Showing posts with label competition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label competition. Show all posts

Tuesday, 8 November 2016

Competition Time!

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It's competition time! Two of the DIGITAL WRITING LEADER editors; Jess and Darcy, have found this fascinating picture. They would like you to write about it. What does it make you think? What does it inspire you to write? They would love to read your stories, poems, descriptions, newspaper reports... whatever you are inspired to write about this picture!

Everyone can enter this competition- from Nursery to Year 6- you can even enter more than one piece of writing!

Please submit your entry to the competition to Mrs Parrott, Jess or Darcy by THURSDAY 1ST DECEMBER.

There will be a prize given to the best piece of writing inspired by this picture in assembly on Friday 2nd December.

Good luck!

Saturday, 12 March 2016

Snack Attack!


As part of our Fairtrade project, Year 5 are doing our bit to change the world! This week, we all wrote letters to David Cameron to try to persuade him to pass a law commanding all supermarkets to sell use Fairtrade ingredients for their own brand products and for other products, wherever possible. Year 5 are also planning and preparing for our Fairtrade Snack Sale. It will be held next Friday at 3:30pm in the Small Hall- please come along and help us support Oxfam's Fairtrade work!

This half term, we are also competing against each other in the Snack Attack challenge! Everyone in Year 5 is working with a team to create a new and original Fairtrade snack. As a school, we will be submitting ONE entry to the national competition- so each team are competing to win the first heat at school. The snack must include Fairtrade ingredients and must appeal to customers. We need to think of an original name for the product; design the packaging; create a logo and produce video, radio and print advertisements.

Here are some of our TV advertisements:
Click the links to view our adverts... 

Space:

Snack On It: https://animoto.com/play/YpvJNILFQxJE5AXXK8A19A
Cool Down: https://animoto.com/play/0zMKovJSXMPsAgkLbhUxug
Cool Down 2: https://animoto.com/play/FlB1YwlpmXnDyJgZ2SkduQ
Crazy Cubes: https://animoto.com/play/nbBhru9Jhrb3jq17dFoMDQ 
Top of the Chocs: https://animoto.com/play/GB2mGqoWO1xgmFwsqAqkUg

Here are some of the Snack Attack teams at work creating prototypes of their packaging:



Here are the completed packaging prototypes:





Come to our Fairtrade Snack Sale next week to vote for your favourite Fairtrade Snack- we'll be sending our winning entry off to the national competition!

Sunday, 21 February 2016

Mystery Reader Competition!

Source: thinkwonderteach

It's nearly Book Week at St. Anthony's! We will be celebrating with another fun photo competition. Last year's Extreme Reading was incredibly exciting and we had some wonderful entries!

This year's challenge is called 'Mystery Readers'.

What you need to do:
1. Pick your favourite book.
2. Create a disguise and pick an interesting location for your photo. Remember you must be safe- ask an adult to help you and don't take any risks.
3. Cover your face with your favourite book. You might also try wearing a mask!
4. Ask an adult to take a photograph of you, with your face covered safely.
5. Print the photo.
6. Write your name on the back.
7. Hand it in to Mrs Parrott ASAP!

Some inspiration:
Source: davyhulme

 Source: cheadleheath
 Source: 123rf

 Source: roebuck.herts

The entries will be on display in the hall and the winners from each phase group will be announced in assembly on World Book Day; Thursday 3rd March.

Good luck!

Wednesday, 17 February 2016

Comic Competition!

http://stanthonyswrites.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/comic-time-competition.html

Head over to the St. Anthony's Writes blog, to find out the details about a new and exciting comic competition at school. Lots of you are very talented graphic artists and comic creators, so I'm sure you won't want to miss this opportunity!

Click the picture above (designed by Luke in Year 6!) to go to the St. Anthony's Writes blog and find out more.

Good luck!

Friday, 29 January 2016

HOORAY!!!


Fabulous news just in! We have been shortlisted for the finals of the UK Blog Awards!

All of your hard work (and all of the voting!) has paid off- well done!

We are officially one of the top ten education blogs in the UK. You should all be very proud of yourselves- I am very proud of you!

Friday, 16 October 2015

Story Writing Homework

http://www.polkatheatre.com/editorial/box-of-photographs-intro
 Source: http://www.polkatheatre.com/editorial/box-of-photographs-intro

This week, your homework challenge is to write a 500 word short story for a competition. If your story is chosen as one of the winners, it will be included in a brand new professionally staged show performed at the Polka Theatre! Wow!

