Monday 22nd February 2021

Good morning Year 6 and welcome back.

I hope you had a fantastic half term and enjoyed a well deserved rest. Let me know if you completed any of the half term challenges!

I am really looking forward to seeing you all on Zoom at 9:05am!

Warm up challenge (15 minutes)

I want you to spend some time writing about your half term.

What did you do?

Which day was your favourite? Why?

Did you complete any challenges? Which ones?

 

Reading (40 minutes)

Today we are starting a new text. Here is the front cover:

Image result for mortal engines book

 

What are you initial impressions?

What do you think the book will be about?

Do you think you will enjoy the book? Why?

Task 1:

Complete a ‘thinking out loud’ activity about the front of the book.

Think about:

  • What you can see.
  • What you know.
  • What you think might be happening.
  • What links you can make.
  • What questions you would like to ask.

Here is an example to get you started:

Now you have a go.

 

Task 2:

Here are the words and punctuation that we see in the first sentence – however they are all mixed up.

 

dark                  spring             ,                 .              London               chasing                 It                   old

blustery            in                  and                   small                  dried-out                North                  a

was         city                   mining                     across                    Sea                ,                 the

a                town                      bed                 the                     of                  afternoon

was         of            the

 

You first task is to put the words and punctuation in an order that makes sense.

What sentence did you come up with?

Are there any words that you don’t understand?

Have a listen to the correct sentence:

Were you correct?

 

Write a summary of what you have learnt so far. Remember to use evidence from the front cover and the first sentence of the book.

 

Writing (30 minutes)

Start by having a look at today’s vocabulary:

Feeble – lacking physical strength.

Scarce – a very small amount. Hardly anything at all.

Skulking – keep out of sight.

Gnawing – biting or nibbling.

 

Now read the first part of the story:

The Hunting Ground

It was a dark, blustery afternoon in spring, and the city of London was chasing a small mining town across the dried-out bed of the North Sea.

In happier times, London would never have bothered with such feeble prey. The great Traction City had once spent its days hunting far bigger towns than this, ranging north as far as the edges of the Ice Waste and south to the shores of the Mediterranean. But lately prey of any kind had started to grow scarce, and some of the larger cities had begun to look hungrily at London. For ten years now it had been hiding from them, skulking in a damp, mountainous, western district which the Guild of Historians said had once been the island of Britain. For ten years it had eaten nothing but tiny farming towns and static settlements in those wet hills. Now, at last, the Lord Mayor had decided that the time was right to take his city back over the land-bridge into the Great Hunting Ground.

It was barely halfway across when the look-outs on the high watch-towers spied the mining town, gnawing at the salt-flats twenty miles ahead. To the people of London it seemed like a sign from the gods, and even the Lord Mayor (who didn’t believe in gods or signs) thought it was a good beginning to the journey east, and issued the order to give chase.

The mining town saw the danger and turned tail, but already the huge caterpillar tracks under London were starting to roll faster and faster. Soon the city was lumbering in hot pursuit, a moving mountain of metal which rose in seven tiers like the layers of a wedding cake, the lower levels wreathed in engine-smoke, the villas of the rich gleaming white on the higher decks, and above it all the cross on top of St Paul’s Cathedral glinting gold, two thousand feet above the ruined earth.

 

What impression do you get of the text?

What is happening?

 

Based on what you have read and the work you completed in reading, I would like you to write a prediction of what you think the text is going to be about.

Things you could include in your prediction:

  • Do you think the story is fiction or non-fiction?
  • When do you think the story is set – now, the past or the future? Why?
  • What type of story do you think it will be? Happy, calm, adventurous, sad, funny etc? Why?
  • What do you think will happen in the story? Why?

 

Maths (1 hour)

Starter activity:

This week we are back to our Five in Five questions. This week we will start moving up to 6 questions – can you still complete them in 5 minutes?

