A and P Show Day

Thank you to all the parents that came 
and took a group around the A and P Show.

Here are some pictures showing our day.

Album 1   Album 2

Short Film

Respond to this short film 

  

Describe what happens and what you notice in your own words.

VIDEO LINK - CLICK to WATCH

Back legs apart and front legs slightly arched, a group of giraffes take turns diving into an Olympic-sized swimming pool. 

PROMPTS

Think of an interesting Title for your story - write some notes as soon as you have watched the film.

What - is happening?

When -  does this take place?

How - did the giraffes get into the pool?

Why - do they do this?

Who - knows about this? who let them in?

Describe - show not tell this short story like you have been hiding somewhere under a seat or around a corner so that the giraffes can't see you.

Describe: sounds, movement, body positions, texture, size, number, feelings and thoughts

• Write a news report of the event. 
• Describe the giraffe in detail. 
• Use show not tell throughout describing all that happens as if it is a human and then reveal at the end that it is in fact a giraffe. 
• Write through the eyes of the giraffe - imagine the thoughts in the giraffe's head

Friday 26th June

Dear Room 4

Today I am working with the other Middle School Teachers on some ideas for next term.

Mrs. Gallagher will be teaching in Room 4 today.

You all have different things to work on and finish off.  I will list these below so that you can organise your time with Mrs. Gallagher and take turns using the computers for your research and Google Classroom Tasks.

I will be at school, so I will probably see you sometime.  
Have a great - kind - friendly day.
Mr. H

Roll - Jerry
News - Frank (if he's not still sick)

Morning mini research - adaptations - see links below

Middle School Choir - 11 am

Life Education - 1.30 pm (remember your great manners)

Things to finish and work on:

Last chance to work on your Tessellation task - Google Classroom - closes on Sunday!
(will not work on ipads)

Group Research Task - Living World / Google Classroom 
(ipads should work for this now)
I've been having a look at your work
Well done so far on this - most of you have started this
I have added comments to some of your documents - please read them
Some people need to make their topic a bit easier and write a set of questions that all fit the topic

Art Calendars - you know what you are doing - remember:
plan what you are doing
add detail
don't over do it
know when you have done enough

Contract Items
Blends  – ck – ee – ap – gg
Word Illustrations Nocturnal, Extinct, Endangered 

Extra
Make a living world word find in your learning journal (draw a 15 x 15 grid) use words from this weeks homework sheet
Own free writing time
Own reading time
Does anyone have a Kahoot quiz ready? (maybe at 12 pm or 2.30 after Life Eductaion)


Morning Mini Research (20 - 30 minutes)
Find out facts and contribute your notes to make a mini book - A6 paper size - you know what to do.

Living World
What does adaptation mean?
What are animal adaptations for?
How do these features help the animal?
Find out about an interesting animal adaptation and the benefit that the animal gets from this?

Make a mini book page to share with the class

Try one of these web searches and look at web pages and Google images.

1. animal adaptations
2. amazing adaptations
3. strange animal adaptations
4. animal claws
5. animal eyes
6. animal ears
7. animal fangs

NB. (note well) some of the images you find might not be TRUE / REAL!

Here is a video to get you thinking!

Thursday 25th June

Roll Livinya

Mini Research - Endangered Animals
20 minutes researching and note taking - make a mini book

Questions?????
What does endangered mean?
Why are animals endangered?
How many are there of this animal in the wild?

Do a Google images search for "endangered animals"
Follow the image link and visit the web page to find out more...

Here is a quick video that introduces some endangered animals.  
You might be surprised that some of these are endangered.
One of them could end up on your dinner plate!

Try this link to find out more

News Reader - Finn - Daily Details

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Maths

Google Classroom - Help each other to complete a fantastic tessellation for assignment 4.

Example:

Zilch - Dice in the top draw of the whiteboard

Investigate VISNOS on the ipads - number spinners and much more to discover.

