Avenue House School
Here are some examples of the work we do in Maple
Pupils from Maple, Oak and Pine went to Brighton to visit the Toy Museum and Sea World.
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We have been studying Haiku and Cinquain poetry structures and have tried to write our own about things we feel passionate about.
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A Haiku should have 3 lines with 17 syllables arranaged 5-7-5. A Cinquain has 5 lines and 22 syllables, arranged 2-4-6-8-2. We have tried to follow this but occasionally we may have cheated....just a little! We hope you enjoy them as much we did!
Read some more of our poems about butterflies, Spiderman, a brother, Batman, spiders and Christmas, fish and tigers.
We are really enjoying learning about the Tudor Times. We were lucky enough to find these diary entries written by Tudor children. Would you have preffered to have been a child then or now?
Today my tutor taught me Latin. I learnt how to say hello and thank you. Father had to go to France to sell his goods, he said he will come back in one whole week. Mother bought a new dress for Bella because she’s nearly fifteen and is a woman according to mother. I am seven in two weeks but I get nothing. I do feel a little bit proud because I can speak a little Latin but Bella knows Latin fluently. I think Mother is getting Bella a new ruff, it’s probably about two inches away from her neck, I hope it is too small for her. Last night Mother passed out because her lace around her waist was way too tight and it was very hot.
Alistair
Today I had to wake as soon as the sun shone through my bedroom window. My mother shook me awake and asked me to collect the eggs from our hen house. It took me the best part of an hour to collect them. I went back inside with the eggs and put them down on our old brown table. My mother took the eggs and told my father to go to the market and trade them for a little bit of money. My father jumped up onto his horse and set off to the market.
I already knew what my next job was. I went out to the farm and opened a red, wooden cupboard and took out a big bag of corn. I walked around the hen house and sprinkled corn in their trough. I put back the corn and picked up a wooden bucket that was filled with slops for the pigs. I heard the pigs grunting with delight as I poured the slop into their trough. I heard my mother calling me and telling me to come inside. She told me to go upstairs and to make my bed. As soon as I had finished that I came down for dinner - it was bread, butter and with the eggs I had picked out we each had one egg and with the money my father had bought a little bit of cheese. After dinner my father tucked me into bed and blew out the white candle next to my bed.
Jodie
Dear Diary,This morning I woke up, I went into the garden and started pulling carrots out of the ground. It was hard work doing that because they were really stuck into the mud. After that my brother went to school, I’m glad I don’t have to go to school because I heard that he had been scolded very badly once. So after my brother had left I had to start weaving which I like to do, it’s relaxing for me because my body can just sit down.
For breakfast I normally have porridge, I do like porridge...it’s my favourite food. Then I started doing the washing up. There were lots of dishes to scrub today because there was lots of food for the rich people. Then I had to make everyone’s beds, which was hard work. I had to get some water so that some people could have a bath.
My brother came back from school at about five o’clock and then started doing chores with me, then at seven o’clock we went to bed.
Naina
When we studied how people dressed and the portraits from the Tudor Period we began to wonder what we might look like. So here are some lesser known Kings and Queens of England!
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Back To The Future - Children Timetravel To Ancient Egypt.
"Weʼre Bob, Rob and Bertha, on holiday from school.
Weʼre bored and need something to do,
So weʼre building ourselves a time travel machine,
To take us to who knows where, when or who!
We donʼt know where our journey will take us,
Or even if we will survive,
But youʼre welcome to join us and see where we go,
We hope when its over weʼre alive!"
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Bob Rob and Bertha | The Boffins |
Everyone
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Miss Smudgebong | The Mummy |
Dr Sharma, Miss Clark, Mrs Nobary and Mrs Mahal took Oak and Maple to the Science Museum. There are many galleries to browse through but we chose to visit the Space Exploration hall first where we saw an astronaut's suit and the Lunar Landing Module. Then we went to the At Home section where we saw how everyday objects that we all take for granted had changed over the years. We saw everything from old fashioned washing machines and cookers, record players (what are they?!) and lights.
There are many galleries to browse through but we chose to visit the Space Exploration hall first where we saw an astronaut's suit and the Lunar Landing Module. Then we went to the At Home section where we saw how everyday objects that we all take for granted had changed over the years. We saw everything from old fashioned washing machines and cookers, record players (what are they?!) and lights.After Lunch we went to the interactive area called LaunchPad which was completely updated in November. Here we could have a go at many different challenges all to do with scientific ideas. Can you produce enough electricity to power a hairdryer by just pedaling? When on a spinning object can you control your speed simply with your body movements? What happens when I overlap different colour filters in front of a light source? There were so many activities no-one was able to do them all but we really enjoyed being able to explore.
Finally we went to the Science Museum's theatre to see 'The Glorious Blood Show'. Our host, Corey, was amazingly energetic and full of fascinating facts. She taught us about our blood, what it is made from and the jobs that each part has. We also learned what happens when we exercise with help from Dr Sharma, our willing volunteer. Lots of us got to join in too and it was great fun. We learned a lot and will remember it for a long time.
Year 4 and 5 went to see the Ealing Liberal Synagogue. When we arrived we were slightly surprised to see the stained glass windows but our host informed us that the building had once been a Methodist Church. When it had been taken on as a Synagogue the images within the windows were changed to represent elements and artefacts from the Jewish faith. A representative of the synagogue spoke to us all about the building itself and the main features of a synagogue.
The Children were allowed to view the Torah Scroll and were amazed not only by its size but also to learn that it was completely handwritten. We learned about some of the rules Jewish people must follow relating to food and dress. The children then had the opportunity to ask any further questions.
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It is always valuable to have aspects of a faith explained by an actual faith member and to see real artefacts rather than photographs is all the more memorable. Having talked to the children afterwards I am sure it is an experience they shall remember and be able to draw upon in later studies. Thank you very much to the people of the Ealing Liberal Synagogue who allowed us to visit and made us all so welcome.
Year 4 created some wonderful tiles made of clay - as seen above - in art with Miss Jory.
Year 4 had a debate about whether television was bad for us. Half the class had to argue for and half argued against.
They presented their arguments well and at times it did become rather heated but in the end order was maintained. At the final vote the For side actually managed to convince the majority of the class that television was indeed bad for us but we agreed as long as we watched in moderation we should be all right.
