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                                               Literacy 

In literacy we looked at the Pearl Diver and improved our vocabulary by looking at a part of the story and writing it out and then improving it. As a class we took each word and tried to think of better words instead. Then we wrote our own piece of the  story with our best vocabulary. 

                                          Maths

We have done lots of Christmas themed activities such as a Sudoku puzzle, co-ordinates colouring and problem solving 'Who killed Santa?'.

                                           Art

We were making are perspective cards look nice so we can show are mums and dads and they can be proud of us! First we had a template to practise on. We have been looking at drawing in perspective. We had a choice between doing an indoors or outdoors scene. There are three different levels on the card, one is the background which is furthest away and there is a middle and foreground. 

We learnt how to draw in perspective and we improved our watercolour skills. 

We also made cute little robins. We made them by cutting out a hoop on card two times. Then we put them together and started to wrap wool around the card, one quarter must be red and three quarters brown. Once we had done that, and it was thick enough, we cut the wool in between the two cardboard layers and carefully looped a long piece of wool around it and tied it tight. We had to make sure that none of the wool came out or your robin would be ruined. Then you can decorate with a beak and googly eyes. 

We showed them in  craft assembly on Wednesday.

Songsters have done lots of practice for their very successful  concert on Tuesday evening.Throughout the afternoon they were practising so much while the rest of us were doing a Christmas quiz about movies, music and much more!     




  Merry Christmas everyone!                                                    

THAT'S ALL FOLKS!!!!!!


                                             

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DAISY&LUCY one of a kind blog!!!!!!!

Merry Christmas . It has been a wonder full week of fun leaning we hope you enjoy our informational blog.
                                                    
    Art                  

 In art we have been looking at perspective drawing .We watched videos before trying to draw an indoor /out door picture. Once we have made a back ground ,the middle ground and the foreground. This will become a lovely Christmas card.

Maths

This week we have been doing two subjects. These have been: roman numaral /shapes.we are going to test you on  your knowledge . The shape I'm thinking of has 

2 faces

1 edge

0 verticese

It is a hemisphere

Literacy

In literacy we have been  looking at the story the Cat and Mouse. We were identifying the prepositions in the story. A preposition tells you the position of a noun. For example, the mouse is UNDER the table. The cat went THROUGH the catflap. The mouse was hiding BEHIND the cupboard. 
We have read the story of the Pearl Diver as a class. We wrote a diary entry about a day in the life of a pearl diver. We think we wouldn't like to be pearl divers because there are lots of threats in the water. Seahorses can make you go blind! In the story, Saeed's dad gets attacked by a shark, he escapes by sticking his fingers in the sharks gills. 

Topic

This week in Topic, Nat and Tom planned a lesson for the class.
 It was about world war 1 it was very fun . We got to watch fascinating videos of the trenches . Next we wrote a letter to our faimly pretending that we were in the army that we were going  over the top to no man's land.After they put us in groups of four to role play going over the top. We had a great time. 

RE

In RE we have been watching videos of adverts to see if they are sacred, secular or pagan. Sacred is when christmas is celebrated in the nativity way.Secular is when you celebrate by eating cakes opening presents. Pagan is were you celebrate by decorating the christmas tree a bit like secular.

ICT

There has been a organisation that all the children around the world have to do an hour of programming. It is called the Hour of Code . Our class went on the official website and watched a video of lots of celebrities telling us about there experiences of programming and why it is so important to learn. Mark Zuckerberg, who is the CEO of Facebook said that if you can code then you can create anything you can imagine. After we played on scratch a programming game were we leant lots of new things. 

PE

In PE we have done dance we have been dancing to grease the hand jive . we have all memorised it as a class.Are teacher are have tought  us about canon uieson also what motife means(like the chours but dancing)

JOKES

What do elves lean at school?

The elfabet

what is the best Christmas present in the world?
A broken drum,you just cat't baet it

Charlotte and Issy's best blog ever

Maths

In maths we have been doing BODMAS which means B- brackets O- order D- divide M- multiply 

A- addition S- subtraction.

Now we are moving on to doing square numbers and cube numbers.

Here are a few questions- 68x68= 4624

90x90=8100.

3625x3625=7110625

   

ART

In art we have been doing Aztec mozaics ,weaving, jewlery and gods eyes.

Science

In science we are learning about condensation, evaporation.

And this week we have been doing revesible and irreversible changes.

Can you awnser these questions?

Is making popcorn reversible or irreversible?  irreversible

Star of the week

Katie was Star of the Week this week because she performed very well in the play and is always ready to challenge herself in lessons.

Literacy

In literacy we have been learning about stories from other cultures. We looked at Ali Baba, we learnt that you should never steal things because it will end badly. It is a moral tale from the Middle East. 

Topic

In topic we are finishing off the Aztecs. we looked at the end of the Aztec Empire, when the Spanish invaded. The Aztecs caught smallpox from the conquistadores, and Spanish attacked Tenochtitlan. 

Good Learner

Our Good learner was Izzy G because she creates imaginative work and always listens.

We will now interview Daisy about why she thinks Izzy was the good learner-

 " Hello Daisy."

"Hi Issy hi Charlotte."

"Why do you think Izzy is the good learner?"

"I think she is the good learner because she always has good ideas and joins in class discussions."

Now we are going to interview Izzy

"why do you think your the good learner?"

"I think i'm the good learner because i did very,very,very good homework every week and i also think im the good learner because i am quite imaginative."

"Thank you Daisy and Izzy."

P.E

In P.E we are learning dance with Mrs Heather and Hockey with Miss Bick.

In dance we are learning the hand jive.

In hockey we are learning how to pass, intercept and how to play a full game.

 music

In music we are learning the Hari Krishna song

 here are the lyrics so we can all sing it to Miss Bick

Hari Krishna, Hari Krishna

Krishna, Krishna

Hari, Hari

repeat

JOKES!!!

What's brown and sticky?a stick 

What starts with E and ends with E and only has one letter in it?envelope

What do you call a three legged donkey?Wonky

Why didnt the man play cards in the jungle?because there were loads of cheeters

Why does the ocean roar?because it has crabs on its bottom.

What's green and goes boing-boing-boing?spring cabbage

What do you call an Eskimos cow?an Eskimoo

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LITERACY

In literacy we have started a new topic which is...

Stories from other cultures! We started of by listening to a story from Saudia Arabia and then working out idioms e.g.Break a leg and  take a leaf out off somebody else's book! 

Maths

In Pythagoras maths group we have been learning about the properties of shapes  and what type of angles and degrees.

 .

What degree does an equilateral triangle add up too? 180

Science

In Science we have been learning about Condensation and Evaporation. Condensation is when gas turns into a liquid and evaporation is when a liquid turns into a gas. 

True or False is an ice cube a solid? 

Topic

As you know in History we have been learning about the Aztec's and how an Aztec society is organised.

Jokes and riddles

What starts with e and end with e and only has one letter in it?
Envelope
What is the longest word in the world ?
Smile,it has a mile between the beginning and the end. 

What do call a donkey with 3 legs?
A wonky

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SYCAMORES MOST AWESOME BLOG EVER !!!!!  :):):):)

 Lily and Amelia

MUSIC

IN MUSIC WE ARE DOING DIFFERENT RHYTHMS ON DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS.
 EACH ONE HAD A DIFFERENT SAYING SO WE COULD REMEMBER THE RHYTHM. HEAR ARE SOME  OF THE SAYINGS:

12345 BANANA

1  2  3 TOMATO

HAVE YOU GOT A DOG, GREAT BIG DOG

CHA CHA CHA CHA CHA

BIM BOM BIM BOM BIM BOM

MATHS

IN MATHS WE ARE DOING DIVISION (what we call, the bus stop). CAN YOU FIGURE OUT THE ANSWERS:

24 DIVIDED BY 8

5263 DIVIDED BY 3

952 DIVIDED BY 7

( all the answers are at the bottom )

LITERACY

IN LITERACY WE ARE DOING JOURNALISM. AT THE MOMENT, WE ARE WRITING AN ARTICLE ON THE AZTECS AND HOW THEY FOUND THEIR LAND THAT THEY CAN LIVE IN AND BUILD THEIR TOWN. WE ARE ALSO LEARNING DIFFERENT SENTENCES. COMPOUND, COMPLEX, SIMPLE, LIST, QUESTIONS, STATEMENTS, COMMANDS AND EXPLANATIONS.

WHAT WAS THAT SENTENCE?

SPELLINGS

IN SPELLINGS WE ARE DOING ED WORDS. THE RULE IS IF YOU HAVE ONE CONSONANT AFTER THE VOWEL THEN DOUBLE IT THEN ADD ED.

WHAT DOES THESE TURN INTO?

Grit

Part

Knit

ART

IN ART WE ARE DOING AZTEC MOSAICS AND WE ARE DESIGNING OUR OWN. A MOSAIC IS LOTS OF LITTLE TILES IN CONCRETE MAKE A PATTEN. THE PATTERNS WERE NORMALLY SNAKES, SCARY FACES AND CIRCLES.

BIG WRITE

IN BIG WRITE WE ARE WRITING  A LETTER TO THE PRIEST SO HE DOES NO SACRIFICE US. THE BEST THREE LETTERS WILL GET CHOSEN TO BE READ OUT. WE HAD TO USE OUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE AZTECS.

 WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE AZTECS?

