Sir, by your command I have found a possible location for your city, it is in close proximity of Sparta, near the coast-line and is also surrounded by mountains.
Since we are near the mountains we can get fresh spring water from the mountain tops, we can also look down on our enemies and even the great nation Sparta. But there are also disadvantages such as landslides.
Your Majesty, as you requested, I have searched throughout Greece and found you a location to build your new city. This destination is on a small island, south-east of the Peloponnese. However, being an island it is vulnerable to cases of piracy, flooding, and bad weather. This could effect the city and possibly make you a main target for many bad reasons. Although, this location is far better for fishing, Trading, Fresh Spring Water and Growing Crops. Growing Crops will boost trading abilities. Providing you with more goods to give and receive.
My loyal prince, from your request I have found a suitable location for your new city. The sight is located on a huge Peninsula in the South-east Peloponnese, it is on the coast, which has proximity to other islands and cities. It is also close to mountains.
Your majesty, as you requested, I have found an area for where you could build a city. It is located near Sparta, Olympia and Corinth.
This open space is in close proximity to the sea; this is hugely advantageous since the citizens are provided with free, fresh fish. Therefore, the people of the city have the opportunity to become strong which is helpful for war and labour.
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September 29th 2016 Brainbuilder sheet
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This week, the year sixes have started to explore and experience the art of storytelling. We can learn so much about a culture from the stories that they tell; the ancient Greeks are no different.
We started by learning two Greek stories: the tragic tales of Arachne the weaver and Icarus the ambitious.
We created the right atmosphere for telling stories in the classroom by building storytelling dens that the we used to pass on these poignant tales to each other.
Next, we will explore why the Greeks told these stories and how they related to some of the key, classical Greek principles that defined their identity. For a clue, look for the words at Delphi.
This week (25th September 2016), year 6 will be learning about words ending in -cial and -tial. These endings are generally pronounced as ‘shul’.
What does it mean?
These endings come from the suffix -ial which loosely means ‘of’ or ‘relating to’
E.g. the word residential is built from the word residence and the suffix -ial (the root word being ‘reside)
so the word residential means relating to residences‘
A ‘residential area’ is an area that has a lot of residences (homes)
Patterns?
There are two different spellings for ‘shul’ and the ending depends on whether the word arrived in English via French or Latin (or both).
Looking at the letter before the ‘shul’ sound can help use identify whether it is -tial or -cial
If the letter before the ‘shul’ sound is a vowel, it is a good bet that the spelling will be -tial. If the letter is a consonant, -cial will be more likely.
Grammar
Like the -ious suffix, words ending in -ial are generally adjectives.
Words
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Green Challenge |
Blue Challenge |
Purple Challenge |
| initial | potential | substantial |
| partial | essential | residential |
| spatial | influential | presidential |
| torrential | confidential | sequential |
| social | financial | judicial |
| special | commercial | beneficial |
| official | artificial | superficial |
| facial | unofficial | sacrificial |
| glacial | antisocial | |
| unsocial | multiracial |
This week in year 6 we have been learning about the place where the ancient Greeks lived – Greece!
We started by making geographical and historical inferences about the landscape of Greece and considered what this may tell us about how the ancient Greeks lived.
We made historical inferences about the ancient Greeks simply by looking at maps of where they lived.
We were then instructed by a disillusioned prince of a Greek city state to explore the landscape and find a location that would be ideal to found his own city.
We used topographical and satellite maps to find a site that may be a good place to build a new city. We then explored the advantages and disadvantages of the site and began to write a balanced report to the prince outlining the benefits and dangers of building his new city at this location.
Here is an overview of the maths that we will be completing in the next few weeks in Year 6 (click the link below to download)
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September 21st 2016 Brainbuilder sheet
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