Here are today’s:

1) ________ x 100 = 67, 432

2) 345 ÷ 13 =

3) 1/3 x 1/3 =

4) 6.53 + 1.34 =

5) 91.32 + 15.84 =

6)

 

Main activity:

This week, we are going to be recapping and extending our addition, subtraction, multiplication and division skills. Today, we will begin with addition and subtraction of whole numbers and decimals.

Task 1: Addition of whole numbers.

Remember that when we are adding numbers, we can either do this mentally or using a written strategy. If we are using a written strategy there are many different ones. The one we often use in class is the column method e.g.

The most important thing when adding using the column addition is to think about our place value and make sure we line up the place value.

 

Let’s look at an example:

124,365 + 25,415

You can see that the first number and 6 digits and the second number has 5 digits so let’s look at how we line them up.

One way that can help us it to use a place value grid e.g.

Now we can put each digit into its correct place value column:

Now we add each place value column starting at the units.

You will notice that in the unit column we have two 5s. 5 + 5 =10

When this happens, we need to put the units into the answer box and carry the tens e.g:

Now we need to add the tens column:

6 + 1 = 7 but don’t forget we need to add the 1 that we carried from the units column

7 + 1 = 8

Now we just continue adding each column:

124,365 + 25,415 = 149,780

Hint: Remember when we are adding whole numbers that your answer should be bigger than the numbers that you are adding.

Now it is your turn:

1) 5448 + 895 =

2) 6854 + 987 =

3) 9421 + 841 =

4) 1235 + 154 =

5) 8549 + 426 =

6) 3594 + 159 =

7) 2596 + 485 =

8) 4689 + 753 =

9) 7439 + 816 =

10) 123,847 + 2,134 =

11) 236,184 + 5,347 =

12) 634,478 + 12,381 =

13) 258,369 + 21,547 =

14) 635,987 + 54,189 =

15) 1,254,489 + 265,184 =

 

Task 2: Addition of decimal numbers.

Remember, when we are adding decimal numbers using the column method, the place value is still the most important part. One way to really help us is to make sure the decimal point is lined up.

Let’s have a look.

125.63 + 12.5

You can see that there are a different amount of digits in each number so we can use the decimal to help us:

If we want to, we can add a place value holder (0) in the columns where there are gaps:

Now we add from the smallest place value column – in this case the hundredths.

You will notice that when we get to the tenths column we have 6 + 5

6 + 5 = 11

For this we need to add the tenths to the answer box and carry the unit across the decimal place to the units column.

Now when we are adding the units, we need to remember to add the 1 that we have carried across.

Then we just carry on:

125.63 + 12.5 = 138.13

Now your turn:

1) 25.3 + 12.6 =

2) 125.63 + 52.1 =

3) 256.34 + 125.01 =

4) 205.55 + 52.06 =

5) 451.02 +  101.36 =

6) 630.025 + 15.2 =

7) 560 + 32.6 =

8) 602.1 + 523 =

9) 256.003 + 12.15 =

10) 521.632 + 25.06 =

 

Task 3: Subtraction of whole numbers

Again, when we are using the column method, we need to think really carefully about the place value. We also need to make sure that we set out the numbers in the order that they appear in the calculation e.g

467 – 286 =

 

Again, we need to start from the smallest place value which in this example is the units.

 

When we get to the tens column we have 6 – 8.

We can’t do this. If we had 6 sweets, we wouldn’t be able to eat 8. Instead we need to go across the the hundreds column and use one of them.

We take 1 from the 4 and that makes the 4 a 3.

We then add the 1 the the tens column. The reason it becomes 16 instead of 7 is because we are adding a hundred not 1.

Then we can carry on:

467 – 286 = 181

 

Now you try:

1) 5,369 – 265 =

2) 12,158 – 1,369 =

3) 26,158 – 3,879 =

4) 36,058 – 6,147 =

5) 123,815 – 85,124 =

6) 250,015 – 52,147 =

7) 365,154 – 124,005 =

8) 420,159 – 202,147 =

9) 562,123 – 265,000 =

10) 1,258,000 – 785,154 =

 

Task 4: Subtraction of decimal numbers.

