Matty's Dibba Trip Review

Matty's Oman trip review

I had a brilliant time at Oman! I really enjoyed all of the activities and had a 10 out of 10 time altogether.

Day 1: 

We FINALLY arrive at camp on the bus.

We sort everything out  and have a yummy lunch.

The camels' first activity is mountain biking. I especially enjoyed the jumps and the circle of doom.

We eat dinner and have some free time.

BED TIME! a great first day.

Day 2:

 We have breakfast in the morning.

My first activity is trekking. I really enjoyed hiking up and down the mountains.

We eat lunch (yummy!!)

Our afternoon activity was mountain climbing. This was my favorite activity. I struggled a lot but I eventually made it to the top of both walls.

I particularly liked the fact that the wall was real rock on a mountain and not fake.

We got back to camp and ate dinner.

We then played a game in our team with some physical challenges and trivia questions. 

BED TIME!! An even better second day.

Day 3: 

We eat a nice breakfast in the morning.

My activity that morning was sea kayaking. My favorite part was the shell hunt, where I met Hermann the 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

We came back for a delicious lunch.

In the afternoon we did orienteering. It was really cool to learn how to use a compass and my favorite challenge was the human knot

We have our last dinner.

TALENT SHOW!! I did some ball tricks and the tropical mice rap!

BED TIME! Was it me or were those days just getting better and better.

Day 4:

We have a Fantastic breakfast!

We set off for our dhow cruise. It was a long walk but worth it.

The cruise was really fun because the boat kept tipping up and down.

It was also great jumping off the dhow and it was reaally cool when miss Bates Jumped off the top!

We came back, got our bags and lunches and left.

What an amazing trip!!!!!

Thanks to all the staff who helped out!!!

Matty

Tom T Dibba review

Dibba, Oman

My best bit about Dibba was just staying away from home and having a great time with my friends. I think it was the best time we have ever had as a year group; I also thought we got along well together. It was great to have a chance to stay away from home for more than two nights, even though home is perfect. My proper best bit was doing rock climbing because I had never climbed a rock face on a mountain.

My greatest achievement was getting to the top of the easy climbing wall and getting half way up the hard climbing wall. But I also had fun doing the other activities such as trekking, which was tiring but fun, Mountain biking the activity that I got person of the day in and finaly the dhow cruise because you got to jump of the edge of the dhow and I’ve never done that before.

I really enjoyed doing the talent show because it was funny, exciting and again funny because we annoyed François by doing his so called lame rap : Tropical Mice; which goes like this:

“Down in the ice live the Tropical mice”

“Eating rice, rolling the dice”

“To get some exercise, do you realize?”

“WORD”

Thanks Tom T    

Hollis - Oman review

I had soooo much fun at Dibba! Honestly it was way better than last year! My favorite activity was mountain climbing because it was on a real mountain and you had to think of where you were going! Also, the showers were cold, but now that I think about, I liked it a bit because it was also a little more like camp because when you are camping, you are not always going to have a hot water heater around!! I loved the talent show! It was amazing! Everyone did so well! It was again, much better than last year! Now this is what happened on each day:
1st day we got to Dibba, and our group the tigers went mountain climbing. Though we were tired from the bus trip (or at least me) we still had an awesome time climbing!
2nd day the tigers went mountain biking and sea kayaking, I was so tired from sea kayaking, I thought I might fall asleep, but I felt a lot stronger! Then we went mountain biking for 12.6 kilometers! I was soo tired! Our night activity was just our writing for the day and all the team activities!
3rd day was treking and orrentiring, we loved it, also it was the talent show! Me and Jasmine were from the sixties with poodle skirts and we sung elvis presley because we were in love and marie was the guy we loved!
4th day was the dow cruise and our last day! It was really chilly in the water and wavey but I loved it! I really enjoyed dibba and I bet everyone else did too!!

Oman trip - A review by Leila

I REEAALLLYY enjoyed dibba and all the activities we did there. My favourite activity was definitely mountain climbing. I loved how everything was so real. Like for instance using compasses and not machines to find our way around, because with machines you would know if you have done something wrong but with compasses you just have to trust yourself. Same thing with mountain climbing. You’re not climbing a wall where all the steps are already there for you, you’re finding the steps on your own.

I was really glad when I managed to get to the top of both mountains. Well not the top of the whole mountain, just to where we were meant to stop. I didn’t actually think I would manage to get halfway up either of them and was very surprised and pleased when I did get to the top of both. I was overjoyed when we reached the shore and stopped kayaking because even though it was an awful lot of fun, my arms were aching absolutely loads and I needed to rest them. The mountain biking was frustrating because I was always last and falling (I couldn’t even JUMP), but I like biking and still had fun. I surprised myself by enjoying trekking because I thought it would be boring walking, but the instructors found a way of making it interesting and I enjoyed myself alot.