(there are short videos that show you how to use each of the tools on this site - investigate and discover)

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Reading - Writing 

Time Lords and Multicolour Flowers 

Catch up on class contracts

1. Blends – ck – ee – ap – gg 
2. Word Illustrations Nocturnal, Extinct, Endangered 
3. In your journal start planning ideas about how you might present your research work
4. Help the Starfish and Five Sparkles to get started on task 5 in the Google Classroom

Starfish and Five Sparkles

Organise yourselves into small groups of two and three to do a small independent research inquiry.  Go to Task 5 in the Google Classroom - fill in the questions in the document.

Ask for help from Elena, Indy, Bailey, Finn, Thanoshika - someone who has already started this task.  They can show you how to start collecting images and linking video clips to the document.

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Art Calendars to complete

Take your time 

Make them amazing

Add detail

Assembly at 2pm

Have a Great DAY:-)

Last Day of Term 1

Clean UP Time!

Have a great holiday

Be safe

Have fun

Take photos of the things you do.

PS. Who are these sneaky bandits?

and

What are they doing?

Animal Habitats

Next term we will be investigating different animals and animal habitats.

Looking forward to next term you might like to start thinking about different environments that you are interested in and some of your favourite animals that you'd like to understand more about.


I came across this interesting video made by the BBC about penguins.

Take a look - it might surprise you.

What do you think?

Perception Test

We all learn in different ways, but we all observe and perceive the world through our senses:

Sight, Hearing, Smell, Touch, Smell, Taste

Do some people have the ability to perceive more?

Check out this old video about the power of the mind to find out if you have ESP!

Volunteer  for the ESP test - you might just have ESP

Extra Sensory Perception

Click to link to the video

How many of us in Room 4 Have this power?

Try it out at home!

What is the date today?

Monday Writing

Describe a moment in slowmotion 
Think of a memory (good or bad) and slow it down in your mind so that you can describe it in detail.

Consider:  thoughts, feelings. the anticipation, the sound, what you see

Here are a few video clips to get you thinking.
You could use one of them as the basis for your writing.
Look really carefully at what happens in each video.  What things do you notice that you eye does not normally see?

Learning to Learn

The Brain

Watch this short cartoon to discover the names of different parts of the brain and what they do.

Now for your investigation.
In your group...
Use this web link - The Human Brain
to investigate and find out about the different parts of the human brain.
Use the copy sheet to help you to make some notes.

1. Find out the names of the main parts of the brain
2. Find out what each part of the brain controls or does
3. Your choice - decide on a way to show or tell us about the different parts of the brain and say what they do.

EXTRA INFORMATION
Amazing Brain video
Brain Video 2

Ideas:
Write a poem or a song about the brain
Draw a diagram or picture
Create a mini puppet pals movie
Act it out like a drama
Make a brain out of lego or playdough
Use chalk to draw a giant brain on the playground - timelapes your work!


PS. The more you discover the more questions you will get correct in our Kahoot Quiz tomorrow.

Human Statistics

Here is a way to do statistics - run around - and make a movie at the same time.

We made a set of different lines - like bar graphs - to show some information about our class.

Graphs
Boys vs Girls
Eye Colour: Brown, Blue, Green (other)
Hair Colour: Black, Brown, Blond and Red

By moving around this activity is more memorable and fun.
At the end we made a Human Pie Chart showing class Hair Colour then wriggled away like caterpillars!

If you watch closely you should be able to spot which graph is which?

Can you make a statement about the information these human graphs show?

Here are some photographs of the graphs to help you visualize what we are trying to show.

Determination

What is determination?

What does it look like, sound like, feel like?

How do you know when someone is being DETERMINED?

Take a look at this video of a very determined squirrel - 
the squirrel wanted to snack on the nuts and used determination to try again and again to find a way to succeed!

Use your thinking about this idea to illustrate the word DETERMINATION in your Learning Journal.

Use a full page - landscape or portrait - use pictures, colour, bold lettering

Make your work Spectacular

Use images and words of when you have been determined.

What is Accuracy?

In maths we were talking about measuring with accuracy and what this means.

Here is a short video to help with your understanding of what it means to be accurate.

This is amazing accuracy.

Now have a talk about what this word means?

When do we have to be accurate with things?

What things that we use need to be accurate for us?

Busy at Work

Here is a short timelapse film of some of us in Room 4 working away on our All About Me posters.

If you like our video remember to vote at the bottom of this posting. Just click in the box below.