Tudor Roses

Class have just finished their Tudor Roses - come in and see them!

Rise of the ROBOTS

Yes, at the moment they may look like the shoebox that's missing from your wardrobe...but soon they will transform into pneumatic marvels!

Flashback to Christmas

The children in the first picture look familiar...

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Mr Short writes: the page is being updated a lot this week, so it may not be there!

At The End Of The Assembly - featuring The Chins

ONE HUNDRED POSTS!

This is one of our favourite things this year - The Alan Taylor Crash Pod Challenge! Even a little bit of Alan is yummy!

We used this video in our Assembly but it was a bit longer then because we included personal bits. Did you like our video? We are doing more D&T with Mr Short at the moment.

Class 5

Mr Short writes: an especially big thank you to Andy Stanton for sending the children signed art from his latest book. Well done to the children for making 100 posts.

Read all about it...

Latest edition of the Lamonical Chronical!

Malaria Competition

The Malaria Webpage in case you wanted to see what the judges have selected. Not us unfortunately!

As promised...

I have added your Tudor video. You worked well as a class to make this and it looks great. Not only did you make the video but you wrote and recorded your own script!

You now have the skills to make a Photo Story 3 video and you have seen how Movie Maker works. You also know how to record your own sounds using Sound Recorder, so you are well on your way to making your own videos and becoming the next big thing in Hollywood.

Have a great holiday and stay safe!

Meet Edgar...in glorious 3-D

Personal information:
Name: Edgar Eco
Age: as old as time itself
Gender: male
Job: saving the world
Favourite colour: green
Favourite food: healthy food, especially anything green
Favourite vegetable: Green beans
Favourite drink: Gree...water! Is apple juice green?
Favourite music: Green Day
Favourite sport: everything and anything that increases his heart rate
Favourite book: Green eggs and ham & Spud goes Green
Favourite school: Gree....Northleach!
Favourite country: Greenland

How do you solve a problem like Malaria?

This afternoon Class 5 entered a competition to design a sticker for National Geographic Kids Magazine. The sticker would warn people about Malaria - hopefully we will win! Keep your fingers crossed!

Bread!

We made this...and now we're going to eat it!

A massive thanks to Mrs Ager for making it possible x

Introducing Edgar Eco!

Edgar Eco is the Northleach Eco mascot (Click on picture to see him dance)

He travels around the world saving us from pollution and he is very good at it...the best! He is helping us to win an Eco School award, so if you need him you must say, "Edgar, we need you!" He was invited to our school by a Year 5 girl.

Green Day

Food a fact of life - learn where your food came from!

Resourceful Schools Project - lots of green ideas!

Asking questions about historical artefacts

Today Class 5 asked more historical questions. We had started this with the Mary Rose.

We looked at a mystery artefact and wrote:

• What we knew for sure about it.
• What we thought we knew about it.
• What we would like to know about it.

Here are some of our guesses: salt & pepper shaker, herb grinder, flower arranging and a pattern maker for cookery.

Mr Short writes:

The artefact was borrowed from a local museum. The children thought it was magical, which is quite refreshing in an age of PlayStation 3 and Xbox. Some children guessed when they saw me filling up the sink with water, but pupils asking questions and having enquiring minds was my success criteria. So, what do you think it was used for? Click on the video above and have a guess!

At The End Of The Assembly

Mrs Football’s lot were kicked out,
Mr Crab’s class marched out,
Mr Rabbit’s class bounced out,
Miss Honey’s class walked sweetly out.

Mr Time’s class were ticked off,
Mr Show’s class came back for an encore,
Mrs Badminton’s class made a terrible racket,
Mr Flower’s class came out smelling of roses.

Mr Pancake’s class flipped out,
Mrs Light’s class outshone everyone,
Mrs Egg’s class scrambled out,
Mr Bin’s lot emptied out.

Mr Math’s class doubled up,
Mr Bullet’s class zoomed out,
Mr Tune’s class played up,
Mrs Stain’s class left their mark.

Mr Tier’s class went down,
Miss Quarrel’s lot fell out,
Mr Bump’s lot crashed out,
Miss Chicken’s class were shooed out.

Mr Jail’s class broke out,
Miss Orange’s class peeled away,
Miss Fell’s class fell out with each other,
Miss Sing’s class disappeared.

Thursday Afternoon: R.E & Easter

Thursday was a very busy day for Class 5, we didn't rest after the Tudor Assembly! In the afternoon we looked at the Last Supper and used drama and freeze framing to ask thoughtful questions. Half of the class were marking and awarding stickers for good work, then we swapped around. It was hard to match the picture and at the same time think about what we had just read! The next day we showed our work in the sharing assembly!

