Good Morning Peacock Class I hope you are

Good Morning Peacock Class! I hope you are all happy and healthy. You are doing such an amazing job, and remember if you keep up with your home learning, it’s going to really help you when we return to school. Keep sending me the work you’re doing, it’s lovely to see what you have been up to. I can’t wait to see you all! Take Care Miss Kiely

Reading This week our topic is the Anglo Saxons, so I thought we would have some Anglo Saxon based reading activities too! You will find the comprehension on the Year 5 Home Learning Portal.

Today’s skills…. . Retrieval 1. Which is the BEST word to replace ‘obey’ to show everyone responded to the king’s orders. follow agree grant take on 2. Circle two trades taken on by coerls that are listed in the text. weaving falconry carpentry pottery shoeing horses 3. List 3 things that showed the slaves were at the bottom of Anglo-Saxon Society 4. Why is the word cyning written in italics in the text? Tick one answer • • It is written in another language ……… To show it is another word for king ……… To draw attention to it ……… It is an error ………

5. What would a coerl have to do for a thane in exchange for his protection? 6. Write one word to show that the Anglo-Saxon kings didn’t always get on with each other. Great work guys, now onto some pleasure reading. You can either log on to your Bug Club or you can read one of your books at home! Please let me know if you are struggling to access your Bug Club.

These are your 10 spellings for the week GPS Tip: Choose 2 words to learn each day, and then ask a grown up to test you Friday afternoon! Now watch this video and complete the online activities: https: //www. bbc. co. uk/bitesize/topics/zt 62 mnb/articles/zyv 4 qhv magician politician expansion tension invention hesitation creation musician supervision progression

GPS Punctuation and Inverted Commas https: //www. bbc. co. uk/bitesize/articles/zb 2 wjhv There activities to complete on the website or you can look at the next slide.

Insert the missing inverted commas in the sentences below. 1) If you head west from Ireland, said the tour guide, You’ll eventually get to America. 2) Following the Battle of Hastings, said the historian, William the Conqueror became King of England. 3) After you fill the jelly mould, said the chef, Place it in the fridge to chill 4) When you reach the end of the road, said the police officer, You should turn left.

5) Here is your said the teacher, maths homework, Please return it next Thursday. 6) Why haven’t you tided your bedroom? asked Mum, You said that you would do it yesterday. 7) After you fill the jelly mould, said the chef, place it in the fridge to chill.

English Firstly, choose an image… Then, write a description of what is happening in that image including speech (dialogue) between the characters. Make sure the speech is accurately punctuated with inverted commas. Remember…new speaker, new line! Top tips! Try to use a synonym to make your writing more interesting. For example, you could use the word said to show the character is speaking. Examples: whispered, shrieked, shouted, screamed, mumbled.

Arithmetic Strategies for making add and subtracting easier… https: //www. bbc. co. uk/bitesize/topics/znj 7 hyc/articles/zfbqnrd

Try these calculations using your new skill… 43 + 9 = 54 + 11 87 – 9 = 64 – 13 = 51 + 12 = 123 + 12 176 – 9 = 165 – 49 = 112 + 41 =

Maths

This week’s theme is History! We are going to revisit our topic: Anglo Saxons https: //www. bbc. co. uk/bitesize/topics/z xsbcdm/articles/zq 2 m 6 sg

Challenge 1: You are going to create your very own Anglo Saxon Village. You must label each part of the village giving a description of what you have drawn. You may even write some mini diary entries for some of your villagers living there. Use the website above to gather ideas or use the information here. Here’s an example: Challenge 2: You could also create an Anglo Saxon Village on Minecraft, like the one below:

Until tomorrow… and …