The talent show was great. I don’t think we did particularly well but it was a great deal of fun watching other people’s talents. I laughed loads! I didn’t do much in the orienteering and the dhow cruise but I still had fun.

Over all I had the time of my life and I definitely would do it again if I could.

Harry H's Oman review

Harry H’s Review of the Oman trip.

I have really liked my stay at Absolute Adventure , because I have enjoyed the activities and challenges because they were things I have always wanted to do.

The moment we left on the bus I was already exited, I could not wait for the fun things that waited for us at camp. Once we got their we had lunch and got ready for our first activity , I was doing kayaking. My favourite bit was kayaking into the sea , I was sharing a kayak with Tom H and he was at the front of the kayak and I was at the back . The funniest bit was probably when everyone attacked Mr Watson.

I had a decent first night, I got to sleep at about ten thirty and woke up in the morning at six o ‘clock . After breakfast I had mountain biking, It was pretty fun and I learned how to ride a bike a lot more. The only downside about it was that Cameron and I had a little accident, I was riding and Cameron was overtaking me, and then he accidently fell on me and we ended up tumbling over each other . We both had cuts , bruises and grazes , Cameron had plasters on and had to be carried back to camp in the car , I was not as hurt so I rode back.

Later on we did trekking which was probably my favourite activity, we had camelbacks which are these bags that hold 3 litres  of water and they have a suction pipe that you suck and water comes out. We went through a special route through the mountains and we went down on the beach, and played some games. We then walked back to camp and had supper.

My second night was like my first one except I woke up at seven o’ clock. After breakfast it was time for the activity I’d been waiting for the most which was rock climbing! You climb on a real rock face and abseil down it. We got there and put our helmets and harnesses and the other climbing equipment on. Everything was fine  until the rain came and we had to pack up and go back to camp . I felt quite disappointed but I wasn’t upset or angry. We played some games and had a good time back at camp, later on we did orienteering which was fun because we had to find our way to certain points and do challenges. The only part I found tricky was using the compass but I got the hang of it.

Mr Watson had to leave early because Mrs Watson was not feeling too well and she felt that the twins were coming. Later that night we had the talent show, I did not do it because I could not think of anything to do, I thought Joe was the best because his singing was very good.

In the morning we had the dhow cruise which was exciting because we were going to go snorkling , it was quite rough in the sea and some people got upset and threw up. On the brighter side we jumped into the water and had a swim with the snorkels on, the odd thing was we saw no fish . On our way back it was rough again but we handled it. We walked back to camp and packed up, on our journey back I sat with Joe. Back at school parents were waving as we got out of the bus and went home.

I really enjoyed my stay at Absolute Adventure and hope everyone else did.  I learnt lots of new things and I would love to go back again.

Jack on Dibba

Hi,

On the morning of the trip I was really excited about our Absolute Adventure. The bus trip over there felt like days but once we got there I was raring to go!
We did trekking as our first activity, which I thought was great. On the first night we did not get a lot of sleep because we were very excited about our day ahead.
The next day we had Rock climbing in the morning, which was brilliant because it was on real rock instead of a rock climbing wall. I managed to scale both easy and hard rock faces and I wanted to carry on forever!. In the afternoon we had sea kayaking. I went in a pendulum kayak with William. We both worked really well together because our strokes were in time so we were flying across the sea. That night we slept like logs that night because we were so tired! On the third day we went mountain biking, which I thought was the best activity because I enjoy Mountain biking a lot. I especially enjoyed the jumps, on which I got huge air! Then we had orienteering with a lot of activities that were team building based, so we learnt a lot about each other. The next day was the dhow cruise which was really fun because the boat was rocking crazily from side to side! Where we anchored was a bit disappointing because the sea was very murky so we could not see any fish or sea life.

I learnt loads of new things like: how to use a camelbak, how to orienteer with a compass, how to climb a real rock face, how to get back in a kayak in the water and to jump a mountain bike. I really enjoyed the trip overall and thank you everyone for organising the absolute adventure! And thanks again to all of the Absolute Adventure staff for leading the activities!

Year 6 are off to Oman on an Absolute Adventure

Monday 7th February sees year 6 set off for our residential trip to Oman. We are all so excited! We are staying for 3 nights and 4 days - so much fun to be had!!!!

More info to follow on our return!

Are youy excited?
Are you nervous?
What are you looking forward to the most?

It's Wild - Mr Watson's assembly links

For those who are keen to hear AFRICA by TOTO again, ( the songs I used in assembly) today here are the links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjbpwlqp5Qw  (Perpetuum Jazzile)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb39z7xlG4c&feature=fvw     (original  version by Toto, with animals)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivYIR-nazXA&feature=related (another good version)

I think Perpetuum Jazzile's version is AMAZING!

