WONDER by Sonny and Ella

Source: Corgi Childrens

Me and Sonny love to read and once every so often we come across a book that we have to share with anyone and everyone.

Recently, we have come across a book like that and decided to put a post on the blog about it. It is called 'Wonder' and is about a person with a deformity starting school. It is by R.J. Palacio (she has a dog called Bear!)

If you want to find out more about this amazing book, it should be available in all good book shops and libraries, because it is a best seller.

It's great for people that like emotional stories. We would recommend it for children aged 6 plus.

By Ella and Sonny

Around Our Classroom This Week

Take a look at these pictures of our classroom this week. You can see that we have been learning all about Russia and the Firebird.

What else can you spot?

A Great Week!

Well done St. George's Class for a fantastic assembly! You all performed so well today and I had lots of positive feedback about you all. Great job!

The Tallest Building in the World

We had a very interesting discussion yesterday about the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. We found out some key facts- can you find out any other information about the building, or other tall buildings around the world?

Source: wikipedia

New St. Anthony's- By Joseph and Sonny

We love our new school because it has Teletubby hill and a bigger playground. We love our new classrooms because we have a window like an ice-cream van.

Source: BBC

Our new school makes us think of Canada because there are maple leaves everywhere. Our school is more colourful than the old pale green one.

We're inventing games to play in the soft patch in the playground (they have not done the soft patch yet).

By Joseph and Sonny

Teletubby Land! By Eliska

Teletubby Land is a green hill that people like to roll down. It has light green circles. It's got a grey tree background. We thank the builders for making a new school for us. To make it even better they could have added even more colour. Our new school is amazing.

Making the Teletubby hill, before it went green!

 

By Eliska

Our School Which is New, by Luke, Nathan and Michael

Our new school all started with the new hall which has heaters under the floor and has glass doors. Then came our classrooms where we do our work. When our hall was finished it looked glam! The year 6 portakabins were brought into the playground. Our school is starting to look great!

 

By Luke, Nathan and Michael

St. George's Class, by Jack and Jonathan

St. George's Class is year three and year four mixed together. When we started Year 4 we were nervous but after the first week we got more confident. After about a month St. George's Class was the best class ever.

Source: worldhistory.mrdonn.org

 

In St. George's Class we have our own blog. It is really cool. We are learning about the Vikings. Before the Vikings we were learning about the Romans. It was so much fun.

By Jack and Jonathan

Our New School is Finished! By Rhiannon and Chelsea

Our new school is nearly finished, the builders are just adding a few finishing touches. The great thing is that every single part of the school belongs to us now.

It has got a Telly Tubby land! It is really a green hill that children play on. There are brand new classrooms for everyone.

 

 

By Rhiannon and Chelsea

My Holiday- by Caitlin

Source: DreamWorks, 20th Century Fox

On my holidays I went to a theatre to watch a movie. It was called 'The Croods', it was so funny when the grandma said 'I am the winner' and a log hits her with fire on her hand. I laughed a lot til my lungs were laughing. The next day I went to London to see Big Ben, Tower Bridge and Buckingham Palace. I loved it inside but it was cold and we had to wait outside.

Source: bestclipartblog

When it was the night we went to Pizza Hut and had a double cheese with pepperoni. Me and my family went home and fed our rabbit (Molly is her name). We almost forgot to try on our new party clothes for tomorrow was my friend's party and then we went to sleep.

Bye Bye,

Caitlin

Braveheart- a Review by Alfie, Calum and Jacob

Source: Paramount

At the weekend we watched a really good film called Braveheart about Scottish clans at war against the English to get their land back. The main character was William Wallace. We thought it was a very good film. We especially liked the penultimate battle. We think if they left out the execution part it would be better and we think the best bit was when they used the battering to open the gate.

By Alfie, Calum and Jacob

Banned Words Challenge!

 

A new 'Banned Words Challenge' for you: it's a tricky one! I would like you to describe a chair (tell me what a chair is) without using the following words:

• chair
• sit
• sitting
• sat

There will be a Class Dojo point for the best answer. Good luck!

The Magic Box

 

 

 

Last week, we read one of Miss Benn's favourite poems, 'The Magic Box' by Kit Wright. We loved the images he uses and the way he plays with opposites. Some of the children really enjoyed the impossible things he puts in his box. After spending some time looking at this poem, we read some similar poems written by other children and shared what we liked most about them.

 

 

The Magic Box

I will put in the box,
The swish of a silk sari on a summer night,
Fire from the nostrils of a Chinese dragon,
The tip of a tongue touching a tooth.
 

I will put in the box,
A snowman with a rumbling belly,
A sip of the bluest water from Lake Lucerne,
A leaping spark from an electric fish.
 

I will put into the box,
Three violet wishes spoken in Gujarati,
The last joke of an ancient uncle,
And the first smile of a baby.
 

I will put into the box,
A fifth season and a black sun,
A cowboy on a broomstick
And a witch on a white horse.
 

My box is fashioned from ice and gold and steel,
With stars on the lid and secrets in the corners.
Its hinges are the toe joints of dinosaurs.
 

I shall surf in my box,
On the great high-rolling breakers of the wild Atlantic,
Then wash ashore on a yellow beach,
The colour of the sun.

 

by Kit Wright

 

 

To watch Kit Wright reading his poem, click the link below:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/kit-wright-the-magic-box-poem-only/8837.html

We thought about the things we would like to put in a Magic Box- and Miss Benn brought out a Magic Box for us to look at. Then, we wrote some poems of our own, here are some great examples:

By Rhiannon

 

 

 

By Aoife 

 By Michael

 

 

By Jacob 

By Abel

 

By Eliska 

By Sonny 

By Joseph 

By Jack

 

 

 Leave a comment and share your favourite line or verse from your poem!

 

Special Blog Award!

This week's Star of the Week is Chelsea.

Chelsea wins a special blog award for her fantastic, regular and positive comments on the St. George's Class Blog. I'm sure you have all read and enjoyed Chelsea's super comments!

Well done Chelsea!

A Quick Reminder!

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These rules are for everyone, including brothers, sisters and friends of the children in St. George's Class!

Thank you!

Our Writing About Haiti

I have added some samples of the children's excellent writing from this half term to our Haiti page.

Take a look! These are just a few of the many pieces of great writing about Haiti that the children have created this half term.

Leave a comment to tell them what you like about their work.
Click here to read them.

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By; Jonathan, Chelsea, Thalia, Nathan, Caitlin and Rhiannon