Goodbye 4C!

It has come to the end. It has been an absolutely fantastic year and you have made it the best year I have spent in Gran Canaria.

4C - you have been fantastic and I will miss you all.

Keep checking here for information about what I'm doing in England and also remember that Edmodo will continue! :-)

Have a great summer.

Mr Kevin

The Mouse and The Peanut

This is a fantastic short animation by 3 students in my class. Enjoy :-)

A little surprise

Click this link

Click on the 'for everyone in school' and enter the password we always use (check Edmodo if you can't remember) and when you install it remember you have to create a new user name and a password.

Have fun!

Build a sentence wall

Wall of Words is a great game of sentence making skill. You are up against the clock to try and build as many sentences you can in just 2 minutes. Can you finish a 7 word sentence puzzle?

Wall of Words

Improve your grammar with Grammar Ninja

Visit this site to play 'Grammar Ninja'. Can you become a Master?

And you can download and save the game to your computer using this link. This even lets you create your own sentences too :-)

Our future classroom

Capitals and countries quiz

Caleb's PhotoPeach slideshow

Enjoy this slideshow created by Caleb. He even made a quiz. Can you answer the questions before the time runs out?

NBA TEST on PhotoPeach

Using Photopeach to make a slideshow

Photopeach is a very easy to use slideshow tool that you can also make quizes on. Here's one I made today and hopefully it will inspire you to make yours too. The username and password to get into our canterbury4c page is on Edmodo.

Our visit to Firgas on PhotoPeach

Using a wiki to create a page of information

We started to use a wiki for the first time today and hopefully we can continue using it over the next two weeks for our theme based discussion work.

Here's the page that our wiki is on and remember you need to enter a user name and password to access the wiki. When you have done this, select your wiki page and then Edit to start adding text, images, sounds and video. If you want you can also create your own page.

canterburyschool wiki page

Brain Safari

Give you brain some training in the jungle.

Brain Safari

Click here to play this game

Build a roller coaster challenge

Okay then. Here's a challenge for the weekend and it's a fun one. You have to build a roller coaster and collect the coins to progress onto the next level. Can you complete the game? Who will get through all the levels? It's harder than you think.

Roller Coaster Challenge

Do you want to become a games designer?

I got an invite from atmosphir recently and it is a game that gives you the possibility to design your own games! It's a brilliant idea and one which we explored in class so if you too want to design and play your own games and the games created by others then you need to complete a form on the atmosphir beta program page. Please ask your parents first, and remember you will need to wait for 2 weeks before you get an invite to download the program.

The Piano

We have been using this wonderfully inspiring short film for creative writing this week so we hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

Why we like using Myst in Literacy.

Film Making time

Do you have what it takes to make a film? Do you want the whole school to sit in the theatre and watch your very own work of cinematic art? Well, over the next two weeks we will be studying film making and we will use this information to help us make our own films. You can make your own or work in a small group. You can choose a theme from

• Documentary
• Scary
• Funny
• Musical

So start thinking, get planning, draw up your story board and then get filming.

Use this site from the BBC to help you.

Our Voicethread about using Myst

We used VoiceThread for the first time today and we had a great time recording our comments about using Myst as a tool for learning to write more creatively in Literacy. What do you think about our VoiceThread?

Are you a DJ?

If you want to try mixing some music and creating your own MP3 then try audiomixer and see what you can do. Once you have created and mixed your own track you can save it to your pc as an MP3 but you will need to register with them to do that.

4C's global trekking

We used BigHugeLabs Mapmaker to make a map of where we have visited on Earth. We hope you like it. Why not make your own and post a link to it in the comments?

The countries highlighted red are those that children in the class have visited.

4C's global trekking

Day trip to Firgas and Arucas

Yesterday we went to Firgas for our school outing followed by a quick stop in Arucas for lunch. It was a very interesting day with lots to do even if the rain tried to spoil our plans.

We went to an old corn mill which has been completely renovated and houses a museum showing how 'Gofio' was made in the past compared to how it is being made today.

Next we went into Firgas to complete two more activities - sketching the coat of arms for different districts in Gran Canaria followed by an excellent exploring hunt discovering information about the 7 islands of the Canaries.

