Maths Maths Problems Using Bar Models This week we are going to look at solving maths problems using bar models to represent the problem pictorially. By doing this, it makes it more obvious which mathematics should be employed in order to solve the problem. I have created a few videos for you to watch. The tutorials should help you understand how to approach the problems. You have then been set

similar types of problems. You will need to draw bar models to represent the problem before solving them. Email in your answers and we will let you know if you are correct: office@estcots.co.uk If you do not have a printer, copy out the problem onto a piece of paper and then solve. Good luck! Problem 1 – This represents problems where amounts are shared in unequal quantities. Watch this short tutorial on how to approach them. https://youtu.be/ou0e1ZK_mMA

https://youtu.be/uUG1LlVMFww

Now have a go at problems 1-4 and challenge 1 below. Problem 2 - This represents problems where you are given a total measurement for like objects but asked to calculate the new measurement if there were more. https://youtu.be/9Zfyp9ju80s Now have a go at problems 5-8 and challenge 2 below. Continue to answer the questions set on MyMaths. This week’s tasks will be on solving other types of word problems. You may need a pen and a piece of paper to help solve them by writing down your calculations.

English Reading

Be the Teacher

Read 2 chapters of your book. Write notes on the main events of the chapters. This will help you to think of some questions. Next, write 3 questions about each chapter for an adult to answer. They will have to read the chapters too. Create an answer sheet to go with your questions.

For example in the first chapter of the BFG, the questions could be;

What is the name of the Orphan in the story?

Who owns the grocery store on the street?

Why does the little girl get out of Bed

English Writing

Now you have created your new planet and have written a diary entry to explain what it looks like and how you feel about being there. A discovery! You have stumbled across an amazing creature! Whilst

you have been watching the creature for a while, you have been taking notes on its behaviours; where it likes to live and what it likes to eat. Reporting this to your friends and family is the next job!

Please create a ‘Fact File’ on your creature. Use the Sloth fact file to help you with the sub headings and the Non Chronological writing checklist to remember the success criteria. You could make your creature from play dough and take a photo for your fact file or you could draw a picture. Remember this is your creature so you can be as imaginative as you want. Please present your fact file in any way you want. Perhaps a video of you explain the animal like David Attenborough or a big leaflet with all the information we would need to learn about the creature.

The example and the success criteria are below this table.

English Spelling

This week’s words: official, special, artificial, beneficial, anti-social, partial, confidential, essential, potential, substantial.

This week you need to use a dictionary to help you complete the definition sheet below and the sheets that help you to learn the spellings (just like we did in class when we were there). If you don’t have a printer practice the spellings in other ways. Think about some of the strategies that we used back in class.

Art/DT Now you have made or drawn your creature. Can you make an animation? How does your creature move, what background would you use? Which noises will you put onto your animation.

If you do not have the animation software, could you make a flip book (post it notes are essential here) of your creature? Take a look at the following video on how to complete a flip book. It’s still animation without the app!

How to make a flip book animation.

Music This week we want you to continue to have a go at learning to read music (as practise makes perfect). Watch each of the videos again. Once you have, have another go at drawing a stave (5 lines and 4 spaces). Draw a variety of notes on the stave and label them.

If you play a musical instrument, make a video of you playing your favourite piece and send it in to us: office@estcots.co.uk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsnR9AoSPTA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98S6pfQOa0M Stop watching at 3.07 minutes as it changes from treble clef music to bass clef.

Science Gestation of Different Mammals Last week we learnt about the life-cycle of humans. It takes 9 months for the foetus of a human being to grow enough so that it is ready to be born. This is called the gestation period (how long it takes to be fully formed), but how long does it take other mammals to be ready to be born? This week we are going to learn about this as it takes different amounts of time for different mammals. For example, it takes about 11 months for a horse to reproduce where as it takes an Indian elephant 22 months (1year 10 months!) before their offspring are ready to be born.

We want you to research and collect some information about the gestation periods of different mammals and their life spans (how long they are expected to live). We want you to investigate to see whether or not there is a link between how long an animal lives and their gestation periods. Using the table

below research using Google to find out the gestation periods of different mammals and their lifespans. Record the gestation period in days and their lifespan in years (the data is usually given this way). There is space for you to choose three of your own mammals. When you have collected your data it is time to plot the information onto a scatter graph. This type of graph can compare two pieces of information to see if there is a correlation (link) between the two. For this you can use Microsoft excel if you are lucky enough to have a computer or you can plot the information on a graph that you draw. Next, take a photo and send in your work: office@estcots.co.uk Use this link for a tutorial in how to produce a scatter graph using excel. https://youtu.be/BdzUzMSM0PM Use this link to help with drawing your own scatter graph on paper:

https://youtu.be/8y3xYWbIRl8

Did you notice any correlations? Use this link to help you analyse your data:

https://youtu.be/PC5H-llytng

PE How many steps are you doing a day? How could you increase your steps and make your body healthier? I enjoy throwing a ball and the children run to fetch it, but I’ve started to hit the ball with a racquet so they have to run further. Then we swap.

Can you think of ways to do more exercise every day? How are you going further or being more active? Create a small table and record what you are doing each day, like below. You don’t have to be super active every day but 20 minutes a day will keep your heart and body healthy.

Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

9am 40 star jumps

10am 200 skips

1pm 5 minutes jogging round the garden

ICT Learn how to touch type – a very useful skill! This is not something that can be learnt overnight, in fact I (Mrs Brown) did G.C.S.E typewriting back in the day and I spent 2 years learning to do this!!!! There are lots of levels to do so keep going. Why not take a video of you practising this and sent it in to us: office@estcots.co.uk

Touch typing is the fastest way to write and will be a skill that you will be thankful to have learnt as you go through school. Dance Mat Typing is a fun way to learn touch typing. There are four levels to play, each divided into three stages. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zf2f9j6/articles/z3c6tfr

Maths Word Problems.

Draw bar models to represent these problems and then solve them. Do not miss out drawing a bar

model as this is crucial to future mathematical understanding.

Question 1

Mrs Brown and Mrs Ellis have £1293 altogether. Mrs Brown’s

share is double Mrs Ellis’ share. How much is Mrs Brown’s share?

How much is Mrs Ellis’ Share?

Question 2

A tanker truck has 8500 litres of petrol in its tank. It delivers some

petrol to an empty petrol pump. When it has finished the tanker

truck has 4 times as much petrol as the tank. How much petrol is

now in the tank and the pump?

Question 3

Sophie and Harry had 3020 football stickers between them. Harry

had three times as many stickers as Sophie. How many stickers do

each of them have?

Question 4

Mr Abebe has £1240 and Miss Khatri has £4730. Miss Khatri give some money to Mr Abebe. In

the end, Mr Abebe has twice as much money as Miss Khatri. How much money does Mr Abebe

and Miss Khatri have in the end?

Challenge 1

A baker has 5026g of flour in a sack. He bought another

packet of flour with a mass of 4157g. He moved some flour

from the packet to the sack. The mass of the flour in the

sack became twice the mass of flour left in the packet. How

much flour was left in the packet in the end?

Question 5

A row of five identical sticks measures 32.5cm. How long would a row of 9 sticks be? Round

the answer to the nearest whole number.

Question 6

A tower of 7 identical books measured 33.6 cm. How much would a tower of 9

identical books measure? Round this answer to the nearest whole number.

Question 7

4 identical bricks have a total mass of 9.2 kg. What would the mass of 7 bricks be? What is

this weight in grams?

Question 8

A stack of 9 identical boxes measures 270 cm tall. Stephan takes 3 boxes off the top. How

tall is the tower now?

Challenge 2

Animal Gestation period in days

Average Life Span in years

Human

African elephant

Tiger

Giraffe

Chimpanzee

Wolf

Grey squirrel

Pig

Hamster

Dog

Cat

Mouse

Horse

Humpback whale

Fox

Dolphin

Words Ending in ‘cial and tial’

Circle the letters in order to spell out each word.

official q w o r t i f I o c f s d f g i j k l z c o v b n u i q a z w s x e l c s

special q s p r t y u e o p a s e c g h j k i c x c v i o m q a z u s l s d c r

artificial c a e o t r u I n p t s d f c h i k i z x c f b n m q i z c s i u a s l

beneficial d w b r t y e I o p i n d f g h e k l z f c v b i c q a i w s a e d c l

anti-social a w m n t a i I - p a s d f g o c k i z x c i a n m q o z w l u e d s r

partial p w u r a y r s o p a s t f g c j k i z x c v i n a o a z u s x e l c r

confidential e c t y o b o i n s d f t h j k l i x c d o n m e n u t s i e d a r l

essential c w e r a s u I o p a s d t e h j k l n x c v t o m i a z w s u l d c s

potential p e o t y i I o e a s c f n h j k t z x c i b n t q a i w o x l d c s r

substantial i s e r n y u I o f b s d e g t j kc l a t n v t n i o a z w u x e l c s

Complete the sentences using words from above.

Mrs Brown gave John a ___________________________ prize for doing excellent work.

The gardener covered the patio with ______________________________ grass.

It is _________________________________ to eat a healthy meal.

The information that I am about to give you is _____________________________.

It is _______________________________ that you complete the task.

Playing loud music past midnight is ______________________________________.

If you work hard, you will be able to achieve your full ___________________________.

Words ending in ‘cial and tial’

Attach each word to its correct meaning. Use a dictionary to help you.

Exceptionally good or pleasant. Different from what is usual.

In a way that causes annoyance in others. Not wanting to be with others.

Absolutely necessary, extremely important

A person holding public office or having official duties

Made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally

Incomplete. To have a liking for something.

Having or showing the capacity to develop into something in the future

Of considerable importance, size or worth. Strongly built or made.

Intended to be kept secretive.

Something that is good or can provide advantage.

official

special

artificial

beneficial

anti-social

partial

confidential

essential

potential

substantial

Words ending in tial and cial

A L T L U M Y E P V L L S P N

P M A I A I C O J A T A F J W

Q B Q I Z I T S I Z V I W V Q

J H E Y T E C T M M B C B W F

G U I N N N N E E Q C O I B A

E J C T E A E K P U Q S B I Q

K F I Y T F A D Z S P I S E L

X A W S U Z I Z I D M T H S A

L F B V C S L C N F Z N F S I

O U P V T W B I I X N A B E T

S A R T I F I C I A L O D N R

L A I C I F F O Q L L W C T A

L R N K T C P O P Z A L O I P

M U N K Z K O V G D D F Z A J

F S P N B N F T L O X H W L G ANTI-SOCIAL

ARTIFICIAL

BENEFICIAL

CONFIDENTIAL

ESSENTIAL

OFFICIAL

PARTIAL

POTENTIAL

SPECIAL

SUBSTANTIAL