https://twycrosszoo.org/animals/
https://www.colchester-zoo.com/conservation/enclosure-design
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/shows/deadly-60
Monthly Archives: May 2018
Google Accounts
We want to make it really easy for people to know who we are so we can become very tempted to add our picture to our Google Account, but is this safe?
For some online systems like Facebook it can help people find and friend people that we know in real life. However you can only have Facebook from the age of 13!
From our earlier work on internet safety we need to think carefully before we put images and information online. Our school e-mail already has our name, school and so adding a picture is a step too far.
BUT we want to make it easy for our friends so we can add a picture of ourselves… Just not a photograph but an AVATAR.
An avatar is an image or symbol that represents you in the online world. Today we are going to make our own avatar using one of the websites below. This image is what we can use to be our Google profile picture.
https://mybluerobot.com/create-your-own-avatar/
https://www.faceyourmanga.com/editmangatar.php
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2006/10/mii-v3.swf
When we have made our avatar we have a big decision to make with some websites… Do we give our e-mail address to them to download the image?
What do you think we should do? What is the safest thing to do?
Eagle and Parrot facts
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/eagle.html
https://www.coolkidfacts.com/eagle-facts/
http://naturemappingfoundation.org/natmap/facts/bald_eagle_k6.html
http://www.scienceforkidsclub.com/eagle-facts.html
http://www.cbc.ca/kidscbc2/the-feed/5-fun-facts-about-eagles
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/parrot.html
http://www.softschools.com/facts/animals/parrot_facts/967/
http://www.scienceforkidsclub.com/parrot-facts.html
https://study.com/academy/lesson/parrot-facts-lesson-for-kids.html
https://www.livescience.com/28071-parrots.html
Penguins
Get typing.
Wow it is on the newsletter this week and we had a lesson in school on touch typing!
Typing without looking at the keyboard is a really useful skill. One that you will use for years to come.
The first rule of typing club is :- Don’t look at the keyboard!
Just like with reading a little practice each day really will help. Make sure you place your fingers on the correct keys! So log onto typing club at home with your school e-mail account and do a little bit each day and soon you will be able to type better and faster than Mr Connolly.
There are other typing games / programmes you can use to help build your skills. After you have mastered the home row on Typing Club, try the BBC Toybox Tool.
Using technology to help our maths skills.
We can use technology to help us practise our maths skills outside of lessons.
Espresso has some really useful pages we can use at school
There are other websites you can use at home.
Python facts
http://www.softschools.com/facts/animals/python_facts/9/
http://www.kidzone.ws/lw/snakes/facts-python.htm
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/snake.html
https://snake-facts.weebly.com/childrens-python.html
https://www.livescience.com/53785-python-facts.html
https://wiki.kidzsearch.com/wiki/Python
https://study.com/academy/lesson/python-snake-facts-lesson-for-kids.html
Tiger fish
https://www.docsity.com/en/news/how-to/facts-tiger-fish/
http://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/river-monsters/fish-guide/goliath-tigerfish/
http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/characins/AfricanTigerFish.php
https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2014/01/17/bird-snatching-tigerfish-freshwater-species-of-the-week/
On the Year 4 Classroom Blog 