Hi Class 5,

I hope you are all keeping safe and well. I have been adding work to Education City for you to complete and hope that you have been managing to access this and that it has been useful.

I am going to begin posting a more structured weekly timetable to run alongside any work on Education City.

This week, I would like you to complete the following:

Spellings (words containing the letter string ‘ough’)

• through
• although
• dough
• doughnut
• through
• cough
• trough
• rough
• tough
• enough

Daily maths challenge:

Mon: There are 38 people on the bus. At stop A, half of the people get off and 5 get on. At stop B, a third of the people get off and 3 get on. How many people are there now on the bus?

Tue: The total perimeter of a regular octagon is 96cm. What is the length of one side?

Wed: 1 euro costs 85p. How many euros can you buy for £20.00?

Thu: These ingredients make enough food for 6 people. Change them so that there is enough food for 9 people:

• 200g flour
• 50g butter
• 180ml milk
• 4 eggs
• 6 rashers bacon

Fri: Eve starts school at 9am. She gets 2 buses. Bus 1 takes 45 minutes. Bus 2 takes 1/3 of the time of bus 1. She then has to walk for 7 minutes. What time should Eve set off?

Science: Living things and their habitats

Watch the video and complete the activities on https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zgssgk7/articles/zqbcxfr

Try dissecting a real flower, labelling the parts including the male and female structures.

Equipment:

• Flower
• Tweezers
• Knife
• Plain A4 paper
• Double sided tape

Choice of flower:

Winter – snowdrop, winter jasmine

Spring to early summer – peony, perennial geranium, gladiolus, wallflower

Summer and autumn – lily, sweet pea

(Flowers to avoid due to more unusual or hidden structures: daisy, dandelion, buttercup, daffodil, poppy, rhododendron)

Dissection instructions:

1. Secure the flower stalk with sticky tack or Plasticine and explore the flower with a magnifying glass
2. Start at the base, and remove the sepals (using fingers or tweezers) and place on your piece of paper
3. Remove the petals, and try to identify your plant as either a monocot or a dicot. Monocotyledons have petals in multiples of three and the leaf veins are parallel, while dicotyledons have petals in multiples of four or five and the leaf veins are branching
4. Next remove the stamens, and examine the pollen using the magnifying glass and note its shape
5. Now remove the carpels or pistil and cut it in half lengthwise, (be careful to keep your fingers out of the way) and use your magnifying glass to examine the inside of it. You should be able to identify the style and might be able to see tiny eggs, or ovules, in the pistil’s ovary
6. Arrange the flower structures on double sided sticky tape, on the piece of paper, either in the form of an ‘exploding’ flower, or arranged in lines or ‘clumps’
7. Once completed, label each part and cover the dissected flower with sticky backed plastic to protect it

Topic:

Had we been in school, our summer term topic would have been ‘GUILTY AS CHARGED’ which looks at crime and punishment through the ages. This week, I would like you to find out about crime, punishment and law enforcement in Anglo-Saxon England. You can present your findings in any way you would like – the more imaginative, the better!

Try using: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zxsbcdm/articles/zqrc9j6

*Remember to also read and practise your times tables daily and regularly complete activities on Education City.

Good luck and we can’t wait to see you all back in school as soon as possible.

Mrs Duncan

You can watch some of our interview with Miss O’Reilly (a concerned neighbour who reported the disturbance) here.

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