SUNNYMEDE
JUNIOR SCHOOL
How to be a Vocabulary Ninja
Pupils | How to be a Vocabulary Ninja
Are you a vocabulary Ninja?
ART NINJA FORTNIGHT STARTS ON
7th MARCH 2022
Will you win one of these special badges for thinking of an amazing Maths ninja word?
Remember to put you art ninja entries in the ninja box in the lower school corridor.
If your parent would like to submit an entry, you can take an entry form home for them!
This is just some of the technical art vocabulary that it might
be interesting to find a definition for...
gouache hatching cubism art deco impressionism
acrylic ceramic form decoupage
abstract graphic perspective
MATHS NINJA FORTNIGHT STARTS ON 21st FEBRUARY
Will you win of these for thinking of an amazing Maths ninja word?
Here are some Maths words to think about
co-ordinate numerator circumference isoceles algebra
prime infinite median factor rhombus
and the winners of Maths ninja fortnight are...
and well done to our Y3 Dads who submitted an entry.
We hope you enjoyed your prize!
SCIENCE NINJA FORTNIGHT
31st January to 11th February 2022
Our Science Ninja Winners and their words are:
Joshua J in 3B: equilibrium
Isabella R in 4HB: viscosity
Luka K in 5M: solvent
Ellen S in 6A: spectrum
Can you think of any interesting science words?
Find out the meaning, learn how to spell it, fill in the 'science ninja' form and pop it it in the box in the corridor.
Remember to make your handwriting nice and neat so everyone can read it!
Here are just some examples of scientific words:
hypothesis
variable
molecule
germinate
precipitate
deciduous
biodiversity
These are just some of the amazing scientific words to learn.
Remember, when you have researched the meaning of your word, practise using it out loud in a sentence before
writing it down. Check the word makes senes in the sentence.
Have fun!
Look at the pictures to show some idioms we use in everyday speaking.
Can you find out what they mean and use them in your own sentences?
Head's Pick of The Week
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Word |
Word Class |
Meaning |
Example |
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potentially |
adverb |
something that could happen or might be true |
She is potentially going to the beach at the weekend, depending on the weather. |
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Idiom |
Meaning |
Example |
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biting off more than you can chew |
trying to do something that is too difficult |
I bit off more than I could chew when I agred to run the maraethon. |
Previous picks of the week(idioms):
have a bee in your bonnet
at the dop of a hat
Previous picks of the week (words):
compassionate
crabby
Find some interesting words or idioms in your reading and research their meaning
OR
Click the Kiddle image below to research some idioms.
Fill in the form available from the school office and see if it makes it to the school display
or this website page.
Can you 'ninja' your new words and phrases into your writing or when you are talking to others?
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Name/Class |
Idiom |
Meaning |
Example |
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Charler H |
heart of gold |
really nice |
My sister has a heart of gold becaue she cleaned my room |
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Albert B - 5M |
as cool as a cucumber |
someone who doesn't worry that much |
She's as cool a a cucumber |
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Elliot H-6W |
the devil makes work for idle hands |
avoiding work. Lazy people can easily get into trouble |
Idle hands are a devil's workshop (quoted from 'Birthday boy' by David Baddiel |
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Isabella B |
It's all gone pear shaped |
It's all gone wrong. |
My maths all went pear shaped. |
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Word |
Word Class |
Meaning |
Example |
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Albert B - 5M |
enigma |
noun |
something or someone that is hard to explain or is mysterious |
Don't you think he was such an enigma? |
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Finley L -5A |
anti-hero |
noun |
a hero that is not perfect |
Venom is an anti-hero. |
| Luke K-3B | pandemonium | noun | uproar and complete pandemonium |
It was pandemonium at the parade because there were people everywhere. |
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Daisy M-6W |
monotonous |
adjective |
extremely boring and repetitive |
The piece of work was monotonous. |
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Emily H-6W |
antagonizing |
adjective |
very annoying and a nuisance |
My brother is very antagonising. |
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Heidi-5T |
schadenfreude |
noun |
getting pleasure from other people's misfortunes |
Adam had schadenfreude. |
| Jude-5M | finicky | adjective |
someone who is fussy about details |
The boy was finicky. |
Naelle G-3B |
rebuff | adjective | reject (say no) in an ungracious or abrupt way | I don't want to be rebuffed by the teacher. |
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Daisy P -5M |
bewitching |
adjective |
to describe something that is beautiful or enchanting |
The moon was bewitching. |
| Henry T - 5M | monochrome | adjective | black and white | The factory was monochrome. |
| Hayden N -5M | talons | adjective | claw | The bird had razor sharp talons. |
| Davi P-5M | pristine | adjective | perfect | There was a pristine lake. |
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What is an idiom?
It is a group of words where the overall meaning is not obvious from the individual words in the phrase. e.g. Back to the drawing board This does not actually mean to go up to a drawing board. It means that if your fail at something, you start and try again.
Can you think of any more idioms or look for some in any books you are reading? |