Sunday, June 20, 2010

Our week of learning - 20th June - The Fairy and the Zombie...


It's been a short week with the Queen's B'day holiday on Monday.  That doesn't explain why I didn't take a single photo all week though - I guess you're stuck with my old saucepan for a bit longer!

English:


Current Readaloud: "Misery guts" by Morris Gleitzman, and "How the aliens from Alpha Centauri invaded my maths class and turned me into a writer and how you can be one too" by Jackie French.

How the Aliens from Alpha Cent  Misery Guts


Audio books: Sam Hawkins, Pirate Detective.

Independent Reading: -

OtherHe's done some puzzles & riddles, and also wrote a letter to one of his favourite authors (Andy Griffiths).

Maths: Map reading and measuring.

Science & Technology: We played a game of Totally Gross together.


He created a Powerpoint presentation to showcase what he'd done for his Cubs cooking badge, and presented it at the Cubs meeting.
 
HSIE (Human Society and it's environment): We watched 2 episodes of Horrible Histories - Savage Stone Age and Awesome Egyptians.


He learnt about kitchen hygiene & safety as part of his cooking badge.


Creative & Practical Arts: Drama class, playing the keyboard and making up songs.  He also created and acted a 12 act play with his cousin "The Fairy and the Zombie" (they lived happily ever after - move over Stephanie Meyer!)

PDHPE (Personal Development, Health & Physical Education): Auskick and he's discovered a relaxation CD that he likes so has done that a couple of times.

Life skills (cooking, gardening, housekeeping): Washing up, more meal prep.



Other fun stuff: Lots of Moshi Monsters, Club Penguin and Kameo (on the xBox).

2 comments:

Suji said...

LOL! Did you take a video of the play? Sounds fabulous :)

Caz said...

That play sounds awesome!! LOL That would have been the highlight of the week for sure :D