Day 1 is going well!

The children have really enjoyed the activities and have learned lots!

Today we tested our parachutes that we made last week. The size of each parachute varied but everything else was kept the same. We wanted to know how air resistance would work on each parachute and whether size mattered.

We thought the bigger parachutes would be slower as there was more air resistance working on the surface area and we thought the tiny parachutes would go fast.

We found that the tiny parachutes were faster because there was less air resistance. However we found that the bigger parachutes didn’t open the same as the others and therefore the surface area was smaller and that made it not fall as slowly. The best parachutes were the middle range because they opened up and allowed for the air resistance to act.

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Here are our spelling lists this week, focussing on the short e sound.

We are enjoying the novel ‘Max and the Millions’ and we used a thesaurus to find different words for small. As part of 2D and 3D shape in maths we made a cuboid from a net and are designing our own miniature castles like the one Max made. Photos to follow!

One of the famous artists we know is Charles Rennie  Mackintosh and we drew and coloured a rose in his iconic style.

Another busy week for P2/3.

We made paper chain dragons and it feels like we are in China in our classroom!

We observed, touched and smelled real dragon fruit. Then we did observational drawings and colour studies of the dragon fruits. We were amazed by them. They looked like they were from Outer Space. inside the runny juice looked like beetroot juice!

The fun part was tasting the dragon fruit and getting it all over our faces. It looked really funny when we looked at each other. We looked like clowns!

We also made a graph of our eye colours.

This week we have been very busy…

• We learned about place value and 2D shapes. We made shape pictures and described these using their properties. Our partners had to draw these on their IPads and see if they had followed the instructions correctly.
• We also learned about the Paralympic games and have made a poster with key features about these. We now know that the Paralympic was established in 1948 and now it features athletes from all around the world.
• Today we learned about Pablo Picasso and Cubism. Cubism is a form of art where the an object or person is painted from different angles on one picture. Did you know that Picasso’s most expensive painting was over £150 million?!
• In science we have been talking about friction which is when two surfaces rub together to create a force. We tested cars on different materials to talk about the impact of friction and also air resistance as we made parachutes.
• We started our Skipper lessons and designed boats for our wall display.

What was your favourite thing and why?

We have been super busy this week. Below are some of the things we enjoyed.

-We completed our boat designs to add to Skipper’s river.

-We completed our individual jigsaw piece to add to the class puzzle. Look out for a picture of this soon.

-We completed graffiti art to add to back of our i-pad cases.

-We have revised 2d shapes and some of their properties.

-We learned about parrallel and perpendicular lines. We learned to spot these in real life.

-We started running club after school. This is on Thursday’s at 3:30. Those who went really enjoyed it.

-We learned about friction and air resisitance. We are going to finish experiments next week.

Comment with your thoughts about the following questions below.

-What are you most proud of this week?

-What are you looking forward to learning more about?

This week’s highlights:

• Reading more of the Novel ‘Wonder’ – starting to understand things from his sister’s point of view
• Learning about Angles – how to measure them, how to draw them accurately, how to calculate angles when you know part of a straight line or whole turn and about vertically opposite angles
• Revising rules for Rounding numbers
• Exploring Volume, Mass, Density and Buoyancy in Science
• Improving our understanding of how to write a really great Description and using it to write about either a Spooky House or a New York Skyscraper scene
• Taking part in some Prefect Training to learn some new playground games with all the P7s.

Time for Reflection:

1. When were you at you best this week?
2. Why do you think that was?
3. What one thing do you feel you could work on next week?

We have had another busy week in Primary 7B. We have continued with our Novel Study and the class have enjoyed researching different landmarks for our artwork .

In maths, we have been rounding numbers and looking at place value.

We have started engaging with Descriptive writing texts and have been looking at adjectives to help us with this. In spelling we have been revising the short e sound.

We have been learning about forces in science and had to investigate friction within our classroom. The children were challenged to design an experiment which would test the distance and speed of vehicles on different surfaces around the room. One of the main considerations was how to ensure they were carrying out a fair test.

Post your comments below

1.What was your highlight of the week and why?

2. What did you find most challenging and how did you overcome any of these challenges?

3. What are you most looking forward to next week?

In our class novel, Max and the Millions, Max makes a tiny model castle. We used 3D shapes to create our own models and even added extra features like flags, crenellations  and draw bridges.

This week the Primary 7s got together to talk about their role as Prefects at Kingsland and had the opportunity to try out some playground games that they may use when helping out in the playground.

It was lovely to see the children working together in groups and consider the challenges they might face in different roles. Well done everyone!