
We will be reading sections from Sir Tom's book over the next two weeks.

English

Picture
 Poems for our heroes

​Monday
Read - A working party

Activity 1 - Identify language from poetry that writer chose for effect. How do you think he feels about the war?
Activity 2 – Use expanded noun phrases to describe how the soldier feels.

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Deeper challenge
Read 'The rear guard' and 'attack'
Inside a thought bubble write some of your thoughts using expanded noun phrases, similes, metaphors personification adjectives.

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By the end of this week we will be writing poems for to the courageous soldiers and animals who fought in WW1
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Maths

Maths focus for the week: Recap from PV, +/-  multiplication and division

​Y
5                          Y6
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Division Y6 : Watch teaching clips  

Y5 Multiplying by 10,100, 1000
Interactive resource


Worksheets to support learning 

Y5
Monday
Tuesday
​Wednesday
Thursday
Friday - challenge to be posted

Y6

​Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday - challenge to be posted


French

The Seasons ppt / Les Saison

Have a look at BBC bitesize then try the activities below:

Resource 1
Resource 2
Resource 3

Art

Picture
Gallery
Check out our art gallery tab just off the Class 4 page - our landscape art is on display.
Picture
Research WW1 horses at war. 

​Find a picture that you could sketch in pencil to go alongside your poem at the end of the week.

Spelling

Rule 5
Split digraphs - spelling hints - this will be sent via SeeSaw

Y5/6 spelling word list is here
We will be using the first ten this week
Use look cover write check 
Write them in a well punctuated simple sentence
Now write them in a compound or complex sentence using a coordinating or subordinating conjunction. 

P.E.

Check out our PE page and links to Inspire+
Do some of their workouts

BBC bitesize - Staying healthy clips

Music

Glossary of terms

Pitch lesson 2

A pentatonic scale is a sequence of five notes. Two of the most common scales are:
Pentatonic major, which can be played using the notes CDEGA. Pentatonic minor, which can be played using the notes ACDEG.

​Listen to the version of Amazing Grace - then explore the notes of one of the pentatonic scales. Can you compose a mini piece of music?

Interactive piano app

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(Make sure you click on key assist twice to show the notes)

RE

The big question...
 Is it better to express your religion in arts and architecture or in charity and generosity?

Lesson 1 - Catch up
Lesson 2 - This week


PSHE

Writing to our heroes

Links to remembrance - developing our writing for the war memorial

Write a letter to your hero explaining to them why they hold a special place in your heart.

Science

Continuing with forces...

Lesson 2
Look at this activity for 9-11 year olds on Explorify


You will need a measuring jug, a bowl, a glass, a piece of card and some water.

What was the largest amount of water you could put in your glass? Can you explain why?

Links to BBC bitesize

History

BBC learning WW1 link 

Geography

BBC learning link
​ Mapping the World

Computing

BBC learning Algorithms link
Harby C of E Primary School, School Lane, Harby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. LE14 4BZ
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