Week in Review 19/05/11

In Math we reviewed ratio and proportion I found ratio easiar than proportion then I made a board game about times tables and other math questions. In Music I got a solo part in the song called "We Will rock you" and we learnt another song called "We are the champions", In English we carried on with our bord games mine was about diary of a wimpy kid and its author, In PE we separated into three groups and did activities and in swimming our teachers told us what group we were in and last but not least 10 % time I started a new topic called "stop animation" I am enjoying it alot more than my last topic witch was a flip book.

(Ed:)Here is the video of one of our pupils testing his 10% Time boat project and his reflection afterwards:

Here is the reflection discussion:

Board Games for our Author Study

Here is a small collection of videos of children discussing the games they have created for our author studies!:

The Egyptian Revolution by Year 6WL

Below you will find reflections by the pupils of how the Egyptian Revolution affected them, and how they felt about the changes taking place in their lives and the lives of those around them. Thankfully, we were able to have our lessons online using the website Vyew.com. I hope you find the reflections as thought provoking as we have.


Friday night, we got stuck out in a suburb of Cairo. We had to sleep at a friend’s house because there was a curfew. I learned that there were protests going on against the President. The President had blocked the roads, cut off phone lines and cut off the Internet. Today we were packing just in case we had to leave Egypt. We got a call saying we were going to England. It ended up that we would just go to a resort outside the city.

The first night back home was a bit scary. I could hear gun shots from the balcony and I could see tanks at the gas station. I was really scared because we live very close to a prison. When I heard the local mall had been broken into and burned I thought about my favorite shop Claire’s and it was tragic. Its kind of strange because earlier in school my friends and I were talking about what we would do if something happened to Claire’s and how sad that would be. As I was going to bed this night, I felt kind of scared and like we should not be here. Its weird that the year we chose to come here is the year that this had to happen.

Next, we got a call to be ready at the drop of a hat. My dad said we are going to England. That freaked me out because it was just so sudden. Some of the stuff I liked I could not take which made me really sad. I was especially worried about my cats. I was relieved when our landlord offered to look after them while we were away.

When another call came saying that we could not go to England and instead would go to another location outside the city, I was disappointed because I hoped to see my grandma. The next morning, we got on a bus. It was a long drive and I saw lots of tanks and soldiers along the way.

As soon as I saw where we would be staying, I was relieved and excited. There was a big white water slide that was so much fun, but we had to buy a tube. Our room had three different sections, my parents room, a lounge and a room for my brother and me.


During our stay, we went on a snorkeling cruise and my parents and brother saw a Napolean fish, a sting ray and a moray eel. I got to hold a puffer fish and I threw the fish that the boat people caught back in to the sea. At the last Island, I snorkeled around and found starfish and shells with living things inside.

After the cruise we ate dinner and went up to play ping pong and pool. I’m getting better at ping pong but I am still learning how to use the stick for pool. Later I went to bed watching CSI. I was so freaked out by this show that I couldn’t even get out of bed to turn off the TV.

Eventually we got told that we would go home on the bus the next day or the day following. We chose to go home on the last bus. Finally, we arrived home where my cats were waiting for me on the porch. Carrying back all of those bags was worth it when I saw the cats. Asia literally hugged me and wouldn’t let go. I really love them and I’m happy to be home.

By M

Week in Review for 12/05/11

This week we have concentrated on creativity in more than one task. In English we were concerned books and authors and that is why we made our own board games about our favourite books and authors. In Inquiry, we have started a new topic and we have started making drawings so that we learn how to draw in our comics, the way we are drawing is called Manga and it was created by some japanese artists that have then spread it to the media to make cartoons and many other things. This is to show how we will decide what the right thing to do is when we need to make difficult decisions as we get older. As for Math we have been planning a trip with a friend, it is not that easy once you know that you only have 10,000 GBP

and you spend them in hotel rooms and flights, the hard part is that you have to calculate the distance between the first country to the other country and the trip has to be in 9 different countries in 9 different cities. Then we had to change our money and change our distances from km to meters.


Thanks Z!