BOSSY MUMS

Does your mother give too many orders? Listen to the song and enter your comments with your mum's orders. Click HERE

For the lyrics click HERE

Games for the School Week

First year students (A+B and C+D) played "Egg and Spoon Races", "Three legged races" and "Hanging apples". We went out of the classroom, it was sunny and it was great fun!
To read the instructions of the games (thanks, Les!) click here.

And have a look at some photos.

Charles Dickens is 200 years old!!!

In 2012 we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens.
How much do you know about this novelist, his time, his works, his importance?
In 6 groups we are going to do some research on these aspects:

1. Charles Dickens' life.
2. Charles Dickens' social context.
3. Themes in the works of Charles Dickens.
4. Great Expectations.
5. Hard Times.
6. Oliver Twist.


General information and works:
http://www.online-literature.com/dickens/

Biography:
http://www.biography.com/assets/pdf/study_guides/bio4kids/Bio4KidsCharlesDickens.pdf

Social Context
http://dickens.stanford.edu/hard/historical_context.html

Themes:
http://rachel-mccrum.suite101.com/recurring-themes-in-the-works-of-charles-dickens-a124708

Videos:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/bleakhouse/animation.shtml


http://www.zaneeducation.com/Videos/Literature/The_History_of_British_Literature/The_Time_Life_and_Works_of_Charles_Dickens/The_Time_Life_and_Works_of_Charles_Dickens.php

THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN CROSSBONES

In January we are starting working on the story The adventures of Captain Crossbones. Click here to see or download activities about the different chapters. This week we are doing chapters 1, 2 and 3.

An incredible family

Mr. Incredible (A.K.A. Bob Parr), and his wife Helen (A.K.A. Elastigirl), are the world's greatest famous crime-fighting superheroes in Metroville. Always saving lives and battling evil on a daily basis. But fifteen years later, they have been forced to adopt civilian identities and retreat to the suburbs where they have no choice but to retire of being a superhero and force to live a "normal life" with their three children Violet, Dash and Jack-Jack (who were secretly born with superpowers). Itching to get back into action, Bob gets his chance when a mysterious communication summons him to a remote island for a top secret assignment. He soon discovers that it will take a super family effort to rescue the world from total destruction.



In unit 4 we are learning about families.
What is the most incredible family you know?
Who is your most incredible relative?

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS

HAPPY 2012!!!


Have you heard about New Year's Resolutions?

A New Year's resolution is a commitment that a person makes to one or more personal goals, projects, or the reforming of a habit. People committing themselves to a New Year's resolution generally plan to do so for the whole following year. This lifestyle change is generally interpreted as advantageous.



Here you have some of the most common resolutions:

-Quit smoking
-Get in shape
-Save more, spend less
-Dedicate more time to family
-Read more
-Learn a musical instrument
-Get in to a relationship
-Learn a new language
-Control temper:
-Keep up with the resolutions



Other lists include:

■Keeping in touch with friends more
■Exercising more
■Eating a more healthy diet
■Relaxing more
■Helping family more
■Learning something new
■Saving more money
■Reducing loans and debts.
■Becoming a volunteer for a local organization or charity
■Making regular contributions to a world wide charity
■Being more environmentally aware
■Recycling more products
■Helping a neighbour or a friend in need


Add comments with your resolutions for 2012.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year's_resolution
http://www.wishafriend.com/newyear/new-year-resolutions.php
http://www.rachaelwestdesigns.com/new-years-resolution-ideas-for-2011

School uniforms

In unit 3 we are dealing with school and subjects. A quite common debate when talking about school is the use of uniforms. We don't wear uniforms at Norba school, but what do you think about them. Here you have some pros and cons of using them:


PROS:
-School uniforms save parents money.
-School uniforms save time. Kids don't have to make up their minds on what to wear every morning.
-Kids whose parents can't buy them the newest fad would not be embarrassed or harassed because of their clothes.
-Kids aren't valued by their economic status.
-School uniforms prevent gangs which use clothes to identify themselves.
-Uniforms make it easy to identify kids who belong in the school and those that don't.


CONS:
-School uniforms are expensive and have no use outside of school.
-School uniforms cut down on students' individuality.
-School uniforms make it impossible to identify missing teenagers, offenders, etc.
-Uniforms teach children that in order to get along everyone must conform to the same standards.
-Children will still ask for designer labels for outside of school clothing. (Uniforms will not make this issue go away.)
-A school uniform policy inhibits a student's freedom of choice.

http://www.youdebate.com/DEBATES/school_uniforms.HTM