Woodheys Primary School

Please click on the link below to access our transition presentation for parents / carers. 

Transition Information For Parents / Carers - UKS2 - 2020

We would like to tell you all about Year 5 and the exciting things we do. We will also be using Parenthub to keep you updated about some of the things we have been doing.

Year 5 - where effort will always bring reward

The Upper Key Stage Two journey begins in Y5 where our school citizens are developed into motivated learners able to take charge of their learning environment. 

Throughout the learning, the core subjects of Mathematics, English and ICT link in to all the other areas.

Science, Humanities teach us about our world, while the Artsmark Gold principles underpin the creative subjects of Art, Music and Drama.

New languages, new perspectives and new physical achievements all add to the unique educational experiences in our multi sensory classroom.

We really hope this information will give you a whistle-stop tour of our fantastic work and we look forward to working together for the rest of the year.

Best wishes from all in Y5

Zoom Video Calls Code of Conduct

As per our message on Parent Hub, please see the attached code of conduct regarding Zoom video calls.

Code of Conduct

Home Learning Resources

Please see the weekly overview for home learning below:

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White Rose Answers

Update 27.1.21

 Thank you for all the wonderful work we have received in the last couple of days. We are very impressed with the attention to detail, the careful following of success criteria and use of a formal style - David Attenborough would be proud! Miss Will is also thrilled with all of the science work.

Update 25.1.21

We have received some more of your fantastic work from home. Including a poetry recital that we are pleased to share with you here. 

Update 22.1.21

 We have had such a super response to the week's activities that we couldn't resist one last update before the weekend.  Well done everyone and enjoy the rest this weekend.

White Rose Answers

Update 22.1.21

Good morning and 'Happy Friday'. Well done to everyone for working so hard to complete this week's activities. We are very proud of all of your efforts and have been so pleased to be able to share them on the class page. Keep up the good work and enjoy the weekend.

Update 19.1.21

Great to see everyone concentrating so well on the Zoom calls today. We enjoyed receiving the responses through the chat function. Miss Will is adding to our technical expertise by trying out Nearpod with her science lessons. We hope you enjoyed it.

Update 18.1.21

Hello everyone and we hope you have had a good weekend. We have been trying to get out and walk in the fresh air to keep our fitness levels up. It is good to know the days are getting a little longer and we are starting to see new shoots appearing from the ground. We are delighted to see and share the latest pieces of work which have been sent in. Have a good week everyone.

Weekly White Rose Answers

Update 15.1.21

It has been a great week for Year 5. We have enjoyed seeing all your hard work and all your pictures. From your English comprehensions and maths work to your maps of South America and your spellings you've all done great. Enjoy the weekend and we'll see you all next week. 

Update 14.1.21

Another great day of zooms. Thank you all for sending in your work. We've had some more inventive animals, space moon models and geography. We look forward to seeing more of your work today. The model moons were brilliant as well as the solar system. We hope you enjoyed making these brilliant models. 

Update 13.1.21

It has been lovely to catch up with you all today and see how hard you are working. I think we are all getting a little more used to learning at a distance and being more confident at participating in the lessons. Even a few pets are looking more informed! :) We hope you enjoy seeing the most recent items sent in. 

Update 12.1.21

We are delighted with all of the hard work which has been taking place at home. It is also good to see how well people are organising themselves for their Zoom calls. Sitting at a table, with your papers ready in front of you, makes the work much easier to complete. Keep up the good work, everyone. You are all superstars!

Weekly White Rose Answers

Update 11/01/21

 Here is another selection of your work sent in from home. Thank you for showing us all your hard work.

Update 08/01/21 

Thank you all for working so hard on the activities we have set so far. It is lovely to see you on the Zoom sessions too. Here is a selection of your fabulous achievements so far and thank you for sharing your work. 

Update 07/01/2021

We love seeing all the creativity in Year 5 this week. Many of you have sent in your Zentangle pictures and they all look fabulous. 

We've also received this fabulous geography poster. We're looking forward to seeing all your future projects. Please send in pictures of your hard work. 

Homework

Each week, the children will receive their homework on a Friday. This is to be completed and returned to school by the following Friday where it will be marked with the children. Spelling sheets will also be provided on a weekly basis and stuck into the children's homework books. 

