You are the best class I've ever had!!!

Just thought I'd let you know!!!!

I am so proud of how hard you've worked and how you listen to me (well you're still forgetting in practice papers) and I hope you really get the best results ever at Shirley Warren!!!!

I can't wait to go on our trips and do all our exciting work.

I'm looking forward to making our films about the zoo - can't wait until Monday!!!

Writing homework - will be your complaint letter about Google Street View.
Maths - multiplication and divsion practice
Science - living processes

Keep working hard! You are the nicest class I've ever had!!! I want you to be the best you can be! I am a soppy old thing!

Great fun run by the way you do know they want to build a new supermarket on that field don't you?

Only joking but that is your writing tomorrow!!!!

Big Hugs
Miss G xx

Good science revision site

http://www.channel4learning.net/sites/essentials/science/physical/index.jsp

Multiplication - the grid method explained

http://www.newwhittington.derbyshire.sch.uk/supportswfs/Grid%20Method%20TUxTU.swf

Sats Revision website

Link to a really useful revision website

http://sats.highamstjohns.co.uk/

Story planner!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/activities/planning.shtml

Build a monster then write a story!

Sounds fun!

http://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/online_rev/ks2/monsters.asp

Learn about different text types!

http://www.buzzin.net/english/adverts.htm

http://www.buzzin.net/english/autobiog.htm

http://www.buzzin.net/english/biog.htm

http://www.buzzin.net/english/news-000.htm

http://www.buzzin.net/english/charactr.htm

http://www.buzzin.net/english/setting.htm

http://www.buzzin.net/english/glossary.htm

Top Tips for Great Writers!

Beat Mrs Sats Marker by being sentence smart!

Vary those sentences!
Sentence of three:
The boy opened the door, slipped through the gap and crept into the garden.

Add words in:
The scruffy dog ran across the busy road.

Add words at the end:
The dog ran across the road because he saw a cat.

Add on at the beginning:
When it saw the cat, the dog ran across the road.

Change words:
The dog scampered across the road when it noticed the cat.

Add in a simile:
The dog, running like the wind, chased after the fleeing cat.

Alliterate:
The canny canine capered after the flea-bitten, fleeing feline.

Start with an ed word:

Frightened
Exhausted
Excited
Worried
Surprised
Petrified
Blessed
Confused
Delighted
Concerned
Cornered
Betrayed

Disappointed

Start with an ing word

Singing
Sighing
Laughing
Forgetting
Mumbling
Staring
Playing
Grinning
Bouncing
Warning
Shooing
Sitting
Growling

Start with a simile

As quick as a flash,
As slow as a snail,
Running like the wind,
Smiling like the Cheshire cat,
Exploding like the cork out of a bottle of pop,
Staring with cat-like eyes,
With a face like thunder,
Cunning as a fox,
Looking like the cat that got the cream,
As mad as a hatter,
Looking as white as a ghost,

Connectives to signal time
At the start,
As the day awoke,
One wet, weary Wednesday,
Timed ticked by so slowly,
Meanwhile,
Soon afterwards,
In the blink of an eye,
Suddenly, without warning,
In a flash,
Days passed,
As the day faded into night,
Finally,

Cool Connectives
if after while as well as although however also besides even though
nevertheless in addition to contrary to despite so as to therefore on the one hand

More from the Mad Scientist!

Remember to look at each statement and think I Can Do that - if you can't then that is something we need to go over. Post a comment to let me know if there are any tricky bits!

Plants

State some things that may affect the growth of a plant
Describe how a plant absorbs water and minerals.
Explain some adaptations of the roots.
State that plants are able to produce their own food
Describe what a plant needs to photosynthesise.
Explain how a plant may use the sugar it produces.
State that pollination has to happen if a plant is to make seeds.
Describe the various ways that plants can be pollinated.
Explain what happens during pollination.
State that seeds are a form of reproduction in plants.
Describe the different ways in which seeds can be dispersed.
Explain why it is important for seeds to be dispersed.
Draw a simple diagram that shows the stages in the life cycles of a plant.
List the things that might affect the germination of a seed.
Explain the reasons why varying certain factors might affect the rate of germination
Know the parts of a plant and the jobs that these parts do to help the plant live
Know what part of a plant collects light
State the effect of changing the light on plant growth
State the effect of changing the water on plant growth
Describe how plants can survive in very wet or dry conditions
Know that extremes of temperature can kill plants
State the effect of changing the temperature on plant growth
Describe how some plants can survive in hot and cold places

