World Book Day was our main theme today.

We had lots of fun guessing each other’s favourite books by the props that were brought in.  Miss Little also challenged everyone to design a book cover, for a real children’s novel, based on a limited number of clues about the story.  Here are a few of the fabulous designs that were created.

  Literacy and the John Muir Award

Earlier in the week, we were exploring different types of poetry.  This week the focus was on kennings which are similar to riddles. Using life cycles as a stimulus, we had a go at writing our own.  Can you guess which life cycle we were describing?

 

Tiny-bean
Barely-seen 

Growing-sprout
Rising – green 

Blooming – bright
Summer – nights 

Dying – light
Petals – white 

By Callum

 

Stripy – bean
Tiny-shell 

Small-sprouter
Rising- leaves 

Field – filler
Bright – bloomer 

Fading – flower
Lifeless – petals 

By Macy

 

Zebra – stripes
Toty – seed 

Enlarging – sprout
Shooting – out 

Blooming – bright
Eye-catching sight 

Fading away
In the day 

By Noah

We also worked in pairs to turn research notes about garden birds into PowerPoint slideshows.  Each slideshow had to have animations and transition effects, as well as design layouts, pictures and text.  It was good fun experimenting with all the tools available!

Here are some photos from last week’s art and bird feeder activities.