Sunday, July 21, 2013
15th to 19th July
We have been working to complete different areas of work before the end of term.
We have done some English work considering the adaptations that are made when books are transferred to film. We compared the opening of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows with a film version, thinking about the differences in the way the story is communicated. We discussed the pace of the narrative, the lighting and the use of music and sound effects and the effect these have on the viewer. We also watched and read the episode in which Toad persuades Rat and Mole to go with him in the gypsy caravan and produced advertisements designed to sell the caravan, incorporating information from the text and film.
We have spent time on our automata. Many have finished making the product and are now working to complete the project folders, doing the presentation pictures and writing the evaluation.
On Thursday we did some cookery (baking) with Mrs. Jarvis and those of us who weren't involved in the Music Festival on Friday morning, wrote up the recipe for making these cakes.
On Friday, we finished the week by doing some painting, creating a countryside landscape with summer trees.
We have done some English work considering the adaptations that are made when books are transferred to film. We compared the opening of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows with a film version, thinking about the differences in the way the story is communicated. We discussed the pace of the narrative, the lighting and the use of music and sound effects and the effect these have on the viewer. We also watched and read the episode in which Toad persuades Rat and Mole to go with him in the gypsy caravan and produced advertisements designed to sell the caravan, incorporating information from the text and film.
We have spent time on our automata. Many have finished making the product and are now working to complete the project folders, doing the presentation pictures and writing the evaluation.
On Thursday we did some cookery (baking) with Mrs. Jarvis and those of us who weren't involved in the Music Festival on Friday morning, wrote up the recipe for making these cakes.
On Friday, we finished the week by doing some painting, creating a countryside landscape with summer trees.
# posted by Mr Jennings : 9:24 pm
Sunday, July 14, 2013
1st to 12th July
We have had a number of special activities in these past two weeks:
We had our school team sports afternoon on an afternoon of perfect weather - it was warm, dry and sunny, but just hazy enough to ensure that sunburn was not a great risk. Our class, and the parallel Year 5 class had an excellent day at Carlton Academy when we went there for the Year 5 Arts' Day with year 5 pupils from other family schools. We have also had our Summer Music Concert at school, with lots of excellent performances from our instrumentalists and choirs.
In class, we have finished our English unit of work based on Grandpa Chatterji by undertaking a study of how the character of Grandpa Leicester changed through the story. Our maths work has concentrated on patterns and sequences of numbers, writing rules and using simple algebra. We have also completed our geography topic about the Lake District by holding a "Planning Authority Meeting" in which we took different roles to consider a proposal to build at new Water Sports Centre on one of the lakes.
We had our school team sports afternoon on an afternoon of perfect weather - it was warm, dry and sunny, but just hazy enough to ensure that sunburn was not a great risk. Our class, and the parallel Year 5 class had an excellent day at Carlton Academy when we went there for the Year 5 Arts' Day with year 5 pupils from other family schools. We have also had our Summer Music Concert at school, with lots of excellent performances from our instrumentalists and choirs.
In class, we have finished our English unit of work based on Grandpa Chatterji by undertaking a study of how the character of Grandpa Leicester changed through the story. Our maths work has concentrated on patterns and sequences of numbers, writing rules and using simple algebra. We have also completed our geography topic about the Lake District by holding a "Planning Authority Meeting" in which we took different roles to consider a proposal to build at new Water Sports Centre on one of the lakes.
# posted by Mr Jennings : 7:00 pm
