We had great fun learning about how light travels and how we can use a periscope to look around corners. We enjoyed exploring how light reflects off the mirrors into our eyes so we can see.
Crew MI- making a periscope
Category : Curriculum
Our First Week Back
It’s been a busy first week back but we’ve managed to have a lot of fun too. Watch our weekly roundup for just a snippet of the things that we’ve been doing!
News Broadcast
During Hook week, the children had to produce a short broadcast on a news topic of their choice. They completed some research and wrote their own script. When this was complete, they practiced before videoing their broadcast.
Consider the short length of time they had to complete this, I feel they did a great job. There were 20 raffle tickets each for the group that were voted the best. The group that won were voted the best as they had really thought about the process and features they have seen in real broadcasts.
You can access the video by using the QR code. Happy viewing.
PE kit reminder
Just a reminder about PE kits:
- Dark coloured bottoms
- Red PE Carcroft top or a white one
- Trainers
- Carcroft red hoodie
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 🙂
Daily Mile in Crew Godley
We’ve loved completing the daily mile this week and we have all challenged ourselves to work harder each and every day! 🏃♀️ 🏃♂️
Being scientists in hook week 🥼👩🔬👨🔬
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.
Camera Sketching
To follow on from our History hook activity, the children have had a lovely afternoon sketching a camera.
Litter picking in Crew Godley 🍂
Crew Godley have worked hard to make sure our school ground is looking super tidy!
History of Cameras
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.
PE – Let’s balance
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.
