Today's Homework

1. Daily Maths 2
2. Prepare a presentation on the subject of a creation myth. It can be a story of how the world was made, how a part of the world was made or how humans or animals were made. You should use the questions I gave you today to help you with your research. The presentation can be on a poster, through a talk, on a Powerpoint show or any way you think will help you pass on the information you have found. You have one week to do it and the presentations will be given on Sunday 16th November. Do not choose creation stories from the Bible or Quran.
   

Mythter and Mytheth

As I was scouring the interweb, slaving away until the wee small hours, I discovered a fantastic website for creation myths. It has short movies telling the story of creation myths from different parts of the world. I've put it in the Myths and Legends section on the right but I'm making a special post because I thought it was so good.

The website is called The Big Myth and you can find it here.

Mystery Question!

Did you guess correctly? Here are the details from the McDonald's website.

Product	Fat (g)
Big Mac	24
Quarter Pounder with Cheese	25
Large French Fries	23
KitKat McFlurry	16

So the fattiest meal is a Quarter Pounder with Cheese! Who guessed that one?

Parents' Evening

It's almost here!

Please make sure that you return the letter to let me know who is coming and who isn't. If the time you have been given isn't convenient, I can see you at various times during the school day between now and the 17th. Let me know what's best for you.

Today's Homework

1. Write a book review of a myth or legend story - if you don't have one at home you should have taken one from the class library. If you didn't do that either...have a look on one of the myth or legend websites on the right.
2. Finish the cautionary tale. Remember, repetition is good in this case. We need the bad things to happen again and again, gradually getting worse and worse until...the child dies!! Well that will teach them not to do it again, won't it?
   

Today's Homework

Just the one today!

1. Trojan War worksheet - we read through the story of the Trojan War yesterday. You should have finished choosing the parts that you thought were true or false. Today's homework asks you to choose a true and a false section and explain why you thought it was true or false. Of course, you need to finish the first worksheet before you can do the second. I do not want to see any 3 or 4 word answers. As clear an explanation as possible please.
   

Today's Homework

1. Daily Maths 3
2. Abacus workbook p.34 & p.112

We've been working really well in maths lately and getting a lot done. Let's keep up the effort and see what we can do!

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!