Monday 8th February 2021

 

Morning Year 6. I hope you had a lovely weekend and I look forward to seeing you on Zoom at 9:05am.

Warm up challenge (15 minutes)

Here is this week’s retrieval quiz for you to complete.

Retrieval Quiz

 

Reading (40 minutes)

In the following scene, Nick Bottom and some other characters are about to perform a play at Theseus’s and Hippolyta’s wedding. They have been practising the play in the forest and that is how they met Puck and Titania.

The script that you will see if the play that they are performing.

Have a look at the vocabulary first:

Prologue – a separate introduction.

Flourish – develop quickly and successfully.

Interlude – a pause between the acts of a play.

Courteous – polite and respectful.

Perchance – by some chance; perhaps.

 

 

PHILOSTRATE

So please your grace, the Prologue is addressed.

 

THESEUS

Let him approach. Flourish of trumpets

Enter QUINCE for the Prologue

PROLOGUE

If we offend, it is with our good will.

That you should think, we come not to offend,

But with good will. To show our simple skill,

That is the true beginning of our end.

Consider then, we come but in despite.

We do not come as minding to content you,

Our true intent is. All for your delight

We are not here. That you should here repent you,

The actors are at hand and by their show,

You shall know all that you are like to know.

 

WALL

In this same interlude it doth befall

That I, one Snout by name, present a wall.

And such a wall, as I would have you think,

That had in it a crannied hole or chink,

Through which the lovers, Pyramus and Thisbe,

Did whisper often, very secretly.

This loam, this rough-cast and this stone doth show

That I am that same wall; the truth is so.

And this the cranny is, right and sinister,

Through which the fearful lovers are to whisper.

Enter Pyramus

 

PYRAMUS

O grim-looked night! O night with hue so black!

O night, O night! Alack, alack, alack,I fear my Thisbe’s promise is forgot.

And thou, O wall, thou sweet and lovely wall

That stands between her father’s ground and mine!

Thou wall, O wall, O sweet and lovely wall,

Show me thy chink, to blink through with mine eyne!

Wall holds up his fingers

Thanks, courteous wall. Jove shield thee well for this.

But what see I? No Thisbe do I see.

O wicked wall, through whom I see no bliss!

Cursed be thy stones for thus deceiving me!

Enter Thisbe

THISBE

O wall, full often hast thou heard my moans,

For parting my fair Pyramus and me.

My cherry lips have often kissed thy stones,

Thy stones with lime and hair knit up in thee.

 

PYRAMUS

I see a voice; now will I to the chink,

To spy an I can hear my Thisbe’s face. Thisbe?

 

THISBE

My love thou art, my love I think.

 

PYRAMUS

O kiss me through the hole of this vile wall!

 

THISBE

I kiss the wall’s hole, not your lips at all.

 

PYRAMUS

Wilt thou at Ninny’s tomb meet me straightway?

 

THISBE

‘Tide life, ‘tide death, I come without delay.

Exeunt Pyramus and Thisbe

WALL

Thus have I, Wall, my part dischargèd so;

And, being done, thus Wall away doth go.

Exit

Enter Lion and Moonshine

LION

You, ladies, you, whose gentle hearts do fear

The smallest monstrous mouse that creeps on floor,

May now perchance both quake and tremble here,

When lion rough in wildest rage doth roar.

Then know that I, one Snug the joiner, am

A lion-fell, nor else no lion’s dam,

For if I should as lion come in strife

Into this place, ‘twere pity on my life.

 

MOONSHINE

This lantern doth the hornèd moon present:

Myself the man i’ th’moon doth seem to be.

All that I have to say, is, to tell you that the lantern is the moon;

I, the man in the moon; this thorn-bush, my thorn-bush; and this dog, my dog.

 

Enter Thisbe

 

THISBE

This is old Ninny’s tomb. Where is my love?

