Home Learning 27-01-2012

I have really enjoyed the diary entries you submitted for last week’s task. You clearly researched the period well and used the detail to create some fabulous diaries.

This week’s task is maths one. I’d like you to have a go at continuing the activity you did in class today. So, have a go at either Nice & Nasty or Dicey Operations, whichever you want to challenge yourself with. You will need to play these games with a partner, so grab a parent, brother, sister, grandparent…. and have a go. Comment how you get on, or come back to class and tell us what you found out.

 

Rocks Rocks Rocks

Over the last few weeks we have been investigating rocks using the microscopes, as well as observing how they react to wear and water. Have a look at the images below to get a glimpse of what we saw under the microscope.

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We also looked at this online activity which tested different rocks. Why not have a go and comment what you discover?

 

Home Learning 20-01-2012

I was really impressed with your 100 Word Challenges from last week. Well done.

Inspired by The Thieves of Ostia (our class reader) this week’s task is to write a diary entry for a child living in Roman Britain. What have you been up to? What things would Roman children have done? What might they have eaten? Have a look at the Roman Mysteries site and also this BBC site to give you some ideas.

 

100 WC Week 16 – Elliot

The boat was launched from Ostia harbour in Rome. The Roman soldiers were due in England in two weeks time. A ripple of nerves shot through the soldiers as they passed Greece, when they realised what they might be up against. Throughout the journey, soldiers discussed battle plans and slowly but surely realised all of them felt the same about what was lying ahead. As the soldiers came up close to England, people on the shore wondered who they were and why they were there. Suddenly they all fell over at once. The boat they were in had hit a rock close to surface.

 

100 WC Week 16 – Finlay

The soliders were marching along the straight roman road in the hot blistering sun. The local celts ambushed them from the dried up bushes and killed all the soliders in the legion. BUT!!! a little roman boy saw them all dead so he ran back and reported the British soliders to the bigger roman army. The roman soliders came and saw them dead aswell they were so shocked that they all fell over at once and pretended to be dead aswell so when the british soliders walked away the roman soliders killed them and took over the rest of Britan.

 

100 WC Week 16 – Scarlett

5472 years ago a man was walking with his daughter up to a Roman inn. That very day, the Roman Empire had decided that it was time for a Battle; they had been sitting around for over 100 years! But still nothing exciting had happened. They walked to the door and knocked 3 times. An eye appeared through a tiny little hole. “Get in ‘ere quick” whispered the man who was now unlocking the door. Then there was a scream. The daughter turned around to see what the matter was, walking towards her were men of all kind and suddenly all at once they fell over…

 

100 WC Week 16 – Sam H

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” My heart was pounding, I couldn’t see a thing. I closed my eyes as I ran, I could hear people screaming around me. Suddenly I step on something, I opened my eyes to see what it was, but it didn’t help my eyes stung the moment I opened them. I ran on thinking it would help or lead me to safety. Just then I had the horrible thought what it could’ve been back there, I thought it could be someone dead or injured perhaps. Immediately after that thought had gone I heard a humongous CRASH! All at once we fell over everyone not a person left standing…

 

100 WC Week 16 – Toby

One thousand nine hundred and ninety-three years ago in Pompeii, a volcano called ‘Mount Vesuvius’ was near the city. There was a citizen named Enrico. Some citizens of Pompeii ran before the terrible eruption. But not Enrico. One tragic day it erupted. Enrico heard it and ran out of his house. The pressure was on. He ran like a torpedo, bursting through the water. The amount of air hitting his face was almost painful. There was a immensely big crash. All at once they fell over. Lava was flowing everywhere, covering Enrico.
2012 : An archaeologist uncovered Enrico and found a folded piece of paper saying’…Run…

 

100 WC Week 16 – Ed

“There the musem is finaly complete!” Said Kinlay the musems depty head maneger ” Yes” said his boss the Roman part is very … very….” “Alive?” said Kinlay “Yes alive!” said his boss.Whenwe mean alive we mean that darkness will take over Them! BWHAAAAAAA sorry, sorry.So back to the story when every one left at night darkness spread over the city nothing twiched nothing moved. 7 still hours creped by but then as midnight stuck the Roman Gladeator moved twich then jumped out at the other Gladeator fighting untill the emperor cam to stop them. But in so much anger a Gladeator hit one of the Dinosaur bones once then twice then all at once all of the Dinosaur bones fell over.

 

100 WC Week 16 – Kaiya

The Story of Rome

One morning in Rome (502BC) a man came up to the riverbank with a basket in his hand. He put the basket down and walked away. The next morning a Shepherd was walking past and noticed the basket. He was a very nosy Shepherd, so he looked left and then right. He carefully approached the basket and lifted up the lid. The Shepherd was surprised to see that there were two brothers in there.
3 Years Later….
The Shepherd, Romulus and Remus were in a field when all at once Romulus fell over with a bump.
When they were old enough to leave home the Shepherd sent them away. Romulus decided to build a town were the Shepherd had found him. He called it Rome and became King and is still doing well!