Term 5 Week 1

Welcome back! 😊 We hope you have managed to have a happy and healthy break. We are missing you all lots and are always thinking about you!

Every Monday while school is closed, we will set weekly tasks for you to complete at home. If you have any questions about the work, you can ask these on the blog using the ‘Comment’ section (don’t forget to use your initials only – you don’t need to put an email address).

Of course we want to see your wonderful work, so we have set up a new class email address that you can use to send it to us! It is: 5KT@westrise-jun.e-sussex.sch.uk

If you have any other queries, questions or concerns please ask your adult to email Mr Fairclough: mikef@westrise-jun.e-sussex.sch.uk

This week’s tasks:

1. Maths Tasks

MyMaths

Have a look on MyMaths for your tasks. Check out our feedback on the tasks you have completed 🙂 Don’t forget to check out some of the Games, too! This week, we would like you to have a go at playing these Fractions games:

• Fractions Golf (find it in Games / Golf)
• Fraction Pairs (find it in Games / Pairs Games)
• For an even harder challenge, try Fractions Pairs 2 (find it in Games / Pairs Games)

Comment below to let us know which game you liked best, and why!

Practical Maths activities

Here are some other Maths activities for you to try at home this week.

Activity 1: Estimating Weight

Find several different items of food. Pick them up, and estimate their weight in grams. Then, either weigh them, or look on the packaging, to see how close you were!

Hopefully, as you go on, you will get more and more accurate. For example, does an apple feel a similar weight to a bar of chocolate? Does a yoghurt feel about twice as heavy as a satsuma?

You could even draw up your findings in a table, like this:

Item	Estimated weight (g)	Actual weight (g)

 You could even add another column and use it to convert your weights into kilograms (kg).

Have fun, and let us know using the ‘Comments’ how you have been getting on!

Activity 2: Countdown

Play your own version of Countdown using the four operations (+  –  x  ÷)

This video shows you how you can set this up at home:

You could play against other people you live with!

Let us know how you’ve been getting on 🙂

• Spellings

Here are this week’s spellings. You know lots of fun ways to practise these; rainbow writing, acrostic poems, blue for vowels, plus all the other activities we have carried out in class. On Friday, ask someone at home to test you on these by putting them into sentences (dictation), just like we do at school. Comment on this Blog post or email us to let us know how you got on.

Miss G’s Group	Ms H’s Group	Ms K and Mrs T’s Group	Miss Stringell, Miss Scott and Miss Bevan’s (Miss Hayes’ old group) Groups
Hyphens co-operate co-own co-owner co-pilot re-enter re-cover re-entry co-ordinate co-author re-creation	Hyphens co-operate co-own co-owner co-pilot re-enter re-cover re-entry	Hyphens co-operate co-own co-owner co-pilot re-enter re-cover	dge endings badge bridge edge fridge hedge

• Topic Task

Our new topic is Ancient Greece.

Your task is to find out some amazing and interesting facts about Ancient Greece or the Ancient Greeks. Present these facts in a creative way; whether it be through a poster, leaflet, PowerPoint or another way. This can be created by hand or on a computer. Don’t forget to send us your finished work (or a picture of it) using the email address above.

In addition to all of this, please also remember that our school Facebook page is constantly being updated with useful information and helpful hints and tips.

For even more learning activities, you can also use this fantastic website: https://www.twinkl.co.uk/home-learning-hub for a whole day of activities, updated daily. You can choose whether to follow the entire day’s timetable or pick and choose the activities you fancy.

Have a good week! We really look forward to hearing from you!

Ms K, Mrs T and Miss S 😊

Check out JW, KW and SW having fun with the Maths activities this week. Their guesses got more and more accurate as they went along. Feel free to email us your photos, so that we can post pictures of you too 🙂

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Look at these fabulous and beautifully presented Ancient Greek pieces of work from SH, SW, KW and JW. Fantastic effort ROA to all of you 🙂 (We will give you these when we’re back at school).

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DB would like to share his Math estimating work and Maya Topic work. Great effort and a ROA for you 🙂

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TG has started making a Powerpoint Presentation about the Ancient Greeks. Who knew they were the inventors of the Yoyo? TG has also been practising his spellings, writing a story about Captain Chicken Nugget and much more. We think this a fantastic effort and he has earned a ROA 🙂

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We love the way EC practised her spellings this week, scrabble style! EC also spent some time at forest school in her garden, how wonderful to be able to keep it up 🙂

Remember you can also email us your work at 5kt@westrise-jun.e-sussex.sch.uk