Bye bye to the Ash Class of 2012/13!

Well it's the end of another year already - you all did fantastically well the year and I'm sure you'll make brilliant Year Sixes and Sevens! Good luck!

Here are a few favourite memories from this year :-)

The new blog for next year will be at www.ashclass2013-14.blogspot.com - do leave us a comment!

Some of our Y6 leavers' memories!

Tissues at the ready! It's time for some Year Six leavers' memories!

Beth's Borth Memories!

Borth memories!!!

Day 1

Day 1 was the journey everyone clambered onto the bus 1 by 1. When we arrived we all went to the classroom area where we all took out our lunches and ate. Everyone went to the beach in our dorm groups we had to find lots of different types of stones and seaweed after we all started walking along the beach towards the sand dunes it was a long walk (a very long walk)! When we arrived we were told the rules about climbing the sand dunes. Next everyone started to charge up the gigantically tall hill. Then we started doing races up and down the hill. Additionally everyone was sandy after (really sandy)! later we all went to our dorms: I was with Lillie, Ella, Gabby, Charlie and Hannah; our dorm was called Teifi. We had tea a little bit later ( I had jacket potato and some other food) then everyone had hot chocolates. I loved the hot chocolate!!!! We had tuck shop after where we bought stuff we wanted. Then we all rushed upstairs to our dorm to tidy up because we had a room inspection in a bit. Then we went to bed: we ate lots of sweets first though!

Day 2:

In the morning everyone got ready then went down stairs for their breakfast you had cereal then a full english but I didn’t want a full english. Then everyone went upstairs for a bit. Next everyone went down stairs with their day bags and raincoats. Then we headed off to the animalarium me, Ella, Hannah and Laura walked around together by ourselves. At the gift shop except from a feast ice-cream I bought a cute little bunny rabbit then later on I came back bought a souvenir pencil and a pen for my brother. After we went back to the classroom and had our lunch there. Later we were doing our borth diaries some were on the ipads doing a tour whilst the rest did diaries, but  me and ella did a blog comment then with our group went to do the tour. It was fun we did ours as sought of a movie or play. Later we went down to the beach like we had done last night just to play and joke around with our friends. Then since it was our last night everyone got into some less sandy clothes then went to the classroom to watch a movie: it was Hotel transylvania! Then just like yesterday everyone prepared for the room inspection.

Day 3:

On day three everyone packed up, took their stuff to the classroom and headed to the beach to do our sculptures. My group’s won it was a mermaid! All the others were really good too though! Then later we went onto the coach starting our journey back home. When we arrived all the parents and family members were waiting for us to arrive!!

By Beth!!! =D

Pav's Borth memories!

Borth

Day 1.

when we arrived and put our bags in the classroom we got in our dorm groups and went off collecting unusual things. When I was on the beach I found: a sea urchin; some fly fishing flies; a few shotgun shells and some bones. After that we had races up the sand dunes. It was hard. When we were sorted and fed we went down to the beach for one hour of free time.

Day 2.

On the second day, after we had breakfast, we went to the animalarium where we saw rodents, monkeys, birds, amphibians and reptiles. At the animalarium you could buy animal food pots. Get some next time you go next year fives.

Day 3.

on the third day we had a sand castle competition in which ironically a mermaid won the teachers vote but who knows who'll win the public vote.

All in all, Borth is great

P.S vote mawddach!!!!!

Lillie's Borth Memories!

Borth memories!

day 1:

The first thing was we were in the classroom waiting for the coach, I was taking lots of photos! Then finally the bus arrived and we had a very boring two hour journey and when we got at our youth hostel had lunch and immediately set of to the beach to find shells and climb up the sand dunes! When we got back from the sand dunes we went to our rooms so we could relax and set up our rooms (our room had a little help from Charlie)!  After dinner we did head back out  to go to the beach to play sports and make sand castles i was playing with Ben frisbee! Then when we got back from the beach we went to bed (well kinda)...

