Hi Everyone!
Hope you had a fantastic half-term break and are raring to go for the last half term before the summer break. This is a really short term and we are hoping it will be fun (and sun) all the way!
END OF YEAR PRODUCTION
We still have a lot of work to fit in as well as a year 5/6 end of year PRODUCTION. We really enjoyed the singing element of last year’s end of year performance and so this is the route we felt it would be good to go down this year. We felt we would like a slight twist though, so we have decided that we are going to showcase music and artists throughout the decades, starting with the 1940’s right through to present day! This should make sure that there is something to tickle every musical taste bud. Dust off those Michael Jackson wigs, and blue suede shoes NOW!
No doubt you have already pestered your parents with ideas of who you would like to be and what song you will possibly be singing/performing/miming to.
As always, we need to make sure that the year 6 take priority for the parts in the production, however we will need year 5’s as well. Remember year 5’s that your time will come next year!
We are hoping that during this next week children will have a good idea of children’s roles within the production, and you can therefore start practicing at home, and thinking about costume ideas. We realise that some costumes will be more complicated to put together than others and so want to let parents know ASAP. We will not be giving out specific costume letters as we feel that it is much easier for you to look at the artist your child is impersonating and choose a look you feel is easiest to replicate. As soon as we know details of performance dates we will send them home.
LITERACY
Year 6
A few years ago we trialled teaching some Shakespeare to year 6! We were so impressed with the children’s enthusiasm and understanding we thought we would try it again this year! We will spend the start of the week finding out some information about the Bard himself. Later in the week we will begin to read and respond to a ‘child friendly’ version of Romeo and Juliet. Although this still has a lot of Shakespearian language included it is much more accessible for children. Whilst reading the play we will act out certain parts, create poetry, take part in quizzes and generally absorb ourselves in the play. This should take us up to the end of half-term and also be brilliant transition for key stage 3. We will keep you updated as to how we get on with this project. In the meantime web sites that may help with Shakespeare include the following…..
www.shakespeareforkidz.com
www.shakespeareforkids.co.uk
www.shakespeare.org.uk
Year 5
We will be starting on a new topic about Myths & Legends. We have covered aspects of Myths & Legends before, however this will give us the opportunity to delve deeper and gain a deeper understanding of this genre. Targets this week, will include the following….
Style: Language effects
Use powerful verbs to show character.
Use well-chosen phrases or vocabulary to engage the reader.
Interpretation and response
Identify and discuss issues locating evidence in the text.
Knowing how text works
Identify features of different fiction genre, i.e. myths and legends.
To identify the features of myths.
To investigate how characters are presented.
Write character sketches, focusing on small details to evoke sympathy or dislike.
To adapt writing for different readers and
purposes.
To understand how paragraphs or chapters are used to collect and order ideas.
MATHS
Year 5
The curriculum continues as usual and the children in both Mrs Morgan’s and Miss Wright’s group will be learning the following…
To subtract integers of up to 10,000 using formal and informal methods.
To subtract numbers to 2 decimal places.
As usual loads of games and interactive learning will take place to make these topic as fun as possible.
By the end of the week children,
MUST use an informal method to subtract integers up to 10,000.
SHOULD use both formal and informal methods to subtract integers up to 10,000.
COULD begin to subtract numbers to 2 decimal places.
Try logging on to www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk and following the Maths links for some excellent speed subtraction games to help you with these objectives.
Year 6
We will be embarking on some transition work to ease the year 6’s into the Mathematics required for the High School. Much of this knowledge is what we have already acquired, but just requires the children to think in a more sophisticated manner. The DFES provide a pack of material for children to further develop their understanding, and we will build on this in school. We will be consolidating lots of learning, but also favouring a more problem solving route where children are encouraged to think for themselves more, and see patterns in number and data. This sounds really hard going, but lots of fun will be had, and children will feel more confident about what will be expected of them in September.
The week before half-term the children worked in collaborative learning teams to produce lessons and lesson material to teach a mathematical concept, such as times tables to year 3 and 4. The children will get the opportunity to finish resources this week and hopefully teach their session to a group of the younger children. From the quality resources I have seen made, we teachers will soon all be out of a job!!!
SCIENCE
This week in Science we will be continuing with our topic on Changing State. The week’s theme is UPS and DOWNS and we will be Measuring water temperature from freezing point to boiling point. Our objectives for this week are to understand…
· that the boiling point of pure water is 100 ºC, and that beyond that point further heating does not result in any further rise in temperature;
· that the freezing point of pure water is 0 ºC;
and ………
· to obtain evidence by careful observation and measurement;
· to identify patterns in data and to use these to make predictions;
· to explain the patterns they observe in terms of scientific knowledge and understanding.
TOPIC – DRAGON’S DEN
As we explained before half-term we have invited the children, in groups, to come up with a new concept that they will make and market, if the 'Dragons' agree to give them the funding! The excitement generated by this project as been huge and the children are buzzing with ideas for their concept. This week children are still at the planning and design stage of their products and will continue to complete marking research on their product by completing questionnaires and surveys. We are still trying to get across to the children that although some of the ideas are amazing, they do need to be products that can actually be DESIGNED and CONSTRUCTED with minimal work. We have a wonderful new ice-cream design in production, but how easy this will be to make is debatable!! Any help from home in encouraging the children to design products that can be created would be really helpful!!
We hope that this topic will encompass the creative curriculum in a fun, engaging manner. A cross-curricular topic allows for Design Technology, Art, Science, English (Speaking and Listening) and Maths to be taught concurrently.
That’s all for this fun-filled, super-packed week. Have a great one!
The Year 5/6 Team
Friday, 6 June 2008
Saturday, 17 May 2008
Week Beginning 19th May 2008
Well, we made it and in a very professional and hard working manner!! We would like to firstly thank the children in both year groups for working so hard and being so sensible during test week. We also thank parents and everyone at home who have helped in the children's preparation for the tests and also all the staff at school who have been so supportive and flexible in helping us prepare for the tests.
Now that they are behind us we embark on our final week of this half term and head towards the last half term of the school year and for our Year 6's, their last half term at St Vincent's!!
This week will be just as busy as any other in Year 5/6 so let's get down to what we will be learning.
Literacy
In literacy this week we will be looking at poetry. In the first part of the week we will be reading and responding to poetry and at the end of the week writing our own poetry and entering it into a national competition.
The competition is called The Big Green Poetry Machine.