Electricity

Know what electricity is and how to draw/make circuits.
Draw and make circuits using appropriate symbols.
Explain reasons why some circuits may not work.
Distinguish which appliances use batteries and which use mains electricity
State some differences between mains and battery electricity
Organise materials into conductors and insulators
Recognise a series circuit.
Describe some common series circuits.
State the meaning of resistance
Describe where resistance is and is not useful
Describe some common faults with circuits and suggest how to fix them

Forces

Explain different situations in terms of balanced and unbalanced forces.
State that gravity is a pulling force
Describe the effect of gravity.
Explain the relationship between mass and weight.
State what upthrust is.
Describe where upthrust may or may not be useful.
Explain why objects may/may not float.
State what friction is.
Describe where friction may or may not be useful.
Explain methods of reducing friction

Magnets & Springs

Be able to compare the size of forces
State that forces act in certain directions
Describe links between speed and force
Show the effect of magnets on materials
State the names of some magnetic and non-magnetic materials
Describe some uses of magnets
Be able to compare sizes of forces
State that some objects can be stretched/squashed by applying a force
Describe the link between size of force and extension of spring or band

Practice SATs Questions

http://www.icteachers.co.uk/children/children_sats.htm

Brilliant website!!!
The more you do the better you will get and your brain will burst because you are just sooooo clever!!

More Maths Games

http://www.echalk.co.uk/Maths/maths.aspx

Not sure which of these work. Hopefully you'll let me know!

Hard Spelling Game - especially for Tas!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/hardspell/hardspell_game.shtml



There you go Tasneem I promised you I'd find you a hard spelling game!

Let me know how you get on and let's see if anyone can beat you! We've got some good spellers in year 6.

Spelling - all the words that have appeared in previous Sats Tests

If you look at these spelling patterns and learn them then you should get through the spelling test with flying colours!
These words have appeared in previous years SATs spelling test

Plurals
add s
attempts
carriages
castles
creature(s)
engines
foundations
hedges
material(s)
pieces
selects
stripes
structures
visitors


Plurals
y to an i and add es
bodies
cities
families
properties
varieties


Verb Endings
ing
according
building
climbing
extinguishing
fighting
gleaming
interesting
sprawling
spreading
vanishing
washing


Verb Endings
drop e add ing
challenging
escaping
exciting
including
moving
raising
surprising
wrestling


Verb Endings
double last letter add ing
beginning
planning
stopping
swimming


Superlatives

biggest
largest
nastiest
tallest
widest


Verb Endings
ed
absorbed
camped
delivered
design(ed)
developed
disappeared
disturbed
echoed
finished
rehearsed
remained
stretched
transformed
transported
uncoiled


Verb Endings
double letter add ed
grabbed
occurred
planned
slipped
stopped
trapped


Verb Endings
change y to an i and add ed
carried
qualified
satisfied


Verb Endings
just add d
arrived
disguised
excited
illuminated
injured
involved
judged
released
replaced
required

'ly' words
actually
actually
approximately
carefully
extremely
frequently
generally
gently
gingerly
gradually
highly
importantly
particularly
perfectly
physically
smoothly
supply
thoroughly


'c' makes 's' sound
audience
centre
century
excellent
exciting
medicine
necessary
notice
silence


'tion' sound
completion
destination
direction
foundations
generation
invention
pollution
question

'ive' words
apprehensive
destructive
expensive
survive


'al' words
digital
essential
festival
individual
original
physical
special


'ee' sound
accuracy
disease
emergency
essential
healthy
noisy
ready
sunny

Homophones
heard
practice
weight
where

Suffixes
available
beautiful
carefully
colourful
effortless
hopeful
regardless
successful
wonderful

