Have a look at the quiz made by Casey and Emma.
Answers will be posted tomorrow!
1. How many small wooden boats left Portsmouth on the first fleet?
A. 10
B. 11
C. 12
2. What day, month and year did the small vessels leave on?
3. Which king was his 17th year of his reign?
4. What time did all the ships pass the needles?
5. How many seamen, marines and convicts set sail?
6. Where did they set sail to?
7. How long did the voyage take?
8. Which port did they weigh there anchor at?
9. Where did they settle at?
10. How many people died in the voyage?
11. Was the journey successful?
12. When did the first fleet leave?
13. Did it travel any further than any other voyage?
14. Did they carry any more people than any other voyage?
15. Rounded to the nearest meter how short was the smallest ship?
a. 19 meters
b. 20 meters
c. 21 meters
16. How long did it take to arrive at Botany Bay?
a. 8 months
b. 2 months
c. 5 months
17. Were the ships designed to transport convicts to Australia?
18. How many people loose in the 2nd fleet?
19. Do you think it was fair to travel convicts to Australia?
20. How many times do you think they dropped the anchor?
21. Do you think old people died quicker on the ship than the younger people?
22. How many convicts do you think were sea sick?
23. What supplies of food do you think they got and how much did they get?
24. Do you think the convicts had their own cabins?
25. What diseases do you think convicts got on the way to Australia?
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Hot water
Did you know what it means when we say someone is in hot water?
Look here to find out.
Today we were being systematic when we recorded what happened when we put hot water in a container in our classroom.
There was some fantastic science going on, great predicting, amazing recording and phenomenal cooperation!
...but why do hot things cool down to room temperature?
Look here for an explanation.
Answers as comments please.
Look here to find out.
Today we were being systematic when we recorded what happened when we put hot water in a container in our classroom.
There was some fantastic science going on, great predicting, amazing recording and phenomenal cooperation!
...but why do hot things cool down to room temperature?
Look here for an explanation.
Answers as comments please.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Home Learning - Set on Friday 24th February, due in on Wednesday 7th March
We've been learning about area and perimeter.
This site has some really good practice activities for you to try:
http://www.matematicasdivertidas.com/Zonaflash/juegosflash/perimetros.swf
Your home learning is to carefully draw as many shapes as you can which have an area of 16 squared centimetres. Label their width and their length.
Please:
use squared paper and a sharp pencil, use this link if you need more squared paper
make sure your lines are straight by using a ruler.
Extension 1: Red, orange, yellow and green maths groups should try to do this
Which shape has the biggest perimeter?
Which shape has the smallest perimeter?
Extension 2: Red and orange maths groups should try to do this
Investigate with shapes with an area of 20 squared centimetres.
Which shape has the biggest perimeter?
Which shape has the smallest perimeter?
This site has some really good practice activities for you to try:
http://www.matematicasdivertidas.com/Zonaflash/juegosflash/perimetros.swf
Your home learning is to carefully draw as many shapes as you can which have an area of 16 squared centimetres. Label their width and their length.
Please:
use squared paper and a sharp pencil, use this link if you need more squared paper
make sure your lines are straight by using a ruler.
Extension 1: Red, orange, yellow and green maths groups should try to do this
Which shape has the biggest perimeter?
Which shape has the smallest perimeter?
Extension 2: Red and orange maths groups should try to do this
Investigate with shapes with an area of 20 squared centimetres.
Which shape has the biggest perimeter?
Which shape has the smallest perimeter?
Area and Perimeter
What is area?
What is perimeter?
What units do we use to measure area?
What units do we use to measure perimeter?
How do we measure the area of a rectangle?
How do we measure the area of a triangle?
Please leave your answer as a comment.
What is perimeter?
What units do we use to measure area?
What units do we use to measure perimeter?
How do we measure the area of a rectangle?
How do we measure the area of a triangle?
Please leave your answer as a comment.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
The First Fleet - the first convicts taken to Australia
We've been learning about timelines and have started to create timelines of Australian events.
Here is a link to a site which contains details of the convicts who were transported onboard the first fleet of ships to Australia which carried prisoners or convicts.
These facts have been put into a database so that we can easily search them. They are not primary records - records which were made at the time, but are based on secondary sources - these were made after reading primary sources.
Primary sources are sometimes very difficult to read - see this one scanned here. Handwriting was sometimes very different to our handwriting now.
The youngest convict was John Hudson. How old was he when he was transported?
What age was he when he was charged with his crimes?
What was his occupation when he was arrested?
How many 14 year old convicts were there in the First Fleet?
If you are interested in finding out why convicts were sent all the way to Australia, then look here.
As always, please leave comments with your name.
Here is a link to a site which contains details of the convicts who were transported onboard the first fleet of ships to Australia which carried prisoners or convicts.
These facts have been put into a database so that we can easily search them. They are not primary records - records which were made at the time, but are based on secondary sources - these were made after reading primary sources.
Primary sources are sometimes very difficult to read - see this one scanned here. Handwriting was sometimes very different to our handwriting now.
The youngest convict was John Hudson. How old was he when he was transported?
What age was he when he was charged with his crimes?
What was his occupation when he was arrested?
How many 14 year old convicts were there in the First Fleet?
If you are interested in finding out why convicts were sent all the way to Australia, then look here.
As always, please leave comments with your name.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Wild animals - food chains food webs and non fiction texts
We've been looking at Australian animals so far and have done some great research.
We're now going to use our skills of using information books and websites as well as our scientific skills of grouping animals (using keys) to make our own animal keys and food chain and food webs.
Remember that when you use these websites, you need to skim and scan...skim over the page for what it is about and scan for particular words you are looking for.
Keys
BBC Revisewise keys
RSPB
Information texts
Not sure about what different parts of the Non fiction book are called? Look here. or look below:
Food Chains and Webs
Food Chains
General information and links to food chain sites
Make your own Australian food web
Fun with Food webs - drag and drop
We're now going to use our skills of using information books and websites as well as our scientific skills of grouping animals (using keys) to make our own animal keys and food chain and food webs.
Remember that when you use these websites, you need to skim and scan...skim over the page for what it is about and scan for particular words you are looking for.
Keys
BBC Revisewise keys
RSPB
Information texts
Not sure about what different parts of the Non fiction book are called? Look here. or look below:
Food Chains and Webs
Food Chains
General information and links to food chain sites
Make your own Australian food web
Fun with Food webs - drag and drop
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Coordinates
Do you know how to describe how you're moving?
Which words can you think of?
We can use coordinates to help...go here for some practice.
Want some help with area? Here is a geoboard - but online. Use it to help make shapes and then use the measure button to work out the areas and the perimeters.
Which words can you think of?
We can use coordinates to help...go here for some practice.
Want some help with area? Here is a geoboard - but online. Use it to help make shapes and then use the measure button to work out the areas and the perimeters.
Multiplying and Area
Have a look at this link for a great way of visualising multiplying and area.
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_322_g_2_t_1.html?from=category_g_2_t_1.html
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_322_g_2_t_1.html?from=category_g_2_t_1.html
Home Learning in Sycamore Class
Set on Friday 3rd February, due in on Wednesday 15th February
For home learning I would like you to write a poem which:
• Has Well-chosen words
• Includes descriptive writing – try to use adjectives, adverbs, similes and Metaphors if you can • carefully edited text with as few spelling mistakes ad possible
• is handwritten.
Use this checklist as you plan your writing, so that you can meet the objectives...then start getting creative!
You might want to write about an Australian theme, a cold weather poem, a poem about a day in your life, a poem about you’re a journey, a poem about a member of your family.
Here's a slideshow which might help you with similes and metaphors:
Dear Parents and Children,
Brilliant home learning last time!
Well done for all of the effort you put into it. 29 out of 33 children handed it in on time – a record!For home learning I would like you to write a poem which:
• Has Well-chosen words
• Includes descriptive writing – try to use adjectives, adverbs, similes and Metaphors if you can • carefully edited text with as few spelling mistakes ad possible
• is handwritten.
Use this checklist as you plan your writing, so that you can meet the objectives...then start getting creative!
You might want to write about an Australian theme, a cold weather poem, a poem about a day in your life, a poem about you’re a journey, a poem about a member of your family.
Here's a slideshow which might help you with similes and metaphors:
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