Class 2a had a great time this afternoon in their science lesson! They were given a dilemma and had to carry out an investigation to find a solution.
I bring a sandwich to school for my lunch but my water bottle leaks and I end up with a soggy sandwich! Can you find out which material will protect my sandwich best from water and from being squashed?
The children had great fun finding out what happens when a sandwich is submerged in water! The children recorded their findings and were using fantastic scientific vocabulary including the words absorbant, transparent and… soggy! They then used heavy objects to find out what materials helped protect the sandwiches from being squashed!
Here is a picture of the children exploring with tissue paper, tin foil and bread!
We found lots of heavy objects to squash the bread!
In Year 2 we have been learning about Grace Darling. In 1838, Grace became famous after she and her father rescued survivors from the shipwrecked SS Forfarshire.
We had a visit from a RNLI volunteer who taught us lots about water safety, lifeboats and more real life stories.
We were also excited to find an indoor beach in school! We enjoyed sketching it and used it as an inspiration for a new setting for our own version of ‘The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch’.
This week we will be continuing our writing with character descriptions, problems and resolutions!
Year 6 had a great Internet Safety session on Monday with our visitors from Hazard Alley. We learnt about the risks that are involved with using the internet, how to identify these risks and how to protect ourselves.
Take a look at our pictures.
This week in the maths area we have been learning about measuring. Today we became maths investigators who had to hunt around the classroom to find things that were bigger and smaller than a ruler.
We worked brilliantly together as a team, taking in turns and maintaining a high learning zone for the whole task! Well done boys!
We also showed our determination and labelled all of the objects we measured.
We have been learning about our senses.
Today we focused on taste. We tried eating salty crisps, bitter chocolate, sweet sweeties and sour lemons!
Here are some pictures of us eating the lemons! We couldn’t help pulling funny faces!
Year three would like to warmly thank all of the parents who gave up their time to celebrate the Greek Olympics with them. This event marked the end of a fascinating project on the Ancient Greeks where the children investigated how the Olympic Games have changed since ancient times and also how the Greeks lived from day to day. We also wrote our own version of an exciting Greek myth. We are now gearing up for the next part of our year 3 learning journey…watch this space!
On Monday the Lead Learners met for their first training session.
We looked at the observation format that they are going to use when observing in the classrooms.
We practised observing using a video that has clips of wellbeing and learning zones . We discussed the scores we would give the children and our reason behind our decisions.
The Lead Learners have got a jam packed timetable over the next few weeks and they will be popping in and out of all of the classrooms in school on the look out for high wellbeing and learning zones!
Watch out for them!
We had an excellent Online Safety session with the people from the Safety Centre yesterday!
The children talked through their use of social media and internet access both at home and at school and discussed the pros and cons of different experiences and scenarios that either they themselves or other people have faced.
We learnt that children’s brains are still developing therefore they need to protect themselves with the images, games and other materials they are seeing. We also learnt that children need to switch off their electronic games an hour before their bedtimes to ensure a quality night’s sleep! This shocked the children!
We also discussed our privacy settings on our social media, phones, the internet and games. The passwords we have were referred to as a toothbrush; it is personal to you and you wouldn’t share it with anyone!
Finally, the children learnt how to protect themselves from cyber bullying. The learnt that by keeping texts, emails and any other written content they have is an evidence trail which might be useful. We also learnt that any messages sent by any phones, emails, game consoles or social media leave a digital footprint. The children now know the saying ‘zip it, block it, flag it’ which will ensure they can keep themselves safe online.
The children have developed some next steps which they can follow up at home to make themselves safe. These are:
- Children need to look at their ‘friends’ on their social media sites or games and ask themselves; are these really friends that I know and trust? If not, delete them!
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Children need to check their security settings on their social media or any other electronic equipment they use and make sure they are set to private which only your friends can see. Parents, please check your children’s security settings on social media if you are allowing them to be on there.
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Please visit www.thinkuknow.co.uk with your child for information, games and more about the CEOP advice button- which can be used to report abuse online.
Here are some of our photos:
In year 6 we have a weekly spelling test. Children will be given their spellings on a Wednesday which they will learn for a week. They will then be tested the following Wednesday.
Children’s spellings are individualised to their needs. The spelling rule for each week is the same for all children. Children will either be focused on a green, orange or yellow spelling list. Children need to focus on these spellings for their spelling test but can look at others to progress their spellings further.
Here are this week’s spellings:
Green spelling list
Terrible
Visible
Flexible
Possible
Suitable
Liable
Orange spelling list
Understandable
Predictable
Comfortable
Responsible
Digestible
Possible
Negotiable
Movable
Portable
Yellow spelling list
Incompatible
Permissible
Negotiable
Feasible
Responsible
Approachable
Compatible
Preventable
Profitable
Sustainable
