In the 1920s, famous author Ernest Hemingway bet ten dollars that he could write a complete story in just six words. He wrote: “For Sale: baby shoes, never worn.” He won the bet, for in those six words is a complete tale.
Some examples of Six Word Stories may be found at:
Can you tell a story about yourself in just 6 words?
Everyone is welcome to add to this blog – students, parents, friends, people from other schools. Anyone at all. We’d love to see how many stories we can gather.
We spent a lot of time last term investigating simple machines. Then we used our knowledge to plan model water wheels. The best fun though was actually making the water wheels and then testing them to see if they worked.
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How much do we understand about halves and quarters? The children were given the opportunity to demonstrate their understanding, using playdough, rice, money, counters and paper. Thanks to Natalie for taking these photos.
We watched these two video clips then wrote poems describing the baby turtles’ experience. Click below (and be patient while the files load) to see our wonderful work:
Bush dancing with Room 18 this term has been lots of fun. Miss Bell did a great job of teaching us the dances. Thank you to all family members who came and danced with us, and thanks to all who sent in afternoon tea for us all to share.
We’ve worked hard to write and record our limericks. Turn up the sound, press play and enjoy our Voicethread.
If you are having trouble viewing this or would like to view it on the full screen, click here.
* We are experiencing some technical difficulties with adding sound to our VoiceThread. We will continue working on this and will hopefully have the children’s voices on here soon.
These children love a challenge! They were asked to invent a way to send a note across the room using pulleys, string, pegs, cups and paper clips. Click here to see some of their solutions: Pulley Challenge