A maths trick to try on your family

 Amaze your audience by working out not only their age but also what size shoe they wear! Wow them even more by telling them how the maths works.

Give them the following directions but tell them not to show you any calculations:

1. Take your shoe size
2. Multiply it by 5
3. Add 50
4. Multiply by 20
5. Add 1013
6. Subtract the year you were born
7. Show me your number

The first digit is their shoe size while the last 2 digits are their age.

Did it work?

I tried it. 4 light bulb tickets on offer if you can explain why.

Happy Shortest day

Hello Year 5
I hope your Christmas break is going well. Here is a sneak peak of how the classroom is going.

I am hoping to create something for you to interact with soon, keep watching.
Here is a little something for you to do.
The 100 Word Challenge:

The prompt this week is back to ‘normal’. It is:

…and then the noise stopped…

You have 100 words to add to these 5 making 105 in total. Make sure you use your most creative descriptions.

If you have a go why not put it in the comments box, I have sorted it so that you don't have to log in to comment or email me. If you would like to see what others write go here.

Less than a week to Christmas

Hi Year 5 I hope your holiday has started well. It was really nice to see some of you at holiday club. I have been busy getting the classroom ready. Watch out for a sneak peak in the next few days.
Heroes and Villains: Here is a link to a site which gives information about some superheroes.
Top 10 Superheroes.
Here is a link to a maths investigation.
Ropey Snowballs

Reminders for Friday

Good Evening Year 5 Don't forget Mufti tomorrow. We will be decorating the classroom tomorrow if you would like to bring something Christmassy in. Here is something for you to start thinking about for next term:

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Stories from other cultures

Here is a link to some of the fabulous animations we looked at in class today. The Other Culture Shed

Ride Of Passage from The Animation Workshop on Vimeo.

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Weekend homework - Prime, Square and Triangular numbers and comets

This weekend I would like you to revise prime, square and triangular numbers. We have done work on all of these previously. The aim is to learn prime numbers to at least 30. Be confident in square numbers and square roots (the opposite) to 100. Be confident that you know what a triangular number is. Here are some links to help you:
Triangular numbers explanation
Prime number explanation
Square numbers
Square roots

Some games to play:
Square numbers
A huge selection of games

Have a good weekend, 
Mrs D
PS If anyone wanted to make a video about the prime numbers etc they could email it to the class email address and I will post it on the blog
PPS Here is the link to the BBC site for the news stories on the comet we discussed.


A challenge for you: (from Nrich)

Try with the squares of the numbers between 4 and 20.

Did you find any square numbers which cannot be made by adding two prime numbers together?

Preposition game

Fling the teacher!

A video made in maths.

We have been investigating diagonals. One group (Samantha and Ajmal) had the opportunity to use the ipad to record their thinking. Here is one of the videos:

Mean, Mode, Median and Range

Today we have been recapping the different ways we can look at data. Henry and Daniela made a quick video to remind us of how to calculate each one. It was their first go at using and ipad app called Explain Everything and they put this together in less than 20 minutes. Well done both of you.
Here is the video for you to watch as a reminder:

Homophones

This weeks spellings are a little different. You need to find the matching homophones to the words I have given you and be confident about their usage as I will be testing you by saying a sentence and then asking for the correct spelling of the word to be recorded. Here are some games I have found:
  BBC
There
To
Matching games
Octopus Feed
I will add more if I find them, please feel free to send me a comment with other ones you find.

A peak at what is coming this week:

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Weekend challenge. Leave a comment in the comment box of what you think the answer is.

Solids liquids and gases

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/science/changingmaterials.htm#2

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/gases.html

http://www.abpischools.org.uk/page/modules/solids-liquids-gases/slg2.cfm?coSiteNavigation_allTopic=1

wednesday homework

You will have 30 minutes maths and 15 to prepare for your explanation writing in English tomorrow. This site is very helpful. I have put a link to a section about plans http://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/flight/modern/airplanes.htm/printable

Maths - Square Game

Link for the Square Game we played in maths today http://nrich.maths.org/2526/index Some of us were talking about an app I found which allows you to design your own computer game. It is called: Sketch Nation.

Link to French Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJNVcmI9elc

Luca's padlet wall just for us

   

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Hugo Cabret

Here are the links to the Hugo websites that we looked at:
http://www.scholastic.com/hugocabret/
http://www.theinventionofhugocabret.com/home_flash.htm

Both of these are very different and have lots of parts to investigate.
Enjoy looking at them.

Here is the link to our pinterest page on inventions

Next week

http://mathsnacks.com/atlanteandodgeball.php  a video about ratio
Fun maths games to play against others

A sneak preview at what is coming up next week: I will be setting you an independent task on creating work for our own Great Exhibtion.

