Kali Mera Year 5!

So we have finally reached the end of the year. Today is our last day at virtual school. This will be my final blog post and after today the Purple Mash blog will also end. You will still be about to use Purple Mash and all the apps. Please ask your parents to set up video chats with each other and socially distanced meet ups so that you can all still chat and see each other. Be safe online and always look out for each other.

I have been so proud of every single one of you this year. For being role models in school and being role models at home. Your learning has been fantastic and your growth mindsets are amazing. You have achieved so much and you have challenged yourselves through the whole year. You are all ready to be our Virginia Primary Year 6! Remember that you will need to show the whole school the best example of behaviour, resilience and attitude towards learning. I can't wait to see you guys leading our school. Salma and Emily are so lucky. It has been a pleasure to be your teacher this year and I am going to miss you all loads and loads. If you ever need anything or want a chat, I will only be next door so you can always ask to see me.

For the last time this year, here is our learning for the day.

Our Learning Today

Literacy:
Lo: to publish an alternative narrative

Today I would like you to log into Purple Mash. I have set a 2do. It is called Alternative Narrative. Please type up your story and hand it in to me. I can't wait to read all your creative, exciting stories.

Maths:
Lo: to problem solve

Let's start off with some CLIC questions:
64,738,921 + 42,902,745
58,001,345 - 51,463,974
2416 x 137
7537 ÷ 39

Let's use all of our square and cube number knowledge to do some challenges. Please try them all.

PSHE:
Lo: to reflect on the year and the next

For our last session of the year, I would like you to write reflection. Be honest with yourselves and think carefully about my questions. Answer these in your books:

What was your favourite thing you did?
What was your favourite thing you learnt?
What was your favourite topic?
What was the hardest thing you tried?
What was the biggest challenge you overcame?
How have you grown and changed?

Now let's think about next year:

What are you looking forward to?
​What questions do you have?
What are you worried about?
How do you think you can overcome your worries?

Please email your thoughts to me and I can pass them on to Salma as well.

That's it guys. Year 5 has been a roller coaster of a year for us all and here we are at the end. Thank you for being wonderful human beings and learners in class and virtually. I would like to wish you and your families amazing summer holidays. I hope you have lots of fun, adventure, excitement and rest. Come back to school in September ready to be brave learners again. Be yourselves, show your personality and achieve great things with your growth mindset. 

I want to leave you with a quote I found on the ELSA blog. 'Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened!' 😁

Have a lovely day, weekend and summer holiday. Theo :)

Aloha Year 5!

Just two more days left as Year 5! Summer holidays are right around the corner. Please stay motivated for these last couple of days. 

Send me in any work you are really proud of: admin@virginia.towerhamlets.sch.uk

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Our Learning Today

Literacy:
Lo: to write an alternative narrative

Today I would like you to write the final section of your story. Remember this is all about what your character's plans to leave their planet. It should be exciting and dramatic. Please make sure you have a cliff hanger at the end. Do not tell the reader how the story ends. Let them use their imaginations. I will not be posting an example but check back at my old one and your baboon work. 

When you are finished, check back over all three sections. Proof read, edit and up-level. Give a self-critique. Tomorrow we will publish our final piece but if you want to get started today, I have set the 2do on Purple Mash. It is called Alternative Narrative. 

Maths:
Lo: to recognise and use cube numbers

Let's start off with some CLIC questions:
87,892,582 + 12,473,591
39,002,471 - 21,732,489
2348 x 195
8472 ÷ 46

Today we are going to do some calculations using cube numbers. Let's take a look at an example.

3³ + 2³ = ?

First of all we have to work out the cube numbers.

3 x 3 x 3 = 27

2 x 2 x 2 = 8

27 + 8 = 35

So 3³ + 2³ = 35

Let's try a subtraction:

5³ - 3³ = ?

First of all we have to work out the cube numbers.

5 x 5 x 5 = 125

3 x 3 x 3 = 27

125 + 27 = 152

So 5³ - 3³ = 152

Now it's your turn. Here are some calculations. Try to do them all.

R.E:
​Lo: What are your commitments?

For our final R.E lesson of the year, I want us to explore the word commitment.

