The Year 5 Dance off!

"The Black Devils"

Today was the year 5 Dance off - You have all been working hard with Miss Frame to plan, choreograph and then perform your 'Eye of the Tiger ' Dance.

Today was the day to show your dance to the rest of the year 5 team!

I enjoyed watching you perform.

Thanks you Miss Frame for all of your hard work and enthusiasm!

(Nice moves from you too! ;-) )

"The Blue Tigers"

"The Fire Jewels"

"The Blue Dragons"

Lucy's fire update

I found a video clip on Gulf news of the fire next to school!!!
Check it out!!
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid4267205001?bclid=0&bctid=24813626001
Lucy

Desert Dwellers Part 1

5JW song - PLEASE learn the rods for part 1 and part 2 of our class song for the summer show.

We are the dwellers of the desert, we’re the ones who know the sand,
It’s a simple and a good life, we’re the guardians of this land,
We take our camels out to graze beneath the fiery sky,
Waiting and praying as we watch the world go by.

This desert land of beauty with air so clear and clean,
Has stood the test of time and stands today calm and serene,
The gentle cry of falcons that drift across the sands
Bring history and heritage that we all understand.

We are the dwellers of the desert, we’re the ones who know the sand,
It’s a simple and a good life, we’re the guardians of this land,
We take our camels out to graze beneath the fiery sky,
Waiting and praying as we watch the world go by.

Our life is calm and peaceful just as our laws command,
We live in peace and harmony communing with our land.
We understand that nature, while our foe, is still our friend.
And so we live together and thank God for the all he sends.

We are the dwellers of the desert, we’re the ones who know the sand,
It’s a simple and a good life, we’re the guardians of this land,
We take our camels out to graze beneath the fiery sky,
Waiting and praying as we watch the world go by.

Desert Dwellers Part 2

PART TWO

This harsh and fiery desert gives a challenge we can win,
There’s loads of room for everyone so let the fun begin.
Lets bring in the investors the developers and dig
We’re going to make this flashy and we’re going to make this big

It’s got to be real shiny, with everything brand new.
It’s got to be the biggest and the flashiest that’s true
More roads, buildings, concrete, steel, more and more and more,
We’ll make this place a wonderland you’ve never seen before.

Bedouins/Emiratis

I don’t believe this was the plan our leader had for us
But now there is no going back all we can do is trust,
Trust that we can keep our lands so beautiful and clean
And hope some help from somewhere can help us to be seen.

Repeat 2 parts together.

We are the dwellers of the desert, we’re the ones who know the sand,
It’s a simple and a good life, we’re the guardians of this land,
We take our camels out to graze beneath the fiery sky,
Waiting and praying as we watch the world go by.

Class Chant

Please learn the words below for our class chant:

EARTH EARTH EARTH EARTH EARTH EARTH torch on

EARTH EARTH EARTH EARTH EARTH EARTH torch on

EARTH EARTH EARTH EARTH EARTH EARTH torch on

EARTH

WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING

WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING

WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING

WARNING

EARTH WARNING EARTH WARNING EARTH WARNING EARTH WARNING EARTH WARNING EARTH WARNING

EARTH WARNING

1 Playstation3 Nintendo Wii x 3

Air Con, Lights on
Air Con lights on

2 Ipod, playstation, Ipod wii
Ipod computer Ipod Mac.

3 LG TV LG TV

4 DJ spinning guitar playing
DJ spinning guitar playing

5 TV CD,TV DVD
TV, CD, BZZZZ

6 Telephone cellphone telephone cell phone x2
Ring ring ring, ring ring ring.

King Of The Week ( Term 3, Week 7) is MATTHEW (finally!)

Congratulations Matthew.


Matthew is our new King of the Week. He has waited patiently all year for his name to be pulled out of the bag! Matthew is a great member of the class and we all had lots of lovely things to say to him and about him in class.

We think Matthew is:

• enthusiastic
• fun
• funny
• a great friend
• a great team player
• always consistent
• good at football
• is caring
• is a good sportsman
• is sporty
• makes people laugh
• has good manners
• is a good runner
• tries hard at evrything
• is a great member of the class
• is skillful
• is polite
• 'charges around' at breaktime and palys well
• has a funny and infectious laugh (in a nice way!)
• is good fun to be around

A great character and fantastic member of 5JW!
Well done Matthew


Add any other comments about Matthew to this post!

Fire!

Today when we were doing our after school clubs (i was in the pool swimming in the school pool) when we saw loadz of black smoke. One of our swim coaches helping Lisa went and saw


GIGANTIC RED BLAZING FLAMES RIGHT NEXT TO THE SCHOOL.

So we all had to come out of the pool, grab our towels and head to the hall. Once we had arrived at the hall Mrs Watson explained that it was a fire coming from the building sight right beside the school. We all had to leave our bags at school and walk over to the sand on the opposite side of the school where the sandy carpark is. It got far too hot there so we had to go to the shade of the new shopping mall that is being built and it got far too hot there too because the wind was blowing the flames further towards us. So the teachers decided we would walk to the Jumeirah Beach Hotel from the school! As we were walking along we saw fire engines driving to put out the fire, after that it got a little bit cooler I was still hot because it was something like 40 degrees. It was a very long walk about a kilometre long but it was worth it.

I'm so glad that it wasn't the school that caught fire and that everyone that was in the school at that point is safe and protected! But I would never like to get envolved in a fire ever again!

Kristi
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

Rose's Water cycle's link

This is on the simple science website on Water Cycles.

Take a look:

http://www.simplescience.net/5d_-_water_cycle.html

Its cool!!!

From Rose x

Kristi's news

Howdy!
My favourite sport is horse riding. I went riding last week on my fave horse called Fritz! He was such a good horse, he did exactly what I told him to do, he didn't race off like some of the other horses did and he didn't stop everytime he got tired or wanted to got to the toilet. We were trotting in circles and going down lines in partners. I was partners with a boy riding a shire horse calles Apatchi.My favourite part of last week was riding bare back (which is when you take the horse's saddle off and just ride on their bare back)!!!!!!!!! The good thing was we could do anything we wanted, my riding instructer Andrea said "I bagsy Kristi is going to canter bare back first"!!!!!!!!!!!!! And guess what........................... I DID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was the first person in the riding class to canter bare back! I love horse riding and I can't wait to ride bare back again!

