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Daily Archives: January 10, 2014
Trelawny Class – Homework – Spring half-term 1
Homework was issued today. It will be issued every Friday and collected in or tested on the following Friday.
There are three different homeworks to do:
1. Topic homework grid – Choose one activity each week.
2. CGP Maths – Do the weekly activities. Please bring your book in every Friday so that we can mark them as a class and I can put the marks onto my computer log. If you get really stuck on a question, come and see me and I will help you.
3. Spellings. There are different spellings for Green, Blue and Orange Literacy groups. You will be tested on them every Friday.
Good luck!
Mr Houghton
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Trelawny Class – Spelling Homework – Friday to Friday
Spelling homework will be issued and tested on every Friday.
If you have lost your spellings sheet please get another one from the plastic wallet stapled to the wall.
Make sure you get the one for your group – Orange, Blue or Green as the spellings are different!
Mr Houghton
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Trelawny Class – CGP Maths Homework – Level 4 – Friday to Friday
Trelawny Class – Maths Homework – 2014 – Level 4
All homework will be set on Friday and taken in the following Friday.
(If you have unfinished work in your book from last term, please complete it).
10.1.14 – Mental Maths. P28.
17.1.14 – Written adding and subtracting 1. P30.
24.1.14 – Written adding and subtracting 2. P32.
31.1.14 – Written multiplying and dividing. P34.
7.2.14 – Calculators. P36.
14.2.14 – 2 Shapes. P38.
(Half-term)
28.2.14 – 3D shapes. P40.
7.3.14 – Angles. P42.
14.3.14 – Coordinates. P44.
21.3.14 – Symmetry. P46
28.3.14 – Calculating Perimeter and area. P48.
(Easter holiday)
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Trelawny Class – CGP Maths Homework – Level 3 – Friday to Friday
Trelawny Class – Maths Homework – 2014 – Level 3
All homework will be set on Friday and taken in the following Friday.
(If you have unfinished work in your book from last term, please complete it).
10.1.14 – Written adding and subtracting. P30.
17.1.14 – Written multiplying and dividing. P32.
24.1.14 – Calculators. P34.
31.1.14 – 2D shape. P36.
7.2.14 – 3D shapes. P38.
14.2.14 – Angles. P40.
(Half-term)
28.2.14 – Coordinates. P42.
7.3.14 – Symmetry. P44.
14.3.14 – Units and Measures. P46.
21.3.14 – Reading scales. P48.
28.3.14 – Time. P50.
(Easter holiday)
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Trelawny Class Topic Homework – Friday to Friday
Trelawney Class – multiple intelligences homework grid. Topic: Inventors and inspirers- Cornish mining. Spring Term 2014
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Multiple Intelligences
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THINKING SKILLS PLANNING GRID: |
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Remembering |
Understanding |
Applying |
Analysing |
Evaluating |
Creating |
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Verbal I enjoy reading, writing & speaking |
Make a list of 5 mining inventions. Research the dates of the inventions and order them chronologically.
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Write a letter to a Cornish miner. What would you ask him or her?
Or Mines were dangerous places. Mine shafts are still dangerous today. Create a poster warning people not to climb down mine shafts. |
Mind-map all the things that you have learnt about Cornish mining so far. | Create a storyboard of someone working down a Cornish mine. This could be a comic strip or cartoon. (Have a look at www.comiclife.com to help) | Research 3 mines from anywhere in the world and rate them on how deep they go down. | Write about the average day of a Cornish miner.
Or if you know someone who works or worked in a mine, interview them about their life and report to the class. |
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Visual I enjoy painting, drawing & visualizing |
Find a picture of a Cornish mine and write a description of it.
Or draw a picture of Humphry Davy or Richard Trevithic and write a profile of them. |
Create a world map that shows some of the metals mined around the world today. | Make a collage about Cornish mining using materials and photos. | Design a magazine showing Cornish mining clothes and equipment.
Include the clothes of women and children. |
Draw and label a picture of outfits and equipment from modern mining. | Create a 3D model of a tin mine or a piece of mining equipment. |
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Kinaesthetic I enjoy doing hands-on activities |
Traditionally Cornish miners had pasties for lunch.
Make a pasty with the help of your parent/guardian. |
Make a collection of rocks and minerals and share with the class. | Cornish miners travelled to many different parts of the world.
Find a country that Cornish miners travelled to and on A4 paper draw and colour in the flag of that country. |
With your parent/guardian visit Heartlands or Poldark Mine and write a report about what you found out there about Cornish mining. | Make a piece of Cornish mining clothing or equipment of your choice. | With the help of your parent/ guardian find different types of metals around your house and try and discover what they are and where they came from. |
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Musical I enjoy making & Listening to music |
Create a song for Cornish miners to sing down the mine to keep their spirits up. | Try to use musical instruments or items that make interesting sounds to imitate the noises of a Cornish mine underground. | Perform a rap that includes five facts about Cornish tin mining. | Listen to the anthem of Cornwall (‘Trelawny- The Song of the Western Men’) and compare it to a modern pop song of your choice. Write down which is your favourite and why? | Write a song or poem about a pasty, the miners traditional food.
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Create your own small musical instrument that you could take down the mine to keep everyone entertained. |
WARNING: Mines are dangerous places. Please don’t climb over any mines unsupervised or go into any mineshafts to do any of these activities!
Useful websites: www.cornish-mining.org.uk www.geevor.com www.poldark-mine.co.uk www.cornishmining.com
If you have thought of a similar activity that is not on the grid but that you would really like to do then go for it!
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