 School Closure Tasks and Information

Please follow the link below to access the letter sent to parents on 19.3.2020.

Letter to parents 

We will be providing a range of suggested tasks for your child to complete. Some of these activities can be done independently; others will require a little additional support. If your child is finding some of the listed tasks challenging, please feel free to contact us at the UKS2 email address: UKS2@woodheysprimaryschool.co.uk Alternatively, please have a look at some of the other year group pages to see what activities they have on offer. 

Exciting Art Challenge

We were delighted to receive the information about an art challenge from Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts. There is a whole week's worth of activities you could try out, or you could choose one of your favourites and concentrate on that. There are many different types of activities from 3D modelling to digital photography and animation.  I've been inspired to pick up a paintbrush and have a go. These types of activity can been very absorbing and super ways of boosting your mental health as well as having fun. Ask an adult to help you contact the artist in residence with your contributions and you could see your work displayed in a virtual gallery.  jayneseddon2@hotmail.co.uk   Is there something familiar about the name?

Have fun,

Mrs Keeley

Yoga with Mrs Holden

Week Beginning 13th July 2020

Thursday English

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Monday English

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Thursday English

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Friday English Lesson

Thursday English Lesson

Wednesday English Lesson

Tuesday English Lesson

Here are two examples from Tuesday's lesson from Ben and Rose. I love the use of vocabulary in both as I can really get a sense of atmosphere. I can see that they've both used prepositions to extend the descriptions. A great effort - well done!

Monday English Lesson

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Week beginning the 22nd June

Alexa has been busy developing her ice cream recipes and created one based on the suggestion from Mr Brett. She has added her own ingredients of creamed coconut and cinnamon to create a more sophisticated flavour. Move over Ben and Jerry's; we have our own Alexa's!

A big thank you to Rose who has been hard at work this week. She has created this colourful book cover for The Scruffy Puppy by Holly Webb. It looks a great read. 

We have been delighted to receive another poem inspired by The Magic Box by Kit Wright. It has been a real success and inspired so many creative ideas. Katie's poem is called My Wondrous Wardrobe which is filled with amazing ideas. I am sure we would all like a wardrobe like this one. It is good to see her enjoying the rainbow science experiment too.

Inspired by this week's creative task is Yunami! She has produced this beautiful picture full of different lines and textures inspired by the work of Juan Miro. Miro was a famous Spanish artist who worked in the areas of painting, sculpture and ceramics. Excellent work, Yunami.

Lottie has also been inspired to create a poem and it is called Behind The Door. It is full of wonder and mystery - brilliant. In addition, Lottie has been baking cheesecake. I am sure everyone enjoyed it. It looks delicious.

We are delighted to receive another excellent poem this week. This time it is from Eleanor who has used the superb Magic Box as her inspiration. Thank you Eleanor, it's beautiful.

Week Beginning 15th June

Week beginning 15th June

Thomas and Lucas have been inspired by the poetry challenge this week. Lucas has written and performed his own work while Thomas has confidently performed William Wordsworth's I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud and written his own super poem, The First Big Wave. Lucas was inspired by the style of the poem The Magic Box and wrote his own called I ate an Egg. Great use of similes, Lucas. 

Hot from the oven is Carrie's cornflake tart! She enjoyed following the recipe and says that eating it will be even better. It looks delicious!

We are delighted to hear from Cole this week and very impressed to see him working hard while learning to look after his home and garden. It is always great to see you all taking part in activities with your families which benefit everyone in the home. Learning new skills in the garden could lead to an extra interest or a career later on in life. Watch your step Monty Don; Cole could take your place on Gardeners' World!

Thank you for all of the quiz questions too. It is good to see some of them relating to the topics we have covered in school. What a great way to test your sticky knowledge! Keep sending them in.

Week Beginning 8th June

Week Beginning 8th June

Great to see Luca and his brother Victor enjoying the great outdoors. Their dog really enjoys being out and about in the park with them too.

Ben and Rose have been sharing their activities this week. Ben and his family made the most of the good weather and change in circumstances to take a long walk in the Peak District. What a wonderful view! It is also good to see Rose having a go at some Pop Art - super range of colours. She has take good care of her sunflower too. It will be as tall as she is soon!