Kristi
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

Water aid

Check out this link:
http://www.wateraid.org/uk/

Rose is excited!

Hi everyone I am really excited to go to Atlantis today and go down the LEAP OF FAITH!!

Its gonna be really fun and I know im gonna enjoy it!! :) :P :D

Im going with Francesca in 5KON and her friend Rebecca.
Cant wait till we go.

34 minutes till I go! countdown!

Rose xoxox :P :) :D

DT DAY

Tuesday was our DT day in 5JW. WHAT A FANTASTIC EFFORT AND ATMOSPEHRE.
I was so proud of you all and how brillaint your musical instruments are.



more to follow
photos to follow

AMAZING OSPREYS!

Check out this incredible link that Mrs Hislop is fascinated by:

http://www.thewebbroadcastingcorporation.com/swt/swt.php

It is truly amazing.

Message form Madame Bernaz - Pen Friend updates

French Pen Friends Update

Hi 5JW

This is the email address where you can send your message:

ecole-saint-michel-bj@wanadoo.fr

Remember:

1- The message has to be written/sent as quickly as possible (eg. this week, especially as I won't see you next Sunday)

2- Could you let them know that they need to put the name of their pen-friend in the subject + the class (CM1) - in French or English-( eg. Message pour Bastian, CM1)

3- If they don't have a pen-friend yet simply have your draft ready and as soon as I have the remaining 3 pen-friends, I will forward their message to you.

Thank you very much

Madame Bernaz

Kian is King of the Week - Term 3 week 5

Massive congratulations to Kian, our new King of the week. Kian is a brillaint member of our class and it was easy to think of lot sof positives to say about him in class.

We think Kian :

is a really great swimmer

always helping people in class

is enthusiastic

is funny

is a great friend

is competetive

is a good runner

is sporty

tries hard in everything

is kind

is focussed

always tries his best

always has a smile on his face

is good at basketball

has good manners

has neat handwriting

is a joker ( in a nice way!)

always helps other people

is responsible

is caring

is reliable

has a good sense of humour

is polite

Well done Kian - a great person and fantastic member of the class!

Adrian Hayes' new adventure.

Whilst watching the news the other day (Sky News) I saw our famous friend Adrian Hayes talking about his new expedition to Greenland.

Check out the link below for more information:
http://www.greenlandquest.com/blog.php

We will follow his progress with interest.

Word Challenge - new words from long words, term 3, week 5

One of our English (word level work) Learning Objectives is all about understanding how words can be formed from longer words.

This can be done in 3 main/different ways:

- through the omission (missing out) of letters
for example o'clock (is short for 'of the clock')

- through the omission of prefixes
e.g. telephone is commonly shortened to phone

- through the use of acronyms
'Everyone Reading in Class' is commonly called ERIC at Kings'

I want you to think of as many as you can and add them to this post as a comment. Team points for correct answers.

Green Sami

Green life

Green is a color that can brighten up our day
Rivers and streams will flow freely
Eco friendly houses will be built all around
Everything will sparkle with glistening green
Nothing will be harmed but safe instead

Lush grass lands will be seen
Incredible co-operation can make it all happen
Forget about the past and look to the future
Environmentally friendly is the way to be.

Jemima Back in Action

Another Jemima video from Lucy! Enjoy!

Jemima's funny video

Lucy has shared this with the class - Jemima in action!

What is a blog? Competition

Recently, a friend of mine asked me to define what a blog is and why we have one?
I thought this was a good question. I talked it through with him and he was happy with my response. I wonder what you think? How would you define it? And why do you think we have a class Blog?

A good example of a defintion of a blog can be found at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog


COMPETITION
Can you write a short and accurate definition of a blog AND a short explanation of why we have a class blog.

House points and maybe even prizes for good entries!

You can do enter by email or by writing down your answers.

Mr Watson's feeling proud

I just wanted to say to you all that I am very proud of you indeed.

You have been working really hard all year and especially this term. Assessment week is nothing to be worried about, as we have talked about in class - but I am so proud of the way you have approached it. I have been so very impressed by your maturity and efforts so far this week. Keep it up and very very well done!

(a happy) Mr Watson

Alizaky visits 5JW

At 11 May 2009 I came to visit Kings Dubai School for one day. I came in Mr.Watsons class for one day. Alec showed me around. I was in two assesments.We first had a maths assesment and then a social studies assesment about Dragonflies.I think it is a nice place and a big school.

King Of The Week ( Term 3, Week 4) is Luke

Congratulations to Luke! He is our new King of the Week.

Luke is a super member of the class and we all had lots of positive things to say about him in circle time today. Mr Watson's hand was hurting because there was so much to say!

We think that Luke:

is reliable

is consistent

is enthusiastic

works well with others

is not afraid to say he finds something hard

is confident

is smart

has really improved at swimming

is funny

is independent

a nice person

has a good attitude

is great at rugby player

is a fast runner

has always an enthusiastic attitude to work

writes good stories

is always smiling

has neat handwriting

is a great friend

can work with a variety of people

is a star

tries so hard at everything

made lots of progress this year

Well done Luke - A terrific member of 5JW and a great King of the Week

More riddles from Kristi

Here are a few riddles!

A lady named her children: Dominique, Regis, Michelle, Fawn, Sophie and Lara.
What will she name her next child? Jessica, Katie, Abby or Tilly?

For some I go fast for others I'm slow. To most people, I'm an obsession relying on me is a well practiced lesson.
What am I?

From Kristi

kristi tells us about Przewalski's horses

I will tell you all about the przewalski's horse which is extinct in the wild.

Przewalski's horses are the last surviving subspecies of wild horse. First described scientifically in the late 19th century by Russian explorer N. M. Przewalski, for whom the horse is named, the horse once freely roamed the steppe along the Mongolia-China border. Never again seen in the wild, Przewalski’s horses have since been kept and bred in captivity and have recently been reintroduced in Mongolia.With a short, muscular body, Przewalski’s horses are smaller than most domesticated horses. They have a pale belly and beige to reddish-brown coat that is short during summer and thicker and longer in winter. Their muzzle is white, and they don an erect and dark mane that lines their large head and neck. They stand about 12 to 14 hands tall at the shoulder, or about 48 to 56 inches (122 to 142 centimeters), and weigh about 440 to 750 pounds (200 to 340 kilograms).

