A Rising Star of Y5-2

Here's someone who's done really well this week; it's Jayvee, sitting proudly at the teacher's desk because he was the first person in our class to get their Y5 pen licence. He tried really hard with his handwriting example and he has been working neatly in his other books as well. I wonder who will be the next to join him!

Today's Homework

Today's Homework is...

1. Daily Maths 3
2. Learn your spellings
3. Reading Activity 2 - if you have Laura's Reading Log (it says Laura at the top) you can give me your activity on Saturday
   
4. Continue with Home Town project.
   

Today's Homework

Ok, middle of the week time again. Here's what to do today:

1. Daily Maths 2 - ONLY Daily Maths 2, not all of them! Remember the date and title.
2. Write the spelling word and the meaning next to it. This is a handwriting task as well so try your best to join your letters and make them a regular size. Let's see who can get the next pen licence!
3. Continue on your Home Town project.

Today's Homework

1. Daily Maths 1 (in your Maths Homework book)
2. Reading Activity 1 (stick the sheet in your Reading Activity book)
3. Learn your spellings and match the meanings (in your spelling book)
4. Abacus PCM p.2

All your homework is due in the next day, unless I say otherwise. Don't forget to get your homework diary signed!

Well done to Jean and Dino, who were the only people to answer the Mystery Question. I know I said that it wasn't the real question but they made an effort anyway so 1hp to them. Have you tried the new one?

Today's Homework

Another day, another piece of homework. Yesterday's was fairly good. We had SOME lovely, colourful name cards which Mrs Badr has already stuck onto the trays. There are a few people who have 'forgotten' and who promise to bring it in tomorrow. Let's see if they do.

Here's today's work:

1. Finish your Settlements table; you know, the list of 6 buildings in each settlement, City, Town and Village.
2. Practice your 4x and 7x table. Anmar had a great idea of having a test to check who knows their tables so we'll do that tomorrow.

Happy Saudi National Day for Thursday!

Today's Homework

Here it is. What you've all been waiting for; the first homework of the year!

1. Finish your name card - as colourful and individual as you can make it. You're going to be looking at it all year; you'll be happier if you are looking at something nice.
2. Complete your 'Year 5 Passport' paper - it's a little 'getting to know you' exercise for us all.
3. Keep working on your 'Home Town' project. This will be hard for some people because they haven't done ANY work on it yet. If you haven't started, ask your mum and dad where the paper is that tells you about the project. Start working now!

The best news has been saved till last; we have our first mystery question answer! Well done Jean!

1 Day Down, 39 To Go

Wow! What a day!! We had 18 out of 21 kids in today, all brimming with energy and raring to get to work at the beginning of another wonderful year. We talked about all of our expectations for Year 5, gave out LOADS of uniform slips, learned about how Mr Ward wants his maths books to appear and even had time for our first bit of homework. What a busy day!

Let's see if we're all here tomorrow and if we can all remember each others' names!

New Beginnings

Welcome back to school again! The countdown has begun and I'm sure we're all full of energy and ready to start on Saturday. I know you've all got your uniform ready, your pencils are sharpened and your shoes are polished. Anway, the teachers are all busy brightening up the classrooms and sorting out all the things you'll be doing in the first week. See you soon!

Today's Homework

Well, it says today but it should be Wednesday's. Anyway...

1. Daily Maths 5
2. Finish off your draft letter to Magrabi (should be almost finished)
3. Bring in a fruit with seeds. Bonus pat on the back for bringing in the biggest seed or the most unusual fruit.

Almost at the end of Y5 now. I expect most of the class will be on holiday already (hint, hint). This week we'll try to finish off our magnetic games (some photos of finished games below), painting our faces - the clay ones that is - and doing lots and lots of work.

But! Because it's Friday, have a Ninja Cat.

Today's Homework

1. Plants research
2. Abacus PCM p. 86
   
3. Daily Maths 3 & 4
   

Do My Eyes Deceive Me Ctd.

Here's another interesting video about optical illusions that I came across. It won a prize for the best illusion in the world, apparently. According to the description, magnets might be involved. See if you can work out what is happening.

Flower Power

We had a little walk around the school today to observe the wondrous beauty of nature. Then we brought some back to class and pulled it to pieces.

Actually we were studying flowers as part of our work on plants. We were trying to identify the different parts of the flower and noting the differences between one plant and another. All part of the miraculous world around us that we are often too busy to even notice. As the saying goes, when you travel along the path of life, take time to stop and smell the flowers.

Flower Opening Time Lapse from John Blakney on Vimeo.

Today's Homework

1. Daily Maths 2
2. Spelling sentences
3. Science paper
4. Finish the story
5. Reading
   

Today's Homework

Just the one today:

1. Use the picture 'The Scream' as the starting point of a story. Imagine that you are one of the people in the picture. What happened that day? What were you feeling? Were you one of the friends in the background or were you the person at the front? What did you see or hear? How did you help? What happened after the scream?
   

Today's Homework

1. Daily Maths 3
   
2. Maths 100 square
3. Science paper
4. Spelling paper - make words, colour picture - give in on Wednesday
   
5. Reading
   

Today's Homework

1. Daily Maths 2
2. Abacus PCM p. 73 & 74
3. Finish the Cryptogram, write the meaning of 5 spelling words & add 5 to your list
4. Reading
5. Remember your pictures or music - 1 of each or 2 of one of them

So far only one person has left a message with a link to their favourite song. I hope everyone else has got theirs ready!

Only one answer to the mystery question last week; how many times has the World Cup been held outside Europe. Sulaiman was first (and last) with the correct answer so 1hp to him.

Today's Homework

No picture of our winner, Engineer Wael El Taher. I forgot to bring my camera to school! Instead, have some homework:

1. Science Worksheets - finish the Electricity and Light pages - ie p.138-141 & p.146-149. We've done some in class (most of us) so it won't be as much as it seems.
2. Bring a piece of music or a picture to school on Saturday. You should choose one that makes you feel happy and one that makes you feel sad. You can bring 2 songs or 2 pictures or 1 of each if you like. If you don't have a cd or iPod, send me a message with the name of the song and the singer and I can probably find it on YouTube.
   

We Are Golden

Here's a few of our latest wonderkids:




One more to come tomorrow and we might even be able to get one of the best group.

Today's Homework

1. Reading Diary - you can use any fiction book you choose. It does not have to be your reading group book. Try to answer the questions from the diary.
2. Persuasive letters & Advertising - Letts p70-71 Text & Sentence questions; Mrs Kingham & Mrs Ralston's group Letts p.80-81 Text questions; Ismail - two pages from your English workbook.
3. Please try to bring in any boxes or tubes that you might want to make your game or camera. If you bring nothing, you make nothing.
   

Fun & Games

We've been trying to have fun and make games at school today. Of course, every day is fun in Mr Ward's class but this time it's educational! We started off trying to make a game which uses magnets or electricity. We had some very complex and impressive ideas which were quite hard to create but some of decided that simple ideas often work best so we stuck to a fishing game like this one.


Later this week we'll be making a camera using cardboard tubes. How exciting! If you want to have a go at home, here are some simple instructions to show you how. You may need an adult to help with a little bit of it.