Class 6
Monday 4th May
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Good Morning - it's a misty one here this morning!
I hope you are all safe and well and have had a good weekend. Before I start, I heard from Fin's mum on Friday and he has had a rope swing accident, which involved mountain rescue and paramedics. He has cracked his 'sternum' - google it and you will see just how painful this must be. I think we should all be getting in touch with Fin and making sure he knows just how much we care about him.
So perhaps photos on swings should now evolve and let's go back to baking:
It seems like this party continued and, before long, the Spraggs were bouncing to BMTH!
Sounds like my kind of Friday night!
Thanks so much for the stories. So far I've had 7 back, so I'm still waiting for another 7, before I send them out for the next installments. In the meantime, we'll look at something else.
Reading: 30 minutes please. I'm reading a book called North-West Angle about a storm in Minnesota. Have you ever heard of a derecho? It's a storm front that comes in a wall and is very rare. Here's one:
Topic: Today, I would like you to research storms and see if you can find an interesting type that you can write a report on. Hurricanes and typhoons are incredibly strong and powerful forces of nature - see if you can find something you'd not heard of. Twister is a great family film to watch. It was made by the people who made Jurassic Park.
I'm also reading a horror story in braille. Something terrible is about to happen; I can feel it! (That was a joke)
Maths: Common Multiples (excuse the finger)
GPS: Hyphens and dashes: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zmnwjhv
Have a lovely day - and don't forget Fin!
Mr C
Remote Learning Friday 1st May 2020
admin on: Class 6
Good morning, Miss H here again!
Last weekend someone on my street organised this …
Everyone pitched together to colour in some letters. One of our lovely neighbours then took the time to stick the letters into the bins and put them in the correct order. She spoke with the refuse collectors, keeping 2 metres apart of course, and Dave, Martin and Lenny (the collectors) were thrilled with the message that read: Thank you to our key workers. This weekend we are going to be doing the same for the black bins.
So, on to today:
Reading: the usual 30 minutes, at least, please.
Science: We are still looking at the topic of Living things and their habitats. Today we are going to look at microorganisms. Take a look through the PowerPoint looking at what microorganisms are.
Now we are going to carry out an investigation.
Mould is the name for the types of fungi that grow on food. What do you think makes mould grow? It is useful to know what makes mould grow so that we can stop it happening as fast, and keep our food fresher for longer.
You are going to investigate the conditions which cause mould to grow. You will use 3 slices of bread and 3 clear plastic bags. You will place each slice of bread in a plastic bag and then decide which one variable you want to change.
For example, you may put one slice of bread in a very light place and one in a very dark place. The third slice of bread will be a control that stays in the plastic bag in the normal home environment. Or one may go in a very cold place such as the fridge or freezer and the other a very warm place such as over a radiator. The control bag will again just stay in the normal warmth of the home environment.
Plan your investigation answering the questions on this sheet.
Remembering that:
Independent variable
The condition you will change for your slices of bread.
Dependent variable
The thing that will be affected by the independent variable – this is the thing you will observe or measure about the bread.
Controlled variables
All the other things that you will keep the same for the bread slices and your investigation.
Good luck and don’t forget to check your bread every day and send us some pictures!
Computing: On PurpleMash, carry on writing your blog diaries! I love that you are all commenting on the different blogs, so keep it up.
DT: We are starting a new topic for the half term looking at food from around the world! During this topic we are going to be cooking dishes from around the world. Please do not feel like you have to purchase the ingredients especially, adapt the recipes to what you have at home. Today we are going to look at where ingredients come from.
I would like you to choose six very different foods that you have at home and research it answering these questions:
- Can you name the ingredient?
- Where does it come from?
- How is it prepared?
- What does it taste like?
- How might you eat it? What with?
If you want a challenge, here are some different foods for you to research:
Lemongrass, root ginger, pak choi, lime, mango, figs.
