Holywood Hullabaloo

Hi Everybody,

Today and yesterday I have been learning about the Inuit people. and how they live in the polar climate. Here is a picture of were some of the Inuit communities are. There are four different groups stretching across northern Canada, Alaska and Greenland. Did you know the word Eskimo might be an indigenous word meaning raw meat eaters given to them by people south of were the Inuit live but there are a few different theories.

Inuk means one Inuit person, Inuuk is the the word for two Inuit people  and Inuit describes the people who live in Canada and Alaska. The people in Greenland call themselves Kalaallit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have also learnt about there culture and traditions like an inukshuk here’s a picture. They are used to point the way home if your lost.

 

Now I haven’t learnt about the Inuit alphabet but I think it looks like star wars writing so I’ve included a picture.

See you, Joe

 

Hi everyone. This is my happy photo for today. My friend kindly bought me these beautiful flowers and I am enjoying looking at them as I am working at home. I hope you are all having a good week of home learning so far.

Good morning, hope everyone is well.

I read Caspian’s last blog post with interest as I had not heard of Mongolian heavy metal. So I looked it up and played some for my family and one of my boys said, “Isn’t that The HU?” Apparently he is already quite keen on Mongolian heavy metal, I just didn’t know! The HU is a Mongolian heavy metal band.

Anyway, the reason I wanted to look it up (apart from Caspian’s recommendation) was because as I have been learning about the Arctic I have learnt that some tribes from the Arctic also use the throat singing, or growling, method. This is not compulsory to watch, but if you are interested this video tells you how to do the throat singing and also mentions the drums which are used. Drumming and dancing is popular with the Arctic people.

Inuit throat-singing sisters from Canada – YouTube

Thanks for taking our learning further, Caspian. I have to say, like Tanith, the heavy metal is not all to my taste, but the throat singing is interesting how it mirrors the sounds of nature.

Hi all, Caspian is back!

My happiness picture is of Idris in the woods today but she kept bouncing around so the picture is blurry. She is a really funny and cute dog and we always have a great time on our walks. We are still doing our mile a day challenge, we even did it in the rain at the weekend.

First this morning I did some algebra. Then my spelling today focussed on one word in particular. I can finally spell DISAPPEAR!!!!!!!! Mum gave me three challenges to help me remember the spelling. First I speed wrote disappear as many times as I could in one minute. Then I wrote five sentences with the word disappear. Finally, I created a wordograph.

Next I did the letter ink blots. Followed by French. The exercise with the animal sounds is wrong as it says pigs oink in French and also groin in French. The first French should have been English. Mum said I had a keen editorial eye. Also in the word search, I found that cheval stands for goats cheese. I finished on 5 a day. I had to do all my workings out as Mum realised my last lot were done with a calculator. Oops, I was caught, sorry!!

After Tanith’s calm club, Mark introduced us all to Mongolian tribal heavy metal music. Mum, Mark and me created a tribal dance to the beat of the music but Tanith didn’t like it so didn’t join in. It is nothing like the songs she writes or likes. I thought the heavy metal was cool and really different.

Ciao!

My Grandad & Grandma with mine and Niamh’s ears on

My Uncles Black German Shepherd, Max

Day 5 of home school learning today i done 1 hour of sumdog then i coloured half and colour quarter and done my mixed up 3 times table.  I tried to watch Zog and the Flying Doctor but it’s not working.  Instead i created a character i thought would be in the show.

Hello everyone, I went to the wood during my challenge walk. Mummy took a picture of me on the tree swing for my happy picture because it made me smile and laugh a lot to swing high.

In the morning, I did some maths partitions, a letter dot to dot and very neat curly writing in my spellings. For my picture news I read about people being kind to each other. I try to be kind by giving home made jam to our shopping delivery men and ladies. One man liked it so much that he asked for another jar when he saw us again. We also make cupcakes for our neighbours and write cards to old people homes and the hospitals.

I have done some fractions colouring in today. Quarters are difficult I think but Mark and Mummy have helped me. Dodger is a bit better. He had to be picked up by the vet lady again on Saturday as he was really poorly but he seems to be cheering up a bit now. He has a lot of medicine and some special food.

I set up a calm club today. Everyone had to sit with cross legs and follow what I said. We all imagined being small in a big world and riding on the back of lovely birds. It made us all smile a lot and we will do it every day.

Mark played us a  weird kind of music today. It was Mongolian heavy metal tribe music. I didn’t like it much but everyone else did a tribal dance around the woods when Mark played it on his phone.

Have fun, smile every day, be happy and see you soon. Lots of love from Tanith xxx

Hi it’s Rhys.
Today I done Sum Dog, five a day, high vocabulary and an hour of a epic.  Goodbye have a good day!

Hello!
Today I started with my 5 a day. Need to practice my long division and so does my Mum. I also then went on to do my Sumdog challenge, but it was using words I’d never heard before. My mum then came and read it and decided she will research tonight and we will have a bash again tomorrow once she knows how to explain it.  I then read the graphic novel of MacBeth on Epic to prepare for my task tomorrow. I’m going to write the text discussion.
I’ve then spent a lot of time researching Polar Bears in Myth and Folklore. I decided to write out some of the information I discovered.

Polar Bear Folklore and Myths
Polar bears feature a lot in Inuit myth and folklore.
Many tales and legends tell of the great, white bear, who wanders the Arctic realm.
In many legends the polar bear is seen as a kind of skin walker or shapeshifter that changes from a bear into a man at certain times of the day or when they enter their winter dens. Some reference this as a curse and the bear has to convince a girl to live with them for a year to break the curse. Others see this as a blessing. It is believed this came from the way polar bears would often walk on their back legs in a human like manner.

In Inuit religion there was tales of a polar bear called Nanook. It was believed Nanook was who decided whether their hunting trips for bears would be successful or not. When the Inuits killed a polar bear they treated the polar bear skins as a sacred object, placing them in a special part of their igloo. They offered the skins tools and objects as they believed the bear had wanted to be killed to gain these objects to take into the afterlife. They believed that if they treated the skin well the bear would tell other polar bears this person was a great hunter and person, so they should allow themselves to be killed by them.

According to Inuit tradition it was the Polar bear that taught humans how to hunt seals. The Polar bears are greatly respected for the symbol of strength and courage. Inuit shamans would often call on the spirit of the polar bear.

Lastly this is my picture a day…although it is a video. Lettuce decided she was a bit grumpy. Female mantis can be a bit dramatic sometimes. I took the video to show my mum, but it shows how beautiful all her colours are so I thought I’d share it here 🙂
Bye for now