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Maths games on J2e
There are some fun maths games to practise arithmetic skills and times tables that you can access via our j2e links. You need to be logged on to your Welearn365 account first for these to work. Try these out and see how far you can climb the hall of fame!
Click on the picture to go to the game menu.
Welcome to the Book Blog
On these pages you can discover ideas for books you might enjoy reading.
You can also post your own suggestions of books you have read and enjoyed for others to try.
If you post a recommendation, try to give a short review of the book and suggest who you think might like to read it (e.g. age and interests). You could also ‘rate’ the book by saying how many stars you think the book should have out of 5. Watch out for ‘spoilers’: when you describe a book, make sure you don’t give everything away so that others can enjoy the book as much as you did.
If you enjoy reading one of the books recommended on the blog, why not add a comment to the review? This will help other readers see which books are the most popular.
Which books will be the most popular this year? Will it be one you suggested?
Maths game – fractions
Here’s a fun little maths game. You have to direct the laser to make it power the space ships. It involves angles and fractions to split the laser into the right number of parts and direct it to shine into the space ships. The levels start easily, but get more challenging quite quickly.
Shackleton links
Follow these links for interesting information (including film clips) about Shackleton’s expedition to Antarctica on The Endurance. Click on the five images below to link to the sites. These sites will give you information about the voyage and about the members of Shackleton’s crew as well as a summary of the amazing story of The Endurance and the survival of its crew.
Bamzooki place value game
Practise identifying the value of different digits and multiplying/dividing by 10 or 100 with this Bamzooki game. Click on the image to play.
Printing cushions
We have been busy designing, printing and sewing cushion covers.
We had to think carefully about the techniques we used and how to build up the colours. Some of us used block printing and others made stencils to add different layers. The results were really impressive and we are very proud of our work!
Here are a few examples we managed to photograph:
Southam College year 6 Blog
If you haven’t found it, you can access the Southam College Blog here.
If you have any questions, friendly students who are already at the College will help you.
Viking games – Hnefatafl
In some of our maths lessons this week, we have been creating
a Viking game called Hnefatafl. Although we found out it could be played on different sized boards, it was often played on an 11 x 11 board. We discovered the number of squares would always have to be a square number and odd for the game to work. 
We had to draw out the board, measuring very carefully to be sure the board was straight and accurate and that the area had the correct areas marked on it. Some of us decided to decorate it with Viking runes or with patterns to make the game 
appear more professional. We then had to make the pieces to fit the board. We could choose to cut them from wood or make them in clay. We had to be very careful with measurements and designs to make 
sure the pieces could stand up and could be recognised was being from one team; we also needed them to fit inside the squares. The King piece was made larger than the other pieces to show its importance in the game.
One side plays with 24 ‘dragons’; the other side plays with 12 ‘axe-men’ defending their king.
We also designed boxes to hold our finished pieces. We thought 
carefully about the net for the box we wanted to make, then we 
had to estimate the volume of the pieces and decide on the dimensions we would need to make a box big enough to fit the pieces in safely. Some of us also had time to make a lid and include sections in the box to keep the pieces perfectly secure.
On Thursday we enjoyed learning some strategies to play the game successfully. We think it would be fun to have a Viking competition at some time… maybe when we visit York!