Friday 20th February
Wow – I cannot believe we are at the end of another half term! That is 3 out of 6 finished now, and it has certainly been another amazing one! This half term has seen us work our socks off in all areas, and I could not be prouder of the children for their amazing resilience, perseverance and hard work.
One thing I want to celebrate this week is the children’s work in our Invention Week in English. We watched a short clip that left us on the edge of our seats, and have done a range of work linking to the video. We have explored journals, how to upskill a sentence, as well as how colour and music are used to show a mood and theme within the stimuli. The children have worked super hard and gave everything their very best efforts. I am so impressed!
This week also sees us saying goodbye and good luck to the wonderful Mr Kennedy. We have been so lucky to have him in our class for his final placement, and 12 weeks really have flown over! We wish him the best of luck for the future, we know that he will be an amazing teacher, and we will all miss him!
Have a fantastic, very well deserved, half term!
Miss McKean
Friday 13th February
Our very practical Design and Technology unit is almost at an end, and this week we completed our final project, which was a WWI anti-aircraft vehicle. All of the cutting and joining skills that we have learnt this half-term, when making our note holders and picture frames, were put to good use, as we needed to cut pieces of wood, build a chassis and add wheels to axles. We also needed to decorate, cut, fold and carefully glue a complex net to form the body of our vehicles. It was a bit fiddly, but the the end results look great. All that's left for us to do, is complete an evaluation of our products, and think about what we might do differently if we were to build another one. If anyone needs a shelf putting up, just give us a call!
Friday 30th January
We have had another super busy week in Antarctica class! We have been learning about levers in science with Mr Kennedy, practicing our performance poetry in English and we have started our next project in DT with Mr Saddington. I know that the children have worked their socks off, and I am so proud of them!
In PSHE this half term, we have been looking at dreams and goals. The children have had to think about what they'd like to do when they grow up - something that is really hard to think about at 9 or 10! It has been great to hear the children have such aspirational goals - we know that with hard work, they are more than achievable!
Have a fabulous weekend,
Miss McKean
Friday 23rd January
In Science this week we added to our knowledge of forces, with an investigation into friction. We had a lively discussion about what friction is and how it can be very useful when we have a lot of it (between our shoes and the carpet for example) or very little (ice skating), and when it can also be a nuisance or even dangerous (have you ever slipped over on the ice, or had a friction burn?).
Our challenge was to plan and carry out a simple fair test to find out how the soles of our shoes can affect the friction force between the grips and a surface. This involved using our Newton meters to pull a shoe along a flat surface; some groups decided to change the type of shoe, while others changed the surface. We made predictions first, as to which shoe or surface would produce the largest friction force, and then testing was completed. After recording repeat readings and working out the mean averages, we were able to compare our results with the predictions. It was a busy afternoon, but a lot of great science went on in the classroom!
On Wednesday, we had a great time as always at our Music Workshop. The children were amazing - and sang their hearts out!
Have a fab weekend,
Miss McKean
Friday 16th January
Wow – what a week! The children have worked so hard, and blown our socks off! In PSHE this half term, we are looking at our dreams and goals for the future. We have been looking at jobs we would like, and how we can strive towards them. The children have been able to recognise that they have to work hard to achieve their dreams! It is lovely to hear them speak so positively about their future.
In maths, we have begun to look at area. The children have been amazing and made sure to work super hard to begin to understand the methods and ways to solve problems. It hasn’t always been easy – but with hard work, we have done a fantastic job!
Have a fab weekend,
Miss McKean
Friday 9th January
Welcome back! I hope you have all had a fantastic break – I know that the children were all full of excitement when they came back to share how much of a fab time they’d had.
In DT with Mr Saddington this half term, the focus is woodwork. We had a go at our first woodworking project this week, and made a magnetic note holder. We had to use junior hacksaws to cut the wood, and for most of us, this was the first time we had experience of using these tools. The children had to make the product look appealing, through decorating the wood itself and adding a feature on the top. I’ve put some photographs below – I am so impressed with the final products! We are making multiple other products this half term, so I look forward to sharing the progress with you!
Have a great weekend!
Miss McKean