Christmas 2014

Merry Christmas everyone!!! This year we spent it in England. I got loads of cool stuff from Santa. I got some sticker nails,a knitting kit, loom band books,cake decorating book, an iPad and a book for girls.

We had a photo with Santa and he gave me a present. That was a book.

On Christmas day I woke up at 4:00 am in the morning to open presents and play with them.

Then we had breakfast which was smoked salmon eggs Benedict. Its a very special meal.

We had lunch just after 1 o'clock, when we were wearing our silly hats because it's a tradition of ours to wear funny hats on christmas.

Michael was on facetime and he wore a funny hat too. ( can you see him on  Morgans new ipad?)

Christmas in Australia is different to it here, mainly because 

-it's cold 

-different foods ( like no mangos here)

-not many lights on houses like in Australia

-they don't give the reindeer water

- they give Santa a mince pie

Pantomime - Mother Goose Panto at Salisbury.

Pantomimes are usually performed close to Christmas or New Year.

The characters in a pantomime are a Pantomime Dame who is a man dressed as a woman, two fairies; one who is good and one who is bad, a boy and a girl who are in love.

In pantomimes girls are sometimes dressed as boys and boys as girls.

In pantos there is audience participation. It's very fun because you need to yell things out like boo or yay.

Today we saw a Panto called Mother Goose.

There were two fairies, one was good and one was bad. Every year the good one has to help someone in need. She decided to help Mother Goose, so she gave her a goose that laid golden eggs.

But the demoness tempted Mother Goose into turning her  beautiful and made her trade in the goose.

Mother Goose lost her friends and family but she learned that friendship was the key to happiness not beauty.

My favorite part was when they went to save the goose in the Southern Pole.

I would rate it 10/10.

Thank you to Sally who bought me this ticket to see this Panto. It was very kind

Music lesson 10 The Beatles

Today we visited The Beatles Story Experience in Liverpool.

Paul,George, Ringo and John.

The Beatles were an English rock band that formed in Liverpool, in 1960.

In the early 1960s, their enormous popularity first emerged as "Beatlemania". 

Beatlemania was when when their fans mostly girls started to scream and counld't stop screaming and crying. Some of them fainted and there had to be ambulances everywhere the Beatles went.

The Beatles are important to music beacause thier lyrics were easy to listen and sing to and they introduced experiemental music when the hippies came.

This is a picture of me learning the drums and being taught by Ringo Starr.

This is a youtube video of the top 15 songs they did.

I like a hard days night the song it is my favourite.

Christmas Concert in Edinburgh

Today we went to a Christmas show in Edinburgh.

We saw an orchestra.

My favourite instrument was xylophone.

It is in the percussionSection.

We have been learning about orchestras in music.

My favourite part of the concert was the sugar plum fairy dance because the two hosts dressed up in tutus and they played the Xylophone. 

I think this was a great outing.  

Science Project - All about Snow

Snow is an icy wet and cold.

Scotland is where I got snow.

There are lots of places in the world you can get snow. Those places have to be closer to the poles of the earth. Cold places are where you usually get snow.
Snow feels wet and cold but if your'e rugged up you'll be fine.

Snow looks amazing. It looks white and beautiful.

It has to be the exact perfect temperature for it to snow. If its wet, it turns to slush.

You can make a snowman out of snow or a snow angel.

You wear a big jacket and a jumper and snow boots.

I made three snowmen and had a snowball fight.

Snow is made when the temperature in the clouds is very cold. Snowflakes are made up of crystals of ice that have formed around bits of dirt in the air. 

Each snowflake is different and might contain up to 200 crystals. Every Snowflake has 6 sides.

Music lesson 9 Classical Music

Famous musicians who wrote famous classical music are called composers. They include Bizet,Mozart and Beethoven.

Classical music is played by an orchestra. Classical music was made a long time ago.

I didn't think I was a fan of classical music, but when I listened to the top 20, I knew lots.

Here is the top 20 classical music pieces:

20 by Wagner 

Ride of the valknries

19 by Gershwin 

Rhapsody in blue

18 by Grieg 

In the hall of the mountain king

17 by Beethoven 

Symphony no. 9 ode co joy

16 by riszt

Hungarian rhapsody no 2

15 by lonchielli

Dance of the hours

14 by Elgar

Lomp and circumstance no 1

13 by ravel 

Boléro

12 by Bizet 

Coreador song

11 by Offenbach 

Infernal gallop

10 by Orff

Carmina burana: o fortuna

9 by strauss, R.