DAY 2:

We started of having breakfast then we had showers then we headed off to the animalarium! There were loads of animals and split off in groups to look at them! We also went to the souvenir shop and bought things like ice-creams and (OBVIOUSLY) souvenirs! There was this one bird from the animalarium and it gave me nightmares.After that we held two snakes around our necks,  the first snake i had bent my hand back, and then we had to go back. When we had our lunch we headed to the beach to have some free time until it started raining and we went back and made video diaries for the year fives next year and then we watched a movie (hotel transylvania) then we bed  (well kinda, again)...

Day 3(the final day):

on the last day in we made sandcastles (in dorm groups) and our group won by making an mermaid!Then we had to go!

Our final day in Borth!

Here are the photos for our final morning on the beach at Borth - we enjoyed our sandcastle building competition! Well done to the Ash girls for their winning mermaid sculpture!

Borth Day 2 - Animalarium Trip, by Beth & Ella

On Monday we were on the coach to Borth: it took just over 2 hours for us to get there. When we arrived we had our lunch then headed to the beach. While we were at the beach we had certain things to collect in our dorm groups. Then we walked along the long, long beach to the sand dunes where first we all were told the rules then we began to climb higher and higher till we reached the top of the sand dunes mountain. After we raced up then all slid down on our bums. Then we went back to our dorms and finally saw what they were like! Everyone in our dorm bagseyed a bunk bed but decided the next night that we would switch. Later on we had our dinner in the dinning room. We went to the tuck shop 1 by 1. Our dorm stayed up quite late sharing out sweets we didn’t eat much of it though (but we  will have all the rest tonight)!

Tuesday: we started the day off by having our breakfast! Then we all had showers and got ready to head off to the animalarium! There were loads of animals and we all went off in groups to look at them. We also bought stuff at the gift shop (ice-creams and souvenirs). There were two play parks: they were fun to play on! We fed some of the animals (£1 for a cup of food) and then went onto the park again! After that we held snakes around our necks (in threes) and it was really scary at first, but then it got easier and we held TWO! Then we headed back to have our lunch. After lunch we went to the beach and had some free time; until it rained! We went to the class-room (the one in Borth) and did video diaries and did our Borth diaries, also we made flags for the next day because we are making sand castles on Wednesday morning (in dorm groups) to win a competition between the different dorms!

By Beth and Ella! =D

Day 1 at Borth!

After a very grey coach journey we arrived in a windy Borth, had our lunch and then immediately set off down the beach towards the sand dunes. It was a long walk but we all made it eventually and had lots of fun climbing the dunes.

After we got back to the hostel, we settled into our rooms - some people even managed to make their beds themselves!!! After dinner (curry or baked potato) we headed back out onto the beach for sports and sandcastle-making, though we did have to avoid some of the hundreds of jellyfish lying around. This evening has been beautifully-sunny - fingers crossed the weather will hold up for us tomorrow!

We hope you like some of the photos from this evening on the beach!
Mr K :-)

Gaby's biography of Queen Elizabeth II

Ella's biography of Sir Tom Jones!

Charlie's biography of Roald Dahl!

Darnell's biography of Bob Marley!

Ollie's biography of Sir Tom Jones!

Jonathan's video biography of Stephen Hawking!

Here's Jonathan's video biography of Stephen Hawking. He used Morfo Booth and iMovie to create it - great stuff JC!

This week's spellings!

As we're getting towards the end of the year, it's a good idea to target those words that get spelt incorrectly quite often! :-)
Remember that you can revise them using the Spelling City website!

Ceri's 100wc - week 35:

Dear Diary,

Today was petrifying, It was the end of the world as i knew it. The light was so bright it was blinding. I'm utterly scared. I'm crying in my sleep just thinking about it. It was so dark and mysterious I was not sure what it was. Until it got me!

I was rolling around in agony, the pain was treacherous. It’s saw like hands tore through my arm it was pouring out blood endlessly. I kept pressure on it but no use it wouldn't stop.

