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This week class 3A have conducted lots of interesting investigations.

First we made our own bubble solutions and experimented with how many bubbles we could make inside a bubble.

Next we tested which type of water would make our gummy bears grow the biggest, we tested warm water, salt water and sugar water. We left our bears for 12 hours to grow and then we found out that the bears that were in warm water had grown the most. We also found a gummy bear escape scene in class, there was a trail of red gummy bears and jelly slime which led us to a gummy bear web. We had to use the tweezers to rescue the bears from the tangled web.

Then we carried out a cookie excavation! we used magnifying glasses to look closely at the cookies and think about what was inside them. We wrote our own cookie recipes then followed our recipes to bake our own chocolate chip cookies. They were very very tasty!

Next week we will begin our Christmas themed activities.

Class 4A have worked so hard this week and put a lot of effort and creativity into their work! At the start of the week they created their own rollercoasters, which would fit in well at any theme park. We put our taste buds to the test and created our own fizzy lifting drinks. Luckily we didn’t fly out of the classroom! We made some fantastic edible chocolate factories, some of them looked just like the one in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory! We have also learned a lot about the journey of the cocoa bean, and we realised that there is a lot of work that goes into making the yummy treats we can buy at the shops!

You have all done a fantastic job this week, let’s continue the good work next week!

This week in 2A we read The Gingerbread Man. We answered lots of questions about the story and even made our own versions by changing characters and the setting. In maths we used the gingerbread men to play adding and taking away games. We also counted out jellies for the gingerbread man’s buttons. In RE we made lots of things to cheer up the gingerbread man, like houses to feel cosy and boats to get him across the river safely. We even decorated our own gingerbread men and gingerbread houses – Yum!
We looked at ice in science, trying to melt it in different ways such as pouring water on it, breathing on it or even just holding it. In art some of us used different sponges to paint a giant gingerbread man, while others practised different joining techniques such as sewing.
We have all behaved amazingly so had extra choose time, making the most of our café before it leaves us on Friday, ready for new Christmas areas next week. See you then.