Grade 5/6 Home Learning Term 1 Weeks 5 & 6

Instead of thinking about time only from a clock or watch face, let’s think about time and what it really means; let’s think about the passage of time. The study of HOROLOGY is fascinating and there are many websites based on the accurate measuring of devices for time. (clepsydra water clock, sundial, hourglass. The pendulum, still found in clocks today, was initially discovered by Galileo when he was bored in church one day. TASK 1: You will research devices for measuring time, like the examples given above. How did they work? Who invented it? Why was it a good idea? Draw a diagram. TASK 2: You will make a device for measuring time, like the examples given above, or you could invent your own. You could take photos of your device or bring it in to share.

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Grade 5/6 Home Learning Term 1 Weeks 5 & 6

Children can also participate in the Maths Ninja Challenge. It goes for two weeks and starts on Monday. To see their points towards this challenge students must go into the My Decorations tab.

Information From the Manga High Website: There are 3 medal levels to achieve – How to earn medals on Prodigi

Bronze, Silver and Gold: Bronze medal is the minimum pass mark, indicating that students have

achieved curriculum standard. After earning a Bronze medal, students can continue to ‘upgrade’ to a

higher medal level. Each medal earned contributes ‘medal points’ to the school’s leaderboard tally.

NOT GETTING A MEDAL (0 medal points) means:

• earned less than 4200 points

• did not correctly answer 3 consecutive HARD questions

• only answering EASY and MEDIUM questions

TO GET A BRONZE MEDAL (1 medal point):

• earn between 4200-8999 points

• answer more than 3 consecutive HARD questions correctly

• also attempt 1-2 EXTREME questions

TO GET A SILVER MEDAL (2 medal points):

• earn between 9000-13999 points

• answer more than 3 consecutive HARD questions correctly, and all remaining EXTREME

Grade 5/6 Home Learning Term 1 Weeks 5 & 6

• students are working above curriculum standard

TO GET A GOLD MEDAL (3 medal points):

• earn more than 14000 points

• answer 10 EXTREME questions correctly

• students are working beyond curriculum standard

Grade 5/6 Home Learning Term 1 Weeks 5 & 6