I was going to die of blood loss. I am still suffering now only a matter of time.   

Cayla's 100wc - week 35:

Where am I , I'm lost with no where to go.I see the lights in the sky witch beam like the beaming sun, do i go in or do I stay.The light  blinded me. Suddenly I heard a crash it came from the woods I ran towards it , it was another light it was so bright I fell to the  ground . I wake to find I'm in the light it was so peaceful , then I feel something pulling me back. where I live is so boring I can't go, I won't go.

Jade's 100wc - week 35:

It was a dark , scary and frightening Halloween night , everyone was asleep, (not a single sound was heard.) Suddenly a light was so bright it could blind you. It was a spacecraft in the air shining on one house . The child woke and looked at the craft it was hard to see as the light was so bright , like flames, your eyes would feel like they're on fire. It started to make a sound as smoke was coming out of the front like water, the doors opened very slowly. There was something inside the craft. Was it an alien, from a different  dimension.

Alex's 100wc - week 35:

The light was so bright that when you looked at it, your face baked itself an potato... but it was so hot it exploded!
 The light was so bright that if you lined it up with the sun,(well obviously the sun would win because the light would disintegrate in the atmosphere.)
 The light was so bright that if you shone it up in the night sky it would travel light years and shoot down UFOs for the discovery channel...
 The light is, no longer, bright...
Its just like any normal bulb, just lighting up homes.
But it will always be special... To me?

Dylan's 100wc - week 35:

The light was so bright that when anyone looked directly at this blinding light they would be hit by a train...

Tons of people die every day to the now known as the ‘Ghost Train’. After you get hit the legend is you watch your death...

You never see the Ghost Train coming... It always comes... But no one know when...

This light is now known as ‘Death’, Death can not be destroyed, if Death was destroyed we would all die...

Sammy's 100wc, week 35:

I looked up where was I, the light was so bright it was blinding me.I was trapped.”help help! “I screamed trying to find help but there was no help no hope just me and no one else.With out warning there was a sudden bang.by now I was egstremly frightened and terrfed.I bravely had the guts to go and egslaer this place I tip-towed. In one of the last rooms it was as hot as a oven but the only thing stuck in my mind was how I was going to get out of this terrible world.

We've got more mail!

Our letter-writing project is starting to get some replies! Before half term Ben had a reply from David Walliams and Cayla and Jade had replies from Fleur Hitchcock and yesterday we received two more letters! Ella got one from Rachel Renee Russell, the author of the Dork Diaries, and Becky got a letter from the Queen! Well done girls, and here are the letters they received!

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Our Darwin Day video!

This afternoon for Darwin Day we had a great conversation about worries and how to deal with them. We particularly talked about the Year Sixes worries about moving onto high school and the Year Fives feelings about heading into Year Six. Here's a video we made to give some advice to people in a similar situation!

Theme Park Maths Investigation!

In Ash class we are making theme parks to see how much it costs to run it each day for three seasons. We are also trying to make a profit. We have five hundred thousand pounds that we borrowed. Most people have spent a bit of their money and the rest spent loads of their money. Quite a few people haven't finished yet. When we are finished we have to swap our sheets with another pupil in the class. Then they will see how much we have to charge all the customers to get in. We received a sheet which has all the different attractions on it ( e.g. shops, roller coasters and so on). We have three different categories which have different rides in and different costs.

We'll let you know who has the most profit in a week's time or less!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Gaby :-)

Gaby's 100wc - week 33:

I'm Gary, I'm a worm, it's not that easy. You would think it would be boring being a worm. Well, it's not and it's boring just a little bit because you have a lot of exercise, actually you don't, that's just me...

I do the most exercise because I keep getting chased bye birds. It's really annoying! Once they nearly wripped me to shreads, I hate little baby chicks. I woke up this morning thinking that they will not get me. So I walked outside to have some fresh air. I brought a book out with me; no wonder they call me a book-worm! Guess what happened, you guessed it, the birds gobbled me up bit by bit.
By Gaby.

