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Saturday 27 February 2016

Six Nations predictions - Round 3

Our prediction league standings after round 3 of the 6 nations

1 Bethan 56
2 Laetitia 53
3 Jake 47
4 Eleanor 47
5 Mr Clement 46
6 Mr Arthur 43
7 Melissa 43
8 Mr Griffiths 42
9 Kiana 42
10 Joshua 40
11 Cameron 39
12 Dylan 39
13 Ellie May 39
14 Tilly 39
15 Ellie D 38
16 Jay 38
17 Freya 38
18 Denrard 38
19 Cassie 36
20 Farrah 36
21 Mr Roberts 35
22 Ryan 31
23 Jenna 29
24 Samay 28
25 Iestyn 28
26 Lucie 27
27 Kaiden 25
28 Corum 23
29 Keegan 22
30 Eliza 19
31 Iwan 11

War Horse - Stream of Consciousness - Final pieces

In a post on Wednesday we shared some sentences written using irony and dashes in a first person piece as Captain Stewart from War Horse. CLICK HERE

On Thursday we then wrote final pieces and edited them on Friday. Here are some of our efforts:

Wednesday 24 February 2016

War Horse - Captain Stewart stream of consciousness

We have been learning how to uses dashes and hyphens this week including using them for suspense, subordinate clauses, repetition and after thoughts. We have also been learning about verbal irony.

Taking the Chapter 8 speech by Captain Stewart where he says, "What a ghastly waste. Maybe now when they see this they’ll understand that you can’t send horses into wire and machine-guns. Maybe now they’ll think again" we experimented with stream of consciousness and wrote some angry, rant filled sentences. Here are some of our early examples.

Sunday 14 February 2016

6 Nations Predictions 2016 - Round 2

Round 1 post can be found here 

Here's the prediction table after Round 2: 

1 Bethan 36
2 Laetitia 33
3 Jake 28
4 Lucie 27
5 Cameron 26
6 Jay 26
7 Mr Griffiths 26
8 Freya 26
9 Eleanor 25
10 Mr Arthur 23
11 Cassie 23
12 Mr Clement 23
13 Kiana 23
14 Mr Roberts 22
15 Dylan 20
16 Melissa 19
17 Ellie May 19
18 Kaiden 18
19 Joshua 18
20 Denrard 17
21 Tilly 17
22 Ellie D 16
23 Iestyn 16
24 Samay 15
25 Farrah 13
26 Jenna 13
27 Ryan 12
28 Eliza 12
29 Keegan 10
30 Iwan 5
31 Corum 5

Saturday 13 February 2016

6 Nations predictions 2016 Round 1

As a class we are having a go at making predictions on the 6 Nations. Everyone in the class (including a few teachers) have predicted a winner and winning margin. 5 points are awarded for the correct outcome; 5 points for the correct winning margin; 3 points for the predicted winning margin being within 3; 2 points for the predicted winning margin being within 5; and 1 point for the predicted winning margin being within 10.

Here were the standing after Round 1:
Lucie 17
Jake 16
Cameron 15
Bethan 13
Jay 13
Laetitia 13
Mr Griffiths 13
Mr Arthur 12
Mr Roberts 12
Cassie 11
Ellie D 11
Mr Clement 11
Kaiden 10
Kiana 10
Dylan 7
Eliza 7
Joshua 7
Denrard 6
Eleanor 6
Melissa 6
Ellie May 5
Freya 5
Iestyn 5
Iwan 5
Keegan 5
Samay 5
Tilly 5
Corum 0
Farrah 0
Jenna 0
Ryan 0

Friday 12 February 2016

Bevin Boy Diaries

We have been learning about the role of Bevin Boys during World War Two this half term. To complete this mini topic we were giving the challenge of taking on the role of a Bevin Boy who had been moved from his home to work in coal mine in South Wales. Our particular literacy focus was to write a diary entry using interesting topic based synonyms and rhetorical questions to express our frustration and despair with the situation we were in.


Here are some of our efforts:


Bethan
Cassie
Eleanor
Freya
Tilly
Eliza
Ellie D
Ellie May
Farrah
Iwan
Jay
Keegan
Melissa
Samay

Monday 8 February 2016

Internet Safety Day 2016

With Tuesday 9th February 2016 being internet safety I thought I'd share some information and links with you to raise awareness of internet safety.



Think u Know - internet safety website for children CLICK HERE

Internet Safety Day 2016 - play the quiz CLICK HERE

Internet Safety Day 2016 - children's page CLICK HERE



Saturday 6 February 2016

Super Hero Cartoons inspired by Huw Aaron


After our workshop with Huw Aaron, Year 4/5/6 were challenged to come up with their own super heroes. Huw set them the challenge in class and announced that he would choose his favourite and draw his own interpretation of it.




And here is the winner!




The winning superhero is... Mr Moustachio! With his flying boomerang 'taches! @lps140club @intofilm_edu @llanharanps pic.twitter.com/8GBaZHRBnM
— HuwAaron (@huwaaron) February 8, 2016



Monday 1 February 2016

Balloon doodlebugs

We tested the effect of adding modifications to balloons. Linked in with our World War Two topic we looked at how doodlebugs worked and what designs they had.

Each group was given the opportunity to modify their balloons before they were attached to a straw harness on a cotton zip line.

We then measured the distance each one traveled.