Learning Means The World

15th September 2022deput y

We have launched our first theme of the year, which is based all around COMMUNICATION. During assembly the children found out how meerkats communicate with each other. Did you know that they take it in turns to watch out for predators and when everything is ok they make a low constant peeping known as ‘The Watchman’s song’? If a predator is spotted the guard alerts the others with a bark or a whistle.

People have been communicating with each other throughout the whole of human history, but how we communicate with each other has changed massively over the last 30 years.

We are going to be investigating all sorts of weird and wonderful ways of communicating in our new theme.

Year 1 and 7 Red on the best trip ever!

17th June 2022L Chisholm

Year 1 and 7 Red went on a trip to the Centre For Life in Newcastle as part of our theme of Light and Dark.  In the scientific part of the visit we experimented with moving cogs, built rockets, researched how astronauts live out in space (including how they go to the toilet!) and manned a space station. We also visited the planetarium and watched the story of Little Bear and saw all the constellations in our skies. In our geographical section of our trip we looked at animals from different continents and were able to name the continents and discover what the habitat is like on each continent.  We then went into the play zone where we were able to create structures, shadows and role play.  We had an amazing day and our behaviour was exemplary!  We are so proud of you all!

 

Experience It! It’s Electrifying!

13th May 2022L Davison

5 Blue’s Science and DT lesson sent them down an electrifying route this week, when they experienced making circuits.

Miss Davison was extremely mean, when she handed 5 Blue a pack of broken electrical parts and simply said, “Make it work!”

All of 5 Blue rose to the challenge and managed to make, bulbs light, motors spin and buzzers buzz. They even discovered what happens when you reverse the flow of electrical current.

 

 

 

 

5 Blue Visit Davenport’s Chocolate Factory

13th May 2022L Davison

As part of our “Full of Beans” theme, 5 Blue looked at the energy people get from the coco bean. Obviously, it was absolutely imperative that we find out how the coco bean is transformed from a bitter, inedible bean into the smooth, delicious chocolate we buy in the shops.

Feel free to ask one of us what we have learned at the chocolate factory.