Room12sBlog2008

Have a look at the latest comments!  Perhaps someone would like to write back to Room23 and answer some of the questions?

Have a great weekend everyone.  Zac has the mice - so I wonder if he’ll get any sleep?

I will post homework and next week’s programme over the weekend. 

PS - We are still in the lead for the Habitrail Mouse House!

Lesley

Glistening Forest 

Sunlight streams through the towering trees filling the forest with a warm light. Birds chirp, singing their morning song. The forest is waking up. Dry dirt crumbles under my feet. A beautiful bird with bright, colourful feathers swoops over me, forcing me to duck. Tiny insects emerge from the soil and crawl quickly away. A slight breeze rustles through the trees. I shudder. Cold, crisp air floats through my nose, making me sneeze. The flax bushes whisper to each other as another gust of wind rushes through the forest. Suddenly a cloud covers the sun and rain starts to fall through the tall branches. I pull my coat close around me and run towards the batch. Brown, battered leaves crunch under my feet. I stumble over the roots. The trees start to disappear behind me. I rush through the front door of the batch. Home again! 

By Elaїs

The Blog Awards will take place in Week Nine of this term. Nominations will be taken in Week Eight. Four finalists will compete for first, second, third and fourth place. The first place winner will receive a unique ‘blogger toy’ handmade by Lesley.  The runners-up will receive a mini ‘blogger’. The success criteria will be posted in the next few days. Keep posted to find out what you need to do to be a winner.

I had a very quick look through your writing samples today.  They look very good.   Wendy told me that she really enjoyed listening to you sharing your writing today and that the writing was of a very high standard.  Well done everyone. 

Our next piece of writing will be a scientific report of an experiment.  We will be learning how to use appropriate scientific language within an appropriate format.

Mary chatted to me about your song writing that you are doing in music class.  I thought it would work well to write some poetry next week  - to tie in with song writing!  I will bring some poems and song lyrics to study on Monday.

Science

I found this video which is about the formation of a star - pretty much what we have been reading  about in Lucy and Stephen Hawkins’ novel.