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Ben's 100wc - week 33:

"Help Help" I'm running as fast as a cheetah in mid-sprint. The birds swooped down attacking me poking me until I fall to the ground. Knocked out...

My eyes fade like im about to die What shall I do? Where should I go? Slowly I get up onto my feet I can't walk I'm like a baby just being taught to walk. I see nothing, nothing at all only huge trees. The trees were joined together like a crowd of vivid green umbrellas. The magnificent trees flung their branches up to the sun to frame the deep blue sky. Oh no the birds swooped down again now looking for more food.
By Ben.

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Jonathan's 100wc - week 33:

The birds swooped down and took everything, including my mum. Ripping the soggy guts out of her: she's now vacant.

I started my adventurous adventure wandering through the woods dodging everything in my path. It happened again, the bird came again but this time for me. I hid in a bush, poison ivy. "Argh!" I screamed frantically, "P, P, P, P, Poison I, I, I, Ivy..."

I itched my way to shelter, to safety, my saviour. The door went knock, knock. I did that, but with the pain of punching glass. No-one answered, I was stuck here forever...
By Jonathan.

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Ollie's 100wc - week 33:

Imagine a battle that seems to last forever, a battle that seems not worth fighting, a battle against giant birds: well that's the battle I'm fighting.

A smaller bird nose-dived at me, but I had my spear ready and launched it up at the pesky little thing and hit it on the back. Suddenly, a spine-chilling screech pierced the air. Out of the blue came a repulsive head followed by a repulsive body. It soared majestically through the sky, screeching every now and then. Suddenly the bird swooped down at me...
By Ollie.

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Holly's 100wc - week 33:

The birds swooped down and then everything started to go wrong. People were being murdered. Birds are bad luck. This is the one and only time you will be warned, so listen:

If you see birds coming towards you, run: run while you still can. Do you want to be their next victim?

I am doing this for you so you don't end up like me: dead. Don't give up your precious life to a flock of birds.

Run, run while you still can. You don't have to be the vicious bird's next victim!
By Holly.

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Jade's 100wc - week 33:

Hello I'm Cormac and I'm a worm, my kind have to be carefull because the birds viciously watch our every move closely from the treetops. It is like being stared at endlessly, it gives you an intense feeling that goes on day and night. Every second of every day you know your being watched and look around you as you shiver with fear. There big yellow eyes move to the shape of your body, there's no stopping it. Suddenly the birds swoop down, as quick as a flash. Is this the end?
By Jade.

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Sam B's 100wc - week 33:

I was in my cosy, warm burrow with my crazy kids when I hear the flapping of a buzzard's wings. I quickly heard up all of my 4000 kids. We sit huddled up for an hour. When I finally think the coast is clear I poke my head out of the hole but then I get dive bombed by buzzards. But then the roof started to come down. We ran as fast as we could, when me and my wife Amy reached safety we turned around and watched are 4000 kids become zero kids. But then it saw use and in a mater of seconds we were dead...

By Sam B.

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Cayla's 100wc - week 33:

Running, running as fast as I could they were chasing me: the beautiful crystle white birds glimmering in the sun the louder their whines the faster I ran! I tried to act calm (however I was emotionally torn bye this event). The birds swooped down and everything went hideously black. Black, I had always been scared of black I rummaged around to find out where I was: I was in the bird's stomach...

Furiously I hectically banged against each side of the stupid birds. I bound to get out will die trying to get free from this hell hole!

By Cayla.

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Spellings for Mon 3rd June...

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100wc - week 33:

Here's the prompt for this week's 100wc. Remember to be as imaginative as you can!

...the birds swooped down and...

Good luck!

Ella & Jade's fantastic French!

Ella and Jade have been writing some French in Miss Piechowiak's session today - well done girls!

Le weekend dernier , je suis all’ee au pac d’ attractions avec ma famille, c’etait super! Nous sommes all’es sur le grand huit et sur le train fantome. II y avait des squelettes,des araign’ees et un loup! C’etait effrayant!
By Jade.

