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