4C@Canterbury school

Goodbye 4C!

2009-06-29T18:19:00.002+01:00

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

2009-06-25T15:02:00.003+01:00

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

A little surprise

2009-06-23T18:57:00.002+01:00

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

2009-06-23T13:45:00.002+01:00

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

2009-06-23T13:36:00.003+01:00

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

2009-06-19T14:27:00.001+01:00

Capitals and countries quiz

2009-06-18T13:46:00.000+01:00

Caleb's PhotoPeach slideshow

2009-06-18T12:30:00.001+01:00

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

2009-06-17T11:33:00.001+01:00

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

2009-06-15T16:42:00.005+01:00

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

2009-06-14T17:08:00.000+01:00

Give you brain some training in the jungle.

Brain Safari

Click here to play this game

Build a roller coaster challenge

2009-06-12T13:19:00.002+01:00

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?

2009-06-12T13:13:00.002+01:00

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

2009-06-10T09:39:00.004+01:00

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.

2009-06-06T19:10:00.002+01:00

Film Making time

2009-06-05T15:44:00.002+01:00

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

2009-06-03T20:19:00.003+01:00

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?

2009-06-02T15:55:00.003+01:00

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

2009-06-02T11:50:00.003+01:00

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

2009-05-26T07:11:00.006+01:00

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

2009-05-15T23:40:00.006+01:00

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

2009-05-08T10:19:00.005+01:00

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

2009-05-07T15:46:00.003+01:00

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

2009-04-29T18:54:00.003+01:00

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

2009-04-28T18:20:00.008+01:00

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

2009-04-28T18:04:00.003+01:00

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

2009-04-20T14:14:00.002+01:00

To be finished for Monday 27th April.

Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of rum!

2009-04-15T15:12:00.002+01:00

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

2009-04-13T12:25:00.003+01:00

Playground

2009-03-31T10:47:00.002+01:00

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

2009-03-29T18:41:00.004+01:00

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

2009-03-17T14:40:00.004Z

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

2009-03-17T14:36:00.002Z

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

2009-03-17T09:48:00.003Z

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

2009-03-15T10:37:00.002Z

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

2009-03-13T14:57:00.004Z

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

2009-03-12T12:37:00.003Z

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

2009-03-10T15:13:00.001Z

artpad

2009-03-10T09:29:00.003Z

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

2009-03-06T12:00:00.003Z

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

2009-03-05T09:21:00.003Z

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

2009-03-02T19:58:00.007Z

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

2009-02-27T12:56:00.003Z

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

2009-02-13T12:57:00.005Z

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

2009-02-12T15:42:00.004Z

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

2009-02-11T10:03:00.004Z

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

2009-02-02T19:51:00.003Z

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?

2009-01-28T14:34:00.003Z

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!

2009-01-14T09:52:00.008Z

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

2009-01-08T09:33:00.005Z

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 :)

tutpup - play, compete, learn

2008-12-27T09:27:00.007Z

tutpup is a great site for practising your Maths skills. You can even play against other players from around the world! If you join the site (ask your parents first) you can keep a record of your progress.
You can choose your own level of difficulty from Easy Peasy to the very difficult Area 51.

So if you want a little fun when practising your Maths give the site a try. You can even practise Spelling skills!

If you do want to join you will be asked to provide a class code. Our class code is 4ccanterbury.

Another site to try is teachingideas which has a lot of resources, games, activities and printouts to help you with your Maths. It also has links to other subjects - Literacy, Science, Art, Geography, History, ICT and Music.

Boxing Day

2008-12-26T11:05:00.007Z

Merry Christmas once again. I hope you all enjoyed Christmas day. I certainly did. I was with my family and we had a lovely dinner and gave each other presents and had a great time.
Today is Boxing Day, also known as Saint Stephen's Day.

So where did the name Boxing Day come from.?
Choose which answer you think is correct and post your answer in the comments. I will let you know who gets the answer right.

