MAGICAL GREEK MUSEUM

Zeus, Perseus,Medusa all came to life in y3/4AF’s Ancient Greek class museum.

 Gods and goddesses gave commands, heroes and heroines told their stories and evil creatures  threatened menacingly.

 Each member of the class researched a mythical character from Ancient Greece. It has been a chance to hear and tell stories. A chance to act and perform

 Next, the class worked on a short script for their character. They learnt it at home with their parents.
 

We set the classroom up with lights and plinths and drapes. Classes and parents visited during the morning bringing the statues to life with a touch of a button.
 

The younger children were entranced as they moved around ,listening carefully to each of the characters.

 Some had a sad story to tell like Arachne. Others provided a sudden shock such as Perseus pulling the severed head of Medusa out of his bag. Evil characters such as Hades threatened terrible things.

 Many thanks to all parents for their support with costumes and learning lines. 

Week beginning 25-11-13

On Wednesday we will be opening our Greek museum to visitors. Parents are welcome between 10.30 and 10.55. If you are unable to visit I will post some clips and photos on the blog next week.

In Literacy,we will be completing our Greek myths using the success criteria listed last week. In Maths, this will be a consolidation and assessment week using the success criteria listed from this term (see posts from previous weeks).

Week beginning 18-11-13

What will we be learning this week?

Use grid method to multiply a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number; Use efficient methods to divide numbers just beyond the tables, including remainders.

Know the 3 and 4x

Know the 3 and 4 divides

Understand that multiplication is the opposite of division e.g. 6x 4 = 24 so 24 ÷ 4 = 6

Use grid method to multiply TU x U. × 20 4 3 60 12 72

Divide by 5 and find a remainder.

Use the most efficient division method.

Children could practise here

In Literacy, we will continue with writing our Greek myths (See last week for marking scheme and useful websites). We will be focussing on using paragraphs and writing fabulous descriptions.

In History we will be planning our Greek museum ready for Wednesday 27^th November.

This week is also anti-bullying week. We will be focussing on cyber bulling. This would be a good opportunity to discuss these issues at home. See this site for details 

WEEK BEGINNING 11-11-13

Greek Play scripts. This week we had great fun performing our Ancient Greek Olympics play scripts that we had created.

Maths Marking /success criteria. Week beginning 11-11-13

Tell the time to the nearest min; use analogue, digital and Roman numeral clocks; use am and pm times appropriately; convert units of time, work out time intervals crossing the hour, collect data and organise into bar charts and pictograms.

Tell the time to the nearest minute on analogue clocks some with Roman numerals.

Convert between digital and analogue times using am and pm.

Find times that are 30, 40 and 45 mins later crossing the hour.

Time events in seconds.

Collect data and record results in bar charts where one step represents 5 or 10 units.

Present data in pictograms where one symbol represents 4 units.

Here are some links to some related sites

http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/503/clock.swf

http://www.teacherled.com/resources/clockspin/bigbenload.html

In Literacy this week we are beginning a new genre of Greek myth writing.

Literacy Marking /success criteria. Week beginning 11-11-13 (for 3 weeks)

My myth includes a beginning, a build-up, a climax, a resolution and an ending

I explained a natural phenomena

I used a traditional opening and ending

I used adjectives and powerful verbs to help describe characters

I used alliteration

I used repetitive sentences

I included speech between the main characters

I used time connectives

I included an adverbial phrase

I included a sentences with ‘but’ in it

I included a question

Here are some links to some related sites

http://www.dltk-kids.com/world/greece/index.htm activities and resources

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ancient_greeks/gods_and_heroes/ Ancient Greek Gods and Heroes

http://www.mythweb.com/gods/index.html an interactive look at the Olympians – hover over a god or goddess to find out about them

http://www.mythweb.com/heroes/heroes.html find out about Greek heroes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ancient_greeks/ play a game where you are the hero

http://www.starfall.com/n/level-c/greek-myths/load.htm?f simple Greek myths which are easier to read

http://greece.mrdonn.org/greekgods/index.html click on the names of gods to find out more about them

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/greece/gods.htm about Greek gods and goddesses

http://storynory.com/2008/08/24/the-boy-who-flew-too-high/ the story of Icarus

This week's success criteria.

Subtract 3-digit numbers using expanded decomposition; choose a subtraction calculation strategy.

Quickly find pairs of numbers with a total of 100 e.g. 35+ ? =100.

Use counting up to subtract numbers on either side of 100, answers less than 20 e.g. 103-98=

Use decomposition to subtract, moving a 10 from the 10s to the 1s. e.g. 345-227=

Use decomposition to subtract, moving a 100 from the 100s to the 10 e.g. 345-163=

Check a subtraction using addition e.g. 72-56=16 so 56+16=72

Estimate what the answer to a subtraction question will be.

This week, in Literacy, we will complete our play scripts genre (see previous success criteria) .