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Day 1 - Literacy

Wild Ride

This story takes place in a huge grassland area in southern Africa. The grasslands there are called 'savannah'.

Dawn was casting spun-gold threads across a rosy sky over Sawubona Game Reserve as Martine Allen took a last look around to ensure there weren't any witnesses. She leaned forward like a jockey on the track, wound her fingers through a silver mane, and cried, 'Go, Jemmy, go.'

The white giraffe sprang forward so suddenly that she was almost unseated, but she recovered and, wrapping her arms around his neck, quickly adjusted to the familiar rhythm of Jemmy's rocking-horse stride. They swept past the dam and a herd of bubble-blowing hippos, past a flock of startled egrets lifting from the trees like white glitter, and out onto the open savannah plain. An early morning African chorus of doves, crickets and go-away birds provided a soundtrack.

For a long time Martine had only ever ridden Jemmy at night and in secret, but when her grandmother had found out about their nocturnal adventures she'd promptly banned them, on the grounds that the game reserve's deadliest animals were all in search of dinner after dark and there was nothing they'd like more than to feast on a giraffe-riding eleven-year-old. For a while Martine had defied her, but after several close calls and one terrible row with her grandmother, she had come to accept that the old lady was right. When lions were on the hunt, the game reserve was best avoided.

Another of her grandmother's rules was that Martine ride sedately at all times. 'No faster than a trot and, in fact, I'd rather you stuck to a walk,' she'd counselled sternly.

Martine had paid almost no attention. The way she saw it, Jemmy was a wild animal and it was only fair that he should have the freedom to do what came naturally, and if that meant tearing across the savannah at a giraffe's top speed of thirty-five kilometres per hour, well, there wasn't a lot she could do about it. It wasn't as if she had reins to stop him. Besides, what was the point of riding a giraffe if the most he was permitted to do was plod along like some arthritic pony from the local stables?

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Jemmy clearly agreed. They flew across the grassy plain with the spring breeze singing in Martine's ears. 'Faster, Jemmy!' she yelled. 'Run for your life.' And she laughed out loud at the heart-pounding thrill of it, of racing a wild giraffe.

A streak of grey cut across her vision, accompanied by a furious, nasal squeal: 'Mmwheeeh!'. Jemmy swerved. In the instant before her body parted company with the white giraffe's, Martine caught a glimpse of a warthog charging from its burrow, yellow tusks thrust forward. Had her arms not been wrapped so tightly around the giraffe's neck, she would have crashed ten feet to the ground. As it was, she just sort of swung under his chest like a human necklace. There she dangled while Jemmy pranced skittishly and the warthog, intent on defending her young, let out enraged squeals from below. Five baby warthogs milled around in bewilderment, spindly tails pointing heavenwards.

The pain in Martine's arms was nearly unbearable, but she didn't let go. She adored warthogs – warts, rough skin, ugly ears and all – but their Hollywood movie star eyelashes didn't fool her. In a blink of those lashes, their tusks could reduce her limbs to bloody ribbons.

'Jemmy,' she said through gritted teeth, 'walk on. Good boy.'

Confused, the white giraffe started to lower his neck as he backed away from the warthog.

'No, Jemmy!' shrieked Martine as the warthog nipped at the toe of one of her boots. 'Walk! Walk on!'

Jemmy snatched his head up to evade the warthog's sharp tusks, and Martine was able to use the momentum to hook her legs around his neck. From there, she was able to haul herself onto his back and urge him into a sprint. Soon the warthog family was a grey blur in the distance, although the mother's grunts of triumph took longer to fade.

Martine rode the rest of the way home at a gentle walk, a thoughtful smile on her lips. That would teach her to show off – even if it was only to an audience of hippos. At the game reserve gate, Jemmy dipped his head and Martine slid down his silvery neck as though she was shooting down a waterslide. That, too, wasn't the safest way of dismounting, but it was fun. She gave the white giraffe a parting hug, and strolled through the mango trees to the thatched house.

1. Circle the correct option to complete each sentence below.

(a) The text begins with Martine going out to ride her giraffe...

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1 mark

(b) Martine rode her giraffe...

1 mark

(c) Everything was fine on that day until...

1 mark

(d) At the end of the text, Martine...

1 mark

2. Look at the first paragraph, beginning: Dawn was casting...

How do you know that Martine wanted to keep this ride a secret?

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3. What were Martine’s grandmother’s rules about riding the giraffe?

Tick two.

Ride only in daylight.

Don’t show off.

Stay in the game reserve.

Keep to a slow speed.

No jumping.

1 mark

4. (a) What evidence is there of Martine being stubborn in the way she behaved with her grandmother?

Give two points.

1. ____________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________ 2 marks

(b) What evidence is there of Martine being determined when she met the warthogs?

_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________ 1 mark

5. ...milled around in bewilderment (page 3)

Explain what this description suggests about the baby warthogs.

