Week 5

We haven't been doing to well to write on this blog.  With national tests coming up next week, we have been very busy!

Week 3

We've taken a break this week due to our new schedule,  IDP talks and our geometry quiz last Friday.  We hope to be back next week! Homework and upcoming events have been updated.

Week 49

Current Events

Today there is a class 1 warning for a storm with very hard winds. In some places including Närke it can get up to around 25 wind meters per second, but in Stockholm it will get up to around 20 wind meters per second. It will be cloudy, a lot of rain and also a slight chance of snow, which I really I hope it is. 

Book Report

About 4 weeks ago we got an assignment that was supposed to be a book report on a Historical fiction book. The report was supposed to include these following questions. Author, title, cover to the book report, where the book took place, when the book took place, write in point form the most important events, if you were to Change the blurb then it what way would you change it, did any of the characters feelings change as you read, if the main character in your book died at the end of the book then what kind of eulogy would you write, what did you learn from your reading, describe the major conflict in your book and whose side are you on.

Cleaning classrooms 

This week we have been cleaning our classrooms a bit because we wanted to organize our classroom because it wasn't tidy. We also got lots of our tests back that we have been doing lately. We did a end of the year cleaning because the year is soon over. There were people that handed out tests and then you were supposed put tests in your black folder and finished work in your green folder. During week 3, we will have our development talks again so we need to be prepared for them before the break.  

Soon we are all getting our grades. We are getting them on the mail. Before we get them if we want we can sit down with are teacher and talk about are grades. We would get to fined out why we got what we got and what we can do to improve.

This week (49) we made these cool Christmas boxes with scenes inside of them. The scenes where of course Christmas scenes. Al of them turned out really nice and a nice. The first thing you did was make a box of any color. When you had done that you made a Christmas scene in the box. A lot of people made trees inside the box. When you had done that you could write a poem about what you made or a short story.

Nurse

This week we went to the nurse for a checkup. We went down one at a time and when we came back we sent someone else down. She checked our back, weight and height. She checked our back to see so that we didn't have scoliosis. The people that where sick that day did the checkup when they came back to school.

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                                                          Crazy Sickness

This week has been crazy because of sicknesses. We had 8 kids sick on Thursday and 7 kids sick on Friday. This has to do with the flu coming. Some kids were even gone the entire week. 4 kids left school in the middle of the day on Tuesday, the reason they stayed was to do the National Tests. I hope this goes over quick and I wish a healthy recovery for all kids who are sick.

Here are some ideas for you if you are sick: Be at home and stay warm, eat things like noodles or soup, take medicine based on your sickness and get good, long, uninterrupted sleeps.

National Tests In Maths

This week we had national tests in maths and it was oral. We got divided up in groups of 3-4 people and we all did them on Tuesday. Everyone got a paper with a bar graph and some pie graphs on it. We all got a building that we were supposed to find out the answer for and then present for the rest of the group how you got the answer. You were supposed to discuss in a group and help each other if someone needed help.

SO(cial studies)

The last couple of weeks we have been working with the Swedish "Stormakts tiden"with Patrik. Earlier today (27th of November) we started working with the Swedish "Frihets tiden" by watching Swedish  show called "Historie Ätarna" where a Swedish couple pretend to live in different ages and eat disgusting foods that they ate back then. Thee were living in in frihets tiden or pretended to live in frihets tiden.

In Sweden it is tradition to make a Christmas calendar every year for the children in Sweden. This year it will be inspired by the Swedish show historical eaters about people who eat the same food as others from a long time ago. This years Christmas tv show is called " tusen år till julafton". Lotta Lundgren and Erik Haag from historiaätarna are going to be in it. "Tusen år till julafton" is about two grownups and a bunch of kids travel thru time starting at vikingatiden 1015 to Christmas 2015.

 Special day

We have decided to do a special day, this week on  class meeting we decided a date, and now we are supposed to decide what we should have for a special day. Hillary is not going to now what we have for a special day. So it's going to be a surprise for her. We came up with two ideas, a gender day where boys have dresses or something that is typical girl clothes . Girls have suits or  typical boy clothes. The second idea what was that everyone have red blue or white clothes on to respect people's loss in France.

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This week we have been divided in to groups to make Christmas movies. The movies had to be around a minute long and it had to have a theme that you celebrate during the winter. The theme could be, new years, Christmas, hiwali and lots more.all of them are done and it will be super fun to be able to see them.

                                                              "Stormarkstiden"

This week we have worked with a point in time called "stormarkstiden" it took place from 1611 to 1718. This period of time was named "stormarkstiden" because all of the wars we were with in, like the thirty year old war that took place from 1618-1648. We have a homework due on the 27 of November (next week), where we have to watch a videoclip that is about "stormarkstiden".

On Friday the 13 of November there came a group of terrorists who came and bombed in Paris France. There name is I.S.I.S there known for invading other countries like Syria. Around 100 people were killed and more of whom were injured and many of them had friends and family who are now in grieving. They attacked very quickly and there was about 5 minutes in between each attack. The first attack was near a football arena were a match was going on and the guards thankfully did not let any of the attackers into the area. There were other attacks in restaurants and even at a rock concert were many people died. Our wishes go to the people of France and hatred goes to the bombers.

