English Spellings - see ClassDojo for your spelling list

Fluency Topic – Myths and Beasts

Maths

Ever wondered why the Welsh flag bears a dragon? Read this simple story to find out more, then see if you can find another more detailed version.https://www.slideshare.net/StefanoFalsini123/welsh-dragon-tale#:~:text=1.%20The%20Tale%20of%20the%20Welsh%20Dragon.%202.,happy%20about%20the%20white%20dragon%20living%20with%20them.

Rainbow spelling

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A rectangle is made up of smaller rectangles labelled A and B. The length of A is double the width of A. Find the length and width of the rectangles labelled B.

Challenge: build a mighty dragon! Use whatever materials you have – have fun with it!

See appendix for 3-digit x 1-digit questions.

Welsh dragon – research time!The current Welsh flag (see appendix) isn’t as old as you might think.Find out:1, In what year this flag was adopted.2, Who said that it should be used on Welsh government buildings.

Jumble lettersUse all the letters of your spelling word but jumble them up! Try to say your new word

spelling… plegsnil

jumble… bujlem Rani has 38p. How much money does Eva have?

Drawing the Welsh dragon using this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdxjMRbdY38

The Loch Ness monster…and other wee beasties (Scots for beasts / creatures!)Read the fact file in the English Appendix and create a Top Trumps style card set for 4 of the beasts.

A sequence is made up of three 2-digit numbers. The sequence increases by eight each time.These are the digits that make up the three numbers.

Work out the numbers in the sequence.

Loch Ness Monster – och, away, isne real!There are ‘photos’ of the Loch Ness Monster yet no scientist has ever been able to prove it exists!Use the internet to find out all the people who claim to have seen the monsters and the photos they have taken.

Read all about it! Loch Ness monster is REALWrite a short newspaper article as though a scientist has just proven the existence of Nessie (the Loch Ness Monster).What evidence would they have? What photos would they print?What does Nessie really look like?

‘Paint’ your spelling

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The mass of 1 cube and 4 cones is 110g.

The mass of 1 cube and 2 cones is 72g.

What is the mass of 1 cube?

Loch Ness – the lake.Now famous because of the mythical beast, Loch Ness is still an impressive place to visit. Find out what things there are to do on and around the lake if you were to visit.Hint – you could start by looking up watersports.

Acute and obtuse angles challenge

See Maths appendix for task.

Appendix English

The Welsh Flag

Fact file

Appendix Maths