This week we have finished our Firebird topic. I am sure you will agree, these firebird puppets are a stunning way to complete our unit of work. Well done everybody!
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Showing posts with label firebird. Show all posts
Friday, 5 July 2013
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
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?
What else can you spot?
Monday, 17 June 2013
The Hungry Forest
As Prince Ivan approached the 'Edge of the Kingdom' in Firebird, we used the illustration and description to inspire another great class poem.
We looked at this spooky picture:
We completed 'Zone of Relevance' diagrams about the picture. The words that we thought described the scene really well went into the red zone, then as they got less relevant they were put further out on the target board. The words that really didn't describe the scene well were put right outside the target in the white area.
Then we worked in small groups to write some words and phrases that we thought described the picture in an interesting way.
We used these super ideas (plus lots more!) to write our class poem. We used the ladder game again; great lines from different children were written onto strips of paper. We stuck them on the board, then moved them around until we had the poem just right. We left the title until last, to make sure it suited the poem perfectly.
Here is our ladder poem:
The final poem:
The Hungry Forest
The moon shines as a spotlight of hope,
Calmer than anyone had ever known,
The sky as dark as the wolf's heart,
As black as a raven's wing.
The trees cover the moonlight,
Branches snapping menacingly in the whispering forest,
Eyes glowing from the mysterious bushes,
Hungry for meat.
By St. George's Class
We looked at this spooky picture:
We completed 'Zone of Relevance' diagrams about the picture. The words that we thought described the scene really well went into the red zone, then as they got less relevant they were put further out on the target board. The words that really didn't describe the scene well were put right outside the target in the white area.
Then we worked in small groups to write some words and phrases that we thought described the picture in an interesting way.
We used these super ideas (plus lots more!) to write our class poem. We used the ladder game again; great lines from different children were written onto strips of paper. We stuck them on the board, then moved them around until we had the poem just right. We left the title until last, to make sure it suited the poem perfectly.
Here is our ladder poem:
The final poem:
The Hungry Forest
The moon shines as a spotlight of hope,
Calmer than anyone had ever known,
The sky as dark as the wolf's heart,
As black as a raven's wing.
The trees cover the moonlight,
Branches snapping menacingly in the whispering forest,
Eyes glowing from the mysterious bushes,
Hungry for meat.
By St. George's Class
Sunday, 16 June 2013
A Very Busy Week!
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We visited; China, Madagascar, Tanzania, Finland, New Zealand, Ireland, Ivory Coast, Afghanistan, Mali, Peru, Norway, Canada and the Antarctic.
Which was your favourite? What did you learn?
We will be putting up some photographs of things we spotted on our tour of the world next week.
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On Wednesday, we played in a World Cup football tournament.
The Middle School players of the tournament were:
Jacob
Hana
Alex D.
Lucia B.
Congratulations! The overall winners of the tournament were Brazil- well done!
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On Thursday morning we had a special mass to celebrate St. Anthony of Padua's feast day and to congratulate our First Holy Communicants.
In the afternoon, we had an exciting assembly to celebrate One World Week. Each class showed the school something they had learned or made about their country. We sang a Russian folk song called 'Minka'. Everyone enjoyed it!
On Friday, we had our whole school photograph in the morning. In the afternoon we had a party in class- we tasted some sweet Russian blinis with honey and raisins, then had a dance to some super Russian music.
After school on Friday, some of the children came to International Evening. It was lots of fun! We tasted some delicious food from around the world, everyone came in different national costumes and there was dancing from different cultures. A great evening! Thank you to everyone that came and to those who worked so hard to make the evening such a success.
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We're looking forward to learning more about Russia next week, with a special visitor on Thursday and lots more fun with Firebird!
Sunday, 9 June 2013
One World Week- Russia
This week is ONE WORLD WEEK at school. Each class is learning about a different country and the children will be visiting each classroom to learn about the country they are studying and get a stamp in their special passport. We will be taking lots of photos to share on the blog.
In St. George's Class we are learning about Russia. We will be finding out all about Russia for the next month. So far, we have used ICT to research and complete a fact file about Russia, we have been reading and writing about the traditional Russian tale 'Firebird' and painted a mural of St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow.
During our first week of learning about 'Firebird' we have read some of the story, performed some drama, listened to Stravinsky's 'Dance of the Firebird', watched a ballerina perform the Firebird's dance, then made up dances of our own to the music. We used the description of the Firebird in the story to draw some images of what we thought the Firebird looked like.
Here is a video of a short section of the Firebird ballet:
We will be starting a new page on the blog about Russia- take a look at the page tabs at the top of the blog!
In St. George's Class we are learning about Russia. We will be finding out all about Russia for the next month. So far, we have used ICT to research and complete a fact file about Russia, we have been reading and writing about the traditional Russian tale 'Firebird' and painted a mural of St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow.
During our first week of learning about 'Firebird' we have read some of the story, performed some drama, listened to Stravinsky's 'Dance of the Firebird', watched a ballerina perform the Firebird's dance, then made up dances of our own to the music. We used the description of the Firebird in the story to draw some images of what we thought the Firebird looked like.
Here is a video of a short section of the Firebird ballet:
We will be starting a new page on the blog about Russia- take a look at the page tabs at the top of the blog!
