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See you in 2013. Hope you all have a wonderful break!

Maths Mania

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Rising to the challenge

Microorganisms are very tiny living things, that are all around us, in the air, in our bodies and in water. They are so small that you need a microscope to see them. There are three types of microorganisms: viruses, bacteria and fungi.



A virus seen under a microscope

Some microorganisms are harmful to us, but others are helpful. We decided to test how useful some microorganisms could be. The fungus yeast, is used to make the bread we eat everyday. How could we test how useful yeast is?

By making our own bread! 

The Snow Queen - Kay's dilemma

5 Blue using conscience alley to unlock Kay's dilemma

The Snow Queen beckoned to Kay, should he stay or go? What do you think?

Pointillism revisited

I thought our recent paintings based on Pointillism deserved a new post. 

Excellent work 5 Blue and I can see from your comments that you really enjoyed experimenting with this technique. 

Maybe we have a young Vincent or Leonardo sitting quietly among us ...

Lovely vibrant colours and super technique from 
Inocencia, Dontai, Fiazana, Shakye,  Asheyden and Zoe

Using the grid method

Here is an example of multiplication using the grid method.

Kit Kat - pack of 8 for £1.46
The class has 30 children. How many packets will you need to buy so that each child has one Kit Kat?

To answer, first calculate:

8 x ___ = A  number close to 30
8 x 3 = 24 (24 pieces are too small for 30 children)
8 x 4 = 32 (That’s perfect, better we have more than less!)
So we need 4 packs x £1.46 (total for 32 pieces)

Using the grid method to work out 4 x 1.46

Now try to solve this:

Curly Wurly - pack of 5 for £1.26p
In a class of 30, how many packs will you need to buy so that each child has one? How much will it cost?

Lego NXT

Today 5 Blue had a really fun day at Lambeth CLC learning how to programme Lego NXT robots. I am really looking forward to using these robots in school.

A Lego NXT programmable robot

Sensational similes

One of my favourite things about our class text The Snow Queen are the vivid descriptions. To improve our writing, this week we will be focusing on using figurative language. 

Here is an photograph in two parts. Try to describe the image using similes. Remember, a simile is a comparison using like or as. It usually compares two dissimilar objects. For example: Her smile was as beautiful as daffodils in the breeze. 

Celebrating our success

Here you can see some examples of the fabulous work we produce in 5 Blue.

Hans Christian Anderson

This term we will be reading a book by the famous children's author Hans Christian Anderson.

Can you write a short biography about him? Have you read any books or fairy tales by him? If so share your thoughts with the rest of the class.

Who was Hans Christian Anderson?

5blue2012's photostream

Here is the link to our very own Flickr account: 5 Blue Hill Mead 2012's Flickr photostream

This is where I will post photos of our class on trips out and other events.

Once upon a blog ... (Part 2)

Hill Mead presents The Three Little Pigs

A short drama by the 5 Blue ensemble

Here was our first attempt, as you can see and hear we had some technical and human glitches! 

I do admire the professionalism of the actors though.

The finished film.

What's the point of art?

This week 5 Blue created their own paintings in the style of Pointillism. 

 

An example of Pointillism by the French artist Georges Seurat

Pointillism is a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of pure colour are applied in patterns to form an image.

What do you think of Pointillism? Did you enjoy using this technique?

Can you name any other artists who practiced Pointillism?








Fiazana, Deborah and Shakye with their paintings

What's on your mind?

Who does this remind you of?

On this post, you can blog about anything to do with your school life or what you have been learning.

It could be something to do with our current topic, or a question you may have about your homework.

Once upon a blog ...

Whooooshhh!!! That's the sound of this school year flying by. I can't believe it's already November. WOW! 

So what are we learning about this term?




In Literacy today, we started looking at fairy tales and I would like to hear about your favourites.

When you are describing your favourite fairy tale, remember to include some of the things that we touched on in class. 

Also remember to say why it is your favourite.

Grammar revision

This is to help the group that looked at complex sentences today:

COMPLEX SENTENCES

Remember a complex sentence has an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses. A complex sentence always has a subordinator such as because, since, after, although, or when or a relative pronoun such as that, who, or which.

Try to add commas to these sentences:

A. When he handed in his homework he forgot to give the teacher the last page.

B. After they finished studying Funmi and Shakye went to the movies.

C. Shaking with fear, the boy made his way though the forest.

D. The girl overwhelmed with happiness stared at the treasure.

E. Although she had a bad eye Omotola still came to school.


Have a go and we can discuss tomorrow.

An important notice about e-safety

5 Blue - Ready, Steady, BLOG!

We are really excited to have our class blog up and running. We can at last begin to share all those events that happen in our world.

Here are a few simple guidelines that we need to keep to in order to make the most of our class blog.

• Children are to only use their first name when commenting.

• Parents who leave comments are asked to use their first name only so as not to identify their child, or please post comments as 'Harry's mum' or 'Sam's Grandfather'.

• All posts will be checked by Miss Williams before they are published on the blog, so remember 'whatever is inappropriate in class is inappropriate on our blog'.

• Always respect other people's work - be positive when commenting.

• No text talk - write full sentences and read your comments back carefully before submitting.

• Everyone in Year 5 Blue will stick to these guidelines.