Some tips

Writing a newspaper article on Florence Nightingale's work in the hospital in Scutari.

As I have mentioned previously the learning logs are very individual and there are many ways you can meet the learning objectives.

Some ideas are:

Have a 'thought shower' (Brainstorm- write it all down in point form around a bubble with Newspaper written in the middle) what your child knows about a newspaper e.g.

• They have headlines, (you could cut some out and stick them in the learning log)
• They have images & captions (you could display an example of these too)
• Read an article together and highlight adjectives/nouns/verbs etc.
• Look at advertising in the newspaper.

Make a concept map/spider diagram on what your child knows about Florence Nightingale's work in Scutari. We have done lots on this! You could discuss:

• Visits from a nurse from present (Mrs Dickenson) and the past (hot seating Mrs James as Florence Nightingale).
• Lessons in class, ask what work we have done.
• Drama work and dressing up as nurses and soldiers from the Crimean War.
• Information on the blog: look at photographs to jog their memory, Powerpoint information, relevant games, quizzes, video links.

Encourage your child to write a paragraph for a newspaper article and draw an illustration/image/photograph to accompany it, in a mock style newspaper that they have created.

THESE ARE JUST EXAMPLES OF IDEAS TO HELP YOU AND ARE NOT PRESCRIPTIVE. IF YOUR CHILDREN HAVE ANY OTHER GREAT IDEAS THEN PLEASE ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO THOSE.

Hope it helps.

Mrs James