6JW's King of the week Term 2, week 3 is Georgie

Georgie is 6JW's new King of the week!

CONGRATULATIONS!

We all  said lots of positive things about Georgie in class - this was easy to do becasue she is a great person!

We think Georgie is:

• a really good clarinet player
• a Stupendous gymnast
• A stupendous friend
• An excellent  table partner
• Extremely enthusiastic
• a Great house captain
• Has neat handwriting
• A great swimmer
• is Funny
• Great artist (dolphins)
• Good at art
• Good at music
• Really nice to have around
• A role model for everyone
• Are generous
• Try your best at everything you do
• Great netball player
• As pleasure to have in the class
• Really kind
• Friendly
• Mature
• Caring and reliable
• Great team member
• Cheerful
• Brilliant pianist
• Always encourages people
• Always positive and optimistic
• Nice smile on your face

What a great person and  excellent member of 6JW!

Sophie shares

Hi Mr W and Year6.
This is a video of my 8 year old nephew dancing to micheal jackson.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKEGb3y2xzQ

Sophie

Art Week Painting in 6JW

We have been very busy  getting  'Up Close and Personal with our Animal Paintings.

Mr Watson is delighted with our work!

 

We have really been working hard on producing accurate paintings based upon observations of our chosen photographs.  Texture, avoiding flat colours, attention to detail and taking time and care have been our main considerations.

The finished paintings will be on display at the ned of NExt week in the Kings' Art exhibition.

6JW's King of the week Term 2, week 2 is....JACK

Jack is the new King of the Week in 6JW! CONGRATS JACK!

It was easy to think of lots of positive things to say about him. We think Jack is

 

• A fantastic friend
• Always enthusiastic
• Are polite
• Are a stupendous person
• Are mature
• Good at swimming
• A happy chappy
• An awesome professional guitarist
• An amazing friend
• A fun PE partner
• Great at everything you do
• No matter what is going on you always make us smile
• You know when to have fun and know when to be serious
• Very sensible
• are a  great cricketer
• a positive person
• have stupendously neat handwriting
• always helpful
• always give 100% in all you do
• great at art
• a good member of our reading group
• willing to try try anything
• bright
• consistent
• always try your best
• good sense of humour

What a great person and terrific member of 6JW

Animals: Up close & Personal!

HOMEWORK TASK
Loot at these amazing photographs!

Which one do you like the best and why?


Can you find the name of any other famous wildlife photographers? Why do you like their photos? 

Add your views as a comment.

 

DC tests - Good Luck!

Just a quick message to all of Y6 who are taking the DC entrance tests today. Relax and just do your very best! We'll be thinking about you!
GOOD LUCK!

Mr W ( & Miss Bates and Mrs H)

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Homework

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: (optional if doing DC tests)

Yera 5&6 went to DUCTAC today to see S4K's version of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

What did you think of the show today?

• What did you enjoy about it?
• Who were your favourite characters?
• Can you find out any information about the person who wrote A Midsummer Night’s Dream? For example: When was he alive? What other plays did he write?

Ethan shares...

I found this link on YouTube and thought it could go on the blog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAG39jKi0lI

Enjoy

Ethan P

Sophie shares...

THIS IS MIND BLOWING
Someone needs to figure out how this works! Amazing.
If you can figure out how she does it please let me know.
Once I did not even follow the directions, I just looked at the number and she still got it!
This will drive you crazy!


http://www.regiftable.com/regiftingrobinpopup.html

Marie the Menace!

Marie sent me these photo's to share with you all!!!!...

Oh you!!!!!!! 

                                                                             

                            

I will get my revenge!!!!!!!!!!!!

6JW's King of the week Term 2 week 1, is....MATTY

This week's King of the week in 6JW is.....Matty! CONGRATULATIONS!

A super person and great member of the class!

We all said lots of lovely thing about Matty in class. We think that Matty:

• Is a fantastic friend
• Is really funny
• Is really good at rugby
• Is a good reader and good member of reading group
• Is an Excellent swimmer
• Is a good guitarist
• Is helpful
• Makes people cheerful
• Has a great attitude
• Is very enthusiastic
• Whenever you do something funny you can make people’s day
• Has a stupendous personality
• The class would be really dull without you in it
• tells hilarious jokes
• is an awesome friend
• Is optimistic
• Is nice to have around
• May seem serious but are always laughing inside
• Is hardworking
• Always tried his best in all you do
• Is dependable and reliable
• Is honest
• Is thoughtful & caring

Add more positive comments about Matty to this post!

Hambrook Blog (Mr Jones!!!)

