Class Blog Autumn 2014

 

Autumn Class Blog 2014

Hello and welcome back!! What an amazing start to the term ! We were all so excited for President Obama and Mr Cameron to visit our school and see our work- what an experience.

This will be our class blog page for the Autumn Term.  We will be writing about all the exciting work that we have been doing each week. We will also be putting the weekly spellings up on the website and any other news updates.

*Please don't forget to check our our photos and videos page*

w/b 8.9.14

Spellings for this week:

 

Venus	Saturn
banana	whereas
camera	besides
umbrella	nevertheless
koala	furthermore
tarantula	moreover
sofa	consequently
area	notwithstanding
gala	nonetheless
puma	there
pizza	their
samba	they're
sauna	would have
siesta	should have
fiesta	could have
bacteria	since
paella	until

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

W/B 22.9.14

In English we have been writing reports about  Queen Victoria. We have also made a vocabulary list in the back of our English books.

This week in Science, we have been learning all about the human body and the organs. Our favourite part was labelling all of the different parts of the body.

Project work has been interesting. We have been designing a tiltle page and a project plan for our topic Life Long Leisure.

In Miss Phillips' maths group we have been designing bar charts on the ipadsand  we have also been learning how to multiply by 10, 100 and 1000.In MIss Jenkins' maths group, we have been using grid multiplication methods to multiply by 1000. We have also had an alfie test which was quite fun but hard.

In P.E we have been making stretch and snap routines and in games we are learning hockey skills.

Music  has been very fun! We have been learning how to use ostinato and making up our own ostinato verses.

On Wednesday we had a fun run and have raised £890 so far, our goal is £2000. Our class ran many lap with some people funning over 30!!

Spellings will follow on Monday.

w/b 29.9.14

 

Saturn	Jupiter
quintet	station
quintuplet	relation
pentagon	question
pentathlon	reaction
sextuplet	education
sextet	action
hexagon	ambition
heptagon	caution
septuagenarian	caption
octogenarian	competition
octagon	construction
octet	congratulations
octopus	location
octave	donation
nonagon
nonagenarian

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

W/B 6.10.14

Spellings for this week are: 

Saturn	Jupiter
decimal	along
decathlon	belong
decade	alongside
decagon	groan
decalogue	moan
decapods	loan
decimate	foam
decimetre	roam
century	cloak
centimetre	lock
centenarian	pocket
centenary	stock
centennial	actor
centigrade	doctor
centipede	inspector
centurion	mirror
un	un
dau	dau
tri	tri

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There will now be 2/3 Welsh spellings added to both group lists. These will help pupils with their Welsh oracy and writing. There will be an accompanying translation and pronunciation aid for each spelling.

Welsh Spellings and Meanings

* un = one ( pronunced 'een')

* dau = two ( pronunced 'die')

* tri = three ( pronunced 'tree)

 

W/B 6.10.14

 On Monday in maths with Miss Jenkins, we have been using the chunking method with division. In maths with Miss Phillips, we have been learning about factors and square numbers. In english we have been reading rhymes with a partner and then read them out to the class. Please go to our video page to see some! In science we continued our investigation on our pulse rate.

In welsh we were finding out more about Harri Morgan and his history. We have read about him in Welsh and will be finding out more about him.

On Tuesday we did indoor P.E and carried on our dance work with our groups. We have to create a routine with a stretch and snap. In english we were learning about Limericks and how they work, using the pattern aabba. Also we had Bible Explorer with Mrs Thomas.

On Wednesday in maths with Miss Jenkins, we did some word problems with division in them, and with Miss Phillips  we learnt more about square numbers. After break we had English and continued with our Limerick work. In the afternoon we had I.C.T with Mr Rothwell, and we made a website using what we know about I.C.T.

On Thursday we did more of our pulse rate investigation and made a line graph in our books. In english we worked with our partners and made our own Limerick. We had more welsh and learnt what Harri Morgan used to fight other pirates.

Today we have played hockey in P.E, which was really fun. In maths we played fraction action and had a go at long division and multiplication. In project work we listened to some jazz and wrote down our opinions. We thought it was quite slow and sad.

By Elizabeth and Ella B 

Spellings for this week are:

 

Saturn	Jupiter
confess	bright
confession	height
condemn	weight
condemnation	eye
contents	pie
concave	lie
convex	tie
conversation	mine
convert	line
contravene	fine
continue	crime
contour	mime
contaminate	sign
consume	sigh
container	high
contestant	light
teulu	teulu
brawd	brawd
chwaer	chwaer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welsh spelling meaning and pronunciation

teulu = family ( tie- lee)

brawd = brother ( brow- d)

chwaer = sister ( choir)

w/b 13.10.14

This week we have been doing poems in English and finshing our reports in Sicence. In maths we have been doing time, and in Project/History we have been doing a lot of Black History, since it is black history month.In English we have been doing poems. We made up our own poems this Friday which were fast poems which include 2 adjectives, 3 adverbs and 4 verbs and of course a noun for the name of the poem! We read a poem called the Jabberwocky and we did a little made up poem of our own where we looked at a little sheet which explained what the words meant as it was made in victorian times ! We then made a glossary about the victorian words and we made up our own meaning of the words. Also we thought about what the poem meant as we shared are thoughts in partners and as a class. That was our English week.

WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT HILSTON!!

WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY!

Spellings w/b 3.11.14

We had a fantastic time at Hilston and learnt so many new things. We had lots of new challenges and had great fun doing the activities such as; canoeing, climbing, caving, fire-building, archery, high-ropes, forest skills and geocaching. We will put some photos on our videos and photos page.

Welsh meanings

caredig = kind ( car- e- dig)

cas = nasty ( as written)

weithiau = sometimes (waith- e- i)

 

Jupiter	Saturn
electric	transport
electricity	transfer
electrician	transplant
electrical	transaction
mechanic	transatlantic
mechanical	transcript
mechanism	translucent
mechanise	transparent
meteor	transmit
meteorite	aerodrome
meteorology	aerate
meteoric	aerial
prison	aerobatics
prisoner	aerodynamic
imprisoned	aeroplane
imprisonment	aeronautical
aur	aur
trysor	trysor
ymladd	ymladd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 W/B 10.11.14

SPELLINGS FOR THIS WEEK

WELSH

aur = gold ( our)

trysor = treasure ( tree- sore) 

ymladd = to fight ( um - lath) dd in welsh make a 'th' sound

 

Jupiter	Saturn
electric	transport
electricity	transfer
electrician	transplant
electrical	transaction
mechanic	transatlantic
mechanical	transcript
mechanism	translucent
mechanise	transparent
meteor	transmit
meteorite	aerodrome
meteorology	aerate
meteoric	aerial
prison	aerobatics
prisoner	aerodynamic
imprisoned	aeroplane
imprisonment	aeronautical
aur	aur
trysor	trysor
ymladd	ymladd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

w/b 17. 11.14

Spellings

wrth gwrs = of course ( rth- gorse)

felly = therefore/so ( fe - ll- ee)

rhoi= to give ( roy)

 

Jupiter	Saturn
through	audible
tough	audience
rough	audition
though	audiovisual
cough	auditory
although	auditorium
thought	photogenic
bought	photographic
thoughtful	photocopier
fought	telephoto
enjoy	photophobia
enjoying	arachnophobia
enjoyment	claustrophobia
enjoyable	xenophobia
excitement	hydrophobia
exciting	agoraphobia
wrth gwrs	wrth gwrs
felly	felly
rhoi	rhoi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

W/B 24.11.14

Welsh spellings

roedd hi'n = it was ( can be used with weather or describing an event/place) ( roy-dd heen)

oer = cold (oi-er)

rhew = frosty ( rhoo)

 

Jupiter	Saturn
light	subject
fight	submarine
tight	subway
might	submerge
sight	submit
tonight	subterfuge
fortnight	subtle
right	subtract
night	subvert
eight	subdued
bright	subconscious
flight	submerse
height	subcontinent
slight	subcontractor
alright	subheading
highlight	subtropical
roedd hi'n	roedd hi'n
oer	oer
rhew	rhew

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WB 15.12.14 Last week of term!

No spellings over the Christmas holiday.

It's the last week of term! We have been getting ready for the Christmas period by making our Christmas cards, calendars and we have been peforming our Christmas play. We hope you all enjoyed it!!! We've enjoyed peforming for you.

(In maths) we have been doing some Christmas themed work. One of the problems was based around year 6's favourite Christmas songs. We had to vote for a range of Christmas songs and we had work out the percentage for each song and interpret the information into a pie chart. 

(In English) We have also been trying to finish our novel, Street Child by Berlie Doherty and we've drawn a story map to help us remember what we have read so far.

(In art) we have been doing drawings of stone models, using a massive triangle drawn in pencil. We copied the stone models in line with the triangles edges. (Most pupils enjoyed this.)

(ICT/Art)we have been using the image effects on some photos of ourselves to make our calendars.

HOMEWORK

REMEMBER TO GO ON GOOGLE CLASSROOM AND FOLLOW THE INFORMATION FOR THE BIG WRITE COMPETITION.

Stories are due in by the first day of term but you can submit them any time they are ready.

PROJECT: Please make your own leaflet with information about a National Park of your choice, somewhere other than the UK. It could be a place you have already visited or would one day like to visit - there are many choices! Make it informative and colourful, explaining why it is a National Park and why people might go there - what activities are available? We'll then be able to compare National Parks around the world. Thank you.

Miss Phillips and I would like to thank you for all of your hard work with the Christmas play. Look in the Christmas 2014 folder on the Photo page to see some pictures! Thanks also for our lovely cards and presents. We hope you have a very Happy Christmas. See you in the New Year!