Stop the Clock 3!

Stop the Clock has become more difficult! Are you ready for the next level? Take on the challenge and try to 'STOP THE CLOCK'- it will now test you on 5 minute intervals (eg. 7:55 or 3:25), not just o'clock, half past, quarter to and quarter past. Good luck! Let me know how you get on!

Source: http://resources.oswego.org/games/stoptheclock/sthec3.html

Stop the Clock!

This week we have been learning to tell the time! Keep practising this weekend- tell your family what time it is, work out how long you have left until bedtime, or test yourself playing our new favourite game, 'STOP THE CLOCK!'

The fastest time we managed yesterday was 17 seconds (well done, Isaac!)- can you beat that time at home? Leave me a comment to let me know how quickly you managed to complete the game. Good luck!

Source: http://resources.oswego.org/games/stoptheclock/sthec2.html

Reading Scales Games

This week we will be learning about measures. On Friday we will be using weighing scales. Try out these fun games to practise your skill of reading scales carefully!

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Loom Bands!

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If you are lucky enough to have a Loom Band kit at home, please bring it into school (with your name on it) on Wednesday... you will have to wait and see why!!

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Please do not buy anything especially- only bring in what you already have. I will provide everything we need if you do not have a loom or hooks etc. at home. DO NOT BUY ANYTHING NEW!

Brilliant Bridges!

Today, Mrs MacDonald set you a fantastic challenge! I am very jealous that I missed this exciting lesson- aren't you lucky?!

She gave you this brief and asked you to build a bridge, with a budget of only £100. Points were awarded by the judges for safety, balance, strength, being under budget and design.

3 of the 5 groups scored 5 points! Well done!

Here are the fantastic bridges:

They look marvellous- some look very sturdy indeed. Well done!

Factors and Multiples

This week we have been learning about factors and multiples. Try this fun (and very funny!) game to practise your new skills.

Remember:

Factors are numbers that divide exactly into another number.
The factors of 12, for example, are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 12.

Multiples are really just extended times tables.

The multiples of 2 are all the numbers in the 2 times table:
2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and so on.

The multiples of 10 are all the numbers in the 10 times table:
10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and so on.

Angry Birds

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This week we started our new topic- Angry Birds! It is a fun game with an interesting back story- we will be investigating the characters and why they might behave as they do.

If you want to play the game at home (with the permission of an adult) click the link below:

http://chrome.angrybirds.com/

Yesterday we revised verbs. Once we had played some games about verbs, to remember that they are doing words, we thought of many verbs to show what some of the Angry Birds characters do. Take a look at some of our Angry Birds verbs:

In the afternoon, we used 3D shape nets to make our own Angry Birds. Each child chose a net and assembled the shape, before designing and making the eyes, eyebrows, feathers and beaks to make them look angry!

Here are some furious looking examples!

Captain Jack Sparrow's Compass!

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This week we have been learning about compass directions. We now know the directions marked on an eight-point compass.

We each made a pirate-worthy compass for Captain Jack Sparrow, then used our compass to answer some tricky quiz questions.

We had lots of fun and now we know our compass directions!

Try these fun games to practise using compass directions:


https://hwb.wales.gov.uk/cms/hwbcontent/Shared%20Documents/VTC/20050301/Geography/Keystage2/direction/northsout/introduct/MainSession.htm

https://hwb.wales.gov.uk/cms/hwbcontent/Shared%20Documents/VTC/20050301/Geography/Keystage2/direction/northsout/introduct/Plenary.htm

Torticas De Moron- Cuban Cookies

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Yesterday we made some marvellous Cuban biscuits. We worked through the recipe together and used our weighing skills to measure the ingredients accurately. It gave us a good opportunity to practise our subtraction skills too- working out how much more sugar or flour we would need to add to reach the amount we needed.

It was a fun way to end our Cuba topic and the biscuits were delicious!


We followed this recipe (click the link to view it):

http://www.food.com/recipe/torticas-de-moron-cuban-cookies-from-the-city-of-moron-233155

The English conversions for the ingredients are:

225g sugar
225g vegetable shortening (or margarine)
600g flour
1 1/2 teaspoons of lime peel, grated
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder

Remember to work with an adult if you are cooking at home- you must be careful with hot or sharp items in the kitchen. Also remember to wash your hands before and after cooking!

These tropical lime-flavoured cookies smelled wonderful as we made them. They came out really well and looked and tasted beautiful!

Did you enjoy making the cookies? Did you enjoy eating them?!

St. George's Shoe Shop!

Yesterday, we practised using and reading scales by weighing a selection of shoes! We made estimates, weighed them and compared them.

If you have scales at home, perhaps you could try weighing some different things around the house.

Can you find anything that weighs more than 1kg?
Can you find anything that weighs less than 10g?

Make sure you ask permission before using scales at home- perhaps you could play this game with an adult. Don't try to pick up anything too heavy!

Reading Scales Games!

This week we will be learning about measures. Tomorrow we will be using weighing scales and on Friday we will be using different units to measure length. Try out these fun games to practise your skill of reading scales carefully!

Source: ictgames, J.Barrett

A Request from Roderick!

Last week, Roderick very politely asked me to add a game he had found to our blog. Unfortunately, the game is too big for the blog and it wouldn't load. Sorry, Roderick!

However, I have found another very fun go kart game for you to play that will also test your times tables. Click on the picture below to play the game; let me know how you get on!

Enjoy!

Number Sequences

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We had great fun today playing with number sequences. We used these steps to help us work out the missing numbers in a sequence:

1. Are the numbers going up or down?

2. By how much each time?


For example,

3, 6, 9, 12, __, __

1. The numbers are going up.

2. The numbers are going up by 3 each time.

3. 12 + 3 = 15, so 15 is the next number.

4. 15 + 3 = 18, so 18 is the next number.


Try this fun game to practise number sequences. If you click on the picture it will take you to the website with the game. Remember to check with an adult before playing any other games.

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Can you think of any tricky sequences to challenge our readers? Add them as a comment below!

Symmetry and Reflection

As requested, here is the maths game we have played recently in class. We were learning about reflection and symmetry and this was a very popular game! Enjoy!

Anna- Our Roman Numerals EXPERT!

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A special mention today must go to ANNA who found she had a great talent for reading and writing Roman Numerals. She quickly became our class expert and we were all very impressed!

 

 *** Well done Anna! ***

A New Maths Game!

Hello everybody,

I have found an entertaining new maths game to help us to practise factors and multiples. This game is great fun- enjoy! Feel free to leave me a comment to tell me what you have discovered about factors and multiples.

Remember:

Factors are numbers that divide exactly into another number.
The factors of 12, for example, are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 12.

Multiples are really just extended times tables.

The multiples of 2 are all the numbers in the 2 times table:
2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and so on.

The multiples of 10 are all the numbers in the 10 times table:
10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and so on.

4 times tables

As a part of your homework this week, you need to learn your 4 x table for a test next week.

There are lots of fun ways to learn and practise your times tables. Here are two of my favourites:

A fun game:

Click the link below:
http://www.maths-games.org/four-times-table-shooter.html


A really cool song (with a test at the end!):

Fun Time!

We've been learning how to tell the time and how to work out the interval between one time and another.

Try this really cool game to practise your time skills!

Try these other games too!

http://www.teachingtime.co.uk/draggames/sthec1.html
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/BangOnTime/clockwordres.html
http://www.ictgames.com/hickory4.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/digger/5_7entry/4.shtml

Shapes

Let's practise what we have discovered this week about shapes!

This is a fun game that requires you to use your knowledge of 3D shapes.