Mr Hanley's maths group will be continuing their work with fractions this week.
Have a look at:
http://www.sums.co.uk/playground/n6a/playground.htm
This will help you to practise finding simple equivalent fractions.
Also - great to hear from Abubakar in the comments for the last two posts. Abubakar - if you would like my teaching slides for the Gamemaker lessons then pop into HQ and I'll print them for you. You'll be programming games in no time!
Monday, 14 January 2008
Thursday, 10 January 2008
Game Maker
For those of you who are eager to start using your game programming skills, the GameMaker program can be downloaded for free from:
http://www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker
You will need to create an account to download the program. If you have any problem doing this then let me know.
There are loads of tutorials on the site if you want to get ahead of our ICT unit. You can also try some of the games that other people have written (the parachute one is great fun but a bit gruesome!)
Let me know how you get on!
http://www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker
You will need to create an account to download the program. If you have any problem doing this then let me know.
There are loads of tutorials on the site if you want to get ahead of our ICT unit. You can also try some of the games that other people have written (the parachute one is great fun but a bit gruesome!)
Let me know how you get on!
Thursday, 13 December 2007
That maths problem...
For Mr Hanley's maths group (and for Miss McCarney's if you fancy a challenge):
A 2 litre jar of water is left on a shelf. 20% evaporates per day. How much will be left at the end of each day for the first 5 days?
HINT: The answer is not 1 litre - think about how much 20% of the water will be on each day.
A 2 litre jar of water is left on a shelf. 20% evaporates per day. How much will be left at the end of each day for the first 5 days?
HINT: The answer is not 1 litre - think about how much 20% of the water will be on each day.
Sunday, 2 December 2007
That was Maths Week
And what a brilliant week Maths Week was... well done for working so hard at all the maths related activities we did. Also well done to all who took part in the HQ Times Tables Championship, and congratulations to Ali for coming second!
Some sad news... Abubakar in 6Q left us for pastures new on Friday - goodbye and good luck Abubakar! Keep checking the blog to find out what's going on in your old class.
Abubakar requested that I upload the Tables Time Trial program that we used in the final of the championship. Well - I've fixed a couple of minor bugs, and now it can be found at...
www.hqprimary.co.uk/tables/timetrial
Post a comment to let us know your best score. Also let me know if there are still any bugs for me to fix!
I'm adding a poll for you to vote on what your favourite part of maths week was - so vote now!
Some sad news... Abubakar in 6Q left us for pastures new on Friday - goodbye and good luck Abubakar! Keep checking the blog to find out what's going on in your old class.
Abubakar requested that I upload the Tables Time Trial program that we used in the final of the championship. Well - I've fixed a couple of minor bugs, and now it can be found at...
www.hqprimary.co.uk/tables/timetrial
Post a comment to let us know your best score. Also let me know if there are still any bugs for me to fix!
I'm adding a poll for you to vote on what your favourite part of maths week was - so vote now!
Tuesday, 20 November 2007
Back online!
Been a while since the last blog post - it's taken until now to catch my breath after the cycle ride! Thanks to Mrs. Jones for getting things rolling again!
Right then - first up - let's hear your ideas for the next poll question to go on the top right of this blog. We've done favourite story characters and online games for homework - what would be an interesting question to have up next?
SCIENCE
What a roller coaster ride 'Reversible and Irreversible changes' was! Judging by this week's assessments, you all know lots about heating, burning, melting, reacting, cooling all sorts of different materials. Want to test your knowledge? Have a go at...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/rev_irrev_changes.shtml
http://www.activescience-gsk.com/module15/game.html
Nearly forgot the recipe for the delicious bread we made a few weeks ago This one is adapted from www.goodnessdirect.co.uk:
Ingredients:
650g Strong white bread flour
10ml salt
5ml sugar (a teaspoon full)
15ml vegetable oil (a tablespoon full)
10ml fast-action yeast (2 teaspoons full)
400ml warm water (1 part boiling, 2 parts cold)
Method:
1. In a warm bowl mix flour, salt, sugar and stir in yeast. Add oil.
2. Add warm water and mix to soft dough. Knead for 10 min on a warm floured surface.
3. Rub some oil or butter around a baking tin and put in your dough.
4. Cover and leave to rise for about 30 min in a warm place.
5. Place in middle of a preheated oven at 230°C <-- get an adult to help you with this!
6. Bake for 30-35 min. Carefully and using oven gloves, remove from oven and turn onto a wire tray.
Allow it to cool and enjoy with butter and marmite (or for you strange ones - butter and jam).
