It has been an interesting week for us in class five. We returned from a week of passion projects and super swings and got straight back on with our theme work on Ancient Greece!
In English were introduced to some of Alan Peat's sentence types, and how we could use them to improve our writing. We were set a slow writing challenge to describe a scene from a Greek myth - and impressed ourselves with how sophisticated our writing could be! At the end of the week we planned and wrote our own Greek myth, using all that we have learnt in our studies for the past two weeks. With our myth writing we managed to explain everything from why we have tides to why we have rainbows.
During maths we looked over the rules of rounding. We also have had a chance to practise our written methods for addition and subtraction, looking into all the frequent errors we can make and how we can remember to not make them! We started on filming a 'How to' guide for written addition and subtraction - watch this space for their future publication!
With theme this week we learnt about the geography and culture of Greece. First we looked into Greece as a country and wrote a postcard describing the climate, terrain, buildings and food. We then got to work with our learning partners on creating our own sets of 'Greek God Top Trumps' based on the research we were able to do about the major and minor Greek Gods.
In Science we were able to use experiments to help us understand more about how the world works. Year 5 used balloon rockets and different materials of string to test friction, and Year 6 designed their own experiments to prove how shadows change size depending on the distance between the object and the light source.
It's been a tiring week for us, and a lot of us are still recovering from our previous week! Hopefully we can have a restful weekend in preparation for another full week ahead of us!
Also a reminder that our first home learning task has been set. I look forward to seeing all our creative contributions in 2 weeks time!
Miss Vidler
2nd Weekly Quiz: -
1. What plants grow well in Greece and why?
2. How do you write a '2A' sentence?
3. Can you name a minor Greek God? (Not one displayed in our classroom)
The olive tree grows healthily in Greece because it is a hardy plant which doesn`t require much water.
ReplyDeleteA 2A sentence is where 2 adjectives are used to describe the first noun and 2 to describe the second.
My final answer is Hecate, goddess of magic, torches and crossroads.
Taaliya
1.olive trees of course
ReplyDelete2.a 2a sentence is where you have two adjectives before a noun and two after
3.Asclepius god of medicine ost
sorry olive trees because its hot wheather ost
ReplyDeleteI loved hilltop it was the best I miss the insructors though ost
ReplyDeleteCan I play Greek God Top Trumps, looking forward to seeing them. I looked at writing books today and was very impressed with your myths- Wonderful Writing for sure.
ReplyDelete1. Olive trees because they are the only plants that can survive the heat.
ReplyDelete2. A 2a sentence is were you have two adjectives at the begining and two adjectives at the end.
3. Eris is the Godess of chaos, strife and discard.
From EW
1. The olive tree grows well in Greece because it is not affected by the heat.
ReplyDelete2. A 2a sentence is two adjectives in front and behind a noun.
3. There is a minor goddess called Iris, she is the goddess of the rainbow.
EB
You have learnt so much! Well done guys!
ReplyDeleteI miss Hilltop too. Really fancy roasting more marshmallows, yum!
1. Olive trees because they can survive the boiling heat.
ReplyDelete2. A 2a sentence is where you have two adjectives describing a noun and then another two adjectives describing a noun.
3. Tyche, the goddess of chance.
MN
Well done everyone! Thanks for commenting!
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