This week we have been learning about a famous explorer called Sir Ernest Shakleton in our IDL topic.
We have also been learning about Article 24 of the UN Conventions of the Rights of the Child with a specific focus on the ‘right to clean water’. We learned that not every child in the world has access to clean water like we do and that we should support charities that try to helper poorer countries get access to clean water. We took part in a quiz about this, using the interactive pods.
We also had our first swimming lesson which was great fun. We were all learning different things.
‘We were learning the front crawl.’ Toby
‘In my group we were learning about the streamline move’ Emilie
‘Our teacher showed us how to breathe under water.’ Aisha
We also had an early break because of the swimming which meant that we got the playground all to ourselves. Yipee!
‘We had great fun pushing Mrs Andrews on the nest swing.’ Rebecca
In Science we are about to start a new topic about ‘sound’. We discussed what we already know, what we would like to know and how we will find this out. We also went outside and took notes on every single sound that we could hear.
What would I like to know?
How can things make sounds? –William
What is a sonic boom? – Alex
How far can sound travel? – Toby
How does sound travel? – Rebekah
How can we hear? – Heather
How do our ears work? – Ewan
Why do we have earwax? – Ryan
How do sonic booms happen? –Matilda
How is sound made? – Atiya
If you don’t have ears, can you still hear? – Heather
How will we find this out?
Use internet search engines. – Waniya
Read Science Books – Waniya
Carry out experiments. – Atiya
Ask people. – Aaron
Share what we already know with each other. – Heather
