Year Five: Writing up Drones Club Story for Display

Write up first 15 lines of your Drones Club story in sharp lead pencil. Use your neatest handwriting style - and make sure you join your letters!

Include all four of the characterisation techniques.

Please illustrate (using coloured pencils only). You could draw:
* Pigs
* Top Hats
* Cocktail glasses
* Jeeves

Click here for some more ideas!

Due: Tomorrow, please

Revision for the 'Writing Stage' Assessment

Friday is our 'writing stage' assessment. Not sure what this means? Watch this video to find out!

Don't forget to download our 11+ revision podcasts onto your iPod or computer! Year Five pupils will find this one particularly useful
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Learn more about this by watching the '11+ Revision' video:

An Inspector Calls...

Next week, the Falcons School for Girls will be welcoming a team of inspectors. How can you prepare, girls?

1. Watch these two videos;
2. Make sure your dress and hair - including hair ties - is immaculate;
3. Polish your shoes
4. Tidy your pencil case and bag. Do you have all the correct pens?

We can't wait to impress the inspectors with our learning!

Visit to the LSO

We visited the Barbican to see the LSO play 'Sound Detectives'!


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Year Six Weekend Homework: Preparing for Assessment Week

Next week is our assessment week.

In preparation - and to get you back into the swing of creative writing - I would like you to write a complete short story based on the following title, inspired by Macbeth:

"She Made Me Do It!"

Write 1 1/2 sides of A4.

Due: Monday

Year Five Composition Homework: The Drones Club

Year Five are writing stories where they will be focusing on making a character seem 'real' by using the key skill of characterisation.

Task: Please complete your 'Drones Club' story and complete the 'self-assessment for self-improvement' sheet.

P.S. Don't forget to download some of the Bald Worm 11+ revision podcasts, like this one (click on the image to download, so you can put it on your iPod, or click the 'play' button to listen on your computer):


Due: Monday

P.S. The blog is closing in on post number 1,000! Keep an eye out for a special competition to celebrate!

Using hyphens and Dashes

We have been learning to use hyphens and dashes.

Task: Write a description of Bertie Wooster's untidy flat. Write ten lines. Include both dashes and hyphens.

Feeling clever? Include a semi-colon and colon, too.

Due: Tuesday.


Want to learn more about writing a brilliant short story in the 11+ examinations? Visit http://www.baldworm.co.uk