Friday, 28 February 2014

The Jolly Postman


For our Bookworms topic, we have been looking at the story of the Jolly Postman.
Choose your favourite character from the story and write a diary entry pretending to be them. Write a short piece of writing about the day the postman came to visit you!

Choose from the list of characters below:

The Three Bears

The Witch

The Giant

Cinderella

“Grandma” ( The Big Bad Wolf)

Goldilocks
 

Friday, 14 February 2014

Volcanoes

During this term we have really enjoyed learning about Rocks and Soils in Science. We especially enjoyed learning about volcanoes. What have you learnt about volcanoes? Can you explain how and why they erupt? 

Friday, 7 February 2014

Adventure stories


 This week we have been continuing our topic on adventure stories. We love adventure stories in Downing Street class!

Which adventure stories are your favourite?

When writing your comment, try and answer these questions:

1) What is the name of the adventure story and who wrote it?
2) Can you describe what happens in the story briefly?
3) Can you explain why it is one of your favourite stories?
4)What does it have that makes it a great adventure story?

Wednesday, 5 February 2014

Tell me why!

The time has come for another 'Tell me why' problem.

Can you tell me why deserts are hot in the day and cold at night?

I will post the answer next week.