End of Year Message

UPDATE - 118 comments made so far for people in our class.  Put your thinking caps on and add some more messages today.

Other things to consider: values, skills, qualities

Examples:  generosity, honesty, friendly, funny, kind, caring, good at explaining, determined, thoughtful, musical, artistic, brave, calm, creative, confident, curious, reliable, helpful, heroic, great leader, energetic, enthusiastic, logical, peaceful, patient, neat, resilient, skillful, 

Write some positive messages for other people in the class.
Try and write at least one message for every person!

Try out these sentence starters or use your own:

• You are... 
• Thank you for... 
• You helped me when... 
• You are the best at... 
• Favourite things... 
• Favourite game... 
• Favourite saying... 
• I'll never forget...

You can copy a sentence starter and paste it into the text box to get you started.

Here are some finished examples:

Alice, I'll always remember your fantastic confidence as a public speaker in assembly.

Maddox, I'll remember you for your sprinting speed and soccer skills.

Niamh, I'll always remember your dry cutting sense of humor.

William, I'll never forget the day you did the high jump and cleared the bar when it up to your nose!!!

Emma M, did I tell you, "You're a peach!"

Melissa, I'll always remember your generosity towards Jack when we did our swimming weeks.

Aaron B, you are one of the best at understanding ideas in 3D.  You work so hard and get things finished quickly.

Holly, you are a brilliant artist.  I remember when you made your class name label it was so cool and I was jealous.

GET THE IDEA?
I'll compile all your submissions to make an end of year award for everyone!

Living World - Biology - Mammals

Is this a mammal? 

If you think YES - Explain WHY?

Investigate the Topic
Make notes in your journal
Write the questions for the Kahoot Quiz!

YES - You do the research and submit your questions for the quiz.

Discover some interesting information about a mammal of your choice.

Research one specific mammal - land or ocean
Video Link
Mammal Research Link -1
Mammal Research Link-2 
Learning Games Link - look on the left to find mammals

Search... example
Mammal facts for kids
Elephant facts for kids

Example Animals: whale, dolphins, otter, elephant, giraffe, mountain lion, zebra, dog, gorilla

Write the Questions
Example Questions:

• Which is the largest whale?
• What is the main food of the Blue Whale?
• How long can a Blue Whale hold its breath?
• How fast does the Blue Whale's heart beat?

Extra Thinking
Investigate the different sorts of mammals - placental, marsupial, monotremes
What's the difference between these?

Contribute your questions and possible answers to the form below.

STEPS

1. write the questions - word your questions well
2. write four possible answers - don't make it too easy
3. submit the questions and possible answers to the blog form
4. add a URL for an image you want with your question

The best (most clearly worded) questions will be used for a Kahoot Quiz tomorrow.

Example:  Who is this guy?

A small child with long fingers

A dog skeleton

Not a mammal

A bat skeleton

Where in the World

Iconic Places

Select an iconic destination to research and present to the class.
Check out the list of possibilities below before you decide.

 Include picture and diagrams in your presentation

Petra – South America Taj Mahal Auschwitz  NASA Ayers Rock Angkor Wat Machu Picchu Amazon Rain Forest Acropolis - Athens Greece Troy – Horse of Troy

Tower of London Mt Everest Colosseum – Rome Mariana Trench – Japan Great Wall of China Empire Sate Building The Grand Canyon Burj Khalifa - Dubai Niagara Falls  Iguazu Falls Venice

London Eye Venezuela's Angel Falls Mitre Peak Fiordland - New Zealand Mt Naraghoe The Dead Sea Blue Mosque – Istanbul Great Barrier Reef - Australia The Big Buddha and Po Lin Monastery Antarctica

Project Document

Market Day - Blog Posts

Work with your market day team to create a simple set of instructions to explain about the products you made for market day.

Lots of photo's have been loaded on to your web album so that you can use them in your postings.

For market day we made....

To make... we needed (materials)

We made these by...

For the packaging we...

In total we made...

Use the pages you started in your journal to help you with your planning.

Draw pictures - photograph them and add them to your blog too.

Create a post for each product

Create a short post about selling your products

How much did you sell?

How much money did you take?

Writing Sample / Example

Create a piece of writing based on a powerful memory.  Capture this memory in a short expressive piece of writing - like a photograph of your idea.

It could be a happy memory or something dangerous you have done.

You could write about your favourite place, food or a favourite activity.

Just choose something that you really have something to tell us about.

1. Talk / tell someone about your idea including details - blood, guts, heart-break, fear, joy!
2. Plan / list important words, draw a detailed picture, brainstorm, mind-map
3. Draft / write it all down - do your best - miss lines - circle possible spelling errors - include paragraphs
4. Edit / as much as you can - if you get to this stage

Finished by FRIDAY

 Going Down the Steep Hill

Blood pulsing at break neck speed. Feeling nervous. I edged slowly down the steep winding road.  My only life line, a single rope tied to the branch of a tree. I looked down. I was dizzlingly high up, I felt sick.

I couldn't  move, I was scared stiff. Then suddenly the sand under my feet started to shift, I was slipping!!!

I regained my balance, but I still felt petrified. Then I noticed people shouting behind me. Someone shouted, “hurry up!” For a moment I felt infuriated thinking, "they have no idea what it’s like being terrified of heights!"

I saw the beach just in front of me. I thought to myself, “you can do it - almost there.” When I finally got down I felt proud, relived 

and I 

couldn't

believe what I had just 

done. 

By Ruby

Here is a Wordle of the top words used in this writing

Want to make your own? Look for the Wordle link on the left hand side of this page