7 Red made some puppets to re-tell the story of Little Red Riding Hood in their own inimitable fashion!
Fantastic acting skills with character voices and actions…. Spielberg watch out!
As part of our learning about forces, 6 Blue have been investigating why different sizes of parachutes descend at different speeds. We connected our understanding to the work of Sir Isaac Newton, who discovered that the force of gravity exits between all objects (though we only notice it when one of the objects is really large!). We came to the conclusion that a type of friction called air resistance slows objects down, particularly those with larger surface areas such as parachutes. Well done everyone!
This week we began our maths and Sounds Write journey. In maths we have been matching and sorting. In Sounds Write we have our new sounds m, a, t, and s which we have been word building with. We have also been reading and spelling words containing those sounds. After our whole class learning lots of our children went out into the provision and began their independent learning, explaining their reasons and problem solving.
As part of our ‘Happily Ever After’ theme we decided to design and create a bag for a fairy. We looked at the different types of materials that would be suitable and the size and shape that would be best for a tiny fairy bag. We then created our design and used various materials and thought about what we would need to hold the bag together. As I’m sure you’ll agree they are amazing!
This half term in PE, we are learning how to play rounders. We have been learning about the different positions and what we need to do. During the lessons, we have been practising our throwing, catching and batting skills.
The Foundation of Light will be running family learning sessions at Hebburn Family Hub. The 8-week course allows adults to spend time thinking about their own and their child’s mental well-being. Topics covered include, communicating and managing emotions, self-esteem, resilience, anger and stress and is suitable for parents with children aged 7-11 years old.
As well as the 8 parent sessions a further session will run in which children can also attend and join in some fun activities.
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This week, as part of our Learning Means The World theme, we are looking at Colour Pop in art.
We began by using Ipads to take photos in class and around school, then used the edit features to create black and white images.
Watch this space to find out what we’ll create next by adding colour pop to our images.
After reading the story Amazing Grace we’ve talked a lot about our aspirations this week. 2 Red showed the importance of teamwork while producing a collaboration of their ideas of what people need to do to achieve their dreams.
This week in Science, we have been learning all about circuits. First, we constructed a simple circuit, using wires, batteries, a lightbulb holder and a bulb. Then we added switches and buzzers into the circuits, identifying what happens if the switch is open or closed. Next, we investigated different materials to find out whether they were conductors or insulators.
For our LMTW Theme ‘That’s All Folks’ we have been learning about animation. The children in 7 Blue created a piece of stop-motion animation telling a story using play dough. We were so impressed!
