Miguel's Story

The Fish by Miguel

I liked this book because it’s funny and nice. My best friend wrote it. That’s why I like it but not just that, there are lots of other reasons why. This is about a fish that was born in a tin so his name was Tin and he finds a book and if you read it, you will know what happens . It includes magic and food.

QuadBlog 6

It's time for another visit for Quadblog 6. Here's the four schools:


Click on the markers to find out more.

This week we're visiting Orange One at Callington Primary School in England.

Mickey and Minnie

By Gustavo

Mickey and Minnie were going on a cruise ship. In the cruise ship they were playing this game, curling.

When they went into the cruise ship everything was normal. Mickey saw some dolphins jump.

Suddenly, a car arrived and took Mickey. Mickey was in front of a secret agent.

The secret agent said to Mickey, "Are you prepared to be a secret agent?"

And he was.

Then at night time a robber came and stole a bag. Mickey rushed to get the bag. Mickey got the robber and the robber wobbled with anger. Mickey threw a curling stone and the robber fell down. Mickey got the bag, and the robber was sent to jail. Mickey gave the bag back.

Then Mickey spied on different rooms, but he didn't find anything. He looked for suspicious people. He finished the list. Then an old lady dropped her knitting wool. Mickey took it and was giving it to her when she said, "Mine! Mine!" and she smacked Mickey with her hand. Then a villain came with a gun and he took Mickey and Minnie in a room, with the old lady too, tied up with ropes.

Mickey used his teeth to get them out. Mickey punched the villain and Minnie kicked him, and they put him in jail.

Bird Nests

I had an interesting conversation with Miss Wilson on Friday about birds, we couldn’t think of the French translation for Black Bird which we now know to be Merle.

We started talking about wood pigeons and how they make a lovely coo sound; here is a recording from the British wildlife recordings library.

https://sounds.bl.uk/Environment/British-wildlife-recordings/022M-W1CDR0001376-0600V0

I told Miss Wilson that I have lots of Wood Pigeons and Ring Necked Doves in my garden and that in comparison to the other birds which nest in the garden, they make very basic nests of twigs, just twigs! All the other birds spend lots of time making intricate compact nests using lots of materials from the garden.

This gave me the idea to explore my garden in search of bird nests and take photographs to share with you all! The Birds are very busy at moment making new nests, these are nests from last year, will they get used again?

Firstly here is a Ring Necked Dove and her nest in my garden, it's very basic isn't it?

Can you see the nest in the bush on the island?

I had to wade through the water to get a close up!

 

As you can see, this nest is much more intricate than the dove’s nest. I’m not sure which bird made it, but I am guessing that it was a Blackbird as it’s quite big.

I have lots of Blackbirds visiting the garden, this morning whilst I was having my breakfast they were hopping  all over the garden collecting bits of fibrous material for nest making, but when I had finished and went out with my camera they all disappeared!! So I think they are camera shy.

I did manage to photograph some Great Tits, a Blue Tit and a Robin.

 

Can you see the difference between a Great Tit and a Blue Tit?

Here are some of their nests that I found around the garden.

 

This next nest is very interesting as it is HUGE and very high at the top of an Oak tree, I have no idea what nests here? Do you have any idea's? 

I love my garden, I find it inspiring. There are so many beautiful things to observe. Next weekend I will be exploring my pond for wildlife……

Here is a Raku bowl that I made, which bird do you think inspired me to make it?

The Mystery Club: Chapter 4

By Maia - continued from Chapter 3

Blocked Forever

When the rocks stopped falling down everyone started talking.
"Stop"shouted Mimi. "I've got a plan to get away."
"Really?"said everyone.
"Well... Alicia you're small enough to go though that little tunnel."
"No, I'm not too small I'm too big!" protested Alicia.
"Let's go!" I said when Mimi had finished explaining.
Pablo shone a torch where Alicia had to go...

Hope you read chapter five. Maia.

Junie B Jones and the Secret Admirer

This book is about a girl called Junie B and she has two friends Claudia and Lucy.

Junie B has to go to the school every day and one day her teacher said that it was going to be San Valentine and all the students have to write one letter for all the people.

On San Valentine day all students brought their letters and the teacher gave them to every one. All students had 16 letters except Junie B that had 15.

  

Where is this letter? Who wrote it?

