Book Club!

Here are some recommendations for books you might want to read. Each review is written by a member of our class. If you have read a great book recently, come and tell me about it and you might have the chance to write the next Book Club recommendation!

Charmed Life, by Diana Wynne Jones

A Recommendation by Evelyn

 

HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks/ Wynne Jones

It's really good because it's really exciting. It's mysterious. The children meet a strange man called Chrestomanci and he's acting very weird. Read the book to find out why!
If you like books with witches, you'll love it!

Shampoozel, by Laurence Amholt and Arthur Robins

A Recommendation by Michael

Orchard Books

It's fun and funny. It has lots of adjectives.
If you like fairy stories, you'll love this!

Narnia: The Last Battle, by C.S. Lewis

A Recommendation by Nathan

Collins

 

 

It's funny and the characters can be very bossy! It is an adventure story- you meet some children, a unicorn, some squirrels and a King. There is a whole series of the books, so if you like this one, you can read the others too.
If you like fantasy books, you'll love it!

The Smallest Girl Ever, by Sally Gardner

A Recommendation by Aimee

Orion Childrens

 

 

When I first read it, the beginning was quite sad but then it got happier. Your emotions go up and down through the book. It is a little demanding. It is interesting and magical.
If you like magical books, you'll love it!

Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery

A Recommendation by Alice

Puffin Classics

My favourite chapter is when Anne (who is an orphan) gets adopted. She dyes her hair and it goes wrong and goes green! She wanted to go on a picnic, because there was ice cream there and she had never tried it before. But she was not allowed to go because she dyed her hair green!
Anne can be a bit naughty. You should read it because it's really funny.  There are other books about the same character. There are also films, but you should read the books first because they are better than the films.
If you like old stories from the past, you'll love this!

Using Voki for Animation 4

Here are the last of the super animations made by the children in St. George's Class yesterday. They created talking characters from our Cuban class story, 'The Girl Who Spun Gold'. Each group thought carefully about how the character should look, what they should wear, where they should be and what they should say.

These are Table 1's character animations. To see the others, look down the page and read the previous 3 blog posts!

Queen Quashiba

To see the other characters, click the links below:

Big King- click here!

Lit'mahn- click here!

Using Voki for Animation 3

These are Table 2's fantastic character animations:

Queen Quashiba

 

 

 

 

To see the other characters, click the links below:

 

Big King- click here!

 

Lit'mahn- click here!

Using Voki for Animation 2

Here are the fantastic character animations by table 4:

Big King

 

To see their other characters, click the links below:

Queen Quashiba- click here!

Lit'mahn- click here!


Using Voki for Animation 1

Yesterday we had a really fun ICT lesson, using a website called 'Voki' to create animations. Each group produced animations of three characters from our class story, 'The Girl Who Spun Gold': Lit'mahn, Quashiba and Big King.

I am so impressed with these animations- you clearly thought very carefully about the appearance, clothing, background and voice of each character, as well as planning what you wanted them to say.

Here are the characters made by Table 3:

Lit'mahn

Click the links below to see their other characters:

Queen Quashiba- click here!

Big King- click here!

Anger Poem

Today we read some more of our class story; The Girl Who Spun Gold. At the end of the section we read today, Quashiba was very angry. We discussed why she might be angry and thought about exactly how she might be feeling. Each child then drew what they thought might be happening in Quashiba's mind; what is she thinking about?

Here are some great examples:

 

By Agatha

 By Sonny

 

 

 

 

By Nathan

 



We then thought about anger itself and how it makes us feel. Where do you feel anger? What would anger sound like? Taste like? Smell like?

We decided to write a poem with each line starting, 'Anger is'. We worked together to write 10 lines of poetry, then blutacked them to the board and moved them around (a lot!) until we found an order that we liked. Then, we discussed splitting the poem into verses.

Next, we chose a title from a number of suggestions. We decided that 'Anger' was the best choice. We then went through and added the capital letters and punctuation that we thought were necessary.

Here is our poem:

Anger

Anger is like being shot in the foot,

Anger is like getting stung by a jellyfish,

Anger is when someone hits you.

 

Anger is a crimson crackling fire,

Anger is fizzing and boiling like a pot on the stove,

Anger is salt at the back of your throat,

Anger is the taste of spicy Doritos.

 

Anger is a roaring lion,

Anger is the smell of hot sweat,

Anger is a volcano erupting with steam.

 

 

By St. George's Class

A Fantastic Assembly!

Well done St. George's Class! Our assembly this morning was fantastic! Everyone enjoyed watching it- we had lots of lovely comments from the other children, teachers and families. Well done for learning those lines and performing so confidently!

Thank you to all the friends and family members who came along to watch and support the children.

A Great New Game!

This half term we are learning about 'Teeth and Eating' in science. Can you remember the different types of teeth that humans have? What is each type used for?

Try out this fantastic game- it will test your knowledge about teeth and about eating a balanced diet- can you save Clyde from Judoon Jail?!

An update on the silkworms!

This is about my silkworms my silkworms can spin about 300,000 loops of silk.Each female lays about 500 eggs. Silk moths do not eat or drink during their lifetime. The adult moth almosts always emerges from in the morning,usually before 9am. A silkworm will eat about 50 times its final weight during its eating period.It hatches to a full grown lavra the silkworms increases in size by 10,000 times.The silkworms will shed their skins 4 times during it larval stage. The silkworm sheds its skin by attaching the tail end of its skin to the surface on what it is resting on. Silk moths cocoons are made from a single strand of silk. One cocoon can be made of up to half a mile of unbroken silk.

By Joseph

Abel's Marvellous Poem!

 

People huddle together in the street,

It's raining and it's light with Iphones.

 

People stand in shops warming themselves,

As green lights signal the cars to go.

 

The sky as black as cat's fur,

Umbrellas are like shields fighting splinters and daggers.

 

 

 

 

What a fantastic poem, Abel! I am so impressed and I am sure our readers will be too. Abel was inspired by his walk home from school in the rain. I think this is a marvellous poem- I love the idea of umbrellas acting as shields and I can just picture the light of the Iphones on the wet streets. Fabulous!