So I had the pleasure to go on a trip to Ullswater in Cumbria. We stayed at the lovely Outward Bound centre for about 5 days. We had a theme of teamwork in all of our activities. We were told about the Roman Handshake method to stop our hand from slipping off and falling. My favourite part was when we did the jog and dip in the river and it was so cold. If I went back to Ullswater, I would have more confidence in myself and i’ll try even better at the activities.
Week 9. Coding at St. Francis!
At St. Francis, we use two main Coding programs – ‘Espresso Coding’ and ‘Scratch’.
Please see the ‘Espresso Gallery’ here http://apps.coding.discoveryeducation.co.uk/?site_id=13401 for some apps to try, created by Y4 and 5).
Please use the links below to find work uploaded to the ‘Scratch’ website itself, for work we submitted last year to link to the school opera with which we were involved – ‘A King’s Ransom’.
Year 3 –
https://scratch.mit.edu/search/projects?q=stfoay3
Year 4 –
https://scratch.mit.edu/search/projects?q=stfoay4
Year 5
https://scratch.mit.edu/search/projects?q=stfoay5
Week 8 – Year 6 were preparing blog posts about their visit to the Lake District.
Week 7 – A chance to look at what people have done so far.
Take a look at our blog and the blogs of the people who have taken the time and trouble to comment on ours. If you would like to leave an appropriate comment on theirs, please do.
Week 6 – Science focus. Two truths and a lie. Can you spot the lie?
- You need a light pull in the bathroom to avoid getting water on switches.
- If you eat or drink poison it will act like medicine.
- You need an oxygen tank when diving in the sea. Martha 6HW
Two Truths and a Lie. Which one is not true?
- Space is completely silent.
- Less than 5 per-cent of the world’s oceans have been explored.
- Mars has a big red spot which is a storm. Poppy and Laura 6HW
Curiosities
Oli and James would like to give their curiosities;
How earth floats. – James
How electricity works. – Oli
Curiosities
Kuba and Dawid are giving their curiosities:
I would like to know what it is like in space and on the moon. – Kuba
How long does it take to fly to Neptune and what’s in the sun? – Dawid
Week 5 – We are all similar, we are all different.
Lots of us completed the language poll challenge this week. We have many different languages represented in our school, as many children have links to other countries and some have even visited those countries. For example, we have children with links to Poland, Ireland, Spain, India, countries in Africa, the Philippines and so on.
The review below was about a book which was enjoyed by a Year 6 child.
A BOOK REVIEW ON ‘THE EXPLORER’ by Katherine Rundell
This book has a lot of writing that would help with your school education on literacy/writing. Some words in the book are hard to understand, so if you’re reading the book keep a dictionary nearby. It is an amazing adventure book and it is even recommended by Jaqueline Wilson! Since it is a really good description, you can see the image that the author had in your head, whilst you’re reading it.
Week 2 – Comment on another blog from the Student Blogging Challenge.
It was hard to get through to the blogs via the url links, unfortunately, and time was against us, so this was the best we could do to show our comment.
