More Ndebele!

During Black and Asian history week children had a go at drawing and painting Ndebele patterns. Here Shenaz and Mariama have applied the techniques to canvas. Here are the excellent results.

Ndebele Art

As part of our Black and Asian History focus we have been looking at Ndebele art. The Ndebele people of South Africa decorate their homes, clothes and possessions with their own style of art. Some children have used Google SketchUp to create model huts covered with art work. Here is Ethan's work

Black and Asian History

At St Mary's we were really excited to find out that Roy McFarlane is Birmingham's poet Laureate this year. Inspired by his poem Where you from? children in 5B had a go at writing their own poems in a similar style. Here is Shenaz's excellent effort.

Where you from?

Where you from?
St  Mary’s

What do you mean?
Where my parents from?
All over the world
 My family tree, all full of surprises
All simply coming back to me

Where you from?
St Mary’s

 I say
Why?  Because everyone is equal
With all our different coloured skin
Chocolate brown
Coffee cream
and Peach white
Spicy as chicken
flavours of the world
Where you from?
St Mary’s

 I say
Why? Because we have different cultures
religions and languages
Patwa, Punjabi, Chinese are lots of fun
Asian, Jamaican and polish too
Christian, Hindu, Islam and Jew

Where you from?
St Mary’s

that’s where
Everyone joins together to be fair
Friends and family have celebrations
So I’ll stop now and have a rest
and in manner of speaking
St Mary’s is where I m from
Its my home and now I’m done

Animoto - Chilean Miners

Today saw the first of the Chilean Miners freed from underground after 69 long days. Some children in 5B, Tawana, Ellen, Gurdeep and Idrees, have produced a short animoto video about the events. Enjoy.

Tut Pup

Tut Pup is a website that aims to provide simple, fun, competitive games that help children learn and gain confidence with Maths, English and other key skills and knowledge. You don't enter a real name and you can not communicate with other players so it is very safe.

It is free to sign up to. Go to http://www.tutpup.com/ and click Join Now! Select a screen name and enter your date of birth, country and choose a password. To join 5B you will need to enter the class code which is thfc. Once you have entered the class code you need to enter your name (Only the teacher is able to see it) Who will be top of the 5B league?