It's Christmas!

Click here to visit the North Pole and enjoy all the activities it has to offer!

The Morning Rush

Up the stairs,
One by one,
Hurry, hurry, hurry,
Mum is coming.
(Mark & Georgia)

Up the stairs,
Step by step,
Brush your teeth,
Hurry, hurry, hurry.
(Nadhra & Cory)

Up the stairs,
Step by step,
Into the bathroom,
Brush, brush, brush.
(Osa & Megan)

Turn on the tap,
Into the bath,
Scrub your body,
Wash, wash, wash.
(Favour & Arnas)

Into the bathroom,
Put your paste on,
Brush, brush, brush,
Into the bedroom
(Joe B & Emily G)

Into the bathroom,
Squeeze your mint toothpaste
Brush, brush, brush,
It's nearly late.
(Tommy & Leah)

Into the bathroom,
Turn on the tap,
This bath is hot now,
Splash, splash, splash.
(Luca & Alice)

Into the bathroom,
In I go,
Bubble, bubble, bubble,
Off we go.
(Liam & Molly)

Out of the bathroom,
Dry yourself,
Change into your pyjamas
Rush, rush, rush.
(Jemma & Habeeb)


Into the bedroom,
Drink  my milk,
Quick, quick, quick,
Get myslef dressed.
(Bradley & Ayse)

Into the bedroom,
Into my pyjamas,
Sleep, sleep, sleep,
Into my bed.
(Zack and Somaiya)

Into my pyjamas,
Into my bed,
Snuggle, snuggle, snuggle,
I'm a sleepy head.
(Tahmed & Ailie)

Get in the bedroom,
Before Mum comes in,
Read a story,
Kiss, kiss, kiss.
(Emily B & Nathan)

Into the bedroom,
Change your clothes,
Quick, quick, quick,
No time to lose.
(Shadia & Connor)

Into the bed,
Shout for Mum,
Read me a story,
Come, come, come.
(Joe K & Svetlana)

Treasure Hunt - Grid Refences

In Geography today we learnt how to read ordnance survey maps using 4-figure grid reference. 

Click HERE to have a go at finding buried treasure, using compass directions and grid refernces.

Anti-Bullying Week

This week is Anti-Bullying week in school.  We have spent a lot of time thinking about what bullying is and how we can help to prevent bullying in our school.

Today we did some drama with ARC Theatre and  we were able to think about a particular situation where bullying is happening. 

Please feel free to post an ANONYMOUS comment sharing your thoughts on this week's events.

Also, the links below are places where you can find more help and information about bulliying.

Beat Bullying

Bullying Online

Childline

Kidscape

NSPCC

Parentline Plus (for parents information)

Samaritans

Production Songs - All I want for Christmas

Production Songs - Do they know it's Christmas?

Production Songs - Christmas Alphabet

Production Songs - Stay Another Day

Production Songs - Lonely this Christmas

Production Songs - Merry Christmas Everyone

Production Songs - I wanna hold your hand

Rememberence Day

Today is Rememberence Day.  Click on THIS LINK to go to a website to find out what it is all about.

Why do we commemorate Rememberence Day?
Why is Rememberence Day on 11th Novemeber?
Why is the silence at 11 o'clock?
Why do we wear a poppy?

Please answer the questions by posting a comment.  Also, feel free to share your feelings about Rememberence Day.

Night Owls

We had a great time last week when 'Night Owls' came to visit.  It was very informative so we learnt a lot about how Owls survive in the wold and howwe should help to look after them.  It was wonderful to expereince them flying over our heads and partriculalry exciting for those children who got to hold the owls. 

Click here to go to the 'Night Owls' website to find out more abot the owls we met.

What's in a Name?

In Guided Reading , Jupiter came across a set of brackets in the text.  We discovered that these brackets explained the meaning of the people's names.  We then set ourselves a challenge of finding out the meaning of our own names and the reason our parents chose to give us that particuluar name.

Please post a comment to share with your friends what your name means and maybe even speak to your parents to find out why they picked that name for you.

To help you find out what your name means click HERE which will take you to a website which may help.  Simply type your name in the empty box and click 'go'. 

Moral Maze 3 - Fooling with Fireworks

Dear Polly,

My friend gave me enough money to go and buy fireworks even though neither of us are old enough to buy them.  My mum will be really cross if she finds out but my friend will never talk to me again if I don't.  What should I do?

From Tim

Moral Maze 2 - That Bully

Dear Polly,

There's a boy who is being horrible to me at school again.  My Dad said to always tell someone at school if anyone threatens me, but I think that will just make it worse.  What should I do?

From Liz.

Moral Maze 1 - Pocket Money

Dear Polly,

There's a game that I want for my play station 2.  I've been saving my pocket money eack week but both my parents have just lost their jobs and I only get 25p each week.  At this rate it'll take me over 3 years to buy it.  As I was walking home from school, I found a purse on the ground.  It had £30 in it.  Should I use it buy the games?

From Ben

National Poetry Day

Today is National Poetry Day. 

If you click HERE, you will be taken to a children's poetry website that is not only full of many fun poems to read, but also lots of exciting activities for you to do. 

Country fact files

Use the following links to create fact files on Kenya and Norway.

Norway

Kenya (Remember, you will need to select Kenya's continent first!)

Maybe you could use this website to create your own fact files. Don't forget to bring them in to school for your friends to read.

Aborginal Stories

Want to find out even more about the Aborignal people and their culture?  CLICK HERE to watch lots of Aboriginal Stories on line.

What is Parliament?

Click HERE to enter the Newsround website to find out more about our Parliament and how laws are made.

Can you answer these questions? 

1) What is Parliament?
2) What is an MP?
3) What is the House of Commons?
4) What is the House of Lords?
5) Who is the Prime Minister?
6) What is the Government?
7) Where does the Queen fit in?

Post a comment to answer some of the questions.

Aboriginal Information

Click HERE to find out more information about Aboriginal people, how they lived, the stories they told and the paintings they created.

Light

In Science today we thought about how we actually see. Post a comment to explain how light enters our eyes to enable us to see. Then, have a go at this activity to experiment with light and changing the direction in which it is travelling.

More Shadows!

Turquoise and Blue Class, you have clearly enjoyed your work on Shadows in our Science lessons, I can tell by the number of comments you have left on the posts below, so if you want to learn even more, click here:

Another shadow game!

Hands

In English today we looked at a poem called 'Hands'.

We looked at the structure and have written our own versions based on either: hands, feet, mouth or eyes.

Shadows 2

Click HERE to experiment with changing the size of shadows.

Shadows

Click on the picture above to visit the BBC Science clip about 'shadows' that we used in Science this week. See if you can predict what the shadows will look like.

Post a comment to explain

1) how a shadow is created and

2) how a shadow changes throughout the day.