Saturday, November 29, 2014

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.

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

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.  







Tuesday, November 25, 2014

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..

Monday, November 24, 2014

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



Thursday, November 20, 2014

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.



Thursday, November 13, 2014

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.


Tuesday, November 11, 2014

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.



Monday, November 10, 2014

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.

Thursday, November 6, 2014

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.


Tuesday, November 4, 2014

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.


Monday, November 3, 2014

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.