Drop us a line...write a postcard

Why not send a postcard to us all this holiday?!
You could even send one from Las Palmas!

Remember to address it to 5A and to write our school address clearly:
Colegio Canterbury,
Lomo el diviso s/n,
35018
Gran Canaria

What better way to revise informal writing?!

Happy Easter!

Today was so busy that I forgot to wish you all a HAPPY EASTER!

See you in two weeks!

Miss Sam

Well done to Mario too!

Sorry about the mix-up Mario. What a fantastic cover for the programme!

Go go Joseph and 5A!

Well done to everyone today - you were super! Great singing and fantastic dancing!

Special mentions also go out to our actors who performed superbly!

Thank you to Leire for the great cover art (I love the colours).

More scanner success!

Well done to Marta S - here are your certificates!

Science revision!!

Here are the word sheets and summary sheets for ELECTRICITY and ADAPTATION.
Remember to revise a little over the holiday please!

Science revision

Click here to go to a great revision site found by Mr Tom.

Origami Tie

Click here for the tie-making instructions.

Thanks to Mr Kevin for this idea!

To make it look extra special you could draw a shirt or jacket onto the card too.

Hope you have a great Father's Day!

Electricity Song - another one from Mr Tom!

Science homework for the holiday!

During the LONG Easter holidays I would like you to try the 2006 Science SATs test A. Click here if you would like to print your own copy.

I do not want you to:
a) Get stressed about it.
b) Spend all holiday doing it.

I'm only giving it to you so you can see what the questions are like and how it is laid out.

Just have a go!

Joseph Leaflet

Your literacy homework for next Monday is to make a Joseph leaflet to advertise the school show. P1 and P2 parents will come on Wednesday 25th March at 11 o´clock. P3, P4 and P5 parents will come on Thursday 26th March at 11 o´clock.

Look at the four images below from a great book of Miss Vivienne´s called "Assess Skills in non-Fiction" as their tips will help to make your leaflet as good as possible.

I will put the leaflets up for a display next week.

Miss Sam

Blobz Guide to Electrical Circuits

Here it is again as I made a mistake.

Excellent electricity website

We will be helping our buddies in first grade next week with their electrical circuits. This is a great website to brush up your skills!

Persuasive posters for rainforest products

Your homework due in on Monday in your topic book is to do a persuasive poster (advert) for a product of your choice related to the rainforest.
Click on the images below for a little help.

Super scanner strikes again!

Well done Elena!

Keep bringing in certificates if you would like them to be added to our blog.

More stars of the week - thanks scanner!

Here are some of our previous winners!

Kids zone

This is my old school´s website that we looked at today. There are some great games to try. Click here to visit it and revise!

Well done Javier!

Sorry this took so long but now we have a super new scanner in class!

Mean, median and mode song

Another great find by Mr Tom.

I'm sure you will always remember how to work out the mean, median and mode after watching this!

If we have any time tomorrow afternoon we will play some more rounders and record our scores in the first and second innings.

I hope you have all worked out the median, mean and range for your group's running times.

See you tomorrow!

BBC Bitewise Averages

You may already have done this a few weeks ago but it will not hurt to revise it!

Revise mode, mean and median this week!

Click here to revise mode, mean and median.

Joseph

I am not sure what we will be doing for Amazing Egyptians (I think you already know this song from 3rd Grade) and One More Angel in Heaven. We will discuss this later in the week.

Please practise these songs every day at home:
1) Jacob and Sons
2) Joseph´s Coat
3) Joseph´s Dreams
4) Poor Poor Joseph

Everyone is doing really well so all you need to do is practise to make sure you are confident on the day. Actors, please know your words without a paper in front of you.

In the next few weeks there will be many practices and I need you to do a few things for me please. You are the oldest children in the school so please show the younger children how we should behave during a practice. I know you can do this!

Things will take time so you need to be PATIENT and FLEXIBLE!
Many people (teachers included!) will be a bit stressed and so you can help by standing quietly, listening to instructions and trying your hardest!

Thank you very much!!!

