This week we have started our independent science non chronological report. The children have designed the layout and applied their science knowledge learnt in expedition lessons into this piece. I am very impressed with what the children have produced so far!
Today in our DT lesson, we learnt about the different cooking techniques and then had a go at following a recipe to make a fruit salad. We learnt how to hold a knife safely and ensured that we washed our hands before we started. We then ensured we tidied and washed up after ourselves. Finally, we went outside in the sunshine and enjoyed eating it.
Crew Hamill had so much fun at Scotty’s yesterday! We were taught all about the triangle of requirements for a successful fire heat, oxygen and fuel. He then showed us how to build our own fire pit and how to use a cotton wool ball and a flint to generate a fire. We all got to have a go using the flint which we found exciting! Although a few of us managed to generate a spark, we weren’t as successful as the leader at getting the fire started – he did it first time, every time! We then used the skills he taught us to add sticks to the flame to begin building the fire. We didn’t manage to keep the fire going for long but we’re hoping to extend our skills next week to see if we can keep it going for longer and build it even bigger.
This week in Scottie’s was such a challenge! We worked hard to be observant without using our voices. We worked as a team to patrol our forest school, to look for unknown items, which many were camouflaged. It was tricky to start with however once we started looking beyond the bright coloured objects it became much easier. Charlie was our work hard hero this week.
Another fantastic afternoon working on our art work 🙂
Today, we were very lucky to be part of a live talk with Yorkshire Water about the importance of being safe near water. It was really interesting to listen to some of the hidden dangers around open water. The main messages were to stay away from the edge and ensuring that we don’t try to go in after someone who is having difficulty. It’s important that we call for help and don’t put ourselves into danger. We ended the call with a quiz, safe to say we had all discovered so much and scored full marks! We then continued our work by spotting hidden dangers and creating water safety posters to share with our grown ups.
This afternoon, we were very lucky to be part of a live talk with Yorkshire water about the importance of being safe near water. The main messages were to stay away from the edge and ensuring that we don’t try to go in after someone who is having difficulty. It’s important that we call for help and don’t put ourselves into danger.
Over the last few weeks we’ve been working in small groups so we can practice and start refining out handwriting. Some of us are focusing on ensuring we’re starting on the line and making small tweaks to improve our handwriting whereas others are going back to ensuring we are forming our letters accurately and using the correct joins.
Last week it was time to conduct our next experiment which allowed us to discover whether all liquids evaporate at the same rate.
Before starting the experiment, we made a prediction about whether we though they would or not. It was great seeing children making reference to the viscosity and how this would impact the rate it evaporates.
Once we made out predictions, we set up the experiment and observed the changes over the next few days.
We have camps being held at school in the summer holidays
Please see the links below:
Week 1: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/922870248757?aff=oddtdtcreator
Week 2: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/922903006737?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Families that are eligible for free school meals in Doncaster were sent a letter on 31st May to their home address from the benefits team, this letter has information about the HAF and a unique code for each child in the household. When it comes to book, if they have misplaced or forgot the code they can contact the benefits or HAF team ([email protected]) and a code will be sent to them.
