THE RANSOM OF RED CHIEF and other stories by O. Henry

Four short stories from one of America's greatest storytellers, including the all-time favourite of a kidnapping which goes wrong. O. Henry's sense of humour and his love for the twist at the end of the story are well demonstrated in this collection.

Here is the audio material of the reading book:

The Ransom of Red Chief

Worksheets:   Worksheet 1: The Ransom of Red Chief                                  15th May

                          Worksheet 2: Schools and schools                                            22nd May
     
                          Worksheet 3: After twenty years  and  Jimmy Valentine        29th May

Test:     5th  June

Worksheets to print

JUST WILLIAM by Richmal Crompton

Schoolboy William Brown's life is full of adventure, fun and usually a lot of trouble! In this collection of four stories, William leaves home to be a pirate, pretends to be the owner of a sweet shop, manipulates his sister's love life and escapes his cousin's elaborate wedding, all with disastrous consequences!


Here is the audio material of the reading book:

Just William

Worksheets:   Worksheet 1: William, the Kitchen Boy and Cousin Sybil's Wedding   22nd May

                          Worksheet 2: William's New Year's Day  and  Two White Rats           29th May

Test:     5th  June


Worksheets to print

AMERICAN MUSIC

On December 19th, 2014, we  celebrated our first "America Day" at school. We did some varied activities such as American breakfast, Trivial Pursuit, Dodgeball, Outline of American history, Exhibition of the most important celebrities in America, Morgan recipes LIVE and American music. If you liked the last of these activities, here you have the chance to watch and listen to it again:

IMPRESSIVE INTERNET FACTS THAT ARE SURE TO BLOW YOUR MIND

Since the Internet first became a major part of our society and our general everyday living, it has fast become a major part of not just businesses looking to increase their global reach and presence, but running the Worldwide economy which now heavily relies on the Internet in this technological age.

HOW MOTHERS DELIVER A BABY

CAN YOU COUNT?

Follow the instructions on the screen and see if you can get it right: you have to count how many times the players that are wearing a white T-shirt pass the ball. It's not as simple as it seems.

SHADOWS

You have probably seen this video before, and I may have  even  played it in class with some groups but I just can't get enough of it. So, whether this is your first time or your sixth  time seeing it, I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.