This week in B10, we continued our investigation about the Prehistoric world. We learned all about the life of fossil hunter; Mary Anning, and how her contributions to the study of dinosaurs were almost forgotten about, due to the fact she was a woman! Thankfully today we know about her huge contributions in the study of dinosaurs. We also made our own dinosaur calzone pizzas. We also finished the week by writing our very own information report all about dinosaurs. Make sure to have a look at what we have read on our Assessment for Learning platform.
This week in B12 we had our first class trip out! We visited The Angel of the North in the morning and stopped off at Saltwell Park for dinner in the afternoon. We played in the park, had an ice cream with all the sauces and a flake, and saw millions of squirrels!
In Cedar class we have loved our topic ‘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 piñata, food and games. They have had some great ideas for the names of their party food.
This week class B7 have explored their creativity. They had a “Dinosarumpus” 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 “imotion” on the ipad.
They also saw some real reptiles when Animal Antics visited with the animals.
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!
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!
This week in 10B, we continued on with our exciting Jurassic World topic. We investigated the eating habits 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 building a dinosaur fact file for our chosen dinosaur.
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.
Class 11B have explored a range of different poems and written their own poem about an imaginary pet dinosaur. Children have used dictionaries to check spellings and alternative adjectives to describe their pet dinosaurs. Children of 11B have worked with a range of mixed media to create a film set which they then used to film their very own mini Jurassic movie. Children have explored weight, height and recorded data to produce bar charts.
The painters from Bagnells have been busy painting the outside of the Train this week. They are working very hard in the cold weather. Thank you.
On Friday Ian Levy MP visited school to have a look inside the train and support the school with ideas of how to help raise funds for our STEM carriage. I think Ian enjoyed having a go at driving the train.
