Today in crew we had to use cocktail sticks and marshmallows to make a 3d shape. Here’s how we got on
Crew Challenge
Category : Curriculum
Masters of Our learning!
This week in Crew Rankin, we have taken control of our own learning!
We’ve been stepping up to the board during Maths, explaining our thinking, and helping each other understand new ideas. It felt a bit strange at first, but was really empowering too.
Taking charge like this has helped us grow more confident, not just in what we know, but in how we share it. When we teach our classmates, we realise how much we’ve actually learned – and sometimes, we find new ways of thinking about things together as a crew.
We’ve really enjoyed this experience. It’s made our crew stronger and we now know that everyone has something valuable to offer.
Case Study One Reflection
During case study one LKS2 have been learning about the the origins of the Roman Empire and how they changed Britain.
Today the children completed their case study reflection using Padlet. They worked in small groups to answer questions and I was really impressed with how much they could recall from the past few weeks. Please scan the QR code to see their work.
Inventions
In computing this week, we have started to think about possible inventions we could make. We revisited the technology safari that we did last week to remind ourselves of all the different things we see daily that have a computer in them.
We looked at a rocket powered chair and started to think about some questions we would like to ask about it. Miss Shields helped to rephrase some of the words to ensure it was phrased as a question.
Before we create our own inventions, we watched Dr Binocs who told us about technology inventions that changed our lives. This was to support children with starting to generate ideas about what their invention could be before they design their own in the next session.
We Are Artists!
Crew Ramsay have been creating Dennis Creffield inspired, mixed media artwork to showcase our Great Fire Of London learning! We started with charcoal and layered this with tissue paper. We have been learning about colour and mood and used this in our art project. Look how proud we are of our final pieces!
Roman Religion
Today were learnt that Romans didn’t just believe in one God like Christians do but they believed in many Gods and Goddesses. This is called polytheism.
We started by taking part in a gallery walk to find out the names and roles of lots of different Roman Gods. We then discussed the different festivals and how they link to Roman festivals.
I loved seeing the drawings the children produced too!
What was daily life like for a Roman child?
We worked together to sort out what it was like to be a Roman child and if they had things children have today. Each statement we read together and then decided if it belonged on Roman children, children today or both.
Roman Gods and Goddesses in History
Today in Crew Colclough we learned that Romans believed in more than one God/ Goddess and we started to explore 8 of them in today’s lesson. We had to move around the room and copy the name and role of the God/Goddess onto our sheet. Mrs Atherton then challenged us by asking us to memorise 3 of them and their roles and then copy these into our books using Capital Letters for Nouns and beautiful handwriting. We worked incredibly hard today to remember this information.
Tinkering with Scratch
Year started a new unit in computing this week which will be starting to explore the coding programme Scratch. Children had the opportunity to explore the different blocks, starting to build a code and changing their background and sprite. Before we ended the lesson, some children shared their code with the rest of the class on the big screen.
Making variables
In computing this weel, year 4 were continuing with variables but this week they were making variables and adding to the code we used last week. Once they got the hang of it, children started to expand their maths games by adding additional questions to the code. Children really had to grapple with this and be resilient to ensure that they were successful.
