Group of the Week

It was Group 3 again a couple of weeks ago but I've only just got around to putting their photo up. Here they are.

Today's Homework

1. Spelling - Write a sentence for each spelling word
2. Lord Krishna's Flute - write the story in your ITU book. NEAT HANDWRITING!
3. Learn your spellings & add 5 more words
   

Mystery Question Answered!

There are many African languages, between 2000 and 3000 apparently. Some suggestions were Swahili and Zulu. The winner (again?) was Adlan with correct answers also coming from Adam and Sulaiman. Well done to everyone.

Making Your Writing Better

Here's something you can all use to help with your descriptive writing. It's quite fun and includes a game so don't ignore it!

Today's Homework

1. Daily Maths 5
2. Myth Story - go through the whole of the story and highlight all the adjectives and interesting words. Look for words used instead of 'said', 'went', 'go', 'do' and anything else that is unusual or descriptive.
3. Reading Log - choose 2 activities for your reading book. Write the activity number!
4. Find a picture or description of a mythical creature eg Medusa, minotaur, Pegasus etc
   

Blog On!

There's a bit ofcompetition in Y5-2 over blogging! I am not the only one we've got. THis week has seen the addition of two new blogs: Wael's Blog and Fun Fact. I hope we see more of these blogs in the future and maybe even some new ones from other people!

PE Reminders

Sorry, I forgot to pass on the message today. Some people will be doing a bit of catching-up at lunchtimes this week. Mr McEachen has asked for the following people to meet him to do different events:

Sunday - Nadine and Khaled - go to the gym
Tuesday - Saleh, Wael, Arouba, Wasfi - go to the running track
Wednesday - Ismail, Gehan, Tiya, Zainab, Wasfi - go to the long jump pit

You will need to bring your PE kit on those days so that you can do your event.

Today's Homework

1. Daily Maths 1 & 2
2. Comprehension - Deborah's reading group do Letts p.50-51; everyone else do Key Comprehension p.22-25. The answers should be written in your ITU book on a new page!
3. Reading
   

Today's Homework

1. Finish your co-ordinates pictures
2. Daily Maths 3 & 4
3. Reading
4. Find a myth about how something was made - bring it to school on Saturday, either in a book or printed or written down.
   

Mystery Question Answered!

The real Jack the Giant killer was a Cornishman who slew a terrible giant who had been plaguing the poor people of Cornwall for many years. The story is thought to be over a thousand years old and refers to some real places in Cornwall although whether it actually happened is debateable.

You can read more about the story, and tales of other giants Jack killed, by clicking here.

Today's Homework

1. Daily Maths 1 & 2
2. Write 1 sentence for each spelling word or write the meaning of each spelling word or a mixture of the two.
3. Reading
4. Make sure your old spelling sheets (crosswords, word searches, cryptograms) are finished
   

Today's Homework

1. Daily Maths 1 & 2
2. Abacus PCM p.42
3. Reading
   
4. Research either a myth or a legend and write about it in the chart in your ITU book.

• how old is the story?
• where did it happen?
• who is in it?
• what does it teach us/what is it explaining?
• how did we find out about the story?

You should also record where you discovered this information: book, person, website etc

If you want to draw a title page for your Myths and Legends topic you can do that as well.

Group Winners

Last week we found ourselves looking at Group 3 as the winners, yet again! They must be lucky seats or something. However, it was not the same people because we had swapped our places around a bit so this week the prizes went to Deborah, Arouba and Adlan. Well done North house!

Today's Homework

1. Oort Cloud Week 5 - it's the last one today. Try to make it the best one! You have reached your destination and your mission is almost complete. Will it succeed and make you a hero or will it fail and you will return to Earth without the important information? Make sure you write about how you feel about your mission and what your reactions are to what you see. Did you see the star being born? How did your crew feel?
2. Daily Maths 4 & 5
   

Mystery Question Answered!

According to this website, Pluto changes colour at different stages of its orbit. It has been observed to be red recently. The reason for this is because the Sun's light is breaking down the methane on the surface of Pluto. This chemical reaction leaves behind a red carbon residue. So there you go.

Today's Homework

1. Reading Log - choose 1 activity and do it in your reading log book
2. Abacus PCM p.37 & 38
3. Reading

Don't forget to keep working on your presentation! It will be on Wednesday and it needs to be about space or astronomy in some way. I'm looking for the people who can talk in an interesting way without reading from a paper.

Mystery Question Answered!

Last week's question was about which was more; the height of the tallest mountain or the depth of the deepest ocean trench. The answer is...the ocean depth! In fact, the ocean is quite a lot deeper in some places than the tallest mountain is high. Some people say that our oceans are the last unexplored areas on Earth. Perhaps one day people will be able to go to the very bottom of the ocean as we can now go to the top of Mt Everest.

Anyway, congratulations to the winners. I told them who they were in class but now I've forgotten. I'm sure they were well rewarded though. :-)

Today's Homework

1. Daily Maths 1 & 2
2. Prepare a presentation about Astronomy for Wednesday. You may talk about any part of what we have studied; the people, the ideas, the planets and stars. You can show a PowerPoint presentation, a poster, pictures. You can use nothing but your memory if you wish. The only rules are: you must speak for 90 seconds or more. You must not read from a paper or from the board. Good luck!
   

Today's Homework

1. Daily Maths 4 + 5
2. Finish the constellation story
3. Reading
4. Letts p.34/35 Section 1 + 2 - in your English Homework book
   

Super Students!

I'm a bit behind, what with being away for a few days and the computer not letting me put pictures on the blog. Anyway, here's a couple who were missed out last week: Saleh was put in the Golden Book a couple of weeks ago and our best group last week was Group 3. Well done to them all.

The Shape of Things to Come

We had a visit from some Year 3s today, telling us all about the importance of recycling and reusing. We thought about how many shopping bags we use each week, and how much plastic and energy could be saved if we had one of the school's reusable bags to take to the shops with us. If you want to buy one, they are obtainable from Mrs Bennett at a reasonable 15SR each. After we thought about the bags we watched a short video about what happens to all the plastic we throw away.



We also did a little bit of work about shape today. Here's a matching game that you might like to try.