Our visit to Reading Museum

Today was a super trip and I can see you all learnt a lot. Here is the link to the website for Huntley and Palmer. I hope you have a good weekend.
Why do not comment on the new Padlet wall I have put together.
Mrs D

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Wednesday Maths Homework - Sieve of Eratosthenes

Here is the link as promised to an interactive version of the homework
http://mathsnacks.com/ratiorumble.php

Here is a game on Prime numbers:
http://www.softschools.com/math/prime_numbers/prime_numbers_up_to_100/

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/numbers/fruit_shoot_prime.htm

For maths tomorrow - ratio

maths whizz

http://www.softschools.com/math/ratios// 

 http://nrich.maths.org/4824

  http://mathsnacks.com/ratiorumble.php

Padlet should work now.

Here is a new wall for you to write on:

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A new way to interact with our blog, using Padlet.

Why not have a go at posting a sentence. Double click anywhere on the wave to post one. Remember to only include your first name. I look forward to seeing them.

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Half term Homework – All due in Tuesday that we return. You can hand in on the Monday if you wish.

1)      Maths sheet revising mixed numbers to improper fractions. Please complete this in your maths book. If you are stuck there are some videos in earlier posts on this blog about how to change mixed to improper.

2)      English sheet – Please write out the story in your English book replacing the idioms with actual meanings ensuring the story flows.

3)      Next term we are going to do a mini theme on Inventions – inspired by the many inventions that occurred during the Georgian and Victorian eras. Over the half term have a think about what inventions you think have been particularly special and any inventors you know or would like to know more about. Spend about 45 minutes on this. It might be doing some research, reading something in a book, talking to someone.

Things that are helpful to do:

Practise multiplication tables up to 12x12

When reading discuss your book with someone, thinking about the authors decisions (what ideas, words can we magpie (steal) from them?

Let’s hope the weather is nice for at least a few days so we can enjoy autumn. Have fun see you in a week.

Week 6

A busy final week before half term.
Don't forget alarm clocks and shoe boxes for science on Thursday.
Here is the link for the water jug puzzle we discussed this morning:
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/jugs/





This weeks spellings are to revise all spellings from the term, I have switched on all the words in Spelling city.
Your Thursday homework, which I have already given you, is to create a quick for SOME of the words. Not all. If you would like to hand it in before Thursday there is more chance we will be able to have a go as a class.

Weekend Homework

This is the image that you have for English homework (45 minutes) this weekend.
tips: Make sure you show off your target.
Think about the sound that you would hear, use ideas from the film Oliver and Street Child.
What would you smell. We have read and seen lots of evidence of stall selling food, such as shrimps and fish.
How would you be feeling and behaving.
Remember we have learnt that Berlie Doherty uses short sentences to encourage the reader to read quickly and feel tense and that she uses a lot of sounds and action rather to move us through the setting.
I look forward to reading you writing next week.
You also have a mixed maths sheet.
See you on Monday. It is harvest assembly, try to bring a tin or packet of food.

Thursday Homework

Part B – reading between the lines

1)    What is Jim thinking about when he first wakes up?

2)   Explain Nick’s ‘joke’ on page 84.

3)   Why do you think Jim tries to laugh with him?

4)   How does Nick give the fish to Jim and to his dog?

5)   What is a typical day like for Nick?

6)   Why does Nick say he will buy Jim some mutton stew?

7)   How does Nick treat Jim in front of the other men in the pub when they first go in?

8)   What is Jim dreaming about as he falls asleep while eating his stew?

9)   How does Jim act in front of the other boys? (page 87)

10)  Why are some of the children roped together?

Part C – explaining language and supporting opinions

1)     What is the atmosphere of the river in the first 3 lines of the chapter? Which words give you this impression?

2)    Why do you think the boats are described as ‘floating castles’ (page 84)?

3)    When Nick offers to buy Jim stew, Jim has a mixture of feelings. Explain what these are and why Jim feels this way.

4)    At the top of page 87 ‘Jim puffed himself up a bit’. What does this mean? Why does Jim react in this way?

5)    What does it mean when the writer describes Jim as ‘full of beery bravado’? Why does he feel this way?

6)    How do you know that Nick is drunk when he leaves the pub?

7)    Why do you think Jim’s excitement is described as ‘like a small candle flame’?

8)    Looking at the chapter as a whole, what do you think have been the worst things for Jim so far?

9)    Looking at the chapter as a whole, what do you think have been the best things for Jim so far?

10)  Choose two different emotions Jim has felt in the course of this chapter. Explain where he felt them and why.

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Term 1 Week 5

Your new spellings are available on Spelling City now. This week we will be writing biographies for Dr Barnado and finishing reading Street Child.
In maths this week we will be working on Fractions.
Here are some links to fraction games and videos that might help you:
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/118219558942185495/ - fractions - mixed and improper
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/110830840802567103/


Here is a link to the fraction Mars Bar puzzle that we did: http://nrich.maths.org/34/index