(This was used for an introduction)

How many words can you make from the letters in the word hieroglyphics? You can use each letter only once in your new words.

Can you find 15 words that have silent letters in them?

Can you find definitions for 5 words that you don't know?

What word could go in front of all four of the following words to make four new words: give, get, tune, mat?

What is a prime number?

Can you find out how to say 'Good morning/Good afternoon Mr. C.' in three different languages? This may sound difficult, but we have already used at least four during our register taking. In how many different languages can you find to say it?

Forward I'm heavy. Backward I'm not. What am I?

HALF TERM

In 1841, the height of Mount Everest (the highest mountain in the world) was first measured. What was the highest mountain in the world before then?

a) how many bones are there in the human body? b) what is the smallest bone in the human body?

Flo, Bob, Sam and Liz were all brothers and sisters in the same school. A photographer took a photo of them all together, but was unsure which order would be best to put them in. She tried Flo, Bob, Sam and Liz. Then she tried Liz, Bob, Sam and Flo. She couldn't make up her mind, so she took a photo of every order she could possibly put them in. How many photos did she take?

I challenge you to make the most words you possibly can from the letters in CHALLENGER QUESTION. For example, I can think of ring, quest, challenge, not, ton (!), stain, and so on. Remember, you can only use each letter once in a word, and no plurals. Personal point prizes for the most!

I still have loads of ideas for questions, but I know how full of great ideas you are too. So this week's challenger question is - make your own challenger question, which could be set for our class. Knowing how active your minds are, I am looking forward to your ideas.

(Stopped for the Christmas Break)

How many ways could you make 10p by using only 1p, 2p and 5p pieces? (If you find this easy, try making 20p from these - there are quite a few ways!)

Can you find the names of 5 major rivers in the U.K. (you know 3 of these already from work in school) and name a town or city that lie by each of them?

I start a journey and travel a mile north. I then turn and travel a mile east. Finally I travel a mile south and find that I am exactly where I had started. Where am I?

How many words can you find that do not have a vowel in them? 'Why' is an example. How many more can you find? What is the longest word you can find?

Complete the following sentence: 'I think Mr. C. has tasty sandwiches because…". The most interesting, amusing or thoughtful sentences may get a mini-prize.

There is a place not so far away from here where a village has been flooded and is now underwater in a reservoir. Apparently, the church spire can be seen poking out of the water. Where is it and what can you tell me about it? Are there any pictures of this place? I don't know it, so you will be able to tell me about it.

What does smangari mean? Is it something you do, or is it an object (so can you tell me what a smangari is)?

HALF TERM

As you have worked so hard to learn and then perform a fantastic class assembly, you can have a bit of a rest this week.

Make up an acrostic (a sentence using the letters from a word, to help you remember how to spell them) for each of the following words: because, leaves, voice, catch, information.
An example for 'tried' is tigers run inside empty drums

An ancient Greek legend tells of a man-eating Minotaur that lived in a labyrinth, who fought with Theseus. As we know, legends are stories that may have some truth in them, but have been greatly changed as they are told and retold. If this story has any truth in it at all, what do you think the true story was?

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As we learnt during our myths and legends work, an Oracle is a character who knows the answers to everything. So you could ask the Oracle anything at all, and it could tell you the answer. What question would you ask the Oracle? (And I promise that he will reply!)

(Stopped for the Easter Break)

Do you remember the sunflowers we planted this week, for the competition? Can you tell me how tall was the tallest sunflower in the world? Do you think we will beat it?

Can you tell me what occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment but never in an hour?

Thinking about Tudor times, who was Christopher Marlowe, and who was it that some people said pinched his written work?

Thinking about half term - you leave your classroom today at 15:10. You will come back into the classroom after half term on Monday 2nd June at 09:00. How many seconds would have passed in that time? (Hint: don't try counting them all between these times!)

HALF TERM

Why?

Can you tell me what it is that hamsters can do that no other animals have ever done?

(Work on Tudor Project)

We have been talking about setting goals in class, which we can realistically achieve. What goal could you set yourself? What would you like to achieve?
Also, what was your favourite challenger question?