As the half term draws ever closer, we shall be tying up a few assessments in order for us to be able to plan the last half term's work. Can you believe that for some of you, this will be your last six weeks at St. Vincent's??!!
Material hunt
We were slightly ambitious last week in trying to get our Spanish artwork completed, so Monday and Tuesday will be Operation ART! We have some material already in school, but we need lots more. Any colour, texture or size is needed...just make sure you don't bring your mum's favourite dressing gown, as it will be cut up!
Creativity Week
Remember the Blooms activities that we did during our revision? Well, we have lots of them for you to have a go at this week. Each activity will have a number of points allocated to it, and you will be told on Monday the number of points you have to score, in order to complete the task.
Here's how it works...
- On Monday, you will get a score card, on which you will collect your points throughout the week - don't lose it, or you might have to start again!
- You will be given a Bloom's sheets which contains about 25 different activities for you to choose from, each with a different number of points allocated to them; the harder the activity, the greater the number of points
- The activities you choose, will be up to you - writing, music, artwork - whichever way of learning suits you best
- On Friday, whatever you have made, learned, produced etc., you will need to share with the rest of your class.
This will be a great opportunity to show off all those creative skills and I can't wait to get the sparkly stuff out...(I'm sure I was a magpie in a former life!)
These websites will help you find out information when completing your Blooms Sheet. You will also have access to all of the text books etc. in class and in the library.
http://www.brims.co.uk/tudors/index.html
http://www.britainexpress.com/History/tudor/armada.htm
http://www.theotherside.co.uk/tm-heritage/background/span-armada.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/tudors/adams_armada_01.shtml
http://www.historyonthenet.com/Tudors/spanish_armada.htm
http://www.snaithprimary.eril.net/ttss.htm if you scroll down and click on the guitar on this one, you can hear some Tudor music!
http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/walterraleigh.htm
http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/francisdrake.htm
http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/phillipofspain.htm
Numeracy
The children will be working on the key objectives for Year 5 (Year 6 children will be starting the transition units). As in previous blogs, there a number of sites that are really useful for this. These were stuck into the Y5 diaries, but just in case they have been misplaced, here they are again:
http://www.mathszone.co.uk/ click on the Key Objs tab at the top of the page and then select Year 5
http://www.freewebtown.com/weddell/mw/x10x100/x10x100.swf a really useful site for multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/negnumorder.swf order a set of positive and negative numbers
http://www.freewebtown.com/weddell/mw/decimals/tenths-hundredths.swf use decimal notation for tenths and hundredths
http://www.freewebtown.com/weddell/mw/rounding/nearest1.swf rounding a decimal to nearest whole number
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/fracto.html relating fractions to decimals - I love the name of this...The Decifractor!!
http://www.freewebtown.com/weddell/mw/add_sub/sub%20large%20nos.swf can you calculate the difference between two large numbers mentally?
http://www.freewebtown.com/weddell/mw/tables_backwards/tables%20speed.swf how fast can you do your times table? Be warned - the FAST is like lightening!!
http://www.freewebtown.com/weddell/mw/short_multiplication/3x1contents.swf short multiplication
http://www.freewebtown.com/weddell/mw/division/3x1%20division.swf short division - remember the bus stop method?
http://www.freewebtown.com/weddell/mw/shape/area/area.swf find the area of a regular shape
As well as all of these links, remember to have a look at the Delicious links for any area of numeracy.
Here I Am
We will continue the second week of our new topic 'Freedom and Responsibility'. The children will learn about the Commandments and how these help Christians to be free and responsible.
http://www.refuel.org.uk/curric/festivals/pentecost/index.html
http://www.request.org.uk/main/basics/rightandwrong/rightandwrong01.htm scroll down to read the excerpts from the Bible.
Forward planning
After the holidays, the first week back will be a rich task week - yes, more artwork!!! The children will need a fairly large box, (about the size of a large box of crisps) and an old one of dad's/ grandad's/ older brother's shirts for painting. We will be keeping our fingers crossed for fine weather, as we intend to make our very own Tudor Galleon on the patio area. We have even saved some large tubes to use as the oars! If anyone has access to any large cardboard carpet rolls (aka the mast) that would be great! Depending on the number of boxes brought in, we could even have our very own Spanish Armada!
ICT
I came across an on-line 'add-on' for Google, that some of you may be interesting in. http://www.google.com/google-d-s/tour1.html This will take you on a tour of a word processor and spreadsheet that you can experiment with on-line. Why not give MSN a rest over the holidays, and use this to write collaborative stories with over the net. If you manage to save some, then we could post some of them on the school website!
Can you hear the bells?
Well, if you listen really carefully during the holidays, you may be able to hear the faint ringing of bells from Cyprus. What am I talking about you may wonder?! Well, Miss Wilson will become Mrs Morgan over the holidays! We wish her and her future husband all of our very best wishes and look forward to seeing the gorgeous photographs on her return.
Have a really restful holiday and enjoy the break! You have earned it!
Year 5/6 team.
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