___________________________________________________________

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___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________ 2 marks

6. What evidence in the text is there that warthogs can be dangerous?

Give two examples.

1. ________________________________________________________

2. ________________________________________________________ 2 marks

7. What helped Martine to get safely on Jemmy’s back after the warthog’s attack?

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________ 1 mark

8. The warthog mother made grunts of triumph (page 3)

Why was she triumphant?

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________ 1 mark

9. Do you think that Martine will change her behaviour on future giraffe rides?

Tick one.

yes

no

maybe

Explain your choice fully, using evidence from the text.

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3 marks

10. In what ways might Martine’s character appeal to many readers?

Explain fully, referring to the text in your answer.

3 marks

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11. Draw lines to match each part of the story with the correct quotation from the text.

1 mark

Maths

Q1.The children at Farmfield School are collecting money for charity.

Their target is to collect £360

So far they have collected £57.73

How much more money do they need to reach their target?

1 mark

Q2.Write the three missing digits to make this addition correct.

2 marks

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Q3.The numbers in this sequence increase by the same amount each time.

Write the missing numbers.

2 marks

Q4.Dev thinks of a whole number.

He multiplies it by 4

He rounds his answer to the nearest 10

The result is 50

Write all the possible numbers that Dev could have started with.

________________________________________________ 2 marks

Q5.In each box, circle the number that is greater.

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5

2 marks

Problem solving - Satisfying Four Statements

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Age 7 to 11

Ash, Si, Sami and Mani are playing a game. Each of them writes down a statement that describes a set of numbers.

Ash writes "Multiples of five". Si writes "Triangular numbers".

Sami writes "Even, but not multiples of four". Mani writes "Multiples of three but not multiples of nine".

Can you find 10 numbers that belong in each set?

Can you find some two-digit numbers that belong in two of the sets?

Can you find some two-digit numbers that belong in three sets?

Can you find some numbers that belongs in all four sets?

If you are unsure about them, these are triangular numbers:

1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, 36, 45, ...

It is simply the number of dots in each triangular pattern:

Afternoon

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Business Challenge

Imagine that you are going to start your own business.

What would it be?

What would you sell?

What would you make?

What would you fix?

What would you do?

Your business can be a type of business that already exists, like a bakery,

a fishing shop, a restaurant or a computer repair business. Or, you might

have an idea for a business that has not been thought of before. Either

way, you need to think of ways that would attract customers to your

business.

Would you have a shop?

Would you need a vehicle?

Would you work from home?

Your challenge is to design an advert for your business, that shows your

customers that you are better than other companies. You can make a

poster advert, or a storyboard for a t.v. commercial. Maybe you could

write a script for a radio advert.

If you have time, try more than one – the most successful advertising

campaigns use a range of types of advertising.

Can you think of a logo for your business to include in the adverts?

Does your business have a slogan that the customer will easily

remember?

Day 2 – Literacy

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Space Tourism

In 1969, a man walked on the Moon for the first time. After this, many

people thought that space travel would be available by the year 2000

and that we would all be space tourists. However, here we are in 2015

and space tourism is still an impossible dream for most of us. It is a

reality for only a very few, very rich, people.

How would you get to your space hotel?

In the future there may be hotels in space for all the tourists. It wouldn’t take long for the space shuttle to get out of the Earth’s atmosphere. Then, without Earth’ gravity, you would become weightless. Arrival at the hotel would be like an aeroplane parking at an airport but you would leave the cabin floating along the access tube, holding on to a cable.

Fact: The Russian Space Agency offers flights on board a spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS), where people can stay. The ISS was built in 1998 and is so big that it can be seen from Earth. Tickets to the ISS are very limited.

What would a space holiday be like?

Once in the hotel, you could admire the unique views of Earth and space and enjoy the endless entertainment of being weightless – and there would always be the possibility of a space-walk.

Fact: The first tourist in pace was Dennis Tito in 2001. His trip cost him around £14 million.

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Who has already had a holiday in space?

In 2006, Anousheh Ansari became the first female space tourist when she made the trip from Russia to the International Space Station (ISS). Anousheh stayed on the ISS for eight days and kept a blog (an online diary). Parts of her blog are shown here.

Anousheh’s Space Blog

September 25th

Everyone wants to know: how do you take a shower in space? How do you brush your teeth? Well my friends, I must admit keeping clean in space is not easy! There is no shower with running water. Water does not ‘flow’ here, it ‘floats’ – which makes it a challenging act to clean yourself. There are wet towels, wet wipes and dry towels that are used. Now brushing your teeth in space is another joy. You cannot rinse your mouth and spit after brushing, so you end up rinsing and swallowing. Astronauts call it the ‘fresh mint effect’.

September 27th

Being weightless has some wonderful advantages. You can lift a really heavy object with one hand and move it around with one finger. You can fly and float around instead of walking. You can do somersaults at any age. Everything is effortless. If you want to move forward, you slightly touch a wall with one finger and you start moving in the opposite direction. If you have left your book at the other side of the module, no problem – you ask someone close to it to send it to you. That means they pick it up and very gently push it towards you, and here it is – your book flying to you all the way from the other side.