Prizes include sponsoring a teacher in Kenya for a year . Sponsoring an acre of rainforest . Adopting an endangered animal . Sponsoring a child in the Third World . Free bookmark from sustainable paper source for everyone who takes part.
The themes for this year's poems are:-
What you can do to help the world and how you can make a difference.
Here is the website for the competition:-
http://www.youngwriters.co.uk/
Numeracy
This week Miss Wright's and Mrs Morgan's groups will be looking at different types of triangles. We will be naming and classifying different triangles and recognising properties of different triangles and recognising acute and obtuse angles in shapes.
By the end of the week the children:-
MUST be able to identify different types of triangles.
SHOULD be able to recognise properties of different triangles.
COULD recognise acute and obtuse angles in shapes.
Try these websites to help:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/revision_bites/shapes1.shtml
http://www.sparklebox2.co.uk/thumbs21-25/s2b25.html
Mrs Millington's group will be having some fun in Maths this week having worked so hard last week! We will be focusing on putting to good use all of the learning we have revised and reviewed over the year! Here is the Plan....
We are going to design and produce resources for children lower down the school to use for their learning. For example, if a year 3 was having trouble learning some of their times tables, a group could devise a board game/snap cards/lesson pack to support this topic, and make learning tables fun!
This activity will enable you to be the teacher, and consolidate your learning at the same time. By the end of the week we will hopefully have lots of good resources that the lower key stage 2 Teachers will be happy to use with their classes!
Science
This week in science we will be looking at condensation. We will be learning:-
That condensation is the changing of gas or vapour into a liquid;
That condensation can occur when vapour comes into contact with a cooler surface or material;
That condensation occurs in enclosed air spaces which contain a lot of vapour;
That explaining occurrences can help scientists to make predictions of future occurrences, and that this in turn can have practical uses.
Topic
You may have already heard that we will be spending a lot of topic time on our project 'Dragons Den.'
We have invited the children, in groups, to come up with a new concept that they will make and market, if the 'Dragons' agree to give them the funding!
They are still at the planning and design stage of their products but we have already seen some budding entrepreneurs in our midst!
This week they will complete marking research on their product by completing questionnaires and surveys on the potential customers.
The children are really engaged in this project so don't be surprised if you get roped into doing some free labour at home!!
Year 5/6 boys who are involved in Mr Buckley's Friday football club had a match on Friday after school. At the time of writing this we do not know the outcome of the game but I am sure the boys all had a great time. Thank you to Mr Buckly for organising the game and running the club each week and thank you to the parents who accompanied the children to the match.
On Friday afternoon 7 of Year 5 children will be going to a football tournement at Penketh Primary School. The tournement is aimed at children who are not involved in football outside school. If your child had been chosen you will recieve a letter on Monday.
That's all for this week, have a happy and safe half term, we return to school on Monday 9th June at 8.45am.
Year 5/6 Team.
Now that they are behind us we embark on our final week of this half term and head towards the last half term of the school year and for our Year 6's, their last half term at St Vincent's!!
This week will be just as busy as any other in Year 5/6 so let's get down to what we will be learning.
Literacy
In literacy this week we will be looking at poetry. In the first part of the week we will be reading and responding to poetry and at the end of the week writing our own poetry and entering it into a national competition.
The competition is called The Big Green Poetry Machine.
Prizes include sponsoring a teacher in Kenya for a year . Sponsoring an acre of rainforest . Adopting an endangered animal . Sponsoring a child in the Third World . Free bookmark from sustainable paper source for everyone who takes part.
The themes for this year's poems are:-
What you can do to help the world and how you can make a difference.
Here is the website for the competition:-
http://www.youngwriters.co.uk/
Numeracy
This week Miss Wright's and Mrs Morgan's groups will be looking at different types of triangles. We will be naming and classifying different triangles and recognising properties of different triangles and recognising acute and obtuse angles in shapes.
By the end of the week the children:-
MUST be able to identify different types of triangles.
SHOULD be able to recognise properties of different triangles.
COULD recognise acute and obtuse angles in shapes.
Try these websites to help:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/revision_bites/shapes1.shtml
http://www.sparklebox2.co.uk/thumbs21-25/s2b25.html
Mrs Millington's group will be having some fun in Maths this week having worked so hard last week! We will be focusing on putting to good use all of the learning we have revised and reviewed over the year! Here is the Plan....
We are going to design and produce resources for children lower down the school to use for their learning. For example, if a year 3 was having trouble learning some of their times tables, a group could devise a board game/snap cards/lesson pack to support this topic, and make learning tables fun!
This activity will enable you to be the teacher, and consolidate your learning at the same time. By the end of the week we will hopefully have lots of good resources that the lower key stage 2 Teachers will be happy to use with their classes!
Science
This week in science we will be looking at condensation. We will be learning:-
That condensation is the changing of gas or vapour into a liquid;
That condensation can occur when vapour comes into contact with a cooler surface or material;
That condensation occurs in enclosed air spaces which contain a lot of vapour;
That explaining occurrences can help scientists to make predictions of future occurrences, and that this in turn can have practical uses.
Topic
You may have already heard that we will be spending a lot of topic time on our project 'Dragons Den.'
We have invited the children, in groups, to come up with a new concept that they will make and market, if the 'Dragons' agree to give them the funding!
They are still at the planning and design stage of their products but we have already seen some budding entrepreneurs in our midst!
This week they will complete marking research on their product by completing questionnaires and surveys on the potential customers.
The children are really engaged in this project so don't be surprised if you get roped into doing some free labour at home!!
Year 5/6 boys who are involved in Mr Buckley's Friday football club had a match on Friday after school. At the time of writing this we do not know the outcome of the game but I am sure the boys all had a great time. Thank you to Mr Buckly for organising the game and running the club each week and thank you to the parents who accompanied the children to the match.
On Friday afternoon 7 of Year 5 children will be going to a football tournement at Penketh Primary School. The tournement is aimed at children who are not involved in football outside school. If your child had been chosen you will recieve a letter on Monday.
That's all for this week, have a happy and safe half term, we return to school on Monday 9th June at 8.45am.
Year 5/6 Team.
Saturday, 10 May 2008
Week Beginning 12th May 2008.
Finally, the week we have been working so hard for has arrived! Next week is the week we get to show off everything we have learned when we complete our SATs.
Over the past year the children have been working really hard in preparation for the forthcoming tests and we are overwhelmed by the progress they have made.
