Hi all! Hope you’re enjoying your Summer – yes – both Mr Clark and I are down after both the USA & England crash out of the World Cup….! However, Mr Clark has been busy – here is a sample of the performance poetry that you did in the last week in Mr Clark’s class… [...]
Hope you are all enjoying your hols! Lukas pointed out (on the Wonderwall) that we have had OVER 1700 visitors to this site (Amazing! Well done guys!)… I found ‘Shrekify yourself‘ online today on Larry Ferlazzo’s great blog and used (sorry Josh) my sons picture… not the best! Check this out!
This post is directed to your parents and may mean work for you over the Summer… Do you hate me yet…?!! This list of suggested activities that I have put together is NOT a requirement from either myself or 6th grade. However, both students and parents (and teachers!) recognise that many students take a backward [...]
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…
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 – [...]
It is always difficult to decide what to read next… I would suggest anything from Roald Dahl, Jacqueline Wilson, Philip Pullman, Dick King-Smith, Enid Blyton, Louis Sachar, Sharon Creech, Anne Fine, Michael Morpurgo, Cornelia Funke etcetcetc – all GREAT! Ask me if you want more specific suggestions…! And if you need other student suggestions, go to the [...]
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 [...]
We are all well into our research & preparation for the Mini-Exhibition BUT just try one thing…: GO TO ‘Mashpedia‘ and do a search for your topic NOW!!! It searches through ‘Twitter,’ ‘Youtube,’ ‘Wikipedia,’ ‘Digg,’ the news & MORE for current info on your topic – GREAT stuff Let us know how it goes… Do [...]
What things remind you of Dubai? Buildings? Transport? People? Lifestyle? Colours? Shapes? Please add as much as you can to the wallwisher below – it would be best if you could include photos, videos, pictures BUT just text is fine – someone else could add a picture…!
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 [...]