You could present your findings in a table like this:
Here is the Lego challenge for today! Remember to email me your creations! If you don’t have Lego, don’t worry any construction material will do …
Stay safe everyone!
Miss H
Thursday end
admin on: Class 6
Evening all,
Before I hand over to Hemingway Friday - here are the photos from today - including two LOVELY visits I've had - I welcome more tomorrow!
Also - Maths answer booklet: STA198219e_2019_ks2_mathematics_Mark_schemes.pdf
Rio's biscuits! And Speed Tables:
And the obligatory swing photo:
I told Paddy that Fortnite was a silly name for a game - I said, "It's just too weak!" Get it?
Thursday 30th April
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Good Morning... it's the last day of April and - by my reckoning - we've only had two days that could be thought of that contained showers... Now I don't know if this is good, or bad, but it is...
When I used to be a lumberjack, I cut down exactly 2,417 trees!
I know that exact number because every time I cut one down, I kept a log.
Haha!
Reading: The usual 30 minutes today. Can I ask you please (pretty please) to look at how your book is written, look at the layout and the paragraphs.
English: Thank you for your lovely writing. There are some fantastic story-lines and they are ALL different, which will make this so much fun! That said, here is my marking: some (most) of you appear to have forgotten about paragraphs and layout. NEW SPEECH, NEW LINE... remember that? The request was for one chapter, not one paragraph. Some of you, who handed in early, got their work back to look at again and added more; some came in later and so sneaked through. What I have decided to do, is swap them over with someone who did a similar amount of work. Note - some people wrote two pages.
Today, the first thing I would like you to do is read through, check and edit the work that you have received. Please do this WITH your partner - as much as is possible. Don't change their story, but you can improve parts by adding descriptive language, PUNCTUATION, correcting spellings, etc.
Next, I'd like you to write the next CHAPTER (not paragraph). You have ALL weekend to do this, so don't rush. If you could email them to me over the weekend, by Sunday evening, that would be ace.
Note - please don't change the colour, or the font. I am also removing names. My aim is that we end up with 10 - or more - stories, which I will hopefully put together and send out.
I promise to read one of them out and record it, then post that.
At the moment, I am still waiting for some to come back, so I'll send them out to you when I have them. I hope this is a fun activity. Feedback would be great.
Maths: Paper 3 today everyone. Then I will send the answer booklet out. Remember, if you get to one that you can't do, move on and come back IF you have time. 40 minutes again. Good luck.
Exercise: The usual - Joe Wicks for those of you who are keeping up with it, or your own family version, if you have moved on, but please do some exercise.
Comprehension answers: 1: The first person 2a: hunger, cold, tiredness 2b: He reaches an inn that meets all his needs 3: Both offer shelter, an observation platform, a contrast to the night outdoors 4: The owl sounds sad, which makes the speaker sound sad in sympathy 5a: 'melancholy' 5b: sad and gloomy 6: He thinks about all homeless people, sleeping rough, especially soldiers and the poor 7: The owl 8: Rhetorical 9a: eg. a hollow tree sounds like heaven 9b: eg. the moon puffs out my feathers 10: Cold: owl's feathers puffed out; clear night encourages frost and makes things 'twinkle' 11: It is made up of four-line verses (quatrains), with regular metre or ABCB pattern 12: That owls are wise
Speed Tables: Speed Tables 12a.xlsx Speed Tables Left 12a.xlsx
Topic: There are rumours in the news that only certain year groups may go back first. Year 6 is one of those that keeps getting mentioned. IF the government decided to bring back half of the school, they would need to socially distance (2m apart). How could we use our school safely? You can either draw this on your school plan, or think about ways and write them down. Again, you have all weekend for this... have a good mull.
I was interrogated over the theft of a cheese toastie. Man, they really grilled me!
Here are some photos...
Leavers' Questionnaire
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Here is the Leavers' Questionnaire - some of you have been struggling to find it.
Thanks