Type: Mammal
Diet: Omnivore
Average lifespan in captivity: About 20 years
Size: Height at the shoulders 48 to 56 in (122 to 142 cm)
Weight: 440 to 750 lbs (200 to 340 kg)
Group name: Herd
Protection status: Extinct in the wild
Size relative to a 6-ft (2-m) man

GREEN DAY

5JW and Kings' enjoyed our Green Day on Wednesday 6th May 2009.

To help raise awareness of environmental issues and to raise money for new recycling equipment we all came to school dressed in Green (and paid 10Dhs).

MUSICAL STARS OF 5JW

As part of our SOUND of MUSIC theme we have been looking at musical instruments. This week we invited in all of our musicains to play and talk about their instruments.

I enjoyed showing you the drum kit, discussing the kit and the sounds it can make.

we then had our true musical stars talk to us in class about their intruments.

Paul and Mrs Hislop showed their Saxophones.

Paul impressed us as he has only been playing a few weeks and sounded like he had been playing for a lot longer! Mrs Hislop did a great job showing off her talents (despite not wanting to play!).

Zac, Chris and Angela talked to us about their guitars and played us some tunes. The making of a rock band!! If Lauren hadn't been absent we would have had our very own fab 4!

We then had Lucy, our clarinet expert who made such a wonderfulw arm and rich sound as she played for us.

Jemima and Angela both play the Violin. Jemima showed us the Violin and we compared it to Rose's Viola. We enjoyed listening to them both play.

We also had our three flute experts, Dan told us lots about the flute and played for us on Monday. Ashleigh and Becky played us 2 songs together on Tuesday and we loved the soft breathy sound which we thought was very relaxing.

School disco

KS 2 had great night at the school disco on Thursday 30th April. Lots of fun, dancing, energy and NOISE!!! Mr Watson couldn't believe how grown up you all looked!

Check out some of the photo's below:

Tom's blog

Tom's blog address is :

http://sailingweights.blogspot.com/

It look likes Tom is having loads of fun!!!

Tom's news

Hi Mr Watson and class 5JW,

Have you looked on the blog recently? - there are lots of photos and our news.

We have been having problems getting internet access so I still haven't put a blog onto the class blog yet sorry. We only did maths lessons when we were crossing the Indian ocean because there were too many waves and rolling about to do the language stuff.

Now we are in the Maldives we start with language each day which covers all the science, history, geography and english together - I am currently doing a unit on creation stories, James's one is about aboriginal life and sam's is about bees and insects. After this we do maths then our daily diary and then we are all finished for the day.

I have read 15 books so far and lucky we have hundreds on the boat! When we were crossing the Indian Ocean we also did our boat PE!! - this was start jumps and situps and pushups and running around the decks then we had a salt water bucket shower before bed - I loved doing this each day!

When we get to Male James and I are going to do a scuba diving course so that we can really get down amongst the coral and fish. Where we have been snorkeling the coral has been very bleached from the El Nino - this means that all the algae have been killed off and thus destroying the colour.

PS don't use my old email account if you feel like writing to me but use this one:
A6A1234@sailmail.com

Miss you all love Tomxoxox

Green links

Wednesday is GREEN DAY in school, to highlight environmental issues . As part of the day
The Green Group in school have provided us with some interesting links to look at.

Why don't you check out some of the links below. Let me know what you think of them and if they are fun as well as interesting. We will look at some of these in class too.


1. www.zerofootprintkids.com/kids_home.aspx

2. http://www.recyclezone.org.uk/

3. http://www.recyclemagic.co.uk/

4. www.nppd.apogee.net/kids/carbonfootprint.aspx

5 www.ecofriendlykids.co.uk/reducereuserecycle.html

6. http://www.reducereuserecycle.co.uk/

7. www.kids.mehs.nih.gov/recycle.htm

8. www.themes.ppst.com/greenplanet.html

9. www.mygreenfootprint.com/childrenandgreenissues

10. www.kidsfootprint.org/

Eloise's riddle

Hey guys heres a riddle I found:

A time when they’re green, a time when they’re brown,
But both of these times, cause me to frown.
But just in between, for a very short while,
They’re perfect and yellow, and cause me to smile!

What am I talking about here?

Happy riddling!

Eloise :o)

Zac is our New King Of The Week (Term 3, week 3)

Congratulations to Zac!


He is our new king of the week!. Zac has made great impression on the class since joining Kings' and 5JW ealier in the year. We have all got to know Zac well, and like his energy and sense of humour.





We've already said lots of nice things in class about Zac - add more here by adding comments.





We think Zac:

is extremely enthusiastic

is funny

is a great friend

is very helpful

has matured lots

is willing to listen and learn

is determined

is a great team player

can balance being fun with working hard

has a great sense of humour

is a good surfer

is a very good friend to have

is a good swimmer

has brightened the class up

is weird, wacky and crazy (in a really good way!!!)

has an infectious and good laugh

tells good jokes

is polite

Word Challenge

This week's word challenge is a fun one. It is all to do with differnet dialects.
I want you to to understand how words vary across dialects,. For example, These words all mean the same thing but are used in different parts of the UK and the English speaking world. e

example - plimsolls, daps, sand-shoes, pumps, trainers, sneakers

Can you think a list of words that different people use for the same thing???? You can start and chain you like.

Add your comments to this link - points for house teams will be awarded. Your team is counting on you!!!

Kristi's poem

This are a poem I made up about things i saw outside the car window when we where driving to places.

The Sea
The spectacular turquoise water was calming my mind.
Dancing dolphins were a magnificent sight to see.
The soothing waves were enough to thrill my soul.
As is rocked to and frow my hair was blowing wildly in the ocean breeze.
As i looked across the water i could see the seals lying lazily on the rocks.
Islands dotted and spotted everywhere was something amazing.
The sea,superb and maraculus for just being water.


From Kristi
xoxoxoxoxox

Kristi the poet

Here is a acrostic poem I made up about Mr W!

Merry
Radicle

Wonderful
Amazing
Terrific
Silly
Obedient
Not funny jokes

King Of The Week ( Term 3, Week 2) is Lauren

Congratulations Lauren!

Lauren is our new King of the Week, the first of our third and final term of year 5.

We have already shared lots of lovely things about Lauren in circle time in class. You can add more comments to this post too!

