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Year 5 Homework
13.07.18 - Arts week homework
Your homework this week is preparation for Art’s Week next week. You need to find some small photographs of someone famous. Make sure you focus on one person. Try to find some colour and some black and white photos; they may be from the internet or from newspapers/magazines. Cut the pictures out and bring them into school on Monday morning. We will be using them to make a portrait of the person you have chosen.
13.07.18 - Health week homework
Make the healthy recipe found here and see what your friends and family think of it.
06.07.18 - Maths homework
Revise any areas you found difficult in the Maths test from this week.
06.07.18 - English homework
Learn your lines for our year group presentation.
06.07.18 - Spelling homework
Practice the words you misspelled in your spelling test from this week. Then, use these words in a piece of writing.
29.06.18 - Maths homework
To solve questions involving converting between metric and imperial units.
29.06.18 - English homework
To answer questions about various SPaG concepts.
29.06.18 - Spelling homework
Choose 6 words which are tricky to spell and learn how to spell them confidently. Challenge yourself to use them in a piece of writing.
22.06.18 - Maths homework
Answer questions involving measurements and money.
22.06.18 - English homework
Have a discussion at home about a topic that regularly gets brought up in which different opinions arise. For example, doing chores. It could be a discussion you have with parents/grandparents/siblings etc. Once you’ve had the verbal discussion, write it up. Remember an introduction, arguments for, arguments against and then a conclusion.
22.06.18 - Spelling rule
Choose 6 words which are tricky to spell and learn how to spell them confidently. Challenge yourself to use them in a piece of writing.
15.06.18 - Maths homework
To answer questions about regular and irregular polygons.
15.06.18 - English homework
To answer questions about various SPaG concepts.
15.06.18 - Spelling homework
Rule: Suffixes beginning with vowel letters ending in -fer. Choose 6 words which contain the rule suffixes beginning with vowel letters ending in -fer and learn how to spell them confidently. Challenge yourself to use them in a piece of writing.
08.06.05 - Maths homework
Complete the questions involving finding missing angles.
08.06.18 - English homework
Write a recount about our WW2 visit to Armley Mills. Remember to include information about what we did and what you learnt. Use the past tense, time conjuctions and expanded noun phrases to add structure and detail to your writing.
08.06.18 - Spelling homework
Choose 6 words form the year 5/6 word list and learn how to spell them confidently.
25.05.18 - English homework
In English after half term, we are learning about information leaflets and looking at their features. Please can you find real life examples of information leaflets (they need to inform not persuade) and bring them in to school, ready for our lessons this week. Alongside this, research what life was like during WW2 in both the city and the countryside. Both pieces of homework are vital for our lessons and need to be brought into school on Tuesday 5th June.
25.05.18 - Spelling homework
Practice the words you misspelled in your spelling test from this week. Then, use these words in a piece of writing.
18.05.18 - Maths homework
Create a poster about how to draw and measure an angle. Include warnings about what mistakes could be made.
18.05.18 - History homework
Learn the WW2 songs in preparation for our trip to Armley Mills.
18.05.18 - Spelling homeowork
Rule: i before e except after c. Choose 6 words which contain the rule i before e except after c and learn how to spell them confidently. Challenge yourself to use them in a piece of writing.
11.05.18 - Maths homework
Solve the questions involving decimals.
11.05.18 - English homework
Find a picture you would like to write a Free Verse poem about. Mind map ideas around the image, thinking about the different features which can be used in these poems. Then, write your Free Verse poem. Your poem could include; alliteration, onomatopoeia, repetition, the five senses, similes, metaphors, personification and hyperbole.
14.11.18 - Spelling homework
Choose 6 words which are tricky to spell and learn how to spell them confidently. Challenge yourself to use them in a piece of writing.
04.05.18 - Maths homework
Solve the decimal problems and explain the mistakes.
04.05.18 - English homeowork
Improve the dull sentences by changing words and adding phrases. The worksheet can be found here.
04.05.18 - Spelling homework
Rule: Words with quiet letters. Choose 6 words which contain quiet letters and learn how to spell them confidently. Challenge yourself to use them in a piece of writing.
27.04.18 - Maths homework
Solve questions involving adding and subtracting fractions.
