Tuesday 12th May – Year 6

Reading:

Take a minute to have a look through the vocabulary:

Fatal – causing death

Reprimand – expression of disapproval

Torso – the trunk of a human body (between head and legs)

Writhing – twisting, squirming movements

Uncanny – strange or mysterious

 

Now read the next part of the text:

The governor’s guards along the waterfront readied their harpoon guns and wind-guns to make sure that only the permitted diver boats approached. Any unauthorized swimmers, divers or subs seen heading for the Abysmal Child could expect a spiky and fatal reprimand.

The sun gleaming on their diving helmets, the divers lowered themselves into the water and disappeared beneath the surface. After five minutes, a disturbance was visible in the waters. Something was rising beside the great sub, something long and slender in a frothy mesh of fine netting . . .

‘It’s huge!’ exclaimed the merchant. ‘I’ve never seen anything like it!’

The thing in the net – no, there were two things – were as long as the Abysmal Child but no wider than a man’s torso. They were bent in a couple of places near the middle of their length, and for a moment Hark thought they must have snapped during the journey. As the foam settled, however, he could see that the spindly lengths were jointed. Beneath the floating net, he glimpsed the mottled red and white of their shell, draped with black weed and studded with limpets. One tapering grey claw poked out through the mesh.

As he watched, the impossibly long legs stirred and slowly flexed.

His heart gave an unexpected flutter of fear and awe. Just for a second he was a little kid again. He could almost imagine that the Hidden Lady might rear up out of the water, shake off the net, and scream the cliffs into dust as her writhing hair darkened the sky . . .

The moment passed. Common sense returned. He knew that the uncanny motion had been caused by the waves, manhandling from the divers, and nothing more.

‘Is that her?’ asked the merchant, tugging at Hark’s sleeve. ‘Is that the Hidden Lady?’

‘No,’ said Hark. ‘I mean . . . yes. A piece of her. Two of her legs.’ Spider-crab legs the length of a schooner. It was a great find, but there was a tight, disappointed feeling in his chest. What had he been hoping for?

Now answer these questions:

  • What suggests that the rules are quite strict here?
  • What season might this be set in? How do you know?
  • What imagine comes into your head when the Abysmal Child gets pulled out of the water?
  • What does Hark think of the Hidden Lady? How do you know?
  • What have we now learnt about the Abysmal Child?
  • Did this part of the text surprise you? How? Why?

 

Maths:

Today, you need to solve this Narnia puzzle to figure out which information goes with which character. The clues that you need are on this sheet:

Narnia puzzle

Hints:

  • Go through each clue one at a time.
  • Tick off clues when you are finished with them.
  • Use a table to record your results.

The answers will be revealed tomorrow. Good luck!

 

History:

Continue your research into the Ancient Greeks or the Ancient Egyptians.

Today’s areas to research are:

– What happened when people died?

– How did the kingdom end?

– Any other information that you think is important.

 

Non-SATs activity:

I would like you to spend some time pampering yourself.

Some ideas:

  • Have a bubble bath
  • Give yourself a manicure/pedicure
  • Fill a bowl of warm, bubbly water and give yourself a foot spa
  • Sunbathe in the garden (weather permitting – wear sun cream!)
  • Watch a film that you find really funny and turn off your phone so that you are really watching it.

Extra task:

Be grateful for the little things, even in difficult times.

Some ideas:

  • Ring someone and say thank you.
  • Look back at photos from an old holiday.
  • Spend some time playing with a pet.
  • Spend some time playing with your family.
  • Spend some time outside, enjoying nature.

 

36 thoughts on “Tuesday 12th May – Year 6

  • 12th May 2020 at 9:39 am
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    English.
    1. The thing that suggests that it is a very strict place is in the text it says, “Unauthorized swimmers, divers or subs seen heading for the Abysmal Child could expect a spiky and fatal reprimand.”
    2. I think the season is Summer due to the fact it that in the text it says, “The sun gleaming.”
    3.
    4. I think that Hark gets a flashback of when he was a kid and how amazed and frightened he was and he is felling that right now. It says in the text, “His heart gave an unexpected flutter of fear and awe.”
    5. That the Abysmal Child is smaller that the Hidden Lady.
    6. his part of the text surprised me slightly because I didn’t expect the monster to be the hidden lady and also that only a part of its body was there.

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    • 12th May 2020 at 11:41 am
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      Did you find question 3 tricky?

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  • 12th May 2020 at 10:20 am
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    MATHS:
    LUCY: scared of icy water
    EDMUND:scared of turning into stone
    SUSAN:not a person so not scared of anything
    MR.BEAVER:scared of wolves
    PETER:scared of wolves and the white witch also is wearing the white coat

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    • 12th May 2020 at 11:42 am
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      The answers will be released tomorrow

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  • 12th May 2020 at 10:26 am
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    history
    Greeks
    when someone died they where cleaned then a coin was placed in their mouth so they can pay the ferryman that takes dead people to the underworld and then they get burnt into ash then is put into a pot

    when the Romans defeated the Greeks at the Battle of Corinth

    they were important because they made contributions with philosophy, mathematics, astronomy, and medicine

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    • 12th May 2020 at 11:42 am
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      How have you presented it?

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  • 12th May 2020 at 10:29 am
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    History Ancient Egyptians.
    What happened when people died?
    Ancient Egyptians believed the burial process was very important. The Egyptians believed that after death they could still have feelings even though they were not living. When someone died, they believed in mummifying the body, casting magic spells and lots more. Even though certain burial processes changed over time, the magic rituals stayed the same.

    How did the kingdom end?
    Ancient Egypt ended in 343 BC. One of Alexander the Great’s generals became the ruler of Egypt, right after that was the end of Egypt. The last ruler of this was Cleopatra.

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    • 12th May 2020 at 11:47 am
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      How have you presented it?

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  • 12th May 2020 at 10:40 am
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    1) only 2 different types of people can pass the lake.
    2) i think its winter as the water is shockingly cold cause the girl wants to come out of the water.
    3)gross-nes would come it to my head. you also got the first 2 words the wrong way round
    4) i think he has a crush on her as he is a bit abnormal and her hair is moving
    5) the boy is skinnier than mans torso
    6) i don’t think its suprising as someone is bound to break the rules of whose allowed past the lake

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    • 12th May 2020 at 11:49 am
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      Some good answers. Well done Edward.

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  • 12th May 2020 at 10:44 am
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    1. That there are governors guards with guns and other weapons and only certain people could enter
    2.It could be spring or summer because in the text it says”the sun gleaming on their diving helmets”.
    3.I think it may have been a whale or some sort of sea monster.
    4.Hark felt scared he felt like the hidden lady was going to scream the cliff down to dust.
    5.the Abysmal child was no longer than a mans torso.
    6.No,because there have been many other surprises in the text which showed me that ther could be many more surprises .

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    • 12th May 2020 at 11:49 am
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      Some good answers. Well Ebony.

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  • 12th May 2020 at 10:45 am
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    Lucy is scared of icy water
    Edmund is of turning into stone
    Susan not a person so not scared of anything
    Mr beaver is scared of wolves
    peter is also scared of wolves and the witch with a white hat

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    • 12th May 2020 at 11:53 am
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      The answers will be released tomorrow?

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  • 12th May 2020 at 10:52 am
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    history
    the ancient Egyptians were mummified when they died and they had 3 of the internal organs put in canopic jars

    there was a drought therefore the ancient kindom ended

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    • 12th May 2020 at 11:54 am
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      How have you presented it?

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  • 12th May 2020 at 10:57 am
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    Maths.
    The order from left to right is: Lucy, Edmund, Mr Beaver, Peter and Susan.
    Lucy: Fear of ice water. Grey coat.
    Edmund: Fear of being turned to stone. Brown coat.
    Mr Beaver: Fear of wolves. No coat.
    Peter: Fear of wolves. Black coat.
    Susan: Fear of the White Witch. White coat.

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    • 12th May 2020 at 11:55 am
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      The answers will be released tomorrow.

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  • 12th May 2020 at 10:59 am
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    English
    1 in the text ot says unauthorised swimmers , divers or subs seen heading for the Abysmal child could expect a spiky and fatal reprimand.
    2 I think this appers in summer because the summer the sun comes out and in the text ity says “The sun gleaming”.
    3 that the child was in trouble.

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  • 12th May 2020 at 11:09 am
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    1. Because guards along the readied their harpoon guns and wind guns to make sure that only the permitted diver boats approached.
    2.Summer because in the text says sungleming.
    3.??
    4 Hank think about the lady that she while change things I know that because in the text says he don’t imagine that the Hidden lady might rear up out of the water.
    5.We have Lear about the Abysmal child that she had suvive .
    6.Yes because I didn’t know that the Abysmal child would survive or not.