To begin, read the introduction to the story:

http://www.polkatheatre.com/editorial/box-of-photographs-intro

The, look through the photographs:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/132905533@N04/sets/72157655699333181

You need to bring the photos to life by writing a story inspired by them.

Please bring your story into school before Tuesday- do not send your entry off to the address on the website. We will check them and send them all off together.

The rules to follow:
  • The story cannot be longer than 500 words.
  • You must type or neatly handwrite your story. If the judges can't read it, they can't judge it!
  • The story must be inspired by the photographs.
  • On the front page of your story please write the title of your story, plus your full name, school, year group and age. Please provide the contact details (address, phone number and email) of an adult we can contact if you are one of the shortlisted stories - either a teacher or family member.
  • It must be your own, original work.

Top Tips!
  • Make sure your story has a clear beginning, middle and end.
  • Use some exciting language- amazing adjectives, adverbs and connectives.
  • As you only have 500 words, keep the story simple and don't have too many characters.

Thursday, 9 July 2015

Out Of This World Poetry!


We have always known that the children in St. George's Class were out of this world when it came to poetry, but now it has been proven! Some poems written by children in our class have been selected to be published in a book of poetry. Very well done if your poem was chosen!


Tuesday, 17 February 2015

500 Words Story Competition!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00rfvk1

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00rfvk1

This week you are working on a 500 word story for your homework.

When you have written a draft (and you must do this first!!), you need to enter your story on the Radio 2 website.

Click this link below to find the form that you need to fill in.
https://500words.external.bbc.co.uk/opportunity/1

You will need to fill in this form with an adult, who will need to enter an email address.


Here are some top tips for your story:

Remember your structure- it needs a beginning, middle and end. Draw yourself a story mountain to help you plan this, or look at the picture below.

Source: communication4all

Choose your words carefully. You only have 500 words, so pick them wisely! Don't waste your 500 words on boring words like happy, sad, nice, said, then or walk. You can do better! Use powerful adjectives and verbs.

Create an interesting hero/main character. You only have 500 words, so you don't want to include too many characters. Keep it simple but entertaining!


There are some great examples on the Radio 2 website- click the picture below to read the winning entries in your category for the last few years. Don't copy them though- the judges will remember them! You can do even better!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00rfvk1/features/winning-stories
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/KNWsKPrg7stQ54tTbcf6P7/500-words-2014

Thursday, 12 June 2014

The World Cup!

Source:FIFA


The World Cup 2014 begins today! We have been very excited all day in St. George's Class and we even did a sweepstake. Whoever has picked the winning team will win a fabulous World Cup prize! Which country did you pick?

These websites will help you to keep up to date with the football and have lots of interesting information:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/2014

http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/index.html





Monday, 7 April 2014

Congratulations Abel!


Congratulations to Abel, who found out last week that his 500 word story has been put through to the next round of the BBC 500 Word Story competition!


Over 118,000 children entered the competition and Abel's story has been picked - with just 3,500 others, to go through to the next stage of the competition. Very well done Abel!

If anyone else has heard that their story has gone through to round 2, let me know!

Saturday, 1 February 2014

500 Words Story Competition

Source: bbc: https://500words.external.bbc.co.uk/opportunity/1


This week you are working on a 500 word story for your homework.

When you have written a draft (and you must do this first!!), you need to enter your story on the Radio 2 website.

Click this link below to find the form that you need to fill in.
https://500words.external.bbc.co.uk/opportunity/1 

You will need to fill in this form with an adult, who will need to enter an email address. Make sure you enter the '9 and under' category.


Here are some top tips for your story:

Remember your structure- it needs a beginning, middle and end. Draw yourself a story mountain to help you plan this, or look at the picture below.

Source: communication4all

Choose your words carefully. You only have 500 words, so pick them wisely! Don't waste your 500 words on boring words like happy, sad, nice, said, then or walk. You can do better! Use powerful adjectives and verbs.

Create an interesting hero/main character. You only have 500 words, so you don't want to include too many characters. Keep it simple but entertaining!


There are some great examples on the Radio 2 website- click the picture below to read the winning entries in your category for the last few years. Don't copy them though- the judges will remember them! You can do even better!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00rfvk1/features/winning-stories
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00rfvk1/features/winning-stories

Story Competition- Chapter 4



Our story competition continues! Read the entries for Chapter 4 below, then vote for your favourite in the poll below!