Shooting stars Be a space tourist at home

While space travel is an impossibility for most of us, you can still be a tourist from here on Earth by spotting shooting stars!

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Space is full of huge and tiny pieces of rock, which burn up in a flash when they enter the Earth’s atmosphere. The flash of burning rock is called a meteor. As it moves through the night sky, you can see the trail it leaves behind – which is what we know as a shooting star.

On most clear nights, you should be able to see up to 10 meteors every hour. But, at certain times of the year, many more meteors appear than usual. When this happens, we call it a meteor shower.

Star spotters' guide to seeing shooting stars

1. Find out when a meteor shower is due and arrange to go star spotting with an adult (they don’t have to be an expert!).

2. Wear warm clothes and equip yourself with a blanket, a pillow and a torch.

3. You do NOT need a telescope or binoculars.

4. Go outside and find somewhere that is far away from town lights.

5. When you have found your spot, lie down on your blanket, switch OFF your torch and stare up at the sky.

6. Allow some minutes to pass. The longer you look, the more stars you will see as your eyes get used to the darkness.

7. Wait for the shooting stars to appear!

1. Look at the introduction.

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Why is space tourism impossible for most people?

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________ 1 mark

2. How would you get from the spacecraft to the space hotel?

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________ 1 mark

3. According to the text, what could you do on your space holiday?

Give two examples:

1. ____________________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________________ 2 marks

4. How much did the first space tourist pay to go into space?

______________________________________________________________ 1 mark

5. How can you tell that the International Space Station is very large?

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________ 1 mark

6. How did Anousheh’s trip into space make history?

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________ 1 mark

7. Look at the text box Who has already had a holiday in space?

Complete the table about Anousheh’s trip into space.

Where did she start her trip?

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Where did she stay in space?

How long did she stay in space?

2 marks

8. Look at Anousheh’s blog entry for September 25th.

Find and copy a group of words that shows that Anousheh wrote her blog for others to read.

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________ 1 mark

9. Look at Anousheh’s blog entry for September 27th.

Explain how Anousheh felt about being in space that day.

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________ 2 marks

10. Match the events below to the year in which they happened.

1 mark

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11. Using information from the text, tick one box in each row to show whether each statement is a fact or an opinion.

Fact Opinion

Anousheh Ansari kept an online diary.

Brushing your teeth in space is a joy.

Being weightless is endlessly entertaining.

Tourists can stay on the International Space Station.

1 mark

12. …in a flash...

What does this tell you about the burning of rocks in space?

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________ 1 mark

13. Find out when a meteor shower is due and arrange to go star spotting with an adult…

In this sentence, the word arrange is closest in meaning to…

Tick one.

set out.

meet.

pack up.

plan.

1 mark

14. How does the information make it sound easy to be a star spotter?

Give two ways.

1. ____________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________ 2 marks

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15. Tick true or false in the following table to show what you should do when spotting shooting stars.

True False

Take warm clothes, a blanket, a pillow and a torch.

Stay close to town.

Point your torch up to the sky.

You must have binoculars.

1 mark

Maths

Q1.

3 pineapples cost the same as 2 mangoes.

One mango costs £1.35

How much does one pineapple cost?

2 marks

Q2.Write three factors of 30 that are not factors of 15

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2 marks

Q3.Adam says,

Explain why he is correct.

1 mark

Q4. Chen uses these digit cards.

She makes a 2-digit number and a 1-digit number.

She multiplies them together.

Her answer is a multiple of 10

What could Chen’s multiplication be?

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1 mark

Q5. A group of friends earns £80 by washing cars.

They share the money equally.

They get £16 each.

How many friends are in the group?

1 mark

Problem solving -Twenty Divided Into Six

Age 7 to 11

Katie had a pack of twenty cards numbered from 1 to 20.

She arranged the cards into six piles.

The numbers on the cards in each pile added to the same total.

What was the total and how could this be done?

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Afternoon

The 100-word story challenge

You are going to write a story, but the tricky part is that it must have exactly

100 words. How are you going to grab (and keep) the reader’s attention?

You really need to focus on saying what you want to say in the best way that

you can without losing focus.

The only rule, apart from the 100 words, is that it must contain the

following sentence:

A terrible chill shot down his spine.

This sentence can be at the beginning, middle or end, but it cannot be

changed.

I would start by writing a first draft of the story, and then count the words.

Do you need to add more words, or do you need to cut some out? Can you

change any of your words for better words that will have more impact?

If you have any time left, you could write up your story neatly and add

illustrations.

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Day 3 - Literacy

A Life Underwater

David Doubilet is a well known underwater photographer, who has

had his work published in many books and magazines. He was born

in New York and started taking photos underwater at a very young

age.