 

LION [Roaring]

O!Thisbe runs off

Enter Pyramus

 

PYRAMUS

Sweet Moon, I thank thee for thy sunny beams,

I thank thee, Moon, for shining now so bright,

What dreadful dole is here?

Eyes, do you see?

How can it be?

O dainty duck! O dear!

Thy mantle good,What, stain’d with blood!

Come, tears, confound:Out, sword, and wound

The pap of Pyramus,Ay, that left pap,Where heart doth hop:Stabs himself

Thus die I, thus, thus, thus.

Now am I dead,Now am I fled,My soul is in the sky.

Tongue, lose thy light,Moon take thy flight,

Exit Moonshine

Now die, die, die, die, die.

Dies

Re-Enter Thisbe

THISBE

Asleep, my love?

What, dead, my dove?

O Pyramus, arise!Speak, speak. Quite dumb?Dead, dead? A tomb

Must cover thy sweet eyes.These lily lips,This cherry nose,These yellow cowslip cheeks,

Are gone, are gone!Tongue, not a word.

Come, trusty sword,Come, blade, my breast imbrue.Stabs herself

And farewell friends,Thus Thisbe ends:Adieu, adieu, adieu.

Dies

 

THESEUS

Moonshine and Lion are left to bury the dead.

 

DEMETRIUS

Ay, and Wall too.

 

BOTTOM [Starting up]

No I assure you; the wall is down that parted their fathers.

Will it please you to see the epilogue, or to hear a Bergomask dance between two of our company?

 

THESEUS

No epilogue, I pray you; for your play needs no excuse.

Never excuse: for when the players are all dead, there need none to be blamed. Sweet friends, to bed.

 

Exeunt

Watch the clip below (the whole way through) to see the play in action.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/english-a-midsummer-nights-dream-8-a-wedding-play/zjm6mfr

Based on what you have read and seen:

What impression do you get of the play?

What do you think is happening?

Do you think the play is sad or happy? Why?

 

Writing (40 minutes)

We are going to spend today’s lesson reminding ourselves how to use colons, semi-colons and dashes in our writing.

Have a look at the information, watch the videos and complete the tasks at the link below:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z92fhcw

Challenge:

Now write a paragraph on a topic of your choice which includes semi-colons, colons and dashes.

 

Maths (1 hour 10 minutes)

Starter challenge:

This week, we will be completing some Rapid Reasoning questions again.

Here are today’s questions:

 

Main challenge:

This week, we are going to be learning about algebra.

What do you know about algebra?

algebra – the part on maths in which letters and symbols are used to represent numbers.

Algebra is basically where we swap a number for a picture or a letter. Our job is to work out the missing letter.

Work through this PowerPoint to learn more.

Algebra

 

Algebra can also appear as puzzles to solve. For example:

In this puzzle, our job is to use the information that we have to find out the value of the dog, the cat and the bunny.

Can you think of a strategy that we can use?

If we look at the first row, we can see that it includes 3 dogs:

In algebra, one rule we must follow is that within the same calculation, the same symbol, picture or number must represent the same number.

In our grid above every dog will be worth the same value. We can use this to help us.

3 dogs = 27

If we divide 27 by 3, we will find the value of 1 dog.

27 divided by 3 = 9.

Each dog represents 9.

To help me out, I am going to write this into the grid.

Now I can use this information to find out other pictures. I will start with the cat.

If I look at this row:

This row = 19.

I know that the dog is 9 so I first need to find out what is left.

19 – 9 = 10

This means that the cats = 10.

There are 2 cats so I need to divide the 9 so that they have an equal amount.

10 divided by 2 = 5

Therefore each cat = 5.

I’m going to add this information to the grid:

Now I just need to find out the rabbit and fill in the missing amounts.

I can use all of the information to find out the missing answers. Lets start with the rabbits by looking at this row:

I know this row equals 21. I also know that the cats are worth 5 and there are 2 of them. That means the cats equal 10 altogether.

If the cats are 10 and we had 21, we need to see what is left for the rabbit.