We said Lauren is:

• always there to help


• kind


• always joyful


• has neat handwriting


• is very funny


• is crazy (in a good kind of way)


• is a natural comedian


• is always smiling


• can balance being funny with being serious and working hard


• has a great sense of humour


• is caring


• always helps people out


• has a great attitude towards everything


• plays with everybody


• is funny


• is extremely enthusiastic


• is a great friend


• is hilarious


• is a great team player


• gives 100% to everything

A great person and fantastic member of Class 5JW

A new blog to enjoy!

This is Kian's,Dan's,Zac's and Chris' blog

hellboyskdzc.blogspot.com

Kian

Who wants to be a millionaire - maths game

If you like the great maths 'Countdown' game we use in Maths, then check out this brilliant link below for 'who wants to be a millionaire' maths game:

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/mathionaire/index.htm

Lots of fun to play and great to get you thinking hard.
Enjoy!

Mr Watson

House Word Challenge

House word challenge

In English (word level work) this week we are looking at words that are taken or borrowed from other languages and are now part of our everyday English language.

For example, spaghetti is an Italian word, but we now use it in English.

Add your words and ideas by commenting to the this link with your house group too, and we will calculate which team can come up with the most words - they will get extra house points for their star!

Good luck!

Emily's post

Hi Yr5JW,

Its Emily Liebenhals here. I have just read your class blog and I thought it was fantastic, I really enjoyed reading all about the things you all did during the Easter Break. I really miss going to all those places in Dubai.
I will be writing my own blog soon, so when it is finished I shall give you the website so you can see what I have been up to too.

I also would like to wish Tom and Kirsten Good Luck and It is sad to learn they are going.-although they have already left.

I really miss you all and thank you for your kind Sympathy cards you all signed and sent me.

All I can say is that I think your blog is brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

From Emily x

Rose is in Dreamland!

On the 24th April Lily, Maxime (sisters friend) my mum, my dad, me and Francesca went to dreamland. It was really fun.

When we got there we put our suncream onand then Francesca and I went of by ourselves. The first ride we went on were the yellow and green flumes and then the pink.After that we all gathered together and went on the family ride. We were about half way down and we went up the sides, I forgot to hold on so when we went up the side Ibanged my nose on Francescas head.(It really hurt).

After that we split up again and Francesca and I went on the kamacaza. I was first to go down and it was about 5 seconds until I reached the bottom.

When I got to the end it was soooooooo painful because I probably had worlds biggest wedgie!!! (haha)Anyway after going down that 13 times we walked down to the wave machine. It was so annoying because everybody who wanted to go in hadto were a life jacket!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!We then had an ice cream and a drink and as soon as we had finished we went straight back on the rides.After all the fun we set off back home and were so bored for 1 hour.

Rose xoxox

Ashleigh's funny links

hey guys,
I have been on YOU TUBE and typed in funny cats, I found [of course]
found a funny cat video HAVE SOME LAUGHS WATCHING THIS VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTasT5h0LEg .
I also found a slightly angry cat as well, for some reason it doesn't like men... WATCH OUT MR.WATSON!

watch....but stand back!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF88IYF2MHY&feature=related



ASHLEIGH

Lambos Doplhin Trip

Lambos Dolphin trip

After school on Thursday, me and my sister ,Rachel went to the dolphin ariom ,to go swimming with dolfins as a christmas pressant from my nanna and grandad, (and what a very special present it was).
Once we got to the dolphin ariom ,we went to met our instructor ,and he gave us a few brefings, like how hold onto the dolfins and what too touch and what not to touch on the dolfins boby ,like the blow whole and the eys!(THAT GOES FOR AVA).
Once me and my sister got our swimming stuf on ,we got into the water and started to swim it was magical, it was amazing
It was wonderful. Having thes two fins to hold onto and a Dolfin swimming in front of you dipping and glyding under and obve the water it was gust spectacular wonderful and amazing it was a com pleat joy of amesment the two dolfins I swum with were Bubbles ,Joe and two others.
The end

Matthew's Holiday news

My Easter

The main highlight of my Easter was going to England.
My mum,my sister Emma,my other sister Katie and me went too Hampton wick to stay the 2 week Easter holiday. One of the main things that we did was walk all day, all night was walking straight and never back. (though we did find are way back home,somehow).

We also did a lot of shopping mainly in the clothes shops (very boring) but on the last day we went into a shop named sports direct which is a really good sports shop, and guess what I got: I got the new England football kit and also some new football boots,which are named Nike total 90 laser 2.

Talking about football I persuaded my mum to let me watch the Manchester united vs. Porto football games,both legs,I wasn't very impressed by the way man united played but they still won on aggerant 2-3 so now they will face arsenal in the semi final.

After a week and a half in England we went to Ireland to go to a wedding.It was absolute freezing,but I got used to it,the temperature was 5 degrees to 7 degrees.The outfit I had to where was a pair of skinny black jeans(I wore those jeans for the school assembly)with a shirt that had strips down the middle I also wore a jet black skinny tie.The wedding wasn't much fun because I am the youngest in my family.The people who were getting married were uncle Alvin and auntie Rita.

To the conclusion I had a great Easter holiday.

From Matthew

Tom's news

Hi guys, sorry I haven't wrote but I've been busy!

Right now I'm in the middle of the Indian ocean on a very hot day. Normally I don't have much to do, so I just read (I've read nearly all he books!) play game boy or go on the computer.

BUT, sometimes dolphins jump out of the water and swim with the boat. It's amazing watch them jump out of the water and do amazing somersaults, we looked up in a marine life book, it was a Spinner Dolphin, which had a grey outline on it's ribs and white for the belly. It also had a black for It's back.

But one day on the Thursday the 23rd We caught a BLUE MARLIN!!! It was a baby one though. We let it go because it was soooo beautiful! It had grey stripes on its belly and a pale blue colour for its belly too. Then on top it had a dark deep navy blue o top. It also had a white and navy blue striped fin and a bluesh-blackish nose to stun prey, it was hooked there too so we just had to do a sharp jerk up and, it was gone!

Now only 2 days 'till we get to the Maldives, and when we get there me and James are going to do a scuba-diving course!

Lot's of LoveTomXOXO

VIBRATIONS - Dancing Rice

As part of our theme work we are looking at Sound - how we hear it and how sounds vary. On Thursday 22nd April Mr Watson enjoyed showing year 5JW & 5KON his drum kit.

