Ancient Egypt

Hello Year 5,

For those of you who have enjoyed our work on Ancient Egypt, here is a link to the Woodlands Junior site. On this website, you can revisit some of the work we covered this term. Have fun!

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/egypt/pyramids.htm

From your Year 5 Teachers!

Winter work for the snow day

Hello year 5,

Below is a team kit that Brett and Rhys created.
Take a look and try to answer that questions at the bottom.

By Brett and Rhys
Team name:Brazilona

Main squad
6 Shirts £13.59x6= £81.54
6 Pairs of shorts £ 7.19x6= £43.14
6 pairs of socks £ 5.59x6=£33.54
Goalkeeper
Shirt £34.95x1=£34.95
Ball £11.95x1=£11.95
Boots (Murcurial Superfly II) £137.50x1=£137.50

Are these calculations correct?

What is the total amount of all the items?

What kit would you choose?

Use the link to create your own sports team kit? Remember to solve the calculations!

http://www.acasports.co.uk/

How much is that football kit?

We have been busy working out how much it costs when we buy lots of something.
Why not plan a kit for your own fotball team. You need to check the prices of all the bits of kit and multiply by the number of players. Add up all the totals to find out how much it would cost to kit out a team. Think about how many players in your team, whether you need an away kit, etc. Draw a table to help you to organise and plan your ideas. What is the most expensive kit? The cheapest? Have a look at this site for prices http://www.acasports.co.uk/index.php?cPath=30&osCsid=17c94b47712b0e2ec102e86dbc2bb7c2

If you don't like football, think about another sport or a pop group. Just make sure you practise your multiplication skills.

Making Hoummus b'tahine

Year 5 enjoyed making hoummus b'tahine with Mrs Woodward on Friday. This dish is often eaten in Egypt with warmed pitta bread.

The ingredients are simple but you need to taste as you go and add more of the flavours you like. Some people aren't too keen on garlic so we didn't put too much into our recipe.

Let us know what you thought of the hoummus. Better still, have a go at making it at home and post any changes you made to the recipe.

Improving mental maths skills

Hello Year 5,

Below is a link to a really useful website. This link, should take to you the BBC site, where you can improve you mental maths skills.

Hope you enjoy it! If you find it useful, then let others know.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/number/mental_maths/play.shtml

Fantastic fundraising!

A huge well done to the children in 5W who baked, decorated and sold cakes to raise money for Children in Need.

They gave up their playtime to sell to their hungry classmates and are rightly proud to have raised over £100 from the sale.

The cakes were delicious and we would like to thank all the parents and carers for their support and generosity.

5W make TV history!

5W had a fun-packed day on Monday when we travelled across London to the BBC Television Centre at White City. There, in a specially designed classroom called 21CC, we planned, acted and filmed ideas for our very own television programme based around what we know about Ancient Egypt. We even learnt about editing before watching our finished masterpiece.

The BBC staff were absolutely brilliant teachers and we were really lucky to have lots of fantastic parents who were happy to give up their time to join us on the trip.

We will show you the film as soon as we receive it from the BBC but in the meantime we hope you enjoy looking at our photos.

5R become stars at the BBC

Have a look at the fantastic programmes 5R produced at the BBC workshop.

You all worked really hard and I had a lot of fun on the trip with you all.