Le weekend dernier, je suis allée au parc d’attractions avec mes amis c’etait super. Nous sommes allés sur le tobogan et suleu grande roue. ill y avait une porte et un montre! c’était effrayant.

By Ella.

Great work, girls!

Awesome Ash Class Graffiti Tags!

Here are our graffiti tags which we designed in art this week - we think they look great on the brick background! Which is your favourite? Click on the picture to see a bigger version!

It's time to show off, Year Six!

It's SATs time Year Six! Your chance to show off exactly how fantastic you all are, so keep calm, do your best and GO FOR IT! We're proud of you! :-)

Beth's 100wc - week 29:

..."BANG" we've crashed - the boat slammed against the rocks: we were cornered between them. "Aaagh!" I screamed as all the blood seeped out of my arm! I slowly reached for the table planted beside me, pulled myself up and wrapped a long piece of cloth around the wound.

Suddenly, I see a little girl screaming, crying out for her father. The screams were unbearable! Then suddenly the pain in my arm didn't matter any more: not to me anyway. I needed to save her, but how? What would I do? How do I save this poor, little girl?

By Beth.

Jack W's 100wc - week 29:

Suddenly the pain in my arm became worse and worse. The gritty battlefields was coverd with enemy forces, and I had been shot in the arm. The more I move, the more blood spills out of my unpleasant arm.

I try to move to one side but they keep shooting at me. The only thing I can do now is pray. I could suddenly hear a noise. It's the British army: theyve come to save me. Bang: the tank blew the enemy to smithereens.

I feel strong arms pull me onto a helicopter: I'm saved...

By Jack W.

Oscar's 100wc - week 29:

Skateboarding, I always had a fear of skateboarding until I got one, but I wish I hadn't...

The board had loathsome blades on the side; with a devilish creature on the front; unlike any other board. So, I was riding in the skatepark with my friends until I fell off. The board came flying back and thoes hellish blades scraped me in the arm.

Suddenly the pain in my arm oozed blood from my body and the ground started to crack and tear itself apart: Hell had awoken...

Then a vampire came over and bit me in the neck. My heart turned black... I was suddenly transported into a underwater Hell with evil paranas surrounding me. Now I'm trapped in this place forever...

By Oscar.

Becky's 100wc - week 29:

Suddenly the pain in my arm... it's bleeding and I am in agony as I'm running away from the beastly shark. "Help me" I screamed loudly! People are shouting get him out! The life guard (who had an orange jacket) is coming to save me. I stop because I'm out of the sea. I fall faintly onto the soft gold sand.

I'm rushing to the hospital I'm saying to the doctor "am I going to be alright?" I gasped.
"Well we don't know yet - we're going to the x-ray room." I fall asleep as they are x-raying me...

By Becky.

Hannah's 100wc - week 29:

The livid beast tore off mt arm but I ran despite the pain. I jumped into a hole. As I lay suddenly the pain in my arm got worse. I ripped my clothes to make a bandage. The beast put his head through the hole. The vile-looking face scared me: I was stuck alone. Trapped.

Maybe I should tell you what happened from the start. I was on a walk in the forest with my friend. Suddenly a beast jumped out and it got my friend. He was courageous: he risked his life for my life and I will never forget that.

By Hannah

Ella's 100wc - week 29:

Suddenly the pain in my arm whent wild: the creecher scratching and biting my strong, yet damaged arm. The terrifying creacher swooped down again, scratching even harder making my wound bigger. The blood spilled out of my leathery arm. His piercing eyes look down at me like a bull.

His wings flap as a giant gust of breath-taking wind sweeps me to the other end of the misty forest. My life is an endless pain of horror and gilt. This is my life in the white frosted forest.

I think I'm about to die as I see the bird with its claws as sharp as a knife, inline with my throat...

By Ella.

