Monthly Archives: February 2020
Celebrating 100 days of a school 💯
We had a fantastic time celebrating our 100th day at school. First, our classroom had 100 balloons to play with as a surprise after assembly time. Then, we did lots of number jobs thinking about the number 100! We found it on our big 100 square and spoke about it being different because it had 3 digits! None of the other numbers on the square do so 100 is special. It is made up of 10 groups of 10 and we made this using our numicon and our big number beads! We then wondered what 100 would look like if we counted out lots of different things. We found that 100 can look very different but it can still be 100! We also went on a 100 step journey and painted a picture with 100 dots! Later, with the help of our p7 buddies we read 100 books, made ourselves lovely ‘when I am 100’ collages and wrote about what we hoped to do by the time we are 100 years old using the photos our teacher made for us on a special app. We looked funny and a little wrinkly! You can see some of this work in the photo collages below. We also wore real lady or man fancy scarves or ties to attend a little tea party where there was some food and music to dance too. We had a great day!
Learning about Water 💦
In science we have been learning all about water. We learned that planet earth is mostly made of water and that water goes around and around all of the time… it is very important for us and everything else on Earth! We spoke about how we use water and how it can change from a liquid, like the water we drink to a solid and even a gas. We experimented with water and how to change it by the processes of freezing, melting and boiling. We especially enjoyed working in small groups to see if we could melt big chunks of ice and find the secret surprises hidden inside. We used a range of things such as salt and sand and also sticks, stones and magnifying glasses to look closely at the ice. Here we are taking part in this fun experiment…
Next we want to try to make dirty water clean again!
Goodbye!
We said goodbye to our lovely teaching student Miss Somerville last week. She helped us to learn about adding, shape, the sky and materials! We had lots of fun and wish Miss Somerville well as she progresses into the next part of her journey towards becoming a teacher. We enjoyed making her this lovely box with hearts we designed ourselves and her name on the top!
3D shapes all around us!
As part of our homework we were looking for 3D shapes that we could bring into school to show our peers and see if they could guess what shape we had found. Well done to Harry, Georgia, Amelia and Tom P who found these fab shapes and spoke to the class about them. The shapes included cylinders, cuboids, spheres and a cube!
Fitness circuits to get our hearts beating ❤️
We are doing so well moving our bodies in a range of ways in lots of fitness stations. We even managed to get around the whole 6 stations two times! We noticed that our hearts beat faster and more strong, our breathing is quicker, our faces get redder and our skin and hair feel hotter after exercising!
Checking our understanding of materials
After spending time doing lots of active learning about materials, their types and properties, we used the computers to play a game all by ourselves to show how much we had learned. We had to use our click and drag ICT skills to put the materials into the correct category before getting the computer to check how well we did. Look at our fab certificates!
Writing our own sentences
In the Green literacy group we have been trying hard to put our own sentence ideas into writing, remembering to use our core writing skills. It is tricky to remember a capital letter, a full stop, to use the correct sounds, to put the words in the correct order, to use finger spaces, put the writing on the line and use best writing 🤔
