Autumn Term Form 5
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Acrostic Poem, by Kieran
Scared to death by ghosts
Cold blooded, cash loving and cruel
Rotten, rude and ruthless.
Once a happy fellow working for Mr Fezziwig
Overloaded with his love for wealth
Gloomy like the gathering darkness of the night sky
Engrossed in money
Acrostic Poem, by Ye Young
Stingy, mean and morose,
Cold-hearted as a freezing winter wind
Rude as a wild grey rat
Old, miserable and selfish
Off hand with all
Great money collector
Exasperating, cruel and nasty
Science experiment, by Daniel
If you shake the bottle, will it produce more gas?
Aim: To find out if when you shake a bottle of tonic water it will let out more gas than a non-shaken bottle of tonic water in the same amount of time.
Prediction: I predict that the shaken bottle will let out more gas in the time shown above.
Method:
- Fill up the sink
- Get a bottle full of tonic water.
- Take some plasticine and make a bung.
- Get a tube and place it in the plasticine bung
- Fill a measuring cylinder with water. Get rid of air bubbles by tapping the end while still in water until air is gone.
- Place end of tube without plasticine bung in upside down cylinder whilst still in water.
- Take lid off tonic water and very quickly place the bung in.
- Watch bubbles go in to the wated for five minutes. Repeat twice.
- Do it again, but shake the bottle. (Repeat)
Science experiment, by Ye Young
Aim: We are trying to find out if a bigger bottle will contain more gas.
Prediction: I think there will be the same amount of gas in the bigger bottle and in the smaller bottle.
Method:
- Prepare two different sized bottles.
- Pour water into a measuring cylinder (With no air) and turn upside down.
- Carefully put the tube under the measuring cylinder.
- At the other end of the tube, make a rubber bung.
- Open the cap as fast as you can and put the bung into the bottle.
- When you can see bubbles in the other side of the tube, it is successful.
- Keep watching it and write a result.
- Repeat the process with the other bottle.
Equipment List: rubber bungs, carbonated water (or other fizzy drinks,) measuring cylinders, tubes, bowls of water.
Diagram:
Simile poems: ‘Wing Wong’, by Daniel
Eyes as red as burning lava,
Hair as wild as a mad monkey,
Ears as pointed as a screaming evil troll,
Horns as pointed as a scary pit of spiders,
Face as slimy as an oozing pool of slime,
Hands as clawed as an evil witch’s,
Stomach as big as a well-fed king’s,
Feet as winged as nemesis’ shining feet,
Wings as non-human as an alien’s,
Spikes as sharp as a bull’s horn.
Simile poems: ‘Mr K’, by Kieran
Mr K
Eyes as blue as a cloudless sky,
Hair as brown as double chocolate,
Lips as red as the beam of a lazar
Teeth as white as a flock of doves,
Arms as strong as a shiny titanium’s
Body as healthy as an Olympic runner
Legs as long as a metre ruler.
Simile poems: ‘Lavalist’, by George
Eyes as dark and sparkling as black diamonds,
Spikes like a glowing, red hot blade,
Each wing as wide as a bedroom, powerful as steel,
Body as red-black as a bubbling pool of lava,
Tail as long as a bus and spiky as barbed wire,
Claws, each as long as a spear and sharp as a knife,
Head as wide as a door,
Teeth as sharp as a razor,
Legs like concrete pillars.
Simile poems: ‘Bafa Cafalata’, by Orla
Eyes as green as fresh grass,
Hair as pointy as needles,
Lips as red as lava,
Teeth as white as paper,
Arms as long as an octopus’s tentacles,
Hands as strong as metal,
Body as tall as a skyscraper,
Skin as brown as burnt wood,
Ears as pointed as an evil goblin’s
Breath as smelly as dead fish,
Legs as hard as brick,
Toes with nails as sharp as razors
Simile poems: ‘Fang’, by Sangiv
Eyes as yellow as killer lightening,
Teeth as sharp as a serpents tooth,
Wings as powerful as a mighty eagle,
Tail as destructive as burning lava,
Horns as deadly as a sharp knife,
Armour as black as a bold Ferrari
Legs as invincible as a dinosaur’s,
As gracious as a noble king’s.
Science report: Can we germinate a seed without soil? By Orla
Aim
The aim is to germinate a seed without soil, using only water and light.
Prediction
My prediction is the seed will germinate and a small root will come out of the seed.
Method
Equipment/Resources:
Broad bean
One tall glass jar
Two pieces of kitchen roll
Water
Sunlight
- Roll the kitchen roll into a tube and put it in the glass jar, covering the bottom as well.
- Put cold water into the bottom of the glass jar.
- Put the seed on top of the pieces of kitchen roll at the bottom of the jar.
- Put the glass in a sunny place where it can get light.
- Check every day to keep the paper moist.
Response to Literature: by Jeevan,
Last month Oliver McMarvel experienced a truly terrifying haunting! Oliver McMarvel is a ten years old school boy from Hampshire who recently moved house with his mother and his cat, Morris. Ghostbuster Magazine was lucky enough to interview Oliver and find out about his ordeal.
I asked him about his nightmare: “Where did it happen?”
“It happened in my new room in our new house, at night.”
“What was the ghost like?”
“The ghost is really small and hairy. Its face explodes like an everlasting firework.”
“Why did you not call for help?”
“I wanted to make friends with it.”
“What did the ghost do that was so bad?”
“He takes objects’ shadows and without them, stuff dies.”
“Why did you go back into the house?”
“The ghost haunted me, so I wanted revenge.”
“Thank you, Oliver for sharing your horrible ordeal with us.”
My Manifesto, by Abdulla
Hello Form 5.
My name is Abdulla and I am nine years old. I have been attending St Winifred’s School for one week and I am in Form 5.
Today I would like to persuade you. I would like to give you several fantastic reasons why I should be your class rep.
The chief is that I am a good listener.
Another reason is that I am sensible.
A further reason is I am a good role model.
The final reason is I am a good problem solver.
So vote for me!
