The Speedo 21/11/06 - 28/11/06

LEE's BICYCLE CLUB

"I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike, I want to ride my bicycle... I want to ride it where I like" QUEEN

SO - IF YOU WANT TO RIDE YOUR BICYCLE WITH LEE (AND MAYBE SOME OTHER TEACHERS IF THEY ARE NOT TOO LAZY) MEET OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL AT 2.00PM ON SATURDAY 25/11/05 AND HAVE A NICE RIDE!!!

GARY's ROCK CLUB!!

RAAAAWWWWKKKK ON! Gary is back with his 'Rock Club' this month. It's on FRIDAY 24TH AT 8PM IN ROOM 8.

GARY WILL BE WEARING HIS LEATHER TROUSERS AGAIN!

Come and hear the sounds of Rock and Roll, see DVD's of Rock and Roll legends and learn a bit about Rock and Roll!!

"It's where you want to be!"

JAMIE'S GAMES CLUB

Wednesday 29th November - 7.30pm

Come and play games with Jamie FOR FREE! Games are a great way to develop communication in English (or any language!) So come and play at school!

GET YOUR GAME ON!!

A LOOK AT CHUCK

Once again, it's Chuck time and today we bring you a picture of a Chuck Norris masterpiece - 'Code of Silence' - Possibly the greatest film ever made?? Let me know because I haven't seen it!

"CHUCK NORRIS CAN BUILD A SNOWMAN OUT OF RAIN!"

Idiom of the week # 8697094598064

'Let sleeping dogs lie'

The idiom 'let sleeping dogs lie' means that when we have had a problem or argument with somebody we should not start talking about it again. It is better to forget about things and move on...

In real life, if we wake up a sleeping dog, sometimes it can be angry and bite us. So if we start an old argument people can be even more angry...

Dean: "My girlfriend is still not washing my clothes. I will have to talk to her about it again!"

Lee: "It's probably best not to Dean - you'll only get into a big quarrel - better to let sleeping dogs lie!"

WORD(S) OF THE WEEK - 'SINK' AND 'SHRINK'

I like these words because they both sound nice and they both have 2 meanings - a verb and a noun. First up is 'sink'

As a noun, a 'sink' is a place where we wash our plates, knives, forks pots and pans etc

As a verb 'to sink' means to go down in water e.g 'a stone sinks if you put it onto water' or 'a ship sinks if it has a hole in it!'

Secondly, the verb 'to shrink' means that something becomes or is made smaller. If you put a wool sweater in a very hot wash it shrinks. I sometimes have shrink the pictures on this blog so that they look good and fit onto the page.

As a noun a 'shrink' is a psychiatrist or psychologist who helps people when they have mental illness or life problems

NOW WE CAN ADD THESE TWO WORDS TOGETHER TO DESCRIBE ONE OF MAN'S MOST STUPID INVENTIONS - A SILLY PIECE OF PLASTIC WHICH MAKES WASHING UP MORE DIFFICULT WITH LESS SPACE........

THE WASHING UP BOWL

or as it is also know:

THE 'SINK-SHRINKER'