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In suspense!
Son: Guess what? I’m in the finals for the photo competition! Mum: Wow! That’s great! Son: Yeah – we sat down in our assembly circle this morning and Mrs W said, “Now, I want to talk to you about who’s...
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Seeing what you hear
[Hearing test at the hospital] Audiologist: This device is going to take a picture of your ears. In a minute you’ll see some mountains on that screen. Boy: OK Audiologist: Here we go. See that mountain...
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Signalling your presence
Boy: Because you’ve not rided a bike for ages, I’ll lead. Put your feet on the pedals, like this. Then push down one pedal and you can start moving. If you feel like you’re out of control or going too...
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Be active!
https://vine.co/v/hBevtAja2vx BE ACTIVE! All things in moderation… (It’s a shame Vine video can’t be embedded within a blog post) Related articles 5 Great Brands On Vine (business2community.com)...
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Speed of delivery
[On the school Fronter system, when a pop-up asks whether we want to allow an .exe file to run] Mum: Do we want a program to run? Boy: No! Press cancel! When you get a message like that, you HAVE to...
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Tiresome tales
[Watching children's TV] That was really funny mum – Ryan the Lion was just telling a really boring story about putting the bins out and when he’d finished Kay said, “That was different.” Then Ryan...
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Giant sneezes
Boy: I had a dream last night – it was half BFG, half school. One of the bad giants visits Stony Stratford – he sees our school and and he says, “I’ve been looking for that school!” He sees us playing...
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Highy commended photography!
HIGHLY COMMENDED PHOTOGRAPHY!– Under 11s (Supporting Stony AHA! – 1st-31st May) Related articles First photo competition (iwantmarbles.com)
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The crazy one
THE CRAZY ONE It’s Forest School! There’s one tree that’s CRAZY in Forest School – that’s the crazy tree [left]. They’re just normal trees [left], that brown’s the bark on the floor and there’s the...
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A symbolic message
A SYMBOLIC MESSAGE Hieroglyphics – hand, reed flowers, lion, vulture and water. Age 5. Related articles Graphic Design Today CH2-3 (bigskuzzz.wordpress.com)
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Dog’s best friend
SHAGGY AND SCOOBY DOO It’s Scooby Doo and that’s his best friend, Shaggy. I couldn’t remember what colour top Shaggy has, so I coloured it black. Age 5 Related articles The Joy and Inspiration of...
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Describing what you do
DESCRIBING WHAT YOU DO I am a artist. Age 5 Related articles How would you describe yourself in the third person? (magicandmarvels.wordpress.com) Challenge: Describe the color green without using it’s...
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Be active
BE ACTIVE Mum: Is that someone juggling [bottom right]? Boy: No! That’s someone sweating because they’re running! They’re on a path and they’ve got to all the way to that treasure island over there...
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Money-grabbing apps!
Boy: What’s my password? Mum: For what? Boy: For downloading things? Mum: You haven’t got a password for downloading things – you haven’t got any money. Boy: I have! Mum: OK, but not in a place where...
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Poor Dawn
Boy: What’s “dawn”? Mum: Why – where did you hear about it? Boy: It’s in The Little Mermaid – there’s this crown that her granny has arranged for her and it lets her breathe so she can go out of the...
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All mixed up
Boy: We had maple cake for pudding at school today – do you know maple cake? Mum: Is it made with maple syrup? Boy: No, it’s half chocolate and half plain and then it’s all mixed up together into one...
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Powerful pictures
Mum: What did you do at school today? Boy: We made cards – for everyone who’s leaving. Mum: Who’s leaving? Boy: I don’t know. We had to say what we liked doing best from the year. I put, “I liked the...
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Exploring cultures: India
EXPLORING CULTURES: INDIA It’s an Indian hand with pictures all over! Age 5 Related articles China Welcomes Indian Defense Minister With Warning: ‘Don’t Provoke Us With New Trouble’ (hngn.com) India:...
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Exploring cultures: Russia
EXPLORING CULTURES: RUSSIA They’re Russian dolls! Age 5 Related articles Culture Ministry to step up promotion of tourism in Russia (rbth.ru) Exxon to spend $3.2B on Russia exploration (fuelfix.com)
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Exploring cultures: China
EXPLORING CULTURES: CHINA It’s the Willow Pattern! Age 5 Related articles Willow Pattern – the story (iwantmarbles.com) In Communist China, Shortwave is a Window to the World (theepochtimes.com) China...
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