We had time to draw one of Alan's favourite characters, Ollie the dog, and we got to finish a comic that Alan had started. It was a great day and when we got back to class we raffled a copy of Alan's latest book, "Fintan's Fifteen". Guess who won? Fintan!! Weird, huh?
Today we visited Barker & Jones bookshop for a workshop with the author and illustrator Alan Nolan. Alan told us about his fascination with comics when he was younger and how they inspired him and his friend to write and sell their own. We had time to draw one of Alan's favourite characters, Ollie the dog, and we got to finish a comic that Alan had started. It was a great day and when we got back to class we raffled a copy of Alan's latest book, "Fintan's Fifteen". Guess who won? Fintan!! Weird, huh? We've been reading this book with Mr. Harney. Tom Crean was a great Irish explorer and we're eager to read on and find out more about his story. Yesterday we did some artwork to depict a cold, wintery scene like Tom Crean might have encountered in Antarctica. We've been doing some work recently on writing reports. We chose topics we have an interest in, did the necessary research and wrote our reports in our copies. Then we typed them up on our netbooks. This is the second post where we will share some of our reports with you. We hope you enjoy them! In Part 4 you can read:
We've been doing some work recently on writing reports. We chose topics we have an interest in, did the necessary research and wrote our reports in our copies. Then we typed them up on our netbooks. This is the second post where we will share some of our reports with you. We hope you enjoy them! In Part 3 you can read:
We've been doing some work recently on writing reports. We chose topics we have an interest in, did the necessary research and wrote our reports in our copies. Then we typed them up on our netbooks. This is the second post where we will share some of our reports with you. We hope you enjoy them! In Part 2 you can read:
We've been doing some work recently on writing reports. We chose topics we have an interest in, did the necessary research and wrote our reports in our copies. Then we typed them up on our netbooks. This is the first post where we will share some of our reports with you. We hope you enjoy them! In Part 1 you can read:
"I started on my homework We read this poem in class today. It's a funny poem that gives you some great excuses for when you forget your homework!
You can read the full poem here. The version we read has a slightly different final verse. Listen to some of us reading the poem: |