Poor Poor Joseph

Poor Poor Joseph:

Narrators A:
Next day, far from home,
The brothers planned the repulsive crime

Brothers:
Let us grab him now,
Do him in, while we’ve got the time

Narrators A:
This they did and made the most of it
Tore his coat and flung him in a pit

Brothers:
Let us leave him here,
All alone, and he's bound to die

Narrators A:
When some Ishmaelites,
A hairy crew, came riding by


In a flash the brothers changed their plan
Brothers:
We need cash. Let's sell him if we can

Narrators:
Poor, poor Joseph, what'cha gonna do?
Things look bad for you, hey, what'cha gonna do?
Poor, poor Joseph, what'cha gonna do?
Things look bad for you, hey, what'cha gonna do?

Brothers:
Could you use a slave,
You hairy bunch of Ishmaelites?
Young, strong, well-behaved,
Going cheap and he reads and writes

Narrators A:
In a trice the dirty deal was done
Silver coins for Jacob's favourite son

Then the Ishmaelites
Galloped off with the slave in tow
Off to Egypt where Joseph was not keen to go
It wouldn't be a picnic he could tell

Joseph:
And I don't speak Egyptian very well

Narrators A:
Joseph's brothers tore
His precious multi-coloured coat
Having ripped it up,
They next attacked a passing goat

Soon the wretched creature was no more
They dipped his coat in blood and guts and gore

Oh now brothers, how low can you stoop?
You make a sordid group, hey, how low can you stoop?

Poor, poor Joseph, sold to be a slave
Situation's grave, hey, sold to be a slave

Joseph´s Dreams

Joseph´s Dreams:

Narrators A:
Joseph's coat annoyed his brothers

Brothers and Narrators A:
But what makes us mad
Are the things that Joseph tells us of the
Dream's he often had

Joseph:
I dreamed that in the fields one day,
At corn collecting time
Your eleven sheaves of corn
All turned and bowed to mine

Joseph and Narrators A:
My sheaf was quite a sight to see
A golden sheaf and tall
Yours were green and second-rate
And really rather small

Brothers:
The dreams of our dear brother are
The decade's biggest yawn
His talk of stars and golden sheaves
Is just a load of corn

Brothers and Narrators A:
Not only is he tactless but
He's also rather dim
For there's eleven of us and
There's only one of him
The dreams of course will not come true
That is, we think they won't come true
That is, we hope they won't come true
What if he's right all along?

The dreams are more than crystal clear,
The writing on the wall
Means that Joseph some day soon
Will rise above us all
The accuracy of the dreams
We brothers do not know
But one thing we are sure about
The dreamer has to go

Joseph lyrics: first two songs

Jacob and Sons

Way way back many centuries ago,
Not long after the Bible began
Jacob lived in the land of Canaan,
A fine example of a family man.
Jacob, Jacob and sons,
Depended on farming to earn their keep.
Jacob, Jacob and sons,
Spent all of his days in the fields with sheep.

Jacob was the founder of a whole new nation
Thanks to the number of children he had
Also known as Israel, but most of the time
His sons and his wives used to call him Dad.
Jacob, Jacob and sons,
Men of the soil, of the sheaf and the crook
Jacob, Jacob and sons,
A remarkable family in anyone's book.

Reuben was the eldest of the children of Israel
With Simeon and Levi the next in line
Naphtali and Isaachar with Asher and Dan
Zebulun and Gad took the total to nine
Jacob, Jacob and sons,
Benjamin and Judah, which leaves only one
Jacob, Jacob and sons,
Joseph - Jacob's favourite son
Jacob, Jacob and sons
Jacob, Jacob and sons
Jacob, Jacob and sons
Jacob Jacob Jacob
Jacob and
Sons


