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Homework Tasks

1. Please complete this week’s literacy task. 

Following on from our work on letter writing last week we would like you to write a letter to Cadbury complaining about a chocolate product that you have bought. Remember how o set your letter out and that this will be a formal letter so think about the type of language you will need to use.

     2. Please complete this week’s maths task.

Homework project-This is our last week focusing on chocolate before we move on to our final topic of the year next week so if you haven’t completed your non-fiction book on chocolate yet there is still time!

 We will be sending out details of your final homework challenge of the year in the next few weeks.

Our ‘Five Days’ reading challenge continues so start to think about which DVD you would like to watch for your next treat and………….

• Don’t forget your challenge to read five times each week and to get you diary signed. Remember to bring your reading record into school on Friday to be checked.
  

Date for your diary:

·      Swimming will take place again on Wednesday so make sure that you have your swimming kit in school.

·      Remember to make sure your PE kit is back in school ready to enjoy the warm (?) weather!

·      Remember that Friday is an INSET day so the children will not be in school on that day.

I have been doing comic life on chocolate.

 Homework Tasks

1. Please complete this week’s literacy task. 
   

This week we are feeling like spring so………we would like you to write a poem all about spring. You can use anything you like to do with spring to inspire you. For example: the weather, flowers or animals. Your poem can rhyme if you want it to or not. You could try writing an acrostic poem. Don’t forget to try and include things like similes and alliteration.

     2. Please complete this week’s maths task.

Homework project-How is your research going? Have you started to write anything for your book yet? What about some pictures or diagrams? Maybe you could find out how chocolate is made in a factory.

Our ‘Five Days’ reading challenge continues so start to think about which DVD you would like to watch for your next treat and………….

• Don’t forget your challenge to read five times each week and to get you diary signed. Remember to bring your reading record into school on Friday to be checked.
  

Date for your diary:

·      Don’t forget your swimming kit on Wednesday.

This is my effort

 This is my second ICT lesson.  We chose a subject and uploaded the images on to Comic Life.  As you can see my subject was chocolate!

Pupils in Class JF9 have been busy planning and preparing for their class assembly over the past week or so. They have worked together to choose items to present during the assembly and have also written the script.

On Tuesday 29th April 2008, the pupils performed their assembly to the whole school, including many parents who came along to watch.

A video camera recorded the action for parents and pupils to watch whilst Mrs Uzmen took some excellent photographs. Please do leave a comment with your thoughts on how well the children have done. Remember, not only were they the script writers, but also the show producers!

You will need to install the Apple QuickTime plugin to watch the video. This is a free download from the Apple website.

Homework Tasks 

1. Please complete this week’s literacy task. 
   

This week we would like you to use what you have learnt about persuasive writing and create the script for your own radio advert. The advert must advertise YOU!!!!!!!!! Don’t forget to include all the positives about you, why people should want to get to know you, what you can offer etc.......and a jingle of course!

     2. Please complete this week’s maths task.

Homework project-Have you found out where chocolate was first invented? Can you tell us who brought it to Britain and when?

How about your book, have you decided how to present it yet?

Our ‘Five Days’ reading challenge continues so start to think about which DVD you would like to watch for your next treat and………….

• Don’t forget your challenge to read five times each week and to get you diary signed. Remember to bring your reading record into school on Friday to be checked.

Date for your diary:

• Remember this Thursday is our trip to Writtle College. Offers of help will be gratefully received.
• Don’t forget your swimming kit on Wednesday.
• Don’t forget Monday 5^th May is May Day so we will not be in school.

We are learning about choclate. We went on Exel to draw a graph about chocolate. We had choclate wrappers and I was studying about how much Energy is in chocolate.The one that had the most energy in was Dairy Milk Bar. the Energy in the KitKat bar was 518.

I hope you have learnt how much Energy is in chocolate

By Shannon Cr

1. Please complete this week’s literacy task.

In literacy we have started learning about persuasive writing. We would like you to choose an advert that makes you want to do or buy something (it could be on paper or from the TV), and write about it. What is it about the advert that attracts you? Tell us about the features of the advert you have chosen. You can use what you have learnt in literacy this week to help you.

     2. Please complete this week’s maths task.

Homework Projects

·      Your author presentation should now be completed and be ready to be given to the rest of the class. Your teacher will talk to you about a time in school over the next 2/3 weeks when you will give your presentation. We are very much looking forward to them!

·      Your new half term homework project is to make a book about the Aztecs and the history of chocolate. There are ideas for this on the separate letter.

Our ‘Five Days’ reading challenge continues so start to think about which DVD you would like to watch for your next treat and………….

• Don’t forget your challenge to read five times each week and to get you diary signed. Remember to bring your reading record into school on Friday to be checked.
  

Date for your diary:

29th April - JF9 Class Assembly

 May 1^st possible year 4 trip to Writtle College (parents/carers please keep this date free if you can and think about whether you would be able to come along and help!).

This half term’s project needs to be completed and in school by Monday 2nd June which gives you the whole half term and your half term holiday to work on it. Task: We would like you to produce a book that tells us all about the Aztecs and the history of chocolate. Your book should be presented in sections, just like a non-fiction book and should include:

• Contents page
• Index
• Glossary
• Headings
• Sub-headings
• Fact boxes
• Picture/photograph/diagrams with captions
• Maps

You can either make the book or use a file/scrapbook. You could use ICT to help you with your research and the final presentation of your project. The type of information you need to include:

• Who were the Aztecs?
• When were they alive?
• Where did they live?
• What was everyday life like in Aztec society? (homes, food, clothes, jobs, religion, school, arts and crafts etc).
• What is the connection between the Aztecs and chocolate?
• How did they discover chocolate?
• How did they make chocolate?
• What was Aztec chocolate like?
• Who discovered that the Aztecs had chocolate and brought it to Europe?

Happy researching!!!!!!!!!! We can’t wait to see the results.

Talk online and share your findings as you work. It would be great to share what you have already found out with others. Start by adding your comments today!

Hi NW8,

Just learnt how to blog, so I thought I'd wish you all a very happy Easter! Don't eat too many chocolate eggs-I'll finish off any you can't manage just bring them into school for me on Tuesday!

Hope you are all doing something nice. I'm going into London on Saturday. I'm going to treat myself to a nice lunch and have a look around the shops-one of my favourite occupations as many of you know.

I will get up early to go for a swim first though-I have to do at least 100 lengths!

My cats will be cross I have left them all day though so I will have to be extra nice to them when I get home-lots of cuddles I think.

I'll let you know if I buy anything nice.

Miss White