Week Beginning 25th May

If you’re looking for some ideas of things to do at home this half-term, why not take some time to try an activity or two from the below document? There are loads to choose from, they cover a wide range of subjects and can all be tried without much preparation or equipment (we think they're pretty good fun, too!). 

Holiday Updates

We are delighted to hear that Carrie's whole family joined in the Rob Biddulph online art lesson. She has sent in the super results for us to see. Great work, Carrie. 

Don't forget, we are looking forward to seeing your holiday activities too. Have fun with the great variety of activities listed above and we hope you manage to get outside and enjoy the fine weather. 

Week Beginning 18th May

Maths worksheet links

Tuesday 19th May

Wednesday 20th May

Thursday 21st May

Friday 22nd May

Updates week beginning 18.5.20

What a lovely selection of photos we have to add today! Carrie has been busy with her art work creating beautiful Zentangles and some super toucan Pop Art. She has also been creative in the kitchen. Bravely tackling the subject of meringues, Carrie has produced a delicious pavlova. Save some for us!

Adrienne has enjoyed carrying out the science work on growing crystals. She took great care in following the instructions to get her apparatus just right. She has also been working hard on her history. We love the letter to William 1 supporting his claim to the English throne. Great work!

Wow, what super contributions to the Rob Biddulph World's Largest Online Art Lesson. You have all smashed it! 

Well done David, Phoebe, Rose and Adrienne.

We were delighted to receive a super piece of writing from Katie all about her treasured Great Grandpa Mo. He sounded like a very special grandpa with his caring nature, love of crosswords and his stash of chocolates!  He was great friends with Betty the dog too. Katie and her family were delighted to share his 100th birthday with him, a while age, where they shared cakes, poems and he received a card and letter from The Queen!  Sadly, he is no longer with us but Katie wanted to share some fabulous photos of him. A huge thank you, Katie and family.  

It was lovely to hear from Sophie this morning. She has been very creative and joined with her brother to create an animation to say thank you to the NHS. We love the colourful elephants and smooth motion of the characters. Great use of iMotion skills. She has also shared her colourful Pop Art inspired work. Her ellipses are really carefully drawn - a well remembered technique from our art lessons!

Great to hear from Senna and Callum today. Callum has been baking cupcakes and spending time in the garden. Senna has been reading a lot and can recommend Framed by Frank Cottrell Boyce. It is based on the true story of how the National Gallery's art was protected in Welsh mines during WW2. thanks for your recommendation, Senna. 

'Master Chef' David has been busy this week making Chinese dumplings. He has mastered the technique beautifully and they look absolutely delicious! It is great to see the process in action. Thanks for sharing, David.

Morning everyone and hope you have had a happy and healthy weekend. It has been lovely to hear from Adrienne and see her work on the Ancient Greeks -very well presented! We were also delighted to see her 'graffiti art' door name plate. It is very bright and colourful. We did these at school last week for those who were with us and everyone enjoyed them. We even made one for Mr Brogan who had his birthday!

Week Beginning 11th May

Maths worksheet links

Monday 11th May Maths

Tuesday 12th May Maths

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Thursday 14th May Maths

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Noah has been saving his pictures to send in all together. He has had a very busy time camping, cooking and building. Some new furry friends have arrived and he has been assembling the hutch for a cosy home. Mrs Keeley was most impressed to see him using the washing machine!  Great to see the photos and thank you for sharing Noah.

Eleanor has kindly shared her art and DT work. She created a very effective optical illusion and constructed a super speedy marble run. Great work!

Today, we heard from Nabeel and Alexa who have been busy investigating the Ancient Greeks. Nabeel has made a super power point on the gods and Alexa has created a presentation board on ancient Athens. Great work guys!

It is lovely to hear from Miray this week. She has been busy with lots of activities from cooking and gardening to practising her badminton skills. We are impressed with her watercolour paintings too. The food looks delicious and what a good use for dandelion flowers! Well done Miray.

Week Beginning 4th May

Sunday 10th May

 We hope you all enjoyed the VE Day celebrations this weekend. There were a lot of interesting programmes about the events and how people felt on the day. I enjoyed a programme about people's memories from the actual night. It was fascinating to hear the memories of Johnny Ball (Think of a Number), Esther Rantzen (That's Life) and Patrick Stewart (Star Trek: the Next Generation) who were young children at the time. It has been lovely to see the photo from Adrienne who made bunting for the front of her house and the picture of Ben's great grandad who fought in WW2. His grandad is actually 75 this VE Day! 'Happy Birthday' Ben's grandad. 

