Owls, Owl poems.

 

Year 5 Owls have been busy making their own poetry. 

The picture below shows off these super cool Owls Poems :)

Playground Maths!

 This morning, Robins ditched the Maths books and opted to do their Maths lesson outside!

We used chalk to write our number bonds and then found objects to represent those numbers! It was so much fun to use the playground as our paper and the results were FAB!

Jays have been chatting to an archaeologist!

 Good Afternoon, 

In History this half term, Jays have been learning all about The Maya. It got us thinking about how we know so much about the past. With this in mind, we created a list of questions and had a long chat with Professor John Schofield (Miss Schofield's dad!) via zoom. 

We learnt about the expensive artefacts he found, the newest artefacts, the oldest artefacts and how his career has taken him all over the world. He even told us about the time he was supposed to be guarding a neanderthal's tooth (which was set to be filmed for Blue Peter) and a robin hopped into the tent and flew away with it! We learnt that archaeology is happening all around us every day so at playtime we had a little scout of our surroundings to find things which had been dropped or left and tried to piece together the story behind it.

Miss Schofield was also really proud of the quality of our questions and also how respectfully we listened to the speaker. 

There is also a Southampton branch of the Young Archaeologists' Club, who meet up every month and discuss all things archaeology. The link is here for anyone who is interested: https://www.yac-uk.org/

Well done, Jays! 

Robins Autumn Hunt!

 Robins have been looking at the seasons in their science lessons this half term. Today we went on an Autumn hunt to see what different signs we could see that we are in Autumn!

We had a checklist in hand and off we went for a walk around the school grounds to see what we could find....

Kestrels tackle cyberbullying

This week in Kestrel class, as part of Anti-bullying week, we have been thinking about the effects of cyberbullying and what to do about it if we (or a friend) find ourselves in a situation where we are being bullied online.  Below are just a few of the super posters the children created (using their IT skills) to spread the message of how to deal with online bullying.

A very big welcome to our Ducklings!

We are all now very pleased to become part of the school and so we would like to introduce you to Ducklings!

Ducklings have been very busy completing lots of fun and exciting activities during our 'All About Me', 'Colours' and 'Shape' topics. These have included lots of listening games, sensory activities and messy play, shape and number activities, role-play and outdoor games!

Please take a look at our pictures!

The Ducklings team - Sam, Emma, Claire and Rachael :)

Some egg-citing findings in Jays

 Good Afternoon, 

In Science this half term, Jays are learning all about the digestive system. As part of this, we have been learning about all the different types of teeth and their functions. We have had a go working scientifically to explore the effects of our favourite drinks on our teeth. 

Miss Schofield bought in some eggs and we put them into a range of liquids for 48 hours. We chose eggs because egg shells are quite similar to the enamel on our teeth, so it will make the effects clear for us to see. We used the following liquids in our experiment: water, sugar free squash, orange juice, coca cola and diet coke. We used 2 eggs for each liquid as we covered one in toothpaste before putting it into the liquid. 

This is what they looked like: 

There were a couple of things we found surprising. Firstly, we did not expect sugar free squash to be as bad for our teeth as it is. When Miss Schofield picked it up, the egg shell was eroding onto her hands, particularly when it hadn't been covered in toothpaste. Secondly, we noticed that the egg which was in coca cola didn't look as bad as the one which was in diet coke. However, we did notice that the shell was much more brittle as the smallest amount of pressure caused it to crack. Finally, we found that although toothpaste does protect our teeth, we need to make sure we are using it properly to maximise the impact. 

Maybe you could try it with some other liquids at home? I would love to see what you find!

Have a wonderful weekend, Jazzy Jays.