A Christmas Message - 21/12/12

King George V speech written by Rudyard Kipling - 1932 Royal Christmas Message

 

Through one of the marvels of modern Science, I am enabled, this Christmas Day, to speak to all my peoples throughout the Empire. I take it as a good omen that Wireless should have reached its present perfection at a time when the Empire has been linked in closer union. For it offers us immense possibilities to make that union closer still.

It may be that our future may lay upon us more than one stern test. Our past will have taught us how to meet it unshaken. For the present, the work to which we are all equally bound is to arrive at a reasoned tranquillity within our borders; to regain prosperity without self-seeking; and to carry with us those whom the burden of past years has disheartened or overborne.

My life's aim has been to serve as I might, towards those ends. Your loyalty, your confidence in me has been my abundant reward.

I speak now from my home and from my heart to you all. To men and women so cut off by the snows, the desert or the sea, that only voices out of the air can reach them; to those cut off from fuller life by blindness, sickness, or infirmity; and to those who are celebrating this day with their children and grand-children. To all - to each - I wish a Happy Christmas. God Bless You!.

 

This was  the first of the Royal Christmas Messages live radio broadcasts from Sandringham House.

 

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

See you all in 2013.

Literacy Lesson - 20/12/12

Types of Sentences

2.     Compound Sentence

·        Two simple sentences ( or 2 main clauses) joined by ‘and’  ‘or’  ‘but’

·        Both sides of the sentence must make sense by itself

The tiger growled and the hyena laughed.

‘But’ suggests a contrast:

Bob does his share of the cleaning but Carol scarcely bothers.

Motivational Quotes - 19/12/12

“Change is the law of life and those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”

- John. F. Kennedy

Literacy Lesson - 18/12/12

Types of Sentences
 

1.     A Simple Sentence:

·        Usually has a subject and a verb,  this is called a main clause

·        Must make sense by itself

Example with the subject (Who?) highlighted green and the verb (what doing?) highlighted yellow.

The tiger growled.

Similarly:

The huge fierce tiger growled loudly inside his small cramped cage.

 This is still a simple sentence with one main clause with the addition of:

·         4 adjectives (describe nouns) highlighted in pink

·         1 adverb (describe verbs, often end in -ly) highlighted grey

·         1 prepositional phrase telling, Where? The preposition is highlighted red. The prepositional phrase tells us where the tiger growled, inside his small cramped cage.

Monday Motivational - 17/12/12

“Big thinking precedes great achievement.”

- Wilfred Peterson

Brain Teaser - 14/12/12 - The Answer

A farmer in California owns a beautiful pear tree. He supplies fruit to a nearby grocery store.
The store owner has called the farmer to see how much fruit is available for him to purchase.
The farmer know that the main trunk has 24 branches. Each branch has 12 boughs and each bough has 6 twigs.

Since each twig bears one piece of fruit, how many plums will the farmer be able to sell?

A: 0. You do not get plums from a pear tree.

Brain Teaser - 14/12/12

A farmer in California owns a beautiful pear tree. He supplies fruit to a nearby grocery store.
The store owner has called the farmer to see how much fruit is available for him to purchase.
The farmer knows that the main trunk has 24 branches. Each branch has 12 boughs and each bough has 6 twigs.

Since each twig bears one piece of fruit, how many plums will the farmer be able to sell?

Answer on Monday...

Literacy Lesson -13/12/12

More about Paragraphs

Writing NON-FICTION

Use a topic sentence to start your paragraphs. Topics sentences tell the reader what the paragraph is about.

e.g. Dogs need to be fed twice a day. There are many varieties of dog food available and many different flavours. Always mix dry biscuits with meat to make sure your dog is getting all the vitamins he needs.

The topic sentence here tells the reader that this paragraph is about feeding a dog.

Motivational Quotes - 12/12/12

“The first and best victory is to conquer self.”

