Space Stations

We have decided to turn our home corner into a Space Station or Mission Control! We came up with questions about space and what we’d like to learn about. We had a look at how Astronauts float in space and how they brush their teeth, sleep, wash their hair, be sick without making a mess, exercise and make sandwiches! We then drew designs of our own space stations and created them using our construction pieces and loose parts! They looked pretty fantastic! Mrs Donnelly was very impressed with our efforts.

Mearns Masters: Designers

This week we started our 3rd Mearns Masters pathway; Designers. We explored different materials and then settled on using clay to create our own models. Everyone came up with 3 ideas on paper.  Each pupil then chose one of their ideas to replicate with clay.  We had some great ideas from rainbows to tigers to cherries and robots! What a creative bunch. I am looking forward to seeing what fantastic product designs the class will come up with next week. Watch this space!

Junk Modelling Rockets

After reading the David Walliams book, “The First Hippo on the Moon,” we have been inspired to make our very own rocket models from junk materials! Thank you for all your contributions from home.

At first we used the 3D shapes we have been learning about to create freestanding rockets.

Once we gathered enough junk materials, Mrs Hamilton gave us our design brief:

Your rocket should:

  • have a pointy top
  • measure over a ruler length
  • be able to stand on its own. NO glue, NO sticky tape AND with nobody holding it!

Every group managed it with little to no adult help! Well done P1.4.

They had a blast! 🙂

 

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