Katie has been busy baking VE Day scones which many of the ladies baked specially on the actual day. They look delicious and just need a a dab of butter and cream and jam ..... ;-) Like Zack, she has also enjoyed the Zentangle activity and produced a great fact file on hamsters. I wonder how many of you have these cute pets. Ours was called Ginger and named after his colour! 

Wednesday 6th May

Lovely to hear from Zack and David this week. Zack has been busy exploring his creative side with an excellent zentangle. We love the variety of patterns and areas of intense detail which contrast with the calmer areas.

David has been making the most of the good weather. He has been helping in the garden and developing his green fingers. Good to see his game too. It looks fun for all of the family to play together. 

Tuesday 5th May

Great to hear from Corey who has been very busy with lots of different activities. His development of his Greek character inspired him to create his own monster. What an effective mask and super Hama bead version! Great to see Corey out in the fresh air with his sister too and his interest in wildlife. Well done Corey.

Week Beginning 27th April

Thursday 30th April

Luca has been very creative in the kitchen. He has made a set of delicious muffins. Here, he looks very organised with the cases all lined up and in the process of being filled. 

Wednesday 29th April

Frankie could be another contestant on Junior Bakeoff! He carefully measured and weighed the ingredients for his fairy cakes and don't they look delicious! 

Wow, Zack has been busy developing his amazing PE skills. He has really enjoyed the video made by Mr Daniels and conquered the beanbag challenge. Excellent!

 Lovely to hear from Ben who has been working on his Ancient Greeks. He has invented his own Greek goddess with special powers. She looks amazing!

Monday 27th April

Wow, what a great start to the week. It is lovely to hear from so many of you and see all your home achievements. Hope you all had a good weekend. 

First of all, 'Happy Birthday' to Ella, Phoebe's sister. She was 12 last week and Phoebe helped decorate this delicious cake. I wonder if there was any left after the weekend? We made a banana cake today and there is only half left already!!

Jason has been very busy in the last few days. He has been getting away from it all by camping in the garden, baking tasty chocolate cookies and growing his sunflowers. They have shot up! Keep going, Jason. That sunflower could be a competition winner!

Parisa has been cooking too. She has used her knife skills to make this very carefully chopped salad. Well done, Parisa.

Week Beginning 20th April

The hyperlink for the maths activities does not seem to be working so please type in the following website address to access the activities. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/

Pictures from the week beginning 20th April

Friday 24th April

Great to hear from Corey again, today. He's been busy with lots of activities - even competing against his dad at Coundown. He has enjoyed the Cubs activities too and went out to clap for the NHS in his uniform. It is a very special time when we can all come together to remember those who continue to work to protect us every day.  

Senna and her sister are very good at growing their seeds. You can see how quickly the sunflowers have grown. It's very interesting to see how the roots grew first from the seed before the leaves started. Great work, girls.        

Thomas has also been busy at home with his sister. He has been very creative with mosaic and enjoyed growing his seeds. I think the dog is impressed too! Well done Thomas.

Lovely to catch up with Katie today. She has been busy baking and working hard on her Ancient Greek work. We are delighted with her English setting description and art work too. Keep it up!

Thursday 23rd April

Happy St George's Day!

Rose is another of our talented bakers. She made some amazing peanut butter cookies and they were delicious - not a crumb left!

Sammy T has been very inventive and created his own crossword puzzle about the Ancient Greeks! He has sent it in, complete with a set of answers so you can try it yourselves. Brilliant idea, Sammy.

We were pleased to hear from Phoebe yesterday. She has been very busy keeping up with all of the activities we have set while enjoying listening to the David Walliams stories. She is keeping very fit too by competing in Trafford Metro (swimming) isolation Olympics, she has done 5 days so far - triathlon, pentathlon, shuttle runs, poem writing with more to come! Thank you, Phoebe, for sharing this super Andy Warhol inspired picture.

Wednesday 22nd April

Good morning, everyone. It has been lovely to hear from Claudia, today. She has been busy making a fabulous poster based on similes and metaphors. What a fantastic range of examples and super illustrations too. 