- Plato, Greek Philosopher

Literacy Lesson - 11/12/12

Paragraphs

Paragraphs are used to separate ideas in a piece of writing.  They make the writing easier to read when ideas are organised clearly for the reader.

Use Tip Top to help you remember when to start a new paragraph to show a change in:

You will need to plan your work carefully,

 in order to paragraph your work properly.  

Monday Motivational - 10/12/12

“Mastering others is strength.  Mastering yourself is true power.”

- Lao Tzu

Brain Teasers - 07/12/12 - The Answer

Suppose there is only one barber shop in your town, and it employs two barbers. One of the barbers has a nice, neatly trimmed head of hair. The other's hair is a complete mess.

Which of the two barbers should you go to and why?

A: Since there are only two barbers in town, it's safe to assume that they cut each others hair. This being the case, you should sit down with the barber with the messy hair.

Brain Teaser - 07/12/12

Suppose there is only one barber shop in your town, and it employs two barbers. One of the barbers has a nice, neatly trimmed head of hair. The other's hair is a complete mess.

Which of the two barbers should you go to and why?

Answer on Monday....

Literacy Lesson - 06/12/12

Motivational Quotes - 05/12/12

“The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitude of mind.”

- William James, Psychologist

Literacy Lesson - 04/12/12

Very Confusing Words!

Some words sound the same but mean different things and are often spelt differently too. These words are called Homophones.

where wear	Where are you going tonight? Which dress are you going to wear?
which witch	Which ice-cream would you like? The witch was seen flying on a broomstick.

Monday Motivational - 03/12/12

“No one is less ready for tomorrow than the person who holds the most rigid beliefs about what tomorrow will contain.”

- Watts Wacker, Jim Taylor and Howard Means

Brain Teaser - 30/11/12 - The Answer

A man has to get a fox, a chicken, and a sack of corn across a river. He has a rowboat, and it can only carry him and one other thing. If the fox and the chicken are left together, the fox will eat the chicken. If the chicken and the corn are left together, the chicken will eat the corn.

How does the man do it?

1) Man carries chicken to other side
2) Man returns alone and takes fox to the other side
3) Man leaves fox but returns with chicken.
4) Man leaves chicken and carries corn to the other side
5) Man leaves corn with fox and returns alone
6) Man gets chicken and takes it to the other side

Brain Teaser - 30/11/12

A man has to get a fox, a chicken, and a sack of corn across a river. He has a rowboat, and it can only carry him and one other thing. If the fox and the chicken are left together, the fox will eat the chicken. If the chicken and the corn are left together, the chicken will eat the corn.

How does the man do it?
Answer on Monday

Literacy Lesson 29/11/12

Very Confusing Words!

Some words sound the same but mean different things and are often spelt differently too. These words are called Homophones.

they’re their there	They’re is a shorter way to say they are. It was their dog that bit the postman. The children should sit over there.
through threw	I walked through the door into the room. She threw the ball a long way.

Motivational Quotes - 28/11/12

“You must take personal responsibility.  You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself.”

- Jim Rohn

Literacy Lesson - 27/11/12

Very Confusing Words!

Some words sound the same but mean different things and are often spelt differently too. These words are called Homophones.

new knew	I spilt tea on my new shirt. I knew the answers to all the questions.
piece peace	I ate a very larger piece of pie. (notice there is pie in piece) He went on a march for world peace.

Monday Motivational - 26/11/12

“Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t you’re right.”

- Henry Ford

Brain Teaser - 23/11/12 - The Answer

Dee Septor, the famous magician, claimed to be able to throw a ping-pong ball so that it would go a short distance, come to a complete stop, and then reverse itself. He also added that he would not bounce the ball off any object, or tie anything to it.

How could he perform this trick?

A: He threw the ball straight up in the air.

Brain Teaser - 23/11/12

Dee Septor, the famous magician, claimed to be able to throw a ping-pong ball so that it would go a short distance, come to a complete stop, and then reverse itself. He also added that he would not bounce the ball off any object, or tie anything to it.

