Photo diary

Day 1 in the germination tank!





Some have already started to split open.

This is a photo of the first set, as you can see one went mouldy and sprouted hair. Fingers crossed the next set turn out a lot better!

Plants!

This half term in Science we have been studying plants and their life cycle. We have learnt all about germination, pollination and seed dispersal. We have a germination tank in our classroom and are currently on our second attempt to germinate broad beans. The first set malfunctioned.... ask your children about why we think this happened!!!

Look back for our photo diary and please keep your fingers crossed! Once the seeds germinate we will grow the beans and see which child manages to grow the biggest broad bean!

Ask your child what they know on this topic, I'm sure you will be amazed.

Monday's brilliant work

Today Year 5 have been working on using adverbial phrases that show WHEN... The whole class worked brilliantly but Sinem was my super star for this lesson as she related all the adverbial phrases to our Literacy and History lessons, fantastic!

WOW word winner!

A big thank you to the children of 5 Magenta who took part in this week's WOW word competition. We had lots and lots of entries!!!
A special mention to Nadia who wrote down lots of tricky science words! Well done to you! This week's winner was Maliha, who came up with the winning hatrick of zany, zealous and zest! Do you know what those words mean? If not, ask her!!!
Look in class for the lastest complete set!

Science bloggers!

Well done to Saphra, Maliha, Rudaba and Mariam who entered this week's science competition!



They have researched a variety of different subjects within the Human body and have used our library text books to find interesting facts.

Saphra's is the winner as she found out about the cell, something we haven't even mentioned in class! Well done for being so innovative!

By Mariam

By Maliha

Next week's challenge is a fun one! It was going to be a History and Literacy one but as Easter is soon approaching we thought this would be more fun! Who can design the best Easter card? I'm looking forward to seeing lots of fluffy chicks and giant Easter eggs! It must be no larger than A4 and as colourful and imaginative as possible! Entries must be in by next Wednesday... good luck!

Weekly challenge

Our new challenge this week is for the winning child to become a Magenta Science blogger. It will be about the Human Body, it could be a labelled drawing, an explanation about how a part of the body works, interesting facts etc.... It might be something amazingly individual, entries must be handed in by Friday breaktime and will be posted on Friday lunchtime!
Good luck!!

The Highwayman

We are becoming really involved with the Highwayman now and are now at a crucial stage in the play. We will soon find out how it ends and begin rehearsing for our assembly. On Friday we wrote our own scene description and I was so impressed with the quality of writing. It was especially pleasing as I taught the lesson at the end of Friday afternoon when we were all feeling a little sleepy. A special mention to Ayman, All, Zumorod, Mustak, Iman, Ekhaw, Saphra, Nazmul, Rudaba and Mariam who wrote excellent pieces of work!

The bare highway loomed ahead endlessly. In the distance all you can see is misty fog. As silence spreads through the air, danger is approaching closer and nearer. It is moonlight. Dark as a black cat, the road is bare, the trees have no leaves on them. The old inn-door is dusty and filthy. Bess is watching outside. There are unknown sounds. The pond is shallow and dirty, you can hear frogs creaking. There is manure on the door that has a bad smell. You feel as if something is going to come up to you and JUMP!!! King George's men are firing up to the old inn-door.....

By Alaa






The bare highway loomed ahead endlessly in the distance. There were trees making sounds and all the leaves had fallen out of the trees, and Bess the landlord's black- eyed daughter was waiting for her true love the Highwayman and the floor was full of bricks.

By Ayman

The bare highway loomed ahead endlessly. In the distance all you can see is misty fog. As silence spreads through the air, danger is approaching closer and nearer. You can imagine the smell of manure and it is very sparse. It is so gloomy and the path is bumbly. It is empty and silent. You can hear echoes, echoes and echoes, you can hear echoes. You can also smell damp. It is spooky and cloudy. You can see dust and it is shadowy. The road is narrow and dull, even rocky in some places. The weather is cold and fresh. You won't hear a word until King George's men come marhcing. The wind is blowing all the dust and it is just death.

By Iman

Our challenge winner for the Highwayman drawing goes to Tayeb and Silya who entered fantastic drawings, see them below! 2 hp's each, well done!




By Tayeb

By Silya