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As part of our Amazing America topic Blueberries and Plums visited the Ice Bar in Newcastle to see lots of New York themed sculptures. There was iconic statues, sports teams and famous shops! A very cold morning but we all warmed up with a hot chocolate afterwards.
As part of our Changing Materials topic in science, Sycamores experimented by adding vinegar to milk. A chemical reaction occurred and produced a new material called resin. We shaped it and after a few days it went hard like plastic.
A few weeks ago, Sycamores visited Jarrow School to allow us to have a taster day in preparation for Year 7 when we transition to secondary school.
We had a great day experiencing typical lessons including: maths, music, English and science. In science, we dressed up as scientists and carried out an experiment to make rainbows in a test tube.
In DT, Sycamores tasted chocolates already available on the market to buy; then we designed our own; before having great fun with lots of ingredients to make them. Afterwards, we ate them. They were delicious!
During March, we celebrated World Book Day by dressing up as our favourite book characters. We also listened to stories and read to each other. We had a fantastic day!
The children in Lemons have thoroughly enjoyed World Book Day. We went in search of different characters from traditional tales.
We also enjoyed sharing different books with our friends from Plums.
We invited parents and carers into class to listen to our favourite stories, and to share some books together. We read ‘The Smeds and the Smoos’ by Julia Donaldson, and ‘Little Rabbit Foo Foo’ by Michael Rosen, two of our favourite stories!
Everyone had fun, and the adults were really impressed with the children’s enthusiasm and love of reading. We are going to follow this up with a visit to Hebburn Central library in a few weeks time, with parents and carers also invited.
Tomorrow is Safety Internet Day and the theme is ‘exploring identity online’. This week across school we will be encouraging the children to explore how they manage their online identity, and how the internet shapes how they think of themselves and others. Safer Internet Day 2020 is all about celebrating difference and creating an inclusive internet. All children will receive a digital parenting magazine which has some useful information about maintaining a digital-life balance, sleeping vs scrolling and parental controls.
This week in Acorns we had a homework task to make a list of some of our favourite foods. We then shared these in class and compared them to foods from other countries. We explored a book all about Mexico, and learned some Spanish greetings. We also tried some Mexican themed foods and then wrote about which ones we liked and didn’t like, using some describing words. It’s been fun learning about other countries and their cultures and traditions, and comparing them to our own lives!
On Friday 24th January Blueberries went on a visit to The Word in South Shields to visit the space exhibition. We had lots of fun learning all about the planets, what it is like to live in space and old and new films about space!
Here we are being astronauts!
