I did Spanish first. Today I learned about telling people who I live me such as my family and pets.
I then did the English lesson. I read a news report about an olympic diving coach who worked with giraffes! I then answered the questions. In Maths I had to describe 3D shapes and complete the task.
I then had to create a healthy meal to encourage children to eat vegetables. I don't need any encouragement because I love vegetables. I looked in the kitchen and took photos. I then matched them with the Eatwell plate.
I then designed my meal with the ingredients. It will be called 'Perfect Punchy Penne Pasta'.
My slogans and catchphrases will be 'It's a knockout!' and 'A Tasty Tongue Twister!'. I then scripted a radio advert and recorded it. I picked out some of the persuasive words and put a picture of the product at the end.
I will update the blog with some pictures of me making and eating the pasta later!
First thing I had to do this morning was to find out the results of egg shell experiment I set up last week. Here is the video:
I then did some work with my mum on verb tenses. We look at a presentation and then some songs from Youtube. I've got a sheet which helps and I am going to try and learn these. Mum said she will test me on them! Dad said this is hard because he only did perfect and progressive tenses when he did A Level French!
I then did the English and Maths Oak National lessons. In English the new topic is Newspaper reports. I read an example about Alain Robert who was called the 'French Spiderman'. He climbed the Pretonas Towers in Kuala Lumpar. My mum showed me a video of this and she had sweaty palms! It looked very scary. Once I had read the report I answered the comprehension questions.
In Maths, I looked at diagonals in quadrilaterals and completed the tasks.
I then did the Geograohy lesson which I found very boring about energy.
I then started some work set by school about creating an advert. I started by looking at what advertising is and how important it is. Businesses will advertise their products to tell people about them and to persuade them to buy them.
I looked at several adverts. My favourite advert is the John West Salmon advert! I looked closely at 3 adverts for Snickers. They all had the same slogan 'You're not you when you're hungry' and they all had a similar story. Men start behaving differently when they're hungry so they eat a snickers bar and go back to normal. I liked the Joan Collins one best when she is in a men's changing room arguing with the footballer.
I then looked at a range of Cadbury's adverts. These all had the same slogans 'A glass and a half of joy'. All the characters in the adverts wore something purple which is the same colour as the cadbury's brand and the packaging. The adverts all used the hashtag feelthejoy. I liked the advert with a man working in a boring office. It was dull and grey. Then he had a piece of Dairy Milk and he started moving in his chair and miming to the song. He then gave a piece of the chocolate to another person in the advert to spread the joy.
I then designed my own chocolate bar. I am going for a heavenly theme. My chocolate bar will be sky blue and the bar is shaped like a cloud. There is a halo as part of the logo and the end of the wrapper will look like wings like an angel. Here is my work:
I have also planned and then made a TV advert for my new Divine Bar. I added music to match the product and it fits with the theme of heaven, halo, wings, divine etc. Here's my advert. I hope you like it!
In Maths I learned about the different types of quadrilaterals and how to describe them.
I then completed the task:
In English I had to write a biography. Mr Emmerson went through the structure and success criteria.
I chose to write about Simone Biles. She is one of the women in my 'Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls' book' I did some research on the internet about her life and career and used my notes to write my biography.
I then did a SPaG test while my mum was in a meeting. I got 42/48. I don't know some of the past. present, possessive tense stuff so my mum said she'll help with this next week - great (sarcasm).
I then took some more photos of my egg shells and wrote up my notes.
I then watched The Taming of the Shrew animated tale because I think it's really funny.
In Maths I learned about the different types of triangles: Equilateral, Isosceles and scalene.
I then had to sort out the different types of triangles.
Then I did English. The focus was on PARENTHESIS. I had to read the biography and spot examples. I also had to write out my own examples.
I then did Geography Miss Read. We continued with our topic on sustainability. Today, I learned about non-renewable and renewable energy. I also looked at the advantages and disadvantages of fossil fuels. I think the disadvantages outweigh the advanatages. I also learned that Iceland energy is provided by only 15% fossil fuels mainly oil. 85% is from renewable resources such as hydro and geothermal energy.
I then took pictures of the egg experiment I started on Monday. There have been some changes in the vinegar and the cola. Look at the pictures and you can see how the vinegar egg shell seems to be wobbly like jelly and the cola egg has some cracks in it.
I then read a story called The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan. You can listen to a reading of the story here:
The sun is out and I've got gardening to do but first lessons!
I did Maths first with Miss Miles. I learned about regular and irregular shapes and what is a polygon. I then completed the tasks below.
Next I did English with Mrs Blake I had to reread the Jacqueline Wilson biography and spot the 4 features. I will remember to use these when I think about writing my biography.
My last lesson before gardening was science with Miss Simkin. We continued with the topic of electrical circuits and today I learned the symbols and how to draw them. Here is my work.
Well it was far too hot outside. Mum mowed the grass and I helped with weeding. I am happy to report that: our pepper plants have grown; the tomato plants have pretty yellow flowers and some of the spinach seeds are now seedlings! I'm very excited about that because I love spinach!
I then did a lesson about the reproduction of plants. Flowers are very important for reproduction. I dissected flowers and labelled the parts. I'm very proud of my work.
