Jamie

Burns Assembly

2008-01-31T14:05:00+01:00

Today we were doing our Burns assembly six days late. I was a narrator with Josh, Charlene, Nicole, Karen, Chelsea, Conner, and Scott. We sang four songs and did seven poems (altogether). The first song was Rantin n� Roven Robin which is about his birthday. The second song was A Red, Red Rose which is a love poem. The third one (which is my favourite one) Scots Wha Hae which is his impression of what Robert the Bruce might have said before his Scottish army defeated the English army. And the last song was Auld Lang Syne. The first poem was To a Mountain Daisy which is what happened when Rabbie ran over a daisy with a plough. The second poem was To a Mouse which is when he ran over its nest. We finished our assembly by singing Auld Lang Syne.

Rantin� Rovin� Robin

2008-01-30T09:42:00+01:00

There was a lad was born in Kyle
But whatna day o� whatna style
I doubt it�s hardly worth the while
Rantin� Rovin� Robin

Robin was a rovin boy
Ranin rovin ranin rovin
Robin was a rovin boy
Rantin rovin Robin

�He�ll hae misfortunes great and sma�
But ay a heart aboon them a�
He�ll be a credit till us a�
We�ll a� be proud o� Robin

Robin was a rovin boy
Ranin rovin ranin rovin
Robin was a rovin boy
Rantin rovin Robin

My Lamarck

2008-01-29T11:44:00+01:00

My Lamarck

There was a young man of Fake
He was baking a wedding cake
As he slit it open
It all came down foaming
That unhappy young man of fake

Picture credit Nicole Gurley June 7, 2003. Pics4Learning. 29 Jan 2008 http://pics.tech4learning.com

The Bridge

2007-09-14T14:49:00+01:00

Today we went to the bridge with St Stephens School again. This time we were doing drama and singing. I was in the drama group and so were half of St Stephens. For the drama we started with a couple of games and then we had to make groups and a shape to go along with it but it did not work out and we got put into groups and we just made shapes. When the ones who were up singing came down we played a game called �In the swamp and on the banks�.

Spiders

2007-09-04T14:49:00+01:00

When a spider spins its web, it will then wait on it and when prey comes near it become trapped. The spider can sense the impact and struggle of a prey animal by vibrations transmitted along the web lines. Other species of spiders do not use webs for capturing prey directly; instead pouncing from concealment e.g. trapdoor spiders or running them down in open chase e.g. wolf spiders. The net-casting spider balances the two methods of running and web-spinning in its feeding habits. This spider weaves a small net which it attaches to its front legs. It then lurks in wait for potential prey and, when such prey arrives, lunges forward to wrap its victim in the net, bite and paralyze it. Hence, this spider expends less energy catching prey than a primitive hunter such as the Wolf spider. It also avoids the energy cost of weaving a large orb-web. The diving bell spider does not use its web directly in prey capture, but has modified it into an underwater diving bell. Even species whose ancestors were building spiral orb webs have given rise to spiders that no longer make webs, for instance some Hawaiian spiny-legged spiders which have abandoned web construction entirely. Some spiders manage to use the 'signalling snare' technique of a web without spinning a web at all. Several types of water-dwelling spiders will rest their feet on the water's surface in much the same manner as an orb-web user. When an insect falls onto the water and is ensnared by surface tension, the spider can detect the vibrations and run out to capture the prey. I got the picture from wikipedia.

Haiku Poems

2007-06-22T14:46:00+01:00

My Haiku Poems

The bees are flying
The are almost stinging so
Avoid there stingers

Apples grow on trees
Babies do not
So worship mammals

Roasting in the daytime
Warm at night and to hot
Schools out thank the school.

Today we went out to the garden and wrote down some poems. We had an inspiration from some poems out of �The Works�. We Got the chalks from our friend in America.

Friend Ship Day

2007-06-20T14:29:00+01:00

On Wednesday all the P6s went to The Bridge and so did ST Stephens. When we got out of the bus we saw the children form ST Stephens a couple of seconds ahead of us. When we got in the bridge we went into this room and it was called the Auditorium. The children from ST Stephens looked like they had been in the Auditorium for hours and hours but they had only been in there for about 2 seconds. The teachers came round with stickers with faces on them the faces were was purple, red and yellow. I was in the Yellow group. Then when got into our groups there were a lot of red and purple people but hardly any yellows. Then we played a game and it was about how to judge people and how not too. After that we did graffiti art and we got a book of graffiti so we knew what designs we could do. We did that for about 1 hour. Then we went behind the curtains and there were two men. They were there because we were going to be doing break dancing. We did lots of moves the one that sticks out in my mind was the freeze. After the break dancing we moved on to logos. The logos were about friendship.

Going to Nursery

2007-06-12T14:43:00+01:00

Today I went to nursery to see who would be my buddy next year, when I am in p7. When we first got in I was nervous seeing my old nursery again. I think they got rid of the house because when I was in the purple group I got to play in it all day long.
I was asking 4 year olds to help me round because it has changed so much. When we got partnered up with the buddys I think my buddey was scared of me but when I got to know them they were fine. I said to the teacher that was taking us "I feel like 4 again".