Extra work from Sam! :-)

Inspired by the ice topic, Sam has used his brilliant imagination to write his own poem.

Last update of the day

Sam has been really busy investigating the Ancient Greeks and cooking. Super boxing poster showing Ares and Athena - great idea to compare the two. Thank you, Sam.

Tuesday 21st April

Monday 20th April

Lovely to hear from Corey, this afternoon. He has been very busy with his science experiments, camping in the conservatory and learning about the Greeks. Inspired by the Year 5 class text, he has almost finished the sequel to Who Let The Gods Out? - brilliant!

Great news!

We were super excited to hear Eleanor has made it through to the next round of the 500 Words competition. Well done Eleanor!

Also she has shared some pictures of her activities at home. The staycation in the garden looked great fun and I was particularly pleased to see the successful Easter baskets. The mixed flower seeds are being used to plant out in the street so all the neighbours can share in the colourful display.

Hot off the email!

Thank you Ruby for your Greek gods work and delicious baking. Mr Brett and I will be looking forward to sampling some of these when we all meet again.

Just In!

We were delighted to receive some fabulous pictures of your home learning. Adrienne and Ben have been amazing us with their home baking skills. I'm sure they will be in the Bake Off tent very soon. Ben has also been investigating the Greek gods and sent us this super picture. It really makes us smile to receive your super home learning photographs. Please keep sending them in and we can celebrate your successes.

Friday 17th April

 Maths - Can you complete a countdown? How many ways can you solve it? 

English - Can you create a multiple choice quiz for your reading book? 

Creative - Please ensure that there is an adult around should you decide to bake these delicious-looking vanilla cupcakes. Here is a link to the website: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/vanilla-cupcakes

All of the ingredients and nutritional information are listed and they are suitable for vegetarians. There is a step-by-step guide on how to create the perfect cupcakes. 

Thursday 16th April

 Maths - For maths today there is a lesson on decimal addition and compliments to 1. 

English - Can you write a diary about what your day involves and what you're looking forward to? Although these times may seem trying, we are living through history right now and it is a great way to record your current situation and how you are feeling about everything. Try to make a really neat copy.  We would love to make a time capsule when we come back into school and a diary would be a brilliant part of history to include. 

Creative - For a bit of downtime today, why not go and have a look at the Tate website. There are so many art activities to try. 

Wednesday 15th April

Maths - For maths today there is a lesson on subtracting decimals within 1. It is lesson 2 on the website, there is a short video, a range of questions and a answer sheet on the website.  

English - For English there is a story/sentence starter on pobble365. Could you think of a story about the man trapped in ice? Could you create some amazing sentences? If you scroll down the page there are some great story starters and other ideas. 

Science - This term we would be starting our next science topic on reversible and irreversible changes. To begin with, we would be looking at which materials dissolve and which materials don't dissolve. What materials can you find around the house that might dissolve? Here is a handy powerpoint to help you. 

Tuesday 14th April

Hello everyone and hope you are managing to stay well. We have a few suggested activities for today.

Maths - For our maths we follow the   White Rose scheme of work. They have added daily lessons starting with the addition of decimals.

English - For English we have some SPAG to recap some of what has been covered this year. Here are the answers. 

Spellings - Can you revise your spellings? How might you remember them? The spelling list here.

Topic - Our topic this term is Ancient Greece. Could you research a Ancient Greek God? Could you create a poster about your god? What symbolism do they have? I'd love you to learn some 'sticky' knowledge, think about how you could present some facts and share the information. 

Easter Holiday Activities

Monday 6th April

Hello everyone and hope you are managing to stay well. 

We are on the run up to Easter now so we were wondering if anyone has tried to make the Easter baskets? We will be painting 2D paper egg designs to put in our window today. My next door neighbour has two small children who like to do an egg hunt so spotting the designs in the street windows, on their daily walk, brings a little more fun to the day. We are still displaying the teddy bears from the bear hunt they did last week.  

We were delighted to see Adrienne's video of British Sign Language. It is great to see your home achievements. 

What books have you been reading? We would love you to recommend to others something which you have enjoyed yourself. You could fill in the book review, take a photo and we will put your suggestions on the website. 

Year 6 have some super creative ideas on their page so feel free to follow their links below. 

