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Y SCHOOL DIARY

FIRST WEEK

TUESDAY, 3rdOF NOVEMBER

Today the regular teacher of the group is ill so a supply teacher hasbecome.First of all, she explains the consequences for good or bad behaviour:Positive behaviour;

Sticers.

!arble in a "ar.#egative behaviour;

#ame on the sad face table board.

$isit to the head teacher.

#%!&S:

'. SPELLING

Students tae their spelling noteboos and copy some (ordsfrom a list. Then, they try to (rite them again (ithout looing attheir spelling.


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Students create their o(n (ord search (ith the (ords they have(ritten in their noteboos.

)hen they *nish the (ord search they s(ap the (ord searchand the do it.

To change the lesson +(hile some students are *nishing the tas theteacher starts at the four in a row game on the smart board. Theyplay girls against boys.

2. MATHS

Teacher (rites a number in the middle of the board and someoperation symbols around it. Student have to get the number bydoing those operations.

)ith their little (hite boards they practice the same activity ingroups. They use a dice to choose the number, and they allhave to get it. The *rst (ho *nishes, (ins a point.

Students create their o(n time table poster to revie( the timetables.+(ith this activity they are (oring on maths- concepts at thetime as they are doing something creative and motivating forthem


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3. LITERACY

eading: The Pacemaker/nly by no(ing the title of the boo they are going to read,students have to predict (hat-s going on in the story.0I predict the story will be about...

They do the same activity after seeing the cover.0I predict the story will be about...

Teacher reads the *rst chapter of the story and as questions tochec that the students are paying attention. How many characters appears in the story? What are theirnames?...

4. SCIENCE

To (arm up, students *ll a sheet (ith questions such as:Why science is important?


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y fa!ourite science topic is...I remember that....I would like to learn...

Then, the teacher plays a video about the 1niverseHow big is the "ni!erse? The gardian +youtubeThe teacher ask the students some #uestions about the !ideoto check if they understood it.%t the end of the day, all together count up the number of

children in the happy face part of the chart and the teachergives them a sticer.

WEDNESDAY, 4THOF NOVEMBER

The principal teacher of the group is still sic so the supply teacherruns the class again.

Today the morning has begun (ith '2 minutes individual reading,(hile the teacher prepares the resources and materials for the next

lesson.


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1. MATHS

The (hole class revie( the time tables (ith the teacher byasing each other.

3ndividually Students do a (orsheet in (hich they have to

brea do(n digits into units.

2. GRAMMAR

The teacher ass about homophones de*nition. She (rites it onthe board and as students to give some examples of it.

3ndividually, The students do a (or sheet in (hich the have torecogni4e homophones and match them. Tic the correct one orloo for some (ords in a dictionary.

3. LITERACY

The teacher ass questions to remember tha chapter of theprevious day.

They read the story all together.

Students (rite a prediction about (hat they thin it-s going tohappen next.

4. SCIENCE

%s a (arm up activity, the (hole class compare the si4e of theplanets (ith the si4e of some fruits.

They (atch a video about planets and the 1niverse.(((.discovereducation5expresso.com. Planet video.
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)orsheet about the rotations of the earth, sun and moon.

5. GOLDEN TIME

6uring the last '7 minutes of the class students can relax anddo (hatever they (ant. They have free time, so they canchoose to read a boo, play (ith the computer, mae a dra(ing,...

THURSDAY, 5THOF NOVEMBER

Today, the o8cial teacher has come bac to school.She ass to the students (hat they have done during her absence

and explains the plan of the day.

1. GRAMMAR: homophones

)arm up activity, the students play a qui4 to revie(homophones.

They do a (orsheet in (hich students have to loo forsynonyms o simple (ords such as: lie, nice, anxious...+)ith this activity students learn a more complex level of thelanguage and they increase their vocabulary

2. MATHS

9ist of numbers and the students have to loo for thenearest hundreds +'225'2225'2222...

The teacher s(aps the students depending on their leveland give them one list of numbers or other.