I grew up in New York City, a very strange place to go diving. When I was

ten, my uncle took me to the premiere of the movie The Silent World.

Produced by Jacques Cousteau, the famous underwater photographer, the

film was shot in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. I was absolutely

mesmerised. Sometimes it happens to you. You see something - a moment,

a part of life - that changes the course of your life. I was very lucky because

it happened when I was only ten.

After the film, knees trembling, I went up to Jacques Cousteau, who stood

straight, tall and aloof, talking to people in the theatre. I sneaked between a

forest of legs, looked up at him, pulled his jacket and said: "Oh, Captain

Cousteau, I want to swim underwater and take pictures. I want to be an

underwater photographer." He looked down and said: "Why not?"

My family spent summers at our house on the New Jersey shore. The sea

there is dark and murky and changes all the time. Rough or calm, it is

always green. That's where I began diving. I had a simple yellow face mask

and green flippers from a company called Frankie the Frog Man. The

flippers looked like lily pads. My snorkel was made of hard rubber that hurt

my mouth, but I could put my head under and breathe when I swam. I

learned to be a good free diver and how to spear fish, too, because that's

what you did underwater in those days.

At 12, I learned to scuba dive using a double air tank that was heavier than

I was. I became a certified diver at 13. There was a group called the New

York Skin Diving Academy. I had to study the physics of diving. In 1956

the sport was barely 12 years old, so I was a young pioneer.

I liked to be underwater for one simple reason: I could escape the rest of

the world. I could escape school or parents or lunch if I didn’t like it. I was

constantly being sought for something I was either late for, or forgot to do,

or did not want to do in the first place. Being at the bottom of the pool was

like being at the bottom of the ocean – no one could reach me.

My parents never really encouraged me, but they never discouraged me

either. Everyone in my family did different things. My father, a doctor,

liked to fish; my mother played golf; one sister skied; my other sister ice-

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skated. Everything I did, I did on my own, and everything was possible. I

learned early on that if you want to do something, you go and do it.

There were few books about underwater photography back then. I didn’t

know as much as the authors of those books, but I wasn’t far behind. Using

a rubber bag, I adapted my first camera, a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye, for

underwater pictures. The first results were absolutely terrible, but I wasn’t

discouraged. I was taking pictures of everything: fish, mussels and clams,

and people peering down from the surface of a swimming pool. I was

shooting bubbles. At 14, I won my first photography contest. At 15, my

picture of a diver pulling up an anchor sold to a South American magazine.

My school did not offer photography courses like many schools do today.

But even if you’re a student, you can’t say, “I want to make student

pictures.” You must say, “I want to make real pictures that will tell a story

and please me.”

Photography depends on light. How does the light look in the morning?

What kind of shadow does a glass of juice cast? Einstein called

photographers “light monkeys,” because they are fooling with, playing

with, and constantly moving the light. A photographer must be as aware of

light as a perfume-maker is of smells.

Photography comes from the heart.

Strangely enough, it’s not something you

do, but something you use to explore your

interests and to translate them into images.

David Doubilet

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1. I grew up in New York City, a very strange place to go diving.

What does the writer, David Doubilet, mean by this?

Tick one.

New York City was a difficult place to grow up.

People in New York didn’t approve of strangers diving there.

It was unusual for people to go diving in New York City.

There was nowhere to practise diving in New York City.

1 mark

2. Look at the paragraph beginning: After the film...

When Jacques Cousteau replied Why not? to David’s remark about wanting to be an underwater photographer, he was

Tick one.

making a joke.

offering encouragement.

expecting David to answer.

trying to make David angry.

1 mark

3. Look at the paragraph beginning: I grew up in New York City...

Find and copy a word that shows David Doubilet’s interest was captured by the film he saw.

___________________________________________________________ 1 mark

4. How can you tell that David Doubilet admires Jacques Cousteau?

Explain fully referring to the text in your answer.

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___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

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___________________________________________________________ 3 marks

5. Look at the paragraph beginning My family spent…

From the description of his equipment, how do we know that he was a child when he first learned to dive?

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________ 1 mark

6. In 1956 the sport was barely 12 years old, so I was a young pioneer.

What does the word pioneer mean in this sentence?

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________ 1 mark

7. David Doubilet enjoyed being underwater because he could get away from people or things he had to do.

Find and copy a sentence that shows this.

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________ 1 mark

8. How did David Doubilet change his camera so that he could use it for

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underwater photography?

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________ 1 mark

9. A photographer must be as aware of light as a perfume-maker is of smells.

What does David Doubilet mean by this?

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________ 2 marks

10. Complete the table to show whether you think David Doubilet would agree or disagree with each statement.

Statement Agree or disagree

To learn to dive you need the best equipment available.

Photographers are light monkeys.

Meeting Jacques Cousteau changed the course of my life.

It is really important that your parents support your interests.

2 marks

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11. Draw lines to match the event in David Doubilet’s life to the age he was when it happened. One has been done for you.

