The Importance of Sleeping Well

Sleep must be important because we spend 1/3 of our lives doing it! Loss of sleep hurts attention, working memory, mood, quantitative skills, logical reasoning, and even motor dexterity.

But is sleep really doing nothing? It looks like it...our eyes are closed, our muscles are relaxed, our breathing is regular, and we do not respond to sound or light. If you take a look at what is happening inside of your brain, however, you will find quite a different situation - the brain is very active. You are doing something!

It’s possible that the reason we need to sleep is so that we can learn better. Everything we have learnt is cemented while sleeping.

Therefore, now that your are having your final exams, it is very important for you to SLEEP WELL!

Writing Tips

These are some writing tips for you to go over and remember when writing your story on Monday!

Put on your thinking caps and all the best!!!

Tips

Have a look!

Have a look at these images painted by Giusseppe Archimboldo, who was an Italian painter from the sixteenth century best known for creating imaginative protrait heads. What do you think? Aren't they inspiring??

Have a nice weekend!!

Check the blog tomorrow for some tips for your writing process exam on Monday.

Practise for your Touch typing Competition

Get ready for next week's Interhouse Touch Typing Competition. These sites will help you improve your speed. Hope you enjoy them!

Practice 1

Practice 2

Revise your past participles

I'm posting two games for you to practise the past participles (third column of the list of irregular verbs) so that you can use your tenses correctly.

Click on the links and follow the instructions.

Hope you enjoy them!

Game three

Game four

Modern Foreign Languages

You will have to choose one of the following Modern Foreign Languages next year: (French, Portuguese, Mandarin). Remember the following:
As you progress through your education at school, a modern language will be of benefit to your personal and educational development in a variety of ways.

• It will allow you to establish contact with people of your own age who speak other languages and to access information from other cultures.
• It will help you to understand that experience of the world through another language can be just as 'real' and 'valid' as experience of the world through Spanish or English.
• It will offer you the positive experience of developing an entirely new mode of understanding and expression.

Keep in mind that you will have to show commitment at all times throughout the learning process. Good luck in your choice!

More about Fun Theory

To throw rubbish in the bin instead of onto the floor shouldn’t really be so hard. Many people still fail to do so. Can we get more people to throw rubbish into the bin, rather than onto the ground, by making it fun to do? What do you think?

What is for you "The Fun Theory"? Watch the video and find out the answer.

Simile practice

The following is an activity for you to go over similes so that you can use them in your exam.

Hope you enjoy it! Have a nice weekend!

Game two

Start practising...

Very soon you will be having your exams. I will be posting games and tips for you to practise.
Click on the link and practise your spelling
Game One

Funny video...

Watch this video and leave your comment please!!!