This is the places that they attacked:

This week we had gym and we were playing basketball. We started with a obstacle course wile we were bouncing a basketball. After that there was 4 stations that we went around and where supposed to do it. At one station We where two people where supposed to pass around the ball and the other two where supposed to take it. In the end of the lesson Monica came and said hi she was going to help the new teachers with the grade.

On Friday we talked about cyber bullying. We started by watching a social media film. The film was about a girl that was obsessed with social media and she uploaded stuff that was not true like for example going to the gym. The film was produced by one of Hillary's old students. When the movie was finished we started talking about how people can be crazy and harass on the Internet other people. We do not agree with this in any way. Cyber bullying is a very serious problem because people try to commit suicide because of depression. There was even a girl who actually did commit suicide after being a laughing stock at her school. Don't cyber bully others. It could happen to you.

This week we watched a movie about social media and it was called social life. It was about a girl that took pictures for social media but all of the pictures were bluffed, for example she took a picture of her with running shoes and said that she was going to go running but really she just went to bed again. She did all this just so that she could get likes and compliments on social media like Facebook or Instagram. In the end she deletes her social media accounts and goes out to actually do the things that she faked in the pictures that she posted. We think the point of the film was to be yourself and not try to be something your not.

Home Economics

This week in home economics we had a homework quiz about washing. This week where the whole class instead of two groups which meant that both groups had to have the quiz even though only one group was supposed to have it. After the test we watched a couple of films about work in Asia and child work in Asia, it showed that a couple of toy and clothes manufacturers like brio and H&M get materials from cheap factories in Asia with bad working environment ad wages for the employees.

Home economics

This week at home economics we had a little test about washing. The time before at home economics we talked about washing so this time we had a little test about it. The questions where about different symbols (the symbols show how you are supposed to wash them). The test contained 2 parts the first part was the some symbols, you then wrote what the symbols mean. Part 2 was questions that you should answer in a few sentences. After the test we watched two movies about children who make the toys, clothes and shoes that we use.

Week 46

Equality Plan

In school on Friday we were talking about the "Likabehandlingsplan" which is the plan Johannes School have which tells how everyone should be treated the same and no one should be teased, bullied or left out. Our class would read one paragraph at a time and try to summarize it in one sentence, it worked out well.

Here is our summary so far.

At Johannes School we have a plan that tells us to treat everyone equally with respect. Everyone should be treated according to their own needs. Our differences make us stronger and special. 

Photo analysis 

This week we analyzed a photo and answered some questions about the photo. The questions were grouped in four different letters. We did this so we could get a grade in art. We discussed some of the questions like when it could be or where it could be and we discussed about it for a long time.  Here is the photo that we analyzed.

Next week in school, we will analyze a photo that will be assessed as part of our Art grade.  

Art

This week in art we had a substitute named Lolu because our original teacher (Ulla) was sick. Ulla our original teach will not be able to give us a full grade because she has been absent many times that is why Hillary and Lolu will help her with the grades. But anyways we made folders that we later on will put our work in.

Home economics

This week in home economics we were only talking about washing and what you use and how to wash clothes and sorting them in colors, dark colors for themselves and colorful colors for themselves. After writing all that down on paper we looked at all the signs that are on a tag inside most shirts. There were five kinds of signs. Squares to show if it can handle tumble drying. Circles was "kemtvätt", the triangle was if it could handle clorine bleeching syrum inside the washing liquids, then the 4th kind decides how to wash it (with, without water, by hand etc) and the 5h kind was wether you could and how warm you could iron it. Then the firedrill went off and we spent most the rest of the lesson on that.

The show in aulan

On Thursday we watched a show in aulan at 10:00. The show went on for 45 minutes and the theme was acrobatics/story and it was a little childish. I think it was meant for younger audience so it was a little boring but it also had moments of being super cool. There was one part where a man juggled and that looked really cool and then a woman stood on the mans head. Overall it was a nice experience and we would do it again even though it was probably for a more young audience and not for 6th graders.

 Current events

Bodies of several bodies found in a town close to the Czech border

German police say the bodies of several babies have been found in a town close to the Czech border.

The dead were discovered on Thursday after a woman in a town called Wallenfels called the police. Police said they were going to interview the previous owner of the house, a 45-year-old women. It is not clear how long the bodies had been there for or how the babies died. German media reported that a couple with many children had been living in the property but had recently separated.

Swedish National Test

We did the Swedish national test and it was pretty fun we made a text about our favorite food. There was groups of three and one that was four. Then listens to a recorded story about these cousins that go and stay at there aunts island. We only listened  to five or six minutes.  We also got some questions about the story.Each group hade a 30min.

Book Report

This week we got a new book report. This time we are supposed to read a historical fiction book. The book report is due on the 3d of December. We got a paper where it said everything that we where going to write. There where two parts that had three points in each. Our job is to write about two points on each. 

Textile Crafts

This week in crafts we worked on a piece of clothing. Some people did hats or shoes others did shirts. We are going to be graded on these pieces of clothing and it has taken a long time. In wood work we some people were still working on their old work and some started to do their own stuff. 

Maths (graphs)

This week we went over graphs, it was  good to refresh are memory of how to read a graph. After that we got some papers with different questions with t. ex bar graphs, line graphs and photographs. Some people are done and some aren't, I think that it was pretty easy but some questions where harder.  

Week 45

Hello everyone!

Due to national  tests this week and using the ipads for typing our environmental texts, we had to skip writing in the blog this week. We hope to be back next week! You still find updates on the pages though.  

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