Today the children in Class 2 created a 3D map of the Isle of Struay from the Katie Morag books, following their work on mapping this term. They had made the main buildings and features from the island out of cereal boxes in preparation last week.First we used blue wool to make the outline of … Read more
For our D&T work are designed and made a model for the Rhyme ‘Incey Wincey Spider’. We made a winder to move the spider up and down the spout!
The children in Class 1R have been learning how to prepare fruit and vegetables. They had a go at washing, peeling, grating, slicing and squeezing various fruit and vegetables. They then got to try some of the food at the end of the lesson. The strawberries were very popular!The children have now designed their own … Read more
When we made grass heads we got a yoghurt pot and decorated it. Then we made the grass heads, we put the grass seeds in a pop sock first then we put the sawdust in. The open end was tied up and the spare tight cut off. After that we took them back to our … Read more
Jane Asher has only written three Moppy stories which we have read and enjoyed this week. We talked about all of the different emotions and the children chose one to write their own Moppy story about. One rainy day Moppy was playing with David’s toys. Moppy was feeling sick and he was white. So he … Read more
When Miss Khela arrived in Class 1/2 this morning, three chicks had hatched out over the night. Two chicks looked healthy and moved into a larger cage. The oldest is Bob and he has a dark brown mark on his head. The second is Marley, who is of equal size with a slightly lighter brown … Read more
Class 1R have been patiently waiting for their caterpillars to transform into butterflies.Over the last few weeks we have watched the caterpillars grow and grow. They eventually hung upside down in their little pot and then shed their exoskeletons, revealing the chrysalises. A few days later the butterflies pushed their way out of the chrysalises. … Read more
We have been learning about the planets this week. We looked at some non-fiction books to learn some facts and read some stories. Our favourite story this week was ‘Dogs in Space’. Everyone worked together to make a picture about the story. The children learnt about the stars and made some pictures of the constellations … Read more
Pupils in Class 1/2 have planned a scientific investigation to find out how plants grow best. We used four sunflower seeds in equal sized plant pots to conduct a fair test. Plant A was provided with water, light and soil. Plant B was provided with light and soil only. Plant C was provided with light … Read more
Today we harvested our Rocket and Rudolph potatoes. The bags in which they were growing, had become home for lots of minibeasts;spiders, slugs, woodlice, ants, centipedes and a snail. We were very disappointed with the Rudolph potatoes because we only had 3 big ones and three tiny ones, total weight 500grams. Better news with the … Read more
