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Vergnügungsgedichte

Year 7 German students found inspiration in Bertolt Brecht’s poem “Vergnügungen” (Pleasures) and experimented with words to write poems about their favourite things. They are making huge strides with their dictionary skills!

Durch dick und dünn

by Elizabeth

Meine Familie und Freunde
Meine Schule und mein Zuhause
Musik und Sport
Lesen und lernen
Reiten und spielen
Arbeiten und entspannen
Durch dick und dünn
Mein Lieblingsmonat ist August
Mein Lieblingssport ist Fußball
Meine Lieblingsmusik ist Pop
Mein Lieblingsbuch ist Wonder
Ich liebe alles
Durch dick und dün

Meine Lieblingssachen

by Sophie

Ich spiele gern Klarinette
Und höre Musik
Auch die Natur und Tiere
Machen mich glücklich.
Bücher
Farben
Die Jahreszeiten…
Meine Familie und Freunde
Eine Tafel Schokolade
Sushi
Hockey spielen
Skifahren
Diese sind meine Lieblingssachen

Morgens

by Pola

Ich erwache mit dem Geräusch meiner Katze
Kratzen, schnurren
Bedürftige
Ich will mein Essen!
Ich ziehe mich an und gehe zur Tür hinaus
Der Bus ist beschäftigt, rot und voll
Ich scanne meine Karte
Die Bäume
Männer spielen Tennis
Kinder laufen

Nacht

by Maya

Schnee, eine stille Nacht
Wölfe schleichen
Gefrorenes Wasser
Dunkelheit verschlingt
Kalte Stürme
Verlorene Erinnerungen
Stille tötet
Der kälteste Winter

Meine Lieblingssachen

by Agnes

Die Sterne nachts beobachten
Hören, wie die Vögel zwitschern
Tanzen im Mondlicht
Lesen, schlafen
Pfeifen
Schwimmen
Tagträumen in einer alten Bibliothek
Meinen Hund streicheln
Fechten
Fühlen
Liegen am Strand
Singen in der Dusche
Schreiben bei Kerzenschein
Lachen mit meinen Freunden

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Quarantine post 1: Things to give a go to stay active

Hello all,

I hope everyone is still managing to keep finding the positives in each day, no matter how small they may seem!

As much as quarantine is needed in order to control this global pandemic, this uncertain time means that many of us suddenly have a lot more spare time on our hands and are left wondering what to do with it so here are some things that you could try:

  1. write out a daily routine and try and follow it to the best of your abilities for that day. This allows your body to have a structure, similar to how your normal week would look and you are able to feel like you’ve been productive that day
  2. set out goals that you want to achieve. For example, I’ve been set a workout and I’m now on day 2 of it and am quite far from being able to complete the whole thing and I’m having to modify the exercises, so I’ve set myself the goal of being able to do it by the end of next week.
  3. give new workouts a go each day. This keeps the variation and you are able to see workouts as fun and afterwards you will feel really good and set you up for the second half of your day.
  4. practice specific skills. So I am a netball shooter and therefore I really enjoy shooting and am lucky enough to have a netball post in my back garden, so why not have a relaxing shooting session and get outside and give your mind a break from everything that is going on
  5. cook something. I have been quite bad at this recently as I am still trying to adjust to the new normal that has been put in place, but yesterday I decided to get on top of my meal planning so I now have several healthy nutritious meals ready for the week. This is important to do as much of how you feel is determined on the foods you eat as your gut health is closely linked to your mental health, so if you can get your hands on healthy produce – make the most of it!

So there are some ideas to get yourself in a bit of a better mood to try and feel slightly more in control this week. Try some out and give them a go!

Stay healthy and active during this uncertain time,

Your Sports Captain.

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Young Scientists Journal for 12-20 year olds

Have you seen the Young Scientists Journal website? Lots of interesting articles to read and also the opportunity to publish an article of your own. Take a look here

You may well find something that interests you, for example this article is all about the physics of rowing!

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Nature Detectives from the Woodland Trust

This is a fabulous resource to help us enjoy what we can see from our windows or look at in our gardens. My favourite at the moment is the

Garden Bird Spotter sheet and Bird Hunt in the Animals section

and the

Build a bird nest in Outdoor Makes in the Outdoor Learning section. Perfect for years 1 and 2 – and for all of us!

I’m sure I’ll have a new favourite soon though! Enjoy loads of activities here.

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Nancy Rothwell Award

Love biology and art? The Nancy Rothwell competition closes on 31st July and is for 7-18 year olds. Take a look at all of the details here.

Maybe there might be another winner from Wimbledon High?! See above for Leslie Lee’s amazing drawing!

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Family Fun from the Royal Institution

The Royal Institution might be closed at the moment but you can find videos and instructions to support great family fun from their ExpeRimental website.

My top tips would be

Singing Wine Glasses – year 4

Static Magic – year 6

Rufus and the Racers – year 3

Colour Quest – year 5

Though all ages will love all of them! Details here.

Have fun!

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#Science at Home

The PSTT and Science Sparks have teamed up to create great science challenges that can be done at home. They come out each Wednesday and are great fun. They can all be found here. This first challenge would be particularly enjoyed by pupils in years 2, 3 or 4 – though there is lots of fun for any age!

PSST Science Sparks Science at Home

 

 

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City of Tomorrow competition for 7-14 year olds

The City of Tomorrow competition is now opening up their award scheme to individual entries from home. It’s a great competition where pupils use their STEAM skills to design cities of tomorrow that are smarter, kinder and safer. Just what is needed right now! Have a look at all of the details here.

 

Good luck!

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Primary Engineer Leaders Award

Over the last two years years 1, 5 and 6 from Wimbledon High School have entered the Primary Engineer Leaders Award (with great success!). We were luckily able to post the entries off for this year for years 1, 5 and 6 just before school closed. Primary Engineer Leaders Award have kindly extended the deadline for this year until 10th September and we would encourage families to have a look at the website where they can register as a family. The award involves meeting an engineer and we were lucky enough to meet a biomedical engineer, two civil engineers and a renewable energy engineer. Obviously as that isn’t now possible Primary Engineer Award has put interviews with engineers online for pupils to watch. There will be weekly challenges and pupils will be supported to invent something new to make people’s lives better safer or more fun. When schools reopen we will be able to send off any entries that pupils have worked on. The details are here. 

Enjoy!