On Monday, 4 Blue were busy taking part in the ‘Little Inventors Challenge’. We had to design a wind powered invention that would solve a problem, make something better or just create something fun. To help us with our designs, we created a graffiti wall of wind powered ideas. Then we took part in a hovercraft race. We made a wind powered hovercraft using a balloon, a sports bottle cap and some blu-tack. We all had a great day!
Today, Year 4 took part in the Little Inventors Competition. We had great fun designing a wind powered invention, that would solve a problem, make something better or just be really fun.
To help us with our ideas we had a wind powered hovercraft race, where we had to make a hovercraft from a balloon, a bottle cap, a cd and some blue-tac.
We have had a fantastic day!
In our theme of Unity In The Community we have been looking at our local area and discussing what we can see around us daily. The children realised that their area has lots of trees and plants and we discussed what these plants needed to grow. We then planted our own Lima bean and we can’t wait to see if we get beans from it. We then labelled a plant and if you ask us,
we can tell you the difference between an Evergreen tree and a Deciduous tree (Yes we are that clever!)
Year 1 loved our theme of ‘Out Of This World’ on world book day. They came dressed as all manner of intergalactic oddities. We based our activities around the book, ‘There’s an alien in your book’ by Tom Fletcher. We firstly created our own alien using playdough and thought of its name, which planet it came from and what it likes to eat (I’m a little scared by how many aliens are out there who want to eat Teachers!). We then built a rocket to take our aliens back to their home planet (phew). In the afternoon we enjoyed learning about electricity and gas reactions with a Scientist. We found out that our bodies conduct electricity and if we hold hands we become a circuit. We also found out that trapped gas eventually has to be released and we used this knowledge to blast off some rockets. We have had a great day and can’t wait until next year!
Reception had a fantastic World Book Day!
Everyone made so much effort and some amazing imagination went into some of the costumes. We decorated alien biscuits, made alien headbands, face masks and designed alien underpants! We drew using a Youtube tutorial and also tried to dance like an alien. In our STEM session we looked at how our bodies create electricity and created rockets using effervescent vitamin tablets. A truly fabulous day for us all.
This morning, Year 4 took to the stage to show off all that they have learned about rocks and fossils during their ‘Rocky the Findasaur’ theme. They learned about different types of rocks and soils and how they make up the layers of the Earth. They also learned about the pioneer, Mary Anning and her incredible discovery of the ichthyosaur fossil. She led the way not just for paleontologists but for the recognition of women as scientists too.
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Well done Year 4 you did a fantastic job!
Last week the School Council and Eco Warriors worked together on a bird feeder project. We had a visit from Groundworks who talked to the children about visiting the tip, why you would go and what the children had dropped off. We then discussed how we deal with rubbish and recycling and the importance of 3 R’s – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
We learned the importance of keeping the earth happy and the damage of climate change. The teams made bird feeders from recyclable material and then we hung them around our gardens! The two groups worked so well together and were a credit to us all.
In our May The Force Be With You theme, Year 3 have been investigating which objects a magnet will attract and repel. We decided the best way to do this was to have a magnetic hunt around school! We enjoyed visiting the corridors, the sensory area and the library and used our magnets to investigate which objects will be attracted to the magnet and which will repel.
We had lots of fun!
As part of our new theme Land Ahoy, 2 Blue have enjoyed carrying out a scientific investigation this afternoon. We designed and made our own boats and tested if they would float or sink. We discovered that boats made from paper did float temporarily but after a short while, they absorbed the water and started to sink.
After reading ‘The Pebble in My Pocket’ we carried out some independent research to find out more information about volcanoes, some of the most powerful forces shaping the Earth. This inspired us to Create our own volcanoes and watch them explode!
We used plastic bottles and paper mache to create the structures then we created a simple chemical reaction so our volcanos erupted with bubbly, fizzy liquid. The vinegar reacted with the bicarbonate of soda making carbon dioxide gas form and the bubbles pushed the “lava” out the “volcano” creating a realistic explosion!
Well done 7 Blue!