How could he perform this trick?
Answer on Monday

Literacy Lesson - 22/11/12

Very Confusing Words!

Some words sound the same but mean different things and are often spelt differently too. These words are called Homophones.

heal heel	His leg is broken but it will heal (get better). Your heel is at the back of your foot.
hour our	There are 60 minutes in an hour. This is our house.

Motivational Quotes - 21/11/12

“The winners’ edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent.  The winners edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude.  Attitude is the criterion for success.”

- Dennis Waitley

Literacy Lesson - 20/11/12

Very Confusing Words!

Some words sound the same but mean different things and are often spelt differently too. These words are called Homophones.

bear bare	A bear is a large furry animal. She walked on the beach with bare feet.
here hear	Please come over here. Can you hear that noise?

Monday Motivational - 19/11/12

“Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one’s levels of aspiration and expectation.”

- Jack Nicklaus

Brain Teaser - 16/11/12 - The Answer

A man walks into an art gallery and concentrates on one picture in particular. The gallery curator notices this and asks the man why he is so interested in that one painting. The man replies, "Brother and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son."

Who is in the painting?

The son of the man who was studying the painting.

Brain Teaser - 16/11/12

A man walks into an art gallery and concentrates on one picture in particular. The gallery curator notices this and asks the man why he is so interested in that one painting. The man replies, "Brother and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son."

Who is in the painting?
Answer on Monday......

Literacy Lessons - 15/11/12

Allowed and Aloud

allowed aloud

You are not allowed to smoke in here. I don’t like to read aloud in front of the class.

Motivational Quotes - 14/11/12

“Everyday I expect more from myself than anyone else ever possibly could.”

- Michael Jordan

Literacy Lesson - 13/11/12

Who's and Whose

Who's is the shortened form of Who is.

Whose is another possessive pronoun like his, her and our. We use Whose to find out which person something belongs to, e.g. Whose cell phone keeps ringing?

Monday Motivational - 12/11/12

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”

- Winston Churchill

Brain Teaser - 09/11/12 - The Answer

A traveller comes to a fork in the road which leads to two villages. In one village the people always tell lies, and in the other village the people always tell the truth. The traveller needs to conduct business in the village where everyone tells the truth. A man from one of the villages is standing in the middle of the fork, but there is no indication of which village he is from. The traveller approaches the man and asks him one question. From the villager's answer, he knows which road to follow. What did the traveller ask, and how does that get him to the correct village?

The traveller asked "which road goes to your village"?
The truthful villager would alsways point to the truthful village whilst the liar would also point to the truthful village.

Brain Teaser - 09/11/12

A traveller comes to a fork in the road which leads to two villages. In one village the people always tell lies, and in the other village the people always tell the truth. The traveller needs to conduct business in the village where everyone tells the truth. A man from one of the villages is standing in the middle of the fork, but there is no indication of which village he is from. The traveller approaches the man and asks him one question. From the villager's answer, he knows which road to follow. What did the traveller ask, and how does that get him to the correct village?

Answer on Monday...

Literacy Lesson - 08/11/12

'augh' and 'ough' words

Sometimes 'gh' say /f/ e.g. Do not laugh at the pig in the trough.
Or, He's rough and tough enough to eat and cough at the same time.

Often 'gh' are ghost letters which say nothing at all.
His daughter caught the naughty boy who fought in school. She brought him to his teacher who taught him to be nice; or so she thought.

Motivational Quotes - 07/11/12

“Success comes from good judgement. Good judgement often comes from experience. Experience often comes from bad judgement!”

- Anonymous

Literacy Lesson - 06/11/12

The Apostrophe Exceptions: its and it's

Normally, the apostrophe shows possession as in, the boy's dog ran away.

As well as showing where a letter has been left out in the shortened forms of don't or haven't.

Remember:
It's does not show possession, but instead is the short form of it is or it has.

