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