League 2

We are the CHAMPIONS!!!

I just wanted to say that we WON the swim league and we have now mmmmm... let me see FOUR TROPHIES!!!!

In year three a boy and a girl went up to collect the trophy, we didn't get the year four trophy for the year five trophy myself ( Charlotte ) and Kian went up to get the trophy & in year six Emily and someone else went to get it and finally the MASSIVE trophy which was silver Kiera & William went to get it!

Keep you updated!
Charlotte

King Of The Week

Congratulations to our November Kings:
Olivia McDowell-Foord, Richard Pickup and Emily Barton.

Cooperation - Circle Time Class Theme

Thank you all so much for your brilliant ideas on cooperation girls and boys. We really do have a fantastic class spirit here in 5KON. I found some pictures related to our discussion, what do you make of them?

KON

Jason and the Argonauts

I thought Jason and the Argonauts was really good...my favourite part was when Hercules and another guy ( I can't remember his name ) stole some stuff from Achilles shrine, and then he came to life!
And I also liked the skeleton battle it was hilarious!
I would like to thank Mr. O'neill for letting us watch it! ( He's GREAT isn't he! )

Charlotte Upham

League 2

Hello everyone,

I would just like to say that all the swim squad people ( Matthew, Charlotte, Hazel, Oisin and Rory.) are going to have another league in Abu Dhabi at an American school ( I think!) against 5 other schools!

Last time we came 3rd out of 5 schools but that's ok, we are aiming to come 1st if not 2nd or 3rd again!

Hope you wish us tonne's of luck!

Charlotte Upham

Jason And The Argonauts

Pelias usurps the throne of Thessaly by killing King Aristo. However, there is a prophecy that he will be overthrown by a child of Aristo wearing one sandal. When he kills one of Aristo's daughters after she had sought and been granted the protection of Hera, Pelias makes an enemy of the goddess.
Years later, Jason, Aristo's son grown to manhood, saves the life of Pelias during a chance encounter, but loses a sandal doing so. He does not know that he has rescued his father's murderer, but Pelias recognizes his nemesis. Pelias keeps his identity secret. However, he cannot just kill Jason; the prophecy also says that he himself would die.
When he learns that Jason is considering undertaking a dangerous quest to obtain the fabled Golden Fleece to rally the people of Thessaly, Pelias encourages him, hoping that he will be killed in the attempt. Men from all over Greece compete for the honor of joining Jason. Since their ship is named the Argo after the ship's builder, they are dubbed the Argonauts. Among those chosen are Hercules and Acastus , the son of Pelias, who is sent by his father to sabotage the voyage.
Jason is taken to Mount Olympus by Hermes to speak to the gods Zeus and Hera. Hera tells him that she wishes him well, but that Zeus has imposed restrictions on her assistance. (Jason, like all mortals, is unknowingly a piece in the game which the gods play against each other - like a game of chess.) Jason learns that he can only ask Hera's for help five times. In response to Jason's unasked questions, Hera also tells him that the Fleece does exist and that it lies in the land of Colchis, on the other side of the world.

Many dangers threaten the expedition. When the Argonauts run perilously low on supplies, Jason turns to Hera. She guides him to the Isle of Bronze, but warns him to take nothing but provisions. However, while chasing some goats, Hercules and his young friend Hylas find a partially-open treasure chamber of the gods, surmounted by an enormous bronze statue of Talos. Despite Hylas' warning, Hercules steals an enormous brooch pin the size of a javelin. The statue comes to life and attacks, causing much mayhem before Jason can destroy it using Hera's advice. Hylas is missing and presumed dead, but the guilt-ridden Hercules refuses to leave until he knows for certain. The other Argonauts will not abandon Hercules, so Jason is forced to call on Hera for the last time. She confirms that Hylas is indeed dead and that Hercules is destined not to continue with them. She also directs them to seek out Phineas, the blind seer, for the way to Colchis.
They find him tormented by two Harpies sent by Zeus to punish him for misusing his gift of prophesy. In return for imprisoning the flying creatures, Phineas tells Jason what he needs to know. In gratitude, Phineas also gives Jason his only possession, an amulet. To reach Colchis however, they must pass between the Clashing Rocks, a strait flanked by towering rock cliffs that shake and drop boulders to sink any ships attempting to pass between them. Fortunately for the Argonauts, they learn this second hand. Another ship tries to run the strait from the other direction and founders. In despair, Jason throws Phineas' gift into the water; a giant merman surfaces from the water and holds back the rocks long enough to let the Argo pass through. On the other side, they pick up the few survivors of the other ship, including Medea, the high priestess of the goddess Hecate.

