From Monday your work will be posted onto Google Classroom rather than this blog. There has been a really good start to those that have been practicing this week and submitting their work in this way. For those of you that have not yet logged in, an email has been sent with the log in information. Any queries please get in contact. Rowan@poplarsfarm.bradford.sch.uk or alternatively you can add comments to the work on google classroom.
Maths Remember our lessons on equivalent fractions to find the answers to these questions. English Today we are going to look at the features of a newspaper report. Read the newspaper article below and then answer the questions. 1) How does the headline draw you in? 2) What picture is included? Is there a caption? What does the picture add to the story? 3) Does the first paragraph answer the questions: Who? What? When? Where? 4) In 2 or 3 words, what is each paragraph about? 5) Does the final paragraph bring the story up to the present or look to the future? 6) What do the following words mean: quarry, panic-stricken, sedate, expressed surprise? How can you work them out if you don't know? 7) Can you find some facts from the article? Can you find words which show the writer's opinion? 8) Who has been interviewed? 9) Are the interviews in direct or reported speech?...
Maths Using formal methods for subtraction, can you complete these sums? English Read the story aloud, using good expression to read what is said. What five words could describe the shepherds? What five words could describe the woman? Which of the characters do you admire the most? Ouch! By Kevin Crossley-Holland Five shepherds fell asleep under a tree. And in their sleep they sighed and stretched and tossed and turned and tied their legs into a knot. When they woke up, they didn't know which leg belonged to who. “I'm hungry,” said one shepherd. “And I'm thirsty,” said another. All five of them were thirsty and hungry, but they were unable to stand up. “What's wrong with you, men?” shouted a woman on her way to the well:The sun's up and you're still on your backs.' “We can't stand up,” said the shepherds. “We don't know which leg belongs to who.” “What's it worth?” asked the woman....