To keep your brain active over the hols!!

Riddles and Teasers

1. The two verbs in this sentence are in the past tense. What else do they have in common?
"Yesterday, I read the entire book as the wind blew fiercely outside."
2. What is the difference between the letters above the line and the letters below it?
AEFHIKLMNTVWXYZ

_____________
BCDGJOPQRSU
3. Start with the word WINTER. What one letter could you take out to form a new word? Can you continue until you have just a one-letter word left?
4. Ted Stin loves his work. Part of his job is to look for holes and fill them in. Rearrange the letters in his name to find out his job.
5. How can you make this string of numbers total 236 without adding any other numbers?
68 + 99 + 18
6. Name six animals that inhabit the Arctic region.
7. Which month has twenty-eight days?
8. If a rooster laid an egg on the top of a hill, which side would the egg roll down?
9. What animal can jump higher than a house?
10 . I have feathers to help me fly. I have a body and head, but I'm not alive. It's your strength that determines how far I go. You can hold me in your hand, but I'm never thrown. What am I?
11. I have arms, legs and a back, but I never walk anywhere. What am I?
12. What never speaks, but always tell the truth?
13. Name three numbers that give the same result when all added or multiplied together.
14. What has no legs, but walks all day on its head, and never gets a headache.
15. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
16. Name it and you will break it. What is it?

Have fun! TBs for all correct answers

Greetings

Wishing everyone in P6 a

Very Merry Christmas

and a

Happy New Year

Christmas Crackers

If you are stuck for something to do over the holidays then click on the link below. It has quite a few good ideas to keep you busy. Have fun!!

http://www.mape.org.uk/ChristmasCrackers/

Be in a Christmas Story

Create a silly Christmas story,starring YOU!

Check out the link below and enjoy

http://www.bethanyroberts.com/CreateASillyChristmasStory.htm

TBs for anyone who manages to copy and paste their story in a comment

Advent Countdown

Check out the link below. It's an Advent Calendar with information about how Christmas is celebrated around the world. Revisit it as often as you can and have fun finding out more.

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Xmas/calendar/index.html

TBs for anyone posting interesting facts

Apostrophes Revision Quiz

Do you remember how to use apostrophes properly? Try the quiz in the link below and see how well you get on.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/punctuation/apostrophes/quiz.shtml

Handling Data Revision

Have a browse on the site below to brush up on your data handling skills

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/e3/numbers/handlingdata/handlingdata/game.shtml

Revise Measuring

Use the link below to revise using millimetres and centimetres

http://www.funbrain.com/measure/

Origami

Do you know what Origami is? Where does it come from?

Do some research and post a comment about Origami.

The link below will get you started

http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/origami_for_kids.htm

TBs for all facts published

Coordinates Revision

Dig for dinosaurs and revise your coordinates at the same time. Have fun!!

http://www.counton.org/games/virtualmathfest/dinosaur.html

Prefixes and Suffixes Revision

Click on the link below to see how good you are at adding prefixes and suffixes to root words.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/spelling_grammar/spelling/play.shtml

Revising Time

Revise what you know about time using this link

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/time/index.htm

Rounding Revision

Round the following numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000. The first one has been done for you.

1345 - 1350, 1300, 1000
4657
2589
7634
6254
3450

TBs for all correct

Adverbs Revision

Match suitable adverbs to the following actions. The first one has been done for you. Try not to use the same adverb more than once.

Climbing steadily
Jumping
Shouting
Running
Driving
Skipping
Sleeping
Skateboarding
Cycling
Jogging

TBs for all suitable matches. Extra TBs for the most imaginative use of adverbs.

Place Value Revision

Try using this game to revise place value.

Post a comment about how you get on.

http://www.sums.co.uk/playground/c4a/playground.htm

Punctuation Revision

See if you can put all the punctuation and capital letters in the right place in these sentences. TBs for each correct sentence.

