Just a reminder about PE kits:
If children have Scotties heroes (KS2 children) they will have their session outside no matter what the weather. Please make sure children are coming to school in the appropriate PE kit and coat.
PE days are signposted on all classrooms doors.
Any questions please come ask Miss Marsh 🙂
We’ve loved completing the daily mile this week and we have all challenged ourselves to work harder each and every day! 🏃♀️ 🏃♂️
In our expeditionary learning we started to wonder about how we see and how light travels. We watched a variety of clips to understand the different parts of the eye, how they help us see and how these parts are similar to a camera. We even used pen torches (like a real nurse/doctor) to see how our pupils got smaller to let less light in.
We then took part in a scientific investigation where we explored the question, ‘How do we know that light travels in straight lines?’ We used given equipment to set up our investigation and worked well in mini crews, ensuring everyone had a role. After discussions and a debrief, we started to think about writing up our scientific reports and what we would need to include.
How do we see objects? You may just think its all down to our eyes but actually its light reflecting off objects into our eyes. We even explored green standard explaining how we see colour. Today we made our own periscopes to see around corners to further understand light and how we see.
To follow on from our History hook activity, the children have had a lovely afternoon sketching a camera.
Crew Godley have worked hard to make sure our school ground is looking super tidy!
Today, we have explored how we know about events from the past where the children spoke about diaries, photos and newspapers as sources of evidence.
We then completed a gallery walk where children had to look at cameras, discuss the design and put them in chronological order.
I was impressed how the children could confidently decide whether a camera had been invented before or after the previous one we discussed.
A great PE session yesterday as the children were introduced to Gymnastics. The first skill of gymnastics is developing our core strength and being able to balance.
It does appear to be true that children often show now fear as some groups tried to be quite adventurous with their balances.
We ensured we reminded the children about our BE kind Howl – keeping ourselves and each other safe during this session. It also demonstrates a good crew bond as they have to trust their partner to keep them safe.
This morning during crew, Crew McGlone and Crew Welburn worked together to collect litter and leaves from our playground. We talked about how this would make our playground a safer place for us to play.
Together we collected LOTS of leaves and put them into bin bags – some of us even got to use special litter pickers! Our playground is already looking much better but we are going to continue taking care of our outdoor area so it is a lovely place for us to spend time in.
We were very lucky to have a visit from Geoff this morning. He taught us lots about different musical instruments and how they shake the air to make sounds. We also learnt and performed a song! A big thank you to Geoff for joining us and we can’t wait for you to come back soon.
We started the day in crew discussing our Christmas holidays and it was lovely to hear the children sharing their highlights. We then practised our SLC’s ready for next week.
In maths we converted fractions to decimals and worked well collaboratively to support each other. The lesson really challenged our thinking but we all did a great job 🙂
In our expeditionary learning we started to think about how we see and how light travels. We watched a variety of clips to understand the different parts of the eye and how these parts are similar to a camera. We then took part in a scientific investigation where we explored the question, How do we know that light travels in straight lines? We used given equipment to set up our investigation and worked well in mini crews, ensuring everyone had a role. After discussions and a debrief, we started to think about writing up our scientific reports and what we would need to include.
