100 word challenge

Pop over to the Fieldhead Carr 100wc on the right hand side, the link is under the 100wc logo. There are some entries you could read and leave feedback. I will add some more later.

Remember if you are giving feedback always say what you like about it and why, also what you suggest they could do to improve it.

Improvements could be spelling, punctuation, adjectives, following the prompt, making sense.

100 word challenge w28

Here is the new prompt for the 100wc

I really hope we will have many more entries to add to the 100wc blog. Have a look and get your thinking caps on.



The zoo needs some more  keepers and to get the job you have to write a creative piece either about one of the strange animals you saw on the screen or one you have made up. You have only got 100 words so really think hard about the words you choose so that your reader could paint the picture.

Budding Night Zookeepers

Watching the introduction

Making notes about the animals they could see

Discussing what they have seen

Planning time - describing the animal

Thinking carefully - I only have 100 words

Sharing thoughts and ideas

Writing up the stories in the ICT suite

Emailing them to Mrs W so she can post them on the blog

Animation using Scratch

This afternoon Y4 worked together to create simple animations using Scratch

"we made a sprite"

"we imported an underwater background"

"a ghost chasing a a very scared girl"

"We have made a cafe background and 3 sprites"

"we discussed what characters we needed"

"we make a Homer sprite in Donut land"

"we are designing an underwater castle"

Who has downloaded Scratch to use at home?

P4C - A new friend

Imagine you move away from your best friend and your Father, who is an inventor, designs a machine that can scan personalities. After school you arrive home to find a stranger with the same personality as your best friend, sat on the sofa. Can this person replace your friend, even though they share the same personality?

These are the questions the groups came up with after reading A New Friend by Jason Buckley.
Click here to read the story

Is Nina only her friend because she is a millionaires daughter?

Is Nina feeling guilty or excited to replace Sadie?

How would you feel if your best friend was replaced?

How would you feel in Lucy's shoes?

Big Write Star Writer is ...

...Bailey

Big Write was based on the story we read by Pie Corbett called The King of the Birds. Year 4 were quite confused after reading it because there was no mention of a King of the Birds, however, there was a character who was the King of Horses.
After contacting Mr Corbett, he asked if Year 4 could write Part 2, in which the title of the story would become clear.

So, here are some examples of the stories written on Friday called;

King of the Birds part 2

Children supporting each other to make their work even better.

Reply with examples of the feedback you gave or received from your partner.

Hello to our new Quadblogging buddies

Hello 2W, 9 plus10 and Hollyclass 1, we are really looking forward to showing you what we do in class and look forward to finding out what goes on in your class too, your Y4 buddies.

Golden Children 19th April

Hannah regularly visits the class blog leaving quality comments. She has also gone the extra mile adding news to her own personal blog.

Elle is so motivated, she regularly continues her learning at home and recently found the answer to a maths question we asked.

Talk homework

Tonight I'd like you to talk about how the author uses description to give the reader information about a character's appearance, feelings and actions.

Think about Lenny in The Lion and the Unicorn, why did the author choose to use the words she did?
What could she have used instead?

Think about David in Friend or Foe, what picture did the author create when Mum woke him up the morning of the evacuation?

Think about Traditional Tales, how are the characters portrayed?

Brainpop

I am currently looking at buying Brainpop to use in school. I saw it when I went to BETT in London, it looks really great with lots of videos, quizzes and FYI's. I noticed there's some free stuff to access.
Can you have a look and let me know what you think.
Leave a comment so I can go to Mr E and Miss Hillerby with reasons why school should buy it.

Free stuff here

Have fun