Commitment means to be dedicated to something. Which means that you care a lot about it and will try your hardest to achieve that thing. It's like a promise to yourself.

​Here is a game with a list of commitments. Some are religious. I would like you to look through the list and draw out the table. Put the list of commitments into an order. You could play this with your family. Take turns to read out a commitment card. Discuss what it means and how important it is to you. Try to decide where it would go on the table. Debate with each other, it is ok to disagree. You do not have to use them all.

When you have finished the game, I would like you to write which 5 things you are committed to in your life and explain why. Let us know your commitments on Purple Mash!

Have a great day! Theo :)

Ciao Year 5!

Keep up all the hard work guys. Not long to go until the summer holidays. Only 3 days left of school!

Send me your letters to the Year 6 team and any of your favourite work to: admin@virginia.towerhamlets.sch.uk


Our Learning Today

Literacy:
Lo: to plan an alternative narrative

Today we are going to plan our final section of your alternative story. This will be about your character's future choices. You will need to think about these questions:

• How is your character feeling on this planet?
• Do they want to leave?
• What is their plan to escape?
• Include a cliff hanger at the end. Do not tell the reader what happens.

Maths:
Lo: to recognise cube numbers

Let's start off with some CLIC questions:
78,473,947 + 56,373,821
107,837,682 - 63,762,991
1237 x 536
6313 ÷ 35

Today we are going to look at the other half our topic this week. Cube numbers. So what are cube numbers?

A cube number is a number that has been multiplied by itself 3 times. The symbol we use to show cubed is this little  ³. When we see this symbol we say 'cubed'.

Let's take a look at an example:

What is 2³?

To find the answer, we need to multiply the number 2 three times.

2 x 2 x 2 = ?

I know that 2 x 2 = 4

Now I have to multiply the answer by 2.

4 x 2 = 8

So 2 x 2 x 2 = 8

Which means that 2³ = 8

Let's try one more:

What is 3³?

To find the answer, we need to multiply the number 3 three times.

3 x 3 x 3 = ?

I know that 3 x 3 = 9

Now I have to multiply the answer by 3.

9 x 3 = 27

So 3 x 3 x 3 = 27

This means that 3³ = 27

Now it's your turn. Draw out this table and fill in the missing spaces.

Here are your challenges for today.

​ICT:
Lo: to tell a story with ICT

I would like you to follow this link to scratch and create a story. You could try to create something to do with Baboon on the Moon or make something up of your own.
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/?tutorial=tell-a-story


Spanish:
Check out the Spanish blog for the last lesson of the year.

Have a great day. Theo :)

Bonjour Year 5!

Please make sure you watch or read Barbara's latest newsletter and check through the other blogs (assembly, music, Spanish and ELSA), if you haven't. 

Don't forget to send in your letters to Salma and Emily and any work you are really proud of this week to me at:
admin@virginia.towerhamlets.sch.uk


Our Learning Today

Literacy:
Lo: to write an alternative narrative

Today I would like you to write the second section of your story. This section is all about your character's present. You need to include:

• Where your character lives?
• What are your character's daily routines?
• What job does your character do?
• How does your character feel on this planet?

I will not be posting an example, this is your chance to be creative and imaginative. You can look back at my old example and your baboon work to inspire you.

Maths:
Lo: to recognise and use square numbers

Let's start off with some CLIC questions:
1,346,859+ 1,037,763
937,582 - 863,762
5482 x 263
4862 ÷ 47

Today we are going to do some calculations using square numbers. Here is my first example:

2² + 3² = ?

Ok so first of all we have to work out the two square numbers.

2² = 4 because I know that 2 x 2 = 4

3² = 9 because I know that 3 x 3 = 9

4 + 9 = 13

So 2² + 3² = 13

Let's try a subtraction:

7² - 4² = ?

First work out the square numbers.

7² = 49 because I know that 7 x 7 = 49

4² = 16 because I know that 4 x 4 = 16

49 - 16 = 33

So 7² - 4² = 33

Your turn now. Here are some square number calculations. Read them carefully, they are not all square numbers.

History:
Lo: to write a fact sheet about the first Moon landing

For our final history lesson of the year we are going to explore the moon landing. This is one of the biggest achievements in human history. We know that during the 1950s and 1960s, Russia and the USA were in a space race. The Russians made great progress and achieved many of the first goals but in 1969 the most important goal was reached by the USA.

