Year 5 Home Learning - Week Beginning 25-05-20 and 01-06-20

Hello to my amazing Year 5 class. I hope you are well and have been enjoying the sunshine! It has been lovely speaking to some of you over the past couple of weeks and it’s great to hear that you are all well. I have seen some more fantastic home learning on the Homelearning Showcase this week. It makes me smile when I see all the brilliant things you have been getting up to. Jenna, your tent was amazing! It’s great that is also provided some shade for the rabbits! You should be really proud of yourself, well done.

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It has also been lovely to receive messages from some of you. Bear, I would just like to say happy birthday for last week, I hope you had the best day possible. Your message was very kind, thank you. Isla, your message made me smile and really made my day. Thank you so much. Jenna, thank you for your lovely message, I am okay thank you for asking. Calleigh, thank you for your lovely card and I am so impressed that you made it yourself! I would also like to say thank you to parents that have also sent me some lovely messages this week, it means a lot. Remember, you can send me a message through the school website to share any questions or worries you may have or just to let me know what you have been up to.

RAF Poster Competition

I received an email this week from the RAF Museum in Cosford. They are running a poster competition this May half term so I thought I would upload the details in case any of you would like to take part. There are three different age categories: under 10’s, 10-18 and 18 and over. They will announce a winner and runner up for each category. Below is an image outlining all the information you need and click below for the link to their website for planning ideas and support with the competition.

Royal Airforce Museum Cosford

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I have uploaded the final chapter of Journey to the Centre of the Earth this week! You can access the reading by going directly to our Reading and Storytime page or by going to our Youtube Channel. As we have now finished Journey to the Centre of the Earth, we need something new to read. I am going to post 3 different options and I would like you to message me telling me which book you would like us to read. The book with the most votes wins! Here are your three choices:

  • The Chronicles of Narnia, the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

  • The Famous Five - Five on a Secret Trail

  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid - The Meltdown

I received some messages last week asking for more support with questions involving decimals. Below are a couple more examples of missing number problems involving decimals.

Year 5 missing number decimals 25.05.20

Below are the answers to the challenges from the blog week beginning 18.05.20.

Maths Answers

French Answers

English Answers

Here are your learning activities for this week. Remember, you do not have to complete all of the activities but it would be fantastic if you had a go at some of them. There are lots of other home learning activities and challenges available on the Year 5 Class Page.


Reading challenge

Your reading challenge this week is to have a go at summarising an extract from the book ‘How to Train Your Dragon’. Below is the link to your reading task.

Year 5 reading 25.05.20

Music Challenge

For your music challenge this week, I would like you to research your favourite musician or band and create a fact file on them. How you represent your fact file is up to you. Below is a list of ideas to include:

  • Their name and age

  • Their hobbies

  • Their birthday/birthdays

  • Where they were born

  • Songs they have written and performed

  • Interesting facts about them

  • Why they are your favourite musician or band



Maths Challenges

Challenge 1: Subtraction using a number line

Your first challenge this week is to complete the following 10 subtraction calculations using a number line. If you are unsure how to use a number line for subtraction and would like some support click on the link below.

Year 5 subtraction using a number line 25.05.20

1.     841 – 773 =           6.  672 – 387 =

2.    461 – 384 =           7.  771 – 483 =

3.    738 – 675 =          8.  934 – 678 =

4.    554 – 469 =          9.  833 – 379 =

5.    824 – 571 =          10.  729 - 584 =

Challenge 2: Rounding

Your second challenge this week is to practice rounding to the nearest 10, 100, 1,000 and 10,000. Remember when rounding to the nearest ten, you need to look at the ones digit. When rounding to the nearest hundred, you need to look at the tens digit. When rounding the nearest thousand, you need to look at the hundreds digit and when rounding to the nearest ten thousand, you need to look at the thousands digit.

Here is a rhyme to help you remember when to round up or down: Year 5 rounding rhyme 25.05.20

Can you round the following numbers to the nearest 10?

1.     13,452 2.    475 3.    1,987 4.    23,864 5.    798

Can you round the following numbers to the nearest 100?

1.     450 2.    13,456 3.    1,896 4.    908 5.    26,743

Can you round the following numbers to the nearest 1,000?

1.     978 2.    16,908 3.    876 4.    2,346 5.    76,541

Can you round the following numbers to the nearest 10,000?

1.     12,346 2.    65,789 3.    34,654 4.    21,908 5.    45,823

Challenge 3: Daily 10

Can you complete the following challenges on daily 10?

Level 4, Rounding, Up to 999 to nearest 10

Level 4, Rounding, Up to 999 to nearest 100

It is up to you to choose how many seconds you have between each question.

Daily 10 link.

Spelling challenge

Spelling focus: Homophones

Spelling activity: Across and down

Spelling words: heel      heal       mail       male       desert       dessert

Here is an example of the across and down technique: Year 5 Spelling 25.05.20

Can you write each of your spelling words out 3 times using the across and down technique?

Handwriting Challenge

Joining the letters g and u  

Year 5 Handwriting 25.05.20

Can you copy the joining of g and u in your neatest handwriting?

Extra challenge: Can you write 5 of your own sentences using your handwriting words from this week?

English Challenges

Challenge 1: Adjectives

Your first challenge for English this week is to practice using and identifying adjectives.

Year 5 Adjectives 25.05.20

Challenge 2: Linking ideas in a paragraph

Your second challenge this week is to explore how we can use adverbial phrases to link ideas in a paragraph. You need to practice both identifying adverbial phrases and using them within sentences.

Year 5 Linking ideas in a paragraph 25.05.20

Challenge 3: Write a letter

Your third challenge this week is to write a letter. It is up to you who you would like to write your letter to. If you complete the music challenge this week you might decide to write your letter to your favourite musician or band. You might decide to write your letter to a family member or a friend, it is up to you.

When writing a letter, remember we can choose to use a formal tone within our letter or an informal tone. If we are using a formal tone, we are usually writing to someone we are not familiar with. If we are using an informal tone, we are usually writing to someone we are familiar with as this is a more personal communication.

Below is the link to the Year 5 and 6 statutory spellings. Can you include 5 of our statutory spellings in your letter writing this week?

Year 5 statutory spellings 25.05.20

Below are examples for both informal and formal letters.

Formal letters

Year 5 formal letter checklist 25.05.20

Year 5 formal letter layout 25.05.20

Year 5 formal letter examples 25.05.20

Informal letters

Year 5 informal letter checklist 25.05.20

Year 5 informal letter examples 25.05.20

Health and Wellbeing challenge

Your health and wellbeing challenge this week is to think about your surroundings. I would like you to create a sensory map. You could complete your sensory map based on a bike ride or walk or even complete it whilst sitting or playing in the garden. Remember, you need to make a note of what you can see, smell, hear, taste and touch. You could represent each of the senses using a different colour. There is an example below if you would like some support.

Year 5 Sensory map 25.05.20

Stay safe, stay positive and keep smiling.

Miss Twigger