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Next weeks talk topic is sure to be as entertaining. If you had 3 wishes what would they be? Think carefully now, you only get three - and wishing for more wishes is not allowed!
Sports Day!Congratulations to the Siamese Crocodiles taking out the 2018 iCAN Sports Day Cup! All of the teams tried their best and showed off their personal goals throughout the event, but on the day the crocs were just too good. The behaviour of the learners and the effort they put in was outstanding. Every person I saw competing were trying their hardest, the supporters were cheering themselves hoarse, and even the staff got involved in the last, and possibly most anticipated, event of the day; The staff tug-o-war. Learning JourneyOur Mission to Mars is almost upon us. The iCAN space cadets have very nearly completed their training and will soon be blasting off to the red planet. We have chosen a select team of scientists, geologists, historians, sociologists, engineers and astronauts to carry out this mission. If the weather is right, the calculations correct, and we remembered to pack our bags - these intrepid cosmonauts will be landing on Mars, collecting data, and then returning back to Earth on Thursday 8th February. Upon their safe re-entry to iCAN Space Academy we will beholding a press conference exit point that we would love you to attend. This press conference will take place at 1:05pm Thursday 8th February in the MP3 classrooms, and will be an amazing opportunity to question these brave cadets about their experiences on Mars. Stars of the WeekLast weeks talk topic of sports really got some of us talking. What were your favourite sports? If you could be the best in the world at 5 sports what would they be? Such great over lunch chat.
Next weeks talk topic is sure to be as entertaining. If you had 3 wishes what would they be? Think carefully now, you only get three - and wishing for more wishes is not allowed!
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Learning JourneyIts been a busy week for our space cadets! First they needed to finish engineering their Mars Rovers to take with them on their long and dangerous journey. After this, as part of researching the Red Planet, they had to look at popular myths about Mars. The cadets studied the City of Cydonia and the Martian canals. Do these structures point to intelligent life on Mars? Will a hustling bustling city be there when they arrive? Has Brown Coffee got there yet? All these questions will be answered as our cadets enter the final few weeks of their training. LiteracyIn Literacy this week Y5 have been focusing on building and structuring an argument within a discussion. We have looked at how to strengthen our opinions with evidence, to support what we think. Using examples from our base text, Bill's New Frock, we have been considering alternative perspectives when challenged by someone else's opinion. This week in literacy Y6 have been looking at persuasive writing. We analysed features of persuasiveness that advertisers use, including the use of catchy slogans and rhetorical questions. We then designed our own advertising campaign for a selection of random, hard to sell items. We had great fun filming our own TV adverts with lots of persuasive spoken language. MathsThis week in Y5 worked at finding a percentage of a whole number. We practised finding 1%, 5%, 10%, 25%, and 50% of a given number. Once we were confident at that we learned how to find more unusual fractions such as 47%. We then said goodbye to fractions, decimals, and percentages and have begun to look at measurement. We learned about standard units of measurement and why we just can't measure in pencil lengths rather than centimetres. We found which unit of measurement would be most appropriate to measure different things and could explain our choice. This week in maths Y6 have recapped how to find area and perimeter of squares and rectangles. Following on from that children then had to find the perimeter and area of compound shapes. This was more challenging as the children had to demonstrate their previous learned knowledge to find missing lengths before splitting the tricky irregular shapes into two or three regular shapes, then adding them together! Stars of the Week
Next weeks talk topic is Dreams.