27.04.18 - English homework
Read the passage from Jane Eyre (from our English lessons) and write a modern day version of the story. The text can be found here.
27.04.18 - Spelling homework
Rule: Suffix -cious and -tious. Choose 6 words which contain suffix -cious and -tious and learn how to spell them confidently. Challenge yourself to use them in a piece of narrative.
20.04.18 - Maths homework
Solve questions involving fractions, percentages and decimals.
20.04.18 - English homework
Read through the passage from 'The Wind in the Willows' and highlight words you are unsure of. Then, look these words up in a dictionary and create a glossary. After, summarise the key events of the story. The text can be found here.
20.04.18 - Spelling homework
Choose 6 words from 'White Fang' that you highlighted for your glossary and learn how to spell them confidently.
29.03.18 - Maths homework
Reaswer Answer questions which involve writing decimals as fractions. Can you challenge yourself to write them as a percentage as well?
29.03.18 - English homework
Complete the comprehension task about the poem 'The Colour of my Dreams'. The text can be found here and the questions here. We will be working through the questions together on our first comprehension lesson back after the holiday.
29.03.18 - Spelling homework
Rule: Double letters. Choose 6 words which contain double letters and learn how to spell them confidently. Challenge yourself to use them in a piece of narrative.
23.03.18 - Maths homework
Solve the fraction problem which involves finding fractions of amounts.
23.03.18 - PE homework
Learn the rules for High 5 Netball. The rules can be found here.
23.03.18 - Spelling homework
Practice the words you misspelled in your spelling test from this week. Then, use these words in a piece of writing.
16.03.18 - Maths homework
Solve fraction questions and problems involving multiplying fractions and whole numbers.
16.03.18 - Science homework
This week we have started our Science topic on Earth and Space. Research the Solar System to find some interesting facts. You could find out about individual planets, stars, the moon etc. You could present your information as a small, model, poster, booklet or a way of your choosing. Here is the link we used during our Science lesson to look at the Solar System: http://www.solarsystemscope.com/#plans
16.03.18 - Spelling homework
Rule: Homophones and near homophones. Choose 6 homophones and near homophones and learn how to spell them confidently.
09.03.18 - Maths homework
Solve questions involving adding and subtraction various forms of fractions.
09.03.18 - English homework
Write the beginning of story based on the images below. Remember to include lots of detail and description. Also use the five senses and a range of sentence structures to help you write your story.
09.03.18 - Spelling homework
Rule: ee spelled ei. Choose 6 words which contain ee spelled ei and learn how to spell them confidently.
16.02.18 - Maths homework
Compete, class versus class, on Times Table Rock Stars 'Battle of the Band' in the tournament section. The competition starts at 3.15pm today until Sunday 25th in the evening. Good luck!
16.02.18 - Food and Nutrition homework
Complete the 'Sugar Smart' worksheet. See if you can swap some of your foods and drinks for a healthier option with less sugar. Record your changes on the sheet here.
02.02.18 - Spelling hoework
Rule: words ending in -ency. Choose 6 words which end in -ency and learn how to spell them confidently.
09.02.18 - Maths homework
Solve the 'Square it up' Maths problem.
09.02.18 - Food and Nutrition homework
In preparation for our Food and Nutrition lesson on Friday 16th February, keep a food diary for the week. Record the snacks and meals you eat each day and write down the amounts of each food you have. For example, how many slices of bread, how many grams of pasta, how many sausages etc. Also to help with our lesson, please bring in any food and drinks packaging which clearly shows nutritional amounts.
09.02.18 - Spelling homework
Choose 6 words form the year 5/6 word list and learn how to spell them confidently.
02.02.18 - Maths homework
Solve the questions about equivalent fractions.
02.02.18 - English homework
Turn sentences with relative clauses back in to simple sentences. The worksheet can be found here.
02.02.18 - Spelling homework
Rule: Double consonants. Choose 6 words which contain double consonants and learn how to spell them confidently.
26.01.18 - Maths homework
Solve division questions with remainders. Write your remainder as a fraction then challenge yourself to write it as a decimal.