The author is called Barbara Park and I recommend you to read it, I’ve read lot of books of this collection and I like it very much.

My invented Star Wars Story

                             

One day on the Death Star made out of CHICKEN, Darth Vader told his men to attack the nice planet made out of BROCCOLI. 

But one man didn´t put his clone wars clothes on! Instead he put his shirt on and trousers on!!!

He thought this was a film and he ate pocporn in the centre

of all the clones!

Darth Vader looked at him with his great giant red eyes. He said, "You! Why are you screaming and laughing?! Should I chop your head off with my chicken?!!!"

"No sir," said the man in a squeaky voice. All the clones stared at him. Darth Vader shouted "ATACK WITH YOUR CHICKENS!" 
The man run away! Suddenly Chewbacca came with his space ship. Chewbacca destroyed the baddies and the Death Star with his BROCCOLI!!!!

And they lived happily ever after.

Snow Flake!!!!

I made a snowflake!

I heart Zayn

DOB 12th January 1998.

STAR SIGN Capricorn.

HOME TOWN Bradford, West Yorkshire.

Zayn has a soft spot for intelligent girls.

He can't swim.

'Nsync is his favourite band of all time.

He supports Manchester United.

Doniya, Waliyha and Safaa are the names of Zayn's three sisters.

Until he was in One Direction Zayn didn't have a passport.

His favourite song is thriller by Michael Jackson.

He reckons he used to be bit of a geek when he was younger and liked to collect comics.

Whenever the boys are mobbed Zayn always looks out for Niall because he knows he gets claustrophobic.

One fan fainted while holding Zayn's hand.

Zayn's X Factor audition wasn't broadcast on the main show, it was shown later on the spin-off show, the Xtra Factor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Circle Patterns

We've been using the computers to make patterns of circles. We created some in Word, and some using GeoGebra.

Nelson Mandela

This book is about Nelson Mandela who was a South African.
I will tell you a bit of information that I got from the book.

Some time ago in South Africa they thought that black people didn’t have the same rights that white people had, for example black people weren't allowed to vote -  this was called the apartheid. 
Nelson Mandela stood up for his people and country. Although he spent 27 years in prison, he asked for reconciliation. When he died in December 2013 aged 95, the country had a state funeral as he was seen as the "father of the nation".
The book talks about his young years, his family life, his political engagement and his time in jail.
I think Nelson Mandela is a hero because he had the passion and the courage to fight for what he believed in.
Hope you enjoy it! This book is factual and political so have a go at reading it! Try and learn more about Nelson Mandela.

Jaguar

There was a Jaguar walking past the forests to the muddy roads which are the borders of the humans and animals leaving footprints behind , on the muddy road a man on horse back was there he looked at the footprints and went home to take his gun......read and see what happens next.Read and enjoy reading this book, even if it is a short book.This a book from Helen Cowcher.

How To Train Your Dragon (and series) Book Review

How to Train Your Dragon is the first book of the series and is written and illustrated by Cressida Cowell. The book series are one of my favourites. It is about a Viking boy called Hiccup but nearly everyone thinks he’s useless even though he is the son of the Viking leader, Stork the Vast. He was old enough to train a dragon so he and the other boys in the Pirate Training Programme go to a cave and pick one of the

hibernating dragons in the dark. But then Fishlegs, Hiccup’s only friend, accidentally trips over a sleeping dragon so it wakes up and the boys run for their lives. Fishlegs hasn't got any dragons so Hiccup gives him his and on the way out, he goes back into the cave and takes the closest one to him. When he discovers that the dragon was only a Common or Garden Dragon, Snoutlout, the meanest boy in the Pirate Training Programme, sneers at him and boasts about him getting a Monstrous Nightmare Dragon, even though he’s not allowed one because only Viking leaders (or future ones) could train one according to the Viking laws. But then Fishlegs quickly tells a false story that Toothless is a rare Toothless Daydream and that they are very vicious.

The movie, How To Train Your Dragon, was based of the series and I cannot decide which one is better! When I first started reading the series, I didn't know anything because I watched the movie first. Tip for all of you: Always read the books before you watch the movie. I think that Astrid (from the movie) was based off Camicazi, there are lots of similarities, don't you think so too?

I hate Snoutlout because he is so mean, rude and arrogant. I don’t know why he never gets punished for mocking the son of a Viking chief! Though he is Hiccup's cousin.

