Thursday 11th February 2021
Home learning - Thursday 11th February
SPAG
A relative clause can be used to give additional information about a noun. They are introduced by a relative pronoun like 'that', 'which', 'who', 'whose', 'where' and 'when'. Watch the video What are relative clauses? - BBC Bitesize and complete the relative clauses quiz.
Reading
Read chapter 20 and 21 of Journey to the river sea. An audio version is also available so you can sit back and listen to Mrs Farnes read.
English
Today you are going to be writing an opening paragraph to a newspaper report about the fire. You will need to think about Mr Carter’s actions on the night of the fire and also Miss Minton’s feelings when she realises Maia is missing. What would Manaus newspaper say about the fire? Watch the video PowerPoint where you will be guided through the lesson.
Maths
Today, you are going to be learning about area of a triangle (part two). Click here https://vimeo.com/507597205 to access the White Rose video. A PowerPoint version has also been attached below. Complete the fluency, reasoning and problem solving – see resources below.
Topic
Read the information ‘Meeting the Maya’ where you will find out about the Maya civilisation. Your tasks are explained in this pdf document. You will be sharing your knowledge of what you already know and also thinking about questions you might have about this new topic. You will also be completing a Maya map. You do not need an atlas or even the Internet as all the answers for the map can be found in the document ‘Meeting the Maya’.