Spy Games

At Playtime Class 5 have spy names...we all have a code name such 009, 008 etc...

We all have a den in the playground and a place we can have secret meetings. We all have different sorts of gadgets like lasers, microphones and radios. Can you guess who we are?

Legolas/009

001 evil robot

0011

00strong

robot

0038

00evil

003

006

0030jessiecowgirl

005

0037pinkpowerranger

travis0051

0055snowflakeiceysnowgirl

0099buzzlightyear

0060coolgirl

00EA

Class 5

Making a display

We have been working on our displays this morning. We have been learning different skills e.g. using ICT (fonts, cut and paste). One skill we have been working on is talking to each other, making sure there is some room on the display and that everybody joins in. Sometimes it's tricky. One group that works very well every week is the roller coaster group, they work well together and their display looks good because they are really focused and tidy. This week the four displays are roller coasters, sport, sea creatures and food around the world.

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Class 5 measure up

On Wednesday we made our own scales in maths. We used 2l plastic bottles and filled them up 100ml at a time. We used permanent pens to mark all the numbers so if we got it wrong we would have to start again. We had 3 buckets of water and we split into 3 groups (we did this outside!). Here is a picture.

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Tashlich

On the afternoon of the first day of Rosh Hashana, the Jews go down to some water that has living creatures preferably fish, because their eyes are always open, like G-d's. The Jews throw bread crumbs or stones into some water and it symbolises throwing away their sins.

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Planning a story

Today we have been writing a storyboard where a character travels through time into the past e.g. stepping through a mirror. In the story we created a problem for our character to solve.

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Rosh Hashanah

What is Rosh Hashanah?

It means the head of the Jewish New Year. During Rosh Hashanah Jews go to the synagogue; they hear the Shofar which is a ram’s horn. They eat apples and honey and pomegranate. The apples, honey and pomegranate symbolise a sweet new year.

Every child in the class had a go at blowing the Shofar.

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Recipe for Honey Cake

Honey Cake
Traditionally served on Rosh Hashana and Erev Yom Kippur symbolic of our wishes for a sweet new year.


3 eggs 1 pound honey (11/3 cups) 1/3 cups sugar 1cup strong coffee2 tsps. Baking powder 3 Tbsps. Margarine Baking soda 4 cups flour 1 tsp. Cinnamon

Preheat oven to 325 Grease and flour a 9 x 13 inch pan. Beat eggs and honey together. Add sugar and mix again. Mix coffee with baking powder
and then add with margarine to the egg mixture. Add baking soda, flour and cinnamon and beat together well. Bake in greased 9’’x 13’’pan at 325 for 55 minutes to an hour.

Assembly

We have assemblies in the church because our hall is being extended, we do the same things as normal, but we are learning about families at the moment. We think the hall is going to be due in October or November we can't quite say.

Ourspace

Ourspace is a place where the class does a weekly project about something. It has to fit on some A3 paper that we can design,write and stick things on.You can bring in things from home and add them to the display you have got.The whole group has to decide if it's going to go on the display or not. If it is you can stick it on, but if not you can take it home.

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What is Blogging?

The term Blog is a portmanteau of the words web and log; it is a form of online journal or diary with posts arranged in reverse chronological order. At a basic level it includes text, but can also include media such as pictures, podcasts and hyperlinks.

If anybody is curious to learn how Blogging fits into the scheme of things there is an interesting video below explaining how a particular school ran a pilot scheme. The ICT skills of the children shot through the roof, as did their literacy levels (in particular reading and writing).

http://www.teachers.tv/clip/210

Mr Short

Welcome to the Class 5 Blog

Starting this morning (now we have the Internet back) we will begin to show you all the things we do throughout the school day. You might find this page as a link from our school webpage.

We have discussed the rules with Mr Short and here is what we have decided

• We never share our names online
• We are careful with the pictures and information we share
• If one person writes the Blog it will be signed as Class 5

Thanks for reading our first post

Class 5 & Mr Short