My Class 4 and Class 6 pupils have taken part in this year's OUP Project Competition, together with more than 1,300 pupils from 34 countries. They've watched a short film first, then shared ideas about different after-school clubs they would like to go to, and finally designed their posters in Canva.
This is the last song my Class 4 pupils have learned and loved. It's great for introducing or revising past forms, and a perfect announcement of summer holidays:
Suzie went on holiday,
All the way to Spain.
She didn't want to go by air,
And so she took a train.
All my friends are far away,
I'm on my own today ...
Paula went on holiday,
To Australia.
She didn't read the flight number,
And flew to India.
All my friends are far away,
I'm on my own today ...
Danny went on holiday,
By ship to Mexico.
But Ben and Billy went by bus,
Now they're gone and so ...
All my friends are far away,
I'm on my own today.
But I'm not sad, I'm having fun,
I'm reading a great book. Hooray!
All my friends are far away ...
Although this is a lovely song, we haven't sung it enough to learn it by heart:
Our town's got a lot of great things.
It's got a playground,
With a slide and some swings.
Our town is a great place to be.
It's got a lot of shops,
For you and for me.
Our town! Come to our town.
Our town! Come on, everyone.
Our town! Come to our town.
Our town! Come and have some fun.
Our town is a great place to stay.
It's got a park,
Where we can play all day.
Our town's got a nice swimming pool.
Jump into the water,
It's nice and cool.
Our town! Come to our town...
We've spent the whole year looking for clues and decoding messages with our book characters, and finally solved the last puzzle which took us to the statue of friendship and the end of our adventure.
The Explorers.
Here they come.
Lucy and Ben.
Adventure and fun.
The Explorers.
Here they are.
Ben and Lucy.
Action stars.
She's good at doing puzzles,
She always finds the clues,
And reads them very carefully,
They tell her what to do.
The Explorers ...
He's good at riding horses,
And swimming in the sea.
He's an action hero,
Just like you and me.
The Explorers ...
This year, Class 4 pupils have learned a lot of great songs, but it seems that the one about bikes is everyone's favourite. It points out how playing outside with a friend is more important than having an expensive bike which is always in the garage, and is fantastic for introducing or revising comparatives and possessive forms:
Tom:
My bike is bigger
And faster than yours,
And more beautiful too.
My bike is lighter
And newer than yours,
And it's more expensive too.
Sue:
It's true that
Your bike is bigger
And faster than mine,
And it's more beautiful too.
Your bike is lighter
And newer than mine,
And it's more expensive too.
But I ride my bike every day,
In the sun and in the rain.
Your bike just stays inside,
It never comes out to play.
Tom:
So, you ride your bike every day,
In the sun and in the rain.
I want to take my bike outside too,
Can I come out and play with you?
Can I come out and play with you?
In our last lessons, we usually talk about different holiday activities and imagine that we're already somewhere else, having fun and writing postcards to our friends and family.
By following a simple model, my Class 3 pupils have written about their favourite team sports.
We've also completed a survey, similar to the one in their books, and here are the results: