Monthly Archive for January, 2009

Money maths

Below are the money games that you may use this lesson. Enjoy!

Money Splat
Price Challenge (20p)
Price Challenge (50p)
Change Exchanger
The Change Game

Pirate research

Yo-ho-ho, here are some links to get you going with pirate research. Arrghhh!

Pirate weapons

Pirate ships

Women pirates

Pirate punishment

Blackbeard

Star of the week - Isaac

Isaac has been chosen to be our new star of the week for working incredibly well during English lessons and for being a good friend. Well done for working so hard this week Isaac - keep up the brilliant learning. Have a great week as our class star! :)

Shiver me timbers!

Ahoy scallywags. Next week be pirate week. Aye.

Use the website links below to start learning about pirates.

Pirate quiz

Pirate flags

The pirates’ song

Treasure hunt

Star of the week - Elliott

Apologies for not adding this post to my blog during the week, but as you may know, I’ve been very busy over the last few days. Elliott was chosen a week ago on Friday to be the class star of the week for helping others build dens in the paddock and for being a good friend. Well done Elliott - thanks for being such a helpful member of Year Four. I hope that you enjoyed your week as our star! :)

Comic Creator

Today in ICT you are going to use the Comic Creator to create a cartoon strip. Click here to start the Comic Creator. :)

Fill the gaps

Have a go at filling the gaps in the sentences below for a sticker. You may get a bonus sticker if you use different words for said and impressive adverbs. :)

“What are you looking at?” ________ James ____________.

“Oi, come back here!” ________ Sarah ____________.

“I’m too tired to do my homework,” ________ Andrew ____________.

“Have you seen my phone?” ________ Joe ____________.

Garfield’s Comic Creator

Click here to make comics with Garfield’s Comic Creator. Enjoy! :)

Star of the week - Owen

Owen has been crowned this week’s star of the week for being a good friend and for being a good football captain. Owen worked hard during golden time on Friday to organise a football match for some of the boys in the class. Well done Owen - have a great week as our star! :)

The Sonning Common walk

Click here to view a satellite map of our school and Sonning Common in preparation for our walk on Thursday. Is there anywhere that you’d like to go? What would you like to see?

Have a brilliant weekend champions! :)

Star of the week - Ella

Ella has been chosen to be this week’s star of the week for being a happy class member and for being a good friend. Well done Ella - you definitely deserve to be the star of the week this week - thanks for all of the fun that you bring to school! :)

Download Google Earth

Click here to download the amazing Google Earth software that I showed you today. Always ask the owner of the computer you are using for permission to download anything before you do so.

When you have clicked on the link above, click on the ‘Agree and Download’ button and follow the instructions on the screen. Please ask an adult to help you download and install the software.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone!

Just a quick reminder: you are welcome to bring a small Christmas present into school on your first day back to show the class. Please don’t bring in anything expensive or anything that might break easily.

I’ll see you on Tuesday! :)