This was only possible because the children have taken charge of their learning and have also had tremendous support from home.
They should be extremely proud of themselves as we really do believe that they could not of worked any harder.
Thank you children for realising you get out of your learning what you put in. Thank you also to everyone at home who has supported the children through this time.
You should have received a timetable on Friday telling you when each test will be taken, just in case the letter did not make it home here is the timetable.
The Year 5's will also be completing their optional SATs this week and wherever possible will follow the same timetable as the Year 6's.
Monday
9.15am - 10am - Science Paper A
10.45am-11.30am - Science Paper B
Tuesday
9.15am-10am - Long Writing Paper
10.45-11.30 - Short Writing and Spelling
Wednesday
9.15am-10.15am - Reading
Thursday
9.15am-10am - Maths Paper A (non-calculator)
10.45-11.05am - Mental Maths
Friday
9.15-10am - Maths Paper B (calculator)
We have all the equipment in school that the children will need to complete their tests. If they want to bring their own stationary in must be in a clear pencil case or a clear plastic bag.
We have told the children they are allowed a small mascot or lucky charm which they can keep on their table.
It would also be a good idea if they have a bottle of water with them to take in to the test.
They can bring a small pack of sweets e.g. boiled sweets or mints, not chocolate or chewing gum.
Obviously we will not be following the normal curriculum this week and in between completing the tests we will be doing lots of Art, DT, PE and Music activities.
There will be no homework this week for Year 6 and Year 5 children as they are all completing tests.
The children have requested that they would like a party on Friday afternoon, so we will have some music and food to celebrate all their hard work.
Finally children, all we ask is that you get a good night's sleep, don't panic and do the best you can.
Everything is possible,
Nothing is too great,
Do not be afraid,
To make the choice you make.
Everything is possible,
And within your arms reach,
Listen to your heart,
And what it has to teach.
Everything is possible,
And waiting for you there,
Run and grasp your dreams,
Not one more moment spare.
Everything is possible,
Make it all come true,
You can do it,
We know you can,
Because, We believe in you.
Good luck and God Bless.
Year 5/6 Team.
Over the past year the children have been working really hard in preparation for the forthcoming tests and we are overwhelmed by the progress they have made.
This was only possible because the children have taken charge of their learning and have also had tremendous support from home.
They should be extremely proud of themselves as we really do believe that they could not of worked any harder.
Thank you children for realising you get out of your learning what you put in. Thank you also to everyone at home who has supported the children through this time.
You should have received a timetable on Friday telling you when each test will be taken, just in case the letter did not make it home here is the timetable.
The Year 5's will also be completing their optional SATs this week and wherever possible will follow the same timetable as the Year 6's.
Monday
9.15am - 10am - Science Paper A
10.45am-11.30am - Science Paper B
Tuesday
9.15am-10am - Long Writing Paper
10.45-11.30 - Short Writing and Spelling
Wednesday
9.15am-10.15am - Reading
Thursday
9.15am-10am - Maths Paper A (non-calculator)
10.45-11.05am - Mental Maths
Friday
9.15-10am - Maths Paper B (calculator)
We have all the equipment in school that the children will need to complete their tests. If they want to bring their own stationary in must be in a clear pencil case or a clear plastic bag.
We have told the children they are allowed a small mascot or lucky charm which they can keep on their table.
It would also be a good idea if they have a bottle of water with them to take in to the test.
They can bring a small pack of sweets e.g. boiled sweets or mints, not chocolate or chewing gum.
Obviously we will not be following the normal curriculum this week and in between completing the tests we will be doing lots of Art, DT, PE and Music activities.
There will be no homework this week for Year 6 and Year 5 children as they are all completing tests.
The children have requested that they would like a party on Friday afternoon, so we will have some music and food to celebrate all their hard work.
Finally children, all we ask is that you get a good night's sleep, don't panic and do the best you can.
Everything is possible,
Nothing is too great,
Do not be afraid,
To make the choice you make.
Everything is possible,
And within your arms reach,
Listen to your heart,
And what it has to teach.
Everything is possible,
And waiting for you there,
Run and grasp your dreams,
Not one more moment spare.
Everything is possible,
Make it all come true,
You can do it,
We know you can,
Because, We believe in you.
Good luck and God Bless.
Year 5/6 Team.
Saturday, 3 May 2008
Week Beginning 5th May 2008
Hi everyone and welcome to sunny May (hopefully!)
We only have 4 days to get through this week which will mean we will have to pack lots in!
We were very proud last week as we were assessed for the Basic Skills 3 award. We have already achieved the award twice and this was our third attempt. We were very successful and are even going to be put forward to the head office as an example of good practice for the use of our blogspots!!
The children were really well behaved and did us proud. Thank you to Mrs Harding for co-ordinating the event.
This will be our last week of revision groups as next week is test week for Year 6 and also Year 5. Things will get back to normal after the tests and the children will be in the own classes.
Here's what they will be learning this week:-
Literacy
The Year 5's are still working on non-chronological reports. We are looking at adapting writing for different purposes.
We are going to be studying Dr Xargles Book of Earthlets by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross.
We will be looking at the text, exploring the humour and language used. We will then be leading up to recognising the features of instructional texts so that on Friday we can write instructions for our encyclopedia Intergalactica enabling them to write instructions on 'How to Reach the School Nearest your Landing Site.'
As spellings were given out late last week, the spelling test will be completed on Tuesday.
Numeracy
Mrs Millington's and Mr Barker's group will be completing their last week of revision.
Miss Wright's and Mrs Morgan's group will be using this week as a review week as the Year 5's will have their tests next week.
Please see previous blogspots for the subjects we have covered and for websites to help review your learning.
Science
We hope you are enjoying your science experiment homework. We have been really pleased with the quality of work the children are bringing into school. This is great preparation where they will plan and design lots of their own experiments. Thank you for supporting this homework.
In science this week we will be continuing our topic of changing state. We will be identifying the process that takes place when water changes to a gas as evaporation
Identifying a range of contexts eg water left in an open dish, washing/drying, hair drying, wet hand prints disappearing in which water evaporates.
This weeks work will be very practical and will involve the children trying out all the different methods. It also links in with their homework question of 'Do all liquids evaporate?'
PE
The children are still enjoying their dance lesson with our dance teacher Carla Spears.
