Happy Halloween :)

Have a lovely holiday 4C and have a great time over the next few days. See you all on Monday 3rd November :)

Mean Median Mode

We have been looking at finding the Mean, Median and Mode of a set of numbers this week in our Numeracy lessons. It isn't difficult to do but it can be a little confusing so use the activity from the BBC or this activity to help you remember.

Mean Median Mode

Get well soon Miguel

Hope you feel better soon Miguel from everyone in 4C.

Fractions

We have been learning all about Fractions at school this week and even though some of us have found it difficult we never gave up. So well done everyone and to help you over the weekend you can use this site to help you practice everything we have learned.

Fractions

I recommend the Fractions Bingo game. It's great fun. If the game doesn't open find out where it's downloaded on your computer then open it by using internet explorer or Firefox.

Have a great weekend and see you on Monday.

We are going to be Romans.

We are busy making Roman armor and helmets in our class so that we can transform ourselves into Romans and march around the school. Here are some photos of our work so far.

Día de los Difuntos

Día de los Difuntos or Day of the deceased is a day which people in the Canary islands, and in fact in many places of the world including my own country Ireland, celebrate. It is celebrated on 2nd November here in the Canary Islands.

It is a day when we remember those who have died and we think about them. It is not a day for sadness but for happiness; when we can remember all the good things about those friends and family who are no longer with us. We remember the good times, the joy, the laughter and the fun we had together and this brings us a happiness and a togetherness we will always have.

Halloween is based on a festival held in Ireland by the Celts thousands of years ago; the ancient Celts remembered their family and friends at this time, and wished them and each other happiness. It was called 'Samhain'. (pronounced sam ween)

So remember at Halloween when you are dressing up and going for tricks or treats, it is also an important time of the year for many people in the world to remember about their family and friends who have passed away.

Scary Movie starring 4C

Halloween Fun Day - 29th October

Designed by Miguel

We have been designing our 'Halloween Fun Day' posters at school and these are just a selection for you to look at. I think you will agree that they are very well designed. Well done everyone.

Designed by Stella

             

Designed by Fernando                   Designed by Alice

Designed by Christopher

Preparing for Halloween

The 31st October is Halloween and 4C are getting ready to have a Halloween Fun day. 

We are writing instructions for Halloween activities and making posters to put up around the school. We might even dress up in Halloween costumes and have a party in class. We are going to decorate our classroom with spooks, ghosts, witches, spiders, skeletons and pumpkins. We will be writing Halloween poems and singing spooky songs. And we are recording our own scary noises for you to listen to on our blog.

Find out everything about Halloween on this site and you can also try carving your own pumkin

Halloween Pumpkin Carving

Feel better soon Carlos T

Carlos sent a comment to say he wasn't feeling well. So from all of us in 4C and myself we hope you feel better soon.

Round the world yacht race

4C have entered a 'Round the world yacht race'! Well, it's a virtual race which means it's a simulation but it's still very exciting and we are racing against other competitors from all over the world and against REAL yachts that are sailing in the actual round the world race! The race lasts 9 months and is over 37,000 miles of sailing so keep checking back to see how we get on. 

Ainhoa's dad told us about the race and said we should enter the competition. It's a good way to learn about sailing without going into the water  :) Ainhoa is also a very good sailor and she is helping us with the race giving us advice about what sails to use and what to do when the wind changes direction.

The simulation also helps us with Geography as we can learn about the countries we pass and the seas we sail on. We will sail around the world in this virtual race.

If you want to join in and sail your own virtual yacht then visit the Ocean Race Game. You need to provide an email address so check with your parents first. You can find a direct link to register here.

Sails away Captain. We should finish sometime at the end of February 2009!

You can watch a video of the start of the real race here. 

Painting Competition

Your very own teacher Mr Kevin entered the yearly painting competition in Mesa y Lopez today and painted this using oil paints. Do you recognise where it is?  

