This week we have been using our knowledge of circuits to create communication devices. The children designed and created a communication device, for an evil genius using circuits that light up. Well done year 4!
7 Red investigated, designed and made a ‘bag for a fairy’.
It had to be small, light, waterproof, with a strong handle …. and look amazing!
Check out the Cottingley Fairy photographs …. real or fake?
As part of our current Learning Means the World theme, Inter Nation Media Station, we were introduced to a character named Top Dollar and his Nan. As he is taking Nan on a special day out, we were asked to design and make a t-shirt for Nan to wear on their day of fun. We worked hard to create our designs then had fun bringing our designs to life. We are all very proud of our designs.
In our new Learning Means the World theme, Inter-Nation Media Station, we have been introduced to some new characters. We used clues about famous rap star Top Dollar and his Nan to design a t-shirt for Nan’s big day out with her grandson.
We thought about her likes and dislikes, planned and designed her outfit before producing our final pieces.
Take a look at our creations!
We have been busy bees in Reception today. Exploring, making new friends and physical fun Friday outside in the sun!
In our theme of ‘Happily Ever After’ we have been looking at fairy tales, one of which being ‘The Ugly Duckling’. This led us to discuss other birds in our area and what they need to live a happy life. We made bird feeders using seeds and lard and placed them in our school garden for the birds to enjoy.
We have launched our first theme of the year, which is based all around COMMUNICATION. During assembly the children found out how meerkats communicate with each other. Did you know that they take it in turns to watch out for predators and when everything is ok they make a low constant peeping known as ‘The Watchman’s song’? If a predator is spotted the guard alerts the others with a bark or a whistle.
People have been communicating with each other throughout the whole of human history, but how we communicate with each other has changed massively over the last 30 years.
We are going to be investigating all sorts of weird and wonderful ways of communicating in our new theme.
Year 1 and 7 Red went on a trip to the Centre For Life in Newcastle as part of our theme of Light and Dark. In the scientific part of the visit we experimented with moving cogs, built rockets, researched how astronauts live out in space (including how they go to the toilet!) and manned a space station. We also visited the planetarium and watched the story of Little Bear and saw all the constellations in our skies. In our geographical section of our trip we looked at animals from different continents and were able to name the continents and discover what the habitat is like on each continent. We then went into the play zone where we were able to create structures, shadows and role play. We had an amazing day and our behaviour was exemplary! We are so proud of you all!
This week year 4 have completed another ‘Get Ahead’ challenge. They designed group murals based on the theme ‘Conservation’. Well done year 4.