Myst V - Our Trailers

We have been using Myst V in the classroom for the last 2 weeks as our resource to help us with our Literacy. It has helped us with

• Speaking and Listening
• Creative Writing
• Performance Poetry
• Grammar
• Persuasive Writing
• Creating
• Team Work
• Individual speaking
• Drafting, editing and finalising

Keeping in mind all the skills I have mentioned we have used it to create these fantastic trailers for publicising the game. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did making them.

All the trailers can be found here or by pressing the more key after the first video has finished then the fwd key.

Spelling City helps you learn your spellings

With Spellingcity you can practise your spellings anytime you want online. It is almost like having your own teacher helping you learn your spelling words. 

You type the words in the box provided or if you have lots of spelling words to learn you can type them in as a list seperating each with a comma.

Once you have finished you can be tested, taught the words or even play one of the many spelling games available on the site.

Have fun.

The Earth, the Moon and the Sun extra

If you want to see a simple yet very interesting flash animation about the Earth, moon and sun then try The Children's University

world wide telescope

The worldwide telescope is an excellent tool for use in the classroom and at home. You can use it to see planets, stars, our solar system and the universe beyond. It has amazing images and insightful guided tours to watch and listen. We'll be using it as part of our class topic 'The Earth, Moon and the Sun', so get permission from your parents first before installing it at home.

etherpad

What a great day for our technology lesson! Etherpad was another teaching/learning tool I introduced today.

You remember what happened? Etherpad is basically a writing pad, a page online that you type text on. But what is so brilliant about it is that once you set the writing pad up you can share the URL (that's the address of the page) with other people so that they too can write on your pad!

You could write stories and assignments together, share ideas at the same time and many other uses that we will uncover in the next few weeks.

I will start a new pad during ICT on Monday afternoon.

Edmodo - an online virtual classroom

Hi everyone, I'm sure you are just as excited about Edmodo as I am. We launched our blogging platform today in school and already some of you have started using it (Maria H and Ainhoa).

I have a lot of ideas for this tool as it will no doubt become very useful over the next 8 weeks of our final term. Check it every day for updates and assignments (homework) and remember to reply and send links, files etc to either myself or 4C so that we can all use them.

This is going to be fun :)

Decimal subtraction homework

To be finished for Monday 27th April.

Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of rum!

We've started reading 'Treasure Island' by Robert Louis Stevenson in class as part of our new unit in Literacy - Older Literature.

Try this link for some extra reading and activities.

Maths Homework for Monday 20th April

Playground

Hi everyone,

I hope you are all enjoying your Easter holidays. I am having a very relaxing time but I would love to know where the sun has gone to?
I was looking at this site recently and it has a very good selection of games that you can play. The site is woodland grange.

Now, where's that sunshine?

Happy Easter Holidays

I hope you all have a very happy Easter holiday and have a very relaxing time. When I get the chance I'll post a few interesting things to do on the blog. I apologise for not being able to get to school on the last two days but I'm sure you had a great time with the show and the last day of school :)

Mr Kevin

Happy St Patrick's Day

It's St. Patrick's day in Ireland and all over the world people who are Irish and even people who think they are Irish enjoy the 'craic' and have a large party and sing songs.

So Have a happy Saint Patrick's Day everyone.

From Mr Kevin

Father's Day

Father's Day is on the 19th March in Spain so here's a simple origami tie you can make at home as a present for your Dad.

Origami tie

World of Goo

Sometimes you just want to relax and play a game and have some fun. So that's why I'm posting this wonderful game World of Goo.

It can only be described as a puzzle solving platform type game with goo balls.

And it's great fun.

You can download a demo of the game from this link demo of goo

And if you are really, really lucky you might even get your mum or dad to buy you the full version!

Now, go forth and get 'goo'ed.

p.s. you can also get a Wii version which is even better!

World of Goo Trailer 2 Director's Cut
Uploaded by 2dboy

Elena's artpad video

Elena emailed me a link to a painting she created using artpad. You can watch it by clicking on this link elena's artpad video

Well done Elena, it's brilliant.

I hope more of you try to paint your own and don't forget to email me the video link.

