Mystery Objects!

Well, after a slow start when nobody was able to identify the sundial, we had a winner last week.

Aly recognised a line of symmetry in this picture:



And isn't it a beautiful picture as well? Well done, Aly. One House Point for you.

Make sure you have a look at the new Mystery Object on the right.

One other item of interest last week was the voting. Half of you think that we have too much homework! I'm shocked! I wonder how many of the votes were cast by the parents, and how many by the children?

Today's Homework

• Daily Maths 3 - Think about 'past' and 'to'.
  
• Abacus workbook p.40 - Remember to begin with the number on the left every time.
• Make a chart of activities. Read the Geography Success book p.35 question 2 - I would like at least 5 activites for each column of the chart. Remember, some activities might go in more than 1 column. Please stick to real activities that real people can do, not WWF Wrestling. Please think of the activities yourself.
  

I hope that everyone is voting in the box on the right. So far, it seems that people would like MORE homework!

The Votes Are In...

...and democracy is the winner! Well, not really but it's interesting to see what people use the blog for. It helps me decide what to focus my time on. (Goodness, all these prepositions at the end of sentences!)

Anyway, this week's vote. As you know, we have just changed our homework routine. We can now have reading every day of the week, Arabic and English. Saturday, Monday and Tuesday remain the days on which I can give my written homework. What do you think about the amount of homework altogether? Should there be less? More? What kind of homework would you like? Is there too much of one kind? Don't forget, you can leave comments after each post if you want to say more.

Let's see what happens by Wednesday and remember, parents only please!

Vote Early. Vote Often.

As you may have noticed, there is a new addition to the blog! As a brief glimpse of democracy, I have added a voting section. This week, the question is about what you use this blog for. Voting is open until Wednesday tea-time. Thanks to those who have voted already and I'm glad to see that nobody has gone for the last option. Yet.

Next week there will be a question about homework! Parents only for that one. I shall be restricting the franchise to those over 18.