How does electricity get to our homes?

http://powerup.ukpowernetworks.co.uk/over-11/electric-journey/take-the-electric-journey.aspx

Examples of poetry

www.kidsgen.com/rhymes_and_poems

How have scientists helped us to use electricity?

How have scientists and inventors helped us to use electricity in our homes?



Find out more...

Celebrating St George's Day

We created scripts, characters and an animation to tell the story of St George and the Dragon as an animation!!

NEWS FLASH : DRAGON ATTACKS MAN!!!

Find out more from our on the scene reporters...

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories/george-and-the-dragon

Making compasses in science

Finding out more about ... inventors

A few resources to help you with your research on inventors...

Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century
www.greatachievements.org/ 

History of Inventions: Inventions That Changed the Way We Live
/www.cbc.ca/kids/

Top 10 Inventions and Inventors of All Time
http://library.thinkquest.org/J001725/openingpage.html?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0613 

Biographies of inventors:

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/scientists/scientists_and_inventors.php

 

Henry Ford
www.cbc.ca/kids/ 

Eli Whitney
http://www.eliwhitney.org/ew.htm 

Thomas Alva Edison
www.nps.gov/edis/big-three.htm 

Orville and Wilbur Wright
http://www.firstflight.org/shrine/wright_brothers.cfm 

Finding out more about inventions...

There are lots of links for kids about inventions and inventors on the internet.

You can search using terms like:
Inventions for kids
History of the ____ for kids
Who invented the _____?

If you are stuck for an answer, these sites can also help...

Zoom Inventors and Inventions
www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/indexc.shtml 

History of Inventions
www.cbc.ca/kids/

National Inventors Hall of Fame: Index of Inventions
www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_1_search.asp

Watching the eclipse

As we were outside today, we saw the amazing, marvellous and unforgettable eclipse. When it was almost time, we grabbed some paper and made a pin hole projector so that we could watch the moon go past the sun. We saw the moon overlap the blinding sun. We used the pinhole projectors so that we could see the eclipse safely. Kayleigh said that, "I think the eclipse was amazing!" Aimee said that, "if you stare into the sun you can damage your eyes so don't do it!" Tyreece told us that, "As we watched the eclipse,the moon overlapped the sun slowly." We found out that as good as it is to watch the amazing eclipse, you should also be very careful while watching the experience.

We are film makers!!!

Behind the scenes on our advert making!!!

Happy World Book Day!!

Tell us all about your all time favourite book.....

Explore Sao Paulo

Compare wealthy areas like :

 

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@-23.606446,-46.702673,3a,75y,305.17h,120.24t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sZ2wPQS-8aQouGg4MZhFTRQ!2e0?hl=en

 

With poorer areas like:

 

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@-23.607488,-46.700461,3a,75y,298.11h,91.5t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sTWdasUfC9s2xkhEWeFNE6Q!2e0?hl=en

Resources about the heart!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/z9dg9j6

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/pictures/humanbody/heartdiagram.html

http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&np=152&id=1446

Our sense poems about Lincoln

The sense of Lincoln by Corie

Lincoln, Lincoln, oh lovely old Lincoln

Where the birds dance in the sky,

The wind whispered as I walk past,

The snow is a freezing cold fridge,

It’s fantastic when the wind swiftly blows lovely air at you,

You walk on the rock hard path as your feet melt into the dirty sloppy mud,

The wind is so strong it was blowing me over

The clouds are black and the rain is smashing to the ground like wrecking balls

Lincoln, Lincoln, oh lovely old Lincoln

 

A sense of Lincoln  by Jamie

I can see the icy paths and the empty trees,

I can hear the wind whooshing and cars driving

I can feel the snow and the snow is as white as feathers   

I can small the fires that people have lit and the petrol from cars

 Lincoln, glorious Lincoln by Stefan

As you walk you can hear the sound of birds chirping in the air,

Rain falls and kisses my cheek,

Buses driving with their engines gushing with smoke,

Trees swishing side to side ,

Feel the wind blow through your hair, 

Water is rushing down the muddy streams it’s a dream,

Steam coming from the station, 

Eagles screaming like an engine,

Dogs growling while being woken up

MORE POETRY PERFORMANCES TO COME!!

Our international day presentations

Class 11 have worked their socks off today!

The children created AMAZING PowerPoints about their dream holiday destination, using information that they researched and persuasive language.

They are SO good that we decided to put them all online!!

GO CLASS 11!!!

Tyler and Jersey


Tyreece and Kayeligh

Paige

Madison and Christan


Lilly Deaglan and Kelvin


Kelsey and Paul


Jonathon, James and Jenna


Grace and Corie

Daniel, Aaron and Leah

Ben and Jamie

International Day

Today was international day so we wrote presentations and there were four activities. The activities were clay modelling, food tasting, around the world paintings and Indian paintings. Some comments from our class!

I loved cooking the Spanish food!

I liked learning new SPanish words! 

I liked making the Eiffel Tower with clay!

I made a Stonehenge model!

W learnt how to make a boring dish into an exciting one!

My favourite part of the presentation was when I told everyone stuff that they didn't know!

Linking science and literacy

We created beautiful collages in geography to show the different biomes around the world.

Then we used our poetic skills to turn our creations into image poems! 

We used similes, metaphors, alliteration, onomatopoeia and personification in our work.

Please leave a comment, you could write a good example of one of these poetic techniques!!

Hello New Zealand!

We are looking forward to chatting with schools around the world over the next few weeks.

We can't wait to share our ideas and learning with our partners in New Zealand...

http://matarikiwbs.blogspot.co.nz/

Congratulations Jonathan

Jonathan has worked so hard to get his pen licence! Congratulations!!

New pen licenses- congratulations!!!

Amazing start to 2015!!

'We have been all around the world today!! Share our adventure....

Well done Class 11

We had a lovely comment from a member of the public who spoke to Leah and Paige at our book launch. I wanted to share it as I was so proud!!

“I was lucky enough to be ‘caught’ by two of your pupils in Lincoln this week and what fantastic children they were. I know that they wanted to sell me their book but they were so knowledgeable and engaging that I wanted you to know that Paige and Leah really impressed me. I worked with senior school children in Southampton ten years ago and would have been proud if they had been my pupils. Well done St Giles I hope you go from strength to strength!”