This week in Learning Means The World, we have taken part in a week long design project. First, we analysed a pirate character and decided what his needs were. We then came up with ideas to create a remote contol to help him navigate the stormy seas and other problems he faces. Our designs had all kinds of imaginative, magical buttons. Our final design step today was to make the remotes and evaluate our outcome.
This week 2 Red have ben working as designers to invent a remote control for a pirate.
They followed the design brief, planned, edited and created their design all to fit the needs of their pirate.
Last week the School Council and Eco Warriors worked together on a bird feeder project. We had a visit from Groundworks who talked to the children about visiting the tip, why you would go and what the children had dropped off. We then discussed how we deal with rubbish and recycling and the importance of 3 R’s – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
We learned the importance of keeping the earth happy and the damage of climate change. The teams made bird feeders from recyclable material and then we hung them around our gardens! The two groups worked so well together and were a credit to us all.
As part of our new theme Land Ahoy, 2 Blue have enjoyed carrying out a scientific investigation this afternoon. We designed and made our own boats and tested if they would float or sink. We discovered that boats made from paper did float temporarily but after a short while, they absorbed the water and started to sink.
As part of our Learning Means The World theme, Paddington’s Passport, 2 Purple made marmalade sandwiches. We all had a try of them and even though they weren’t to everyone’s taste everyone had a try. We then wrote instructions so that we know how to make them even better next time.
This week, Year 5 have designed, made and evaluated dreamcatchers, inspired by the Native American tribes which we are learning about, within our LMTW topic- Come Fly With Me, America.
Here are just a few of our amazing creations!
In our theme Come Fly With Me Asia we have been focusing on India. Today we have been cooking! We have made two curries. One was a lentil dahl and the other was a vegetable curry. This afternoon we have been to our restaurant and ate our food, along with naan bread, poppadoms and rice. The children used their senses to describe the smells, what they could hear, see and how the food tasted. We are so proud of everyone as they all tried some new foods! 🇮🇳👏🏻😊❤️
This week, as part of our Come Fly With Me: Africa theme, we made some delicious African inspired cous cous and a refreshing mango and banana smoothie to wash it down.
Almost all of us LOVED the smoothie, however the cous-cous got mixed reviews. Some of us may have over done it with the vinegar!
This week in our ‘LMTW’ lessons we have been learning about African culture. We looked at the foods from across Africa and even had a go and making and eating some ourselves. We made a cous cous dish and mango smoothies.
We took part in a design and technology lesson and used our theme of ‘Come Fly With Me- Arctic’ as inspiration. We decided to create an Arctic scene and then create a slider to show the sun rising and setting. We carefully snipped two slits in our card then inserted our sliding piece. We then created our scene and made our sun rise and set. We had lots of fun learning this new skill.
