Quote of the week

What does this quotation mean? What do you think about it?

"I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances."

Martha Washington

Guessing time!

Two simple questions:
What? Why?
You have until next Thurdsay to post your ideas about it!

Click on the link below and see what it is all about!

Door

Concert rehearsal

These photos were taken during one of your first rehearsals. Think how much you have improved in your performance!

Suggestions, please

You are writing your "Choose your own Fantasy Stories" and creating your pb.wikis. It is good to see you so enthused about it!

Now I would like to know what else you would like to include in your wikis!

Enjoy and have fun!

More Tongue Twisters

As you asked me for more tongue twisters, here I am posting two that Andy and Julieta from 6B included in their comments and I would like to share them with you all.

Enjoy them and have fun!

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,

a peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,

where´s the peck of pickle peppers Peter Piper picked?

Betty Botter bought a bit of bitter butter.

If Betty Botter bought a bit of bitter butter,

Where's the bit of bitter butter, Betty Botter bought?

Past Tense Verb Game

This is a fun Past Tense Verb Game that you will all like. You will practise the past tenses as well as their spelling .

Enjoy it!

Game

Andy Wright entertained us with his stories

The storyteller Andy Wright from Australia came to visit us yesterday and entertained us with his stories and his general knowledge from New Zealand.

Quote and reflection of the week!

Answer ALL the questions to this post, please!

"Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards".
Elbert Hubbard

What do you think this quote means?

How can you relate it to the fact that so many people around the world visit our blog?

Besides getting housepoints, why do YOU blog?

Choose your own Fantasy stories!

This week you will start planning and working on your written assignment"Choose your own Fantasy Story".

One of the most important characteristics of this type of stories is writing it using the second person, as the reader is the main character.

Now click on the links below to read about the different points of view mentioned in class last week and a short exercise so that you can apply it better. Enjoy it!

Point of view

Point of view (exercise)

Let's see how much you can remember!

This is a vocabulary game in which you have to apply some of the concepts learnt last year when you dealt with nutrition. You need to unscramble the word and spell it correctly. Have fun and enjoy it!

Food and nutrition

How Fast Can You Say Them?

Tongue twisters are lots of fun! They're great to help you learn to speak clearly, too. Don't just read them; say them out loud. Enjoy!

1) Give papa a cup of proper coffee in a copper coffee cup.

2) There was a young fisher named Fischer

Who fished for a fish in a fissure.

The fish with a grin,

Pulled the fisherman in;

Now they're fishing the fissure for Fischer.

Guessing time is over!

The photo posted last week is Mr Oscar's. He is in the staff room answering the phone.

Congratulations to those students who guessed!

Report Cards

Today you received your first term report card.

How do you feel about it?

Did you reach your goals?

What techniques did you use to achieve your goals?

What techniques will you use in the future to improve, if you think you have to do so?

Once you have included your reflection, check again to read my comment!

Quote of the week!

What do you think Mahatma Gandhi meant when he thought about this quotation?

"Happiness is when, what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."

A new challenge...

We have been working on turning telling sentences into showing sentences.
Remember:

Word Choice can make a difference in your writing. Showing is more powerful than telling. Words that speak to the senses build images. Words that describe sounds, smells, and tastes evoke memories. Flat, dull, boring, or vivid, resonant, and lucid-- how will it be? Where will we find those few well-chosen words to dazzle the mind's eye?

Now I challenge you to turn these telling sentences into good showing ones.

Remeber to work on your own or with a peer as you can work collaboratively in the wiki.

Just click on the link below, follow instructions, have fun and get housepoints!

Telling vs Showing

Mr Juan Moreno entertained us with his stories

Mr Juan Moreno, a well-known narrator who visited the school on Thursday and Friday, narrated some very amusing and entertaining stories! Y6 enjoyed them a lot and felt like listening to some more! Thank you, Mr Juan Moreno. We hope you can come to visit us soon!

6C visited the Book Fair on Tuesday afternoon!

Thank you Mariana for taking the photos!

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6B visited the Book Fair on Tuesday morning

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Guessing...

Who is this person? What is she/he doing? You have one week to guess!

6A visited the Book Fair today!

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