21 – 10 = 11

This means that the rabbits are worth 11.

Finally, I can use all of this information to find out the missing answers.

Now you try:

Challenges:

Now try these trickier ones where you will need to use trial and error to work out the missing numbers.

e.g.

On this one, there isn’t a row that I can tell straight away however I can use what I do know to make some estimations.

E.g if I look at the top row there are 2 chips and 2 burgers. I know that the chips will be the same and the burgers will be the same. I also know that they will be different from each other and when added together, they equal 30.

So what could they be?

The burger might be 10

The chips might by 5

10 + 10 + 5 + 5 = 30

I know need to see if this works for the rest of the grid. If it does great, if it doesn’t, I need to change it.

Can you complete this grid?

Now try this one:

 

Independent Reading (20 minutes)

Have a bit of time reading something that you enjoy.

 

History (1 hour)

Today’s question is:

What became of this early dynasty?

Firstly, think back to everything that we have learnt so far and see if you can answer these questions:

What were the second dynasty of kings called?

  1. Obas                                    b. Ogisos                                   c. Princes

What was the name of the first Oba king?

  1. Ekaladerhan                         b. Owodo                                c. Eweka

Name 1 way in which the Obas made themselves more powerful.

 

Now have a read through the vocabulary:

Foundations – An idea or structure that helps something to start, develop or grow.

Slave Trade – The buying or selling of human beings as slaves.

Fortress – A place less likely to be attacked from outside.

Expedition – A journey taken by a group of people with a particular purpose.

 

Read the following information:

The period from 900-1300 AD saw the Edo people lay the foundations for what was to become the Golden Age of the Benin Empire. Between 1300 and 1700, the Benin Empire was at its height.

The Obas had overall power within the region. Oba Ewuare, who ruled from 1440-1473, is credited with turning Benin City into a military fortress by building a series of moats and walls around the outside of it. He also launched several military campaigns and began the expansion of the kingdom. Many other lands now came under the authority of the Benin Empire. As a result, the Empire stretched into what is now south-west Nigeria and present-day Ghana.

The region developed an advanced artistic culture at this time, especially with its famous artefacts of bronze, iron and ivory. These included bronze wall plaques and life-sized bronze heads of the Obas of Benin. Much of the artwork depicted Obas in various costumes. When Europeans visited Benin, many of them did not think that Africans could be capable of such sophisticated work.

The first European travellers to reach Benin were Portuguese explorers in about 1485. A strong trading relationship developed with the Portuguese, with tropical products and slaves exchanged for European goods and guns. The first English expedition in 1553 saw visitors bringing back tales of “The Great Benin, a fabulous city of noble buildings ruled by a powerful king.” A significant trading relationship soon grew between England and Benin based on the export of ivory, palm oil, textiles, slaves and pepper.

Benin grew rich in the seventeenth century because of the slave trade with Europe. It even became called “The Slave Coast”. However, after the slave trade was abolished in Europe in the eighteenth century, Benin started to decline.

As time went on, the British Empire became interested in taking over places like Benin. In the 1880’s, Benin resisted an attempt by the British to gain control of it, which would have meant Britain getting control of what it could do both inside Benin as well as abroad. This included eight British representatives being killed in Benin. This really upset the British, and in 1897 there was an expedition in which a British force conquered the city. It was looted first and then set on fire. Homes, religious buildings and palaces were deliberately burned. Benin’s artwork was either destroyed or taken away by the British

 

Task:

Write a summary of what you have learnt today and answer the following questions:

What became on this early dynasty?

What major changes happened?

What impact did these changes have?

 

Spelling (15 minutes)

Spend some time playing one of the spelling games at:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar

 

TT Rockstars

Let’s get started on this week’s competition. Who will be the winner?

 

Story Time

Enjoy the next chapter of The Explorer

 

RSC Broadcast

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Here is your link to our hub page.

 

Well done Year 6. Keep up the great work!

See you tomorrow.

