Isla, who plays for Jarrow Lionesses Under 8’s, has helped her team to win the league and cup in their first season together. She has been resilient, prepared and brave when playing in every game, which are the traits we use everyday in year 3 as an adventurer.
We are very proud of you Isla, Keep it up!
6 Red have begun our new LMTW theme, Global Warning!
As part of our topic, we explored the impact of pollution, specifically ocean pollutants.
We found out that oil and chemicals make up the largest proportion of ocean pollution, however it is difficult to remove from the sea once it has been contaminated.
During our investigation, we attempted to find the most efficient method of clearing the oil from the water.
Many of us hypothesised that the sponge would work the best, as it absorbs water, however we realised that water has smaller particles than oil.
In the end, believe it or not, our result found that a pair of nylon tights that attracted the oil and successfully separated it; we discussed that due to it’s similar properties, oil is attracted to nylon!
In year 4 we have been learning about one of Brazil’s most famous artists, Romero Britto. We were inspired by his bright and colourful art work and used his ideas to create our own textiles, using material layering.
Yesterday afternoon, Year 4 answered the question ‘What is the commonwealth?’ Our year group choose Jamaica as our country to learn about. We looked at how Jamaica is part of the commonwealth and searched for Jamaica on Google Earth to see what it looks like.
As part of our Jigsaw unit ‘relationships’ we have been learning about how to be thankful for the special people in our lives. The children enjoyed creating memory boxes, which they will fill with special memories about someone important to them.
Today in Nursery we have been thinking about all of the jobs that we can help with around the home. We have been sweeping, vacuuming, washing dishes and setting the table. I hope the children are going to put their skills to good use at home!
Today we had some very special visitors in Nursery. The chicks, which hatched last week in our reception class, came to see us. We all held them and talked about what they felt like. We could hear them making chirping noises too. The children were all very sensible. They understood that we had to be gentle and quiet with the chicks, to keep them safe and make sure we didn’t scare them.
For the last couple of weeks we have been using the book ‘Leaf’ by Sandra Dieckmann as our text for our English lessons. As you can see we have produced some amazing work; researching polar bears, creating reports, writing in role. We have also created some brilliant freeze frames.
