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2021-2022

B8 Cedar Class

7th February 2022Lee Wilkinson

In Cedar class we have loved our topic ā€˜Jurassic World’ finding out about dinosaurs, where, when and how they lived. We have completed lots of craft activities including designing our own dinosaur. We wrote our own clues to guess the dinosaur and find the matching fossils. We were Palaeontologists for a day (like Mary Anning) and discovered what kind of dinosaurs were in the eggs. We have listened to lots of stories and facts. We drew life sized dinosaurs outside in the yard and compared how big they were to ourselves. We measured our own bodies and found out who had the longest and tallest.

We have researched the continents and oceans of the world and talked about how we can be environmentalists and look after our planet, we have tried to show how the world is changing in our science experiments e.g. how the ice caps are melting and why. We are going to end our topic with a dinosaur themed afternoon with dinosaur piƱata, food and games. They have had some great ideas for the names of their party food.

B8 (Cedar),Blogs

Class B7 got creative with dinosaurs

7th February 2022Lee Wilkinson

This week class B7 have explored their creativity. They had a ā€œDinosarumpusā€ where they chose instruments to represent the sound of the dinosaurs and came together to make a lovely sound!

They wrote dinosaur poems using describing words and made a dinosaur scene where they created a movie using ā€œimotionā€ on the ipad.

They also saw some real reptiles when Animal Antics visited with the animals.

B7 (Apple),Blogs

Happy Chinese New Year from Blue Class!

4th February 2022Ashley Brodie

This week in Blue class, we’ve learned all about Chinese New Year! This year is the Year of the Tiger, so we found out lots about tigers to celebrate. Blue class learned all about animals who hide with camouflage, and made camouflaged animals to hide in the classroom!

We loved reading The Tiger who Came to Tea, learning about the story of the Chinese Zodiac animals, and had a magical surprise when the Magic Paint Brush left us a chocolate coin tree.

We made fabulous colourful masks of the zodiac animals, decorated cups in Chinese patterns, made our own teapots from clay, and prepared a feast for class dinner on Friday afternoon, featuring our very own tiger who came to tea! We all had the opportunity to try some lovely Chinese food and even use some chopsticks.

This week we also did some special work on our bodies. We found out what are the right names for parts are, which parts are private, and we listened to some catchy songs to help us remember!

Everyone in Blue class has had an exciting week full of activities, and we hope everyone has a restful, relaxing weekend.

 

A2 (Blue)

Jurassic

4th February 2022Lee Wilkinson

This week in Class 5 we have been creating mod rock landscapes and using scratch coding to tell a story set in a Jurassic Forest. We also had a class debate about whether we agreed or disagreed that humans should become herbivores, as apposed to omnivores.

A5 (Green)

Dinosaurs Take Over!

4th February 2022Sam Lawson

We’ve had a lovely start to the new year with our topic Jurassic Park!

After reading the story Tiny T Rex and The Impossible Hug (a story about a T-Rex who wants to cheer up his friend by giving him a cuddle but has to practice), the children talked about things that they would like to achieve and how they could do so. These ranged from improving their handwriting to becoming an astronaut, but all of them agreed they would have to work hard and practice! We also talked about who they would like to send a hug to and why. The children drew around each other, measured their hugs, wrote a letter and have recently posted them – keep an eye on your letter boxes!

On Wednesday, we celebrated Chinese New Year. We had a delicious stir fry which the children made, played some Chinese music and worked as a team and as leaders to choreograph our own dragon dance!

Next week, we’ll be making our own dinosaur designs and their habitats come to life. We can’t wait to show you what we’ve been up to!

A3 (Orange)

Jurassic

4th February 2022Lee Wilkinson

This week in Yellow Class, we have been looking at the habitats of dinosaurs and created our own 3D landscape using modroc and clay. We also looked at different types of dinosaurs and created our own using balloons.

A6 (Yellow)

Fantastic Islands and Dinosaur Eggs!

3rd February 2022Jennifer Tatters

Purple Class had a fantastic week last week. We studied the book, ‘Tom and the Dinosaur Egg’, and discussed how we would protect an egg if we had our own. We set sail on miniature rafts, testing materials that would float or sink, and found out whether our predictions were correct. We made some delicious dinosaur islands, made out of brownies and some realistic islands made out of Modroc.

The children are having a roarsome time learning about dinosaurs, we are looking forward to seeing what is in store next week!

 

A4 (Purple),Ashdale,Blogs,Uncategorized

Pink Class (A1) – Volcano!

3rd February 2022Erin Spencer

This week pink class have learned about different types of environments. We investigated lots of sensory trays, exploring the different textures with dinosaur swamps, forests, beaches and volcanoes.

We also had a week long project making a volcano using Modroc. Building the base with newspapers, practicing tearing, scrunching and sticking, then wetting and adding the plaster strips and finally painting. We’ll be using our volcano for an outdoor eruption on Friday morning!

A1 (Pink),Blogs

B10 Dinosaurs

28th January 2022Neil Simpson

This week in 10B, we continued on with our exciting Jurassic World topic. We investigated the eating habitsĀ of dinosaurs further, learning about herbivores and carnivores. We even made our very own dinosaur poo! Inspect closely to see if you can tell the dinosaur’s diet! We also each chose our own dinosaur to research. We are currently buildingĀ a dinosaur fact file for our chosen dinosaur.

B10 (Beech),Blogs,Blythdale

B9 Dinosaurs

28th January 2022Neil Simpson

This week B9 have been discussing the importance of a student council and having the pupil’s involvement in important school decisions.

We asked the children who wanted to be a class representative. Those interested gave a pitch to the class about why they would be best suited for the role.

The whole class then voted anonymously until the representative was elected.

We are looking forward to starting our journey with our pupil’s voice.

B9 (Willow),Blogs,Blythdale

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