The Vikings

We are thoroughly enjoying our Vikings topic this term. To begin with we didnโ€™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 donโ€™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.ย  We worked together to create a huge Viking longship for our class display and love how this turned out! ๐Ÿ›ถ๐Ÿ›ก

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.ย ๐Ÿ”‹โšก๏ธ๐Ÿ’ก๐Ÿ”Œ

Burns Day

On Wednesday we celebrated Burns Day. Five years after Robert Burns died, a group of his friends got together to remember him and his poetry. The tradition became established and now, every year on his birthday, 25th January, Scots all round the world celebrate Burns Night with a Burns Supper.

We had a Burns themed morning in class where we took part in all things Robert Burns.

Activity 1: We read the story of Robert Burns and his life. Our task was to sequence the story by cutting out each sentence and putting it in the correct order.

Activity 2: We followed step by step instructions to draw a portrait of Robert Burns.

Activity 3: We used the chrome books to research a typical Burns supper menu and created our own.

Activity 4: We translated Scots words to English.

We listened to Auld Lang Syne and enjoyed singing along. ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐Ÿง†๐ŸŽถ

Christmas fun

The month of December has been busy with lots of fun winter and Christmas themed lessons including art, writing and numeracy. We made Christmas crafts to sell at our Christmas fair, rehearsed for our Christmas concert and service but the most fun was our Christmas party. We wore our party clothes to school, played games including musical arms and the Mars bar game and took photos using selfie props. We also danced and had snacks whilst watching a movie with our friends. Wishing all of our friends and family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ„๐Ÿ’–

Christmas concert

Over the last couple of weeks we have been busy rehearsing for our Christmas concert. This year the theme for our school concert was Christmas movies, we chose the movie Elf. We loved singing and performing to all of our families and friends and hope you enjoyed watching too. Check our our โ€˜elfie below๐Ÿ“ธ๐ŸŽ„

Stem challenges

This week we worked in groups to complete different STEM challenges. We discussed the importance of team work, communication, problem solving and creativity before completing each activity.

Challenge 1: What is the strongest boat you can make using kitchen foil and no other materials? We enjoyed testing how many marbles our boats could hold before they sank. โ›ต๏ธ

Challenge 2: Using a water dropper, how many drops of water can you fit on different coins? ๐Ÿช™

Challenge 3: What is the tallest tower you can make with one pack of cards? ๐Ÿƒโ™ฃ๏ธ This was definitely the most challenging of them all!

Challenge 4: How long can you make a paper chain using only one sheet of paper, scissors and glue? ๐Ÿ“„๐Ÿ–‡

Bone bridge stem challenge

We worked in pairs to complete a Halloween STEM challenge. Our challenge was to use the resources provided to make a bone bridge that was strong enough to carry a spider (a toy spider of course!)

We used straws, lollipop sticks, string, pipe cleaners, cotton buds and sellotape.ย First we designed and drew a picture of our bridge on paper. Next we used the materials to build our bridge. This was challenging!

After that we presented our bone bridge to the class and tested the strength of each one. Check out some pictures from our stem challenge below. ๐Ÿ•ท๐ŸŒ‰

Lung models

As part of our human body topic, we learned about the lungs and the respiratory system; the group of organs and body tissues associated with breathing. We took part in different types of exercise to see the effect this would have on our breathing.

Next we made a model of the lungs using a plastic bottle and balloons.

The balloon at the bottom works like your diaphragmโ€”a strong muscle that expands and contracts to cause your lungs to fill with air and then empty out again. The movement of the balloon matches your breathing โ€“ when you breathe in, your lungs fill with air just like the balloon inside the bottle did. Thatโ€™s because the diaphragm expanded making room for air inside the lung. When you breathe out, your diaphragm contracts (or squeezes in) pushing all the air out of your lungs. ๐ŸŽˆ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ

Rainforest topic

As part of our rainforest topic we wanted to learn more about the animals found in the rainforest. We explored what animals are found in each layer and chose to focus on six of them; jaguar, potoo, scarlet macaw, sloth, red eyed tree frog and the emerald tree boa. We used the internet and books to research information about each animal, their diet, habitat, appearance, character and fun facts. We organised and presented all of this information in a colourful fact file using headings, subheadings, text boxes, bullet points and pictures.

We also wrote acrostic poems describing the rainforest. Zoom into our completed rainforest wall display to have a read at some of our poems and to look at our triaramas.ย  (ARTICLE 28)

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