Attendance Treat...Classopoly... Get Out Of Jail Free!!

Last week I was so very proud of you all our attendance was 100%!!!!!! We rolled in classopoly assembly and landed on 'Get out of jail free'. Hmmmmm what did that mean?? We all got a great surprise when Miss Stephens marched us out of assembly and into the green room, to 'do it Gangnam Style'!! Lots of fun and dancing for us all!!!

Big Write Star 7th Feb 2013

 

Zofia

 

Zofia developed her story with a clear beginning middle and end. She used all the correct punctuation and even included an ellipse!! Her writing was lively and exciting for the reader to enjoy. Keep it up Zofia!!

 

Visual Literacy: Silent Blue Book

This week in literacy we have been using our inference skills to pick apart a visual text called 'The Silent Blue Book' by Maia Walczak. There was no talking on the text, just music and we were working together to decide what we thought the story was about, what the author was trying to portray and how we felt about the text. Some of us found it so emotional it brought a few tears!! Here we are sharing ideas, listening to each other and writing our views.

Safer Internet Day!

Tomorrow is 'Safer Internet Day', and in school we are having 'Safe Internet Week'

 

There are some websites we will be looking at in class and you can take a look at home too

 

Click HERE for CBBC Stay Safe section and explore the 'top picks' at the bottom of the page...

 

Click HERE to explore the 'Safety Land'

 

Look at 'Sid's Online Safety Guide' HERE

 

Learn about being a 'Smart Surfer' HERE

 

Don't forget you can click on the 'CEOP' logo at the top right hand side of the blog if you have any concerns or worries about anything on the internet, and always talk to an adult.

Visual Literacy 'The Silent Blue Book'

Next week in literacy, we are going to be extending our pirate topic further and reading 'The Spell Shell'  by Roderick Hunt and then developing our interpreting skills by looking at 'The Silent Blue Book' by Maia Walczak. It is a piece of text with no words and we are going to be deciding what we think is happening to the character, her feelings, where she goes and why and what is the relevance of the fox.

You can watch it here....

This video is taken from http://www.literacyshed.com/the-maia-walczak-shed.html feel free to look at the authors other texts.

Big Write Star 1st February 2013

 

Teegan

 

Teegan made me laugh with her humorous introduction and then she used speech to develop her characters, with speech marks in all the correct places!!! Well done Teegan!!

Tu B'shevat

This week in topic we have been looking at the Jewish religion and in particular the celebration of 'Tu B'shevat'.

It is the celebration of 'The New Year of the Trees' There isn't much about the celebration on the internet but there's a little bit of information HERE

Can you remember the prayer we said before we started eating?

 

Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, who creates the fruit of the tree.