Why is today also known as Boxing Day?

a) It is a day when we collect all the empty present boxes and put them in the bin.
b) It is a day we make boxes.
c) It is a day when we go to watch a boxing match.
d) It was a day when people would open the Christmas Box which was used to collect money for the poor. The money would then be given to the poor.

If you need help you can always check this site for a clue.

Happy Boxing Day.

Well done Maria H on working it out :) I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas Everybody

2008-12-19T09:03:00.006Z

Have a wonderful holiday. See you in 2009!

Canterbury School Christmas Shows.

2008-12-18T14:16:00.003Z

Fantastic! What a week we have had. Three different Christmas shows and each was the best Christmas show ever! The Infant show was spectacular especially the soloists. They were very brave singing in front of a packed theatre. The 1º and 2º grade children were wonderful with their singing and dancing and finally today we had the 3º, 4º and 5º grades who performed so well that many of the parents didn't want to leave.

So, Fantastic work everyone and a special well done to 4C who created their own dance thanks to Donina, Natalia, Maria H great ideas.

Math Cats

2008-12-17T11:24:00.004Z

This is a fantastic site for math activities which you can do over the Christmas Holidays.

Get well soon Maria and Laura

2008-12-15T12:23:00.001Z

Christmas Show

2008-12-03T10:04:00.005Z

The Christmas show is fast approaching and we are busy rehearsing in the theatre. So to help you out, here are some of the songs we will be performing. Grab a brush and start singing like a pop star in your bedroom :)

Dance version of 'En Navidad'

And our own song, 'Frosty the Snowman'

Get well soon Cristina.

2008-12-02T09:34:00.003Z

We hope you feel better soon Cristina. We are all missing you.

Get well soon Nestor

2008-11-28T11:37:00.004Z

We all hope you come back to school on Monday Nestor. It will be 'Christmassy' in the classroom.

Make a snowflake

2008-11-26T11:27:00.001Z

Make your own snowflake by following this guide

Get well soon Carlos

2008-11-26T11:00:00.002Z

We hope you get better soon Carlos, we are missing you in the class.

Arguments and debates

2008-11-21T09:39:00.008Z

We have recently been studying the language of persuasion by looking at advertisements in class. We also designed our own brochures for an imaginary Roman Museum.

And then we wrote a persuasive letter to Santa and that produced some very funny but persuasive arguments why we should get more presents this year.

But today was a thriller as we had our very first class debate between Maria H and Raul. The debate was titled 'Basketball is the best sport in the world' and Maria argued against whilst Raul argued for. They had 1 minute each to argue their points in front of the class who listened to every word and also watched the timer carefully! At the end of their minutes the class voted for the one who delivered the best argument and was in their opinion the most persuasive.

So well done Maria in winning the first 4C class debate.

Google Earth - Maps and Mapping

2008-11-21T09:33:00.003Z

This half term we are studying Maps and Mapping in Geography. Maps are used to find out where we are on the earth and mapping is a skill we learn to draw maps.

For many years maps and an atlas have been the only things we could use to find out where we were on Earth or where we wanted to go.

Over the last couple of years however, Google were busy creating 'Google Earth' and if you install this on your home computer you can use it to do all sorts of amazing things. We are using it in class along with our maps and atlas books to learn about Maps and Mapping and it is very useful indeed.

Google Earth is not just a map of the Earth but a visual map as it has street level views, photos of monuments and buildings and even a flight simulator mode. So ask your parents if you can install it on your home computer and then try to find these places using it.

Pyramids at Giza

Eiffel Tower

Leaning Tower of Piza

Loch Ness

Big Ben

Our school

Our Christmas song

2008-11-18T10:21:00.002Z

Well done 4C

2008-11-14T23:10:00.003Z

Well done 4C. You did it! You said you were nervous but you performed so well that everyone enjoyed the assembly. All the mums, dads, friends, children at school and teachers congratulated you on a fantastic and entertaining assembly. And I want to say you did a brilliant job and I am so proud of you all. Excellent work 4C :)

Something for the weekend

2008-11-14T14:12:00.001Z

Big Buck Bunny from Blender Foundation on Vimeo.

