Science Week

This week we have been celebrating Science Week. On Monday we had a visit from an inflatable planetarium. It was very exciting to go inside and learn all about our solar system.

Volcanoes - Stage 2

This week we were covering our volcanoes in paper mache.

Forces and Friction

We have been looking at forces in science. This week we used force meters to measure the force of friction on a shoe over different surfaces.

World Book Day

Year 3 took full advantage of the sun and read outside. It was lovely watching the children read out loud to each other and share their favourite books. They also had a go at matching the staff to their favourite books - it was quite tricky!

Stage 1

The time to build our volcanoes has finally arrived!

We started off by sticking the milk bottles to the cardboard. Then we scrunched up paper and stuck it around the milk bottle to give our volcanoes their shape.

Finding the right rock for the job.

Today Woodpeckers were tasked with finding the best rest to make a monument out of. They had four rocks to test: sandstone, chalk, marble and slate. They tested the hardness of the rocks by carrying out a scratch test and then checked the permeability of the rocks.

They decided that marble was the best rock to use when building a monument.

Marvellous Mud!

As part of our science and geography we have been looking at the different types of soil. We went out into the ditch and collected some soil to determine which kind we have at school.

Amazing Ammonites.

Year 3 have been exploring ammonites in art. We have looked carefully at light and dark, different colours and their patterns. This week we made some clay ammonites which we are going to use for printing.

Ready to Rock!

Woodpecker Class have kicked off the new term by diving head first into their new topic on volcanoes and rocks.

This week we explored lots of different rocks and used our powers of observation to find out if they were sedimentary, metamorphic or igneous.

Bell Beaker Pots

We have been exploring bell beaker pots and the Beaker Folk in our Bronze Age history lessons. Last week we all designed a pot in the style of bell beakers and this week our designs came to life.

Cooking

Over the past few weeks we have been looking at healthy foods and food groups in science. We then combined this with our D&T and made ratatouille. Everyone followed the recipe and chopped vegetables, mixed and poured. It was great fun and Miss Dore was very impressed with everyone’s chopping skills.

ROAR!!

This week KS2 took part in ROAR - a day promoted through the Lions and 8 Billion Ideas. The children were split into groups which had to think of a problem (big or small) to solve. Each team had to to create a marketing poster about their invention, a prototype and present it all to their peers. At the end of the day 4 teams were selected to present their ideas to the whole of KS2.

The teachers were very impressed with all the ideas from the day - every team came up with a different problem and solution! It was also lovely to watch the children become entrepreneurs for the day.

Stone Age Monuments

This week we have been looking at Stone Age monuments. We looked at a range of monuments including henges, identified their features and had a go at designing our own. We then went outside and built our henges using natural materials.

Eruption!

Today we erupted our volcanoes!

We had to use our measuring skills to mix together water, vinegar, washing up liquid and red food colouring before adding the bicarbonate of soda to make them erupt.

Egg Roll

Today we held our class egg roll. The Woodpeckers made it very difficult to choose the best design - they were all so different and creative!

We have now got our three finalists ready for Friday’s final.

Ml and L

In maths this week we have been looking at capacity and volume. As part of this we have been measuring different amounts of water.

We have also been looking at food containers and spotting how much liquid they hold.

Art in the sun!

Over the past few weeks we have been looking at the artist L.S Lowry. We have drawn figures in the same style as Lowry and this week we have been drawing the school.

Volcanoes (part 4)

Once again we have been working hard on our volcanoes.

This week we have painted them. We first covered them in a layer of black paint which looks like cooled lava from previous eruptions. We then used a sponge to add brown paint.

Our next step is to make them erupt!

Volcanoes (Part 3)

This week we applied our last layer of paper mache to our volcanoes.

Volcanoes (part 2)

This week we finished scrunching up ball of paper to create the shape and moved on to covering them in paper mache.