Priestsic6

Drayton Manor

year6shannon — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:15:55 +0000

Hi again on the 9th of June are class went on a trip to Drayton Manor Theme Park. After the 1 hour and 30 minutes journey we were separated into groups of 6 or 7 ( I was in Mr Barrett’s group). The first ride I went on was The Apocalypse, which is the tallest ride there - when you reach the top you can see all over the theme park.

Science Revision

priestsic6 — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:02:40 +0000

With only a few weeks to go before our SATs here are some really useful science revision sites for you to enjoy.

Engineering Interact (Forces)

BBC Science Clips (Forces)

The Big Bus (Look in at the Explorers World and the Science section)

Playscripts

priestsic6 — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 11:11:55 +0000

Take a look at this presentation to help remind us of the basic language features of a playscript.

Blogging Tasks

priestsic6 — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:26:03 +0000

This afternoon we are going to be checking out these links to some sites that will help us with our revision.

> Primary Games

> Multiflyer - planet times table practice!

> BBC Skillswise

> BBC Schools - Literacy / Spellits!

> The Big Bus

Hope you enjoy the session - why not leave a comment about which site you enjoyed the most.

The Monster

priestsic6 — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:41:18 +0000

I finally saw it standing piratically, with a scar on it’s right cheek. I went to give a deathly scream then…nothing, not even a word. It stared as if I was it’s quarry. Then it loped closer to me. I tried to scream again but still nothing. It gave a rancid smile as it showed his dagger like teeth and it’s aqua blue fur.

“Hello,” said the monster.

“What is your name?” I mumbled quietly.

“My name is Sly,” he replied, “will you be my friend?”

“Yes,” I said and he followed.

We quietly sneaked past the granite wall, and up the stairs. The evil odour I could still smell, it surrounded my room…

It’s just me and Sly.

Tech Team Review of the LG Shine

priestsic6 — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:19:21 +0000

At Priestsic before the half term break I assembled a small tech team from some Year 6 children (Hewson, Corey and Ryan) to take a closer look at the new LG Shine phone.

Before we looked at the new phone we chatted briefly about the features of a mobile device that they felt were most important. What features did they consider to be essential for a good phone?

MP3 Player
Bluetooth connectivity
Camera + editor
Calendar
Calculator
Alarm
Video Player
Internet
Voice recorder
Games
Pincode (Security being very important)
Good memory
Calculator

We checked the Shine over and the team was pleased with the “functionality” as Corey put it

So we decided to look more closely at three aspects and rate it out of 10. We looked at aesthetics (how good looking is it!), ergonomics (how easy is it to use physically and in the interface) and functionality. These are what the team

Corey

Aesthetics: 9.8

Ergonomics: 8.5

Functionality: 9.9

Overall: 8.9

Ryan

Aesthetics: 10

Ergonomics: 8

Functionality: 10

Overall: 9.5

Hewson

Aesthetics: 10

Ergonomics: 8

Functionality: 9.5

Overall: 9.5

These are their comments.

Ryan: “Buttons are hard to press and a bit big. But other than that a great phone!”

Corey: ” Buttons hard to press - not easy to use, weighs too much.”

Hewson: “Good settings but buttons are a bit iffy. The weight could be a problem.”

The children really enjoyed exploring and reviewing the technology in a constructive way and articulated their thoughts very well, they supported their opinions with concrete examples - such as the problem of weight when the pocket is in your tracksuit and you are running about.

Well done team you did a great job!

Blogging Tasks

priestsic6 — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:59:19 +0000

This afternoon I would like you to explore some mental arithmetic tests online, use your headphones and answer the questions with your partner. You need to enter the answers using the keyboard.

If you have finished, you can explore some more of the Carroll diagram work we have been doing over at this site.

Of course you can explore and read other blogs and leave comments - or write a post on our own.

Here are some new blogs to have a look at:

The 6E Bunch - Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada.
MiniLegends - Glenelg, South Australia.
Strolling in the Orchard - Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Room Twelve - Seattle, Washington, USA.

How to make a cup of tea

priestsic6 — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 13:37:38 +0000

Today in literacy, we arranged different pictures of how to make a cup of tea, which were muddled up but we re arranged them into order.

We used sticky notes to write instructions for how to make a cup of tea.

by Connorg,Maisie,Cameron&James

Bar Graph

year6ebony — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 15:49:41 +0000

Here is a bar graph how year 6 get to school.

Pie Charts

priestsic6 — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:11:41 +0000

This is a fictional set of data represented in a pie chart - can you answer some of the tricky questions below?

What percentage of children take the train to school?
What fraction of the children do NOT walk to school?
How many children are there in this Year 6 class?
How many more children take the bus than the train, tractor or bicycle?
What is the difference between the number of children walking and taking the bus?
What fraction of children take the bus?
Can you use the Create-a-Graph site to make a bar chart of the data in the pie chart.