My good friend and former Kings' teacher (who taught lots of you!!!) Mr Jones has got a class blog up and running. Check it out by visiting his blog and finding what his year6 class are getting up to. They have done some Avatar work too! Great minds think a like!

http://elmhambrook.primaryblogger.co.uk/ 

Mr Watson

Variation and Classification links:

In Science we are looking at AVriation and classification. Jamsine and Francois have found some websited that may be useful for us.

 

Variation/classification games:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/living_things/variation/play.shtml

 

http://www.softschools.com/science/living_things/animals/animals.jsp 

 

Definitions:

Variation: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/variation 

 

Classification:http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/classification

 

 

If you find any other good sites let us know!

 

Eclipse - more news

Read more about the eclipse on:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12100295 
(there is a good video clip on this site too)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/video/2011/jan/04/partial-solar-eclipse-astronomers-video

and again on
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7212449n

Joe says...

Dear Mr Watson and Year 6

 

Happy New Year. Sorry I am not at school. I am still in England!

 

The highlights of my Christmas have been...

 

Dubai holiday:

The day the children came.

Going to Atlantis.

Going to Jacks house on Christmas eve.

Christmas day, of course!

 

England holiday:

Opening all my england presents

Sleeping at Grans

Seeing all my friends

Staying up until midnight on New Years Eve

Seeing Nana

Watching the movie, Tron

 

As you can see, I have been very busy! Now I am doing my homework.

 

See you next week.

 

Joe

Solar eclipse!

Partial Solar eclipse on January 4, 2011
A partial solar eclipse will occur on January 4, 2011. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring Earth's view of the Sun. A partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the moon's shadow misses the earth.
The eclipse will be visible over most of Europe, the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa and Western Asia, such event will not occur  again (solar eclipse) from UAE till 2019, the event will start 12:11 PM till 2:30 PM Dubai local time.


Read about today's solar eclipse at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_January_4,_2011

Shakepeare 4 Kids - A Midsummer Night's dream!

Next week we are heading back to DUCTAC to see an adaption of William Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer's Night Dream '. It is being performed by the brilliant S4K company - many of us saw their version of Macbeth last year.

Check out the links below for more information:

http://www.shakespeare4kidz.com/trailers.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream

http://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/play-summary/midsummer-nights-dream.htm

http://www.kidzworld.com/article/4279-kidz-notes-a-midsummers-nights-dream

Harry H the scientist - the big experiment

Dear Mr Watson & year 6

I decided to try out one of my Christmas presents today, it's called Enviro Battery. The aim of the experiment was to make a fork act like a battery. This is what happened.

What I needed
1. 2 zinc plates
2. An LCD clock
3. Sticky tape
4.Connection wire
5. Two forks
6. One lemon cut into two

What I did
1. Firstly I connected one end of the red wire to one of the forks using the sticky tape to secure the connection.
2. Then, I connected the black wire to the to one of the zinc plates.
3. Using another fork and zinc plate I connected them with some wire to make a connection pair.
4. To activate the clock I inserted all the metals into the lemon.

What happened.
First of all it didn't work because the forks I used had plastic handles and as I connected the wires to the plastic nothing happened. When I tried again I used the metal prongs and then the clock switched on! This showed me that electricity cannot travel through plastic, but it does travel through metal. I had a lot of fun and learnt something new.

Happy New Year.
Harry

A Message from an old friend

Hello Year 6!

I hope all of you are enjoying your time at King's! I hope all of you are well. And HAPPY NEW YEAR! Enjoy the rest of the year! Good luck! From Angela that used to be in year 6lba. (P.S I hope you all enjoyed your Christmas)!

 

Angela Scott

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Mrs Hislop, Miss Bates and Mr Watson would like to wish all of Year 6 & their families a

 VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Here's a great 2011 for us all!!!!

 

Comment on the following questions:

Where were you at the start of 2011?

Did you stay up to midnight?

Have you got any new year's resolutions?

What are they? Why?

Will you keep  them?

End of term & GOODBYE MRS WATSON!

What a busy end of term. The FS 'fandangle', Y123 production of 'The Elves and Shoemaker' and whole school Winter Outdoor concert all crammed into the last week of term.

The end of the year, also marked the end of an era.  Mrs. Watson who has been at the school since the very beginning 6 and half years ago,  left Kings'. As we all know Mrs Watson is a massive character and inspiration in school and and will be missed greatly by us all.  She will have a few months of relaxation before ther arrival of twins in March.
GOOD LUCK to Mrs Watson as she leaves and beging the next chapter of her Adventure.


Finally...
Here's wishing all of Year 6 a very happy holidays - Merry Christmas and HAppy new year to tou all!

See you on 3rd January 2011!