The American missions to the Moon were called the Apollo missions. Apollo 11 was the first mission that landed humans successfully on the surface. Apollo 11 took 3 days to fly to the Moon.

On July 20, 1969, this mission successfully landed on the moon. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. He was then joined by “Buzz” Aldrin, and the two astronauts spent 21 hours on the moon's surface. But only about 3 hours walking on the moon, setting up experiments, taking pictures and collecting a lot of moon rock to bring back to Earth. After their historic walk on the Moon, they travelled back to Earth with Michael Collins who had been waiting on board to get them back safely.

There is no air, rain or wind on the moon. This means that their footprints, the flag and the things they left on the moon will stay there without moving. They will be in the same place as they left them all those years ago.

Follow this link for some more details to research: ​https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/48789792

I would like you to create a fact sheet all about the moon landing. It will need to include detailed pictures and lot's of information about the event. The people involved and some key facts. Make it creative and colourful. Send me your designs when you are finished.


​Have a great day! Theo :)

Czesc Year 5!

Welcome to our last week of learning in Year 5! I have one more week of exciting learning for you. The summer holidays are not far away now and you will have plenty of rest from school work until September but until then try your hardest and keep up those amazing growth mindsets for one more week :)

Please keep sending me your favourite work or your letters to the year 6 team at:
admin@virginia.towerhamlets.sch.uk


Our Learning Today

Literacy:
Lo: to plan an alternative narrative

Today I would like you to plan your second section. This section is about your character's present. Remember that this is your chance to be really creative and imaginative. Plan out your ideas to these questions. Think about Baboon for inspiration but change the story for your new character.

What planet is your character on?
What are their daily routines?
What job does your character have on the planets?
How does your character feel?

Maths:
Lo: to recognise square numbers

Let's start off with some CLIC questions:
839,593 + 173,690
1,475,003- 873,175
826 x 157
8721 ÷ 55

For our final maths topic of the year we will be looking at square and cube numbers. Today we are going to focus on square numbers.

So what is a square number? A square number is a number that has been multiplied by itself. The symbol we use for showing squared is this little ². When we see this symbol we say 'squared'.


Let's have a look at an example:

What is 2²?

2 squared means that we need to multiply 2 by itself.

2 x 2 = 4

So 2² = 4

Let's try another one:

What is 5²?

5 squared means that we need to multiply 5 by itself.

5 x 5 = 25

So 5²= 25

Ok it's your turn now. Here is a table of squared numbers. Can you draw this table up in your book and fill in the missing spaces.

Here are you challenges for today.

Science:
Lo: to understand night and day

For our last science lesson of this topic we will be looking at day and night and what causes this to happen. We know that the Earth is a planet in the Solar System and it is sphere. It rotates once around the sun every 365 days. This is our Earth year.

While it rotates the sun's orbit, it also rotates on its own axis. This means that is spins in a circle while it travels around the sun. It takes the Earth 24 hours to  spin around once. This an Earth day.

During that 24 hours, the Earth always has one side facing the sun and one side facing away from the sun. Whichever part is facing the sun, it is day time. Whichever part is facing away from the sun, it is night time. As the Earth spins around, we see the sun move across the sky and then disappear as it becomes night. The sun is not actually moving. It is the Earth that is moving as it spins around on it's axis.

Follow this link for some more details about day and night.
https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/space/solar-system/day-and-night/

​Watch these two videos to understand this information visually.

In your books, can you draw an image of the Earth and the Sun. This image needs to show that one side is facing the sun and one side is not. Can you annotate your image with the information you have learnt about day and night. Look at my example below:

​Have a great day. Theo :)

Good Morning Year 5!

It's Friday! We have reached the end of another week. Just one more week of school and Year 5 left!! Keep up all the great work. Don't forget to hand in your Baboon narrative.

Special mentions this morning to Dylan and Orson for sharing all their wonderful work on Purple Mash. It already sounds like you guys are going to create some really creative alternative stories. Miski for sharing her reflections for the end of the year. And Maria for starting and leading her first Purple Mash blog post this week. Well done everyone!

