On Wednesday year 5 went on a plant hunt around the park, take a look at the beautiful plants we discovered:
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This week for 'One World Week', the students chose a global goal they felt passionate about and worked really hard to achieve it within our community. Ocean protection group: they wrote a very persuasive letter to 7 eleven to ask them to ban plastic straws in their store. Climate group: They found facts about the environment and decided that we could all help the environment by cutting out meat once a week. As a result they created a petition and got over 200 signatures! Clean energy group: They researched a lot about energy! They found the costs of the current electricity bill at Charter and the cost of implementing solar energy. They decided it would be expensive to convert to solar energy but eventually we could have free electricity! Gender equality: They decided to interview both male and female teachers and students to find out how the feel about or are effected by their genders. They decided that they are very lucky to attend a school where everyone has equal opportunities, so they made a video to persuade those in less gender equal environments. Water & sanitation group: They thought about ways to save fresh water, they met with Khun Ton (facilities manager) to persuade him to collect rain to water the plants around the school. Food waste: They set up a meeting with the Charter food committee to advise them to persuade the charter canteen staff to work with them to reduce food waste. They propose that food portions should be smaller and that any excess food from the bin is used for a compost heap. Well done 5p! After competing in the story writing contest, Proud has had her work published on the website.
Congratulations for an outstanding story Proud! www.kidsworldfun.com/story-contest/2017-2/friends-till-the-end.php
This week the students are performing the Jabberwocky and learning about poetic conventions. They will have some opportunity to try out portmanteau in their own writing, so make sure to ask them all about it...
Try these division practice games
This week the class have been reading and listening to Gangsta Granny by David Walliams as part of book week and have written adventure stories about their own grannies. We turned these into beautiful books, so as every one can enjoy them.
Check out the student blogs for individual stories. We also looked at some other David Walliams books we liked and summarised them from a characters point of view. Take a look at the videos below.
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