We had some brilliant World Book Day costumes in year 6 and some great entries into the wooden spoon book character competition. Well done to everyone that took part. During the day, we enjoyed a ‘drop everything and read (DEAR)’ and drawing book covers of our favourite books.
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After learning what causes sound and how it travels to the ear, year 4 explored various places in the school to investigate sound levels. The girls made recordings of a PE lesson and even of themselves screaming while the boys measured whether the library was quiet enough!
Miss Sowden’s class enjoyed pancakes and spring sunshine in outdoor learning. The pancakes were delicious with either honey and lemon or jam and it was lovely to feel spring finally coming.
This week we are focusing on firefighters and were lucky enough to be invited to visit our local fire station. We were met by 3 firefighters who took us upstairs and answered lots of questions asked by the children. Firefighter Paul talked to us about their uniform and their roles in our community. Mr Lovering…
Although we are nearly a week late for Shrove Tuesday, year 5 enjoyed making and eating pancakes on the fire. We discussed how heating the batter changes it from a liquid to a solid, which isn’t what we normally expect when we heat something. We also agreed that cooking the pancake was an irreversible change…
Miss Powley’s class made the most of a wet and windy day by practising their skills on the slackline. Everyone showed resilience and respect for each other. Everyone got better and better at balancing – well done!
This week, we have been finishing off our DT. We have been making catapults using wood, card, foam, straws, PVA glue and tack pins. (Miss Sowden may also have helped us a little with a glue gun!) We had to measure the wood accurately, cut each piece carefully and then construct our catapults. We used…
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Today, we were visited by our ‘local heroes of the week’ – PC Bunce, PC Adrian and PC Mark. They talked to us about their job role and how they keep the local community safe. The children each made a fingerprint key ring to take home and tried on a range of police hats, restraints…