Lillie's 100wc - week 29:

Imagine a place where the sky is always yellow with gunfire, a place where it's constantly deafening with shells, a place where you can never see your family again: well this is the life-threatening conditions I live in...

Sitting up straight on my horse with my sword in my hand, I'm feeling so weak. On the outside I look calm (but on the inside I'm shaking like a leaf).

"Attack!" The commander roars.

Somehow I'm knocked off my horse, and lots of blood is comeing out of my arm. Suddenly the pain in my arm is unbearable...

"He's dying" is the last voice I can hear.

By Lillie.

Ella's 100wc - week 28:

“Yay, thanks mum you're the best!!!” I screamed delightfully as I ran out of the room with my best mates. “Come on guys, let’s go to the meadows” I said with a wonderful grin on my face, yet I knew something would happen: I could feel it that something mysterious, dark, and gloomy would happen to me and my beloved friends...

The mystery was unfolded I knew that something would happen...

Me and my friends were walking along the deep, foggy  river as we walked a strange feeling went up my spine. Something wet, something slimy what is it where did it come from what is it doing??? “ahhh”I screamed...

“Mum the noise was deafening!!! I’m not lying!!!” I screamed at her  “on no mum it’s here again” I shreacked “nonsense” my mother answered “umm mum look!!!” I screamed at her “ahhh” she yelled...

By Ella.

Great SATs revision links!

Here are FIFTY great links to help you get ready for SATs!

You can find more here :-)

50 useful sites for English & Maths KS2 SATs from ictmagic

Owen's 100wc - week 28:

The noises are deafening, the screams of the the undead... The earpiercing screeches of the demons echo threwout the town. The Apocalypse.

I run as far away as I can, the earth is cracking underneth my feet: hell has been awoken. The towns and cities are overrun with devilish creatures, demons, zombies and goblins. Around every alleyway there is something waiting to seal your doom. Watch your feet: beware of the hands that pop out of the soil, they grab you, pull you down and bury you alive.

Many people won't survive, but if you do, beware: they're after you. And they will not stop until they have your soul.

By Owen.

Gaby's 100wc - week 28:

Aahhgg! The noise was deafening to hear. I hated it, the city was destroyed: all our homes were crushed; our streets bombed; our lives demolished... This has been going on for years - houses gone; food rationing; people dying. I sure hope this war ends soon...

My family are already gone. I had more life to discover, but my baby sister had decades and now she's gone. I'm all alone theres nobody else. I have nobody; no food; no water; no warmth; no shelter. Could life get any worse? I wish that bomb hit another house, other than ours. I wish it took me instead of my family! I see something in the distance. It's coming closer, SOMEONE HELP ME!

BOOM!

Gone...

By Gaby.

Pav's 100wc - week 28:

...The noise was deafening, the dark screeching over-powered the chanting of the desperate men. A blanket of spears covered the city. The darkness seaped through the gates like countless locusts swarming on to a farmer's field. The sight was grim; carcasses lying on the ground as if it was theirs; blood hiding the sun in the sky. But this was the last straw. The dragon was released. The carcasses that layed in their own blood had now been incinerated by the dragon.

A young warrior released his arrow, the only arrow, into the air. It stood out from the other arrows, it was like a light guiding you through the darkness. The saviour.

By Pav.

Ollie's 100wc - week 28:

The banshee screemed, and the noise was deafening. His hairy, smelly feet pounded the loose, weak tiles. His ugly head kept hitting the chandeliers, or low-hanging bits of roof. I saw my chance, and dived under the legs of the screaming monster. It sounded like an earthquake. I bounded up the steep stone stairs. As soon as I reached the top (well, what was left of the top anyway - the fat, tall banshee, with help from his head, had pulled most of it down) and lent on the bannister and yelled "hey you big idiot".
Big mistake...

By Ollie.

Sammy A's 100wc - week 28:

Immediately, there was a suden bang it came from nowere the noise was deafening and earpopping. We all dashed into mum's bedroom and hid under the bed hoping we would all be ok. Unexpectedly it suddenly stoped the house was still and tranquil. I slowly opened the door (well the remains of the door more like). In the blink of an eye the house was all gone, arrr I screeched. Help help.