There were over 100 entrants for the competition and the standard of work was very high. And I saw a few people from school - Christopher, his brother Alejandro and their Dad; Ainhoa, her brother and Dad and children from the secondary school.

I never won a prize but I had an excellent day out and enjoyed the atmosphere in Mesa y Lopez.

Something for the weekend

It's almost the weekend everyone and that means 2 days without school!!! :)

So, if you are a little bored try out this fun little 'Odd one out' game. It's very cute and even the boys in my class like it.

Have a great weekend everyone and I'll see you back at school on Monday.

I am who I am because of everyone

We were inspired by Mr Tom's class to make the following video. We hope you like it.

Stop Look Listen Think - Crossing the road

We are looking at writing instructions in class and we are writing safety instructions on how to cross the road. On spanish TV there are no 'childrens shows' teaching us how to cross the road so we are making posters to show children how to cross the road. 

Report written by Alice

We looked at the Hedgehog campaign on the hedgehogs website and got lots of ideas for our own posters. 

Remember

Stop   Look  Listen   Live

Get well soon Ainhoa

We all hope Ainhoa gets well very soon as she isn't feeling well. We miss you Ainhoa.

Following Instructions

Instructions. They are everywhere. From recipes in cookery books to the new remote for the television. But how often do we follow them? 

How many times have you seen your dad not read the instructions for assembling new furniture from IKEA? How many times have you bought a new game but then asked your mum how to play it?

Instructions are there to help us understand something we don't know how to use or how to do. They are sometimes easy to follow and othertimes they are too complicated.

Try out these instructions to see what I mean.

Don't worry if you got the instructions wrong for that, most people do. 

All this week we have been following instructions and have been writing our own. Be sure to check back soon to read some of our own instructions.

Following Instructions activity from the BBC

Mr Tom says hello

Wonderful news everyone. Mr Tom has said hello in a comment on our blog :) 

He wants us to keep in touch and very soon I think we can set up an email exchange with his class in Sheringdale. 

Here's what he said. 

What a brilliant animation, and what a great class blog! My class in London have seen it and think it's really cool!

We'll have to work out how our classes can write to each other over the www...mine to practise their Spanish, yours to practise their English! Any ideas - school email?

I'll link this to our blog very soon. Keep in touch, best wishes to everyone at Canterbury : )

Mr Tom

It was brilliant to hear from you Mr T :)

4C Roman Soldiers

Just when you thought it was safe to go outside the Roman Army has returned! 4C have become Roman soldiers.

Michael Morpurgo

We have been studying the work of the author Michael Morpurgo. He has written many books and won many awards. His work includes 'Kensuke's Kingdom', 'The Amazing story of Adolphus Tips' and 'The Butterfly Lion'.

He writes many of his books using the first person and after reading some of his work we decided to also write our own stories in the first person style.

We used a survival story theme and chose our own settings for our stories; vocanoes, desert islands, cities, deserts and mountains were very popular settings.

This is Enrique's story of survival.

A Flash of inspiration

This Flash animation was created by Maria Gomez' mum. She works in television and uses a computer to do a lot of her video and animation work. Thank you very much Ms Gomez for making this for us. It's a fantastic piece of work.

Roman Mosaics

We are studying the Romans and Celts and have been finding out about who they were, when and where they lived and what they did. They were both very talented craftspeople and the Romans were very good at making mosaics. We looked at examples of real Roman mosaics and have been making our own. The following are works in progress as mosaics take a very long time to make!

   
These are by Carlos A, Christopher and Cristina.

A visit to the DIY shop

Some of you might find this homework difficult so I have included a special 'Help Page' if you find yourselves getting stuck. Try to do it yourself before using it.

Seed Dispersal Homework

We have been studying seed dispersal in Science and this week we have an interesting homework to find out about 4 methods of seed dispersal.

1. By wind

2. By water

3. By animals

4. By explosion!

Here are some weblinks you can use to help find out information for your report.

crickweb

bgfl

bbc

You have 1 week to finish the report and remember you can work with a partner too. If you have any questions email Mr Kevin.