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:

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Huw Aaron - Super Cartoon-man

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.