Alex's 100wc - week 28:

The noise of the crowd was deafening. Huge bombs whistling on their way down, absorbing London's great city people. It was the most shocking picture ever. After ten minutes I was just a spectater from the above. I wished I could of helped, watching the place you were raised in be destroyed by a army of super villain criminals is unbearable.

By Alex.

Holly's 100wc - week 28:

The noise was deafening, but slowly fading. What could it be?

Running, I am sprinting away: away from the terrible, agitated beast. Down the narrow alleyways, down the roads as destroyed as a wasteland. I have been running for eight long years from this monster: it always seems to find me sooner or later.

There is nothing left of my town now: houses destroyed, everyone dead. A deafening, screeching noise is coming from where the mayor's house was: is he still alive?

The noise is deafening, but slowly fading: what could it be?

By Holly.

Spellings Monday 29th April:

Spellings - Monday 22nd April...

Here are this week's spellings - there are more than usual, but they are words you should already know! Let's make sure we're getting them right in our written work!

Lillie's 100wc - week 25!

Wow… it started on the computer entering a competition where you can win a trip to Cadbury’s chocolate factory; a week later I found out I won!  Sorry my name is Katie: with blue, sparkling eyes, long wavy blonde hair but otherwise like any other person. I’m here now anyway, and looking at all this chocolate I just feel… so lucky and hungry but amazed most of all.

OMG! The man has just shown us around while we were eating chocolate and for our last hour we’re swimming in chocolate. Oh only if I could do it all over again!

By Lillie :-)

Finishing off our undersea printing!

So here are some pictures of us finishing off our undersea prints!


And a mobile & tablet friendly version...

A great art morning!

We had a fantastic morning of art today, making printing blocks of undersea creatures. Everyone worked fantastically well and we can't wait to print tomorrow!

And below is a mobile & tablet-friendly version!

Create IT award winners!!!

A huge well done to Darnell and Pav, who won the KS2 video category in last night's Shropshire Create IT awards. The boys beat off competition from all across the county to win their prize! Also a huge well done to Sam and Ethan from Maple class, who were runners up in the KS2 e-safety category!

And you can view their award-winning video by clicking here!

Beth's Island Flashback!

Here's a terrific flashback island adventure story Beth has written at home - enjoy!

Lewis' Island Adventure!

Here's an island adventure story Lewis wrote and illustrated at home!
Well done, Lewis!

Stories based on 'The Black Hole'...

Last week, we did some creative writing based upon a video Mr K had found on The Literacy Shed. The video was called The Black Hole (you can watch it below!).
We then recorded our stories, so that you can listen to them - enjoy!

listen to ‘The Black Hole - by Becky’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘The Black Hole - by Charlie’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘The Black Hole - by Gaby’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘The Black Hole - by Holly’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘The Black Hole - by Lewis’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘The Black Hole - by Owen’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘The Black Hole - by Samantha’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘The Black Hole - by Sam B’ on Audioboo

Red Nose Day 2013!

Friday was a funny day in school - everyone was dressed in fancy dress for Comic Relief - here's some of our best costumes!

Spellings - Monday 18th March...

Remember you can use www.spellingcity.com to help you learn the words! Also, there are 'Look-Say-Cover-Write' sheets attached under the spelling lists!

Ash Class Y6 hit the heights at Manor!

What a fantastic (if a little wet and muddy) week the Year Six children had at Manor - here are some of the photos of them in action!

Spellings for Monday 11th March!

Some more day four pics...

Day four at Manor!

Well, quite a soggy and muddy day here today at Manor! Activities have included the underground maze, rock climbing, the terrifying confidence course, the blind trail and survival skills. The children have taken in the day's challenges with a super attitude, despite all the rain. One thing is for certain: theatres going to be an awful lot of washing to be done tomorrow evening!
Mr K :-)

Flying up the climbing wall!