Creative Ideas

Ever fancied making glittery playdough? Of course you have! Follow this link to find out how: https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/glittery-play-dough

For some painting ideas, incorporating household objects, you may wish to watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY49eNceLBo

Virtual Museum Tours

Whilst at home this Easter, I am sure many of you have thought to yourselves, 'How I wish I could visit a world famous museum during these holidays!'

What about a Staycation?

You could even try camping. Making a tent at home, with a sheet or blankets hung over a chair or table, is always fun. You could put it in your bedroom or even living room. Maybe Mum or Dad could do a sleep over in the tent with you. You can bring in pillows and a duvet or sleeping bag to be cosy.  

You could even design a holiday guide to your home town. Where are the best local places you have visited? Which is your favourite park? Woodheys Park is always a great destination when things get back to normal. Do you have a favourite view or restaurant? Which sports clubs or leisure centres could you suggest?

Follow the link below to see how to make your mini guide book from one sheet of paper. We used this idea for our guides about the planets. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21qi9ZcQVto 

Scrapbooking

How about making a scrap book of your activities over the next few weeks? In years to come, when the lockdown is over, you will be able to look back and remember how you spent your time. Try a small drawing a day and a few words to help you remember. You could make your scrapbook out of recycled paper by following the link below. Make a whole family book where everyone can contribute or one for yourself. 

https://wittyhoots.com/cms/how-to-make-a-useful-recycled-paper-scrapbook/

The recycled pots in the next link can be used to plant seeds in for the garden. 

https://nemcsokfarms.com/upcycled-paper-pots

Wednesday 1st  April 

Hello everyone,

Hope you are all still well and trying out some activities on line or at home. I have been gardening with one of my boys who helped dig a base for the compost heap.

We were delighted to hear from Harry who has been busy cooking and creating at home. His speciality macaroni carbonara looks delicious and I am sure the birds will enjoy the excellent feeding stations he has made.      

Just in!

Congratulations Year 5! We are TTRS Champions against Year 6 this week. Special mention to Sammy who achieved a massive score. 

Well, here we are at the official start of the Easter Holidays. We would still like to keep posting information about activities to keep us all occupied at this difficult time and we love hearing about your interests at home.

Don't forget to keep us updated by asking a parent or carer to email through the address above. Has anyone sewn their first button on yet? Now is an ideal time to learn these life skills. Do we have anymore budding bakers like Alexa and Katie or illustrators like Corey?

Craft

The following is a link to a simple craft idea to make Easter baskets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcq6AhQMqcQ   Don't worry if you don't have a range of coloured papers. Instead, use any scrap paper and colour it with pencils/ paints/ pens to cover the leftover cardboard tube. 

You don't have to put in a chocolate egg. Ask an adult to blow an egg or two   https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/how-blow-eggs and then carefully decorate the shells. Good Housekeeping magazine has some ideas for decorating eggs. Some are rather adventurous but could be used just for design ideas in a scaled back way.  https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/easter-ideas/g419/easter-egg-decorating-ideas/

Cooking

You can use the contents of the eggs to make your first omelette   https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/basic-omelette.

For vegan recipes, you could try looking at https://www.bosh.tv/recipes/chocolate-chip-cookies . They do seem to need a few more ingredients but looked delicious when made on Saturday morning tv, Living On The Veg, a couple of weeks ago. 

 Gardening

If you have a garden or small space outside, now is the time to help tidy it up and maybe plant a few seeds. I wonder how Mrs Whelan's sunflower seeds are doing in all your homes. An empty yoghurt pot or soup tub with a bit of soil in, will make a great starter container. Mr Brett will be delighted to see any gardening pictures too. Last week, he and his helpers cleared the raised beds and planted some seeds.

This morning, Carol Klein from Gardener's World also suggested growing leafy greens inside. Use recycled plastic tubs if you don't have an outside space. Cress can be even be grown on moist paper towel. It's great fun to watch the plants come up and even better to harvest them later and eat as part of a salad. 

 Maths Puzzling

Here are a couple of Sudoku puzzles to keep us all busy. I know a few of our mathematicians who are always keen to tackle a new one of these - Charlie, Vihaan and Alexa!

Have a good weekend everyone and keep safe.

Mrs Keeley and Mrs Brett

Week Beginning 23rd March

Welcome to Week One of home learning.