Also sprach larathustra

8 by handel

Hallelujah 

7 by Rossini 

William cell overtune

6 by Strauss, J.

The blue Danube 

5 by lachelbel

Canon in p

4 by cchaikovsky

1812 overture

3 by Bach 

Coccata and fugue

2 by Mozart 

Eine Kleine hachtmusik: allegro

1 by Beethoven 

Symphony no. 5

knew 12 songs. Can you believe it?

My favourite one is Bizet coreador song

I like it because it just is nice and cheerful and it's dancing music.

Here is the clip I listened to and watched.

Maths lesson 9 - areas

To work out an area of a square you have to do side squared - thats how long the side is and times it by itself.

 For a rectangle you have to times the width by the hight so its w X h.


Here are some of my practices

Square - side = 2  Area = 4
side = 5  Area =5x5=25
side = 10  Area =10x10=100


Rectangle
width = 2  hight = 4  Area =2x4=8
width = 1  hight = 5  Area =1x5=5
width = 3  hight = 10  Area =3x10=30

				Square Area = a2 a = length of side
	Rectangle Area = w × h w = width h = height			Parallelogram Area = b × h b = base h = vertical height

Music lesson 8 Percussion Section

Their name, percussion, means "the hitting of one body against another." In the orchestra, the percussion section provides rhythm and tone.

Percussion instruments are made from many materials, but usually consist of either a solid material or a thin material. 

Drums, the most well-known members of the percussion family, come in many shapes and sizes, but are all made with a skin stretched across a frame.

This is a photo of the percussion section.

Geograhy Report Scotland

Scotland is best known for haggis and men wearing kilts. Mum likes men in kilts.

The languages of Scotland are French, German, Italian, Spanish and Scots. Only a few people speak gaelic.

The capital of Scotland is Edinburgh.

The national animal is a Unicorn.

5.295 million people live there. They're currency is UK £, but they have their own money too called the Scottish pound.

Scotland is located in the northern part of Great Britain. You could fit Scotland into Australia almost 100 times.



The government of Scotland is a Constitutional monarchy. This year the Scottish had a referendum to see if Scotland could become independant. It lost but only just.

The points of interest are the William Wallace monument and Edinburgh castle and Loch Ness.

The Flag of Scotland is known as Saint Andrew's Cross or the Saltire, it is the national flag of Scotland.

This is a highland cow.

When we were in Scotland we went as far as Perth and out to St Andrews. Next time we go to Scotland we are going to go up to the Orkney Islands and to see Loch Ness. 

This is haggis, tatties and neeps.

Famous people from Scotland include Alexander graham, Mary Queens of Scots and David Tennant.

Alexander Graham was born on march the 3rd 1847.

Alexander Graham was a scientist, innovator, and inventor of the first practical telephone. He was also one of the founding members of the National Geographic Society.

Queen Mary of Scots was born on December the 8th 1542.

In 1558, she married the Dauphin of France, Francis.

Mary became Queen of Scotland when she was only 6 days old because she was the only surviving child of King James V of Scotland. She was imprisoned and forced to abdicated her thrown in 1567.

Scottish people live in smaller houses because is cold and it snows alot..

The weather in Scotland is cold, some sunny days but mostly cold and snowy.

The  celebrations they have in Scotland are Burns Supper, Hogmanay and St Andrews Day.

Burns Supper is a celebration of the life and poetry of the poet Robert Burns, author of many Scottish poems.

Hogmanay  is the Scots word for the last day of the year and is the celebration of the New Year .

St Andrews Day is the feast of Saint Andrew. It is celebrated on the 30th of November.

William Wallace Monument - Stirling

William Wallace was a Scottish Rebel that was very tall,probably 6.7 and his sword was 1.67.it was a very heavy sword. 

William Wallace fought in the Battle of the Bridge of Falkirk against the English. It was the first time that the Scottish people had won. the English were trying to take over Scotland and he got all the  clans together to fight them. He fought for Robert the Bruce.

The monument had 246 steps and we climbed them all.  

Geography report draft one Scotland

Scotland is best known for haggis.

The languages of Scotland are French, German, Italian, Spanish and Scots. Only a few people speak gaelic.

The capital of Scotland is Edinburgh.

The national animal is a Unicorn.

5.295 million people live there. They're currency is UK £, but they have their own money too called the Scottish pound.

Scotland is located in the northern part of Great Britain. You could fit Scotland into Australia almost 100 times.



