Friday, 8 January 2016
Sensational Stone Age homework!
Welcome to a new year and a new term at school. We have had a fantastic start to the term and 5MD have been working very hard. It's really great to see- keep it up!
It was wonderful to see the amazing Stone Age homework that you all did over the holidays. Lots of effort went into making Stone Age necklaces, writing instructions, investigating Stonehenge and Stone Age food. Well done!
Friday, 11 December 2015
Holiday Homework!
Homework:
Friday 11th December 2015
This homework is all due by Friday 8th
January 2016
Our topic next term is The Stone Age. Choose at least one of these mini-projects to complete
next week and over the holidays.
1)
Research
Stonehenge and create a poster including an explanation as to how and why it was made.
2)
Make
a Stone Age necklace with some clay or salt dough and some string.
Write
instructions about how you made it.
3)
Find
out what Stone Age people ate and how they found and ate their food. Include an
advert/leaflet for a Stone Age feast. How could you persuade people to attend?
Don’t
forget, we are carol singing on Monday morning! We hope to see some parents and carers
supporting us at Tesco! Remember to
bring your PE kit to school in a bag on Monday.
Thank
you for all your hard work this term. Have a FANTASTIC break and a very happy
New Year!
The Year 5 staff
Friday, 27 November 2015
Topic homework due Friday, 4th December
This
week we will be learning about the Ancient Greek idea of democracy, which is
still in place in many countries around the world today. Can you explain what
democracy is, giving an example?
Friday, 20 November 2015
Topic homework due Friday, 27th November.
This
week we will be learning about Pythagoras, one of the first Greek mathematical
thinkers.
His famous
Pythagorean Theorem (Pythagoras' theorem)
found out something amazing to do with right angled triangles. Can you find out
what it was? Write it on the blog!
Friday, 13 November 2015
Topic homework due Friday, 20th November
There are lots of Ancient Greek stories, myths and legends. Read or listen to a few and then choose your favourite. Write a BRIEF synopsis on the blog, telling the rest of the class what it was all about. Keep it short, only a few sentences. Please make sure it is your own work! Would you recommend the story?
There
are some great websites, including one that enables you to listen to Greek stories. See the BBC Schools
radio pages, http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/schoolradio , Mr Donn’s
website http://greece.mrdonn.org/myths.html is also very good.
Monday, 9 November 2015
Remembrance Day....
Thanks to all for your interest in this post and for listening to the stories about what happened to my Grandad so intently. It was good to hear some of your stories too. If you have any more stories, questions or thoughts then please do post them here. I'm sure you were all thinking of those who have suffered the consequences of war today, as well as being thankful for all the things we have and take for granted, that others have been denied. The two minute silence we observed today was a good opportunity to do that. Special thanks to Mr Farnell for playing The Last Post so beautifully.
Friday, 6 November 2015
Homework due Friday, 13th November 2015
Spellings:
Mathletics: Please let us
know if your child cannot access Mathletics. There are Mathletics activities
set as homework each week.
Next
week we will be learning about measures and data
Literacy:
Read the first few lines of
the poem on the next page. Please write
the next two verses of the poem. Can you use a simile, metaphor and some
alliteration? Remember to use exciting vocabulary!
Topic: (to be completed
on the blog)
Our new topic is Ancient Greece. Next week we will be learning about a
very important man who revolutionised medicine in Ancient Greece. Can you find
out who he was and some information about what he achieved?
If you had a cold in Ancient Greek times, how might it have been cured?
If you had a fever in Ancient Greek times, how might it have been cured?
Science:
Our new topic is ‘Changing Materials’ which will involve us looking at
the properties of different materials.
Can you explain what the best material would be in these circumstances and WHY:
1) You
need to build a house 2) You need something to wear on a cold
day 3) You need something to wrap a
glass in when moving house.
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