We are looking at 2D and 3D shapes this week in Foundation 2 and what better way to explore these shapes than to investigate them in the flurry of snow that we had on Tuesday!
After we wrapped up as warm as we could, we headed out and used the 3D shapes that we were looking at to print in the snow and have a look at shapes of the faces as well as moulding different shapes with the snow.
Foundation have been innovating the story ‘We’re Going On a Bear Hunt’ so that we are going on a hunt for a different animal. Ladybird class have been hunting for sharks this week. We had a lot of fun role-playing the story together.
Off of the boats into the deep, cold ocean…
Through the small, prickly school of fish…
Through the slimy, spikey seaweed…
Past the scary, blue octopus on the rocks…
Into the big, dark shipwreck…
IT’S A SHARK!!!
There has been some spectacular weather this week and we have had a fantastic time observing what we can see and asking questions. We saw a rainbow outside on Thursday and were so excited to look at the colours, talk about how rainbows are made, sing songs that we know about rainbows and even draw pictures of our own rainbows. Have a look!
We have been learning to halve this week. What better way to learn than making pizzas!
Last Thursday, Year 5 went on a magical adventure as they went behind the scenes of the Harry Potter films. As soon as we stepped into the Great Hall we were transported to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. We saw the costumes worn by Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) and Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) as well as costumes of many other characters.
The props were also on show for us to see, this included the Triwizard Cup, the Gryffindor Common Room, the Potions Classroom. We also had a sneaky peek at how they filmed the flying scenes and even got the opportunity to ride a broomstick ourselves!
Butterbeer was a must have on the day, with many year 5’s gulping it down, only to realise it was extremely sweet! We learnt a lot about how they filmed the mythical creatures and how they filmed Hagrid…but we wouldn’t want to give all the secrets away! Walking down Diagon Alley was very exciting, we got see the shops used in the films including Olivanders and Gringotts Bank!
Finally, the highlight of the tour, seeing Hogwarts Castle. Due to the time of year we were very lucky to see it covered in snow. We were all amazed by the detail and scale of the model, it was certainly a very magical moment!
Year 5 behaved beautifully, despite being so excitable, and were proud role models for Brooklands Farm. The year 5 teachers would like to say a massive thank you to all the parents/carers that came on the trip with us, we hope you enjoyed it as much as the children did. We are now looking forward to creating magic with our Harry Potter project!
We had a look at different types of ice and wrote down some of the words that we could think of to describe the ice.
We went hunting for our own bear in our outside area this week….
Through the long, wavy grass…
