Thank you!

 

Thank you so much for all of your hard work and support over the Autumn Term!

 

Looking forward to lots more fun and learning in January 2014!

 

Have a safe, relaxing and lovely holiday.

Spelling Homework 9th December 2013

Objective: To spell words from the Year 5 and 6 word lists.
A		B		C
1	ordinary		ancient		accommodate
2	possible		apparent		achieve
3	probably		attached		aggressive
4	question		available		amateur
5	remember		bargain		appreciate
6	sentences		bruise		committee
7	straight		category		convenience
8	surprise		community		communicate
9	therefore		definite		desperate
10	various		dictionary		disastrous

These spellings will be tested on Thursday, 12th December.

Spellings Homework 2nd December 2013

Objective: To distinguish between homophones as well as other words that are often confused.
A		B		C
1	past		aloud		practice
2	passed		allowed		practise
3	affect		affect		advice
4	effect		effect		advise
5	father		guest		device
6	farther		guessed		devise
7	led		desert		assistance
8	lead		dessert		assistants
9	herd		principal		stationery
10	heard		principle		stationary

Tudor Homework - Due Monday 2nd December

 

Your homework for the weekend is to choose one of Henry VIII's wives and write a poem about her. It can be serious or it can be funny and the best ones will be displayed in our classroom!

 

See the video below, with your parents' permission, for some inspiration!

 

 

 

Tudor and Victorian activities this weekend in Richmond!

The Christmas season is upon us and this weekend there is a big fair and celebrations happening in Richmond. As a special event, the Museum of Richmond are having some special activities, some of which link to our curriculum:


For more details, please visit http://www.museumofrichmond.com/family.htm

Can you turn this story into a playscript?

This is an extract from 'Peter Pan' by J.M. Barrie. Could you turn this short extract into a playscript?


His sobs woke Wendy, and she sat up in bed. She was not alarmed to see a stranger crying on the nursery floor; she was only pleasantly interested.

"Boy," she said courteously, "why are you crying?"

Peter could be exceeding polite also, having learned the grand manner at fairy ceremonies, and he rose and bowed to her beautifully. She was much pleased, and bowed beautifully to him from the bed.

"What's your name?" he asked.

"Wendy Moira Angela Darling," she replied with some satisfaction. "What is your name?"

"Peter Pan."

She was already sure that he must be Peter, but it did seem a
comparatively short name.

"Is that all?"

"Yes," he said rather sharply. He felt for the first time that it was a
shortish name.

"I'm so sorry," said Wendy Moira Angela.

"It doesn't matter," Peter gulped.

She asked where he lived.

"Second to the right," said Peter, "and then straight on till morning."

"What a funny address!"

Peter had a sinking. For the first time he felt that perhaps it was a
funny address.

"No, it isn't," he said.

"I mean," Wendy said nicely, remembering that she was hostess, "is that what they put on the letters?"

He wished she had not mentioned letters.

"Don't get any letters," he said contemptuously.


This is due in on Friday, 29th November and can be handed in on paper.

Spellings homework: 25th November 2013

Objective: To distinguish between homophones as well as other words that are often confused.
A		B		C
1	red		night		waist
2	read		knight		waste
3	sum		peace		aloud
4	some		piece		allowed
5	blew		break		breaking
6	blue		brake		braking
7	berries		board		ceiling
8	buries		bored		sealing
9	right		seen		cellar
10	write		scene		seller

Hampton Court Homework

 

On Tuesday we visited Hampton Court and learned about life at Court during the time of Henry VIII.

 

Thank you again to the parents and volunteers who came along; you were much appreciated!

 

Can you remember the four groups of people who lived and worked at Hampton Court?

 

What was the Court?

 

Write a diary entry of a member of the nobility on a typical day in Hampton Court Palace. This entry is due in by Friday, 22nd November and you may hand it in on paper if you prefer.

 

Remember your capital letters, full stops and try to include complex sentences!

Spellings Homework

Objective: To use adverbs.
A		B		C
1	weekly		angrily		eventually
2	yearly		properly		personally
3	likely		probably		enthusiastically
4	really		bravely		accidentally
5	kindly		carefully		carefully
6	nearly		usually		deliberately
7	clearly		happily		unhappily
8	wildly		wickedly		fortunately
9	loudly		recently		worriedly
10	exactly		slightly		gradually

Apologies for the lateness in posting this!

Friday Homework: Hampton Court:

 

I am very excited about our trip to Hampton Court next week! It is one of the most beautiful and grand palaces in this country and I am delighted that we have the opportunity to visit and find out more about Tudor times!

 

 

The Tudors, however, were not the only royal family that lived in Hampton Court. Your homework is to find out which other monarchs (kings or queens) lived there and what information can you find out about them.

 

 

Remember: It must be written in your own words to avoid plagiarism. Capital letters and full stops are essential and please limit your exclamation marks to one per sentence. If you prefer, you can also submit this homework on paper.

 

 

Happy investigations!

Spellings Homework: Monday, 11th November

Objective: To collect, and investigate the meanings and spellings of words using the following prefixes: bi, cir, ex.
A		B		C
1	exit		bicycle		bicycle
2	expel		bionic		bifocals
3	export		bisect		bisect
4	explode		biceps		bilingual
5	example		biased		biannual
6	expect		circle		circling
7	explain		circular		circular
8	expert		circulate		circulation
9	excuse		circuit		circumference
10	explore		circus		circumstance

Friday Homework!

This Sunday is Remembrance Sunday and Remembrance Day is on Monday, 11 November. It is a special day set aside to remember all those men and women who were killed during the two World Wars and other conflicts. At one time the day was known as Armistice Day and was renamed Remembrance Day after the Second World War.

Your homework is to find out why we use the poppy to help us remember. How do people remember and mark the day around the world?

Homework: 6th November 2013

This week we have been working on including more complex sentences in your work. Your homework is to write a story deliberately using different sentence structures decided by with a roll of a dice or a spin of a spinner:

 

Roll 1: short, simple sentences, maximum six words;

Roll 2: compound sentences, 10–20 words;

Roll 3: complex sentences, minimum 25 words

Roll 4: Start sentence with a conjunction and subordinate clause.

Roll 5: Insert a sound effect, one word and exclamation point.

You need to include at least 10 rolls of the dice.
Don't forget to use capital letters, full stops and commas to show the separation of main and subordinate clauses.

I can't wait to read your stories!