Year 3 and Year 5 had a visit from Science Buddies during Maths, Science and Technology Week. We had lots of fun learning how to make slime and about the properties of a high-viscosity, non-Newtonian fluid.
Science Council helped Ms Drake to organise science activities for MST week. Years 3 and 4 representatives created a PowerPoint question round, picture round and a science word anagram sheet to be part of a fun quiz for all the classes in school to do. Years 5 and 6 Science Council members thought up a recycled outfit challenge for each class to take part in. Because there will be a class winner for the best recycled outfit, all Science Council members from year 3, 4, 5, and 6 helped to make recycled certificates for the winners, again trying to incorporate the importance of recycling into the theme. These challenges have kept the pupils busy and focused in the Spring term and they are already planning Summer term activities for the whole school.
Year 3 visited Open Zone at The Word. The children learned about coding using Lego WeDo and used Google Maps and Google Earth to create their own maps of Italy. The children had lots of fun and represented the school brilliantly.
Science Council met at Temple Park near Whiteleas Way with Durham Wildlife Trust where we planted over 500 trees on Thursday morning. These trees will hopefully grow into a large wooded area that will benefit our local community in the future. We did this to support the planet, help provide habitats for species and also gain from the oxygen the trees help put back into the air. We worked tirelessly: it was challenging and required a lot of physical effort. The feeling of success afterwards was rewarding and seeing our amazing Science Council work together was incredible.
Well done Science Council.
Year 3 had a great time at the Benchball Tournament at Boldon School. They were all very well behaved and really tried hard showing great skill. 3CL won a medal for winning their group. 3AE were very close finishing second for their group. Mrs Lynn and Miss Rochford were very proud of everyone. Well done!
In science, Year 4 are learning about teeth and eating. We have completed an experiment demonstrating the process of the digestive system. The water, crackers and banana start off in the mouth (represented by the bag) and the food is crushed and mixed around (replicating the teeth and tongue). We imagined that the food travelled down the oesophagus to the stomach, where we added orange juice (the stomach acid). Again, the food is squashed and mixed around, like it would be in a stomach. The contents are then passed through a pair of tights (like food would pass through the small intestines). Here the food is separated into solid and liquid. In the body, the liquids are absorbed back into the body and the solids are passed away when you visit the toilet.
In Design and Technology, Year 3 have been learning about how climate zones affect the food that can be grown in an area. We also learned about how to handle food hygienically and how to use cooking equipment safely. We followed a recipe to prepare Chinese fruit skewers.
In Year 3 we have been completing lots of activities in Creative week.
We started off the week by making some moving face pictures and some moving creatures using paper and split pins. We had to create a frame on the back of the faces so that we could move the eyes and mouth.
We have been singing songs about bones and muscles.
We have investigated typography. We started off completing observational drawings of nuts, bolts, screws as well as twigs, branches and plants.
We created letters out of the different objects and drew them.
We went onto make our own island maps using typography.
We have been learning how to shade carefully and neatly. We took this shading a step further by using paint to create tints and shades.
To finish the week, we have used our drawing and shading skills to observe our favourite soft toy from home.
We have had a great week improving our artistic skills.
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As part of Anti-bullying week the children came to school wearing odd socks!