Keep sending me the work you are most proud of to: admin@virginia.towerhamlets.sch.uk


Our Learning Today

Literacy:
Lo: to write an alternative narrative

Today you are going to use your plan from yesterday to write the first section of your story. You are writing about your character's past only. This part of your story will include:

• who your character is
• where they came from
• who captured them
• which planet they were sent to

I do not have an example because this is your chance to be creative and write your own version. You can use my old examples to help and your Baboon story to help inspire this you.

Maths:
Lo: to problem solve using percentages

Let's start off with some CLIC questions:
158,274,951 + 36,593,902
52,418,926 - 9,473,958
619 x 374
3455 ÷ 22

We are going to end the week with some problem solving using our understanding of percentages. Remember to use your growth mindset, be brave learners and have a go at them all.

PSHE:
Lo: What do you want your new teacher to know about you?

At this time of the year, it is important that we think about our next year group and what we would like our new teachers to know about us. We are about to start our final journey in primary school. In September you will be moving on to Year 6 and you will have the amazing team of Salma and Emily to support you, This afternoon I would like you to create a fact sheet all about you to help them get to know who you are. Look at the questions below and use them to help you. But you can include any information you think is important. Send your fact sheets to me at admin@virginia.towerhamlets.sch.uk  

Have a great day and weekend. Theo :)

Gutan Tag Year 5!

Special mentions to everyone that handed in their final piece about Baboon on the moon. They are wonderful stories, so creative and you have all made them very exciting. Also to Leo and Dylan for sharing their coded dance parties. Great work guys :)

Keep handing in your Baboon story and sending your favourite work to me: admin@virginia.towerhamlets.sch.uk 

Our Learning Today

Literacy:
Lo: to plan an alternative narrative

So from now until the end of this term we are going to use what we learnt about Baboon on the moon and we are going to have some fun creating a totally different version of the story using our imagination and creativity. You can choose any character you want and they can be sent to any planet you choose. Anything can happen!

Will you choose to send a Giraffe to Neptune or a Fox to Mars. It is totally up to you! There are no wrong answers, I just want you to be super creative, use everything you learnt this half term and enjoy making up your own stories. 
​
Today I would like you to plan your first section. The Past. Here are some questions to think about. 

How can you change the story?
What animal is your character?
Where does your character come from?
How did your character get captured?
Which planet was your character taken to?
How do they feel?

Maths:
Lo: to find a percentage of a number

Let's start off with some CLIC questions:
67,924,741 + 23,563,692
100,839,032 - 84,738,924
372 x 534
7353 ÷ 61

Today we are going to find percentages of numbers. Let me explain how.

Let's start with 10%. To find 10% of a number means we have to divide the number by 10.

Here is my first question.

How about if we want to find 20% of a number? ​Well 20% is just 10% + 10%. So to find 20% we will need to find 10% and then double our answer. Let's have a go at this one:

Let's find 10% first.
120 ÷ 10 = 12

Now we can take the answer and double it.
12 x 2 = 24

This means that 20% of 120 = 24

Here is one more:

Let's find 10% first.
640 ÷ 10 = 64

Now we can take the answer and double it.
64 x 2 = 128

This means that 20% of 640 = 28

Ok it's your turn now. Find the percents of these number below.

Here are your challenges. You do not need to do them all.

R.E:
Lo: What can we learn from a values game?

Here is a list of valuable things. Some of these things are valuable to religious people, some are valuable to humanists and some are just valuable.

Life / Safety / Sport / Music / Cleverness / Friends / Family / God / Love / Truthfulness / Respect / Playstation / Kindness / Money / Pets / Car / Good food / Water / Home / Freedom / Holidays / Forgiveness / Celebration / Place of Worship / Jewellery /  

I would like you to make a table in your book and make 3 columns:

• Things that matter a lot
• Things that are quite valuable
• Things that do not matter

Place those things into these columns. Decide what you think is valuable and what is not valuable. 

How did you decide what was valuable? In your books explain why you made your choices?

Which 5 do you think a Humanist would choose as most valuable? Which 5 do you think a religious person would choose as most valuable?

Your final task. Can you write your own 5 most valuable things. What matters most to you? Please share on our Humanist R.E post on Purple Mash.


