Daily Home Learning Blog – Wednesday, 8^th July

Good morning Sycamore class. Here are your daily learning opportunities.

English

LO: Skimming and scanning

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zjbsm39
• Practice using your skimming and scanning strategies to help you quickly locate information from a text without taking the time to read over the whole text again.
• Watch the videos, read the information, and complete activity 1 and 2.
• You may complete activity 3 if you wish, but it might be better to print the page out, which you might be unable to do.

Maths

LO: Short division with remainders

• Open the document and complete the appropriate sheet for your ability
•  Complete the investigation after you’ve completed either the ‘Mild’ or ‘Hot’ worksheet
• You can always use the ‘A bit stuck?’ worksheet if you’re having a lot of trouble.

Art

LO: Surrealism

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zrb6wnb 
• Surrealism is an interesting style of art that has some very famous pieces of work.
• Read the information, watch the videos, and complete both activities that guide you to create your own piece of art in the style of surrealism.

Computing

LO: Coding

• Log onto busy things, and make your way to the coding page to complete the 3^rd sections of Beard Man’s adventures.
• Year 5 > Computing > Busy Code > Beard Man’s Adventures
• Complete the tutorial, then complete the challenges that come after it – 3A, 3B, and 3C.

That’s all for today’s lessons! See you tomorrow : )

Mr Lindsay

Fun fact of the day: An average octopus has over 2000 suction cups on its tentacles.