We invited our parents and carers into school for our design and make element of our D.T. topic. Blossoms have been learning all about different types of architecture and they had to create piece of architecture from one of the eras they have learnt about. Amazing work Blossoms!
In English this week, Blossoms have been learning about the features of a balanced argument. Today, they used those features to have an oral debate about whether school uniform should be worn in school. The children worked in groups and were either for or against the argument. As a team, they came up with reasons for or against, supported them with evidence and then held a debate; sharing both viewpoints. Next week, we will be drafting our own written balanced arguments.
This half term in Science, we are learning all about the properties of materials. This week, we have been investigating which materials are soluble in water. This means that they dissolve and create a solution. We tested six different materials and were surprised by some of our results. For example, the tea leaves did not dissolve and we expected them too. We discussed this and thought that maybe the water needed to be hot for this to happen. We also found that some of our group’s sugar and water did not dissolve fully even though sugar is a solute. We decided that this was because there wasn’t enough water for the amount of substance and showed the importance of a fair test as different groups used different amounts of water and material. Excellent scientific enquiry Blossoms!
As part of our Science work, Blossoms took part in an online workshop called Chemistry 4 Change. They had the opportunity to speak with two real life Scientists who talked about their jobs within Chemistry and found out things like how long they’d been in their jobs for, how they trained for their jobs and what caused them to want to be Scientists. The children then had to think about world environmental issues that can be impacted by Science and how they can be changed/prevented (for example, reducing the amount of plastic in the ocean or climate change). Blossoms had to draw themselves as Chemists along with the environmental issue they were trying to solve. Great work everyone!
In Art this week, Blossoms have been learning about traditional techniques that use paper. We have been practising quilling where you need to cut paper into strips, coil it and then glue it down into a pattern. We have also been working on paper folding (origami) and for this we used paper squares and folded them into butterflies. Super work Blossoms!
Blossoms had a fantastic time creating some masterpieces for our whole school ‘smelly egg’ competition. The children had some wonderful, carefully thought out ideas and brought them to life through using paste eggs, polystyrene eggs and a collection of resources. As well as some super designs from Pokémon to an Arsenal player, every member of Blossoms worked extremely well as a team and shared the resources as well as helping each other out with their designs. Well done Blossoms – it was extremely difficult for Helen to choose a winner!
Blossoms had a fantastic time celebrating World Maths Day. We linked Maths with English by solving Maths puzzles involving Roald Dahl characters and then we created some of our own. In Maths, we budgeted the price of different items by working out which chores we’d need to do for a specific cost to be able to buy the items. This is an excellent real life skill. Finally, we completed some Art through Maths by using our measuring skills to create Celtic knots and Curves of Pursuit. Excellent enthusiasm and resilience from all of Blossoms. Well done!
Blossoms had a great time for British Science Week investigating our fingerprints and types that we have. We first tried taking the prints with flour but these were not very clear so we then tried graphite pencils and they were much easier to see. Next, we used magnifying glasses to see if we could decide on our fingerprint types from arch, whorl or loop. We discovered that our fingerprints didn’t always follow the same type even if they were from the same hand and that none of the class had identical prints. Finally, Blossoms connected their learning with occupations that may use this technique such as Forensic Scientists. Super investigating Blossoms!
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.
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.
