Last Friday we took part in the second Big Balbardie Blether of the session.  We got into our vertical learning groups to discuss our views on our playground.  We shared our opinion on whether we loved, liked or disliked our playground and stated how we think we can improve it.  The adults will collate our ideas and feedback the results in due course.

In writing last week we wrote our own fable.  A fable is a short story with a moral.  (Morals teach us a lesson.) Normally in a fable the main characters are animals and the setting is outside.  Before we wrote our own, we listened to the stories ‘The Wolf and the Crane’, ‘The Ant and the Dove’ and ‘The Boy who Cried Wolf’.  We used all the information to create our own stories.  We will redraft our work and read our stories to our buddies.

Last week, we were given a series of word problems.  They were catch phrases which enabled us to develop our thinking skills.  For example, on the board the letters MCE MCE MCE were displayed.  Meadow figured out that this represented Three Blind Mice because the letter I was missing from each word!  We enjoyed this problem solving activity.  There are some examples below for you to try at home!  We will reveal the answers next week 🙂

9                     head       funny funny words words words words

cumulous            heels

secret <——–          give give give give get get get get

secret

secret

is is is is is is is is is is        m1llion      vad    ers

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Have fun and good luck!

Article 28- Right to an Education

Row of the week- rows 2 & 5

Class dojo winner- Millie

Pupil of the week- Zoe

Answers- On cloud 9, head over heals , too funny for words , top secret , forgive and forget , tennis , one in a million , space invaders and missing you!