Today in our Learning Means the World lesson we worked with our partner to spot the difference between 2 pictures of a classroom. We used great communication skills and team work in order to find all the differences. We realised how hard it was to find them all if we didn’t concentrate on each section and communicate appropriately with our partner. We took turns to tell each other what we could see and shared our results with the class.
In our May The Force Be With You theme, Year 3 have been investigating which objects a magnet will attract and repel. We decided the best way to do this was to have a magnetic hunt around school! We enjoyed visiting the corridors, the sensory area and the library and used our magnets to investigate which objects will be attracted to the magnet and which will repel.
We had lots of fun!
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.
After reading ‘The Pebble in My Pocket’ we carried out some independent research to find out more information about volcanoes, some of the most powerful forces shaping the Earth. This inspired us to Create our own volcanoes and watch them explode!
We used plastic bottles and paper mache to create the structures then we created a simple chemical reaction so our volcanos erupted with bubbly, fizzy liquid. The vinegar reacted with the bicarbonate of soda making carbon dioxide gas form and the bubbles pushed the “lava” out the “volcano” creating a realistic explosion!
Well done 7 Blue!
This week we have been combining groups. We have used our maths knowledge and concrete objects to support our learning. We are maths superstars!
This week in English, we have been learning how to write a script. First, we looked at some examples of scripts to find the features and then compared them to our regular reading book. This helped us to understand what a script looks like and how we should present our own.
Then, we acted out a scene from our class text, Leon and The Place Between. This helped us to work out what stage directions we needed to add to our script.
Finally we began to write. We used all of the skills that we had learned over the week and applied them to our own scripts.
6 Blue have been really progressing their dance skills this half-term. We have been enjoying our Complete P.E. ‘Samba School‘ unit of learning, in which we have learned about some of the basic key steps of this Latin-American dance before adding our own group interpretations to create a short choreographed sequence to music. We will be refining our routines further over the next few weeks before our final dance showcase. Well done everyone!
In our new theme, ‘Land Ahoy’, 2 Red have used their scientific knowledge to help them to design and make a boat. We had great fun testing them out!
Today, Year 5 have immersed ourselves into our Roman day!
We began with making our own laurel wreaths, before taste-testing some of the ‘exotic fruits’ which the wealthy emperors would have been lucky enough to have feasted upon!
Finally, we built our own catapults, using wooden lollypop sticks, elastic bands and spoons. We had a competition in the hall, to see who could fire their catapults the furthest; focusing on forces such as tension and gravity, to propel objects across a distance.
