It's A New School Year!

Welcome back to Howes everyone, I hope you all had a wonderful and exciting summer holiday.  I hope you were able to read lots of books too!

It won't be long until the library goes 'live' and you will be able to search through all the books on your IPads! You will even be able to find useful websites to help with your schoolwork too.

  Watch this space!

Did you know that 13th September is Roald Dahl Day?  Perhaps you could find out why it is always held on this date?  Here is a link to the official Roald Dahl website where you will find lots of interesting information about him and his books as well as some games and puzzles to play. 

 

 You might like to test your knowledge of his stories - do you know as much as you think you do?!

All you do is to look
At a page in this book
Because that’s where we always will be.
No book ever ends
When it’s full of your friends
The Giraffe and the Pelly and me.”
-Roald Dahl

Mrs Henshaw

Why Walk To School?

Walk To School Week

Did you know that this week, 20th - 24th May, is National Walk To School Week.  It's part of the National Walking Month scheme which happens each May.

Living Streets, the organisers, will focus on a different aspect of walking each day.

 You can find out more by clicking on the picture below.

 

Monday     Tuesday   Wednesday   Thursday       Friday

  Safety     Discovery    Health     Eco-friendly  Social time

Why don't you challenge yourselves to walk to Howes this week?

 Even if you can only manage it once you are doing yourself and our environment a lot of good.

You can find out more about the benefits of exercise on your bodies by looking at the

books in Section 612 of the Library.

Mrs Henshaw

On this day in April......

Have you ever wondered what happened in April before you were born?

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1318 Berwick-upon-Tweed is captured by the Scottish from the English.	1513 Juan Ponce de Leon becomes the first European to set foot on Florida.	1043 Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.	1581 - Sir Francis Drake completed the circumnavigation of the world.	1614 Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.	1199 Richard the Lionheart , King of England, dies aged 41.	1770 William Wordsworth, English poet, (d.1850), born.
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
1587 John Foxe, English writer (b.1516), dies.	Oldest audible sound recording was made in 1860 - a ten second recording of Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville performing the French folk song ‘Au Clair de la Lune’	1739 Dick Turpin executed in England for horse stealing.	1471 King Edward IV of England claims London from Henry VI.	1861 The American Civil War begins. The first man in space 1961 - Yuri Gagarin	1668 John Dryden becomes first English poet laureate.	1912The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg. Six ice warnings were received by Titanic on the day of the collision.
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
1755Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language first published.  Leonardo da Vinci born 1452	1705 Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College.	1397 Geoffrey Chaucer tells the Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II.	1909Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.	Captain James Cook first saw Australia on this day in 1770.	1842 Lord Byron dies of fever in Greece.  BBC 2 launched in 1964	Queen Elizabeth II's Birthday Our current Queen’s birthday, born 1926. She also has an official birthday in June.
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
1500Álvares Cabral, Portuguese naviagator, becomes the first European to sight Brazil.	St George's Day  William Shakespeare born 1564	Volcano Mount Vesuvius erupted in 1872 .	1719 Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe.	1564 William Shakespeare baptised.	1773 British Parliament passes the Tea Act.	1603 Funeral of Queen Elizabeth I.
29	30
1813 Rubber is patented.	1492 Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.

Maybe you could try and find out some interesting facts about these dates in the library.

World Book Day Bookmark Competition

How do you feel about entering a national competition with an awesome prize?

 We have some amazing artists here at Howes.

 I have sent your class teachers details of the National Book Token's annual bookmark competition.  There are two categories; the under 8's and the 9-12's.

Click on the picture to follow the link

All you have to do is design the front of a book themed bookmark using the template I have given your teacher. Simple!  Get your teacher to sign (and print their name) and to print your full name in CAPITALS and your age on the back of your entry.   Return them to me (Mrs Henshaw - you'll usually find me in Year 2) before Tuesday 26th March (you have nearly 2 weeks!) and I'll get them sent off for you.

Here are some examples.

 Why not have a go?

You never know!!

Mrs Henshaw

World Book Day

Everyone had a fantastic day on Thursday dressing as their favourite book character for World Book Day.  Here we are in our school assembly.  Can you spot yourself?

 

 

 

We also shared our favourite books and stories with our families.......

...and then we paired up with our friends from a different year group.

Well done everyone!

  Your teachers are very proud of your reading skills.

Mrs Henshaw