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19 December 2024

Board Game Fun

As part of a bit of Christmas fun, the children enjoyed a board game day.
 

It was lovely to see the children sharing their games and smiling all day.

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18 December 2024

Printmaking

Today we have been using foam printing blocks to create prints.

We used ink rollers to apply red first to our blocks and then after letting it dry added green to our Christmas style prints.

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11 December 2024

Investigating the effects of friction on different surfaces.

Today we looked at how friction is a resistant force between two surfaces.

We investigated which surface is best to place on the floor to prevent people slipping.

 

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6 December 2024

Road Safety

We have been exploring road safety and ways to make ourselves more visible when we are outside.

In groups, we selected a design based on a brief provided and then used fluorescent and reflective materials to build our designs.

After creating our designs, we evaluated them against the brief…

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29 November 2024

What did a Saxon town look like and how did they get their names?

This term we have been focusing on the Anglo Saxons.

In this lesson, we explored what a Saxon town looked like as well as the different roles people would have. 

The children selected questions and researched them to create brilliant fact files.

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25 November 2024

Parliament Week - Who’s my MP?

As part of Parliament Week, we looked into how our country is run and how laws are created.

We then researched who our local MP is and how long they have been in the role.

 

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22 November 2024

Tinkering with Scratch music elements

We have started to use Scratch to create music.

In this lesson, we have been tinkering and getting used to using the programme.

Over the next few weeks we will be developing our skills using Scratch.

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22 November 2024

Air Resistance

In this lesson we explored the effects of air resistance.

We looked at how air resistance (drag) is a force which acts as friction between objects and air.

We conducted an experiment using parachutes to see whether the size of the parachute impacts the time it takes an object to fall.

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22 November 2024

100 Word Tale

After analysing traditional tales, we used a planning grid to write a 100 word tale using elements of traditional tales.

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15 November 2024

CHET Trip 5A - Day 3

For our final day we started by returning to the woods to test our orienteering skills. After that we watched how to light a fire using flint and lock. We then toasted marshmallows to enjoy some delicious smores.

We returned to the centre to create pottery owls which the children will get when…

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14 November 2024

CHET Trip 5A - Day 2 Evening

Following our evening meal, the children headed back to the barn to take part in a bench ball tournament. It was extremely close and played in good spirit with lots of encouragement from everyone.

After that, we enjoyed a hot chocolate and biscuit. As you can see from the pictures, some of the…

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14 November 2024

CHET Trip 5A - Day 2 Afternoon

Following lunch, we headed back into the woods for abseiling. The children  were incredibly brave and the instructors were ever so impressed at how well the children listened carefully to instructions.

We also completed archery in the barn. It was great to see how much the children improved…

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