Hockey Skills with Barrow AFC
Jordan from Barrow AFC did some hockey skills with us today.
Football Skills with Barrow AFC
We practiced dribbling with a partner and in teams.
Rainforest
We have been doing some amazing artwork using pastels ready to create our rainforest reading area.
Using an Atlas
We learned how to use an atlas. We found Brazil in the index then used the grid references to locate the capital city, the Amazon River and Amazon Rainforest.
Christmas Party
Years 3 and 4 had lots of fun at our Christmas Part this morning. We had croissants, pain au chocolate and fruit then went into the hall for dancing and games. We even had a snowball fight!
Christmas at Kepplewray 2021
We had a fantastic day at Kepplewray. The weather was kind to us and we all joined in with orienteering, den building, bush craft and team challenges.
Investigating Pitch
We used boomwackers, glockenspiels and violins to investigate pitch. We discovered that the shorter the boomwacker (or note on the glockenspiel the higher the note. On the violins, the thinner the string the higher the note. Then we each made a set of panpipes using straws.
Storyteller
We listened to (and joined in with) some brilliant stories!
Jack and the Beanstalk
We have read Jack and the Beanstalk and talked about Jack's problem in the story that he may face. One problem is that he may drop a golden egg on the way down the beanstalk. So we designed and made landings for golden egg and tested them. Only 1 out of 4 eggs cracked!
The Gingerbread Man
This morning we designed and built a boat to try and help the Gingerbread man get across the river without being eaten. Some of us made boats out of salt dough and some of us used foil. All of the salt dough boats sank straight away. The tin foil boats sank more slowly, one of the tin foil boats…
Food Webs
We looked at food webs in class today We read all about different species and habitats and worked out where they fitted into food webs.