Miss Kinsella and Mrs Maruzza.

 

 

58 thoughts on “Monday 8th February 2021

  • 8th February 2021 at 9:33 am
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    Reading
    1. I think it is a bit like Romeo and Juliet

    2.I think it is sad because in the video someone died

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    • 8th February 2021 at 9:42 am
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      Good thought Sadia! What impression do you get of the play and what do you think is happening?

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  • 8th February 2021 at 10:18 am
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    along the corridor and up the stairs
    Helena because she fought for Demetrius and now he loves her
    The difference is that one is posh one is not

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    • 8th February 2021 at 10:59 am
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      Great Aamirat! Did you do questions 4 and 5?

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  • 8th February 2021 at 10:29 am
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    I love art, it is lovely for creating pictures and carms you down . You can relax while you make a picture; and go to your happy place. You will feel free while you draw and happy 😃. You can mack so many pictures like : flowers,House’s,animals . When you draw it doesn’t need to be perfect – have fun with you art and be creative think of something that Mack’s you happy and draw it.

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    • 8th February 2021 at 10:33 am
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      This is lovely Gracie!

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  • 8th February 2021 at 10:30 am
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    I think it like a love story
    I think sad because some one did died

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    • 8th February 2021 at 10:34 am
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      Does it remind you of any other Shakespeare play?

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  • 8th February 2021 at 10:32 am
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    That its going to be a disaster
    He has a blind lover
    sad

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    • 8th February 2021 at 10:34 am
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      Does it remind you of any other Shakespeare plays?

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      • 8th February 2021 at 1:11 pm
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        A good go Mason but we would like to know how many bouncy balls there are.

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  • 8th February 2021 at 10:58 am
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    power point Maths.
    2.
    y=9
    t=54
    g=7
    h=804

    5.
    x=4
    y=6
    t=8
    j=9

    7.
    1.x=1
    2.x=7
    3.t=10
    4.y=4
    5.x=7
    6.j=7

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    • 8th February 2021 at 1:06 pm
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      Excellent work Dan – just check question h please.

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  • 8th February 2021 at 11:03 am
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    Reading
    I think at the start happy because they found love and at the end it was sad because the wife got chased by a loin and the man killed himself

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    • 8th February 2021 at 11:53 am
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      Well done Alex. Does this remind you of any other story?

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  • 8th February 2021 at 11:09 am
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    When you are going to the store please buy :eggs ;milk ;bread ;oranges ;apples because they have finished all the ones I brought last week could you believe Emily and Dingo went on a walk and as she held his collar; he stood still for once

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    • 8th February 2021 at 11:55 am
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      Great work Aamirat – can you use a semi-colon in a one word list?

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  • 8th February 2021 at 11:22 am
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    i couldnt do the challenge

    hammer=6
    wrench=10
    screw=3

    cake=12
    milkshake=7
    pudding=2

    football=2
    tennis racket=4
    weight=10

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    • 8th February 2021 at 1:06 pm
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      Great work Aamirat – well done!

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  • 8th February 2021 at 11:30 am
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    They called there kings Obas in the second dynasty

    The British people raided benin because they wanted slaves which
    Is very cruel and racist because they wanted people to do workfor them

    The things that changed is mostly everything because the city
    Was ruined by the people that raided it.

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    • 8th February 2021 at 1:07 pm
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      Well done Dan. Did anything surprise you?

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    • 8th February 2021 at 11:55 am
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      Which one?

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  • 8th February 2021 at 11:36 am
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    its a love story but its sad because someone important dies in the story

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    • 8th February 2021 at 11:54 am
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      Great Mason! What do you think is happening and does it remind you of another Shakespeare play?

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    • 8th February 2021 at 11:56 am
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      Well done Mason. Does it remind you of anything?

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  • 8th February 2021 at 11:39 am
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    There are 3 acute angles

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    • 8th February 2021 at 1:09 pm
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      Great work – well done Mason.