We talked about sound being made from vibrations and this clip helps illustrate that point - the harder the snare drum is hit, the bigger the vibrations are. Just watch the rice to see this is true.

Watch and enjoy!

Angela's bad day

I had a very bad Friday!I was at the autodrome AGAIN!But thats not the bad news. It's worse! April Friday 24th 2009, was the champion ship!And on the practice lap for the motor bikes, FIVE riders including my dad, crashed into each other on one of the corners! When my grandma found out she started to cry, because my dad along with the other 4 riders got sent to the hospital. My dada's friend Meidi asked my gran if she would like to come with him to the hospital. And she left with him. It took 3 or 4 hours for my gran and dad to come back! My dad was still alright! He had a big bruse on his chest and cheek. I was so happy that my dad was still alive! But there was some more bad news for my dad. He was at hospital through all the races! So he wasn't champ of the year... So he was quite heart-broken! And so I wasn't really like my usual smiley face that time. Atleast I still had my dad. That was the WORST FRIDAY EVER! And scary.

Elephant Dung!

After watching and enjoying our fantatsic class assembly yesterday, Freya D (Y3) & Sebastian D (Y1) brought us a gift today!!!

They brought us :

ELEPHANT DUNG!

The Ear and Sound

Check out this interesting link all about the ear and how we hear:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/factfiles/hearing/hearing_animation.shtml

This another great link - all about how sounds change:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/9_10/changing_sounds.shtml

Enjoy!
Mr Watson

Mr Watson's Easter news

I had a good Easter break and enjoyed having some time off. I stayed in Dubai for the school holidays. I did quite a lot of relaxing and reading and enjoyed some time on the beach.


One of the best things I did over the holidays was to go to JAM JAR again. This is the art studio where you can paint whatever you like. I used my second voucher that you all kindly got me for Christmas (THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN!!!)

This time I was inspired to do some paintings using lots of shades of Orange, Yellow and Red. I have been thinking and dreaming in Oranges of late!!! I had also looked at some of the work we saw when we visited the Bauhaus exhibition last term, and really like Josef Albers' work.

This is one of Josef Albers' famous paintings (left)

You can see some of Albers' work on the wall behind 5JW on the photo below:

This time I didn't take my Ipod and just enjoyed painting. I chose 3 small canvasses and tried to make them all similar in theme but still different, by slightly changing the patterns and shades of oranges.


They are going to go on the wall in my spare room - becuase they match the bed throw and curtains!!!

What do you think?







Mr Watson

SEED DISPERSAL!!!!!

SEED DISPERSAL, SEED DISPERSAL.... GOT TO SPREAD THE SEED!

A MASSIVE Congratulations to you all for your performance this morning in our class assembly - better late than never!!

I think you did a tremendous job. You all remembered your lines, the order and your actions. You all spoke with confidence and projected your voices well. A super effort and performance!!!

I am very proud of you all. Very well done!

Luke's brilliant new quad bike!

I want to tell you about my new quad bike. I got it in the holidays and it's a 110 cc with a top speed of80 km/h but I have not gone that fast yet. I only go off-road.

There is a sandy patch just up the road where I live.My sister also enjoys going on it but usually with me driving. Even my mom has been on the back and she was very scared.

It is red and black. I did not know that I was going to get it, so itwas a huge surprise when my dad said "Come and get the quad-bike outthe back of the car".

I was extremely happy and couldn't stop hugging him ! A few days later I bought a black helmet. When I first got it we had to jump start it using the car batterybecause the battery in the quad bike didn't have enough power to startit.Last week I also got a puncture so we had to go to DragonMart to get 2new tyres.

I have wanted a quad bike for a long time and I am so proud to own one now.

Luke

Becky's Water Park reviews

Waterparks in Dubai
I am lucky enough to have been to three water parks in the UAE! Here is my comparison of them:

Wild Wadi
Positives
reasonably good price
good selection of rides - best one: Juneirah Sceirah
imaginative ideas

Negatives
only a few rides
risk of scraping your back on uphill rides
food service quite slow



Aquaventure - Atlantis Hotel

Positives

The Leap of Faith - scariest ride in the world!
Good variety of food
nice beaches
Negatives

Extremely long queues to get in
Disorganised
very expensive to get in

Dreamland Aquapark - Umm AL Qwain

Positives

cheap
no queues for rides or to get in
imaginative rides e.g. the washing machine

Negatives

an hour's drive from Dubai
it could do with a clean up and nicer changing rooms

Overall, my favourite waterpark is Dreamland although I did enjoy them all. Let me know which is your favourite!

Becky

Paul's holiday news

My Holiday to Fujairah.

During the Easter break my family and I spent a few days in Fujairah at the Sandy Beach Hotel. It’s really nice there, not at all glitzy like most Dubai hotels. From our hotel room we looked right at the beach and the Arabian ocean and Snoopy Rock. On our first day after a very long drive, we took the long way round!! We spent the whole afternoon and evening on the beach playing and trying to catch crabs! There were hundreds of them living in the rocks. We saw some really big ones and I even caught one with my net but it managed to get away. When we got there we were told there had been an oil spill off the coast and we may see some globs of oil on the beach, we did not see any but our feet were black with oil. It’s really hard to get it off. I hope when we go again we won’t have the same problem. Me and my dad made a three tunnel trench which lasted until the tide came in. We had a really good time and had an unforgettable experience.


From P@ul

Sound of Music

Our new theme is the Sound of Music - it is Science based them all about how sound is made and heard. we will also be looking at designing and making our own musical instrumenrs (Design Technology) as part of the theme.

Check out the link below to begin learning about sound:

http://www.simplescience.net/5f_-_changing_sounds.html

Movie Review - Hotel for dogs

In the holidays I went to Ashleighs sleepover party, Part of the plan
was to go to the movies. I actually did'nt know what we were seeing
and it turned out to be 'Hotel for Dogs' and it was a really good film!

There were two main characters Andy played as Emma roberts, and
her brother Bruce, played as Jake. T Austin. It was really funny, I
especially liked the wacko and bad singers parents!

Im not going to tell you what happens apart from the make a Dog
hotel for strays and visitors, and cooper a bulldog who eats anything
is there recycling bin!! If you do watch it sure you will enjoy it,
but there is a sad part so I advise you to bring some tissues!!

I thought it was a brilliant movie and I would like to see
it again!!