3. LITERACY

)arm up activity, students do a (orsheet called$umble.There are some unscramble (ords that they have to putin order to create a (ord.

Poems:The teacher tals about oger !cough-s poetry and hisparticular style of using the metaphors; metaphordescribing someone in terms of something else.

Then, she reads some of his poems that use elements ofnature to describe people and encourage the students todo the same.What %ou &re


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First, describing their selves.9ater, describing someone else from the class.


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4. ARTS: p!ne"s

Students tae a piece of blac paper and choose a planetto dra(.

Then, they search on the internet, boos,

encyclopaedias ... the characteristics of the chosen planetand try to dra( it follo(ing them.

)hen they *nish they have to do a research presentingtheir planets. They can use the format they (ant to: ppt,(ord doc., ...


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FRIDAY, 6THOF NOVEMBER

1. P.E.

6uring the (hole morning, students from grades 7 and s(ap the classes to do P.&.

Three external monitors, from a sport club, come to school inorder to practice di


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2. #RENCH: L! N!"$%$"e

3n peers: they spea about the #ative story +(hat theyno( about it

Students share ideas in big group about the story+characters, facts, place, ...

The teacher plays a po(er point (ith the story in French.Students try to identify (ords that are similar in Frenchand &nglish. Finally they try to translate the (hole text

(ith the help of the teacher.


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3. GOLDEN TIME

/n Friday afternoon the (hole school has (hat they called

'olden time.Teachers prepare di


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SECOND WEEK

MONDAY, 9TH OF NOVEMBER

1. GRAMMAR

ead a story an correct the text by (riting capital letters,punctuation and spelling.

@hoose a di


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1. LITERACY

The teacher sho(s the students four pictures of di


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4. GOLDEN TIME

6uring the last '7 minutes of the class students can relaxand do (hatever they (ant. They have free time, so theycan choose to read a boo, play (ith the computer, mae adra(ing, ...

WEDNESDAY, 11THOF NOVEMBER

1. PSHE: Pe)son!* So+$! !n, He!"h E,-+!"$on

espect for the past: checing questions. The teacher assquestions about previous no(ledge of the students.

How do we know about past

Students (atch a video about archaeologist.

The teacher connects history (ith respect and creates adebate; )hould we show respect for the past? Why?

Indi!idually( they write in a post it the main reason why theyshould show respect and they stick them i a big poster( alltogether.

2. MATHS: Anes

)arm up: mental operations (ith the time tables.

Teacher uses TP technique to explain the angles +right5/btuse5acute.

Students create their o(n eating angles monster that (illhelp them to identify the di


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They do a (orsheet related to angles, depending on theirlevel.


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3. LITERACY: Se""$n ,es+)$p"$ons

Students listen to a story setting on a fair.

The teacher describes (hat a setting is and as thestudents ideas to describe a fair, not only by describingob"ects but also smells, emotions, colours, feelings.... Shecreates a mind map (ith all the ideas.

Students listen to some sound of the fair and, individually,they describe them in their noteboos.


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4. G(IDED READING

The class is divided into di


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1. P.E.

6uring the (hole morning, students from grades ? and Bs(ap the classes to do P.&.

Three external monitors, from a sport club, come toschool in order to practice di


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2. LITERACY: se""$n ,es+)$p"$on

Students see di


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The haunted room: students @ross the imaginary roomtaing into account the characteristics of it given by theteachers

3nstant improvisations*The class is divided into t(ogroups % and = start a neutral (al and listen to the

teacher (hen 3 say a character for % and other for =.Students must *nd a partner from the opposite group andbeging to improvise a piece of drama+turist5trampC

Duman Sculpture* )ith the given emotion, studentscreate and sculpture (ith their bodies that express thefeeling; happiness, angerC.


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THIRD WEEK

MONDAY, 16

TH

OF NOVEMBER

1. GRAMMAR

)arm up activity: students mae (ords (ith the di, students learn thedi


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SelfEcorrection (ith the ans(ers on the board.