ICT

IN ICT WE ARE DOING A WEBSITE CALLED SCRATCH. THIS IS AN ANIMATION WEBSITE SO WE ARE LEARNING HOW TO USE IT.

PE

IN PE WE ARE DOING DANCE AND HOCKEY. IN HOCKEY THE AIM OF THE GAME IS TO TACKLE THE OTHER TEAM AND TRY AND DEFEAT THEM. IN DANCE WE ARE MAKING A DANCE ROUTINE TO A FIREWORKS POEM.

JOKES

WHEN IS IT A GOOD TO GO TO THE DENTIST?

HOW DO YOU GET PICKACHU ON THE BUS?

WHAT IS GREEN AND RED AND GOES ROUND AND ROUND?

Now we will interview Joseph our good learner

(AMEILA)- HOW DID YOU FEEL WHEN MISS BICK CALLED OUT YOUR NAME?

(JOSEPH)- EXITED

(LILY)- DO YOU KNOW WHY YOU ARE GOOD LEARNER?

(JOSEPH)- YES, I HAVE BEEN READY FOR LEARNING AND LISTENING WELL TO THE OTHER PEOPLE IN MY CLASS.

ANWSERS

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THE FIRST SENTENCE WAS A LIST

grit becomes gritted

part becomes parted

Knit becomes Knitted

2:30/tooth hurty

poke him on/ pokemon

a frog in a blender

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BY LILY JOHNSON AND AMELIA PRICE

Alissa and Danielle's Blog

Maths:

In maths this week we have been learning how to do long multiplication using the expanded method and the normal method. In class we also did a millionaire quiz as a whole class.

Spellings

This week our spelling rule is pp-ed and rr-ed. We have been learning how to spell words like popped shipped and lapped. For pp-ed and for rr-ed we have been learning how to spell words like jarred,barred and spurred. 

Topic

In topic this week we have been learning how to write Aztec numbers using symbols. It is quite complicated to write the aztec numbers because you need to draw symbols. For example, one diamond is 10 in Aztec symbols. 

Literacy

In literacy our topic is journalism,and this week we have been learning how to write a script, we were pretending it was for the radio. The theme for the news script was a boy who gets left at home by his parents after their family left for their holiday. You had to include lots of things like lines for the reporter and the reporter on the scene and key witnesses and so on. These news stories are based on the movie, Home Alone.

PE:

In PE we are doing 2 topics. With the PE coaches we are doing dance, and with Miss Bick, we are doing hockey. In hockey we are learning how to pass to each other, and we are getting started on how to play a hockey game. On Monday we were playing a passing game like piggy in the middle. Two players had to pass to each other while one of the players was in the middle, trying to get the ball from the other two people. We also played another game where Miss Bick had to call out a number, and we had to do an action for that number. For example, if Miss Bick called out number 1 we had to find one partner. When she wasn't calling out any numbers, we would run around.

Art:

In art this week  we have been working on our Aztec weaving. We are learning to weave Aztec bookmarks with stripes. We weave them with a needle and wool. we have woven a lot of patterns and we all really enjoyed doing it. 

  RE

This week in RE we have been learning about Buddha's and how they stay happy in life. We have all seen the eight fold path,and what it leads to.[ Enlightenment.] Sycamore class has been asked to draw our own eight fold path. We had to draw a circle and in that circle we had to write eight steps that lead you to enlightenment. Here is an example of one of the steps you have to reach enlightenment. Be a good friend. To be a good friend, you need to treat your friends the way you want to be treated.

 Remembrance Day!

As we all know, on Tuesday, the eleventh of November, it was Remembrance day. We hope that you all joined in the two minute silence at 11 o'clock, and thought about all of the soldiers that died in the Great War. 

Thank you for Reading our Blog!

Hela and Katie's after Half term Blog

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Maths

In Maths we are learning about Multiples. What do you think a Multiple is? A Multiple is a number that you get after multiplying a number by a certain amount

Try and work out these:

All the Multiples of 6:  1,6    2,3

All the Multiples of 12: 1,12    2,6      3,4                                                                                  

Literacy 

In Literacy we are learning about journalism. In journalism there always has to be a short and snappy title, a main body of text, a picture (photograph), a caption, sub title, orientation and re-orientation. It also needs to have the 5 fundamental questions ( who, what, where, when, why and how). It as well needs to be in the past tense too. We will now do an interview with writer of the week (Alissa):

Hela: Hello Alissa!

Alissa: Hi!

Katie: How do you feel being writer of the week for the first time?

Alissa: I feel proud of myself for writing a story about Perfume Particle!

Hela: Did you enjoy writing it?

Alissa: Yes I enjoyed it because it taught me how to use scientific language.

Hela and Katie: Thank you!!!