1 mark

12. I learned early on that if you want to do something, you go and do it.

What does this statement by David Doubilet tell us about his character?

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________ 1 mark

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Maths

Q1. In this circle, and are shaded.

What fraction of the whole circle is not shaded?

2 marks

Q2. Write the missing number to make this division correct.

1 mark

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Q3. Round 84,516

to the nearest 10

to the nearest 100

to the nearest 1,000

2 marks

Q4.Amina posts three large letters.

The postage costs the same for each letter.

She pays with a £ 20 note.

Her change is £14.96

What is the cost of posting one letter?

2 marks

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Q5. Ally and Jack buy some stickers.

Ally buys a pack of 12 stickers for £10.49

Jack buys 12 single stickers for 99p each.

How much more does Jack pay than Ally?

2 marks

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Problem solving - Marvellous Matrix

Age 7 to 11

This problem was written for new year 2002.

Circle any number in the matrix, for example, 608 as below. Draw a line through all the

squares that lie in the same row and column as your selected number.

Circle another number which has not got a line through it, for example, 343 and again

rule out all squares in the same row and column.

Repeat for a third time, then circle the remaining number which has not got a line through it.

Add all the circled numbers together. Note your answer.

Try again with a different starting number. What do you notice?

See if you can work out how this matrix works.

Below is a simpler one which might be easier to investigate.

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Afternoon

Future Challenge

You walk into the classroom one morning, only

to find out that the year is 2099.

What is different?

What is in the classroom and how does it

work?

Is there a teacher? Is it a human?

Your first task is to draw what the classroom looks like. Make sure

you include all of the details – furniture, equipment, lighting,

displays, other people. Label your drawing so that it shows what

things are and how they work.

Your second task is to make a timetable for a typical day in this

2099 classroom. Do you still have playtime and lunchtime? What about

assemblies? Are the lessons the same or different?

Finally, write a short paragraph explaining whether you think the

classroom would be better now or in the future and why.

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Day 4 – Literacy

Treasure Island

About the book

Treasure Island, written by Robert Louis Stevenson, was first published in 1883 as a serial in a children’s magazine. It has an exciting plot with many twists and turns, originally designed to encourage readers to buy the next issue of the magazine.

Treasure Island is referred to in another well-known children’s book, Swallows and Amazons (published in 1930) and also in the film, Pirates of the Caribbean (2003). In 2012 Silver, a sequel to Treasure Island written by the poet Andrew Motion, was published.

There are more film versions of Treasure Island than any other classic novel. There have also been television and radio productions and even, in 2009, a computer game.

The story of Treasure Island starts with a young boy, named Jim Hawkins, finding a map showing the location of buried treasure on a remote island. He tells Trelawney, who buys a ship (the Hispaniola), and they set sail in search of the treasure, with Jim on board as ship’s boy. During the voyage, they discover that some of the crew are also secretly after the treasure. In this extract, Jim describes his first impressions of Treasure Island.

We had made a great deal of way during the night, and were now lying

becalmed about half a mile to the south-east of Treasure Island. Grey-

coloured woods covered a large part of the surface. This even tint was broken

up by streaks of yellow sand in the lower lands, and by many tall trees of the

pine family, out-topping the others – some singly, some in clumps; but the

general colouring was uniform and sad. The hills ran up clear above the

vegetation in spires of naked rock. All were strangely shaped, and the Spy-

glass, which was the tallest rock on the island, was likewise the strangest in

shape, running up sheer from almost every side, and then suddenly cut off at

the top like a pedestal to put a statue on.

The Hispaniola was rolling under in the ocean swell. The mast was creaking,

the rudder was banging to and fro, and the whole ship moaning, groaning and

jumping like a factory. I had to cling tight to the ropes, and the world turned

giddily before my eyes; for though I was a good enough sailor when there was

way on, this standing still and being rolled about like a bottle was a thing I

never learned to bear, without a qualm or two, on an empty stomach.

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Perhaps it was this; perhaps it was the look of the island with its grey,

melancholy woods, and wild stone spires and the surf that we could both see

and hear foaming and thundering on the steep beach – and you would have

thought anyone would have been glad to get to land after being so long at sea

– but my heart sank into my boots; and from that first look onward, I hated the

very thought of Treasure Island.

We had a dreary morning’s work before us, for there was no sign of any wind,

and the rowing boats had to be got out and the ship towed three or four miles

up a narrow passage to the haven behind the island. I volunteered for one of

the boats. The heat was sweltering, and the crew grumbled fiercely over their

work. I thought this was a very bad sign; for up to that day, the men had gone

willingly and briskly about their business; but the very sight of the island had

relaxed the cords of discipline.

We brought up about a third of a mile from either shore, Treasure Island on

one side, and Skeleton Island on the other. The bottom was clean sand. The

plunge of our anchor sent up clouds of birds wheeling and crying over the

woods; but in less than a minute they were down again, and all was once more

silent.