Prefixes
advantage
advertise
almost
before
believe
destructive
disappeared
disturbed
encounter
encourage
ensure
important
injured
inspecting
invention
involved
preserve
prevent
process
produce
release
remember
together
transformed
transported
uncoiled
unusual


Compound Words
countryside
headquarters
themselves
throughout

Double Letters
apprehensive
common
different
difficult
excellent
follow
million
opposite
passenger
pollution
press
slippery
still
successful
sunny

Silent Letter
castles
climbing
designed
different
environment
hedges
interesting
knowledge
known
medicine
participate
physical
should
strength
stretched
surprise
wrestling

i before e
believe
pierce

Other Words
amongst
anchors
audience
aware
between
breeze
capable
change
complete
crawl
crept
first
future
journey
moment
most
mysterious
perform
press
purpose
realistic
serious
shook
silence
sneeze
symbol
technique
top
tumble

Are you up for the Toughnut Challenge?

http://nrich.maths.org/public/toughnuts.php

Tricky problems to try and solve. Have fun!
Let me know if you solve any!

Improve your Mental Maths

Strategies

Here are some to try out:

To divide by 2, just halve
To divide by 4, halve twice
To multiply by 2, double
To multiply by 4, double twice
To multiple or divide by 10, move the digits along
To divide by five, double the number and divide it by 10
When adding, start with the tens, not the units
Use near doubles, like 6+5 is the same as double 6, take away 1
When adding, find the easy pairs. Example: 12+7+8 is easier as 12+8=20, then add 7
Count up to do some subtraction. Example: 103-97 is done by counting on from 97 to 103

Do you know any more? Why not add them to this thread?

More from the Mad Scientist!

Do you know your stuff?
Can you....

Rocks and soils

Name some places you might find rocks
State what jobs some rocks are used for
Describe the simple structure of the Earth
Identify rocks with similar features
State the three rock groups
Describe the different characteristics of the 3 rock groups
Name and identify different types of soils
State the characteristics of some soil types
Describe the link between soil structure and how much water it can hold

Conductors & insulators
Heat

State some common everyday temperatures
List some ways of measuring temperature and scales that
Can be used
Know that hot things cool down and cold ones warm up
Recognise that changing the temperature of a material can affect its state of matter
Describe some ways of keeping things at the same temperature
Know that heat passes through some materials faster than others
State the meaning of conductor and insulator
Describe materials as good conductors or insulators

Classifying Materials

Sort materials based on a range properties
Use keys to organise materials in to different groups
Collect items with specific properties
List what some items are commonly made from
Describe differences between the properties of materials
Know some sources of common materials
State the difference between “natural” and “man-made”
Describe how a “man made” material is produced

Solid, Liquid or Gas?

Give examples of solids, liquids and gases.
Group materials into solids, liquids and gases
Explain the properties of solids, liquids and gases.
Name some common gases
Describe the uses of some common gases

Changing State

Group materials into solids, liquids and gases and know what a physical change is.
Explain reversible and irreversible changes and know the difference between the two.
Know some everyday reversible changes
Know some everyday irreversible changes.
Recognise that changing the temperature of a material affects its state of matter
Describe the graph produced of temperature against time when ice is heated
Know some common everyday temperatures.
Know that water can be ice, water or steam/water vapour
Describe the water cycle in terms of evaporation & condensation
Describe some everyday chemical, irreversible changes
Explain what is happening when these chemical, irreversible changes occur
Describe how oxygen in air is needed for burning.
Explain burning as an irreversible reaction with oxygen gas

Separating mixtures of materials

Know what a mixture is.
Describe some simple methods for separating mixtures.
Explain mixtures as a physical rather than chemical change.
Give examples of some soluble and insoluble materials.
Use the terms soluble, insoluble, solute/solvent and solution correctly.
Explain the meaning of saturation using a suitable model.
State how to get dissolved solids back out of solution.
Describe how pure water can be made from sea water.
Know that only some materials dissolve in water
Give examples of things that dissolve in water
State the meaning of the word filtering
Describe some ways that solids can be separated from liquids

Yet More Help to Beat The Mental Maths Lady!

