In science, Chestnuts current topic is “Electricity”.
This week we have investigated how to make a complete circuit. We have been explaining why circuits sometimes do not work.
Look at our pictures showing the bulb lighting and the work in our books.
15.5.23 – 19.5.23
This week in Rowans the children have been learning all about birds as part of the science topic. In DT the children followed instruction to make bird feeders to hang on the trees in front of the Penshaw building.
This week in phonics the children have been learning all about the ‘qu’ sound. The children have also completed phase 2 consolidation tasks. In maths the children practiced identifying the pattern of a dice and the numerical meaning, counting on from a number and took turns during a variety of dice games. In geography and science the children explored learnt about the different habitats and climates animals live in. They particularly enjoyed learning about the cold climate of the Artic. Great work Rowan’s class!
08.05.23-12.05.23
We have had another busy week in Hollies. We have all completed lots of Maths and English jobs. In topic we have looked at special/important people in school and talked about their jobs. We visited Helen nurture room to ask her about her job. In Science we could identify mammals and birds, we know we are mammals because we have hair, a backbone and live on land. In computing we have been making our own e-book with our Acorn friends.
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!
This week the children in Maples have continued to learn new phase 5 and phase 3 sounds during their phonics lessons and have been using this knowledge to not only read words but also write them. During Maths the children continued to work on their own individual targets including counting, addition and subtraction. In Music the children enjoyed spending time with their friends from Hawthorns and sang some lovely friendship songs. They have also been learning how to use a cricket bat and ball during PE and matched mothers and their babies during Science.
This week in Rowans class we have been reading and sequencing the story of Dear Zoo. In phonics and maths we have completed lots of tasks. In science our topic is animals and we had to identify and sort farmyard animals. In art we identified animals and the colours needed to create animal prints using foam rollers.
The children in Maples have had a very busy first week back. In Phonics the children have been learning new sounds and trying hard to read and write words, phrases and sentences using their new knowledge. In Maths we have been using concrete and pictorial representations to add and subtract numbers as well as practicing our counting skills. We have began our history topic by looking at the terms past and present and sorting pictures accordingly and in Science the children have been ordering the stages of human growth.
Take a look at some of the hard work the children have been completing!
Willows celebrated British Science Week with lots of fun activities and experiments.
The theme this year was ‘Connections’.
For their first activity the children explored their fingerprints; using magnifying glasses to determine the pattern of their prints. Are they whorl, arch or loop?
Then the children used pencils and sticky tape to produce prints of their fingers. They were able to see the pattern of each print in much more detail.
Afterwards, the children experimented with peppery water and hand soap. This experiment showed the children the importance of handwashing to prevent germs. When they touched the water with soap on their finger, the pepper (germs) moved away from it!
This week in Pines we celebrated British Science Week, the theme was ‘connections’, we connected photographs of animals by matching them together and then connected with nature by making some bird feeders.
For Red Nose Day we enjoyed reading a Mr Men story and creating our own red noses after we enjoyed trying on this years red noise first!
