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Hi Grade 5,
Here are two activities you can try to practice adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers.
The first one involves a number line from -8 to 8.
The second one is more challenging and has a number line from -16 to 16.
Enjoy!
Hi Grade 5,
Have a go at this math game to practice working with positive and negative integers. There are other great investigations on the NRICH site, see what else you can find!
Click here for the NRICH game.
Grade 5 students acted as curators of an Artifact Museum that was set up in our classrooms. There were 'galleries' from several time periods including Roman, Viking, Tudor and Anglo-Saxon. Students catalogued a range of artifacts and displayed them for parents and the school community to see. Some groups used the artifacts that we collected during our recent ‘archeological expedition’ at the River Thames.
Please have a look at some highlights from the museum. Comments about your visit are also very welcome!
Victorian artifacts on display, including pottery found at the River Thames.
The Second World War gallery included many primary and secondary sources of history.
Lower Primary students learn more about the Second World War from replicas of artifacts such as rations booklets, evacuee tags and 'After the Raid' information pamphlets.
Employees at the Aztec table spoke to their visitors in Spanish.
Roman artifacts, including replicas of an oil lamp, pottery and jewellery, were explained by our historical experts.
Ms Gregson learns more about the Masada World Heritage site in Israel.
The museum employees at the Tudor section used several portraits to help others learn about King Henry VIII and his wives.
Visitors to the Anglo-Saxon and Viking tables were invited to write their names in Runic.
Grade 5 students spent the afternoon at Westminster yesterday. They took part in a science and humanities lessons. It was very exciting to learn about electricity and work in the science lab! In the humanities class, Mr. Barnett showed us a variety of interesting artefacts that he has collected over the years including a 5000 year old necklace from Ancient Egypt! Have a look at our video to see more!
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Hi Grade 5,
Have a look at the website of the UK National Archives.
What is the National Archives?
The National Archives is the UK government's official archive, containing almost 1,000 years of history, with records ranging from parchment and paper scrolls through to digital files and archived websites.
Can you find any artifacts here that we can use in our museum?
The students have been busy analysing and interpreting artefacts from a range of time periods. They have been enthusiastic about learning about these different parts of history.
What did you learn?
what artefacts were good sources of information and why?
What do you find interesting?
Explain whether you would or would not like to live during a certain time in history.