Mr Short writes: I think this is the best video of the children's work yet, it really is spine tingling stuff and makes me realise how much Year 4 have grown since September. If anyone would like to see this video please feel free to come in after school.

Thursday Morning: Tudor Assembly

Thank you for coming to see Class 5's 20 minute take on Tudor history! The children had this up and running in 4 hours. Not only did it demonstrate how much they had remembered, but how enthusiastic they have been towards this subject. They really brought it to life...and often at my expense I might add (see picture above) :) Practising the Tudor Pavanne in the playground in front of window cleaners can now be added to a list that includes performing the Gruffalo to Class 4 in front of builders and reading the Iron Man to an audience of plumbers...if only they knew that being a Primary Teacher is the best job in the world!

Class 2

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Explanations

We have been designing machines that do CRAZY jobs. We have been designing them to help us write explanations.

Wings

If I had wings
I would open up a wormhole
and nervously slip through.

If I had wings
I would come to school
before anyone else.

If I had wings
I would hover on the roof
and listen in on the staffroom.

If I had wings I would
ascend to the edge of life
and swoop to the centre of the Earth.

If I had wings
I would glide across the beach
letting the sand build up in my feathers.

If I had wings
I would slumber on the clouds until the
light of the morning overcomes the dark of the night.

If I had wings
I would fly over toy shops and see beautiful
stuffed toys in the gorgeously clean windows.

If I had wings
I would touch the tops of the heavens
and taste December’s breeze.

If I had wings
I would search the sea
and find the next Mary Rose.

If I had wings
I would sit on the moon
and touch it’s rocky surface.

If I had wings
I would go far and wide without anyone seeing me
to find the oldest gold in faraway places.

If I had wings
I would eat a piece of cloud pie
with blue sky cream.

If I had wings
I would glide over the houses like a boomerang
zooming across the sky on a sunny day.

If I had wings
I would stroke the tips
of the coldest crystal.

If I had wings
I would never ask how I
got these magical powers.

If I had wings
I would fly up and up to see if the sky
really does go on forever.

If I had wings
I would taste the raindrops
and feel the sun’s heat daily.

If I had wings
I would gather up guns
from the soldiers at war.

If I had wings
I would feel the top of the rainbow
and sniff the scent of the sea.

If I had wings
I would cool everyone down
if they’re hot today.

If I had wings
I would feel the comfort of clouds resting on me
and sleep until dawn when the sun comes back.

If I had wings
I would pick up worms
and take them to the birds…

If I had wings I would
gaze at the evening pink and orange colours
and feel its gentle breeze…

It was so silent that....

It was so calm I sensed
the sun spinning around the Earth
at a thousand miles an hour…

It was so silent
I heard the breeze pushing against the window
like a ship forcing the sea apart…

It was so silent
I heard the trees say,
“Look, that girl is picking fruit off us again.”

It was so calm
I sensed people singing far, far away
Like a butterfly flapping it’s wings….

It was so silent
I heard moaning floorboards
like a child that doesn’t get it’s way

It was so calm that
I heard the tree roots crack and break the cold soil
and disturb the innocent worm…

It was so calm that
I heard a bird’s nest hit the branches of a tree
like a radiator puffing and panting with exhaustion…

It was so peaceful
I heard the swooping of bats in a quarry
like sawdust being blown around in a tornado…

It was so silent
that I heard voices of the spirits
saying, “Come join us” in heaven…

It was so silent
that I heard the tap dripping on a metal bowl
like the sweet sound of chimes...

It was so calm
that I heard my heart beating gently
in the morning light…

It was so silent
I heard a rubber falling onto a book
like oars slapping the sea.

It was so calm
I sensed a tree in winter growing
leaves again like a resurrection…

If was so still
that I heard my blood pump
to the beat of African drums…

It was so mild
I heard my brain rustle to think of an idea
like maple leaves rustling to struggle free…

It was so silent
I heard the leaves one the trees rustle
like a plastic bag in the wind…

It was so peaceful
that I heard pages of a book being turned
like a mother stroking her child’s hair…


It was so calm
that I heard the buzz of my dad’s shower
like bees buzzing through the sky…

It was so silent
that I heard the sun turn from morning to evening
like the world was falling down…

It was so silent
I heard statues frozen still
like a pond in the winter…

It was so still
that I heard the rain trickle down the window
trying to get in the house to calm down…

It was so silent
I heard a cow mooing
like a whistle without a ball inside…

It was so silent
that I heard aliens speak
in human voices from the heavens…

Every child in Class 5 wrote a verse.

