NEW LINKS - Virtual Sports Day

NEW WORKING LINKS 

We apologise that the links didn't work 

yesterday. Click below to watch the videos 

and log your score 

HILL TOP NEEDS YOU!

Pupils, parents and teachers of Hill Top, enter the Trust Virtual Sports Competition 

and let’s make Hill Top victorious!

Join the competition and help Hill Top win against the other schools in the Trust!

To log your score 

- https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdAQ5HNm_4deh9SiBZcO3f56MwWHRNDnktIC1j4dTi4RR4nxg/viewform

To see the activities -

 https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmX9uy8Tkt1wBBwpbVtltaobge8gsngay

Take a look at our video of the teachers practising their skills last week.

Hill Top Staff - Virtual Sports Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxq8R909bi8

Maths - Tuesday 30th June

Hi year 5,

Your maths challenge today focuses on drawing lines and angles accurately. Again if you don't have a protractor you could estimate the angles. Also the are protractor apps on the Apple Store and Google Play that use your phone camera. Many of them are free.

Here is the video:
Year 5 - Week 10 - Lesson 2 - Drawing lines and angles accurately from White Rose Maths on Vimeo.

Here are the worksheets to go with that lesson:

Tuesday 30th June - English Challenge (Biography)

Hi year 5,

This week English will be about biographies. A biography is a book written about someone's life. Here are two examples you might have:

Today's lesson will be a reading comprehension lesson here are the quizzes and video:

Lesson 1 - Video

Here are the slides which are also on the video. The biography is about women who have changed the course of history.

Here is a reminder of strategies for how to answer comprehension questions:

And here are your questions to answer today:

Virtual Sports Week

HILL TOP NEEDS YOU!

Pupils, parents and teachers of Hill Top, enter the Trust Virtual Sports Competition 

and let’s make Hill Top victorious!

Join the competition and help Hill Top win against the other schools in the Trust!

To log your score - https://buff.ly/2JLxTUi...

To see the activities - https://buff.ly/2YF4fXp...

Take a look at our video of the teachers practising their skills last week.

Hill Top Staff - Virtual Sports Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxq8R909bi8

Maths Challenge - Monday 29th June (Angles)

Hi year 5,

Today's lesson involves estimating and measuring angles. Whilst you do need a protractor for the last couple of questions you should be able to complete most of the sheet without one. Here is the video:
Year 5 - Week 10 - Lesson 1 - Measure with a protractor from White Rose Maths on Vimeo.

Here are the lesson worksheets:

Monday 29th June - Spellings

Good morning year 5,


Here are your spellings for this week. They focus on the in prefix 'in'

Complete picture words with your spellings this week. Here is my example:

                                                                           inactive

Monday 29th June - Reading Comprehension

Hi year 5,

We are up to Chapter 9 in the book The Boy at the Back of the Classroom. Here is the link for chapters 1-10:

Chapters 1-10

And here is chapter nine on its own:

Here are today's reading comprehension questions:

1. What reasons does the narrator give for pomegranates being their favourite fruit in the world now? P91

2. Find 2 pieces of evidence that the narrator is angry with Brendan the Bully. P94

3. What simile does the author use to show that Ahmet wouldn't stop hitting Brendan the Bully. P96

4. Why does the author use capital letters frequently on pages 96 and 97 when the teachers are speaking? 

5. What was Ahmet's punishment for getting into the fight with Brendan the Bully? P98

6. Do you think Ahmet was right to hit Brendan the Bully? Justify your answer with evidence from the text.

Art Challenge 3 - Texture Rubbings

Hi year 5,

Here is your art lesson for this week.

This lesson involves you collecting objects with an interesting texture from around the home and creating a RUBBING on to paper using a pencil.

Here is a video demonstration:

Texture Rubbing

Activity:

Create some texture rubbings of surfaces from around your home. You should be able to fit multiple rubbings on the same page. You could also label them with the name of the surface you use for the rubbing, like this example:

Beata's Artwork

Last week's art lesson was about sketching a scene from a window in your house:

Sketching Lesson

Here is Beata's very detailed sketch, in which she has used some excellent shading techniques:

Maths Challenge - Problem Solving Questions

Hi year 5,

Just a few problem solving questions for you this morning. I will put the answers up this afternoon. Remember:

1. Read the question carefully - more than once if necessary.
2. Select or highlight the important information.
3. Carefully consider any units needed in the answer e.g. £, kg, cm etc...
4. Display your calculation for harder questions.
5. Check through your working and answers.

English Challenge - Friday 26th June

Hello year 5,

In today's lesson you are going to write a set of instructions about HOW TO CAPTURE A DRAGON:

Here is the video lesson to explain more:

Writing Instructions

Here is the teacher's example of How to Capture a Dragon instructions to help give you some ideas:

And here are some of the writing skills you need to include:

Good luck with writing your dragon instructions. You could write on the computer or hand write the instructions:

If you would like me to check over your writing you could photograph it and email it to me at:

year4@hilltop.doncaster.sch.uk

Mr Hissey.

Science Challenge - Forces (Final Lesson)

Good morning year 5,

Today we are going to finish our science learning with a mini-test to see what we have learnt and remember about forces. Here are my tips:

1. Read each question carefully.
2. Think carefully about any scientific vocabulary in the question - e.g. friction, gravity etc...
3. Try to make your answer to the questions carefully.

Beata's Sausage and Spaghetti Kebabs

Beata has been making some sausage and spaghetti kebabs using a recipe she found on a YouTube video.

English Challenge - Thursday 25th June (Features of Instructions)

Hello year 5,

I hope you are well and enjoyed reading the instructional text about Morrison Shelters yesterday. Today's lesson will focus on the key features of an instructional piece of writing.

Here is a link to the quizzes and video lesson:

Features of Instructions

All of the following pictures are on the video, but I like to put them on the blog so you don't have to keep pausing the video.

Here are the main features of a set of instructions:

Here is your activity. You should label the instructions with each key feature. I have done the first one for you as an example:

A = Fronted adverbial
B
C
D
etc....

Maths Challenge - Thursday 25th June

Hello year 5,

We will be looking at more decimals today. In this lesson you will be dividing them by 10, 100 and 1000. Remember, when we divide a decimal by 10, 100 or 1000 the digits will move to the right of the place value columns.

Here is the video lesson:
Year 5 - Week 9 - Lesson 4 - Divide decimals by 10 100 and 1000 from White Rose Maths on Vimeo.


And here are your questions about dividing decimals: