Notes for use We have made this powerpoint for your daily tasks to complete at home. You can either answer the questions by printing out the slides, recording the answers on paper or typing in a word document. Whatever really suits you best. Please feel free to look at other year groups if this pack becomes too challenging. Remember to not put too much pressure on yourselves to complete everything on here. You can share your work on Class Dojo. If you type any work on google docs, you can share it with your teacher or type it on word and email it to us: l.durrant@sherbornepri.dorset.sch.uk rwilcox@sherbornepri.dorset.sch.uk chawkins@sherbornepri.dorset.sch.uk
Monday
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What was life like in Victorian schools?
Research what school life was like in Victorian times. Write a list of school rules during Victorian times. Write a paragraph to explain how school life was different to how it is now.
Tuesday
Write two sentences using the word train As a noun and a verb. Write two sentences using the word Paint as a noun and a verb.
Use the picture as inspiration to write some sentences. You must include: ● A relative clause ● A prepositional phrase ● A modal verb ● The subjunctive form ● A semi colon
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What types of schools were there in Victorian times?
Research the different types of Victorian schools and write two sentences about each one: ● ● ● ● ●
Boarding schools Public schools Ragged schools Dame schools Church schools
Wednesday
Write a definition for the underlined Words in the following sentences: Catching his breath for a moment, Gavin filled his lungs with air before he attempted the arduous climb up to the summit.
Reaching the peak, Gavin experienced a feeling of jubilation.
He couldn’t quite believe that he’d been able to scale all 5000 metres to the top of the mountain as he normally suffered from a terrible aversion to heights.
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Your task today is to write a letter as if you were a child in a Victorian school. You may be writing to a parent or a friend. Think about: ● ● ● ●
Life at school The teachers The other children Write about one specific event
Writing a letter
First person
Conjunctions
Past tense
Historical information Descriptive language
Sentence types
Sentence openers Punctuation
Thursday
Use the picture as inspiration to write some sentences. You must include: ● A passive sentence ● A fronted adverbial ● An expanded noun phrase ● A hyphen ● A present perfect sentence
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Who were the Victorians? Use the internet to research information about the Victorians.
Create a mind map to show your findings.
Friday
Revolution
Finishing off Friday: Finish off any work from this week that you haven’t yet completed.