Creating nouns using –ness suffix
happiness
hardness
madness
nastiness
silliness
tidiness
childishness
willingness
carelessness
foolishness
Use the word 'Inspiration' as your starting point. Create a poster showing what this means to you. What / who inspires you? What are you inspired to do? What does it feel like to be inspired? How do you inspire others?
Creating nouns by adding the -ity suffix.
community
curiosity
ability
captivity
activity
sensitivity
possibility
flexibility
visibility
eternity
This week, we will be focusing on Year 5 and 6 spelling words that have a double consonant.
Embarrass
Especially
Correspond
Communicate
Profession
Sufficient
Exaggerate
Recommend
Find out about the story of Holy Mary's appearance at Lourdes. Present your findings in a format of your choice.
presidential
confidential
initial
essential
partial
special
social
artificial
financial
official
Now that you have finished reading to the end of chapter 10, write a letter from Mary inviting Dickon to invite him to Misselthwaite Manor to play for the day. How might Mary persuade Dickon to come? What would she plan for them to do? Would he be given a meal?
You have until Tuesday 9th February to complete this.
Spellings w/c 1.2.21
adjective |
adverb
|
infectious |
infectiously |
nutritious |
nutritiously |
cautious |
cautiously |
ambitious |
ambitiously |
superstitious |
superstitiously |
Imagine you are Martha from The Secret Garden. What would you tell your family about her?
You might say things like 'Aye, you wouldn't believe it, the child can't even dress herself or even put her shoes on'
Spellings 25.1.21
adjective |
adverb
|
vicious |
viciously |
spacious |
spaciously |
gracious |
graciously |
suspicious |
suspiciously |
malicious |
maliciously |
ferocious |
ferociously |
Write a character description on Mary Lennox. What does she look like and what is her personality like?
If you need a bit of help you could use one of the sheets saved below.
Spellings w/c 18.1.21
adjective |
noun |
distant |
distance |
tolerant |
tolerance |
relevant |
relevance |
defiant |
defiance |
reliant |
reliance |
Write a description of the secret garden that you designed last week.
Spellings w/c 11.1.21
achieve
ceiling
deceit
conceit
deceive
either
neither
perceive
receipt
receive
Please create a labelled picture of a secret garden from your imagination. What would you include? How would you get in and out secretly? Are there different sections to your garden?
Spellings w/c 4.1.21
Individual, interfere, interrupt, language, leisure, lightning, marvellous, mischievous.
Egypt research
The children will begin a unit of travel writing this week. We will be writing about Egypt. For homework, could the children please begin their research. Attached is a copy of the research gird we shall be using in school. They can begin to fill out some of the information and bring it in to school (or write their information on a piece of paper). This sheet will not be collected in, as it shall be used only by the children in line with COVID policies.
Spellings w/c 30.11.20
magnificence |
intelligence |
silence |
violence |
obedience |
confidence |
innocence |
patience |
coincidence |
excellence |
Spellings w/c 16.11.20
frequent |
innocently |
ancient |
confidently |
confident |
obediently |
patient |
patiently |
dependent |
intelligently |
magnificent |
magnificently |
Spellings w/c 9.11.20
reasonably |
unreasonably |
responsibly |
irresponsibly |
comfortably |
illegibly |
sensibly |
impossibly |
suitably |
intolerably |
Spellings w/c 2.11.20
'y' as a vowel sound.
Friday 23rd October 2020
Homework for Half Term Week
Your homework for half term week is:
1. Reading - To enjoy a good quality reading text. This may be a book from home, or you could continue reading our class novel 'Secrets of a Sun King'.
2. Maths - To improve your times table knowledge by playing Times Tables Rockstars.
3. Art - Create a painting or drawing of an ancient Egyptian scene using your choice of materials. You could have a look at this website for inspiration:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zg87xnb
Please complete homework by Monday 2nd November 2020.
Have a lovely half term!
Mr Griffin and Mrs McGovern
cereal | serial |
heard | herd |
steal | steel |
stationery | stationary |
father | farther |
Homework w/c 12th October
Spellings w/c 12th October
past | passed |
proceed | precede |
aisle | isle |
aloud | allowed |
affect | effect |
Spellings w/c 5th October 2020
Words with silent letter t
fasten |
listen |
glisten |
soften |
castle |
rustle |
bustle |
jostle |
nestle |
wrestle |
thistle |
whistle |
Additional challenge: Write a newspaper article of your choice, then ask someone to give you an opinion on whether they found it interesting or not.
You could write about something happening in the world, or an event from a story book, or just use your imagination!
Remember to email a copy or photo to Year5@stalbanrc.bham.sch.uk
Spellings wc 28.9.20
fought | nought |
ought | bought |
cough | trough |
rough | tough |
enough | thorough |
English homework
Last week, Year 5 chose St Luke as their class saint. Try to find out about him. What sort of life did he have?
Choose how you would like to present your work - write a report, make a poster, write an acrostic poem, make a video. It's up to you!
Where possible, please email work or a photograph of it to Year5@stalbanrc.bham.sch.uk
Spellings wc 21.9.20
Words ending in -able
enjoyable |
miserable |
understandable |
enviable |
breakable |
reliable |
comfortable |
adorable |
changeable |
believable |
noticeable |
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