There was great excitement this morning when we received some post from America. Last term, we decided to write letters to an astronaut as part of our Space topic. Today, we received our first response! There was a signed photo and lots of information about being an astronaut. Thank you, NASA!
We had such a busy day selling all our products as part of our Enterprise project. After taking away all of our initial costs, we made a grand total of £361.36! We are already planning an exciting end of term treat and considering some charities we might like to donate to. Thank you again for supporting us in this venture!
Some more photos of our fantastic trip to Mousa
What a fantastic day we’ve had at Mousa! We had a walk around the island before stopping along the broch. We enjoyed exploring the broch and some of us were brave enough to clamber all the way to the top. On the way back, we had a fantastic tour along the shore and heard lots of stories from Shetland’s past. We’d like to thank the crew of the Mousa boat for taking us to and from the island and sharing your stories and vast amount of knowledge with us. A great way to bring our learning to life.
Yesterday, we started a new topic of fractions during our Maths lesson. We moved around the classroom completing practical activities to share what we know about fractions already. Fraction Connect 4 was certainly a big favourite!
Last week, we started our topic looking at Shetland through history. We started with looking at the Stone Age and what this looked like in Shetland. We really enjoyed trying to dye cloth using natural materials just like they would have done during this time. It was definitely a messy but fun afternoon!
Best of luck to our Euroquiz team tomorrow as they embark on the Shetland heat. They have worked really hard and we are sure they will do the school proud.
Over the last few weeks, we have been looking at healthy eating. As part of this learning, we have looked at why handwashing is key to keeping healthy. We looked into this by investigating the rate of mold growth on bread which was not touched (control), touched with dirty hands and touched with washed hands. We were quite surprised with some of the growth on the clean hands bread which made us think of our own handwashing techniques! Take a look at our results.
In class, we have been looking at different forces. This week we have been looking at how air resistance impacts how objects move. We created parachutes for a Lego character and investigated how effective different shapes were at creating more air resistance. We had a lot of fun testing them out! 