The place seemed entirely land locked, buried in woods, the trees coming

right down to high-water mark, the shores mostly flat, and the hill tops

standing round at a distance in a sort of amphitheatre, one here, one there.

Two little rivers, or, rather two swamps, emptied out into this pond, as you

might call it; and the foliage round that part of the shore had a kind of

poisonous brightness.

There was not a breath of air moving, nor a sound but that of the surf booming

half a mile away along the beaches and against the rocks outside. A peculiar

stagnant smell hung over the anchorage – a smell of sodden leaves and rotting

tree trunks. I observed the doctor sniffing and sniffing like someone tasting a

bad egg.

‘I don’t know about treasure,’ he said, ‘but I’ll stake my wig there’s fever

here.’

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1. According to the text, in what way is Treasure Island still influential?

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________ 1 mark

2. ...running up sheer from almost every side...

Give the meaning of the word sheer in this sentence.

___________________________________________________________ 1 mark

3. Look at the first paragraph, beginning: We had made a great deal of way…

Which two statements about the trees on Treasure Island are true?

The trees on Treasure Island…

Tick two.

are all the same height.

include pine trees.

are mostly taller than the hills.

are strangely shaped.

all have a similar grey colour.

1 mark

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4. We had made a great deal of way during the night.

Which word most closely matches the meaning of the word way?

Tick one.

angle

direction

distance

path

1 mark

5. The following sentences are based on the paragraph beginning: We had a dreary morning’s work before us…

Circle the correct word to complete each sentence below.

(a) We had a ________________ morning’s work before us.

(b) The weather was ________________ .

(c) The crew ________________ about their work.

2 marks

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6. Look at the paragraph beginning: We had a dreary morning’s work before us…

Explain what Jim means when he says about the men:

the very sight of the island had relaxed the cords of discipline.

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________ 1 mark

7. Look at the paragraph beginning: The place seemed entirely land locked…

Find and copy two groups of words that suggest that Jim is having trouble describing the island.

1. _________________________________

2. _________________________________ 2 marks

8. Look at the paragraph beginning: There was not a breath of air moving… to the end of the text.

Give two ways that this section suggests that there may be danger on Treasure Island in the next part of the story.

1. __________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________ 2 marks

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Maths

Q1.At the start of June, there were 1,793 toy cars in the shop.

During June,

• 8,728 more toy cars were delivered

• 9,473 toy cars were sold.

How many toy cars were left in the shop at the end of June?

2 marks

Q2.Write these numbers in order of size, starting with the smallest.

1.9 0.96 1.253 0.328

smallest

1 mark

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Q3.Two of the angles in a triangle are 70° and 40°

Jack says,

Explain why Jack is not correct.

1 mark

Q4. Complete this table with the missing numbers.

One row has been done for you.

Number 1,000 more

3,500 4,500

85

9,099

15,250

2 marks

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Q5. This table shows the heights of three mountains.

Mountain Height in metres

Mount Everest 8,848

Mount Kilimanjaro 5,895

Ben Nevis 1,344

How much higher is Mount Everest than the combined height of the other two mountains?

2 marks

Problem solving - Multiply Multiples 3

Age 7 to 11

In the equation below each square represents a missing digit:

One possible solution is:

Can you work out some different ways to balance the equation?

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Afternoon

Alphabet challenge

1. Write the letters of the alphabet down the side of the page. 2. Write a kind of food for each letter of the alphabet e.g.

mango next to the letter m. 3. Now try to add an adjective to each one, starting with the

same letter e.g. mouth-watering mangoes. 4. Finally, and this is tricky, see if you can add a determiner to

any of them e.g. many mouth-watering mangoes.

Challenge yourself

Can you think of a different topic that you could try the alphabet challenge with?

See how many different ones you can do.

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Day 5 – Literacy

Vocabulary Day

Look at the word.

Use it in a sentence.

Check your punctuation.

Make sure that you spelled the word correctly.

(Try to use different types of sentence and a range of punctuation.)

1. Echoing

2. Doubtful

3. Emotion

4. Anxiety

5. Longing

6. Progress

7. System

8. Communication

9. Ingredient

10. Vibration

11. Prefer

12. Nourish

13. Demonstrate

14. Enjoy

15. Leap

Now can you write 5 sentences which use two of the words above?

In these sentences, can you underline the nouns; put a ring around

the verbs; put a squiggle under any adjectives and draw an arrow

towards any adverbs?

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Maths

Q1.Write the missing numbers to make this multiplication grid correct.

1 mark

Q2.This is a diagram of a vegetable garden.

It shows the fractions of the garden planted with potatoes and cabbages.

potatoes

cabbages

Not to scale

carrots

The remaining area is planted with carrots.

What fraction of the garden is planted with carrots?

2 marks

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Q3. 33,630 = 354 × 95

Use this multiplication to complete the calculations below.