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  • 12th May 2020 at 11:15 am
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    Maths
    Lucy grey coat
    Mr Bever no coat
    Edmund brown coat
    Susan white coat
    Peter black coat

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  • 12th May 2020 at 11:18 am
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    Hi every 1 you having a gud morning and I’m gong to try the maths mis millard

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  • 12th May 2020 at 11:29 am
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    • 12th May 2020 at 11:57 am
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      What do you mean by This

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      • 12th May 2020 at 12:00 pm
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        How is the opu 🤷🏻

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  • 12th May 2020 at 11:30 am
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    Egyptians:
    1. Mummification
    2. 17/02/2011
    3. How many ancient Egyptians were alive and why did it stop at 2011

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  • 12th May 2020 at 12:51 pm
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    English
    1.The governors guards along the waterfront readied their harpoon guns wind guns to make sure that only the permitted diver boats approched.
    2.it is summer because it says the sun gleaming on her helmet.
    3.I think she is a beautiful women with silky black hair.
    4.He was scared because in the text it says his heart unexpectedly flutterd with fear.
    5.It is a special submarine
    6.It did suprise me because all this time hark was excited but when it finally came he wernt excited …

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  • 12th May 2020 at 1:33 pm
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    lucy=grey coat
    Edmund=brown coat
    mr beaver=not a person
    peter=black coat
    susan=white coat

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  • 12th May 2020 at 2:11 pm
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    English

    1. The text suggests that the rules are strict because it says ‘any unpermitted divers or subs will met as spikes and fatal reprimand’.

    2. Summer because it’s says “the sun was gleaming” meaning it’s hot that’s associated
    With summer.

    3. Ruby my sister. Or a submarine of sorts.

    4. Hark thinks the hidden lady is scary, powerful and exciting “his heart gave an unexpected flutter of fear and awe” He thinks that she could “scream the cliffs into dust”

    5. The abysmal child is protected by governors guards and anyone approaching would “expect a spikey and fatal reprimand”

    6. No because I didn’t seem like anything eventful happened compared to what has already happened.

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  • 12th May 2020 at 2:14 pm
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    English:
    1.the governor has guards with guns and if they see anything like a swimmer or a sub they will shoot it and may kill it.
    2.i thing this may be in fall because it describes the sky at the end as dark so its not summer but cant be winter since it didn’t say about it being freezing but fall can be warmish and it can get really cold very easily.
    3.i don’t understand the question.
    4.hark is happy about how it came out however he did say it wasn’t what he was expecting but either way he didn’t even now what he was expecting to see.
    5.it is no longer than a man’s torso
    6.it did surprised me a little since i wasn’t expecting the description of the abysmal child and the hidden lady since everyone was so excited [feeling a bit like hawk].

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  • 12th May 2020 at 2:17 pm
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    English:
    1. The rules are strict there, because it says in the text, ‘Any unauthorised swimmers, divers or subs heading for the Abysmal child will have to suffer could expect a spiky or fatal reprimand’.
    2. I think the season could be summer or spring, because it says that the ‘sun was gleaming’.
    4. I think that hark thinks that is scared Hidden Lady, because he was confused first he said no then he said yes it is the Hidden Lady.
    5. The Abysmal child is skinner than the lady.

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  • 12th May 2020 at 2:31 pm
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    History:
    2. The Roman deafted the Greeks in the Battle of Corinth.

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  • 12th May 2020 at 2:34 pm
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    Maths

    Lucy- grey coat, potion, fear of icy water.

    Edmund- brown coat, sword, fears being turned to stone.

    Mr Beaver – no coat, knife, fear of wolves.

    Peter- black coat, sword, fears wolves.

    Susan- white coat, arrow, fears the white witch.

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  • 12th May 2020 at 2:38 pm
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    history: ancient Egyptian
    1.when they die they are mummified since the Egyptians believed they actually weren’t died but they did call it a brief interruption so when they did this the soul can go back to the body and breathe again.
    they also paid homage to the gods to do this.
    2.the ancient Egyptions ended in 343 BC.
    This kingdom fell into different peoples rule but it ended when Cleopatra was in rule and the roman empire took over.

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  • 12th May 2020 at 3:02 pm
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    History

    Ancient Greece

    In Ancient Greece they had three stages to burials.
    1. prosthesis – laying out the body
    2. The Ekphora -the funeral Procession
    3. The Interment- the burial
    They buried them in family tombs but after 1100Bc they used individual graves, except Athens were they cremated people and placed their ashes in urn.

    Coins were place on the deceased eyes or in their mouth to ensure safe passage of their soul to the afterlife.

    In 146BC Greece became part of the Roman Empire.

    The only person to unite all of Greece was not a Greek. It was Alexander the Great who was from Macedonia.
    Many modern countries today use the Athenian political system called democracy.

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