In inquiry we have started doing our summative tasks we did it by the teachers sending us a chart saying different activities we could do and we had to choose two I chose to write two recipes one of my country, Spain and one of Hungary the other one I did is with a partner and we did a non-discrimination t-shirt it was really fun!!!
Thanks P!
22 October, 2009
21 October, 2009
Summative Task Due Date - Update
Hi Everyone,
As indicated earlier, we are unable to have the Inquiry Summative Task Due Date and the International Day celebrations on the same day.
I has been decided then, that the Summative Tasks for the Inquiry Topic "I Believe" will be due MONDAY 26th October.
Please remember that you must make sure you are using your time wisely!
Mr.L
As indicated earlier, we are unable to have the Inquiry Summative Task Due Date and the International Day celebrations on the same day.
I has been decided then, that the Summative Tasks for the Inquiry Topic "I Believe" will be due MONDAY 26th October.
Please remember that you must make sure you are using your time wisely!
Mr.L
20 October, 2009
A Busy week Ahead
Hi Everyone,
Well, we have a very busy week ahead! First of all, Wednesday evening is the final evening of Pupil Goal Setting Conferences. I would like to thank all the parents who were able to attend the first session a few days ago, and I look forward to meeting everyone else this coming Wednesday.
Then we have the International Day celebrations on Thursday. International Day is a fun tradition where we get to see the national outfits of everyone from the school community.
Please be advised that our Celebration of Learning, which was originally scheduled for Thursday as well, is under review for a suitable alternative day. I will advise everyone here about the exact date and time as soon as it is decided.
Have a great week!
Well, we have a very busy week ahead! First of all, Wednesday evening is the final evening of Pupil Goal Setting Conferences. I would like to thank all the parents who were able to attend the first session a few days ago, and I look forward to meeting everyone else this coming Wednesday.
Then we have the International Day celebrations on Thursday. International Day is a fun tradition where we get to see the national outfits of everyone from the school community.
Please be advised that our Celebration of Learning, which was originally scheduled for Thursday as well, is under review for a suitable alternative day. I will advise everyone here about the exact date and time as soon as it is decided.
Have a great week!
18 October, 2009
Fishing (Limerick)
Fishing
One day while fishing in a pond,
I got distrcted by a frond.
I made a wish.
To catch a fish.
Instead, I sank in the pond.
Thanks S!
One day while fishing in a pond,
I got distrcted by a frond.
I made a wish.
To catch a fish.
Instead, I sank in the pond.
Thanks S!
17 October, 2009
Week in Review (Free Choice) 15 10 09
K had the option to select any topic.
Inquiry
In Inquiry one of the things we have been learning about are Totem Poles. They are carved wooden pillars made by the Native American Indians. They are usually carved into animals that represent the animal for a family. Totem Poles usually have an interesting story to tell. We had to make our own miniature Totem Pole and we had to make 5 carvings that had to be pictures of something to do with a tradition that your family celebrates. Instead of having a piece of wood to carve into, we go a long stick and we had to shape clay around it. I chose to do Christmas and I had a present, a Santa hat, a Christmas tree, a candy cane, and an ornament.
Thanks K!
Inquiry
In Inquiry one of the things we have been learning about are Totem Poles. They are carved wooden pillars made by the Native American Indians. They are usually carved into animals that represent the animal for a family. Totem Poles usually have an interesting story to tell. We had to make our own miniature Totem Pole and we had to make 5 carvings that had to be pictures of something to do with a tradition that your family celebrates. Instead of having a piece of wood to carve into, we go a long stick and we had to shape clay around it. I chose to do Christmas and I had a present, a Santa hat, a Christmas tree, a candy cane, and an ornament.
Thanks K!
Week in Review (Mathematics) 15 10 09
For the past week in Mathematics we have been reviewing work from our H1N1 break. The class also started learning BODMAS and different methods of calculating.
The last 2 days of the week we started parallelograms and rhombus's ,we also learnt how do do Venn diagrams.
A Venn diagram is one large oval around two overlapping ovals in the middle forming a little diamond where the 2 smaller ovals overlap.
Our class also looked at French mathmatition Pascel's triangle in one of our lessons and found out what Pascal's Triangle is.
Thanks G!
The last 2 days of the week we started parallelograms and rhombus's ,we also learnt how do do Venn diagrams.
A Venn diagram is one large oval around two overlapping ovals in the middle forming a little diamond where the 2 smaller ovals overlap.
