Disco Fever!
We all had a fun time at the disco on Thursday evening as you can see by the photographs.
Our children definitely know how to throw some great shapes!
Investigating sound and hearing.
Our topic in Science is Sound.
Today children in Silver Birch Class carried out a set of six activities to explore different kinds of sounds.
The activities were:
* Rice Drum activity/Exploring instruments
* Three blind mice challenge
* Twanging rulers
* Tuning forks
*…
Mirror Mazes
In science, some of the year 6 pupils have been learning about how mirrors reflect light. We played mirror mazes outside and attempted to walk along a wavy line while looking only in a mirror held overhead. We found it tricky because of the reversal of left and right when looking into the mirror.…
Terrific Science
On Monday Year 5 took part in the first BBC Terrific Science investigation. It was all about finding out what type of taster we are. The children conducted the experiment and discussed their results.
On Tuesday we tuned in to the live stream from the BBC to see how our results compared to…
Learning about Judaism!
In Year 3 we have been learning about Judaism. At the start of the week we had a visit from Jeremy and he taught us all about the story of Moses and how Moses can be considered a leader. On Friday we looked at a range of Jewish items such as Mezuzahs, Seder Plates, Kippahs and…
Judaism with Jeremy
This week we invited Jeremy into our classroom to tell us all about the Jewish religion. He brought many religious items for us to look at and we were even able to wear some of them. He also taught us a Jewish song that we all stood up and sang back to him. We had a great morning learning all…
Judaism
On Monday the children took part in a workshop about Judaism. They found out about the importance of the Torah and how it is written. They had to think of rules that they thought were important.
Woodland Trust Bronze Award
Well done everyone! We have recieved the Woodland Trust Green Tree Schools Bronze Award! To achieve this we have been learning about the Woodland Trust in assemblies, planted 30 trees in our KS2 playground and recycled all of our ink cartridges. What a fantastic start! We are now aiming for the…
Gymnastics
Miss Baker was lucky enough to teach Year 4 gymnastics this afternoon. We had a wonderful lesson developing a range of jumps, large body part balances and travelling in different ways.
We created our own sequences on the floor and then developed these using equipment. It was lots of…
Light
In science, we have started to study light. We have learnt many facts such as light is an energy that travels in straight lines.
Today, we carried out an investigation to prove the law of reflection. We did really well with this and worked out that the angle of incidence and the angle of…
Hyacinth Competition
We prepared our hyacinth bulbs today.
Each table has their own bulb.
Which one will grow the fastest and tallest?
Watch this space!
Judaism in Year 4
Today Jeremy came into Year 4 and talked to the class about Judaism.
The childen learned about how religion can influence the daily lives of people.
They also learned more about a synagogue and things that they may find inside a synagogue.
Ask the children what they learned. You'll be…