Topic homework due Friday, 6th May

Topic: Life in Tudor times varied greatly, depending on whether you were rich or poor. Can you find out about the main differences between rich and poor Tudors regarding: food, clothing, housing and education and post them on the blog.

Topic homework due Friday, 29th April- to be comlpeted on the blog.

Henry Vlll was a great athlete in his youth. Henry threw the javelin and enjoyed hunting, archery, jousting and tennis. He spoke French, Spanish, Latin and some Italian. He was also good musician. Henry played the lute and harpsichord well and could sing from sight.

Do any of his hobbies apply to you? Are any of his hobbies similar to things that you enjoy doing? Would you have liked to have tried any of his hobbies? Why? 

This is also a chance for you to write a bit of a biography about yourself and tell your classmates what hobbies / things you do, and how good you may be at them!

Homework due Friday, 22nd April

Homework: Friday 15^th April 2016

This homework is all due by Friday 22^nd April 2016

Spellings:

Please make sure that you understand the meaning of each word by writing it in a sentence.

 

11. forces                           11. resistance             11. resistance

12. gravity                         12. friction                  12. friction

 

Look, cover, write and then check.   Spellings will be tested in school on Fridays.

 

Mathematics:   Please let your class teacher know if you cannot access Mathletics. There are Mathletics activities set as homework each week.

Next week in maths we will be looking at fractions. If you cannot access Mathletics, please design a poster explaining everything you know about FRACTIONS!

 

Reading: You are also expected to read each day. Please record what you have read in your Reading Record each day (i.e. how long you have read or how many pages you have read) and get an adult to sign it. Reading Records will be checked every week.

 

Literacy:

 

Next week, we will be still looking at biographies.  Write a biography of your relative or a friend. Use complex sentences, temporal conjunctions, powerful verbs and add interesting adjectives.  Remember your Literacy homework should be handwritten NOT typed.

 

 

 

 

 

Topic:

 

We will be visiting Hampton Court Palace in a few weeks’ time. Your task is to find out about this famous building.

When was it built?

Where is it situated?

Who was the most famous resident?

What are the other interesting facts about it?

 

Science:

Next week we will be looking more closely at Sir Isaac Newton and his theories.

Can you answer the following questions and draw diagrams:

1.         Which forces act upon a football when it is kicked?

            Draw a diagram, using arrows, to show the direction of forces when you kick a football.

2.         Which forces act upon a door when it is pushed open?

            Draw a diagram, using arrows, to show the direction of forces when you push open a door.

3.         These two tug of war teams are both pulling on the rope. Neither team is moving. Explain why.  

     Try to use the following words in your answer: force, pull, balanced and unbalanced.

 

ICT!

Our ICT topic this half term is 'We are bloggers.'


We spent some time today looking at blogs and trying to decide what makes a good blog post. What did you find out?


What do you think of the new blog background. Should we keep it?