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5P had a fabulous time on the Heath today!(18.7.08)
Latest newsCLIFF McNISH VISITS YEAR 5(12.5.08) Children's author Cliff McNish visited Year 5 on the 12th May. Cliff held a questions and answers session, before providing children with a writing task on characterisation. The two children from each class with the most original character will win a signed poster of one of his books. (To be announced) Cliff was immensely impressed by the children's writing and also praised their enthusiasm in discussions on ghost stories in which he was doing research for a future book. Time was also allowed for signing books, and pictures the children had drawn of 'Doomspell' characters and settings. Thanks to Cliff and the parents who made it all possible. You know who you are!! To see photos of Cliff's visit, click on the link to the left of this page.
Cliff McNish (15.4.08) Don't forget that award winning children's author Cliff McNish is visiting Year 5 on Monday 12th May. Cliff will be discussing his books and teaching lessons on characterisation and story writing. Time is also allocated for book signing so the children are encouraged to bring in copies if they wish. Cliff - like many authors - is not into signing just bits of paper so if a child doesn't have a copy of a book, we recommend he or she draws a picture of a character or scene from one of his stories. It should be a really exciting day for everyone. Buy his amazing books on Amazon here.
Globe Theatre (31.4.08) We all had a fabulous time at the Globe Theatre. The children had a tour of the theatre before taking part in a drama workshop based on 'Macbeth'. Unfortunately we were unable to perform this on the actual stage as in recent years, because this time we attended at the beginning of the new season of shows and the stage was therefore out of bounds! Thanks to Bob Williams for his fascinating tour of Bankside after the theatre. The children were enthralled by his stories of bear-baiting and piracy, despite being distracted by a number of ice-cream vans in the vicinity! To see photos of our amazing day out - click here.
Homework and projects (28.3.08) A letter that reinforces the expectations of spelling homework has now been sent out (WB 17th March). This is to address a few concerns from parents regarding the difficulty of the writing tasks. A detailed explanation of this will be on this website soon. The Year 5 writing project has now been handed out and the children will need to complete this by Friday 2nd May 2008. This project will focus on every child's personal writing targets which have been glued to the inside of their project booklet. To allow the children to complete it, they will only be required to write 10 sentences every week for their spelling homework. A copy of the project booklet is also available to download on the right of this page if you lose it!! NB: Please ignore the content on page two and instead replace it with the alternative page 2 here. This is more appropriate for the needs of our Year 5 children. In the summer term there will also be an optional half-term project. Topics next term are the Aztecs and the Solar System.
Cliff McNish
The class book for the Spring term is 'The Doomspell' by Cliff McNish. The book is the first book of a fantastic fantasy adventure where the smaller you are the more power you seem to have. An adventure where adults seem insignificant and a baby boy surrounded by colourful butterflies has an immense impact on the battle between children and Dragwena the witch - the antagonist. Dragwena has four sets of teeth! Goodness knows what her dentist bill comes to! To find out more about Cliff McNish and his other amazing books; including his brilliant book 'The Silver Child' - click on his image or the link below.
Cliff McNish will be visiting Year 5 on Monday 12th May 2008. |
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Karen Philips
