This week it’s ‘Hour of Code’ week and Maple have been putting their coding skills into practice. We began by watching a video about coding – some children were surprised to learn that it isn’t just computers that have coded programmes but items such as washing machines, microwaves and cars too! They were equally as surprised when told that as part of our coding lesson we were going to play Minecraft! Have a look at Read more
We worked with a partner to act out a different plot point for our class story. We didn’t use our voices just our body! The rest of the class had to then guess which plot point we acted out. Next we created a narrative journey and plotted how the main character was feeling at the 7 different plot points. Then we talked about why we thought the character would have these different feelings at Read more
For Heart Smart we talked about how we are all important and unique. We then used positive adjectives to describe ourselves and completed an acrostic poem for our names using words that describe us.
For RE today we looked at Islamic art and how it is used to decorate everything from clothing to mosques. We then went outside to write some special words that are important to us. We used colourful chalk to write our important word then used patterns to decorate it. We had so much fun and our designs looked amazing.
This week we have learnt about Jonah and the Whale. We listened to the story and then part way through discussed how Jonah might’ve felt, along with how God might’ve felt. It was interesting to hear some of the opinions within our class.
This afternoon we have been learning about the pitch in music. We have listened to different songs and used our hands to show whether it is a high or low pitch. We have then been very busy using a range of musical instruments. We have been singing different songs and trying to play our musical instrument to the beat. We really enjoy our music lessons with Miss Taylor. We hope you can join us on Read more
This week in Snowdrops we have been reading ‘The Gruffalo’ and ‘The Gruffalo’s Child’. We have compared the two stories and discussed how they are similar and different. Today we had a special treat and made gruffalo biscuits. We used melted chocolate for his fur, orange smarties for his orange eyes, a green jelly bean for the wart on his nose and marshmallows for his mouth. They were delicious!
We have been reading the story of ‘The Gruffalo’ in Bluebells this week. Miss Longmire gave us some biscuits and we had to create our own Gruffalo. We had orange smarties for the eyes, green jelly beans for the wart at the end of his nose, purple sprinkles for the prickles on his back and white marshmallows for his teeth. Miss Robinson melted some chocolate and we used a spoon to spread it on our Read more
This afternoon, year 5 researched craters on Earth and on the Moon and compared how they were different. We then discovered how they were formed. We then designed and conducted an investigation to find out how to create the biggest craters. We thought about how to control variables to ensure it was a fair test. We then experimented by dropping different weights into a tray of flour. We then worked in teams to present our Read more
Hawthorn enjoyed a lesson of discovering on Friday afternoon. We went outside for our Geography lesson. We worked with a partner to read the information on mountains which helped us to answer lots of questions.