Year Five’s learning this week
This week in Year Five we have been busy learning all about negative numbers in maths and using and finding different vocabulary in our text ‘The Invention of Hugo Cabret’. Have a look in your environment this week and see if you can find any negative numbers being used. When you are reading see if you can […]
Filed under Uncategorised | Comment (0)BUDDHISM
Buddhism began in northeastern India and is based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama. The religion is 2,500 years old and is followed by 350 million Buddhists worldwide. Buddhism is the main religion in many Asian countries. It is a religion about suffering and the need to get rid of it. A key concept of Buddhism is […]
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Most of you already use these two words on an almost daily basis but do you really know the difference between weight and mass? Have you been confusing mass with weight? It’s very easy to do when you’re not entirely sure of how science actually defines them. Even though they’re both linked, I’ve put together a […]
Filed under Uncategorised | Comment (0)A – W FRUIT AND VEG
Acerola – West Indian Cherry Apple Apricots Avocado Banana Blackcurrant Blueberries Breadfruit Cantaloupe Carambola Cherimoya Cherries Clementine Coconut Meat Cranberries Custard-Apple Date Fruit Durian Elderberries Feijoa Figs Gooseberries Grapefruit Grapes Guava Honeydew Melon Jackfruit Java-Plum Jujube Fruit Kiwifruit Kumquat Lemon Lime Longan Loquat Lychee Mandarin Mango Mangosteen Mulberries Nectarine Olives Orange Papaya Passion […]
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Timeline of main events Victorian Britain Timeline 1837 William IV died and his niece Victoria became Queen at the age of 18 1837 Houses of Parliament built 1838 The first photograph taken, by Louis Daguerre in France and William Henry Fox-Talbot in Britain. 1839 – 1842 Britain defeated China in the Opium War and made China sign the Treaty […]
Filed under Uncategorised | Comment (0)Sir Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton Why was he famous? Isaac Newton was born in 1643 and became famous for his work on gravity and his three laws of motion. He was also well known for his work on light and colour, and what is now called calculus (a branch of mathematics). The famous story of an apple falling to the […]
Filed under Uncategorised | Comment (0)FAMOUS VICTORIANS : Elizabeth Fry
Elizabeth Fry was born on 21st May 1780 in Norwich, England. As a child she lived in Earlham Hall Her parents were very wealthy. Her father was associated with Gurney’s Bank and her mother was related to the founders of Barclays Bank. When she was 18, Elizabeth was inspired by the American Quaker, William Savery. […]
Filed under Uncategorised | Comment (0)Famous Victorians Dr. Barnardo
Thomas John Barnardo was born on 4th July 1845 and he died on 19th September 1905. He was born in Dublin, Ireland. When he was sixteen years old, he decided he wanted to become a Protestant medical missionary in China. He moved to London in order to train to be a doctor. He studied at […]
Filed under Uncategorised | Comment (0)Famous Victorians : Charles Dickens
Here are some interesting facts about the Victorian writer, Charles Dickens, the author of many classic novels, including, David Copperfield, Oliver Twist and Great Expectations. Often described as the ‘quintessential Victorian author’, Dickens’s stories are enjoyed just as much today as they were by his nineteenth century readership. Charles Dickens was born on 7th February 1812 in Portsmouth. In […]
Filed under Uncategorised | Comment (0)My club week 3 loo roll flowers
Welcome back on my club this week we will be making loo roll flowers. You will need: A loo roll paint of any color of your choice glue stick sisors HOW TO DO IT Get a loo roll and paint it in a color you want. when it is dry cut squash the roll into […]
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