Blog by Helen Mackie

We created a role on wall for Hannah from Gorilla by Anthony Browne.

We are working on changing direction.

Debby came in today for our first violin lesson. We did some clapping rhythms. We learnt how to pick up our violins and we plucked the strings. We realised they all sound different.

Year 4 had an amazing time at Great Tower!

We did raft building, crate stacking a sensory trail and sung songs and played games around the campfire.

The children were amazing! They looked after each other and had a tried their best with everything. 

A big thank you to Great Tower staff…

We all got to be palaeontologists this morning. We carefully brushed away the sand to find fossils. We also held some dinosaur poo.

Year 4 had lots of fun this afternoon testing the kites they deigned and made in design and technology.

We hunted for invertebrates around the school grounds and worked out what they were using a classification key. We visited year 2s bug hotels on the field to check who had moved in.

We wrote and then presented Rainforest weather forecasts 

We made rainforest jars.

We investigated changing the state of water. We looked at water vapour and condensation by boiling a kettle and holding a metal tray above it. We discovered that ice melts quicker if it has salt on it. We put warm water in a bowl, covered it in cling film and put some ice on top to see evaporation…

We read the first part of the Greek Myth Theseus and the Minotaur. Then we did some role play. The hero Theseus bravely stepped forward to enter the labyrinth whilst the others were scared.