WEEK 5

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5

English Read chapter one of The Book of Secrets by Philip Caveney

The Book of Secrets- The setting

The Book of Secrets- The characters

The Book of Secrets- The secrets

Complete the BBC Bitesize activities about the passive voice.

Reading/SPAG Reading- Vocabulary activity

Grammar- Active and passive

Reading Comprehension- The Phoenix and the Carpet

Punctuation- Colons and semi- colons

Spelling- 30 minutes on Spelling Shed practising Year 5/6 words

Maths Complete the first page of BODMAS questions.

Complete the second page of the BODMAS questions.

Complete the Maths Frame activity. Scroll down for the link to the interactive game.

Sumdog- Complete the BODMAS challenge.

Complete two pages from our workbook. Use the answers to check your work.

Science, Geography, RE, Art & PE

History- WW2 local evacuees’ tales

RE- The Bar Mitzvah & Bat Mitzvah

Art- Helen Frankenthaler and body art

Science- Investing food packaging

PE- Personal best challenges

Day 1- English The Book of Secrets

Read the first chapter of Philip Caveney’s The Book of Secrets.

You’ll need the following checklist later in the week.

CHECKLIST FOR WRITING ACTIVITIES

Sentences that use speech punctuation include inverted commas, commas, question marks, exclamation marks and full stops.

Detailed description of atmosphere in fiction. Link your paragraphs, e.g. with synonyms, pronouns, adverbials or leading in to

your new paragraph. Brackets or pairs of dashes ( ) - - Complex sentences with subordinating conjunctions - because, when, as, if,

despite the fact, although. Modal verbs - should, could, would Passive voice- The portrait was painted by the artist Fronted adverbials of- time, place, or manner, followed by a comma Expanded noun phrases- with, which, who, where Check verbs for correct and consistent tense all the way through Use contracted forms in speech - couldn’t, isn’t, shouldn’t, you’re, they’re

Day 2- English

The Book of Secrets

Find out what a bazaar is (page 6).

Imagine you are Boy and visit the bazaar for the first time. Write a setting

description to describe what he might have seen, smelt, felt, wanted to

taste/sample and reached out to touch as he moved around.

Don’t forget to look back at the writing activity checklist to make sure you include the

required features.

Day 3: English

The Characters- Role on the Wall

The Book of Secrets

Think about the character of Boy. On the outside of the outline, write down what you

know or can infer about his appearance when he meets Gordimo and Kaleb. Inside the

outline, write down some ideas about what he might have been thinking and feeling as

he embarked on his journey to Ravalan and came across the two strangers.

Write use your ideas to describe Boy, remembering to use parenthesis to add detail.

Eg. Boy, separated from his mother, father and aunt, had nobody else to turn to to

escape the evil clutches of Master Titus.

Day 4- English

The Secrets

The Book of Secrets

Write a chapter for the book, called ‘The Secrets’.

Inside Boy’s book of secrets, what was it that his father had started but he had to

finish? What was it that Boy’s father had found to make impossible things happen?

Fast forward to the city of Ravalan and to the palace of Queen Gertrude. What is it

that Boy does (using the book of secrets) to amaze the queen and the people and to

win the prize of ten thousand gold crowns?

Choose whether the chapter will be about Boy exploring the different secrets

experimenting with them, to make an amazing spectacle for the queen or performing

some these ‘secrets’ for the queen.

Don’t forget to look back at the writing activity checklist to make sure you include the

required features.

Day 1- Reading

The Book of Secrets

Pick out any unfamiliar language from chapter 1 of The Book of Secrets, and

find out the meaning of the vocabulary. Start with these words:

whinnied untimely declivity

enticingly apologetic gesture meagre

Day 2- Grammar

Day 3- Reading

The Phoenix and the Carpet Comprehension

Click on the link above and you’ll be taken to the Rising Stars website.

To log in, you’ll need to use your TTRockStars username and password (Amy J, Amy C &

Ava, you need to put the number 1 at the end of your username and you’ll be able to

log in).

Once you’re logged in, click on Cracking Comprehension and then choose The Phoenix

and the Carpet.