My favourite character is Toothless because he is so funny and naughty! In later books, there are conversations with him and I found them HILARIOUS!

I recommend that you read these books because there's a gripping story line and full of mythology and comedy (though sometimes it is quite rude!).

You're a bad man Mr Gum! Review

By Andy Stanton

Illustrated by David Tazzyman

Episode 1 Made in 2006

This story made me laugh a LOT. It made me Shaba me whiskers! It starts in the old crazy town of Lamonic Bibber. Mr Gum hates children, animals and corn on the cob. Mr Gum has two disgusting bloodshot eyes, and food on his beard. All the adults say to their children "Don't go near the old freaky man!" This book is humor type. I do recomend you this book. Everyone in the town wonders why he has the neatest garden in the world! But he is really lazy. His garden is so neat because a fairy forces him to tidy up his garden. When Mr Gum is asleep, the fairy used to bang him with a pan on his head
(as you can see on the picture) when the garden wasn't tidy. The trouble is a new dog comes to town. His name is Jake the dog. When Jake came to town, it was a disaster for Mr Gum. The dog came every day (except Wednesdays) to destroy and dig Mr Gum's garden. That's how Mr Gum gets slapped by the fairy on and on.

The author is really funny because he wrote a chapter called: Mr Gum has a cup of tea. And that chapter only says one sentence: Mr Gum has a cup of tea.

You should try this book yes or yes. You could also try other Mr Gum books like one of my other favourite called: Mr Gum and the cherry tree.

WARNING! This book may contain little bits of laughing. Just a little warning for allergic people! :)

Me llamo Maria Isabel

The book is called “Me llamo María Isabel”. In English it means “My Name is Maria Isabel.”

Her full name was Maria Isabel Salazar Lopez.

The book is about a girl who went to a new school.

She lived in Puerto Rico and later on she moved to live in New York.

When she arrived to the new school there was already a girl called Maria, so the teacher said "I will call you Mary," but Maria did not like that short name.

She felt really sad not having her friends with her. That remembers me of when I moved to live in Toulouse and had no friends.

 One day the class had to write their biggest wish at the school and "Mary" described her wish.

First she thought her biggest wish was building a snowman. Then she thought her wish was to participate in the Christmas concert. Finally,  she understood that her biggest wish was to everybody call her Maria Isabel Salazar Lopez.

She got called Maria as her grandma from her father side that she never met.

She got called Isabel like her grandma from her mom side, who was called Isabel. Her grandma is saving money for Maria, so when Maria grows up she can go to university and do not work all day cooking in the kitchen like her.

 Salazar (is a last name) like her grandpa Antonio and her dad, and Lopez like her grandpa Manuel witch she never met too. He use to tell many stories! She knows that, because her mother tells her all of them.  

Then the teacher read her wish and in the end she called her Maria Isabel. 

My favorite video games part 3

I don't just like Castle Crashers I also like pvz ( plants vs zombies ) would you like me to show you a picture of plants vs zombies? Very well, I'll show you a picture of plants vs zombies 2 ok?

This level is the ZOMBOSS of plants vs zombies. As you can see it is in the pirate world. Here is a picture of all the plants.

RAINBOW MAGIC

Rainbow magic
Robyn the Christmas Party Fairy

By Penelope   

I chose this book because I love the way two girls (named Kirsty and Rachel) find a fairy.  This is one is one of my favourites. Some people don't like reading books, but I love reading , I get to travel the world and go to mythical places, like fairy land!

This is the second time I 'v read this book and I love it . The book has three stories in it. They are called: The Magical Cracker, The Dancing Shoes and The Snow Globe. My favourite story is The Magical Cracker because there's a clue to each magical object in Jack Frost's spell. In the spell it says: 

I know a Norwegian who likes to play pranks.If he'll help trick the fairies I 'll  give him my thanks .Tiaras and tutus conceal a great prize,And keep it away from those bright fairy eyes.The treasure will lie in a Christmassy nook .The very last place a fairy would look .

If you are a girls' girl and like good fairy books then I would recommend this one!

ELEPHANTS ARE DYING

I love Elephants so I can't stand them dying. Helpfull chubby little friendly animals, too wonderful to die! People are hunting them for their tusks and skin!

