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First week back – CREW CHIPS @ XP
Rain or shine: Learning outside every time @ Norton Infants
G28 morning fitness, breakfast, revision! @ XP Gateshead
Today Crew McLoughlin put their stewardship skills into action by freeing the forest school of litter. Together we worked on our teamwork and communication skills while taking pride in making our school a cleaner place. Crew McLoughlin thoroughly enjoyed making a positive difference to the environment, as they have been eager to help save the planet after learning about the detrimental effects of pollution in their expedition lessons.
Today our crew put our stewardship skills into practice by taking part in litter picking at the back of the school field. Working together, we showed pride in our school community and respect for the environment around us.
It was a great opportunity to spend time outdoors, look after our shared spaces, and enjoy making a positive difference as a team. We finished the task feeling proud of what we achieved and motivated to keep caring for our environment every day.
This morning we celebrated our amazing Learning Legends and Home Learning Legends!
In life skills today the children made their own healthy pizza and enjoyed handing some out to staff too. they hope they enjoyed it?
Ingredients: Pizza base-250g Fat free greek yogurt, 1 cup of self raising flour, Topping-pizza sauce, cheese and then any extra that you may like.
The children loved reading about why Roman invaded Britain
Today in expedition we learnt about Boudicca and how she fought against the Roman invasion. The children had to decide if they thought she was a hero or trouble maker. This led to a healthy debate as each child shared their opinions.
In year 2 this afternoon, we have continued our learning about technology by doing a safari around school to see what technology we could spot. We used a whiteboard and pen to help us record the technology we could see. It was also a great opportunity to apply our phonics knowledge for spelling. When we returned to class, we complied a list while discussing why this would be classed as technology.
In year 6, we learned about the importance of using a secure password. We initially looked at 3 digit passcode but discovered that a computer could hack these within a few minutes. We give this a try and started to think about how we would guess a password. Would you guess randomly or develop a system to finding the code? Children really showed their resilience when building the code and is something we’ll continue next week as children were determined to complete the code and try it out.
In year 3, we have been looking at how data travels. Often the data is too big and we’re unable to send it in one go. This is when it’s broken down into packets which are smaller and more managable. To help the children understand this, we first of all used cubes to build a tower but. E cause it was too big, they had to break it down into individual cubes. Then they used a 3×3 grid and drew a picture. Children cut up their image and gave it to another person to piece back together. This allows children to see that bigger files are broken down and reassembled when they get to their destination.