1. does anyone want to share interesting weekend news asked mr magowan

2. i was at a missionary day in camerons church said katie

3. cameron dressed up as a computer mouse and pretended to go on the internet

4. amber told the rest of the class that she has started to learn a new dance for portadown festival

5. william said on sunday i went shopping in belfast

6. lauren said that she went to mcdonalds with bethany and had ice cream

7. i bought new boxing gloves on saturday announced luke

8. on saturday peter went to a shoe shop lifestyle sports and jjb sports

9. natasha said i went to the ulster museum and then added i really enjoyed it

Weekend Riddle Poem

What does man love more than life,
fear more then death or mortal strife,
what the poor have the rich require,
and all contented men desire.
What misers spend and spendthrifts save
and all men carry to the grave?

TBs for all correct answers

'ue' Sound Anagrams

like next week uufert
a person made of stone teaust
to keep going nontcuie
worn by a soldier mnurifo
of our continent uronpeae
one part utni
very fair and pretty btuaeflui
an angle more than 90o botues
songs and dancing cilsuma
how loud it is mlvuoe

TBs for all correct

Carp Kites

In Japan families celebrate Tango no Sekku.

Large carp kites, called koinobori, are displayed outside houses. On the link below you will be able to listen to a traditional song for Tango no Sekku called the Koinoburi Song.

http://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=859&c=85

We will be designing our own carp kites so do some research and find out more about them.

Try to find answers to questions like:

What is a carp?

When does this celebration take place?

What houses display carp kites?

What does the carp symbolise?

Post what you find out in a comment and if someone

thinks that your post is helpful you will get TBs.

German Clap Dance

In P.E. today we had fun dancing the German Clap Dance. Try to remember the different steps and write instructions for a younger person to follow. TBs for anyone who can remember the moves in the right order. In your comment also say what you felt about doing a dance in P.E.

Remembrance Day

Today is Remembrance Day. Post answers to the following questions and get some TBs.

1. What do we remember on this day?
2. Why is Remembrance day on 11th November every year?
3. Why is it sometimes known as Armistice Day?

4. Why is it especially important this year that we remember those who fought in World War One?

Here is a link to the website that Mr Shields mentioned in assembly:

http://www.passingofthegeneration.org.uk/

Japanese Food

Research the topic of Japanese food and see if their food differs from ours. You might want to keep a record of what you eat in a typical school day and compare that to what a young person in Japan would eat. While researching find out what a Bento Box is and what it contains. Have fun!!!

Check out these links to get your research started:

http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/virtual/bento/bento07.html

http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/cook/intro/index.html

10TB for really interesting posts

Mental Maths Games

In class we have been trying to improve our mental maths skills.

Try the games in the links below and have fun working out the answers in your head.

http://resources.oswego.org/games/mathmagician/maths1.html

http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/games/magic_square_v4.html

Where do I put commas?

Punctuation makes sentences easy to read. Commas are an important piece of punctuation. Click on the link below to test how good you are at using commas.

http://www.savethecomma.com/game/

Making Pluto

In phonics this week we have been looking at 'ue' sound words. For your text homework try to write instructions for making a model of the planet Pluto using papier mache. Think of what we did in class to make each planet and in your instructions include a list of things needed and step by step instructions on what to do. Try to use as many 'ue' words as you can. To remind yourself how to set out instructions have a look at some instructions other children have written in the link below.

http://www.sandaigprimary.co.uk/classes/primary_seven_04_05/writing_instructions.php

Brush up on your dividing

Try this dividing game. Miss Spiers found this game and it's fun to play. Have a go and see what you think.

http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/demolition/demolition.html

Guy Fawkes

We have been reading fiction about London this week. Katie was in London over the weekend and has been telling us about her trip. Today is Guy Fawkes day. He lived in London a long time ago. What do you know about Guy Fawkes? Post some interesting facts about him in a comment.

5TB for any interesting facts published.

Compare schools here to schools in Japan

What is it like for someone your age going to school in Japan? Is it the same as going to school here or is it different? Find out more about schools in Japan and make a list of things that are the same as here and a list of things that are different. 10TB for any interesting facts published. Click on the link below to start your research

http://web-jpn.org/kidsweb/explore/schools/index.html

'oy' sounds

In phonics we have been studying the 'oy' sound. Try to write a short story using as many 'oy' sound words as you can. Remember the 'oy' sound can be made in a couple of ways and try to use them both as many times as you can. This week's word list and the story below will help you.

Post your story as a comment.