The government of Scotland is a Constitutional monarchy. This year the Scottish had a referendum to see if Scotland could become independant. It lost but only just.

The points of interest are the William Wallace monument and Edinburgh castle and Loch Ness.

The Flag of Scotland is known as Saint Andrew's Cross or the Saltire, it is the national flag of Scotland.

This is a highland cow.

This is haggis, tatties and neeps.

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Great first draft Lilly.. You need to list the famous people, the types of houses they live in and the celebrations they have there..

The Battle of Bannockburn.

The battle of Bannockburn was in 1314 and was fought in Sterling in Scotland. The fight was fought by Robert the Bruce of Scotland and Edward the 2nd of England.The argument started by Edward the 1st because he wanted to be king of Scotland. He died and his son kept up the argument of the English wanting to rule Scotland.

The battle lasted for 2 days.There were 20,00 English soldiers against 10,000 Scottish.

Robert the Bruce smacked his axe into an English lords head on his horse on his 1st encounter and broke his axe.

Scotland won. This battle is important in Scottish History because it was the first big battle that Scotland had won against England and it lead to their freedom as an independent nation.

We went to the Battle of Bannockburn museum. It had 3 D displays and a battle game where you got to be in charge of the armies.

I got to be the queen of Scotland.

Our team won

Music lesson 7 Woodwind Section

Woodwind instruments are a family of musical instruments .

 There are two main types of woodwind instruments: flutes and reed instruments.

The reed is what gives it the name of woodwind.

Music lesson 6 Brass Section

A brass section is a group of musicians playing woodwind instruments and brass instruments. In an orchestra it is the musicians that play the horn.

Maths lesson 6 - Decimals on a number line

A decimal is a point that separates whole numbers from tenths.

You see decimals in our money.  Cents are smaller than dollars. cents are shown as a decimal.

I did some decimal work here .

Geography report draft one U.S.A

The U.S.A is best known for Hollywood and casinos.

The U.S.A is located in North America.

The U.S.A is 9826675km squared.

It has 316.1 million people there.the US speak spanish,Chinese and English.

The thirteen stripes on the flag is to represent the thirteen original colonies,and the fifty stars stand for the fifty current states.

One of the famous people is Harriet Tubman who saved over 60 slaves but most people thought she was a guy but she was a girl. Another one is Rosa parks who stopped civil rights and got black and white people to be treated equally. The 4th of July is when they won the war of independence.

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Lilly, you are rushing this far too much. You have not followed the set criteria. You haven't  answered the questions. Please look at the format on the reports we did together and your past ones.

Here they are again. Please copy and paste these to each of your reports.

What is the country best known for?

Where is the country located? ( hint - map)

How big is the country? ( how much land does it take up?)

How many people live there?

What language do they speak ( if its more than one - what are they?)

What is the government there? ( e.g. - is it a democracy, monarchy, dictatorship.  explain what it is)

What is the flag ( hint - photo. Explain what it may mean if there is a symbol)

What currency do they use? ( what money do they use? photo)

What is there emblem or the animal or the national flower ( choose one)

What food do they eat?

What is a common dish people eat? ( hint - photo)

What festivals or events or parties do the people from there like to do?

What do the houses that normal people live in look like?

What are some important historical dates or events that happened there?

are there any famous people from there?

If you were going to be a tourist to visit this country, what are the things you might go and see?

Any other interesting thing you can add?

Grammar - lesson 6 prepositions

A preposition is when the noun is. It describes where the noun is. for example - below,behind,above,in front of or on top of.

The bat is above the cat and the cat is below the bat.

The rat is under the cat and the cat is between the rat and the bat.

Grammar- lesson 7 tenses

Tenses are used to say the time or event. 

A past tense was yesterday,a present tense is today and a future tense is tomorrow.

Music lesson 5 String Section

The string section is the largest body of the standard orchestra. It consists of bowed string instruments of the violin family. 

It normally comprises five sections: the first violins, the second violins, the violas, the cellos, and the double basses or basses.

Maths lesson 5 - fractions on a number line

Today We are doing fractions on a number line. It's easier to compare fractions on a number line. 1/4 is the same as 2/8 and 6/12 is the same as 1/2.

Grammar - lesson 5 prounouns

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.

 In the sentence "Joe saw Jill, and he waved at her", the pronouns "he" and "her" take the place of Joe and Jill.

There are four types of pronouns.

Pronouns can be a subject, pronoun of object,possessive pronoun and reflexive pronoun.

