In a topic lesson this half-term the class had to sort nine features of a family car by deciding which were the most important to which were the least important. We then repeated the activity, but this time we sorted the same features for a rally car. This led to a really interesting debate about the importance of the various features!
Author: Mr Wilks
Tackling cyber-bullying
In literacy this half-term, the class have been finding out about cyber-bullying. They then wrote a report about what cyber-bullying is and how you can limit the chances of being cyber-bullied.
06 December 2010
All the spellings this week are commonly used words.
Spellings 1-10 should be practised by the Nouns and Verbs. 1-13 should be practised by the Adjectives and Adverbs.
1. there
2. really
3. going
4. because
5. were
6. about
7. coming
8. believe
9. when
10. angry
11. happening
12. scared
13. shivering
Spellings will be tested on Friday 10 December. Good luck!
03 December 2010
This week’s homework is a creative homework and is due in on Wednesday 08 December.
I can show what I have learnt about fractions.
When we discussed this as a class we thought of a few ideas:
- Draw and shade fractions of different shapes.
- Draw (or take photos) of different fractions that you see around you.
- Create a fraction game or puzzle.
- Show me some equivalent fractions.
- Write some fraction word problems.
I will look forward to seeing a fraction bonanza on Wednesday!
26 November 2010
This is our final week of spelling words with prefixes. The spellings this week all have prefixes which change the meaning of the word to convey the opposite (synonyms). For example, tidy and untidy.
You will only be tested on the word with the prefix (words in bold). Nouns and verbs practise 1-10. Adjectives and adverbs practise 1-15.
1. well unwell
2. tidy untidy
3. usual unusual
4. certain uncertain
5. friendly unfriendly
6. selfish unselfish
7. agree disagree
8. comfort discomfort
9. appear disappear
10. obey disobey
11. pleasant unpleasant
12. approve disapprove
13. trust distrust
14. necessary unnecessary
15. appealing unappealing
Good luck!
26 November 2010
This week’s homework is a Talk Time homework and is due in on Wednesday 01 December.
I can talk to someone at home about how to stay safe close to water.
I look forward to speaking to you and finding out your top water safety tips!
19 November 2010
This is the second week of learning words with prefixes. This time we are learning words with the ‘pre’ and ‘re’ prefix.
Nouns and verbs practise numbers 1-10. Adjectives and adverbs practise 1-15.
1. recycle
2. rebuild
3. retreat
4. rewrite
5. replace
6. prefix
7. previous
8. prepare
9. predict
10. precaution
11. recede
12. prevent
13. prearrange
14. presume
15. reappearance
Spellings will be tested on Friday 26 November. Good luck!
19 November 2010
This week’s homework is practice makes perfect and is due in on Wednesday 24 November.
The children have a worksheet with some clock faces on them. They have to look at the clock face and work out the time. The time should then be written in words, underneath the clock face.
Good luck.
12 November 2010
This week’s homework is creative and is due in on Wednesday 17 November.
I can design a bus or train that is good for the environment.
Ideas that we came up with as a class included:
- Harnessing animal power to move the vehicle
- Using manpower to move the vehicle in a Flintstones style pick-it-up-and-run-with-it way!
- Using old vegetables as fuel
- Making trains and buses at least double decker to maximise the number of passengers per journey
It is up to you how you present your ideas. You could draw and label the vehicle, explaining the special features. You could make a collage using different materials. You could make a prototype – which was an ambitious idea by one of our class members – and photograph this for your homework book!
(Don’t forget our rule: homework should ‘fit’ onto one side of the homework book, but could have flaps and accessories that extend this!)
Good luck! I will look forward to seeing what your creative minds come up with this week!
12 November 2010
For the next couple of weeks our spellings will all be words with prefixes. This week we are learning words with ‘dis’, ‘de’ and ‘un’ prefixes.
Nouns and verbs practise numbers 1-10. Adjectives and adverbs practise 1-15.
1. unable
2. decode
3. unwell
4. dislike
5. defuse
6. untidy
7. disagree
8. unpopular
9. disappoint
10. unusual
11. decompose
12. disappear
13. untrained
14. dishonest
15. unenthusiastic
Spellings will be tested on Friday 19 November. Good luck!