Design and Technology
Fun with boxes!
We have had lots of deliveries to school which means lots of boxes and Buttercups have put them to good use! We have used the boxes and materials to make dens and have written messages all over them.
Art & Design
Boat Building at it’s finest.
Today, children experimented with different objects to see if they floated. We found out that the objects that were filled with air floated on the water and the objects that were solid with no air in them sank to the bottom. See our boats below! Don’t forget to comment Read more
Design and Technology
Jupiter’s homemade Paella!
During art week Jupiter have been looking at the country ‘Spain’. We made out own Paella and it was delicious! Well most of us thought it was…
Design and Technology
Rainforest Shelter Building
Year 5 have had a great afternoon building the rainforest shelters they have been designing. Everyone worked really well with their partner, thinking about their design features and changing them where necessary to make sure their shelter was sturdy and protective. Great work Year 5!
Design and Technology
Shelters
This half term we are designing and making our own rainforest shelters. This afternoon we have been exploring structures which may be used in the design of our shelters. We discussed and experimented with different ways of joining and combining different materials. The children came up some great ideas for Read more
Christian Values
Easter egg competition and Egg hunt!
Well done to all the children for their fantastic egg designs! It was very hard to choose but well done to Edie who was our class winner with her family tree! Today we took part in a Easter egg hunt and had lots of fun. Well done Nickore for Read more
Design and Technology
Super Smoothies!
This week in Bluebells, we have been talking about how we can keep our bodies healthy to become even stronger superheroes. We have been discussing different fruit and vegetables and how many we should eat a day. To help us eat lots of different fruit we decided to make some Read more
Design and Technology
Science experiment
This week we have linked our science to our history topic The Titanic. We had fun experimenting how boats float by making a plasticine boat: We have also had our first piece of history homework from Logan. So much effort and detail- well done:
Art & Design
African masks
As part of our Africa topic we designed then created our own African masks. We will be using these in our class assembly.
Design and Technology
Which material is the most effective in blocking light?
In Science we have been experimenting with different materials to see which block the most light effectively. We found out that a dark opaque material which doesn’t reflect much light was the most effective in blocking light. We then created a bedroom including different light sources and a variety of Read more