Our class also looked at French mathmatition Pascel's triangle in one of our lessons and found out what Pascal's Triangle is.
Thanks G!
Week in Review (Inquiry) 15 10 09
Website Paragraph: Inquiry
This term's inquiry was really fun and we did allot. The topic in this inquiry is called 'I Believe.'
In Mr Lowe's class we had to think of a culture and look up what type of weddings they had such as what they wore, what they ate or what they did and how they were connected to their cultures. Then, after we had found out enough, we had to bring in some boxes and create a scene of the wedding in the box using plasterscene, felt tips and some other things.
I thought making the scenes in the boxes was fun and I liked looking at other peoples scenes. From this I have learned about different cultures and how they celebrate weddings and some of their beliefs.
Thanks S!
This term's inquiry was really fun and we did allot. The topic in this inquiry is called 'I Believe.'
In Mr Lowe's class we had to think of a culture and look up what type of weddings they had such as what they wore, what they ate or what they did and how they were connected to their cultures. Then, after we had found out enough, we had to bring in some boxes and create a scene of the wedding in the box using plasterscene, felt tips and some other things.
I thought making the scenes in the boxes was fun and I liked looking at other peoples scenes. From this I have learned about different cultures and how they celebrate weddings and some of their beliefs.
Thanks S!
Pupil Work - Poems
Nonsense Poem
8-10 around Big Ben,
6-9 clapping in time,
3-4 demanding more,
2-5 pigs like jive,
1-3 stung by a bee,
3-7 I've never been to Devon,
1-2 playing the didgeridoo,
2-4 waiting at your door.
Computer Keyboard
(Personification)
I have a grey bumpy, shelly skin ,
I have tattoed words and letters all over me ,
5 legged octopus's dance and play all over me ,
I have a pet mouse which follows me everywhere.
I only have small, stubby legs.
Limerick !!!
I spoke to my dad
who has been very bad ,
he didnt care
that he spent his airfare ,
So now I can pretend I am mad!
8-10 around Big Ben,
6-9 clapping in time,
3-4 demanding more,
2-5 pigs like jive,
1-3 stung by a bee,
3-7 I've never been to Devon,
1-2 playing the didgeridoo,
2-4 waiting at your door.
Computer Keyboard
(Personification)
I have a grey bumpy, shelly skin ,
I have tattoed words and letters all over me ,
5 legged octopus's dance and play all over me ,
I have a pet mouse which follows me everywhere.
I only have small, stubby legs.
Limerick !!!
I spoke to my dad
who has been very bad ,
he didnt care
that he spent his airfare ,
So now I can pretend I am mad!
Poetry Podcasts!
I'd like to thank the volunteers from class to be our first podcasters for 2009-2010. We hope you enjoy the poems and other podcasts we make over the rest of the year!
Stationary Eater
Beautiful
The Sweet
The Laptop
The Butterfly
Unknown
Animal Tricks
Annie the A.C.
Pencil Case
11 October, 2009
10 October, 2009
Week in Review (English) 04 10 09
The past week in English we have been focusing on poetry like limericks , personifaction and others. During our lessons we have been writing our own poems either in partners or without. Mr lowe also asked us to start punctuating each others .
Also we have been reveiwing what we did in the break for the past week and sharing ideas of poetry.
Thanks G!
Also we have been reveiwing what we did in the break for the past week and sharing ideas of poetry.
Thanks G!
09 October, 2009
Week in Review (Inquiry) 04 10 09
Inquiry (ART)
In inquiry our topic was i believe. All three classes swapped around in different groups three diferrent times, each time we do a different thing.For the first week or two we were making totenpoles and that was so fun.
What you need:
you need wooden bamboo sticks and clay.
How to make totenpoles :
first you choose a tradition and plan it by drawing.Example:christmas, birthday, valentines day, ramadan etc.
Then you make your last thing for example if your doing a birthday you can put a present on the bottom.
After that you put everything from the top or do it around the bamboo stick.
Now you need to leave it to dry and when it dries you should paint it in whatever colour you like.
And now you are ready!
WARNING:YOU NEED TO KEEP THE BAMBOO STICK COVERED!!!
I chose a birthday because I enjoy celebrating my birthday.
Thanks M!
Week in Review (EDU20 & Vyew.com) 04 10 09
Edu20 and Vyew
We had a two week break away from school in September due to the H1N1. We have still been able to communicate with each other through Edu20 and Vyew.