Eloise :o)

My new puppy - by Chris

MY NEW PUPPY!!!

On Thursday the 16 April, one of the gardeners brought in a stray puppyPekingese! We have tried to find the owners but unfortunately the dogdoesn't have a micro-chip. We have put a notice out with local vets.

We named the dog Lucy, since it was a girl. It has a flat face and reallybig, cute eyes. She is only 46 cm long. It is a really expensive dog worthabout 6000 TO 8 OR 9000 DHS!!!

My mum loves the new dog, but my dad thinks it's ridiculous flat face seemsrather odd!!! It gets on well with chewy, my other dog.

We hope we can keepher, if the owners don't claim her!!!

Christopher.G

Alec's holiday report

During the holidays I went doughnuting which is where a speed boat pulls you around in a rubber ring at 35 knots and in my case an extremely choppy day on a rope. My friend Lewis came on the boat but was to sick to do it properly so I ended up going with teenager ... after a while we both agreed he was trying to get us off because we spent more time in the air than on the water and skidding like crazy. At one point I let go and was completely in air,thankfully I didn't fall in!

3 days later we came back to the beach club and went on a catamaran the group before us the another bunch of friends staying at our house saw a sea turtle while out at sea but me ,my dad and doug { my dads friend and a sailing instructor} however saw nothing. That's a bit sad don't you think anyway I had a fab time so never mind!

The surprise (by Dan)

At about 12 o clock me my sister and my dad, set of to the Dubai international airport
wen we got there we went in the new terminal and checked in our lugage.
the new terminal looked very diferent to the old terminals.The new terminal looked
more modern and clean.

Once we cheked in our luggage we went for a look around and we saw a burger king .
All of us were hungry so we went to eat a burger king. I had a beef roal and a coke,
after our lunch we went exploring to see if there was a bar but un fortunatly there wasn't,
and my dad was a bit surprised.Because it was an internatinal air port.

After we went looking for a bar. We went to our terminal and boarded on to our flight.
The plane was an A330-200 it was a veary basic Emirats plain because you didnt
have the ice system of entertainment.You had the chanells thats all right, considering
its an7hour and 45 minut flight.

Once we got to Birmingham air port we got our passports stamped and went to pick
up our lugage. and then we went to see our uncle Prang.He helped us whith pur lugage
and put it in the car once he did that we began our two our ride to Boldarton.
Once we got to boldarton my dad and Prang got out the car me and my sister had to
hide in the car to surprise my nanna and grandad. Once my dad said hello me and my
sister got out the car and said hello and happy weding anniversary........

Ashleigh's sleepover party

On the holidays we stayed here, in Dubai.
I had my sleepover party on Wednesday, here's some info:

* Becky got lip gloss in her hair
* we all got black faces and red or silver noses
*we drank hot coca with cream mmmmmmmmm.....
*stayed up till 1:30
*told spooky stories
*played TRUTH or DARE
*watched Hotel for dogs

Lucy's new names for the class!

My dad's friend gave me a quiz thing from the book 'Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot Professor Poopypants', by Dave Pilkey, where the evil Professor makes everyone have new names.... So:-

1. Use the 3rd letter from your 1st name to get your new 1st name:

a- snickle n- sloopy

b- doombah o- fluffy

c- goober p- stinky

d- cheesy q- slimy

e- crusty r- dorfus

f- greasy s- snooty

g- dumbo t- tootsie

h- farcus u- dipsy

i- dorky v- sneezy

j- doofus w- liver

k- funky x- skippy

l- boobie y- dinky

m- sleezy z-zippy

Use the 2nd letter of your last name to get the 1st half of your 1st name:


a- dippin n- rhino

b- feather o- potty

c- batty p- hamster

d- burger q- buckle

e- chicken r- gizzard

f- barffy s- lickin

g- lizard t- snickle

h- waffle u- chuckle

i- farkly v- pickle

j- MONKEY w- hubble

k- flippin x- dingle

l- fricken y- gorilla

m- bubble z- girdle

Use the 3rd letter of your last name to get the 2nd half of your last name:




a- butt n- dunkin

b- boob o- brains

c- face p- biscuits

d- nose q- toes

e- hump r- doodle

f- breath s- fanny

g- pants t- sniffer

h- shorts u- sprinkles

i- lips v- frack

j- honker w- squirt

k- head x- humperdinck

l- tush y- hiney

m- chunks z- juice


Find out your name, comment on your real name and your new name!!!!!

Lucy

P.S. Mrs. Watson's name is Doombah Dippinsniffer, Mr. Watson's name is Sloopy Dippinsniffer and Mrs. Hislop's name is Dorfus Farklefany!!

Lauren at Aquaventure

My Fun day at the Atlantis Aquaventure

On Wednesday me, my Mum, Matthew and Sam went to the water park at the Atlantis and we had lots of fun. When we got there tried to look for some seats to put our towels and bags on.
After we had found the seats I took the boys to the kids area, where the mini slides are, but the only one Sam would go on was the smallest slide because he was scared of the big bucket that would fill up with water and tip over him!
But Matthew went on the smallest slide and the 2nd smallest slide.
My favourite slide there was the pitch black one and the steep one.

On Friday we went there again with my Dad and I went on two of the big slides which was shark attack and the end of this really steep green slide.
However my Dad took me and Matthew to the rapids and Sam aterwards, but that was a bit boring.
We also went to the kids area again and Sam went on some of the big slides there as well.

I really enjoyed going there, I had so much fun!

From Lauren :) :)

Kristi's Easter holiday report

Over the Easter holidays my Granny and Papa were in Dubai visiting us from bonnie wee scotland! I love when we get to go back to Edinburgh (my home town) to see them and when they come over to see us in Dubai. we did lots of fantastic things when they were over like going to the Sharjah Aquarium, going ice skating, going on the big bus tour & many, many, many more great things. Even though it was really sad when they went away, we still did some fun things to end the holiday of freedom! We went to go and see Monsters vs Aliens @ the cinemas and we also went to see Hannah Montana The Movie @ the cinemas. As well as going to the cinemas we went to the Dubai Mall to The Aquarium & Underwater Zoo/ Te Discovery centre as most people know it as. When we walked through the Aquarium Tunnel all the sharks were gathered just beside the tunnel because they were scared of the divers th were swimming in the tank as well. I look at one very closely an I just thought they looked completely evil!!! Then we went up to The Dicovery Centre and looked at all the animals that were there.My favourite was the seahorses and th seadragons! Then w heard that there was fish food being sold to feed to all the fish in the aquarium, so we bought some! we fed it all to the fish and rays that were swimming close to the surfa. I really enjoyed my Easter Hols! Chow for Now!!!!!!!!!