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  • 8th February 2021 at 11:41 am
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    8 on the top right carry a number . Put 9 on 8 and 3 and carry 2 then I got stuck

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    • 8th February 2021 at 1:10 pm
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      You are correct with the 8 at the top. What is 8 add 4?

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    • 8th February 2021 at 1:12 pm
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      Correct – well done!

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  • 8th February 2021 at 11:49 am
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    number 3 eweka

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    • 8th February 2021 at 1:12 pm
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      Great work!

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  • 8th February 2021 at 11:52 am
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    eweka number 3.the kings made them selves by winning more land and built up an empire they also started trading with Europe.

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    • 8th February 2021 at 1:13 pm
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      A great answer Mason!

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  • 8th February 2021 at 11:54 am
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    the oba kings gained more power by gaining more land with war, they then traded with Europe.

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    • 8th February 2021 at 1:13 pm
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      What sort of things did you trade?

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  • 8th February 2021 at 11:54 am
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    cant wait to hear more of your story and I read my book before bed time

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    • 8th February 2021 at 11:56 am
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      I’m glad you are enjoying Mason! What are you reading?

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  • 8th February 2021 at 12:20 pm
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    power point Maths.
    2.
    y=9
    t=54
    g=7
    h=804

    5.
    x=4
    y=6
    t=8
    j=9

    7.
    1.x=1
    2.x=7
    3.t=10
    4.y=4
    5.x=7
    6.j=7

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    • 8th February 2021 at 1:13 pm
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      Great Dan! Correct. Have you done the picture grids for today?

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  • 8th February 2021 at 12:35 pm
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    :jay hates playing in goal;he finds it boring 2)hannah stays fit by running : she goes for a run every day 3)football is brilliant – it keeps you healthy

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    • 8th February 2021 at 1:10 pm
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      Well done Declan! Just remember capital letters for names and the start of sentences.

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  • 8th February 2021 at 12:45 pm
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    1)? 2)6322 3)1650 1)9 2)52 3)7 4)334 1)3 2)4 3)6 4)8 5)9 1)1 2)7 3) 10 4)4 5)7 6)7

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    • 8th February 2021 at 1:09 pm
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      Well done Declan! An acute angle is less than 90degrees.
      Check question 2 and 4 in the first section.

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    • 8th February 2021 at 1:05 pm
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      Great, well done!

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  • 8th February 2021 at 12:50 pm
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    writing.

    On Monday, it was stormy.
    Jeff likes to play on his Xbox; he spends hours on it.
    Ryan does art classes every week: he goes to an after-school art club.
    The robber asked robber 2 to pass the crowbar- 5 seconds later the police got there just in time.
    Mr Docson ran to the emergency room- BANG!! the gas tank exploded with everyone still alive.

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    • 8th February 2021 at 1:04 pm
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      Great Dan! Can you add a dash/semi-colon in your first sentence please.

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  • 8th February 2021 at 1:31 pm
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    Writing
    Quiz
    5/6
    1. lola was worried ; Dingo was exited .
    2.she started pulling hard on the lead ; so she let it go .
    3. she called his name ; he would not come back.
    4. Barking ; loadly he ran down the path too the beach ; she quickly followed him.
    5. Her heart is pounding ; they might be running straight too danger.

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    • 8th February 2021 at 1:56 pm
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      Well done Alex. Remember that excited has a c.

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  • 8th February 2021 at 2:49 pm
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    Maths
    1. 22, 26, 19, 12
    2. 16, 16, 21
    3. 12, 16, 18
    challenge
    4. ?

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    • 8th February 2021 at 3:05 pm
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      Great Alex, well done!

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  • 8th February 2021 at 3:53 pm
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    maths

    1. cake =12 milkshake=7 ice cream = 2

    2.football=2 tennis racket=4 weight=10

    3.hammer=6 wrench=10 screw=3

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    • 8th February 2021 at 3:56 pm
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      Excellent work Sadia! Well done!

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