Year Five and Six Easter Holiday Homework

What a term at West London's Most Creative Preparatory School! Year Six achieved some super results in the 11+ examinations, and have begun working on the school play and the International Primary Curriculum. We have high hopes of doing well in the World Maths Day video competition, too! Year Five have been working hard to improve their comprehension and story writing skills, getting set to 'ace' their 11+ next January.

Year Five
Click for the Year Five Easter holiday homework, which includes reading and writing.

Year Six
Click for the Year Six Easter holiday homework, with a focus on learning lines for the school play, reading and creating a diorama.

Don't forget that there are lots of helpful videos at FalconsTube, and all the advice you need about writing a brilliant short story at baldworm.co.uk - which has now received over 75,000 hits since 2007! Cool!

Have a great break! When you get back, Bald Worm will have some exciting news for you about our plans for promoting reading at Falcons Girls...

(Image by adobemac; used under Creative Commons agreement)

Year Six DT: Slippers Mind Map Evaluation.

Task: Please complete your 'slippers' MindMap evaluation.

(Image by AnnaKika; used under Creative Commons agreement)

Year Five Comprehension: Annotate, annotate, annotate!

In class we've been revising the importance of completing the following tasks every time we attempt an 11+ comprehension paper:
* Underline the key words
* Summarise the paragraphs
* Annotate the passage with question numbers - find the evidence!

Task: Please complete the 'Tell Me No More Lies' comprehension.

(P.S. The Bald Worm Comprehension site is down at the moment due to technical difficulties, so don't try visiting http://bit.ly/comprehension for the next week! Thanks!)

(Image by orangeacid; used under Creative Commons agreement)

Year Five Fiction: Writing a Comic Story Based on a Journal Idea

Writers gather ideas in a journal. Year Five have been keeping journals of comic ideas.

Homework: Please write a humorous story based on one of the story plans you came up with in class when you were working with Mrs Mannan. Write one-and-a-half side of A4.

Don't forget to use a full range of descriptive techniques and plenty of thoughts and feelings.

Feeling clever? Include the joining and listing commas, and then annotate your 'finished' work to show me where you've used them!

Due: Monday.

Story Planning on Prezi

Like Graphic Novels?

A graphic novel is a story told through words and pictures. Why not try this brilliant graphic novel?

Alpha Plus Music World is Tomorrow!

Tomorrow is the second annual Alpha Plus Music World in aid of Kids Kidney Research and Over the Wall.

Don't forget:
* Look your smartest - polish your shoes, please!
* You will only take your blazer and a packed dinner in a disposable bag
* Don't forget lunch, too!
* Bring three disposable drinks (not in the Falcons water bottle)
* You may have a lie in on Friday - but teachers will be starting work with those girls in school at 8.30 as usual.
* No fleeces or cardigans; no bangles; correct headbands

Spring DT Day 2010

We're making slippers!