Homophones - words which sound the same

Do you get stuck with there/their and they're? Have a look here, here or here to have some practice at choosing the right one.

Arctic Plants

Watch the video .  Which plants can survive in the Arctic?

Which flower manages to survive in the Arctic?  How has it adapted to survive in the crippling wind?

BBC Blue Planet

We are learning about habitats in science.  If you go to the science tab there are several links to good websites about habitats, both in Britain and in Australia, our main topic of the term.

Here is an amazing bbc site which helps you learn about the Habitat of the British coast.  It's set up as a game.

Let me know your scores by posting as a comment.

Here is another useful habitat site if you're interested in making a bug home.

What do you want to know about Australia?

Here are some of the things I want to find out about Australia:

How quickly did the population of Australia grow?  When did it reach 100,000?
What is the highest mountain?
How often is there snow?
What is school like compared to in Britain?

See if you can find the answers to these questions.

Try to think of some things you want to find out about Australia.

Home Learning Set on Friday 6th January, 2012

This week, we're really focussing on getting back into a reading habit.
Please make sure that you read for 20 minutes each night at least.

Write 3 or more comments into your reading records this week.

I'll collect in reading records on Friday to find out what you're reading.

Comments could:

• recap the main events of the story
• describe your favourite part
• be a recommendation for a friend.  Why would they like it?

Australian Animals

I'm sure you know about the kangaroo, wallabee and the emu, but do you know many more Australian animals? Do you know the type of place they live...their habitat?

Follow this link. Read the questions and then see if you can find the answers by researching using the links.

If you find any amazing facts then add them as comments. Good luck.

Stories from other cultures - Porpoise and the Kangaroo

Happy New Year!


I hope you all had a great break and Christmas and I look forward to a fantastic 2012...hope you do too!


We will be finding out about Aboriginal stories as part of our topic on Australia.  Follow this link for a puppet show and this one for a written version.


 Have a look below at the National Geographic for kids video of Aboriginal Rock art.






See you on Thursday for the first day of school.


If you have any information about Australia or Aborigine culture, try to bring it to school.