Have a great day! Theo :)

As-Salaam Alaykum Year 5!

I would like everyone to check out the assemblies blog today. If you haven't seen it already, Amanda has made a post all about new beginnings. Please check it out and let her or me know what you think/feel. Don't forget to look through the music and ELSA blogs and watch Barbara's latest newsletter.

Keep sending in your work: admin@virginia.towerhamlets.sch.uk


Our Learning Today

Literacy:
Lo: to publish

Today I want you to log on to Purple Mash. I have set you a 2do. It is called Baboon narrative. I would like you to type up your narrative and publish it. You can add small images to the pages and change the sub headings for your chapters. Please do not forget to hand it in. I cannot wait to read them all :)

Maths:
Lo: to convert between fractions, decimals and percentages

Let's start off with some CLIC questions:
97,315,638 + 14,573,983
43,620,021 - 29,836,541
283 x 216
8731 ÷ 75

Let's quickly recap what we learnt yesterday. We were converting fractions into percentages. We know that we need a fraction with 100 as the denominator to find the percent. This is because percent means out of 100. When we have converted a fraction we use the numerator as our percent. 

Is this correct? How can we check?

I know that 20 x 5 = 100

We need need to do the same to the numerator. 12 x 5 = 60

​60/100 is the same as 60%

If you can convert fractions to percentages, then you will now be able to convert between fractions. decimals and percentages. All three are related and it is easy to convert between them using the strategies we have learnt. Have a look at this simple table with some examples.

Let's try this one together.

In this example we have a decimal. We know that 0.3 is a tenth. This means the fraction is 3/10. We need to convert this to have a denominator of 100 so that we can find our percent.

​​10 x 10 = 100 and 3 x 10 = 30
So that means that 3/10 is the same as 30/100.
I know 30/100 is the same as 30% because the fraction has 100 as the denominator so we can use the numerator as the percent.

Ok it's your turn. Use your strategies to convert between decimals, fractions and percentages. Draw this table out in your books and fill the missing spaces.

​Here are your challenges. You do not need to do them all.

ICT:
Lo: to code a dance party

Please follow the link to studio code. Follow the instructions to code a dance party.
https://studio.code.org/s/dance-2019/stage/1/puzzle/1

Spanish:
Please check out the Spanish blog for this week's lesson.

Have a great day. Theo :)

Kali Mera Year 5!

Thank you to everyone that came to school yesterday. It was so lovely to see you all. We have missed you so much. I hope you enjoyed coming in and seeing your class, teachers and school for the last time this year. For those of you that missed the meeting, here are a few things that are important to know. In September, Salma and Emily will be your Year 6 team! They can't wait for you to start and to see how amazing your growth mindsets are! Also the blogs will end on July 17th. This is will our last day of school. On this day the Purple Mash blogs will also be closed for summer but you will still be able to use your account and do the activities. Until then, keep up the great work!

Special mentions to Sabrina and Orson for sharing work on Purple Mash. Dylan for sharing his movie production of his egg experiment. Amazing! And to Winston for sharing his Cello performance. What a talented class :)

Please keep sharing your work with me at: admin@virginia.towerhamlets.sch.uk


Our Learning Today

Literacy:
Lo: to proof read, edit and up-level

Today I want you to proof read through your three sections of your narrative. Don't publish it yet! We will do that tomorrow. Take your time to check if you have examples of your success criteria. Edit any mistakes. Up-level your work to make it even better. Try to use ambitious vocabulary. You can use a thesaurus to help with this. If you would like to write a new draft, then this is your chance.

I would also like you to write a self-critique. Here are your sentence starters.
I think I used     ............   really well.
I think I could improve this by using more    .............. .


Maths:
Lo: to identify percentages and their connections to fractions 

Let's start off with some CLIC questions:
8,477,455 + 1,355,763
12,566,894 - 7,372,589
639 x 315
5532 ÷ 32

Today we are going to be looking at percentages and how they link to fractions. So what does percent actually mean?

So percent means out of 100. So when we have a fraction that has a denominator of 100, whatever the numerator is would be our percent.

Look at these examples quick examples:
10/100 = 10%       62/100 = 62%     39/100 = 39%

​Let me break that down for you visually:

How much of this grid is shaded in percent?

