Weekly Homework Tasks
Beginning Friday 8th January 2016
Upper Key Stage 2, Year 6
MATHS
ENGLISH
READING COMPREHENSION
Friday
To read the text about The Shard and answer the questions that tests your understanding of the text.
Read the text thoroughly for 10 minutes and then complete the questions carefully, writing the answers
in your homework diary.
Monday
WRITTEN ARTIHMETIC
These homework tasks must
calculate:
be completed by: Friday 15th
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Tuesday
RECORD IN
HOMEWORK
BOOKS
MYMATHS
Using page 8-9 in your CGP books, revise adding and subtracting fractions and
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January 2016.
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This does not need to be
Creative Writing
During composition next week will be doing journalistic style writing about the
current floods that are affecting the north of England. Research some of the
completed in books.
This Week’s MyMaths Using
your www.mymaths.co.uk
impacts and read a range of news articles about this topic to inform your writing.
login, have a go at the
Write at least 6 bullet points about the key facts you’ve found out including
questions set for you.
statistics, quotes and facts.
Wednesday
GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
Complete and up level the following passage using the correct there, their or
1.
Angles on Parallel Lines
they’re.
Tom, Katie and _________ grandfather decided to go for a walk. They left
________ grandfather’s home and walked slowly. “Look over _________!” shouted
Tom. “________ is Mrs. Hunt with Bob and ________ dog.”
“_____________ walking towards the bus stop,” exclaimed Katie.
“____________ is the bus coming along the road,” pointed Grandfather.
“Are they allowed to take ________ dog on the bus?” asked Tom.
“I think dogs are allowed on buses as long as __________ well behaved!” replied
Grandfather.
They continued to walk towards the park wondering what they would see on their
stroll. They entered the park and saw many flowerbeds.
“Look over __________, ___________ beautiful!” exclaimed Katie as she pointed
to the brightly coloured flowers.
“___________ not as good as last year!” replied Grandfather. “Do you remember
_________ were lots of tall sunflowers in the centre of each bed?”
“Oh, yes!” answered Tom. “They did last for a long time and they were very tall.”
Grandfather was getting tired so they decided to sit down on a park bench.
“Look, ___________ playing rounders.” said Tom.
“_________ bat looks brand new!” said Katie. “Our bat is really old now.”
“__________ is a bright red Ferrari, ________ my favourite car.” exclaimed Tom.
Grandfather was now ready to walk back home. He had enjoyed his walk to the park
and hoped Grandmother would have a nice cup of tea for them before ________
tea.
Thursday
2.
Sum of interior angles of
regular polygons.
SPELLINGS
Use: Look-Say-Cover-Write-Check to write the following spelling words out 3
times each and learn them by heart over the week.
Write each word in a sentence. Check that it makes sense.
RECORD IN
HOMEWORK
BOOKS
conscience conscious controversy convenience correspond criticise
curiosity diminutive manoeuvring consecutively
Ext: Can you write the definition of each word using a dictionary
Daily homework time recommendation: 20-30 minutes each night
The school recommends reading on a daily basis and signing the Reading Record when an adult listens to a child read. The school also recommends practicing your
year group’s spellings regularly; these can also be found in the white reading records.
No, it's not an alien invasion! Laser show dazzles
London as Shard officially opens... but would you pay
£25 for a lift ride up to the top?
Europe's tallest building, the Shard on London's south bank, opened last night with a spectacular light and laser show.
Londoners, with umbrellas in hands, flocked to rooftops, balconies and public spaces as the tower, which rises to 1,016ft above
the city, was lit in blue, green, purple and gold and lasers probed out across the capital. From its uppermost floors on a crystal
clear day, it is claimed you can see France. London Bridge station resembles a toy train set at the base of the building and every
other landmark in the capital suddenly looks rather stumpy.
And so it came to pass, with a fanfare of music and laser light shows, that The Shard took its formal place on London’s skyline
last night - as well as a stake in the tourist trail. This skinny, shiny, pointy addition to an already crowded landscape officially
became the tallest in Western Europe yesterday with an inauguration ceremony that has been pending for the last 12 years.
It also set itself up as ‘the new premier visitor experience’, selling tickets today to allow public access from February to its
viewing platform.
But it might not be the altitude that makes you giddy.
At more than £87 for a family of four, a 30-second,
800ft trip in the lift to the 68th floor vantage point
works out at more than £10 a foot.
From here, you can gaze out across the Thames towards a
neighbouring cluster of other jauntily named buildings
such as The Gherkin, the Cheese Grater and the WalkieTalkie.
The £500million Shard is the newest name in the
catalogue.
