Christmas party

Christmas party!

What a lovely Christmas party!

Christmas Cakes

Darwin made Christmas cakes this week as part of our unit on Celebrations. Thank you Mrs Collins for making them with us!

Writing sentences to hook our readers!

Aston & Alex: This chocolate cake is yummy. It has sprinkles on top and chocolate custard inside. It is scrumptious and tasty.

Megan & Charlie M: This scrumptious cake is very nice. It has special icing and filling and a cherry on top.

Danny & Olly: This cake is lovely. The icing is slippery. Its lovely and tastes like chocolate. In the middle is ice-cream with sprinkles on top.

Travis & Charlie F: This chocolate cake is filled with cream and chocolate icing and yummy sprinkles.

Shannon & Thomas: It is yummy in my tummy.

Charlie J & Logan: This tasty chocolate cake is deliciously scrumptious and filled with yummy fluufy cream.

Sian & Kegan: Tasty chocolate cake with sprinkles all over the top.

Dion, Eleanor & Riley: This chocolate cake is very nice and it has chocolate icing and it has cream on.

Corban & Connor: This chocolate cake is yummy and delicious and it has melted hot chocolate.

This pizza is covered in ham and cheese and its tasty, scrumptious. The cheese is melted on the pizza and the ham is melted on the pizza.

Welcome Home Party!

Pizza Dough Recipe

Ingredients:

• 250g strong flour
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 150ml warm water
• 25g fast acting yeast

 

Method:
1. Pre-heat oven to 160 degrees celsius.
2. Put flour, yeast and oil in bowl and mix.
3. Add water slowly until dough is all combined.
4. Knead on table, adding more flour until it forms a firm ball, for 5 minutes.
5. Cover and leave for 40 minutes for dough to rise.

 

6. Roll out dough into pizza size you want.
7. Add toppings.
8. Bake for between 15 and 25 minutes, depending on size.

Italy Week - Darwin eating the pizzas they made!

Our Day

Today, Darwin Class thought about healthy bodies and raising our heart rates in PE. In Maths, we learned about shapes, their names and their properties. To do this, we had to learn how to log in to the computers in the library.

Setting Descriptions

Alex thought about all his senses when he described this picture of New York City. Well done Alex!

Today, Dragonflies listened to a description of Mr Twit from the book by Roald Dahl. Then, they went and drew a picture of him from the description they heard. These are some of the pictures they came up with.

  



Mrs Bensly is preparing to welcome a whole new class of Dragonflies!



BeWILDerwood

Zipwires.

BeWILDerwood

Brave girl!

BeWILDerwood

Cozy treehouse.

BeWILDerwood

We weren't really lost!

BeWILDerwood

Darwin had a lovely time at BeWILDerwood today. We all took a boat ride first and Mavis the Crocklebog made us all jump! Then we took off for the giant slides. Everyone had a go, except Mrs Bensly, who got to the top of the slide, then chickened out! We made our way through the park, climbing ladders, walking across rope bridges, solving the maze and sliding down more slides, until we got to the story telling area, where we ate our picnic while listening to a BeWILDering tale. We all enjoyed the sandwiches and wraps that we'd made, then munched on apples and chocolate cornflakes cakes. Mrs Haylock and Mr Duncan went through the Tricky Tunnels with the children and then we headed back for some more giant sliding. Mrs Bensly finally had a slide and got a cheer, then we went shopping. The shop was very full, but we were all happy with our purchases. Tired, but happy, we went back to the bus and had a safe journey home. Great day!

Jankie D

Dragonflies made carnival wavers and head dresses.

Dragonflies finding right angles with our checkers.

How Big is a Million?

Darwin bounced 13532 times!

Circus Music

http://www.audionetwork.com/production-music/entry-of-the-gladiators_12057.aspx

Charlie &Abigail's Report on Hunting

Hunting is OK

Hunting is ok sometimes.  We think that hunting is good when you need to protect yourself and your family.  For example if you were camping in the woods and a fox attacks you then you can kill it. Hunting is ok when animals are becoming extinct.  Like the water voles are disappearing because the minks are eating them.  It is ok for a hunter to kill the minks to protect the voles.  If you hunt an animal you have to use the whole animal because they have to die with dignity and it will be a waste.  If you’re camping out in a forest and you have nothing to eat you have to kill a deer and make venison. 

