247 tales

The theme for April is ‘The Joke’. Please submit your short stories on Monday 18th April either handwritten or printed (no memory sticks this time – sorry!).  Remember to write your name and the word count (less than 247, of course!) on your entry. I look forward to reading these and sending them off to the Bloomsbury competition!

‘Our guest author this month is bestselling teen writer Celia Rees. Celia has written a 247tale with her audience in mind but remember you can interpret the theme as widely as you wish.’ http://247tales.wordpress.com/

Class 2.1 are studying the phenomenon of Celebrity Culture that is sweeping through the nation. They will explore:

What is Celebrity Culture?

Why is it so popular?

How is it promoted?

What is the effect and impact?

Students will then write a persuasive piece of writing either for or against Celebrity Culture.

Please submit your Valentine’s Poem on or before Thursday 9th February.

‘Holocaust Memorial Day – 27 January – is a time to remember those who have been murdered in the Holocaust and under Nazi persecution, in Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda and Darfur. On HMD we act to learn the lessons of the past to create a safer, better future.’

http://www.hmd.org.uk/

The pupils of class 2.1  have  completed pieces of imaginative writing in memory of the victims of The Holocaust.  Some would like to share theirs with you…

Every pupil is given the name of a British person considered to be a ‘Great Briton’. Their challenge is to research this person and then deliver a solo talk that will persuade their classmates that their person really is the greatest! After everyone has presented, we will vote for the person we think is the Greatest Briton based on the information given and how well the person persuaded us! Good Luck! 

 AND THE WINNER OF THE GREATEST BRITON COMPETITION IS…

JAMIE OLIVER

THANKS TO AMY CAMPBELL’S EXCELLENT PERSUSIVE SPEECH!

WELL DONE AMY!

P.S. DVD COMING TO A CLASSROOM NEAR YOU…

‘Carl Fredicksen, a retired balloon salesman, is part rascal, part dreamer who is ready for his last chance at high-flying excitement. Tying thousands of balloons to his house, Carl sets off to the lost world of his childhood dreams. Unbeknownst to Carl, Russell, an overeager 8-year old Wildnerness Explorer who has never ventured beyond his backyard, is in the wrong place at the wrong time – Carl’s front porch! The world’s most unlikely duo reach new heights and meets fantastic friends like Dug, a dog with a special collar that allows him to speak, and Kevin, the rare 13-foot tall flightless bird. Stuck together in the wilds of the jungle, Carl realizes that sometimes life’s biggest adventures aren’t the ones you set out for.’

http://adisney.go.com/disneyvideos/animatedfilms/up/main.html

Class 2.1 will study plot and characterisation but also look at how directors Pete Doctor and Bob Peterson use cinematographic techniques such as: sound and music, lighting and colour, camerawork and mis-en-scene to create this fantastic film!