This weeks homework has been set for you.

I would like you to complete the Mathletics work set for you on time.

I would also like you to complete the last two 100 word challenges if you haven't already.

I would like you to have this completed for Monday at the latest. 

Have a lovely weekend!

The prompt for this week is part of a sentence. Please remember you must use it in your writing as it is. You can add 100 words to it. The prompt is:

                                                        ….pushing through the earth….


Good Luck!

Don't forget to research facts about our local history for our presentation to Ogawara Miyagi.

We have a fabulous photo from Jane Hewitt this week.

Look at it very carefully and use the best creative vocabulary you can to make a wonderful story. Please make sure you link carefully and that you write about THIS picture. As usual, you have 100 words only.

Once again, good luck!

Calling all parents! Come and join us at the Wear Valley Christian Centre on Thursday at 2pm for our fantastic concert!

Over the past few weeks we have been creating a piece of art for Feb fest 2014. Our work, alongside work from other schools,can be seen at in the McGuinness gallery at Bishop Auckland Town Hall for the next few weeks. Come and see our effort!

This Tuesday marks the 24th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's freedom. Here is a witness account by Richard Ramsden from the day, about the great man himself. 

Rumours had been growing over weeks. Finally an announcement was made. I dropped everything to join a huge crowd waiting for him in front of the Cape Town City Hall.

There was a tremendous surge of feeling. Like many others I'd lost friends and neighbours to political violence during the dark years of apartheid. The hope for the future that I and so many others felt that day rippled through the crowd.

The branches of the trees in front of the Town Hall were stripped by people climbing them to get a better view. People were literally falling from the trees, which began to resemble bare scarecrows.

Finally we managed to see and hear the father of a nation that had yet to be born. A man who was barely recognisable to us (as no photos had been published of him for so long), and yet who seemed so familiar to most South Africans.

A few years later I had the opportunity to meet Mandela. He wanted to chat briefly about his daughters, who had been at school with me in Swaziland.

Like many others I was struck by his powerful presence. What struck me too was the ease and balance with which he was able to talk about personal matters to someone who was essentially a stranger. In my mind, one of the marks of a great man.

What did you think about today's visit from Stuart Reid?

The prompt this week is:

... but all we could see was water...

Please make sure you use the prompt as it is written. This means you have 107 words to use.

Please ensure you complete the challenge by Monday at the latest. 

Good Luck!