The Vikings – Evidence

Explore the evidence about Vikings using the link where you can see the photographs of items that were discovered:

https://www.collections.yorkarchaeologicaltrust.co.uk/s/collections/faceted-browse/1

  • What do you think the artefacts are?
  • What do you think they were used for?
  • What do they tell you about Viking life?

This clip is about the items discovered and what they decided to do with them when they created the Jorvik Museum:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBvRyfULMWo

Explore and watch these clips to find out more about the Vikings:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z939mp3

 

Anglo-Saxons – Sutton Hoo

Sutton Hoo is a series of large mounds in East Anglia in England. In 1939, a local archaeologist excavated the biggest mound and found an Anglo-Saxon ship buried there. The ship is believed to have belonged to an Anglo-Saxon King due to the wonderful artefacts found during the excavation.

Take a look at this clip and find out more:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0113xxh

Explore this link:

https://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/saxons/suttonhoo.htm

Anglo – Saxons – Exploring place names

This week, we have been looking at local place names like Warley, Oldbury, Smethwick, Dudley, Kingswinford, Coseley, Erdington, Rowley and Birmingham and thinking about how this is evidence of Anglo-Saxon place names.

Can you spot any of these words in any other place names..?

The Anglo – Saxon word barrow means wood.

  • bourne / burn means stream
  • burh (borough) means town
  • bury means fortified place
  • dun (don) means hill
  • ford means shallow river crossing
  • ham means village
  • hurst means wooded hill
  • leigh / ley or lee means forest clearing
  • mar / mar / mere means lake
  • ney means island
  • port means market town
  • stead means place
  • stowe means meeting place
  • ton / tun means enclosed village
  • wick means farm
  • worth means fenced land

Here’s a link to an interactive map that you can use to explore them locally and further afield:

https://wikishire.co.uk/map/#/centre=53.049,-7.747/zoom=7

Find out more about Anglo-Saxon Britain by exploring these links:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zxsbcdm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cKGz-st75w

Multiplication and maths fluency

Keep working on your multiplication and general maths facts and skills.

As promised, here is the link to the Times Table Check simulator:

https://www.timestables.co.uk/multiplication-tables-check/

A link to Times Tables Rockstars:

https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school

 

Times Tables Snap

Get confident with times tables, doubles and halves and number bonds if you need to:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Get active with your times tables:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/times-table-collection/z4vv6v4

Times tables Magic Square speed challenge:

https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/arithmetic/latest/arithmetic_en.html

Virtual dice:

https://www.online-stopwatch.com/chance-games/roll-a-dice/

Fraction Walls / Fun

https://www.visnos.com/demos/fraction-wall

https://mathsbot.com/manipulatives/fractionWall

https://toytheater.com/fraction-circles/

100 square

https://mathsbot.com/manipulatives/hundredSquare

Don’t forget to have fun with your chatterbox/ fortune teller!

Enjoy!

Research negative and positive impacts that humans can have on habitats

https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/which-everyday-products-contain-palm-oil

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/geography/general-geography/what-is-palm-oil/

Hedgehogs

It is estimated there were 30 million hedgehogs in the UK in the 1950s.

A recent survey suggests there are now between 1 and 1.5 million hedgehogs.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0119pfv

https://ptes.org/campaigns/hedgehogs/

https://peoplestrust.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Hedgehog-Fact-File-2022.pdf

https://ptes.org/campaigns/hedgehogs/help-hedgehogs-in-your-neighbourhood/

King Kong by Ethan

King Kong mounted the spire of the Empire State Building. How old was he? It’s a mystery. How tall was he? It’s a mystery. Where was he born? It’s a mystery.

Taller than a double decker bus, Kong gripped onto a ledge on the Empire State Building in the enchanted moonlight, searching for his true love. The stars glared at King Kong’s piercing, aqua blue eyes. His titanic fangs, which were shaped like katanas, gleamed in the chaos. His triangular nose twitched in the gust. His jaw gaped open, letting out an earsplitting roar.

The moonlight consumed his sharp vision. The blinded ape stumbled over a corner of the skyscraper. And his immense head dived over the brink of the tower into the vast abyss.

BOOM!