A very busy Spring 1 RE day at Hebburn Lakes!
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This week, Year 4 put on an amazing performance for their assembly about rocks and fossils. A super well done everyone!
We have had a perfect pirate week in Reception! Lots of pirate creations such as hats, maps, ships and so much more. Amazing combining of groups, reading, building and spelling words and reading our everyday words. Our sentence writing is developing as well as our independence ☠️⚓️⭐️❤️
As part of our Land Ahoy theme we have been looking at different types of boats and how they move. We looked at pushing and pulling and decided that we would design and build a transport for our boat which would then be used to launch our boat successfully into the water. We used a range of materials and had great fun designing and redesigning our prototypes. We realised that some ideas may sound good but when we tried them they did not work so we had to work as a team to problem solve and complete our mission.
Today in Maths the children have been using their oracy skills to explain how to solve problems using their knowledge of multiplication.
2 Red were given a design brief to use their scientific thinking to plan and make a boat transporter for it to travel on land.
After doing some research and watching boat launches, they worked in teams to try out and problem solve their design ideas.
They considered push and pull forces, how things move, as well as using prior and wider knowledge about boats, movement and floating.
This week, we had a special visit from a geologist. We explored and learnt lots about fossils. We all had an awesome time!
This week we have been learning about ‘States of Matter’. The children explored how the molecules of solids, liquids and gases move.
Wow, what a week! We were lucky enough to have a special visitor this week in the form of a real-life ‘geologist’. The children thoroughly enjoyed explored ‘real’ fossils and learnt a lot about how to become ‘fossil hunters’ themselves. A fantastic afternoon had by all.
This week in Science, we have been looking at soil. We discussed what soil is made from and we investigated 3 different types, sandy soil, chalk soil and clay soil. During our investigation, we observed and discussed the differences in appearance, texture and smell.
