We couldn’t wait to put on our leavers hoodies today… despite the warmer weather! The children love them! Big shout out to Shell for organising, thank you so much!
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Science writing
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!
Crew MI makes a fruit salad
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.
Scotty’s – Fire Building
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.
Exploring the Islamic faith
During our expedition lesson we have been exploring mosques, an Islamic place of worship for people of the Muslim faith. We discovered that Mosque buildings have large open spaces inside, with mats or carpets covering the floor. Men perform prayers, under the guidance of an imām, who is a worship leader in the Muslim community. When women pray in the mosque, they must be in a separate space to the men. We discovered that Muslims pray five times a day and a special prayer mat is used to ensure cleanliness between the worshipper and the ground.
Scottie’s Heroes
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.
Art continues in MI
Another fantastic afternoon working on our art work 🙂
Water Safety
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.
Water Safety
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.
Telling the Time
In maths last week, we had a practical lesson where we were able to use the clocks to start discussing how to tell time. It was modelled each of the times and then we had an opportunity to apply this with our own clocks.