Rob Wilby (a PE teacher from St. Gregory's) was supposed to be starting last Friday, teaching the children athletics. Unfortunately he has hurt his back and was unable to come. All being well he will start this week and with the weather improving the children may even get the chance to go on the field!!
That's the end of the blogspot for this week, very short and sweet!
Have a great bank holiday weekend!
Year 5/6 Team.
We only have 4 days to get through this week which will mean we will have to pack lots in!
We were very proud last week as we were assessed for the Basic Skills 3 award. We have already achieved the award twice and this was our third attempt. We were very successful and are even going to be put forward to the head office as an example of good practice for the use of our blogspots!!
The children were really well behaved and did us proud. Thank you to Mrs Harding for co-ordinating the event.
This will be our last week of revision groups as next week is test week for Year 6 and also Year 5. Things will get back to normal after the tests and the children will be in the own classes.
Here's what they will be learning this week:-
Literacy
The Year 5's are still working on non-chronological reports. We are looking at adapting writing for different purposes.
We are going to be studying Dr Xargles Book of Earthlets by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross.
We will be looking at the text, exploring the humour and language used. We will then be leading up to recognising the features of instructional texts so that on Friday we can write instructions for our encyclopedia Intergalactica enabling them to write instructions on 'How to Reach the School Nearest your Landing Site.'
As spellings were given out late last week, the spelling test will be completed on Tuesday.
Numeracy
Mrs Millington's and Mr Barker's group will be completing their last week of revision.
Miss Wright's and Mrs Morgan's group will be using this week as a review week as the Year 5's will have their tests next week.
Please see previous blogspots for the subjects we have covered and for websites to help review your learning.
Science
We hope you are enjoying your science experiment homework. We have been really pleased with the quality of work the children are bringing into school. This is great preparation where they will plan and design lots of their own experiments. Thank you for supporting this homework.
In science this week we will be continuing our topic of changing state. We will be identifying the process that takes place when water changes to a gas as evaporation
Identifying a range of contexts eg water left in an open dish, washing/drying, hair drying, wet hand prints disappearing in which water evaporates.
This weeks work will be very practical and will involve the children trying out all the different methods. It also links in with their homework question of 'Do all liquids evaporate?'
PE
The children are still enjoying their dance lesson with our dance teacher Carla Spears.
Rob Wilby (a PE teacher from St. Gregory's) was supposed to be starting last Friday, teaching the children athletics. Unfortunately he has hurt his back and was unable to come. All being well he will start this week and with the weather improving the children may even get the chance to go on the field!!
That's the end of the blogspot for this week, very short and sweet!
Have a great bank holiday weekend!
Year 5/6 Team.
Sunday, 27 April 2008
Week Beginning 28th April 2008
Hello everyone, welcome to another action packed week in the world of Year 5/6.
Our Year 6 children only have 2 weeks left until their SATs, this week we are going to do a practice run of the tests in the hall. The children are used to the format of the papers but they have been mostly doing them in classrooms, in order to keep them as calm as possible on the actual week we need to get them used the way the SATs will be administered. We will complete some past papers in the hall at the beginning of the week. We would like to thank the other classes in school for doing their PE sessions outside during this time.
Here's what else will be happening this week:-
Literacy
We are looking at non- chronological reports. Last week we looked at the features and started to plan our 'Earth children at school' report. This week we will be concentrating on writing it up including all the features we have looked at last week. By the end of this week the children will have learned to:-
Select appropriate word order in sentences to create interest and to increase precision,
clarity and economy. Plan, compose, edit and refine short non-chronological reports … focusing on clarity, conciseness and impersonal style. Discuss, proofread and edit their own writing for clarity and correctness, e.g. by creating more complex sentences, using a range of connectives, simplifying clumsy constructions.
Literacy homework will be a bit different this as it will focus on talking. It is a proven fact the talking improves writing. The whole of Key Stage 2 will have talking homework this week. We would like your family to have a discussion and then make a note of it in their diaries to prove the homework has been completed.
Numeracy
This week Miss Wright's and Mrs Morgan's group will be learning to:-
Understand concepts of reflection.
Learn about the terms ‘reflective symmetry’ and ‘axis of symmetry’ and draw lines of symmetry in regular polygons.
Draw the reflection of shapes in a mirror line.
Here are some websites to get you started:-
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/rotation.swf
http://www.active-maths.co.uk/whiteboard/reflect_shapes.html
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/symmetry.swf use this website to give you some ideas to draw your own symmetrical pictures.
http://www.mathsonline.co.uk/nonmembers/gamesroom/transform/rotation.html make a pattern and see it reflected.
Mr Barker's and Mrs Millington's group will be doing some past papers and going through them.
Science
This week we are starting our new topic of changing state. We will be doing a mind map and then discussing the differences between solids liquids and gases. We also will be looking at 2 concept cartoons called 'Balloon' and 'lemonade' Children will have to look at the cartoon and identify the misconceptions within the speech bubbles.
Try these websites:-
http://www.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/SolidsandLiquids/index.html see what happens to objects when the are heated up and cooled down.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/podsmission/solidsandliquids/annie02.shtml Pod's mission on hot and cold.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/9_10/changing_state.shtml bbc science clips.
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=changingstate complete the diagram.
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/science/changing_matter/index.htm watch what happens to the particles when things change state.
Here I Am
This is the last week of Holidays and Holy Days and the children will review their learning and look at the Holy Spirit and Pentecost.
Have a great week.
Year 5/6 Team
Our Year 6 children only have 2 weeks left until their SATs, this week we are going to do a practice run of the tests in the hall. The children are used to the format of the papers but they have been mostly doing them in classrooms, in order to keep them as calm as possible on the actual week we need to get them used the way the SATs will be administered. We will complete some past papers in the hall at the beginning of the week. We would like to thank the other classes in school for doing their PE sessions outside during this time.
Here's what else will be happening this week:-
Literacy
We are looking at non- chronological reports. Last week we looked at the features and started to plan our 'Earth children at school' report. This week we will be concentrating on writing it up including all the features we have looked at last week. By the end of this week the children will have learned to:-
Select appropriate word order in sentences to create interest and to increase precision,
clarity and economy. Plan, compose, edit and refine short non-chronological reports … focusing on clarity, conciseness and impersonal style. Discuss, proofread and edit their own writing for clarity and correctness, e.g. by creating more complex sentences, using a range of connectives, simplifying clumsy constructions.
