This week Keri brought in animal of the week.

What do you know about elephants?

What questions do you have about elephants?

Leave it in  a comment below.

We have been writing Haiku about Africa today in class.

A Haiku is a short poem, which generally contains 3 lines and has 5 syllables in the first and third lines and 7 syllables in the middle line.

Here is a Haiku we wrote as a class.

Cheeky, annoying,

Swingy, Long-tailed, hangable,

Bonkers, crazy, cute!

Can you guess which animal we thought about??

You can find more of our Haiku here.

We have learned about the Masai wedding dance today. Read more about it here and enjoy our dances and compare it with the Masai themselves.

http://youtu.be/X3IVmBfbDhM

Today P4 started emailing our ePal friends in Africa. We have sent our questions to a class in Africa and we will hopefully hear from them soon!

We have been carrying on with our work on time this afternoon. We have made up some questions from the BBC TV schedule. Here are a few examples.

What is on at 10:00?

What is on at 11:00?

How long is the 70’s programme on for?

What starts at 16:30?

What time is cash in the attic on?

What programme is on at 08:00?

Can you answer our questions in the comments or make up some questions of your own?

Print – BBC One London – Schedule, Thursday 17 May 2012

Today we had a visitor, Adam’s sister Leah. She went to Kenya a while ago to build a school. She had lots of great information to share with us about her time in Kenya. She met people from the Maasai Tribe, was invited to a traditional wedding and got a chance to explore Kenya as well as build a fabulous school! She had lots of interesting pictures and artefacts to show us too.

We really enjoyed our visit and hope she would come back again!

We were looking at the story “The Storm” and how the author uses the setting in a story to create a feeling or mood.

Rachel said that when the marsh is described in the summer it makes her feel relaxed. She imagines the marsh to have bunnies hopping around, she can smell the flowers and the river which makes her feel happy. She can also hear the river flowing which relaxes her.

Amy said the river is glittering and sparkly in the summer. Elle said the Ford would be warm. Leah said the river has a soothing sound.

Kai and Melissa said that when the marsh is described in the winter, it makes them feel scared. They imagine the river to be frozen over, the trees are bare which cast scary shadows.

Willa’s house might have smashed windows because of the storm.

Emma said she will use this technique in her writing to create a mood.

In maths we are studying co-ordinates. We created maps of Africa and plotted some points. Then we tested our friends to see if they can name the co-ordinates of certain places.  Have a go!

Where is:

-Mount Kili?

-Egypt?

-The River Nile?

Moroco?

As part of our Eco Challenge we made Top Trump Cards about endangered species. We learned lots of interesting facts about different species.

This week Ami brought in animal of the week.

What do you know about a gorilla?

What questions do you have about a gorilla?

Leave it in  a comment below!