As part of our DT topic the children in Maples have used wood to build their own beach hut. They used a junior saw to cut the wood to the correct size, sandpaper to smooth the edges and then a glue gun to stick all of the pieces of wood together. They were all amazing and super sensible, we are very proud of them!
As part of our DT topic, the children have been using different materials to construct beach huts. They used materials such as construction tubes, magnetic squares and stickle bricks.
Have a look at what they produced!
In our DT lessons Cherries have planned a volcano using a pringles tube, craft materials, newspaper and glue. They have been constructing their volcanoes using paper mache.
13.02.23-17.03.23
We have had another busy week in Hollies. In DT we have used the design we made last week to start building our taxis. So far they look fab! In Science we have been tracking rainfall and looking at the different types of weather. In RE we looked at the Lost Coin parable and decorated our own coins. To celebrate Valentines day the children all made a valentines card to take home to their loved ones. We have also enjoyed PE with Adam, working on using our feet to move the ball.
The children in Birches have been very creative! They have been creating their own sand art and making their very own beach huts.
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.
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.
This week the children have explored the story of The Gingerbread Man. In cookery we had to pour, stir and cut the mixture to make gingerbread men, they were delicious! We also had lots of fun building bridges to help the gingerbread man cross the river. In phonics the children have been learning the new sound of ‘r’, they have practiced forming this letter and blending CVC.
This week has been Internet Safety week, we read the story of Hanni and the magic window and created our own magic window. Finlay created an excellent magic window with dinosaurs inside! We also used our problem solving skills to put an e-safety jigsaw together and looked at the different types of technology in each jigsaw piece.
We also used technology to look at different types of wheels for our DT lesson, we were all excellent at pointing to the wheels on the photographs and enjoyed using the gears afterwards to investigate how the wheels move.
23.01.23-27.01.23
The children in Hollies have had a very busy week! In Phonics we have continued to learn new phonemes/graphemes and have used them in a variety of ways. In maths we have been looking at 2D shapes, 3D shapes and directional language. Some of us have even been learning to tell the time. In Science we continued to look at the seasons, focusing on Winter. We were able to say what clothes we would wear in the winter and what we would wear in the summer. In DT we used construction materials to build our own moving vehicles. In Art we explored textures with Acorns and could describe the different textures. In Geography we looked at physical features of the UK. We have also had two lovely PE lessons with Adam, a couple of visits to the sensory room, made our own tunes during music. and sorted things into categories during Computing.