Chapter 4

Table 1

Mario and Rumplestiltskin came closer and closer to Phil. Phil shut his eyes and wished but then he saw the hat lying beside him and fell unconscious. Phil woke up in a prison cell wondering where he was until Mario and Rumplestiltskin started staring at him.

In the dark cell, Mario kicked the cap into the cage and said, “You can play baseball with this cap.” The Hat of Ultimate Transportation was in the cell next to him. One of the 12 princesses was in the corner crying so Phil said, “Why are you crying?”
“Because my sister is gone!”

Phil said, “Where is your sister?”
“I don’t know,” said the princess, “we can’t dance without her.”
“Maybe I can find her and you can come with me? Follow me!”
The princess said, “Are you sure about this?”
“I’m sure! I have been here before.”
Phil and the princess disappeared.

Phil turned around and saw two dark reflections a yard behind him. He saw a yeti and made a plan. He said to the hat, “Make me go on the yeti!”


Table 2

“What are you doing here?” boomed Rumplestiltskin.  “Actually, don’t answer that. We’ve got visitors coming and I don’t want YOU distracting our preparations.” And with that he prodded Phil into the jail and stomped out, Mario close behind him.

It was uncomfortably hot in the cell and Phil was squished in with the princesses, who squashed him so tight he could barely breathe. He was just about to try and start a conversation, when he heard voices coming towards him.

They got closer and closer, and suddenly Goldilocks flounced in! He yelled out for her to help, but as she got closer, her smile got more and more menacing. Without a word she dragged him out of the cage and into the living room, where he saw the Big Bad Wolf lounging in an armchair.
The wolf rose up, a sack in one hand, which he then plunged over Phil, who knew nothing more until…


Table 3

Suddenly, a ball came flying in through the window. It hit the cage that the princesses were in.  Then the door screeched and Big Bully Billy walked in. While Mario and Rumplestiltskin were dealing with Billy, Phil crept up and took the key from Mario’s pocket.

Phil crept back to the cage and opened the door of the cage. It squeaked open and Mario and Rumplestiltskin turned round. Phil grabbed a candy stick from the wall and whacked Mario in the face! Rumplestiltskin bent down to help him and that was their chance to escape.

They landed in the woods, back where they started. They remembered the last princess that was still trapped in a sack by Mario. Phil put marshmallows under his feet and jumped up to the castle…


Table 4

Then candles lit around the wall of the castle. Mario and Rumplestiltskin walked over to the cage. They said, “Which one of you will come with us?”
Ten stepped back and one immediately stepped forward and said, “Take me, my hero!”
Then Rumplestiltskin said, “Let’s go on a date my dear, just you, me, Mario and his girl.” Then Mario pulled the other princess out of the bag and she kissed him on the cheek. They walked out and locked the door. Then Phil set the other princesses free and they each thanked him with a kiss on the cheek.

They all escaped with the Hat of Ultimate Transportation. Then Phil put on the hat, he held hands with the princesses and they all held hands together. He said, “Take us to wherever Mario and Rumplestiltskin are.” It took them to the Great Wall of China. Phil couldn’t believe his eyes, he had always wanted to go there, since he was four.

Then Phil saw Mario and Rumplestiltskin, they had the two princesses on a date, they were just about to climb the Great Wall of China when…


Table 5

“So you found our little hide out?” said a familiar voice.
“Who’s there?!” said Phil.
“Don’t you remember us? We are Rumplestiltskin and Mario. Do you like our collection of princesses?”
“I’ll tell you what I don’t like-  you going round stealing the Princesses of Sweetland.” Phil ran towards Mario with his fist scrunched up ready to punch.

As soon as Phil threw his first punch at Mario, he felt like he had punched a brick wall. He realised Mario had swung his baseball bat and Phil felt dizzy and stumbled towards Rumplestiltskin and fell down right at his knees, then grabbed the keys… 


Vote in the poll below to show which chapter you think should be next. You cannot vote for Group 2 or 4 this time, because they have won previously.
 

Which group's chapter should be next in our book?

Thursday, 12 December 2013

Story Competition- Chapter 3

Chapter 3- Group 1

Phil looked up and saw the twelve princesses, but he only saw 11 shadows. Behind him, he saw Mario and Rumplestiltskin. Rumplestiltskin was holding a baseball bat and then Big Bully Billy appeared and said, "I knew where you were all the time!"

