Owls' Class

Years 3 and 4, Monkton Park School, Chippenham

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@joko81 @MonktonParkSch Certainly. Thank you.

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Ms Wild is handing over tweets on @ClassofOwls to the new teachers for Owls' Class; Ms Evans and Mrs McNicol. Well, I will once I've worked out how to do that! I'm off to Hedgehogs.

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Ms Wild's final Owls' tweet and of the year : "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." Yeats.

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A teacher's reflection on the year: just for a giggle, chuckle, snigger, laugh, gaffaw, chortle, cackle or merely a titter ...

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Fun word of the day: flummox (verb) to confuse, puzzle, bewilder or bemuse. How on earth the time since September until now has flown by so quickly has me completely flummoxed!

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It's been a privilege and a pleasure to teach Owls' Class, this year. Remember to always believe in yourself. I'll miss you. Good luck in your new classes.

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PE lesson of the day: Improve your running skills by following all of these tips:

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Fun word of the day: gargalesthesia (noun) the sensation caused by being tickled. Can you control your gargalesthesia or do you resist the urge to laugh or cry?

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Where are you on the steps to learning and achieving? Move from "I won't do it!" to "Yes! I did it."

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English lesson of the day 15/7: Venomous or poisonous? Venom = injected through bites and stings. Poison = absorbed, consumed or inhaled.

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Fun word of the day 15/7: wazzock (noun) a complete idiot, a stupid person. Wazzock is a mildly derogatory word and is similar to numpty, buffoon and fool. "Look at him in his odd shoes that don't match ... what a wazzock!"

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An English lesson repeated: I've said it before and I will say it again: "alot" is NOT a word; it is TWO words! I see this mistake a lot and it is time now to sort this out, unless of course you mean the town of Alot , which is in India, or you mean to allot meaning to share out.

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English lesson: some/any? The general rule is to use "any" for questions and negative replies and to use "some" for positive replies. However, "some" can be used for questions where one anticipates a positive reply. The "rules" also apply to somebody/anybody, something/anything.

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Fun word of the day: dextrosinistral (adjective) left-handed but trained to use the right hand for writing, etc. When I was at school every left-handed child had to become dextrosinistral and to this day I write with my right but prefer to play golf/badminton/tennis with my left!

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Art lesson of the day: Learn to draw expressions on cartoon faces. Draw a series of circles then copy these ideas, placing the eyes and eyebrows where the example has and copy the lines for the mouth. (Notice that most of the cartoon faces don't have noses!)

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Solving maths problems is great for training your brain to apply skills and knowledge. The ability to problem-solving is a key part of life beyond school in whatever career you end up working in. This funny cartoon takes this theme back to maths - ha, ha, ha!

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Fun word of the day: CRYPTIC (noun). Taken from "Children's 2020 Word of the Day" book, 13th July entry, which requires you to select which option is the correct definition: 1. underground room beneath a church, 2. having a mysterious or obscure meaning, 3. infrequent, rare.

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Eliza has been watching this little blackbird grow in confidence all weekend. He started off bouncing around the shrubs and can now fly a little higher! Mummy looks very worn out as she keeps coming to check in on him and give him some food. @ClassofOwls

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Time moves on and we change ...

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Now that some outdoor swimming pools are open ....