Royston the Noisy Snake

Royston was, by all accounts, a very noisy snake. His friends would say, ‘The idea of being a snake is so you can hoist yourself up into a tree and silently coil yourself round a branch and then drop down on your prey without them even knowing you are there.’ Alas poor Royston couldn’t stay quiet for long enough to do this.

One day his friends took him aside and explained he had choices to make. Either he was going to be the annoying, poisonous, noiseless, destroyer that he was meant to be or they would employ sterner measures to get him to conform.

Needless to say sterner measures could not be avoided. Royston’s friends sent him on a voyage of discovery. His most loyal friend, Lloyd went with him and introduced him to the android on the hill, who, happened to have an ointment for noisiness. A couple of applications later Royston was less noisy and actually started to enjoy slithering around, silently creeping and coiling up on his prey as a snake should do.

10TB for any stories published.

Learning about Japan

We are learning about cultural diversity and studying Japan.

There are two links below to help you find out more about the country, lifestyle and culture of Japan.

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Places/Find/Japan

http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/

Fraction Fun

Find out more about fractions by playing these fun games

http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/equivalentfractions/index.html

http://www.sums.co.uk/playground/n6a/playground.htm

http://www.kidsolr.com/math/fractions.html

Half-term Teasers

Here are some puzzles for you to try. Some of them are hard but try your best.

See how many you can get right.

Enjoy your half-term holiday!!

-oOo-

Puzzle 1

You have the misfortune to own an unreliable clock. This one loses exactly 20 minutes every hour. It is now showing 8.00am and you know that is was correct at midnight, when you set it. The clock stopped 10 hours ago, what is the correct time now?

Puzzle 2

Recently, Snow White's seven dwarfs met up with three of their friends and went to the cinema to see Bambi. From the clues below, can you determine the order in which they stood in the ticket queue?

Grumpy was in front of Dopey. Stumpy was behind Sneezy and Doc. Doc was in front of Droopy and Happy. Sleepy was behind Stumpy, Smelly and Happy. Happy was in front of Sleepy, Smelly and Bashful. Bashful was behind Smelly, Droopy and Sleepy. Sneezy was in front of Dopey. Smelly was in front of Grumpy, Stumpy and Sneezy. Dopey was in front of Droopy. Sleepy was in front of Grumpy and Bashful. Dopey was behind Sneezy, Doc and Sleepy. Stumpy was in front of Dopey. Smelly was behind Doc.

Puzzle 3

Change the position of just one of the words below so that all the words are in an alphabetical sequence:
llama phoenix hyena alligator beaver elephant tortoise antelope

Puzzle 4

What is the first letter of this sequence?

___ T T F F S S E N T E T T F F S S E N T

10TB to the third correct answer for each puzzle

Disco Jokes

Most of you are going to the Friends of King's Park disco this week. Check out the link below to get some disco jokes that will keep you and your friends laughing.

http://www.young-dancers.org/fun/jokes/jokes1.html

Try posting a favourite joke of your own!!

Weekend Shopping Riddle

Last Saturday 4 children visited the toy shop.

Amber at 5 O'Clock.

Peter at 7 O'Clock.

Katie at 8 O'Clock.

Alex at 11 O'Clock.

One person shopped between Amber & Peter.

Amber did not shop before both Katie & Alex.

Katie did not shop between Peter & Alex.

Who was the last to go shopping?

10TB for the 5th correct answer posted

Fireworks Quiz

PSNI would ask that you respect the law and the fireworks safety code this year and they are asking adults to make sure they know the whereabouts of their children and what they are up to. They want everyone to have a safe and enjoyable Half-term break.To promote Fireworks Safety they are running this educational quiz on their website.

http://www.playlearnwin.com/

There are some great prizes including...

Nintendo DSi
iPod Nano
HMV Gift Voucher
Use your school email address to register for the competition.

Thanks to Mr Gray for this link

Starbucks and Lurgan Library Project

Deirdre and John were in our class today to give us more information about the Starbucks and Lurgan Library Project our class is taking part in.

The theme of the project is 'Detectives' and when we go to the library we will have some fun wearing disguises.

We will have three outings- twice to the library to learn more about reading and then a trip to Starbucks in Rushmere Shopping Centre for a treat. On each visit we will be able to choose a free book to keep. Think about what Deirdre and John told us and about what part of the project you are looking forward to most. Share your thoughts in a comment.

