Shackleton Film Trailers

We created movie trailers for William Grill's Shackleton's Journey.  A movie trailer is a type of persuasive writing. The purpose of a movie trailer is to persuade people to watch the film by giving them a taste of the action and leaving them with questions they want answered.

Shackleton by Georgina, Vincent and Hana

The Long Journey by Jake, Isaac and Sarah

Shackleton's Journey by Aidan, Malachi, Haaris, Safi, Tom and Evie

Shackleton's Journey by Maisy, Dan and Eve

The Endurance by Zikra, Luka and Eddie

Shackleton's Adventure by Niko, Dylan and Libby

Shackleton's Journey by Eve, Ameera and Gabriel

Shackleton's Journey by Rory, Abi and Will

Shackleton's Journey by Eliza, Jamie and Ramana

Endurance Lost

"On 27 October 1914, the brave ship Endurance was crushed by the ice beyond hope of repair" William Grill used personification in this sentence when he described the ship as brave. Inspired by this writing technique we created poems about the loss of the Endurance featuring personification.

Multiplying by 6

We have now moved onto Multiplication and Division in Maths. Today we practised multiplying by six. We used various methods to solve our In Focus problem. 

Remember to be practising your times tables zappers at home. 
To help you learn your 6 x table you could even try singing it!

Shackleton's Anthem

Despite the pressures of leadership, Shackleton knew it was vital to keep the crew's morale high. On Midwinter's Day, the crew celebrated with speeches, songs, toasts and a rousing rendition of the National Anthem. We sang our own rousing rendition of the National Anthem before creating our own 'Shackleton's Anthem'. Listen below.

Shackleton's Anthem by J4

God save our frozen toes,

Long live our hungry dogs,

God save the ship!

Stuck in Antarctica,

Lonely and desperate,

Pack ice went under us,

God save the crew.

The Winter Months

What was life like for the men of the Endurance during their expedition of Antarctica? Here are some of our descriptions of life on the floe

Endurance Stuck!

In writing we wrote newspaper articles reporting on the Endurance becoming stranded in pack ice. Read the J4 Journal to find out all about the challenges faced by Shackleton and his crew.

Icy Endurance Stuck by Niko

Endurance Stuck by Aidan

Anti Bullying Week

As part of Anti-Bullying Week 2018 we held an 'Odd Socks Day'. Wearing Odd Socks is an opportunity for us to express ourselves and to celebrate our individuality and what makes us all unique! We also created our own 'Odd Socks' artwork and Rory and Eliza collaborated on some 'Odd Sock' poetry. Enjoy and remember to Choose Respect,

Igloo Building

As part of design and technology we were tasked to create an igloo. Our igloos are similar to those built by Shackleton and his team after the Endurance became stuck in ice.

Igloo Building from Peter Bainbridge on Vimeo.

Shackleton Diary October 1916

Diary Entries by Eve and Jake

Shackleton Diary July 1914

Inspired by William Grill's 'Shackleton's Journey' we wrote diary entries from the perspective of Sir Ernest Shackleton. Our first entry July 1914.

Diary Entry by Maisy, Dylan and Evie.

Remembrance Day Poetry

Poppies are worn on Remembrance Day because they are the flowers which grew on the battlefields after World War I ended. Inspired by this we wrote poetry from the perspective of the first poppies that grew.

Remembrance Day Poppies

On 11 November 2018, the United Kingdom will mark the centenary of the day when the first world war ended. To commemorate this we created poppies featuring the names of soldiers who served during the war.

Shackleton's Journey - Continents

As part of his journey Ernest Shackleton sailed from Plymouth in the UK to Buenos Aires in Argentina, and then onto Antarctica. Shackleton and his crew sailed past many continents. Watch the video below to help you learn the name of the continents and their location in the world.

Subtraction

In Maths this week we have been 'finding differences'. To find the difference is actually subtraction! As usual we have been exploring problems and pushing ourselves to solve these in 3 different ways.

What does it take to lead an expedition?

What does it take to lead an expedition? After reading the first chapters of William Grill's 'Shackleton's Journey' we collaborated on a thinking map to identify some of Shackleton's leadership characteristics.

A Letter from Ernest Shackleton!

Thank you to Abigail and her mum for sharing this letter from Ernest Shackleton. The letter is to an ancestor of Abi's and was found when cleaning her great-gran's parents house. The letter is a thank you for a contribution made towards funding the ship 'Endurance'.

Shackleton's Journey Knowledge Organiser

This half term we are enquiring into 'What does it take to lead an expedition?' Using William Grill's book 'Shackleton's Journey' we will be learning about the characteristics, actions and choices taken by an extraordinary leader.