Titanic Fact Finder

This week we will be studying the Titanic as part of our Literacy Unit called 'Journeys.'

What do you already know about the Titanic?

Can you use the internet to find out more? Post some interesting facts here as a comment! :)

Get Better At Your Tables

Miss Spiers found this great game that will help you with your tables so I've copied it onto our blog.
Choose a set of tables and then play as many levels as you can - easy, medium and hard! Let me know how you get on!

http://www.multiplication.com/flashgames/KnightFlight.htm

My Neighbour Mr Reindeer

Our Scaffold Text this week uses the 'ee' sound
This can be made in many ways - ee, ey, y, ea, i, ie, ei and e.
Write your own text and post as a comment

My neighbour has a silly surname. He is called Mr Rudolph Reindeer. Mr Reindeer has no patience and often complains about the silliest things – mum’s apron isn’t straight, there aren’t enough raisins in his birthday cake, the trailer’s wheels are on the pavement, the café doesn’t open late. When he gets angry he makes such strange faces and his veins pop out on his forehead.
Yesterday was Monday, the first day of the school holidays. It rained so hard that Mr Reindeer’s children could not go out to play. The children waited to see if the rain would stop and were dismayed to find they had to remain indoors. As they played they created mayhem. Mr Reindeer can’t wait until the holidays are over and peace reigns once again.

InCAS - your thoughts

InCAS are over.
We did the Reading, Maths, Spelling and Mental Arithmetic assessments on Tuesday.


How do you feel they went? Did you like doing them? Do you like using the computer to do tests? Do you have any suggetions or advice for the other classes


Share your thoughts

Another riddle for you to think about

Johnny's mother had four children. The first was April, the second was May, and the third was June. What was the name of her fourth child?

Hidden Number Fun

There are 3 numbers and 1 letter hidden on these tiles - can you find them?

Post what you find as a comment

Maths Challenge!!

We have been learning about place value over the past few weeks- I have written the numbers below in words - can you write them as numbers?

Add your answers as a comment to this post!

1. Two hundred thousand, three hundred and seventy five.

2. Thirty thousand, two hundred and fifty six.

3. One hundred and twenty seven thousand, two hundred and sixty six.

4. Two million, one hundred and seventeen thousand, four hundred and eighty four.

5. Thirteen million, seven hundred and eighty six thousand, one hundred and fifteen.

6. Five million, five hundred and fifty five thousand, five hundred and five.

Subjects and Verbs

Today we were learning how to identify the subject and verb in a sentence. The subject of a sentence is the person, place or thing that the sentence is about and the verb is the 'doing' word.

Can you identify the subject and verb in these sentences?

Post your answers as a comment on this post!

1. They walked quickly.
2. He ate slowly.

3. The boy jumped up and down.

4. She was very tired.

5. They looked up suddenly.

'er' sound words homework

In class we have been learning words that have the 'er' sound.
Look at the clues below and try to match them to words from your spelling list this week.
Add your answers as a comment.

1. A measurement
2. Part of a shirt
3. A form of currency
4. A criminal
5. Something to read
6. A famous person
7. A seaside activity
8. Something worn by a knight
9. A seaside place
10. Part of a ship

Northern Ireland

This week we are learning about Northern Ireland. Post a comment to tell us about your favourite place in Northern Ireland.

Make sure you tell us why you like it so much!

Riddle me this

What will you see twice in a week, and once in a year, but never in a day?

House point for the first corect post

The Surprised Burglar

This week our phonic sound is the irrrrrrrrr sound that can be made by er/ar/ir/or/ur/re . You have a copy of the story below in your homework books. Write your own story (called a scaffolded text) using as many words with the er/ar/ir/or/ur/re sound as you can.
Post your story as a comment.

The Surprised Burglar

Let me tell you the story of yesterday’s burglary. The mystery of the missing silver was discovered by the butler who alerted security. The guards disturbed the burglar as he circled the perimeter fence looking for an escape route.

He had entered the house without disturbing a soul. He slithered with uncertainty from room to room until he discovered the Fern family silver.
‘Ah, perfect. I’ve come to the end of my search’, he muttered as he stuffed the silver into his sack.
The burglar made a hasty exit. As he reached the perimeter fence, he felt a hand on his collar. ‘You have been caught on camera. You must return the silver.’ said the guard sternly.

Time Capsule

Tony the artist was in our class.

We were writing and drawing about things in our lives that will be put in a time capsule and buried on the Avenue Road.
What did you write about?

Post a cpmment to share with the rest of our class

The Astounding House

This week our phonic sound is the ow/ou/ough.

You have a copy of the story below in your homework books.
Write your own story (called a scaffolded text) using as many words with the ow/ou/ough sound as you can.
Post your story as a comment.

The Astounding House

You would never believe that thousands of people would travel over mountains, underground, through clouds and by sea to visit the magical fountain at Slough House.

At noon each day people would surround the fountain at the astounding house and watch as the house changed to a clown. Bounce, the clown would bow to the applause of the crowd and astound the audience with his magic tricks.

The audience would shout aloud, ‘What a clown!’. Bounce would count to ten, jump into the fountain and he would reappear in his nightgown.