Grade 5 Dragons!

THIS is a GREAT interactive infographic with all you need for fixtures, timings and details for the World Cup (starts VERY soon!)… Apologies for the England bias on the sidebar…

Busy week this week! MS Parent Meeting (Monday), MS Step-Up Day (Wednesday), Bridge Challenges, Poetry, Playground Plans, Mandala Maths etcetc AND

What an addictive game! I used to think electrocity was amazing (it still is of course!) and think this is even BETTER – especially to try out bridge designs for this Unit of Inquiry…! Cargo Bridge (from Armor Games) was recommended to me by Jack (thank you for sharing!) and I have to admit – [...]

At the start of the year, we set a goal of 1500 visitors to our blog (500 hits more than last year’s G5 class). Now, with only 3 weeks to go… guess how many visits we have had (don’t cheat!)…?!  SOOOO – we have had posts from all around the world, from 6 of the [...]

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Some of you are really getting into writing poetry – here are a few resources to help you! For more, check out the Delicious links on the right sidebar… Here and here are two resources to help find rhyming words – thanks to Ms. Cynthia for sharing Poetry Express has 15 poem ideas HERE that [...]

In school you have been busy practicing your flutes, trumpets & clarinets with the Music department (hopefully we can embed some of your music soon – ask Mr Smart & Mr Howe if it is possible!). If you want to compose or make your own Music, here are a couple of sites for you…: Piano [...]

I know a lot of you enjoyed designing the solar ovens last week – here is a great site where you can actually design a mobile phone/cellphone for a specific purpose – very cool! Go to edheads.org for more fun activities!

A few weeks ago we set the challenge of who can get the best score on Electrocity – a great resource for learning about sources of energy and it’s advantages & disadvantages. Up to now, as far as I can see, this is the top ten from the G5dragons so far: I wonder who will [...]

Spring Break (Easter) AT LAST! Have a great holiday! Please keep us updated wherever you are – let us know by commenting on this post… EVEN if  you are not part of the G5 Dragons, we still want to know WHERE in the world you are posting from… G5 Dragons: Can we get 100 comments [...]