As part of our ‘Unity In The Community’ theme we have been looking at the work of Cesar Manrique. We looked his influence in Lanzarote, his art and his wind sculptures. We decided to make our own wind sculpture and created our very own Whirlygig! We think you’ll agree they look fantastic!
With the help and expertise of Williby Rocks, Year 2 were selected for the first session in transforming our school garden into a Well-being Garden.
The children had an opportunity to take part in a bug hunt and explore the mini-beasts in the garden at this time of year, as well as encourage more wildlife by creating bug hotels.
As part of our Learning Means the World Theme ‘Help is At Hand’, we have been looking at the Emergency Services and the important jobs that they do to help us. We have been very fortunate to have 2 parents come into school this week and talk about their job within the emergency services. Oliver’s dad works for the Royal Air Force (RAF) and Sterling’s mum works in Accident and Emergency in a hospital. They both support the Police, Ambulance and Fire Services in their roles. The children asked lots of questions about their jobs and found out some wonderful information. They even got a chance to role play with some of the things that were brought in.
Year 5 have thoroughly enjoyed learning about volcanoes this week!
We talked about the different types of volcanoes, researched where volcanoes are found, how they are formed and why they erupt.
We then carried out our volcano project and made our own volcanoes in small groups. We started off with a plastic bottle and created our volcano shape around this using newspaper. Next, we used mod rock to finalise our volcano structure and finally painted them.
Then the fun began! We took our volcanoes outside and conducted the “eruption”. Using bicarbonate of soda and white vinegar we created a chemical reaction to mimic the eruption process.
Year 5 worked exceptionally in their groups; showing real team work, communication and scientific skills to carry out this project. It’s safe to say we had a blast!
Today we made ancient Greek pancakes in 7 Blue. We found out that this tasty pancake would have been a treat for ancient Greeks visiting the theatre.
For Mental Health Week, 7 Blue have been learning about feelings and emotions and why it is important to look after our Mental Health. We then took part in a yoga workshop where we made yoga poses to match our emotions. We ended the week writing our own Mental Health and Wellbeing acrostic poems. Â
The nursery children have enjoyed exploring the trim trail on the main school yard today. After a very windy start to the week, we were happy to get outside for some outdoor fun. We practiced our climbing and balancing skills – we were all incredibly brave, attempting lots of challenging obstacles.
We’re already looking forward to our next visit to the trim trail!
Nursery AM
Nursery PM
Today in English, 3 Blue have been creating their own jungle landscapes using paint. Our class book (which we don’t yet know the name of as Miss Clark won’t tell us) describes an old man dreaming about “a jungle full of wild forest animals” so we decided to have a go and create our own jungle landscapes. We looked at two jungle landscape artists: Henri Rousseau and Paul Gaugin for inspiration. We were so proud of out work and had so much fun!
6 Blue Maths were exploring decimals this week by trying our hand at some classroom world records. We began by thinking about why decimals are useful in the world – many sports use tenths and hundredths of seconds to time races and some sports even require milliseconds! From trying on T-shirts in the quickest time possible to building towers and typing the alphabet on a qwerty keyboard, the children enjoyed the challenges and it helped us to use and apply decimals in real-life contexts. Well done everyone – we might need some practice with breaking some of the records, particularly Mr Campbell!
