Year Six Half-Term Homework: Creating 'Passport to the World' on the Falcons School for Girls Pupil Wiki

Year Six's half-term homework can be found here: Year Six Expo 2011: Passport to the World on the Falcons School for Girls pupil wiki. This is an exciting joint IT and Geography topic where you can use your English skills, too!

Have a great break, girls!

Year Six Homework: Capitals of the World

Task: Tomorrow we are going to have a mini-test on the capital cities you researched as part of our Geography topic. Learn the capitals tonight!

Year Six Mini Sagas, Year Six Weekend Homework & Year Five Writing in the Style of Lemony Snicket

Hey, everybody! Falcons Girls love to share their writing with the world! Listen to the Year Six mini-sagas eduboos on our pupil wiki!

Weekend Homework: Be prepared to (a) give your Shakepeare PowerPoint presentation next week; (B) hand in your second project - either the Shakepeare Research Project or your Passport to the World project - next Thursday.

Year Five




There are some things that should never be attempted...like writing in the style of Lemony Snicket. I love Lemony Snicket: he is such a witty, clever writer.

Homework: Please complete the 'Writing Style' sheet for Lemony Snicket.

P.S. Do you like the music from the Lemony Snicket storytapes? The music is by The Gothic Archies. Here is another Snicket-inspired song:

Man on the Moon Poem & Year Six Project Work

Nearly forty years ago, we first landed on the Moon.

"I knew that I would live to see the first man on the Moon. I did not know I would live to see the last one." --Jerry Pournelle.

Listen to the Year Six 'hope' poetryboo:

P.S. Listen to my eduboo:


(Image and quotes from TopTechWriter.US' photostream; used under Creative Commons agreement)

Year 6 Geography Project: Pick Your Country

Year Six are beginning their Passport to the World project.

Task: Please (i) select your country, (ii) locate it on a map & (iii) produce a front cover for your project using images/media of your choice, e.g. computer; cut and paste pictures; hand drawn. No 'scribbled' pencil crayons or scruffy felt tip, please. Produce something that you would be proud to share with the class!

(Image by hjl; used under Creative Commons agreement)