Take a look around our school!

Hi Quad bloggers! I hope you are enjoying our Blog this week. Check out this short slide show of some images in and around our school. Feel free to comment or ask any questions about what you see. Is our school similar or different in any ways? We look forward to reading your comments.

Quad Blogging

This week we welcome Halswell School - New Zealand,North Cerney C of E Primary School – England, and Cambridge Primary School – Australia to our class blog. A big Hello from Year 4 at Pontybrenin Primary and thank you for visiting our blog.

Please feel free to ask questions, write your own comments or complete any of tasks I’ve set my class on any of the posts. Just remember to say put your first name or initials and what school your from. I hope you enjoy our blog!

On this post can you write what the best thing is about your school. It could be something you really enjoy doing, a person who goes there, a game you play or something special your school has. I can’t wait to read every ones comments!

Volcano Fortnight

The next two weeks we will be learning about volcanoes. As part of the fortnight we will be learning a volcano song. Check it out:

Do you like the song and why? During the fortnight can you write all the facts you know about volcanoes so we can all share our learning. What do you about volcanoes? Have you ever visited one?  Our Quad blog friends please feel free to share your knowledge and experiences with volcanoes. I look forward to reading your posts.

Week of 08/10/12

What have you been learning this week? What lesson have you enjoyed the most and why? Remember to use correct puncuation. I look forward to reading your posts.

Hodgeheg - Road Safety

In English we have been reading the Hodgeheg by Dick King-Smith. Max is trying to find out how humans cross the road safety. Take a look at these road safety videos below:





What do you think are the dangers are of crossing the road?
What advice do you think you could give Max when crossing the road?
What could you warn Max about what not to do when crossing the road?

Please feel free to blog your thoughts. This week we are making road safety animations to help Max.

Thinking Skills #1

This year many of you will be working on digital storytelling projects. Whether the stories we create are in groups, as a class, or individually, we will be able to use technology to tell some really awesome stories! So, to inspire us, letʻs take a look at a couple stories that were written by kids.
Watch the videos below!




Now, please turn to the person next to you and talk to each other using the following questions as a guide:
What did you like about the stories?
Which one did you like better? Why?

Now, in a comment on this post, tell me the answer to the following:
If you wrote a story that was about a really interesting main character, who would that main character be?

Week of 1/10/12

What have you been learning about this week? What has been your best moment this week or the activity you have enjoy the most? Why did you like this? Remember to use correct punctuation.