Capacity

1000ml = 1 litre

So what’s

¼ of a litre?
3.4 litres in ml ?
430ml in litres?

Time for a 15 seconds question … Not a chance of you getting this!!

I pour 500ml of orange juice and 750ml of apple juice into a 2l container. How much is left until it is full?

More Tips on How to Beat the Mental Maths Lady!

Mass


1000g = 1kg
So what is a
¼ of a kilo
½ of a kilo
¾ of a kilo?

What is 1.2kg in g?
What is 450g in kg?

A typical evil Mental Maths lady question…

Ha Ha!! This will stop you in your tracks.

15 seconds to answer this question.

A bag can hold 2kg. It is ¾ full. How many more grams can I pour in?

Play Educational games on your Wii

http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/wiilist.htm

the multiplication game is particularly good!

BBC Revise Wise links

Reading revision
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/reading.shtml

Writing revision
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/writing.shtml

Spelling and Grammar
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/spelling_grammar.shtml

Number
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/number.shtml

Shape, space and measure
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/shape_space_measures.shtml

Handling Data
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/handling_data.shtml

Living Things
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/living_things.shtml

Materials
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/materials.shtml

Physical Processes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/physical_processes.shtml

Sentence Games

http://www.gamequarium.com/sentencestucture.html

The penguin game is quite surreal and whacky!!!

The Mad Scientist wants to know do you know your stuff?

Look at each unit and see if you can do each statement. Those you don't feel so confident on are the things you need to revise.

Life Cycles

• Draw a simple diagram that shows the stages in the life cycle of a human.
• Describe some of the changes that happen during the human life cycle.
• Explain why these changes happen during the human life cycle.
• Know the 7 life processes and describe what they mean.
• Know that all living things are made up of cells.

Keeping healthy

• Describe a balanced diet and explain why we need to vary our diets.
• State what a drug is.
• Describe what a drug does to the body.
• Explain the effects of alcohol and some drugs on the body.
• Describe the symptoms of some common diseases.

Human Body

• Know that humans have 2 full sets of teeth in their lives.
• State why we should look after our teeth.
• Describe the jobs of different types of teeth.
• Describe how the skeleton helps with movement, support & protection.
• Describe how muscles work in pairs to help us move.
• State the benefits of exercise.
• Describe the effects on health and disease of having little or no exercise.
• State some of the jobs of blood.
• Describe how oxygen, carbon dioxide are carried round the body.
• Explain how the heart pumps blood around the body.
• State the job of the lungs in mammals.
• Describe the characteristics of lungs.

Animals

• Name a habitat and some living things in them.
• Identify differences in habitats.
• State that living things can also be food for others.
• Describe food chains using the terms producer and consumer.
• Explain reasons why different organisms survive in different habitats.
  Explain some of the things that humans can do to protect themselves against disease

Literacy Games

Try this link to 16 Literacy Games! Have fun!

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html

Sentences revision

Boost those writing skills by learning more about sentences!!

‘2 A’ Sentences
This simply means 2 adjectives before the noun and 2 adjectives after the noun.
Example:
It was an old, dilapidated house with an overgrown and weedy garden.

‘O.I’ Sentences
This stands for outward inward! What is happening on the outside, what is the character thinking on the inside?
Example:
He smiled, shook the man’s hand and greeted him warmly, (Inside however, he was more terrified than ever.)

Name person first Sentences
Helps to get subordinate clauses into the writing.
Example:
The old man, when questioned, stated that he had seen nothing.

Short Sentences for tension
Short punch sentences whenever something goes wrong in writing. Creates tension. Follow this technique up with a list sentence.
Example:
It was dark. The wind screamed. He opened the door. He saw nothing. The shrill, piercing screaming noise hit him as soon as he entered the room though!

3 ed sentences
Begins with 3 related adjectives each of which ends with …ed. All 3 ed words are followed by a comma.
Example:
Frightened, terrified, exhausted, they ran from the creature.
Amazed, amused, excited, he left the circus.

