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Homework set 5.3.10

March 5, 2010

Homework for w/e 5.3.10 (due 17^th March)

English

Mr Cooper’s group

Come up with, and write about, a new event that could have happened to Gulliver in Lilliput or Brobdingnag.

Mr Brooks/Miss Wood’s group

Write about an event that has happened to Gulliver so far in the book.

Both groups can aim to include at least one ‘WoW’ word from their notebooks. As explained in the accompanying letter, this will be a project that continues for the duration of this half term.

Maths

Mr Cooper’s group

Calculate the area of the floor in at least one room of your house (measure the length and width, then multiply together). If you don’t have anything to measure the lengths and widths with, you could estimate them or use a non-standard unit of measure such as handspans.

Mr Brooks/Miss Wood’s group

Complete the worksheet given out in class.

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Homework set w/e 5.2.10

February 5, 2010

English

Mr Cooper’s group

Write a poem about a different type of weather, using either Snowy Morning or Quieter Than Snow as a model (we have studied these poems in class).

Mr Brooks/Miss Wood’s group

Make a spidergram for ideas for a poem about fingers. Make sure you have developed ideas – remember, your first idea isn’t usually your best, so go back to it & change it. If you want to use the Freemind software, ask an adult to download it for you via this link.

Practise ...

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Y5 orchestra

February 2, 2010

Listen to the recordings of your orchestra rehearsals this week. Can you hear Genna coughing over the top?!
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Children's poetry archive

January 22, 2010

Next week, we're doing poetry of the senses. This children's poetry site has poets reading their own poems aloud. Try it out.
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Homework w/e 22.1.10

January 22, 2010

Thank you for helping out with the dictation homework. We'll be working on it in class next week. The new dictation is attached. Please work on this in the same way. This week's dictation fits with our work next week on poetry of the senses. It's a poem by Colley Cibber - you'll notice there are some archaic uses of the apostrophe that you can discuss at home. Note that one of our intentions with the dictation is to show that there are many different styles and forms of writing - the di...
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Stringed instrument websites

January 19, 2010

Online violin, viola & cello tuner. Know the names of the strings & hear the sounds.

Video tutorials on playing the violin.

Interactive orchestra.

Sounds of the orchestra.

Dallas Symphony Orchestra site - a beautifully constructed site with loads of great activities.

Sphinx Kids - learn about the parts of stringed instruments.

Sphinx Kids - Oh, just a great site for music full stop! (And exclamation mark).

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Frenchanywhere French tests

January 19, 2010

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Subscription websites

January 19, 2010

The Big Bus, Education City & SAM Learning (password protected page)
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Brilliant French sites

January 19, 2010

Have a look at these French websites:
BBC Primary French. A great site with games, videos of real French speakers, scripts so you can join in, tests and printables.
Too easy? Try BBC Primary French 2

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Studywiz

January 19, 2010

You can access the Studywiz site here. Also a link on the main page.
Keep your password a secret and change it regularly. Remember the online etiquette (behaviour) and safety issues we discussed. Anything you're not happy about, report it straight away and tell and adult.

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