MSJ Weekly Home Learning Feedback Guidance Week commencing 4th

May 2020

English Maths Other Learning Challenge Mon

This session has a grammar

focus revising expanded

noun phrases. The children

have covered this concept

multiple times before.

An expanded noun phrase

can be used to add

additional detail to a

sentence.

Key terms:

Noun: person, place, object

or thing.

Determiners:

Adjective: a describing

word. Often goes before the

noun. Remember commas to

separate multiple adjectives.

Arithmetic:

Daily arithmetic answers

are included at the end of

the booklet for children

to be able to self-mark.

White Rose:

PLEASE NOTE:

White Rose is only

uploading the videos to

their website from this

week. Therefore, the

activities have been

collated into a booklet for

your child. The answers

have also been provided so

that the children can self-

mark their understanding.

This week, the children

are consolidating their

work on fractions.

For more guidance on

simplifying fractions:

https://corbettmathsprim

ary.com/2018/07/24/equi

valent-fractions-and-

simplifying-fractions-

videos/

Answers to photo analysis: -Tables laid out in shape of a V for ‘Victory’

-Lots of people there - especially Mothers and children

-Absence of men ( still not returned from the war)

-Food was affected by rationing

Useful background reading:

Useful websites for independent research: https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/history/world-war-ii/ve-day/

http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/war/end.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/48201749

Tues

This week, the children will

be working on writing a

scene description of a VE

day street party.

This session focuses on

descriptive vocabulary

generation.

The idea here is that the

children apply their

understanding from the

session yesterday by trying

to incorporate expanded

noun phrases for impact.

The children should consider

what they might see, smell,

hear, taste and feel at a VE

Street Party.

Ideas:

-a mouth-watering spread of

food

-some ear-piercing, colourful

fireworks

-a jolly, celebratory

atmosphere

-the ornate, grand piano

-the bustling, impressively

decorated street

Comparing and

ordering

fractions:

Additional video guidance:

https://corbettmathsprim

ary.com/2018/07/21/orde

ring-fractions-video/

Additional question

booklet:

https://corbettmathsprim

ary.com/2018/07/21/orde

ring-fractions-questions/

Answers:

https://corbettmathsprim

ary.com/2018/07/21/orde

ring-fractions-answers/

Design Technology / History

Wartime recipes

Suggested wartime recipes are given

but if you don’t have access to

different ingredients, please don’t

worry. Your child might like to

produce an information book or

PowerPoint about the different

wartime recipes instead.

The Year 6 D&T food learning

objectives cover the following:

-Understand the importance of correct storage and

handling of ingredients (using knowledge of micro-

organisms).

-Measure accurately and calculate ratios

of ingredients to scale up or down from a recipe.

-Demonstrate a range of baking and

cooking techniques.

-Create and refine recipes, including ingredients,

methods, cooking times and temperatures.

Background information about ‘Make

Do and Mend:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2

peopleswar/stories/26/a7527026.sh

tml

http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co

.uk/war/rationing3.html

Sewing challenge:

Again, we appreciate that this task

requires resources. It you don’t have

sewing needles and thread, your child

could carry out some research about

the campaign instead or perhaps

produce a labelled diagram of a toy

they would like to make.

The children have practised their

sewing techniques during our Robin

Hood project.

They should be familiar with the

running and blanket stitches!

Wed

The focus of this session is

to unpick the example scene

description.

This feature spotting

exercise will be familiar with

the children; we regularly

unpick texts to identify the

structural and language

features.

When the children have

finished analysing the text,

they may like to plan out

their paragraphs and

consider what vocabulary

they will try to incorporate.

Examples:

Structural features:

-Writing organised into

paragraphs.

-Subordinate clauses

-A range of high-level

punctuation

-Past tense

-Passive voice

Language features:

-Rich, descriptive vocab

-Archaic word choices

-Expanded noun phrases

-Hyphenated adjectives

-Fronted adverbials

Add and

subtract

fractions:

Additional video guidance:

https://corbettmathsprim

ary.com/2018/07/16/addi

ng-fractions-2-video/

Additional question

booklet:

https://corbettmathsprim

ary.com/2018/07/16/addi

ng-fractions-1-questions/

Answers:

https://corbettmathsprim

ary.com/2018/07/17/addi

ng-fractions-1-answers/

Plan your own street party

Britain had been tested to the limit by the Second World War. It was the

first total war, where civilians were targeted at home as much as soldiers on

the battlefield. Every aspect of life in Britain was geared towards winning the

war. Food, clothing, petrol and even soap were rationed and families were

separated through evacuation, military service and war work.

When the war ended, there were celebrations all over the country and street

parties were held in towns and villages throughout Britain. People danced with

joy. Despite the celebrations, many had lost loved ones and it was a time to

remember them.

Typical weekly rations:

Thur

The focus of this session is the

children using their street

party planning sheet to write

their own scene description.

It is expected that most

children would write one side of

A4. However, some children

(who require a little more

support) may write one

paragraph.

The children should aim to

include description for effect.

If you have a

dictionary/thesaurus, the

children should be encouraged

to make regular reference to

these.

When finished, the children

should proof-reading carefully.

Some children may like to

carefully copy up in best.

This could be done by hand or

word processed.

Add and

subtract mixed

number

fractions:

Additional video guidance:

https://corbettmathsprim

ary.com/2018/07/21/mixe

d-numbers-video/

Additional question

booklet:

https://corbettmathsprim

ary.com/2018/07/21/mixe

d-numbers-questions/

Answers:

https://corbettmathsprim

ary.com/2018/07/21/mixe

d-numbers-answers/

Religious Education

In R.E, our new unit is based on the

key question:

Does belief in Akhirah

(life after death) help

Muslims lead good lives?

Back in the Autumn term,

the children began learning about

Islam and looked in depth at the Five

Pillars.

The Five Pillars of Islam are an

important part of Muslim life. They

are five things that a Muslim must do

so they can live a good and responsible

life. They include: -The declaration of faith (Shahada)

-Praying five times a day (Salat)

-Giving money to charity (Zakah)

-Fasting during the month of Ramadan (Sawm)

-A pilgrimage to Makkah at least once in a

lifetime (Hajj)

Over the next few weeks, we will

explore:

-What motivates us to take certain

actions?

-How do Muslims lead a good life?

-How are Muslims influenced by the

Five Pillars of Islam?

-What is your vision for the world?

Additional background information about Islam:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zpdtsbk/arti

cles/zrxxgwx

Computer Coding With computer science,

you can create anything

you can imagine: stories,

art, animation, music, websites and more!

Computer science uses code to make

projects called programs. Code is another

way of saying "instructions for the

computer."

There are a lot of ways to write code, but

the main way we use at MSJ is a

programming language called Scratch.

For this activity, the children will choose

an everyday hero from their own life.

They will then build a project using code

that shows your hero as a superhero!

If your child wants an additional challenge

or is feeling super confident, they might

like to follow the additional tutorials to

programme their sprite. For example,

they might like to code their sprite to fly

over buildings or spin!

Fri

As today is a Bank Holiday, we have not set any formal learning. Instead, the children have been set an optional task linked to the VE

celebrations. A template is provided below should your child wish to use it.

VE DAY COMMEMORATIVE TEA CUP DESIGN

White Rose

Fractions

Summer Week 3

Answers

White Rose Maths answers:

MONDAY – simplifying fractions

TUESDAY – compare and order fractions

WEDNESDAY – adding and subtracting fractions

THURSDAY – adding and subtracting mixed numbers