Food Chains and Food Webs

We have been finding out about food chains and food webs following our work on the human body. 

As a rule, humans are at the top of the food chain - unless we are very unlucky!

 

Watch this video about food chains in nature:

 

Deadliest 60!

 

You can watch a video, do some reading and also take the quiz if you like!  If you would like to find out more, you could do some further research.  Remember, you need to be safe on the Internet!  Speak to an adult if anything worries you.

 

When you have watched, read, quizzed and researched, I would like you to write about food chains!  Can you tell me about producers and consumers?  Predators and prey?  Energy and how it is transferred.

 

Remember your writing should be as high quality as you can make it!  Think of all the vocabulary and sentences types we have worked on, and above all, think, say, write and check!

 

I look forward to seeing your blog entries by the 24th February (when we come back from half term!)

 

You can post your writing on the blog, or even create a little project to bring back to school. 

We will be studying habitats after half term, so you could even start to link that to the food chains and webs!

 

Happy writing!

 

Mrs Messa

 

Frogs!

A belated visit from the blog fairies this week! 

We have been reading ‘Tuesday’ by David Wiesner and thoroughly enjoying the mischievous, froggy adventure!

 

 

This scene did not appear in the animated version we have watched, but it is one of the funniest images!  The frog in the middle is braking as hard as he can!

 

Can you write about the three images, telling the story?  As it is in three sections you might be able to write three short paragraphs…!

 

 

See if you can include some powerful verbs (e.g. whooshed, accelerated, zoomed, whizzed), some prepositions (over, under, round, through) and even some figurative language too!  Remember; a simile says something is like something else and a metaphor says it is something else.

 

Happy writing! 

Fact File

We have been looking at maps in geography and finding out about different places around the world using our detective skills.

 Look at this website:

National Geographic for Kids

 

Choose a country from the index, and find out as much as you can about it. 

Either create a fact file to add to the blog or bring a short presentation on your chosen country into class.

Remember: no copying!  We don’t want to get in trouble!

 

I look forward to receiving your offerings by Wednesday 5th February!

 

Meet the Beavers

Below, you will find a link to a video clip of the Pevensie children meeting Mr Beaver when they first enter Narnia.

 

 

If you follow the next link, you will find a link to an online copy of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.  Go to page 36 – the beginning of Chapter 7.  Read to the end of page 39.

 

PDF version of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

 

What similarities (things that are the same) and differences (things that are different) are there between the video and the written story?

I would like you to write your response in full sentences, and to include examples from both the book and the film-clip.

 

I look forward to reading your responses by Wednesday 29th January 2014.

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

Stories Set in Imaginary Lands

 

 

We have started reading The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.

 

Watch this film clip of Lucy entering Narnia for the first time.

 

 

 

The first half of the clip shows her entering Narnia and looking around.

How do you think she is feeling?

 

 

She then meets Mr Tumnus for the first time.  How do you think she feels when she sees him?  How would you feel?

 

 

I would like you to write a description of Lucy's first trip into Narnia.

We have been working on using adjectives and adverbs to add detail and description.

We have also been exlporing figurative language; metaphors and similes.

 

 

I would like you to include descriptive language, as well as trying to use a metaphor and simile.

 

You can put your post on the blog or bring it in on paper. 

 

I look forward to reading your blog entry by Wednesday 22nd January!

Fog.

These photographs were taken today by @MPSinthesky, the Twitter account managed by those flying London's police helicopters.  They do a very important job protecting our city, and they also get a great view, which they like to share!

The first picture shows the fog covering everything but the very centre of London, and the second one is of Canary Wharf, with the skyscraper buildings poking out above the fog!

The pictures really made my imagination start to race! Imagine if the fog was thicker? Imagine if it didn't go away? What if the fog started to creep into the buildings?  If anyone is reading The Magician's Nephew with Mr Wright, you may have read about a very thick, mysterious foggy light...

Imagine you are in the middle of this foggy city. Write a description of your surroundings. Think about what you can see and hear. How do you feel? Are there other people around you? Who might you meet there?

Let your imagination go for a wander into this strange new place! 

I look forward to reading your contributions by Wednesday 18th December. 

Finally, this picture of a London landmark was also taken by @MPSinthesky today too. Can you work out where it is? 

Mrs Messa 

Excuses, excuses...!

I have been so impressed with your recent blog entries Hyde Park!  It's absolutely wonderful to see how much effort you are making!

 

This week's blog entry is called 'Excuses, excuses...!'.

 

I would like you to think in a creative way about why you might not have done something.

 

You could write about why you were late for school, why you forgot your PE kit, or even why you couldn't write your blog entry!

 

For example, 'I didn't do my homework because an elephant strolled through my house and sucked the piece of paper I was working on up its trunk!'

 

However, I know you can be even more inventive than that!  How tall a tale (a 'tall tale' is a fib!) can you tell? 

 

I look forward to reading your detailed, well planned and carefully written blog entries by Wednesday 11th December!

 

Happy writing!

 

Mrs Messa

 

It's (nearly...) Christmas!

 

Watch this video link.

It describes a journey in pictures.

 

The Journey

 

The journey is long and hard, but it is important to the traveller.

 

I would like you to write a description of the journey. 

Use your most carefully thought out sentences, with interesting, descriptive vocabulary.

 

You can write your entry on the blog or on paper.

I look forward to seeing them by Wednesday 4th December.

 

Happy writing!

 

Mrs Messa

 

 

Avenue of Trees

 

This beautiful picture is of part of Hyde Park during the autumn.

 

How would you describe it to someone who you were talking to on the telephone?

They cannot see it, so your description needs to be vivid!

 

Please put your entry up by Wednesday 27th November

You may write your blog response on paper and bring it into school by the same date if you prefer.

 

Mrs Messa

 

 

Making Electricity

During Science Week we explored electricity and found out about how it is generated.

 

This is one of the websites we thought was very useful:

 

Electricity

 

Have another look, and see if you can write a paragraph explaining how electricity is made.

 

You could have a go at describing different methods if that's too easy! 

How about hydro-electric power?  Or nuclear energy?

 

Please have your blog entries written by Wednesday 19th November!

 

Mrs Messa