Getting ready for rock climbing!

Learning our climbing technique right now!

Abseiling with Ash Class!

On Tuesday 5th March, the Greenfields year sixes went to the Manor abseiling wall. Most people were nervous, scared and excited all at the same time. Cayla, Ceri and I (Jade) went up first with our gear fitted on safely, ready to go down the wall...

Here are some of the experiences:

Hi I am Holly: I an going to tell you about abseiling and my experience. I was really nervous until I got going. Afterwards I was really excited and wanted to do it again and again and again. When we'd finished, I was so proud if myself! :-)

Hello, I'm Jade! When I got to the top of the abseiling walk, I felt alright with the heights. However, when I put my heels over the edge, I was absolutely scared. In the end I did it three times and totally enjoyed it.

If you go to Manor Adventure and do abseiling, you will also feel this way.

Thank you for reading , bye!
Holly and Jade :-)

And a few more!

Some more day 3 pics...

Day three, so far...

So this morning we woke to some drizzly reason but thankfully the day's been pretty dry on the whole! This morning we (Mr K and Mr M's groups) took on the obstacle courses - everyone made it through and did fantastically well!
Mr K :-)

More on day two!

Today's been a wonderful day with absolutely stunning weather. Hopefully some of the children will be able to blog later to let you know more! The day began with a walk through the frost down to the lake for kayaking and canoeing, with all four groups taking part together. Thankfully the sun soon began to warm us up, which is just as well as the lake claimed a couple of victims: Dylan being the first to take a plunge into the icy waters - he has defrosted now though!

After lunch, the groups split into different activities, such as abseiling, confidence course, zip wire and orienteering. The children have been brilliant (so far!) and it's been amazing to see confidence growing as they overcome challenges such as the height of the abseil wall!

We're now enjoying our evening activities before a well-earned sleeeeeeeeep!
Mr K :-)

Some more pictures

Hope they get through! :-)

Day two!

Day two has been fantastic so far! There's been lots of fun with kayaking, canoeing, abseiling and more... The internet signal is very poor so we're struggling to post on the blogs - we'll try again later!
Mr K :-)

We've arrived safe and sound!

We're already having a fantastic time here at Manor, with Mr Morris' group having done the zip wire, Mrs Prior's and Miss Goodall's have been abseiling and Mr K's have been shooting at the rifle range! Now we've just had a lovely dinner and are getting ready for our next activity! :-)

Pav & Darnell's mega movie!

Here's Pav & Darnell's video they made for the Create It awards - and they've been short-listed! Well done, boys!

Video of the week!

I've decided to introduce a 'Video of the Week', and here is the first one! It's amazing AND stars a Shetland Pony and was filmed in Shetland (so it's linked slightly to our islands topic!). Let us know what you think!

If you'd like to make your own Dancing Pony video, visit this site: www.ponymixer.com

If you'd like to choose our next Video of the Week (or even create your own video!), just email your ideas to me! :-)

100wc - week 22...

Here's the prompt for the 100wc this week - please type up your entries and share them with me on your google drive and I'll put them on when I get back from Manor!

Click on the picture for a bigger version!

Darwin Day motivational posters!

On Friday it was Darwin Day - we talked about taking risks (something the Year Sixes will be learning all about at Manor!) and having the strength or character to persevere when you encounter a setback. We also heard a story about a man called Alex Zanardi, who was a racing driver who lost both his legs in a car accident during a race - he had the strength of character to come back to racing cars and also won a gold medal in hand cycling in the London Paralympics - an amazing man!

We then looked at some motivational posters and decided to create our own - here they are!

We're off on a Manor adventure!

So the time is finally here: the Year Six children will be busy this weekend packing for their week of fun and fabulous activities at Manor Adventure!

We'll hopefully be able to keep you updated with lots of information and photos right here on the blog (although the internet signal is not great!). For more information on Manor Adventure, please visit their website by clicking on either of the pictures in this post!

The Manor house!