This week's science

We have been considering how living things are adapted to live in their environment this week. Fish have adapted to living in the sea by developing gills to breathe, polar bears are adapted to life in the cold arctic by having thick white fur to keep it warm and camouflaged. Our Homework (designed by teacher Janice Jenkins) asks children to consider what could live in different habitats. You can find the sheet here...
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18iugqPs59mad0RjE29rYn7ubNcrJ565rFR3aQ5KA7t4/edit?hl=en_US
A useful website is the Naturegrid site here there is an interactive quiz based on a pond habitat - can you work out which living things could live in various parts of the pond?
Here is the link...
http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/pondexplorer/pond-cross.html

Mr Baker's Homeworks 7.10.11

A slight difference to the maths homework this week because I made the sheet by cutting and sticking bits from various sources and so since this was not computer generated, I can't put it on the blog. However, using the mathsisfun website will allow you to practice basic calculations anyway. Don't forget to use Mathletics as well.
The English homework is to get the last pages of the Mr Man story written and pictures drawn. Don't forget that the deadline has been extended to next Wednesday. The revision sheet for Alan Peat sentences (getting ready for the video series) can be found here...
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sNKFBxqb5iacH7mvDWkrjqmkBiOvTPul0xgWy27dQJM/edit?hl=en_US
RE homework will now be given out on Mondays. It is going to be all about the books in the bible.

30.9.11 Mr Baker's homeworks

Here are copies of the homeworks this week.
Maths...
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NjfpezloqD4Pc-M_IGlau2-5CVpPUrJYzGgbNAv1WK0/edit?hl=en_US
English...
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OYHM8gYQn849m_0oeHsOgv2TWle24i4a3TDwdsL81UI/edit?hl=en_US
RE...
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LeDPgvftIuGt4eT_bkQ6FUoLj4TOgYVR23J4MzBKHvo/edit?hl=en_US
Don't forget to keep on with the Mathletics and also the maths is fun website for great maths practice.

Matletics

Everyone seems to be enjoying the new Mathletics system. Remember that the more you play, the more credits you earn and the more games you can unlock.
There have been a number of bronze award winners already and there are still a couple of days left to earn a certificate this week.

Don't forget your sign in details!!

Mr Baker

Homeworks from Mr Baker

Here is a reminder that when I set a homework, I try to make copies available on the blog so they can be printed off at home if the one given in school gets lost or damaged (this may not always be possble if the file is too large).
For this week, most of my maths set will have questions about place value to answer. Here is the link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ckTytNufyg_A7rrvY0E7Lloktpsu66fqVBclel9NsdE/edit?hl=en_US
My English homework - drafting the build up section of te Mr Man story can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e5umUddJ_8SVGJNeryEQAESzpwYAG5T3NoD_rP7e_f4/edit?hl=en_US
The Science homework asks you to look around shops to find plant food. All you need to do is name three with a description of what they can do for the plant and the main ingredients (perhaps the top three).
Here is the link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11auv8sAVyNZyKEWls7kLGcJmU9er5P3e6_Wt33vjKaU/edit?hl=en_US.

Good luck.

Mr Baker

Daily Websites

As the Alton Castle residential trip has now taken place, we can settle down to the normal but important task of learning and developing our skills.
There are some excellent websites that we encourage children to use all year. here are a few of them:
This American website is a super resource for practising number skills such as multiplication tables.
http://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/index.html
Knowing and understanding mathematical vocabulary is essential and this site is one of the best on line maths dictionaries around.
http://amathsdictionaryforkids.com/dictionary.html
At the moment we are looking at interdependence and adaptation in science and this site is quite a good one to explore.
http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/pondexplorer/pondexplorer.html
For general leaning, you can't go far wrong with the BBC. Here is a website that can get you started.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/4_11/
 The year Six Inspire workshops will be upon us soon. More sites and advice will be shared at that point.

Alton Castle

Last week, Year Six had their traditional residential trip to Alton Castle.
Unusually we were sharing the castle with another school, a local rural school called Faber with only about seventy children in total compared to the over four hundred we have.
As always, out children were a credit to themselves and their families in the way they conducted themselves in all the activities and the more prayerful aspects of the trip.
There will be more detail shared in our up and coming assembly.