Angles

It was a few weeks ago now - but can you still remember the work we did on angles?

Click here to play a game where you guess the number of degrees in an acute or obtuse angle. You might like to hide the protractor to make it more tricky!

Sulgrave Manor

We survived numerous executions and illnesses. Some of us were even accused of treason or burned at the stake! We even found out first hand the difference between being rich or poor in Tudor times. But after all that we washed up Tudor style with the help of our servants and tucked into a Tudor meal which everyone agreed was great fun - above are just a few examples of the Tudor packed lunches and a larger picture of our generous host!

Class 5

Easter Workshop

It was a fun day and a pleasure to see each age group work together and make something special - please come and have a look at our garden after school!

Happy Easter

We wrote this poem today...

Henry the Eighth he had six wives,
do you want to know about their lives?
Divorced, beheaded then one died,
divorced, beheaded one survived!

Catherine of Aragon was a Spanish princess,
and Henry the VIII was 18 - no less.
She married the king in 1509,
when we talk about wives, she was first in line.

Anne Boleyn was the second wife,
but you definitely couldn’t say she had a long life.
They chopped off her head and this was the reason,
they called her a witch and charged her with treason.

Jane Seymour the ghost haunts the Hampton Court stairs,
Edward, her child was the next male heir.
They had lots of love and Henry savoured it,
there was no doubt that she was his favourite.

Anne of Cleves she looked like a horse,
and that’s why Henry would ask for divorce.
She eventually died in 1557,
She’d outlived Henry, they’re both now in heaven.

Catherine Howard was the fifth queen,
but with other men I’m afraid she was seen
She had other loves, and Henry once said,
“I’ve had enough – let’s chop off her head.”

Katherine Parr was the sixth and last wife,
but Henry was close to the end of his life
Henry VIII with his feelings low,
left Katherine Parr as a lonely widow.

Written by all of Class 5

Angles & LOGO

For all those pupils who still want to practise their ICT and Maths here are some interesting LOGO commands for you to try.

Well done this week, you drew really precise angles in your Maths books and followed it up with some fantastic LOGO programming!

Tennis

I like tennis. Last monday I went in a competition I won the gold medal and certificate.

Different

As I drove into the car park at the supermarket in London. It looked terribly different; the doors were off their hinges and were squeaking like an out of tune violin on note E sharp. The windows were smashed like grass, which had just been mowed on a summer’s day in the morning.
I searched briefly to find a parking space along the ripped road. I couldn’t see a living person around in the car park; it had been the easiest parking yet. I could hear a few tills beeping from inside the supermarket, like lasers beaming down to Earth. As Big Ben struck 12 the sky began to darken. I crept along the road to the squeaking doors of the supermarket.
I entered; gripped with fear.
There were a few people in the fruit section (where I was), I turned to the diseased pears…
Then I heard a cracking sound behind me, the diseased fruit started to fall off the rack. I turned around again to find a hole; behind there was endless black!
Black!
Black!
Crash went the fruit falling to the floor.
Crash.
Crash.
Crash.
As pears fell into the hole, they disappeared faster that the light, I clung on a fruit rack for dear life.
It was no use!

I got pulled in…

Daniel Pickles on Mars

And then it happened, the rocky red ground began to quietly crack. Suddenly the flaming red ground broke and Daniel Pickles our hero fell into some Martians’ unfriendly head quarters inside the red planet Mars.
He saw a N.A.S.A lazer gun on the floor, lying in front of him, filled to the top with Robinson’s non added sugar apple & blackcurrant Ribena (a deadly drink to Martians). As he picked it up he thought of braveness and royalty.

Two Martians with smooth black skin, burning red eyes, rusty old gladiator helmets and greasy old fur coats had come racing around the corner to investigate the noise.
With a
ZAP!
ZAP!
ZAP!
The two Martians fell to the ground.
Dead.
Unmoving
Silent.
Daniel Pickles was safe, but not for long…
The emergency alarm started ringing, a voice called out, “All Martians report to the control room, Daniel Pickles is here!” Daniel ran, ran for his life. The Martians were a few metres from him.
BANG!
They tried to shoot him, Daniel looked back and then…
SMACK!
“Oh great, a dead end!” The Martians had caught up with him. A Commander came up to him and said, “Drop your weapon now Pickles!” ….
© 2008

Class 2 EXCLUSIVE!

Class 2 have been studying Kenya as part of their topic work on Africa. They created some amazing Art and politely visited Class 5 to invite us to take pictures. We were happy to go and practise using a digital camera!