Anagrams for 'ie' sound words

1. a type of snake

ynpoht
2. found in water

locrcoedi
3. to make up your mind

dieced
4. how tall you are

tghhie
5. to think something up

edai
6. it lives on another creature

sratpaei
7. to not be noisy

lsinte
8. having knowledge

hgnitis
9. how to get there

cedrioitn
10. to do it would be good

hwtreilhow

Numbers and Initials Puzzles!

Each puzzle contains a number and some initials for a well known phrase or item. Figure out as many phrases as you can and post your answer as a comment. Here's an example:

12 N on a C = 12 numbers on a clock

Have a go-

2TB for each correct answer posted first.

The picture above is an extra clue for one of the puzzles

5 F on a H
4 L on a D
7 D in S W
26 L of the A
7 D of the W
7 W of the W
24 H in a D
60 S in a M
9 P in the S S
88 K on a P
90 D in a R A
18 H on a G C
11 P on a F T
29 D in F in a L Y
365 D in a Y

More Time Fun

Learn more about time and have fun too.

Check out the links below for cool games.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/numeracy/time/fs.shtml

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/time/index.htm

Time

This week we are learning about time. This is a fun game to help you practise telling the time. Let me know what you think of it and what your highest score is!

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/BangOnTime/clockwordres.html

Thank you to Miss Spiers for this link

Funny 'ie' Sound Verse

In phonics we have been studying the 'ie' sound. This week we are going to do our sound text in a slightly different way. Try to write a funny verse using as many 'ie' sound words as you can. Remember the 'ie' sound can be made in a number of ways and try to use as many different ways as you can. This week's word list and scaffold text will help you. Don't worry if your verse doesn't rhyme- some of the best verses don't.

Post your funny verse as a comment.

10TB for any funny verses published.

Funny Verse

Poem 1
Poem 2

There was once a girl name Jill.

Who freaked at the sight of a drill.

She brushed everyday so her dentist would say,

'Your teeth are quite perfect, no bill.'

Poem 3

ping pong,
ling long,
jiggle wiggle
pitter patter,
sing song,
hurdy gurdy,
topsy turvy,
hopscotch ,
wig wam,
pit pat,
kit kat,
tick tack,
mit mat,
flip flop,
curly wurly,
wishy washy,
tick tock,
hee haw

The poems above are all funny poems. Enjoy reading them and then decide which poem is a concrete poem, which is a double word poem and which poem is a limerick. Post your answers as a comment. TBs for correct answers.

Words from French

On Friday we were using Papier-mâché to make models of the planets. It was messy but good fun. The term Papier-mâché comes from French and simply means paper pulp or chewed-up-paper.

Try to find other words we use in English that come from the French language. Make sure you explain their meaning. 5TB for each one you find.

If you want to know more about using Papier-mâché you might find the link below useful

http://www.firstpalette.com/tool_box/quick_how_to/Papier_Mache_(Balloon)/Papier_Mache_Balloon.html

Planet Facts

We have been studying space. Each focus group is finding out about a different planet. You can post interesting facts about the planets here.

Book Week

Below is a list of well known books for children. Below that is a list of authors. Try to match each book with it's author. The first one has been done for you.

Book 1) Author F)

1) Charlotte's Web

2) The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh
3) The Tale of Peter Rabbit
4) The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

5) James and the Giant Peach

6) The Indian in the Cupboard

7) The Secret Garden

8) How the Grinch Stole Christmas

9) The Polar Express
10)Curious George

A) C. S. Lewis
B) Beatrix Potter
C) Lynne Reid Banks
D) Hans Augusto Rey
E) A. A. Milne
F) E. B. White
G) Roald Dahl
H) Chris Van Allsburg
I) Dr. Seuss
J) Frances Hodgson Burnett

1TB for each correct match

Teaser

What common English word has 4 vowels,

one after the other?

5TB for first correct

'oo' sound as in moon

In phonics this week we have been studying the 'oo' sound. Write a paragraph using as many 'oo' sound words as you can. Remember the 'oo' sound can be made in a number of ways and try to use as many different ways as you can. This week's word list and scaffold text will help you. Post your text as a comment.

10TB for any paragraphs published.

Black Circles?

How many black circles do you see?