The final Empiribox lesson on the topic of magnetism and forces. The lesson brought together all our learning on gravity, thrust, air resistance and friction as well as honing fine motor-skills and team-working skills. Making rockets rockets in science is a great idea - you...
We made cards, bracelets and certificates for our mums. For our cards, we used origami to make paper tulips. We hope you all have a very special Mother’s Day. [gallery ids="20797,20798,20799,20800,20801,20802,20803,20804,20805,20807,20808,20809,20810"] ...
The combined year 4 classes had a fantastic and creative day today. The morning's art session was aided by illustrator Rob Biddulph who has set up a daily tutorial for children (and parents!) to improve their illustrating skills. These dinosaurs were created using pencils, ink...
We celebrated Easter a little early today, as we decorated our Easter clay pots and filled them with chocolate bunnies. We also had an Easter egg hunt (indoors as it was raining), and an Easter tea party. [gallery ids="20910,20908,20907,20918,20919,20920,20921,20922,20923,20924,20925,20917,20912,20914,20915,20913,20916,20927,20926,20928,20929,20930,20931,20932"]...
[gallery ids="20892,20893,20894,20895,20896,20897,20898,20899,20900,20901,20902"] We made stained glassed windows with colourful tissue paper....
We celebrated St Patrick's Day by making lucky shamrock leaves, colourful rainbows and flags. We learnt about some Irish traditions, listened to some Irish music and even learnt some Irish dancing. We also tried some Irish soda bread. [gallery ids="20732,20728,20730,20729,20731,20734,20760,20761,20754,20752,20753,20756,20757,20755,20758,20759,20768,20769,20770,20763,20764,20766,20767"]...
We used the work of artist Michael Kenny as inspiration for our station. We are doing "Station 7 - Jesus falls a second time". Kenny's abstract depiction of this difficult moment for Jesus uses stark colours and the geometric lines represent the cross. The central...
We have been learning all about shapes and their properties. We made pictures out of shapes, played shape games on the computer, and made 3D shapes using polydron. [gallery ids="20844,20846,20847,20845,20848,20849,20850,20851,20852,20853"]...
Chestnut class was filled with athletes today, as we came to school in our sports clothes for sports relief. In the morning, we make sporty cupcakes and medals. We coloured sports pictures on the computer and on the creative table. In the afternoon, we went...