Thursday, February 17, 2011
14th to 17th February
We have now broken up for our half-term school holiday and this has been a short week at school with the teachers having an INSET Day on Friday.
In English, we have finished off our work on myths and legends by writing a new episode for The Odyssey and creating a board game to illustrate Odysseus' adventures on his way from Troy to Ithaca. In maths we have been looking at number sequences and a little algebra - thinking about the use of brackets in number sentences and the order in which elements of a calculation should be done.
In addition, we have done PE, science, art and music (having a go at playing the tin whistle).
In English, we have finished off our work on myths and legends by writing a new episode for The Odyssey and creating a board game to illustrate Odysseus' adventures on his way from Troy to Ithaca. In maths we have been looking at number sequences and a little algebra - thinking about the use of brackets in number sentences and the order in which elements of a calculation should be done.
In addition, we have done PE, science, art and music (having a go at playing the tin whistle).
# posted by Mr Jennings : 6:59 pm
Friday, February 11, 2011
7th to 11th February
We have had our mid-year English and maths tests this week. This has involved reading, writing and spelling tests in English and two written tests (one with access to a calculator and one without) and a mental test in maths.
On Monday we learned some more video editing techniques, introducing transitions into our films, in ICT and, in English, experimented with writing from the point of view of a character in a story (ours was an ancient Greek hero facing a monster). We also did music.
Our maths lessons this week focused on mental maths work (including doubling and halving numbers with decimals) and investigating calculator methods and techniques. In history we learned about the lives of citizens living in the ancient Greek polis of Athens. We found out about the different sorts of jobs they did, including those who worked in clay, and thought about the importance to historians of the vase paintings created by the artists of the day.
Also this week, we watched some more episodes of our "Odyssey" video, had PE, science and art.
On Monday we learned some more video editing techniques, introducing transitions into our films, in ICT and, in English, experimented with writing from the point of view of a character in a story (ours was an ancient Greek hero facing a monster). We also did music.
Our maths lessons this week focused on mental maths work (including doubling and halving numbers with decimals) and investigating calculator methods and techniques. In history we learned about the lives of citizens living in the ancient Greek polis of Athens. We found out about the different sorts of jobs they did, including those who worked in clay, and thought about the importance to historians of the vase paintings created by the artists of the day.
Also this week, we watched some more episodes of our "Odyssey" video, had PE, science and art.
# posted by Mr Jennings : 8:27 pm
Friday, February 04, 2011
31st January to 4th February
We have had a mixture of activities in both our English and our maths work this week.
We have watched a DVD of three short episodes of The Odyssey and written some more descriptive paragraphs about the monsters and mythical beasts in these stories. In addition we have spent some time revising and practicing our punctuation, including the punctuation of speech. We have also done an advanced comprehension exercise on a short story, thinking about characters' motives, feelings and reactions.
In maths, we have been doing some work on maths problems, focusing on problems which need more than one calculation to find the answer. In addition to this, we have spent a lot of time on mental maths this week. This has revised doubling and halving of decimal numbers and practicing calculating complements to 100 and 1000.
We have had PE lessons as well as music and ICT this week and, on Wednesday afternoon, we did a full science investigation. The task was to find out which, of a selection of materials, was the best choice to use for a reflective strip on cyclists' clothing. Each group planned their own experiment, identifying the variables that needed to be kept the same from test to test, and used light meters to measure the light reflected from the different materials. Later in the week we wrote up this experiment as a formal science report.
We have watched a DVD of three short episodes of The Odyssey and written some more descriptive paragraphs about the monsters and mythical beasts in these stories. In addition we have spent some time revising and practicing our punctuation, including the punctuation of speech. We have also done an advanced comprehension exercise on a short story, thinking about characters' motives, feelings and reactions.
In maths, we have been doing some work on maths problems, focusing on problems which need more than one calculation to find the answer. In addition to this, we have spent a lot of time on mental maths this week. This has revised doubling and halving of decimal numbers and practicing calculating complements to 100 and 1000.
We have had PE lessons as well as music and ICT this week and, on Wednesday afternoon, we did a full science investigation. The task was to find out which, of a selection of materials, was the best choice to use for a reflective strip on cyclists' clothing. Each group planned their own experiment, identifying the variables that needed to be kept the same from test to test, and used light meters to measure the light reflected from the different materials. Later in the week we wrote up this experiment as a formal science report.
# posted by Mr Jennings : 8:34 pm
