Prisoners of the Tower

Before half term Year 4 visited the Tower of London to learn all about the prisoners kept there during the Tudor times. 

What type of prisoners were kept in The Tower of London? How were their conditions different to prisoners kept outside of the prison? 

We're all going to the zoo ...

You have £38 to spend on tickets at London Zoo.

1. How many adults and children can you buy tickets for?
2. How many teachers and students can you buy tickets for?

Remember, there is more than one right answer to each question. Think of all the different combinations you could have for each question.

Zoo - investigate the characters

This term we will be reading Zoo by Anthony Browne.

What can you tell about the personalities of the four main characters from looking at their pictures above?

Answer in a fraction of a second

Equivalent fractions have the same value, even though they look different. 

Using the fractions wall above, answer the following questions: 

1. What fractions can you see that are the same as 1/2?

2. What equivalent fractions can you find for 1/3?

3. How else could you write 3/4?

Challenge

Can you think of a rule for working out equivalent fractions?

Year 6 investigate blood vessels

Year 6 have been learning about the circulatory system and how it is made up of the heart, blood vessels and blood.

This week they investigated which substances could pass through different materials. This represented the crossing of substances in blood through blood vessel walls.

What is the function of blood? What are the different components of blood? Why do these components need to be able to travel through blood vessel walls?

Number fun - Part 1

Here is a challenge for you Year 3 ...

What number sentences can you make using these 5 numbers?

The rules

You can only use each number once.
You can use any combination of them.
Have you used all four operations?
Have you made three or four-digit numbers?

Iron matters

Later that night, Hogarth's mum and dad still hadn't made their minds up. Should the people of Seaford try to trap this strange iron monster? 

Is the Iron Man a threat to the town and the people or is he just an innocent being whose only crime is to be from somewhere else?

Quantum leaps

Next Monday we will be going to see the Quantum Cloud, a sculpture by Antony Gormley next to the Millennium Dome. 

What facts can you find out about this sculpture? 

Why do you think we are going to see it?

What do you think the sculpture means?