It's is a possessive pronoun showing possession without the apostrophe.
Example: Its rear tyre has a flat.

Monday Motivational - 05/11/12

“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.”

- W. W. Ziege

Literacy Lesson - 25/10/12

Remember to start a new paragraph with Ti p To p

The TIP TOP Song

Ti..for time change; use this when you want to move from now to then.

P..for place change; this is found everytime you move around

To.. for topic; this is due when you mention something new.

P.. for person; this would fit when someone else comes into it.

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Motivational Quotes - 24/10/12

“You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.”

- M. Scott Peck

Literacy Lesson - 23/10/12

What can 's' mean at the end of a word?

1. Using 's' on the end of a word makes it plural (meaning more than one)

e.g. a clock, three clocks. An apple, six apples.

2. 's' is added to a present tense verb (a doing word) after 3rd person he, she, it or after the name of a person or thing.

e.g. he tells, Tom runs, a tap drips.

3. Use 's' after an apostrophe to show possession.

e.g. the dog's bone, my Dad's hat.

Monday Motivational - 22/10/12

“I remind myself every morning.  Nothing I say this day will teach me anything.  So if I’m going to learn, I must do it by listening.”

- Larry King

Brain Teaser - 19/10/12 - The Answer

How many legs does an elephant have if you call its trunk a leg?

The answer is 4. Even if you call it's trunk a leg, it is still a trunk.

Brain Teaser - 19/10/12

How many legs does an elephant have if you call its trunk a leg?

Answer on Monday.....

Literacy Lessons - 18/10/12

Two things to remember when making a word plural (more than one) that ends in 'y'

1. If there is a vowel (a e i o u) before the 'y' just add 's'

e.g. boys, employs, destroys, stays, monkeys

2. If there is a consonant (all letters except vowels) before the 'y' change the 'y' to 'i' and add es.

e.g. worry = worries, dicovery = discoveries, pony = ponies and spy = spies

Motivational Quotes - 17/10/12

YOU GET WHAT YOU FOCUS ON

!

Literacy Lessons - 16/10/12

There are three things to remember when spelling with 'v':

1. Never use 'uv' as english thinks these are too much alike. Use 'ov'

e.g. love, dove, shovel, government, oven, cover

2. Never use 'vv' in words. It looks too much like 'w'. Use 'v'.

e.g. lover, discover

 3. Never end a word with 'v'. Always finish 've'.

e.g. give, love, valve, above, serve, have

Monday Motivational - 15/10/12

“I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.”

- Diane Sawyer

Brain Teaser - 12/10/12 - The Answer

A prisoner is enclosed in a room. This room has no doors, no windows and no other hole large enough for the prisoner to escape via. He has no tools, he has no assistance. He does have a table and a chair in the centre of the room. The room is quite large, walls are two foot thick.

How can the prisoner escape?

First he rubs his hands on the table until they are sore, he cuts the table in half with the saw. Puts the two halves of the table together to make it whole. Climbs through the hole and shouts until he is hoarse. Climbs on the horse and rides away.

Brain Teaser - 12/10/12

A prisoner is enclosed in a room. This room has no doors, no windows and no other hole large enough for the prisoner to escape via. He has no tools, he has no assistance. He does have a table and a chair in the centre of the room. The room is quite large, walls are two foot thick.

How can the prisoner escape?

Answer on Monday......

Literacy Lessons - 11/10/2012

Verb, Adverb, Noun and Adjective

These are the 4 that make your writing live.

Yes, these are the 4 things
that you’re going to be needing when you’re
reading or writing a text that’s very exciting!

Noun	This word’s the name of a person, place or thing, as Pam, Oxford, London or a swing.
Adjective	Is a word that describes the noun, as enormous, tiny, hideous or brown
Verb	Tells the action of something being done, as to skate, scream, creep or run.
Adverb	How things are done these words tell, as slowly, quickly, confusingly or well.