MATHS
Maths week next week (the end of a long wait for Ali!). Lots of maths activities including the return of the legendary TIMES TABLE CHAMPIONSHIP!
Want to get some practice? Try these links:
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/
http://www.multiplication.com/flashgames/Moles.htm
http://www.multiplication.com/flashgames/Monkeys.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/multiplication/timestables/flash1.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/multiplication/timestables/flash3.shtml
That'll do for now. Enjoy the rest of Assessment Week!
Right then - first up - let's hear your ideas for the next poll question to go on the top right of this blog. We've done favourite story characters and online games for homework - what would be an interesting question to have up next?
SCIENCE
What a roller coaster ride 'Reversible and Irreversible changes' was! Judging by this week's assessments, you all know lots about heating, burning, melting, reacting, cooling all sorts of different materials. Want to test your knowledge? Have a go at...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/rev_irrev_changes.shtml
http://www.activescience-gsk.com/module15/game.html
Nearly forgot the recipe for the delicious bread we made a few weeks ago This one is adapted from www.goodnessdirect.co.uk:
Ingredients:
650g Strong white bread flour
10ml salt
5ml sugar (a teaspoon full)
15ml vegetable oil (a tablespoon full)
10ml fast-action yeast (2 teaspoons full)
400ml warm water (1 part boiling, 2 parts cold)
Method:
1. In a warm bowl mix flour, salt, sugar and stir in yeast. Add oil.
2. Add warm water and mix to soft dough. Knead for 10 min on a warm floured surface.
3. Rub some oil or butter around a baking tin and put in your dough.
4. Cover and leave to rise for about 30 min in a warm place.
5. Place in middle of a preheated oven at 230°C <-- get an adult to help you with this!
6. Bake for 30-35 min. Carefully and using oven gloves, remove from oven and turn onto a wire tray.
Allow it to cool and enjoy with butter and marmite (or for you strange ones - butter and jam).
MATHS
Maths week next week (the end of a long wait for Ali!). Lots of maths activities including the return of the legendary TIMES TABLE CHAMPIONSHIP!
Want to get some practice? Try these links:
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/
http://www.multiplication.com/flashgames/Moles.htm
http://www.multiplication.com/flashgames/Monkeys.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/multiplication/timestables/flash1.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/multiplication/timestables/flash3.shtml
That'll do for now. Enjoy the rest of Assessment Week!
Monday, 19 November 2007
Compound sentences
Hello Year 6,
Ms Jones here again. I found this game on recognising compound sentences and thought it would help you to understand what compound sentences are. In Literacy tomorrow we will be looking at joining shorter sentences together using conjunctions (such as when or because).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/interestsentences/compoundsentences/flash0.shtml
I hope this helps.
Ms Jones here again. I found this game on recognising compound sentences and thought it would help you to understand what compound sentences are. In Literacy tomorrow we will be looking at joining shorter sentences together using conjunctions (such as when or because).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/interestsentences/compoundsentences/flash0.shtml
I hope this helps.
Wednesday, 7 November 2007
Games from Literacy lessons
Hello Year 6,
Here's a link to the double negatives game that we looked at in Literacy. There are two other parts to it where you can fill in an application form and write a letter, as well as the job interview. I hope you are getting the hang of not putting two negative words into the same sentence because I never say no negative sentences!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/texttypes/negatives/flash2.shtml
Here's a link to the double negatives game that we looked at in Literacy. There are two other parts to it where you can fill in an application form and write a letter, as well as the job interview. I hope you are getting the hang of not putting two negative words into the same sentence because I never say no negative sentences!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/texttypes/negatives/flash2.shtml
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