More Reminders

Ok, what do we need to remember?

1. Tomorrow is non-uniform day; bring a small gift as a prize for the Spring Fair
2. If you want to order anything from the Book Club, bring your money in an envelope
3. If it lo0ks like rain in the morning (are the clouds dark?) then you should bring a jumper
   

Reminders

Lots of things going on at the moment and lots of things to remember. Here's a few of them:

1. Auditions for Ali Baba on Thursday morning. Make sure you come in your time slot!
2. Non-uniform day on Wednesday NEXT WEEK. Please bring a small gift that we can use as a prize at the Spring Fair. It shouldn't be an expensive gift. Do not bring a toy that you got free from a fast food restaurant.
3. Tomorrow is the last day for photo money.
4. Festival of Football and Spring Fair - February 17th
5. Y5-2 Class Assembly - February 16th (I think)
   

New Gold

So, the first Golden Book of 2011 has just passed by and which wonderful student found himself in its illustrious pages? It was...RUY!

He got into the Golden Book because of his dedication to independent learning during our Astronomy topic. He has discovered many interesting and unusual pieces of information and, not only that, he has been able to explain all of the things he has learned to the rest of the class. Well done Ruy!

Two more Super Students are appearing in the blog at the moment. Laila and Saleh are the first people from our class to go up a level in 3 Minute Maths. Well done to you two and come on everyone else!

Healthy & Wise

As part of our focus on Healthy Eating over the next week or so we'll be keeping a food journal and keeping track of what we eat each day. I think some of us might be surprised about how much we eat and probably how much unhealthy food that we eat.

There are a few useful websites around to help us learn about what we eat and how it affects us. Here is another one which has a game about food and nutrition.

Happy New Homework! (I mean 'Year')

Hello again everyone and welcome to 2011! I hope you all had a great holiday and didn't get too wet or snowy. We're back to school and full of energy and enthusiasm about our New Year.

Part of the change to a New Year is thinking about all the things we want to do in the time ahead. We're going to give ourselves three targets that we'd like to achieve before our next holiday. When you've decided what they are, send them to me by clicking on the '0 replies' link underneath.

How To Do Today's Homework

Just two questions today:
Which planets are solid?
Which planets are gas?

To answer the question, click on the words '0 replies' underneath this message. Type your answer in the box. Type the strange word that checks to see if you are human or spam. Click on 'Name/url' and type your name. Click on 'Publish comment'.

If your internet is not working, please get a note to say so.

Good luck!

You're A Star!

One of the things mentioned in the Oort Cloud work last week was a solar flare. Here's a picture that NASA took of the sun this week. You can see a huge solar flare in the bottom left corner. The flare was 700 000km long!

Playing Games

We went down to visit the YEs today, Mrs Jones' class in fact. We took the various board games we had made at the start of our Astronomy topic and the little kids seemed to really enjoy them. We did notice that they found it difficult to count up to 6, which made some of the games quite hard, and they were very shy to start off with but they almost all enjoyed themselves by the end of our visit and, as you can see, they were all smiling and happy by the end.

Our Place In Space

Here's the video that we watched in class. It gives you a really good idea about the size of Earth and the Sun compared to some of the other things in space. We are really tiny!

Today's Homework

1. Daily Maths 2
2. Comprehension: either Letts p.24-25 or Key Comprehension p.68-69
3. Reading (including doing the Reading Activity for those who didn't do it on Saturday)

Today's Homework

Gosh, I was so busy chatting to people's parents that I almost didn't put the homework up! That would never do. Here it is:

1. Spelling - write a sentence using a synonym, then write the meaning of the shape words
2. Daily Maths 1
3. Continue Scientist Research
4. Reading Activity
5. Abacus PCM p.17

Coming Soon...more photos!

Today's Homework

1. Finish Abacus SDM p.30 – draw the shapes and add the diagonals. Use the spotted paper.

2. Abacus PCM p.112

3. Spelling – write sentences using 10 spelling words. Don't start with a name, don't start with the same word twice, each sentence must be at least 7 words long.

4. Reading

Today's Homework

1. Spelling - answer the crossword, choose 5 extra words, learn the words for Wednesday's test
2. Newspaper Worksheet q. 1-6
3. Find the name of a scientist connected to space discoveries

Today's Homework

1. Daily Maths 4
2. Maths sheet
3. Finish the title page of 'Astronomy'
4. Answer the Jeddah question - Why did the population of Jeddah suddenly increase after 1945? Write the answer in your jotter.
5. Bring a space object - Mrs Ward has 64!
   

International Day ctd.

Here's some more photos from last week. Can you spot your face in the crowd?

Today's Homework

• Daily Maths 1
• Abacus PCM p.28
• Spelling - learn the words, add five new ones, write the missing words from the sentences
• Space paper - write the missing words in the gaps
• Reading - don't forget to get your reading record signed

Today's Homework

1. Spelling homework - learn the words, find 5 new ones to add to the list, finish the wordsearch
2. Daily Maths 1
3. Bring an object connected to space - we're starting our topic on Astronomy and here's where we begin; try to find things with a name connected to space, that have a picture about space or that are used to learn about space. Be creative! There are lots of things out there. chocolate

International Day

Well, what a lovely time we had. We walked around the school and saw all the other children (and a lot of parents). We sat under a giant wobbly blue sheet and listened to the choir and the cast of Grease. We came back to class and enjoyed the food from different parts of the world. We listened to Anmar play the guitar so that he could achieve one of his targets. And the best part of all was that we still had time for a spelling test! Enjoy the photos.

Today's Homework

1. Daily Maths 3
2. Reading - we're getting our reading records signed more often now. Keep it up!
3. Spelling - learn your spellings, choose 5 new words, write your sentences

Remember. I n t e r n a t i o n a l D a y ! Clothes! Food! Fun!

Today's Homework

1. Times table square - remember to record the time as well as how many you got correct.
   
2. Abacus PCM p. 8 & 11
3. Reading - your job is to ask your parents to sign the record. Their job is to sign it. Every day.
   
4. Island Homework 3 - you are writing a play script about meeting the people from the island. You need to include the features of a play such as character names on the left, stage directions and a scene location. The ideas on the paper are just suggestions; you can write much more than that, at least 2 pages I think. Imagine what the island people might say. Why do they want to find you? Are they friendly? Do you speak their language? Where do you go with them?

Remember, it's International Day on Wednesday so you need to start thinking about what clothes to wear and what food to bring. You should try to wear something that is traditional and particular to your country, not just what everyone normally wears.