Again, you need to think about the place value. Make sure you take note of the decimal number and always ensure the number at the top is bigger than the number at the bottom ie.

152.36 – 63.74 =

Step 1:

 

Step 2:

 

Step 3:

Step 4:

 

Step 5:

Step 6:

Now your go:

1) 56.32 – 21.26 =

2) 125.24 – 14.02 =

3) 362.25 – 154.07 =

4) 250.12 – 14.25 =

5) 478.02 – 154.36 =

6) 1,254.36 – 25.01 =

7) 2,563.01 – 125.96 =

8) 4,136.9 – 125.36 =

9) 1,536.25 – 148.3 =

10) 5,812.65 – 12.001 =

 

Independent Reading (30 minutes)

Enjoy spending some time reading a book of your own choice.

When you have finished, why not spend some time researching facts about the author.

Let us know what you find out.

 

Spelling (15 minutes)

Spend some time playing a spelling game at

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

 

Geography (1 hour 15 minutes)

This half term, our topic will be:

Global Trade

What do you know about trade?

Do you know what the word global means?

Don’t worry if you don’t because we will be finding out over the next 5 weeks.

We will look at 2 areas today.

Our first question is:

What is trade?

First we are going to refresh our memory and make sure we understand the different countries that make up the UK.

Have a look at the video at the link below to remind yourself.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/geography-ks1–ks2-the-united-kingdom/zhtgrj6

 

Now have a look at the first set of vocabulary for today:

Trade – buying and selling goods and services.

Import – buying goods or services into a country from abroad.

Export – selling goods or services to another country.

Product – something that is made and then sold.

 

Read this extract about trade:

Import and Export

Buying and selling things is called trade. Trade is an important way for countries to make money and has been happening across the world for hundreds of years. Today, goods are carried around the world in container ships and aeroplanes.

We ‘import’ and ‘export’ goods and services in a system of global trade.

People in the UK can sell things they make when people in other countries want them. This might be because these countries can’t make them themselves or because they are cheaper or better quality. Sending goods like this to other countries is called export.

There are also things, such as bananas or oranges that are hard or impossible to grow in the UK because of its physical geography, so we have to buy these things from abroad. Also, some products such as wheat can be grown on a larger scale in countries with a greater landmass such as the USA, which reduces cost for the UK if they are bought from elsewhere. This is called import.

Sometimes countries need experts from abroad such as engineers, scientists or teachers. These experts can sell their services to people around the world and this is called a service industry.

Usually more developed countries such as the UK export valuable manufactured goods such as:

electronics and cars, and import cheaper products such as tea and coffee.

 

The next part we will be looking at:

What does the United Kingdom trade and who does it trade with?

First, let’s see what you have learnt so far.

Can you match the vocabulary with its definition?

1)

2)

3)

4)

 

Now look at the next set of vocabulary:

Goods – things that are bought and transported.

Trading partners – countries that have agreed to trade with each other.

 

Watch the video and read the information below to learn more about trade.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zx72pv4/articles/zk4rmfr

 

What sorts of goods do you think the UK imports?

What goods do you think the UK exports?

Who do you think the UK trades with?

 

Have a look at the information below to see that different items that the UK trades and some of our trade partners.

Global trade 1

Trade partners

 

What did you find out?

Did anything surprise you?

Task:

Write an explanation about what you have learnt today. Make sure you answer the following questions in your explanation:

  • What is trade?
  • What does the United Kingdom trade?
  • Who does the United Kingdom trade with.

 

Times Table Rock Stars

Have you taken part in this weeks competition yet? Make sure you do!

 

Story Time

 

Well done Year 6 – hopefully you’ve managed to get back to the work and have had a good day!

See you in the morning.

Miss Kinsella and Mrs Maruzza.