JOSEPH'S COAT

Jacob:
Joseph's mother, she was quite my favourite wife
I never really loved another all my life
And Joseph was my joy because
He reminded me of her
Narrators A
Through young Joseph, Jacob lived his youth again
Loved him, praised him, gave him all he could, but then
It made the rest feel second best
And even if they were -
Brothers
Being told we're also-rans
Does not makes us Joseph fans
Narrators A
But where they had really missed the boat is
Brothers
We're great guys but no-one seems to notice
Narrators A + Brothers
Joseph's charm and winning smile
Failed to slay them in the aisle
And his father couldn't see the danger
He could not imagine any danger
He just saw in Joseph all his dreams come true
Jacob wanted to show the world he loved his son
To make it clear that Joseph was the special one
So Jacob bought his son a coat
A multi-coloured coat to wear
Brothers
Joseph's coat was elegant,
The cut was fine
The tasteful style was the
Ultimate in good design
And this is why it caught the eye
A king would stop and stare
Narrators A
And when Joseph tried it on
He knew his sheepskin days were gone
Narrators A + Brothers
Such a dazzling coat of many colours
How he loved his coat of many coloures
Narrators A
In a class above the rest
It even went well with his vest
Such a stunning coat of many colours
How he loved his coat of many colours
It was red and yellow and green and
Brown and blue
Joseph's brothers weren't
Too pleased with what they saw
Brothers
We have never liked him
All that much before
And now this coat
Has got our goat
We feel life is unfair
Narrators A
And when Joseph graced the scene
His brothers turned a shade of green
His astounding clothing took the biscuit
Quite the smoothest person in the district
Joseph
I look handsome, I look smart
I am walking work of art
Such a dazzling coat of many colours
How I love my coat of many colours


Jacob, Joseph, Brothers
It was red and yellow and green and brown
And scarlet and black and ochre and peach
Narrators A (left side group)
And ruby and olive and violet and fawn
And lilac and gold and chocolate and mauve
Narrators A (right side group)
And cream and crimson and silver and rose
And azure and lemon and russet and grey
Jacob, Joseph, Brothers
And purple and white and pink and orange
And red and yellow and green and brown and
Narrators A (left side group)
Scarlet and black and ochre and peach
And ruby and olive and violet and fawn
Narrators A (right side group)
And lilac and gold and chocolate and mauve
And cream and crimson and silver and rose
Jacob, Joseph, Brothers, All Narrators
And azure and lemon and russet and grey
And purple and white and pink and orange
And blue

Anaconda song

I could not find the dinosaur song but here is another similar one about an anaconda.
Hope it cheers you up Natalia!

Get well soon Natalia!

Your interview answers were excellent - I shall have to contact the interviewing panel to see if we can appoint you for one of the positions in your absence.

We hope to see you at school soon - we may be having some cake tomorrow that the newly appointed chefs will make.

Iguana and Umbrella bird songs

Thanks to Javi and Marta S for telling me about these songs - they are fab!

Ratio and Proportion powerpoint

You could also read this Ratio and Proportion powerpoint to revise.

Ratio and proportion

Click here to go to a website to practise ratio and proportion.

Reading scales game

Play this game to practise reading scales.

Interview questions

Once we have looked at the CVs and application letters, we will choose who is going to be interviewed for the position of Dessert Chef. As we do not know who the lucky candidates will be, EVERYONE needs to prepare for the interview.

Make some NOTES to answer the following questions. Do not write full sentences as you will need to look your interviewer in the eye and not stare at your paper!

Good luck candidates!


Example interview questions:
1. Why did you want to become a Dessert Chef?
2. What makes a good Dessert Chef in your opinion?
3. What is your favourite dessert? Why?
4. What is your speciality? Describe it please.
5. Explain a problem you have had in the kitchen. How did you overcome this problem?
6. What is the most important thing that you learned from your mentor?
7. If I gave you some digestive biscuits, ice-cream, cooking chocolate, strawberries and mascarpone cheese, what would you make? What would you call this dessert?

Enthusiastic learner needed for immediate start

CANTERBURY SCHOOL, GRAN CANARIA PRIMARY DEPARTMENT
March 2009
Dessert Chef position available. Candidates must have at least one meal’s experience and be willing to create a new dessert menu for a dynamic new restaurant opening at the beginning of March 2009.
Applicants should have a good knowledge of hygiene rules, be aware of food preparation guidelines and be an enthusiastic learner.
Please send a letter of application and C.V. with the names of two referees to Miss Samantha Halford by Wednesday 4th March 2009.