Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

The blog will be up and running in 2010 again but I will try to put a couple of Christmas riddles online to keep you entertained over the holidays

Scaffold Texts

Sorry guys for not getting this on sooner

well done to all who posted already. don't forget to try to tick a print out in your homework book so we can share them tomorrow

hope you had a good day

see you tomorrow

Mr Gray

Voicethread

We're experimenting with a website that allows us to exchange and share our opinions. The website is called Voicethread and is used by anybody that is on the internet. So be careful!

You can comment by typing or by recording your comments using a microphone, but you will need to create an account. Any comments that you make will not appear straight away. I will have to check them the way I do on our blog.

Remember the safety tips about creating an account - use your school email address, only use your christian name in you account name.

The website address is http://www.voicethread.com/

You can see and comment on our test post here

Have fun, use the site wisely and this could be great fun

Scaffold texts

Oops!

Post you text on this

Sunshine & Rainbow

Megan & Rebekah with their debut single Don't you Know

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. 1HP for any interesting facts published. Click on the link below to start your research

http://web-jpn.org/kidsweb/explore/schools/index.html

Fraction Games

Loads of fractions games for you to play

http://www.kingphilip.org/Faculty/Hartwellw/fractionwebsites.htm

Japan - What I Want to Know

Post any questions you want answered about Japan.

Maybe you want to know about the language, the people, the history, the cities, the food, the clothes......

Write the question and maybe someone will answer it for you

Japan - What I Know

Post the facts that you know about Japan.

Don't search the internet - these are facts you know now before you start researching.

Royston the Noisy Snake

This week our spelling use the oy sound. Post your scaffold text as a response to this one

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.

Spooky Facts

The last day of October is known in the UK as Halloween. It's a scary time and we all like dressing up or watching scary movies but do you know where it came from or why it is celebrated?
Have a hunt and post the reasons.
Do you know how it is celebrated in other countries? What do Americans call it?
Have you any spooky tales you want to share with the rest of the P6 bloggers?
What are you dressing up as this year?

Post your comments remembering the Mr Gray is easily scared!

The Return of the Weekend Riddle

Use your mathematic skills to solve the following problem:

There are a mix of red, green and blue balls in a bag.

The total number of balls is 60.

There are four times as many red balls as green balls and 6 more blue balls than green balls.

How many balls of each colour are there?

PSNI Fireworks Quiz

PSNI would ask that you respect the law and the fireworks safety code this year and they are asking adults to make sure they know the whereabouts of their children and what they are up to. They want everyone to have a safe and enjoyable Halloween this year.

To promote Fireworks Safety they are running this educational quiz on their website http://www.playlearnwin.com/ . There are some great prizes including...
Nintendo DSi

iPod Nano

HMV Gift Voucher

Use your school email address to register for the competition. Good luck

Time Games

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/measures.htm#Time

Space Facts

Find lots of space facts and trivia about the planets on Zoom School

http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/astronomy/toc.shtml

Pluto Facts

Uranus Post

Neptune Facts

Saturn Facts

Jupiter Facts

Mars Facts

Earth Facts

Venus Facts

Mercury Facts

Chloe M & Phillip are finding out about Mercury.
Read their comments or post your own to help them.

00 words anagrams

An anagram is a jumbled word.
Use the clue to help work out which one of your spelling words is jumbled

1. paddled on water = noace

2. made from a tree = dewnoo

3. used to clean your teeth = pteohotsta

4. worn smartly = utsi

5. got after a bump = urbsie

6. taken on a big ship = sureic

7. light at night = lmhiogont

8. the way to go = reotu

9. new to the job = utrrcei

10. used to wash your hair = phomaso

Gertie the Gloomy Goose

Our spellings this week have focused on the oo sound. Our text on Monday was Gertie the Gloomy Goose.

One afternoon Hugh was watching a cartoon called Gertie the Gloomy Goose. Gertie flew smoothly through Blackpool on a broom when she toppled over fell and bruised her knee. In rage she took off her shoe and threw it at a musician who was playing a flute. He stood up, shook his fist at Gertie, smoothed down his suit and continued playing. It would take more than a bruise caused by a goose on a broom to stop a true flute player.

You know the drill by now - post your text as a comment, check punctuation and spelling. Remember to print out a copy so we can share them in class tomorrow morning after assembly.

Solar System Quiz

Use the Enchanted Learning Website to answer these solar system questions. 10 House Points to first person with all the correct answers.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/solarsystem/

1. How many planets and dwarf planets are in our Solar System?
2. Which planet or dwarf planet is nearest the Sun?
3. Which planet or dwarf planet is farthest from the Sun?
4. Which planet is the biggest?
5. Which planet has the biggest, most easily-seen rings orbiting it?
6. What is the name of the group of objects that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter?
7. What is at the center of our Solar System?
8. Are the inner planets made of rock or gas?
9. What are the icy objects with huge tails that orbit the Sun?

10. Which planet is called the "red planet"?

Space Week

This week we are finding out about Space.

Here's a game Mr Magowan has linked from his blog

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4620000/newsid_4627600/4627687.stm

Weekend Riddle

A 10 metre ladder is attached to a ship.

Each step is 50 cm apart.

If the water is rising at 75 cm per hour, how long will it take to cover the ladder?

World Cup Maths

As demanded by my class - World Cup penalty shoot out.

www.mrnussbaum.com/soccer.htm

AY Sound Homeworks

This week we are going to do our texts a little differently.

Instead of writing a paragraph, I would like you to write sentences that include direct speech.

Remember to use all the correct punctuation and PLEASE make them interesting!

A house point for each homework posted, and a bonus for the person that uses the most AY sounds in one sentence.

Here is an example:

The doctor said "I may have to operate to remove the raisin today, please say it is okay."

Function Machines

http://www.digital7.org.uk/KS3/functionMachines.html

Tree Quiz

This puzzle is designed to check your knowledge and understanding of different kinds of trees.

To complete the puzzle you have to select the answer you think is correct. If you are correct the puzzle will move on to another question and continue until you come to the end.

If you answer incorrectly you are returned to the question to have another try.

There are seven questions to answer and two web links to useful web sites on woodland.
http://www.zephyrus.co.uk/treepuzzle1.html

Thanks Mr Magowan for this link

Hey Riddle Riddle

An elephant has 3 of them

A fox has 1 of them

A monkey has 2 of them

What are they?

Sunday Riddle

Fred owns a pet store.

He puts one canary per cage, but has one bird too many.

If he puts two canaries in each cage, he has one cage too many.

How many cages and canaries does he have?

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.

Welcome to P6

Welcome to P6 and welcome to our class blog.
This is where I will be putting information about our class and some of your work.
Add this page to your bookmarks so you can find it easily next time

You can also leave comments about any post on this blog by clicking the comment icon.
Remember that anybody will be able to read what you type so remember to check your spelling!

leave a comment to say hello
Mr Gray

PE Days

Our PE days this term will be:

Wednesday @ 1.40pm

Friday @ 2.20pm

if you forget your kit you won't be taking part!