Big Write

In big write on Wednesday we were asked to write an exiting, creepy story. The story had to begin with the sentence "the moment I walked into that place, I knew there was something weird about it...." We had to use different sentence structures, complex and compound sentences, good words and connectives to write the story. We all had 45 minutes to complete it.  

OUR STAR OF THE WEEK IS:   DANIELLE

We will now interview her:

HELA: Hello Danielle 

Danielle: Hello

Hela: How do you feel about being star of the week?

Danielle: I feel that I deserve to be star of the week because I feel I have done really well this week!!!

                                                 Science



In science we did an experiment about Dissolving. Dissolving is when a solid is absorbed by a liquid.

                                                          Art



In art we are doing Aztec weaving. You need a strip of cardboard with jagged ends and some wool. Also we have been doing Aztec 

        Jokes

                       


 Knock, knock.

Who’s there?

Canoe.
Canoe who?Canoe help me with my homework!

Knock, knock
Who’s there?
Iva.
Iva who?
I’ve a sore hand from knocking!

 Why did the cat go to Minnesota?

 To get a mini soda!

 Why did the cow cross the road?

 To get to the udder side.

By Katie and Hela

sycamores spectacular blog

This blog is by Hattie and Emily.

This week we have been doing lots of exciting things such as journalist day.


On Journalism Day we were put into groups and we had to plan a news report to record later on in the day. we had a visitor in assembly, from BBC, she was a reporter, and we were told all about journalism and how stressful it can be, we were all allowed to ask questions and they were all answered.Then she did a demonstration of what she would do on tv we all had a great day and in the end we all had a lot of fun and we have all learnt a lot! 
:-) 

in topic we have been learning about the Aztecs, we have been learning about their gods and their food. These are some of the questions the class have asked:

Why did they sacrafice humans to the gods?

and 

How many temples did they build?

Did they like art and what type?

answers:

Aztecs sacraficed humans to the gods because they believed it stopped drought.

It is unknown how many temples the Aztecs built.


The Aztecs did like art they often did weaving, god eyes and mosaics.

Interviews:


Lets interview Charlotte!

Emily: What is your favourite subject?
Charlotte: Art or Literacy
Hattie: What has been your most exciting moment so far?
Charlotte: Journalism day
Emily: Why did you like Journalism day?
Charlotte: I like Journalism day because Martine (Tv reporter) came in and I liked making our own reports
Emily: bye
Hattie: bye
Charlotte: See ya

Lets interview Callum S!

Emily: what is your favourite moment of the year so far?
Callum: Joining the yr6 football team
Hattie: what is your favourite subject?
Callum: science
Emily: why?
Callum: because its really interesting.
Hattie: bye
Emily: bye
Callum: see ya!

Star of the week: Emily
Good Learner: Hattie
Word of the week: Controversy

Riddles

: I’m tall when I’m young and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
 A candle

Songsters - Young Voices 2015

There are lots of songs to learn in preparation for our concerts this year.

Please use the link below to listen and download the audio tracks for all the Young Voices songs.


Please get learning!

Mr Edwards and Mrs Thornhill

Songsters' Song Words - Young Voices 2015

Sycamore's epic first blog!

First Blog

Welcome to Sycamore's first blog! Our first few weeks have been great!

MATHS:

In maths this week we have been doing formal multiplication and division.
Can you calculate the following:
They are hard, try your best :)

174x14=2436

 358/28=12.7
1589-456=1133

Literacy
In literacy this week we have been writing a poem personifying a season. 
We have also been learning a poem for national poetry day.

We will now interview Tom about National Poetry Day.                                                                     
Jack:  So what did you think about the Poems Tom?
Tom:   I thought it was great to hear all the poems that classes learnt!!!
Nat:   What was your favourite poem?
Tom:  My favourite was Macavity the mystery Cat!!!!!!!!


Riddles

Who has 4 legs in the morning, 2 legs in the afternoon and 3 legs in the evening?
Answer:

What is eviller than the devil, greater than God, what a poor man has, a rich person doesn't have and if you eat it you will die.
Answer: nothing

Jokes:

Three soldiers were put in front of a firing 

squad,one was English ,one Scottish and the 

other Irish.The English man was sent to be 

shot first and he said avalanche and all 

the enemies looked over to the hills whilst the 

Englishman made his escape, and then the 

Scottish man was put in front of the firing 

squad, and he said flood! So they all looked 

down to the river whilst the Scottish man 

made his escape. Then the Irish man stood in 

front of the firing squad, and he said fire!


What do you call a fish without an eye:a fsh



History: what do you like or want to know 

more about the Aztecs?

Jack: Did they eat meat?

Nat:how many temples did they build?

We will now interview Hattie who is the good 

learner:

Nat/Jack: What did you earn the good learner 

award?

Hattie: For risk taking in Maths.

Nat/Jack: Well done!

Hattie: Thank you


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