WEEKCAMP 2018: 3rd-4th-5th-6th Grade

WEEKCAMP 2018

From Wednesday 17th to Friday 19th October, children from 3rd grade to 6th grade went to Garaña de Pría to enjoy our WEEKCAMP for 3 days, full of fun activities in English.

We had a great time together and we practised English at the same time.

Enjoy our video!

Science: Solar system presentations

Hello

This is our video of the Solar System:

Solar system 5A

Emily!!!!

5th Grade: SCIENCE: ECOSYSTEMS

In Arts, children at Year 5 have created an Ecosystem in a shoe-box,
as we are studying Ecosystems in Science.

-Arctic
-Antarctic
-Ocean
-Tropical Rainforest (jungle)
-Savannah

Look at the video with some of the beautiful creations by children from Year 5.

5th Grade: SCIENCE: SOLAR SYSTEM

Hello,

This is the song that we are singing about the PLANETS of the SOLAR SYSTEM.

And in pairs, children are going to investigate about the SUN and the 8 planets

1. MERCURY
2. VENUS
3. EARTH
4. MARS
5. JUPITER
6. SATURN
7. URANUS
8. NEPTUNE

(Pluto is no longer considered a planet, but a dwarf planet)

5th-6th Grade: SONG: PERFECT (Past simple)

Hello!!!

We are listening to this song by Ed Sheeran in class.
 It is a romantic song to practise past simple.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vv-BfVoq4g

6th Grade: COMIC with PIXTON: Past continuous

Children at Year 6 are working on a COMIC to illustrate stories in the past using

PAST CONTINUOUS AND PAST SIMPLE.

STEPS:

• Go to www.pixton.com
• Enter username: loumaovi@hotmail.com and password: vfresnoland
• CREATE COMIC: choose scenery, characters and complete the speech bubbles in each image.

Example:

ENJOY!


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PADLET: Grado in the past and today

Children at Year 5 are working on a collaborative padlet to describe the town in the past and today.

This is a cultural activity connected to their daily lives, which will be good to practise THERE WAS/WERE

https://padlet.com/loumaovi1/sz31h7wzjeln

PADLET: WOMEN SCIENTIST WEEK

We investigated about women scientists:


https://padlet.com/loumaovi1/zlkyacdua3sx

5th Grade: COOPERATIVE TEAMWORK: HARRY POTTER'S HOUSES

Children at Year 5 are working in cooperative teams from this month!

And today we distributed the names of HARRY POTTER'S HOUSES at Hogwarts:

GRIFFINDORF, SLITHERING, HUFFLEPUFF and RAVENCLAW

We watched this video in English: SORTING HAT VIDEO

• And then, each team had to decide their roles: SPOKESPERSON / TIME KEEPER / TASK MANAGER / HARMONIZER / MATERIALS COORDINATOR
• and the HOUSE RULES: Respect everybody, Help each other, Work as a team, etc.

PEACE DAY: IMAGINE by John Lennon

We are singing this song in class to prepare for the INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY, on 30th January. All children at school will participate singing or playing the song.

If you want to practise a song and learn the lyrics, this is a great website:

https://es.lyricstraining.com/

You need to register with your name, password and email and you will have access to lots of your favourite songs. Enjoy!!!

Science-Arts: Animal cell or plant cell?

Children at Year 6 have created a representation of animal cell and plant cell with plasticine.

Learning by doing a craft is more fun!!!