These elephants are making  a love heart with their trunks.  A very pretty silhouette! So try and help elephants by adopting one this year!

My Trip to India

I was so exited to go to India and see my family. First me and my mother ( only ) went to Blangac airport and about one hour after we went in the flight to Charles de Gaul airport in Paris. It took 1 hour to arive there, then we had a 2 hour break in Paris and we looked in some shops for entertainment then I went to play on the Playstation. Finally it was time to go to the flight to India ( it was long waiting in the queue). In the flight there were mini TVs and I spent more time on it than sleeping when it was sleeping time! In the flight I also watched 1 movie called Monster's Academy and I liked it.

When we reached New Delhi, India it took a little bit of time to find my grandfather and my mother's brother but after some time we found them.  It was really nice to meet them after so much of time! At late night we reached their apartment and I was also happy to see my grandmother and my mother's brother's wife. The next day we went to a shopping center and we bought LOTS of things for me. When we came home my Nan had lots of indian dresses for me that she had brought from her house!

The next day was a special day because it was my mother's brother's wife's birthday! We went to the bakery and I got to choose the cake, it was a chocolate cake decorated with long chocolate triangles as a flower. Every night we would talk and I would play Temple Run 2 while the grown ups talked.

Finally it was time to go to the airport where we took a 45 minute flight to my Dad's parent's house, in the flight I got a little bored so me and my Mum looked a little bit in the magazines. We arrived there and found my Dad's parents. It took a little while to reach their home but I was happy when we did. Their house is very big and they even have a swing for me! The swing is wooden and it's like a chair so you can even kind of lie down!

In few days my Dad came from France and he also brought Ferrero Rocher chocolates that I love.
Then it was....... CHRISTMAS! I don't celebrate Christmas but I told my mother to hide presents in the house and I found them! One was a Russian souvenir and the other was a pair of earrings that looks like a shimmering ball of snow and there was a necklace that matched with the earrings.

After a few days me, my parents and my Dad's parents set of for Agra to visit the Taj Mahal. It was a 7 hour trip in the car. We stopped at a petrol pump and beside it was a big mustard flower field that went on for miles! In the petrol pump we saw a hand pump that brings us fresh water, here's a picture of me doing the hand pump ( it was hard, you need to have a lot of strength to do it).

At night we reached the hotel in Agra, it was very pretty there. The next day we went to the Taj Mahal, it took a lot of time to go inside. Finally we went through the gates into the huge garden of Taj Mahal and Taj Mahal was right in front. We took lots of photos, then me grandparents got a little tired
 of walking around so they sat while me and my parents went inside Taj Mahal.

Inside it was just a tomb of the owner of Taj Mahal: Shah Jahan and his third wife: Mumtaz Mahal. Shah Jahan built Taj Mahal as a memorial in memory of Mumtaz Mahal, Shah Jahan was planing to build an identical black building for himself but he died before he even began to build!

We did lots of things then we went back to our hotel. Next morning it was time to go back to my father's parent's house. When we reached we ate Aloo ki Tikki with lots of spices, I'll transalate it: Potato Cutlet or Potato Croquet. The next day I was just at home blogging stuff on the blog. After lots days it was time to go to Delhi, there in Delhi I stayed with my mother's parents and my mother's big brother and wife for 2 days.

 It was the day of the flight back to France but there was so much fog that the flight got canceled. The next day we were of to Charles de Gaul, Paris. This time I slept more than playing on the mini TVs!
I watched 2 movies called: The Epic and Turbo. I also watched The Croods but half of it. Then when the fight landed it was time to take another flight to Toulouse. After 1 hour we arrived and took a taxi to our home. It was super fun in India!

More Big Questions

There are always Big Questions coming up, but we try to give them a little time on Thursdays in 4G. After we'd looked back at one or two of the questions from last time, we had some more to ask:

We discussed Maia's and Tobias' questions, and wondered what it was that made humans so different from other animals, that we have a history, that while our bodies haven't changed much since the time of the cavemen our culture has. Humans are unique like that. Why is that?

Pablo thought it was because of our hands, and there's a lot of sense in that. Animals like cats and dogs can't really hold things because all their four limbs end in feet. We have hands, and so we can use tools!

Of course there's a lot more to it than that. What do you think? How did cavemen learn how to learn? And where does language fit into all this? Any answers?