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The John Akii – Bua Story

Posted on May 30, 2012 by astanleyadmin

This week Class AS have been looking at the life of John Akii – Bua, the first Ugandan to ever win an Olympic gold medal as well as breaking the world record for the 400m hurdles at the same time. … Continue reading →

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Olympic Fortnight – Even More Poems

Posted on May 24, 2012 by astanleyadmin

Usain Bolt by Kirsten Getting ready to go When the gun goes kablow Running on the track Ahead of the pack He’s flash of lightning No one can beat him He’s as fast as you can imagine With the power … Continue reading →

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All good things come to those who wait – Letters from Kafuro

Posted on April 30, 2012 by astanleyadmin

On Thursday we were visited by Johan & Peter Welsh, who gave a presentation to the Lower School before giving a talk to the whole school at assembly time. They had brought back with them a short film about Kafuro … Continue reading →

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Wenlock & Mandeville return

Posted on April 26, 2012 by astanleyadmin

Wenlock & Mandeville have made a return visit to Class AS this week to see what the children have been getting up to in their after school clubs. On Monday they dropped in on Ben’s football training while on Wednesday … Continue reading →

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Please Mrs Butler

Posted on January 20, 2012 by astanleyadmin

Today in Literacy we have been looking carefully at the famous Allan Allberg poem, Please Mrs Butler. we looked carefully at the rhyming structure, the four line stanzas and the fact that each line had a similar number of syllables, so that … Continue reading →

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Limericks

Posted on January 19, 2012 by astanleyadmin

Today we have been reading limericks in Literacy. We studied the features of a range of limericks. This includes 8 syllables in the first line, lines 1, 2 & 5 rhyming and also lines 3 & 4 rhyming. When we … Continue reading →

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