I was at fireworks night. There was a huge bonfire and lots and lots of fireworks. They were very good and they were all different colours like green and blue and gold. But there was no red ones. Suddenly… Right when I thought the fireworks were going to end a huge huge huge red one zoomed into the air. It was bigger and more colourful then the other fireworks. This one went higher and was faster. The firework stayed in the air much much longer then the rest of the fireworks did. Then I thought… This firework must be magic!
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Halloween
Wednesday
We were busy making Halloween decorations for the Halloween party in the hall at the weekend. We had great fun making lots of different things. Miss Nicholson had lots of activities for us to choose from, she put all the choices on the board and we chose 2 we wanted to do. We could make hanging bats, paper chain ghosts, ghost garlands, witches, spider webs, hanging ghosts and lots more. We tried to make the spiders web out of black bags but they didn’t work so we chose other things. We really liked making the paper chain ghost.
Thursday
We learned French words for a witch, a pumpkin, a ghost, a black cat, a pointy hat, a spider and a skeleton:
See if you can work them out!
- Une sorcièr
- Un chat noir
- Une araignée
- Une citrouille
- Un fantôme
- Un chapeau pointu
- Un squelette
Miss Nicholson put pictures of these things around the room, she would say one of them and we would have to stand next to the picture we thought it was. The first time we did this a few of us got a bit mixed up but once she tried it again we all got them right.
We also got to play a quick game of heads down, thumbs up but in french. Instead you would say: “tête baissée, pouces levés” and to say put your head up is “levez la tête”
After French Miss Nicholson split the class into two groups and gave us the bones of a skeleton and asked us to try and put it back together. We worked really well as a team and it didn’t take us long to put him together again. Both groups did make 1 mistake but it wasn’t a big one. We thought this was fun!
Friday
Today after we watched newsround we took the Halloween quiz. Did you know that the old name for Halloween is Samhain and that people in the middle ages were suspicious of black cats because they thought they were witches?! Hundreds of years ago people thought that ghosts would try to return to their old homes on Halloween so to avoid being recognized by theses ghosts, people would wear masks when they left their homes after dark so that the ghosts would mistake them for other spirits. So this is why we dress up!
We used words associated with Halloween for our spelling activities. We all brainstormed and came up with one to put on the board.
During golden time Miss Nicholson brought in a couple of pumpkins for us to carve. A few of us stayed in the classroom to help. We had great fun working together to create these! Everyone had a shot at scooping out the insides. It was very messy but great! When we were waiting for our turn we designed a face for the pumpkin. Once everyone had drawn something we put them on the floor and we chose 2 that we wanted. Miss Nicholson counted up the votes before she carved them for us. She said a couple of us could take them home if we wanted so we put up our hands to see who wanted them and then used lolly sticks to chose 2 people. This was the fairest way. Colvin and Lucy were the 2 chosen to take them home. 🙂
Myths Around the World
Primary 4/5 have been very busy this past few weeks researching myths and legends around the world. Once they gathered all of their research they created a presentation. They had the choice of how they wished to present their information – most groups chose Power Point, although there were a few groups that chose to have a poster alongside their Power Point. We looked at presentation skills before they presented their work to the rest of the class. There were lots of questions asked after each presentation which sparked great discussion within the class. A lot of hard work was put into their presentation and it showed! Well done P4/5!
Kanchana’s Imaginative Story!
One sunny morning I woke up in my lovely cottage. I was walking to the kitchen but before I reached it I saw a door I had never seen before. I was curious so I opened it and behind it was the beach. It was so sunny,the sea was looking yellow.I went along the sand and I found a cave. Inside it was pitch black and then suddenly the cave lit up and I could see a woman. She had a long black dress trailing behind her, black and red sparkly shoes, a glowing staff, a black crown with particles floating around it and burning red eyes. She said her name was Cerca. She laughed an evil laugh and asked me what my name was and I said “Kanchana”. She came closer to me and very weirdly touched me and I fell into a porthole but just as I was going to go down in to it I heard Cerca saying “good luck in the time of myths and legends, ha ha ha”. I wondered what she meant because it looked like I was going to find out. At first it looked like I was in a desert but it turned out to be an arena. and I heard someone saying “little girl verses Hercules” and I was l was like “what or more like when”. Now I know what Cerca time of myth and legends because that’s what this place is, a place where myths and legends LIVE! I still have to battle Hercules. I heard he killed a three headed dog! I thought about weapons to kill him and it came to life. I had a shield as gold as all the riches in the world. I had a sword that looked as sharp as a machete. I used it like a dart and it cut right through his head, it was disgusting sight, blood spread everywhere. then I had to keep teleporting to different placesand having to defeat different myths and legends like medusa,pegasus and even a cyclops. the last teleport place was at a dark forest and there, on the top of a rock stood cerca and next to her was a person that I regonized. It was a friend from school but there was something different about her. She had BUTTERFLY WINGS! I said “hi” to Emily. Emily flew to me and said she was half butterfly-half human! It was a big shock. Cerca said the only way to go home was if I killed her. So I thought of a boy and Cerca burst into flames. Emily asked how I knew to do that? I said because girls in my class hate boys. THE END! Teacher that’s what I did this weekend!
