What's the time Year Five?

Good Morning Year 5!

Just to let you know that this week in maths (Wed, Thu, Fri) we will be looking at "Time" - both digital and analogue. If you want to do a little bit of revision before Wednesday, try the "Woodlands Junior" maths zone and you'll find plenty of time activities under the heading "Measure Skills" - enjoy!
www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/
Alternatively you could try
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/revision_bites/measures5.shtml
where you can follow a little presentation on time and then try some activities.

I'm hoping Mr Llewellyn will look at the blog later and make these links interactive for me!
Mrs Marlow

FLYING HIGH IN YEAR 5

Today the Welsh Hawking Centre came to school and brought their Birds Of Prey with them.

The children loved the afternoon and learnt loads about the birds.

Get auditioning!

Hi Year 5!

Don't forget that Pontyclun's got Talent takes place on Tuesday - so practise your routines tomorrow if you didn't get to perform today. The remaining auditions will be on Monday morning.

We hope you all enjoyed the birds of prey today? Mr Llewellyn has promised to put the photos/ videos on over the weekend so that you can show your family.

Enjoy your day off tomorrow!

Mrs Marlow

P.s Apart from your science/maths homework, J5 need to remember to bring their topic book covers back to school on Monday ("Parklife" - linked to Snowdonia/Brecon). At the moment we only have a few completed covers. Feel free to design your own using Internet images or simply draw it.

Homework for week ending Friday 13th March

This weeks homework is interactive, click on the activities in order starting with the first below. Have a go at each activity and don't move on to the next until you have completed the activity by getting at least five questions correct. Once you have done this you can click on the comments button below and let myself and Mrs. Marlow know that you have completed your homework and how you found it (don't forget to leave your name).

Two Success Criteria: To recognise the relationship between width, length and area. To be able to work out the perimeter of shapes when only given some of the lengths. Good luck.


http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/perimeter_and_area/index.html

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/AreaExplorer/?version=1.6.0_11&browser=MSIE&vendor=Sun_Microsystems_Inc.

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/PerimeterExplorer/

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/ShapeExplorer/

Extension: Once you have done the above see if you can find different shapes with the same number of sticks? (Use the hint button if you get stuck).

http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/perimeterarea/perimeterarea.html

Finally have a go at the life cycles homework:

A Practical, Fun Maths Evening With KS2 Parents.

On Monday night, we invited our Key Stage Two parents into school to have a look at some of the practical maths problem solving activities that we do. Twelve Year 5 children and two Year 6 children volunteered to help run the maths stations - well done to all and 10 housepoints each! Thank you ever so much to the parents who attended the event, it seemed like you had lots of fun - especially with the Countdown Challenge!
The following day in Year 5, we had an enormous maths carousel where the children were able to have a go at every activity in a fun packed morning. Why not have a look at our interactive maths page and try out some of the fun activities at:

http://www.rctednet.net/pontyclunprimary/page28.html the first hyperlink takes you to an amazing site.

Maths problem solving - Coordinates

Last week we were working on coordinates in our maths lessons and on Friday the children took part in a really challenging, practical lesson. All of the children were required to use what the had learned to answer questions around the school. Everyone enjoyed the lesson and most children were able to find the answers to the questions from the map. It was quite tricky on purpose to get the children thinking!

Maths Homework

Well done to all of you who have logged on to do this weeks homework. You have all gained two house points each. Have a go at the homework above and then try the activities below.
Click this link to play Billy Bugs maths coordinates:

http://www.classbrain.com/artgames/publish/billy_bug_math_coordinates_game.shtml

Once you have mastered this game try the more challenging one:

http://www.classbrain.com/artgames/publish/billy_bug2_math_coordinates_game.shtml

You have now completed your homework but if you are looking for more fun maths games try:

http://www.classbrain.com/artgames/publish/math_games.shtml