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Rebels

Mrs Metcalfe, Miss McMaster & Miss

Ramshaw Autumn Term 2 2017

Homework Project

As part of the topic Gallery Rebels, children in Y5 will be learning about famous artists and their work.

For their homework project this term, we would like to children to design a sculpture in the style of Dada artists. (see below). You can design or make your model from whatever materials you wish. For example, you might want to make it out of recyclable materials or clay or even wood, but try to be creative as you can!

The deadline for this homework is: 11 th

December 2017

Below are some pictures in the Dada style.

Below is a brief outline of what your child will be learning during this half term

Gallery Rebels

Literacy Developing comprehension skills,

answering 2-3 mark questions.

Biography about Salvador Dali

Studying famous poets.

Poetry

Adverbs, adverbial phrases, prepositional phrases.

Art

Researching a range of famous artists.

Looking closely at the work of Vincent Van Gogh and copying his techniques.

Look at techniques such as blending with a range of materials.

Numeracy Multiplication and division. Word problems using all 4

operations. Perform mental calculations. Illustrating and naming parts

of circles. Compare and classify

geometric shapes. Find angles in triangles,

quadrilaterals and regular polygons.

Recognise angles where they meet at a point.

Geography Identifying the different polar-regions.

Looking at the habitat of animals that live in these regions.

Investigating the climate and what effect changes to the climate can have.

Science- Light Looking at how light travels.

How shadows are formed

Exploring how we see objects

Music Guitar lessons.

Physical Education

Basketball

Things to remember: PE Monday and Tuesday – PE kit to be kept

in school all week (outdoor kit will be required)

Learn multiplication and division facts. Spellings - sent home on Friday to be learnt

for test on the following Friday Please listen to your child read 3 times per

week. Reading records back on Friday please and remember to try to complete your ‘Book Bingo’ card.