Astonished astronomers!

One of the stars of the night sky had begun to change. This star had always been a very tiny star, of no importance at all. It had shone up there for billions and trillions and sillions of years in the Constellation of Orion, that great shape of the giant hunger that strides across space on autumn and winter nights. in all its time this tiny star had never changed in any way.

Now, suddenly, it began to get bigger.

In the style of the Author Ted Hughes, write the next part of the story.

One day, there came strange news...

I know how much you missed having a word search as part of your homework this week! Here's one with some of this week's key Literacy words from the chapter 'The Space-Being and the Iron Man' by Ted Hughes, which we are studying this week.

Beat the bullies!

Superheroes and Super-heroines!

Today, we've dressed up as our favourite superhero or super-heroine to raise money for Children in Need.

1) Who have you dressed up as?
2) Why do you think your character is a superhero or super-heroine?

Remembrance Day

Tomorrow we will be having a moment of silence for Remembrance Day.

Here is the sea of ceramic poppies in the Tower of London's famous moat.

1) Why are the poppies here?
2) What does each poppy represent?
3) Have you gone to see the poppies at the Tower of London? What did you think?

Scrap Yard Challenge!

Iron Man enjoys eating all kinds of earth-diggers and farm machinery.

1) What objects might Iron Man eat at the scrap yard?
2) How might Iron Man describe these objects?

Note: Remember, you can always up-level your friends' description instead of adding your own.When up-leveling, think about whether your friend could have used an adjective, noun, noun phrase or determiner.