Kristi
xoxoxoxoxox

Angela's news - the Kipper Catz

Hello!Me Angie, Claire, Ashleigh and Claire are skip leaders. Kirsten is still part of the group (online) .We are the Kipper Catz!Visit our blog.U can join it to!

www.kippercatz.blogspot.com

Hope U enjoy it!


Kipper Catz Blog:
www.kippercatz.blogspot.com

Sami's Oman trip

Oman

I had a great time in Oman. I went to Oman for two days and three nights. I went with my mum,dad and my sister.

The best part of my tripwas when we went to the lava like souk. (You might be wondering why it was so hot? Well It was because there was no A.C.) When I got into the shops I was relieved... there was a fan. After a while I got used to the heat and got on to my mission of buying a dishdash and an Omani hat. Not long after that we went to a fantastic shop which sold everything that you can eat or drink and it was free. We bought three fresh green coconuts and we drank the bittery sweet juice.

I had a fantastic day and went to bed happily that night.

Adam at Anfield!

During the Easter holidays I have been back to England for a week.
My highlight of the week was going to see Liverpool FC play against
Blackburn.

On the 11th of April I set off to watch them play at the lunch time kick off.
We got the match day programme and then went
into the ground to watch the players warm up. When they had finished
they went to have their final team talk and then came out of the tunnel.
Before they started, there was a 1 minute silence for the 96 people who
died at the Hillsbourgh disaster.

As soon as the game had started there was action. Fernando Torres
controlled a high ball and volleyed passed the keeper. Great goal.
A header followed and we went into the break 2-0 up. I bought a
hot dog at half time and then sat down to watch the second half.

In the second half we scored another two goals. Daniel Agger
scored a fantastic long range shot. It flew into the top corner
like a rocket. Finally, at the very end David Ngog scored a header
into the bottom corner. We ended up winning 4-0. It was a fantastic
game and I am so glad I went to it.

Hope you all had a good holiday.

Adam

More Book Day Photo's

Ashleigh's mum has some excellent book day photos. Check them out on the link below:

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/cwilmot96/BOOKDAY09?authkey=Gv1sRgCPHnxauWmKKM2wE&feat=email#slideshow/5319961573804701042

Eloise in Rome!

I am here in ROME!!
Today I went to the coliseum it was good but totally unexpected! There are no seats left
And only a ¼ of the floor is left and the passages for the lion special effects. There was
A model showing the toilet it was one big halve opened tube with water flowing washing
Every thing down that got in the way! I’l tell you something the romans sure (shuuere)
Weren’t shy!
Eloise

Zac's 'Australia' review

A few days ago I saw the movie Australia. I thought it was a fantasticmovie. The movie has two themes; the first theme is about getting thecattle from Faraway Downs to Darwin to sell to the army. The secondtheme is about the Japanese invading Australia. The main charters are Lady Ashley, Drover and a half cast boy called Nulla.
The story beginsin England where Lady Ashley wants to go to Australia and persuade herhusband to sell Faraway Downs. When she arrives in Darwin she meets a man called Drover whose job is to move cattle from one place toanother. Drover takes Lady Ashley to Faraway Downs. When they get there they find out that her husband got killed by King George they think with a glass tip spear.
That night Lady Ashley meets a half castboy called Nulla who claims he can use magic. Nulla tells her aboutthe cattle from Faraway Downs crossing the river into Carnies territory. In the morning she tells Fletcher what Nulla had told her.Then Nulla said that Fletchers a lier so Fletcher chases after Nulla and hits him. Lady Ashley then fires Fletcher.
Later Drover comes toFaraway Downs and Lady Ashley tells him what had happened. So Droverdecides to help Lady Ashley. The next day they get ready to go. It takes them many days to get to Darwin. When they get to the Darwin they loaded the cattle just before carnies.
Sometime later, whilstDarwin was being evacuated in preparation of a possible Japaneseinvasion, Nulla gets taken to Mission Island where all half-castechildren live. Two months later Lady Ashley goes to a radio tower tospeak to Nulla but is interrupted by Japanese fighter jets bombing Darwin. Everybody was scared because they were bombing the houses and towers. After the bombing people were helping putting out all the fires.
Drover and his aboriginal friend went to rescue all the kids onMission Island. When Drover arrives at Mission Island he finds all thekids hiding in the trees. They all see a light from some Japanesesoldiers they run down to the boat while Drover's Aboriginal frienddistracts the soldiers. When they are all on the boat they see Droversfriend get shot. When they arrive back in Darwin the see Lady Ashley and they all go back to Faraway Downs.
I thought the story wasfantastic because its full of surprises. The story made me feel happyand sad at different parts.

Rose's report

On Wednesday 15th April Ashleigh had her belated birthday so Eloise, Becky, Lauren, Lucy, Ashleigh and Iwent to the Mall of the emirates and went to the cinema to watch hotel for dogs. It was really good.

After the film we went back to ashleighs house and chose our beds. For tea we had pizzas that we made and then went onto the trampoline.After that we had ice cream cake and then went to bed and talked for AGES!!!!We played truth or dare and it was really funny!!! :P :)

By 12:00 ashleigh had fallen to sleep but everyone else was still awake. We carried on swopingbeds at 1st I was on the sofa then I was on the other sofa and then becky had her head oh the mattress lauren had her head on the mattress and eloises feet we on my feet and we were squished!!!By 2:30 everyone was asleep.In the morning lauren woke everyone up at 7:30 so everybody slept for 5 hours except ashleigh who slept for7 and half hours!

When everyone had to go when the mums were there we all hid and they had to look for us.I think everyone had a fun time!!!

Rose xox

Kian's Arabian Night

Arabian Night's

On the Friday 10th April me,my brother (Max),my mum,my dad,my two cousins (Johnny and James),my uncle chris and my mums two best freinds (Sue and Chiz) all went to a Desert Safari called Arabian Nights.The jeeps picked us up at 3:00pm and we started our Journey,it was about an hour and a half ride and it was very boring.When we arrived all I could see was firey red sand.

