Today's Homework

1. Oort Cloud 1 - It sounds simple but it might be a bit confusing. You all have a big paper with the plan of your mission to explore space and visit the Oort Cloud. You also have a small paper with the details of Week 1 of your mission. You need to write about Week 1, including the details that you will find on the small paper. You can write it as a story or as a diary. Try to include more than just the things on the paper. Mention your feelings, the things you can see or hear, the things you talk about, the things other people say to you.

YOU CAN GIVE THIS IN ON WEDNESDAY!

The Oort Cloud

We'll be starting a new piece of writing soon, about the Oort Cloud. If, like me, you had never heard of the Oort Cloud before, here's a short video about it.



It's a cluster of billions of asteroids, far out in our solar system. Some theories suggest that the Earth will one day collide with some of these asteroids, causing immense devastation. Let's hope it doesn't come soon!

Here's a link to some other videos about the solar system and our universe that I put on the blog last year.

Today's Homework

1. Daily Maths 5
   
2. Abacus PCM p. 8
   
3. Reading Log - choose 1 activity. If you have a separate workbook for 'The Quest', do that instead of your reading log.
   

Today's Homework

1. Daily Maths 3, 4 & 5
2. Finish your name picture - the one that looks like a rocket flying through space. Don't forget the background!
3. Island homework 6 -

   Week 6

   You finally leave the Island

   Write the story of your last few days on the Island.

   Explain why you are leaving.

   Do you want to leave ?

   Or - Do you have to leave ?

   Or - Do you have no choice ?

   How do you feel about leaving your island – sad or excited ? Who are you looking forward to seeing? Who or what will you miss about the island?

   What souvenirs would you take back with you ? What memories do you have (good and bad)?

   Make sure that you spend time editing your work to produce writing that reflects your best effort.

   Think – Will Mr Ward enjoy reading it ?

   Can you make him laugh with a funny story ?

   Can you make him cry with a sad story ?

   Can you make him tremble with a scary story ?

4. Reading - make sure that your reading record is signed! You know who I'm talking about!

Some of you will have to do your island homework on a paper because you didn't take your book home. I won't mention their names (S**ia and Ad**).

Today's Homework

1. Bring a newspaper in to class - it doesn't matter which language, as long as you can read it
2. Abacus PCM p.7 & p.126
3. Spelling sentences - using your spelling list, write the meaning of the 'space' words and write your own sentence for the other words. Don't copy ALL of the meanings from the dictionary; just choose the one which is about space.
4. Remember! Try to find objects connected to space for our display wall. We're not going to win but let's try not to be last!
   

Today's Homework

1. Daily Maths 1 + 2
2. Spelling - learn them and complete the crossword
3. Finish colouring your perspective picture
4. Reading
5. Bring in an object connected to space; anything will do, except for things printed off the internet

Today's Homework:
1. Type your story about the village. If you can't print it at home, bring it to school on a memory stick.
2. Do 1 (ONE) activity from your reading log.
3. Abacus PCM p.125 - Bar line graphs

Welcome Back!

It was good to see everyone back in school again after our short break. It was even better to see so many lovely cookies as well! Oliver's were particularly popular but well done to all our bakers.

Remember, tomorrow is non-uniform day. In exchange for wearing your own clothes you should bring a small, inexpensive (5-10SR) gift that can be used as a prize in the Winter Fair. Anything will do, as long as it is in good condition. It should be something that you would not mind winning as a prize - no free gifts from McDonald's!

A date for our diaries - next week, December 9th, is Sports Day.

Today's Homework

1. Abacus PCM p.103
2. Reading Task Sheet
3. Bake cookies - Bring them on December 1st.
   

Today's Homework

1. Daily Maths 1 & 2
2. Spelling - complete the wordsearch and write the missing words. Do NOT write the sentences!
3. Research Jeddah - what is the population now & in the last 50 years? what is the size of Jeddah now? why has Jeddah grown so much? what are the problems or benefits? - Google - 'population of Jeddah'
   

Today's Homework

1. Daily Maths 3, 4 & 5
2. Reading survey
3. Design an invitation for a party for your settlement - where do people go? when do they come? why are you having a party?
   

Today's Homework

1. Learn your spellings - test on Wednesday
2. Abacus PCM p.26, 27 & 28
3. Reading - if you have reading comprehension,
do that as well

International Day 2

We had a fantastic range of food and some very nice national costumes on International Day. Thanks very much to everyone who brought some food in and thanks to everyone at home who made it! Everyone shared their food really nicely and also told us a little bit about each dish. As you can see, it was a real feast!

Today's Homework

1. Write the reasons for your top 3 settlement choices. Why, not what!
2. Daily Maths 1 & 2
3. Spellings - learn and write but NOT in the spaces!
4. Reading - 15 min

Please remember to bring your Settlement presentation to the ITU lesson and don't forget your ITU homework!

Today's Homework

1. Daily Maths 3 & 4
2. Island Homework 3 & 4 - finish the instructions about how to build a settlement. Then write a playscript about meeting the islanders.
   

International Day - Part 1

There will be more photos of our class to come later but one thing we did today was to watch some national dances from around the world. Here is a sample.

English Morris Dancing


A Chinese Dance


Maori Haka as used by the All Black rugby team

Instructions

We've been struggling through instructions today, trying to write about how to build a shelter. One thing that we found very hard is including ALL the details that we need and remembering that we have to say EXACTLY what needs to be done. It's all about thinking from another person's point of view.

Anyway, here a useful website that guides you through the process of writing instructions: BBC Bitesize

Today's Homework

1. Find pictures, names and artists for three Jeddah roundabouts. Stick them in your ITU book.
2. Spelling - learn the words, complete the wordsearch and write the missing words.
3. Daily Maths 1 & 2
4. Reading - talk about your book, don't just read it out loud. What do you like, dislike, enjoy? What would you do if you were a character in the book?
   

Today's Homework

1. Abacus PCM p.100
2. Answer the questions about the Jeddah fountain and Jeddah roundabouts. You can print the answers or write them down. Remember what I said about using Wikipedia (try the Simple English option from the homepage) and ask Google questions.
3. Island Homework 2 - write a story about your journey to the island. Try to include details about how you feel, what happened, how you got there, what you did for food and shelter. Write about planning the trip, making the journey and one night on the island. You should do this in your English Homework book, NOT on paper!
   

Today's Homework

1. Daily Maths 3 & 4 - remember to write the date and draw a margin!
2. Maths Times Table Square - stick this in your book
3. Island Homework 2 - only choose the 5 people you want to bring with you. You need to be able to explain why you chose them. You can write some ideas in your jotter. Do NOT do the writing part!

Remember, PROUD HOUSE DAY is coming on Wednesday. You get 1 House Point for each item of clothing that matches your house colour.