Autumnwatch

Hi everybody. Now we are in the middle of Autumn I wanted to look at nature a little bit, since there is a lot going on in the wild at this time of the year! So I have been having a look through some episodes of my favourite BBC series...'Springwatch', 'Autumnwatch' and 'Winterwatch' are television programmes about British wildlife and how it adapts to the changing seasons. If you are interested in animals (or plants) there are lots of videos you might like from these series. Here I have chosen one that was filmed in the Shetland Isles. (Where are the Shetland Islands?) 

It is about  a mother otter and her two cubs, and how they go out to learn to hunt together. One of the otters gets lost, but does its mother find it again? Don't worry if you don't much of the language; the presenter has to speak very quietly sometimes because he is so close to the wild otters. Just enjoy watching a video of a beautiful animal which is becoming more and more endangered in Britain.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00bhnsv

Writing Letters

Hello year 6. Well done for all that letter-writing you have been doing! I thought you might like to read some other letters that I found, now that Christmas is just around the corner...Do you know what you want for Christmas yet? 

Do you remember that we talked about how you should start a letter by asking how the recipient is? What do you think of these questions?

Here are some more questions: ( I hope you can read them, the photo is a bit small)

Can you find any mistakes?

Games to help improve your English

Hello Everybody. Try playing some games on the Cambridge English webpage to practise English. You just need to click on the link below, then play 'Funland' first, and 'Academy island' later. You will probably find that 'Funland' is a bit easy for you at the lower levels, but that it gets more challenging towards the end. 'Academy Island' is more difficult but it's good practice, so give it a try! (You can try the lower level games like 'Monkey puzzles' and 'Shop and drop' for a bit of revision too, if you like.)

http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/learning-english/games-social/

By the way, I think I've fixed the problem you were having with making commentaries, but I'm not sure, so I would really like it if any of you could make one at the bottom of the entry. That way I can check that I've managed it. Thanks!