Radio Warren

Here are some pics of year 6 in the studio during the lastest show.

Spelling practice

Try practicing your spellings on this new website

http://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/

Science Games

http://www.scienceyear.com/wired/index.html?page=/wired/games/index.html

More fun for you to make that Science brain grow!

Science Zone

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/Science/index.html

Lots here to keep you busy and give your brain cells a workout!

Mad 4 Maths

http://www.mad4maths.com/

This site might also be useful for your parents too.

Let me know what you think of this site.

Brilliant Maths Dictionary

http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/maths/dictionary.html

I think this is a really useful site, hope you find it useful too!

I suppose I'll have to show you how to write at level 5!

I knew none of you would be up to the challenge but I suspect that is because your teacher only writes at level 3 herself!

Earlier on this blog you were given a paragraph to up level - well here's mine!

It's got all the things in it that I'm looking for when I mark your writing! Can you spot them?

The room was covered in a thick layer of dust. Brian shivered. He peered through the gloom at the piles of leather-bound books. Their pages had yellowed with age and fluttered feebly as he blew the dust away. The writing inside was a spidery scrawl, 'This is the property of Barnaby Slycheek'. Wondering who that might have been, Brian clambered over the broken boxes, battered suitcases and ancient trunks struggling to reach the door at the back of the abandoned room. Daylight filtered through the faded curtains. A broken window let in a slight breeze that made the cobwebs quiver. Glancing down, Brian just saw several grey rats scuttling amongst the debris. He shivered.... and it was not just from the cold.

The Mad Scientist wants to know - do you know your stuff? Post One

Look at each statement underneath the Science topic and decide how confident you feel - this should help you focus on areas you need to revise.

Can you?

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Earth in Space

• Describe the changes that happen during a day/year in terms of rotation of the Earth
• Explain why the sun appears at different points in the sky during a year
• State the Sun, Moon & Earth are spherical in shape
• Describe the rotation of Earth Sun & Moon around each other
• Explain, using a model, why shadows change during a day/year
• State that the moon appears to change over 28 day period
• Describe the changes to the moon over a 28 day period
  Explain why the moon looks different over a 28 day period

How we see things

• State what luminous means.
• Describe how shadows are formed.
• State the difference between opaque, translucent and transparent.
• Give a simple explanation of how light travels.
• State what reflection is.
• Accurately explain reflection using diagrams.
• State the reason that a shadow is formed.
• Accurately draw a diagram to show how a shadow is formed.
• Explain why shadows change during the day.
• State how we see light.
• Describe seeing in terms of light rays entering the eye.
• Explain how we detect reflected light using a diagram.

Sound

• State some ways of making sounds.
• Describe sound in terms of vibrating objects.
• Explain the term pitch in terms of sound.
• State that sound can be reflected.
• Describe some simple experiments that show solids, liquids and gases carry sound waves.
• Explain sound waves using a suitable model.
• Explain the difference between pitch & loudness.
• Describe ways of changing the pitch of sounds an object makes.
• Use a wave diagram to explain the terms pitch and longitudinal waves.
• State how a sound changes as it gets further away.
• Describe ways of changing the loudness of a sound

How to beat Mrs SATs Marker in your Reading Test!

This is Mrs Sats Marker. We don’t like her very much!! (Boo Hiss!!)

In your Reading Test, you must be able to:

DEDUCE
this is when you draw conclusions from your reading

draw out extra information from your reading – these are facts that are there but not actually told to you
make deductions about characters, their emotions and motives – they may change as a narrative develops

INFER
this is when you go beyond what is in the text to draw conclusions based on your own experiences
recognise how the author uses techniques to influence the reader
make predictions about how characters may respond, their emotions ands motives

EVALUATE
decide how effective the writing is and give a personal response
analyse how successfully the writer evokes feelings such as sympathy or suspense, through vocabulary choices and sentence types

JUSTIFY
use parts of the text to back up what you are saying
you must be able to explain and justify your ideas with evidence from the text

Handy Hints:

