Mystery Object

Congratulations to Peter and...Michael! Yes, that's right. We have a new winner this week. Peter finally has some competition. Of course, that still leaves the other 19 people in the class who haven't guessed...

For those of you still in the dark, this little chap is Asterix, the famous French warrior who defended his little village from the invading Roman army. You will see many of his stories in the library. More information can be found here.

Today's Homework

1. Abacus workbook p.125 - It's about bar-line graphs
   
2. Find the advantages and disadvantages of different things in our food - you had to choose one thing from this list:

• vitamins
• fat
• sugar
• fibre
• protein
• salt

• then you have to find out why we need it in our diet and what the consequences might be if you have too much or too little of it. Have a look on the websites you can find on your right if you can't find anything elsewhere.
  

Today's Homework

1. Daily maths 4
2. Spelling sentences - you should have my sentences stuck in your book. Write them yourself and insert the missing word from the spelling list. I shall be thinking about the next set of pen licences to give out so BE NEAT!
3. Bring an empty food or drink packet. We had a short talk about healthy eating today and we were all shocked to find out about the amount of sugar in some of the drinks we usually have. Did you know that blackcurrant juice has much more sugar than cola?

Today's Homework

1. Daily Maths 2
2. Key Comprehension p.25 questions 1-5 OR 'The Story of the Seasons'. If you're doing Key Comprehension, write the answers in your green homework book. If you're doing 'The Story of the Seasons' rearrange the story and stick it in your green homework book.
3. Learn your spellings - I'll be interested to see how Sagal, Ayesha, Nadine and Carolina manage this.
4. Reading
   

Mystery Object

Well done again Peter! You were the first to identify this person


as Sami al-Jaber, the Saudi footballer. It seems that many people in class knew who he was but only Peter came to tell me so Peter gets the house point.

This Week's Spellings

health
healthy
stealth
stealthily
ready
steady
treasure
measure
headache
weather
little
number
small
between
while

Today's Homework

1. Daily Maths 1 & 3
2. Write adjectives, verbs or adverbs for the space nouns - you should be able to think of at least 3 for each noun. Think about what it looks like, how it moves, what it might feel like etc
3. Reading
   

Today's Homework

1. Abacus Workbook p.26 & 27
2. Reading
   
3. That's it!
   

Today's Homework

1. Abacus workbook p.25 DID YOU REMEMBER IT THIS TIME ALY?
2. Finish your Oort Cloud diary. I have read some really good ones so far. Let's make the last one the best. Remember, this is the moment you have been waiting for all of your life! Will it all work out ok?
   

A Long Time Ago, In A Galaxy Far, Far Away...

Here's a few videos that might be interesting or useful. We saw a couple of them in class on Saturday.

Journey to the Edge of the Universe


The Most Important Image Ever Taken


The Real Perspective on the Solar System


Inside The Sun

Today's Homework

Just the one homework today but it's a biggie!

1. Finish your Oort Cloud diary up to the end of day 4.

One person was working so hard in class this week that he has finished day 4 already. I have a feeling that there might be someone who was working so slowly that he is still on day 2. Whatever day you are on, do your best at home and stop after 45 minutes. That means 45 minutes work, not 40 minutes staring out of the window and 5 minutes work!

Remember, the diary should include details of your daily activities (what you have been doing) but also your thoughts about things (such as when you discover ice on Mars; what else might be there?) and your feelings (like when the doctor tells you that you have radiation poisoning).

Matball: The Revenge!

Well, as we all know, it's not the winning, it's the taking part. Unless East win. Today was not such a day. Today was the chance for the plucky underdogs to have their turn in the sun. Yes, the team that usually comes last in everything came first! In Y5/6 and Y3/4! So let's have a big cheer for...North!!!

When the matches were over and the results were known I took a photo of my class. At least, I thought it was my class. The picture seems to show a gang of wild animals but perhaps you will spot my class in there somewhere.

Matball!

Remember! Tomorrow is Matball day! Do you know your team? Do you know the rules? Do you know what to wear? Do you know what tomorrow is? If the answer to any of those questions is 'no', you haven't been paying attention and your last lifeline is to phone a friend!

Today's Homework

1. Answer the questions about 4 newspaper articles - we already did 1 in class so you should have 3 more to do, IF you were working in class time. Gosh, that's a big if.
2. Sun, Moon and Earth worksheet - it shows a graph about sunrise times over the course of the year. The questions on the worksheet are about those times.
   

Today's Homework

1. Daily Maths 2
2. Reading - you should be doing this for 15 minutes every night!
3. Write a book review - do this in your 'Books I Have Read' book. Don't write about one of your reading books, write about a book you have chosen from the library or one you have at home. Non-fiction is best.
   
4. Finish your newspaper article - some of you have given me a USB stick, as I suggested yesterday, so you can do it on the computer. Everyone else will have to handwrite it. The topic is Eratosthenes, of course, and you should have enough information in your English book and from your research to finish it off.
   

Princes of Pen!

Congratulations to the first five people, chosen by popular acclaim, to be in receipt of our new Y5 Pen Licences. We have, in no particular order: Peter, Faisal, Aly, Tariq and Joe. Well done to you all!

Today's Homework

1. Day and Night Worksheet - this should have been stuck into your ITU book already. Answer the questions in the book.
2. Learn your spellings - you should have made your list before the holiday. The words come from mistakes you have made or from the science list.
3. Finish the print of the pictures from the Art lesson - make sure they are all done so that you can paint them in school.
4. Daily Maths 1
   

Welcome Back!

Hello again and welcome back after your long, early holiday. I do hope everyone is rested and re-energised and ready for two months of rewarding, relentless work! I know I am!!