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Happy Holidays from 5/6B

Design and Technology week

Here are a few examples of wrok from D&T week. Enjoy!

Cartoon yourself!

As part  of our art work on portraits children had a go at creating self portraits using a comic style. Children used GIMP to create the following pictures of themselves.

DT Week

This week at school is our DT focus week. Children in Years 5 and 6 are looking at shelters. Children worked in groups to investigate various types of sheleters. They presented their ideas using Glogster. Here is work from Rahul, Jayden and Jaydeep. Use the link to view the Glog.

http://stfqvvd.edu.glogster.com/glog-8814/

Descriptive Poetry

Today in Literacy children had a go at writing descripive poems. They used the Wallwisher created earlier in the week as a reference. Here are some examples. Click on the images to see an enlarged version.

by Khalid, Azizah and Jeremiah

By Hafeez and Sarish

By Joshua

By Anum and Abu-Bakar

 Lawrence and Nenah

 Monika and Nathaniel

Taja and Kimran

Children in Need

Children in 5/6B have been creating computer games using 2DIY. Children plan on making and selling a CD containing their games to raise money for Children in Need. Here are a some examples by Nenah, Balraj and Jeremiah.

Were just passing by.....

This week in Literacy we have been looking at poetry. We used the latest McDonald's advert as the basis for our poems. The poem is about all the different people who "pass by" a McDonalds restaurant. We analysed the poem and identified some of the techniques the poet had used to make the poem interesting. We then had a go at writing our own poems in a similar style. Here is Jayden's effort about a football match.

At the Game

Now the cheering types

and the fearing types

and the like to wear an earring types

were just passing by

And the cheering fans

with coke cans

who came to the game with their cheeky nans

were just passing by

And the playing guys

with shifty eyes

who try to win penalties by taking dives

were just passing by

The manager who is feared

and the coach with a long beard

and the substitutes who cheered

were just passing by

And the goalie who saved the ball

who is really tall

and the ball boys who are really small

were just passing by

And the referee

who drank his tea

at quarter to three

with a bad knee

who just wanted to go home and sit on his settee

was just passing by

There's a game for everyone

Here is Frankie's effort about the town centre.

Town

Now the funky types

the chunky types

and the pink headed punky types

were just passing by

The hip-hop teens

who eat beans

and who try not to be seen

were just passing by

The cheeky guys

who eat fries

and those who wear blue ties

were just passing by

The girly girls

who wear pearls

and have their hair in pretty curls

were just passing

The busy stores

with automatic doors

and workers busy with their chores

were just passing by

There's A Town For Everyone

Here is Hafeez's poem about the fun fair

There 's a fun fair for everyone

Now the cheeky types

and the freaky types

and the science loving geeky types

were just passing by

and the little guys

with happy eyes

and who came to the fair to have a surprise

were just passing by

the money spending guys

with the game lending guys

and the funny guys who dress up in bow ties

were just passing by

the lying teens

who aren't very keen

who are very mean

they aren't very clean

were just passing by

Here is a poem by Janieka and Kimran about the park

Theres a park for everyone.

Now the happy types

and the clappy types

and those who wear a nappy

were just passing by.

And the cheeky guys

with shifty eyes

and always pushing people off the slides

were just passing by.

And the grannies who are old

and men who are bold

and people who are shivering with cold

were just passing by.

And children who are tall

some children who are small

and some children with no shoes at all

were just passing by.

And the baby in a pram

being pushed by mam

who was eating some bread and jam

were passing by.

And the happy types

and the tatty types

and the one who loves their catty types

were just passing by.

The mad guys

the sad guys

the glad guys

and the bad guys

and people in the park with their dad guys

were just passing by.

There's a park for everyone

Similes and Metaphors

This week in Literacy we have been looking at poetry, paying particular attention to how poets use metaphors and similes to enhance their work. Use the Wallwisher page to post some of your own ideas based on the African photographs. http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/poetry56b

What have you done today to make you feel proud?

Today saw the school host a conference for Head Teachers. The conference was opened with a video produced by Frankie, Niyran and Joshua. The video received a large round of applause. Here is the children's work.

Revizr

The focus of our Literacy lesson today was editing and improving our writing. Some children used the online tool Revizr to enable them to edit their work. Have a look at the excellent work done by Abazz and see how she has been able to improve her work through re-drafting.

Stories with a flashback!

In Literacy we have been looking at stories which include flashbacks. After studying various examples children had a go at writing their own thier own. Nathaniel took this one step further and presented his story using comic life and poser.

 

The King of Kings

Check out Khalid's excellent poem in the style of Muhammad Ali. Lets get ready to rumble!

 

Joshua's great poem has now been added too.

 

2DIY

Jeremiah and Balraj have created this educational game using 2DIY.

Follow this link to play the game http://www.zshare.net/flash/709296338102f995/

Muhammad Ali

Simon, Jayden, Niyran and Ajit have had a go at using Animoto to create a montage about Muhammad Ali.

Jesse Owens makes the news!

As part of our Black and Asian history week we have been studying Jesse Owens. Children have written newspaper reports detailing the events. They then used an online clipping generator to create a newspaper-like effect. Here are some examples.... more to follow...

by Azizah

Rama and Sita

As part of our Literacy work we have been looking at the story of Rama and Sita. It was also Diwali at the weekend. Azizah and Frankie have produced an excellent comic strip using Comic Life.

 

 

More Animoto

Here is another short Jesse Owens montage by Rahul, Hafeez, Taja and Lawrence

Wordle

Children have used Wordle this week to create work for a display about community. The theme of the display is hands. The children used wordle to create word clouds, thinking of words that represent the local community. The children then took the clouds into GIMP and tried to include the hand theme. Here are some of the results...

Whole Class

 

Kimran and Janieka

Abazz

 

 

Sherikah and Frankie

Priyanka and Azizah

The Drummer Boy

Last week during Literacy we looked at stories from other cultures. Here is an excellent example of a story from another culture by Jeremiah.

 

Jesse Owens

Have a look at this excellent video about Jesse Owens produced by Joshua, Khalid, Frankie and Sherikah using Animoto.

Jesse Owens

Next week we will be studying Jesse Owens as part of our Black and Asian History focus (thanks for the suggestion Simon). I have set up a WallWisher (http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/N4A6Wficok)page for you to post what you know about Jesse Owens, you can also post any questions you have about him. Get researching!

Tutpup

This week in Maths children have been playing educational games on a website called Tutpup. Children are able to compete in maths and spelling games against children from around the world. The site keeps a record of all the activities children complete. You can login from home using your user name and password. Who will top the 5/6B leaderboard?

Black and Asian History Week

Black and Asian History week is coming up soon and I am interested to see what you would like to do during the week. I have set up a page on Wallwisher to take suggestions. Wall Wisher is like and online notice board. To post your ideas simply double click on the wall and type your idea or question into the text box. Remember only use first names please! The link is http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/56bhistory I look forward to seeing your ideas.

Welcome

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