Snow day!

 

Today we had a day off school as it was closed due to the snow!! These pictures are off me in the snow!!

Flake-dodger

Snowman-builder

Ground-coverer

Icicle-maker

Angel-maker

A wordy snowflake

Happy Christmas everyone!

And here's another kind of digital snowflake!
This one - click the link - puts whatever text you enter into the flake. Have a go!

Let the holidays begin... with snowflakes!

Well done everyone for a great autumn term! Thank you everyone, parents and students, for all your kind words and gifts to us teachers! The holidays!

If you feel like blogging a bit during the holidays, do! It would be great to hear from you!

I'll post something now. I've just seen another online way to make snowflakes - perhaps better than the one we've used before!

It's called Paper Snowflake (although of course it's not). It looks a bit like this:

You click the corners of shapes you create - in the right hand blue rectangle - that's the folded-up one, then click "Make Snowflake" on the right hand side.

It's got the look of a paper snowflake - but without any trees needing to be cut down! Have a try!

Thanks to Malke Rosenfeld for showing me this!

The Christmas Concert - The Snow Queen

Well done everyone for the performances of the Christmas concert!
 If any parents have any pictures from the nights, please share them with us - or write a blog post!

Gerda and Kay before they fell out

Gerda swims in the river

Here are 4G's words for the snowflake dance:

Hour of Code 2014

If you're in Year 4 at IST, you've been busy coding at code.org this half term. If you enjoy doing creating programs, you might like to try this year's Hour of Code.

We've had a bit of a snowflake theme in Year 4 this Christmas. Here's another way to create snowflakes.

Code with Anna and Elsa

"Let's use code to join Anna and Elsa as they explore the magic and beauty of ice. You will create snowflakes and patterns as you ice-skate and make a winter wonderland that you can then share with your friends!
Ages 8+"

You'll find it's very similar to what we've been doing in class, but this time with a "Frozen" theme.
Happy coding!

My favourite snowflake

This is my favourite Snowflake that I have made:

It has been so much fun making these snowflakes!

My snowflakes

 Here are some snowflakes that I have been making with 'Make a Flake':

Here are some snowflakes that my sister has made:

Me and my sister have been making much more snowflakes like this.

Rehearsals

We had a full-on day of rehearsals today. It's beginning to look ready for Monday and Tuesday's Christmas Concerts...

Can Kay rearrange the letters to make a word?

What could  happen if the Gerda meets the Snow Queen?

Make a flake

You can make a snow flake by clicking here.

Here's some that 4G made:

(We coloured them in with Paint.)

And here are some more by 4B: