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!!!

A good interview??

Hello Year 5,

To help with your literacy work Mr. Boardman and myself have made an example of an interview. You should watch it and then write in the comments how wonderful it is! If you think it is possible that it could be slightly improved then you should write how to improve it too.

By Mr. Bennett

CONGRATULATIONS Alex!!!

A special mention to Alex whose movie 'Killer Ketchup' has been selected to take part in the co-operative film festival in England. This is a tremendous achievment, Alex made the movie for a homework project last year. Well done Alex you should be very proud.

You can see the movie here:

Alex's movie

Black and White Miracles!

Hello Year 5,

I have attached a story and video about very rare white tigers that were born in Liberec here in the Czech Republic. I am interesetd to hear your thoughts on the story? I want you to consider the work we have been doing in class today as well as questions like:

• Would those tigers survive long in the wild?

•- Would they be able to hunt and eat well in the wild?

•- Would you ever be able to see them if they were in the wild? (12 sightings in 100 years)

•- So does that make it right to keep them in a zoo?

 

By Mr. Bennett

Black and white miracles: Rare white Bengal tiger triplets born in Czech zoo

 
White tigers are so rare that only one in every 10,000 Bengal tigers is born white with black stripes and a pink nose.
So when triplets were born in captivity in July, the white cubs proved to be a cute, black and white miracle.
The cubs are living with their mother Surya Bara in ZOO Liberec in the Czech Republic and now the public has been asked to name one of them.

Mother and cub: White Bengal tigers are only born one in every 10,000 so triplets born to mother Surya Bara at in a Czech Republic zoo are a cute, black and white miracle

From more than 2200 suggestions, the zoo has narrowed it down to five names - Liam, Samburu, Sigmar, Titan or Woody – for one of the male cubs.

 

According to Czech news website iDNES.cz, voting polls will open tomorrow.
The other male and female cubs will be named by the zoo keepers.

Name the baby boy: The public has been asked to vote for their favourite name for one of the boy cubs from five choices: Liam, Samburu, Sigmar, Titan or Woody

Babies baptized: The white tiger triplets will be baptized on Saturday in the northern Czech city of Liberec

During a veterinary examination in August, the two males weighed around 15lbs and the female around 14lbs.
The triplets will be baptized on Saturday according to iDNES.cz.

Genetic hiccup: The white tiger is not albino nor a separate subspecies but the result of a rare recessive gene

White Bengal tigers are neither an albino nor a separate subspecies. Instead, they are a result of a rare recessive gene.
In the past century only 12 have been spotted in the wild. Most survive in captivity because they do not survive long in the wild as they struggle to catch prey because their colouration stands out in the jungle.

Males weigh 440-500lbs and grow up to nine feet in length. The females are 285-375lbs and grow up to eight feet long.

Survival in the wild: White Bengal tigers do not survive long in the wild as they struggle to catch their prey because their colouration stands out in the jungle

Video of the cubs here

Here is the wallwisher we made about animals in zoos:

Flag Symmetry

Hello Year 5,

Symmetry is the theme of todays lesson, can you tell me how many lines of symmetry the following flags have:

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10) Use the flag page in the atlas, can you find any flag with 3 lines of symmetry? why/why not?

 

11) There is one country whose flag has  at least twice as many lines of symmetry as any other country! Can you find the flag and the country?

 

 

By Mr. Bennett

Storybirds

In Year 5 we have started using Storybird the children have been incredibly dedicated and hardworking and have already produced some finished stories! Here they are: The mystery of the haunted house by gilbertl on Storybird The clever boy by timig on Storybird The haunted house that nobody dared to go inside by mariost on Storybird The Numnose by simonhi on Storybird THE FOOTBALL MATCH by andrejh on Storybird

Egg Parachutes!

Hello Year 5,


Yesterday we made egg-parachutes, with varying degrees of success! I would like you to describe how your group made their parachute, if it was a success and how it could be improved? I also would like you to describe the forces involved in the experiment

By Mr. Bennett