Louisa

A Range Rover as white as snow,

an undiscovered person,

the first bite of a red hot spicy masala

a jumping hurdler,

Hermione from Harry Potter,

I can predict the future.

Cooler than Bruno Mars

Hotter than boys.

Some letters about School Uniform

School uniform is something that divides opinion. Before Mounts went off to Croft Farm we wrote a letter to the incoming Headteacher to express our opinions and persuade her that the school uniform should be kept or scrapped:

How we SPPIT out new paragraphs in Mounts

When you are writing, use this handy reminder as a prompt for when to start a new paragraph. Just SPPIT out a new paragraph. Take your TIPPS from us:

S – new Speaker or Speech

P – new Person

P – new Place

I- new Idea

T – new Time

Mask-making Activity in Mounts

Last week as part of our international day based around Sierra Leone, the children took part in a mask-making activity. Here are some of the completed masks that Mounts made:

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And the prizes go to:

Care: Fin M and Amelia

Creativity: Cameron and Skye

Colour: Luke and Jessica

Your next challenge is that you will have to find a way to share your prize with your fellow prize-winner!

Some of the History Projects from Mounts

Lot’s of interesting things have arrived in the classroom this week. Here are some examples of History projects from Mounts.

Louisa’s War Diary – Enlistment day

Dear Diary,

Today I signed up for the war. This is what happened.

I walked down to the town hall and I signed up while my sister was signing up to work in the factory.

I got my uniform and a shilling and I was told to get changed straight away if I wanted to be one of the soldiers walking round the town.

My sister made me do it because she didn’t want me her brother to be someone with a white feather. I was OK and excited at the time especially about the shilling, but now I’m really scared.

When I was marching it was embarasing but it was worth the shilling, especially because it was Billy, Nick, Joe and me.

Harry

 

Louisa’s Confession

My Mistake

I made a mistake by giving a stranger

my house number….

 

I made a mistake when I didn’t let

the dog out to doodle….

 

I made a mistake when I said to

my hamster it could swim in the

toilet….

 

I made a mistake when I put my

fish in the toilet….

 

I made a mistake when I pressed

a button that said do not press….

 

When the Teacher Turns His Back

Yesterday we wrote a list poem, using ideas from Pie Corbett and Paul Cookson’s ‘When the Teacher Turns Their Back’ as an example. Our version doesn’t rhyme. Here are some of the best examples collected into a group poem:

When the Teacher Turns His Back –

 

Louisa paints the pirate flag bright pink,

Meadow does the Mobot, after triumphantly winning the ‘Penguin Race’,

Lizzie, thinking she is Spiderwoman, climbs the walls and swings on the projector,

Katy feeds Skye’s snack to her orange hairy monster,

Luke jumps from the table, grabs on to the pirate flag saying “Aha, I’m Jack Sparrow”,

The whole class move the tables to a boxing ring and take it in turns to have fist fights,

William turns into a zombie and eats everyone’s heads,

Alex falls asleep in the stock cupboard.

 

Yes, we have our own pirate flag in Mounts,
just by the door.

 

Welcome back

They only spent a day with us at the end of last term, but let’s all give a proper welcome today to Mounts 2012-13:

Will, Amelia, Katy, Libby, Harry, Skye, Izobella, Lizzie, Louis, Alex, Cameron, Thea, Fin, Luke, Cerys, Melody, Xavi, Louisa, Maddie, Meadow, Jessica, Evie, Freddie, Abi and Fin.

We hope to display some of their learning journey along the way in Year 5 on this web site. I can’t wait to see where our imaginations take us this year …..