They sight Colchis the next day. Acastus and Jason disagree on how to approach the King of Colchis, which escalates into a swordfight. Eventually Acastus is disarmed and jumps into the sea to escape. Believing him dead, Jason and his men accept an invitation from King Aeëtes (Jack Gwillim) to a feast, but once they are off-guard, they are captured and imprisoned. Acastus has betrayed them, telling Aeëtes about their mission. However, Medea helps Jason and his men escape.

Acastus tries to steal the Fleece himself, but is fatally wounded by its guardian, the many-headed Hydra. Jason succeeds in killing the monster and taking the Fleece. But Aeëtes is not far behind. He strews the teeth of the Hydra on the ground; they sprout into armed skeletons who pursue and battle Jason and two of his men (in a famous four minute stop motion sequence that took special effects wizard Ray Harryhausen four and a half months to produce.) Seeing that his companions have been slain, Jason escapes by jumping off a cliff into the sea.

With the quest fulfilled, he, Medea and the surviving Argonauts start the return voyage to Thessaly.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yYeZMx1Y7U


The skeleton fight.

School Council

Hi,

I would like to thankyou for electing me to be you school council.
I won't let you down.
I will be very happy to take ideas from any body from now on.
I hope I reach your expectation.

Adam.

friends 15.11.08

These are some ways to make friends:

• be nice to people
• when someone is sad go up to them and cheer them up
• invite people to your house
• play with them
• talk to them about your hobbies
• find out if you have anything in common
• invite them for sleepovers

Tomas Febrer-Bowen

School Council

Hi
Just want to say

Thank You

very much for chosing me to be your girl school counciler.
It means the world to me.

From
Freya

Raffles vs Kings

On Sunday 10 November 2008 Kings played against Raffles in football.
At first Raffles were the ones with the ball the most; consequently they scored a goal.
Then we got the ball and with Matthew S' shot accuracy we came back with a goal.
After that Oisin powerfully struck the ball and it went in the back of the net.
There was some good passing and dribbling by Matthew B and Adam O which helped us win.
Some exceptional saves from Trevor and good defending by myself.Also a big well done to Jamal,Tom and Tomas.Well done for being a good sport Uzair.

Thankyou Mr.O'Neill.
We won 2-1.
Go Kings.
Adam.

School Council

I think a school counciler should be all of the following things:

• Sensible
• Caring
• Hungry
• Opinions
• Open-minded
• Listen

A school counciler should ALWAYS listen to other peoples ideas otherwise that is very very rude!!

I know its not much but I hope it helps you!

Charlotte Upham

How to be a good school council representative

• listen to other peoples opinions
• have creative and practical ideas
• possess good writing and presentation skills
• be a responsible and mature pupil
• be an ambassador for the school
• make the school even better

Jamal

How to be a school councillor

You must be polite and listen to others peoples ideas and suggest your ideas.

by Joshua

The Ancient Greek Island 'Rhodes'

Rhodes was a Greek island belonging to the sun god, Helios.

According to mythology, Helios fell in love with the nymph Rhodes. When the sun shone upon her she turned into a beautiful island, which the Greeks named after her. 'Rhodes' means rose, therefore the island was covered with colourful, sweet-smelling flowers.

Rhodes once was owned by Persian Leaders who used the island as a base when they were fighting the Greeks. When Greece won the war, they were allowed to have Rhodes. It became part of Athens, a major city. However, when the Romans conquered Greece, they took over Rhodes and it became part of Rome.

