Willows had a wonderful time on World Book Day!
They all wore fabulous costumes and took part in some exciting activities.
Their friends form Cherries joined them in the morning and they did some shared reading. Then, later on in the day, they went to the book swap and were able to choose a book to take home.
Our science topic this half term is ‘Plants’, so the children set up their own experiment to test the different factors that affect plant growth.
As a class, we discussed the things that plants need to grow and then we decided on where we would place our plants to test our questions.
Can a plant grow with no water?
Can a plant grow with no light?
Can a plant grow with no heat?
We have been observing how are plants are growing and taking pictures of them regularly.
In art this half term the children have sculpted and painted ammonites. They had to use various clay work techniques and have produced some very realistic ammonites!
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.
The children in Willows took part in lots of activities surrounding Internet Safety Day on 7th February.
They played a ‘this or that’ game, where they had to choose between choices like; Games or Videos? Meet a famous YouTuber or be a famous YouTuber? The children were able to make their choices and then justify why they had chosen them.
Next up, they created lovely posters stating some of the things that they liked doing online as well as some of the changes that they would like to see in the online world. After this they then put their written words into spoken ones and made short videos voicing their thoughts about the internet and being online.
Finally, the children took part in a timeline activity where they had to place different technological milestones at the age at which they thought someone would first do it; such as, ‘have a video chat with a friend’ or ‘play on a games console’.
Willows had a go at making some two-tone prints in their art lesson this week.
To link with their geography topic, they carved ammonites into polystyrene tiles and then used printing rollers and paint to produce some wonderful designs!
As part of their DT topic, Cook Well, Eatwell, the children in Willows have been preparing and making tacos.
After planning their taco designs and deciding what ingredients were needed, they carefully constructed some wonderful taco creations!
Last week the children got to go and explore our new sensory room.
They had a great time finding out what the new equipment does and especially enjoyed using the interactive floor board.
Our science topic this half term is Rocks.
In their first lesson this week, the children got hands on with some different rock samples.
They were able to study the rocks closely to examine their texture and then matched each rock sample to the correct name.
Willows had a great day on their visit to The Word. We travelled by Metro and the children were so sensible whilst being out and about.
They took part in making Christmas decorations using the paint software to create their designs. Once the designs were saved the children got to go and watch them being cut out with the laser cutter!
For their second activity they created an animated Christmas scene using Scratch coding. They were all brilliant!