Why do we have dreams? Why are dreams so weird? Why do they get scary? Many cultures believe what we dream about affects our real life and that we can read our dreams. What do you think about this? Learning JourneyWhat a week for the MP3 space cadets! They needed to learn the difference between mass (kg) and weight (N), how to calculate them, and how they would be different on Mars (due to the different gravitational pull). Luckily there was a song that helped to clarify the difference. Now that they calculate the difference between the weight of items on Mars and Earth, they needed to put that information in practise when building a Mars Rover. The rover needed to preform a number of tasks, collecting samples, photos, testing the soil/atmosphere/gravitational pull of the planet. LiteracyThis week in Literacy Y5 have been looking at Bill's New Frock in greater detail. We started to discuss the effect that gender stereotypes have on the way that Bill is treated in the story. Many of us felt that Bill was treated unfairly in the book and felt that lots of the things that happened in the story were due to him wearing a dress and being perceived very differently because of this. Using this as inspiration, we created poems called cinquains that challenge gender stereotypes and encourage others to be who they want to be regardless of what gender they are. We are using our mindfulness sessions to think more about what makes us unique and creating montages of images and words that represent who we are as individuals. In Literacy Y6 have continued reading the novel ‘Wonder’. This week we have begun thinking more about the reactions of other people to Auggie. We wrote diary entries from the perspective of Jack, Julian and Charlotte; who met Auggie and gave him a tour of the school. Our learners had to think about how each of these characters had a very different reaction to Auggie and convey this through their writing. MathsIn maths this week Y5 have been revisiting a lot of things done earlier in the year - except this time we added decimals to make it impossibly tricky. As it turned out though the rules don't change! We discovered that adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, rounding, and placing them in order is done the exact same way! Just with a decimal point. Phew - that was relief. We also looked at how to find a percentage of a whole number. This comes in handy when shopping and we need to take 25% off the marked price! In maths Y6 have been thinking about converting between measurements. We thought about different types of measurement including time, length/distance, weight/mass and capacity. We answered tricky word problems that required us to break down the question into parts. We had to be adaptable and resilient when answering these problems and think about all the different ways to find the answer. RUN Tom & Adrian RUNDont forget Mr Tom and Mr Adrian are running the Angkor Wat Ultra Marathon this weekend. If you would like to sponsor them please visit: https://www.totalgiving.co.uk/mypage/tomandadrianultra Star of the WeekWell i heard a lot of New Years Resolutions this week, only time will tell if we can live up to the goals we have set. Next week we have a different topic: Rule the World! If you were in charge of the world what would you do? How would you make the world a better place for people? If you had the chance to be in charge would you do it? Why/Why not? I cant wait to hear this...
Learning JourneyMP3 were all set to blast off to Mars to start our colonisation plans, that was, until that pesky scientist Dr Spacetastic was convinced that Venus would make a more inhabitable planet. Naturally this threw the iCAN Space Academy into a spin. We needed more thorough research and Milepost 3 were just the cadets for the job. They launched themselves into this new theory and set about determining which planet would be the most suitable. Te research clearly shows that Mars is by far the best planet for colonisation. Dr Spacetastic's tenure is currently under review. More on the M2M to come... LiteracyIn literacy this week Y5 have been having loads of in depth discussions. Using the text Bill's New Frock, we have looked into how gender is stereotyped in many different ways. We have listened and respond to other people's opinions, even if we did not agree with them. It has got us thinking about how we perceive things in our own lives and questioning whether or not this is right. We concluded the week by making calligrams that incorporated stereotypical words and phrases about gender. Come and check them outside the Year 5 classrooms! In Literacy Y6 have just started reading Wonder by R.J. Palacio. Wonder follows the story of Auggie who was born with a facial disfigurement due to a condition called Treacher-Collins syndrome. This week we have focused on understanding the difficulties that Auggie faces on a day to day basis. We have thought about how to develop empathy for other people using drama to explore the various viewpoints of different characters in the book. MathsYear 5 have been working on a maths assessment this week all about fractions. This assessment had a slight difference however: Y5 were creating the test rather than answering it. They needed to draw upon all their previous learning in order come up with as set of effective questions that would show their understanding of the fractions unit. Everything from equivalent fractions to multiplication, addition, and subtraction of fractions needed to feature. The assessments are displayed on the boards in the corridor - feel free to come and answer a few questions. In maths this week Y6 have begun looking at different types of measurements. We discussed the difference between length, mass and capacity and explored the ways to measure different things. We also practised converting between miles and km and discussed why we might need to do this. We worked out that when Mr Adrian and Mr Tom run 128km next weekend they will be running roughly 80 miles! Stars of the Week
Welcome to 2018! I hope we all had an amazing break, I have been hearing all about the holidays and goings on of MP3 all week. Next week out talk topic is New Years Resolutions. What goals do you want to achieve in 2018? What new things will you try? How are you going to be a better version of you?
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