As part of Science Week Year 2 have been finding out about a key scientist Charles Darwin. This has made us look closer at the world around us. We have been using magnifying glasses to explore different plants and materials to have a closer look at their surface.
As part of Science Week Year 3 visited the Great North Museum and worked with Professor Cess from Newcastle University. Together they investigated rocks and fossils using microscopes, hand lenses and ancient artefacts. They also used software to discover that our community is built upon a bedrock of sandstone. Y3 enjoyed their visit and completed some super learning. So proud of you Y3!
Y3 Science Week
Year 5 have just started to read our new book Boom! The story begins with the main character enjoying a sandwich, red Leicester and gooseberry jam. They share that their favourite sandwich is cheddar and strawberry jam sandwiches which we thought was a rather peculiar pairing. So we put them to the test and had a little taste! A big thumbs up for some and a big thumbs down from others.
Yesterday, Mr Roberts from The Word came to show Y5 how crumbles work and what their applications can be. We connected our crumbles up to different components to make lights flash, motors run and even added a switch to our circuits.
We used code to help us control the devices.
Ahead of our upcoming RE unit, Year 4 visited Durham Cathedral to find out about the history of the building and the life of St Cuthbert. They enjoyed an internal and external tour, a riverside walk, took part in team building challenges linked to key events in St Cuthbert’s life and acted out some of the stories. Our guide, Joseph, made sure that we all learned so many facts and had lots of fun!
Please find below the information from the London meeting.
Year 2 made a shocking discovery this morning. They found a letter explaining the pencils had gone on strike! All of the pencils had disappeared from the classroom because they were unhappy with how they were being treated. The children have written letters to the pencils asking them to return and promising they were take better care of them.
Nursery looked at the poem ‘ivy’ from The Lost Words book for our poetry week. We explored what ivy felt and looked like and came up with lots of descriptive words. We made our own ‘ivy is…’ poem along with our ivy artwork.
One defeat, two draws and a win for our girls at Temple Park today. We are very proud of you all!
We had a lovely day celebrating World Book Day in Year 1. We took part in a name the story quiz, made some brilliant book marks and after we got our special books at the World Book Day stall, we decided to read them ‘our own way’ – it was really comfortable!
