100 Word Challenge Showcase Week 17

Most weeks, 5DA/LM take part in the 100 Word Challenge. Last week, for the first time this academic year, some of our children's writing was chosen for the Showcase. Links to the writing by Morgan and Amelie can be found below. 

The Frightening Thunderstorm by Morgan

Good day turned to bad by Amelie

If you have time, please add to the comments they've already received about their work. Well done to them both.

Everything Changes

To download or view a better quality version of the poem, click here.

Data Analysis by Joshua

In maths, we've been refining our ability to add and subtract. To give our calculations some context, we created our own data. On Times Table Rock Stars, we took part in some battles and we used the Wii to see how far we could throw a Frisbee. All that was good fun and created the data shown below. In a lesson, Joshua worked really hard and completed a great number of calculations! 

Well done Joshua R.

Three Sentence Horror Stories

Can you write a horror story in just three sentences? Morgan, Freddie and Cora can. 

There's a Fly in My Soup!

The children were shown a photograph of a bowl soup that had a fly in it. They needed to write a letter of complaint. Here are the letters Freddy, Olivia and Freya wrote:

 

 

5DA/LM Online Open Day #CJSOOD

5DA/LM were the first class to complete an Online Open Day this term and a recount of today (in their words) can be found below.

Christmas Countdown Problem

Mr. Murphy set his class the following task:

With the numbers shown, what numbers from 365 days to go - 0 days to go can not be displayed?

The children worked in groups to try to solve the problem.

Mia, Joe, Freddie E, Milena, Grace and Jamie worked well together and think there are 43 days that can not be shown. What do you think? Did they get them all?