Track Santa on Christmas Eve

As promised click on this link on Christmas Eve and follow Santa as he travels around the world delivering his gifts. There is also an interactive Advent calendar with lots of games to play.

www.noradsanta.org/en/index.html

Fractions

Today we looked at finding fractions of shapes. We shaded in different amounts of squares, triangles and rectangles and then found out what fraction this was.

A good site to use is here
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/fractions/index.htm

Mary visits Elizabeth

This week in RE we will be looking at Mary's visit to Elizabeth. We will write playscripts about the event and a post card from Mary.

This is a fun link re-telling the nativity story:

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/christianity/nativity/

Here you can make your own crib scene. In the Advent prayer bags which are going home, there is lots of information about St. Francis and the first crib:

http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/christmas/nativity/nativity.html

Maths work

This week we will still be concentrating on coordinates and time in maths. We will still use the links posted in the last maths post.

These links will also help with co-ordinates:

http://www.sums.co.uk/playground/ss3/playground.htm

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/BillyBug/bugcoord.html

Do not forget to keep practising your timestables. Will you meet your target this half term?

Easier:
http://weddell.sqweebs.com/tables_backwards/tables%20speed%202510.swf

Harder:

http://weddell.sqweebs.com/tables_backwards/tables%20speed%20234510.swf

Do not forget the linked division facts too:

http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/851/Hitthebuttonv7.swf

Our new revolving visitors

Click on the revolving map to see where in the world our visitors are from.

One of our hero stories

Here is a story by Younis and Connie about their hero called "Penguindad"!!!

Advent

This week we will start our work on Advent. Today is the first Sunday of Advent.

We will be looking at how Mary felt when the Angel Gabriel came and spoke to her.

Click on this link to a clip from Jesus of Nazareth to show when Gabriel met with Mary.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62r829xum1A