Jean's Youtube Intro

Jean has created a cool YouTube intro for the school YouTube channel. Check it out:

Earth and Space Quiz Answers

Hi all,

Here are the answers for the earth and space quiz questions.

Science Challenge - Earth and Space Test

Hi year 5,

I know you have already covered the Earth and Space with Mrs Stavish and Miss Rodgers so I thought I'd test your knowledge of what you can remember from the Spring term. Here is the mini-test:

The test also has a line graph question and you have been learning about line graphs in maths.
Good luck and I will put the answers on the blog in a few hours.

Maths - Monday 6th July

Hi year 5,

This week's maths lesson will be based around shape. Here is your video lesson:
Year 5 - Week 11 - Lesson 1 - Regular and irregular polygons from White Rose Maths on Vimeo.

Monday 6th July - Reading Comprehension (Chapter 10)

Hi year 5,

This will be the last chapter of The Boy at The Back of the Class. It's quite a long chapter again today, so read it in sections if you are losing concentration.

Here are your questions:

1. What evidence is there on page 100 that Ahmet had become famous in school?
2. What happened to Ahmet's photosynthesis plant? 102
3. How did Mrs Khan try to prevent anything else happening to Ahmet? 104
4. Why did the narrator think Ahmet's sister might be in nursery? P107
5. Why was Ahmet's rucksack so important to him? 108-109
6. Why were the pupils feeling strange? P113
7. What jobs did Ahmet's parents do in Syria? P116

Maths - Friday 3rd July - Angle Problems

Hi year 5,

We are going to finish this week with a few angle problems. You SHOULD NOT need a protractor for any of these questions, as you should be able to work them out mathematically.

Remember:

a. The angles on a straight line total 180 degrees.
b. The angles in a triangle also total 180 degrees.
c. The angles in a quadrilateral total 360 degrees.

Here are your problems:

Good luck and I will reveal the answers in a few hours.

Friday 3rd July - Writing a Biography

Hi year 5,

Today you will be writing your biography. Here is your video lesson:

Writing a Biography

You have the following choices for who to write about:

1. A famous person - e.g. Lionel Messi, Taylor Swift, Barack Obama etc...

2. An older family member mum, dad, uncle etc...

You might have to do some research it you choose a famous person.

Here are some ideas for things to include in your biography and how to structure it:

 Here are some ideas about expanding your sentences.

You could draw and complete a grid like this to collect some of your ideas together.

Here are the things you could include in each of you 4 paragraphs:

 

Good luck with your biographies. I would be interested to see who you write about, so if you can please e-mail your writing to:

year5@hilltop.doncaster.sch.uk