Half-Term Writing!

This term we have been learning about the Ancient Egyptians with a particular focus on transport and communication.  Your homework is to write a non-chronological report about the Ancient Egyptians.  You can include any information you have learnt about the Ancient Egyptians.  Think about how you will organise the information.  You may include the following paragraphs:

 

The Rosetta Stone

Heiroglyphs

Egyptian Ships

The Nile

 

Try and include the features of a non-chronological report that you have learnt about!

 

Remember, 'think, say, write, check'!

 

Mrs Messa

 

The Human Body!

The Digestive System

 

Over the next few weeks we will be writing non-chronological reports about the digestive system, which is our science topic.

For your homework, please research the organs of the digestive system and the journey food takes through our bodies.

Write some of your research onto the blog so that we have a shared resource when we come to write our reports!

Check your sentences and spellings very carefully. 

Remember: 'think, say, write, check'!

You need to post on the blog or give me your homework on paper by Friday 10th October!

 

Mrs Messa

Poetry Week!

 

 

POETRY WEEK!

 

Next week is Poetry Week so for your homework this week we would like you to find a poem and learn it by heart. Make sure you practise reading the poem aloud with lots of expression so that you can perform it to the class.

Computer Games

In ICT, we will be designing our own educational games using a programme called Scratch.  This week, we want you to think about any games that you already play; for example, on Mathletics.

Write about your favourite games:

What are they?
Why do you enjoy playing them?
What do you learn from them?
Do you have any ideas for your own educational game?

Spend about 20 minutes writing, and remember to think carefully about your sentences before you write them!

Please either write your homework on paper or send your blog online by Friday 26th September.

Traction Man Explores!

 

 

Imagine you are the size of Traction Man and are exploring our school garden. Write from the point of view of the character using the first person (I). What does it look, feel and smell like?

Include lots of adjectives and try to add similes and metaphors. Remember to think, say, write and check!

Your Blog Homework must be ccompleted by Friday 19th September 2014

Going green (from a first news article 16-22nd May 2014)

“From next year, shoppers in England will have to pay 5p for each plastic bag that they take from a shop to carry away shopping.”

The reasons given are:

-         Many plastic bags are used once and thrown away.

-         Plastic takes a very long time to break down.

-         Little pieces of plastic can cause problems for animals.

-         Lots of plastic bags end up littering our streets.

Do you agree with this? How would you persuade someone to your point of view?

Write a paragraph that persuades someone to your point of view. Try to use powerful and emotive language. Remember to think, say, write  and check.

Turn off technology

A survey has found that children are spending too much time on the internet because of smartphones and tablets.

Many pupils are taking their gadgets to bed, stopping them from getting enough sleep.

To tackle this problem, the charity behind the survey has told children that they should turn off their devices more often, especially before bedtime.

• Do you think the charity was right to tell children how they should be using their phones and tablets? Why / why not?
• Why is it important for children to get plenty of sleep?
• If you could design an app that helped children use their phones and tablets less, how would it work? What would it look like on the screen?

I look forward to reading your thoughts on this - on paper or on screen!

 

Mrs Messa

Children don't care about winning or losing

Children don't care about winning or losing

(Based on the article by The Daily Telegraph)

Many children are more interested in playing than they aA survey of children's attitudes how you think or feel about somethingto sport has revealed that many boys and girls don't care about winning or losing.

 

'Playing for fun', 'being with friends', and 'getting time off lessons' seem to be more important reasons for getting involved.

 

Over three fifths of the 1000 children surveyed didn't mind the idea of competition being removed entirely from school sports, so long as they got to take part.

 

It turns out that competition is far more important to some parents than it is for their children.

 

What do you think?  Is it good to be competitive or are you not that bothered either?

Heritage Lottery Fund grant is the bees knees!

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has stepped in to help stop the serious decline in the country's bumblebee population. Today HLF announced a grant of £340,000 for an ambitious project by the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, based at Stirling University, to conserve a variety of endangered bumblebee species and their habitats throughout the UK.

 

Bumblebees are fundamental to our ecosystem: hundreds of species of wildflower, fruits such as raspberries, strawberries and tomatoes and vegetables such as runner beans are dependent on them for pollination. The total value of pollination in the UK exceeds £400 million. However, over the last 70 years there has been a dramatic decrease in their population, with two species becoming totally extinct and six of the remaining 24 species now listed as UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UK BAP) priority species.

 

A male Bombus subterraneus. This species is now extinct in the UK (Fiona Barclay).

 

HLF's grant will enable the Bumblebee Conservation Trust to begin a three-year conservation project, helping to protect the bumblebees and their habitat for the future. Working with landowners, farmers, the public and schools across the UK, the project will raise awareness of these important pollinators and help inform people on how best to protect them. Flower-rich habitat will be provided where it is needed most to reconnect the small isolated populations while a extensive awareness-raising programme, including an interactive website, community talks, learning packs for children, and a national wildlife self-assessment garden scheme, will be rolled out across the country.

 Your task
The heritage Lottery Fund is offering money to schools to support them in their bee conservation projects. Write a letter to the Heritage lottery fund explaining what we could do in our school to help the bees and how we would use any money we were given for the project. Remember to use : paragraphs, connectives, generalisers, scientific vocabulary

The River Nile

Our new topic is the Ancient Egyptians. For your homework I would like you to research the river Nile and to explain why it was so important to the Ancient Egyptians. Once you have collected your research write a paragraph in your own words.

Make sure you stay safe whilst searching on the internet.

You might like to try:

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/homework/egypt/nile.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/living-near-the-river-nile/9023.html

I look forward to reading what you have found out by Wednesday 30th April!

 

Mrs Messa