English (SEND IN)

 

LO: To use synonyms.

In this lesson, we will introduce new vocabulary, identify word pairs and synonyms and apply the vocabulary in sentences.

Task:

1. Complete 4 different sentences using the word dart.  Use each of the sentence stems on the video and then do one of your own.
2. Repeat for each of the other synonyms for run: charge and hurtle.
3. Use a thesaurus to fin some other synonyms for ‘run’.

Altogether you should have written 12 sentences.  Push yourself to use some ambitious vocabulary.

Arithmetic

Task:

1. Complete Paper 2
2. Self-mark your work: can you find one great mistake that you made? 
3. Choose one of the questions you made a mistake with and find a video online (Corbett Maths is great!) to help you practise the skill.

Maths (SEND IN)

 

Maths No Problem

LO:  To convert between centimetres and millimetres.

Look at the ‘In Focus’ picture and follow the questions underneath through.  Jot down your thoughts and any workings as you work through.  Read through how our friends thought through the picture.

Once you completed your journal, complete Worksheet 1. Go for it: try the challenge.

Task:

1. Complete a journal explaining how you can convert all of the measurements to the same metric unit.  Challenge:  Can you convert them all to mm and also cm?  Can you show the conversion chart (as in the Corbett Maths videos) and refer to this in your explanation?
2. Worksheet 1 – all questions.

Extension:  challenge question

Mrs. Holdaway’s Group

LO: Units of measure.

Have a go at the intro quiz – can you get 6 out of 6?

Next watch the video and work through the lesson, where you will explore common measurements to use when estimating other measurements..

Task:

1. Complete the worksheet.  Either write the questions and answers on a sheet of paper, or you can download the worksheet by clicking on the download symbol which is just above the worksheet on the right hand side.
2. Now have a go at the exit quiz.

RE

Look at the diagram on the PowerPoint to think about how worldviews can be split into religious, nonreligious and views that contain elements of both. Think about what you know about a religion, then click on that religion to reveal some key facts. Read through the information about humanism and its key influential thinkers, using the information cards, that have been uploaded.

Task:

There are three levels of difficulty:

• 1 star (easiest) - Read about George Eliot and highlight the key ideas. Choose 6 key ideas and write them inside the keys, then complete a sentence stating whether or not you agree with those ideas.
• 2 stars (middle) – Read about Charles Darwin (highlighting 3 key ideas) and Marie Curie (highlighting another 3 key ideas).  Write the 6 key ideas inside the keys and compare. Colour in the keys that show similarities between the ideas
• 3 stars (hardest) - Read about Mary Wollstonecraft, George Eliot and Marie Curie, and highlight the key ideas and complete the table. Look for similarities between the ideas and highlight them.

Use the information cards, that have been uploaded, which contain the information you will need.

Science (SEND IN)

 

LO:   To be able to classify plants according to their characteristics.

Plants, like animals are a huge group of living organisms, which we also classify.  Read through the slide-show – taking your time – in order to develop an understanding of vascular and non-vascular, as well as flowering and non-flowering plants. 

Task:

1. Either print the classification key (see below), or draw your own, to help you classify some of the plants in the document uploaded below.  You only need to put one example of each on group of plants: see the example that I have scanned and uploaded.  

Extension: Can you list other plants that would go into each group?  Can you name 5 plants for each group?