Be an Author Week 2016

The week beginning 8th February 2016 was our annual Be an Author Week. In fact, the week had begun slightly early, because on the previous Friday, we enjoyed an entertaining visit from James Carter. In the build-up to Be an Author Week, the children had carried out, over two weeks, some research at home into China: its culture, people and place names as well as what role dragons take in Chinese stories. This research was vital in enabling the children to make a start on their stories. 

At the start of the week, the children planned out their story. The teachers read some Chinese stories to give the children some ideas of what to include in their work. We also had a useful Tai Chi session, learned some Chinese language, had a go at using the Chinese number system, saw some food and undertook some art. All of this was then used by the children in their story writing. By Friday of the week, we had stories from all the children that they can be rightly proud of. Depending on how the class undertook their work, these stories will now be available for the children to read either in their classrooms, online or both. Finally, the costumes worn on the Friday were fantastic and the year group looked very colourful.

100 WC Showcase Week 5

Matthew wrote a 100 Word Challenge entry that needed to be about the image below. His work was 'Showcased' on the 100 Word challenge website.
 

Below is a copy of his writing that was originally posted here.

 

Me-Maw Me-Maw! The fire fighters rushed down the streets of St. Neots towards the fire. A woman shouted in the building, they had to get there before it was to late... She screamed "There are children in here, help help". The fire brigade wasted no time. They sprang into action, lifting children away one by one. Every minute the fire grew ever closer, surrounding the screaming family. The brigade unleashed their secret, they had wings. They flew up to the family lifting the frightened couple to safety. The fire gulped the remainder of the building and collapsed. "thank you for saving us,"cried the woman.

 

 

100 WC Showcase Week 4

Charlotte wrote a 100 Word Challenge entry that needed to include the words red, hard, mountain, floated & umbrella. Her work was 'Showcased' on the 100 Word challenge website.

Below is a copy of her writing that was originally posted here.

 

The Crumbs were an average family. I want to tell you one of the many average not- adventures they partook in. It happened one Sunday afternoon. Seamus was complaining,"Mum, this homework's too hard! Dad! Come and help me!..."On and on he droned, waiting for constant help. Anyway, they were supposedly climbing up a mountain. Mount Everest. "We'll need the umbrella!" Shouts Tracy.
"The red one?" Calls Mr. Crumb, to Tracy.
"Yeah," she replies, now in the living room," I'll get it".
"... They suddenly floated out of the window! They were actually flyi- Mum, are you actually listening?" A depressed Alice grunted.

 

 

Alana's Poem: Our Tree

Ben's Repeating Pattern

In computing, we're currently carrying out some work entitled 'We Are Artists'. As part of this work, we have been creating some repeating patterns. Below is Ben's work that he produced in Scratch.

2016 Limerick Competition Winners

Once again, as part of our poetry studies, we’ve held a Limerick competition. We had many excellent entries and it was difficult to choose winners. Below are the four winners for 2016. If you’d like to leave them a comment about their work, please do. These poems will be performed by all the Year Five children as part of the 2016 Be an Author Week Assembly.

There once was a man who loved kippers,

Who also enjoyed velvet slippers,

"How can I combine,

These two loves of mine?

I'll stick them as one to make flippers!"     

Nyahleh S.

There was an old man from Eaton Socon,

He found out both his legs were broken,

He slid on his bum,

Until it was numb,

While waiting for the doctor's to open.

Tom C.

There once was a little old sow,

Who was very afraid of the plough,

The farmer was shocked,

To find she was locked,

In the barn with the highland cow.

Adam W.

There was a girl from Hail Weston,

Who said every word as a question,

Who? what? when?

Can we do it again?

So her family moved to Preston.

Chloe B.

We also wanted to recognise these poems, which were written by the twins we have in Year Five:

The thing about being a twin,

Is that we both are desperate to win,

I get in a tizzy,

Competing with Izzy,

Our arguments make such a din!     

Amelia F.

The thing about being a twin,

Is that we are both desperate to win,

I get in a stew,

Competing with a ‘Moo’,

Our arguments make such a din!

Izzy F.

How would you make the world a better place? - Matthew

On the Night Zookeeper website, Matthew wrote a response to "How would you make the world a better place?" His writing and a link to the original work can be found below. If you have any comments for Matthew, please add them to this blog post.

This is a world of war and everyday lives are lost. We should live in a world of harmony and peace. We should do everything we can to change it back to the wonderful world that was created. If I could change one thing on the earth, it would be to change the earth into an environment of hopeful people who dream and believe. I would achieve this by convincing everyone that war will not change the world. I dream that one day the world will once again be a planet of harmony and peace. This is a true hope.