More Maths fun

This is a fantastic game to help you learn and practise your times tables. It is great fun to play and helpful to so why not give it a try. Remember to ask your parents first to make sure you can install it on your home computer.

Timezattack

mathplayground

mathplayground is a great site for helping you with your Maths. There are word problems, video tutorials, games and worksheets to print out. So give it a try and let me know what you think in the comments.

Remember, this is an American based site so the games and activities are targeted for American school children.

Gases, Liquids, Solids revision

artpad

Here's another little gem I discovered yesterday. It's called artpad and you can paint just like you would on a real artpad except it also records what you do so that you can play it back and even email it to your friends.

Number game

Do you have what it takes to be a Maths wizard? Can you beat your own record times to answer 10 questions? Then play Number Strength to find out.

This is an application which you need to install on your computer so check with your parents first.

Maths Review

We did this today in class to help us revise our Maths this term. Try it again at home to help you remember the things we have covered.

Practising spellings this week

This week's spellings are quite difficult but don't worry, there is a great game to help you learn them which you can play here on this suffixes activity.

All this week's words include suffixes which come at the end of the words.

They are

-cian

-sion

-tion

-ssion

Listening to music online

Sometimes I find little gems on sites that I just have to share and this is one. It's called Spotify and it's a brilliant little application. What it does is it lets you search for music online and listen to it immediately. It's like having your own Radio station with all your favourite songs but no dj's talking over the top. It has the support of all the major record labels so that means it is a legal service too.

You can't keep the music just listen to it but it is free!

So click on this link if you want to give it a try. Make sure you get permission first.

spotify

Enjoy the weekend.

Have a great holiday Alice

Say cheerio to Alice everyone, but only for a few weeks. She's going to New Zealand to celebrate a family wedding! I have asked her to email me her adventures so we can keep in touch with her. Have a great time Alice and her family too :)

Swimming champs

Congratulations to Natalia and Raul who won medals today in the Gran Canarian Schools swimming championships.

Raul won Gold in the breast stroke and Silver in the back stroke, while Natalia won Gold in her relay event.

Brilliant work, you are outstanding swimmers :)

World Maths Day - 4th March 2009

4th March 2009

World Maths Day is rapidly approaching once again and this year we want everyone to join in.

It is great fun and also helps you practise your maths skills against other players from all over the world. Last year Canterbury school received a certificate from the even organisers for playing and a child in Y6 won a trophy for her efforts!

Facts about worldmathsday

The students play against each other in mental arithmetic games.

A game last 60 seconds.

Last year 1 million students registered, 20,000 schools participated from 150 countries and over 200 million questions were answered during the practice period!!!

There are many prizes including certificates and Gold medals including World Champion medals :)

So click on worldmathsday.com and sign in to start practising before the main event takes place on 4th March.

The Court of King Caractacus

This is an absolutely wonderful song which will become part of our brain training every week :) It was discovered by Rolf Harris but this version is by the Play Away team.

Have fun learning it :)

Can you work out the change?

Checkout challenge is a great game where you can try out your skills at giving change to various amounts of money. Try the easy sweet shop level first until you get the hang of it then work your way to the Electrical goods store!

Our new school show!

This year's school show has been decided! It is a brilliant show to perform as it is purely singing the whole way through but that means we have a lot of words to learn!


Every class has been given a song to learn so with 10 weeks left we better get started!


We will be singing 'Close every door' and you can sing along with the video link provided.

Welcome Back it's 2009

Welcome back 4C and friends. It's 2009 and we have a lot of great topics to look forward to this term. Here are just some of the exciting things we are going to explore and learn about over the next few weeks.

History - The Aztecs! Who were they, where did they come from, what did they do and what ever happened to them? Check this. And this.

Science - Solids, Liquids and Gases. We will do lots of experiments to explore each and we will also look at easy experiments we can do at home. Check this out. And this.

ICT - Using a database. What is a database? Are they useful? What can we use them for?

We will also be continuing Maths and Literacy. In Literacy we will look at poetry again and various types of writing that we can use in our own written work.

So sit back, open your minds, get your pens ready and let's get started with Term 2 :)