26.01.18 - Music homework
We would like our children to create a new football chant! Chants cab be up to 50 words long and can be rapped (non-pitched) or sung to an existing or new melody. We will then choose one winning chant from each class and enter it into ‘The Big Chant’ competition.
26.01.18 - Spelling homework
Rule: Words ending in -ent. Choose 6 words ending in -ent and learn how to spell them confidently.
19.01.18 - Maths homework
Solve 3 digit by 2 digit multiplication calculations.
19.01.18 - English homework
BBC Radio Two 500 words story writing competition.
19.01.18 - Spelling homework
Rule: Homophones and near homophones. Choose 6 homophones and near homophones and learn how to spell them confidently.
12.01.18 - Maths homework
Solve 4 digit by 1 digit multiplication calculations. Challenge yourself by solving 2 digit by 2 digit multiplication calculations.
12.01.18 - English homework
Next week in English we are writing a biography about David Attenborough. Continue with your research on the Naturalist. Remember to find key information and make notes on the same piece of paper you started your research on. Make sure your homework is in school by Wednesday 17th January as your information is needed in our English lesson.
12.01.18 - Spelling homework
Choose 6 words form the year 5/6 word list and learn how to spell them confidently.
21.12.17 - History homework
To continue our Egyptian DT at home, we would like children to make either a piece of Egyptian jewellery or a Sphinx. Information and ideas can be found here.
15.12.17 - Maths homework
5RW to complete the maths investigation on area. The activity can be found here.
15.12.17 - English homework
Children to find the expanded noun phrase or write an expanded noun phrase to describe a picture. Finding expanded noun phrases can be found here. Writing expanded noun phrases can be found here.
15.12.17 - Spelling homework
Rule: ibly and ably. Choose 6 words which contain the suffixes ibly and ably and learn how to spell them confidently.
08.12.17 - English homework
Do you have any Christmas traditions? (Something you do each year at Christmas time). Do your traditions and our Christmas time differ from Christmas in other countries? Research this and any questions about Christmas traditions you would like to know the answer to. Some of you will be chosen to help out with Miss Whiteley’s assembly.
08.12.17 - Spelling homework
Practice the words you misspelled in your spelling test from this week. Then, use these words in a piece of writing.
01.12.17 - English homework
We have learnt a lot of interesting information about the Egyptians on our trip to Leeds City Museum. Your task is to present the information you found most interesting. This could be as a poster, a model, piece of art work. Be as creative as possible! Some of the homework will be displayed in the classroom and shared area.
01.12.17 - Spelling homework
Rule: Silent letters. Choose 6 words which contain silent letters and learn how to spell them confidently.
24.11.17 - Maths homework
Create factor trees to find the prime factors.
24.11.17 - English homework
We would like our school to take part in the ‘Premier League Primary Stars’ poetry competition. We want our pupils to write poems based on the theme of resilience, entitled Try, Try Again. You might recognise that as the title of the poem used in the TV advert for Premier League Primary Stars – it encourages you to work hard and to never give up. Here is a link to the advert. https://plprimarystars.com/competitions/writing-stars
There is a KS1 competition and KS2 competition. They will be judged by a high-profile panel, including Children's Laureate, Lauren Child, former footballer Frank Lampard, Everton star Yannick Bolasie and the Young People's Laureate for London, Caleb Femi. If your child would like to take part please return their finished poem by Friday 8th December. Poems need to be no more than 20 lines or 150 words and be on the theme of resilience. Please make sure that’s your child’s name, class and age is on their entry. Some of the prizes for the winning poems include are a visit from a children's author, plus the Premier League Trophy! Poems may also be read aloud by a Premier League star and captured on film. We look forward to reading them.
24.11.17 - Spelling homework
Rule: Double consonants. Choose 6 words which contain double consonants and learn how to spell them confidently.
17.11.17 - Maths homework
Multiplying and dividing numbers by 10, 100 and 1000. Digits move places to the left when multiplying and to the right when dividing.
17.11.17 - Science homework
Science week factual poster competition. Design a poster with facts about a famous scientist. Posters need to be on A3 paper with your name and class on. You can choose how you fill your paper.
17.11.17 - Spelling homework
Rule: Homophones. Choose 6 homophones learn how to spell them confidently.
