The Twits

Last term our class novel was The Twits. For those of you who don’t know, The Twits is written by Roald Dahl and features Mr. and Mrs. Twit, a spiteful, lazy unkempt couple who continuously play nasty jokes on each other to amuse themselves, and exercise their wickedness on their monkeys.

We absolutely loved reading the novel and enjoyed using jam boards at the end of each lesson to record our predictions for the following week. We were always very eager to read on to find out what was going to happen as the story developed and enjoyed leaving the story on a cliff hanger each week.

We used Literacy, ICT, Drama and Art and Design to link our learning with the Twits. We wrote poems, instructions, comic strips, menus and more. We used materials to recreate Mr Twit’s disgusting beard and we used our drama skills to reenact parts of the story. At the end of the novel we worked in teams to complete a Twits quiz. Each team scored very highly.

We are looking forward to reading another Roald Dahl novel this term. 📚❤️

Germination

Our science topic this term is germination. Just like humans, plants need certain things to grow and survive. We have been learning about plant growth and survival, parts of a plant, methods of seed dispersal and how plants make their own food through a process called photosynthesis. We decided to plant and grow our own plants. We used soil, seeds, biodegradable pots and water and have enjoyed watching their growth and progress in class. Keep an eye on our blog for an updated photo of our class planters. 💐🍃🪴

Virtual Reality Headsets

This term we worked hard as a class to fill up our Pom Pom jar. For our reward we chose to have virtual reality afternoon using our school VR headsets.

In VR, you can see all sorts of different places, real or imagined. The headsets let you explore imaginary worlds or places you might not be able to get to, such as tourist destinations.

Some of the places we visited included the Amazon Rainforest, Paris, London, the Great Pyramid of Giza, the ocean, the Golden Gate Bridge and the Maldives! We went up the Eiffel Tower, went on a safari trip where we met lions, elephants and monkeys, went inside an Egyptian tomb, swam with turtles and sharks in the ocean and more.

It was a real treat🐒🌊🐬🌉

Animations

In ICT we were keen to learn about animation. Animation is when drawings and objects look like they are moving. We used a website called Sketch to practise animating our own characters. First we drew a picture of our character and coloured it in.  Next we took a picture of our drawing and uploaded it to the website. We followed the steps on the website to make sure our character drawing met the requirements for the animation to work. We loved playing around on the website using the animation tool to bring our characters to life! 👾💻

World Book Day

At the start of the month we celebrated World Book Day. World Book Day is a registered charity on a mission to give every child and young person a book of their own. It’s also a celebration of authors, illustrators, books and (most importantly) it’s a celebration of reading.

We spent our day doing a range of reading activities and throughly enjoyed it.

We took part in a quiz where we had to identify books based on a section of their front covers. Bonus points were given if we knew the author of the books.

We completed a booklet all about our favourite book in which we wrote diary entries, author interviews, summaries, character profiles, word searches and more.

We enjoyed taking part in a Where’s Wally scavenger hunt in our school corridors.

We worked in pairs and used drama skills to perform a scene from a book which the rest of the class had to guess.

We also enjoyed choosing a story to be read by another teacher in the school. 📚📖🎉

XA Factor

A huge well done to Isla and Georgia who took part in the school talent show, the XA factor, on Friday last week. They wore beautiful matching outfits to perform their highland dance which they did with great confidence. The audience and judges were very impressed! 👯‍♂️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

ICT

In ICT we have been learning to use different tools on Microsoft Word. Last week we learned how to use the shape tool to insert shapes and change their size, colour and position. We used this tool to create pictures of Viking homes and longships as part of our Vikings topic.

The Vikings

We are thoroughly enjoying our Vikings topic this term. To begin with we didn’t have much previous knowledge about the vikings but over the course of the last few weeks we have enjoyed learning lots of interesting information.

For those of you who don’t know, the Vikings were people who lived in Northern Europe during the Middle Ages. They originally settled in the Scandinavian lands that are today the countries of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. Vikings were also known as the Norsemen. Norsemen means ‘people from the North’ They were great travellers and sailed to other parts of Europe, where they traded, raided, and often settled.

The Vikings made longships for exploration and raiding. Longships were long, narrow boats designed for speed. We followed step by step instructions on how to draw longships. We used pastels and pens to colour our boats, sea and sky.  We worked together to create a huge Viking longship for our class display and love how this turned out! 🛶🛡

Electricity

Our science topic this term is Electricity. We discussed the dangers of using electricity and ways in which we can stay safe when using it at home or at school. We designed posters to be displayed in the school infants corridor as we felt that the younger pupils in the school might not be as aware of the dangers as we are.

We have also been learning to combine components to make an electrical circuit. We learned what symbols represent each component in a circuit and used these to draw a circuit for a torch. After learning how to draw a circuit, we practised making one. We used wires, batteries, bulbs, buzzers, motors and switches. We enjoyed working in groups to combine our circuits and make even bigger ones. It is important to remember that if there is a break in the circuit, it will not carry the electricity through. 🔋⚡️💡🔌

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