Plenary: they revie( the numbers, all together on thecarpet.

4. GOLDEN TIME

This afternoon the (hole school has (hat they called'olden time.Teachers prepare several (orshops in theirclasses and around the school and children can go to theone they choose.Some of the (orshop are: coo, smart board games,French, sports +rugby, basetball,..., drama...!y collage Teresa and 3 have prepared % Spanish(orshop and (e have taught greetings and numbersthrough songs and games.

This ind of activities allo(s students from di


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They do a dra(ing of the character.

Some of them read the created text to the rest of theclass.

They (rite a short story, including the character theyhave created and other from their mates.

2. PSH

)e celebrate the antiEbulling (ee so dedicate the classto this topic.

3n partners, students discuss (hat bulling is.

They share the ideas in the big group.

)e (atch a video about the topic.

Teacher propose a debate (ith the next question:)hould bullies be punished or should be helped?

@hildren have to decided if they (ant to defend once oranother. They form t(o groups and they have > minutesto prepare their arguments.+ules: seat in front of your opponent, do not comment(hile the opponent is taling, signal to say you (ant toas.%fter exposing their positions they have t(o more minutesto prepare the last big point for their defend.%t the end of the debate, students can change their mindsand "oin the other group.

3. GRAMMAR


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Speech punctuation; all together mae a list on the board(ith synonyms of S%36 +replied, shouted, (hispered,explained, exclaimed, screamed, gasped,...

ead a story and change the verb said for the correctsynonym.

)rite a short dialogue using the learnt synonyms andother speech punctuation.

4. LESSON A&O(T SPAIN

!y colleague Teresa and 3 have prepared a lesson aboutsome important aspects of our country lie importantmonuments, famous artist, famous sport people, ... forthe students of the 7 and grades. +see Spain lessonplan

Students (ill have to do a pro"ect to create a big common)panish poster. +see Spain lesson plan


1. SCIENCE

The teacher sho(s t(o pictures of t(o di


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Students (rite a text (ith all the ideas taen from thedebate.

2. HISTORY =rainstorming about (hy omans invaded reat =ritain.

Students read a text about oman invasion and underlinethe main ideas of it +facts, dates, ...

ole play: students perform the *rst and second invasionof omans.

They (rite their o(n text about the oman invasion;)henG )hyG Do(G )hoG

3. PHONICS : YEAR 1

Sound 5r5

epeat some (ords (ith the sound

ead (ords (ith the sound.


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evie( other sounds: teacher points to other sounds andstudents reproduce them.

Students read a boo specially focused on learnt sound.

They repeat the tricy (ords.

4. RELIGION


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=rainstorming about +iwaly* What is it? ,rom whichreligion?...

Students (atch a video about anha

They do a (orsheet ans(ering questions about the

video. Teacher divides the class in three groups:

'. Paint some god>. Perform the story of anha?. Put pictures of the story in order and mae a poster

Students mae a comic of the story.

FRIDAY, 20THOF NOVEMBER

1. SPANISH LESSON: /e!) 3 !n, 4

3 teach students the numbers from ' to '2, as they aredoing in French. Through songs and games +see lessonplan

2. MATHS

)arm up, %ll the students stand up. The teachers says the

name of t(o students and a multiplication the *rst thatgives the result can carry on standing up, the other has tosit do(n. /nly one student (ill (in.

The (hole class mae some multiplications in the little(ithe boards. )hen they *nish they have to put it up andsho( the result to the teacher.

3ndividually, they do a (orsheet (ith di


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This afternoon the (hole school has (hat they called'olden time.Teachers prepare several (orshops in theirclasses and around the school and children can go to theone they choose.Some of the (orshop are: coo, smart board games,

French, sports +rugby, basetball,..., drama...!y collage Teresa and 3 have prepared % Spanish(orshop and (e have taught some typical Spanishtraditions through songs, videos and games.

This ind of activities allo(s students from di

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