ALWAYS READ CAREFULLY – refer back to the text to answer the question
ALWAYS look at the number of marks available and if there is more than one mark make sure you have a separate point for each mark available
Answer in your words and don’t just use quotes from the text unless specifically asked for
If asked to explain fully then use full sentences and not bullet points
If asked to find a particular word or phrase, copy this out exactly from the text and put in speech marks
When answering a question about the author’s intention, then write about the vocabulary and style the author uses
When asked for your opinion or impression use the word BECAUSE and examples from the text which have led you to think this
When asked why a particular word has been used – explain the effect do not say it is more exciting or dramatic unless you also explain how
Sometimes you have to go beyond what is written and have to predict how a character feels from the way the character has been built up

Hope you are having a good holiday!

I took Katy, Alex and Fred for lunch at Chefs in Woolston - they had fun! How's your revision going?

How to get Level 5 in Writing! Part Three

She’s a tough old thing that Mrs SATs Marker – did you sees her comment on that last post?

Let’s show her!

• Can you up-level that paragraph to please Mrs SATs Marker and give you a Level 5? You may decide to abandon all their ideas and start afresh – up to you! Think about what she likes to see!

Here is the paragraph again:

The room was dusty and cold it was filled with old books and old things and there was stuff laying around everywhere the curtains were old and broken the windows were smashed up and on the floor there was rats everywhere there was cobwebs on the ceiling and covering everything.


Post your up-levelled paragraphs and we’ll comment on each other’s writing.
Can you write at level 5?

How to get Level 5 in Writing! Part Two

This is Mrs Sats Marker and we REALLY don’t like her! She doesn’t like giving out level 5’s in writing but we’ll show her!

So, you can write a Level 5 sentence; oh you need to do MUCH more than that to keep Mrs SATs marker happy!

• You need to show you can join an number of sentences together to make sense in a Level 5 paragraph.



Let’s have a go!



Imagine the scene

You are standing outside an old, run-down house in the middle of the woods.

Writing a paragraph to describe

In the story, your character has just opened the door and is describing the scene inside.

• Use long descriptive sentences to give the reader a really clear image of what’s inside.
• Use the senses; touch, smell, sight, sound – even taste if it’s appropriate!
• Make the reader feel they are actually there.
• Pack in a range of WOW words and POWER punctuation (show off those semi colons and brackets – Mrs. SATs Marker LOVES them!)

An example; what would Mrs SATs marker make of this?

The room was dusty and cold it was filled with old books and old things and there was stuff laying around everywhere the curtains were old and broken the windows were smashed up and on the floor there was rats everywhere there was cobwebs on the ceiling and covering everything.

Leave your comments as if you were Mrs SATs Marker!

How to get Level 5 in Writing! Part One

This is Mrs Sats Marker. We don’t like her very much!! (Boo Hiss!!)

Mrs SATs marker is very strict about writing. For a long time she has marked writing papers, and hates giving out Level 5s for writing. But, after years of studying her work, we think we’ve cracked her – we know what she’s looking for!
Let’s show her what we’re made of!


Writing Level 5 sentences

What have you got to do to beat Mrs SATs Marker?

• Show you can use a range of punctuation.
• Show off with the WOW words you use.
• Start sentences in different ways.
• Use a combination of short snappy sentences and long, detailed ones.

Take a simple sentence…

The girl ran into the house.

This can become…

Add an adjective to describe the character

• The frightened girl ran into the house.

Improve the verb / add an adverb.

• The frightened girl tore frantically into the house.

Add an adjective to give detail to the setting.

• The frightened girl tore frantically into the unfamiliar house.

Add an opening clause to give extra detail to the character. As well as improving the adjectives you’ve used. Try to use a simile or metaphor for description.

• Her heart pounding like a train, the terrified girl tore frantically into the unfamiliar house.

Add an ending clause to give even more detail.

• Her heart pounding like a train, the terrified girl tore frantically into the unfamiliar house, screaming as loudly as her quivering voice would allow her.

Play against kids around the world!

Spelling, Maths and Timestables games that you can play against kids from around the world!!

http://tutpup.com/

Past Sats Papers

http://www.st-josephs-pickering.n-yorks.sch.uk/past_test_papers.htm


Could be useful - you will have done most of them in class but you could have a look again and see how much you have improve!

Let me know any scores you get!!

Improve your Punctuation!!

Try looking at the information and exercises on these websites:

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy2.htm

http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/punctuation_topics.htm

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/exercises/grammar/grammar_tutorial/page_55.htm

Handwriting Practice

Use this website to help you, if you click on a letter it shows you how to form it!

http://www.handwritingforkids.com/handwrite/cursive/animation/lowercase.htm

Super Hero Reports Display

Just uploading the photos of the display - it's looking really good!

More tips on how to beat the Mental Maths Lady!!

Mental Maths Lady catches people out all the time with these questions. You just have to LEARN them!

Length
10mm = 1cm 100cm=1m 1000m= 1km

Learn simple fractions of length

A typical evil Mental Maths Lady question…

Ha! This will stump you!

A ten second question I think!

I have a piece of ribbon that measures 3m long. How many 25cm pieces can I cut from it?

Maths Booster Games

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/booster04/index.htm


You'll love this!!!

Great interactive Science Revision links

We've used some of these in our Science lessons so why not use them at home to help with your Brain Busting!!!!

http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/science/earthandbeyond/

http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/science/bodyandmedicine/

http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/science/energy/

http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/science/teethandeating/

http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/science/microorganisms/

http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/science/brainandsenses/

Any problems with your homework?

Leave a comment here and I'll get back to you! Hope you are enjoying the holidays, I took Alex, Katy and Fred to Weston Shore yesterday. They enjoyed hunting for special shells. What have you been doing?

Remember it is important to relax and recharge your batteries! But be sensible and do some revision every day.

Mental Maths practice link to website

This is the link to a good mental maths site

http://www.teachingandlearningtameside.net/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=211&Itemid=88888963

print off the teacher sheets for your parents to use and you use the pupil sheets. Download the tests and listen just like the real thing. Great for you to practice over the holidays. Why not post to let me know your scores?

Good Luck!

Some typical evil Mental Maths Lady questions!

Some 5 second questions…

•What are the factors of 8?
•What is 5 squared?
•Circle the multiple of 5
4 9 16 25 49



Too easy? Try some 10 second questions!!

•Which two numbers are factors of 36?
2 5 6 8 13
•What is 5 squared add 4 squared?
•What is the next prime numbers after 29?


Oh getting smug are we!! Try these 15 second questions!

•Which of these isn’t a multiple of 9?
450 207 243 259 801
•Write the factors of 48 that are less than 20.

Beat the Mental Maths Lady

•The Mental Maths Lady is cunning and devious. She tries to catch you out by giving you very little time to answer her questions!
•She makes you have to remember a HUGE range of maths facts.
•But – SHE CAN BE BEATEN!

Times tables!
Without times tables, you have no chance of defeating her.
•Make sure you know all your tables up to 12 times tables
•Try to learn your division tables as well (this will really annoy her!)

Square Numbers
(a number x itself: 1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 81 100 121 144

Prime Numbers
(numbers that can only be divided by themselves and 1)
1 2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 23 29…

Multiples
(lots of a number)
Multiples of 20 – 20 40 60 80….200 220….2000 2020 2040

Factors
(a number that can be divided into another number without
remainder)

Factors of 24 – 1,2,3,4,6,8,12 and 24 – all these numbers can be divided into
24 without a remainder.

Helps if you know your tables really well!

Great Maths Games

Link to great site is:
http://www.coxhoe.durham.sch.uk/curriculum/Numeracy.htm

Another good one:
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/numeracy.htm

This one is fab too:
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/

Using these will give your mental maths skills a boost!

Purpose of this blog

This blog has been created for us to share website links to Sat revision sites as well as to share ideas to boost our brain cells! :)
Get posting!

What other ideas do you have for this blog? We could share it with our penfriends in Wales? What do you think?

Welcome to our new blog!

Hi there year 6!
Happy revision for sats!!!!
Miss G
xx