Wednesday, 31 October 2012

Spooky Shopping!

 
Hello Year 5, today we are going to practice our maths by going virtual shopping, use your maths skills to answer the following questions:
 
1) How much change from £10 if I buy Magnums and Jelly Babies?
2) How much change from £20 if I buy Cider, Sausage Rolls and Chicken breasts?
3) How much change from £15 if I buy Lynx, Wine and Bagels
4) How much change from £10 if I buy Syrup Cake, Fish and 2 Cereal Bars
5) How much change from £20 if I buy 2 packs of Cheese, 2 packs of Typhoo and 2 packs of Fridge Raiders?
6) You have £15 what could you buy so that you would get between £1 - £3 change?
 
 
 

Thursday, 18 October 2012

Who is in the Team? - Maths



Hello Year 5,

Here is a version of the maths problem we looked at in class. Can you arrange the people into teams so that each team has the correct age? To make it even more challenging nobody is allowed to be in more than one team!

Good luck

Mr. Bennett

Tuesday, 16 October 2012

Sound!

Hello Year 5, Following your afternoon learning about sound I expect you are all experts in the subject by now! Share your learning by answering some of the questions below.

1) If a tree falls in a forest and no-one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? Explain your answer
2) Could you hear sounds on the moon?
3) Does sound always travel the same speed? if not which materials does it travel quickest through?
4) What does pitch mean in relation to sound?
5) How can we change the pitch of a sound?
6) Which 2 parts of the body do we use for hearing?
7) Write an interesting fact you have discovered about sound

Lights, Camera Action!

Hello Year 5, You are going to assume the role of director of a hollywood epic! Watch the video clip below and then in the comments write what stage directions you would include in the script. Remember stage directions can be for how the actors move and speak. Action!!!