Introducing FROZEN FLAVOURS- Our summer enterprise

19th May 2023S Graham

This week we began planning our summer enterprise. From Monday we will be selling delicious ice lollies outside of Oaks classroom at breaktimes (Monday-Thursday) to raise funds for rewards and to provide some equipment for our school.

We have started writing an advertising campaign and are in the process of recording some examples to advertise online, on dojo and in/around the school.

Here is a sample of all of our hard work,  written by Jake in Oaks:

 

Introducing our new, fantastic summer enterprise: Frozen Flavours! Are you hot and bothered on a summer’s day? Do you crave a flavourful, refreshing treat at break time? If so, Frozen Flavours is here to help! Boring break times will be a thing of the past! We guarantee we will put a big grin on your face. Hello summer!

Imagine this, you’re enjoying a refreshing, mouth-watering frozen treat on a sweltering summer day. Every week, we switch up the frozen treat selection. One week rocket lollies, the next fruit twisters and many more… We will have something for all children to enjoy. Don’t worry parents, at the annual summer fair, we’ll be there!

Some of the money raised will go to Fellgate Primary School’s clubs, music equipment, playground equipment, art and school supplies. Also, it will help the students’ learning here at Fellgate Primary School. You can find us at Oaks’ classroom door. Some of the funds raised will be used for trip and rewards. The summer enterprise is a fun tradition for the Year 6 children, which gives them lots of responsibility.

Parents, if your child has any allergies, get in touch. We will make arrangements so your child can enjoy our brrr-illiant frozen treats.

Frozen Flavours is perfect to cool down on a hot summers day. Hello summer!

 

As you can tell, we were all extremely proud of our hard work!

We even had someone take the time to create an amazing logo for our enterprise using a laptop.

Easter Egg Fun in Oaks

31st March 2023S Graham

In Oaks we had a great time creating our Easter eggs for the school Smelly egg competition.

It was amazing to see so many creative and unique ideas. Can you believe that even after teaching so long I am still seeing new designs and even new egg puns?

We hope you all have a great Easter.

Mr Graham

Inuit Soap Sculptures in Oaks

10th March 2023S Graham

In our Frozen Kingdoms topic we have been looking at Inuit art. In the last few weeks we have been printing, making stencils, sketching and blending colours.

This week we created our animal soap carvings inspired by the Inuit people who have produced many incredible pieces of art using soapstone.

I think you can all agree they look pretty amazing…plus our classroom smells amazing!

Mr Graham

The Great Fellgate Book Swap 2023

6th March 2023S Graham

As part of our book swap celebrations we asked for children to donate any unwanted books. We hoped that we would have lots of books brought into school and that every single child could then choose a new book to take home and enjoy.

We were all blown away by the amount of books we kindly received. The children loved picking their new books and it was fantastic to see all of the happy faces throughout the day.

With the remaining books we will have a permanent book swap display in our school where children are free to take a book whenever they like. We also have used some of the books to make a brand new outdoor reading books. This will allow even more children to read at break times and lunchtimes.

Once again, thank you to everyone who donated books.

Mr Graham

Inuit printing in Oaks

27th February 2023S Graham

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

Even More Engineering Work in Oaks.

6th February 2023S Graham

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.

Engineering in Design and Technology

20th January 2023S Graham

Following on from our initial work on bridges and structures we carried out a range of activities which looked at how to strengthen, stiffen and reinforce structures.

We enjoyed making bridges out of paper, making predictions and testing to see how many 2p coins they could support.

We evaluated our findings and looked at why some folds in paper made the bridges stronger.

 

Inuit Artwork

16th January 2023S Graham

We have just started our new topic: Frozen Kingdoms!

In art this week we looked at different types and styles of artwork we will be doing in the next few weeks. These pieces of art work will be inspired by Inuit art. Be sure to keep an eye out for more in the following weeks.

This week we started creating our own stencils which celebrate arctic animals. Once we created out stencils we experimented with our own unique designs. Although we are not yet finished, some are already looking incredible.

Science in Oaks this Week!

22nd December 2022S Graham

As part of our Science topic: Light, Oaks have been carrying out a number of fun experiments and activities.

We created our own shadow puppet and theatres to demonstrate how light casts a shadow.

We created our own periscopes out of cereal boxes to demonstrate how light bounces off multiple surfaces so we can see it.

We looked at how white light is made of different colours and how light enables us to see these colours. We created messages in one colour, hid it using multiple other colours and once we used a red filter we could see the original message.

Check out our incredible photos!