Date: Monday 6th July 2020 Good Morning! I hope you are all ok this morning and that you’ve had a really lovely weekend despite this awful weather!!

Have a go at today’s activities – complete them in any order! J English Writing

We are continuing with our work on Space this week.

We are going to discover what it takes to become an astronaut, the exciting space explorations lined up for 2020 and beyond, and delve into the fictitious planet, Pandora.

When following links online, parents should monitor that children are remaining on that page only and are keeping safe online.

Explore how to become an astronaut by reading these texts, making notes as you read each one. (You will need to become a member of LoveReading4Kids. Membership is free).

The Usborne Official Astronauts Handbook by Louie Stowell: https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/book/1 1250/The-Usborne-Official-Astronauts-Handbook-by-Louie-Stowell.html

Page 5 ‘How to Become a NASA Astronaut’ of Cool Astronomy 50 Fantastic Facts for Kids of All Ages by Malcolm Croft: https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/book/12345/Cool-Astronomy-50-Fantastic-Facts-for-Kids-of-All-Ages-by-Malcolm-Croft.html

Spacekids website: Ever wondered what it takes to become an astronaut: https://www.spacekids.co.uk/astronauts/

Imagine you have been asked to design a short guide / leaflet for NASA titled ‘How to Become an Astronaut’. The guide is for children aged around 9-11 to inform them of what it takes to become an astronaut. Using what you have read, create your leaflet/guide. You may wish to include these features:

- Instructional writing – use the 2nd person You to write your guide ‘If you’re thinking of becoming an astronaut... You will need...’

- Rhetorical questions as sub-headings, such as ‘What will you need?’

- Clear diagrams / labelled pictures to support your information

- Presentational features such as bullet points/ numbering to order your information.

Spellings LO: To convert nouns or verbs into adjectives using the suffix -al

musical political accidental mathematical functional tropical professional central global industrial

When we add the suffix -al to a word, it can change its word class. All of these words have been converted from wither nouns or verbs to adjectives by adding the suffix -al. Can you work out what the root word of each spelling is and then decide whether it’s a noun or a verb?

English Reading

1.How many eggs will robins lay? Tick one.

4-6 5-8 9-10 13

2. Draw three lines to match each bird to their size.

3. What is the smallest native bird in the UK? 4. Fill in the missing words: Nightingales are not always ____________ in the UK but are special _______________ visitors to parts of ____________ England. 5. Find and copy a word from the Threats to Garden Birds and How You Can Help section which means the same as crash into. 6.Who do you think that the author has written the text for? 7. Explain how you could help British garden birds. 8. Which of the birds mentioned would you most like to see? Give at least two reasons.

Grammar LO: To use brackets to show parenthesis. Types of Brackets There are two main kinds of brackets, both of which come in pairs – round brackets ( ) and square brackets [ ]. We are going to focus on round brackets. CAUTION! A round bracket is also known as a parenthesis. Parenthesis can also mean a word, phrase or clause inserted into a sentence which is grammatically complete without it. To help us to be clear, we will call ( ) round brackets and call the additional word or phrase a ‘parenthesis’. Parentheses are words, phrases or clauses inserted into sentences which are grammatically complete without them. The information, which can be removed and the sentence still make sense, goes inside the brackets.

Example: Andrew (our best goalkeeper) saved the goal.

Which sentence shows the brackets put into the correct place to indicate parenthesis? Highlight the sentence that uses brackets correctly in each section.

She knows (although she daren’t come forward) that it was all her fault.

She knows although she daren’t come forward (that it was all her fault).

She knows although (she daren’t come forward) that it was all her fault. Isobel (Isobel White), not Isobel Greene, injured her knee in P.E today.

Isobel (Isobel White, not Isobel Greene), injured her knee in P.E today.

Isobel White, (not Isobel Greene), injured her knee in P.E today. Although she says she’s not a bully and we all know she is (she tripped up another girl on the playground).

Although she says she’s not a bully (and we all know she is) she tripped up another girl on the playground.

Although she says she’s not a bully and (we all know she is) she tripped up another girl on the playground. The smallest of the puppies the one (they called Toby) bounded over to fetch his ball.

The smallest of the puppies the one they called Toby bounded over (to fetch his ball.)

The smallest of the puppies (the one they called Toby) bounded over to fetch his ball. They I mean the ogres were fed up (of their damp, mossy cave.)

They I mean (the ogres) were fed up of their damp, mossy cave.

They (I mean the ogres) were fed up of their damp, mossy cave. She brought her sister who (she doesn’t normally like) some fudge back from the seaside.

She brought her sister (who she doesn’t normally like) some fudge back from the seaside.

She brought her sister who she doesn’t normally like some fudge (back from the seaside).

Arithmetic

Maths LO: To calculate the area of rectangles Calculating area

To work out the area of a square or rectangle, multiply its height by its width.

If the height and width are in cm, the area is shown in cm². If the height and width are in m, the area is shown in m².

A square with sides of 5 m has an area of 25 m², because 5 × 5 = 25. Watch this short video: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zjbg87h/articles/zwqt6fr

CHALLENGE!

History

Please continue to complete an activity a day from the list below. I look forward to seeing some of these!!