We did lots of cool activities like sand boarding,camel riding,hena painting,dressing up in local dress,quadbiking and for the adults sheeshka pipes,but my favourite activity was dune bashing.

When we climbed in to the trucks I wasn't scared but when we set off I was really scared. The dunes were masive,we went up some really big ones which made me feel sick and cry. When we arrived at the stopping point I was glad not to be in the car, but then my dad asked me if I wanted to go on a private ride with him, Chris, my brother, my cousins and Chiz. (They all said that my mum and Sue made me cry so I took their word for it.) So I said yes and off we went over huge dunes and not caring if I was going to flip over.

After the ride I was really proud that I got back in the car and went for another ride,it was a great experiance and would reconmend it to every body.But make sure you get a guide called Amdam.

It was a great day!!!!

Jemima's Easter Holiday News

Hi everyone,

In the holidays I went to a place called Ferry Farm , near my Granny and Grandad's house. We were the first people there so the goats started to chase us because of the food bags we had.Whilst the goats were being fed we walked round the farm we fed the other goats and the horses. We watched the pigs rolling about in the mud like lunatics. We then went to feed the baby lambs. The first one was very greedy and tried to drink all of the milk.The second lamb was a bit fussy so he had to be given to the farmer and I got a different one - a little black lamb. He was very greedy as well.

We had an icecream, fed the goats again and went home. I enjoyed my trip a lot .


Jemima
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Mrs Watson says....

To 5JW
Have a great Spring Holiday and a good rest. Well done on such a successful term and thank you for your hard work and effort.
It was really touching to see how much you cared about your colleagues that have sadly left at the end of this term. It is always difficult but we know Tom and Kirsten will kepp in touch and let us know how they are getting on. For Tom his big world wide boat adventure is just beginning and for Kirsten her adventure back to South Africa I am sure will be exciting.

Book day was great and you all looked superb as Narnia characters. I was very impressed with the amount of effort you put into your costumes - I particularly liked the Wardrobes!!

I am looking forward to next term and am sure it will be as jam packed and busy as this one. Hopefully your assembly on the first Wednesday (22nd April) will go ahead without any problems and defintely no rain! Mr Watson said how pleased he was with the maturity and understanding you showed when the assembly had to be called off. Please remind your mums and dads about it.

Enjoy the rest of the holiday and ..... Happy Blogging!

Angela's birthday

I had a great birthday party at Ski Dubai! I had it on the 4 th of April. My real B-day is on the 5th.I had so much fun! Lauren and I were playing survival in the snow!It was so much fun. We went across the snow bridge on top. My dad got so many photos! Me and Lauren had a picture with the polar bear. I had a great time!

WOW - You guys are LUSH!

I was so proud of you in circle time today - the way you maturely handled saying farewell to Tom and Kirsten was amazing. You are all true stars.

You all looked brilliant today and gave them both a terrific send off!

Well done everybody.

Buddy Reading

We have been working with our friends from Year 1 this week . We have been their buddy readers!

We have had lots of fun reading books to them and with them. We have also written our own books to read to them all about our chosen insect.

A sad day too! Good Bye and Good Luck!

Today was a sad day in 5JW too - Tom and Kirsten both having their last day at Kings' Dubai! There were lots children we were saying farewell to in school today - Mrs Watson wished them all well in assembly

Tom and his family have been part of Kings' for almost 4 years now (Tom joined in Year 2) and are off an an amazing and exciting journey on their boat, to South Africa, before heading back to Australia to live. We wish them all well and look forward to hearing all about their travels.

Kirsten and her family have been at Kings since she joined part way through Year 1 - so over four years! Kirsten is returning to South Africa with her mum, dad and brother Iain.

In 5KON Freya and Laura are also sadly both leaving Kings' today - they were in Mr Watson's very first class at Kings' in Year 1. Lots of happy memories from the last 5 years!

We will miss them all lots and lots!

Good luck to all of the children who are leaving and their families too. We wish them all the best for the future and hope to keep in touch.

Lots of love from Mr Watson, Mrs Hislop and all of 5JW!

BOOK WEEK - CHARACTER DRESS UP DAY

WOW! The Chronicles of Narnia came to life in Year 5 today. An amazing range of characters and costumes. Year 5JW looked fantatsic. So did 5KON. Well done everyone!

Check out some of the pictures of us below! How fantastic do you all look?

Add your comments about your characters and costumes. Did you enjoy the day? Who was your favourite character and costume?
Which other year groups did you like the most? Share your views by writing a post or leaving a comment.

SWIM GALA - Wednesday 1st April

KS2 had an excellent swim gala today. The level of swimming and support were both toally amazing. Well done to everyone who took part.
I was amazed at just how incredible your swimming was. A superb effort and performance by everyone.

Leave a comment or write a post about your views of the brillaint gala.

Check out the photo's below :

On Wednesday the1 st of April Kings Dubai did a swimming gala.
Unfortunately I was ill so I wasnt able to do the gala, which was really disappointing.
I cheered my team on (hanover) really loudly, so load that my head nearly fell off!!!
In the end Hanover came 4th, Stuart were 3rd,Tudor were second and Windsor were 1st.
Windsor won over all and got a trophy but Hanover got a smaller trophy. But Mrs Watson said
that they ment the same things. Anyway Hanover won the best surporting team cup and we were delighted that we got it.

Everyone did really well and swam awesomely!
We weren't upset that we were 4th and after that went back to school and were chuffed with ourselves!


From Rose xox

Paul's news

Last term I decided to join the afterschool horse riding activity. The first lesson was so scary! They put me on a huemungse horse.I really do not like heights, so I hung on with all my might & only managed to walk during my first lesson. I did do the ‘round the world in your saddle’ game but I found it difficult to keep my balance. As the weeks have passed I have learnt a lot about horses during the ‘stable management’ course which you also get during the hour lesson. Well, after eight weeks of lessons I can now trot sitting bolt upright with eyes focused through the horses ears, holding my reins correctly and leading my horse Lena without my horse guide. I really love riding and would recommend it to my friends to join next term when we start again.

One day our normal teacher Rommy was off sick so we had another lady to teach us, she was really fun and taught us to play ‘Traffic Lights’ on your horse! Red means stop, orange means walk and green means trot as fast as you can to the other side of the arena to win. A great game.


Paul O