Rome Reborn

2008-11-13T22:39:00.001Z

Assembly teaser ;)

2008-11-13T21:46:00.000Z

Volvo Ocean Race Game

2008-11-10T22:39:00.003Z

It's been 30 days since we set sail on our virtual voyage around the world and a lot has happened in the race. Our boat 'four sea' set sail in fine winds but then got jammed in by lots of other boats as we all tried to sail through the straights of Gibraltar. Once on the open sea however we made up lots of time and gained lots of places in the rankings.

But disaster struck.

During our half term break no one could keep an eye on our boat's heading and when we arrived back in school we discovered that we had wrecked our boat off the Venezuelan coast! Thankfully this is a virtual game so all we had to do was point ourselves in the right direction and set sail again. We have lost a lot of places but we are still sailing and have just gained over 100 places today due to the very strong South Atlantic winds.

Keep checking back to see how we fair in this amazing virtual race.

Our class assembly

2008-11-10T22:31:00.006Z

It's that time of year when our class has a chance to shine on stage and dazzle the audience with their acting skills. Yes, it's our turn for the class assembly this Friday 14th November at a little after half past two.

So make sure you tell your mum, dad, granny, grandad, uncle, aunty, cousins, friends and let everyone know that 4C's class assembly will have them 'roman' around through history ;)

4º visit to Osorio

2008-11-06T09:42:00.007Z

Yesterday the whole of 4º visited Osorio for the day. It was a wonderful day as the weather was in our favour and it only rained very lightly for a couple of minutes.

Osorio is a beautiful nature park in the

mountains between Teror and Arucas.

It is filled with trees and plants, open fields, walks, caves, trails into woods and there is also a farm with many types of farm animals.

We had a very enjoyable day out as we ate our lunch there surrounded by trees and birds singing.

View Larger Map

Happy Halloween :)

2008-10-29T14:40:00.004Z

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

2008-10-29T14:29:00.002Z

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

2008-10-29T14:27:00.000Z

Get well soon Miguel

2008-10-27T13:16:00.001Z

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

Fractions

2008-10-24T16:35:00.006+01:00

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.

2008-10-22T21:50:00.006+01:00

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

2008-10-21T22:56:00.004+01:00

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

2008-10-17T12:55:00.002+01:00

Halloween Fun Day - 29th October

2008-10-17T09:16:00.026+01:00

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.

Preparing for Halloween

2008-10-15T13:30:00.006+01:00

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

2008-10-13T22:10:00.004+01:00

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

2008-10-13T14:32:00.007+01:00

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

2008-10-11T20:00:00.006+01:00

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

2008-10-10T14:15:00.005+01:00

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

2008-10-09T22:52:00.004+01:00

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

2008-10-09T11:51:00.005+01:00

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

2008-10-08T13:37:00.004+01:00

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

Following Instructions

2008-10-08T13:28:00.004+01:00

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

2008-10-06T15:18:00.003+01:00

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

2008-10-06T15:00:00.002+01:00

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

Michael Morpurgo

2008-10-06T09:37:00.022+01:00

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

2008-10-03T09:54:00.003+01:00

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

2008-10-02T09:21:00.005+01:00

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

2008-10-01T13:34:00.001+01:00

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

2008-10-01T12:45:00.000+01:00

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.

Welcome and hello from 4C Canterbury

2008-09-30T20:44:00.000+01:00

Welcome to 4C's blog from Canterbury school. From this page you will be able to see what we get up to in our class at Canterbury School. Mr Kevin our teacher will also be posting things to do, web pages to visit and homework we need to do.

We can show you our work we do in class by posting photos, you can listen to us read or hear us sing.

But most of all this is a place to have fun.

We hope you like the site.