Some days, we build the most amazing things with Lego. Today, a Lego village appeared on the floor! There was lots of discussion about all the different parts of the village.
Author: Mrs Arbuckle
Party! Party!
Our Christmas Party was a big success today. We played lots of games and ate our snacks. We played the corners games, musical statues, musical hops, pass the sprout and we had lots of great dancers! It was quite exhausting!
Designing Stamps for Thank You Cards
We learned about how Rowland Hill was the first person to invent and design stamps. Pigeons used to carry messages and later they were taken by mail coach, pulled by horses.
We used vege gelatine and mixed it with water and then painted it on paper. Mrs. Arbuckle cut the stamps out and we designed them.
We then wrote thank you cards to our families to thank them for the things that they do for us. We stuck our stamps on the envelopes.
Mathematician Of The Day
We learned about Katherine Johnson, who worked for NASA. She was a mathematician who devolved a calculation that enabled Apollo 11 to orbit the earth and land on the moon. This was made even more difficult for her as she was a black woman. She was amazing.
We made our rockets and modified the straws to enable them to fly. It was quite tricky. We took them outside to test them.
Tree Decorations
We hope you liked our tree decorations. Mrs Arbuckle bought us the wood and we decorated it . We enjoyed designing them.
Jack And The Beanstalk Panto
We all wore our Christmas jumpers and broughtalong our snacks for our panto today. We booed the baddie and joined in the fun. (Oh yes we did!) We had an interval and ate our snacks and then shuffled about before we settled down to the second half of the performance.
STEM Coding Panto
We watched a coding panto about Goldilocks and how to ensure that she used the correct algorithm for the robot to make the right porridge. We were able to shout out and we also decided what she had to do. It was good fun!
Santa Selfies
We read the story “Santa Selfie” about what happened when Santa went on holiday. He was mobbed by people who wanted a selfie taken with him! We got our own selfies taken with Santa!
Merry Christmas from 2.6!
Since we can’t exchange Christmas cards this year, we have made a class card for everyone. We hope you like it. : ) It has also been posted on Google Classroom. (Click on the link below t see it. )
The Unexpected – Child Led Learning
Sometimes lessons appear out of nowhere. The children lead the learning and Mrs Arbuckle thinks of a good lesson to allow us to understand about something new.
Last week, one child brought in a piece of lava rock. We looked at it under the digital microscope. This led to discussions about volcanoes (live and extinct) and why they erupt. Mrs Arbuckle made a chemical reaction bicarbonate soda, Fairy Liquid (it adds to the effect) and vinegar. As the vinegar reacts with the bicarb, it causes a reaction and it all pour up and out like a volcano. It didn’t smell too good, though- just like real volcanoes. We watched clips of volcanoes erupting and watched how the lava travels at great speed.