They formed a circle and aimed at Phil. The chase began. A tree knocked Phil out, so everything went black for him. The next thing he knew, he was in a cage with one of the twelve princesses. Mario walked out and said, "You have a choice, of a baseball bat...or a baseball bat!"

He took one of the baseballs and knocked out Rumplestiltskin. Mario said, "Eat my baseball!" and threw the baseball at him. Phil smashed the base ball back at Mario. Then he saw a shadow which was Big Bully Billy.

Phil wanted to go to a different country but he didn't have his hat. So Phil looked left and right and he saw his hat. Near Billy he started to run, but Phil tripped over and...


Chapter 3- Group 2

A wolf jumped out! Its eyes were a furious red and its shaggy fur was matted and grey. Phil didn't wait to be told twice. He scrambled up and ran.

Blood pounding in his ears, until he was beyond exhaustion, Phil ran. And suddenly there was a jolting on his arm and he was pulled sharply to the left.

Phil was in a cottage. There was a group of, well, it WAS unbelievable, but a group of PIGS staring at him! They looked vaguely familiar, and then Phil remembered. They were the Three Little Pigs!

Phil woke up suddenly. He thought over his day. The pigs had been kind to him, but he didn't want to stay here for long. He suddenly realised he was desperately thirsty, and went downstairs to get a drink. He was creeping downstairs, when suddenly...


Chapter 3- Group 3

Mario came zooming in his go kart with Rumplestiltskin and the princess. Suddenly, a chocolate tree fell on Mario's go kart and made it brown. Mario and Rumplestiltskin got out of the car for an hour. The princess quickly escaped. She remembered that she had left her magic wand in her pocket.

So the princess turned herself completely brown. The princess camouflagued herself into a brown tree then started rolling down the path like a rolling log, until she got to the stairs of the ballroom.

Phil was running behind her as fast as he could. Then, he spotted her and helped her up the stairs. They danced together at the ball and had an amazing time together.

Mario and Rumplestiltskin saw them and started chasing her and suddenly...


Chapter 3- Group 4

BUUUURRRRP! Phil turned around, he saw 2 shadows coming towards him. He ducked behind the tree and peeked out. It was Mario and Rumplestiltskin! They were holding a sack. Phil thought about it and remembered about what had happened.

He said aloud, "That must be one of the twelve dancing princesses."
"Who said that?" said Rumplestiltskin.
"OOPS!" said Phil.

They started walking towards him, then Phil remembered he had the Hat of Ultimate Transportation. He saw a hut and used the hat and ended up in the castle.

He saw the other eleven princesses and they were trapped in a little jail. Then all of a sudden the light went OFF and Mario and Rumplestiltskin stormed in...


Chapter 3- Group 5

There was a tall long chocolate carriage. He caught a glimpse of the person inside. Phil decided to follow the carriage. As soon as he got close enough, he leapt on top of the carriage and saw the princess with Mario and Rumplestiltskin.

Suddenly, they were passing through a forest of volcanoes. Next thing Phil heard was that Mario is going to fill the empty volcano with boiling Coca-Cola.

Then Rumplestiltskin used a catapult made of flakes and a metal polo to put her in and flung her into the volcano. Phil fell off while Rumplestiltskin put her into the catapult.

Suddenly, the princess was flying in the air. Then Phil remembered he had the hat. He said, "I wish I could go to wherever the princess will land." Meanwhile, the princess passed the volcano and headed for Phil and landed in Phil's arms. Phil felt like he was in...




Vote in the poll below to show which chapter you think should be next. You cannot vote for Group 2 this time, because they won last time.


Which Chapter Should Be Next in Our Book?

Monday, 25 November 2013

Story Competition


Last week I read the children the first chapter for a story. I challenged them to work in teams to plan, draft and write the next chapter. The first chapter was all about a magical hat that could take you to any place, real or fictional at any point in history or the future! This tied in perfectly with our Doctor Who topic and allowed the children to decide where the main character Phil and his enemy Big Bully Billy should go.

Below you will be able to read their second chapters for our class book. Please read each one carefully, then choose which is your favourite. Once you have chosen your favourite, use the voting box at the bottom to vote for your favourite. Children, remember you cannot vote for your own story chapter!

