Easter Crafts to the Vote!

There are three options for our Easter; easter cards, marbled eggs or pom pom chicks!

Place your vote in the comments box!

Great Website!

Hey guys, 

Here's another website that I found where you can do activities online. There are games, quizzes and videos to help you practise your English!

The Pyramids Dictation for Thursday the 21st of March

The three most famous Egyptian pyramids are in Giza. They were built for the bodies of the pharaohs after they died almost 5,000 years ago. The pharaohs' gold was put with them for the 'next life'. The Great Pyramid is the largest. It is 140 metres high and 228 metres wide at its widest point. King Khufu's body is there. People think that the pyramid shape helped the pharaohs climb to the sky after their death. So how were the pyramids built? No one knows for sure. Some scientists think that over 100,000 men worked for more than twenty years to build the Great Pyramid. More than two million stones were used. The stones were very large and very heavy. How were they lifted to the top?

You can listen to the dictation here:

Activities

1. Find two superlatives in the text
2. Write 228 in words
3. On which continent can you find the pyramids of Egypt?
4. What was a pharaoh?
5. What is the name of the river that runs through Egypt?

Thursday Workshop!

As we'll be reading lots of books this year, in English as well as Castellano, we decided to make some bookmarks. Not just any bookmarks however, Monster Bookmarks! You guys did an excellent job, I thought they were brilliant! Can you see yours?

The Easter Island Statues Dictation for Thursday the 14th of March

The island of Rapa Nui, in the Pacific Ocean, was named Easter Island when it was 'discovered' by Europeans on Easter Day in 1722. It is famous for over 800 stone statues, called Moai. The statues are between one and ten metres tall and have similar faces. They stand by the sea, facing the land. 

Why did the people of Easter Island build them? Some experts think that the statues were the 'homes' of ghosts of people from the island's past. The ghosts looked through the statues' eyes and protected the island. People built the statues and then moved them to another part of the island. In the early 1990's, forty scientists moved fifteen of the statues to a new location. They used modern equipment and worked every day, but it took them four years. So how did the people of Easter Island move more than 300 statues? Scientists have found no answers.

You can listen to the dictation here:

Answer the following questions:

Easter Island was discovered by Americans, true / false
People think the statues contain ghosts, true / false
Thirty scientists moved fifteen statues, true / false
There are over 300 statues, true / false

Activities

Find a picture of an Easter Island statue and describe it in 30 words or more. Use wordreference to find words you don't know. 

Try Saying These!

Tongue Twister Friday!
Try getting your mouth around these tongue twisters....

Interesting Website!

Hey guys, 

From time to time, I'll be putting links to interesting websites that I've found, that may help you with your English!

CBBC is a channel for children in the U.K, and it has it's own news show 'Newsround'. The website has  interesting articles, videos and games; they are all about current events around the world. It's a great way to practise reading and listening; the videos are by people with different accents, and the articles are aimed at kids your age. 

Here's the link to the website: Newsround

Check it out, and leave me a comment if you find it interesting or useful, or if you find something that you particularly enjoyed!