DT in 2 Purple This Week

17th February 2023C Machin

2 Purple have had so much fun with our Land Ahoy! theme this week. We have been designing a remote control to help a pirate with one eye, a hook for a hand and a parrot on his shoulder!  First we drew the pirate that we were designing for. Then we had to design a remote control that would help him with his everyday pirate life. The children came up with some fantastic ideas including a remote to find treasure, one  to protect them from sharks, one to alert them when other pirates are near and one to help calm him down when he gets angry.

Peter’s Pirate

Edward’s Pirate

Grayson’s Pirate

Emma’s Pirate

Billy’s Pirate

Elivia’s Pirate

Joseph’s Pirate

Peter’s Design

Edward’s Design

Emma’s Design

Grayson’s Design

Billy’s Design

 

2 Blue Pirate Design Project

17th February 2023H Campbell

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.

2 Red Designers

17th February 2023L Phillips

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.

Eco – Schools Award

14th February 2023deput y

Councillor David Francis joined us as a special guest in our assembly. He is a local councillor who is a member of the Green Party. He talked to us about what inspired him to want to make a difference in his local community and then presented the Eco Warriers with the Eco -Schools Award flag and certificate.

We look forward to welcoming him back to school so that he can find out more about our Conservation themes.

 

Mental Health Week 2023

9th February 2023N Fada

 

The theme of this Years Mental Health Week is ‘Let’s Connect’. Connection is vital for our wellbeing.  Let’s Connect is about making meaningful connections and Miss Smith from the Healthy Minds Team came into school to today and delivered and assembly to encourage our children (and staff) to connect with others in healthy, rewarding, and meaningful ways.

To celebrate Mental Health Week in school and to raise awareness of the importance of children’s mental health we have completed lots of different activities in class through out the week.

 

 

School Council and Eco Warriors Bird Feeder Project

7th February 2023K Richardson

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.

 

2 Blue Boat Investigation

3rd February 2023H Campbell

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.

2 Red Designers

3rd February 2023L Phillips

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!