Class 5

The Kirifuri Waterfall At Mt. Kurokami In Shimotsuke Province

Year 6 are dealing with it

Year 6 have started to record the progress we are making towards a greener school. You can read about their findings here

6 x 7 = ?

Don't forget to practise those multiplication facts!

Here is a webpage that will help you.

The Iron Man & Class 5

Earlier this month Class 5 began studying imaginary worlds by looking at different settings and comparing them to each other.

Below is a sample of work for those parents who are unable to see the children's display work in class. This work was a response to passages taken from The Iron Man by Ted Hughes and The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe by C.S Lewis.

Two pupils used a digital camera to take pictures of paintings inspired by those settings.

Down the cliff the Iron Man came toppling, head over heels.

CRASH!
CRASH!
CRASH!

From rock to rock, snag to snag, tumbling slowly. And as he crashed and crashed and crashed
His iron legs fell off.
His iron arms broke off, and the hands broke off the arms.
His great iron ears fell off and his eyes fell out.
His great iron head fell off.
All the separate pieces tumbled, scattered, crashing, bumping, clanging, down on to the rocky beach far below.
A few rocks tumbled with him.
Then
Silence.
Only the sound of the sea, chewing away at the edge of the rocky beach, where the bits and pieces of the Iron Man lay scattered far and wide, silent and unmoving.

Only one of the iron hands, lying beside an old, sand-logged washed-up seaman’s boot, waved its fingers for a minute, like a crab on its back. Then it lay still.

While the stars went on wheeling through the sky and the wind went on tugging at the grass on the cliff-top and the sea went on boiling and booming.

Nobody knew the Iron Man had fallen.
Night passed.
Just before dawn, as the darkness grew blue and the shapes of the rocks separated from each other, two seagulls flew crying over the rocks.

The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe

Instead of finding himself stepping out into the spare room he found himself stepping out from the shadow of some thick dark fir trees into an open place in the middle of a wood.

There was crisp, dry snow under his feet and more snow lying on the branches of the trees. Overhead there was pale blue sky, the sort of sky one sees on a fine winter day in the morning. Straight ahead of him he saw between the tree-trunks the sun, just rising very red and clear. Everything was perfectly still, as if he were the only living creature in that country. There was not a robin or a squirrel among the trees, and the wood stretched as far as he could see in every direction. He shivered.

Our imaginary world

We created a scene in an imaginary world, we used our whiteboards to make notes about the atmosphere. We wanted a serious atmosphere, Mr Short did his at home and showed it to us.

We had about 5 minutes to get ready, then we had to be quiet for the camera! I was very keen because I find it quite hard to think what to write. My friend was a little nervous because he felt like he was on television!

Later we watched most of the films, some people were a little shy so they watched theirs later.

We're going to write our story soon. We might make a class book!

We are studying Tudors with Mr Short!

This is a website I found. Go on www.usborne-quicklinks.com it has Tudors games and facts!

Received 28.1.08

Dear Mr Short and class,

I am just writing to say a big thank you for the fantastic card I received today. I love the false teeth in the middle!!! I love the card so much I am going to put it on display in the main entrance. I am glad you enjoyed yourselves and I know you'll never forget the legend of the false teeth!

It was a pleasure to have you here at the sewage works and you were a real credit to your school.

Keep up the good work.

Yours Sincerely

Mark Stead and Dumpy

Mr Short writes: Well done Class 5, of course I expected nothing less! I'm glad you enjoyed your time at Hayden with Mark.

We have a new hall

We can't wait for...

We are really excited about having Jeremy Strong come to our school as he is one of our favourite authors. Our new hall will be much more useful than our old one! We are so pleased that Jeremy Strong will visit personally and open it for us. The choir, recorder players and drummers are preparing for this great event!

We have lots of questions to ask!

Class 5

The Legendary False Teeth of Hayden

If you would like to hear about this legend you will have to ask someone who went on the trip with Class 5!

Sewage Stew!

With the help of Mrs Harris & parents Class 5 visited Severn Trent today!
Each child had their own favourite activity but they all agreed that sorting the sewage was good fun! What was your favourite moment?

Problem Solving

Today (the 8th/9th) we were trying to solve leapfrog, it was so much fun doing it! We eventually worked out that 2x2 = 8 moves, 3x3 = 15 moves, 4x4 = 24 moves, 5x5 = 35 moves, 6x6 = 48 moves and 10 x10 = 120 moves (which was the whole class!)

Then we looked for patterns and recorded them (like the picture above.) 3 x 3 was very hard for some people. (The picture is 2 x 2)

Class 5

Maths - Triangle Song