354 × 9.5 =

3,540 × 95 =

3,363 ÷ 95 =

2 marks

Q4. A book has 276 pages.

Amina has read of the book.

How many pages are left for Amina to read?

2 marks

Q5. This table shows the areas of the United Kingdom and Jamaica.

Country Area

(square kilometres)

United Kingdom 240,000

Jamaica 10,000

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The area of the United Kingdom is larger than the area of Jamaica.

How many times larger is the United Kingdom?

1 mark

Problem solving - Reach 100

Age 7 to 14

Here is a grid of four "boxes":

You must choose four different digits from 1−9 and put one in each box. For example:

This gives four two-digit numbers:

52 (reading along the 1st row)

19 (reading along the 2nd row)

51 (reading down the left hand column)

29 (reading down the right hand column)

In this case their sum is 151.

Try a few examples of your own.

Is there a quick way to tell if the total is going to be even or odd?

Your challenge is to find four different digits that give four two-digit

numbers which add to a total of 100.

How many ways can you find of doing it?

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Day 6 – Literacy

The Cave – Writing Challenge

Day 1

Look at the pictures of the caves. Choose one to write a story about.

Write as many words as you can to describe it (think about the outside and inside)

Can you think of a sentence to describe it using: simile, metaphor, alliteration,

personification and onomatopoeia?

Write a paragraph describing the cave – think about what sort of atmosphere you want

to convey.

Maths

Q1. A box contains 2.6 kg of washing powder.

Jack uses 65 grams of powder for each wash.

He uses all the powder.

How many washes did Jack do?

2 marks

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Q2.

Write the correct symbol in each box to make the statements correct.

2 marks

Q3. Jack has £400

He spends 35% of his money on a new bike.

How much does Jack spend on his new bike?

1 mark

Q4.Here are four number cards.

Layla uses each card once to make a four-digit number.

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She places:

• 4 in the tens column

• 2 so that it has a higher value than any of the other digits

• the remaining two digits so that 7 has the higher value.

Write a digit in each box to show Layla’s number.

1 mark

Q5. Write the three missing digits to make this addition correct.

2 marks

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Problem solving - All the Digits

Age 7 to 11

This represents the multiplication of a 4-figure number by 3.

The whole calculation uses each of the digits 0−9 once and once only.

The 4-figure number contains three consecutive numbers, which are

not in order. The third digit is the sum of two of the consecutive

numbers.

The first, third and fifth figures of the five-digit product are three consecutive numbers, again not in order. The second and fourth digits

are also consecutive numbers.

Can you replace the stars in the calculation with figures?

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Day 7 - Literacy


Day 2

You are going to write a story about a cave. Think about what sort of story you want to write

– suspense, mystery, adventure. When do you want your story to be set? Modern day or

historical, or maybe even in the future. Draw a story-board for your story plan.

Maths

Q1.The numbers in this sequence increase by the same amount each time.


2 marks

Q2. The length of a day on Earth is 24 hours.

The length of a day on Mercury is 58 times the length of a day on Earth.

What is the length of a day on Mercury, in hours?

2 marks

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Q3.The length of an alligator can be estimated by:

• measuring the distance from its eyes to its nose

• then multiplying that distance by 12

What is the difference in the estimated lengths of these two alligators?

2 marks

Q4. Here is a drawing of a 3-D shape.

Complete the table.

Number of faces Number of vertices Number of edges

2 marks

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Q5. Circle the improper fraction that is equivalent to

1 mark

Problem solving - Maze 100

Age 7 to 11 In this maze there are numbers in each of the cells. You go through adding all the numbers that you pass. You may not go through any cell

more than once.

Can you find a way through in which the numbers add to exactly 100?

What is the lowest number you can make going through the maze?

What is the highest number you can make going through the maze?

(Remember you may not go through any cell more than once.)

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Afternoon

Inspiration Challenge

Think about all of the reasons why a person might inspire you. It could be because

they have achieved a lot in their life. Maybe you think that they have an excellent

job, or they do well at their job. Perhaps they do lots of good work in their

community. It could be that they have really strong family values.

Now for the tricky part. Write down one person that inspires you. It could be a

famous person, or a person that you know in real life. There will be lots of people

who inspire you, but just choose one for this task.

Write the person’s name in the centre of the paper. All around the paper, write

things about this person which inspire you. It might be qualities that they have,

skills they have mastered or things which they have achieved. Try to think of as

many as you can.

Make a poster for this person, as if you are making an advert for them, pointing out

all of the things about them which are inspirational.

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Day 8 – Literacy


Day 3

Think about your characters. Try to limit the number of people. Remember that their

personality is more important than how they look. Write the name of your characters, and their

main personality traits. Now think about some actions that would show the reader the type of

person they are. Next, think of some things that your character might say which shows what

type of person they are. Write these out and punctuate them properly; you will be able to use

them in your story later in the week.

Finally, draw your characters, so that you have a really clear image of them in your head.

Maths

Q1. Jacob cuts 4 metres of ribbon into three pieces.

