Ancient Egypt

March 27, 2015 Mrs Spowart 3 Comments

Our last topic was on Ancient Egypt and we wanted to make canopic jars.

The Ancient Egyptians put organs in the jars after death. Each canopic jar guarded a different organ. The jar with the human head protected the liver, the jar with the head of a falcon protected the intestines, the jar with the head of a baboon protected the lungs and the jar with the head of a jackal protected the stomach.The four canopic jars were put into a special chest which went into the tomb with the mummy.

After gathering together enough jars for everyone we started making them this week. First we put paper mache on our jars and left them to dry, then we made the heads from clay and let these dry too. We then painted them all. We think we have made a fantastic job of them and we are all very proud of ourselves!

Information Handling

March 20, 2015 Mrs Spowart Leave a comment

For the last few weeks we have been doing Information Handling in Maths. We all decided on our own question to ask the rest of the class. We used tally marks to record our results and then created bar graphs from this information. We really enjoyed doing this.

Cabins

March 20, 2015 Mrs Spowart 2 Comments

We recreated cabins and engineering rooms from the Titanic. We researched what the different classes would look like and used junk modelling materials to copy the pictures we found.

DSCN1131 — Millie recreated a 3rd class cabin.

DSCN1130 — Brandon recreated an engine room.

DSCN1129 — Danny recreated the crews cabin.

DSCN1128 — Ella recreated a first class cabin with a fantastic four poster bed!

DSCN1127 — Anya and Colvin recreated a first class cabin and included a lot of detail.

Biographies

March 20, 2015 Mrs Spowart 2 Comments

This week we created Biographies for passengers and crew that travelled on the Titanic. These were fictional characters and we researched passengers names, what hobbies and jobs they might have had. We also looked at the kind of clothes they might have worn. We also thought about who they might be travelling with and what items they might have taken on the ship with them.

JRSO

March 13, 2015 Mrs Spowart 5 Comments

We had a visit from the Junior Road Safety Ofiicers. They came and played a road safety game with us and found out what we knew. They were very impressed with our knowledge! We all designed new reflective clothes that we would be happy to wear and there is going to be a prize for the best outfit.

Reading with P12

March 13, 2015 Mrs Spowart 1 Comment

P3/4/5 went to read with the boys and girls in the P1/2 class on Wednesday. We all chose a book to read to them and they read to us. We really enjoyed it and are planning on going back through next week.

Red Nose Day

March 13, 2015 Mrs Spowart 9 Comments

Titanic Posters

March 6, 2015 Mrs Spowart 7 Comments

DSCN1026 — This is Ella, Alisha, David, Magnus and James’s poster on the 2nd class passengers on the Titanic.

DSCN1025 — This is Barron, Levi, Brooke, Seth and Joann’s poster about the 1st class passengers on the Titanic.

DSCN1027 — Millie, Lucy, Ailee and Ruby created this poster about the 3rd class passengers.

DSCN1029 — Colvin, Anya, Brandon and Ashleigh found out information about the crew on the upper and public decks.

DSCN1028 — Ross, Harry, Rebekah and Kanchana found out all about the jobs the lower deck crew would have had.

DSCN1024 — All our posters displayed in our classroom.

Titanic

March 6, 2015 Mrs Spowart 6 Comments

We recreated the Titanic on the wall by being in groups and working together as a team.

DSCN0818 — Working in our groups, deciding the best plan of action!

Each group had a different part of the Titanic to work on. One group had the hull, another one did the decks and port holes, another worked on the funnels and another group turned the classroom into the sea!