Friday 27th March

PE – Start of the morning with a bang with the bodycoach work out. This can be accessed via the following link: https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1 

Maths - How are your times tables going? Don't forget our Times Tables Rock Stars battle against Year 6 is ending on Friday.

Gareth Metcalfe has his next online lesson in the morning and we will be watching again in the morning (available to watch later at your convenience) by following the link: http://www.iseemaths.com/home-lessons/  

Creative – Can you learn a new skill? How about learning to sew a button? Can you learn some sign language? I'm sure you could choose some skills that interest you. We'd love to see what amazing skills you learn - why not share them with us at uks2@woodheysprimaryschool.co.uk

Reading – This reading task on the Ancient Greeks (which has answers included) is a great way to get a taste of our next history topic.

Science – Chester Zoo is doing a virtual tour of the zoo from 10AM. There’s a chance to see Red Pandas, Giraffes, Elephants, Tigers and many more. Maybe you could then research a little more about your favourite animal? It would be a great opportunity to recap our previous learning on animal lifecycles.   

Thursday 26^th March

Just in, fantastic recipe from Alexa! Available as a ppt or Word doc for printing. It's great to hear of your activities at home. We were delighted to hear of Corey's success with his Pokemon poem and handwriting too. Fantastic efforts.

PE – Start of the morning with a bang with the bodycoach work out. This can be accessed via the following link: https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1 

Maths - How are your times tables going? Don't forget our Times Tables Rock Stars battle against Year 6 is ending on Friday – we’re currently winning (let’s keep it that way!) 

Gareth Metcalfe has his next online lesson in the morning and we will be watching again in the morning (available to watch later at your convenience) by following the link: http://www.iseemaths.com/home-lessons/  

English – Using Tuesday's picture,  read the task and try to use adverbial openers to help you describe. Use this powerpoint if you need to jog your memory of adverbial openers. 

Reading - I am delighted to announce that Amazon are allowing free downloads of children’s books on audible. Beware though as it’s free for 30 days then £7.99 a month afterwards so make sure you cancel the subscription if you don’t want to pay that.  I have already been listening to Maz Evans reading Who Let The Gods Out? Maybe you could give it a go? I wonder if Mr Brett’s character voices are accurate? If you can’t do this can you read your own book? Could you draw a character or settings from the descriptions? Or maybe you could make your own quiz about the book?

Wellbeing – Thursdays are usually Yoga days for Year 5. Why not try one of the videos from cosmic kids and try and find some inner peace.

Wednesday 25th March

We were delighted to see the pictures of cookies and cartoons from Katie today. It's great to see people enjoying the great range of activities available while we are at home. Next stop the Great British Bake Off?

Maths - How are your times tables going? Can you recite them out loud forwards and backwards? Don't forget our Times Tables Rock Stars battle against Year 6 is ending on Friday 

Gareth Metcalf has his next online lesson in the morning and we will be watching again in the morning( available to watch later at your convenience) by following the link: http://www.iseemaths.com/home-lessons/  

English - Why not try investigating some poetry today and improving your handwriting? Have a look online and choose a poem to illustrate. Some of our favourites are Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes and Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost. You can draw pictures around the verses you have written out, to illustrate the author's ideas.

Reading - David Walliams is reading some of his work everyday that we are in lockdown. It would be great to listen to him while drawing a picture of his characters. Follow the link to listen in. https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/

Creative - Oti Mabuse, from 'Strictly' is streaming a dance lesson at 11.30am. It is on Facebook so this must be done with an adult.  Adults and children will have fun joining in.

Rob Bidulph (an illustrator) can be found sharing his drawing ideas by following the link http://www.robbiddulph.com/draw-with-rob  The drawings are a simple start to developing your own imagination.

Tuesday 24th March

Maths - Try another 10 minute blast of Times Tables Rock Stars (remember our battle against Year 6). We enjoyed the Live Maths lesson from Gareth Metcalf and will be watching again in the morning( available to watch later at your convenience) by following the link: http://www.iseemaths.com/home-lessons/  

English - Using yesterday's picture,  read the task and try out the short burst write to help with a future writing task.

Reading - It's time to take some time out. Find a comfortable spot and read a book for 20 mins – more if you like. Maybe your grown up would like to share the story with you or even read a book of their own?

