Expeditionary learning

20th May 2022Hannah McLoughlin

After a super busy SATs week last week, we have now started catching up with our expedition ‘How can a healthy lifestyle impact your body and mind?’ hook week. Here are some pieces of artwork we are proud of. Every single piece is beautiful but here are just a few!

In DT we did a blind food tasting session and had a go at tasting food we had never tasted before! Our reactions to certain food were a picture! We then challenged ourselves to a game of ready steady cook and were given 3 ingredients to create a simple dish. We made some sugar cookies and discussed why they are unhealthy.

Padlet of science

20th May 2022Olivia Fox

Today we began our science case study beginning with understanding the circulatory system. Have a look at our padlet full of facts 👩🏼‍🔬🧑🏽‍🔬

DT Hook session – Ready, steady, BAKE!

19th May 2022Olivia Fox

Today we had a blind tasting session to hook us in to our DT session ready for case study 3. We tried lots of different foods and discussed what a balanced diet was. Then our final challenge was to make a product using only 3 ingredients: flour, sugar and butter. This was the final product 🍪.

Heart Dissection

18th May 2022Ruth Shields

Today, we had the chance to dissect a heart which would allow us to develop our understanding further. We weren’t all delighted at the prospect of cutting the heart open but we had a go. Although, some of us had to leave the room. Definitely, a different experience in the classroom for Crew Shields.

Max/Ellie – I enjoyed exploring the aorta and the vena cava.

Hannah – I loved dissecting the heart and exploring the aorta and vena cava.

Ellie – I learned the muscle on the right side of the heart is thicker because it has more work to by pumping all the blood around the body. The Left muscle wall is thinner because it only has to pump blood to the lungs.