Literacy homework will be a bit different this as it will focus on talking. It is a proven fact the talking improves writing. The whole of Key Stage 2 will have talking homework this week. We would like your family to have a discussion and then make a note of it in their diaries to prove the homework has been completed.
Numeracy
This week Miss Wright's and Mrs Morgan's group will be learning to:-
Understand concepts of reflection.
Learn about the terms ‘reflective symmetry’ and ‘axis of symmetry’ and draw lines of symmetry in regular polygons.
Draw the reflection of shapes in a mirror line.
Here are some websites to get you started:-
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/rotation.swf
http://www.active-maths.co.uk/whiteboard/reflect_shapes.html
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/symmetry.swf use this website to give you some ideas to draw your own symmetrical pictures.
http://www.mathsonline.co.uk/nonmembers/gamesroom/transform/rotation.html make a pattern and see it reflected.
Mr Barker's and Mrs Millington's group will be doing some past papers and going through them.
Science
This week we are starting our new topic of changing state. We will be doing a mind map and then discussing the differences between solids liquids and gases. We also will be looking at 2 concept cartoons called 'Balloon' and 'lemonade' Children will have to look at the cartoon and identify the misconceptions within the speech bubbles.
Try these websites:-
http://www.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/SolidsandLiquids/index.html see what happens to objects when the are heated up and cooled down.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/podsmission/solidsandliquids/annie02.shtml Pod's mission on hot and cold.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/9_10/changing_state.shtml bbc science clips.
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=changingstate complete the diagram.
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/science/changing_matter/index.htm watch what happens to the particles when things change state.
Here I Am
This is the last week of Holidays and Holy Days and the children will review their learning and look at the Holy Spirit and Pentecost.
Have a great week.
Year 5/6 Team
Saturday, 19 April 2008
Week Beginning 21st April 2008
Hi welcome to this week's blog.
First all we would like to thank all the parents who attended parents evening, thank you for coming and trying to stick to your times we appreciate it.
Some of our children went to The Cathedral of Christ the King in Liverpool this week. They went to present the money we raised during out lent fundraising. They had a lovely time at the Cathedral and we would like to thank everyone in school contributed to the cause.
We have another busy week this week as usual so let's get down to it.
Literacy
The literacy homework for Year 5's this week will involved them coming home with a picture that has a titles and a sentence underneath it. They will have to use this sentence as a start for them to write a story. They can use the writing levelling system that they used to level their writing at home a few weeks ago to see what they need to include to take their writing up to the next level.
During their literacy lessons the Year 5 children will move from persuasive writing to looking at non-chronological reports. They will be focusing on identifying the features and planning their own report. They will plan a report to write to an alien about our school. They are going to be using the non chronological planning skeleton to plan their report under different headings.
The Year 6 children will be carrying on with their revision and looking at the different types of non-fiction writing this week.
Numeracy
This week Miss Wright's and Mrs Morgan's group will be moving on from written formal methods of addition to formal methods of subtraction. The children have visited these topics before but they need constant review in order for them to use them effectively and successfully.
They will be subtracting integers of less than 10000 using formal written methods and subtracting numbers with upto 2 decimal places.
They will be using the method that parents were more than likely taught at school, where a number borrows from the number next to it (decomposition).
Mr Barker and Mrs Millington's group are still working really hard with their revision, please look at previous blogspots for revision websites.
Science
First all we would like to thank all the parents who attended parents evening, thank you for coming and trying to stick to your times we appreciate it.
Some of our children went to The Cathedral of Christ the King in Liverpool this week. They went to present the money we raised during out lent fundraising. They had a lovely time at the Cathedral and we would like to thank everyone in school contributed to the cause.
We have another busy week this week as usual so let's get down to it.
Literacy
The literacy homework for Year 5's this week will involved them coming home with a picture that has a titles and a sentence underneath it. They will have to use this sentence as a start for them to write a story. They can use the writing levelling system that they used to level their writing at home a few weeks ago to see what they need to include to take their writing up to the next level.
During their literacy lessons the Year 5 children will move from persuasive writing to looking at non-chronological reports. They will be focusing on identifying the features and planning their own report. They will plan a report to write to an alien about our school. They are going to be using the non chronological planning skeleton to plan their report under different headings.
The Year 6 children will be carrying on with their revision and looking at the different types of non-fiction writing this week.
Numeracy
This week Miss Wright's and Mrs Morgan's group will be moving on from written formal methods of addition to formal methods of subtraction. The children have visited these topics before but they need constant review in order for them to use them effectively and successfully.
They will be subtracting integers of less than 10000 using formal written methods and subtracting numbers with upto 2 decimal places.
They will be using the method that parents were more than likely taught at school, where a number borrows from the number next to it (decomposition).
Mr Barker and Mrs Millington's group are still working really hard with their revision, please look at previous blogspots for revision websites.
Science
The Year 5's are on their last week of gases around us and this week they will be looking at the water cycle, I can feel the water cycle boogie coming on!!
They will be looking at a day in the life of a raindrop.
Try these websites:-
http://www.kidzone.ws/water/ interesting facts about the water cycle.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Watercycle.shtml diagram and a water cycle quiz.
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/droplet.html story of a water droplet.
This week it is St. Georges Day, The Patron Saint of England. We will be looking at St Georges in our RE lessons, have a look at this website for more information.
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/stgeorge.html
Have a great week.
Year 5/6 Team.
Saturday, 12 April 2008
Week Beginning 14th April 2008
Hello everyone,
This week is parents evening, you should have already received your appointment day and time. Only 5 minutes per child is allocated, please stick to this time and if you find you need more time to discuss an issue please arrange it with your child's teacher.
The Year 6's are working really hard on their revision and we are really pleased with their attitudes. Including this week we only have 4 weeks left until the SATs. Why not use this time to look over any questions you have struggled with in the test we have done so far. If you take a look at previous blogspots you will find numerous websites to help you with your revision. Keep it up everyone we are nearly there!!
Mrs Millington was really pleased with the response from the family tree homework that was sent home last week. The children really loved tracing their families back and finding out new things, I'm sure you parents were really interested in doing this too.
This week the Year 5's will continue with their theme of Victorians for homework. They will need to use their research skills and then present the information they have found out. Here is what will be included in the sheet that will be sent home on Monday.
Year 5 Victorian Project Homework Week beginning 14th April 2008
Famous Victorians.
Thank you for the fantastic Family Tree information completed for last week’s homework. Hopefully you also learned some information about your family that you didn’t know already!