On Edu20, we use chat to ask any questions on our homework we can also ask anything that we don't understand. We are able to know who is there because their name and icon appears on the screen.
Edu20 includes blogs, homework, messages, calander, classes, overview and forums.
To get to Edu20, you should click on edu20.org then type your user id and password, you will then find the homepage and you are there.
Vyew is slightly different, on vyew we are able to have our lessons. Mr Lowe invites all the class to attend. He is able to explain by using the microphone and we can hear him through our speakers. All students are able to contribute in the lesson by either typing when asked to or listening to the lesson or by drawing or writing.
To get to vyew, you have to go to your email on yahoo, msn, google or hotmail then you type your email address and password. You will find a message from Mr. Lowe inviting you to the Maths or English lesson, open it then you will find the site click on it, HORRAY you are there.
Edu20 and Vyew have made it easier for us to communicate and have access at anytime to be able to ask our teacher anything we are stucked with.
Thanks to Mr. Lowe, we have learnt a new way of studing.
Thanks A!
We had a two week break away from school in September due to the H1N1. We have still been able to communicate with each other through Edu20 and Vyew.
On Edu20, we use chat to ask any questions on our homework we can also ask anything that we don't understand. We are able to know who is there because their name and icon appears on the screen.
Edu20 includes blogs, homework, messages, calander, classes, overview and forums.
To get to Edu20, you should click on edu20.org then type your user id and password, you will then find the homepage and you are there.
Vyew is slightly different, on vyew we are able to have our lessons. Mr Lowe invites all the class to attend. He is able to explain by using the microphone and we can hear him through our speakers. All students are able to contribute in the lesson by either typing when asked to or listening to the lesson or by drawing or writing.
To get to vyew, you have to go to your email on yahoo, msn, google or hotmail then you type your email address and password. You will find a message from Mr. Lowe inviting you to the Maths or English lesson, open it then you will find the site click on it, HORRAY you are there.
Edu20 and Vyew have made it easier for us to communicate and have access at anytime to be able to ask our teacher anything we are stucked with.
Thanks to Mr. Lowe, we have learnt a new way of studing.
Thanks A!
Week in Review (Mathematics) 04 10 09
Hi, in this week at school, in maths we have been learning about how to check our work with inverse operations! This is an example of what inverse operations are:
276+796=1072 and the inverse operation is: 1072-796=276 or: 1072-276=796
We have been doing that type of work and it has been lots of fun! One of the things we did was we had to do about 5 questions and then work out the answer then check the answer by using inverse operations!
Above, it shows an inverse operation with addition and checking it with subtraction here is one that is with multiplication and checked with division:
148 x 7 = 1036 and the inverse operation is: 1036 / 148 = 7 the "/" means "divided by". Another way of writing the inverse operation is: 1036 / 7 = 148.
Thank you for reading my ideas!
Thanks P!
276+796=1072 and the inverse operation is: 1072-796=276 or: 1072-276=796
We have been doing that type of work and it has been lots of fun! One of the things we did was we had to do about 5 questions and then work out the answer then check the answer by using inverse operations!
Above, it shows an inverse operation with addition and checking it with subtraction here is one that is with multiplication and checked with division:
148 x 7 = 1036 and the inverse operation is: 1036 / 148 = 7 the "/" means "divided by". Another way of writing the inverse operation is: 1036 / 7 = 148.
Thank you for reading my ideas!
Thanks P!
19 September, 2009
The week in review - Guided Reading
For the first two weeks in Year6L we’ve started Guided Reading and we were put into our groups. Our group is the green group and we started reading ‘The Terrible Power of the House Rabbit’, it's about this really messy family that buys a house rabbit that seems to be very tidy and doesn’t like all the mess around the house. It has big disturbing eyes and would hypnotize the family and make them clean up. Although we haven’t finished the 63 pages of the book yet and we’re still in the first 17 pages there’s been lots of funny things we’ve read about like: How the rabbit makes little, neat droppings on the litter box.
This book was written by Susan Gates and was first published in 1999. Susan got the idea of the House Rabbit from one of her friends that was allergic to the straw in the cages so she got a House Rabbit and that is how the idea started!
Thanks M!
This book was written by Susan Gates and was first published in 1999. Susan got the idea of the House Rabbit from one of her friends that was allergic to the straw in the cages so she got a House Rabbit and that is how the idea started!
Thanks M!
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