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Tasks for this week...
16th November 2020

Key Text

The Firework-Maker's daughter
Picture
We have finished Philip Pullman's book 'The firework-maker's daughter' 

What a great read - we're going to use some of Pullman's writing techniques to add to our stories.

English

Listen or read Chapter 1 again

Today we are going to start writing our story.
Mrs Ford's model 1

​You have a go.
Think of a 'trade' from the past
introduce your characters

Tuesday
Edit yesterday - make it better, check spellings, look at paragraphing...

Wednesday
Build up - something is going to go wrong
Mrs Ford's model 2 
You have a go.

Thursday
Edit again

Friday
Bring it all together - posh copy of the first part of your story.
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Story planner overview
Picture

History

Shang Dynasty with Bitesize 
Look at the first video clip - and activities related to that clip.
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Art

Picture
Try the mindful drawing activity link above
Gallery
Check out our art gallery tab just off the Class 4 page - our landscape art is on display.

Lesson 4
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Continuing to develop our 'Fire Fiend' artwork

Redrawing and painting fire fiends, black pen and watercolour.

Spelling

Rule 8 'ed' 

Y5/6 spelling word list is here
We will be using the spellings 22- 32 this week

Use look cover write check - make up funny mnemonics to help you to remember them.

​Spellings to learn this week: 22-32
Picture

French

What's in my pencil case?

Science

Continuing with forces...

Lesson 4

Magnetic attraction - watch and do the quiz


Magnetic madness

Links to BBC bitesize

P.E.

Football

Lesson 3 -  defending
(see gallery for photographs)


Lesson 4 - attacking and maintaining the attack.

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

Check afterschool clubs run by the YST
BBC bitesize - Staying healthy clips

Maths

Maths focus for the week: recap of  squared, cubed, primes through reasoning and problem solving. New areas: ordering of operations.
 Y5 and Y6 : Teaching clips Y6  
Teaching clips Y5

Worksheets to support learning 

All week:     Reasoning Y5          Reasoning Y6

Y6
Monday - recap all areas so far - reasoning Qs
Tuesday - Order of operations Y6
​Wednesday Mental Calculations Y6
Thursday Reason from known facts Y6
Friday Assessment of all areas so far

Y5 - Reasoning summarising work completed so far.

Answers

Music

What do you think to this piece of music compared to last weeks (below) ?

How does it link to this score?


Pitch lesson 3 memory jogger
Pitch lesson 4 click here
Work with 2 - 4 people.
Work out your motifs.
Create a composition where your motif repeats and repeats alongside your partners which also repeats itself.
Perform, perfect and record.

Glossary of terms

RE

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

Lesson 4

How do Christians use art in worship?

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Picture

PSHE

How are you?
Watch this 30 minute clip from the BBC
Understanding emotions
Helping others
Designing a poster
Odd Socks
Anti-bullying alliance

Watch this assembly from the BBC
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Produce your own advice leaflet for someone who you think is being bullied - can you tell them what they should do?

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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