Sunday, March 10, 2013
4th to 8th March
We finished our study of The Odyssey in English this week, writing parts of the story from Odysseus' (rather than the narrator's) point of view. We have also done some comprehension work using the story of Jason and the Argonauts. In maths, we have been thinking about fractions and decimal numbers. We have been developing our understanding of equivalent fractions, matching fractions with decimal equivalents and relating mixed numbers to improper fraction equivalents.
In ICT, we have started to learn how to use Windows MovieMaker to make a short music video. We are using Louis Armstrongs' What a wonderful world as the music track and are choosing a combination of still and video images to produce the visual element, matching images as closely as we can to the words of the song.
Our work in RE this week helped us to learn about the important Muslim pilgrimage, the Hajj. Using a series of websites, we found out about the sequence of activities that pilgrims do on the Hajj as well as the places they visit, the stories from the scriptures that are being remembered and the meaning underlying some of the things that the pilgrims do.
We finished the week with another in a series of short activities in our Design Technology topic on bridges. This week, we were investigating the strength of different kinds of beams. Each group made beams with circular, triangular or square cross sections our of paper (five of each) and these were tested to destruction. We found that the square section beams were very weak, collapsing easily under weight, but that both triangular cross-section and cylindrical beams could support a surprising load.
In ICT, we have started to learn how to use Windows MovieMaker to make a short music video. We are using Louis Armstrongs' What a wonderful world as the music track and are choosing a combination of still and video images to produce the visual element, matching images as closely as we can to the words of the song.
Our work in RE this week helped us to learn about the important Muslim pilgrimage, the Hajj. Using a series of websites, we found out about the sequence of activities that pilgrims do on the Hajj as well as the places they visit, the stories from the scriptures that are being remembered and the meaning underlying some of the things that the pilgrims do.
We finished the week with another in a series of short activities in our Design Technology topic on bridges. This week, we were investigating the strength of different kinds of beams. Each group made beams with circular, triangular or square cross sections our of paper (five of each) and these were tested to destruction. We found that the square section beams were very weak, collapsing easily under weight, but that both triangular cross-section and cylindrical beams could support a surprising load.
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