For your Homework this week we would like you to complete a small presentation to present to the rest of year 5 on Monday 21st April.
The title for your presentation is ‘Famous Victorians’, and each person will be given 5 minutes to present.
This is supposed to be a small piece of fact-finding homework to replace this week’s Literacy Homework. Research skills will be needed, so Literacy knowledge is very important.
You need to choose a person who contributed to Victorian society, and who we would now class as ‘Famous’. Examples of people are….
Queen Victoria
Florence Nightingale
Lewis Carroll (of particular interest to Warrington/Daresbury)
Charles Darwin
Joseph Lister
Robert Louis Stevenson
Alexander Graham Bell
Sir Robert Peel
Charles Dickens.
This is a very small list and we are sure that when you start to research you will find lots of other people.
We want you to choose one person (you can choose more, but remember you only have 5 minutes) and prepare information about their life to share with the rest of year 5. You can be as imaginative as you like with how you present the information. Possible ideas are…
A mind map of facts.
Drawing of the person with key facts.
Information poster.
Simple speech.
Power point presentation
Wordsearch/quiz
Construct simple artifacts that represent the person.
We are sure you can come up with even more ideas of your own!
You will have slightly longer to complete this homework, as it does not have to be in school until the Monday of the presentation. This gives you an extra weekend to work on material.
Please remember that this is only a small presentation and that we do not want you to make lots of resources, and spend lots of time on it. In fact, you should only spend a little longer than you would do normally.
Here are some websites to get you started with your research:-
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/victorians/famous.htm information on famous Victorians from another junior school.
http://www.nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk/time/victorian/vpeople.html ideas for famous Victorians you could research.
http://www.st-nicholasvc.wilts.sch.uk/Learning/Victorians/FamousVictorians.htm links to websites on famous Victorians.
http://www.st-nicholasvc.wilts.sch.uk/Learning/Victorians/FamousVictorians.htm photo graphs and ideas to use in your presentation.
Literacy
Last week we asked the children to spend 15 minutes per night reading their reading book. This is to speed up their reading. They could have a little competition and try and beat the number of pages they read the night before. It is an important to skill to be able to read and understand and this will help them with every subject in the curriculum. Please encourage your child to do this. We know how busy modern life is but maybe you could make it a family activity where everyone in the house reads for 15 minutes at the same time each night.
Year 5's this week will be designing an advert to promote a new soft drink. Look out for soft drink adverts on t.v and on the radio.
They will use all the skills they have learned in previous weeks to persuade people to purchase their product.
Numeracy
This week Miss Wright's and Mrs Morgan's group will be learning to add two integers less than 10000 using written methods and add two place decimals using written methods.
The children will learn many different methods to do this, this is because some people find different ways easier, so we teach all the methods and then the children can choose the method they find easiest. If you want help your child at home you can show them the method you use but explain to them that there are different ways of doing things. If you want to help them to add numbers with two decimal places then the best way to do this is to use money. Why not try giving them some problems to work out. e.g. Matthew went to the shop and bought a coat for £35.99 and a pair of trousers for £24.49, how much did he spend altogether?
Mr Barker and Mrs Millington's group will be continuing with their revision.
Science
The children will go back to their topic of gases around us. They will learn that gases are different from solids and liquids in terms of how they do not maintain their shape and volume
that gases flow more easily than liquids and in all directions.
The children made volcanoes in a previous lesson and they are now going to take them on the playground and make them erupt, weather permitting!
This will help them see the differences between the states and the fact they you can have gases and liquids together at the same time.
Year 6 could try to answer some of these questions for revision. In this week's revision sessions they will be looking at the parts of a flower.
5a Keeping Healthy
Which exercise affects pulse rates the most?
Which becomes fatigued faster - dominant or non-dominant arm/leg?
What forms of relaxation can slow down our resting heart rate?
How should we store and prepare our rice crispies to get the best ‘snap, crackle and
pop?
Which type of biscuit is the best for dunking into a hot drink?
Are some makes of waterproof plaster more effective than others?
Are different makes of pan scourer equally effective?
Are some washing up liquids better at removing grease than others?
Are some makes of soap more effective at cleansing than others?
5b Life Cycles
What do seeds require in order to germinate?
How is seed germination affected by size/ soaking/ light/ temperature/ motion
/fertiliser/pollutants?
What is the best seed design for effective wind dispersal?
What are the possible factors which affect the rate at which frogspawn develops in
the classroom compared to the pond?
What are the possible factors which affect the rate at which maggots change into
pupae?
5c Gases Around Us
How do sugar/ yeast/ temperature affect fermentation rate of juice?
How does the brand of washing up liquid affect the size of bubbles?
Do different soils have different amounts of air in them?
Which brand of antacids/effervescent tablets produces bubbles for the longest?
Do all brands of sparkling water have the same amount of fizz?
What factors affect the time a candle burns for when placed under a glass jar?
What factors affect the rising time of yeast dough?
What factors affect the amount of gas produced when vinegar is added to baking
powder?
Does the colour of a balloon make a difference to how the air trapped inside is
affected by temperature?
How does the type of balloon which is used affect the performance of a jet propelled
straw – balloon rocket along a string course?
How does the type of lid used affect the performance of a balloon hovercraft?
How does the length of tubing between two syringes affect performance as a
pneumatic linkage?
5d Changing State
How is evaporation of a liquid affected by size of container/ viscosity/ moving air/
additives/ temperature?
What makes a good day for drying clothes?
What factors affect the process of evaporation?
Do all liquids evaporate completely?
How is boiling time of water affected by adding salt?
How is the freezing point of water affected by adding salt?
5e Earth, Sun and Moon
How is the size of shadow affected by the size of object/relative distances between
light source, object and shadow /brightness of light source?
How does the length of string alter the number of orbits the ball on the end makes?
How does the angle that light from the Sun (angle poise lamp) falls on the Earth
affect the temperature at the surface (sand tray)?
How does the size and mass of meteorites (balls) affect the size of the crater they
make on the planet surface (sand tray)?
If the Earth (globe) was further away from the Sun (lamp) would it make a difference
to the temperature on the Earth?
5f Changing Sounds
How is the volume of a bell affected by the surface it is on?
What material conducts sound the best?
What material is the most effective sound insulator?
How does pitch affect the volume/distance a sound can be heard from?
How does type of string on home made guitar affect pitch/volume?
How does the height a marble is dropped from affect the volume of sound it makes?