 

 

 

 

    

76 thoughts on “Monday 22nd February 2021

  • 22nd February 2021 at 9:31 am
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    The background of the book cover looks destroyed
    It looks like there is people on something that looks like a metal hot air balloon
    It looks like it was set a very long time ago
    The air behind them looks like there was a fire or war or something historical

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    • 22nd February 2021 at 9:50 am
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      Some good ideas Aamirat. Why do you think it looks like it was set a long time ago?

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      • 22nd February 2021 at 10:04 am
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        because of the title

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  • 22nd February 2021 at 9:36 am
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    I thought the first sentence was

    London a dark dried-out city

    and I could not figure out the rest

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    • 22nd February 2021 at 9:50 am
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      Use the punctuation to help you aswell.

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  • 22nd February 2021 at 9:38 am
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    Reading:
    It was a dark blustery afternoon in spring and the city of London was chasing a small mining town across the dried out bed of the old north sea.

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    • 22nd February 2021 at 9:51 am
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      A great idea Zain. Were you correct?

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  • 22nd February 2021 at 9:38 am
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    Writing
    I think that the book will be about a 2 kids trying to run away in a hot air balloon and the get to a lot of accidents.

    I think I will like some parts but not the others.

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    • 22nd February 2021 at 9:52 am
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      Some great ideas Sadia. Why do you think this?

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  • 22nd February 2021 at 9:39 am
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    During the start of half term I didn’t do that much I was just at home watching TV and keeping my little sister company then a few days later me and my sister went on a work to get some fresh air and have some fun after my sis didn’t wont to com back home so my mum decided we would mack chocolate chip cookies and then we watched a move all together.

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    • 22nd February 2021 at 9:52 am
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      That sounds like a great week Gracie! Were the cookies delicious?

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  • 22nd February 2021 at 9:40 am
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    The story is set in London it has something to do with mortal engines and probably a hot air balloon

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    • 22nd February 2021 at 9:52 am
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      Why do you think this?

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      • 22nd February 2021 at 10:07 am
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        because the front cover has a hot air balloon and also London was the only dry land setting introduced

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        • 22nd February 2021 at 10:07 am
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          A great idea. Who do you think the two people are?

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          • 22nd February 2021 at 10:09 am
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            I think one of them is the main character and the other one we meet later on but I don’t who

          • 22nd February 2021 at 10:13 am
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            Why do you think she is wearing a mask?

  • 22nd February 2021 at 9:40 am
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    It was summer and that it is set in London

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    • 22nd February 2021 at 9:53 am
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      Why do you think this?

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  • 22nd February 2021 at 9:43 am
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    Warmup
    i baked loads of food
    made a den
    drew loads of pictures

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    • 22nd February 2021 at 9:53 am
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      What food did you make?

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    • 22nd February 2021 at 9:54 am
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      Great Evie! Which was your favourite?

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  • 22nd February 2021 at 9:43 am
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    My prediction is that something big will happen since from the front cover it shows a lot red air a hot air balloon my prediction is that the big event will be something a lot of people die in

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    • 22nd February 2021 at 9:55 am
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      Great Aamirat! Why do you think people will die?

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      • 22nd February 2021 at 10:04 am
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        Because all the air around is hot

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        • 22nd February 2021 at 10:07 am
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          How do you know?

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          • 22nd February 2021 at 10:07 am
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            Because of the colour

  • 22nd February 2021 at 9:45 am
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    Writing
    1.Non-fiction
    2. past because they said ‘it was’
    3.Adventuouse because of the cover
    4. I think sibling will go on lots of adventures

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    • 22nd February 2021 at 9:52 am
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      Great Sadia. Can you tell me more reasons as to why you think it is set in the past. Why else do you think it’s an adventure? Why will they go on lots of adventures?