But why? The answer, according to Mayor Boris Johnson
yesterday: ‘The Shard is more than just an amazing feat
of engineering - it is a towering illustration of London’s
determination to beat the recession and spur economic
growth.’
He confidently pledged it would act as ‘a huge commercial magnet, creating vital new jobs and pulling in scores of businesses’.
How many tenants at the moment? Err, just one, actually.
At the last count it was due to open with 26 floors of office space still to let, and a question mark over who might pay around
£30million for a flat with a postcode in one of the capital’s grubbiest areas.
But just look at it. The Shard rises dramatically from its site in Southwark, on the southern edge of the Thames, and has been
climbing steadily skywards since it became the UK’s highest building 20 months ago when construction took its core to a mere
774ft, a ft. higher than Canary wharf, and rising.
It’s an undeniably spectacular building that designers planned as a ‘vertical city’ with a hotel, offices, apartments and
restaurants. In the sunlight yesterday it glistened magnificently, and when the laser show started, they lit not just the night
sky, but some of the other landmark structures nearby.
Yet you can’t help feeling sorry for the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral, or the castellated majesty of the Tower of London, both of
which have been eclipsed by a 21st century spire of
steel, concrete and glass. Especially glass.
And no - they still haven’t found anyone to take on
the responsibility for ensuring those 11,000 glass
panels stay as gleaming as they are now.
The Shard began life as architect Renzo Piano’s
sketch on the back of a restaurant menu. Since then
countless critics who didn’t want to live in glass
houses began to throw stones.
Step forward Britain’s once-legendary arbiter of
style and good taste: John Prescott. The former
environment and transport secretary and Labour’s
deputy prime minister cut through objections to the
scheme and gave permission for The Shard to be built. Qatari backers provided most of the money.
Yesterday, Qatar’s prime minister, Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassem Bin Jabor Al Thani, joined the Duke of York at an inauguration
ceremony, symbolising
What each camp described as ‘the solid and continuing relationship between two countries.
There are 72 occupiable floors but with its hat on (further floors narrowing to a point) it stands as high as an 87-storey
building and scrapes the sky at an impressive 1,016ft.
That comfortably makes it six times taller than Nelson’s column, but still 438ft short of the Empire State Building; and it is
dwarfed by the 2,717ft Burj Khalifa in Dubai, whose not fearful that her record will be taken anytime soon.
Yesterday, however, they were keen to point out that the Shard is more about attitude than altitude.
Irvine Sellar, who heads the development company behind the project, insists: ‘It’s not an ego thing. We’re not the tallest
building in the world by a long way, but we are the best-looking in Europe.’ With Wren’s masterpiece sunlit in the background,
that is a bold claim indeed.
But St Pauls - all but engulfed by modern developments - can never match The Shard’s panoramic outlook, which, even from
lower floors, is breath-taking.
Luxury apartments at the top are being trumpeted as having the most sought-after view in London, stretching at least 40 miles
and sometimes right across the English Channel.
Here’s a thought though. If you really want to see France that badly, why not build a house there instead? And save £87.80
each time you look at it.
'We have a long heritage and continued commitment to invest and build in the UK for the long term and The Shard highlights
this close relationship.'
The skyscraper is part of a 2m sq. ft. development in Southwark called London Bridge Quarter.
The Shard and its sister development (The Place) are linked with London Bridge Station through a new central plaza, public
realm, bus station and train station concourse.
The Shard’s tenure at the top of the European height chart is likely to be short-lived, as the 1,089ft Mercury City Tower in
Russia is set to be completed by the end of the year.
Tickets to go up and see the view from 244 metres (800ft) above London will go on sale at 9am tomorrow .
The Shard
1.
What station is The Shard above? (1 mark)
2. Which country invested the most money into the building of the Shard (1 mark)
3. How tall in Canary Wharf? (1 mark)
4. What was the weather like at the opening? How do you know? (Column 1) (2 marks)
5. What is the tallest building in the World? How do you know? (Column 3)
6. What job are the still looking for someone to fill inside The Shard? (Column 2)
7. What does the sentence ‘Since then countless critics who didn’t want to live in glass houses began to throw
stones’ suggest about what other architect’s thought of the Shard? (1 mark) (Column 2)
8. How do the pictures help to show how tall The Shard is? (2 marks)
9. What is the purpose of the ‘How does it measure up information box’? (2 marks)
10. Do you think it is too expensive to visit the Shard? Yes/No. Use information from the text and the ‘How does it
measure up information box’ to support your answer (3 marks)
11. Do you think the author is happy about The Shard being built – Yes/Somewhat/no? Use examples from the text
to explain tour answer (3 marks)