By Charlie and Abigail in 5B

Silly Sentences for Poetry

I swam in my sink. (Lana & Sasha)
In my swimming pool I got dry. (Lana & Sasha)
I dug myself in the sea. (Lana & Sasha)

I swam on my trampoline. (Leah & Chelton)
I went to the shop and bought some dancing sweets.  (Leah & Chelton)
I went the school and there was no-one there.  (Leah & Chelton)

I swam on my hand,
And backflipped forward on my head. (Connor)

I went to the park and I saw a picture hanging up on a pole. (Devlin)

I ate an apple then kissed it. (Anosh)

I ate a banana and turned into a shark. (Matt)

I went to school. My teacher said we're learning plus signs, I wrote take away signs. (Tay)

Tomorrow the ice-cream man splattered ice-cream in someone's face. (Aiden)

There was once a caterpillar in the sky. (Chanelle)

I went to the park tomorrow and slid up the slide. (Zack)

The pink and orange zebra was on the rollercoaster. (Brogan)

I went to the fayre next week and swam on the rollercoaster. (Ami)

Tomorrow the ice-cream man splattered ice-cream on the children. (Levi)

A bunny bounced in a person's top. (Kian & Shaka)

I went to a park and I swung on the roundabout. (Maddie)

I swung on my head. (Courtney)

I swam on my trampoline. (Aaliyah & Kayla)

Darwin's Tongue Twisters - 1st try

Slinky snake saw smelly swan in the sticky swamp - Maddison & Courtney

Snail mail Sasha snapped at the smelly swan and said smelly. - Mad & Court

Simpsons sat on the smelly socks - Jas & Leah

Scooby Doo slithered into a snake - Levi & Connor

Silly Santa slipped on a slide - Levi & Connor

Singing strap met a stranger with a star and the stranger strangled the

star and the star stunk forever - Taylor & Zack

Strawberry stream got into stress and stunk the city with skunkless smell - Taylor & Zack

The snake had socks on and the socks were slimy at school - Ami, Chelton & Lana

Slimy snail goes slow slow slow, as slow as a sloth - Aiden & Matt

A slimy strawberry is sweet not sour - Billie & Joel

Some schools are sweet and some smell like strawberries - Billie & Joel

Sasha said slimy slob stunk - Sasha & Chanelle

The skunk had salt on his sweets - Brogan & Kayla

The snake slithered and splashed the swan - Kian & Tay

Swan in the sun sunbathing - Kian & Tay

Riddles!

Dragonflies had their first go at writing their own riddles today. What do you think? (To find out the answers, highlight the spaces after the last line.)

Matty & Zack:
People are affraid of me.
I like sweet stuff.
I hurt people when I see them.
I go around picnics.
What am I?          A wasp


Devlin, Leah & Kian:
I am usually round.
I have hands, but I can't hold anything.
I help you to get to school on time.
I have numbers on my face.
What am I?          A clock.


Brogan & Ami:
I hop all day.
I have babies.
I always keep them warm.
I live somewhere hot.
What am I?        A kangaroo


Lana & Kacey:
I have flippers.
I live in the water.
I am little.
I am green and slimy.
What am I?        A frog


Connor & Shaka:
I am small and spiky and colourful.
I eat green stuff.
I lay eggs.
What am I?         A caterpillar


Joel & Taylor:
I am white but see-through.
I am taller than I am wide.
I can be small or big.
You can open me to get fresh air.
What am I?             A window


Chanelle, Aiden & Pacey:
It goes on the floor, but runs away when you're not looking.
It drinks milk.
It lives in a cot.
What am I?         A baby


Billie-Anne & Maddison:
It goes on your head.
It sometimes makes you itch.
It can be any colour.
You can wrap it round your hair.
What am I?                   A bandana


Anosh & Tay:
I have four legs.
I have a big tail.
I am fat and have big bones.
What am I?                   A cow


Jasmine & Kayla:
I love swimming in the sea.
You can see my belly.
I am skinny.
I have a tail.
What am I?        A mermaid


Courtney & Chelton:
I have two spiky things.
I have a big head.
I have eyes.
I am brown.
What am I?      An owl


Sasha & Aaliyah:
I have a camera.
I am in the hospital.
I am in the children's bit.
I am for the adults as well.
What am I?           An x-ray

Riddle!

Made of rubber and leather,
I have a tongue but cannot taste,
I have a heel but isn't a foot,
I have a sole but isn't a person,
What am I?

The Two Whales

Once upon a time there were two whales. They were happy. One of the whales was called Jake and the other was called Spotty. Jake was enormous and grey. Spotty was small and blue with white spots. They lived in a sunken ship in the middle of the North Sea. The ship was old and rusty and the friends liked to have swimming races around the outside.