How does the size of a block of wood/amount of water in a bottle affect the volume of
sound produced when struck?
Which material is best for soundproofing?
What affects the note of a string or wind instrument?
What affects the loudness of the sound from a stringed or wind instrument?
6a Interdependence and Adaptation
What is the best seed shape for water or wind dispersal?
How does soil type effect root shape?
How does a lack of light affect plant growth?
How much fertilizer does a plant require for maximum growth?
What habitat conditions do woodlice prefer?
6b Micro-organisms
How does temperature affect rising time of dough/fermentation time of juice?
How does amount of yeast affect the rising time of dough?
How does the amount of sugar affect the fermentation time of juice?
What factors affect the speed or type of decay of food?
What factors affect the temperature inside a compost heap?
6c More about Dissolving
What makes a powder dissolve quickly?
What factors affect how much or how quickly sugar dissolves in water?
How does temperature affect dissolving time of salt/sugar in water/vinegar?
How does temperature affect the amount of salt that will dissolve in a liquid?
Which liquid dissolves antacid tablets quickest?
How does size of antacid tablet affect dissolving time?
6d Reversible and irreversible changes
What factors affect the time a candle burns for?
What factors cause iron to rust?
What effect will lubrication have on rust prevention?
How is size of baked biscuits affected by substituting butter for shortening?
How is crystal growth affected by light/ temperature/ acidity?
6e Forces in Action
How does type of material/weight added/shape/ making holes affect the falling time
of a parachute?
How does moving the fulcrum on a lever affect the force needed to move an object?
What factors affect the sag of a simple beam bridge?
What affects the time of the swing of a pendulum?
What affects the height bounced by a ball?
What features of a parachute affect the time it falls for?
How does the shape of a boat affect its speed through water?
What factors affect the time for a helicopter 'spinner' to fall?
What affects the time for different Plasticine shapes to sink in water?
What type of surface has more friction?
What makes objects move at different speeds?
How high does a tennis ball bounce on different surfaces?
How does the height of the drop affect the height of the bounce?
6f How we see things
Does the colour of writing affect how far away it can be seen?
What colour of writing can be seen best in the dark?
Does music affect how well we see?
How much more can a person see (peripheral vision) with two eyes than with one?
What effect does light have on us seeing objects and colour?
6g Changing Circuits
How does a knot in a wire affect amps/brightness?
How does the number of wires affect brightness?
How does thickness of wire affect brightness?
How does length of wire affect brightness?
What factors affect the strength of an electromagnet?
How does the number of batteries/bulbs affect bulb brightness?
What types or length of wire gives the best speed control for an electric motor?
These could form some mini investigations you could do at home, Year 5's you could also try some of these.
Have fun.
Year 5/6 Team.
This week is parents evening, you should have already received your appointment day and time. Only 5 minutes per child is allocated, please stick to this time and if you find you need more time to discuss an issue please arrange it with your child's teacher.
The Year 6's are working really hard on their revision and we are really pleased with their attitudes. Including this week we only have 4 weeks left until the SATs. Why not use this time to look over any questions you have struggled with in the test we have done so far. If you take a look at previous blogspots you will find numerous websites to help you with your revision. Keep it up everyone we are nearly there!!
Mrs Millington was really pleased with the response from the family tree homework that was sent home last week. The children really loved tracing their families back and finding out new things, I'm sure you parents were really interested in doing this too.
This week the Year 5's will continue with their theme of Victorians for homework. They will need to use their research skills and then present the information they have found out. Here is what will be included in the sheet that will be sent home on Monday.
Year 5 Victorian Project Homework Week beginning 14th April 2008
Famous Victorians.
Thank you for the fantastic Family Tree information completed for last week’s homework. Hopefully you also learned some information about your family that you didn’t know already!
For your Homework this week we would like you to complete a small presentation to present to the rest of year 5 on Monday 21st April.
The title for your presentation is ‘Famous Victorians’, and each person will be given 5 minutes to present.
This is supposed to be a small piece of fact-finding homework to replace this week’s Literacy Homework. Research skills will be needed, so Literacy knowledge is very important.
You need to choose a person who contributed to Victorian society, and who we would now class as ‘Famous’. Examples of people are….
Queen Victoria
Florence Nightingale
Lewis Carroll (of particular interest to Warrington/Daresbury)
Charles Darwin
Joseph Lister
Robert Louis Stevenson
Alexander Graham Bell
Sir Robert Peel
Charles Dickens.
This is a very small list and we are sure that when you start to research you will find lots of other people.
We want you to choose one person (you can choose more, but remember you only have 5 minutes) and prepare information about their life to share with the rest of year 5. You can be as imaginative as you like with how you present the information. Possible ideas are…
A mind map of facts.
Drawing of the person with key facts.
Information poster.
Simple speech.
Power point presentation
Wordsearch/quiz
Construct simple artifacts that represent the person.
We are sure you can come up with even more ideas of your own!
You will have slightly longer to complete this homework, as it does not have to be in school until the Monday of the presentation. This gives you an extra weekend to work on material.
Please remember that this is only a small presentation and that we do not want you to make lots of resources, and spend lots of time on it. In fact, you should only spend a little longer than you would do normally.
Here are some websites to get you started with your research:-
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/victorians/famous.htm information on famous Victorians from another junior school.
http://www.nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk/time/victorian/vpeople.html ideas for famous Victorians you could research.
http://www.st-nicholasvc.wilts.sch.uk/Learning/Victorians/FamousVictorians.htm links to websites on famous Victorians.
http://www.st-nicholasvc.wilts.sch.uk/Learning/Victorians/FamousVictorians.htm photo graphs and ideas to use in your presentation.
Literacy
Last week we asked the children to spend 15 minutes per night reading their reading book. This is to speed up their reading. They could have a little competition and try and beat the number of pages they read the night before. It is an important to skill to be able to read and understand and this will help them with every subject in the curriculum. Please encourage your child to do this. We know how busy modern life is but maybe you could make it a family activity where everyone in the house reads for 15 minutes at the same time each night.
Year 5's this week will be designing an advert to promote a new soft drink. Look out for soft drink adverts on t.v and on the radio.
They will use all the skills they have learned in previous weeks to persuade people to purchase their product.
Numeracy
This week Miss Wright's and Mrs Morgan's group will be learning to add two integers less than 10000 using written methods and add two place decimals using written methods.
