Well done Menna. Your work was correct. I won't publish it until more people have had a go. I'm pleased that you enjoyed the Moodle today, it is a really useful learning tool.

Today, Mr Breeze from Y Pant came to school to show the Year Six M.A.T. Language pupils a new way of extending their learning. He introduced them to the Moodle which is an interactive I.C.T. device. The children will be set challenges on a forum where they can chat about literacy activities, post ideas and hold discussions. Our M.A.T. pupils will soon have the opportunity to host a workshop for other feeder schools on how to use the Moodle. This will be a fantastic opportunity to teach their peers. They will then be able to 'chat' and share ideas with M.A.T. children from other schools.

Wow Kate! You have really worked hard on these. I won't publish your answers until others have had a go. Remember to come to me for housepoints tomorrow. Come on the rest of you, have a go at these challenges!

Anagram Antics

Can you rearrange words to find another correctly spelt word using the same letters in the word, e.g.
lamp = palm

petal = plate

chain = china

Now try these:

snoop

parties

asleep

height

north

These are harder!

auction

teaching

potion

sister

wolves

kitchen

Post your answers to the Blog, or bring them to school for me to see.

SPLIT THE WORD

Can you find how many words of three or more letters are contained within each of the words listed below without rearranging the letters?

e.g. restoration = rest, rat and ration.

Now try these:

tangerine

wardrobe

drawing

whatever

whenever

scarecrow

If you really want to push yourselves, then try these:

complimentary

coincidentally

sentimental

Post your answers to the Blog or write them down and bring them to school to show me.

Kate has tried the riddles. Well done Kate, you had them all right except number 4, although I can see the reasoning behind your answer! I won't publish your post until more people have tried the challenge. Come to me for 2 housepoints on Monday.
Mrs Davies.

Riddle Time

Try to solve the following riddles:

1.What is it that the more you take away the larger it becomes?

2.What holds water yet is full of holes?

3.What is it that you will break when you name it?

4.What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?

5.The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?

6.What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a hundred years?

Post your answers to the Blog.
I will post the correct answers next week.

Have a go at making up your own riddles for the following words:
an onion, a shaddow, a towel, a cold.

ALPHABET POEM

Write the alphabet down the left hand side of a piece of paper.

For each letter, try to come up with an imaginative adjective (describing word), noun and verb (doing word).

Use these words to make up an imaginative alphabet poem.

Post your poems on the Blog for us to share.

Dear Amelia, thank you for your message. I will help you to find your autobiography when we get back to school. I am glad that you had a nice holiday. Mrs D.

Dear Mahrooshay, sorry I wasn't in today. Just a quick question for you. When you checked the maths and science websites for me on Thursday, did they actually come up as Pontyclun Forums or as something else? Are you able to get onto the other Forums? Let me know, thanks, Mrs D.

I have always loved reading. My mother enjoys telling the story of how, on holiday in Italy when I was about 10, I was stuck in a broken-down lift for an hour without even noticing! When the manager finally opened the door I was found sitting happily in the corner of the lift with my nose stuck firmly in a book (not literally but figuratively - do you know the difference?).
I enjoy both factual and fictional books. Can you share your favourite factual or fictional book with the Blog? Why did you enjoy reading that particular book? Could you give our 'Bloggers' a short 'precis' (a simple storyline/fact file) of your favourite book? Remember, I am looking for interesting vocabulary, good spelling and accurate punctuation. Can you persuade other 'Bloggers' to read your favourite book?

There are lots of good websites on the internet to help improve your language skills. Here is a selection. Try them out and tell me what you think of them.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/


http://www.crickweb.co.uk/Key-Stage-2.html


Post your opinions on the blog for us all to share. http://www.coxhoe.durham.sch.uk/curriculum/Literacy.htm#KS2%20On-line%20Activities%20NEW
Click on 'Older Posts' to find out today's challenge.

Hello everyone, and welcome to our Language Blog. To get us started, I thought it would be nice to get to know each other, so, my first challenge is for you to write a short autobiography. Try to use good descriptions and interesting and varied vocabulary. Y5 and Y6 could also try to include paragraphs. Good luck with your first task.
Mrs Davies.