Publishing our Story writing

We wrote descriptions about Harold - the giraffe from the Life Education caravan. Mrs Dijkstra has a soft toy version. We used adjectives to make a clear picture in the readers mind. Mrs Varga made yellow cones for us, which we used to make a giraffe. We published our stories using Book Creator on the iPad which was printed and laminated and placed on our giraffe.

We wrote similes about the colour red by comparing it to something else. Mrs Dijkstra, Mrs Zhu and Mrs Kirke helped us, so that we could publish on a balloon. Luckily, not one popped! They are now on display in our room.

Fergal is Fuming

Mrs Dijkstra read us a story called Fergal is Fuming. Fergal is a dragon who gets mad. His fiery temper gets him into trouble. He needs to find ways to cool down. His friends suggest that he could count to ten. He could tell a friend. He could watch the sunset. He could find a quiet spot and make a big noise. He could lie back and have a big stretch. He could run fast. At the end of the story he finds interesting ways to use his fire. What do you think that might be? Maybe there will be times when we could use some of Fergal's cool down ideas?

Family Shields

We made a shield. We drew pictures of our family and of food we like to eat and of things we like to play and of things our family like to do together. Our shields told a lot about us and helped us get to know each other better.

Mrs Dijkstra loved the detail in our drawings and how colourful they looked. Mr Dijkstra stapled them up high around our room because he is nice and tall.

Self Potraits

We have now finished our self portraits. We painted inside the outline with skin coloured paints and collaged the background using three different shades of blue. We glued on wool for the hair and our sunglasses illustrate what we did in the holidays. We also used pastels to complete our faces.

We all look gorgeous!