Literacy

Formal and Informal Language

Success criteria:

• Understand the difference between formal and informal language.

• Change/select examples of formal and informal writing.

• Edit sentences/passages to suit formal and informal styles.

• Create/write a formal letter

Grammar - Capital Letter revision

Capital letters are used at the beginning of sentences and for the pronoun I. They are also used for many more things – higlighted on the poster in your pack. 

2 PowerPoints are attached along with two interactive resources: 

Thursday Literacy Reading Activities

You will be complete some excellent Literacy Tasks today which will include your favourite books and characters from them! There will be NO WRITTEN NUMERACY WORK, just Fun Literacy activities.

Listed below are the activities that can be completed today:

1. Describing your Character – Insert some powerful adjectives describing your favourite characters.

2. How are you similar to your favourite Character – 3 points and draw a picture of your favourite character.

3. How are people you know similar to your favourite characters - Give examples of people you know who are like your favourite characters – pick 3 people, 3 characters and write why they are similar.

4. Write a blurb for your favourite book – look at the examples on the PowerPoint and detailed on the page. You can create your own blurb for your favourite book, can you make it a lot more exciting?!

5. Design your own bookmark – examples on notes below and a piece of card is inserted into your pack for you to complete it on.

6. Book Hunt – Inserted into your pack is a book hunt. Please follow instructions on the sheet. Send in your answers via SEESAW!

7. OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES – World Book Day Wordsearch and Crossword

8. World Book Day – Dress Up Challenge – if you haven’t already read the poster/note for this week’s competition, please check it out. There is a special prize for some class winners!  

Numeracy

Percentages

Monday - Lesson 1 – Calculating Percentages of Amounts

Tip: Use number fact (Fractions, Decimals Percentages to help remind you of your amounts: Percentage of amounts - 50%, 25% and 10%)

Please follow your timetable/guide, to show you what to complete and how to do it.   

Teaching Videos/Links/PowerPoints and Interactive games are attached below:

Tuesday - Lesson 2 – Calculating Percentages of Amounts continued

Tip: Use number fact (Fractions, Decimals Percentages to help remind you of your amounts: Percentage of amounts - 50%, 25% and 10%)

Please follow your timetable/guide, to show you what to complete practical card games and what to do in your booklet.   

Recap on yesterday's teaching videos/links and PowerPoints for further reminder. 

Wednesday - Lesson 3 – Percentages Increase and Decrease

Please follow your timetable/guide, to show you what to complete practical card games and what to do in your booklet.

Remember to check out Guide for images to help you with calculating! 

Teaching videos/links and PowerPoints are attached below: 

Friday - Lesson 4 – Percentages in a sale

Please follow your timetable/guide, to show you what to complete practical card games and what to do in your booklet.

An example on how to complete/calculate worksheet is attached in your Guide. Please check it out. 

Recap on yesterday's teaching videos/links and PowerPoints for further reminder. 

WAU – Titanic

This week will be the last week we use our Titanic Grids. Task are as follows: 

1. Ice Warnings – Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

2. Iceberg Ahead – information sheet and possible science experiment to try at home. All details on the pack. Links to help are below. 

3. The Collision – read the passage and answer the questions that follow

4. 1 Titanic Grid Activity – If you wish, you could complete one more activity from your Titanic Activity Grid.

RE – Eric Liddell

Over the next few weeks we will be looking at the story of Eric Liddell. It highlights someone who used their talents, but also honoured God and stood up for what he believed in at the same time.

There is a video link below for pupils to watch.

Task 1: Complete Questions on Page 3 of booklet

Task 2: Read story of Eric Liddell ‘Early Life’ Page 4 & 5

Task 3: Complete questions at the top of the page – Page 6

Task 4: Create poster/answer questions about your favourite sporting hero Page 6

PE – I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here PE CHALLENGE - Week 2

This will be your last week to get your entries and scores in for your PE Challenge!

Details are as follows:

It’s made up of a series of exercises and the longer you do each exercise the more stars you get for camp!

Details of the challenges and how to do complete them, are all on the Seesaw post. Send in your videos via Seesaw to our Blog or just to me! Let’s see WHO GATHERS UP the MOST STARS by 5^th March!

This will be your last week to get your entries and scores in for your PE Challenge!

Details are as follows:

It’s made up of a series of exercises and the longer you do each exercise the more stars you get for camp!

Details of the challenges and how to do complete them, are all on the Seesaw post. Send in your videos via Seesaw to our Blog or just to me! Let’s see WHO GATHERS UP the MOST STARS by 5^th March!

MUSIC – BBC Ten Pieces – Tempo – just simply  3 short videos!!

Week 4 – Tempo - Follow the link and scroll down to the Tempo section:

1. Watch Warm up video called Brrr

2. Watch Learn video with BBC Bitesize

3. Watch Play it - Interactive musical game.

Click the link below to get started!