My afternoon at Glenaire

Write Bertie's diary for him so he can keep a record of his day.  This is how he started but he found his paws couldn't grip a pencil that well.

Blimey!  I've had a VERY different day.

I am the flame!

On Saturday, Cornwall counted down to the arrival of the Olympic Torch. The flame was flown into RAF Culdrose on board a British Airways jet at 7.30pm.


Goonhilly Earth Satellite Station was lit up red, white and blue to mark the flame's arrival into the airbase nearby.  That night, it was guarded by police from Scotland Yard in the officers' mess.


First thing on Sunday, 771 Search and Rescue crews flew it by helicopter to Land's End.  The 70 day Torch Relay started at Land's End at 7am on Saturday morning.  


You are the flame!  Continue writing a diary entry as if you are the flame.  Use this sentence to help you start.

I could see the lights on the Satellite Station.  They were lit up in red, white and blue... the Union Flag colours... for ME!  

Ideas to help your creativity:

• How are you feeling?
• Any worries about your important job?
• What can you see of the outside from inside the torch? People?  Landscape? Torchbearers?
• What's the weather like?
• How does the torchbearer feel... can you tell by their expression?
• What can you hear as you are taken on your first steps through Cornwall?
• What can you smell?
• Can you taste anything?
• How does the air feel in the UK compared to the hot Greek climate?

Alex Rider Jellyfish Scene

Watch this video and use your wow descriptions and targets to describe this scene from the film.

You could start with...   Even though it was warm water, I was not happy with where I had been thrown.  There floating right next to me was an immense jellyfish.

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Hello fellow quadbloggers!

We're using our Y5 blog with you this week.  Please help us out by completing the top 2 posts - one is all about creating captions for newpaper/magazine photos and the other is a survey that we'd like to use in maths.

Click this link to get there

Which picture would you like us to write about for the next 100 Word Challenge?

You have 4 votes per computer. If you are sharing a PC, share the votes - 2 each! These are all by a clever artist/photographer Erik Johansson. Think about which photo could help you write a fun and creative story.

The mysterious pumpkin

Create an exciting story (which can be linked to Halloween if you like but it doesn't have to be) about one of these pumpkins. 

Challenge:

Pack in all these words & phrases:

• glowed softly
• who lived in the crooked house
• whenever

A walk I'll never forget

Enjoy letting your imagination run wild by finishing this story in as close to 100 words as you can. 

Mrs Cole's tip:  Type it in Word first in case you don't get chance to finish - you can count the words there and spell check too! 

Your extra challenge is to try to add these words into your 100 words:

When
If
After
While
My head was spinning

Here is how your story begins...

It was last Saturday when I was taking my dog out for a walk on the moors. As I came over the top of the hill, this strange sight towered in front of me.