On Wednesday, Year 1 visited Twycross zoo. We had a fun and exciting time, even with the terrible wind and the rain! We saw lots of interesting animals in their habitats. Some animals were hiding from us so, we had to look ever so carefully! Mrs Bi loved the pink, elegant flamingoes standing on one leg, and Yousaf really enjoyed seeing the penguins swimming in the water.
In the afternoon, we had a session with one of the teachers called Nicky. She taught us all about what animals eat and learnt all about food chains. We now know all about herbivores, carnivores and omnivores. We thought about the animals that we saw in the zoo and were able to identify what they eat. We know that lions are carnivores and zebras are herbivores. We also were so lucky to see a hissing cockroach and stroke a silky, fury chinchilla. We are now looking forward to writing all about our amazing time at the zoo!
The children celebrated St Patrick’s Day in style.
With their flags waving high and wearing green, white and gold, the children attended St Clement’s Nursing Hospice on 17.3.17. They sang a range of Irish classics for the residents, who joined in and clapped along. The children then spent the afternoon playing party games and enjoying refreshments with residents and other members of the community.
“I love visiting and performing at the nursing home. It’s fun and I like to learn all about history from the people who live there.”
Lyla Critchley Year 4
The day was enjoyed by all!
Happy St Patrick’s Day!
Keep an eye out for more community activities from children at St Clement’s.
Our Science topic this half term is ‘Animals, including humans – keeping healthy’. Our learning has so far covered what nutrition is and the different food groups.
Y3 are becoming experts in understanding what is needed for a balanced diet and also the purpose of each food group.
In literacy we are writing adventure stories about Flat Stanley, an unfortunate boy who was squashed flat by a notice board and is now 2cm thick. To help us imagine all of the adventures he could get up to, we made our own Flat Stanley kites and enjoyed flying them around the playground.
This week in maths, Year 1 have been practising their number bonds. The children know the number bonds to 10 extremely well! So, today we used cubes and numicon to find lots of different ways to make 20. The children worked together in pairs to find different ways to make 20. How many different ways can you make 20?
Year Two had a fantastic time at the National Sea life Centre on Wednesday. We encountered lots of different types of fish and learnt about their different habitats and diets. We saw some amazing Jelly fish, and also visited the Rock pool where we stroked a starfish and were surprised by how it felt. There were so many interesting types of sea life to look at we couldn’t decide on our favourite. Nemo and Dory were a huge hit but we will remember what the staff said about not having these types of fish in our homes. We had a fantastic day and the children (and staff) had lots of fun. We now can’t wait to make our models, pictures and do lots more research on our Beach Combers topic!
This week, Reception have been learning all about how to be healthy. We read the story of ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ and discussed whether the food he ate was healthy. We have also learnt about the days of the week, singing lots of songs to help us remember them. The children have also been doing some fantastic writing! They have been independently writing stories about superheros, power rangers and frozen! The children have then read them out to their class and chosen characters to act them out.
During science on Thursday, Year 6 were observing and dissecting a sheep’s heart. The children had previously studied anatomical drawings of human hearts and how they worked. They were able to look at the heart and identify the valves and arteries. The children really enjoyed this practical observational activity and finished the lesson with a detailed report of the activity.
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