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Year 6 visited Nissan to take part in some activities linked to car manufacturing. We used lego to simulate a production line, visited the workshop and saw a robot at work! It was great fun and very informative. Lots of us can see the potential job opportunities!
Our project was linked to our Science topic on space. The children investigated how the Lunar Rovers that went to the Moon in the 1970s. They then had to construct a model that had an electric motor and used pulleys to make the axel turn. The children had a great time racing their final models.
As part of Maths, Science and Technology wee, Year 3 enjoyed a workshop where they learned to construct and combine “D triangles to form “D octahedrons. It was great fun!
As part of Maths , Science and Technology Year 5 and 6 have taken part in an architecture workshop. The children learned how to construct strong 3D shapes and used then to construct larger and larger geometric structures. The children had a great time working together and learning about structural engineering.
On Tuesday 12th March, The Maths Puzzle Company visited us as part of our Maths, Science and Technology week. We had to be independent learners and thinkers to be able to work through and complete the given challenges from blind fishing to arranging a table with food. We used team work, resilience and perseverance to succeed. We all really enjoyed our session and hope to apply the skills we used in our daily lives, both at home and at school.
As part of Maths, Science and Technology week, we took part in an architecture challenge which involved sticks and elastic bands. We began by creating triangles which we joined to make tetrahedrons and then we eventually ended up with an icosidodecahedron which we could climb inside! It was great fun and we learned a lot too!
On Thursday 7th March we celebrated World Book Day. This year’s theme was ‘Share a Story’. We began the day by discussing the importance and benefits of sharing a story for just 10 minutes a day, we discussed when and who we could share a story with. The rest of the day was spent in our classrooms completing book related activities and completing a school competition. As part of the day we either wore our pyjamas or dressed up as a book character, we were very impressed with the children’s efforts and enthusiasm.
Year 5 had at an amazing time at the Centre for Life on. We explored forces in the Curiosity Zone, brain activity in the Brain Zone and then saw a science show linked to kitchen experiments where some of our pupils assisted the scientist. Jordyn put her hand through a bubble without popping it and Tyler explored a mixture that could be both a liquid and a solid depending on how roughly it was handled!
To tie in with our Space topic, we watched a show in the planetarium, which told us about the dark side of the moon, the phases of the moon along with loads of other interesting facts such as why the word ‘lunatic’ was associated with the lunar cycle. We were lucky enough to view the artwork of Luke Jerram which displays the lunar surface in incredible detail on a seven-metre-wide sphere that is suspended in the air. It was massive, magnificent and mesmerising and we enjoyed sketching sections in our sketch books.
On Thursday 14th February, children from set one English participated in University Safari at Newcastle University. We met with student ambassadors and had the chance to find out about life at University. We played games, wrote stories and followed a campus trail. We all thoroughly enjoyed our day out and are already planning what we might study at University!
On Friday 1st March, Year 5 were visited by Zoo Lab. They brought in some of the animals that might be found in the Amazon Rainforest. We learned about the different layers of the rainforest and how they create the perfect habitat for different animals.
FOREST FLOOR
On the forest floor, you might find giant cockroaches that have two brains – one in their heads and one in their bottoms! You might also come across giant land snails whose excrement (poo) is always the same colour as the food it has eaten!
UNDERSTORY
In the understory, you may see curly haired tarantulas who can fire out their bottom and leg hairs to warn off predators. The hairs pierce the skin and make it feel like a nettle rash that can last up to 3 weeks – ouch!
CANOPY
In the canopy, it is the perfect habitat for snakes. We met a corn snake, which wouldn’t be found the Amazon, but it is part of the constrictor family, which do live there.
EMERGENT LAYER
A rainforest has an emergent layer, but it’s mainly birds, monkeys and butterflies that you would find up there which are hard animals to bring to a school. We are however looking forward to ‘hatching’ butterflies when we study Lifecycles in Science in the Summer Term!