 Creative - Why not try baking at home? There are some very simple cookie recipes on line. The following recipe can be adapted in many ways from the website and only needs an initial four ingredients.  http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/10117/basic-cookie-recipe.aspx

Rob Bidulph (an illustrator) can be found sharing his drawing ideas by following the link http://www.robbiddulph.com/draw-with-rob  The drawings are a simple start to developing your own imagination.

Monday 23rd March

Maths - A 10 minute blast of Times Tables Rock Stars (we have set up a battle against Year 6). There is a Live Maths lesson (to be streamed from 9am but available to watch later at your convenience) by following the link: http://www.iseemaths.com/home-lessons/  

English - Have a look at this picture. Read the task and develop your vocabulary for a future writing task. 

Reading - This reading task is about magic and mystery. Can you answer the questions? 

Physical activity - On a daily basis, Joe Wicks will be releasing a series of workouts aimed at children that are home-learning. These activities can be accessed via the following link: https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1 

Geography - Improve your sticky knowledge. How quickly can you name the countries of South America?  https://www.sporcle.com/games/g/southamerica Can you name all the countries in Europe?  https://www.sporcle.com/games/g/europe How about the world?  https://www.sporcle.com/games/g/world Challenge someone at home.

Brilliant Book List

Please see the attached list of 'Brilliant Books' recommended for Year Five by clicking on the link. Reading is a great way to escape to a different world and occupy your time. We suggest that the children read little and often, each day, in order to further enrich their well-being. 

Long Term Plan

Music - Utter Madness

If you want a bit of home exercise, dance, singing and fun, read on.

In preparation for our choir music assembly, we were rehearsing the Madness Medley from Young Voices.  It’s a compilation of a few Madness songs, complete with words and bespoke dance moves from Young Voices’ dancing expert, Andy Instone.

When we get back to school, we’d like all the juniors (and teachers) to join in with the performance to celebrate us all getting back to normal. There are five video links (four to teach the moves and the full run).  The links below should get you there, but if they don’t, just go to Vimeo.com and search the number references.

https://vimeo.com/134937343 (I go driving in my car)

https://vimeo.com/134936559  (Our house)

https://vimeo.com/134935492  (It must be love)

https://vimeo.com/134934741  (Baggy trousers)

https://vimeo.com/134934093  (Full run)

As the choir already know, my dancing is already the best(!) Your challenge is to get at least one adult at home to join in the singing and dancing (video evidence accepted).

Above all, have some fun with it. There’s nothing like music to make you feel great.

Take care and best wishes,

Mr Byrne

Reminders

Reading records and books - Everyday (reading books will be checked on Wednesday)

PE Kits -  Fridays

Homework - Wednesdays

Spellings and Timetables - Fridays

News and Homework

Spellings

The children have been reviewing the lists of both Year 3 and 4 spelling and Year 5 spellings. The children have identified any gaps they may have and have composed their own spelling lists that is perfectly suited to their needs!  

Spellings Week Beginning 9/3/20 - silent letters

castle, nestle, thistle, jostle, rustle, fasten, listen, christen, glisten, moisten, condemn, hymn, solemn, column, autumn

Homework

Grammar Hammer 

Reading - logging reading in their reading records. 

Learning Resources

Here are a few suggested learning resources that the children can access at home.

Maths

An online version of the numbers game from countdown. There is no timer so the children can practise using their number knowledge in a fun way.  https://nrich.maths.org/6499

A great resource which can help to improve the speed of calculations and knowledge of their times tables.            https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

This is a great resource for recapping your mathematical knowledge. Mr Brett's favourite page is the puzzle page.     https://www.mathsisfun.com/index.htm

English

Reading

If you are ever stuck for what to read, or want to get into a new author, then this is a great website which allows you to read extracts from a range of authors.

http://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/

Topic

 Education city is a fantastic resource where the children can access a range of challenges and lessons from across the whole curriculum.   

https://ec1.educationcity.com/

A List of 100 Recommended Reading Books for Year Five and Six Children

This is a list of suggested Year Five and Six texts. Please note: some of these texts are meant for the more mature reader. We would advise you to read an online synopsis of each book before purchasing or borrowing to ensure that you are happy for your child to child to read it. If your child would like to discuss any of the themes within these books, they are very welcome to speak to a member of the Upper Key Stage Two team. 

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