Week Commencing 18/05/2020

Monday 18th May

Challenge for the week:

Last week the challenge was to create some interesting origami shapes.

See below see below Vedika Pillai's excellent origami frogs. They look great!

This week's challenge is to cook or bake something that you've never made before. Use your imagination! Please send in pictures or videos to see yourself in next week's blog post.

Tuesday 19th May

TED:Talk Tuesday

For this week's Ted Talk Tuesday, watch April Qu describe the power of reading.

As a bonus this week (since we could all do with a pep talk from time to time), watch Kid President explain why it's everybody's duty to give the world a reason to dance.

Wednesday 20th May

Writing Prompt Wednesday

Write a short story- 500 words max

Or for a quick challenge

Write a very short story- 100 words max

Here is your prompt:

The plane rocked and bucked beneath them, and a storm raged outside. Far above, hovering silently, another aircraft watched, waiting for the moment to strike.

Start your piece with the prompt and see where it takes you! The best entries every week will be posted on the blog the following week. Send your entries to ewolsey@Norwich-school.org.uk.

Thursday 21st May

Thursday is Fitness Challenge Day!

This week's fitness challenge from Miss Tivey is the coordination challenge.

'Learn to juggle! Start practising with one ball, then with two. Finally, try juggling with three balls - this will really test your hand-eye coordination! Send videos or photos of any attempts you made to Miss Tivey at etivey@norwich-school.org.uk or by contacting her on MS Teams.

Friday 15th May

Fun Fact Friday!

The word posh is actually an acronym of the first letters of the phrase "port out, starboard home". This phrase was used to describe the most desirable cabins on a steamship voyage from England to India and back.

Thank you to Lucas Peacock for his week's fun fact!

A special treat this Friday , Charlie Clover has been hard at work producing online versions of his favourite songs. Here are two songs that he has offered to share with us: