The Tudors

For your homework this week we would like you to find out about different types of Tudor transport but particularly about Tudor boats. One of the most famous was the ‘Mary Rose’.

 

Use the KidRex search engine to help you find safe sites. Please ask your teacher if you cannot access this and need any books from the library.

 

Try to find out what it would be like on a Tudor ship. How many people would there be? What were their jobs? How long did ships travel for? What did the sailors eat?

 

 

Crane Park

In preparation for our writing in the next few weeks we would like you to produce a comic strip all about our trip to Crane Park. 

This must be ready by 8^th May as we will be using it to plan our writing the following week.

Please include all aspects of the trip including the journey there and back, the activities and exciting or interesting events.

Include drawings and pictures to help explain what we did and remember to keep everything in chronological (time) order.

As this is a very visual piece of homework, you will not be able to complete it on our blog. Instead please draw and write on a piece of paper and bring it into school.

 I would love to see some comments about the trip on the blog as well!  

Remember to 'think, say, write, check' before posting!!

Should Daleks be allowed to live on earth?

This week we have started learning about discussion texts and have been reading an example text entitled ‘Should Daleks be allowed to live on Earth?’

This week we would like you to rewrite the text using the story map. You can try to copy the text exactly from memory or add in your own arguments and ideas.

Try to include:

-      Full sentences with capital letters and full stops.

-      Generalisers eg. some, most, all, many

-      Connectives eg. therefore, moreover, also

Vikings!

This week we have been reading The Saga of Erik the Viking and starting our adventure stories unit of work. For your homework this week we would like you to write a character description of the Viking god Odin who was the King of the Gods and in Viking mythology created the world.

 

You should include

-      A description of his physical appearance and his personality.

-      Full sentences.

-      Interesting sentence starters.

-      Conjunctions to extend your sentences.

-      Adjectives to describe.

 

 

Follow the link to watch the Viking Sagas which will give you more information:      

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/schoolradio/subjects/english/viking_sagas/episodes/part_1

Mine Mayhem!

Another Maths Game to play!

Have a go at the multiples, as well as looking at the simplifying fractions and prime numbers too!

 

Mine Mayhem!

Maths Rap!

Five Times Table Rap

 

You all seemed to really enjoy this maths rap... perhaps you'd like to practise it a bit more at home...!

Setting the scene.

Think about a place in your mythical story, this might be a forest, cave or castle. Imagine how your character feels as they enter this mysterious place. Write a short paragraph including:

·         Description of how your character moves.

·         What your character can see.

·         Adverbs to show how they are moving eg. Crept cautiously.

·         Anything they can hear, smell or touch.

 

I look forward to reading your blog entries, either on paper or on here!

Lord Voldemath...

Some of you were interested in playing this game to carry on practising your calculations! 

 

Here's the link!

 

http://mrnussbaum.com/voldemath-play

 

 

Speech

Write a conversation between two characters from Brave Rowland. Remember to use:

·         Speech marks around the words which are said.

·         Punctuation inside the speech marks.

·         A new line for each new speaker.

·         A comma to separate the speech and narrative.

·         Alternatives for said.

 

 

 

I look forward to reading your blog entries by Friday 23rd January!

Brave Rowland!

Our new literacy topic is ‘Stories with mythical creatures or events’. This week we have been learning the story of Brave Rowland. For your homework this week, write the first two chapters of the story. Use the story map as a reminder!

Remember to include:

- Capital letters and full stops

- Fronted adverbials

- Speech

- description