Look at this visual example. I have 100 squares altogether and I have shaded in 50. That means that the fraction is 50/100.

To convert this to a percent, I just use the numerator.

50% of this grid is shaded.





Now what if you don't have a grid to look at and the fraction does not have 100 as the denominator? We have to use the strategy from yesterday. We will need to convert the fraction using our knowledge of factors of 100.

So if I say what is 2/5 as a percent?

Let's try one more. What is 1/4 as a percent?

Ok it's your turn now. Convert these fractions into percentages.

Here are your challenges. You do not need to do them all.

History:
Lo: to examine great events

We have discovered that the two main countries in the race to get to space were the USA and USSR (Russia). They both made huge discoveries and achieved many things to get to space.

Today I would like you to do some research about this very important event in human history. Follow these links and take some detailed notes about the space race. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/z8w7tfr
https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/space/space-race/
​https://kids.kiddle.co/Space_Race
https://www.ducksters.com/history/cold_war/space_race.php

Have a great day. Theo :)

​Aloha Year 5!

Hope you all had great weekends. I am so excited to see you all today!! Please read this letter one more time. Check the time you are coming in and your group. Remember to stay safe and distanced. See you soon :)

Our Learning Today

Literacy:
Lo: to write a narrative

Today we are going to write the final section of this narrative. On Friday you wrote a plan and should have lots of ideas about Baboon's future. This final part needs to include his plan to leave the moon, how he feels and a cliff hanger. Remember you need to write this section in first person.

Here is my example. Have a read, critique it and magpie ideas for your final section. Do not copy it, use it for inspiration.

Our fraction is 4/100 so we can convert this to decimal by taking the 4 and placing it in the hundredths place value. Then we fill the missing place values with place holders.

​So 4/100 is the same as 0.04. Am I correct?

Ok, very quickly have a go at these simple ones. Use the  denominator to help you find the correct place value. Convert these fractions into decimals.

What if the denominator is not 10, 100 or 1000. Well then we need to find a way to convert the fraction first before we find the decimal. The way we do this is using our knowledge of factors of 100.

We use our factors of 100 to convert fractions. This is important because it is easier to find a decimal if the denominator is 100. This will help us find the equivalent decimal. Have a look at my example and think about how I found the decimal.

​
​First we look at the denominator. This fraction has a 50. But it is easier to convert a fraction with 100. So we have to convert that 50 into 100. We have to decide how to convert it. 

42/100 is the same 0.42.

So that means that 21/50 is the same as 0.42.





Let's break that down one more time:

​First, can you see that the denominator in our fraction  is 5? We need to convert that into 100. We know that 5x20=100. So to make it equal we have to do the same to the numerator. 2x20=40.  Our new fraction is 40/100.

Now that we have a fraction with 100 as the denominator it is much easier to find the decimal. 40/100 is the same as 0.4. 
So 2/5 is the same as 0.4.

Ok your turn now. Use the strategies to convert these fractions into decimals.

Here are your challenges. You do not need to do them all.

Geography:
Lo: to understand time zones

Today we are to be studying time zones. Different countries on Earth are part of different time zones. This means that when is 1pm in London, it is 3pm in Athens. Why does this happen? Well the Earth is round and as it orbits the sun, its spins. This means that different parts of the Earth are facing the sun at different times. We aren't all facing the sun at the same time because the Earth is not flat. When it is day time in England, it is night time in Australia because it is on the other side of the Earth.

I want you follow this link to BBC Bitesize to find out some more:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvsfr82/articles/zjk46v4

It was agreed in the Victorian era that London would be the centre of the world's time zone. This is called GMT or UTC. So every country to the left of England are hours behind us and every country to the right of England are hours ahead of us. Here is a map of all the time zones around the world.

Here is the map to download if you would like to print it.

Here is a link to a list, if this map was hard to understand. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_time_zones_by_country
​
Your task today is to find out how many hours ahead or behind different countries are. We write this with + or - GMT. For example Greece is 2 hours ahead of GMT so we would write Greece +2

Can you find:
France
Poland
Columbia
Argentina
China
Bangladesh
Egypt
Algeria

Have a great day. Theo :)