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      • 22nd February 2021 at 10:55 am
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        I think the story I nonfiction
        because it sounds like something
        that could have actually happened.
        I think the story was probably set
        in the early 19th century
        because the building on the front cover
        doesn’t look like how we have
        buildings now and it is probably
        an adventure book how
        the front cover looks
        and I also think that the storys plot line is
        probably it starts out a normal day
        for them and the some think exciting
        happened and then there’s a huge
        fight and they all join forces

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        • 22nd February 2021 at 11:39 am
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          Some great ideas Gracie. Do you think you will enjoy it?

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  • 22nd February 2021 at 9:49 am
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    warm up challenge:
    I’ve been playing with my friends (online) have having fun and also I got my Ohuhu a4 book that I can use my pens with and draw more I’m soon going to be geting a new carpet as well in my room and i might soon get some new Ohuhu brushtip pens that can go with my book.

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    • 22nd February 2021 at 9:54 am
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      That’s great Dan. What’s an Ohuhu book?

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      • 22nd February 2021 at 9:57 am
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        Ohuhu is a company that create art equipment and a4 paper in the book is plain paper.

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        • 22nd February 2021 at 10:01 am
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          Great, I hadn’t heard of them. I look forward to seeing your artwork.

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  • 22nd February 2021 at 9:50 am
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    674.32
    26.5
    2/9
    7.87
    107.16
    8

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    • 22nd February 2021 at 1:11 pm
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      Great Aamirat, check questions 2 and 3.

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  • 22nd February 2021 at 9:53 am
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    Maths
    1) 5448 + 895 =6343

    2) 6854 + 987 =7841

    3) 9421 + 841 =10,262

    4) 1235 + 154 =1389

    5) 8549 + 426 =8957

    6) 3594 + 159 =3753

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    • 22nd February 2021 at 1:09 pm
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      Great Sadia! All correct. Can you do the rest of them.

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  • 22nd February 2021 at 10:02 am
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    Reading
    1.It gives me the impression of danger and war
    2. I think the book will be about war and fighting
    3.yes because it looks exciting and like there’s an adventure

    Task 1
    I can see two people in a hot air balloon
    I can smell gas and smoke
    I can feel cold metal
    I can hear people shouting for help
    I can see a colourful sunset
    I can see ancient buildings fuling apart
    I can hear buildings crumbling and falling apart
    I can smell the wet mud
    I can see fire

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    • 22nd February 2021 at 10:06 am
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      Some great ideas Gracie – can you give some reasons for your thoughts?

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  • 22nd February 2021 at 10:03 am
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    6343
    7841
    10262
    1389
    8975
    3753
    3081
    5442
    8255
    125981
    241531
    646859
    279916
    690176
    1519673

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    • 22nd February 2021 at 1:10 pm
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      Well done Aamirat! All correct.

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  • 22nd February 2021 at 10:03 am
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    Maths:
    1) 674.32 x 100 = 67, 432.

    2) 345 ÷ 13 = 26.5384615385.

    3) 1/3 x 1/3 = 0.11111111111.

    4) 6.53 + 1.34 = 7.87.

    5) 91.32 + 15.84 = 107.16.

    6) 8

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    • 22nd February 2021 at 1:08 pm
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      Well done Zain! Check question 1,2 and 3.

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  • 22nd February 2021 at 10:13 am
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    I know that there is a hot air balloon that has a metal basket I also see a sea with smoke and a building i think that a bomb went of and they escaped on the balloon. it also could of been happening in the after noon because it looks like the sun is seting. I also think this is fiction .

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    • 22nd February 2021 at 10:45 am
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      Great thoughts Dan!

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  • 22nd February 2021 at 10:19 am
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    37.9
    177.73
    381.35
    257.61
    552.38
    645.225
    592.6
    1125.1
    268.153
    546.698

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    • 22nd February 2021 at 1:05 pm
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      Great Aamirat! Just check 9 and 10.

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  • 22nd February 2021 at 10:28 am
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    I watched some films that were intresting and i helped my mum decarate my house and paint it i was playing some of my games and was drawing something.

