Owl Babies by Martin Waddell

Class CH have been Artists during our Starry Night Topic. We read the story of Owl Babies and then created these fantastic pictures using paints and collage techniques.

 

What a journey in Class LH!

As writers, some children in Class LH have been working with Mrs Rolfe on extending sentences, adding exciting vocabulary and using conjunctions to form accurate sentences.  The children are working hard on joining their handwriting using the cursive style too. 

Below are a few snap shots and snippets of some of their independent writing based on the book “The Journey” by Aaron Becker. 

                          

Scientist of the Week!

Congratulations and well done to our new SRH Scientist of the Week for correctly answering the question – “Why do some people get freckles when it’s sunny?”

The answer to the question is freckles are circular versions of a suntan and are called ephelis. If you are prone to freckles, melanin will be produced in the pigment cells of your skin. This is a protective mechanism to act as a natural ‘sunblock’ layer to prevent damage from harmful rays.

This week’s question is “Why don’t penguins’ feet freeze?”

Construction crazy Nursery!

Last week in Nursery we enjoyed having our parents visit for a Stay and Play, as well as sharing a story about keeping safe on line for Internet Safety Day, fitting in with activities across the whole school. 

The children have been really relishing all types of construction over the last few weeks, be it large scale building obstacle courses or small scale using the sticklebricks, duplo and mobilo. This week we also got some more technical construction resources out and the children learned how to use the nuts and bolts to join the pieces. 

     

We also enjoyed burning off some energy on the big playground together! Lots of fun learning about how to move about at speed while changing direction and avoiding obstacles (each other!) and also playing What's the time Mr Wolf? to practise our counting and reciting numbers.

A lovely end to the half term! 

Scientist of the Week

Congratulations and well done to our new SRH Scientist of the Week for correctly answering the question – “Do astronauts grow in space?”

The answer to the question is actually yes and no. In space, there is no gravity pulling you down to the surface. Therefore, the gaps between the vertebrae in the spine begin to expand and astronauts get slightly taller. This is not permanent as gravity squashes them back down when they return to Earth.

This week’s question is “Why do some people get freckles when its sunny?”

What a busy week in Class LH!

As scientists, we completed a STEM challenge, Float or Sink.  We made predictions about certain objects whether they would float or sink before finding out. We also explored whether a flat shape would be different to a rolled up ball shape. We used washing up liquid too to experiment with a cotton wool tip and the tip floated to start with but then the end with the washing up liquid sank.  We talked about density and the water surface.

As theologians, we learnt about some of the 33 parables in the bible. We role played Good Samaritan and the lost sheep.  We talked about the Prodigal Son.  We then looked at four other parables and in groups we shared the story and then decided which items we would put into  a parable box for each of these stories; Forgiveness, Come to the Party, The Two Houses and 'Sowing and Growing'. 

We have been inspired by the painting of John Freeman who painted some really abstract images of the parables and have created our own pictures about the parables.

As designers we have investigated where different fruit comes from and how the sailors and pirates would have used these fruits to help keep healthy on their long journey across the oceans. We then tried a variety of fruits and chose our own fruits to design our own kebabs.  After this we evaluated them and decided what we would do differently next time we made them.  Many thought strawberries would be good to use to add a bit of colour.

As musicians we have been learning about composition and using a graphic score to identify different sounds with different instruments.

Art Club

As promised, these are some of the final pieces that the artists in art club have completed this term. Miss Turner and Mrs Sears are very proud of everything they have achieved. The original pieces are soon to be displayed in the school. Keep a look out!

Healthy Salsa time!

Last week, as food technicians, MS and MB made Mexican Salsa as part of our 'Hola Mexico' topic. The children were taught how to hold a knife correctly to chop tomatoes and spring onions. They then used scissors to cut the coriander. Once the salsa was made, all the children had an opportunity to taste it on a wrap. Most of the children liked the taste and said they would like to make it again!