This week in Year 4  we have looked at a variety of different instruments and how they make different sounds. After discussing the instruments we decided which instrument we wanted to make using a range of different materials. Lots of us made guitars, some of us made a drum kit out of plastic bottles and some made wind pipes using plastic straws.

We also explored how sound travels over a distance using a string telephone. We used 2 paper cups and string to make our telephones. Then we investigated how the sound vibrations passed along the string. We took it in turns with our partner to talk into the cup at one end of the string and listen carefully to what are partner was saying.

Take a look at our instruments and string telephones.

This week in Science, Year 1 have been exploring inside the human body. We have learnt the names of all of our important organs and their special jobs. We explored an app on the ipad called ‘Virtuali-Tee’.  We had to wear a special t-shirt which showed us what our insides look like.  We saw what the inside of our bodies look like!

Pictures to follow

During this week  in R E  Year 6 were  writing  a Curriculum Vitae  for the position of  the  Messiah.

The  children had to think of qualities they had that would enable them to be considered for the position should it become available.

Year three have been busy learning all about a new genre of writing – persuasion. Persuasive writing contains lots of features that are new to the children. Rhetorical questions, sentences that talk to the reader to make them want something, superlative, apostrophes for contraction, expanded noun phrases and prepositions to aid description. Then finishing up with a slogan.

With our topic focus being Heroes & Villains, Year 3 have designed their own gadget that every superhero needs. Have a look at their writing, does it persuade you that you need these new products?

Year 5 have had a great start to their topic of stargazing.

The moon is a central part of myths across different countries and cultures as people seek to explain the wonder of day and night, the changing shape of the moon and the array of stars and constellations. Children read the Chinese legend of Chang-e, the Inuit myth of Annigan, the moon god, and the Aztec myth of Tecciztecatl and discussed what they might be explaining. This helped the children to then write their own moon myths.

As part of this study of the moon, the children created moon pictures using both chalks and paint to represent the surface of the moon.

The results are amazing and an inspiring start to our topic.