Rhodes is still around today and has many breath-taking sights such as the White City.

A BRILLIANT website on Greece is at www.in2greece.com/. There are maps of Ancient Greece, the history of Greece and lots more! Check it out!

Hazel

Student Council

Do you want know what a school councillor has to be? Then read the bullet points bellow

• You have to be loyal
• Nice
• Sensible
• Willing to take other peoples ideas
• You will do a lot of public speaking so you have to be confident

And thats what a school councillor needs to be.


Molly

What makes a good school counciler

What does make a good school counciler?
A good school counciler should be understanding and listening so that people can give ideas and they can recieve them.They should also be sensible so that everything is kept in order.
They should be fair so that they don't just take one persons idea all the time.They shouldn't boast as that will make them look bad.They should make themselves heard when they give ideas in the school council meeting.

Adam.

tomas' jokes

1) what do you call a kangaroo in the north pole? lost

2) what does a burglar say to a bee? your honey or your life

3) what is a bees favourite car? beemw

4) say milk, milk, milk, milk what do cows drink? water

5) why did the boy tiptoe past the medicine cabinet? he didn't want to wake the sleeping pills

6) how did the farmer mend his trousers? with cabbage patches

7) why don't they sell chocolate in prison? it makes you break out

8) why did the cookie go to the hospital? it felt crummy

9) what do you call a monster with no ears? anything you like it can't hear you

Tomas Febrer-Bowen

tomas' jokes 2

1. knock knock, who's there? doctor, doctor who! no lets not watch that programme.



2. what type of cat can go up a tree very fast but can't get down? Russian cat



3. what is a bees favourite car? BEEMW



4. what do bees say when they get home? honey I'm home



5. what would a burglar say to a bee? your honey or your life



6. doctor doctor i feel like I'm going to fall apart well go pull yourself together.



7. what do you call a kangaroo in the north pole? lost

Year 5 KON

Year 5 KON

School Council -Grand Election Day Thursday 12 Nov

SCHOOL COUNCIL - HOMEWORK TASK
Who wants to be part of the school council? What kinds of things make a person 'good' for the school council? What kind of quailities should a student council member have? Later this week we will be voting in class for our own school council members. Prepare notes and ideas about why you should be considered to represent YKON on the school council. What will you do? What are your qualities? We will have time in class to present our thoughts and reasons, before we vote. You can do this by writing your ideas on paper, or type it up into a presentation and print it, or add some ideas about yourself by commenting on this post.

Good luck candidates!

Hannah's Swim Squid

Last Thursday all the swim squid went to Jess Jumeirah.We knew it was going to be hard but we did are best.I had to swim for Year 6 backstroke.We all swam our best, over all we came 3rd out of 5 schools. Look forward to round 2!!!


Here is something we need to chant! (from todays cheerleading!)

Oh yeah for sure I just got a manicure
the sun I swear its bleaching out my hair
like 24 like 34 I don't even know the score
GO GO! FIGHT FIGHT!
Gee I hope I look alright
GOOOOOOO KINGS!
Hannah

Lives Of The Slaves

Between a quarter and a third of Athens 300,000 population were slaves.

These were men and women captured in wars or born into slavery.

Many slaves had special skills,such as nurses and teachers,while others had the hardest and most unpleasent work to do.It was common for a rich household to have many slaves.

Some slaves were owned by the state.For example archers from Scythia were used as a kind of police force by the Athenian government.

This scene from a wine cup shows a slave dancing to entertain party guests.

The slavery wasn't as bad as some other empires as far as I know!!

Adam.

Ancient Greek kids

GREEK BABIES: The ancient Greeks thought of their children to be "youths" until they reached the age of 30! When a child was born to an Ancient Greek family, the father carried his child in a ceremonial dance around the household. Friends and family sent gifts. The family decorated the doorway of their home with a wreath of olives (for a boy) or a wreath of wool (for a girl).

Strange that the Greeks thought of the children as youths for 30 years!

