This Week at School ...
This page has been designed to allow you to revisit and share some of your favourite activities from our adventures together at school this term.
Please just let Mr D know which of our activities you would like to see below.
Please just let Mr D know which of our activities you would like to see below.
This Morning's Mindful Music
An introduction to the world's most famous composers (or at least some of Mr D's favourites).
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Wagner
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Sibelius
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Literacy
Word Play - Common English Phrases, Idioms, Spelling & General Knowledge Challenge
Warning: American spelling choices may appear in this game, but you may also find it fun to play against your family.
Word Play - Vocabulary & Spelling
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Word Play - Cryptic Crosswords
Word Play - Build your anagram skills
Maths
Mental Fluency and Calculation Practice Games
Challenge yourself to find the location of negative numbers on a number line. How accurate will you be?
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Practise your angle identification skills by shooting down the attacking aliens.
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Which multiplication facts do you find it easiest to recall?
Which do you find more difficult? What learning strategies do you find most effective? What strategies do your friends find most effective? Share you learning and ideas with your classmates. |
Tangrams - Practise visualising transformations with 2D Shape
Canberra Excursion Extension
Draw yourself in 1:12 scale and imagine life as one of the characters of Cockington Green. You may find this video useful to help you with your other proportions.
Draw yourself in 1:12 scale and imagine life as one of the characters of Cockington Green. You may find this video useful to help you with your other proportions.
Maths is all around us: Fibonacci Day - November 23rd
Fibonacci Sequence in Nature
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Click on the pics to learn more about the Fibonacci Sequence in nature.
Science
Prepare for our visit to the observatory by building on your knowledge of our solar system. Check out the links below.
As you know, the light we see from the moon is actually reflected light from the sun, so here's a quick logic game that's all about reflected light too. Give it a go. How many levels will you be able to complete?
Art
Design a T-shirt competition
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Use your art skills to design a T-shirt that spreads a message of kindness or shares an important value that you think would help to make the world a better place.
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More classroom tools to support our learning
KrazyDad's pencil and paper logic puzzles (for the Canberra bus trip)
Getting to Know One Another - Conversation Starters
Our Musical Pick-Me-Ups