After the voting has closed for this chapter, we will start the process again and each group will write a third chapter. We will then put them on the blog to be voted on and the winner will go into the book.

The children came up with an excellent suggestion to make the competition fair: the winner of each chapter competition will not be in the vote for the next chapter. This will make sure that no groups end up having two chapters in a row in the book. Great idea, St. George's Class!



GROUP 1 - Chapter Two

Phil sprinted through the chocolate vaper, while Billy swam through the Seven-Up fountain.  What should Phil do? Billy saw a speed boat- this was his chance! He jumped and landed face first on the boat. Billy yelled, “Come back here you cheat!” Suddenly Phil fell onto a Sherbet Lemon.

“Let me out!” Phil shouted through tears. Now it was his turn, he jumped onto a chocky rock. There was Billy, he hadn’t seen him yet. He pitched forward and ran. Billy saw. “Got you, you rat!” He started to run, he jumped and landed in a Tea Canal…

 By GROUP 1: Abel, Harry, Plamedi, Theadora and Alice.


GROUP 2 - Chapter Two

-Sweetland!” Then he bumped his head and everything went black…

Phil landed with a bump. He was lying on a bed of candyfloss that was sticking to his skin. He pulled it off and sat up. There was no light so he felt his way to the door, pulled it open and stepped outside. It was NOTHING like where he lived. He wondered where he was for a moment, then remembered his wish. He was in Sweetland!

Time to go exploring! But wait! What was that? There was an enormous poster on the wall beside him. It looked important, so he read it. What?! Rumplestiltskin and Mario had kidnapped one of the Twelve Dancing Princesses! He was going on a mission.

The forest was cold and gloomy, and Phil was hungry. He had long since passed out the trees full of food. He decided to go to sleep, and just as he was dozing off, there was a rumbling, and suddenly…


By GROUP 2: Agatha, Ella, Roderick and Amelie C.


GROUP 3 - Chapter Two

So the hat took him to the Dinosaur Times and he flew viciously through the air. He landed on a rock and saw dinosaurs and scattered fossils. He felt scared because he had never seen real fossils in his life.

He ran really fast and he ran up a hill, but it was actually a massive dinosaur. Then the dinosaur turned around and Phil skidded down its back and landed in the squelchy mud. Phil said, “I should not have gone to the dinosaur times!”

Phil was trying to go back in the hat. After a while, he could feel something was going to happen. He imagined Big Bully Billy was going to come. It was just like a nightmare for Phil. He opened his eyes and saw a hat. The hat looked just like the hat that had brought him to the dinosaur times.

But it was Big Bully Billy who had tricked Phil. Phil was running and running until he jumped onto a dinosaur and…
 

By GROUP 3: Joseph, Ellis, Michael, Leo, Amélie S.
 
 
GROUP 4 - Chapter Two
“I know! The Great Wall of China! No, no, the Mediterranean- wait I have got it- Transylvania with the Toy Story crew.”
Woooshhhh!
Big Bully Billy gets into disguise as Phil and tell the Hat of Transportation to come and take him to Transylvania.
When Big Bully Billy get there and he is standing next to Phil and finds himself opposite Dracula. Next to Dracula is his daughter and Billy falls in love with her, to be his girlfriend. She says, “I am Phil’s girlfriend.”
Billy finds Phil and tries to hurt him and Dracula is in his way so he beats him up, and then Toy Story burst into the room. Then Jessie says, “You! What are you doing to my friend?” They start a war.
Big Bully Billy and Zourg on one side and the rest on the other side, the battle began and…
By GROUP 4: Aisling, Nathan, Molly, Kate and Luke.
 
GROUP 5 - Chapter Two
“I want to go somewhere fun and exciting! What about the Amazon Jungle?”
The cap says, “As you wish.” A puff of smoke and we’re off.
“I wonder what animals I could meet there?”
Suddenly, a monkey appeared as brown as a bear. I stood there for three minutes while the monkey imitated me. I turn around and realise there’s a whole family.
They start to run away and I question myself, “What are they running away from?” I feel a creature rush past my foot. I look down, “Nothing there apart from a snake… A SNAKE!”
Now I feel scared, I start running for my life. Trees pass me like a blur. Suddenly something appears and…
 
By GROUP 5: Hana, Evelyn, Sonny, Aimee and Antonio
 


Which Chapter Should Be Next in Our Book?