Monday 28 February 2011

Year Six Humanities

We are learning to work on the school wiki! We will be creating our own pages about famous Victorians.

Task: Log-on at home and add in a some of the information you learnt from your research.

No access at home? You CSM catch up Thursday lunchtime

Remember, anything you write is public!

Due: Friday


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Year Five Prose: The Semi-Colon

Please learn by heart the words to the semi-colon song.

We will be recording this tomorrow - no scripts allowed.



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Friday 18 February 2011

Year Six Half-Term Homework: Begin Your Victorian Research!


Have you seen our brilliant Personification Poetry Prezis?

You need to begin your research for the Victorian Wiki page project.Research due for the Friday after we come back (4th March), so no excuses, please!

Don't copy and paste - notes 'in your own words'

Wednesday 16 February 2011

Year Five Half-Term Homework



Your half-term homework is simple: I want you to read the 'Best of Bald Worm' booklet. You've been given a hard-copy in class. This collates some of the key information from baldworm.co.uk, my guide to writing a brilliant story in the 11+ examinations.

Not a Falcons Girl? Want a free copy of 'The Best of Bald Worm'? Just click on the box above!

Why not download the 'Bald Worm in Just a Minute' podcasts and listen on your iPod?

Tuesday 15 February 2011

We have been learning about using single bracketing commas at the beginning of sentences.

Task: Write a dialogue between a zombie and a Dad. Include a bracketing comma in every sentence.

Feeling clever? Include some brackets, too

Due: Thursday.


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Monday 14 February 2011

Year Five Comprehension: The Myth of the Mountainfolk

Please complete questions 1-7 of the 'Myth of the Mountainfolk' comprehension.


Due: Thursday

Friday 11 February 2011

Year 6 Ballads

Please write the next two verse (verses 2 & 3) of your ballad. You'll compare this with your partner on Monday.

Due: Monday

Year Five Fiction: Room 101

Year Five are writing scary stories using a range of sentence starters.

Task: Please write a second draft on the new worksheet.

Due: Monday.


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Friday 4 February 2011

Year Five Fiction: Adverb Story Map



Please create your own adverb story map...based on Mum or Dad or someone at home's worst fear!

W.I.L.F.
* Create a story map based on the idea of someone being taken to room 101
* Make it scary!
* Key learning: include a range of adverbs

Make sure you make it colourful and neat.

Learn more about adverbs here.

Due: Monday