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    • 22nd February 2021 at 10:45 am
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      How lovely Mason – what a great help! What did you draw?

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  • 22nd February 2021 at 10:30 am
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    I have learned so far that that it is set
    in London it is a stormy dark day in the
    middle of Spring and at some point in the
    story there will be a hot air balloon with to people in it

    That is what I have learned Frome this so far

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    • 22nd February 2021 at 10:44 am
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      Fantastic Gracie!

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  • 22nd February 2021 at 10:34 am
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    It looks good because the colour of the book and pluss ive watched the film and its about moving cities so i know ill enjoy the book.

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    • 22nd February 2021 at 10:44 am
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      Fantastic Mason! A bit of insight too if you’ve watched the film.

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  • 22nd February 2021 at 11:18 am
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    eading
    I think its about engeniers because it says engenier and the main character Is an engenier and a hot air balloon will be involed because theres a hot air balloon

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    • 22nd February 2021 at 11:38 am
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      Some good ideas Alex. Do you think you will enjoy it?

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    • 22nd February 2021 at 11:51 am
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      Great Alex!

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  • 22nd February 2021 at 11:28 am
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    Math’s 5in5

    1. 674.32
    2. 26
    3. 1/3
    4. 7.87
    5.107.16
    6. 8

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    • 22nd February 2021 at 1:02 pm
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      Great Dan! Just check question 2 and 3.

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  • 22nd February 2021 at 11:48 am
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    1) I think its about war 2)war 3)i dont know yet 1)i see 2 people on hot air balloon 2)there in danger or in war and there fleeing away 3)? 4)? where are they going

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    • 22nd February 2021 at 11:53 am
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      Great Declan! Why do you think it is set in the war?

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  • 22nd February 2021 at 11:49 am
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    1) I think its about war 2)war 3)i dont know yet 1)i see 2 people on hot air balloon 2)there in danger or in war and there fleeing away 3)? 4)?5)
    where are they going

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    • 22nd February 2021 at 11:53 am
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      Why do you think it’s set in the war?

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  • 22nd February 2021 at 12:08 pm
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    1)6743.02 2)? 3)2/6 4)7.89 5)107.16 6)6 1)6343 2)7841 3)10262 4)1389 5)8975 6)3753 7)3081 8)5442 9)8255 10)125901 11)241531 12)646859 13)279916 14)690176 15)1519673

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    • 22nd February 2021 at 1:20 pm
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      Well done Declan! Check questions 1,3 and 6 for the 5 in 5.
      All the addition correct.

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  • 22nd February 2021 at 12:08 pm
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    a trade is a switch or exchanged

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    • 22nd February 2021 at 1:20 pm
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      Well done!

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  • 22nd February 2021 at 1:28 pm
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    Maths
    6343
    7841
    10262
    1389
    8975
    3753
    3081
    5442
    8255
    125981
    241531
    646859
    279916
    690176
    1519673

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    • 22nd February 2021 at 1:38 pm
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      All correct! Well done Alex!

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  • 22nd February 2021 at 1:39 pm
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    1=6333
    2=7841
    3=10,262
    4=1889
    5=8975
    6=3753
    7=3081
    8=5442
    9=8255
    10=125,981
    11=241,531
    12=646,859
    13=279,916
    14=690,176
    15=1,519,673

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    • 22nd February 2021 at 1:51 pm
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      Great work Dan. Can you check number 1 and 4 please.

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  • 22nd February 2021 at 2:04 pm
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    1. What is the definition for import=green
    2. What is the definition for trade=blue
    3. What is the definition for export=yellow
    4. What is the definition for product=red

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    • 22nd February 2021 at 2:23 pm
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      Well done Gracie! Just have another look at questions 1 and 4.

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  • 22nd February 2021 at 2:59 pm
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    Trade is selling and geting something in return like giving each other a fair item like swiching them or selling them for something else .

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    • 22nd February 2021 at 3:03 pm
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      Great Dan! Have you written about the other questions?

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