Assembly

Today we had our class assembly.  We shared our shields, asked the school some true or false questions about knights and then had a sing and a dance.




And just in case you want to watch the original.....

Knights Powerpoint

Click Here to visit a page about Knights

Create a powerpoint full of interesting facts.  We will use the most interesting facts as part of our assembly next Monday.  

IMPORTANT
Make sure you read the text before you copy and paste it so you know what it say and you understand what it means!!!

Medieval Times

Today we had a big think about Medieval Times.  It turns out that we already know quite a lot about them.  We are particularly good at naming the different parts of the castles and also the different weapons that people used a long time ago!

Below is the mindmap that we created, you can click on any of the '+' or '-' buttons to see more of our ideas and how they are connected together.



We have also been busy creating fantastic pieces of writing to help us inference.  An inference is when something isn't said, or written down, but you can figure it out from the clues that are there.  We wrote riddles to each other to work out that we will publish later in the week...

Learning about Castles

Click here to visit a page all about Medieval Castles.

Create a Powerpoint that answers these questions.

1) What were some of the different parts of castles called?
2) How were some of the different parts of the castle used?
3) Why was a castle such a good place to be if you were being attacked?

You can work by yourself or with a buddy!

Science Roadshow!

Today Parnell had a scientific day.  We watched and took part in all sorts of interesting experiments.  Here are a few of our thoughts...
Sid, "The soda gas and mentos made an explosion!  I liked making the jelly."

 Nayna, "We used little shapes to make patterns called tessellation."

Luki, "We liked the hovercraft because we flew in the air."
Ethan, "My favourite thing was the hurdles."
Charlotte, "I thought it was fun because we got to see coke explode!"
Una, "I liked the explosion because we nearly got sprayed!"
Jamie, "My favourite part was when we saw mirrors that made paper burn."
Nazca, "My favourite thing was the tessellation because it easy and you could make all these different shapes."
Sam, "My favourite part was mixing the goo because it got sticky and hard!"
Hugo, "My favourite part was the DNA of broccoli!"
John, "I liked mixing the goo because it was really colourful."
Michael, "I liked the coke best because it was like a real volcano."
Saud, "I liked the salt moving on the plate because I was amazed it moved by sound."

Homework!

This week some of us have chosen to use storybird.com to create a story that has our spelling words in.  Our spelling words had to be a place where a story could happen, for example, 'Paris' or a 'Playground'
Have a read of Jamie's awesome story below....

Making Stories

Today we are going to try out a new site for making our own books.
Click on the link below and see what you can create!

http://storybird.com/

Your username is pds+ the first letter of your first name + your last name

For example if your name was Willy Wonka then your username would be pdswwonka

Your password is the same password as for your digital workbooks.

Project Day!

Wow!  What a day!
We saw some amazing projects and listened to some brilliant presentations.  Room 11 have been so busy and so creative and have made some fantastic projects!
We have started to share our thoughts about our projects on our digital workbooks so click on a name on the right, type in the password and see what we have been up to!