Year 5 Topic Plan and Resources: 8th - 12th February 2021 TOPIC LESSONS THIS WEEK RECORDED LESSON AVALIABLE ON TEAMS Science – Life cycle of a mammal Geography - deserts YES Art – Repeated patterns YES – last week’s recording RE – Explain why religious people go YES on pilgrimages PSHE – How to ask for help Science Task: Make a poster about the life cycle of a mammal. 1) Watch this video on a life cycle of mammals or read the information. Science resource 1 To get onto the website you have to type in the following: Username: student21079 Password: Colindale https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/video/item665367/grade2/module648876/index.html?source=search- all-KS2-all-all&source-keywords=life%20cycle%20of%20a%20mammal 2) Draw or make the life cycle of a mammal. You could use the blank life cycle template Science Resource 2, the easier life cycle template Science Resource 3 or create your own. 3) Mark your work using the completed life cycle of a mammal sheet Science Resource 4. Extension: What do you think the differences are between the life cycle of a human and other mammals? 1 Science Resource 1 – Information about the life cycle of a mammal. Mammal Lift cycles All animals, including humans, have life cycles. Why are mammals different? Mammals are unique in the animal kingdom because they don’t lay eggs. They are the only animal group to give birth to live young. How long do they carry their babies (pregnant)? In humans, it takes about nine months from conception (or fertilisation) before a child is ready to be born. Elephants carry their babies for an average of twenty-two months before they give birth. A mouse carries its babies just two to three weeks! How many live babies do they give birth to? Humans usually give birth to only one baby, whereas the domestic cat or dog will have four to six kittens in one litter. Animals, such as elephants, gorillas, and giraffes, will also give birth to only one baby. What are the stages of a mammal life cycle? However, despite the differences, it’s life cycle - the process by which it grows and develops after it’s born - is the same in all mammals. It is made up of three stages: a) A mammal begins life as an infant (baby). b) Grows and develops as a juvenile (growing up). c) Then reaches maturity as an adult, ready to reproduce and start the life cycle all over again (adult). 2 What happens when the babies are born? Baby mammals are very vulnerable. They depend on their parents for food and protection. Sometimes, mammals are born with their eyes closed. They depend on their mother for warmth protection and food. All mammals make milk to feed their young. Fox cubs need milk when they are very young. Just like human babies their digestive systems are not developed enough to eat solid food. Baby hippos start grazing at about three weeks, but they will need their mother’s milk for another year. How fast do babies grow and why? Baby mammals develop at different speeds. Animals that are born in the open, need to be able to stand soon after birth: lambs, calves, baby deer and horses all stand within minutes of being born. Animals born in sheltered dens or nests will take longer to walk, but in a few days their eyes will be open, and they will have fur and begin to resemble their grown- up parents. When they can leave the burrow and explore with their mother, they have reached the next stage of their lifecycle. What happens to a juvenile mammal? A juvenile mammal relies on its mother to show it how to find food or hunt, how to spot danger and how to react to threats. It will follow the mother and learn through play, copying its siblings and other adults, just like human children do. Depending on the species the young mammal might stay with its parents for a few weeks, or in the case of elephants and humans, many years. In all cases it will gain strength and independence as it grows, eventually leaving the parent and moving on the next stage of its life cycle. What happens to an adult mammal? In the animal kingdom adulthood is reached when a mammal becomes mature enough to reproduce (have babies). Young adults look for mates, sometimes partnering for just one short season and at other times, like wolves, for many years; some animals even mate for life. In all cases the goal is to start a new family and begin the next life cycle. 3 Science Resource 2 – Blank life cycle template 4 Science Resource 3 – Easier life cycle template 5 Science Resource 4 – Answers 6 Geography Please watch Miss Thompson’s recorded lesson. If you are unable to watch the video, then follow the steps below. Task: Label deserts on a world map. 1) Look at the map geography resource 1. Talk to a member of your family, can you see any deserts? 2) Use an atlas, google maps or the maps below geography resource 2. 3) Fill in one of the world map geography resources 3 or 4 by putting the deserts in the correct place. 4) Mark your work using geography resource 5. Extension: Research more deserts around the world. Plot them onto your world map. 7 Geography Resource 1 – World Map 8 Geography Resource 2 – Maps of Continents 9 10 11 12 13 Geography Resource 3 – Easier sheet 14 Geography Resource 4 – Harder sheet 15 Geography Resource 5 – Answers 16 Art Creating repeated patterns 1. Please make sure you have completed your repeated pattern designs that you should have been working on over the last two weeks. We have not seen many children’s work yet, so please upload your work to teams or email us a photo of your work. See Art Resource 1 if you would like to start again or have another go. 2. If you are able to access a drawing app on your device (computer / phone / ipad), please create a repeated pattern using this – or another one! PicsArt Color is a good app to try, but make sure you first get permission from an adult if you want to download it, or you can use Paint. You can watch Mrs Naqvi’s recorded lesson again from last week which will show you how to create a pattern using Paint. 3. Complete the evaluation sheet for one of your patterns – Art Resource 2 17 Art Resource 1 My Repeated Pattern v 18 Art Resource 2 Evaluation Sheet for your Repeated Pattern 19 PSHE How to ask for help Read the information below. It would really help if you can discuss your ideas with someone else. Sometimes we need help but we’re not able to ask for it. Asking for help, no matter how big or small the issue might be, is often hard to do. Knowing that you’re in need of help can be hard to admit because we’re often taught to be self-reliant and independent. Asking for help can feel very uncomfortable. It takes courage to reach out and say that you’re not managing or you’re unsure about something. I want help but I can’t ask! Here’s a few important things that young people say stops them from getting help: - They don’t really believe that talking about it will help. - They don’t like to rely on others and prefer to do things themselves. - They’re not sure who they can trust. - It’s hard to know when it’s okay to cope by themselves or when they really need help. - They’re embarrassed or ashamed. - They or other people see it as a sign of weakness. - They’ve tried asking for help in the past, but it didn’t go very well and it put them off. - They feel scared or worried about what might happen. 20 While it may feel risky reaching out for help – it’s important that you do. Sometimes, we just need help and there’s no shame in that. Everybody needs help at times including your parents, siblings, friends and teachers. Unfortunately, asking for help can bring up a lot of negative thoughts and feelings such as: - a sense of failure - a loss of independence - feeling weak - doubting your own ability - feeling disappointed or bad about yourself How do you know when to get help? Asking for help is a really important skill to learn and you’ll use it throughout your life – in your relationships, at school and at work. Here are few reasons why you might consider asking for help – do you think you have ever been in one of these situations? 21 How to ask for help: - Don’t fall into the trap of thinking you have to do everything yourself. - Accept that you’re only human – you’re not supposed to be doing everything perfectly all the time. - Helping another person actually makes us feel good – give your friends and family the chance to help you. - Sharing your struggles with the people you trust and asking for support strengthens your relationships. - Practice asking for help with the little things so when the big problems happen, you know what to do. 22 Task: Make a poster advising children how to ask for help. Features of posters: 1) think about your layout 2) include a title 3) make it informative 4) make it eye-catching 5) use different fonts 6) use different colours 7) use different images Extension: Make a list of the trusted adults you have asked help from.