Robinwood II

What an amazing adventure we had.  I think that everybody achieved something at Robinwood and perhaps learned something new about ourselves. This included: coping with being away from home for the first time, conquering a fear of heights, learning how to be part of a team and accepting that it is OK to lose or not be first.  Well done to everyone who went, you were fantastic ambassadors to our school. 

My favourite activity, as always, was the zip wire and the one that really stretched me was the trapeze.  What were your favourite activity and biggest achievement?

Robinwood

Dobroyd Castle - where the fun begins



Not long now before we set off on our adventure to Robinwood.  If you look on the school website, there is a link to our dedicated residential blog, which Mr Wisnia has kindly offered to update whilst we are away.  I will of course try to udate our own class blog with a record of our memories too.  What are you looking forward to the most, and which activity are you feeling nervous about?

How do you calculate area?

We had fun in maths working out the surface area of objects and marked areas in the playground.  But why do we need to know this type of measurement?

Wigton's Got Talent III - The Final

Well done everyone who performed, I was extremely proud of you all.  I can't imagine how your parents must have felt.  Dylan's mum has given me a copy of her photographs to share.

Special visitors

One of our partner schools, West Burton CofE Primary visited us today to learn about Islam.  We spoke to them about the five pillars of Islam, tasted some food and some of our children spoke about their heritage.  Zainab and Amarah danced and Amaan brought in some clothes for us to try on.

The Highwayman

We have been studying the poem 'The Highwayman' by Alfred Noyes to learn about poetic devices. 

The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees,
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,
The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,
And the highwayman came riding—
Riding—riding—
The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.

He did not come in the dawning; he did not come at noon;
And out o' the tawny sunset, before the rise o' the moon,
When the road was a gypsy's ribbon, looping the purple moor,
A red-coat troop came marching—
Marching—marching—
King George's men came matching, up to the old inn-door.

We then illustrated our impression of the scenes for homework.

 

Homework Helper - Grid Method

Maths homework this week is to revise multiplication methods.  Watch this video to remind you of how to use the 'grid method' for multiplication.

Have you tried out any of the new games I have included in the Maths Links and Games tab yet? Don't forget to comment on the blog to let me know which ones are your favourites!

1)  27 x 5  =

X	20	7
5	100	35

100 + 35 = 135

27 x 5 = 135

Fizzbooks

During geography this week some of us used fizzboks in class to carry out research on the origins of settlements.