100 word challenge
One afternoon in my room I was reading a book and my mam came through and said come through to the sitting room immediatly! There was a terrible noise then … in the middle of the noise their was a big crash we took a look out the window there was a plane with lots of injured people so we had to call the ambulance for help. All of the people got to the hospital safely. 10 minutes later we were cleaning in the garden and I noticed something it was a chest with a golden lock without a key.
100 word challenge
Once I was watching tv and I heard a noise, then in the middle of the noise there was a bang. I looked around then I heard it again, my mam said “did you hear the bang?” I said “yes I did” it was a big bang. I went through in to my kitchen and it was my cat jumpinmg on the bin. I said “you are a silly cat, you scared me! I thought someone was trying to prank me or for halloween.” The next day the same noise was there, this time there was a ghost I was scared!
David’s newspaper
I did a good newspaper report about a Hydra in the tingwall loch. It was about our topic and we were lerning about newspapers.
Teagan’s Imaginative story
We had to write a story about a secret door, this is my story.
The secret woods
One day three kids Jack, Katy and Rose are brother and sister. Katy and Rose are twins and they went exploring in the woods one day. In the woods they found a magic door in a tree they tried opening it but it was locked. Later that day the kids found a key under the welcome mat, the welcome mat is at the door at door of the house. They thought hard of what it was for but then they remembered it might be for the door in the tree. Later that night Jack, Katy and Rose sneaked out of the house and went to the woods with the key and put it in the key hole to see if it would fit. It did then it turned all by it’s self like magic and then it sucked the kids in the door. When they opened their eyes they were standing in a magic world. They saw little animals walking around on two legs and SPEAKING! It was like a magic animal land. The next day the kids said goodbye to there new friends and they want to go exploring more in the woods and find more doors.
Seth’s newspaper
I feel I did a good newspaper article on the minotaur because our topic is myths and legends and I want to share it on the blog.
Ruby Duncan’s imaginative story
The Toilet Door
We get on the plane and go to our seats. It is very noisy because a baby is crying. I sit down in my seat. “Can I go to the toilet Mam before the plane takes off?” I ask Mam. “Yes” says Mam. So I walk up to the bathroom. I notice the door is sparkling and shining, flashing red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. I look around. No-one else seemed to notice it. I ask a lady sitting in one of the back seats. “Why is that door shining?” I ask. “It’s not shining! Don’t be silly!” Laughs the lady. Hmm. So it’s only me that can see it. I wonder about opening the door. I pull the handle. No it’s locked. But I see a gold glittery key lying on the ground. I pick it up and unlock the door. Just as I enter the bathroom I notice something. The toilet has grown eyes, a mouth, a nose and arms! I’m scared. Suddenly the toilet stretches out his arms. He pulls me into the toilet head first. I taste dirt. I hear air whooshing past. I feel terrified. I see green and blue and white. I smell different things. Suddenly there’s a huge BANG. I look around. There is dirt everywhere and it’s damp and it smells weird. I figure out I’m in the drain. I hear a little tapping noise. A yellow minion wearing dungarees stands next to me. “Ello!” Says the minion. “I Bob! Me Minion!” He squeaks. “I stuck! I stuck!” He yells. Then I see a huge black shadow approaching… “Bob hide!” I hiss. Bob runs behind a rock. The shadow is growing bigger. And bigger. AND BIGGER! I scream as I see what’s making the shadow. An old lady with white hair, golden glasses, wearing a knitted pink scarf and a red cardigan and a black skirt. I gasp. She is holding a tray of brownies which have a sign on them saying DO NOT EAT. “Would you like a brownie?” Asked the old lady. I wasn’t sure if I should eat one. They looked so good but they said DO NOT EAT on them… I took one. I tasted it. It was delicious. BANG. The lady was gone. Oh no… I think. BANG. I’m starting to shrink! I look at my hands. They’ve turned yellow! I’ve turned into a minion. “Bob!” I shout. “Look! I’m a minion!” Bob comes running towards me. “I know how to escape!” Yells Bob. He shows me a ladder going up out of the drain. The ladder is very tall and rusty but me and Bob climb up. But just as we’re nearly at the top… Bob slips! I catch him though and we escape out of the drain. We get on to the street. I spot a plane flying overhead. It must be the plane I was on! “We have to hurry Bob!” I say. But Bob has already run into a huge building. “Bob wait!” I shout. But he’d already run into the building. I wait for about ten minutes. People are starting to stare at me and they say “Oh look a minion!”. Just then Bob appeared again. He was holding two jet packs. We put them on. And we zoomed up to the plane. We went in. My parents didn’t even notice I’d gone. I had turned back into a human again! “Who’s this minion?” Asked Mam. “My pet Bob” I said. “OK” said Mam.
The end.