The length of the first piece is 1.28 metres.

The length of the second piece is 1.65 metres.

Work out the length of the third piece.

2 marks

Q2.Complete each sentence using a number from the list below.

120 240 600 1,440 3,600 6,000

There are

seconds in an hour.

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1 mark

There are

minutes in a day.

1 mark

Q3.Lara chooses a number less than 20

She divides it by 2 and then adds 6

She then divides this result by 3

Her answer is 4.5

What was the number she started with?

2 marks

Q4.A toy shop orders 11 boxes of marbles.

Each box contains 6 bags of marbles.

Each bag contains 45 marbles.

How many marbles does the shop order in total?

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2 marks

Q5.Write these numbers in order, starting with the smallest.

0.78 0.607 5.6 0.098 4.003

smallest

1 mark

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Problem solving - Four-digit Targets

Age 7 to 11

You have two sets of the digits from 0 to 9.

The idea is to arrange these digits in the five boxes to make four-digit

numbers as close to the target number as possible. You may use each digit once only.

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Afternoon

Inventor Challenge

Can you think of 10 different uses for a piece of string?

Your piece of string can be as long or as short as you want. Try to be as creative as you can. For each of your ideas, draw a sketch and then write a

brief description. Can you think of things that people would never usually use string for?

Can you think of 10 different uses for a paperclip?

Your paperclip can be used by itself, or with other paperclips. Think about what properties a paperclip has. Paperclips are magnetic, and they also

conduct electricity. Try to be as creative as you can. For each of your ideas,

draw a sketch and then write a brief description. Can you think of things

that people would never usually use string for?

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Day 9 – Literacy


Day 4

Today you are going to start to write your story. Use all of the work that you have done this

week, to help you get the reader’s attention. You need to think of a creative way to start the

story that will catch the reader’s attention. Could you start at a key point in the story, the

flashback to tell it from the start? Or start with what is happening from the perspective of

one of the characters.

Maths

Q1.The numbers in this sequence increase by 14 each time.


2 marks

Q2.This table shows the temperature at 9 am on three days in January.

1st January 8th January 15th January

+5°C –4°C +1°C

What is the difference between the temperature on 1st January and the temperature on 8th January?

1 mark

On 22nd January the temperature was 7 degrees lower than on 15th January.

What was the temperature on 22nd January?

1 mark

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Q3. Miss Mills is making jam to sell at the school fair.

Strawberries cost £7.50 per kg.

Sugar costs 79p per kg.

10 glass jars cost £6.90

She uses 12 kg of strawberries and 10 kg of sugar to make 20 jars full of jam.

Calculate the total cost to make 20 jars full of jam.

3 marks

Q4. Write the two missing values to make these equivalent fractions correct.

2 marks

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Q5. Write the missing number.

1 mark

Problem solving - The Deca Tree

Age 7 to 11

In the forest there is a Deca Tree. A Deca Tree has 10 trunks,

and on each trunk there are 10 branches,

and on each branch there are 10 twigs,

and on each twig there are 10 leaves:

One day a woodcutter came along and cut down one trunk from the tree.

Then he cut off one branch from another trunk of the tree.

Then he cut off one twig from another branch. Finally he pulled one leaf from another twig.

How many leaves were left on the tree then?

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Day 10 – Literacy


Day 5

Today you are going to finish your story. Once you have finished, remember to check back over

your work to see if there is anything you can improve.

If you have any time left, draw an illustration to go with your story.

Maths

Q1.Write the number that is five less than ten million.

1 mark

Write the number that is one hundred thousand less than six million.

1 mark

Q2. n = 22

What is 2n + 9?

1 mark

2q + 4 = 100

Work out the value of q.

1 mark

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Q3. Write all the common multiples of 3 and 8 that are less than 50

________________________________________________ 1 mark

Q4. A packet contains 1.5 kg of oats.

Every day Maria uses 50 g of oats to make porridge.

How many days does the packet of oats last?

2 marks

Q5.

6 pencils cost £1.68

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3 pencils and 1 rubber cost £1.09

What is the cost of 1 rubber?

2 marks

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Problem solving - The Thousands Game

Age 7 to 11

Class 3 were playing a game. There were ten cards with the digits 0 to 9 on them.

These cards were put into a bag and players took out four cards and made a number out

of them. At first they made the highest number they could. Sinita took out

and made

Then they made the lowest number they could. Jamie took out

and made

"You can't put zero at the beginning of a number," objected Paul. The class discussed

this and decided that Jamie had made four hundred and fifty-seven.

Next they played to make the highest even number. Jill took out

and Vincent took out

Who won? Why?

Then they played to make the highest odd number. Belinda took out

and Ali took out

Who won? Why?

Next they played to make the lowest even number. Rohan took out

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and Ben took out

Who won? Why?

The last game they played was to make the closest number to 5000. Alice took out

and Chloe took out

Who won? Why?

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