10.11.17 - Maths homework
Complete and answer questions about information tables and time tables.
10.11.17 - English homework
Next week in English we are learning about persuasive texts. Adverts are one example of a persuasive text. Find different examples of real life persuasive texts, besides adverts. Can you identify common features?
10.11.17 - Spelling homework
Rule: the letter y making a vowel sound. Choose 6 words which contain the letter y making a vowel sound and learn how to spell them confidently.
03.11.17 - Maths homework
Solve sum, difference and comparison problems using line graphs.
03.11.17 - English homework
Write a set of instructions about a topic of your choice. It could be instructions to explain how to make or draw something. It could tell someone how to complete your dance routine or exercise activity. It could be instructions on how to get to your favourite place or play your invented game. There are lots of options, the choice is yours.
03.11.17 - Spelling homework
Rule: suffix able. Choose 6 words which contain the suffix able and learn how to spell them confidently.
20.10.17 - STEM homework
Make a Cartesian diver. Instructions can be found here.
20.10.17 - English homework
Find another text written by Philip Pullman. From the front cover, infer and predict what you think the text will be about. Do you think it is a fiction text? Is it a mystery and suspense story? Who will the characters be? Mind map all your ideas. Then, compare your chosen text to Clockwork. Do you think the texts are similar / different? Why? Begin to read the beginning of your chosen text and again compare it to Clockwork.
20.10.17 - Spelling homework
Rule: Homophones. Choose 6 homophones learn how to spell them confidently.
13.10.17 - Maths homework
Solve addition and subtraction problems with numbers up to six digits. Use column addition and column subtraction to do this.
13.10.17 - English homework
Write a piece of narrative using adverbials to link ideas across paragraphs. The worksheet can be found here.
13.10.17 - Spelling homework
Rule: Homophones. Choose 6 homophones learn how to spell them confidently.
05.10.17 - Maths homework
Queen Esmerelda has 20 gold coins. She puts them in four piles.
- The first pile had four coins more than the second.
- The second pile had one less coin than the third.
- The fourth pile had twice as many coins as the second.
How many gold coins did Esmerelda put in each pile?
05.10.17 - English homework
Practise the wording you misspelled in your spelling test from this week. Then, use these words in a piece of writing.
29.09.17 - Maths homework
Converting numbers to Roman Numerals and Roman Numerals to numbers.
29.09.17 - English homework
For the last few weeks of this half term, we are looking more closely at ‘mystery and suspense’ stories, like Clockwork. Find a couple of extracts from a ‘mystery and suspense’ story and create a checklist of the features you think need to be included in these types of stories. You can highlight examples in the text to help you.
29.09.17 - Spelling homework
Rule: Suffix ible. Choose 6 words which contain the suffix ible and learn how to spell them confidently.
22.09.17 - Maths homework
In Maths lessons this week, we have been learning about positive and negative numbers. Use the link below to play 'Tug Harder', to continue with your learning.
22.09.17 - English homework
Next Thursday is National Poetry Day and to help celebrate, each KS2 year group will be presenting a poem in assembly. The theme is Freedom, therefore we have chosenthe poem 'Invictus' by William Henley. Learn the poem so that you can read it aloud with confidence.
Link to the poem: https://naionalpoetryday.co.uk/poem/invictus/
Link to the Invictus Games story: https://invictusgamesfoundation.org/foundation/story/
22.09.17 - Spelling homework
Rule: Letter string ough. Choose 6 words which contain the letter string ough and learn how to spell them confidently.
15.09.17 - Maths homework
Partitioning 4-digit numbers.
15.09.17 - English homework
In our RE lessons we are thinking about places that our special to us and why these places are important. People who follow different religions also have special places. Create a piece of work, to be displayed in the shared area, which explains your special place and also a place that is special to someone who follows a specific religion. For example, a place is special for Christians.
15.09.17 - Spelling homework
Rule: silent b. Choose 6 words which contain a silent b and learn how to spell them confidently.
15.09.17 - Additional homework
If you would like to be a school council member, write a speech to explain why you should be chosen and what you would like to do if you were on the council. Speeches will then be presented on Wednesday 20th September.