Friday 31st January
What a week! It has been such an exciting time for us in Antarctica class – and the highlight for most of us was having Florence’s dad Jonny come to speak to us about his career journey. It was so inspiring to hear him talk about his range of jobs, so many of us came away saying that we wanted to do that too! Jonny started working at Disneyworld Florida for a year, and then moved onto the Disney Cruise Ship. When he finished here, he was not ready to leave America, so he worked in summer camps for a while. He even showed us a magic trick that he learned when working in the states - we were amazed.
When he got back (with no clue what he wanted to do!) his parents told him that he needed to get a ‘proper job’ (which made us all laugh). He went into teaching and coaching, and even took a group of children to work at the Olympics! After a while, he wanted a change and he began working as a Senior Financial Advisor in Alnwick. It was such an interesting talk, and we all absolutely loved it. Thanks again Jonny, you are amazing!
Have a fab weekend everyone, we all deserve a rest after working so hard!
Miss McKean and Miss O’Hara
Friday 24th January
We have so many exciting things to share with you this week! Firstly, on Monday we had an amazing gymnastics session with Miss Field. Miss Field is a student teacher who is currently working in year 2, but she is also a trained gymnast! She taught our PE lesson on Monday, and taught us about canon and synchronised movements – we even tried a headstand!
We have finished our picture frames in DT – and they have turned out FANTASTICALLY!! The children had to measure, saw, sand and glue the wood to create a frame which they then decorated – they are amazing.
In science, we have been looking at forces. This week, we looked at the force of friction, and how different surfaces and shoes create different amounts of friction. It was a great experiment. Have a fantastic weekend!
Miss McKean and Miss O’Hara
Friday 17th January
What a great week we have had! This week, as part of our personal growth curriculum, we had a visit from Sarah, who is a social worker. She told us that her job is really difficult, but that she loves it! She helps people who are struggling and her favourite part of her job is coming into schools. We got to ask her lots of interesting things about her job, and found out that she has worked there for 4 years. She goes to court and helps to make big decisions – it sounds like a really interesting job!
On Friday, we got the Newton metres out and began investigating the force of gravity on different items. We even thought about the moon’s gravity – which is 6 times less than on Earth! The children are such super scientists, they should be so proud!
Have a fantastic weekend,
Miss McKean and Miss O’Hara