Good morning! I started the day by completing the lesson set by Mr Atkinson on Islam. I learned about the 6 main beliefs and the 5 pillars of Islam.
Next I did my Spanish lesson.There was a lot of recapping this week. Letters, sounds, numbers, introductions (my name is, my birthday is, the weather, were I live). Then I learned how to say what I liked and disliked about my town.
Me gusta mi pueblo porque hay un parque, tres escuelas, un supermercado, una estacion de trenes y una biblioteca. No me gusta mi pueblo porque no hay una piscina y un cine.
I then did English. I read a bibliography of Jacqueline Wilson and answered different styles of comprehension questions. I now need to think of who I want to write a bibliography of for Friday. I also took a picture of my tooth decay experiment and made some notes.
After lunch I read the story of Hamlet. It was a miserable tale indeed and my least favourite so far.
However I did like this catchy animated summary: Hamlet
I then did the SPaG lesson Mr Atkinson set and watched the BBC bitesize lessons on Spellings, Semi Colons and relative clauses. I then did a description of Hamlet to show my understanding of the play and of the SPaG stuff. Here is my work:
The final lesson for today was Maths. I had to do these tasks.
I started the day with an experiment to investigate the effects of coke, vinegar and water on egg shells. This is part of my topic on TEETH. Here is the video!
I intend to take a photo of the egg shells everyday so I can if there are any changes. I could already see that the eggs shells in vinegar had lots of bubbles and a froth has been created. The cling film was even bulging! I think this means there is a chemical reaction because the vinegar is dissolving the shells and producing gas. You can see this on the picture.
I then did the Oak National lessons. First was Maths - no Mr Barton!!! It was a new topic on shapes and a new teacher too. She went through different shapes and the key words we should use to describe them.
We also started a new topic in English - biographies. I read a biography about Frida Kahlo. I like this artist and I have a big picture of her on my wall in my bedroom. I then answered the comprehension questions.
I then did a lesson on sustainability. I learned about why electric cars are more sustainable than petrol cars and why paper bags are more sustainable than plastic bags. I was very shocked to learn that a huge amount of plastic is polluting the seas and oceans it is the same as a garbage truck load of plastic being dumped into the ocean every minute!
When I had finished my Oak National lessons I did some research into teeth: how many we have, types of teeth, I coloured a diagram and added labels to show the parts of a tooth and I also made a model of a tooth. Here is my work:
For the final lesson of the day I did ART. I was introduced to the artist Henri Matisse and collage. After I learned about him I made my own free shapes and made different pictures. Here is what I made:
After breakfast we finally spied a chance to plant our tomatoes. We cut holes in the top of the grow bags and dug holes in the compost. We could then plant the tomatoes and water them in. We also put a cane next to each plant and tied them loosely to the cane so they have support as they (hopefully) grow big and tall. Unfortunately we couldn't plant our seeds in our new trays as the ran came.
I did my end of topic Maths lesson with Mr Barton. I can do long multiplication confidently now and could do the final tasks. I am looking forward to a new topic next week.
Every day this week English lessons have been about balanced arguments and today I had to write my own. As I have been keeping a food diary and looking at healthy diets I thought I would write the argument about free school meals. My mum and I looked at Marcus Rashford's letter and looked at a news interview and I made notes for and against. This was hard because I had lots of evidence to support Marcus Rashford and only some points against. I agreed with Marcus Rashford and the government's decision so I had to be careful not to write in first person and give my opinion!
Here is my balanced argument.
Thankfully, the sun peeped out long enough for us to plant our seeds and re pot our sweet peppers. We did it just in time before the next downpour. I made labels from lolly sticks. We have never grown anything before so fingers crossed.
I then went through a presentation with mum on different cooking methods. I then made notes and found some pictures. Here is what I did:
We then made a chocolate fudge cake! It is still in the oven so I will update my post later!
The cake is finished! To make the frosting we had to melt the chocolate in the microwave to mix with the icing sugar, butter, cocoa powder and milk. The sponge cake batter was made with flour, cocoa, sugar, eggs, milk, golden syrup and oil. It was then baked in the oven. I don't like chocolate but I am looking forward to tasting this!
First thing we did this morning was to finish our diet and digestion work for Mr Atkinson. I made a 7 day healthy menu, added this to the powerpoint and uploaded to the school spider site. I must confess I would not eat some of these things like the eggs - urgh! Eggs may be healthy but I don't like them.
I then did the lesson on Islam and learned about the prophet Muhammad. I then put the timeline in order and completed the quiz.
I then completed the English lesson. I had to read the text and find the adverbs of possibility.
In Mr Barton's maths lesson he showed me how to multiply 3 digit and 2 digit numbers. In the final task we had to see if we could make the final number in the pink box. Me and my mum had a race and she beat me with her first go! I told her she was lucky but she says I must now bow to her supreme knowledge. Never.
After lunch I read a short story called The Promise. I picked out some of the language used and discussed it with my mum. Here is the author reading the story,
The Promise
It was still raining so I couldn't go outside to plant my seeds. If things couldn't get any worse my mum said we could do Maths instead! We went through what we had learned this week and then I completed some sheets.
