He's Back

Saturday 14th November at The Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London

Don't miss this chance to join Anthony Horowitz as he talks about Alex Rider's latest adrenaline-fuelled adventure. For more information and to buy tickets
Call: 01497 822 629

Visit: http://www.hayfestival.com/p-1602-anthony-horowitz-presents-alex-rider-crocodile-tears.aspx

Ticket price: £5.00

Please note that due to popularity, Anthony will only be signing one book per person at each event.

NaNoWriMo Day 3: A Quick Dash

Yesterday was day 3 of the global challenge to write a novel of 50,000 words in just thirty days. I'm taking part to show you that writing is fun!

Unfortunately, I had an event after work, so the only time I had yesterday was a quick half-hour before breakfast - I dashed off 700 words about the bank my characters are attempting to rob.

Word Count: 7,900

Year 5 & 6 Wednesday Homework

Year 6
Please complete the Verbal Reasoning pack for tomorrow.

Year 5
Please complete the Jane Blonde rescue task, using as many of Bald Worm's action techniques as you can, please! Watch this video before you begin:


We're recording our Spy base movies on Friday!
(Image by Ryan Somma; used under Creative Commons agreement)

NaNoWriMo Day 2: Trying to Make a 'Boring Bit' Less Boring

It is day 2 of the global competition to write a novel - a 50,000+ story - in just 30 days. I want to show you that we write not to pass exams, but for the joy of writing!

Today, I've been working on part of my story where the poet Count Grassi meets his arch-enemy. This could be quite a dull part of the book, so I spent a couple of hours tonight trying to make it quite...a little bit...sort-of funny.

Today's word count:

Year 5 and 6 Tuesday

Year 5 Spellings
1. Please learn the 'auto' spellings for our test next week Tuesday.

2. Please complete the 'Suspense' comprehension for Wednesday. Please staple the sheets back together if you pulled them apart!

Year 6 Spelling Revision
1. Please revise the unstressed vowels words - very common mistakes, these! - for our test next Tuesday. We can't be spelling any of these words incorrectly in our stories and comprehensions!

2. Please complete the 'Warburton' comprehension for Wednesday. I want 25 out of 25, please!

NaNoWriMo Day 1: Beginning the Novel

I'm taking part in National Novel Writing Month, writing a 50,000 word novel in just thirty days. That means I need to write at least 1,663 words per day. Gulp! My story, The Crimes of Count Grassi, is about a girl, Rebecca, who lives with her strange Uncle, the poet Count Grassi. Only Rebecca knows the Count's secret: when night falls, Count Grassi is a thief!

I began writing my NaNoWriMo novel today (Sunday). I 'set the scene' in chapter 1, describing my character Count Grassi's study. I also set up the first crime.

It was fairly easy to reach my word count today, so I tried to 'go big' and rack up a lot of words, so if it get harder later in the month I'll have already bitten off a good chunk of my 50,000 word target. Today's word count:

11+ Comprehension Year 5 and 6

Year 5 Comprehension
Please complete the 'longer P-E-E answers' Scratch comprehension. You can download another copy of this comprehension here.

Due: Wednesday

Year 6 Comprehension
Please complete the Warburton comprehension. Don't forget to pay particular attention to the longer mark questions.

P.S. Don't forget to give Mum/Dad your 11+ Reference form!

(World War II image by gbaku; used under Creative Commons agreement)