Electrifying Science!
This half term, we have been working hard to investigate and test our own electrical circuits. We have been learning about the different electrical components used within a circuit, the roles that they play and the necessary components to make a circuit work!
Here’s a picture of our science circuit display:
What do you think?
Can you explain why our circuit doesn’t work?
3,4O: certificates
Well done to all our certificate winners this week…
Living and learning – staying safe homework
We’ve had some fabulous homework this week. The children shared their ideas through pictures, writing and video! We talked about how to stay safe online, near roads, from Covid-19 and in the home.
Green fingers.
We have certainly made the most of the outdoor area in the sunshine this week. We have so many signs of Spring: daffodils, blossom, buds on the trees and slightly drier grass!
Our ‘green fingers’ have certainly been put to use. We have planted many seeds and are observing them daily. We have planted outside and inside. Which seeds will grow the quickest?
From reading ‘Oliver’s Vegetables’, we have been inspired to read, write, paint, play green grocer’s and draw on a laptop painting suite.
Our focus number 9 has really made our brains think and represent the number in many ways. From numicon, to number stories to number sentences-we are very proud of all our learning!
Egg rolling fun!
Please could your child bring a hard boiled egg to school on Thursday 1 April. It should be named/initialed. Decorating it is optional but it still needs to roll.
3,4NV class post
What another great week 3,4NV!
Today, we were really lucky to have a visit from Junior Jam so we could learn to play the Steel Pans and create some carnival music.
We all tried to learn the tune to ‘Under the Sea’ and some of us had the chance to perform this at the end of the session! We had great fun.
We have also continued to create the final versions of our carnival outfit designs. Have a look at this design.
Our certificate winners for the week are:
For great learning…
Zac – for excellent answers in reading.
For living and learning skills…
Leila – for always being ready to learn and for contributing ideas to class discussion.
For Sport and physical activity
Aurora – for fantastic tennis skills in PE.
Our TT Rockstar this week is Harry E!
Well done to everyone!
Mrs Wadsworth, Mr Gledhill and Mrs Richardson
Oliver’s Vegetables
Following on from planting our bean seeds last week, we continued with a vegetable theme. We listened to lots of stories about vegetables, including ‘Oliver’s Vegetables’, ‘The Runaway Pea‘ and ‘Supertato’.
We talked about our favourite vegetables to eat at dinner time and in the Sensory area, we investigated the insides of peppers, peas, beans and sprouts. We had great fun peeling the layers off the sprouts, which was also a super fiddly finger challenge as well!
We’ve been practising our counting again, too. This week, we tried to put 1-5 peas in a pod. We talked about counting carefully and remembering to stop when we reached our ‘stop’ number. We also talked about who had the fewest/most peas in their pods.
Children enjoyed exploring what patterns vegetables make when we printed with then. Our favourite pattern was the one made using corn on the cob!
Outside, there was lots of communication and turn taking in our new role play ‘farm shop’. The basket weighing scales provided lots of discussion about which vegetables were the heaviest.
Throughout the week, we monitored the changes in our bean seeds; some of them have started to germinate and now have roots beginning to grow. As part of our learning about plants, we watched carefully each day to see what happened to some flowers and celery that were in coloured water. Children were fascinated to see the petals change colour towards the end of the week and the colour inside the celery sticks.
Next week, we will continue to observe our bean seeds and we will find out about Easter time and how some people choose to celebrate.
5/6 S Certificate Celebration
This weeks certificate winners are…
For great learning…
Jude – you concentrated so well in the lesson and gave very thoughtful answers. You were a good role model – thank you.
For sport and physical activity…
Jessica – for showing determination in cricket this week. You didn’t give up trying to hit that ball. Well done!
For living and learning…
Ellie – you contributed so well to the discussion about where to find help. You were sensible and mature. Thank you.
Well done everyone!
Living and Learning: I understand that rights come with responsibilities
The Atlantic Slave Trade
Our local history topic is really making us think; think about British history, think about the primary resources we have and the information it gives us; think about how people were treated in the 1600s, and making us think about the effect on our lives today.
We’ve been learning about The Atlantic Slave Trade during the 1600s and how enslaved people were brought across from Africa to the West Indies, by boat, to work on plantations there. The British were the most active trading nation during these times.
We learnt about the horrific journey that people took, with only 5ft by 1ft of space for a child. This was easier to understand when we measured the space out on the floor to ‘feel’ how craped the conditions were. Unbelievably, boys were chained to this space for a minimum of 6 weeks whilst aboard the ship. We sadly learned that not all people made it and died on the journey because of the unsanitary conditions.
Here are some photos of the ship.
Living and learning – rights and responsibilities
This week’s living and learning lessons we have been talking about rights and the responsibilities that come with them.
Encouraging children to be responsible and increase their independence is a important.
We matched some rights with the responsibilities that go with them.
