8.50am

Word of the Day WURLITZER

Remember:

definition    word class    syllables    synonyms    antonyms    use

9am

PE

Make sure you make time to be active today.

9.30am

Independent Reading

When was the book you’re reading written?  is it older than you?

10.00am

Maths

Today’s Maths is Substitution.  Possibly not the sporting kind that you might immediately think of but you should be able to see a link.

10.45am

Break

Here’s the answer to yesterday’s puzzle:

SAFE

POLE

BOOT

NEWT
STEP
BARE

The mystery word was flower.

Today’s challenge:

Find rhyming pairs.  Unscramble the words below so that each pair or words rhymes.

RBAE and HREAS

WNROED and UTRHNDE

TUGHAT and HBTUGO

ODULC and OGOG

11.00am

Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling

Spelling day!

11.15am

Holes Quiz

Here are the answers to yesterday’s questions on Chapter Three:

1. 1 (him!) 

1. He had promised to write to his mother 

1. They blamed his ‘no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather’. 

1. He was cursed by a one-legged gypsy for stealing a pig. 

1. Inventor 

1. The name is the same spelt backwards and forwards. 

1. He was robbed by Kissin’ Kate Barlow. 

1. She killed him. 

Today’s questions are on Chapters Four & Five:

1. How long had Stanley been on the bus? 

1. What did Mr Sir eat? 

1. What tattoo did Mr Sir have? 

1. What colour were the jumpsuit and t-shirt which Stanley was given? 

1. How big was the hole which Stanley had to dig? 

1. How many days each week was he expected to dig? 

1. Who was Stanley’s counsellor? What was his nickname? 

1. What was the only rule at Camp Green Lake? 

1. Whose bed was Stanley given? 

1. Why was one of the boys called Zero? 

11.30am

English

How much do we currently know about Stanley?

12.30pm

Lunch

Yesterday’s answer: corn or maize

Today’s riddle:

With red and white stripes
It’s something you lick
Despite it looking
Like a hockey stick

1.30pm

RSE

How much do you know about puberty?

Over dinner?

Philosophical Question

If your nose runs and your feet smell, what do your eyes do?