GREEK GIRLS: In Athens, as in most Greek city-states, with the exception of Sparta, girls stayed at home until they were married. Like their mother, they could attend certain festivals, funerals, and visit neighbors for brief periods of time. Their job was to help their mother, and to help in the fields, if necessary.

Poor girls. They don't seem to have mattered that much back then!

GREEK BOYS: In most Greek city-states, when young, the boys stayed at home, helping in the fields, sailing, and fishing. At age 6 or 7, they went to school.

Just think of boys nowadays! They start school at the age of 3, maybe 2!

Emily

greek timeline

1. 776BC=the first olympic games.

2. 750BC=Early Greek culture. Homer writes the epics the Iliad and the odyssey.

3. 490BC=Greeks defeat persian invaders at the battle of marathon.

4. 450BC=Athens becomes a very powerful city and controls an empire!

5. 440BC=Greek theatre thrives in Athens. Many of the most famous Greek plays are written.

6. 432BC=The Parthenon in Athens is finished being built.

7. 431BC-404BC=War between Athens and Sparta.

8. 404BC=Sparta defeats Athens.

9. 146BC=Romans conquer Greece. End of Greek empire.

10. 0AD= Jesus Christ was born.

11. 455AD=End of Roman empire.

12. 1896AD=Modern Olympic Games begin.

13. 2008AD=Present Day.

tomas febrer-bowen

crazy bread invention

while we were in ICT I found a picture of someone holding some bread. I then looked closer and saw that it was in a shape of a lizard. it almost looks like there is fire in the gaps.
i really like this picture.
tomas febrer-bowen

Hanah's Party

this is me and my friends at my pool party.

ICT LESSON - 03.11.08

LO: I can save and insert a picture onto the blog.

Charlotte's Sport Report

Last week we had an excellent Gala against Jess ranches, Horizion, Wellington, Uptown and English Collage.
We all worked hard (Rory, Matthew, Charlotte, Hannah, Hazel and a girl who didn't swim...Lucy she showed excellent support!
I'm sure every-one enjoyed the gala because I sure did!
We came second just by one tiny little didy point Jess came first they had 251 and wehad 250!
That is the latest news and will fill you in next week with more sports and swimming galas!

Charlotte Upham

Charlottes Quiz

1) What is big, blue and is killed for fat and is nearly extinct?
2) Does the Minotaur really exist or is it just a hoax?
3) What country is the Mississippi river found in?
4) Cerberus, a greek dog does it really exist or is it just another hoax?
5) How many arteries does the heart have?
6) Where is the tricep located and what is it used for?
7) Who was the first man in space between the Russian's and the Americans?
8) Can you name some of the greek gods?

Hoped you liked my quiz!
Charlotte Upham

Rory's Sports Report

This is Rory here trying my first attempt at the blog. I was very happy to see
Richard Pickup get King of the week this week, because he has been working
very hard this term. Also he is a great cub scout, we go together every Sunday
night to the 3rd Dubai Scopions.

Sports Report Latest ........... Thursday 30th Oct Swim Gala Kings Dubai School.
6 schools took place and when the Gala was all over Kings came second behind
JESS Ranches by ONE little point. !!!!!! The good news was that Hazel, Mathew,
Charlotte, Hannah and me ( Rory) all swam our best. Another good thing was that
our old class mate Lucy came by to cheer us on. It was great to see her again.
Next week we have another Gala away at another school...... will let you know the
results next week.

5Kon Super Sports reporter Rory.

FABLES

http://aesopfables.com/
http://www.aesops-fables.org.uk/index.htm

A fable is a succinct story, in prose or verse, that features animals, plants, lifeless objects, or forces of nature which are given human qualities, and that illustrate a moral lesson (a "moral"), which may at the end be expressed explicitly.

In class we will be writing our own fables - so familiarise yourself with their style and format. KON

ANCIENT GREECE

Why not visit this website and download some of interesting powerpoints to your

memory stick?

http://ancienthistory.pppst.com/greece.html

Woodlands School does it again! Very KS2 friendly website - you have got

to visit this page!

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/Greece.html