The normal pronouns are you,her,him,them and they.

My day in the Roman army - Fishbourne Roman Palace

Today we went to see a roman army museum where we learned what it was like to be in the roman army as a soldier.

We tried all the food that they ate back then and got a gruesome wound that was a sword wound.

We also got a tattoo like the centurions would have had when they joined the army.

here is a picture of a sword wound on my arm

After that we went to throw some stones at logs that had toys on them. 

Then we got to throw spears at Celtic warrior.

We then had a drill sergent teach us how to march and fight like a centurion. We had to speak a bit of latin as well.

 At last we got to charge at our parents after a fighting session.

I learnt alot about the Roman Armies at Fishbourne Roman Palace.

Charles Darwin - Downe House

Charles Darwin had a house in kent called Downe House. We went there today.

Charles Darwin was a explorer, naturist and one of the most famous scientists of our time. He was born in 1809.

He sailed around he world for 5 years. Everywhere he went he collected a bug or a thing. He was the one who found out about the theory of evolution and the survival of the fittest. He also came up with Natural Selection.

Natural selection is when the animals can blend into its environment. Like if there was a white bird it would survive in the snow and not the forest. Where is fits in is where it doesn't get eaten and stays alive.

He took 20 years to publish his book because he had to fight with the church's about God and their view on how animals were created. He believes that everything  evolves to suit their environment, including humans. The church didn't like that.

He finally went on to publish his book but lots of people even today don't believe it. He lived a very long life.

Grammar - lesson 4 adverbs

Adverbs are when you add to the verb.  You ask how  the noun - usually a person or thing, does the action. For example if the verb is walk, you ask how fast did the man walk? The adverb can be slowly. He walked slowly. The ly is the adverb but sometimes there is other adverbs.

France - Geography Report Draft 1

France is 640679km squared.

France has 66.03 million  people.

FUN FACT 

Did you know you can fit France into Australia 14 times.

The flag colours are blue,red and white. The red stands for saint Denis 

and the blue stands for saint Martin.

Some of the famous sights are the Eiffel Tower,the louvre and the Norte dame cathedral.

One of the famous people is Marie Antoinette which was a queen in 1770-1793. She is one of my favourites because she had a little cottage in her backyard that she pretended she was a farmer to escape the royal life for a little bit of time,and she had a beautiful palace with all the marvellous castle things.

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Lilly, you are rushing this so much, you have forgotten the format and all the questions you are meant to answer.

where are all the pictures you are supposed to include?

Look at our prompt questions and make sure you answer ALL of these before you hand in your drafts..

What is the country best known for?

Where is the country located? ( hint - map)

How big is the country? ( how much land does it take up?)

How many people live there?

What language do they speak ( if its more than one - what are they?)

What is the government there? ( e.g. - is it a democracy, monarchy, dictatorship.  explain what it is)

What is the capital city?

What is the flag ( hint - photo. Explain what it may mean if there is a symbol)

What currency do they use? (what money do they use? photo)

What is there emblem or the animal or the national flower ( choose one)

What food do they eat?

What is a common dish people eat? ( hint - photo)

What festivals or events or parties do the people from there like to do?

What do the houses that normal people live in look like?

What are some important historical dates or events that happened there?

are there any famous people from there?

If you were going to be a tourist to visit this country, what are the things you might go and see?

Any other interesting thing you can add?

Geography Report - England

England is known for fish and chips and the Queen.

England is located above Europe. Its an Island.

England is 130,395 km squared.

53.5 million people live there. 

In England they speak French (23%), German(9%) and Spanish (8%).

In England they have a monarch government.

In England they use pounds.

Englands national animal is a lion and a unicorn. This is the official emblem.

In England they have black pudding, yorkshire pudding, cheddar cheese, jellied eels, bangers and mash ( mash potato and sausage) and beef cobbler ( a beef pie).

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If you go to England you need to see all the castles, the London Eye, Stonehenge and lego land because you learn the history of England in these places except from Lego land.

 

Some of the famous people from England are Daniel Radcliffe who Played Harry potter. 

Then there's Holliday grainger who is in the borgias,bonnie and Clyde and M.I high.

FUN FACT

Did you know that England can fit into Australia 58 times.

Usually english people houses are three storyed units that at all attached together and have a small backyard.

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Good attempt Lilly, but you are rushing things. Its disappointing you haven't chosen some figures from Englands rich history to look at, but rather two people who are fairly new on their professional stage.

watch your capital letters and the use.