Writing Challenge

Bear in There There's a Polar Bear In our Frigidaire-- He likes it 'cause it's cold in there. With his seat in the meat And his face in the fish And his big hairy paws In the buttery dish, He's nibbling the noodles, He's munching the rice, He's slurping the soda, He's licking the ice. And he lets out a roar If you open the door. And it gives me a scare To know he's in there-- That Polary Bear In our Fridgitydaire. Shel Silverstein

Zebra Question I asked the zebra Are you black with white stripes? Or white with black stripes? And the zebra asked me, Or you good with bad habits? Or are you bad with good habits? Are you noisy with quiet times? Or are you quiet with noisy times? Are you happy with some sad days? Or are you sad with some happy days? Are you neat with some sloppy ways? Or are you sloppy with some neat ways? And on and on and on and on And on and on he went. I'll never ask a zebra About stripes Again. Shel Silverstein

Once you’ve read/listened to the poems, try one of the challenges below.  Good luck!

Reception
It’s a sunny day and you’ve taken a trip to the zoo! Can you draw a picture of yourself talking to an animal? What might you say to the animal? What do you think it would say back? Can you write a sentence in speech bubbles to show the conversation? E-mail your work to eyfs@williambyrd.school

Year 1 & Year 2
Oh no, you’ve headed downstairs to get a midnight snack from the fridge and you’ve found an animal in there! What animal is it? What are they doing? Can you draw a picture of the animal in the fridge and write 5 sentences (in the style of a poem) about it? E-mail your work to year1@williambyrd.school or year2@williambyrd.school

Year 3 & 4
It’s a sunny day and you’ve taken a trip to the zoo! To your surprise, an animal starts talking to you. What might you say to the animal? What do you think it would say back? Write a poem about this encounter and draw a picture to go with it. E-mail your work to year3@williambyrd.school or year4@williambyrd.school 

Year 5 & 6
Oh no, you’ve headed downstairs to get a midnight snack from the fridge and you’ve found an animal in there! What animal is it? What are they doing? Write a poem about the animal you’ve found and draw a picture to go with your poem! E-mail it to either year5@williambyrd.school or year6@williambyrd.school 

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Take a look at some of the entries from our first challenge...

We are so impressed by everyone’s excellent poetry! We have some natural poets at William Byrd! While everyone did an amazing job, here are the winners from round 1 of our WBPA Writing Challenge:

• Joshberg  (Reception) 
• Aadhya (Year 1)
• Albert (Year 2) 
• Garren (Year 3) 
• Dilsheen (Year 4)
• Ethan (Year 5) 
• Lina (Year 6) 

Congratulations, you each get 50 Dojo points for excellent poetry! You will also receive a certificate from your teacher via e-mail in the next week! Well done!

A special shout-out to Year 2, 3 and 6 – you really stepped up to the challenge! We can’t wait to see more entries on our next challenge! 

Hello William Byrd students! Welcome to our second William Byrd Writing Challenge.  We are going to be reading “Oh, The Places You’ll Go” by Dr. Seuss. Click here for the simple text version of the story or you can also see the full book online. Additionally, you can also listen to Miss Naulls read the story in the video.

Once you’ve read/listened to the story, try one of the challenges below.  Good luck!

Reception
Our story talks about believing in yourself and following your dreams. What do you want to be when you grow up? Can you draw yourself as an adult and write two sentences about what you want to be? E-mail your work to eyfs@williambyrd.school 

Year 1 & Year 2
Our story talks about believing in yourself and following your dreams. What do you want to be when you grow up? Can you draw a picture of yourself as an adult and write 5 sentences about what you want to be? E-mail your work to year1@williambyrd.school or year2@williambyrd.school 

Year 3 & 4
Our story talks about believing in yourself and following your dreams. What do you want to be when you grow up? Can you draw a picture of yourself as an adult and write a letter to your teacher about what you want to be? E-mail your work to year3@williambyrd.school or year4@williambyrd.school  

Year 5 & 6
Our story talks about believing in yourself and following your dreams. What do you want to be when you grow up? Can you draw a picture of yourself as an adult and re-write 4 verses of the poem from your own perspective? E-mail it to either year5@williambyrd.school or year6@williambyrd.school 

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Take a look at some of the entries from our second challenge...

Here are the winners from round 2 of our WBPA Writing Challenge:

• Kavya  (Reception) 
• Aadhya (Year 1)
• Carolina (Year 2 ) 
• Gerald (Year 3) 
• Kelly (Year 4)
• Giselle (Year 5) 
• Umair (Year 6) 

Congratulations, you each get 50 Dojo points for excellent writing! You will also receive a certificate from your teacher via e-mail some time this week! Well done!

Hello William Byrd students! We are so proud of all of your writing over the past 4 weeks – you have risen to the challenge and produced some amazing work! We are going to finish the school year with one final writing challenge based on “The Giving Tree” by Shel Silverstein. You can read the plain text or read the full book online.  You can also see watch the video and listen to Miss Naulls read the text.

Once you’ve read/listened to the story, try one of the challenges below.  Good luck!

Reception, Year 1, Year 2 & Year 3
Our book taught us about generosity and gratitude, and we have a lot to be thankful for! The Heathrow Rangers have delivered our home learning packs, breakfast and even gave us all of the Cadbury Crème Eggs! Our challenge this week is use gratitude to create a thank you card for the Heathrow Rangers. Can you create a beautiful and colourful card with a nice message inside? The message can be a letter, a poem, a story or whatever feels right to you! You can leave the card outside for them to pick up on 9^th or 10^th of June when they deliver the next packs! Don’t forget to send a photo to your year group so we can post it on the website: eyfs@williambyrd.school year1@williambyrd.school year2@williambyrd.school year3@williambyrd.school

Year 4, Year 5 & Year 6
Our book taught us about generosity and gratitude, and we have a lot to be thankful for! The Heathrow Rangers have delivered our home learning packs, breakfast and even gave us all of the Cadbury Crème Eggs! Our challenge this week is use gratitude to write thank you letter for the Heathrow Rangers. Can you use your wonderful writing skills to write a letter and drawing for the Rangers? You can leave the letter outside for them to pick up on 9^th or 10^th of June when they deliver the next packs! Don’t forget to send a photo to your year group so we can post it on the website: year4@williambyrd.school year5@williambyrd.school year6@williambyrd.school