The children will learn many different methods to do this, this is because some people find different ways easier, so we teach all the methods and then the children can choose the method they find easiest. If you want help your child at home you can show them the method you use but explain to them that there are different ways of doing things. If you want to help them to add numbers with two decimal places then the best way to do this is to use money. Why not try giving them some problems to work out. e.g. Matthew went to the shop and bought a coat for £35.99 and a pair of trousers for £24.49, how much did he spend altogether?
Mr Barker and Mrs Millington's group will be continuing with their revision.
Science
The children will go back to their topic of gases around us. They will learn that gases are different from solids and liquids in terms of how they do not maintain their shape and volume
that gases flow more easily than liquids and in all directions.
The children made volcanoes in a previous lesson and they are now going to take them on the playground and make them erupt, weather permitting!
This will help them see the differences between the states and the fact they you can have gases and liquids together at the same time.
Year 6 could try to answer some of these questions for revision. In this week's revision sessions they will be looking at the parts of a flower.
5a Keeping Healthy
Which exercise affects pulse rates the most?
Which becomes fatigued faster - dominant or non-dominant arm/leg?
What forms of relaxation can slow down our resting heart rate?
How should we store and prepare our rice crispies to get the best ‘snap, crackle and
pop?
Which type of biscuit is the best for dunking into a hot drink?
Are some makes of waterproof plaster more effective than others?
Are different makes of pan scourer equally effective?
Are some washing up liquids better at removing grease than others?
Are some makes of soap more effective at cleansing than others?
5b Life Cycles
What do seeds require in order to germinate?
How is seed germination affected by size/ soaking/ light/ temperature/ motion
/fertiliser/pollutants?
What is the best seed design for effective wind dispersal?
What are the possible factors which affect the rate at which frogspawn develops in
the classroom compared to the pond?
What are the possible factors which affect the rate at which maggots change into
pupae?
5c Gases Around Us
How do sugar/ yeast/ temperature affect fermentation rate of juice?
How does the brand of washing up liquid affect the size of bubbles?
Do different soils have different amounts of air in them?
Which brand of antacids/effervescent tablets produces bubbles for the longest?
Do all brands of sparkling water have the same amount of fizz?
What factors affect the time a candle burns for when placed under a glass jar?
What factors affect the rising time of yeast dough?
What factors affect the amount of gas produced when vinegar is added to baking
powder?
Does the colour of a balloon make a difference to how the air trapped inside is
affected by temperature?
How does the type of balloon which is used affect the performance of a jet propelled
straw – balloon rocket along a string course?
How does the type of lid used affect the performance of a balloon hovercraft?
How does the length of tubing between two syringes affect performance as a
pneumatic linkage?
5d Changing State
How is evaporation of a liquid affected by size of container/ viscosity/ moving air/
additives/ temperature?
What makes a good day for drying clothes?
What factors affect the process of evaporation?
Do all liquids evaporate completely?
How is boiling time of water affected by adding salt?
How is the freezing point of water affected by adding salt?
5e Earth, Sun and Moon
How is the size of shadow affected by the size of object/relative distances between
light source, object and shadow /brightness of light source?
How does the length of string alter the number of orbits the ball on the end makes?
How does the angle that light from the Sun (angle poise lamp) falls on the Earth
affect the temperature at the surface (sand tray)?
How does the size and mass of meteorites (balls) affect the size of the crater they
make on the planet surface (sand tray)?
If the Earth (globe) was further away from the Sun (lamp) would it make a difference
to the temperature on the Earth?
5f Changing Sounds
How is the volume of a bell affected by the surface it is on?
What material conducts sound the best?
What material is the most effective sound insulator?
How does pitch affect the volume/distance a sound can be heard from?
How does type of string on home made guitar affect pitch/volume?
How does the height a marble is dropped from affect the volume of sound it makes?
How does the size of a block of wood/amount of water in a bottle affect the volume of
sound produced when struck?
Which material is best for soundproofing?
What affects the note of a string or wind instrument?
What affects the loudness of the sound from a stringed or wind instrument?
6a Interdependence and Adaptation
What is the best seed shape for water or wind dispersal?
How does soil type effect root shape?
How does a lack of light affect plant growth?
How much fertilizer does a plant require for maximum growth?
What habitat conditions do woodlice prefer?
6b Micro-organisms
How does temperature affect rising time of dough/fermentation time of juice?
How does amount of yeast affect the rising time of dough?
How does the amount of sugar affect the fermentation time of juice?
What factors affect the speed or type of decay of food?
What factors affect the temperature inside a compost heap?
6c More about Dissolving
What makes a powder dissolve quickly?
What factors affect how much or how quickly sugar dissolves in water?
How does temperature affect dissolving time of salt/sugar in water/vinegar?
How does temperature affect the amount of salt that will dissolve in a liquid?
Which liquid dissolves antacid tablets quickest?
How does size of antacid tablet affect dissolving time?
6d Reversible and irreversible changes
What factors affect the time a candle burns for?
What factors cause iron to rust?
What effect will lubrication have on rust prevention?
How is size of baked biscuits affected by substituting butter for shortening?
How is crystal growth affected by light/ temperature/ acidity?
6e Forces in Action
How does type of material/weight added/shape/ making holes affect the falling time
of a parachute?
How does moving the fulcrum on a lever affect the force needed to move an object?
What factors affect the sag of a simple beam bridge?
What affects the time of the swing of a pendulum?
What affects the height bounced by a ball?
What features of a parachute affect the time it falls for?
How does the shape of a boat affect its speed through water?
What factors affect the time for a helicopter 'spinner' to fall?
What affects the time for different Plasticine shapes to sink in water?
What type of surface has more friction?
What makes objects move at different speeds?
How high does a tennis ball bounce on different surfaces?
How does the height of the drop affect the height of the bounce?
6f How we see things
Does the colour of writing affect how far away it can be seen?
What colour of writing can be seen best in the dark?
Does music affect how well we see?
How much more can a person see (peripheral vision) with two eyes than with one?
What effect does light have on us seeing objects and colour?
6g Changing Circuits
How does a knot in a wire affect amps/brightness?
How does the number of wires affect brightness?
How does thickness of wire affect brightness?
How does length of wire affect brightness?
What factors affect the strength of an electromagnet?
How does the number of batteries/bulbs affect bulb brightness?
What types or length of wire gives the best speed control for an electric motor?
These could form some mini investigations you could do at home, Year 5's you could also try some of these.
Have fun.
Year 5/6 Team.
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