This week…

Maths: The boys are revising both mental methods and written methods for division and they have been set a challenge to learn their timestables.  From the lesson today the boys can really see the need to do this so I have put some games below to help:

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/multiplication-and-division

English:  We are continuing to look at fairy tale stories this week and writing letters to some of the characters who could do with some advice.  Our grammar and punctuations lessons will be looking at paragraphs and apostrophes for possession with plural nouns.

 

 

Tudor workshop

William T:

When I arrived, they had already dressed some of the class in clothes like they would have had in Tudor times. I was surprised by the number of layers the clothes had. I don’t wear that many layers even when playing outside in the cold.

The shoes came in two parts. The first part was a leather shoe you put your foot in and the other was a wooden sole which was strapped over the leather shoe to stop it from getting dirty.

The teachers also passed some Tudor metal spoons and plates around the class. The metal wasn’t shiny like the cutlery we have at home but was fancier. We were told the metal was pewter which had lead in it which was poisonous enough to make you ill but probably not kill you.

Overall I enjoyed the lesson and learnt a lot but it would have been better if I could have been in all of it.

 

Tudor Workshop Thursday 24th November

On Thursday we had a visit from Catherine. She works at a history museum and came to tell us more about the Tudors. First she showed us some Tudor writing. Next Luca and Max dressed up as Tudor people. Luca had to wear a dress and a thing to make his bottom stick out! Max wore a boy outfit which was a short trousers and a waistcoat. When they were dressed we all had a look at Max and then they stood next to each other and the teachers took some photos.

After that Catherine showed us some Tudor artefacts which were shoes, jugs, plates, a spoon and a necklace. I liked one of the jugs best. It had a had a big hole in the top and a like sieve at the bottom. When you hold the top of it the water doesn’t fall out.

We asked some questions and Catherine asked us some questions too. I wanted to know how the water didn’t fall out of the strange jug. It was to do with the air pressure in the jug.

I enjoyed our visit from Catherine a lot.

Dylan

This week…

English:  We are continuing our work on FAIRY TALES this week and the focus for the work will be looking at the story of Hansel and Gretel but from alternative perspectives.  The original story can be found at the link below which the boys will need to read for homework:

http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/HanGre.shtml

Grammar work will continue to look at apostrophes for possession and this game can help:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en29punc-game-who-owns-what

Maths:  My maths group will be continuing their learning on fractions.  This week we will finish off work on equivalent fractions and then move on to looking at fractions of amounts.  Any work to speed up multiplication facts will support this.:

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/number/fractions_basic/play/

http://www.visualfractions.com/Games.htm

http://www.maths-games.org/fraction-games.html

http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/maths/division.htm

http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/maths/timestable/index.html

http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/maths/fractions/index.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This week…

Maths:

We are continuing our work on 2D shape including the properties as well as all of the associated language.  We will move on to looking at angles later in the week which involves recognising angles and knowing how many degrees are in different angles.

http://www.mathplayground.com/alienangles.html

English: We are using some exciting new comprehension and guided reading resources this week and in grammar we are looking at apostrophes for possession.  Towards the end of the week we will begin our new topic on FAIRY TALES and we start by looking at some classics but from a different perspective…!

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en29punc-game-beat-the-clock-apostrophes

 

 

 

Weekend homework

Here is the Powerpoint to help you with the facts about the dissolution of the monasteries.

dissolution_of_the_monasteries

Your task is to create a NEWSPAPER article to explain the facts about the dissolution of the monasteries.  You will need to choose a side that you are on (bias).  You can hand write the article, word process it or use Purple Mash to complete the task.

Due Monday.

This week…

English: We are using the story of Guy Fawkes this week as a stimulus to all of our writing.  The boys will be writing diaries as Guy Fawkes imagining how he felt and retelling the story from his point of view.  There will be a lot of discussions about the different viewpoints relating to the story.

Our grammar work will be looking at apostrophes for contractions and spellings will be homophones.

 

Maths:  We are looking at 2D shape this week and there is a lot of new vocabulary associated with the topic.

shape

Other vocabulary includes:

parallel

symmetry

polygon

regular/irregular

vertices

angles (acute, obtuse, reflex, right)

straight/curved

Click on the link below for a game:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/shape_space/2d_shapes/play/