One day a naughty shark with sharp teeth and the size of a car, came along. The shark crashed into the side of the ship and broke the ship up. A baby shark came along and saw a bit of the whale's fin and bit it off. The baby shark's mum, called Kita, came and took him home to have some food, but the baby shark wasn't hungry because his belly was full of whale fin. The baby shark had a tummy ache and he was sick all over his bed. Mummy shark tried to make him feel better but he was sick again and the fin came out. Mummy shark said "you shouldn't have been eating whale fin. You know it makes you sick". Mummy shark took the little shark to apologise to the whale and they gave him back his fin. Jake used bandages to attach his fin and said "Thank you for apologising".

Baby and Mummy shark went home and Baby went to bed because he was naughty for doing the wrong thing to the whale. The next day, it was all forgotten.

(During snack and chat, Darwin wrote a story by adding a line each)

Maths

Today in maths we were counting in 2's. We discovered that when everyone is here, including adults, there are 60 feet in our class.

By counting in 5's we discovered there are 300 toes in our class.

Zack worked out that if there are 240 children in the school, there are 2400 children's toes.

By counting in 10's, we discovered that there are 600 digits (fingers and toes) in our class.

Zack worked out that there are 4800 children's digits in the school.

Chelton

I went on the DSi's and sent messages to people in Darwin Class. We doubled a number and took a picture and sent it to Mrs Bensly.

Aiden

We doubled our number and took pictures on the DSi's and sent it to Mrs Bensly.

Kacey

We doubled the same number today and we wrote it in our maths books. After we were done, we took a photograph on the DSi's.

Sasha & Leah

In maths, we doubled a number and then took a photograph.

Lana

I went on the DSi's and did some digits. We doubled and took photos of them.

Anosh

We all had DSi's. We all sent messages to our friends.

Billie-Anne

I wrote some doubles and took pictures on the DSi's and connected our pictures to Mrs Bensly's DSi.

Ami & Aaliyah

We doubled the same number and then we took a picture from the DSi's and first we wrote it in our books and then Brogan and I sent them to Mrs Bensly.

Joel & Matthew

We went on the DSi's and we did some doubling. After that we sent one or two pictures of our doubling to Mrs B.

Connor & Pacey

Well we chose a number and we doubled it and put the answer next to the number we chose and when we had finished we took a photo of it. We sent the photo to Mrs Bensly.

Taylor & Levi

We had to take pictures of numbers and double them, we could do it in our book or a writing board or a piece of paper.

Chanelle & Kacey

We were on the DSi's and took pictures on them and sent them to Mrs Bensly and she read them.

Brogan & Ami

We doubled a number and the number was made out of pencils. We took a picture of the pencils on the DSi's and then sent it to Mrs Bensly.

Lana & Jasmine

We doubled a number and then we counted our fingers and then we took a picture of our work on the DSi's and sent it to Mrs Bensly and then we were done.

Report on Grey Wolves

What do they look like?

These wolves are grey or brown, but can be so light they are almost white, or so dark that they are almost black. Their tummies and throats are lighter than their back and legs. They are not as tall as a 6 year old child, but close.

Where do they live?

Wolves live in the cold northern parts of Europe and America, near to and around the Arctic. They can inhabit frozen lands, grasslands, woods and forests. Wolves are happy in almost any type of country (except desert) as long as there is food! 

How long do they live?

Normally, wolves in the wild would be old at ten years. In zoos or parks, they can live to be up to twenty years old.

What do they eat?

Wolves eat small or large animals. They will work together to track down and kill deer or moose, and they will also eat beavers, baby foxes or even rabbits or cats. They are carnivores which means they live mainly on meat.

How do they live?

Wolves live together in family groups of up to twenty animals. They are all very fond of each other, and protect one another if attacked. They work together to hunt and kill food. One wolf is the leader, and this is usually a mother wolf. She rules the rest of the pack.

What about babies?

Mummy wolves are pregnant for nine weeks. They may have two or more pups, but not usually more than nine. Once the puppies are large enough to run properly, they will leave their mum and are looked after by the whole pack.

Wolf Facts Links ~ 9th March 2011

1   http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Animals/CreatureFeature/Graywolf

2   http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/148.shtml

3   http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6310000/newsid_6312200/6312243.stm

4   http://www.hoglezoo.org/animals/view.php?id=97.

Voki site!

Click the link below to go to Voki's site and make your own Voki!
http://www.voki.com/

Click this link to go to the symmetry game:

http://boowakwala.uptoten.com/kids/boowakwala-adventures-fingerpaint-symmetrypaint.html