5E's description of volcanic eruptions

This week in 5E, we looked at the process of volcanoes erupting. Below is Rachel's description of a volcanic eruption:

The primary indication of a volcanic eruption originates when an erratic rumbling occurs deep in the mass of rock, the volcano. Swiftly following this, hazardous smoke will patiently loom up; an indication of an expressive eruption. A short time later, blood-thirsty ash will arise and slay any innocent life form in its way. Meanwhile, magma compels rock rock movement, which is violently vexed, but the disastrous eruption has only just begun...

6R biography

In 6R, we have been writing biographies this week. Below are two versions of a section of Alfie's biography of WWI figure Lord Kitchener; the first is his original, unedited version and the second is the final version once he had uplevelled his work, making small changes to improve it. 

Growing up in a strict family, Kitchener became extremely well-organised and hard-working, leading to be an strong leader later on in his life when he grew up. Due to the fact that Frances was ill, the family thought it would be best to move to Switzerland: where there would be fresh air. However, the decision did not chang anything and Kitchener's mother died that same year. Two years later, Horatio's father re-married and moved away; Kitchener, however, stayed to finish school.

Growing up in a strict family meant that Kitchener became extremely well-organised and hard-working; these skills would help him to be a strong leader later on in his life when he grew up. Due to the illness of Frances, the family thought it would be best to move to Switzerland; where there would be fresh air. However, the decision did not change her health and Kitchener's mother died that same year. Two years later, Horatio's father re-married and moved away; Kitchener, however, stayed there to carry on at school.

Micro-organisms experiment - 6F

After allowing our mouldy bread experiment to fester over Christmas, we were finally able to write up our findings this week. We were investigating the effect of mould growth on bread that was stored in different containers, or no container at all. Here is Mathusha's write up:


Conclusion:


The bread on the plate had no mould growing on it. The bread in the freezer bag had the most mould and finally, the bread in the Tupperware had the second most mould.


We think this happened because micro-organisms need to breathe and eat so that means the bread in the Tupperware and freezer bag had air for the micro-organisms to breathe and they had the bread to eat however, the bread on the plate (despite providing food to eat and having access to air to breathe) lost its moisture and ended up having no mould on it. It just went hard and dry. This shows us that micro-organisms also need moisture to grow and reproduce.

This means my prediction was wrong. I predicted that the bread on the plate would have the most mould because I thought it would have more air to breathe and reproduce, but the bread in the freezer bag had the most mould and the bread on the plate had no micro-organisms visible.

Evaluation:

The test was fair because we only changed one variable. It would be interesting to test: Putting three different types of bread in the same container (a freezer bag) and you put the three different types of bread in the same location and see which type of bread produces the most mould.

 

6B Biography Writng!

This week in 6B we have been learning to use the features of biographies. We found out about Lord Kitchener, organised the information into headings and then wrote our biographies. Here is an extract from Jake's. The paragraph in red is before editing and the paragraph in green is after editing. What improvements do you notice?


Another job was to visit trenches and create strategies and battle plans for the soldiers. He also was in charge of industries and decided women as men weren't available. Arguing with cabinet members, Kitchener wanted to resign however his offer was rejected. So therefore Kitchener left the as he felt disrespected.


Another of his jobs was to visit trenches to create strategies and battle plans for the soldiers to employ. Also he was in charge of industry and decided that women should work the jobs that men were no longer available to do. Arguing with the other cabinet members majorly, Kitchener wanted to resign, however his offer was rejected by the Prime minister as he was popular with the British public. In spite of this, Kitchener did later resign as he felt disrespected by his fellow cabinet members.  

5C Poetry

This week in year 5 we have been writing our own poetry based on Volcanoes. 

Here is one of the poems.

Can you spot what features of poetry have been used? 

Volcano Performance Poetry

This week, we have begun our new topic of Volcanoes. We have written a variety of poetry about volcanoes, using imagery to describe their various features and characteristics.

Here is a reading of one of the poems:

Spelling fun in 6R!

Today, 6R decided to practise their spelling rules for the week (prefixes and suffixes) in a slightly different context, by taking them out on the playground! Having been divided into teams, the children had to write - on the ground, in chalk - the word read out to them, as quickly as possible. The team to write the word correctly first scored a point.

We really struggled to spell one of the words, so decided to practise it by chanting and clapping the letters, and also by spelling it out with our bodies! We won't forget that word again! Can you work out what it was?

What are your top spelling tips?