This half term we have been studying the Charanga topic ‘Make you Feel my Love.’ We have learnt about the style of song and have heard other examples of ballads as well as discussing the timbre and texture of the songs. We then learnt about the structure of the song by Adele and performed it within class. Finally, Blossoms added some instrumental sections through the use of glockenspiels; we used two notes and ensured we counted 4 beats in a bar.
In Oaks this week we finalised our Arctic animals stencils and used them to make prints. We used a variety of colours and used the same techniques as many Inuit artists.
The results look amazing!
Mr Graham
Blossoms have really thought this week about how we can connect to others with this year’s theme: ‘Let’s Connect.’ We came up with some great ideas such as smile at others, sing, give them a hug or ask if they are doing OK. For our work in class, we designed paper chains and on each paper chain, we drew anything that was special to us (such as special people, interests, food) and it really showed ways that we can be connected to others.
This week in DT the children explored different ways to make things move. They had a go at creating a lever movement mechanism and a linkages mechanism using split pins.
All of the groups worked really well together; each of the children taking it in turns to carry out different tasks.
In Blossoms, we discussed lots about how to stay safe online. We designed posters that suggested ways of staying safe online as well as things we would like to see available. This work also tied in with what we have been learning about in Computing this half term as part of our online safety topic.
This week the children were set a challenge and given a set of criteria they needed to follow.
The challenge was to create a bridge which would span across 80cm from one table to another using the following:
50 art straws
5M of masking tape
15 sheets of paper
We first designed them using what we have been learning about bridges. Then we got into small groups and voted which design to create. The children then worked together to create their bridge. After all the bridges were created we measured how many £1 coins each bride would support.
The winning bridge held…TWENTY-SIX pound coins.
Our next step will be to evaluate our designs and look at potential improvements.
The children in Willows took part in lots of activities surrounding Internet Safety Day on 7th February.
They played a ‘this or that’ game, where they had to choose between choices like; Games or Videos? Meet a famous YouTuber or be a famous YouTuber? The children were able to make their choices and then justify why they had chosen them.
Next up, they created lovely posters stating some of the things that they liked doing online as well as some of the changes that they would like to see in the online world. After this they then put their written words into spoken ones and made short videos voicing their thoughts about the internet and being online.
Finally, the children took part in a timeline activity where they had to place different technological milestones at the age at which they thought someone would first do it; such as, ‘have a video chat with a friend’ or ‘play on a games console’.
Willows had a go at making some two-tone prints in their art lesson this week.
To link with their geography topic, they carved ammonites into polystyrene tiles and then used printing rollers and paint to produce some wonderful designs!
Chestnuts visited our new sensory room in the hub today.
It was lots of fun as we played with the lights, games and sounds to explore what we could see, hear and touch.
Some children even used the microphone to sing a song!
In our Art lesson this week, Blossoms have been using white chalk on black paper to create light and dark. We used the shading techniques we had learnt to give the illusion that the paper was changing from dark to light. It was quite tricky with the chalk compared to shading pencils but Blossoms rose to the challenge!