Day 4- Grammar

Active and Passive Voice Recap on the difference between the active and passive voice.

Change the following active sentences to passive.

1. David Walliams glared at the Britain’s Got Talent contestant.

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2. The Year 4 children run a tuck shop.

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3. Her dog stole the last piece of meat.

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4. Miss Halstead organised a trip to the museum.

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5. The tiger gnawed at the bone.

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6. Joseph gave his old toys away.

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7. Mrs Illume spoke about the playground incident.

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8. Amy took the hamster to the vet.

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Day 1- History: WW2 Evacuation

Watch An Evacuee’s Adventure.

Read the following extract from Ellen Howard, who was evacuated from Birkenhead, at

the age of 13.

Compare how Ellen described Birkenhead and Oswestry

Birkenhead Oswestry

Ellen’s letter was published in the local newsletter. Do you think the paper would have

published it if Ellen had been unhappy? Explain your answer.

Day 3- RE

The Bar Mitzvah & Bat Mitzvah

Watch The Traditions of Bar Mitzvah and What is a Bat Mitzvah?.

Now answer the following questions.

Why are the Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah so important to Jewish children?

What is the rite of passage?

What sort of things are involved in the ceremonies?

Once the ceremonies are over, what is expected of the young people?

Day 3- Art

North American Artists

We had begun to look at North American artists. We did half portraits of images by the artist

John Singer Sargent and, in last week’s home learning pack, found out about Ansel Adams.

The next artist we’re going to look at is Helen Frankenthaler. Find out 5 key facts about Helen

Frankenthaler, then answer the following questions after choosing one of the images below.

What colours can you see in the picture?

What shapes can you see in the picture?

How does the painting make you feel?

Why do you think the artist painted the picture?

If you could have any of the paintings you have seen in your house, which would you choose

and why?

If you have some large sheet of paper (or wallpaper) at home, try making some of your

own abstract art using your body!

If you don’t have any large paper at home, draw some

overlapping body shapes on smaller paper (use a doll, action

figure or even teddy to draw around) and then colour in the

different sections with blocks of colour (just like this drawing).

Image Pack

Day 4- Science

Last week’s activity recapped on the importance of exercise and the effect that it has on

our body and, in particular, the heart and circulatory system.

This week, you’ll need to raid your cupboards and fridge (without

creating too much mess!). Choose five different items and look at their

packaging in more detail.

The nutrition rating (in red, amber and green) on the food item details

how much fat, sugars and salt a certain amount (a serving) of this item

contains. Look carefully at the serving because this is usually different to

the whole item (so food that has green ratings may not always be as

healthy as you think, if the serving is really small).

The recommended daily intake (or RDI), shows

the percentage of the amount scientists

recommend we should eat each day that one

serving contains. You can also see how many

grams of salt, sugars or fats the item contains.

You should try to choose foods with more green ratings than red. Eating lots of food

with the red rating for sugar (for example) would make for an unbalanced diet and may

affect your health.

The other piece of information on the nutrition rating is the amount of energy or

calories contained in one serving. You may have heard people talking about calories.

The average woman needs 2000 calories (k/cal) per day. The average man needs 2500

calories (k/cal) per day. Children of your age need between 1900 and 2500 calories

each day depending on how active you are.

To find out more about eating a balanced diet, use the Eat Well guide.

Using the five items you have in front of you, write down what each item contains

using the nutrition rating labels and then answer the questions below.

Food Serving Calories RDI Fat RDI Sugars RDI Salt RDI

Why is it important to read the percentage of the Recommended Daily Intake (RDI)?

Which food surprised you the most? Why?

Which food had the highest % of salt per serving?

Which food had the highest % of sugar per serving?

Which food would you eat less of? Why?

How could you use the information on foods to make healthy choices about what you

eat?

Day 5- PE

Design a workout to do each day for the next week. Include 5 different activities in your workout, starting with the two below. Keep

a track of your results each day and try to beat your previous score. Make a note of your personal bests by the end of the week. Keep

checking your heart rate and think about how it changes as you try the different activities.