Year 6 were scientists this afternoon as they carried out an investigation into the effects of air resistance. We had already learned that air resistance is a type of friction and today we looked at it in action. The children planned a fair test involving parachutes of different sizes. By timing their descents, we were able to conclude that objects with a larger surface area generate more air resistance. This is great news for skydivers! Super teamwork everyone!
As part of our Learning Means The World theme ‘Happy to be Me,’ we have been looking at our 5 senses and how we use each one. Today we focused on the senses: taste, smell, touch and hearing. We tried various different foods and used associated vocabulary to describe how they felt; whether we could hear noises when we were eating the foods; how they tasted and all of the different smells.
The children were amazing as everyone tried foods they had not tasted before. The sour- sweet was the best, we had some funny faces from that experience !
On Monday, after our relaxing meditation, we set our minds to creating a communication device for an evil genius. We used our science skills to create an electrical circuit and our DT design skills to plan our masterpiece! Our intention was to communicate with our loyal minions using Morse code, which was used during World War I and II to communicate in secret.
We have read the story of The Gingerbread Man. The children have enjoyed retelling the story, using the play dough to make their own gingerbread men, counting buttons on different gingerbread men and lots more!
The children used jelly tots, chocolate drops and icing sugar to decorate their own gingerbread man biscuit.
We think they did a great job and hope they enjoy eating them as much as they enjoyed decorating them!
This week we have been using our knowledge of circuits to create communication devices. The children designed and created a communication device, for an evil genius using circuits that light up. Well done year 4!
This week Year 2 began their journey on their Four Seasons Project. This project will take a full year to complete as we use our surroundings and times of year to collect research, evidence and experiences.
We named our first task… Autumn Awesomeness!
On our Autumn walk around our school grounds we collected deciduous and evergreen leaves as evidence of the seasonal changes before working in teams to create brilliant natural art.
This week in LMTW we have been learning how circuits work. The children learned about how the national beacons are lit across the country to mark important events for the Monarchy and the country. The children have recreated the lighting of the beacons by making a large circuit system that was lit using batteries, switches and bulbs.
7 Red investigated, designed and made a ‘bag for a fairy’.
It had to be small, light, waterproof, with a strong handle …. and look amazing!
Check out the Cottingley Fairy photographs …. real or fake?
We had a visit from the school nurses today. We talked about how it was so important to wash our hands and brush our teeth. We passed round a ball with glitter on to show how easy it is for germs to spread. We sang a song which helped to us to remember how to thoroughly wash our hands.
Next it was time to learn how to brush our teeth properly, count to 6 on every tooth and brush them twice a day. We are now experts 😀 🦷 🧼👏🏻
This afternoon Reception went for an Autumn walk in our garden. We looked for signs of Autumn, talked about the different leaves, berries and fruits we saw. We also talked about which animals hibernate as we could not find any frogs. After that we went for a run around on the grass.
