The Giving Tree

Everyone loves the Giving Tree. So here is an animated version of the story narrated by the author, Shel Silverstein himself!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TZCP6OqRlE

Endangered Dolphins

Dolphins are in danger all around the world. To help you learn more about these beautiful animals and the dangers in front of them and their friends the sea turtles, here are some websites with further reading. Although many of these websites are from different countries, you can use the same ideas when writing your story about Hong Kong.

Basic facts about dolphins:

1. Dolphin facts
2. The Chinese white dolphin

• Interesting facts
• Protection status

Threats, dangers and problems to dolphins:

1. Threats to whales and dolphins
2. More threats to dolphins
3. Dolphins and fishing nets with video
4. Dolphins in danger

What can we do?

1. How you can help marine animals
2. What you can do

News about dolphins

1. Dolphin baby spotted in Hong Kong
2. Proposed gas terminal threatens dolphins in Hong Kong

Information about sea turtles

Marine turtles

You may find the following story maps useful in writing down some notes from the above websites. Click the link above or the picture below to download, print and complete the story maps to help organise your information.

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Koalas in Danger

Koalas live in Australia and are very rare animals. They are marsupials; they are animals with pouches or pockets. They are endangered because their

habitats, forests, are being slowly destroyed to make room for houses, roads and farms.

Links to information about koalas:

1. Koala hospital: a hospital especially for sick or injured koalas
2. Koala fact sheet from WWF
3. Koala facts from Natgeo
4. Koala facts from Kids Planet
5. Koala facts from Kids Konnect

Videos about Koalas

A documentary about Koalas in the wild.

Short videos about rescued orphan koalas.

Further reading

If you want to find out more about endangered species you can go to Eekoworld run by PBSkids.

• Learn more about endangered species

Countries and Capitals

Interested in finding out more about countries and their capitals?

Here are some useful links about Geography:

Need a good map of countries and the cities?

Need help finding a word?

Need help with pronunciation?

Writing Leaflets

There is an activity you can use to write your own leaflet from the BBC here.

Light Writing

Last Friday, an extra-curricular P.5 class tried light writing. Here are the results of their hardwork. PLease comment on how you think they made these pictures!

Why are animals like that?

Did you ever want to know why an elephant has a long nose? Or why the camel has a hump?

Well, here are a collection of six cartoons to tell you why animals look like they do. The cartoons were drawn by a cartoonist from the UK, Sheila Graber, based on the Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling.

The Elephant’s Child

How the Leopard Got his Spots

How the Whale Got his Throat

How the Rhino Got his Skin

Old Man Kangaroo

How the Camel Got his Hump

Dream Visits with Famous People

On a recent visit to the Peak I saw some very famous people. Here are a few photos to see! But they did not move around a lot??? Can you tell me why? Have you been there before?

A scary 2008

We are really back at school, first post after the summer holidays and we are all very busy at school! I hope your tests went well and you are all enjoying your success ;p.

 

I took time out recently to celebrate Halloween with my friends.

I went to Ocean Park, again, this year and to Disneyland as well! When I think of Halloween, I do not usually think about Halloween. But I was very surprised to see a great Halloween parade at the theme park. I rode on Space Mountain and went into two of the ghost houses there. The ghost houses were like the ones at Ocean Park, but there did not seem to be so many people. At Ocean Park I had to queue up for over four hours just to get into two ghost houses! They weren’t very scary though.

And here’s another “trick or treat” for you a scary story recorded by students from P5 & P6:

Graduation…

It is that time of the year again….Graduation time…..

Another has gone and P6 will be moving onto their new schools. Do you have a message for your friends or teachers that you would like to share with everybody?

Write your messages here below to tell everyone how you feel about graduation.

Who will you miss?

What subject did you like the most?

Who was your favourite teacher?

Do you have a favourite memory?

We say farewell to old friends and classmates but never good bye.

Keep in touch and good luck in what ever you do in the future!

Poem of the Day

Here’s a poem:

The Wet Stuff

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Sometimes it’s blue,

Sometimes it’s green.

But most of the time

No colour can be seen.

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Sometimes it’s square,

Sometimes it’s round.

Sometimes there’s no

Shape to be found.

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Sometimes it’s cold,

Sometimes it’s hot.

So be careful if it’s

Boiling in the pot.

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Sometimes it’s soft,

Sometimes it’s hard.

But only in a cold

Drink in my yard.

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It’s always wet

And never dry.

So what is this stuff

We feel when we cry?

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© 2008 Matthew Simmons

1. Tell me what you think of the poem?

2. What is it about?

3. Can you find the rhyming pairs?

4. What does the poem make you think of?